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An Uyo-based team, Dakkada FC produced the most shocking result of matchday 3 after they stunned FC Ifeanyi Ubah 1-0 in Nnewi in the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League season. Nnamdi Mejuobi’s goal in the 29th minute was good enough to seal victory and give the visitors a pleasant trip back home. Rangers International consolidated on their matchday 2 victory over Akwa United by beating Jigawa Golden Stars 1-0 at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna. Israel Abia’s goal made the difference. In Jos, Plateau United achieved their first win of the season with a 3-0 victory over Heartland FC…

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has converted Rivers State from huge construction site to big inauguration mill. The two-term Governor began construction of flyovers by Julius Berger in October 2019 with initial N21 billion for first three to create faster flow of traffic in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola unveiled five flyovers including Rebisi (Garrison) flyover on Saturday, November 7, last year. Fashola, who took a walk on the 969.4 metres-long Rebisi Dual Carriage Flyover Bridge with Governor Wike, said such development efforts would promote peace among residents and would bring back tourism…

The Federal government may suspend the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) due to the large crowd which poses COVID-19 risks. The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, who is also a member of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said this when he appeared on Channels Television Monday, January 11. Last week, analysts in Planet 101.1 FM in Uyo, Akwa Ibom had sought for the suspension of the exercise of the COVID-19 threat to the masses and the story was published by Straightnews. “Nobody feels good; I don’t feel good looking at the picture where people are gathered in…

Dangote Industries Limited was the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Friday. As a result, Aliko Dangote, its owner and net worth abysmally dropped by $900 million. Bloomberg Billionaires Index which ranks the first 500 richest people in the world showed that his wealth fell from $18.4 billion on Thursday to $17.5 billion on Friday. This took him from 106th to 114th on the list of wealthiest people in the world. Bloomberg said, ”The majority of Dangote’s fortune is derived from his 86 per cent stake in publicly-traded Dangote Cement.” He holds the shares…

Akwa Ibom High Court in Uyo, the state capital has adjourned the trial of a varsity teacher to January 13, 2021. Professor Ignatius Uduk who is a lecturer at the University of Uyo is being arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on alleged electoral fraud. The adjournment was based on a verbal application by the prosecuting counsel to effect a minor amendment on their earlier charges. Uduk was the Collation and Returning Officer in Essien Udim State Constituency election during the 2019 General Elections. The election was locked between Nse Ntuen of All Progressives Congress and Ese Umoh of Peoples Democratic…

COVID-19 infection might cause an inflammatory response in the brain, leading to ‘stroke-like’ damage to certain areas, as a result of your body battling the virus, a new study has claimed. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health used an MRI scanner and found damage to the olfactory bulb in the brain and also damage in the brain-stem. The study was conducted on brain tissue from 19 patients who had died from Coronavirus, aged five to 73, and had suffered with the virus for varying amounts of time. And because no Coronavirus was found in the tissue, the conclusion from…

Ohanaeze Ndigbo is embroiled in fresh crisis as a new faction of the socio-political group has emerged. This is coming hours after Professor George Obiozor was declared the president-general of the socio-political group in the South-East Region. Obiozor, a former Nigerian ambassador to the United States, Israel, and Cyprus to emerge the winner in an election held at Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, Imo State capital. After  Goddy Uwazurike and  Eze Chukwuyere Nwebo stepped down, Obiozor polled an unassailable 304 votes to beat two other contenders- Uju Okoro (three votes), and Valentine Oparaocha (15 votes). For the position of the Deputy…

An NYSC member serving in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State has reportedly been arrested for allegedly hacking a young man to death with a machete. Facebook user, Godwin George, who narrated the incident on his page, said he saw a large crowd attacking a lady and was later stripped naked on Sunday morning, January 10, around 9.30 a.m. on Abak Road, Uyo. According to George, the lady identified as Princess Odume Paschaline was seen with bloodstains all over her while she tried to scale over a fence in the house where she had gone for alleged hook-up with the victim. The lady…

The personal doctor of Pope Francis has died from COVID-19 complications. Fabrizio Soccorsi, the 78-year-old physician was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for a previous health issue on December 26, Catholic News Agency has reported. While he was dealing with an “oncological pathology,” he later died of COVID, the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano said. In August 2015, Pope Francis named him his personal physician after not renewing the term of papal doctor Patrizio Polisca, who was also head of the Vatican’s healthcare services. Since the pontificate of St. Pope John Paul II, the two positions had been tied together, but Pope Francis diverged…

Lagos State continues to register more COVID-19 cases while Osun recorded the least number on Sunday. In its Twitter handle, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control wrote that Lagos recorded 653 while Osun got two cases. This is as Nigeria recorded 1024 confirmed cases and eight deaths in 16 states including Federal Capital Territory. ”On the 10th of January 2021, 1024 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. ”Till date, 100087 cases have been confirmed, 80030 cases have been discharged and 1358 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,’’ NCDC tweeted. It explained…