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President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, conferred the 2022 National Honours on Senator Bassey Albert (OBA) representing Akwa Ibom North East in the National Assembly and 446 Nigerians and friends of the country. OBA who is the Akwa Ibom Young Progressives Party governorship candidate and Chairman Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources upstream was among eight other Akwa Ibom sons and daughters honoured for their positive contributions to the country’s growth. The investiture ceremony took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. OBA presented with Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) was honoured alongside Ntenyin (Dr) Solomon Daniel Etuk, Oku Ibom…

A Nigerian politician, Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed shock how  Atiku Abubakar, Iyorcha Ayu, Governor Emmanuel Udom embarrassed were when a horde of supporters were singing Peter Obi’s song. Obi whose supporters are tagged: Obidients is the Labour Party Presidential candidate for the forthcoming general elections. Fani-kayode further revealed how he felt regarding the situation that PDP delegates found themselves in Akwa Ibom State. In a statement on his Facebook page on Monday, October 10, 2022, queried, “Can you imagine how Atiku Abubakar, Iyorcha Ayu, Emmanuel Udom and their PDP felt when the crowd started to sing the Obi song during…

In a matter of days, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will call off the eight-month-old strike, Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila assured last night. Rising from a meeting with the ASUU leadership led by its President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke called at the instance of the lawmakers, the speaker said that the deal had been sealed. The leadership of the House led by Gbajabiamila had in that last four weeks held four  different meetings with the academic body to resolve the lingering, knotty issues with the government. This was as Counsel for the Academic Staff Union…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to rescue Nigerians from the grip of poverty, hunger and  unify the country. Atiku spoke this when PDP rolled out its presidential campaign train at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Monday. He described Nigeria under the leadership of PDP as the good days, urging Nigerians to return PDP to power for the country to experience economic boom, job creation and security. Related news Presidency: Atiku Becomes most serial contestant in Nigeria for Sixth time Atiku, Lawan, Ganduje Hail Tinubu for clinching APC…

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…