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Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea progressed to round 16 of African Cup of Nations following humiliating thrashing of host Ivory Coast on Monday. While Nigeria knocked out Guinea-Bissau with a 1-0 win, Ivory Coast slipped to the brink of a humiliating exit from the Africa Cup of Nations suffering a 4-0 thrashing by Equatorial Guinea in their final Group A game in Abidjan. A first-half Opa Sangante own goal gave Nigeria a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau on Monday as the Super Eagles clinched their place in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations. Sangante emphatically turned a Moses Simon…

Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has continued to revel in a bevy of felicitations on his recent victory over governorship election at the Supreme Court. The latest comes from the former members of the House of Representatives (PDP), Akwa Ibom State, who congratulated the Governor on his victory at the Apex Court. This was contained in a press release jointly signed by Rt. Hon. (Obong) Eno Akpan, Chairman; Rt. Hon. Peter L. Umoh, Secretary and Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Obot, Deputy Chairman of the forum, on Monday, January 15. According to the release, the victory bears eloquent testimony of his…

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Sunday defended its October 7 attacks against Israel but admitted to “faults” and called for an end to “Israeli aggression” in Gaza, as the health ministry said the death toll passed 25,000.   Southern Gaza is the latest focus of Israel’s battle to destroy the Islamist group responsible for the deadliest attack in the country’s history. In its first public report on the attacks that began the war, Hamas said they were a “necessary step” against Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and a way to secure release of Palestinian prisoners. Israeli Prime Minister…

The planned relocation of the headquarters of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from Abuja, the nation’s federal capital to Lagos is facing a groundswell of oppositions. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) that kicked against the move by Federal Government described it as a deliberate plot against the northern region. A week ago, FAAN’s Managing Director, Olubunmi Kuku, in a signed internal memo for the Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Festus Keyamo, directed relocation of the agency’s headquarters from Abuja to Lagos. The agency explained that the decision was meant to help…

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, All Progressives Congress (APC), hitherto dogged by intra-party crisis, appears to be on a fence mending to grab Akwa Ibom State. At the moment, Pastor Umo Eno who is the Akwa Ibom Governor is a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a party that has dominated the state since 1999. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio imagined that it would be an aberration if the party does not produce a Governor in Akwa Ibom State in 2027. Speaking at a meeting of the APC leaders in Uyo, the state capital, Akpabio said “It will be…

The four remaining members of the Ariyo family and three other residents abducted from Sagwari Estate in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have secured freedom.  The gunmen invaded the estate opposite Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Dutse, around 8 p.m. on January 7, 2024, and abducted Mrs. Ariyo, and her four children. The kidnappers demanded N60 million and N50 million ransom respectively from the families of the victims. Following their inability to pay the huge ransom, the kidnappers killed 13-year-old Michelle Ariyo, Talatu and one of the hotel staff, Akpagher Joseph Terzungwe. After killing them, the…

The four remaining siblings of the late Nabeeha Al-Kadriyah have regained freedom, Daily Trust reported. The sisters were abducted alongside their father early January. They were kidnapped at Sagwari Estate Layout in the Dutsen-Alhaji area, Bwari of the Federal Capital Territory. Their abductors had given a deadline for the payment of ransom, and failure of the family to meet their demand led to the killing of Nabeeha. After killing the victim, the bandits raised the ransom from N60 million to N100 million, threatening to kill the remaining sisters. But as of the time of filing this report (12:30 am on Sunday),…

American rapper, Snoop Dogg said he was close to becoming an OnlyFans star, but turned down a $100M offer from the X-rated platform because of his wife, Shante Broadus. The rapper, 52, appeared on Slink Johnson’s Instagram Live show, Wake & Bake with Double S Express, where he shared the reason he turned down the lucrative offer. ‘‘They were like, “OnlyFans wants you to come on there, Snoop. You could do about $100 million. All you gotta do is pull that thang out,’’ he said. He explained that there was no possibility his wife, 52, of 27 years was going to let that happen. ‘‘I’m…

The security caused by the recently inaugurated Adat Ifang Divisional Police Headquarters in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State is said to have stirred up many people to rush for land in the area. The police headquarters built and donated by Obong Alexander Udo Unwa Ekpo Foundation to police was inaugurated by the State Commissioner for Police, Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi on December, 2023. The area hitherto noted for such crimes as kidnapping, robbery and burglary, among other vices forced many villagers of Ikot Edem Ewa and Ikot Udo and their adjoining villages in Adat Ifang Clan, Ukanafun to…

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), Thursday, described Nigeria’s government structure as fragile. Agbakoba, who stated this at a press conference held in his office in Lagos, insisted that Nigeria’s current governance structures are too weak and needed to be strengthened through critical laws and policies. The senior lawyer stated that people cannot continue to assume that the component units in the country want to stay together without asking themselves the important questions of, ‘Do we want to be one? If the answer is yes, how will do so?” According to him, Nigeria would…