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January 15 of every year in Nigeria is marked as Armed Forces Remembrance Day in commemoration of the soldiers who died in the cause of fighting for peace and unity of the country. Though governments in the country marked the day this year with pomp, most widows and children of the fallen soldiers on this day developed teary eyes and bleeding hearts due to the crushing poverty and unending hardships facing them. Faced by this agony, Mrs. Kanke Selfa Bali, a widow whose husband was killed by Boko Haram terrorists in 2014, says, to her, the day was full of…

A young Nigerian boy remains a stoic to the Biblical allusion “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might…” as he uses carton scraps to fabricate a generator. Ernest Collins, a 13-year-old boy from Ekwuolobia Umuochuba, Aguata local government area of Anambra state has employed engineering virtuosity in fabricating a generator to power his mini house. The Junior Secondary School (JSS3) student has also utilised his skills to construct several houses with cartons and other common raw materials. Ernest Stanley, a Facebook user, who shared the story on his page, revealed that Collins used the newly…

Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has railed at marginalization of the state by federal government in the disbursement of funds for infrastructural development especially roads. Emmanuel stated this Friday when elders of Eket Senatorial District Leaders’ Forum led by their Chairman, Chief Nduese Essien, paid him a solidarity visit at Government House, Uyo. “As a state that produces resources that fund infrastructural development in the country, Akwa Ibom deserves particular attention, at least, in road infrastructure,” he stated, imploring the central government to accord the state a sense of belonging in this direction. According to him,”The Federal Government has disbursed…

A 16-year-old girl from Oruk Anam local government area of Akwa Ibom State suspected to be involved in kidnap-related crimes has begged for pardon. She is Itoro Monday who was paraded Thursday along with 19 other suspected criminals at the state Police headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo. Itoro told StraightNews that she was nabbed by the police with her kidnap-suspect boyfriend, Isangobong Enobong Etuk, in his house in Ikot Akpan Eda village, Oruk Anam. “I was with my boyfriend in his house. When police came for him, I was also arrested. I did not know that he was into kidnapping.…

Bitter leaf is a plant of Acanthaceae family. Usually, you can find this plant growing wild in open places such as roadsides or fields. However, if you want to grow it on the back of your garden or on any available land, it will be a great idea. It is easy to plant and grow and has a very good effect on your body. The plant is believed to have found its way to Africa from tropical Asia. The bitter leaf is efficient as a medicine and despite its light bitterness, is quite tasty. Depending, on how you have this…

The national economic council (NEC) headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has constituted a 10-man working committee to address killings by herdsmen. The committee headed by Osinbajo has governors of Kaduna, Zamfara, Taraba, Benue, Adamawa, Edo, Plateau, Oyo, and Ebonyi as members. Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, who stated this to state house correspondents at the end of the 84th NEC meeting which lasted four hours, said the committee would collaborate with the federal government to address impunity regarding killings and violence. The committee would work to ensure that all the perpetrators of violence were brought to book, he said.…

The Leicester Crown Court, United Kingdom, on Thursday convicted a Nigerian businessman, Walter Wagbatsoma, of money laundering. The English court sentenced him to a jail term of three and a half years. A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja had last year convicted him in absentia alongside his company of fuel subsidy fraud. According to the Lincolnshire Police website, Wagbatsoma’s conviction in the UK, was based on investigation by Lincolnshire Police Economic Crime Unit under Operation Tarlac. The investigation was said to have revealed that over £12m was stolen from public agencies, including hospital trusts, housing associations and councils in…

A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, has ordered oil giant, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, to pay the people of Odimodi Federated Communities and the Forcados Community in Burutu Council Area of the state N1.430 billion over the 1998 oil spill which destroyed the communities’ means of livelihood. In a judgment delivered by Honourable Justice Shitu Abubakar on suit No: FHC/WR/30/2013, the judge held that there were evidences that about 40,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into the Atlantic Ocean criss-crossing seven states including Lagos and Delta from a ruptured Mobil’s 24-inch pipeline at Idoho in Akwa Ibom…

Popular South Africa-based Prophet Shepherd Bushiri known for his flamboyant lifestyle) has been arrested on the suspicion of drug trafficking. The Malawian-born man of God, who gave Maserati Levante car on December 25 as a birthday gift for his five-year-old daughter, Israella, has wealth estimated at $150 million. According to Texas-express.com, Prophet Bushiri of Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECGC was reportedly arrested on Friday, January 12 at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The controversial clergy man, who has been released on a $100,000 (N36.3 million) bail, would be assisting the New York police in investigating the 10 kg…

Scent leaf has distinctive smell and taste, sometimes unpleasant, fragrant or sweet. It is called efirin (Yoruba), nchanwu leaf (Igbo), nton (Ibibio) and daidoya (Hausa). Efirin, daidoya, nchanwu or scent leaf, whose botanical name is Ocimum gratissimum, is a tropical plant species that belongs to the family of Labiatae. It is usually a homegrown shrub used mainly as spices for cooking delicacies due to its unique aromatic taste. Scent leaves are high in calcium, phophurus, iron, potassium, carbon and vitamin A. The scent leaves have fragrant smelling and this is a medicinal plant. The shape is branched at the top,…