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Suspected assailants, Friday evening, fled after killing the General Overseer of Mount of Solution Redeemed Church, Ikot Ekang in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Apostle Elisha Asuquo. The Pastor in-charge of the church, Pastor Aniekan Ibanga was also shot dead by the unknown gunmen. The incident was said to have occurred at the premises of the National Headquarters of the church around 7 p.m. when the duo were having a meeting in the church. The assailants were said to have stormed the church premises on a motor-cycle and after committing the crime, left through Abak-Ikot Ekpene Federal…

Vladimir Putin, the longest-serving Kremlin leader since dictator Josef Stalin, who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953, has been re-elected as the President of Russia for another six years and secured himself a fifth term in office, Reuters has reported. Exit polls and first results by pollster FOM revealed on Sunday, that Mr Putin received a record 87.8 percent win in the presidential election, which will make him the longest-serving Russian leader since dictator Josef Stalin. The polls, which ended at 8pm Moscow time, made it the country’s first-ever three-day election. The outcome of the…

The leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have directed their members across university and inter-university centre campuses nationwide to withdraw services from Monday, 18 March.  The associations embarked on a seven-day warning strike last week over the unpaid withheld salaries of their members after the 2022 nationwide strike. In a fresh memo issued by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of both SSANU and NASU, and signed by the National President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim, and the General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, the associations urged…

Some Nigerians have bared their minds on what triggered the killing of Nigerian soldiers by angry youths at the oil-rich Delta community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Straightnews has gathered. No fewer than 16 military officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army comprising Commanding Officer of 181 Battalion, two Majors, a Captain, 12 soldiers and civilians were among those killed by unknown gunmen in riverside Ijaw and Urhobo communities of Delta State. Straightnews learnt from undisclosed sources that soldiers of the Nigerian Army visited Okuama, an Urhobo riverine community in Ughelli  South of Delta State requesting to see the…

Many residents of the Okuama in the Ughelli South Local Government Area and Okolaba in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, on Friday, fled the communities for fear of reprisal attacks over killing of key military personnel. This was as soldiers took over the area and reportedly set some houses ablaze in reaction to the killing of 16 soldiers, including senior officers. Channels Television reported late on Saturday that 15 bodies of the soldiers were recovered by soldiers of the Joint Task Force under the supervision of the General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, at…

Defending champions Manchester City will play record winners Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals while Barcelona take on Paris St Germain after the draw was held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon on Friday. Real Madrid are 14-times champions and knocked City out in 2022 semi-finals but Carlo Ancelotti’s side were soundly beaten 5-1 on aggregate by Pep Guardiola’s team in the last four last year. “We don’t have another option. It looks like a little bit of a tradition… playing the kings of the competition, winning 14 Champions Leagues,” Guardiola told reporters. “Hopefully we can arrive in a good…

A suspected producer of adulterated drinks said to be dangerous to human consumption, one Akanimo Monday Akpan, is cooling his feet in the Akwa Ibom State Police Command pending trial in a court of law. The suspect from Efa Ayam Village, Etinan L.G.A but residing at Factory Road, Nung Udoe, Ibesikpo Asutan L.G.A was arrested by operatives of Anti-robbery Squad. He was caught in a case of adulteration of MAC MEG Apple Cider Vinegar, MAC MEG Noni Organic, Kombucha wines and other products. Announcing this at a press conference on Friday at Akwa Ibom Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, the…

An Akwa Ibom-born man who beheaded his 90-year-old grandmother and absconded with her hard-earned money is in the State police custody awaiting trial in court. The suspect, one Nkereuwem Umoren Ekpo from Adiasim Ikot Udo Village in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state was arrested for the murder of his grandmother, a 90-year-old Martina Udoudo Akpan from Onuk Nkop Ekpo Village. The state Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara who broke the news during a press conference on Friday at the Akwa Ibom Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, said ‘‘On 25/02/2024 at about 1400Hrs, one Nkereuwem Umoren Ekpo ‘M’…

The spokesman for the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, has declared that Senate President Godswill Akpabio will not resign from his office. Adaramodu was reacting to the demand by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that Akpabio should immediately step down following the suspension of Bauchi Central Senator Abdul Ningi. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, who made the party’s position public in Abuja on Wednesday, had called for an independent investigation into the alleged insertion of N3.7 trillion into the 2024 budget for non-existent projects while also demanding that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, step aside immediately to ensure…

In a show of political grandstanding, President Bola Tinubu has directed the reopening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger. He also ordered the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect. A statement by the President’s media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, noted that the directive was in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at its Extraordinary Summit on February 24, 2024, in Abuja. This was as a motion by Senator Suleiman Kawu Sumaila (NNPP, Kano South) calling for the reopening of the Nigeria-Niger land border shut…