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A senior lecturer in the Nigerian public university has emphasized that the existence of free and independent press is sine qua non for a free society. Dr. Nsikak Idiong, a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication Arts, University of Uyo, who stated this Friday, May 4 at the celebration of this year’s World Press Freedom Day, said “Those who wish to see a free and prosperous socity but do not wish to see a free press are like those aquaphobes who like to dive into a swimming pool but do not want to get wet.” Idiong, while presenting a…

What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘bell pepper’? It has shape like papaya and has various types in colour and the taste is a bit spicy. Bell peppers are usually used as an ingredient in cooking. Well, many people are still mistaken if bell pepper is a vegetable, but you know it is actually a fruit. Bell pepper has many types, such as red, green, orange, yellow, and purple peppers. Bell pepper, also known as sweet pepper, is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. It has many benefits for health but the most phenomenal…

Two caskets with the remains of two brothers were offloaded into a waiting ambulance. In a convoy of cars, the ambulance moved gently blaring siren to clear the busy Uyo-Nwaniba Road. It disembarked at the premises of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Ifiayong Usuk, Central Uruan Parish, Uyo Diocese in Akwa Ibom State. Pall bearers wearing black came out and pulled out the caskets into the church for a funeral service in honour of the deceased. This was the scene at the funeral service organised for Ubong Ekpe Asuquo and Francis Ekpe Asuquo from Ifiayong Usuk in Uruan local government area…

As Nigerian journalists join their counterparts May 3 in marking World Press Freedom Day, a one-time international editor of the year has called on journalists in the country to embrace truthful and factual reportage. Ray Ekpu, who spoke with Straightnews reporter in a telephone interview Thursday said, “In spite of what is happening in the social media, people who create social or mainstream media should know that the essence of communication is to convey information. Let there be pursuit of facts otherwise we will damage the whole process of conversation. Journalists are not supposed to relay falsehood.” Ekpu, who was…

As debates and agitations for increased New Minimum Wage for public servants are raging in the country, analysts of Nigerian television station are unanimous in calling for the review and implementation of a new minimum wage, cautioning that states be allowed to negotiate the exact amount they could pay their workers. At the moment, a junior staff in the lowest rung of civil service collects N18,000, but Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is agitating for payment of N66,500 to the junior in the lowest cadre of the service. The analysts who talked Wednesday in TVC NEWS, Lagos under the programme, ‘Journalists…

University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, the nation’s premier ivory tower, established in 1962, has become a trailblazer to produce four First Class graduates in Chinese Language in its 56 years of existence. Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution,  who announced this at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos, said the university will, for the first time, produce four out of the 14 graduates bagging first class division in Chinese. Ogundipe said activities lined-up for the three-day ceremonies would begin on May 8, explaining that 62 of the entire first class graduating students are from the Faculty of…

Garden egg is in the family of eggplant used as a food crop in several countries in Africa. It is a small, white fruit with a teardrop or roundish shape that is valued for its bitterness. Botanically, garden egg is known as Solanum melongena of the Solanaceae family and locally called Igba among the Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria and nya among Akwa Ibom people.  The fruit remains a delight for researchers as the effects of garden egg are not only nutritional but significantly of health benefits as the tree that bearers them. In the past, garden eggs were only available in…

Against the background of negative comments and vile reports by a section of the mass media that trailed the demise of Monday Etokakpan, International President of Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, a foremost socio-cultural organisation, Udom Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom State governor, has dusted the backlashes, saying his death was caused by embolism- blood-clotting. Emmanuel, who gave the insight Wednesday when Patrick Udofia, Vice President 1 with executive members of the organisation paid him a condolence visit in his office, said autopsy conducted on the deceased showed that he passed on as a result a medical condition known as embolism otherwise called blood…

Abubakar Atiku, a one-time Nigeria’s Vice President has challenged Nigerians to vote out the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from government if they want to continue as a country beyond 2019. Atiku, who made the call Wednesday at the PDP Secretariat, Uyo during his consultation visit to Akwa Ibom state, said “The country is in its worse state today. I have never seen it since the civil war. Ethnic division, north against south, this is very dangerous for our survival as a country. Coming to consult the party on his ambition as a PDP Presidential aspirant, he noted “We must…

Liverpool booked a Champions League final meeting with Real Madrid after beating Roma 7-6 on aggregate in the semi-finals on Wednesday despite losing a breathless second leg at the Stadio Olimpico. After a 5-2 first-leg win last week, a 4-2 defeat on the night could not prevent the five-time champions from reaching their first final since 2007. Jurgen Klopp’s men built on their Anfield victory with first-half strikes from Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum sandwiching an unfortunate James Milner own goal. Needing four unanswered goals to force extra time, Roma piled on the pressure in the second half, but failed…