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Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, said the next Commissioner for Youths Affairs would be a youth not older than 40. Eno reassured youths in Akwa Ibom State that his administration will continue to support talents and provide opportunity for youths to add value to the society. The governor stated this while addressing a large gathering at an Easter gospel music concert tagged “The Bliss Experience,” hosted by a renowned Akwa Ibom-born gospel music artiste, Moses Bliss, at the Unity Park, Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo. You can also read  Moses Bliss, wife in Uyo for homecoming gospel music concert…

Popular gospel music minister, Nathaniel Bassey, has prayed the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest and prosecute his defamers over allegations that he fathered Mercy Chinwo’s son. Bassey urged the IGP to investigate and prosecute four persons whom he accused of criminal defamation and cyberstalking. The gospel singer submitted the petition on April 1, 2024, through his lawyers, Peter Abraham, Uche Matthew, Gbenga Agunloye and Anthony Abia. Last week, four social media users alleged that Bassey fathered the son of the popular gospel singer, an allegation that went viral on X. You may like to read A’Ibom Christmas Carols…

A Port Harcourt-based clergyman, Prophet Miracle, has warned Pastor Abel Damina for rubbishing RCCG’s General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s claim of drinking tea with God. While preaching to some of his members sometime ago, Adeboye said he went for a ministration with his wife in Ilorin, Kwara state and God joined him to drink tea. In his words; ‘’I was in Ilorin years, ago. We were having breakfast. We have a pot in which we make tea. There are five cups in that pot. My wife and I take the tea. I took one cup, she took one cup. I…

The people of Idung Ntuk Umah in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State partied over the death sentence to a rogue kinsman by the Akwa Ibom State High Court. Udobong Stephen Adiahaunwa, 48, a brother to the late Village Head of Idung Ntuk Umah, Gabriel Adiahaunwa was convicted on a four-count charge of conspiracy, robbery and terrorism. Findings show that Udobong Stephen Adiahaunwa, who was earlier banished from his village because of his atrocities, stormed the community on 29th December, 2009 with his gang dressed like SARS Police operatives and whisked away one Friday Jackson Joe in a…

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Sunday blamed past Nigerian leaders for choosing the feast rather than the fast. Kukah traded the blame in his Easter message made available to newsmen, saying for over 60 years, Nigerian leaders have looked like men in a drunken stupor who stumble and fumble while searching for the way home. According to him, “Our leaders chose the feast rather than the fast. We are today reaping what we sowed yesterday. For over 60 years, our leaders have looked like men in a drunken stupor, staggering, stumbling and fumbling, slurring in speech,…

Cross River State Governor is topping 12 new others in Nigeria for borrowing a staggering N226.8 billion from domestic and external financiers in the first six months after assuming office, Debt Management Office said. Findings showed that 16 state governors also increased the debt profile of their states by N509.3 billion with domestic and external debt of N243.95 billion and $298.5 million (N265.37 billion), respectively. Cross River Governor, Bassey Otu, for example, secured the highest loan amounting to N16.2 billion from domestic creditors and $57.95 million from foreign lenders. The external debt was calculated based on the exchange rate of…

Anguish enveloped passers-by as 13 persons died while two were injured in an auto crash in Kogi State, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed. Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, told Channels Television in Lokoja on Monday. The sad incident, according to him, occurred around 7: 30 p.m. on Sunday. Oyedeji stated that the accident involving a commercial Bus and an articulated truck occurred by Obajana Market along Obajana-Lokoja Road in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State. The Sector Commander explained that the bus had packed behind a truck around the market for passengers to buy some…

… Rep Unyime Idem handed over a four-kilometre road to his constituents, promising to attract more In his determination to change the physical outlook of his constituency, the member representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency, Hon. Unyime Idem has handed over a four-kilometre road for use by the people of Oruk Anam Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State.  The newly inaugurated Ikot Akpan Essien-Ikot Obong- Ikot Ukpong Eren Road was facilitated by Idem to boost evacuation of agricultural products from the rural communities to the hinterland. The road with a bridge crisscrosses from Ikot Ukpong Eren to Ikot Obong in…

The whereabouts of one student of the Departments of Medicine and Surgery and two of Genetics and Biotechnology of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) in Nigeria’s Cross River State abducted by suspected gunmen is unknown.  Though the police in the state and Vice Chancellor of the institution had confirmed the abduction, they could not give clue to the whereabouts of the students as the kidnappers are yet to call their relations. It was gathered that the armed men stormed Freedom Hostel, owned by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) around 7 p.m. on Friday, March 29, 2024 and whisked…

Luck ran out of a 39-year-old man, who allegedly killed his childhood friend, stole the deceased’s motorcycle and sold it to a buyer in Ibadan for N130,000, but was nabbed and detained by Ondo State Police Command. Dolapo Babalola, the suspect and his accomplice, Sikiru Mutiu, who is at large, killed Evangelist Opeyemi Oyelakin, 34, on March 15, 2024, in Ondo town. Babalola, who confessed to the crime, said he and Mutiu deceived the deceased to take them to Oke-Igbo, a few kilometres from Ondo town, to check a piece of land. On getting to the land, which was situated…