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The former Presidents of the United States, Barack Obama and George Bush among other top dignitaries have paid tributes to John McCain who died on Saturday. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who served as a U.S. senator from Arizona for more than three decades and a one-time Rupublican Party presidential candidate, died at the age of 81 after battling with brain cancer. In a statement on Sunday Barack Obama and his wife Michelle said, “Few of us have been tested the way John once was or required to show the kind of courage that he did.…

The Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has appealed to the manufacturers of the A-29 Super Tucano Attack aircraft, to expedite action on its delivery to Nigeria. Abubakar said this when Mr Taco Gilbert, the Senior Vice–President of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), manufacturer of the aircraft, visited him in Abuja. The Air Force chief said a quick delivery of the aircraft  would  enhance Nigerian Air Force’s, NAF, operational capability for the swift conclusion of the counter-insurgency operations in the North East. The CAS commended the visiting delegation which included officials from the Office of Security Cooperation…

A 24-man squad to trade tackles with Seychelles, African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier in the next month’s crucial match has been named by Gernot Rohr, Nigerian head coach. The match scheduled for September 7 in Victoria, Seychelles will be the Super Eagles first match since the World Cup loss to Argentina. Rohr wants the Super Eagles to win the match to earn three points after suffering a 2-0 loss to South Africa in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom on June 2017. Super Eagles will be without their captain John Mikel Obi who just returned to fitness, as well as…

An Igbo scholar has benched the age-long claims held by Femi Fani-Kayode, a one-time Aviation Minister, and his cohorts over Igbo/Yoruba history with incontrovertible facts. In the controversial August 8 article, Fani-kayode set off a storm that almost threatened Igbo-Yoruba relations under the headlineThe Bitter Truth About The Igbo. In the first part of an article entitled The Lies of Femi Fani-Kayode, Dr. Samuel Okafor, who has a First Class in History from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and then did a Ph.D in Nsukka on scholarship, described Fani-Kayode as a “half-baked intellectual.” Okafor addressed what he termed “the most…

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…