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Are you unemployed? Have you been asked by any organisation or person to pay for non-existent job, or employment form?  Then, this news is for you. Then get these tips: 1. Get your BVN ready. 2. Ensure you are not an existing employee in any organization. 3. Application is online. “This week, the N-Power portal will re-open for registration. 400,000 beneficiaries will be taken from the application pool.” N-Power tweets. The scheme gave further details on the upcoming enrolment exercise via its official twitter handle @npower_ng on Monday. This is as the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to employ 400,000…

By: Alkali Dan-Tsoho Despite the ravaging COVID-19, the political space is still agog by alignments, re-alignments and other strategies by political principalities and powers. In Akwa Ibom, there seems to be a war of attrition in the arena. While 2023 seems far away to the politically uninitiated, key gladiators are moving pawns to gain whatever advantage is possible. The evolution of the expanded post-COVID-19 economic team into a five-man steering committee to midwife the process of implementation speaks volumes of the socio-economic political direction of the government. This five-man committee is headed by Professor Akpan Ekpo, a seasoned economist while…

The last is not yet heard of a hawking-boy whose prodigious singing skill has earned him automatic scholarships and other rewards from well-meaning Nigerians. A nine-year-old Joseph Oluomachi Opara, whose angelic voice has captivated Nigerians in a spontaneous viral video currently trending on all social media platforms, has latched onto instant prosperity after a struggling life. Opara, the little boy, never knew that keeping a tray of coconut and pear to display his singing prowess on the roadside would have brought him a huge fortune. From more than 8,150 likes and 18,000 comments by Twitter users, Oluamachi, the Igbo boy,…

A popular church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital is facing hard times following its closure by Akwa Ibom Government for perpetrating an act of lawlessness. It is alleged that some pastors and relevant members church located adjacent Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly obstructed and brutalized the state Government and Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) Monitoring Team, while on a routine compliance/inspection visit to the church, to enforce the Akwa Ibom State government/Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)/World Health Organisation (WHO)/Christian Association (CAN) Guidelines and Protocols adopted to prevent community spreading of the dreaded  COVID-19 pandemic in Akwa Ibom…

Hope glued the world as Queen Elizabeth 11 quoted Dame Vera’s most famous song, We’ll Meet Again, in her poignant nationwide address on coronavirus in April during the darkest hours facing millions of depressed souls. In a rallying cry to the country as coronavirus was peaking in the UK, the Queen said: “We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. “We will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.” But in June, the Queen who was the first to learn about the…

Following the enactment of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2020, in Akwa Ibom, courts in the state are empowered to maintain a register for convicted sexual offenders and make it public. The Act also states that any person who attempts to intentionally penetrate anus, mouth, or any other part of the body without the consent of another is liable on conviction to five years of imprisonment or N100,000 fine or both. Assented into law by Governor Udom Emmanuel on June 10, the Act states that any person who incites, aids, abets or counsels another person to commit rape is…

It is no longer a jolly ride for suspected rape offenders in Akwa Ibom State. This follows the signing of the Violence Against Persons Bill into law by Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel. Henceforth, any person convicted of a rape case is liable for life imprisonment in the State. Confirming this to Straightnews publisher on Saturday, June 20, Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko, the state Attorney-general and Commissioner for Justice, said the Governor signed the bill into law on June 10 to punish offenders of the crime. The law that had been passed by the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly into is…

Akwa Ibom State has hit 17 new COVID-19 cases, being the highest since the outbreak of the pandemic some months ago, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed. This has brought the total number of COVID-19 cases in Akwa Ibom to 65, though more than 40 persons with infections have been discharged. NCDC, in its Twitter handle further announced that Nigeria recorded 667 new cases while the total number of mortality is 487 with about 6,581 recovered cases as at Friday night. Already, Lagos which is the epicentre of the pandemic recorded the highest-281 followed by Abia-48, Oyo-45, FCT-38,…

Nigerian Universities’ Scientists, under the aegis of COVID-19 Research Group, on Friday announced the discovery of a vaccine for the prevention of Coronavirus pandemic. Addressing a news conference on Friday at Adeleke University, Ede, in Osun, Dr Oladipo Kolawole, Leader of the team, said the vaccine was being developed locally in Africa for Africans. Kolawole, a Specialist in Medical Virology, Immunology and Bioinformatics, at Adeleke University, Ede, however, said when unveiled the vaccine would also work for other continents. He said the study, which led to the discovery of the vaccine, had enjoyed initial funding by the Trinity Immunodeficient Laboratory…

An Indian beekeeper, who falls in love with more than 60,000 bees, declares “Bees are like my best friends.” The 24-year-old, known as Nature M.S, says bees do not regard him as a threat. For seven years, Nature M.S has been keeping bees on his face, impressing his childhood friends with the trick in Kerala. A holder of the Guinness World Record, he allows bees to cover his face for four hours, 10 minutes and five seconds, being the longest time. He said he was first introduced to the buzzing creatures by his father Sajayakumar who is himself an award-winning…