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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…

After five years on the saddle as Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel has appointed his Chief of Staff . He is Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, the immediate past Commissioner for Works. The state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Charles Udoh announced this on Friday after an emergency State Executive Council meeting in Government House, Uyo. Inyang-eyen, an ONNA born erstwhile Customs Officer, was born on November 25, 1965. He attended Etinan Institute, Etinan; School of Basic Studies, Akamkpa, Cross River State; University of Ibadan, Oyo State and the University of Lagos, Lagos State.

By: Israel Umoh Senator Godswill Akpabio is one politician fond of using jaw-breaking jokes. He is gifted in using anecdotes to bring about comic reliefs to his listeners. To him, every political soapbox is a pulpit to a politician to achieve such purpose. The ex-Akwa Ibom governor at a political campaign grounds described Effiong Bob, a two-term Senator who represented Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District as ‘atama soup.’  ‘Atama’ leaf, a common feature in Akwa Ibom has tantalising scent and appetising smell. Akpabio likened Bob to ‘atama’ soup which if warmed regularly will bring out its best taste, saying…

Nigeria recorded 745 coronavirus, the single highest in one day  in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)  which announced this via its Twitter on Thursday also stated that 344 patientswere discharged from isolation centres across the country with five new deaths reported. Lagos State, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria, topped the number of confirmed cases with 280 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 7,896. Other cases show: Oyo-103, Ebonyi-72, FCT-60, Imo-46, Edo-34, Delta-33, Rivers-25, Kaduna-23, Ondo-16, Katsina-12, Kano-10, Bauchi-8, Borno-7, Kwara-5, Gombe-4, Sokoto-2, Enugu-2, Yobe-1, Osun-1, and Nasarawa-1.…