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Nigerians have expressed grief over the death of more than 100 persons in an explosion at an oil bunkering site in Imo State on Friday night. While most Nigerians expressed shock over the incident, some others blamed oil bunkering on the high rate of poverty and hunger in the country, which they say would not allow the illegal activity to stop. No fewer than 109 persons died when an illegal crude oil refining site at Abaezi forest in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of the state exploded. Residents woke to see the firestorm, which burnt scores of people involved in the…

Chrisland Schools in Lagos State earlier shut following the viral sex video of some pupils of the school are free to open for classes, the state Government has ordered. Lagos government gave the order for the reopening of the school in a statement released by the state Commissioner of Education, Folasade Adefisayo. Recall that the state government had on Monday, April 18, ordered the closure of the school’s branches in Lagos state following the leaked sex video. Some students of the school were taken to Dubai to represent the school in a sporting competition. However, they got there and engaged…

Akwa Ibom State has exploded in joy following the release of popular the televangelist, Apostle John Okoriko, the founder and President of Solid Rock Church by his abductors. Inspiration FM, Uyo has reported Friday evening that the ace preacher has been released after his three days in the kidnappers’ den. It has not been confirmed if the family had paid N30 million ransom demanded by his abductors. According to Journalist Harrison Essien, the clergyman has regrouped with his family and some Church members. After the news was broken many have taken to Facebook to thank God for the release of…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked and declared seat of Yakubu Dogara, former House of Representatives Speaker, vacant in the House.  Dogara, who represents Bogoro/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker in the house from 2015 and 2019. He defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2020, citing a breakdown of governance under Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. Delivering judgment on Friday, April 22, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from PDP to APC, Dogara was no longer qualified to occupy the seat by virtue of Section…

The founder and President of Solid Rock Church, Apostle John Okoriko, has so far spent three days in an undisclosed hideout as his abductors asked his family to pay N30 million ransom. Okoriko was abducted by unknown gunmen at his residence in Ibekwe Akpan Nya in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the state. Family sources, who spoke to newsmen in Uyo on Friday, stated that the abductors used the victim’s phone number to communicate with the family so they could raise money. Recall that the abductors had on Tuesday, demanded for N100 million ransom when contact was established with…

The former Chief of Staff to Governor Udom Emmanuel, Akparawa Ephraim Inyang-eyen mocked his estranged boss and kinsman but ‘remembered’ his in-laws at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally. Though both hail from Onna, Inyang-eyen was sacked over his comments deemed ‘disparaging’ to the governor that he was a supervisor in the Ministry of Works while the Governor was the Chairman of Finance and General Purposes Committee (FGPC) that awarded the ongoing Onna-Ikwe Road. In a trending video, the outgone state Commissioner for Works rendered a comical song in Ibibio dialect Afo edi Udom, anam nkpo nte ufien, aben ubok afo…

Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew to check further escalation of the clashes between Ibeno and Yoruba fishermen in the area. Speaking to newsmen in Uyo, the Chairman of Ibeno Local Government Area, High Chief Williams Henry Mkpa said the curfew was a prompt action directed by the state government  to prevent mayhem in the oil rich city of Ibeno. Following the directive, Mkpa, it was gathered, has imposed and indefinite curfew with full restrictions of both human and vehicular movements in  the troubled riverine communities from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. with immediate…

Despite extending the date for submission of forms, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raked in N646 million from the sale of  expression of interest and nomination forms for the 2023 presidential election. However, PDP has, for the fourth time, extended the date for its sale of nomination and expression of interest forms to Friday, April 22, 2022. The last day for the submission of already completed forms is now Monday April 25, 2022. Seventeen presidential aspirants were able to beat Wednesday’s deadline for the submission of forms. Read also: PDP flings open 2023 Presidential ticket to all aspirants The…

Legendary football players, Didier Drogba, Sergio Aguero, Paul Scholes, Vincent Kompany,  Ian Wright, and Peter Schmeichel have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. The football stars join Wayne Rooney and Patrick Vieira as the latest players to become part of the Premier League’s Hall of Fame, taking the total up to 16. Their selection was based on a public online vote and the Premier League Awards Panel, with the Hall of Fame recognising the best players to have graced the league since its inception in 1992. Didier Drogba won the Premier League four times over two spells at Chelsea, as…

The Chairman of Akwa Ibom All Progressives Congress (APC), Obong Stephen Ntukekpo, was among the 36 Chapter chairmen who attended Wednesday’s meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC). NEC is the highest decision making organ of the party and was presided over by the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The meeting was held at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, governors on the platform of the APC, state chairmen, former governors and many other bigwigs of the party were at the meeting. Ntukekpo who was officially sworn into office on April 11,…