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The Nigerian Army (NA), Tuesday, denied allegations of complicity of its troops in the kidnap incident of the Prelate of the Methodist Church, Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Uche, and two others in Umunneochi, Abia State, on Sunday. The Prelate, his Chaplain, Very Rev. Abidemi Shittu and the Methodist Bishop of Owerri Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, were abducted along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Umunneochi Local Government Area. While narrating his ordeal in the hands of the kidnappers, Uche, who was released on Monday after paying N100 million ransom, had alleged that some soldiers from the North, posted to the area,…

Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel has directed security agents to clamp down on those who perpetuated mischief and falsehood by linking him to a malicious statement in the social media.  Dissociating himself from uncomplimentary remarks credited to him by some social media platforms, Emmanuel said he never described any of the Presidential aspirants in the just-concluded national party primaries as a “talkative.” The Governor who fielded questions from Government House Correspondents at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, on return from a brief official trip to Abuja, said “It is all lies and I stand here to reaffirm again that…

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio said they would surrender themselves to the controversial consensus option. Consensus arrangement is one of the processes allowed by Electoral Act, 2022 for election of candidates or delegates of any political party. Lawan and Akpabio bared their minds to journalists after appearing before a seven- man screening Committee for All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential aspirants led by former national chairman, Chief Odigie Oyegun, on Tuesday. This was after President Muhammadu Buhari had, at a meeting with APC governors on Tuesday, urged them to allow…

For a second time, Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the case involving Rt. Hon. Friday Iwok and 30 others versus Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to June 14, 2022 for hearing of oral applications. Iwok and 30 others had filed the suit on May 4, 2022 against  INEC, PDP and 229 others, challenging the PDP Ward Congresses that led to the election of three ad-hoc delegates from each of the 329 electoral wards in Akwa Ibom State. The plaintiffs who are supporters of Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, a PDP Governorship aspirant, are seeking the order of the court to nullify…

BY: Nestor B. Udoh For a long time, I have been convinced that Nigeria, as a country has a soul. Many people who still see Nigeria as just an amalgam or, at best a British contraption for its economic gain, will spit at this apparently unlikely assertion. But if you are one of them, just listen to this true live story. On the morning of June 12, 1993, I held the hand of my three-year old daughter and, alongside my own father and mother, headed to our village square. Our mission was to elect a President for Nigeria. There were…

The Boston Celtics have set up a final clash with the Warriors after holding off Miami Heat in Game 7 of the NBA playoffs to also emerged Eastern Conference finals champions. The Celtics, led by American-Nigerian coach, Ime Udoka are returning to the finals for the first time since 2010 after beating the Heat 100-96 to win 4-3 in a best-of-seven series. It was a game of unpredictable direction with the Heat trailing as much as 17 points at one stage but got back with defensive stops and productive attacks to bring it back to single digits. Man on fire,…

French President Emmanuel Macron has mourned the death of French journalist, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, killed in Ukraine amid Moscow-Kyiv war on Monday. Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff who was killed by the shelling worked for the French TV channel BFM TV. “Journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war,” Macron tweeted, revealing Leclerc-Imhoff was on a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians, when he was killed. ”I share the grief of the family, friends and colleagues of Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, to whom I send my condolences. To those who carry out the difficult mission of providing information in theatres of operation, I…

Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca won African Champions League title with a 2-0 win over Egypt’s Al Ahly. It is the third time that Wydad have been crowned African champions after winning in 1992 and 2017, and it also stopped Ahly winning a third straight title. Zouheir El Moutaraji scored a spectacular opener in the first half before adding the second just minutes after the break to seal the win for Wydad in front of their own raucous fans, who had filled the stadium hours before the match. The final was hosted at Wydad’s home ground in Casablanca, as supporters were…

A 32-year-old prophet has been remanded in Uyo Correctional Centre for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl who was brought to him for intercessory prayers. Akwa Ibom High Court, Uyo presided by Justice Bassey Nkanang, the trial judge, remanded the Prophet, Godson Nse Thompson, a native of Ikot Offiong Nsit in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, after hearing the evidence of the victim, who is an SS1 student of Government Secondary School in Uyo. In her evidence Monday, the victim, a native of Ikot Uboh in Nsit Ubium, told the Court that while living with her elder sister in Uyo, her…

The abducted Prelate of Methodist Church, Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu-Uche, and two other priests have regained their freedom. Kanu-Uche was abducted along with the Methodist Bishop of Owerri, Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, and the Prelate’s Chaplain, Very Rev. Shitti, at Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State on Sunday. The spokesman of the state police command, Geoffrey Ogbonna confirmed the development to journalists in Umuahia on Monday. Read also: CAN, PFN Angry over abduction of MCN Prelate, Samuel Uche There were reports that the hoodlums had demanded N100 million as ransom before releasing the three…