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AS Roma manager, José Mourinho threw his runners-up medal into the crowd after they lost 4-1 to Sevilla in the Europa League final on Wednesday night. Sevilla had defeated AS Roma to lift a record-extending seventh Europa League title in Budapest, Hungary. This is the first time Mourinho had lost in a major European final after winning his previous five (two Champions League, two Europa and one Conference League). The Serie A side took the lead through Paulo Dybala in the first half. Ivan Rakitic hit the post, before Gianluca Mancini’s own goal levelled the game. There were no goals…

The Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are through to the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup after an impressive 2-0 victory over the host nation, Argentina Thursday night. Second-half goals from Ibrahim Muhammad and Haliru Sarki saw the Flying Eagles cruising into the last eight in style at the expense of Argentina at the San Juan stadium. The Coach Ladan Bosso’s side will now face Ecuador or Korea Republic in the quarter-final. Also read: Europa league final: Mourinho’s AS Roma in battle royale against Sevilla The Flying Eagles came into Thursday’s Round of 16 tie as underdogs having finished…

Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has reminded the people of a golden era, assuring of integrating competent hands to add value to his administration. Eno stated this during the swearing in of new Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Prince Enobong Uwah, at Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo on Wednesday. Uwah, who is the 16th SSG in the state, took over from Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem who served during the era of Mr. Udom Emmanuel, the immediate past Akwa Ibom governor. Governor Eno described Uwah’s appointment as a product of merit, reward of hard work and contributions made towards…

Following the fuel subsidy removal, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has pegged the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as fuel or petrol, at N488 and N555 per litre at the peak. This is coming hours after President Bola Tinubu announced an end to the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria in his inaugural speech on Monday. In Uyo, the PMS will cost N511 against N600 and N700 a litre charged by dealers and black marketers in Akwa Ibom caused by Tinubu’s surprise announcement of fuel subsdiy. Straightnews understands that NNPC stakeholders met on Wednesday morning.…

By: Our correspondent The Uyo Forum ended in chaos on Wednesday, following a clash between staffers of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED) company. NERC which was formed in 2005 through the Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005 is an independent regulatory body with authority to review electricity tariffs, and mediate on complaints by customers on estimated bills and poor services by the company to meet customers’ need, among others. PHED is a private electric distributor that provides electricity to more than 14 million people in four Nigerian states-  Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and…

Libyan Court has sentenced 23 people to death for their participation in a brutal Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and taking control of Sirte in 2015. Also, the court sentenced 14 persons to life imprisonment on Monday A statement from the Attorney General’s office, said five people were found not guilty, three others passed away before their cases went to trial, and one other person received a sentence of 12 years in jail, six to 10 years, one to five years, and six to three years. One of the Islamic State’s most powerful…

TEXT OF A SPEECH BY DR ALEX C. OTTI, OFR, ON HIS INAUGURATION AS GOVERNOR OF ABIA STATE, ON MAY 29, 2023 A few moments ago, I was sworn in as the 5th democratically elected Governor of Abia, God’s Own State. It is, therefore, with great delight, humility, and a high sense of duty that I address you all now for the first time in that capacity. On the 22nd of March this year, when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced us winners in the bruising and long-drawn-out Abia gubernational elections, our first task was to head to church…

Fellow Cross Riverians, with great humility, I stand before you today to accept the enormous responsibility you have given to me and my brother, Peter Odey, to serve. In the same breath, let me welcome all of you to this moment of history. We give God all the glory and adoration for leading us successfully from the primaries through the campaigns and the elections to this inauguration. May His name be praised. I recognize and register our profound appreciation to their Excellences, our former governors, administrators, other leaders and their families for their services to our dear State. Permit me…

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skidded off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55, police said. The bus was on the way to Katra town from the northern state of Punjab’s Amritsar city when it fell into the gorge near Jammu city, police said. Local police officer Chandan Kohli told reporters that the bus was overloaded. He said the dead were from India’s eastern Bihar state. Residents and authorities rushed to the accident and launched a rescue operation. The injured have been hospitalized. The shrine…

A 20-year-old Nigerian girl, Favour Chisimdi Nwobodo made history by winning a global award for being fluent in 11 languages without travelling abroad. The languages are Korean, Swahili, Shona, Indonesian, Filipino, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, English Language and Igbo. Without leaving the shores of Nigeria, the language genius has spoken each of the languages. According to multiple reports, the 20-year-old prodigy is currently perfecting the Yoruba language, which is one of the widely spoken languages in South-West Nigeria and some other regions of Africa. The language prodigy is striving towards her childhood dream of becoming a medical doctor. A student…