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Abia State Government in Nigeria’s South-East region has expressed sadness over the death of seven persons of the same family after eating suya with fruit juice. Straightnews gathered that the tragedy struck at Umueze, Umuakanu community in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on Wednesday when seven persons from the same family died after eating the popular barbecue known as suya with fruit juice. A statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu commiserated with the family and friends of the bereaved, calling for calm and patience to enable relevant medical authorities properly determine…

No fewer than 60 Afghans, 12 United States military service personnel have been killed and 15 injured in the bomb attack at the Kabul airport while many were wounded, a US official said. “At this time, we know that 12 US service members have been killed in the attack and 15 more service members have been injured,” Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie Jr, commander of the US Central Command, said on Thursday. “Let me be clear, while we’re saddened by the loss of life, both US and Afghan, we’re continuing to execute the mission,” McKenzie told a media conference at the Pentagon.…

The Civil Liberties Organisation, Akwa Ibom State Branch, has accused Governor Udom Emmanuel for withholding assent to six people-oriented bills, but called on Akwa Ibom House of Assembly to override the governor’s veto. These include A Bill for a Law to Prohibit Stigmatization and Discrimination against People Living with HIV/AIDS and to Regulate the Practice of HIV/AIDS Counselling and Testing and for other Matters Connected Therewith, and A Bill for a Law to Establish Akwa Ibom State Health Insurance Agency and for other Matters Connected Thereto.  Others are Akwa Ibom State College of Science and Technology Bill; the Customary Courts…

US Open may suffer shine as top Tennis players have announced their intention to withdraw from the competition. Already, two sisters and American tennis stars have withdrawn from the US Open due to injury. Venus Williams has announced she would be missing the upcoming US Open due to injury. Her younger sister, 39-year-old Serena had announced her intention to withdraw from the competition, becoming the third American female to withdraw after Sofia Kenin.  Two-time US Open champion and former world No 1 Venus made the announcement in a video posted on social media. “Not the best news from Serena and…

A 47-year-old retired matron from Akwa Ibom State has bagged a 10-year imprisonment without option of fine for child trafficking. Gertrude Akpan was said to have bought an abducted six-year-old boy who was in the custody of his grandmother from one Ubong Ekwere for N50,000 on May 12, 2018. Prosecutors told the court that Akpan, a mother of three later sold the child to one Kate Ogbonna in Owerri for N200,000 in Imo State. Delivering judgment in the case on Wednesday, August 25, Justice Okon Okon of Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo found Akpan guilty of the unlawful…

In what looked as a reprisal attack, suspected Fulani herders have killed 36 persons in Yelwa-Zangam community, behind the University of Jos, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Eyewitnesses in the community said the armed men invaded the community at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday and raided for hours without help from security agents. The attack appears as a retaliation for the killing of about 25 Fulani travellers on Gada-Biyu-Rukuba road in Jos, the state capital, few days ago, an incident that had followed weeks of sustained carnage on communities in Jos North by suspected herdsmen. Tuesday’s…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has smelt a rat in the attack on Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) by suspected bandits earlier on Tuesday, suspecting an inside collaborator’s job. Reacting to the early hour’s attack on NDA that led to the death of one Officer and the abduction of a Major, Irabor described the incident as worrisome and the military is looking into it with keen interest, adding that the attack is like robbers entering a house with the knowledge of an insider. The bandits attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State,…

Rift in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is deepening as two factions lay claims to the seat of the sacked Uche Secondus. Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, leads one faction while the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, has taken charge of the other. Akinwonmi and Nazif are laying claim to the position of the National Chairman, to fill the leadership gap created by the suspension of the substantive National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus. A court in Port Harcourt had on Monday, issued an order restraining Secondus from parading himself as PDP National Chairman and taking part in…

The long-drawn battle for the head of the embattled Vice Chairman of Oruk Anam Local Government Council, Abasiama Etukakpan has ended as Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly adopted his removal from office. The House made the resolution Tuesday, August 24, 2021 during its plenary after an indepth consideration of the report of a seven-man Ad-hoc Committee at the committee of the whole. The seven-nan Investigation Committee headed by Rt. Hon. Aniefiok Denis said Etukakpan was adjudged guilty against the claims of threats towards the Leader of the Legislative Council and other councillors. Details of the Committee’s observation reads “That on…

The 21st Regular National Council Meeting on Women Affairs began Monday at Ibom Hall, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, with a focus on issues bordering on women, children and vulnerable groups. The five-day meeting had delegates drawn across the 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The theme of the forum is Gender Equality: A Panacea for Ensuring Security and Sustainable Economic Recovery in the Post COVID-19 Era. Addressing the technical session, Adebiyi Olufunso, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, recalled with relish the results recorded during the 19th and 20th editions…