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The Supreme Court has dismissed the case of Mr. Aniekan Etim, one of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State. Etim had sought the court to join him in an ongoing pre-election matter at the Federal High Court, Uyo now before Justice Agatha Okeke. In the matter, Akan Okon, an aspirant in the May 26 PDP Governorship primary, is suing Pastor Umo Eno, Akwa Ibom governorship candidate, over alleged forgery of certificates. Also read: Eno vs Okon case: You are busy body- Judge tells Gov aspirant A five-man panel of Justices of the Supreme Court…

Former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Femi Fan-kayode and Senator Dino Melaye are sparring at each other in the social media Over attacks on their political friends. Melaye had described Fani-Kayode as ‘‘a shameless and dishonourable addict’’ while recounting an old comment he made against the APC presidential running mate, Kashim Shettima. Fani-kayode, in turn, slammed Melaye for insulting Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of Labour Party, blaming Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential candidate, for giving him the opportunity to do so instead of reconciling with the five aggrieved PDP governors. Also read 2023 elections: Fani-Kayode advises APC how to defeat Atiku…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, Tuesday, ordered the committal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, to prison over contempt. The court presided by Justice Chizoba Oji also directed the Inspector-General of Police to ensure the committal order is executed. Oji gave the order dated Oct. 28, a certified true copy, CTC, of which was made available to newsmen in Abuja. Also read Properties’ forfeiture: EFCC Compounds Ekweremadu’s headache EFCC Quizzes NDDC’s Account Director Over N25b Fraud EFCC to Arraign seven UNIUYO Students for alleged Fraud AVM Rufus Adeniyi Ojuawo had brought a motion against…

The member representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Unyime Idem, was on Saturday, November 5, honoured as the Best House of Representatives Member for 2022. Idem who is also the Deputy Chairman Communications Committee was honoured with the highly coveted award at the Igbere TV Leadership Excellence Award ceremony held at Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. He polled 265,348 votes to defeat three other nominees: Rep. AabdulGaniyu Olododo 218,634 votes; Rep. Usman Kumo 114,678 votes; and Rep. Sha’aban Sharada 53,968 votes. Also read: Unyime Idem: The Tacit Force Behind Nigeria’s Growing Telecom Industry Speaking…

Facebook-parent Meta will become the latest tech firm to scale back its workforce, with plans to lay off thousands of employees this week, the United States media reported Sunday. Citing people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported that the layoffs could impact “many thousands” of Meta employees, adding that an announcement was expected as soon as Wednesday. As of September 30, Meta had about 87,000 employees worldwide across its different platforms, which include social media sites Facebook and Instagram as well as messaging platform Whatsapp.In his announcement of Meta’s disappointing third quarter results, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the firm’s…

Akwa Ibom State floored two major African cities to host a permanent Africa Regional Office complex of a 10,000-capacity International Conference Centre, courtesy of International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). Uyo in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom beat such cities as Cape Town in South Africa and Kigali in Rwanda. The African Regional Co-Ordinator, ICLEI, Prince Ene Baba Owoh, Jr, in stretated this in a telephone interview with Straightnews last Thursday. Owoh said the move was announced by the ICLEI, Canada, based on the state’s sustained cleanliness, performance ratings and safe haven for investments. Also read: Akwa Ibom Son Becomes ICLEI…

The House of Representatives is planning to appropriate N170 billion fund in the 2023 budget for payment of salaries to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, stated this in a statement on Monday, saying the move will provide a level of increment in the welfare package of university lecturers. According to him, efforts were ongoing to find lasting solutions to all the issues raised by ASUU. Also read: ASUU strike over in matter of days – says Gbajabiamila He stated that the budget included an additional N300 billion revitalization fund to improve the…

The organizers of the UEFA Champions League, one of the most prestigious football competitions in the World, have released the last-16 draw for the tournament.  Superstar footballer, Lionel Messi will be hoping to help his side Paris Saint-Germain to defeat Bayern Munich in the knockout stage to advance to the next stage. Current champions, Real Madrid will take on Liverpool. It will be a rematch of last season’s final where the Spanish club won 1-0 in Paris. Also read Ancelotti leads Real Madrid to win UEFA Super Cup UEFA champions leader Chelsea bash Juventus to reach last 16 Chelsea €5m Richer After Winning UEFA Super…

The Imo State Police Command has quizzed two suspects for alleged gruesome murder of Miss Joy Uchechi Nwachukwu, a cashier of a gas plant in Owerri, Imo State capital. It is reported that that Nwachukwu was allegedly killed by her co-workers and her body buried in a shallow grave within the premises of the gas plant. The victim was allegedly murdered by the suspects including the manager, in an attempt to steal the company’s money. Also read: Two Persons Convicted for Murder Await Hangman’s Noose in Jigawa Spokesperson of the command, CSP Michael Abattam, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday,…

An Akure High Court has stopped electricity distribution companies from giving estimated bills to residents and business premises without providing prepaid meters to determine appropriate tariffs. Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye, in his verdict, held that failure to fix prepaid meters to customers, residents or business premises when the money had been paid amount to breach of contract. Delivering judgement in a suit filed by a customer, Olutide Afolabi against Benin Electricity Distribution Company Plc (BEDC), Justice Adebusoye held that the distribution company breached statutory and contractual obligations having failed to connect the meter of a customer despite being paid. Also Read…