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The Akwa Ibom governorship aspirant under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ita Enang, has compared Nigeria to a balloon, in terms of its poor but ailing economy. Speaking at Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre, Information Drive, Uyo, Enang last Thursday admitted that ”We are managing Nigeria like a balloon. Nigeria is broke. There is no money.’’ Nigeria’s public debt stands at N45 trillion as at March 2022, according to Debt Management Office (DMO). This forced DMO to have nursed plans to borrow N6.9 trillion to finance the 2022 budget deficit. Recall that on April 14,…

At last, Deeper Life High School, Uyo and parents of the former junior student, Don Davis Archibong allegedly abused by fellow students and assaulted by teachers have settled the messy case out of court. Angered by alleged abuse of their son by some senior students and molestation and abuse by teachers, parents of Don-Davis dragged the school in the social media and took the matter to Akwa Ibom State High Court. In 2021, the parents sued the school demanding payment of N100 million compensation for alleged inhuman torture of their 11-year-old son then in the school. In a peace and…

As rumour of torching  Clergy House spiraled, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has cleared air that his residence was not attacked by protesting Muslim youths. DAILY POST had reported that a riot erupted in Sokoto State over the killing of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education for alleged blasphemy. The unrest, according to a resident on Saturday, was following the arrest of the suspected killers of Deborah Samuel on Thursday. The attackers of the Saturday riot, allegedly led by some clerics, specifically targeted the Catholic and ECWA churches and destroyed them.…

Liverpool’s quadruple ambitions remain as Jurgen Klopp’s side won the FA Cup thanks to another penalty shootout win over Chelsea. The Reds won their penalty shootout against Chelsea in the League Cup final and they managed the same feat in the FA Cup. The match ended 0-0 after 120 minutes before Liverpool took advantage of Mason Mount’s penalty miss. Jurgen Klopp said: “It’s obviously heartbreaking to be honest for Chelsea after 120 minutes. The game was up and down. We played really well against a really strong team. They had their chances on counter attacks. They were really unlucky again.”…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The examination body, which also outlined the process to check the results, made this known in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Saturday in Abuja. The statement reads: “To check the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, all a candidate needs to do is to simply send UTMERESULT to 55019 using the same phone number that he/she had used for registration and the result would be returned as a text message. Read also: 2022…

Ex-Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly backed out of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential race following inability to submit his forms before the deadline, party’s source revealed. This might not be unconnected with the APC National Working Committee reported denial of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan a waiver to run in the primary. The party’s National Working Committee (NWC) is headed by Senator Abdullahi Adamu, APC National Chairman. Recall that the leadership of the APC in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State confirmed that Jonathan is a registered member of the party. Read also: Jonathan reportedly joins APC, gets membership…

Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal has declared a 24-hour curfew within the metropolis to forestall civil unrest over the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education. Deborah was killed on Thursday, May 12, following an allegation that she had blasphemed Prophet Muhammad (SAW). This might be connected with reports that some Muslim youths in Sokoto State, Saturuay, May 14, filed out in their numbers demanding the release of the two suspects arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Deborah. Armed with placards, the protesting youths were seen shouting “Allahu Akbar” translated in…

Akwa Ibom governorship aspirant under All Progressives Congress, Senator Ita Enang,  has assured that he would not be another visiting Governor, if elected during the 2023 general elections. Enang made the allegation Thursday when he appeared before members of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom Council at NUJ Press Centre, Information Drive, Uyo to solicit support for his governorship ambition. He assured to always work and sleep daily except for exigent matters outside the state instead of embarking on frequent outside trips at the expense of the state. The Senator attributed the Akwa Ibom governor’s frequent trips to the aircraft…

President Muhammadu Buhari and the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, have condemned the lynching of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State on Thursday. Samuel was a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was killed for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. In a statement released via the Presidency’s official Twitter account on Friday, the President decried the mob action and ordered a probe into the incident. The press release read in part, “President @MBuhari strongly condemns the resort to self-help by the mob in Sokoto, resulting in violence, destruction and killing of a second year student…

Akwa Ibom journalist, Edem Okon and 48 others have been conferred with National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) award.  President Muhammadu Buhari flanked by the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige conferred Okon with the award also extended a warm handshake to him.  Okon is an Assistant Director of Information with the state Ministry of Information and Strategy, Uyo but attached to Office of the Head of Civil Service. A holder of B.A (Theatre of Arts) and LL.B from the University of Uyo and B.L, as well as PGD (Journalism) from International Institute of Journalism, he bagged the…