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Tears flowed freely as a speeding car crushed four children of the same parents at Uselu Motor Park in Edo State of Nigeria. It was said that they were trying to cross Benin-Lagos Highway when the BMW smashed them. Reports monitored from Daily Trust indicated that angry youths in the area set the car ablaze, but police stopped them from lynching the driver. The youths were said to have blocked the highway leading to a gridlock on the ever busy highway for several hours. Edo State Police Public Relationship Officer, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor confirmed the accident, and said police was…

Dr. Gambo Aliyu, Director-General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), has alerted that stigmatisation of those living with HIV/AIDS was not helping the agency in curbing the menace. Speaking during the opening of NACA’s first zonal operation office in Akwa Ibom, Aliyu said since people living with hypertension, diabetes and other chronic illnesses are not discriminated again, AIDS patients should not be stigmatized. “Stigma is one of the things we are having a renewed programme to fight because there is no way you can encourage people to come out to test for the HIV and access treatment…

CONSEQUENCES OF RECKLESS REPORTAGE ON THE JOURNALIST, MEDIA AND SOCIETY BEING A SPEECH BY RAY EKPU, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MAYFIVE MEDIA LIMITED AT AKWA IBOM JOURNALISM RETOOL HOUSE 2019, ORGANIZED BY THE NEXT EDITION CENTRE FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND GENDER ADVOCACY, ON OCTOBER 18, 2019 Protocols I don’t think there is any dispute today about the status of journalism as a profession. It is a profession because it has met all the five attributes of a profession. They are: (a) It has a body of knowledge which is multi-disciplinary (b) It has entry standard the minimum of which is…

Leicester are just five points behind league leaders Liverpool, who host Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, after a historic display that sank the Saints, who drop into the relegation zone on goal difference, at a soaking wet St. Mary’s Stadium. Despite the massive margin of victory they can still be caught by reigning champions Manchester City, who will retake second spot should they win as expected against Aston Villa Leicester City went into the Premier League record books on Friday with a 9-0 hammering of Southampton that equalled the biggest ever win in the history of the division. Ayoze Perez and…

Unknown gunmen kidnapped the wife of a staffer of ExxonMobil last week in Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The woman, Mrs Glory Ekerenam was said to be returning home when the gunmen accosted her at the gate of their house, abducted her and zoomed off with her in their car to an undisclosed location. Though the woman said to be a member of The Redeemed Christian Church of God has not been released, one of her church members confirmed the kidnap and said her abductors have placed a demand for payment of N30 million ransom. Her husband…

The Appeal Court, Friday, decided that the appeals of candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) arising from the State Assembly elections of 9th March, 2019 in respect of Essien Udim State Constituency be consolidated and heard together. The Court which heard the case between Mr. Esse Gerald Umoh of PDP and Mr. Nse Effiong Ntuen of APC ordered the Registry to inform the parties and fix a date for argument on the appeals to be heard and determined on or before the 24th of November, 2019. Mr. Esse Umoh had appealed the decision of the…

The Nigeria Police Force has released the names of successful applicants in its concluded recruitment exercise. A post on the verified Twitter handle of the Nigeria Police Force,@policeng, on Thursday, said the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had vetted the list. This was in violation of the order of Federal High Court, Abuja, which directed the police and the commission to maintain the status quo on the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 constables. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order at the hearing of the case on Wednesday. The suit was filed by the commission following the insistence of the police on…

Against the rising wave of kidnapping in Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom State, more than 10 persons abducted in various parts of the area by unidentified gunmen were said to have coughed up millions of Naira as ransoms to secure their release, investigation by Straightnews has shown. It is alleged that the persons comprising seven men and three women who were abducted between August and October, this year gained freedom after payment of various ransoms to their abductors. Recall that the Akwa Ibom Police Command had on Wednesday, September 25 banned commercial cyclists in Eket, to checkmate criminal…

As rains continue to come down in torrents this year, many families in Nigeria are in tears as flood has visited woes on them. In Akwa Ibom State, the heavy downpour of Tuesday, October 22 triggered ferocious flood to have washed away millions Naira farmlands and swept away household properties, causing many families to shed tears. On that day, some Nsekhe people in Ukanafun local government area wore mournful look as the flood wrecked havoc in many families forcing the victims to cry to high Heavens for assistance. Aged Emmanson Udom whose compound sits along Abak-Ukanafun Road is an eye…

By Udeme Nana Three unrelated events sum up the topic of this column today. One was the statement made by the Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom concerning the use of social media by youths to insult their elders. The Governor attributed this sorry state of our society to the abdication of parenting responsibilities. The second issue concerned the wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Aisha Buhari where she was recorded on video in a moment of madness by Fatima Daura, a tenant in Aso Rock quarters. Hear Fatima, perhaps young enough to be Mrs…