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The death toll from rampaging flood across the country has risen to 242, according to Vanguard checks and information from government officials. At the weekend, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said the number of deaths from ongoing waves of flood in the 12 states of the country is 101. From January to July 31, this year, the checks showed that no fewer than 141 lives were lost to rainstorm, wind storm and flood disasters across the country. At least 19,369 persons were displaced on account of the destruction of their 5,732 houses and sources of livelihood, among others. So…

FULL TEXT OF THE STATE BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. UDOM EMMANUEL, GOVERNOR, AKWA IBOM STATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 31ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE STATE My dear Akwa Ibomites My wife, Her Excellency, Mrs. Martha Udom Emmanuel and I congratulate you all on the occasion of the 31st Anniversary of the birth of our State.  We should all be very proud of what God has done for us as a people in the past 31 years; the developmental strides we have witnessed, the rising profile of our State, the re-definition of our identity, from a people…

Anthony Joshua exploded into life to stop Alexander Povetkin in seven rounds to retain his WBA Super, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles in front of 80,000 fans at Wembley. Brtish Joshua had not really hurt Povetkin, the Russian challenger before he ended the fight in a brutal devastating few seconds in the seventh. He did the initial damage with a big right hand, and followed that up with a several unanswered shots before landing another right to send the Russian challenger to the canvas. Povetkin fell through the ropes and did not know where he was. He somehow staggered to…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sunday, declared that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is leading with 254,698 votes during the September 22 governorship election in Osun State, though the election was inconclusive. The All Progressives Congress, APC, however, polled 254,345 votes to come second in the keenly contested election. Senator Ademola Adeleke is the PDP governorship candidate while Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola is the APC governorship candidate. The returning officer for the governorship election, Prof. Joseph Adeola, who announced the results reeled out the total number of valid votes to be 767,955 and rejected votes to be 47,843. Adeola added…

A famous Nigerian blogger has bought Bentley Mulsanne to her one-week old son, “Baby J”. Ikeji, who fulfilled her promise, has donated the N120 million car to her baby. Sandra Ikeji, Linda’s sister broke the news in her Instagram post on Thursday.

School is many things—a place where kids learn and grow cognitively, develop social skills, and become independent individuals. It can also, alas, be a place where they pick up germs and illnesses and bring them home. At school, children spend a lot of time in classrooms where they can easily transfer infections to one another. But by teaching kids some important healthy habits, parents can help make school and health a priority during the school year. Here are some great tips on how to keep your kids healthy. 1.Teach Your Child About Proper Hand Washing Hand washing is one of…

A 34-year-old Indiana from United States of America was, Thursday, sentenced to160 years imprisonment. Nicholas Deon Thrash who impregnated his girlfriend’s 10-year-old daughter after repeatedly raping her was sentenced to the imprisonment in Marion, Indianapolis. He was found guilty of 10 counts of molestation against his girlfriend’s daughter in August this year. The mother is also facing charges for allegedly telling her daughter to lie and say a classmate had impregnated her when she discovered her growing bump as she tried on dresses for a school dance. DailyMail.com has chosen not to name the mother in order to protect the…

A flood victim from Warri, Delta State of Nigeria who lost her property to rampaging flood that destroyed farmlands and other valuable in the area last week has notched a fortune to bring back her life. As the good Book says that a man’s gift makes a way for him (in this case her), Kate Dekpe granted interview to Channels Television reporter in pidgin English in a poetic manner. Apart from losing her earthly possessions, Dekpe had a zero bank account. This rare expression of words of using pidgin to describe the disaster attracted the attention of Reno Omokri, a…

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said the Akwa Ibom State’s debt profile rose to N179 billion at the end of the first half of 2018 (HI’ 18). By this report released by the bureau on Thursday, Akwa Ibom occupies the fourth position of the most indebted states in the country. In the report, NBS said Lagos State recorded the highest domestic debt stock at N517 billion or 17 percent of the total debt stock of states, followed by Delta (N223 billion), Rivers (N191 billion) and Osun (N136 billion), making up the top five indebted states. The states with lowest…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revoked the operating licence of Skye Bank and renamed it Polaris Bank, assuring depositors that they won’t lose their money. The revocation of Skye Bank’s operating licence follows the Central bank’s decision to pause its injection of funds processes in the lender. CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele and the Managing Director of the Nigeria Insurance Deposit Corporation, NDIC, Umar Ibrahim respectively, stated this on Friday at a media briefing in Lagos. Mr Emefiele said the apex bank injected N786 billion into the bank, directing the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, to commence the sale…