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By Aniefiok Christopher Three persons were roasted to death in a gas explosion in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The sad incident which took place at 24 Nwaniba Road in Uyo, the state capital happened when one Utibe sparked a match stick on his gas cooker and it exploded, burning him and his friend, one Enwongo beyond recognition. When Straightnews reporter visited the compound on Thursday, October 14, the half brother of the landlord who did not want his name in the print conducted the reporter round the scene of the tragedy. He narrated ”The incident occurred on Wednesday,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled President Joe Biden, the government and the people of the United States, on the passing into eternity of the former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell. This was contained in a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President Media and Publicity, on Monday. The President believed that as the first African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military position in the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as the first African American Secretary of State, Powell was a great statesman and a global icon in every sense of…

Former US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has died of Covid-19 complications despite his full vaccinated against the virus, his family has announced. “General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid-19,” the Powell family wrote on Facebook on Monday afternoon, October 18 said. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” they said, noting he was fully vaccinated. “We want to thank the medical staff… for their caring treatment,” it added. He was a former top…

Months of intense cults war have continued unabated as no fewer than four persons have been consumed in some communities in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State on Sunday. The killings, it was gathered, followed months of supremacy battle involving two rival outlawed cult groups – Iceland (The Red) and the Debam (The White) – confraternities. Those killed, it was learnt, include one Samuel Ekeke Mkpokporo from Udianga Enem village and Gideon Monday Udoekong from Ikot Umoabiat village in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area. Besides, an unidentified victim from Ikot Unah village in Ukanafun was…

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has restated the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari administration to completing all abandoned projects in the nine states of the Niger Delta Region. Akpabio spoke Sunday in Uyo after an inspection tour of the long-abandoned 1000-bed hostel blocks constructed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the University of Uyo, Uyo. Located at the Main Campus of the institution at Nsukara Offot, Uyo, the three-storey building which started about 15 years ago, but was delayed for many reasons is almost 98 percent completed and ready for commissioning in the next…

No fewer than 18 people have died a day after torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Officials said rescuers recovered the bodies in two of the worst-hit districts, Kottayam and Idukki, where the heavy downpours triggered massive landslides, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency. The National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Army deployed teams to help with rescue efforts as several are still feared to be missing. On Saturday, when the heavy rains began, television reports showed people wading through chest-deep waters to rescue passengers from…

All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday says only exercises conducted by duly inaugurated State Congress Committees would be recognised by the party. The National Secretary of APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention PAPClanning Committee, James Akpanudoedehe, who stated this in a statement in Abuja, described the parallel congresses in many parts of the country as futile activities. He, however, congratulated its members on the conduct of state congresses across the country held in the 36 states across the country on Saturday. But the exercises were trailed by crisis in many states with rival factions holding parallel congresses in defiance with the…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over plan to monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls and text messages of Nigerians. SERAP asked the court to “declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by Buhari’s administration to track, intercept and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians and other people, as it severely threatens and violates the right to the preservation of privacy.” The suit followed the proposal in the Supplementary Appropriation Act signed in July 2021 to spend N4.87 billion to monitor private calls and messages, the amount is part of the N895.8 billion of…

MTN Nigeria says it has compensated its subscribers with airtime and data due to the outage its consumers witnessed last Saturday, October 9. The Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, shared the information with subscribers on Sunday. Toriola, via a video message posted on the company’s YouTube channel with its link sent to all subscribers of the network, apologised for the error. In his message, Toriola said, “Last Saturday we had an outage that left our customers without connection for several hours. On behalf of the entire MTN team, I want to start with a heartfelt apology. We are…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied claims ordering a to sit-at-home order across the Southeast region on October 18, 19, and 21 for its leader, and one year anniversary of #EndSARS protest. In a statement released by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB warned those behind the rumour to retrace their steps and stop tarnishing its image. The group said it did not issue any sit-at-home directive except on October 21 when its leader was expected to appear in court. The statement in part reads “Our attention has been drawn to the fabricated statement being circulated by mischief…