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Bitcoin rose above $60,000 for the first time on Saturday, as increasing backing from corporate heavyweights helps the world’s most popular virtual currency continue its record-breaking run. The cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of $60,012, according to the website CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin has been on a meteoric rise since March last year, when it stood at $5,000, spurred by online payments giant PayPal saying it would allow account holders to use cryptocurrency. In March, Elon Musk’s electric carmaker Tesla invested $1.5 billion in the virtual unit, while Twitter chief Jack Dorsey and rap mogul Jay-Z said they are creating a fund…

Popular Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, has revealed that a robbery suspect raped her, the  fourth time of experiencing such, in her husband’s house. Ojo in a recent episode titled: “Bare it all with I Y’ on her YouTube page, said she was first raped at the age of 14 but she kept it a secret because it was like a taboo to be raped. Narrating her experience, she said: “I have been raped before. Not once but four times and trust me when I say it was not easy. The first time I was raped, I was 14. “It took…

Top Faith University is ambitiously ready to run what it termed a 3D Philosophy: Discovery, Development and Deployment to fully entrench university education among its graduates in a globally competitive society. The beautifully-planned university sited in Mkpatak, Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State is one of the 20 privately owned Nigerian universities recently approved by the Federal Executive Council. Top Faith boasting of tastefully designed and constructed buildings occupies 138 hectares with asphalted intra-routes. Emmanuel Thomas Abraham, the university’s founder, in an exclusive interview with Straightnews in the ambient school premises, said ”As a matter of fact, we…

A former Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Education, Effiong B. Edunam, has passed onto eternity. Dr. Edunam, a History lecturer in the University of Calabar, and an astute politician died Friday, March 12. An indigene of Ukoko in Urue Offong/Oruko Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, he was past President-General of Oro Union. His brother, Bassey, in a Facebook post on Friday, March 12 wished ”Good night brother.’’ Anwana Esin, a retired Deputy Director of Information described Edunam as ”Icon of Pan Oro Nationalism… A Sound/Erudite Educationist… A Pan Nigerian Nationalist… A PAN Africanist…’’ Mr. Esin, an Oro, son, prayed…

Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 42 students and 138 others kidnapped by bandits in the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the rescue in a statement on Friday. Aruwan said bandits, in large number attacked the institution at about 11.30 p.m. on Thursday, kidnapping several students and staff. The commissioner said, “180 rescued, several students missing following attack at Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi LGA,’’ he said. Aruwan said troops rescued the students in the early…

US President Joe Biden, signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill at the White House on Thursday, marking one year of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. “This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country,” Biden said in the Oval Office before signing the bill. The new law provides for distribution of $1,400 in direct payments to 160 million US citizens, among other provisions, to help defray costs during the pandemic and stimulate the economy. The US Treasury Department will begin sending out those cheques as soon as the weekend, a White House spokesman said. AL JAZEERA…

The Peoples Democratic Party National Legal adviser, Emmanuel Enoidem, has expressed doubt over the statement that neither Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari nor Timipre Sylva knew about the increased price of petroleum product experienced all over Nigeria. Buhari doubles as the Minister of Petroleum Resources while Sylva is the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. Sylva in a statement entitled: Nigerian govt apologises, rejects petrol price hike by PPPRA has stated Friday, ”Dear Nigerians, you are by now very aware of the news trending that the federal govt has increased the price of petrol to N212.6 per liter. ”Irrespective of the…

A former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has defeated his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu in a court on technical ground. The ruling was given against the plaintiff on the basis that the bailiff did not serve respondent the court processes. Recall that Precious had last week filed a suit seeking to take custody of the four children between the union with a N3.5 million monthly upkeep for the children. Chikwendu, alongside others, was alleged to have not served the court proceedings directly to the respondent. However, Counsel to the respondent appeared in protest at the proceedings saying that they…

The European Union (EU) in partnership with the EUI’s School of Transnational Governance has launched the Young African Leaders Programme, a three-month fully-funded fellowship that will take place in Florence, Italy, from September and November 2021. According to a notice issued on Friday, March 12 by the Administrator – Thematic Programmes Delegation of the EU to Nigeria & ECOWAS, it is a pilot programme that provides a unique opportunity for policy professionals from Africa to further develop their competencies and skills in an international environment amidst scholars and practitioners. The programme is open to African civil servants, journalists, entrepreneurs and NGO…

Nigerian Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has hailed NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, on his election into the FIFA council. Dare said this in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), John Joshua-Akanji on Friday in Abuja. Pinnick was elected into the FIFA council on Friday at the CAF 43rd general meeting in Rabat, Morocco, winning by 43 votes to his opponent’s eight votes. Dare described the victory as an opportunity for Nigeria and indeed Africa to contribute to the administration of world football. The minister charged Pinnick to use his position to reposition Nigerian and African football.…