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US President Joe Biden has signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings. The shootings include the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school, which occurred exactly one month ago. “Lives will be saved,” Mr Biden said at the White House. Citing the families of shooting victims, the president said, “Their message to us was to do something. Well today, we did.” Read also: Biden bans Russia oil imports, energy imports   The House gave final approval on Friday, following Senate passage on Thursday, and Mr…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it showed red card to some candidates of All Progressives Congress for failure to comply with certain provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022. After long-drawn constitutional gesticulations and permutations, INEC published list of candidates for the Senatorial elections on Friday, June 24, 2022, removing names of some candidates. Such names as Ahmad Lawan, the Senate President; Senator Godswill Akpabio, the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and David Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor were conspicuously absent. Both Lawan and Akpabio contested the presidential primary of APC. While Akpabio later stepped down,…

Popular Nigerian gospel songster, Mercy Chinwo, has announced her engagement via her verified Instagram account. The Excess Love crooner gave the name of her husband-to-be as Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa, an IT expert. Sharing the good news with several pictures of herself and her lover, Mercy Chinwo wrote, “I’m blessed to be blessed with @theofficialblessed. The thoughts of doing the next phase and the rest phase of my life with you makes the blessing more real. I love you, Sweet.” Read also: Popular Nigerian Gospel Singer Warns Women Against Silhouette Challenge The husband-to-be also took to his Instagram to thank his…

Nigeria’s five-time world champions Golden Eaglets won the U-17 Cup, after edging out the Young Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 in Friday’s WAFU B U-17 final at Cape Coast Stadium, Ghana. This was as Flying Eagles of Nigeria emerged champions of the WAFU B U-20 Championship after defeating Benin Republic in the final on Friday, May 20. The young Eagles defeated the Young Squirrels 3-1 in a thrilling final to become regional champions, having already booked their U-20 AFCON spot by reaching the final. Eaglets forward Abubakar Abdullahi had threatened the Burkinabe rear as early as the 8th minute when…

As the Independent National Electoral Commission released the list and particulars of candidates vying for various positions into National Assembly in the 2023 general elections, three prominent names are conspicuously missing. The names of Senate President Ahmad Lawan, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi are missing. The trio had contested the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress but may have been hoping to reclaim the APC senatorial seats after failing to win the top seat. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Todtreay on Friday, an INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, said the…

The 31st new Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom Police Command has assumed duty. He is Olatoye Durosinmi,  who is taking over from Andrew Amiengheme, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, has approved the posting of the new commissioner. Durosinmi holds a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Sociology from the University of Ife, an LLB from the Delta State University, Abraka. Read also: 14 Families of dead policemen in Akwa Ibom get N57 million He was called to Bar in 2001 and has a Master’s degree in Law (LL.M) from the Lagos State University while…

The former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and Beatrice, his wife, if found guilty and convicted, face life imprisonment under the United Kingdom law. The UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA 2015) frowns at human trafficking, under which organ harvesting falls, and is punishable with maximum sentence of life imprisonment upon conviction. The Act reads, “Under s 2, an individual commits an offence if they arrange or facilitate the travel of another with a view to that person being exploited. It is irrelevant whether that person consents to the travel, or whether they are a child or an adult. “Under…

Akwa Ibom High Court in Uyo on Tuesday fixed August 4 to deliver judgment of Iniubong Umoren, the job seeker who was allegedly raped and killed on April 29, 2021.  Miss Umoren was lured by one Uduak Akpan, a fake job recruiter using social media to his father’s compound in Nung Ikono Obio  in Uruan Local Government Area of the state. Her body was later exhumed from a shallow grave on April 30, 2021, a day after she was killed at Mr Akpan’s family compound. The 26-year-old was a fresh Philosophy graduate, University of Uyo, who  graduated with second class upper…

The headless body of a former member of Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Nelson Emeka Achukwu, has been discovered. The body was recovered two weeks after Achukwu was abducted from his residence in in Ukpor, Nnewi South local government area of Anambra State. A family member said they did not believe that he would be killed after a N15 million naira ransom was paid to his abductors. The corpse of Achukwu popularly known as “Ogbatuluenyi” was discovered by his relatives at the bank of Ulasi river, between Uke and Ukpor. The gruesome act was committed weeks after the murder…

Popular Nigerian musician, David Adeleke also known as Davido, has given a five-year scholarship to a brilliant Ghanaian student to study in Adeleke University, Ede in Osun State. The student, Morro Suleyman, who scored A1 parallel in the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in 2021, was unable to proceed to the University level due to financial reasons. Davido who stumbled on the report in the social media pages launched a search for him. A few hours later, Davido announced that he has contacted Suleyman and has awarded him a five-year scholarship at Adeleke University, Osun State. He also added that Suleyman will be given free accommodation…