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The annual Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival birthed with spectacular performances by popular gospel singers giving the excited audience their doses of ingenuity. Popular gospel musicians Mercy Chinwo, Moses Bliss, Aity Dennis Inyang and Bobby Friga were among those who ministered at the event. Major streets in Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital adorned with klied lights thus signaling 2023 Christmas in a grand style. Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno hailed the Carols as a valuable tradition and major indicator of the unity of the people of the state under one God and ancestry. Eno stated this while addressing congregants at…

In less than six months of pledging support to President Bola Tinubu, a former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has dragged and withdrew support to his administration. Dokubu, in a viral video clip on Wednesday, said that some Niger Delta people, and described President Bola Tinubu-led federal government as the worst ever. Both Tinubu and Dokubu are Muslims and members of APC. The former militant, who was a staunch supporter of Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, APC during the electioneering season, said the Ijaw ethnic group are already angry with the present government. He lamented that he earlier…

A former President, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has called on the 10th National Assembly to do away with Section 315 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended). Section 315 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), (hereinafter referred to as the Constitution) confers on the President the power to modify federal laws while a State Governor similarly has the power to modify state laws. Agbakoba said against the backdrop that it was a creation of the military, the section has become obsolete. Speaking Thursday in Abuja at a Lecture/Colloquium in honour of the 61st birthday of the President…

Nigeria’s annual inflation jumped to 28.20% in November from 27.33% in October, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. According to the  Statistics Office, food and non-alcoholic beverages were the biggest contributors to the rise in inflation. Recall that inflation in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has risen to double-digits since 2016, eroding incomes and savings and worsening a cost-living crisis in the continent’s most populous country. Meanwhile, the new governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has adopted an inflation-targeting policy and vowed to phase out the bank’s fiscal intervention programs in a bid to tame inflation. The…

An ex-Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, popularly known as ‘Okwadike’ has departed for eternal home, the family proclaimed. Aged 86, Mr Ezeife died at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, according to a statement on Friday by Rob Ezeife, on behalf of the family. “On behalf of the Ezeife Dynasty of Igbo-Ukwu, I wish to announce the promotion to glory of our most distinguished son, ‘Okwadike’, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON, a former federal permanent secretary, a former governor of Anambra State, a former political adviser to the (an ex-) president and former presidential aspirant,” the statement said. The statement said details…

The National Association of Labour Veterans (NALVET) would show strength by turning its Multipurpose Cooperative Society to a Micro Finance Bank, the Chairman announced Wednesday, 13 December. Comrade Asuquo Akang, the NALVET Chairman stated this during the handing-over ceremony and inauguration of a 13-member State Working Council at Sir Udo Kierian Akpan’s Hall, Workers’ Solidarity Centre, Atan Offot, Uyo. ‘‘Our aim is to transform NALVET’s Multipurpose Cooperative Society to a micro finance bank. We therefore strongly solicit for a grant to the Cooperative Society, to enable us achieve this. ‘‘This will help us to continue to give soft loans to…

It was a night of shocks and surprises as some teams termed underdogs triumphed over the big ones in the UEFA Champions League round–off matches played Wednesday night. Troubled Barcelona missed out on €2.8 million (£2.4m) of UEFA prize money, losing their last Champions’ League group game to Royal Antwerp. It was a drama-filled conclusion to Group H, as Royal Antwerp secured an emphatic 3-2 victory over Barcelona, while Porto joined them in the last 16 with a 5-3 win over Shakhtar Donetsk. There was early action across both games in Group H. Antwerp, the group’s bottom side, took a stunning lead after 76 seconds when 18-year-old Arthur Vermeeren…

A Nigerian clergyman has admonished Organised Labour to buckle up as Nigerians’ hope of resolving the country’s socio-economic challenges caused by predators lies with labour. The Organised Labour comprises Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). Preaching on the theme, If it had not been the Lord, Stanley Orji of God’s House of Refuge, Uyo said the hope of Nigerians coming out of the present quagmire lies with the movement. Orji, who spoke this at the Nigeria Labour Congress, Akwa Ibom State Council end-of-year thanksgiving service held at NLC Secretariat, Atan Offot, Uyo on Wednesday, decried hardships facing the…

Israel has begun pumping seawater into Hamas’ tunnels in Gaza to smoke out the terror group’s vast underground network.  Israel is said to have installed at least five pumps about a mile from the Al-Shati refugee camp in the north of the coastal enclave that could move thousands of cubic metres of water per hour, flooding 300 miles of tunnels. US officials have now revealed that the operation has begun, with the Biden administration being told that it will take weeks, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Though this is part of the military strategy to destroy the…

A victim of illegal organ harvesting, Saliman Adedoyin has sued Alliance Hospital, Abuja, demanding payment of N700 million compensation. Justice Abdullahi Aminu of FCT High Court, Monday, adjourned the suit to enable the parties to prepare for the hearing on February 19, 2024. The suit was brought by the father of a 16-year-old victim, Salaudeen Saliman  Adedoyin, against Dr Aremu Abayomi Adeniran, Dr. Christopher Otabor, and Alliance Hospital and Services Ltd. The case was instituted following a Daily Trust’s investigation that uncovered an organ harvesting syndicate and implicated Alliance Hospital. At the hearing, defence counsel, C. J. Dimgba, informed the court…