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… As Dangote truck rams into the 18-seater bus conveying the pastors Deceased families of the 12 Pastors of The Salvation Army, Ni­geria Territory are yet to find solace as speeding Dangote truck hit the clergymen’s bus from behind, killing them in Edo State on their way from Officers’ Councils Conference in Lagos. The crash which occurred at Ovia River close to Benin City, the Edo State capital on Thursday, June 29 also claimed the lives of a baby and driver. Confirming the incident in statement, Major Daniel Ekong, the Pub­lic Relations Secretary of the church, stated, “the Salvation Army…

A native doctor and five suspected cultists who turned Nwaniba axis to killing field during the brutal cult clash have met their waterloo. The cultists were said to have been responsible for the clash along Udo Ekpo Mkpo, Nwaniba and Ekpri Nsukarra axis in May 2023 which claimed more than 12 persons and led to loss of goods worth millions of Naira. The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi stated this while addressing a mini press conference at the State Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo Local Government Area on Friday. Also read; 3 Allegedly Die As…

An unremorseful man from Ikot Ndot village in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State is in police net over alleged murder of his son with Dane gun.  One Aniekan James is alleged to have shot dead his son-  one odudu Aniekan James, whom they had been at each other’s throats. Addressing a mini press conference at the State Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo Local Government Area on Friday, Olatoye Durosinmi, the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, said ‘‘On 16/06/2023, one Aniekan James of Ikot Ndot village in Ukanafun L.G.A was arrested by Ukanafun Division for…

Israel Umoh A 37-year-old imposter medical doctor arrested by Akwa Ibom State Police and now in detention is facing prosecution over alleged impersonation. The suspected medical doctor, Promise Chukwuemeka Anyanwu from Abia State, was arrested by the SWAT Squad of Akwa Ibom Police Command. The bearded suspect, who was caught with a stethoscope and laptop, is said to be specialising in obtaining goods under false pretense and staying in hotels, and thereafter giving fake bank credit alerts to those concerned. Addressing a mini press conference at the State Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo Local Government Area on Friday,…

Amidst intensive lobbying for ministerial appointments, the All Progressives Congress Legacy Group in Cross River State wants President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be circumspect to avoid bringing on board imposter nominee from the state. The group which is a congregation of founding and older members of the APC was part of the three defunct political parties-ACN, CPC, ANPP- that merged in 2013 to form APC, or had joined the party shortly before the 2015 elections. In Cross River, there is fear that those who defected from the PDP along with immediate past governor, Prof Ben Ayade in 2021, had hijacked…

The gory sight of a final-year student of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU), Ikot Akpaden in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area beheaded by suspected cultists sent goose pimples down the spines of the students and university community. The deceased, identified as Abasi-Anyianga Morris, a final-year Computer Science student, was gruesomely murdered by suspected cultists a few weeks after he emerged as the school ambassador with a “Mr. AKSU” title. Sources stated that his death may not be unconnected with his emergence as the winner of the contest to the surprise of the opposition, forcing an angry cult group to hack him…

Nigeria’s music superstar, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido, is in alleged pregnancies’ scandal based on the number of women accusing him of impregnating them. A French lady, Ivanna Bay has accused Nigerian music star, Davido of impregnating her. Ivanna shared a purported chat with the Nigerian singer to backup her claim of being impregnated by him on Wednesday. She also shared a video of her carrying out a pregnancy test which confirmed that she is pregnant. Also read: Davido performs Traditional marriage rites with Chioma   This is coming hours after an American lady, Anita Brown, went public with…

The re-elected Dr Julius Maada Bio was, Tuesday, officially sworn in as the Sierra Leonean President at Freetown’s State House following his victory in the 2023 elections. Commission chief Mohamed Kenewui Konneh said on Tuesday June 27, that Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) was re-elected with 56.17 percent of Saturday’s vote. His top challenger, Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara of the All People’s Congress (APC), came second with 41.16 percent. More than 2.8 million votes were cast in last Saturday’s poll. Bio’s programmes In his address, President Bio emphasized the significance of the peaceful conduct of successive democratic…

In less than three weeks, President Bola Tinubu administration has secured another World Bank  loan which is $500 million to help the country drive women’s empowerment.  Accordingly, World Bank stated that it gave approval for the loan to scale up financing for Nigeria Women Programme, which was initially approved on June 27, 2018, with $100 million financing. Earlier, the World Bank Group had approved $750 million loan to Tinubu administration to boost Nigeria’s power sector, The loan with project ID P174622 was approved on June 9, 2023, making it the first World Bank loan approved under the new administration of…

Akwa Ibom Government has floated a N100 million Education Intervention Fund to assist physically challenged and other disabled students of the state origin studying in public tertiary institutions. The state Governor, Pastor Umo Eno announced this when the National Association of Students with Disabilities, University of Uyo chapter led by their President, Comrade Emmanuel Wisdom, paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Uyo. Eno said he was moved by the passion to give the student body a sense of belonging to underscore the political inclusion drive of his administration. Also read:  Bring your enterpreneurial acumen to bear on Akwa…