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Ahead of November 5 election showdown, US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are smarting for presidency in the most ‘powerful’ country in the world. The two presidential candidates are lurking out a two-horse race in the swing states in what political analysts see as one of the closest contests in modern American history. And in the handful of critical states framing the 2024 race, there is little daylight between the rivals with barely a week before Election Day. Under the US Constitution, America’s founding fathers established that each of the 50 states would hold its own…

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have announced suspension of the ongoing nationwide indefinite strike over withheld salaries for one month. The unions in a joint statement on Sunday said the suspension of the indefinite strike will take effect on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The statement was signed by Prince Peters Adeyemi, General Secretary of NASU and Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, National President of SSANU. This was as the Federal Government released funds for payment of withheld salaries of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU). Related…

Straightnews The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria has frowned at the Court, Nigerian Government arraigned for trial of children who participated in the #EndBadGovernance protests from various states. FIDA also picked holes over the detention of the minors in different correctional facilities for a period exceeding 90 days, saying their unkempt appearance in court in addition to viral news reports of fainting in court has cast serious doubts on the adequacy of the country’s legal system to handle juvenile cases. Straightnews had reported how protesters who were arrested during the August 1 to August 10 #EndBadGovernance demonstration were…

Russian Court has fined Google an eye-popping 20 undecillion rubles ($2.5 decillion) for removing Russian state-run and government YouTube channels in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In other words, Google faces a $2.5 trillion trillion trillion bill from the country. That figure is $2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Russian news agency TASS reported that Google owes Russia a 36-figure sum for violating the country’s administrative offenses code by banning YouTube channels. The report added that if Google fails to pay the fine within nine months, it will double every day thereafter, with no upper limit to the final figure.…

Straightnews Some prominent Nigerians have expressed shock and anger for the continued detention and trail of minors over the #Endbadgovernance protest by the Nigerian Government. Among them are Peter Obi, Rabiu Kwakwanso and Omoyele Sowore including Amnesty International and Arewa Connect, among others. Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, wrote ‘‘I just watched the disturbing and condemnable scenes captured in a circulating video, showing 124 protesters—among them minors—appearing in court today as part of efforts to secure the enforcement of their fundamental rights. Obi commented that ‘‘The footage reveals minors, some so weak that they could barely stand,…

Etokowo Owoh At the inception of the current democratic experiment, the Obasanjo administration created the Niger Delta Development Commission. It was a policy response to the tension in the region which threatened oil exploitation and an understanding and appreciation by ex-President Obasanjo of the environmental diseconomies in the Region which was obviously unjustified. That government went further to create the Ministry of Niger Delta Development to further douse the agitations of the Niger Deltans which seriously threatened crude oil exploitation. In the thinking of development experts, these policy thrusts were to direct Federal Government attention to the region in determined…

By Straightnews  Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has directed IbomAir management to declare profits in 2025 to the state over its investments in the airline. Eno gave the directive Friday when he took delivery of two new Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft for the state-owned airline, Ibom Air, assured that his administration would expedite action on optimum returns on investment of public funds and assets within and outside the State. The Governor who led Akwa Ibom people in a joyous reception of the two aircraft labelled 5N-CED and 5N-CEE, which touched ground at Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, 2:59 p.m and…

By Straightnews The Senior Pastor of Power City International Church, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, Abel Damina, has damned Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA) as a “bunch of jokers” seeking relevance. NSCEA had accused him of preaching “fallacies and heretics, laced with unsound arguments.’’ The Christian group, in an open letter to Mr Damina, dated 15 October, berated him for allegedly preaching gospel messages with an “alarming rate of theological errors and heresies,” noting that his messages constitute “hate speech and cybercrime against the Christian faith.” “Dr. Abel Damina, you have crossed the line, and you are, therefore, no…

Press Release The House of Representatives has passed a bill to compel Digital Satellite Television (DStv) and other direct broadcast satellite service providers to implement Pay-As-You-Go tariffs.  The bill, sponsored by the member representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Public Procurement, Unyime Idem, is to amend the National Broadcasting Commission Act 2004, to empower NBC to oversee the implementation of pay-As-You-Go tariffs on direct broadcast satellite service providers. Recall that in the 9th National Assembly, Idem, who was the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Communications, chaired the Ad-hoc Committee investigating DSTV and other Direct-To-Home Broadcast…

By Akan Inyang  I like the dexterity, Robinhood appeal to governance by our Governor, Pastor Umo Eno and his uncanny zeal to commence projects that he deems iconic, but may not necessarily yield the desired impact in the short run to our dear state and its citizens. Real Estate transactions world-wide are sunk costs driven, with longer term yields and which is not necessarily hinged on the deployment of scarce and short term funds. This is elementary banking, primary Feasibility/Viability Appraisal stuff vis-a-vis Land Economics and most often than not a private-driven entity which can be packaged adequately in our…