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Reports making rounds in some media organisations in the country on the purported resignation of Moses Ekpo as Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor are seen by his chief press secretary as ‘’a poorly concocted piece of a malicious hatchet job and a pack of lies, and should be appropriately ignored.’’ Nairaland, Daily Post, News Agency and Naija.com, Monday, published that the deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pa Moses Ekpo has reportedly resigned his position as the state’s number two citizen to join Senator Godswill Akpabio, immediate past governor of the state, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, this week.…

After weeks of speculations, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the overall best candidate in the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Before now, it was rumoured that Ape Moses, a candidate from Benue State has the highest score in the 2018 examination. JAMB said Galadima Zakari who sat for the examination in Ogun State scored 364. On Tuesday, June 29, 2018, The Sun Newspaper reported that Ape Moses, a student of New Covenant Christian College International, Makurdi, Benue State, was the best candidate in the just-concluded UTME with a total score of 354. Clearing air on this, JAMB…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday, saluted editor-in-chief of the defunct Newswatch magazine, Mr. Ray Ekpu, who turns 70 on August 6, and works 45 years as a journalist and as an administrator. In a statement by Mr. Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, the President joined the media world, family and friends of the renowned columnist and activist in celebrating what he called his ‘many years of exceptional contribution to national development’ through his writings, speaking engagements and leadership roles.’’ Buhari praised Ekpu’s consistency and forthrightness in speaking and writing the truth to authorities, especially the many times…

Like unscripted play, 22 members of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving in Taraba State went for a picnic party in Mayo-Selbe River in Gashaka local government area. The corps members never had premonition of the impending disaster otherwise they would have cancelled the trip that turned ghastly. As they were swimming, the river suddenly increased the volume of water and 13 corps members escaped the angst of the raging river. Like a film trick, nine who were also swimming drowned in the river. The Taraba Police Command’s spokesman, ASP David Missal, who confirmed the incident which occurred on Saturday…

The planned defection of Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio to All Progressives Congress, APC, has unsettled the hierarchy and members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State. PDP has ruled the state since 1999, a year that marked a political watershed in the advent of democracy in the country. The exit of Akpabio who was seen as a fulcrum of the party may bring the party to its knees as soon as he returns to Nigeria Sunday night after his visit to President Buhari in London, in one of the presidential aircrafts. An unconfirmed source told Straightnews that about…

Ahead of his planned defection to All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Godswill O. Akpabio, Sunday, had tete a tete with President Muhammadu Buhari who is in London on a 10-day holiday. Tolu Ogunlesi, a presidential aide made this known in a post on Twitter, confirmed that Akpabio met with the President on Sunday, August 5, 2018. Akpabio who is a minority leader in the Senate is leaving PDP after about 17 years’ sojourn in the party is representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District in the Senate. Already, Senator Ita Enang, a Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters…

The Federal Government may shut down the 106 radio and television stations in the country over indebtedness. The National Broadcasting Commission, which issued the threat on behalf of the Federal Government, accused the stations of owing the commission the sum of N4,517,535,961. The Head of Public Affairs in the commission, Mrs. Maimuna Jimada, who spoke in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Friday, said the commission has notified the affected radio and television stations. She, however, refused to release the names of the indebted stations. Jimada said that the affected stations were given three weeks to pay their debts,…

Nigerian young sprinter, Rosemary Chukwuma, said on Saturday that her aim was to win more medals for the country and surpass Blessing Okagbare’s record. Chukwuma who was part of the country’s 4×100 women’s team that won gold at the ongoing championships told the News Agency of Nigeria at the ongoing Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba that the aim of every athlete was to exceed past records. She had earlier won gold at the 100m and 200m at the 2018 Africa Youth Games in Algeria. The 17-year-old Chukwuma hit the limelight after winning the sprint double at the 2017 National…

A Nigerian ICT expert has broken academic records at the prestigious University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, graduating with distinction in his Master’s degree programme. Bode Agbola who bagged a distinction in Master’s, majored on Computer Security and Forensics from the university. In an online interview, Agboola said attaining the feat was not easy. He also said he was willing to be of help to Nigeria in the fight against cyber crime, based on his exposure, experience and knowledge. He was he was proud to have made his country proud in the UK.  “I am happy my academic excellence has given…

Irked by the spate of senseless killings, rapes, kidnappings by unknown hoodlums in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local government areas of the state, Akwa Ibom government, Friday, vowed to end the violent cult war in the areas, but later presented succour to persons affected by the lingering crisis. The war that has prevailed in most communities in the two areas for more than three years now has consumed thousands, destruction of countless houses, rapes of many and kidnapping of hundreds for ransom. Consequently, people in the affected communities have deserted, schools closed down, markets locked up, churches under lock and…