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A FRSC’s Mobile Court has convicted 122 motorists for flouting the COVID-19 guidelines in Uyo, the state capital and its environs The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Akwa Ibom State Command, Oga Ochi, stated this in his office located at Idoro Road at the weekend during an interview with journalists said the command had arrested and prosecuted the people for convtravneing the COVID-19 guidelines. Oga noted that out of 122 persons, 92 who were mainly tricycle and minibus drivers were convicted for overloading of passengers against the recommended number of persons in a vehicle by the Nigeria…

Kanye West, the US rapper, is rated the highest-paid musician of 2020 in the world, according to Forbes. Kanye has a whopping $170 million in his kitty is trailed by Elton John with $81million and Ariana Grande, $72 million is in the third position. Jonas Brothers who has $68.5M is fourth, Chainsmokers with $68M is fifth; Ed Sheeran, $64M is sixth; Taylor Swift, $60M is seventh; Post Malone, $59M is eighth; while Rolling Stones with $59M and Marshmello with 56M occupy ninth and 10th positions respectively. Meanwhile, West brought earnings worth $170 million from the 2020 ranking at number two.…

Nigeria has recorded 603 more COVID-19 cases, raising the country’s total confirmed infections to 28,167. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in a late-night post via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday. Of the number, NCDC said 11,462 have recovered while 634 people have lost the battle to the virus. A breakdown of the figure of new cases shows that of the 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with Lagos peaking at 135. Others include Edo – 87, FCT – 73, Rivers – 67, Delta – 62, Ogun – 47, Kaduna – 20, Plateau –…

By: Alkali Tsoho Adams Oshiomhole grew to have a larger-than-life personality, though he is of diminutive stature. He is a native of Iyamho in Etsako land of Edo State. Iyamho used to be a sleepy community on both sides of the Auchi-Okpella section of Benin to Okene Federal Highway. It has now become the envy of neighbouring community like Igolo. It is said that the only profession that you start from the top is in grave digging. So his life started as a humble beginning in tailoring and textile in the then capital of Northern Nigeria where he rose through…

Two senior police officers from Akwa Ibom State with two from other states have been elevated to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police in the country. They are Asuquo A. A. Amba, former Commissioner of Police Bayelsa State and the outgoing Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command; and Nkereuwem A. Akpan, the outgoing Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command. While Asuquo Mba comes from Mbokpu Ukokai in Urue Offong/Oruko Local Government Area, Nkereuwem Akpan hails from Ikot Akpa Nkuk in Ukanafun Local Government Area of the state. A press release signed by Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations…

By: Alkali Tsoho The COVID-19 pandemic has created several opportunities for varied things, good and bad. There has been a drastic change in socio-economic relationships. New terminologies or vocabularies have been introduced – social distancing, face masks, lockdown, stay safe and other phrases. The Federal Government of Nigeria, as part of an effort to reflate the economy and stimulate activities to engender recovery from the recession, has initiated a programme to cover the 774 local government areas in the country. This programme originally conceptualised in conjunction with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is domesticated by the National Directorate of Employment…

The ruling All Progressives Congress in the country passing through storms and tempest does not show it drifting into irrelevance, after all. A source close to a high ranking member of APC Caretaker Committee confided in Straightnews that “the party is planning to re-launch itself into limelight through online registration of new members nationwide soon. “The registration will start from the ward to the national levels of the party. After this, new members into NWC will be elected to prepare the party for 2023 elections in the country.” According to the source which pleaded anonymity, “We are targeting millions mostly…

Against doubts on the prevalence of Coronavirus, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) in Cross River has reported five cases of the pandemic in the state. A day before, Professor Ben Ayade, the Cross River Governor and members of State Executive Council profusely celebrated “No Case Status of COVID-19” a damning report emerged that rubbished the Governor’s claim. Five samples sent for from the hospital for testing returned positive for COVID-19, Ikpeme Ikpeme, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, said on Friday in an internal memo to the staff of the hospital. A report monitored from Premium Times indicated…

In bid to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, Akwa Ibom Police Command spread its dragnet across the three Senatorial Districts and arrested 121 violators of compulsory use of face masks at public places in the state. A press release issued by CSP N-nudam Fredrick, the state Police Public Relations Officer on Friday, said this was in line with the provisions of the Quarantine and Restriction of Movement (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020. Fredrick stated, “The arrested offenders would be arraigned in the special courts established in the three Senatorial Districts to serve as a deterrent to others. “Consequently, the Police…

Nigeria has recorded 626 new cases of the Coronavirus pandemic, bringing total confirmed cases to 27,110. This is as Akwa Ibom State hit 18 new cases, bringing the overall number to 104. Announcing this on Thursday in its Twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos has 193, the highest number of infections, followed by the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja with 85. Other affected states are Oyo, 41; Edo, 38; Kwara, 34; Abia, 31; Ogun, 29; Ondo, 28; Rivers, 26; Osun, 21; Delta, 18; Enugu, 15; Kaduna, 13; Plateau, 11; Borno, 8; Bauchi, 7; Adamawa, 5; Gombe,…