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More than 42 people were killed in floods in central Kenya’s Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst early on Monday. The East African country is battling downpours and floods. The governor of Nakuru County, Susan Kihika, confirmed the incident. “Forty-two dead, it’s a conservative estimate. There are still more in the mud. We are working on recovery,” the governor said. The dam burst near the Rift Valley town of Mai Mahiu, washing away houses and cutting off a road. Also read Auto crash Claims Three lives in Akwa Ibom So Far, 55 People Die In Floods In Eastern Indonesia …

At least, 19 persons were roasted in an auto crash on Okene Bypass on the Okene-Lokoja Highway in Kogi State on Sunday. The Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Jonas Agwu, stated in Abuja that the crash involved a Dangote Cement truck and a Toyota Hiace bus. He stated that it took operatives of the FRSC, battling through the accompanying inferno, three hours to rescue two surviving victims of the crash. Agwu, an assistant corps marshal, narrated how the Toyota bus was travelling from Kano and was on its lane when the Dangote truck driver travelling…

The Board of the Nigeria Football Federation on Monday, April 29, appointed former Super Eagles winger, Finidi George as Head Coach of the Senior Men National Football Team, Super Eagles. George spent 20 months as assistant to José Santos Peseiro before the Portuguese voluntarily left the post after clinching Africa Cup of Nations runner-up position at Cote d’Ivoire 2023. He then took charge of the squad in interim capacity during two friendly matches in Morocco last month. His squad beat Ghana 2-1 in the first match, ending an 18-year winless streak against the Black Stars, but then lost 0-2 to…

An Electronics and Electrical Engineer from Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Uduak Nanga has broken the Guinness World Records in Mathematics. Nanga, an indigene of Osuk Ediene in Ikono Local Government Area of the state broke the record having recorded 150 hours in Longest Mathematical Lesson. Popularly known as MC Calculus, Nanga is an HND Electronics/Electrical Engineering graduate from the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua in Ikot Ekpene. Tagged: Math-a-thon, the race started on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 4 p.m. at King’s Kids Christian International School, Sam Edet Street, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo Local Government Area. The GWR title…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited over its “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing $2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues.” This followed the allegations documented in the recently published 2020 audited report by the Auditor-General of the Federation that the NNPC; failed to remit the money into the Federation Account, saying that the money may have been diverted. In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/549/2024 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, SERAP is seeking “an order of mandamus to direct and compel the…

The former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, says he has no regret serving him. Adesina who spoke at the presentation of his book: Working with Buhari at April’s reading at Uyo Book Club at Watbridge Hotels, Uyo, said he started working for Buhari in 2003 based on his conviction that he was a good man. Answering a question from one of the members of UBC, Adesina said ‘‘I served a man I loved,’’ noting that many misunderstood him as their President hence the negative comments about him. He wondered why people he tags:…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has described as unfortunate the fire incident caused by a tanker conveying Premium Motor Spirit otherwise called petrol which burnt human beings, commuters and vehicles beyond recognition. The incident, which resulted in the death of five people and burning down of 70 cars occurred between Indorama Gate and Aleto Bridge on the popular and ever-busy Eleme section of the East-West Road undergoing major reconstruction by the Federal Government on Friday night. Fubara expressed sadness at the gory sights that he saw when he visited the scene of the incident, accompanied by the state Commissioner of…

Two Directors in the Akwa Ibom Ministry of Information are among the 12 new Permanent Secretaries appointed by the state government. They are Mrs Grace Monday Akpan, Director of Public Relations and Edet A. Nsungwara, Director of Technical Services in the ministry. Mrs Akpan hails from Abak Local Government Area while Nsugwara comes from Urue Offong-Oruko Local Government Area of the state. Also read Seven join Akwa Ibom Civil Service as Permanent Secretaries, Auditor-General Udom Appoints Seven new Permanent Secretaries Akwa Ibom Government to partner China in Agriculture and Education  This was contained in a public service announcement signed by…

A 32-year-old software engineer, Chukwudi Anyanwu, has bagged life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s 13-year-old minor. The prosecution team, led by Mr Babajide Boye, had stated that the defendant committed the offence on May 27, 2021, on Thomas Animashaun Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos. Boye had called three witnesses: the survivor, the survivor’s guardian and a medical doctor. In contrast, the defence called two police officers as witnesses. In his judgment, Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, held that the medical report corroborated the survivor’s evidence and that of her guardian. You…

Israel Umoh For a fourth time, the former Nigeria’s President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has visited Akwa Ibom State, but this time again, embarking on investment trip to the state which he readily sees as a safe haven for investment. During the reign of ex-governor Godswill Akpabio, the former president landed his chopper in a thick bush and performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the $I.5 billion (US$1.8 billion?) Methanol Plant located in Ibeno Local Government Area of the state ably facilitated by Jim Ovia, the Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc. By then, the immediate past Governor, Udom Emmanuel who had worked…