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Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel has harped on the need for Nigerians to embrace equity and justice as a backdrop to sustain the country’s  unity in diversity. Emmanuel who spoke Thursday on the topic: Unity in diversity at a public lecture organized by the Arewa Media Interactive and Development Forum, Arewa House, Kaduna said ”We must ensure that there is equity and justice and that no part of the country is made to feel less of itself as this will definitely not augur well for our union.’ The governor who was a key speaker  noted ”Several reasons have been adduced…

The corpse of the Managing Director, Fourscore Homes, Femi Osibona, has been found in the rubble of the collapsed Ikoyi building. Fourscore Homes is the firm constructing the 21-storey building under construction which collapsed on Monday, on Gerrard Road in Ikoyi, Lagos. The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed this to TheCable on Thursday evening after rescuers discovered the body. So far, authorities have announced 39 recovered bodies from the rubble. Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso confirmed the recovery of the body. “He is dead. He was brought out dead this evening”, he said. One of the survivors…

The friendship between Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels and the popular aphrodisiac seller, Jaruma, has gone sour. The duo had been ‘besties’ after they posted several mushy videos of themselves on their individual social media accounts. However, the rift between them began when Daniels took to Instagram to debunk insinuations that she bought and used kayan mata, an aphrodisiac, from Jaruma on her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko. Her statement came shortly after one of the wife’s of Nwoko, Laila Charani, publicly revealed that she is now divorced from the businessman. Shortly after Charani’s revelation, some fans had accused the actress of…

Luck shone as the ‘Best Graduating Student’ of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State got a house, N5 million and a scholarship for further studies. A statement by Ogun State governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, on Wednesday said his boss announced the rewards at the reception organised for Joy Adesina. Governor Dapo Abiodun noted that the medical scholarship would be for her residency at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu. The statement said Abiodun noted that the awardee coming out as the best medical graduate that came out of the OAU “is…

Liverpool and Ajax became the latest teams to make it to the last 16 of this season’s UEFA Champions League following their wins against Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund respectively. Liverpool hit 10-man Atletico 2-0 at Anfield with Ajax coming from behind to beat Dortmund 3-1 in Germany. The wins mean the duo joins Bayern Munich and Juventus as the only teams to have confirmed their places in the knockout stage of the competition. Second-place Dortmund, who had defender Mat Hummels sent off, trails Ajax by six points in Group C with two rounds left. Dortmund is level on points with Sporting…

Since the disclosure that Akwa Ibom government collected humongous N171.2 billion 13 per cent derivation revenue arrears from the Federal Government, many have struck lightening over the sealed lips surrounding the money. Some radio analysts and callers Thursday expressed anger over what they see as inability of Akwa Ibom government to declare and timely utilise the money for the collective good of all. Policy Alert, a Civil Society Organisation promoting fiscal and ecological justice in the Niger Delta, Monday, November 1 let the cat out of the bag by advising the state government to effectively utilize the funds it collected.…

The bandits who kidnapped six persons from the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) staff quarters have reportedly contacted their families to demand a whopping N300 million ransom. Obansa Joseph, a professor of economics, two of his children, and three other persons were abducted on Tuesday, November 2, when gunmen attacked the staff quarters of the university. In an interview with TVC Television, Professor Bassey Ubom, a lecturer in the university said gunmen armed with sophisticated arms numbering more than 40 and kidnapped his two children. They were said to have shot sporadically in the air while they carried out the attack…

More than N359 billion has been expended on the construction of the 657km dual carriage East-West Road, stretching from Calabar in Cross River State to Effurun in Delta State. The road was initiated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration in 2006. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who told the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Hon. Essien Ayi during the 2022 Budget defence session doubted the speedy completion of the project owing to paltry amount allocated to it. Akpabio said, “What I believe we as lawmakers should do on the issue of the East-West…

The pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and 22 of his workers are among those trapped in the rubble of the collapsed 21-storey building on Gerrard Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The pastor, Ola Ogunfuwa who is in charge of the Living Water Parish in Ibafo, Ogun State, was said to be working as a contractor on the project but has not been heard from or been identified among those rescued or brought out lifeless. A friend of Ogunfuwa and an RCCG pastor, Omotosho Shola Emmanuel, confirmed to our correspondent that the victim doubled as…

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has set up a panel to probe what led to one of its students seen in a viral video twerking in a revealing bodysuit. Mirabel Obi, a first-year medical laboratory student, was filmed as she twerked during a dance competition at the Akpabio Hostel on October 28. In the video, the school’s Dean of Affairs was also seen threatening to ensure that she is expelled for bringing shame to humanity and womanhood. But, in a statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Okwun Omeaku, the institution denied suspending the student, saying…