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Akwa Ibom State Police Command has killed three in a deadly gang and arrested some who abducted and killed a 36-year-old China-based businessman in Akwa Ibom State. Onyeka Oliver Ezewulu was buried in a shallow grave near a stream in Mbiaso community in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of the state after the abductors had collected N2 million ransom from his family.  Addressing newsmen at the scene, SP Odiko MacDon, the state spokesperson of the command, said the operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) Special Tactical Squad of the Command stormed the kidnappers’ den in Mbiaso community on Monday, March…

A businessman has filed a N50 million damages against telecommunication giant, MTN, for wrongfully barring his telephone line. Sylvanus Ukpong, in the writ of summons filed at the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on March 12, 2021, noted that MTN blocked him from accessing partners and potential customers. Ukpong speaking with Straightnews on Friday, April 2 said his lawyer, Georgina Chidinma Ude, served MTN the matter on Thursday, April 1 and it has been formally assigned to a judge at FCT High Court, Abuja for hearing. In the court documents obtained by Straightnews, the claimant said his Emem & Sons…

Don Jazzy, Mavin boss, has taken a deep walk into his childhood days capping with nostalgic feelings. Jazzy narrated that he and his brother left early in the morning to carry agidi for their mother before they left for school. He recalled that he grew up in Ajegunle where he helped his father do some farm work and also sold akara (bean cakes) for his mother. The ace music producer spoke about his childhood days during a Black Box Interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. The beatmaker further mentioned that at the age of 11, they moved to Egbeda. He said, “My…

A 42-year-old man is to spend the next three years in a correctional centre for defiling a nine-year-old girl in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. Daniel George, who hails from Mbat Esifon in Obot Akara Local Government Area, was convicted Thursday by the State High Court in Ikot Ekpene. Delivering the judgment, the presiding judge, Justice Augustine Odokwo sentenced the accused to three years imprisonment with whipping. The accused who denied having unlawful carnal knowledge of the victim however admitted in his confessional statement that he only inserted his finger into the private part of the victim. The court convicted…

Unknown gunmen have continued to plunge Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State into more carnage as more security agents and civilians have perished in the inferno. Different figures of the casualties are still being bandied by the authorities and some eye witnesses. One unconfirmed version attributed the crisis to cult-related activities and linked some highly placed persons in the area to the problem. Another linked the crisis to secret training of disbanded Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) members in the area, but when the lid was blown open by some natives, the kingpin unleashed terror on the…

The Nigerian Government says it has enrolled 51 million citizens for the National Identification Number (NIN) as at March 31, 2021. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, stated this at the weekly Presidential Media briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Media Team in Abuja on Thursday. Pantami also stated that the government has registered about 189 million subscribers of the Identification Module (SIM) in the country. According to the minister, only 150 million out of the 189 million have successfully completed their registration while the remaining have problems of improper registration. Pantami reminded citizens to enroll for…

A child and three persons were killed Wednesday in a shooting at a Southern California office building that left the fifth victim wounded and the gunman critically injured, police said. The violence in the city of Orange southeast of Los Angeles was the third U.S. mass shooting in just over two weeks. When police arrived at the two-story building at about 5:30 p.m., shots were being fired, Orange Police Lt. Jennifer Amat said. Officers opened fire and the suspect was taken to a hospital, Amat said. It was unclear whether the suspect suffered a self-inflicted wound or was shot by…

The recent removal of Oruk Anam Vice Chairman, Abasiama Etukakpan, from office by councilors in the area over alleged falsification of his age has drawn the bile of Civil Liberties Organisation, Akwa Ibom State Chapter. A press release dated March 31 and signed by the state Chairman of CLO, Otuekong Franklyn Isong and Comrade Christopher Ekpo, Secretary for other members, said the organization is disturbed that Oruk Anam Legislative Council circumvented the procedure laid down in section 44 of the Local Government (Administration) Law of Akwa Ibom State, 2017 for the removal of a Chairman or Vice-Chairman. On March 23, 2021,…

Akwa Ibom, one of Nigeria’s states, Wednesday, discharged 62 persons who recovered from COVID-19, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced. Similarly, 16 persons who recovered from the pandemic were discharged in Ogun State. NCDC tweeted on Wednesday, March 31 ‘’Our discharges today include 62 community recoveries in Akwa Ibom and 16 in Ogun State managed in line with guidelines,’’ NCDC stated. However, Nigeria recorded 129 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases to 162,891. On the same day, the country recorded one death, bringing the total number to 2,057. NCDC stated ‘’On the 31st of March 2021, 129 new…

United Kingdom Government has slammed a £125,000 fine on Loveworld TV channel, owned by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, for airing conspiracy theories about COVID-19. On December 1, 2020, the television channel broadcast a 29-hour programme tagged ‘The Global Day of Prayer,’ making several unfounded claims about the Coronavirus. These claims included the outbreak was ‘planned,’ the ‘sinister’ vaccine can be used to implant ‘nanochips’ that can control and cause harm to members of the public and that the virus was somehow caused by 5G. Following a detailed investigation by Ofcom, the communications regulatory body in the United Kingdom, it was concluded that…