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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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially withdrawn the UTME result of  Anambra student, Joy Ejikeme Mmesoma and banned her from  writing the examination for three years.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…

Popular Akwa Ibom Pastor, Runcie Mike, died two days after officiating the funeral service of one of his members. Pastor Mike who was the Lead Pastor of The Evening Church in Uyo , Akwa Ibom capital officiated the funeral service of Miss Joy, the 36-year-old daughter of Eddy Ekpenyong, the Station Manager of Comfort FM, at Mbak Atai in Itu Local Government Area of the state on Thursday, June 29, 2023. The Pastor whose church is located at the Shopping Mall, Tropicana Centre, Uyo was said to have died on July 1 in Uyo. Also read:  Pastor Ezekiel Atang’s remains…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to spend N400 billion savings on Nigerians bearing the brunt of fuel removal. Media reports have it that the Federal Government has saved N400 billion within the four weeks following the implementation of the policy on the removal of payment of subsidy on petrol. SERAP also asked Tinubu to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently publish details of spending of about N400 billion so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol.” Also read:…

The death of 12 Pastors and two others of The Salvation Army, Nigeria Territory in auto crash has attracted the condolences of Senator Godswill Akpabio, Peter Obi and Pastor Umo Eno. About 14 persons – 12 pastors, a baby, and a driver- were confirmed dead from the auto crash that occurred on the bridge across the Ovia River, close to Benin City, the Edo State capital on Thursday, June 29, 2023. The Senate President, Akpabio, condoled with the leadership and members of The Salvation Army, over the death of their officers and members in a fatal accident along the Lagos-Benin…