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Crystal Palace eclipsed Liverpool’s shining star at the Premier League derby with a 2-1 defeat on Saturday. This is as Manchester United suffered another setback in losing 3-1 at Brentford. Palace are now the only undefeated team in the Premier League after extending their club record run to 18 games in all competitions without losing, including three games against Liverpool. The English champions were finally made to pay for another disjointed performance after being bailed out by a series of late goals in winning their opening five league games. Ismaila Sarr fired the FA Cup winners into an early lead…

Suspected sea pirates seized 17 passengers after hijacking a commercial passenger boat conveying 30 people heading from Calabar, Cross River, to Oron in Akwa Ibom State. The attack occurred around Bouy 34 waterways at about 9:20 a.m. on Thursday, September 25, 2025 when the fibre boat, operated by Sea Express Jetty, was intercepted.  “Seventeen passengers were taken away to an unknown destination, while 13 others were rescued from the boat. Patrol gunboats have been dispatched to the scene in collaboration with other security agencies to rescue the victims and arrest the perpetrators,” sources told security analyst Zagazola Makama.  You may…

A dismissed soldier with the Nigerian Army, 6 Battalion, Ibagwa in Abak, Corporal Stephen Iweh, was, Friday, sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a 42-year-old man, Christopher Enobong Jimmy. Iweh killed Jimmy,  who was the Manager of a Clearing and Forwarding Company in Port Harcourt, along the East-West Road in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area on 23rd May, 2021. Jimmy had offered Corporal Iweh a lift in his car from Trailer Park in Onne, Rivers State, to Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom. Read this too: Bring Murderer Soldier To Justice- Deceased Brother Begs At Oboro Junction in…

President Bola Tinubu has advocated providing a Permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council for Nigeria and the need for the host countries to benefit from mineral resources. Tinubu who was represented by the Vice President Kashim Shettima at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly sought ‘‘One, Nigeria must have a permanent seat at the UN Security Council. This should take place as part of a wider process of institutional reform. ‘‘Two, we need urgent action to promote sovereign debt relief and access to trade and financing. Three, countries that host minerals must benefit from those…

Rev. Sister Kinse Shako Anastasia of Veritas University, Abuja has been sent out of The Convent over her controversial claim, alleging that priests use some sisters as their bedmates. Anastasia equally exposed sexual harassment in Catholic Church, the comment which did not sink well into the circle of the church. ‘‘I wish to let the public know that on this day, 24th day of September 2025, I received a letter of dismissal from the Congregation of Mother of Perpetual Help of the Archangels Sisters, dated 21 July 2025. A token of hundred thousand Naira (#100,000) was given to me. ‘‘When…

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has described as “uncommon display of leadership, deep commitment to legislative duties and impactful representation of the good people of Kwara Central Senatorial District by Senator Saliu Mustapha. Akpabio stated this in the birthday message he personally signed in celebration of the Kwara State- born Senator According to Akpabio, “I extend my warmest felicitations to my distinguished colleague, Senator Saliu Mustapha, the Turaki of Ilorin Emirate, on the occasion of his birthday today. “In barely two years in the Senate, Turaki has already distinguished himself through uncommon leadership, deep commitment to his legislative duties,…

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On September 23, Akwa Ibom State turns 38 — a moment beckoning both celebration and sober reflection. Since its creation in 1987, carved out of the old Cross River State, Akwa Ibom, nestled in the Gulf of Guinea, has evolved from a fledgling local government administrative unit into urban centre that commands national attention for its infrastructural strides and relatively stable governance. In nearly four decades, the state has witnessed a transformation in physical development, thanks to successive administrations that have prioritised road networks, healthcare infrastructure, and public buildings. The advent of Ibom Air has been hailed nationally as a…

By Our Reporter Contractors who bidded for the 400 jobs advertised in Digital Procurement Portal by the Akwa Ibom Government for youths are gnashing teeth over difficulty in opening the portal. Recall that the digital procurement portal launched on March 14, 2025, and manned by the state Ministry of Science and Digital Economy, was aimed at increasing transparency on how government contracts are awarded, limiting favoritism, and helping indigenous contractors and vendors to compete. The portal, which required interested contractors/vendors to register to receive an 11‑digit unique number after registration, involves construction of Commissioners’ quarters, legislative & judiciary quarters, medical…

The saga on the purported abandonment of official duty by two medical doctors and Akwa Ibom Government is simmering, resulting in an exchange of words between one of the doctors and the Commissioner for Health. The affected doctors are Dr. Mfonobong George Bassey, a Consultant Haematologist and Dr. Uduakabasi Ita, a Consultant Radiologist. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ekem Emmanuel John who stirred the hornet’s nest by declaring the two doctors wanted for absconding from their duty posts, forced one of them,  Dr. Bassey, out of his hiding to blow hot against what he saw as an ‘’accusation’’ against…