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Akwa Ibom General Hospital, Awa Iman in Onna Local Government Area of the state has performed three more surgeries in transvenous cardiac pacemaker implantation.  This brings to five the number in the hospital as the facility recorded two in February 2023. Briefing newsmen at the hospital, the surgery Team Leader, Dr Eyo Ekpo described the cardiac pacemaker implantation as a life saving procedure that helps to control heart beat, he noted that “this implant is not common in general hospitals.” “The first pacemaker implant carried out at the General Hospital, Awa Iman took place on the 15th of February 2023…

Ex-US president, Donald Trump has become the first to be impeached twice and first to face felony counts in the country’s political troubled water. Israel Umoh Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money paid to an adult film star in 2016. He entered the plea after being placed under arrest at a federal courthouse in Manhattan, the culminating moment in a historic day that marked the first time a US president has ever been charged with a crime. Mr Trump, who is the front-runner for…

The Federal Government has cautioned the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi against inciting people to violence over the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who gave the warning in Washington DC during his official engagements with international media organizations, described it as “treason.” During a recent interview with Channels TV, Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, urged President Muhummadu Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria not to participate in the swearing-in of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29. Obi in responding to…

Cross River High Court, Calabar has ordered the State Government to pay the paramount ruler of Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State N50 million damages for illegitimate removal from office. The Court also ordered the reinstatement of His Royal Majesty, Dr. Ntui Atue Oru Ojong, with all benefits accrued to him during the period with immediate effect. The monarch was suspended from office by the state governor in May 2021, without any benefits to him, for allegedly misappropriating cocoa funds. Delivering his judgement on March 23, 2023, Justice Elias O. Abua, said the compensation is to assuage the…

Despite certain denials, some politicians have berated Mr. Peter Obi’s conversation with Bishop David in the leaked viral audio video online. On Saturday, Peoples Gazette had leaked to the public a telephone conversation between Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, and Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide. In the audio clip, Mr Obi asked Mr Oyedepo to help spread his message to Christians in the South-west and parts of North-central. Addressing him as “daddy,” the LP’s standard-bearer told Mr Oyedepo that the just concluded presidential election was a “religious war.” “Daddy, I need you to speak…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) distributed N9.3 trillion to 36 states in Nigeria  in 43 months, during the second tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of the 43 monthly reports of the FAAC, indicated that from June 2019 to December 2022, Delta State got the highest allocation, followed by Akwa Ibom and Rivers States. The NBS is yet to upload the FAAC reports for January, February and March 2023, when our correspondent checked it on Sunday. Also read:  FAAC: FG, States, LGs Get N954.085b for July Allocation For the 43 months period, it…

The Federal Government has approved an amendment for the 2022/2023 calendar on deep offshore oil block mini-bid round as part of its efforts to boost confidence in the transparency and continuity of the process. A statement issued Saturday by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) said the move was to accommodate the concerns expressed by both local and international investors over the closeness of the schedule to the terminal date of President Muhammadu Buhari administration. A statement signed by the NUPRC Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, said Buhari made the approval in his capacity as the Petroleum Resources…

South African Khosi has won the Big Brother Titans Season 1 reality show, and walked away with the $100, 000 (N46,450,000 million) grand prize . Khosi was announced as the winner during the show finale on Sunday beating 23 housemates. The show lasted for 72 days and had two hosts,  Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and Lawrence Maleka. Also read: BBTitans Sends home four housemates Earlier, Ipeleng, Ebubu, Yvonne and Tsatsii were evicted from the show. The six housemates who made it to the finale were, Ebubu, Ipeleng, Yvonne, Khosi , Kanaga Jnr and Tsatsii. Big Brother Titans was the joint South African …

After sacking manager Graham Potter after less than seven months in charge following Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa, Chelsea  would shell out £50 million payout to him. After spending three seasons at Brighton, Potter replaced now-Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel in September 8, 2022, signing a five-year contract worth £12 million a season. Chelsea’s sack of Potter comes 10 days before they take on Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League. The Club suffered their 11th defeat in the 31 games under the Englishman since he replaced Tuchel at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea, which spent more than…

Pope Francis joined Christians over the world to celebrate Palm Sunday, a Christian moveable feast before Easter. Palm Sunday marks Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem in the time leading to his crucifixion, which Christians observe on Good Friday. The Sunday opened a heavy schedule of Holy Week appointments for the pontiff, including a Holy Thursday Mass at a juvenile prison in Rome. Holy Week culminates on April 9 with Easter Sunday Mass, which recalls the Christian belief in Jesus’ resurrection. Pope Francis led a Palm Sunday service the day after he was discharged from hospital following a bout of bronchitis, and urged…