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A father is grieving after mudslide caused by heavy rainfall had buried alive his four children in Okangbang community off Nasarawa in 8 miles, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State. The deceased, who were of the same parents, were swept away along collapsed house by ferocious flood into a nearby ravine while they were eating. Father of the deceased, Ndifreke Nkanta, who is physically challenged, confirmed the incident. He said the four children died instantly but that the other remaining two sustained degrees of injuries and have been admitted in hospital. Read also Death of 31 in Port Harcourt caused by…

A governorship candidate under Allied Peoples Movement (AMP), Mr. Daniel King Ebong, gunning for the soul of Akwa Ibom in the 2023 general elections, has raised alarm that things seem to have fallen apart in Akwa Ibom State. In a remark reminiscent of the novel title: Things Fall Apart by prolific writer Chinua Achebe, he bemoaned those he described as ‘indigenous predators’ who in collusion with ‘strangers’ are squandering and carting away the state resources. APM was registered as a political party in Nigeria by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in August 2018. Read also: ‘We have no political party…

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has pledged to join Nigeria Labour Congress’ planned protest against shutdown of Nigerian public universities. This follows t prolonged ASUU, NASU and SSANU industrial actions that have left activities in tertiary institutions paralyzed for more than four months. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, had, on July 1, said that the NLC would embark on a nationwide protest if the strike persists. The strike by ASUU has been on for almost five months since it began on February 14. A statement signed by its National President, Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Afolabi…

Twitter Inc on Tuesday sued Elon Musk for breaching the $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform, asking a Delaware court to order the world’s richest person to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 per Twitter share. “Musk apparently believes that he – unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law – is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away,” said the complaint. The lawsuit sets in motion what promises to be one of the biggest legal showdowns in Wall Street history, involving one of the…

No fewer than 13 million Nigerians are in possession of digital assets, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said. This is as UNCTAD rated the West African country third among countries with the highest number of cryptocurrency holders in Africa. Latest data from the UN agency’s policy brief indicated that the country was trailing Kenya and South Africa, with about 6.3 per cent of the Nigerian population owning or holding cryptocurrencies. From the country’s estimated population of 211 million inhabitants, this meant that a little over 13 million were owners of digital currencies in 2021. Read also:…

The Convener, Catalyst Global Peace and Justice Initiative, Pastor Abraham Sam Aiyedogbon, has expressed displeasure over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Straightnews reported that Bola Tinubu officially announced a former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election. Reacting, Aiyedogbon, during an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday, said that the APC will pay a “high price” for Tinubu’s choice. He said “They know what they’re doing. They know that they can’t allow our vote to count, that is why they are confident in doing it. Read also:…

The Aphelion phenomenon, a yearly climatic change, brings about colder weather. It has begun today, July 12 and will last till August 22, 2022. The Earth is farthest from the Sun (aphelion) roughly two weeks after the June Solstice, and the earth is closest to the Sun (perihelion) roughly two weeks after the December Solstice. Straightnews gathered that this year’s weather will be colder than previous years because the Earth will be far from the Sun. The distance from Earth to the Sun is 5 light minutes or 90,000,000 km. The aphelion phenomenon is 152,000,000 km. 66% further. Read also: Death…

The Nigerian televangelist and General Overseer of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor (Dr.) Paul Enenche has revealed how God hid the plot of land housing his church from being seen and purchased by two prominent pastors. Enenche who spoke during Sunday’s Anointing Service via his church’s YouTube handle said if God had allowed Pastor Enoch Adeboye and Bishop David Oyedepo to see the land, they would have purchased it. In one hour, 7 minutes video, he recounted, “You see this our church, God showed it to me in a vision in the night many years ago. We already had…

The Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot, has expressed fears on the over-bloated population of inmates in various Correctional Centres in the state, noting the likelihood of jail break should urgent measures were not taken to avert the impending crises. Mrs. Obot, while taking stock of her shocking finds at the conclusion of her tour of prison formations in Uyo, Ikot Ekpene, Ikot Abasi and Eket Local Government Areas, blamed the problem on lack of expediency and cumbersome process in the administration of justice on suspects. For instance, Justice Obot, who freed no fewer than 21 inmates across the…

Operatives of Akwa Ibom State Police Command have swung into action in search of fleeing suspect, alleged to have set ablaze one Enwongo Akpan, a student of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU). It was gathered that the victim, a 200-level student of the Department of Philosophy at AKSU, Obio Akpa campus in Oruk Anam Local Government Area, had bought N500 worth of petrol from a black market dealer, but a heated argument followed when the victim returned the adulterated fuel, after failing to  ignite his generator. “Dissatisfied with the quality of the product, the victim approached the roadside petrol dealer for explanation…