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An Akwa Ibom person is among the 41 Ambassadors-designate now in waiting for approval by the Senate. He is Oboro Effiong Akpabio nominated as non-career ambassador by President Muhammadu Buhari. Others are: 1. Debo Adesina (Oyo) 2. Ademola Seriki (Lagos) 3. Dare Sunday Awoniyi (Kogi) 4. Engr Umar Suleiman (Adamawa) 5. L.S. Mandama (Adamawa) 6. Oboro Effiong Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) 7. Chief Elijah Onyeagba (Anambra) 8. Abubakar D. Ibrahim Siyi (Bauchi) 9. Philip K. Ikurusi (Bayelsa) 10. Hon. Tarzoor Terhemen (Benue) 11. Paul Ogba Adikwu (Benue) 12. Al-Bashir Ibrahim Al-Hassan (Borno) 13. Brig. Gen. Bwala Yūsuf, Bukar (Borno) 14. Prof.…

The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has ordered the management of MultiChoice to suspend the implementation of its new tariffs hike on different bouquets on its Digital Satellite Television, DSTV. The NBC Acting-Director General, Mr. Armstrong Idachaba, while briefing members of an Ad- Hoc Committee looking into the hike in tariffs on Tuesday at the National Assembly, said “I want to agree with the Committee and call on DSTV to suspend the hike in tariffs.” Also, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, announced Federal government’s plan to break the Sporting rights monopoly of DSTV. Mohammed told the lawmakers…

The Anambra State government says it has identified six herbal drugs that could be used to manage coronavirus in the state. Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra on Indigenous Medicine and Herbal Practice, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday that the agency had forwarded the products to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Ibezim said a team of medical experts was assembled to review the process before they decided to take the products to NAFDAC for its final confirmation and approval for public consumption. He said…

The Nigerian Navy Ship Jubilee (NNS) has arrested five suspected oil bunkering thieves and seized a vessel used for oil bunkering in Akwa Ibom State. The Commander of NNS Jubilee, Commodore Majid Ibrahim, told journalists while handing over the suspects and the vessel to officials of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikot Abasi on Tuesday. Ibrahim said that the vessel was seized during anti-illegal oil patrol by the Nigerian Navy along Uta-Ewa Creek on May 18. “In line with the Chief of the Naval Staff’s strategic directive and the need to secure Nigeria’s maritime domain against all forms…

Following the disenfranchisement of many members, election into the NNPC Abuja Cooperative Society has been declared inconclusive. The cooperative office, Abuja that conducted the election on Tuesday, June 30, declared it inconclusive owing to the disenfranchisement of about 4,000 out of 6,000 members of the society. The society had decided that online voting should be adopted in view of the Covid-19 pandemic using codes provided by the Nigerian communications satellite (NIG-COMSAT). However, the inability of about 4,000 members to access the codes generated arguments between the two contesting teams- The Consolidation and The Transformers. Speaking on the outcome of the…

In what appears as rapprochement, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike seems to be mellowing down over his dog-cat relationship with the APC-led Federal Government. This follows the refund of N78 billion to Rivers Government for repairs of Federal roads in the state. In reciprocation, Wike of PDP has extended olive branch to President Muhammadu Buhari by inviting him to a state visit in Rivers. In his Twitter handle, Wike “thanks @MBuhari for N78bn refund, invites him for state visit.” Recall that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved a refund of N148 billion spent on reconstruction of some federal roads…

From now on, Akwa Ibom State Police Command says the use of face masks by all persons in public places is compulsory, vowing to prosecute offenders. This, the command, pointed out is in line with its renewed determination to enforce the provisions of the Quarantine and Restriction of Movement Regulations, 2020 (as amended). A press release issued by CSP N-nudam K. Fredrick, the state Police Public Relations  Officer on Monday, explained “For the avoidance of doubt, paragraph 12 (1) of the Quarantine and Restriction of Movement (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020 states that ‘the use of face mask by all persons…

“The majority of people who contract the coronavirus will experience mild symptoms, the most common being a high temperature and a new, dry and continuous cough. A smaller percentage of people will experience more severe symptoms,” explains Dr. Daniel Atkinson, GP Clinical Lead at Treated.com. However, the coronavirus actually has a spectrum of symptoms. Some mild they are barely noticeable or easily confused with something else—it can go unnoticed or undiagnosed. These are the 17 subtle signs you’ve already had coronavirus. 1. Runny Nose, Sore Throat, and Congestion Dr. Atkinson maintains that the trifecta of a runny nose, sore throat,…

As the world battles Coronavirus, a group of infectious diseases researchers are afraid that a new strain of flu viruses discovered among pigs in China may mutate to infect human beings. COVID-19 that has killed more than 400,000 thousand people globally since it was first announced in November year originated from Wuhan in China. A report published by BBC News UK on its Twitter handle few hours ago said scientists are concerned that the flu could mutate further to spread from one person to another and can trigger a global outbreak like the novel Coronavirus. “So far, it hasn’t posed…

 Nigeria has recorded 566 new cases of COVID-19 across various states of the country. So far, 25,133 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nigeria, with 9,402 patients discharged and a record 573 deaths. Announcing via its official Twitter handle this evening, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated that 166 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 66 in Oyo, 53 in Delta and 26 in Federal Capital Territory. Other cases are Ebonyi-43, Plateau-34, Ondo-32, Ogun-25, Edo-24, Imo-15, Bayelsa-13, Benue-12, Gombe-11, Kano-11, Kaduna-11, Osun-8, Nasarawa-7, Borno-5, Katsina-2 and Anambra-2. NCDC ✔ @NCDCgov 566 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;…