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A Nigerian Professor in Akwa Ibom State has been jailed three years for perjury and publishing false election results.  Ignatius Uduk, a professor of Human Kinetics at the University of Uyo, was prosecuted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on charges of perjury and announcing and publishing false results during the 2019 general elections in Essien Udim State Constituency, where he served as the returning officer. His conviction and sentencing came four years after his colleague, Peter Ogban, a professor of Soil Science at the University of Calabar, was jailed three years for a similar offence. Related posts Nigerian…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N1.334 trillion for the commencement of the Calabar and Akwa Ibom session of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway.  This was stated by the Minister of Works, Engineer Dave Umahi, after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Umahi said while the Section one and Section two of the Coastal Highway is ongoing in Lagos and Ogun state, the President has directed that work should begin on the Calabar and Akwa Ibom session. He said, “We have the Lagos-calabar coastal highway, Mr President graciously directed that while the sections one and…

By Agency Report China has placed counter tariffs on US imports that will come into effect on February 10 after President Donald Trump placed 10 percent levies on Chinese goods. For instance, China put several companies, including Google, on notice for possible sanctions, in a measured response to the sweeping duties on Chinese imports imposed by President Donald Trump. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have announced a 30-day suspension on US tariffs after an agreement was reached with Trump. The Mexican and Canadian leaders have agreed to send thousands of police to their borders with the US to fight drug trafficking and undocumented migration.…

Beyoncé has finally won the coveted “Album of the Year” award at the 67th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, becoming the most-awarded artist in Grammys history, with 35 trophies. Her eighth studio album, “Cowboy Carter,” which celebrates the Black roots of country music, earned her the top prize after years of being passed over in the category. Moreover, Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, also known as Tems was among the winners at the 67th Grammy Awards held on Sunday, at the Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, United States of America. The event, hosted by Trevor Noah for the 50th year, honoured 2024’s…

Israel Adesanya, the former UFC title holder, suffered another back-to-back  defeat as he was knocked out by Nassourdine Imavov during the main event of UFC Fight Night in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, February 1. The 30-year-old Frenchman lived up to his nickname, “The Sniper,” landing a lightning-fast precision right hand early in the second round, signalling the beginning of the end for Adesanya. The decisive moment came just 30 seconds into the second round when Imavov landed a powerful right cross followed by a clean left uppercut and a flurry of ground strikes, leaving Adesanya unable to recover.  The first…

Fire has sent 30 passengers to their early graves in an auto crash that occurred in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Ondo State. The incident occurred on Saturday, when two commercial buses had a head-on collision and burst into flames at the Onipetesi axis along the Ore/Lagos Expressway. With 32 passengers involved in the accident, 28 were burnt beyond recognition while two survivors rescued with serious injuries died before getting to the hospital. Also read: Auto crash Spares Corpse, Consumes four in Akwa Ibom  Two other passengers are still receiving treatment. According to sources, the accident was caused…

An Akwa Ibom-born legal practitioner has taken swipe at the way the state financial resources are spent by past and present elected office holders to the detriment of the poor masses. Inibehe Effiong who in his X on Sunday was unhappy with the manner of spending of the financial resources by the past and present Governors in the state. Effiong wrote ‘‘I find it upsetting when some people complain about my acerbic choice of words whenever I respond to the stealing of public resources by evil politicians. ‘‘You want me to be nice and diplomatic with savages and arrogant thieves…

The Commissioners for Sports and Chairmen of Sports Commissions in the nine mandate states of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have hailed the leadership of the commission for establishing the Niger Delta Sports Festival, saying it will greatly impact sports and human capital development across the region. At a stakeholders meeting of the NDDC with the head of sports in the states, held at the NDDC Headquarters on Friday, January 31, the delegates unanimously expressed their excitement at the intervention of the NDDC in the region’s sports sector, especially with the initiative of the competition, which they described as…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) began nationwide enforcement of third-party vehicle insurance that kicked off February 1, 2025, mounting roadblocks and impounding defaulting vehicles. In Akwa Ibom, the State Police Command mounted road blocks at various points and impounded defaulting ones over non-compliance with the Third Party Vehicle Insurance scheme on Saturday Led by the state Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, the enforcement team stopped and checked vehicles of different makes plying major routes in the state. Also read Recall that the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, directed all the police commands in the country to…

Reigning Champions league champions, Real Madrid will lock horns with the 2023 winners Manchester City in the biggest tie of the play-off round of this season’s Champions League, following Friday’s draw. It is the fourth year in which the sides have been drawn against each other in a knockout tie, with Real emerging victorious in a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals last season. City, who scraped through after finishing 22nd in the league phase in this first season of the new format for Europe’s elite club competition, will be at home in the first leg before going to Spain for…