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Hoodlums feared to be cultists have shot dead the Youths’ President of Atai Ibiaku community in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state. The gunmen numbering about 18, it was gathered, killed one Comrade Edet Ibanga, and shot and fatally injured some tenants in a rented apartment occupied mostly by students of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) along Urua Ekpa Road. Fighting back tears, the daughter of the deceased, who simply identified herself as Blessing, a 200-Level Banking/Finance student of UNIUYO, heaped curses on those behind the death of her father.” “God will not allow them to go unpunished,”…

The advent of social media in complementing the mainstream ones is seen as a necessary evil to many communities that hitherto were cut off from effective means of communication in reaching to others in far-away places. At best, the new media fast-track speedy communication, save time and space as well as aid business transactions between individuals, organizations and the rest. At worst, the media dig the hole of moral value, abet scams and hackings, destroy marital relationships, deflower the young especially teenagers and millennials, erode reading culture, aid robbery, kidnapping and other criminal activities, open vista of financial impropriety as…

Four graduates who headed from Akwa Ibom to Katsina State for National Youth Service Corps perished in an auto crash Wednesday morning, July 28. The 18-seater bus conveying the victims was said to have run into a waiting trailer in the thick of the night parked along the road, resulting in the ghastly accident. Seven of the survivors in worsening condition were said to have been taken to nearby hospital. A viral video shows mangled bodies of the victims. Some had fractured skulls and dismembered limbs. The wails of ‘’Jesus!, Jesus! Eh, God!’’ by one of the surviving victims with…

By Our reporter Akwa Ibom State Civil Service is embroiled in discontent and furore as its integrity, sanctity and productivity come under public scrutiny over alleged secret but ‘illegal’ employment of persons to fill vacant positions in the system, Straightnews has learned. Different sources in the service, the newspapers gathered, alleged that the government has ‘illegally’ employed more than 500 without following due process in the employment of permanent and personable workers. According to a close source in the service, the state government is alleged to be ”secretly’’ employing persons into the civil service since 2016 without opening up such for contest…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has banned weekly allocation and sale of foreign exchange to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in Nigeria. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, state this Tuesday while briefing reporters on the outcomes of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “In total disregard of the difficulty that the (apex) bank is facing in meeting its mandate of maintaining the country’s foreign exchange reserves to safeguard the value of the naira, we have continued to observe that stakeholders in some of the sub-sectors have not been helpful in this direction,” he bemoaned.…

Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) and ExxonMobil are on coalition course over the company’s non-compliance with the court judgment in paying compensation to communities affected by spills in Akwa Ibom State. Angered by ExxonMobil appeal against the judgment, the body has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the company beginning from July 26 to August 8, 2021 to stop operations until the money is paid. Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (now ExxonMobil) and its joint venture partner, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay N81.9 billion to…

Benin Republic government has filed fresh charges against the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho. Igboho who was arraigned in Benin Court Monday was later remanded for police to conduct a thorough investigation into the charges. These are illegal migration, dubious connivance with immigration officers and an attempt to cause civil unrest. One of Sunday Igboho’s lawyers, Ibrahim Salami, told BBC Yoruba that the legal team was expecting extradition charges from the Nigerian government against the activist. Salami said, “First, the judge wanted to know how Sunday Igboho entered into the Benin Republic through an illegal means. They also want to…

Centenarian Kenyans who were married for 76 years reportedly died six hours apart. Maritim Biwott Arap Tuwei and wife Ruth Maritim from Kapseret constituency reportedly married traditionally in 1946. Tuwei died at 107, while his wife, Maritim, passed away at 100. The two had made a vow and even informed their children that they would both ‘sleep’ when their time comes, and no one will be left behind. Tuko reported that as their time came on Friday, July 23, Ruth passed on around 9 p.m. followed by Tuwei at 2.a.m. David Maritim, the fifth son of the couple, who also doubles as…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have opposed attempts to foist on all political parties one method of conducting primary elections which was by direct method through the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The Nigerian governors also called the National Assembly to entrench electronic transmission of results of elections into the nation’s electoral law. The calls were contained in a 10-point communique and issued at the end of the PDP Governors’ Forum held at Bauchi, Bauchi State capital on Monday. The meeting was attended by Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Douye Diri (Bayelsa), Samuel…

The 20-year-old suspected murderer of Iniubong Umoren in Akwa Ibom State has pleaded guilty to the offence leveled against him. Uduak Akpan together with his father Frank was arraigned before Akwa Ibom State High Court 6, on a three-count charge bordering on murder, rape and accessory. The duo are joined as first and second accused persons in suit No. HU/87c/ 2021 between the State versus the accused persons. The accused are standing trial before the court, having being accused of allegedly murdering one Iniobong Umoren, a 26-year-old graduate of philosophy of University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Umoren was lured,…