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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…

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared a one-month sit-at-home if the federal government fails to produce its leader Nnamdi Kanu in court. The group also urged Oduduwa Republic agitators, their Middle belt counterpart and Christians in the North to join its members in shutting dowIPOBn Nigeria for one month if the Federal Government fails to bring Kanu to court on October 21. The group also told Igbos living in other regions to shut down their businesses for one month. Kanu is held by the Department of State Services, DSS, following his rearrest in Kenya. During his last arraignment…

The Federal Government in cahoots with herdsmen intends to sue southern governors over the anti-open grazing bill they recently signed into law. Special Assistant (Media) to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr Umar Gwandu in an interview with Punch, said Nigerians whose rights had been violated could go to court to seek protection. Most southern states, including Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Abia, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, and just recently, Delta and Ogun states, signed the anti-open grazing bill into law. It was also gathered that police commands differed on the enforcement of the law. Ebonyi and Osun…

After two months, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called off its  ongoing strike, and directed members to resume duty Wednesday. Recall that in August, the doctor’s union embarked on strike following a disagreement with the federal government over the non-availability of medical equipment at public tertiary hospitals. In a communique signed by the Nigerian Medical Association, Secretary-General Ekpe Philips Uche, after the meeting held among delegates of NMA and NARD on Sunday in Abuja, the NMA advised NARD to stop the ongoing industrial action. At the meeting, NMA mandated the National Officers Committee, NOC, to ensure the…

After 72 days in the house, Whitemoney has won the Big Brother Naija season 6 ‘Shine Ya Eyes’ reality show, with the grand prize of N90 million. Known as Hazel Oyeye Onou, Whitemoney beat 20 housemates who participated in the television reality show to emerge the overall winner. Liquoros emerged the second winner in the show. Whitemoney is the 6th winner for the show and joins past winners: Katung Aduwakwey who won first edition in 2006, Efe Ejeba (2017), Miracle Ikechukwu (2018), Mercy Eke (2019), and Laycon 2020. The 29-year-old Whitemoney comes from Enugu State and he is a businessman…

President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, Comrade Jonathan Asake, has claimed that “journalists who have attempted to report atrocities that have been going on in Kaduna have been arrested and thrown into detention.” Speaking at the 2021 human rights lecture organised by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, with the theme: “Nigerian School Children; Insecurity and Human Rights,” held in Abuja, Asake alleged that same people are being paraded on the media over a particular crime over and over again. The SOKAPU President also who gave a timeline of some alleged attacks in the state claimed that insecurity…

Paris Saint-Germain superstar, Lionel Messi, on Sunday afternoon, failed to score in his side’s Ligue 1 defeat against Rennes. Messi, who scored in PSG’s Champions League 2-0 win against Manchester City a few days ago, hit the crossbar with his free-kick during the encounter. Rennes defeated PSG 2-0 in a Ligue 1 tie at Stade de la Route de Lorient. Gaetan Laborde and Flavien Tait scored both goals for the host against Mauricio Pochettino’s side. Despite the defeat to Rennes, PSG still top the Ligue 1 table. PSG are on top of the Ligue 1 table with 24 points from…

A 36-year-old staffer of the Nigeria Television Authority, (NTA) who was murdered in Kogi state, has been laid to rest in his hometown.  Onwukwe Chukwu Obiahu, was stoned to death by unknown assailants in Okene shortly after he closed from work on Monday, September 6, 2021.  The engineer was buried in his hometown, Ezi Agbii, Ukpa Village in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Saturday, October 2.  A friend of the deceased, Irem Raphael shared photos from the funeral.  “The reality of life. The two most important days in ur life, the day u are born and the day u find…