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Residents of Akwa Ibom State, particularly Uyo, Eket and Itu Local Government Areas, have expressed worry over the rising cases of robbery and secret cultism activities in their localities. How they operate – Udoh A victim, who simply identified himself as Mr. Udoh, told NDV, last Friday that hoodlums dispossessed him and his wife of their cell phones and money at gunpoint, some weeks ago in Eket. Police operatives “It happened weeks ago after I closed from work. I decided to go to my wife’s shop to assist her that day and about 8:30 pm, we decided to close the…

The first female President-General has been elected to drive the socio-cultural engine of the 92-year-old Oron Union in Akwa Ibom State. She is Dr. (Mrs.) Janet Asuquo Amba, wife of the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State, Mr. Asuquo Amba. Until her emergence, she was the Vice President-General 1 of the union. Mrs. Amba took over the reins of office from Dr. Effiong Edunam, a one-time Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Education and a university don. In the election held on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at Oron Union Civic Centre, she polled 126 votes to clinch the coveted position against her closest…

The number of dead people on the list of  President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments to the boards of several government agencies  and institutions is now eight — not two as reported on the first day of the announcement. They are Francis Okpozo, a senator in the Second Republic, who died in December 2016 but was announced as Chairman of the board of the Nigerian Press Council; Christopher Utov, a Catholic Priest and founder of Fidei Polytechnic in Benue State, who died in March but was listed as a board member of the Nigeria Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER). Donald…

The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to shelve his plans to contest in the 2019 presidential elections. Mbaka, who spoke before thousands of worshippers in a New Year Message he delivered early Monday morning, said Buhari would be totally disgraced if he takes a shot at the presidency after his current tenure. It would be recalled that he had prophesied on the same pulpit that then President Goodluck Jonathan would be defeated in the 2015 election even though he stood a better chance and it came to pass. Read the…

At least 20 people were suspected to have been killed by unknown gunmen in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Monday, January 1, 2018. According to a report by The Punch, the gunmen attacked the community while residents were celebrating during the early hours of the new year. The gunmen are suspected to be working for a former militant leader, Don Nwanee. Even though the state’s police command confirmed the incident, details of the tragedy were not yet available. Details later.

Founder and Senior Pastor of the Omega Fire Ministry, Auchi, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has released 50 shocking prophecies for the year 2018. Apostle Suleman’s 50 prophecies: 1. Economy to get better in Nigeria in 2018 2. Year of serial bombings in Nigeria 3. Imo State Governor to make governorship a family affair 4. Donald Trump’s health needs attention 5. New strategies of killing perceived political enemies in Nigeria will arise 6. Wild-fire outbreak in an American state 7. Man-hunt for Ekiti state Governor by the Federal Government of Nigeria 8. Government of Nigeria to disobey court orders 9. God says,…

The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has revealed his prophecy for 2018. He made 11 revelations which were divided into 3 groups – individual prophecies, predictions for Nigeria, and what the world should expect in general. Individual 1. Erstwhile stubborn mountains will move. 2. Many people will wake up to realise that their future is not in the hand of any government and as a result a lot of lost ground will be reclaimed. 3. Saboteurs will be disgraced and displaced. Nigeria 1. Significant goliaths will fall. 2. Before the end…

Two people have died from fireworks injuries amid New Year celebrations in Germany, but the country avoided a repeat of the mass groping in Cologne from 2016, amid heightened security and efforts to protect women from sexual harassment. In the Brandenburg region outside Berlin, the dpa news agency reported Monday that a 35-year-old man died after igniting fireworks, and a 19-year-old suffered fatal head injuries after he set off a homemade device. Police in Cologne reported seven cases of sexual harassment, while Berlin police reported 10 and seven arrests as several hundred thousand people celebrated at the city’s Brandenburg Gate.…

Former President Barack Obama is the most admired man in the United States and has been for the past 10 years, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. For the 22nd time, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman. The poll found that 17 percent of respondents declared Obama as the man they most admired, with President Donald Trump in second place with 14 percent. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was named the most admired woman with 9 percent of respondents, just surpassing the 7 percent who chose former first lady Michelle Obama. A quarter of…

Cholesterol is made in your liver and has many important functions. For example, it helps keep the walls of your cells flexible and is needed to make several hormones. Like anything in the body, too much cholesterol or cholesterol in the wrong places creates problems. Like fat, cholesterol does not dissolve in water. Instead, its transport in the body depends on molecules called lipoproteins, which carry cholesterol, fat and fat-soluble vitamins in the blood. Different kinds of lipoproteins have different effects on health. For example, high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) result in cholesterol deposits in blood vessel walls, which…