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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has urged Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to assist in rescuing a female lawyer abducted in Port Harcourt recently. Olumide Akpata, president of the NBA in a statement said: “I received reports that Paulette Bisola Ajayi, a lawyer & daughter of Ngozi Ajayi (also a lawyer) was abducted by at least 4 gunmen dressed in combat fatigues & dark t-shirts in front of her home in Rumukurushi, Port Harcourt, as she was waiting for her gate to be opened. “Her mother and others who tried to prevent her from being taken away were brutalised and…

An American astrophysicist, Andrea Ghez, was among three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for her role in discovering a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Ghez, 55, shared the honor with German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, who was also cited for his work on the galactic black hole, and with Roger Penrose, a British mathematical physicist cited for his discovery that Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity predicts the formation of black holes. Ghez, a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, became the fourth woman to win a physics Nobel, following…

Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has felicitated Ekiti man who emerged the Best Teacher in Nigeria on Monday. Mr. Henry Olaoluwa Asubiojo, a teacher at Amoye Grammar School, Ikere-Ekiti, was announced National Best Teacher in Abuja on Monday as part of activities marking the 2020 World Teachers’ Day. Fayemi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, described Asubiojo’s feat as “highly commendable and heartwarming.” The Governor said he was not surprised at the feat because Asubiojo, had demonstrated the stuff he was made of having emerged the Best Teacher (secondary school category) in Ekiti State,…

The factional Chairman of the Edo State All Progressives Congress, APC, David Imuse, and the chairman of the Osagie Ize-Iyamu campaign council in the September 19 Edo governorship election, John Mayaki, have been dragged before a Benin City High Court. The Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, who is suing them is demanding N10 billion over alleged libel. Igini also demanded a full-page unreserved apology, to be published by the two people, in every edition of The Punch Newspapers, Tribune, Guardian, and Sun Newspapers for seven consecutive times. He wants the public apology to commence not later than…

Amidst cheery weather, President Donald Trump flew out from the military hospital where he was being treated for Coronavirus. He emerged to the clatter of helicopter rotor blades and the cries of supporters chanting, “Trump, Trump, Trump.” Some fans had waited all day to see him and were hoping for another drive-by in his armoured limo, as he had done the day before. Nevertheless, they were happy when he boarded Marine One and flew off over the crowd gathered in front of Walter Reed military hospital in Bethesda, just outside Washington, DC. “I’m not disappointed based on the security,” said…

As the World Teachers’ Day was marked globally on October 5, the Akwa Ibom State Chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers, Comrade Etim Ukpong has taken a swipe at governments’ lackadaisical attitude towards public education in the Nigeria. Ukpong who spoke this in an interview with Straightnews publisher Monday at NUT House, 2 IBB Avenue, Uyo, said “There is this attitude of government towards the teachers, which is sometime negative. Governments have lackadaisical attitude towards public education in the country. Meanwhile, government is the proprietor of public schools. The Chairman cited “Just to buttress the lackadaisical attitude. This is the…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Randy Waldrum as the Super Falcons head coach, the organisation announced on Monday. The announcement comes more than 12 months after Thomas Dennerby left the role to take up a U17 coaching job with India. Before his latest appointment, Waldrum was the University of Pittsburgh women’s head coach, a job he took immediately after rejecting the Nigerian offer in December 2017. The 64-year-old is no stranger to the women’s game on the global stage as he served as the US U23 coach and head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago team from 2014 to 2016. He will be…

Defending champions Liverpool were outgunned by last season’s relegation-survivor, Aston Villa in a nine-goal thriller as Ollie Watkins bagged a first-half hat-trick. Jurgen Klopp watched in shock as his team suffered a 7-2 humiliation at the hands of the Villans who maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season. Liverpool were without new signing Thiago Alcantara and star player Sadio Mane who were ruled out due to Coronavirus, including injured first-choice keeper Alisson. His replacement Adria became a thorn in the flesh for the Reds when he gifted a pass to Jack Grealish to set up Watkins inside four…

What would have forced a young girl to commit suicide? Can loss of a telephone, a vain item, compelled her to take her life? What were the contents in the telephone such that the loss of the telephone terrified her of possible exposure by the thief? Or, was it the cost of it? These are the questions boggling the minds of many as a young Nigerian beauty from Akwa Ibom State allegedly committed suicide over loss of her telephone. Nora Able who hailed from Uyo in Akwa Ibom reportedly drank poison after she lost her telephone. Her loss has caused…

What looked as a reprisal attack between Debam and Iceland confraternities in Inen Ikot Ndoh Community, Oruk Anam Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State has led to the death of one person. So far, more than seven persons have been killed in Inen communities since the renewed cult clash in the clan. In renewed melee on Saturday, several persons including a retired police inspector named Josiah Okon who relocated from Port Harcourt after being bedridden due to stroke sustained injuries. It was gathered that the victim, known as ‘Udo Mma’ died on the spot while the retired police officer was…