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Eight internet fraudsters in Akwa Ibom State would serve a jail term of two years each, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Command, said. A statement by EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Saturday, said they were convicted by Justice Rosemary Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State. The convicts are: Abasiofon Daniel Essien also known as Jason Momoa, Gideon Junior, Edikan Ubong, Harrison Chiemelie, Ndifereke Umoh, Christopher Promise, Effiong Wisdom and Godswill Nsikan. The statement explained that they were prosecuted on two-count separate charges that bordered on criminal impersonation, identity theft and obtaining by false…

Nigeria’s total public debt has reached N121.67 trillion within three months, a release by the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said.   This figure represents an increase of N24.33 trillion or 24.99 percent from the N97.34 trillion as of December 2023. Nigeria’s public debt profile consists of the federal and sub-national governments’ domestic and external debt stocks — the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). According to the DMO, the increase was primarily due to new domestic borrowing by the federal government to partly fund the deficit in the 2024 budget as well as disbursements by multilateral and…

After the inauguration as the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, Prophet Godwin Ikuru, the General Overseer of Jehovah Eye Salvation Ministry, has tasked him to end xenophobic attacks in the country. Straightnews gathered that the attacks on foreigners including Nigerians have claimed more lives in recent time. The Nigerian clergyman condemned the targeting of Nigerians and other nationals living in the country, and advised Ramaphosa to move against the perpetrators. The South African leader was inaugurated for a second term on Wednesday, a ceremony attended by President Bola Tinubu and other heads of government. Read these Ramaphosa Re-Elected South Africa’s President…

A Cambridge scholar, Mkpouto Pius, has shaded a Nigerian man for lacking a good Intelligence Quotient (IQ) to understand her for saying 98 per cent of Nigerian men cannot be like the husband of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.  Ms Pius, a Nigerian who did her first degree at the University of Calabar had taken to social media to celebrate the husband of the DG of the World Trade Organization WTO who turned 70 years old recently. In her post, Pius said Mr Okonjo-Iweala’s celebration of his wife’s 70th birthday, gave men the opportunity to remind women that they can be everything they…

The Nigerian Government has issued Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, a seven-day ultimatum to return to the site after failing to complete one kilometre of the 15km East-West Road section from Eleme Junction to Onne Port Junction in Rivers State. The company, it is learnt, that had received more than N40 billion mobilization funds abandoned the project on a flimsy excuse. Minister of Works, David Umahi issued the ultimatum on Wednesday during an inspection tour of ongoing road projects in the South-South zone. Also read Senator Indicts Works Ministry and NDDC on East-West Road Delay East-West Road completion to gulp N200b-…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles dropped eight places in the latest monthly ranking released by the Federation of International Football Federation (FIFA) on Thursday. The three-time African champions dropped from 30th to 38th position. Recall that the Super Eagles dropped two places in the previous FIFA ranking. The slip in the ranking follows the team’s disappointing results in the recent 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Also read After poor outings, Super Eagles Coach Finidi George Resigns FIFA ranking: Nigeria’s Super Eagles  zoom to 28th position FIFA World ranking: Super Eagles maintain 40th position The West Africans held the Bafana Bafana of South…

Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 16th Emir of Kano is, undoubtedly, in a fix following the nullification of his reinstatement by Federal High Court, Kano. The court, which delivered a verdict on Thursday, June 20, also nullified all the actions taken after the controversial reinstatement. The presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman said, “I hereby order that every step taking by the Government is hereby nullified and becomes null and invalid and that this does not affect the validity of the repealed Emirates Law but actions taken by the Governor, which includes the assenting to the Law and the reappointment (of…

Cross River State Government has commenced the reconstruction of Adiabo-Ikoneto Road in Odukpani Local Government Area of the state, which has been abandoned for 30 years. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony of the road at Adiabo community, Governor Bassey Otu expressed delight at the commencement of work on the road, saying “this road has been a vision and dream. ‘‘It gave me a lot of pain when work on this project stopped a few decades ago and looked like its completion would never happen. But I never knew that God was going to use me to get this project to…

Petty traders in Uyo metropolis Tuesday sobbed following the demolition of their shops by the Akwa Ibom State Government. Authorities of the Uyo Capital City Development Authority, UCCDA, led by the Chairman, Mr. Anietie Eka, accompanied by officials of the Ministry of Internal Security and Waterways, under the commissioner, Maj. Gen. Koko Essien (rtd) demolished illegal structures including shop extensions along Ibom Plaza, Aka Road and Nung Oku axis. It was learnt that government’s notice to the traders to vacate the area elapsed on June 18, 2024. The stranded petty traders, whose makeshift shops were destroyed, some with goods inside,…

Despite the grinding political crisis bedeviling the state for days now, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has brushed it aside by swearing in the new Caretaker Chairmen of the 23 local government areas of the state. The swearing in was conducted by Governor Fubara at the Executive Council Chambers of Government House, Port Harcourt on Wednesday, following their screening and confirmation by the three-member State Assembly led by its Speaker, Victor Jumbo. In a letter by the Clerk of the House, G.M. Gillis-West, Fubara said the screening and confirmation of the committee members, was to avoid a vacuum in the…