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Akwa United thrashed hard-fought Plateau United 1-0 and moved to fifth on the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League table on match day 11 at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. Charles Atshimene scored his second goal of the season to give the Promise Keepers their fifth win of the season. It was also a match of two opposing managers. Akwa United manager, Kennedy Boboye previously managed Plateau United. Abdul Maikaba handed over to Coach Boboye when he moved to Plateau United. Akwa United, still trying to recover from the pain of defeat on match day 10 by Nasarawa United, understood they…

Hong Kong protesters are still bent to turn out in large numbers, wearing black for “a day of grief” on what will be marked across China as National Day, a public holiday. Yet, the authorities in Hong Kong have refused to overturn a ban on a major pro-democracy march on Tuesday, planned to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China. Protests on Sunday again turned violent as police and demonstrators clashed late into the night. And police superintendent John Tse told reporters on Monday that “we’re expecting the situation tomorrow to be very, very dangerous”. Tse accused…

Some suspected members of Boko Haram have allegedly hoisted their flag in some parts of Marte Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Borno State. Military sources told Channels Television that the insurgents attacked the local government area within the week and neighbouring Dikwa Local Government Area on Friday, February 19. The Boko Haram insurgents were, however, repelled in Dikwa by a combined effort of the air component and ground forces of Operation Lafiya Dole in a battle that lasted hours. It was gathered that the attack dislodged many residents of Dikwa who fled into bushes to take refuge. The insurgents also laid an…

Kim Kardashian West has filed for divorce from her husband, Kanye West, her publicist told CBS News on Friday. The reality star and the Grammy-winning hip-hop artist had long been rumored to be ending their six-year marriage. The two married in a 2014 ceremony in Italy after the birth of their first daughter, North, 7, and went on to have three more children: Saint, 5, Chicago, 3, and Psalm, 1. It was the third marriage for Kardashian, whose first marriage was to producer Damon Thomas and second to basketball player Kris Humphreys, and the first for West. The news comes…

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose slightly in Ontario Friday, with 1,228 new cases reported Saturday by Ontario Health. However, the number of resolved cases also increased by 1,313. There were 28 more deaths attributed to the pandemic. Ontario’s hot spots continue to be Toronto (with 331 more cases), Peel Region (228) and York Region (132). On Friday, the province announced that Toronto and Peel, along with the North Bay/Parry Sound region would remain under lockdown regulations for at least another two weeks. The provincial tally includes 54 new cases in Ottawa. Ontario and Ottawa Public Health case totals can vary…

US President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas, which has suffered widespread power blackouts and water shortages during a deadly deep freeze, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. Millions of residents in the United States’ biggest oil and gas producer have dealt with power outages, and nearly half of Texas’ residents on Friday had to endure disrupted water service. Nearly two dozen deaths have been attributed to the storm and a frigid snap. The action on Saturday makes federal funding available to individuals across the state, including assistance for temporary housing and home repairs and low-cost…

Japan’s Naomi Osaka, Saturday, won her fourth Grand Slam title after beating America’s Jennifer Brady in the Australian Open final. Osaka, 23, won 6-4 6-3 and has the enviable record of being unbeaten in major finals. She won the first set when Brady made bad errors in the game, seizing control from that point, going 4-0 ahead in the second set before sealing a deserved victory with the last set. Osaka has now won two Australian Open titles after also triumphing at Melbourne Park in 2019, with her other Grand Slam successes coming at the US Open in 2018 and…

A female teenager of Government Secondary School, Ikot Ewa in Cross River State has admitted to taking the gun to blacksmith. Initially, the student who was caught in the school with a gun was alleged to have taken it to the school to shoot her teacher for asking her to cut her coloured hair. However, she has admitted that she got the gun from her boyfriend, Okon Effingham, who is married with six children. Upon her arrest, police discovered she was taking the locally made double barrel pistol to a blacksmith. In addition, she has confessed to being a cultist She…

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases keep on fluctuating within the last 24 hours, according to figures bandied by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. On Thursday, the country recorded 877 infections but recorded 662 on Friday, February 19. NCDC tweeted ”On the 19th of February 2021, 662 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. It stated ”The 662 new cases are reported from 23 states- Lagos (167), FCT (116), Ogun (45), Kano (44), Akwa Ibom (35), Edo (34), Rivers (27), Kaduna (23), Osun (23), Kwara (22), Taraba (22), Oyo (20), Ondo (19). Others are Plateau (14), Abia (11), Imo (11),…

Five Akwa Ibom indigenes made the Presidential honour’s roll of outstanding Corps members in Nigeria. They were among the 110 Corps members of 2018/2019 NYSC batch recently honoured by the Presidency in Abuja and rewarded with scholarship and automatic jobs. The recipients were Alex Gideon, Comrade Winifred Ernest, Nyebuk Aniekan Etukudo, Elizabeth Peter Udofia and Nsikak Douglas Etuk. Receiving them when they paid him a courtesy call in his office, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, charged them to “Youth Ambassadors in Government” to showcase the awards. Ememobong congratulated the beneficiaries for excelling during their service years…