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By Straightnews The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday, said BRICS will help to promote Africa and challenge the structure of the United Nations in the continent. Ayodele, however, lauded the inclusion of some African countries, including Nigeria, as partners in the BRICS block. In a statement by his spokesman, the prophet explained that BRICS will offer Africa better options than the United Nations and the misconception about the African continent will begin to change for the better with BRICS. According to him, ‘‘BRICS will wake up Africa and will challenge the UN’s Capacity in…

Rivers  State topped followed by Lagos in the maiden edition of its fiscal performance ranking for states, BudgIT, a civic-tech organisation, says. The organisation, in its report launched on Tuesday, entitled: ‘Moving Healthcare Delivery from Suboptimal to Optimal,’ used five different metrics for ranking all 36 states. Akwa Ibom State occupies 27th position in the fiscal performance ranking. BudgIT said the metrics include index A, which examines states’ ability to meet operating expenses (recurrent expenditure) with only their internally generated revenue. Related post: How NASS Secretly Spends N1.752 Trillion in 17 Years -BudgIT  “Index A1 looks at the percentage year-on-year…

Nigeria’s U-20 football team, the Flying Eagles, successfully defended their WAFU B U20 title with a thrilling 2-1 victory over Ghana on Wednesday at the Stade de Kegue in Lome, Togo. The Nigerian side dominated the match, thanks to two exceptional goals from Kparobo Arierhi. The first goal came in the 35th minute, with Arierhi expertly finishing off a flowing move. The Beyond Limits FA product doubled the lead just before halftime. Ghana pulled one back in the second half but couldn’t overcome the deficit, handing the Flying Eagles their well-deserved victory. Related post: Nigeria’s Flying Eagles cruise into Q/Finals…

By Straightnews Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, said the state government decided to invest in real estate to grow the state economy and increase its revenue base. Governor Eno made the clarification on Wednesday in Lagos at the ground breaking ceremony of the 18-storey Ibom Towers at Victoria Island, Lagos, meant for delivery in the next 24 months. “With the blue chip real estate market, so today in our determined effort to grow more means of income and deepen our investment portfolio, we are here to perform a ground breaking ceremony of this 18-storey Ibom Towers,” Eno said. The Governor…

Public servants in Akwa Ibom State have jointly appealed to Governor Umo Eno to begin implementation the N80,000 new Minimum Wage from September 2024. Governor Eno announced N80,000 new minimum wage from the initial N30000 for all state government employees and  constituted the Implementation Committee one week ago, giving the 17-member committee one month to deliver its report on how the wage increase will be executed. This came when a handful of civil servants at the Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat, Uyo over the weekend, jubilated over the news meant to mitigate the pang of the harsh nation’s economy, describing Governor Eno…

By Straightnews The Action Peoples Party (APP) has swept 23 local government chairmanship seats in Rivers State, according to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). This came as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) expressed strong reservations regarding the election and the declaration of results. RSIEC Chief Election Officer, Adolphus Enebeli, made the announcement on Saturday, commending the process as free, fair, and credible. He said that a large voter turnout was recorded and the polls were closed at 3 p.m. The commission also confirmed that results for the 319 councillorship positions will be…

By Press Release The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Akwa Ibom State Wing has given the State Government a seven-day ultimatum to proceed on an indefinite strike in event of the government failing to meet their eight-point demands. In a letter entitled: RE: ULTIMATUM ON OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS TO TEACHERS IN AKWA IBOM STATE and dated October 28, 2024, the teachers in both public primary and secondary schools in the state sent their letter to Akwa Ibom State Governor through the Head of Civil Service, Government House, Uyo. A copy of the letter forwarded to Straightnews and signed by Comrade Edet…

By Press Release A student of Adiaha Obong Secondary Commercial School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Miss Eti-eno Uko Mkpong has emerged the star prize winner of Ibom Jewels’ On-line Essay Writing Competition as part of the activities to mark the 2024 Int’l Day of the Girl-Child. Miss Mkpong, an SS2 student scored 89 per cent to defeat 24 other students spread across eight public secondary schools in the three Senatorial Districts of the state. The star-prize winner was adjudged to have shown originality, clear and logical presentation using engaging language in her work. The concluding part of the Essay, according…

By Straightnews A member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Alex Ikwechegh,  has tendered a public apology for assaulting an e-hailing (Bolt) driver who went to deliver a package to him. Ikwechegh admitted that his behaviour did not meet the standards expected of a public official. Recall that in a video that went viral on Monday, the distressed driver, Abuwatseya recorded the incident that took place between him and Ikwechegh at the lawmaker’s residence in Maitama, Abuja. The video showed the visibly angry lawmaker repeatedly slapping and insulting the driver, allegedly because the driver had asked him to come out and collect the…