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The woman who allegedly killed after setting a female police officer and her two children ablaze in Nnokwa, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State has admitted guilt.  NAN reports that Nneamaka Nwosu, who is a native of Amawbia in Awka South Locla Government Area, became acquainted with the victim when she was homeless after her divorce. However, after a disagreement with the female officer, a fight ensued, and Nwosu used pestle to hit her head. “As soon as the husband divorced her, she confided in the policewoman who benevolently offered her accommodation in her apartment,” NAN quoted a…

…Akpabio wants the motion be stepped down for more consultation The Red Chamber of the National Assembly boiled on Wednesday over a motion entitled, “Uneven disbursement of half a trillion naira loan to the six geo-political zones by the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN).” The motion was sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) in the 10th Senate. Also read:  Adamu fumes as Senate, Reps announce principal officers The uproar started when the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who presided over the plenary, rejected the motion to debate the alleged uneven distribution of N500 billion credit facilities to…

Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno has directed Ibom Power Company management to submit a comprehensive audit report to enable him to tackle its challenges for improved power generation and distribution in the state. Ibom Power is a state government-owned gas fired power plant that was licensed on May 12, 2008 by Nigerian Regulatory Commission to operate a 190megawatts plant. The new licence empowers the state government to increase its electricity generation capacity from the previous 190MW to 685 MW to accommodate both the 191 MW Phase 1 and the proposed 500 MW Phase 2. Governor Eno who was on a fact-finding visit…

The fishing Upenekang in Akwa Ibom is among the 31 communities in Nigeria gripped by fear of heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding from July 4 – 8, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) alerted. A statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Lagos Territorial Office also listed 14 states among the victims of foreseeable flooding. Farinloye urged relevant stakeholders within the states concerned to take precautionary measures to forestall the loss of lives and property. The enlisted states and communities, according to NEMA, include: Plateau: Langtang, Shendam Kano: Sumaila, Tudun wada Sokoto: Shagari, Goronyo, Silame Delta:…

Akwa Ibom government used N200 million to resuscitate the ailing Akwa Palms Estate now rebranded Dakkada Global Oil Palm Limited, Governor Umo Eno said. The estate founded in is covering is hosted by six communities in Esit Eket, Urueffong Oruko and Mbo Local Government Areas of the state. The six villages are Etebi Idung Asan, Etebi Akwa Ata, Unyanga, Udung Uko, Ntak Inyang and Orukem. As a result of resuscitation of the estate for greater productivity, the State Governor Eno visited the estate on a fact-finding mission on Tuesday. “We came here today to ensure that we continue with the…

… As Akpabio, Abbas announce principal officers for both chambers The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulahi Adamu, fumed over the appointment of the party’s principal officers by the Senate and the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Mr Adamu said the list of new principal officers announced by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, did not emanate from the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). Earlier, the senate president and the speaker, House of Representatives had announced the names of the new principal officers of their respective chambers at the resumption of plenary…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially withdrawn the UTME result of  Anambra student, Joy Ejikeme Mmesoma and banned her from  writing the examination for three years. JAMB said it has banned Mmesoma who was accused of forging her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result from taking the board’s examinations for three years. The board insisted that the Anambra pupil forged her result adding that the board concluded high-level investigations before coming to the conclusion. Also read; Nigerians React to JAMB, Candidate in UTME result row The spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement…

The principal of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, in Anambra State where Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, was alleged to have forged her JAMB score to emerge as the highest scorer, has said the school is surprised at the announcement. The principal, Mrs Uchechukwu Edum, told DAILY POST on phone that the controversy over the score is not new to her, but that the school was still awaiting the outcome of a detailed investigation by the Department of State Services, DSS, when the news of the alleged forgery was broken on Sunday. She stated that she and the student had been at…

Nigerians have reacted to the controversy between Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and a candidate over the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. JAMB had released the result on Tuesday, May 3, 2023, asking its candidates to check on its portal. Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School Uruagu, Nnewi in Anambra State, checked, printed the result slip, and claimed to have scored 362. Miss Nkechinyere Kamsiyochukwu Umeh from Anambra State, a student of Deeper Life High School, Mowe, Ogun State, also claimed to have scored 360. JAMB withdraws her result But on Sunday, July 2,…

 …As Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno loses more kinsmen Israel Umoh Facts have emerged that the 12 officers (pastors) and two others of The Salvation Army, Nigeria Territory who perished in the tragic incident were indigenes of Akwa Ibom State, Straightnews online has gathered.  The auto crash is said to have occurred on Ovie River Road in Edo State along the Benin-Asaba Expressway claiming the lives of the clergymen and others who were heading to Akwa Ibom after a conference in Lagos. The speeding Dangote truck is said to have hit the 18-seater bus from the rear resulting in the…