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A total of 32 members of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State Council, Friday, got N1,825,000 welfare package from the union. This brings the amount to N2.150 million so far spent since the implementation of the scheme on August 2, 2019. Under the death of members’ category, each bereaved family of the four journalists received N200,000, while 13 members who were bereaved went home with N50,000 each. Under the celebration category, 15 members got N25,000 each. However, under the celebration category for last year, two benefited from N25,000 each. The second batch also recorded two beneficiaries in January this…

As the war against racism continues in the United States, an 18-year-old biracial girl in Madison has reportedly been set ablaze by some white men at an area, causing the Madison police and the FBI to launch a hate crime investigation. The assault took place early Wednesday morning when the girl was driving and stopped at a red light and “heard someone yell out a racial epithet,” according to a police incident report, CNN reports. The girl is not named in the report, but a family spokesperson identified her as Althea Bernstein, a college student and a volunteer EMT. “She…

A brilliant student from Louisville Girls High School, Ijebu-Itele in Ogun State has emerged the highest scorer of the 2020 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, according to Insideschool Nigeria. She is Miss Egoagwuagwu Agnes Maduafokwa who scored 365 out of 400 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Egoagwuagwu who hails from Ihiala in Anambra State wrote her UTME on March 14, 2020 at St. Michael Otedola Education Centre in Epe, Lagos State. The President of the Maths Club, and the 1st Assistant Head Girl of her school, she scored Use of English- 72; Mathematics – 99; Physics – 99 and Chemistry – 95. Insideschool…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will be N600 million ($1.5 million) richer when FIFA releases the COVID-19 relief fund to each of its national associations across the world. The coronavirus relief plan for world football which gulped up to £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) has been announced by FIFA. All member associations will be given a universal solidarity grant of $1m, with an additional $500,000 grant specifically for women’s football. Each confederation like CAF will also receive a grant of $2 million. The game’s governing body has revealed its three-step plan, which includes specifically allocated funding to help women’s football through…

A total of 684 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded on Friday in Nigeria. The total number of confirmed infections in the country now stands at 23,298. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle said 8,253 patients have been discharged in the country and 554 patients have died. Further data obtained from the NCDC showed that Lagos, the epicentre has recorded 259 cases, being the highest figure. Others are Oyo-76 Katsina-69 Delta-66 Rivers-46 Ogun-23 Edo-22 Osun-22 Ebonyi-21 FCT-20 Kaduna-16 Ondo-10 Imo-9 Abia-9 Gombe-5 Plateau-4 Bauchi-4 Ekiti-2 and Anambra-1. Cases have been reported from: Africa: 347 779…

Henceforth, Akwa Ibom Government has pledged to enforce the directive “no face mask, no trading” in markets located in the state as part of the measures to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic among the people. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, who read the Riot Act, warned to mete out severe sanctions against persons exhibiting non-chalant attitude in adhering to the safety measures and protocol, especially wearing of face mask in public, social distancing and others. Speaking during a security council meeting for the management of COVID-19 in the state on Friday, at Government House, Uyo,…

Nigeria has recorded 594 new cases of coronavirus, while the total number of confirmed infections in the country stands at 22,614. Announcing this on Thursday in its Twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated that 7,822 persons were discharged while 549 died. In new cases of #COVID19Nigeria: Lagos tops the list with 159, Delta-106, Ondo-44, FCT-34, Edo-34, Oyo-33, Kaduna-33, Enugu-28, Katsina-25, Imo-22, Adamawa-15, Ogun-12, Osun-11, Abia-8, Rivers-6, Nasarawa-5, Bauchi-5, Niger-5, Kebbi-4, Ekiti-3, Plateau-1, and Taraba-1.

A man whose church located in Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital was demolished by AKSG Covid-19 Task Force on Tuesday has vowed to sue the government over the demolition of his church. The Senior Prophet Victor Elijah who is the founder of the church, said, “Akwa Ibom State Government should re-build my church, else I would seek redress in court.” The State government had ordered the demolition of the Knowledge of God Ministry, Uyo, on allegation of avoiding community transmission of COVID-19 in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who led members of the COVID-19 Team demolished the…

Liverpool were crowned Premier League champions without kicking a ball on Thursday as Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Manchester City ended the Reds’ 30-year wait to win the English title. Jurgen Klopp’s men sealed a 19th league title for the club with a record seven games left to play after second-placed City’s defeat left them 23 points adrift. Liverpool had moved within two points of the title with a 4-0 demolition of Crystal Palace at Anfield on Wednesday. Their 28th win in 31 league games this season prompted Liverpool star Mohamed Salah to declare “now is our time to win the…

Barely 24 hours after parading 11 suspected rapists in Akwa Ibom State, some operatives of the state Police Command have apprehended a 35-year-old clergyman over alleged involvement in defiling a 16-year-old girl (name withheld). A press release issued by CSP N-nudam K. Fredrick, the state Police Public Relations Officer on Thursday, said the policemen arrested one Prophet Nnamso Friday Jacob a.k.a “Major Prophet Honesty Jesus” for allegedly committing the crime. According to Fredrick, “Investigation revealed that the victim previously visited the so-called Prophet and General Overseer of “The Living Power of Zion Church,” situates at Ndue Eduo, Okon Eket, Eket…