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Public primary school teachers in Kaduna State will commence indefinite strike on Monday, January 8 in solidarity of their 21,780 members sacked by the state government. In a notice of strike dated January 4, 2018 and signed by the union’s Assistant Secretary General, Adamu Anglo, the state Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) directed its members to proceed without delay. NAN reports that the teachers were sacked for allegedly failing to score 75 per cent pass mark of the competency test organised by the state government in June 2017. The notice, circulated to all the union executives in…

Northern elders, Sunday, have repudiated the stand of their chairman, Chief Paul Unongo, on his position that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is the chief financier of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association. The association is said to oppose Anti-open Grazing legislation in Benue State and reportedly behind the killings in the state. Alhaji Yerima Shettima, a member of the NEF, told Sunday Vanguard in a telephone interview that the forum of Northern leaders had not met for a long time and had never taken any position on the killings in Benue and many other parts of Nigeria. Yerima, who…

The Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, Paul Unongo has branded Atiku Abubakar,  former Vice President a sponsor of Fulani herdsmen who have been killing hundreds of Nigerians. Unongo who said this during an interview with one of our correspondents on Friday described Atiku as a prince of the Tiv Court, a chief financier and most influential member of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, the apex body of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria. The NEF Chairman said, “I am aware that the most powerful person in Miyetti Allah is Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who wants to be the next…

Read article below… All Is Well In Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District   Aniekeme Finbarr One of the striking and ken speckle features of the Udom Emmanuel led administration in Akwa Ibom State is the uncanny disposition to even distribution of projects in the state. Every senatorial district, federal constituency, local government, ward and family has a testimony or two to attest to in this era of superior performance. Since 2015, life-touching projects in the state have been clearly and equitably prioritized irrespective of geographical slants, ethnic zones or tribal algebra. Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District like her two other sister districts…

The can-do spirit has stirred a young barber who went to Lagos State some years ago with a paltry N5,000 to become  a millionaire today, a motivational speaker has stated. Apart from joining the club of millionaires, the Akwa Ibom-born barber cuts the hair of such highfliers in the society as Senate President and some musical pop stars in the country. George Essien, a motivational speaker who came in contact with Kufre Nnah, narrated “Yesterday, I met with Kufre Nnah. His story literally made my day. This is a guy who runs first-class barbing saloons in Nigeria, including one in…

The arrest of Coordinator of the Atiku Care Foundation (ACF) Thursday allegedly on the orders of Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe state has generated negative ripples among the diverse groups. Ibrahim Bage, it was learnt, was arrested by the officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Gombe, who seized his personal belongings including phones, laptop and camera. The hostility, according to political observers, is seen as an epic battle for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) between former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the governor. Bage was later whisked to Government House, Gombe, where he…

More than 40,000 persons have been displaced by the rampaging Fulani herdsmen following their renewed attacks in Guma and Logo local government areas of Benue state, Benue State Emergency Management Agency has revealed. Investigations by StraightNews show that more than 1,000 persons have been killed by the herdsmen in the state. Emmanuel Shior, the Executive Secretary of SEMA, stated this Friday in Makurdi that the agency had opened four camps for the displaced persons in the affected areas. “As we speak, over 40,000 persons have so far been displaced as a result of the attacks on our people in Guma…

Akwa Ibom State and its neighbouring states are sitting on the precipice of insecurity as the 28 inmates of Ikot Ekpene Prison who escaped on December 27, 2017 are still at large, StraightNews has learnt. Of the 47 inmates (official figure given by the Akwa Ibom Controller-General of Prisons) who escaped, 19 had been re-arrested by the prison officials. Apart from the fact that the hardened criminals could rape and endanger the life of women, men and minors are also facing threats to their life and property. After an inspection of facilities in Ikot Ekpene Prison on Friday, Mr. Jaffaru…

A telecommunication company, 9mobile, is in travail following the readiness of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), to sell and hand over the company to its new owner on January 16. NCC Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management in a chat with newsmen said Barclays Africa, the financial adviser handling the sale of 9mobile, had the initial mandate of December 31, 2017 to conclude the sale of the company. Citing reasons, the company wrote to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the NCC, asking for extension of date from December 31, 2017, to (approved) January 16, 2018. Before now, three Nigerian banks and…

A commissioner in Akwa Ibom State Executive Council has become a major casualty following his sack from the council by governor Udom Emmanuel. A statement issued Friday in Uyo by the state commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Charles Udoh stated that Mr. Udom has sacked Udo Ekpenyong, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. The statement reads: “Governor Udom Emmanuel has effected a minor reshuffling of his cabinet. By this development, the Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Udo Ekpeyong, has been relieved of his portfolio with immediate effect. “The Government of Akwa Ibom State…