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Not everybody is a people person. If this sounds like you, your best approach for finding a job could be searching for work where people skills aren’t all that necessary. To find these jobs, we averaged data from the Occupational Information Network, or O*NET, a US Department of Labour database full of detailed information on 974 occupations. O*NET rates each occupation on a scale from zero to 100 on how much a job requires workers to be in contact with others and how much a job requires workers to be pleasant with others. We averaged these ratings to find which…

A detachment of soldiers from the military base in Akwa Ibom State, Sunday, went berserk, setting some market stalls and houses ablaze in Iwukem village, Etim Ekpo local government area, following the killing of their colleague and five persons by armed militants. It was gathered that the militants numbering about 50 stormed the small community at about 10 p.m on Saturday, attacked members of the civilian Joint Task Force and immediately opened gunfire at the village roundabout where the soldiers stationed, killing a soldier and five civilians at the checkpoint. Two others who sustained injury, according to Sifon Akpan, one…

A Nigerian social media commentator and critic sees Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), strident attacks on Samuel Ortom, the Benue State Governor over the exit of the latter from the party as an attribute of a two-faced person. Oshiomhole, Friday, said Ortom’s exit was a blessing in disguise to the APC because his three and half years as governor in the stage was a waste as he had no single project to show for the mandate given to him by the party. However, Reno Omokri, a one-time aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan writing on…

Akwa Ibom government, Saturday, threw mud on fake news story circulating in social media and dubbed: ‘’South-South Governors, PANDEF Hold Emergency Meeting over $2Billon Katsina Refinery. Back out of Ceasefire Agreement in N/Delta, Call Buhari President of the North.’’ The Federal Government formally launched fake news campaign on July 11, 2018, noting that fake news when mixed with hate speech would amount to a disaster waiting to happen. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, who launched the campaign, said fake news was becoming a serious threat to global peace, including Nigeria, that if left unchecked, could endanger human…

The FIFA World Cup undoubtedly the most widely watched tournament in the world showed the 2018 FIFA recording over 7.5 billion engagements across all digital platforms and over 580 million interactions on social media in the history of the mundial. Unlike the Brazil edition, this year’s edition of the World Cup received a decline in the sponsorship numbers. The 2018 World Cup received US$1.450 billion in sponsorship deals compared to US$1.629 billion in 2014 as quoted by Nielsen group. This was mainly attributed to the corruption charges that hit the organisation at the start of the 2015-18 cycle, that led to FIFA…

Chelsea place a world-record fee in excess of £200 million for the sale of Eden Hazard this summer. Real Madrid remain the favoured destination for Hazard, but Chelsea will not sell their star man cheaply knowing that the price tag will act as a deterrent at this stage of the window. Though Hazard is not pushing for a move to nay club, Chelsea head coach, Maurizio Sarri is keen to work with him. However, there is growing concern that the Belgian will not extend his contract at Stamford Bridge. He has two years remaining on his current deal but has…

The Biblical allusion ‘’whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed’’ fulfilled as four police officers from Akwa Ibom State Police Command were, Friday, sentenced to death for killing a motorcyclist in Uyo. The condemned officers are Inspector Moses Akpaete, Inspector Idoko Sampson, Corporal Enobong Udo and Corporal Godwin Nnana attached to ‘C’ Division of the state police headquarters. They were sentenced to death by the state High Court where the presiding judge, Justice Ifiok Ukana found the four guilty of conspiracy and murder of one Kenneth Felix Akpan, a native of Mbiabam in Ibiono local government…

As the aircraft zoomed and landed at the Benin Airport, the captain and the co-pilot never gave occupants of the aircraft an inkling of their next line of action. The adorable pilot with a pair of black glasses excorted by a bearded co-pilot and husband all in their colourful uniforms shoved aside the parked aircraft and posed. The airport personnel on hand to wheel away luggage and disembarking passengers melted in sight and watched admirably as the first Akwa Ibom female pilot and her co-pilot, husband took some photographs and hugged themselves. Shortly, the onlookers realised that they were couple…

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, has criticized Nigerian State Houses of Assembly for allowing the executives to dictate the tone of deliberations and passage of bills into law. Enang, who had represented his people in the defunct Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, however, disparaged the prevalence of what he described as Ete abodie (whatever the governor says) politics in Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. He recalled as ‘’When I was in the state House of Assembly, Dr. Emmanuel Akpanobong, Dr. Ita Udosen, Sen. Effiong Bob, Grace Edim Inyang, as Deputy…

Life is no longer rosy for the British-Nigerian Labour MP, after committing an offence and blaming it on someone else. British-Nigerian Labour MP, Fiona Onasanya, has been charged with two counts of seeking to pervert the course of justice by allegedly blaming someone else for speeding offences committed by herself and her brother, prosectors have said. The 34-year-old former solicitor, who narrowly won the Peterborough constituency at the 2017 election, faced a two-count charge jointly with her younger brother, Festus Onasanya, a 33-year-old singer from Cambridge. The pair appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on July 12 and were due to…