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Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo has challenged women in the state to take the bull by the horn and join forces with the Jewels in contributing their quota to the making of a great state. Ekpo spoke recently during the launching of the third and Special Edition of IBOM JEWELS’ Compendium, the foremost publication of women of Impact, women inspirers, women Leaders and women Influencers of Akwa Ibom stock the world over, at Ibom Icon Hotel and Golf Resort, Uyo. Jewels enlisted in the Compendium were officially inaugurated with Ibom Jewels’ emblem into the great family of Ibom…

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the Nigerian subsidiary of global oil giant, Shell Plc, has agreed to pay $16 million (£13 million) to four Nigerian farmers and their communities to compensate for damage allegedly caused by pollution coming from leaks in its oil pipelines. Four Ogoni farmers and fishermen sued Shell in the Netherlands in 2008 to pay for cleaning up spills in their villages: Goi, Oruma and Ikot Ada Udo. The communities were impacted by four oil spills that occurred between 2004 and 2007. Read also: Shell Ready To Pay N45.9b Fine To Ogoni People In 21 Days The plaintiffs were aided…

Andre Onana has announced his retirement from international football after being removed from Cameroon’s World Cup squad last month. The Inter Milan star, 26, was sent home from the tournament in Qatar following a blazing row with manager Rigobert Song, who reportedly took issue with his goalkeeping style. Song clashed with Inter Milan shot-stopper during training for taking too many risks with his feet, sparking a shouting match between the pair. Read also: World Cup 2022: Cameroon bow out after beating Brazil as Ghana head home too Leaked footage later showed the head coach explaining what was said during the dispute. He claimed his goalkeeper…

New ‘bride’ of Bright Okpocha popularly known as Basketmouth have surfaced online after  divorcing his first wife, Straightnews reports. In the splashing photos, Basketmouth, a popular Nigerian comedian wearing designer’s suit, is seen cuddling Stella Yakpotuba, his new bride, wearing what is akin to white wedding gown. This came few hours after Basketmouth announced an end of a 12-year-old marriage to his wife, Elsie Okpocha via his social media handle on Thursday. Also read: Davido Wins 2017 AFRIMMA Basketmouth’s announcement came after he had celebrated Elsie’s 44th birthday anniversary in September, though he did not celebrate their annual wedding anniversary…

Senator Ita Enang has prayed Federal High Court, Abuja, to strike out Mr. Akanimo Udofia’s suit wanting Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept his name as the APC governorship candidate for Akwa Ibom in the 2023 general elections. Mr. Enang, a former Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, who was joined as 2nd defendant in the suit, told Justice Emeka Nwite that Udofia’s suit was frivolous and had no life any more after a judgement delivered in his favour by a sister court in Uyo. His oral application followed the failure of Udofia’s counsel, Umeh Kalu,…

Russian President, Vladmir Putin has warned that a new “Satan II” hypersonic missile would be ready for deployment soon. Putin, who vowed to provide his Russian troops with whatever they need to win the war in Ukraine, gave little away in terms of strategy as his invasion of the neighbouring country continues. The hypersonic Sarmat missile, dubbed Satan II, is likely to be added to the Kremlin’s artillery in the New Year. Also read: Russia’s ‘Satan 2’ nuclear missile can destroy the world, false It is thought each Satan II warhead can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads at five times the speed of…

Two brothers, Godwin and Wisdom Udoh, indigenes of Akwa Ibom, are to die by hanging for the murder of one Miss Oluchi Okorie, a staffer of Radio Nigeria, Unity FM, Abakaliki. A Degema High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, passed the judgement on the two, saying this was based on the confessional statements made by the defendants to the police. The presiding judge of the court, Justice Okogbule Gbasam said from the evidence presented to the court, it was clear that the defendants were the last persons with the deceased before her death. Also read: Man To Die By…

Suspected cultists Sunday night beheaded and escaped with the head of youth president of Inen Ikot Owok in Inen Clan, Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The cultists were said to have caught Hezekiah John Adaiden, dragged him to a corner in his compound, beat him into a coma and cut off his head leaving the headless body in the pool of his blood. An eyewitness who did not want his name mentioned said the incident occurred around 1 a.m. when a group of suspected cultists, known by the deceased, visited him and were entertained with drinks…

The Federal Republic of Germany Wednesday at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Abuja, handed 22 Benin Bronzes to the Nigerian government. The artefacts, which had stayed outside Nigeria for 125 years, were looted from Benin by the British colonialists and over the years, had moved to different countries before arriving in Germany. The German Government delegation was led by Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany and Claudia Roth, Minister of State for Culture, Federal Republic of Germany. Read also: USA Returns 23 stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria   Speaking at the ceremony, Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has bowed by raising its weekly cash withdrawal limits set for individuals and Corporate Organisations to N500,000 and N5 million respectively. The earlier limits pegged individual cash withdrawal per week at N100,000; while Corporate organisations were limited to weekly withdrawals of N500,000. The directive on the weekly cash withdrawal limit is contained in a circular issued by the bank on Wednesday and signed by the director of banking supervision department, Haruna Mustafa. Read also: CBN Releases new Naira notes security features Straightnews gathered that the development is coming two weeks after the CBN reduced the weekly…