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The Cross River State Police Command apprehended a three-man robbery gang and recovered a 2018 Corolla Toyota worth more than N8 million in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The operation which was spearheaded by Anti-Kidnapping/Cultism Team, AKCT, tracked the gang from Calabar to Uyo where they were apprehended after robbing their victim in his house before taking his car. It was discovered that they had already put up the car which is currently being sold between N7.5 million to N8 million for sale for N1 million at a car stand in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state before the crack team apprehended them.…

President Muhmmadu Buhari, Tuesday, extended the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC for another six months. This is as the APC National Executive Council, NEC, has approved expulsion of the party’s former National Vice Chairman, South-south, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, for failure to withdraw the court case instituted against the caretaker committee. The APC Emergency NEC also dissolved all states, zonal and National Party structures. After the meeting, Governors Nasir el-Rufai, Hope Uzodinma, Rotimi Akeredolu of Kaduna, Imo and Ondo States respectively briefed State House correspondents.

Federal Capital Territory is topping the states in more COVID-19 as Nigeria recorded 390 new infections. Of the number, FCT has 89 followed by Gombe and Lagos with 62 and 35 respectively. In its tweet on Monday, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated “On the 7th of December 2020, 390 new confirmed cases and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria. “The 390 new cases are reported from 20 states- FCT (89), Gombe (89), Kaduna (62), Lagos (35), Kwara (15), Borno (13), Nasarawa (10), Rivers (10), Bauchi (8), Ogun (8), Osun (7), Bayelsa (7), Kano (7), Edo (6), Taraba (6),…

Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom, has reconciled Channels TV reporter based in the state, Pius Anglo, with his wife, Ifeyinwa, who over the weekend, accused him of domestic violence. On Sunday, Ifeyinwa, a medical doctor, shared a video online calling out Pius for repeatedly beating her up in their six years of their marriage. Ifeyinwa showed her bloodstained face and alleged that he had just attacked her again after she cautioned him to reduce the way he spends money on other women since they now have four children. She welcomed their fourth child four weeks ago. Ifeyinwa accused Pius of…

President Muhammadu Buhari plans to address a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday, December 10, the Presidency has confirmed. Recall that last week, members of the House of Representatives demanded President Buhari to appear before the house to brief the lawmakers on measures his administration has put in place to tackle the rising insecurity cases. A tweet posted by President’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, on Monday evening December 7, said that the President will meet with the lawmakers. “FireFLASHFire, FireFLASHFire President @MBuhari will address a joint session of the National Assembly (@nassnigeria) on Thursday 10th…

A total of 68 persons lost their lives while 129,000 others were displaced in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, this year, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has said. The revelations were contained in a speech delivered by the agency’s Director-General, Muhammadu Muhammed, at the 2020 flood after-action review technical meeting with stakeholders on Monday in Abuja.  Muhammed stated that 320 local government areas in the country were also affected by floods, explaining that the floods destroyed houses and washed away farmlands across the country thus having a negative impact on food security. According to the NEMA boss, “The…

By: Israel Umoh It was a renewal of covenant for the third tier of government in Akwa Ibom State. Nature abhors vacuum. The old administration had expired and the new one beams with hopes. The ceremony signaled an end of journey for the out-gone that began on December 7, 2017 and the inauguration of another for 31 Chairmen and 31 vice chairmen for the 31 local government areas of the state. Monday, December 7, 2020 was the D-day. If the event was held before COVID-19, Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo would have turned to a carnival of sort. Traditional troupes…

US President Donald Trump who campaigned in Georgia for two Republican senators, his first rally since losing the presidential election, echoed false claims of widespread spread. The event in Georgia came before key Senate runoff elections there in January, which will decide control of the upper house. He pressed his grievances over losing presidential election, using the weekend rally to spread baseless allegations of misconduct in last month’s voting in the state and beyond. “Let them steal Georgia again, you’ll never be able to look yourself in the mirror,” Trump told rally-goers. Trump’s 100-minute rally before thousands of largely mask-less…

Nigeria’s last two teams standing in this year’s continental competitions, Enyimba FC and Rivers United, managed to qualify for the first round of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, respectively after surviving huge scare at home. In Aba, Enyimba – gave their fans so much hope last week when they went to Ouagadougou to beat Burkina Faso’s Rahimo FC 1-0 – were forced to a one-all draw at home but still managed to progress 2-1 on aggregate to the first round of the CAF Champions League. In Port Harcourt, Futuro of Equatorial Guinea created panic in the Garden…

The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed recovery of the bodies of the six police officers who drowned on election duty in Southern Ijaw on Saturday. The police officers who headed to Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State for the bye-election were involved in the boat mishap. The incident occurred on the eve of the Saturday Senatorial Bye-election holding in two senatorial zones of the state. The Bayelsa State Police Command, Spokesperson, Asinim Butswat on Sunday confirmed to Channels Television that the bodies of the six officers have been recovered. “The unfortunate incident occurred on Friday, December 4, 2020,…