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As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) kicked off its presidential campaign in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Monday, five state governors and other key officials of the party boycotted the event. The party’s official flag-off ceremony which is coming barely four months before the February 25 presidential election took place at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. The five state governors were Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Ifeanyi Ugwunayi of Enugu State. Related news PDP Kicks off Presidential Election campaign in Uyo…

Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo reached another historic landmark in his career by scoring his 700th club goal to seal Manchester United’s comeback win over Everton on Sunday. The 37-year-old forward becomes the first and only player to score seven times a hundred goals in football history. Having started his career in 2002, Ronaldo sealed the 700 goals averaging 35 goals a season. He scored five goals in 31 appearances for Sporting, 450 in 438 matches for Real and 101 in 134 games for Juventus. In his first spell for United he netted 118 times in 298 fixtures for the club and in…

Heavy explosions rocked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Monday morning, a day after Moscow blamed Ukraine for a deadly blast on the bridge linking Crimea to Russia. The explosions hit Kyiv around 8:15 am local time (0515 GMT), and an AFP journalist in the city saw numerous ambulances appearing to head toward the scene of the blasts. “Several explosions in the Shevchenkivskyi district – in the centre of the capital,” Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said on social media. Read also Tension mounts over Russia’s Possible Invasion of Ukraine 30,000 Africans in Ukraine in Peril over Russia’s war threat Ukraine tension: U.S.…

Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has emerged as the world’s highest-paid football player, according to Forbes magazine. This is the first time a player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the list in eight years. Mbappe, 23, is estimated to earn $128 million for the 2022-23 season before agents’ fees, a record for Forbes’ annual rankings, with PSG teammate Messi second at $120m and Manchester United’s Ronaldo ($100m) occupying the third spot. Read also: Mbappe, PSG star, wins French league’s best player award for 3rd time PSG’s Neymar ($87m) and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah ($53m) rounded off…

US-based Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, received the highest honor of Harvard University, the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal given in the field of African and African American studies on Thursday. The W. E. B. Du Bois Medal is Harvard’s highest honour in the field of African and African American studies. It is awarded to individuals in the United States and across the globe in recognition of their contributions to African and African American culture and the life of the mind. Read also: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian Novelist, Loses Mother The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research…

A Russian barrage pounded apartment buildings and other targets in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, officials said Sunday. The blasts in the city, which sits in a region Moscow has claimed as its own, blew out windows in adjacent buildings and left at least one high-rise apartment building partially collapsed. The strike came after an explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting a towering symbol of Russian power…

Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka scored twice, including a late winning penalty, as the hosts beat Liverpool 3-2 in a pulsating Premier League clash to send the Gunners back to the top of the table at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Arsenal opened the scoring after 58 seconds, Gabriel Martinelli sweeping home a perfect pass from Captain Martin Odegaard, but Liverpool grew into the game and Darwin Nunez levelled in the 34th minute. There was a lengthy break midway through the first half as Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold received treatment for an ankle injury sustained in a tangle with Martinelli, and the…

Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel and the state Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Umo Eno have condoled with Bassey Albert Akpan over the loss of his younger brother and two aides. A younger brother to Senator Akpan popularly known as OBA representing the Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Akparawa Robert Albert Akpan reportedly died after a brief illness leaving behind a wife and children. Similarly, the Senator’s Chief Protocol Officer, Imo Isang and the Police Orderly, Inspector  Linus Odey were gruesomely killed by unknown gunmen in  Imo State on Friday. Governor Emmanuel expressed deep condolences…

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Akwa Ibom State Command, says it has rescued 12 minors after bursting a child trafficking syndicate along the Calabar-Itu Road in Itu Local Government Area of the state. NAPTIP Zonal Head in-charge of Akwa Ibom, Tina Ugwu, who stated this over the weekend in Uyo, noted that NAPTIP rescued children between the ages of three and nine from their abductors. Following a tip-off, according to her, the raid jointly carried out by NAPTIP intelligence and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) resulted in the arrest of…

Despite the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party will officially kick off its presidential election campaign on Monday in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The venue is the 30,000-sitting capacity Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. Nyesom Wike Group is calling for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu to pave way for a Southerner since Atiku Abubakar, the party’s Presidential Candidate hails from Northern part of the country in line with PDP constitution. Speaking with journalists Saturday, Comrade Borono Bassey, the PDP’s publicity secretary, said Governor Udom Emmanuel, who doubles as the chairman,…