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Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stopped Nigerians below 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). In a draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website, the NCC said the regulations were made in line with the powers conferred upon the commission by section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003. The announcement was made at a Public Inquiry on the Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, alongside the draft SIM Replacement Guidelines and the draft Spectrum Trading Guidelines at NCC’s head office in Abuja on Tuesday October 5. NCC’s Executive Commissioner Stakeholders’…

Work at the proposed site of Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom State is to commence soon, Federal Ministry of Education has assured. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu gave the assurance when he led a delegation for an inspection of the proposed site at Ikot Ukpoinua. Adamu was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education  S. T Echono, who was accompanied to the project site by the former Minister and pro-chancellor of Akwa Ibom State University, Udoma Udo Udoma. Others include the Executive Secretary, National University Commission, Abubakar Rasheed and the Director University Education,j…

A retired employee of Nigeria’s Post and Telecommunications (P&T) has died in his residence along Udo Street by Akpabio Street in Uyo, the state capital, Akwa Ibom Police Command has confirmed. Straightnews learned that the deceased, an Igbo man (name withheld) was engaged in s3x orgy by two teenage girls, whom he was alleged to have promised juicy job opportunities through NIPOST, when employers tender such request to be posted on the notice board for interested applicants. According to a neighbour, who would not want his name mentioned, “the deceased died of apparent exhaustion arising from the marathon s3x with…

Lifeline has been given to Korean-based Company, Kumbit Global Limited for the establishment of Ibom Industrial Park worth $600 million in Nung Ikot Obiodo, Oruk Anam Local Government Area. This follows a deal between the Akwa Ibom Government and the company, two years after the company had submitted the proposal to the government for consideration and approval. The project facilitated by Engr. Anietie John dragged after the company had sent a proposal on Memorandum of Understanding to the state government for signatory followed by management paying a courtesy visit on Governor Udom Emmanuel. The agreement was signed for the state…

The Federal Government has approved payment of N75,000 per semester to each Education undergraduate in public universities in Nigeria.  Also, each Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) student will receive N50,000 as a stipend per semester, as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari last year. This is part of the government’s deliberate effort to attract the best brains into the teaching profession. Malam Adamu, the Minister of Education, made the announcement on Tuesday, October 5, at the World Teachers’ Day celebration in Eagle Square, Abuja. Adamu, whose speech was read by Arc. Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, said his ministry would…

After 10 years, the controversial 25 kilometres Uyo-Ikot Ekpene Federal Highway in Akwa Ibom State has been completed and inaugurated. The dual carriageway highway that traverses six local government areas (Itu, Ibiono Ibom, Ikono, Abak, Essien Udim and Ikot Ekpene) was awarded by Chief Godswill Akpabio administration in 2011 to Julius Berger Construction Plc. From Straightnews survey, Akpabio administration commenced construction work in earnest on the highway and did more than 50 per cent work. Straightnews can authoritatively reveal that Akpabio flanked by his wife, Unoma, Udom Emmanuel, then secretary to the State Government and other members of the state…

Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth was reduced by $6 billion after a six-hour outage experienced on Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram Monday, October 4. This outage knocked him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people. Yesterday’s outage was one of the longest outages Facebook and its services like WhatsApp and Instagram faced. Facebook in a blog noted that the cause of the global outage was a glitch in routers. Facebook has blamed the outage on faulty configuration change. Hours before the outage, a whistleblower came forward and revealed her identity which also likely contributed to the outage. In…

The much-talked unity of Akwa Ibom State and indeed Nigeria cannot be treated as a vacuous item. It must be viewed, weighed and treated on the principled lens of justice, equity, fairness and good conscience. It is idleness smacking of any reasonableness for any leader to declare that the unity of a state or country is not negotiable. Where negotiation is not required, then preachment is unnecessary. That Governor Udom Emmanuel identifies unity and oneness of purpose as the major fulcrum driving the people into actualizing the state numerous developmental projects from its creation was apt. Speaking during a Special…

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social media giant said on Monday, as hours later it scrambled to restore the services after being hit by one of its longest outages. The outage began around noon Eastern time (1600 GMT) and service had yet to be restored more than four hours later. On Sunday, a whistleblower accused Facebook of repeatedly prioritizing profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation. The firm owns Instagram and WhatsApp. Shares of Facebook (F.B.O), which has nearly 2 billion daily active users, opened lower after the weekend whistleblower report and…

Angry women drawn from the fishing communities of Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom have launched mass protest, lamenting incessant killing and kidnapping of fishermen along the strait of the Gulf of Guinea region. Under the aegis of Women in Seafoods Business (WSB), the protesters explained that their resolution to stage public protest was borne out of series of killings and kidnappings of fishermen and seizure of fishing boats, outboard engines, cash and other personal belongings. The women, took their protest to Ibaka beach, where fishing ships from Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and other countries within the Gulf…