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Residents of more than 30 houses in Afaha Ikot Obio Nkan in Ibesikpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom have sent Save-Our-Souls (SOS) message to the state government and agencies to save their houses and property from being submerged. This is as the flood occasioned by persistent rainfall continues to threaten to bury the entire community. The flood caused by the construction of the ongoing multi-billion naira International Worship Centre, Banking Layout, Uyo has displaced owners and wrecked other houses leaving them in a dire state of dilapidation. When Straightnews team visited the village on Wednesday, September 8, some residents said on a…

Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses F. Ekpo has described The Sun Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed on him as a great honour that will spur him more to continue to give his best to the service of the state, the journalism profession as well as the cause of humanity. Ekpo who emerged winner of The Sun Life time Achievement Award for the year, 2020, dedicated the prestigious award to Mr. Udom Emmanuel, the state governor. The deputy governor who stated this Monday while receiving the representatives of the management team in his office in Uyo, noted that it was both…

More than 700 delegates from different parts of Nigeria are expected at the first-ever National Book Clubs Conference in Nigeria holding in Akwa Ibom State. Organised by National Book Clubs and Reading Promoters Conference (NBRPN) in partnership with Uyo Book Club, the conference will hold from 16 to 18 September, 2021 at the exquisite Watbridge Hotels & Suites, Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital. The conference has as its theme The place of public libraries in this age of E-book and the challenges of social reading. Addressing members of the press on Tuesday, September 14, in Uyo, Dr. Ekong Sampson, the Chairman…

Five housemates in the Big Brother Naija house are selected for eviction this week They are Cross, Saskay, Angel, Yousef and Emmanuel. Nini, who was initially among those put up for possible eviction this week escaped after she came second in the Head of House game and used the Veto power to replace herself with Cross. After using her Veto power, Whitemoney picked Queen as the Deputy Head of House for the week.

The visitation panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to look into the crisis that rocked the University of Lagos has indicted the Vice Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. Making this known after submitting the report, the panel, however, exonerated the Wale Babalakin who was the Chairman of the institution’s Governing Council. The Babalakin-led governing council had in August 2020 sacked Ogundipe over acts of wrongdoing, gross misconduct, financial recklessness, and abuse of office. Babalakin had explained that “We agreed to have a secret ballot that we have always had when there are contentious issues. The votes were counted, they were not just votes, everybody…

Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, taunted the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isah Pantami, over what she saw as shedding crocodile tears. Aisha challenged him to summon the courage to do the “right things” he has been preaching as an Islamic cleric. She in a veiled attack aimed at Pantami on her Instagram page, said he has failed to live up to expectations as an Islamic scholar and needs to have the fear of God in what he does. The First Lady who also shared an old video of Pantami on her verified Instagram page, showing the…

Nigeria is said to have lost N247.61 billion to Twitter ban in 100 days. The Federal Government had on June 4 suspended Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. Consequently, telcos on June 5 blocked access to Twitter after receiving a directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission. On this, the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria had said, “We, The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria wish to confirm that our members have received formal instructions from the Nigerian Communications Commission, the industry regulator, to suspend access to Twitter. “ALTON has conducted…

In six months, no fewer than 640 people who were fully vaccinated died from COVID-19 in England, accounting for one per cent of deaths, new figures have shown. Of the 51,281 people who died of the virus from January 2  to July 2, some 38,964 were unvaccinated, while a tiny proportion had received two doses, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) Monday, September 13 publication. During the period, which includes the early stages of the vaccine rollout, only 640 people with complete vaccinations people died with COVID-19. That figure represents 1.25 per cent of the CoVID deaths in the…

Suspected gunmen have freed more than 240 inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kabba, Kogi State. Kabba Centre was established in 2008 with a capacity of 200 inmates. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesman, Mr Francis Enobore confirmed the incident in a press release on Monday, stating that the attack took place at about midnight on Sunday. Reports monitored from Channels TV indicates that the attackers in their numbers arrived at the custodial centre heavily armed and immediately engaged the guards in a fierce gun battle, according to him. Mr Enobore stated that the Comptroller–General, Haliru Nababa…

Daniil Medvedev won his first grand slam title Sunday, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the US Open final and ending the world No. 1’s hopes of completing a calendar grand slam. The 25-year-old Medvedev, playing in his third grand slam final, became the third Russian man to win a major singles title and the ninth different US Open men’s singles champion of the last 14 years. After his victory, he thanked friends, family and fans for giving him energy throughout the week. He ended his speech by wishing his wife a happy anniversary. ”During the tournament I couldn’t…