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The Super Eagles star, Finidi George, has tipped Nigeria to beat the Pharaohs of Egypt in their group in the African Cup of Nations. The continental showpiece kick starts on January 9 and Nigeria will play Egypt on January 11 in Cameroon. Former Ajax said the Super Eagles could beat the North African side if their main man Mohamed Salah has a bad day at the office. Finidi, who won the competition with Nigeria in 1994, believes the Liverpool forward and Premier League highest goal scorer this season, Salah could pose a threat to Nigeria but warned the Super Eagles…

The Nigerian Government is planning to reduce the work force of 438 Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies to cut cost of governance. Consequently, the jobs of staffers in the MDAs are on the line as the Nigerian Government is planning to downsize the civil service. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, explained that the downsizing is aimed at cutting the cost of the government’s recurrent expenditure yearly. Ahmed stated that the Federal Government is working on an exit package for workers that would be affected. In a statement, the minister said the government has set up…

The Lagos State Government has cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College accused of complicity in the death of a 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. The state cleared them as well as the school following the Legal Advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi. Channels Television obtained a copy of the legal advice which was addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID and the trial magistrate, Magistrate Olatunbosun Adeola. Read also: Dowen College: Police Quiz Eight for alleged Sylvester Oromoni’s death Dowen College, Parents Disagree over Sylvester’s death Lagos State government…

Bandits in the country are in trouble as Nigerian Government has finally declared them terrorists following months of foot-dragging. The declaration is contained in a gazette proscribing their existence and restraining any person or group of persons from participating in activities of bandit groups. The Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, had granted an ex parte application for Yan Bindiga (Hausa word for gunmen) and Yan Ta’adda (Hausa word for terrorists) to be declared as terrorists. Related posts: Court declares proscribed bandits groups as terrorists As Bandits Dare Buhari, Whereabouts Of 600 Abducted Katsina Students Unknown…

Israel Umoh Former Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is rumoured to be nursing the ambition of contesting the 2023 presidential election to return to Aso Rock for another term, Straightnews has learned. Jonathan then Vice President succeeded the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2010, contested and won the presidential election in 2011 but he was voted out of office in 2015 when he sought re-election. Though Jonathan, a veritable member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not cleared air on the rumour, political analysts are of the view that he has to defect to All Progressives Congress, the…

The multi-million dollars ViaNile Digital Application would rule the world and may overtake Facebook and WhatsApp in few years from now, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan predicted Tuesday. ViaNile is an All-In-One digital application performing such functions as instant messaging, video conferencing & streaming, turning smart phone into a walkie talkie, creating store and sell, virtual workplace and workgroup as well as marketplace with endless capabilities. Akpan who was the special guest of honour during the launching of ViaNile at the sprawling Uyo Community Recreational Centre, Ifa Ikot Akpan in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom said ViaNile has latest…

After 16 days, a two-year-old boy abducted by a 14-year-old housemaid in Lagos State has been returned by the Ogun State police command to his parents. Recall that on December 31, 2021, LIB shared the story of how the suspect a 14- year-old house maid, Favour Iwuozor, fled with the victim on December 19. Moses Otojareri, father of the victim who spoke with journalists in Lagos said the suspect who was employed in the second week in November, fled with his son. Read also: Gunmen kill one as Akwa Ibom lawmaker escapes abduction Declare students abduction in Northern Nigeria a…

Following frequent altercations between some natives and the scrap scavengers, Akwa Ibom State government has banned the scrap scavenging business and pledged to deal with its violators. The Secretary to State Government (SSG), Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, stated this in a statement entitled, “Ban on scrap scavengers in Akwa Ibom State and enforcement of existing ban on the use of motorcycles within Uyo metropolis” made available to newsmen Tuesday in Uyo. Ekuwem, who noted that the development followed several incidents of grave infractions including acts of criminality and threat to peaceful inter-ethnic relationship in the state by operators of the enterprise,…

Emmanuel Uffot Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Akwa Ibom State, Uwemedimo Nwoko, (SAN) has canvassed the building of more prisons now known as Correctional Centres across the country to stop overstretching prison facilities. Nwoko canvassed this view recently at Uyo High Court where the trial of one Uduak Frank who allegedly killed Iniubong Umoren, a graduate of University of Uyo is going on. A leading counsel to the family of the late Iniubong, he called for the decentralisation of Correctional Centres by removing it from the Exclusive list to Concurrent list to enable state governments build their…

The Indigenous People of Biafra has banned the recitation of the Nigerian national anthem and the slaughtering of Fulani cows in Biafraland – South-East. This was contained in a New Year message by IPOB director of state, Chika Edoziem. Instead, Edoziem said only the Biafran national anthem should be taught in schools. In October 2021, IPOB had banned the slaughtering of Fulani cows in what they called ‘Biafraland.’ The IPOB spokesperson also said the group has created a new department to teach Igbo history in primary and secondary schools in the South-East. Related posts: IPOB bans rearing, consumption of Fulani…