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The management of Omega Power Ministries (OPM) free specialist hospital says about 1,775 babies have been delivered in its facilities located in Port Harcourt, Rivers, and Ohanku community in Abia. A statement issued on Sunday by the OPM Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Gogo-Ogute Isaiah, said that 549 of the deliveries were recorded in their hospital in Rivers, while 1,226 were recorded in Abia. Isaiah quoted the Director of the hospital, Dr. Enighe Ugboma, as saying that the babies delivered in Rivers were delivered by 527 mothers. Ugboma who was speaking on the one year anniversary of the hospital in…

Nigeria has confirmed 555 new COVID-19 cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Akwa Ibom State has recorded 13 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number to 221. On Sunday night, the NCDC confirmed two deaths, lifting total infections in the country to 40,532 and fatalities to 858 from Friday’s figures of 39,977 and 856, respectively. Data from the centre shows that Lagos had 156, followed by Kano, Ogun, and Plateau with 65, 57, and 54 cases. Others are Oyo – 53, Benue – 43, FCT – 30, Ondo – 18, Kaduna – 16, Gombe – 13,…

It was joy at the full time whistle for Frank Lampard and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as they steered their clubs into the Champions League in their first full seasons in charge. At the other end of the table, Aston Villa secured their Premier League status, thanks to a goal from Jack Grealish in a 1-1 draw. It wasn’t easy but we got the job done See you next season, @ChampionsLeague ?#MUFC #UCL pic.twitter.com/gUjoM8bZ7C — Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 26, 2020 Chelsea’s two-goal first half lead over Wolverhampton Wanderers saw them go into the final 45 minutes of the season in…

Seven persons have died of COVID-19 in Akwa Ibom State since the ravaging pandemic broke out in Nigeria. Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State stated this on Saturday during a routine interactive session with the citizens aired by state-owned radio and television stations. However, Akwa Ibom has recorded 208 COVID-19 cases, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control- NCDC. Emmanuel stated, “Since COVID-19 started in Nigeria, we have lost seven who had tested positive for COVID-19. Unfortunately, almost all of them came for treatment when they were at a helpless point. “And what we are experiencing nowadays in the…

In preparation for the local government elections on October 31, Akwa Ibom Independent Electoral Commission has re-aligned electoral wards and created 39 new ones for use during the forthcoming elections in the state. By this, AKISIEC has created 13 electoral wards in each of the three Senatorial Districts of the state, bringing the total number of wards to 368. Before now, the state had 329 electoral wards spread across the 31 local government areas of the state. Addressing the press at AKISIEC Office, 5 Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo on Sunday, Elder Aniedi-Abasi Ikoiwak, the AKISIEC Chairman, said this was done…

A popular Nigerian pastor has blasted National Assembly for stopping the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio from spilling beans during the public hearing investigating alleged financial malfeasance of the Niger Delta Development Commission. In a short video that has gone viral, Rev. Ntia Ntia, the senior Pastor of Full Life Christian Centre, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria was unhappy that the House of Representatives probe panel did not allow the minister to mention members involved in alleged corruption of NDDC. Akpabio who appeared before the probe panel Monday to answer questions on the accusations of purported mismanagement…

A pastor’s son from Akwa Ibom State who disobeyed the Biblical injuction “Thou shall not covet thy neighbour’s wife … nor anything that is thy neighbour’s” has entered the trap of the state Police Command. A 29-year-old Victor Felix Ukpong of 28 Okon Dan Street in Abak Local Government Area had been nabbed for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in his bedroom. A police source indicated that the mother of the victim took her to her pastor’s house for custody while she went to market, but the pastor’s son took advantage of the victim and raped her. CSP N-Nudam K.…

A tearful Kylian Mbappé limped off with an apparent ankle injury as Paris Saint-Germain beat 10-man Saint-Étienne 1-0 to win the French Cup on Friday. The injury to Mbappé, who returned to the sideline on crutches, took the gloss off a record-extending 13th cup success and raised concerns ahead of PSG’s Champions League quarterfinal against Atalanta next month. Saint-Étienne center half Loïc Perrin was sent off in the 30th minute for clumsily hacking down Mbappé as he sprinted past, and Mbappé’s right ankle appeared to buckle under him. “It just cracked a bit,” Mbappé told French President Emmanuel Macron after…

BBNaija housemates- Kaisha and Lucy- were embroiled in a midnight fight occasioned by name-calling, an action that amazed Praise. Since the two housemates moved into the house, they have been at each other’s throat, a situation that the duo engaged in a heated exchange of words and a shouting match and name-calling. After Kaisha had complained about her sleeping spot, Lucy fired the first salvo by insinuating that Kaisha acts like a baby and is also indecisive. Kaisha retorted by asking Lucy to “shut up” and described her an “old cargo.” The unsavoury comment led to a shouting match that…

Nigeria Friday night recorded 591 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 39,000. Unlike the 20 infections Akwa Ibom recorded on Thursday, the state has recorded 12 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 208. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released the latest figures on Friday night in a tweet said the infections were reported in 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Unlike previous cases, Oyo State overtook Lagos with a record 191 new infections. While Lagos came second on the list with 168 cases, the FCT recorded…