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Wife of Akwa Ibom Governor has showered love on New Year baby born Friday at 12.04 a.m. The boy delivered by Ruth Abang, a petty trader from Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, weighed 2.6 kg on delivery. The Governor’s wife and founder of Family Empowerment and Youth Reorientation Path-Initiative (FEYReP), Martha Udom Emmanuel who visited the General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene in the morning presented bumper gifts to the mother. Mrs Udom cuddling the New Year bundle Joy prayed God to protect him, hoping he would usher in glad tidings for the family and the state in general. As…

The Sokoto State Government is richer by $22 million World Bank’s grant for its commitment to the implementation of the State’s Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme. A breakdown of the grant shows that the state got $5 million in November for approving COVID-19 budget and $17.4 million balance for its 2019 fiscal performance two weeks ago. The State Government clinched the grant after its astronomical score in the SFTAS ranking from 2/5 in 2019 to 14/15 in 2020, which puts it among the top three states in the country got the balance of $17.4 million for its 2019…

The seventh-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has added another big feather to his sporting titles, following his knighthood by Queen Elizabeth. Hamilton became a Knight, according to UK New Year’s honours list published on Wednesday. Last year, the 35-year-old became the most successful F1 driver of all time after equalling Ferrari great Michael Schumacher’s record seven titles and beating the German’s 91 race wins. The sport’s only Black driver, who grew up in social housing as the grandson of immigrants from the Caribbean, Hamilton has also used his profile to campaign for diversity and speak out against racial…

“There will be breakdown of structures and protest” in Nigeria, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has predicted. This was one of the 34 prophecies 2021 Olukoya released during the Church’s annual crossover service. He tagged 2021 as Year of Restoration and Revival and urged Nigerians to pray because 2021 would be a year of the valley. Olukoya noted that acidic prayers are needed to get desirable results because it is a year of the valley “So, the three keys to tackling this year of the valley are the presence of God, aggressive…

Popular Nigerian Clergyman has predicted that only God would see an end to the Coronavirus siege in the world. The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, made this prediction during his “Prophecies for 2021” released after the church’s virtual crossover service. Speaking on Friday, January 1, 2020, Adeboye declared that every COVID-19 vaccine discovered, a new variant of the virus will emerge until the high and mighty admit that safety is of God. “Leading pharmaceutical companies have developed a number of Covid-19 vaccines to protect against the Coronavirus. However, new variants of the virus…

My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We especially thank God because the year 2020 was one of the most trying years since our existence as a Nation. 2. This can also be said about all other nations around the world, due to the challenges posed on our collective humanity by the novel COVID-19 pandemic. 3. While acknowledging that 2020 was a very tough year, we saw this year put to…

COVID-19 infections keep on rising as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed more cases on Thursday, December 31. According to NCDC, “On the 31st of December 2020, 1031 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “The 1031 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos (570), FCT (117), Kaduna (109), Nasarawa (34), Bauchi (31), Kano (28), Plateau (26), Sokoto (26), Ogun (25), Edo (18), Rivers (16), Abia (10), Imo (7), Taraba (6), Delta (4) and Osun (4).” It tweeted “Till date, 87510 cases have been confirmed, 73713 cases have been discharged and 1289 deaths have been recorded…

Nigeria’s debt stock rose to N32.223 trillion in the third quarter in September 2020, according to Debt Management Office’s report released on Thursday. A debt data released by DMO shows that Nigeria’s debt stock which is made up of the Domestic and External Debt Stocks of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN). The 36 State Governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) grew by N1.214 trillion from June to September 2020, the report stated. The data showed that 37.82 per represents External debts, while the balance of 62.18 per cent is Domestic. It reads “Compared to the Total Public Debt Stock of…

Nigerians have been asked to report cases of extortion of National Identification Number (NIN) applicants for diligent prosecution to serve as a deterrent to others. Announcing this in Twitter on Thursday, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) warned that those extorting NIN applicants risk a seven-year jail term. It cited Sections 14, 20 and 21 of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) Act and Sections 10 and 12 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, stating that the offence is punishable in accordance with the laws. The body reaffirmed that the ongoing enrolment for the NIN is free across…

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