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Harvests of tragedy. Horrific scenes of mutilated, decomposing bodies on the roadside and in some compounds. Sad tales of kidnapping like in a movie television show characterise the once-peaceful area. Unstoppable wailings become daily bread of the victims. Lonely foot-tracks and deserted compounds are ambushed by tall grasses and stray animals. Shrieking sounds of insects and birds envelop the serene atmosphere. Fear of death continually grip few abandoned residents in the daytime and in the night. These are the unending features and heart-breaking tragedies befalling the fear-stricken and famished residents of Ukanafun villages in Akwa Ibom State depopulated and hemmed…

A one-time Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Ita Awak, has disparaged APC’s stand at the national level thus: ‘’You cannot be wrong if you say that Senator Godswill Akpabio is APC Leader in Annangland.’’ Recall that Senator Akpabio, who defected from PDP to APC on Wednesday, August 8 at Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium, was declared APC Leader in Akwa Ibom State by Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the party and Adams Oshiohmole, APC national chairman. But Awak, who is also the Director of Airworthiness and Standards (DAWS) in the Nigerian Civil Aviation…

Men of the Nigeria Police Force are said to be investigating attempts by some unknown gunmen to attack Ukana Ikot Ntuen, Essien Udim Local Government Area countryhome of Senator Godswill Akpabio, representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. Mr. Anietie Ekong, a Special Assistant to Senator Akpabio Wednesday (this morning) in a text message responding to Straightnews’s enquiry on the veracity of the incident wrote ‘’Yea, the shooting had stopped. Everybody is safe. The police is investigating the matter.’’ But in his response, DSP Odiko MacDon, Akwa Ibom Police Public Relation Officer confirmed that there was attempted robbery incident at…

As a television presenter, social media star and model, AJ Odudu has a stellar career, but she has struggled when it comes to finding a man to share her success with. Since turning 30, AJ, who moved from Blackburn to London 10 years ago, says she has felt like there is ‘a hole in her life’ without love. At the major age milestone, she decided to enlist her outrageously lively mother, Florence, to help her find a husband to finally settle down with. Drawing on the Nigerian tradition of parents arranging partners for their children, AJ and Florence embarked…

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called for those responsible for Sunday’s killings in Malari village, Borno, to be brought to “swift justice”. Guterres, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Stephane Dujarric, condemned the killing of dozens of people in violence in Borno by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The Secretary-General said he remained “deeply concerned about the persisting violence in the Lake Chad Basin region”. The UN chief “expresses his deepest condolences to the bereaved families and to the Government and people of Nigeria and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured”. He commended national and regional initiatives to bring…

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated Tuesday that the whistle-blower policy of the present administration has raked in N13.8 billion into the coffers of the federal government from tax evaders. He also said other dividends of the policy include N7.8 billion, $378 million and 27,800 Pounds recoveries from public officials. Alhaji Mohammed, who described 2019 as the year of decision for Nigeria at a press briefing on State of the Nation in his country home at Oro, Kwara State, expressed confidence that the vast majority of the electorate would chose the path of development by re-electing President…

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, retd, has pleaded with politicians to stop heating up the polity, saying politics should not be a do or die affair. Answering questions Monday from journalists after the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at Minna Central mosque, the former Nigerian leader said politicians in the country were unnecessarily heating up the polity and creating fears in the minds of the electorate. Calling for a change in their approach to the game, especially ahead of the 2019 general elections, General Abubakar said: “Nigeria’s political space is being needlessly heated up by politicians and enduring political culture can…

Violent protest greeted Odo Oro Ekiti, Ikole local government area of Ekiti State after a lunatic hacked Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin, who is the Olowa of the town to death in his palace. The incident, according to a source in the town, occurred early on Monday when a man suspected to be mentally deranged entered the palace and murdered the monarch. The monarch’s death led to a violent protest in the town as youths trooped out to show their grievances over the gory incident. The man was said to have escaped into the bush after committing the crime and is being…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, demonstrated his fitness to run for a second term by trekking 800 metres from the Eid praying ground in Daura to his private residence. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that, after the Eid prayers, President Buhari shunned protocol and opted to trek 800 metres, acknowledging cheers from Nigerians who lined up on his home route to catch a glimpse of him. A presidential aspirant and incumbent governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, last week alleged that Buhari was “too old’’ to rule the country beyond 2019. According to Tambuwal, “President Muhammadu Buhari is just too…

The Akwa Ibom State government has instituted a N50 billion suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for freezing its account for 72 hours, saying the action crippled the state’s economy and soiled its reputation. State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Uwemedimo Nwoko, stated this while speaking with journalists in Uyo, insisting that government was determined to pursue the matter to a logical conclusion, as the commission has no powers to freeze government’s accounts. Nwoko said “We are going to win that case, because there is no basis even in the country’s constitution, the National or state…