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Edi Umoh Mirra Andreeva and Alexander Zverev each won their first career Grand Slams at a French Open filled with unexpected twists and turns. Alexander Zverev beat Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1 on Sunday in the French Open final to win his first major title. He is the first player outside of an elite cohort of Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and the former Big Three-including Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal- to win a Grand Slam since Daniil Medvedev won the 2021 U.S. Open. In the women’s final on Saturday, Mirra Andreeva defeated Maja Chwalińska 6-3, 6-2 to win the biggest title of…

Edi Umoh The General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Dr. Daniel Olukoya, has threatened legal action against Yewande Roberts, over allegations of sexual harassment, psychological abuse, and the alleged unlawful withholding of her late husband’s intellectual property. Olukoya, through his lawyer, Jude Ehiedu, is demanding N550 million in damages from Roberts following a series of social media publications in which she allegedly accused the prominent clergyman and the church of misconduct. Yewande Roberts who is the widow of the late MFM youth pastor and gospel music minister, Pastor Tope Roberts, is also daughter of former…

Aniefiok Christopher The Federal High Court in Lagos has declared unlawful the National Assembly’s controversial N110 billion vehicle procurement and allowance schemes, holding that the spending violated procurement laws, constitutional provisions and the public trust. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said in a statement on Sunday that Judge Yellim Bogoro ruled that the planned expenditure of N40 billion on 465 vehicles for federal lawmakers and N70 billion as support allowances for newly elected legislators was arbitrary, disproportionate and inconsistent with statutory procurement standards. The suit, marked FHC/L/CS/1606/2023, was instituted by SERAP against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker…

Aniefiok Christopher Akwa Ibom State Government has renewed call for collective action against domestic and gender-based violence (GBV), gingering civil society organisations, religious bodies, traditional institutions and mass media to join the fight. Making the call during a public presentation of Beyond the Poise, a novel authored by Mrs. Eme Atakpo, at the Patience Umo Eno Auditorium of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Uyo, the Coordinator of the Office of the First Lady, Lady Helen Eno-Obareki, reiterated her commitment to intensify the fight against the social vices. Eno-Obareki observed that its launch during Gender-Based Violence Awareness…

Israel Umoh The naming of public infrastructure and development projects is more than a matter of official nomenclature. It is a question of identity, history, ownership and collective memory.  Across the world, projects are often named after the communities and localities that host them, thereby creating a lasting connection between the infrastructure and the people whose land, resources and environment sustain it. In Akwa Ibom State, however, the issue has generated considerable debate. While governments have the prerogative to determine the names of public projects, the practice of overlooking host communities in favour of political figures, institutions or broader branding…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded its presidential, governorship, National Assembly and state assembly primaries across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. While the exercise was peaceful in some states and wards, others were marred by tension, protests and deep dissatisfaction among aspirants and party stakeholders. Before the primaries, many aspirants had purchased nomination forms, mobilised supporters and traversed their constituencies in search of delegates’ votes. Huge resources, time and political capital were committed in pursuit of their ambitions. Also read: Editorial: Remedying That Expensive Fart  Editorial: Playing Atataruru With Security Of Life, Property?  Editorial: One Death,…

Agency Report Six persons, including four members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and a soldier, were burnt to death following a motor accident in Adamawa State.  The crash occurred on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at about 1:50 p.m. when the military vehicle, travelling from Gombi to Yola, collided head-on with the commercial bus conveying five passengers from Yola to Mubi along the Narehi area of the Girei-Song Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the Adamawa State Police Command, Suleiman Nguroje, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said “The unfortunate incident involved a military gun truck…

Aniefiok Christopher Three children from Ikot Ekpaw Village in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom  State were rescued from two suspected kidnappers Wednesday evening.   The children were said to be returning from evening lessons when the kidnappers accosted and dragged them into their a mini bus en route to unknown destination. According to an eye witness, one of the children raised an alarm in the vehicle that drew attention of onlookers to the scene. The mob accosted the bus, dragged out the kidnappers and set the vehicle ablaze before an unidentified person called policemen who came and took…

Akakan Umoh The Akwa Ibom Police Command crack down on illegal firearms manufacturing network led to recovery of cache of guns and arrest of two suspects in the state.  This formed the command’s sustained campaign against the proliferation of illegal firearms and the activities of criminal elements across the state. ‘‘The success was achieved by operatives of the newly established Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), a strategic initiative of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu PSC(+), NPM, designed to aggressively tackle the menace of violent crimes and other emerging security threats,” as stated by DSP Timfon John, the…

In support of education project fund,  Senator Ekong Sampson, representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District, has donated ₦210 million to Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) and Akwa Ibom South students studying at the Nigerian Law School. This shows that Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) and Akwa Ibom South students studying at the Nigerian Law School from the Senatorial district got N200 million and ₦10 million grants respectfully. Senator Sampson, who announced this during a special ceremony at the Shakespeare Hall of Watbridge Hotel, Uyo, said the ₦200 million was for intervention projects to be approved by the university management to…