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Nigerian music sensation, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has reached an agreement to settle out of court over the breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by the Amaju Pinnick-led Brownhill Investment Company Limited. In October 2023, a former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, called out Davido for not fulfilling his performance obligations at an event in Warri, Delta State, despite receiving $94,600. Brownhill Investments Company Limited filed the suit marked EHC/183/2023 before the Delta State High Court in Effurun. The firm initiated the legal action against Davido, seeking N2.3bn in damages.  Davido was accursed…

A young man claiming to be one of the killers of the 17 soldiers in Okwuama community has rejected the notion that they were on a peacekeeping mission.  Appearing in a viral video in Tik Tok, the suspected killer admitted that the soldiers purportedly meddled in a communal clash between Okuama and Okoloba community in Bomadi, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The man, who did not mention his name in a viral video, said two warring communities had a land dispute which led to a crisis. Blaming the government and leaders for not calling both communities for a…

The Department of State Services (DSS), Akwa Ibom Command says it bust kidnapping ring and apprehended four kidnap suspects in the raid at the weekend. Already, the four suspects have been arraigned before a court of law for trial. A senior official of the Department, who  told journalists in Uyo, the state capital, attributed the breakthrough to what he described as “the anti-crime disposition of the new State Director, Dr. Doyin Adetuberu, since his assumption of office in January.” He listed the suspects to include Idris Abdullahi, Attah Ekong, Itoro Edet Effiong and Nsisong Edet Effiong, who, according to him,…

Barack Obama and Jeff Bezos are at loggerheads on how ambitious goalposts to colonise the solar system will affect earth’s future leaving a caveat ‘‘Worry about earth before space.’’ Speaking recently, the former US president chastised Silicon Valley tycoons for investing in projects with an aim to send humans to live off-world, saying said ‘‘Focusing on saving Earth is the best bet for now.’’ . Elon Musk, for example, launched his aerospace company SpaceX with about a $100 million investment of his personal funds. And Jeff Bezos has likely invested between $7.5 billion and $20 billion in his own aerospace company, Blue Origin. “I…

The Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN), has fired Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, to take urgent steps to mitigate the economic hardship facing the citizens of the State.  CHRAN Director, Otuekong Franklyn Isong made the plea in his office in Uyo, when executive members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) paid him and other members a courtesy visit on Tuesday, March 19. A press release issued by the CHRAN’s director and Secretary, Barr. Christopher Ekpo, respectively, was dismayed that despite the sharp increase in monthly federal allocations to the State Government…

Nigerian Government Wednesday pledged its readiness to confer National Honours on the military personnel killed by some militant youths in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. President Bola Tinubu broke the news at the breaking of the Ramadan fast in Abuja with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and the leadership of the House. Addressing the gathering, the Commander-in-Chief commiserated with the military and the families of the deceased, assuring that the dead victims would also get what he described as a befitting burial. “The baby step being taken by our country is…

The Akwa Ibom Government has sent packing the management of the five-star ICON Hotel Group in Uyo, the state capital . Initially known as Le Meridien Ibom Hotels & Golf Resort, the hotel’s name was changed to Ibom ICON Hotel & Golf Resort in 2020. The Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Enobong Uwah, in a statement on Wednesday, March 21, announced the dissolution of the board of directors, Ibom Hotels and Golf Resort Ltd, saying that the Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno is desirous of repositioning the hotel to meet “world-class standard.” The statement said the state government has…

A community leader in Delta State, Olorogun Sleek Oshare has attributed land dispute between two highly placed families to the gruesome murder of some military personnel. Seventeen soldiers were killed in the Okuama community of Delta State last week in what has continued to generate condemnation from Nigerian authorities. Giving insights into the killing on Monday, Oshare said the military personnel were in the area as part of measures to settle a land dispute between Urhobo speaking Okuama and Ijaw speaking Okoloba, a neighbouring community. “The quarrel was just a land dispute between one family and another family and land…

The infant twins of Elder/Deaconess Nyaknobong Etuk cry intermittently and are inconsolable over the long absence of their parents kidnapped Sunday evening by unknown gunmen in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital. Elder Etuk and wife were said to have left the twins with a house help for shopping along Oron Road in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. On return, Elder Etuk, Director of Finance, Nsit Atai Local Government Council of the state parked and blew hone for minutes, yet nobody quickly opened the gate for the couple. Not long, a mini-bus emblazoned with camouflage tarpaulin with suspected…

Former US President Donald Trump has raised some red flags in his bid to clinching the November 2024 Presidential slot. Trump who is the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee for the 2024 race was defeated by the incumbent Joe Biden in November  2020 Presidential election. Biden who is the Presidential nominee for Democratic Party will again square against him. The Supreme Court on Monday, March 4 unanimously restored Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to…