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The controversy is dug up again. Yes, intense debate. Barbs are being traded. Jeers at the saga. Reasons fly away. But emotions rule the space. All in search and the need for President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s sitting President to submit his West African School Certificate (WASC) result to INEC for clearance. It is not a new thing. Old, you may say. And remember too. In 2014, the storm in search of the certificate raged.  The smoke did not simmer, but dragged into 2015. ‘Produce your certificate’, some members of the public indeed those of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP sought. ‘Why…

More revelations are emerging on what led to the protracted feud between Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State over the siting of a billboard at Akpan Andem Market in Uyo local government area, Straightnews has gathered. The giant billboard with three phases conspicuously displayed is standing few metres from the main entrance of the market accessed through Udo Umanah Street in Uyo. Following accusations and counter accusations from various quarters, Straightnews decided to investigate why the two governments are locked in a battle with the contractor in the siting of the billboard in…

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), Akwa Ibom State has raised alarm over the disturbing trend by political parties in the state using violent pronouncements to heat up the polity, which if not checked, is capable of igniting avoidable carnage in the state during the 2019 general elections. Rather, the organisation wants “The parties should tell the people what they intend to do to pull them out of poverty and ignorance. They should tell the people what programmes they have and how they intend to use such programmes to develop the state and make life better for the people.” A press…

The Nigerian Army says it has discovered a shallow grave in its search for the immediate past Chief of Administration (Army), retired Major-General Idris Alkali. General Officer Commanding 3 Division, Major-General Benson Akinroluyo, stated this at a press briefing on Friday in Plateau State. According to him, Major General Alkali was killed and buried in a shallow grave, in an area popularly known as “No man’s land” in Lafande community, on the outskirt of Jos metropolis. “You would recall that on September 2, 2018, at about 8:00 pm, unknown gunmen attacked a shopping complex located a Lafande community on the…

The Federal Government has banned unauthorised acquisition of firearms, drones and some specialized broadcast equipment, Major General Babagana Monguno, retd, the National Security Adviser, announced Thursday. This is as the chief intelligence chief blamed several of the crises and killings taking place in the country, particularly Kaduna, Zamfara, Benue and Plateau states, on abuse of the social media by people who do not mean well for the country. Speaking during the General Security Appraisal Committee Meeting at the Office of NSA, ONSA, in Abuja, Mongonu warned those already in possession of these unauthorised items to surrender them to the appropriate…

The University of Jos (UNIJOS) in Plateau State is said to be under siege due to continued killing, maiming of students and members of staff as well as the destruction of property worth millions of naira by hostile communities whenever there is crisis in Jos in the past 17 years. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Jos chapter chairman in the university, Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, who expressed the concern at a media briefing Thursday, called for the immediate reclamation of university land illegally occupied by communities which carry out the attacks. ASUU also demanded the strengthening of…

The Federal, states and local governments in the country have shared N648.710 billion from the revenue that accrued in September with a warning for them to maintain transparency and imbibe a saving culture for the rainy day. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, who presided over the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting, Thursday, stressed the need for the three tiers of government to start saving. A statement by Mr Paul Ella Abechi, the Special Adviser to the Minister on Media and Communications, said the Minister tasked members of the committee: “We have to save. We are not only…

As Kano State House of Assembly has commenced investigations into the published video clips showing Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, allegedly receiving $5 million bribe from contractors, the publisher of the online newspaper, Daily Nigerian, Thursday, appeared and defended the matter before the Assembly committee investigating it. Chairman of the committee set up by the House of Assembly, Bappa Babba Dan Agundi, gave Jaafar Jaafar, the floor to prove the validity of the video clips he published. In the course of his appearance and during cross-examination, he vowed not to disclose the source of the video recording but said he…

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Wednesday night, called for ready for aggressive marketing of President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress, APC, declaring that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would not be a push-over in 2019 general elections. Governor Bello, who stated this when President Buhari hosted a dinner for youth political appointees at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, warned the APC against complacency, saying the opposition should not be taken for granted, if the APC should win the election. But the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha said that the PDP in its 16…

The new commissioner of police, Akwa Ibom State command, Mr. John Bassey Abang, has served a quit notice to cultists, robbery suspects and other criminal elements in the state, vowing that criminal activity would not be condoned under his leadership. Abang speaking in a maiden press briefing Thursday at the state Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo local government area, said his command would have zero-tolerance for such activities, warning criminal elements to desist from the act or be dealt with according to the law of the land. He assured to enforce the state government’s proscription order on cultism…