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Forty years ago, legendary reggae singer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami, United States of America. Forty after, his rich anthems of struggle and peace, discontent and hope, still reverberate globally, especially in his native Jamaica. It’s been four decades since Bob Marley’s death, a period longer than the reggae icon’s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36. Yet, Marley lives on as a voice of the dispossessed, the palpable vibrancy, spirit of protest and moral zeal of his songs including “One Love,” “Redemption Song” and “I Shot The Sheriff” enduring in a way…

Twenty-one families of slain police officers have received N60 million compensation from Akwa Ibom Government. The officers were attacked and killed by suspected gunmen at different police formations across the state in less than two months. The Governor’s Special Assistant on Research and documentation, Essien Nduese, said Governor Udom Emmanuel announced the donation during his visit to the police headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo. The statement issued by his media aide noted that the governor was world over the lives of officers wasted, and urged them to rise to the occasion by containing the challenges. The statement read, “Akwa Ibom…

Once again, Manchester City are champions of England after Man United lost at home 1-2 to Leicester city on Tuesday night, May 11. City would have won the title over the weekend but lost 2-1 at home to Chelsea. With three matches to spare Leicester City’s Caglar Soyuncu headed home Leicester’s 66th-minute winner at Old Trafford meaning United cannot mathematically catch up with Manchester City. In the last decade, City have now won the premier league five times. It caps a remarkable month for the club who booked their spot in their first ever Champions League final on May 29…

The governors of the 17 Nigerian Southern states have placed a ban on open grazing and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on security challenges. Though the governors met in Delta state Tuesday, May 11, they neither mentioned nor deliberated on financial autonomy for the judicial arm that prompted Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to embark on nationwide strike with effect from April 6, 2021. In a 12-point communique read by its Chairman, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, the governors said the president should be fairer in political appointments, convoke a national dialogue, and accept the establishment…

Midfielder Seth Mayi scored his first goal of the season to secure a 2-1 win for Akwa United over Sunshine Stars and extend the unbeaten run of the Promise Keepers to ten matches as action resumed in Nigeria Professional Football League. Mayi who was voted the club’s best midfielder in the first stanza of the league confirmed his quality when he scored from close range in the 68th minute. Charles Atshimene shot the hosts into an early lead in the 20th minute. Two minutes later, Atshimene gave a fine pass to Mfon Udoh but his strike was stopped by goalkeeper…

West Brom have been relegated from the Premier League after a 3-1 defeat to Arsenal on Sunday, May 9. Following the loss, Sam Allardyce’s team are 10 points away from safety in the English top flight with just three games left to play making it mathematically impossible to claw back to safety. West Brom went behind against the Gunners less than 30 minutes into the clash when Emile Smith Rowe struck from close range. Then Nicolas Pepe doubled the home side’s lead in the 35th minute by smashing into the top corner. Matheus Pereira gave the visitors hope in the…

UK prime minister, Boris Johnson is being investigated by the U.K. Parliament’s standards regulator over a £15k holiday to the Caribbean. Kathryn Stone, the parliamentary commissioner for standards has confirmed for the first time that she is inquiring into whether the Prime Minister has properly declared the £15,000 stay on the luxury Caribbean hideaway. Mr. Johnson appears on a list of nine MPs currently under investigation by the commissioner published under new Commons rules. The prime minister took the trip with his partner, Carrie Symonds, at the end of 2019 in the wake of his general election victory. Downing Street has previously said…

Akwa Ibom Government has pledged to deploy available resources aimed at ensuring normalcy returns to the state aptly regarded as Nigeria’s most peaceful state. This is as the government has condemned the attacks on security assets within the state. In less than one month, more than 10 policemen in the state have been killed and properties belonging to Nigeria Police Force worth millions of Naira have been destroyed by some hoodlums. Akwa Ibom Governor Mr Udom Emmanuel who stated this Monday during the of the Executive Council of the Akwa Ibom State Government held at the Executive Council Chambers, Government…

Nigerian Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated an 11-member committee to investigate activities of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on May 6, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the recommendation of the Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the Management of the NPA. Amaechi, while inaugurating the committee on Monday in Abuja, charged the members to be diligent and ensure they do a thorough job. The committee’s terms of reference, he said, include examining and investigating the administrative policies and strategies adopted by NPA’s Managing Director,…

Bishop David Oyedepo, the senior pastor of the Living Faith Church International (Winners Chapel), has warned his members not to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The clergyman who has always expressed doubts about the COVID-19 pandemic, said this during the 40th anniversary thanksgiving service of the church in the Ota Cathedral in Ogun State on Sunday, May 9. Speaking to his members, Oyedepo said “Let me warn you against this deadly thing circulated round the country, because it has not been duly tested. An elder of this church, who works with the World Health Organisation (WHO), confirmed this, thanking me for…