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Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, is excited as the Flying Eagles thrashed their Tunisian counterparts for their Third-place finish at the 2023 CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigeria defeated Tunisia 4-0 on Friday to clinch the bronze medal, setting a record of finishing on the podium in the competition a record 13 times at this year’s CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The last time the Flying Eagles finished third at the U-20 AFCON was in 2013. A brace from Jude Sunday and a goal each from Ibrahim Muhammad and Ahmed Abdullahi…

Against COVID slump and diplomatic challenges, Xi Jinping clinched a precedent-breaking third term as China’s President during a parliamentary session on Friday, tightening his control of the world’s second-largest economy. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), voted unanimously in the Great Hall of the People for the 69-year-old Xi in an election in which there was no other candidate. Xi has taken China on a more authoritarian path since assuming control a decade ago, and he extends his tenure for another five-year term amid increasingly adversarial relations with the U.S. and its allies over Taiwan, Beijing’s…

The Labour Party in Akwa Ibom  State has distanced itself from a group endorsing governorship or any other candidate of another political party in Akwa Ibom State.  A press release signed by Captain Augustine Okon, Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council in Akwa Ibom State on Friday described groups parading as Obi-Datti group in Akwa Ibom State as faceless. ‘‘Neither the PCC nor Labor Party has mandated anyone to endorse any candidate outside ones presented by The Labour Party for election. Also read:  2023 election: Labour Party Dismisses alliance with YPP In Akwa Ibom Okon accused the groups of…

Police killed a Palestinian gunman who opened fire, wounding three people in Tel Aviv on Thursday. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labelled a “terror attack” amid rising unrest in the West Bank. The Islamist militant group Hamas claimed the shooter, a 23-year-old from the occupied West Bank, as a member. Related news Terror attack: Police kill gunman after wounding 3 in Tel Aviv Terrorism: Nigerian female doctor, six killed in Abuja-Kaduna train attack Terrorists’ attack: Death toll Rises to 26 in Kaduna community Police cordoned off a corner of Dizengoff Street in the city centre where the attack took…

Many inmates are alleged to be rotting in some Correctional Centres in in Akwa Ibom State, a journalist quoted some officials of the centres. Straightnews understands that some inmates are financially handicapped and others who commit minor  offences have no legal counsels to bail them. A journalist, who did not want his name in print, penned this in Courts Whatsapp group on Thursday. Related news Jubilation, gridlock greet Sen OBA’s release from Correctional Centre Court remands female lawyer in Correctional Centre for money laundering One Inmate Died, Jail Break Averted In A’Ibom Correctional Centre This was as Akwa Ibom State…

A shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall, Hamburg left eight people dead, including the perpetrator, German police stated Thursday. Police have not given a death toll, but multiple local media outlets reported that the shooting left seven dead  while eight were seriously injured. The first emergency calls were made around 2015 GMT after shots rang out at the building in the city’s northern district of Gross Borstel, a police spokesman at the scene said. Related news US, Germany agree to send Ukraine advanced battle tanks Floods Consume 150 In Western Europe Global COVID-19: Death Toll Crosses 4m Margin Police tweeted that…

Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo, on Thursday granted bail to a 22-year-old prison inmate, together with her bouncing baby girl in Uyo Correctional Centre after spending more than one year in detention. The nursing mother and her younger brother were held while awaiting trial for allegedly receiving stolen phone worth N2,000. Justice Ntong Ntong moved by the condition of the six-month-old infant, who has also been in prison since she was born September 24, 2022 granted the siblings of the nursing mother (names withheld) bail unconditionally. Related news Pay prison inmate N2m damage for unlawful prosecution- Court orders govt…

Troops of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Calabar, deployed for Operation Akpakwu, have rescued the  Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River, Professor Gertrude Njar, after 35 days in captivity. The Army Public Relations Officer, 13 Brigade, Calabar, Capt. Dorcas Aluko, told newsmen on Wednesday, March 8. The Commissioner was kidnapped on February 1, 2023 on Atamuno Street off  Mayne Avenue, Calabar South. Also read:  Family afraid over Commissioner’s safety in kidnappers’ den Following her abduction, the assailants reached out to her family and demanded a ransom of N150 million. This was as the Commissioner’s family had on March 8 sent…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the governorship and state houses of assembly elections by one week. The elections earlier scheduled for Saturday March 11 will now hold on Saturday March 18, the commission said in a statement by its spokesperson and INEC Commissioner for Voter Education, Festus Okoye, on Wednesday night. The first round of the elections – the presidential and national assembly elections – held as scheduled on 25th February. Also read:  INEC Fixes dates for Presidential, Gov, National Assembly Candidates’ final list The statement said the postponement was to make for adequate timing to reconfigure…

The family of Professor Gertrude Nnanjar Njar of Cross River State Commissioner for Women Affairs kidnapped more than one month ago is jittery over her safety. Prof Gertrude was kidnapped by armed men dressed in military fatigue in the early hours of February 1, 2023, on Atamunu Street in Calabar while on her way to the office in her official Renault car. The beleaguered family has appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to help rescue her. In a petition signed by one Prince Odey Oyama, dated March 2, 2023, the family said that the kidnappers drove a white Hilux…