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An Akwa Ibom son has been appointed as a sole administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He is Effiong Okon Akwa who hails from Okobo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State replaces Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, the acting Managing Director of the commission. Until his appointment he was the acting executive director, finance and administration in the NDDC, and a one-time managing director Akwa Savings and Loans Limited. Announcing this Saturday night, Femi Adesina, a presidential spokesperson, said in a statement posted on Twitter, that President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a sole administrator to run the affairs of the…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has prophesied that the Naira, Nigerian currency, will regain its strength among the league of currencies. His prophecy comes as the Naira this week exchanged to the dollar at N490 to $1 in the parallel market this week. Last week, the Naira to dollar exchange was N500 to $1. Speaking on Saturday morning December 12 during the Church’s annual Holy Ghost Congress held at the RCCG International Headquarters along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the 78-year-old clergyman prayed God to intervene in Nigeria’s financial sector and change the hearts…

A young Nigerian medical doctor reportedly was drowned in the swimming pool in a popular hotel in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital on Thursday. ThankGod Odo was until his death, a medical house officer doing his housemanship with Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. He was said to have rounded off his one-year housemanship and was due to sign off on Friday, December 11 or Saturday, December 12. It was gathered that the Ebonyi State University graduate said to be a good swimmer was teaching his friends how to swim that same day he suddenly got drowned. Chairman, Medical Advisory…

By: Israel Umoh Periwinkles are largely seafood and rich in protein. But it is still doubtful to many, particularly people who do not live near riverine areas why there are ‘Nigerian periwinkles.’ In a way, these species are peculiar to Nigeria. Nutritionists are quick to tell anyone that these periwinkles are used in cooking edikang ikong (fluted pumpkin leaves), afang, atama, among other delicacies common in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States and some of their neighbours. But the species are not common to other climes or may be alien to other countrymen, except Nigerians. As there are Nigerian periwinkles,…

In an effort to rid Akwa Ibom State of fake and expired drugs, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria publicly burnt the drugs worth N18,675,850 on Friday. The PSN Chairman, Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Akwaowo Akpabio, said the body would not tolerate expired drugs within the reach of citizens in the state. Akpabio used the occasion to call on Akwa Ibom State government to reconstitute the task force on fake and expired drugs in the state, explaining that Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria is not empowered to rid stores of fake drugs. The Commissioner for Health, Professor Augustine Umoh, represented by Pharmacist Otobong…

The facilitation of development projects for the 26 constituencies in Akwa Ibom State has raised dust of suspicion, Straightnews has learned. This is because the 26 members in Akwa Ibom House of Assembly have expressed anger and doubt about the alleged execution of the projects without their inputs. Based on the published Annual report of the Accountant-General With Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December, 2019, N1,632,000,000 was approved for the projects. However, Government House, Uyo is said to have collected N1,057,283,000 for the projects remaining N574,717,000. Consequently, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has constituted and inaugurated…

“Your country is drifting, it is collapsing. And if you don’t do anything, it will set its revenge on you,” Peter Obi,  the former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, has alerted. Obi who said this on Friday in Awka, the Anambra State capital during a PDP Southeast Summit ahead of the 2023 general elections stated that Nigeria will have 110 million poor people by the end of 2020. “The World Bank released a report, go and read that report. This year alone, 11 million Nigerians will fall into poverty. “The 11…

The telecoms operators (Telcos) have assured to obey the directive of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as ordered by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami. NCC had on Wednesday directed all telecoms operators to immediately suspend further sale and activation of SIM cards. They, however, appealed to telecoms subscribers to bear the inconveniences that the exercise might cause them. The Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, who announced the suspension in a statement issued by the Commission, said the action became necessary in line with the federal government desire to consolidate the achievement of…

In what appears as a new wave of COVID-19, Nigeria’s infections have surged to 796, the highest single infections since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. Of the number, Federal Capital Territory recorded 258 while Lagos and Kaduna States got 248 and 117 cases respectively. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said “On the 11th of December 2020, 796 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria “The 796 new cases are reported from 16 states- FCT (258), Lagos (248), Kaduna (117), Katsina (52), Ogun (27), Kwara (23), Gombe (22), Adamawa (17), Plateau (15), Kano (6), Rivers (2), Ondo…

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, is worried over the sorry state of education, which is the decline in the standard of education in the country. Adamu, who spoke in Yola, Adamawa State capital, during the official commissioning of completed projects in the college, said a number of graduates can neither read nor write in a tolerable manner. The minister who was represented by the Director of Tertiary Education in the Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia Rakiya Gambo Iliyasu said the situation was a cause for concern, adding that students and teachers need to sit up and face their tasks…