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Five persons were reportedly beheaded in a land tussle between the villages of Bubuo and Okwabang in Boki local governemt area of Cross River State. The battle which started Saturday has led to the destruction of many houses and livestock. A resident stated that three persons from Bubuo were beheaded, while two people from Okwabang were also beheaded. He said as at Sunday evening many people had fled the area as youths from both communities freely engaged each others with guns and machetes. He said no police presence has been noticed as both sides are carrying on without any restraint,…

Chief Magistrate, Mrs N.A.J Ogunbona of the Ibadan Magistrate Court, Iyaganku- Ibadan, Oyo State capital, Monday rained curses on those who take pleasure in raping minors as a 52-year-old man was brought before her for raping a nine-year old girl. The accused, Mr Gabriel Olaniyan, arraigned on a count charge of having carnal knowledge of the minor told the court how he lured the girl into a secluded place with N10 cookies before raping her, but he dismissed the insinuation that he actually defiled the girl for ritual purpose. In the charge‎ sheet signed by Fawole Funke, the accused was…

The burial reception in honor of a 111-year-old woman (name withheld) Boboroku community of Jesse in Ethiope West local government area of Delta State turned awry weekend as a plain clothed policeman reportedly slumped and died during a clash between the community youths and a team of soldiers drafted from the 19 Battalion, Koko to maintain peace. It was gathered that there was rowdiness during the sharing of food and drinks for guests at the party and in the process some of the youths allegedly made attempts to disarm two soldiers who had tried to restore orderliness. One person was…

Babatunde Fashola, Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Monday said he was not afraid of going to the law court over allegations of preferential treatment offered two power generating companies. Fashola also raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the power Generation Companies, GENCOs, to scuttle the current efforts being made to improve on electricity supply in the country. He made this known at the 25th Monthly Meeting with Operators in the Power Sector hosted by Ibom Power at the Ibom Hall, IBB Way, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State while he was reacting to a suit filed by the…

Indications emerged last night that no fewer than 145 persons have been arrested in various parts of the North, following the crackdown ordered by the federal government on suspected militias causing mass deaths in some states in the region. A top source, who gave an update to Vanguard last night, also hinted that the militias killed no fewer than 30 policemen mobilised by the government to quell the onslaught. The official hinted that the bulk of those areas was in Benue, Kaduna and Nasarawa states, following the order given by President Muhammadu Buhari to security agencies to fish out perpetrators of…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Benue as afterthought and needless, several months after the massacre of Nigerians, serving only as a large billboard of his administration’s gross insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians. The party, however, said its mega rally, which held in Dutse, Jigawa State, today, has opened a new vista for the party as the true hope for Nigerians. The PDP, in a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, on Monday, said it is appalling and highly disheartening that a President can only visit his distressed citizens after a…

Unknown gunmen Monday kidnapped two clergymen in Ikot Akpa Idem, Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom State, Straightnews has gathered. Pastor Mfon Akpan Udo Nneke, Area Superintendent of The Apostolic Church, Ikot Akpa Idem was said to have been kidnapped at 5 a.m. by the gunmen while he was preparing for Women Fellowship prayer meeting. Nneke who hails from Idung Nneke is a cousin to Dr. Idongesit Umoh, the founder of Sure Polytechnic, Idung Nneke in Ukanafun. However, Umoh was abducted from his country home last year, ransom paid but his abductors amputated his right hand. A family source…

A one-time General Manager of Akwa Ibom State Newspaper Corporation, Udo Silas has described the industrialization policy of the government as a ruse. Industrialisation policy forms part of its major thrusts of the state government. On September 23, 2017, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo inaugurated Syringe Manufacturing Company and Metering Company in Onna local government area. But speaking on Planet 101.1 FM Radio, Uyo under Team Nigeria, a programme sponsored by Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Silas himself an indigene of Onna dismissed the industrialisation usually written in mass media and social media as “mere…

A top media professional in Akwa Ibom State has disparaged that there is government but no governace in the state, submitting that “All is not well in the state in the scheme of things.” Speaking on Planet 101.1 FM Radio, Uyo under Team Nigeria, a programme sponsored by Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Udo Silas, the immediate past General Manager of Akwa Ibom State Newspaper Corporation, stated “In fact, there is government but no governance in Akwa Ibom State.” Silas, who is a media professional and a stalwart of All Progrssives Party (APC), explained…

The Senate has confirmed the revelation by Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central that each Nigerian Senator collects N13.5 million running cost monthly. Straightnews had reported last week that the Senator dropped this bombshell during an interview with The News magazine. Aliyu Abdullahi, the Senate spokesperson, said said the revelation recently made by Sani that each member of the red chamber receives N13.5 million monthly is “nothing new.” Abdullahi said the details revealed to the public by Senator are already contained in budget for the National Assembly. He said the details are “contained in various line items and expenditure…