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In the performance of their duty, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong said journalists are bound to make friends and enemies. Ememobong made this declaration at the 2021 thanksgiving service by Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom Council at Qua Iboe Church, 112 Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo, held on Sunday, December 5, declaring he commissioner, however, declared that journalists have neither friends nor enemies. He said in an attempt to balance a news story, journalists can make enemies, noting ‘’This is in line with his professional calling. He can make friends or enemies in order…

Gabriel Efo The introduction of Point of Sale (PoS) by Central Bank of Nigeria has eased off the hardships usually encountered by many customers of commercial banks in the rural and urban areas of Akwa Ibom State, Straightnews has gathered. CBN introduced the use of PoS machines to make financial transactions in Nigeria in 2012 to promote its cashless policy with the aim of improving payment system. The PoS business offers services like funds transfer and withdrawal, airtime sales, bill payments like GOTV, DSTV, Startimes, PHCN, and other utility bills. The POS machine is also used in places where goods and…

A physically challenged student of Rivers State University (RSU) has been offered N50 million and automatic appointment as a university lecturer for bagging a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike who bestowed Dr. James Daniel, with the humanitarian gestures Saturday during the 33rd convocation of the Rivers State University in Port Harcourt. Wike said the honour bestowed on Daniel is in recognition of his academic excellence and for being a source of inspiration to persons living with disabilities. The governor directed the Governing Councils and managements of state universities to sanitize their internal academic systems by…

The defending Premier League champions have gone up as Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva powered Pep Guardiola’s side to a 3-1 romp at Vicarage Road on Saturday. The victory sends Manchester City (35 points) top of the table, a point above Liverpool, after Chelsea were beaten 3-2 by West Ham earlier on Saturday. However, Thiago Silva put Chelsea ahead but Manuel Lanzini equalized from the penalty spot before Mason Mount’s superb volley made it 2-1 before the break. Jarrod Bowen scored a fine goal to make it 2-2, as West Ham battled back well and several of Chelsea’s star players had an…

Bandits freed the 66 abducted members of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji in Kaduna State, along with nine other persons Friday. The worshippers, abducted on Sunday, October 31, 2021, were 66 in number, but three were killed by their captors. They were abducted during Sunday service at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. However, the Kaduna State chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. John Joseph Hayab, confirmed the story, noting that nine persons abducted were also released together with the 61 worshippers on Friday evening. His words: “We thank traditional…

Tension is mounting as Russia is reportedly massing 175,000 troops for a possible military invasion of Ukraine as early as 2022. An unclassified intelligence document, obtained by The Washington Post, showed satellite images of troop and equipment build-up around the border with Ukraine. Photos taken in June around Yelnya, near the northern border between Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, showed empty land. By November 9, five Battalion Tactical Groups (BTGs) were in place, the photos showed. In 2014, similar scenes were replicated along the Russian-Ukrainian border near Crimea before Russia seized the strategic port on the Black Sea. ”The Russian plans call for…

Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, December 2 knocked a defence counsel in a suit in which Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, was awarded N1.5 billion as damages for libel. Ekaete Obot, the state’s Chief Judge, scolded the counsel, Inibehe Effiong, who said the court had breached the Nigerian Constitution in its December 15, 2020 judgment against his client, Leo Ekpenyong. Infuriated by the statement, Justice Obot carpeted the human rights lawyer “You don’t stand before me and talk nonsense.” “I’ve been on this side of the law for over 30 years and you don’t come and teach me the law from…

Impostor medical doctor and soldier from Akwa Ibom State arrested by the operatives of the state Police Command are soon to be arraigned in court. Spokesperson of the command, Odiko MacDon, who stated this in a statement on Friday December 3, said ”The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has beamed its searchlights on impersonators of security personnel and other professionals. This has led to the arrest of a fake soldier and a fake doctor. Fake doctor MacDon said ”…relying on a report on 30/11/2021 at about 11:00 a.m, Quick Intervention Unit Operatives of the Command proceeded to Tranquility Hotel, Nung…

Asylum-seekers wanting entry into United States have to stay in Mexico awaiting immigration hearings. This is as the Biden administration announced plans Thursday to reinstate the Trump-era policy and agreed to Mexico’s conditions for resuming it. Revival of the “Remain in Mexico” policy comes even as the Biden administration maneuvers to end it in a way that survives legal scrutiny. President Joe Biden scrapped the policy, but a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri forced him to put it back into effect, subject to Mexico’s acceptance. Mexico’s foreign relations secretary said in light of U.S. concessions Mexico will allow returns, expected…

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) commenced sale of public offer in shares to retail investors beginning Wednesday, December 1, 2021. MTN Nigeria is offering 575 million shares to retail investors in a public offer priced at N169.00 per share (the Offer). The Offer is expected to end on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. MTN Group’s resolve to reduce its shareholding in MTN Nigeria from 78.8% to 65% over time is reflected in the Offer. The minimum subscription is for 20 shares, with subsequent lots of 20 shares. The Offer includes a bonus of one free share for every twenty shares…