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Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, Wednesday, warned All Progressives Congress, APC of possibility of losing the election if some key issues are not fixed. Primate Ayodele said if the economic and security challenges faced by the country at the moment was not addressed immediately, the party stands on one leg. In a statement by his Media Office, the clergyman said Nigerians were tired with APC and that the “only way the party can redeem its image is by working on the many issues faced by the country or else,…

Despite prolonged controversy and rancour among Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch,” 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, “to determine the levels of encroachment.” Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, narrated this in a statement entitled ‘President Buhari approves review of grazing reserves in 25 states.’ Buhari’s directive comes after approving the recommendations of a committee chaired by his Chief of Staff, Prof Ibrahim Gambari. Recall that President had tried to introduce Ruga settlement, and National Livestock Transformation Plan, yet most Nigeria who…

Dennis Udoma The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is set to carry out a forensic audit into the financial transactions of Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa Ibom State, Straightnews has gathered. This follows petition by concerned lawyers- Messrs Michael Edet and Associates to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Senate Committee on Public Accounts and the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) over alleged procurement frauds in the institution. The petition is entitled: “Complaints of financial impropriety, mismanagement of public funds, duplication of contract awards for corrupt enrichment, contracts splitting/splitting of tenders, gross…

Amid concerns over harsh treatment under the Taliban, White House has signed a joint statement calling on Afghan officials to ‘guarantee’ the safety and freedoms of Afghan women and girls . The statement comes after White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said his ‘heart goes out to Afghan women and girls, and warned of the Taliban: ‘We’ve seen what they’ve done before.’ The Taliban has made assurances that women will have a role in the new government, but there are concerns that stoning, ‘honor killings,’ and general repression of a public role for women may resume. ”We are deeply…

Oil companies operating in the Niger Delta Region are owing Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) $4 billion, Senator Godswill Akpabio said. Akpabio, who is the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, stated that oil firms in the area are expected to provide three percent of their annual budgets to the commission, but none has complied with this. The minister made the claim on Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing held at the State House in Abuja. Akpabio stressed that the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs would take interest in the implementation of the three percent Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) compensation to…

Dennis Udoma University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State is accused of dipping its finger into ‘admission racketeering’ pot forcing students under the Basic Studies programme of the institution to kick against the act, Straightnews has gathered. Frustrated over the failure of the institution to offer them admission into their dream courses, the students have openly vented their anger. This is coming barely two weeks after the aggrieved students protested to the school management at the main campus seeking resolution to what they see as ‘admission racketeering.’ One of the students, who spoke under anonymity by the sideline accused the…

Akwa Ibom government has taken delivery of 63,336 doses of Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines arrived at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo on Wednesday. They were received by the state Commissioner for Health, Professor Augustine Umoh; Coordinator, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Martin Akpan and Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Ime Sylvester and other stakeholders in the health sector. The date for recommencement of administration of vaccines will be announced soon, according to the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong.

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly fled his country with $169 million in his cash-stuffed helicopter and has been given asylum in Dubai on ‘humanitarian grounds,’ a source has revealed. Ghani fled the country on Sunday night to avoid bloodshed, as the Taliban closed in on the capital Kabul. He reportedly took with him four cars and a helicopter loaded with $169 million in bags of cash – but was forced to leave some of the money behind as it would not all fit in the flight. Earlier reports said Ghani had fled to Uzbekistan, citing Russian Embassy sources. It was also…

Two weeks after winning a battle mandating YABATECH to release his certificate, the pioneer president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has died without collecting it. Comrade Danlad Sunday Oladele’s certificate was withheld by the management of YabaTech as a punitive measure over his activism during his days in the college. According to Senator Dino Melaye, Oladele, alongside a few others, had in 1980 led the rebirth of the students’ movement from the proscribed National Union of Nigerian Students after the military government of Olusegun Obasanjo had, during the “Ali Must Go struggle” led by Olusegun Okeowo, banned student…

Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSWN), a Christian group, has demanded the prosecution of repentant Boko Haram insurgents who forcefully married and impregnated abducted Chibok girls. The group demanded for the prosecution of insurgents who married and impregnated Ruth Ngladar Pogu and Hassana Adamu. After seven years in captivity, the two girls from Chibok recently re-emerged with two children each with their captors who claimed to be their “husbands.” In a statement released by CSWN’s research and press officer, Reuben Buhari, it was stated that the girls were forcefully married and “violators of the girls who parade themselves as their husbands” must be brought to…