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The House of Representatives has ordered the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to take over the investigation and prosecution of the killers of Miss Iniubong Umoren, who was found dead after attending a job interview. The House also condemned the act of sexual assault and gruesome murder of Miss Umoren, describing it as barbaric, inhuman and despotic while seeking protection for her family. In a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Unyime Idem representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency in Akwa Ibom, the House also mandated the Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development to follow up with the…

Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has admitted to discussing contract of securing the country with President Muhammadu Buhari after the Presidency attacked him for coming to canvass for contract without following due process. Mbaka, the spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu travail started when he called for the impeachment of Buhari. Addressing congregants in Enugu on Sunday May 2, he said he met Buhari for a “contract of securing the country” during his first administration. The clergyman said “When they talked about giving Father Mbaka contracts, I don’t want to talk about that, I was laughing. It is a laughable, childish accusation.…

Nigeria will ban travellers coming from India, Brazil and Turkey because of concerns about the rampant spread of second wave of coronavirus in those countries, a presidential committee said on Sunday. “Non-Nigerian passport holders and non-residents who visited Brazil, India or Turkey within Fourteen (14) days preceding travel to Nigeria, shall be denied entry into Nigeria,” Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential steering committee on COVID-19, said in a statement. The ban will take effect from May 4, the statement said. Nigeria announced 43 confirmed new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing its total to 165,153, with 2,063 deaths. Indian hospitals,…

The Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has vowed that the National Assembly under his watch will not suppress press freedom in the country. Lawan who stated this in a statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi ahead of the 2021 World Press Freedom Day on May 3, felicitated Nigerian journalists on the celebration. May 3 is set aside every year to remind governments around the world of their obligation to facilitate and respect press freedom. “The Ninth Senate and the National Assembly, in general, will never pass any law that inhibits the freedom of the press but…

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested the suspected killer of an ex-student of University of Uyo, one Iniobong Ephraim Umoren who disappeared days ago. Miss Umoren was said to have posted on her Facebook timeline how creative she was and that she needed a job to display her talent. Based on her interest, another Facebook user was said to have invited her for a job interview to an undisclosed location along Airport Road, Uyo. The police admitted to have nabbed the fake employer, a 20-year-old Uduak Frank Akpan, who allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered one Miss Umoren, warning…

Suspected gunmen have razed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Afaha Ikot Ebak, headquarters of Essien Udim Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State. Several armed hoodlums on motorcycles were said to have breached the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed by the state government on Essien Udim and other adjoining local government areas of Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency, to launch the mayhem early Sunday morning at about 3 a.m. Straightnews also gathered that the hoodlums launched another ferocious attack on herdsmen leading to killing no fewer than 12 cows grazing near a stream. It was further gathered that…

For umpteenth time, gunmen suspected to be the Eastern Security Network (ESN) run by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) stormed Ikono Police Station in Akwa Ibom State and killed two policemen on duty. Recall that on Tuesday, April 27, gunmen using motorcycles attacked a Police check point at Ika Divisional Headquarters and shot dead two police officers: a woman Police Corporal identified as Esther Akpan and a Police Constabulary known as Isonguyo Effiong Paul at about 7 p.m. Sources from Ikono Local Government Area said the hoodlums invaded the Police Station at Ibiaku Ntok Okpo about 3 a.m.…

A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, has alleged that some northerners are issuing Nigerian passports and voters’ cards to millions of foreigners in a bid to actualise their “Fulanisation and Islamisation” agenda. Mailafia who bared his mind in an interview with Saturday Tribune said the Northerners believe this may be the last opportunity they get to “reshape Nigeria in their own way.’’ He noted that “So, for Nigeria, I do not believe in our eternal indissolubility. From the way things are going, some people are hell-bent on destroying the country. They are pushing forward…

The founder and senior pastor of Manna Prayer Mountain Ministry Worldwide, Lagos, Chris Kwakpovwe, has admitted that oral 3ex is mentioned in the Bible, advising married couples to engage themselves in what pleases them. Kwakpovwe, a Bishop while responding to a question by a follower if Christian couple can engage in oral sex said, ”Oral sex is not stated in the Bible. However to answer this question on this platform, I’ll advise such couples to sit down and have the conversation between themselves.’’ The Christian minister and trained pharmacist noted during the live session of relationship and counselling programme on…

Ten persons have allegedly died and 36 others injured when a palm oil-laden truck plunged into a ditch in Osogbo, Osun State in the early hours of Saturday, May 1. According to reports, the occupants who were mostly traders were sleeping on the truck, a Volvo FL7, with registration number KMC 35 ZJ, when the accident happened. ”The truck was ascending the November 27 overhead bridge opposite the NECO office when the driver lost control as the truck could not ascend the bridge. The truck then went on a reverse and fell into the ditch. “The accident happened around 2 a.m. when…