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Governor Udom Emmnauel of Akwa Ibom State has vowed to bring all perpetrators of evil acts in the state to justice. Emmanuel speaking Friday at the funeral service of Mrs Enobong Monday Akpan at QIC Primary School, Ikot Edet in Etim Ekpo local government area said “As a government, be assured that we will be hunting for the perpetrators. The governor in an emotion-laden voice noted, “I hope you aware that we have gotten some of them. For the few remaining, we will do everything humanly possible to get all of them. It is not all through human effort, but…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has admitted that some underage citizens who are not up to the age of 18 years are being registered in the Northern part of the country. Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, the Director of Publicity and Voter Education of the commission, Wednesday stated that the young citizens were registered because the lives of its registration officers were being threatened by some members of the communities. Osaze-Uzzi made this known during a programme on the African Independent Television entitled, ‘Kakaaki,’ while answering questions over pictures and videos on the social media showing children registering and voting in…

South Africa’s parliament Thursday elected a new President for the country. He is Cyril Ramaphosa few hours after Jacob Zuma resigned in a late-night television address after a nine-year rule. Before now, he was Deputy President of African National Congress (ANC), which has a large majority in parliament, a wealthy former business man and Zuma’s vice president since 2014. Ramaphosa was born in Johannesburg, the industrial heartland of South Africa, on November 17, 1952. The second of three children, his father was a policeman. He grew up in Soweto where he attended primary and high school. He later went to…

These are 10 health benefits you’ll be getting from eating unripe plantain. 1. It enriches the heart. Unripe plantain contains some amount of serotonin which dilates the arteries, improves blood flow and reduces homocystine (a condition that causes coronary artery disease and stroke). It richness in potassium makes it heart friendly by preventing heart attack and hypertension through controlling heart rate and blood pressure in our body and cell. Also, it fibre content is great for reducing cholesterols level which reduce the risk of developing any heart diseases. 2. It can treat anemia and neuritis. It presence of vitamin B6…

The Senate wing of the National Assembly has reportedly been engulfed in fire. According to online reports, the Technical room located on the ground floor of the complex is currently on fire. Staff were seen rushing out of their offices due to the heavy smoke that had built up on the walkways. The cause of the inferno is not yet known. The Senate was forced to stop proceedings after the fire outbreak. They had opted to ignore the development but Ibrahim Gobir, Sokoto (APC), moved that the plenary be adjourned. “The condition is not very conducive because our chambers are…

A total of 18 persons were Wednesday massacred in Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in school shooting seen as the deadliest in the United States of America. The attack on Florida’s school is the first this year in Florida and the 18th within the first 45 days of the year in the US, according to data from Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy organization. The 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz had entered the high school on Wednesday afternoon and launched an attack. Twelve people were found dead inside the school, two were killed outside the building, one in…

South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned his office with immediate effect. The BBC reports that Zuma made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening. A meeting of the ANC’s National Executive Committee had announced its decision to recall Mr Zuma on Tuesday and gave him until the end of Wednesday to resign. ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu then announced a parliamentary motion of no-confidence for Thursday, to pave way for Cyril Ramaphosa,  Deputy President of ANC to be sworn in as president. The 75-year-old has been in power since 2009, had been accused…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commenced the recovery of its landed properties worth N100 billion across the country. Dr. Babatunde Victor Adeniran, the chief operating officer of Ventures of the NNPC Properties Ltd (NPL), the real estate management company of the NNPC stated this at the maiden edition of NPL Property Festival held on Tuesday at the NNPC Towers, Abuja. Adeniran stressed that the focus of the NPL had shifted from the initial lease administration of collecting rents from tenants of the NNPC properties to “exploring all commercial opportunities available in the real estate market to efficiently position…

A Nigerian-born Catholic priest has been ex-communicated for allegedly breaching rules of confession secrecy. While excommunicated, Father Ezinwanne Igbo cannot participate in public worship, celebrate or receive sacraments and cannot exercise any office of ministry in the church. Pope Francis ordered that Fr. Igbo of Stella Maris parish in Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia be axed after a two-year investigation. The Archbishop of Mark Coleridge said in a statement Father Igbo was alleged to have breached rules of confession secrecy from 2016, which is a canonical (church) offence. “The Archbishop then submitted the judgment to the Holy See, who subsequently requested that…

Plans to dualise Abak-Ikot Abasi Road in Akwa Ibom State at N47 billion are underway following approval by the National Assembly Committee on Niger Delta Affairs. Mr. Nsima Ekere, the Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) stated this Tuesday during interaction with leaders and stakeholders of Oro Think Tank from the five local government areas in Eket senatorial district of the state. Ekere said: “NDDC will carry out the dualisation of Abak road all the way to Ikot Abasi to link with the East-West road. What NDDC is trying to do is that we will take that road…