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Chelsea and Everton, two teams in the English Premiership League, sprang surprises and coasted home victory after trouncing Southampton and Manchester United respectively. Chelsea put a terrible week behind them to return to winning ways in devastating style with a six-goal demolition of Southampton. Having been beaten 4-1 at home to Brentford in the Premier League and then suffering a 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid, Chelsea bounced back in a manner that will give Thomas Tuchel encouragement his side can salvage their Champions League tie in Spain next week. Read also: Chelsea, Man United, Crystal Palace smash past Newcastle, Tottenham,…

Nigerian gospel singers have expressed sadness over the death of their colleague and popular music minister, Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu.   Osinachi, known for the hit song “Ekwueme,” died Friday night after battling with an undisclosed disease. He death has thrown both her fans and the entire gospel music industry into mourning. However, unconfirmed reports claimed late Osinachi suffered domestic violence in her marriage and this led to her death. Multiple sources claim her husband allegedly beat her all through the years they were married. Read also: One Death, Two Riddles Reacting, Chioma Jesus revealed she’s heartbroken from the news of…

A university don has identified economic, environmental and social factors hampering the overall development of Akwa Ibom State. Speaking Thursday in Uyo, Professor Peter Esuh, Dean of Communication Arts Faculty, Uyo, mentioned economic issues to include Unemployment and Poverty, capital flight, decay of infrastructure, paucity of healthcare facilities in rural areas, and rural-urban migration. Esuh delivered a lecture on Understanding key economic, social and environmental issues in Akwa Ibom during a two-day training workshop organised by United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Lagos in collaboration with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Media Awareness & Information for All Network (MAIN) for journalists…

The United Nations Children’s Fund in Nigeria has distanced itself from a politician, Opeyemi David Falegan. Falegan, who is the former lover of Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing, took to his Instagram page, @hon_falegan_official_, where he claimed to be on a fundraising drive for the people of Ukraine with his charity organisation, ODF Foundation, in partnership with UNICEF. “This donation goes directly to UNICEF, don’t forget about our @odf_foundation…” calling for more donations from his followers. Read also: UNFPA, UNICEF Join Forces To Tackle Child Marriage However, after the post was published, UNICEF debunked the claim via its verified Instagram page…

Actor Will Smith banned from the Oscars for 10 years as disciplinary action for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 ceremony admitted “I accept and respect the Academy’s decision.’’ Smith’s response came after the Academy slammed him a 10-year ban as disciplinary action for assaulting Rock at the 2022 Oscars. On April 8, board members from the Academy announced that the King Richard star will “not be permitted to attend any events or programs, in person or virtually,” including future Academy Awards, as disciplinary action for the altercation. Describing Smith’s behavior at the March 27 ceremony “unacceptable and harmful,” the organization said…

A Nigerian university don has described as fallacious and mirage United Nations avowed Goals 1 and 2 targeting at ending poverty and hunger globally in 2030 as entrenched Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. Professor Peter Esuh, Dean of the newly established Faculty of Media & Communication Studies (CMS), University of Uyo, speaking on Thursday, April 7 during a two-day training workshop for journalists held at Royal Diadem Hotel and Events Centre, CCC Road, Uyo, said this was unachievable as poverty and hunger not even in developed countries as the problems are endemic. Esuh noted that it was unfortunate while most developing…

US Senate on Thursday confirmed the 51-year-old Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first African-American woman to serve on the Supreme Court. President Joe Biden, who made good on a campaign promise, seeks to infuse the federal judiciary with a broader range of backgrounds. The vote to confirm Brown federal appellate judge to a lifetime job on the nation’s top judicial body was 53-47, with three Republicans – Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney – joining Biden’s fellow Democrats. A simple majority was needed, as Jackson overcame Republican opposition in a Supreme Court confirmation process that remains fiercely partisan. Jackson…

A 31-year-old man from Akwa Ibom State wept uncontrollably as the State High Court in Ikot Ekpene slammed him death for robbery and life imprisonment for rape. Nsikak Joseph Udofia, a native of Utu Edem Usung in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area, was convicted Thursday, April 7 after the court had found him guilty of robbery and rape. Udofia, a secondary school dropout, along others at large, was said to have “robbed a shoe mender, Gabriel Akpan Victor, of his torchlight, two knives, a roll of black thread, two palm slippers and N200,355 (two thousand, three hundred and fifty Naira)…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, April7, ordered that status quo be maintained in the Akwa Ibom State All Progressives Congress (APC) executive. The executive mebers were elected on October 16, 2021 and inaugurated by the APC National Caretaker Committee, until the determination of the motions for jurisdiction and stay of execution, which comes up on May 17, 2022. Augustine Ekanem emerged as the Akwa Ibom State APC Chairman alongside other state executives, following nationwide state congresses conducted by the APC. Read also: Crisis Rocks Akwa Ibom APC, National Scribe Gets Vote Of No Confidence Akwa Ibom APC…

Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade and Deputy Governor, Eva Esu have survived as the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to declare their seats vacant. The ruling was given after a third time, two after the court had postponed the judgment on the matter. On May 20, 2021, Ayade and Esu had defected from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, citing the allure of working with President Muhammadu Buhari. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the court, in his judgement, held that the duo could not be sacked from their positions,…