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Israel Umoh The dusk of the spectacular Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival 2022 is Friday, December 16 from 6 p.m. to feature sparkling gospel performances and  exhorting drumming, Straightnews reports. On Thursday night, Mr. Aniekpeno Mkpanang, the event organiser was busier putting finishing touches to the arrangements to make the event a huge success attended too to some visitors who were full of praises for his ingenuity. Mkpanang, in company of Raphael Edem, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor and some close aides, sat on a half wall, in an episodic tete a tete to smoothen some rough edges of…

The remains of a female staffer of NTA Channel 5, Abuja killed by a Kaduna-bound train Thursday morning at the Chikakore axis of Kubwa in Abuja have been buried. The deceased, Selimota Suleiman who was on her way to the office was crushed by the train, management of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) said. Until her death, Suleiman was a principal accountant with the Finance Department of the authority. An eye witness said that the incident occurred about five minutes from the Kubwa Train Station, while Suleiman, who was driving in her private vehicle attempted to cross the rail line as…

A Kano State Upper Sharia Court on Thursday sentenced an Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Kabara, to death by hanging after he was found guilty of a four-count charge of blasphemy. Mr Kabara, who is the son of the late Nasiru Kabara, a leader of the Qadariyya Islamic Movement in West Africa, was arrested at his home in Kano and arraigned on July 16, 2021, before an Upper Sharia Court at ‘Kofar Kudu’, Emir’s palace. He was charged by the Kano State government with blasphemy, incitement, and sundry offences. Also read: Buhari mourns murdered five-year-old pupil Hanifa as Kano shuts school The government…

Prince Harry and Markle Meghan has broken Netflix’s record for the biggest documentary debut on the platform, less than a week after the first three episodes premiered last Thursday. The show, directed by the Oscar-nominated Liz Garbus, follows the Sussexes’ love story and subsequent fallout with the royal family. It also gives insight into their controversial decision to quit their royal duties. Also read: Harry, Meghan In Glove Against Racism Netflix has confirmed the first half of the series has clocked up 81.55 million hours of viewing time in the past week, breaking the record for the most hours viewed…

The completion of the East-West Road will gulp N200 billion, including N13 billion on the failed Eleme axis of the road, Federal Government says. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola stated this Wednesday during a visit to Rivers State to assess the state of work on the 38km Bodo-Bonny link road under construction by Julius Berger. Fashola expressed satisfaction at the speed and quality of work going on. Also read: East-West Road has gulped N359b so far – Akpabio He explained that funding for the N200 billion project was under of a tax credit scheme arrangement between the Federal…

The 12-year-old boy chess prodigy, Tanitoluwa Adewumi and his parents have been granted asylum in the United States, Washington Post reports. Tanitoluwa fled Nigeria to US over terrorism launched by Boko Haram fighters. Popularly known as Tani, Tanitoluwa Adewumi who rose to stardom at eight for unprecedented chess skills defeated 73 opponents to clinch the New York state chess championship for his division. Also read: Bill Clinton Hails 8-Year-Old Nigerian Chess Prodigy His family moved to New York in 2017, seeking religious asylum and was residing in a homeless shelter in 2019. Having come to the limelight for breaking into…

The Federal Government has opened the 1.6 kilometers second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta States to vehicular movements.  The bridge was opened at exactly 9:50 a.m on Thursday, December 15, 2022 despite assurances by the Federal Government that the bridge will be opened at 12 a.m. According to a government official who spoke to Channels Television, the delay was as a result of some little adjustments on the roads the roads linking the bridge. Also read: Niger Delta: Buhari, Committed To Provision Of Quality Infrastructure – Akpabio The first driver to pass through the bridge, Sunday Emem, expressed his delight to Channels Television.…

France ended Morocco’s World Cup dream as goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani gave the defending champions a 2-0 win in their semi-final clash. The tense soccer encounter set up a showdown with Lionel Messi’s Argentina at Lusail Stadium on Sunday. This is France’s fourth World Cup final in seven editions and they are hoping to become the first team since Brazil 60 years ago to retain the trophy when they take on Argentina. Also read Morocco Stun Portugal to reach World Cup semi-final France beat England 2-1 to face Morocco in World Cup semi-final Mbappé’s brace powers France…

Iniobong Sunday No fewer than five persons were reportedly killed in rival cults’ clashes involving two notorious confraternities Tuesday evening in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.  During the clashes between Vickings and the Mafians,  other persons were critically injured. Witnesses around the Ibom Plaza axis of the city centre, told our correspondent that the fracas started at the early evening hours, about 6:30 p.m., and lasted for about two hours, before Police operatives and a detachment of soldiers standing guard at the plaza since the #EndSARS protests last year, arrived to restore normalcy. Also read: Cult War Claims 2,…

Mariah Carey’s hit holiday song has broken Billboard record, returning to top spot for the fourth year in a row. The song All I Want For Christmas Is You broke the record just days after topping the UK charts for the second time ever. The 1994 song now has nine total weeks at the number one spot on the Hot 100, and has become the first song to have led at number one at four different times. Also read: Mariah Carey Wins 3 Guinness World Records The catchy tune originally topped the Hot 100 in 2019, then again in 2020. It made another…