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The Bureau of Political and Social Re-orientation, Governor’s Office, Plot 49, Edet Akpan Avenue, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State did not witness unusual human traffic on Tuesday, January 12. Two days before, a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Chidinma Odume, who was serving in the Planning, Research and Statistics Department of the Bureau had allegedly hacked his boyfriend to death on Sunday. At the reception of the bureau sat corps members of Batch A 20/21 in a circular form and what they discussed was not heard by visitors. Not long, they dispersed to their different places of assignment…

The immediate past Akwa Ibom Commissioner has died, less than one month after he was dropped as a member of the State Executive Council. Ime Okon Ekpo, who was the Commissioner for Lands and Town Planning from 2015 to December 2020 under Governor Udom Emmanuel administration, is said to have died in Germany. A source close to the family said ‘’The governor dropped him because of his health challenge and appointed his kinsman, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno from the same village, to replace him.’’ An accomplished architect and career civil servant, Ekpo was a native of Ikot Okoro Ubium, Nsit…

Nigeria’s COVID-19 new cases have jetted to 1,244 and three deaths, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirms. NCDC tweeted on Monday ”On the 11th of January 2020, 1244 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.’’ ”The 1244 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos (774), FCT (125), Plateau (102), Anambra (47), Ondo (46), Rivers (27), Edo (18), Kaduna (16), Ogun (16), Gombe (16), Bauchi (11), Kano (11), Nasarawa (10), Akwa Ibom (7), Sokoto (7), Borno (5), Ekiti (4), and Zamfara (2).’’ According to the health agency, ”Till date, 101331 cases have been confirmed, 80491 cases have…

With few days to leave White House, President Donald Trump is facing impeachment charge as House Democrats, Monday, formally introduced their resolution to boot him out of office, CNN reports. The democrats are charging him with “incitement of insurrection” when his supporters violently breached the US Capitol last Wednesday. The impeachment resolution that the House is set to vote on later this week is the Democrats’ first step toward making Trump the first president in history to be impeached twice. House Democrats impeached Trump in December 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but the Republican-controlled…

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…