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The Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has signed into law a death penalty on anybody found guilty of banditry, cattle rustling, cultism, or serving as a bandits’ informant. The Governor announced this in a broadcast to the people of the state on Tuesday, August 16. He said “On the 28th of June this year, I assented to the bill on Prohibition and Punishment for Banditry, Cattle Rustling, Cultism, Kidnapping and Other Incidental Offences, 2022. Read also PDP Zamfara Governor, Bello Matawalle, To Join APC June 29 2023 Presidency: Northern Governors demand power shift to the South Why telecoms shut down services…

After 20 days being detained in a Correctional Centre, Inibehe Effiong, the jailed human rights lawyer, has sued the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, over the her refusal to furnish him with his conviction order and copies of court proceedings. Irked by the judge inability to hearken to repeated applications, the lawyer, on Monday, August 17, filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Uyo, praying the court to direct Justice Obot to furnish him with a copy of the July 27 judgement. Effiong also prayed the court to declare as illegal and unconstitutional, the judge’s refusal to release…

In a keenly contested election, Deputy President William Ruto has beaten Raila Odinga to become Kenya’s President, the electoral commission chairman has said. He narrowly beat his rival, Odinga, taking 50.4% of the vote. Ruto has served as deputy president for 10 years, but fell out with President Uhuru Kenyatta, who backed Mr Odinga to succeed him. Read also Bus plunges into Nithi River in Kenya killing 34 Kenya: MP Suspended from House After Distributing Sweets Raila Odinga Takes Oath of Office, Musyoka Absent The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of vote-rigging by members of Mr Odinga’s campaign.…

Two housemates, Ilebaye and Khalid, have been evicted from the Big Brother Naija Season 7 reality TV show on Sunday.  Three weeks ago, the Head of House, Adekunle, nominated five Level 2 Housemates for possible eviction on Sunday. Read also #BBNaijaS7: Cyph and Christy O evicted as housemates BBNaija Unveils 12 Housemates for season 7 BBNaija Application Form 2022/2023: Registration, Form Price, how to Apply & Audition In his diary session, Adekunle confirmed the five names nominated for possible eviction to Big Brother to include Khalid, Ilebaye, Phyna, Bryann and Groovy. Ilebaye has become the third housemate to be evicted…

Nigerian Singer, Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, aka Kizz Daniel, apologised and staged a free show for his Tanzanian fans on Friday, August 12, after he had earlier disappointed them. The singer put up an impressive performance to the excitement of his fans as they sang along to some of his hit songs including Buga, Oshe, Mama and Yeba. At a point during his performance, he paused and said, “I want to know if I have the real Kizz Daniel fans in the building tonight. I am talking about the fans from 2014 because I want to test you guys and you have to pass the…

Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses author, was taken off a ventilator and could talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York. Rushdie was hospitalized with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was “off the ventilator and talking (and joking).” Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed that information without offering further details. Read also Attack: Salmon Rushdie, author of Satanic Verses, Hospitalised Earlier in the day, the man accused of attacking him Friday at the Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit education and retreat center, pleaded…

Casual employees of Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation (AKBC) are groaning  under economic hardships, trauma and depression after years without regularisation as permanent staffers, Straightnews has gathered. A casual employee is a worker engaged on a temporary basis and whose salary does not compare with that of his colleague on a permanent employment. Under Casualisation, the worker is not entitled to such pecks as transport, housing, leave allowances, promotion or special benefits package. It is understood that AKBC employed casual workers numbering more than 98. Some are said to have put in nine years ago while others were engaged few years ago…

Akwa Ibom journalists and the state Police Command may tread collision path over alleged attempt to intimidate and abduct the Editor of The Mail Newspaper, Comrade Ifreke Nseowo. Nseowo wanted in respect of unnamed publication is said to have been freed by Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom with a promise to produce him at the police headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo Local Government Area on Tuesday, August 16 at 11 a.m. In a press release of August 13 by Comrade Amos Etuk , the state Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom Council and Comrade Dominic Akpan,…

The Village Head of Efen Ibom in Ika Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong is to die by hanging for murder, the State High Court in Uyo ruled Friday. Odiong, who is married to 12 wives with 60 children, was standing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy, ordering unlawful trial by ordeal, stealing of the motorcycle and murder of the owner, and a member of his community, Udoma Akpan Udo Ubom. The Court presided by Justice Edem Akpan, found the 82-year-old monarch guilty of the murder of Ubom by injecting some chemical substance on…

A clergyman and two persons in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria’s South South region were jailed by the state High Court, Uyo over fraudulent practices for impersonation. The convicts were found to have impersonated as officials of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).  Among the convicts was a clergyman, Rev. Nobert Rampa, a 53-year-old native of Ekpene Ukim, in Uruan Local Government Area, who was found guilty of defrauding people under false pretences of being a senior official of the two anti-graft agencies.  Others include a 34-year-old Gabriel Udo, a barber from…