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Neil Parish, United Kingdom politician, has resigned from the parliament after admitting to watching porn in the House of Commons. Parish, a Tory MP was identified on Saturday, April 30 as the mystery politician allegedly seen watching adult content twice by two female colleagues during a meeting. Parish had initially vowed not to resign after he was suspended from the parliamentary Conservative Party over the claims but he has now admitted to watching porn by mistake saying he is ‘not proud’ of what he has done. He said the first time he viewed pornography was accidental as he wanted to look…

Candidates who registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are advised to print their 2022 UTME notification slips from Saturday, April 30. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Director of Information and Technology Services, Mr Fabian Okoro, made the announcement via a statement released to JAMBULLETIN ahead of this year’s exercise. According to the statement, the 2022 UTME notification slip is available for printing by all candidates who registered for the examination scheduled to hold from May 6 to 14. Okoro stressed that the printing of examination notification slip was compulsory for all candidates, as it enables…

Fear has gripped 17 Presidential aspirants of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the disqualification of two by its nine-member screening committee. The committee led by former Senate President, David Mark, met with all the aspirants at Legacy House, used by the party as its presidential campaign office. Mark, who stated this to journalists after the screening process, refused to divulge the names of the disqualified aspirants. He also refused to state the reasons why they were disqualified. The screening procedure include, checking for their academic qualifications, tax returns; voters cards, financial capacity; party membership; and their proof of their nationality.…

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo will host the 2022 CAF Champions League final scheduled for Sunday, May 29, Confederation of African Football has announced. CAF officials had visited the ‘Nest of Champions’ over four weeks ago to inspect the state of the sporting facilities according to the Senior Special Assistant on Sports to Akwa Ibom State Governor, Paul Bassey. According to reports, the CAF officials who visited the sporting facility gave it a pass mark as they deemed it worthy of hosting the continent’s biggest inter-club competition final. This is the third time the finals of the competition will be…

As the 21-day ultimatum to Federal Government to resolve issues with Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and others expires May 3, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike. This is ASUU commenced warning strike from February 14 while Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) had on April 8 extended their warning strike by one month. In the communiqué issued at the end of the Congress’ Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting, NLC will do this in solidarity with affiliate unions in the universities and Nigerian students. The union’s threat contained…

Ahead of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential convention, three major aspirants have picked the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms. Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Imo State governor and Senator representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha and Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello have picked the forms after payment of the required N100 million fee each. Member of the House of Representatives, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, James Faleke led some members of the Tinubu Support Groups (TSG) to pick the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the former Lagos State governor who is in Saudi Arabia…

The Federal Government has declared May 2 and 3 as public holidays to mark the Workers Day and Eld-el-Fitr celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, stated this in a statement by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Belgore, on Thursday. He thanked workers for their hard work, diligence, and sacrifice, noting that their efforts were largely responsible for the greatness of the country and the respect Nigeria now commands in the comity of nations. Read also: How COVID-19 Marred International Workers’ Day Celebration In A’Ibom The statement partly read, “Labour is the very essence of humanity. We are alive because…

Akwa Ibom Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship aspirant, Pastor David Okpon, has identified spiritual embargo as killer of industrial growth in the state. Okpon, who stated this while addressing PDP faithful, during his consultation visit to the Ward 2 Secretariat of the party in Uyo on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, called for lifting of the spiritual embargo. A clergyman in Pastor Paul Adefarasin’s House on The Rock, he also mentioned wrong economic policies, corruption, greed, poor management and infrastructural deficit as some issues that should be blamed for these failed companies. Straightnews learnt that Sunshine Batteries in Essien Udim, ALSCON…

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has incurred the anger of his father, first wife and fans over secret marriage to a second wife. This is coming shortly after it was reported that Yul who also is the immediate past Senior Special Adviser to ex-Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano had secretly paid bride price for Judy Austin, his second wife on Sunday. Yul Edochie broke the internet on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, after sharing photos of his new baby with his side chick, Judy Austin, turned second wife. Reacting to the report, Pete Edochie his father is allegedly not in good terms…

Liverpool are almost at the verge of reaching Champions League final after an emphatic 2-0 victory over Villarreal at Anfield. Similar to their Merseyside derby victory over Everton last weekend, the Reds had the chances to take command early but were just a tad off, coming to life in the second half. Fans at Anfield had to wait for nearly an hour of play to see the first goal, but it finally came via an own goal from Pervis Estupinan off a cross from Jordan Henderson in the 53rd minute. The home side dominated throughout, overwhelming Villarreal with their speed,…