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By Agency Report Nigeria’s representatives in the CAF Champions League, Remo Stars and Rangers International, made slim victories in their preliminary matches on Sunday. Remo Stars pipped their North African opponents 2-1 at Ikenne, while Enugu Rangers secured a lone-goal victory over US Zilimadjou of Comoros in Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital. Remo Stars triumphed in goals from defenders Nduka Junior and Sodiq Ismeal, who scored in the first and second halves, respectively. The match saw both teams create chances, with AS FAR’s Ahmed having the first shot on goal in the fifth minute, only to be parried away by the goalkeeper.…

Billionaire businessman and father of music star, David Adeleke better known as Davido, took many by surprise when he donated N1 billion to the centenary Endowment Fund of the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church. Deji Adeleke made the donation in honour of his late mother, Madam Esther Adeleke, at a thanksgiving service which held at the headquarters of the C&S Church in Lagos, on Sunday. “On behalf of our late mother, senior mother in Israel, late Mrs Esther Adeleke, we want to contribute to the endowment fund, Centenary Endowment Fund. We are contributing the sum of N1 billion,”  the President…

Israel Umoh  The case of Ikot Inyang Abia and Ikot Ukpong Villages, Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State in benefiting from their natural gas is pathetic, a scenario likened to a man who is living in  a goldmine but is wallowing in abject poverty. The two villages, which play host to Accugas Limited, a subsidiary of Savannah Energy Plc, cannot brag about the company in sincerely exploiting and utilising the abundant gas deposits in their soil to positively impact their lives, an exclusive story by Straightnews, shows. From Sunday, August 11 to last Thursday, both state and federal…

By Agency Report The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has doled out N1.358 trillion among the federal government, states and local government councils (LGCs) for July 2024. A communique issued after the meeting for August on Friday in Abuja said the N1.358 trillion total distributable fund comprised statutory revenue of N161.593 billion. The amount also comprised Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N582.307 billion and Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue of N18.818 billion. Related posts FAAC: Delta, Rivers and Akwa Ibom Top May allocations SERAP to sue 36 governors, Wike over FAAC allocations since 1999  FG, States and LGs…

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has banished 54 corps members, including a bread seller, who were illegally mobilised as graduates of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, from its national service. The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed, stated this in Abuja via a statement on Saturday by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Mr. Eddy Megwa. Ahmed stated that the affected corps members would be prosecuted accordingly. In addition to the expulsion, 19 other individuals who attempted to register online for mobilization were prevented from doing so. Related news NYSC Jittery over missing Akwa Ibom coordinator and driver…

A Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Company has announced the release of one of the three Nigerian presidential jets seized on the order of a French court. The company’s spokesperson disclosed this in a statement on Friday. According to the company, the release of the aircraft is a gesture of goodwill as they have been made aware that the Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu would be needing it for a scheduled meeting with French President, Emmanuel Macron. It has now been made aware that an Airbus A330, currently detained in France as a result of a French court order obtained…

The Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Patrick Agha Mba and his wife, Chizoba, were kidnapped in Ubiaja, Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Straightnews gathered that his  special assistant, A.B Affiah, was k!lled during the attack which occurred on Friday, August 16, 2024. The Commissioner alongside his wife was reportedly travelling to Abuja to attend the wedding ceremony of Adaora, the daughter of Governor Chukwuma Soludo scheduled for Saturday, August 17, when his vehicle was ambushed by the gunmen. The spokesperson for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the abduction of the couple. The PPRO…

Shehu Sani, a former Nigerian lawmaker, says he is vindicated after Senator Sumaila Kawu admitted that he receives N21 million monthly as salary and allowances. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District, had earlier claimed that each Senator in the 9th National Assembly collected a monthly running cost of ₦13.5 million in addition to a ₦750,000 salary. Reacting to Kawu’s revelation, Sani took to X to write: “Yesterday, the RMFAC refuted my statement but I’m vindicated by Senator Kawu Sumaila who confirmed that the monthly alert is N21 million and not N1 million. “RMFAC make una mind yourself.” As a…

By Agency Report The power outage affecting Akwa Ibom State for more than two days is due to the vandalism of 13 transmission towers along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV Double Circuit transmission line, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that TCN towers T97 to T99 were destroyed by vandals on 29 July.  Bayelsa State is one of the states in the South-South Region expected to experience an extended blackout. In a statement on Wednesday, Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager for Public Affairs, noted that the blackout will also impact several communities in Rivers…

By Press Release Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has charged the Church to sustain the fight of faith by praying relentlessly for Nigeria.   Eno made the call, Tuesday in Ikot Ekpene when he declared open the 49th/14th Biennial Conference of the Methodist Church Nigeria, held at the Groves Memorial Methodist Cathedral, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Represented by the Deputy Governor, Senator (Dr.) Akon Eyakenyi, the Governor said regular intercessory prayers by the Church would help to douse tension and take the nation to her desired destination. “We owe our nation the responsibility of interceding for…