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As the deadline for the registration of voters in the country ends on August 31, 2018, more than 112,032 persons who registered for Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs, are yet to collect their cards in Akwa Ibom State. Answering questions in a privately owned radio station- Planet FM 101.1, Uyo, Don Etukudo, the Public Affairs Officer of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Akwa Ibom State said voters have not collected the PVCs as before last weekend. Etukudo who spoke under ‘’Community Views’’ on Saturday further said that of 127,196 PVCs, the commission has given 33,075 cards to eligible voters in the…

Zimbabwe police on Thursday dropped charges against a man who allegedly insulted President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Robert Mugabe’s successor, in a Facebook post, lawyers said. Munyaradzi Shoko, a well-known critic of Mnangagwa, was held after he posted statements on Facebook saying the president’s name was “generally associated with evil and devilish deeds.” Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights spokesman Kumbirai Mafunda said Shoko was detained at Harare central police station on Wednesday and charged with criminal nuisance. Shoko, who heads the pressure group Children of Zimbabwe War Veterans Association, was also charged with public violence for allegedly taking part in protests by…

Cocoyam is a root food that boasts of many benefits for a healthy living. It has properties that prevent, fight and cure many diseases. Below the health expert warns against eating raw Cocoyam leaves and recommends how to cook Cocoyam to yield highest benefits to consumers. Cancer Prevention Taro root plays an important part in the antioxidant activity in our bodies. High level of vitamin A, vitamin C, and various other phenolic anti-oxidants found in taro root help to boost immune system and help eliminate dangerous free radicals from our system. Free radicals are actually the dangerous by-products of cellular…

Japan upset Spain 3-1 in the final to win the Women’s Under-20 World Cup for the first time on Friday. Hinata Miyazawa, Saori Takarada and Fuka Nagano put their side in a commanding position before Candela Andujar claimed a consolation goal for the Spaniards in the 71st minute. Spain, who beat Japan 1-0 in the group stages on Aug. 9, was without suspended Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati after she was sent off in the semifinal victory over host France. Earlier on Friday, France lost 4-2 on penalties to England in the third-place decider after their game finished 1-1 following extra…

Some Akwa Ibom septuagenarians expected to play mediating role in the Nigeria’s murky political waters have lent their voices in declaring war for the re-election of Governor Udom Emmanuel in 2019. Beating the war drums at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo during the declaration of Governor Emmanuel for a second term in office on Friday, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga, retd, the former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, and Senator Anietie Okon, a one-time National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, invoked war-like situation for the re-election of the governor. Recall that Akpabio had a few days ago, while…

Four bandits suspected to have robbed a petrol filling station in Ukana Ikot Ntuen, Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom State, close to the residence of Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, have been killed by men of Nigerian Police Force. Though DSP Odiko MacDon, Akwa Ibom Police Public and Relations Officer admitted that the six robbery suspects on motor cycles on Tuesday, August 21, at 7.20 p.m, visited the petrol filling station and dispossessed some customers and attendants of some valuables and money before they were repelled by the policemen on duty, Anietie Ekong, media aide to the Senator…

Ephraim-Stephen Essien, PhD The African Prince is the African replica of the character of the political leader based on Niccolo Machiavelli’s book, The Prince, written in 1513, in Florence, Italy, and dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici, the ruler of Florence. Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli (1469-1527 AD) was an Italian historian, philosopher, politician, diplomat, humanist and writer. Maurizio Viroli (2000) says that Machiavelli was born in a tumultuous era in which popes waged acquisitive wars against Italian city-states, and people and cities often fell from power as France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire battled for regional influence and control. Then,…

The war of words between some Igbo groups and the Federal Government following the detention of women under the aegis of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, continues unabated. A total of 112 IPOB women who demonstrated against the whereabouts of Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader were arrested and detained by law enforcement agents on August 17, 2018, in Owerri, the Imo State capital. A socio-cultural association operating under the umbrella union of Igbo Bu Igbo, IBI, has appealed to the Federal Government to “stop the humiliation of Igbo women, under the dubious guise of crackdown on Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,”…

Home-made food should be nutritious and safe. Yet, experts at the foodsafety.org website cite 10 common food-preparation mistakes: Tasting older food to see if it is still good. It is better to be safe and just throw it out. Putting cooked meat back on a plate that held raw meat. At the very least, the plate should be washed with hot water and soap. Better yet, use a different plate. Thawing food on the counter. Washing meat or poultry. This actually may contaminate your sink and counters. Letting food cool before putting it in the fridge. Eating raw dough, cookie…

The proposed re-launching of the third round of ‘Operation Python Dance’, known as Operation Python Dance III may set individuals and groups from the South East geo-political zone on war path with the government. The first and second rounds of the Operation Egwu Eke had left in its trail enormous casualties that the victims said they were yet to recover from their harmful effects, even up till date. But baring his mind on the proposed Python Dance 3 Operation, Ben Okoko, former Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Idemili branch, told newsmen Thursday at his law chambers at Nkpor, near…