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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has freed 10 pregnant women from a baby factory ran by a 56-year-old suspect, Eunice Eze. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Waheed Ayilara stated this while briefing journalists at the State Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Ayilara said that the suspect, who runs a baby factory at the World Bank Estate in Owerri, was arrested on July 15, 2024, through actionable intelligence. The Commissioner of Police said the suspect specialises in stealing babies and pregnant women from Akwa Ibom State through her agent. “On 15/7/2024 at…

Akwa Ibom State Police Command says it has uncovered an armoury in a private mortuary at Ekeya, Okobo Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, CP Waheed Ayilara, who stated this while briefing journalists at the command headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo, on Monday, said the operatives stormed the mortuary on intelligence following the arrest of a kidnapping syndicate. Ayilara said the syndicate led by a wanted kidnapper, one Ubong Effiong Archibong, also known as ‘Condiment’, was allegedly responsible for the kidnapping and killing of several persons in the state. He said, “Operatives of the Command…

By Agency Report Two American music stars have thrown their weight behind Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nominee for the 2024 Presidential race. American pop star Ariana Grande and American rapper Cardi B have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic Party’s candidate for the presidential election. This comes after President Joe Biden stepped down as the Democratic Party’s candidate on Sunday and endorsed his vice Harris as the party’s flag bearer. Ariande Grande has 378.6 million followers on the Instagram. Also read: Vice President Kamala Harris, first woman, to act as US president  Sharing a picture of…

By Straightnews Nigerians are apprehensive about Aliko Dangote, the founder and president/chief executive of the Dangote Group,  crashing the cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) based on his pedigree in business, Straightnews has filtered the pulse. The concerns arise from Dangote Group monopoly of cement, sugar, flour, salt, seasoning, pasta, and beverages coupled with high costs of the products in Nigerian market, causing soaring prices of the products. Of recent, Dangote, the wealthiest individual in Africa, has been attacking International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria of planning to ensure the failure of the refining facility. Also read: Nigerians in…

By Agency Report Former president Bill Clinton and ex-secretary of state Hillary Clinton applauded Joe Biden’s decision to abandon his White House re-election bid Sunday, and threw their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to take up the baton. Lauding Biden’s “extraordinary career of service,” the Clintons said in a joint statement that they were “honored” to join him in endorsing Harris as the Democratic nominee “and will do whatever we can to support her.” “Nothing has made us more worried for our country than the threat posed by a second Trump term. He has promised to be a dictator…

Anger is trailing a member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, Yusuf Gagdi for gifting his daughter, Aisha, a new Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, after her graduation from secondary school. Reports had earlier emerged online stating that the lawmaker gifted his daughter who graduated from the Lead British International School, Abuja, the luxurious car. It was also reported that Aisha’s gift followed her excellent performance in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. Sharing photos from the graduation ceremony on Instagram on Saturday, Gagdi wrote, “Today, I attended my amazing daughter’s graduation ceremony. Watching you, my dear daughter, walk…

A groom and 11 suspects linked to the murder of a police inspector have been remanded in the Correctional Facility by Port Harcourt High Court in Rivers State. The suspects are standing trial on 13 charges, including conspiracy to murder and murder. Inspector Christiana Erekere was killed on April 25, 2024, while she was on stop-and-check duty at a police checkpoint in Taaba community, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State by individuals travelling to Akwa Ibom State for a wedding ceremony. Reports indicate that trouble began when a police team questioned the validity of the documents of one of…

By Agency Report US President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he was dropping out of his reelection battle with Donald Trump, in a historic move that plunges the already turbulent 2024 White House race into uncharted territory. However, Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris, the country’s Vice President as his preferred presidential nominee for his Democratic Party. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve you as president,” the 81-year-old Democrat said in a letter in X, posted while he was recovering from COVID at his beach house in Delaware. “While it has been my intention to seek…

Seven Nigerian tertiary institutions on Thursday received ‌N750 million in prizes awarded by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board’s (JAMB) National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award (NATAP-M). The institutions were rewarded for strict compliance with JAMB’s admission guidelines. The winners –three universities, a polytechnic, a college of education and an innovation enterprise institution– were presented with dummy cheques during the award ceremony shortly after the 2024 policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions, also convened by JAMB in Abuja on Thursday. Also read:  2024 UTME: Three Akwa Ibom students make JAMB’s list of top scorers  According to the JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede,…

By X handle The Presidency and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi have wrangled over a planned ‘EndBadGovernance’ protest. The protest against economic hardship, which is gaining traction on social media, has been scheduled to be held across all states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Prices of food and basic commodities have gone through the roof in the last months, as Nigerians battle one of the country’s worst inflation and economic crisis sparked by the government’s twin policies of petrol subsidy removal and unification of forex windows. Straightnews learnt that the…