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Agitators of Yoruba Nation have vowed not to relent in their campaign for self-determination, declaring they will present their case at the 76th UN General Assembly in September 2021. The Nation reports the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, had endorsed the ongoing petition being pushed by the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), which urged the Federal Government to conduct a referendum. One of the leaders of Ilana Omo Odua, Prof. Wale Adeniran, in a zoom conversation organised by UK-based Heritage Multimedia TV on Tuesday evening monitored by The Nation, explained the UN General Assembly would be…

Nigerian ex-Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, has declared his love for singer, Naira Marley. He shared a video of himself dancing to the singer’s song. Chidoka who turned 50 on July 18 was a minister under the Goodluck Jonathan administration. He posted the video of himself dancing to the song on his social media handles and wrote ”I had fun on my birthday…..I love Naira Marley”

Anthony Joshua will defend his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against former undisputed world cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk as the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium hosts a boxing event for the first time on 25 September. Joshua had seemed on course for a blockbuster all-British showdown against Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia in August but the bout was skippered when a United States arbitrator ordered the WBC champion to take on Deontay Wilder again. While the third part of that contest, scheduled to take place this weekend, has been rearranged for 9 October in Las Vegas following Fury testing positive for…

No fewer than two persons have been killed as cults war resurrected in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. This led to the sacking of Udianga Enem community and the Village head, Chief Mendie Josiah Udoekoriko, had to flee his palace. Recall that a Pastor was killed in his presence near his palace area few years ago, when the cults’ war raged. This forced Governor Udom Emmanuel to offer amnesty to repentant militants and several of them left the bush and dropped their arms. The latest incident, it was gathered, occurred Monday night, when rival cult group…

The posters of Nigerian Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, bearing Sallah greetings are said to have flooded many Nigerian Northern states. Investigations by Straightnews revealed that the posters were spotted mainly in Sokoto, Kaduna and Kano among a host of other Northern States since on Sallah’s eve. But the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister, Jackson Udom speaking with Straightnews reporter in Uyo on Wednesday, July 21 confirmed that it  is true that the posters have been pasted in those states, noting that  ‘’but they have nothing to do with 2023 Presidency.’’ ”The posters were printed and…

President Joe Biden celebrated Tom Brady and the Super Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House on Tuesday, the first visit by the reigning NFL champions since 2017. The seven-time Super Bowl champion who once was gifted a “Make America Great Again” hat from Trump that he displayed in his locker at Gillette Stadium compared those backing Trump’s false assertion that he won the 2020 election to people who couldn’t believe the underdog Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs. “Not a lot of people think that we could have won, and in fact I think about 40% of the…

The US Consulate General in Lagos has offered scholarships to 30 Nigerian students worth $4.35 million under Opportunity Funds Program to attend American universities and colleges for the 2021/2022 academic session.  Following a competitive selection process, the 30 high-achieving, low-income students, received financial aid from the US Consulate General that covered expenses involved in the college application process such as payment for standardised tests, application fees, and visa fees in addition to air travel to the United States. Speaking in Lagos during a reception in honor of the US bound students recently, US Consul General, Claire Pierangelo, urged the scholars…

World richest man, Jeff Bezos, the Amazon chief executive and three others landed after Blue Origin’s first flight to space with passengers aboard, a key milestone in the company’s effort to make space tourism viable and returned safely. Bezos’ launch comes just nine days after another billionaire, British entrepreneur Richard Branson, flew to the edge of space on a rocket-powered vehicle designed by his own space tourism company, Virgin Galactic. The company’s capsule landed in West Texas at about 8:22 a.m. local time, roughly 10 minutes after it launched on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. The crew was to experience a few…

Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, Straightnews has learnt. He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, a top source familiar with the matter told our correspondent. Igboho was arrested by the security forces in Benin Republic about three weeks after the Department of State Services declared him wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms, an allegation he has since denied. The source told The PUNCH that Igboho will be repatriated to Nigeria on Tuesday (today) from Benin Republic, one of Nigeria’s neighbouring countries in the West African sub region.…

By Bassey Asuquo Many cultural groups in Akwa Ibom help to give the State a cultural identity. There may be two or more of such groups in each of the 31 local government areas of the state.  One important cultural idiom of the Ibibio is the Utuekpe Cultural Dance. Utuekpe means spider, and as the name implies, its performance is spider-like. This cultural group uses unique traditional technological approach which is only known to the initiates. Like the spider, the Utuekpe masquerader scales heights on strings, even riding motorcycles on string up a dazzling height.  This group is the most complete and…