Female Students in Akwa Ibom State have been advised to eschew all vices, take their studies seriously and work hard towards becoming prominent women in the society in future. The wife of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Patience Umo Eno, gave the charge on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, when she paid an unscheduled visit to Community Commercial Secondary School, Ikono Uyo, Uyo, to mark the International Day of the Girl Child with a cross section of female students. The First Lady admonished the girls to honour their bodies and keep away from all immoral acts that are capable of truncating…
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The main political parties have pledged peaceful polls, but the deaths of three people in clashes last month between rival political camps have fuelled fears of electoral violence in the country. Violence marred the close of Liberian President George Weah’s re-election campaign on Sunday, with scuffles between his supporters and members of the opposition breaking out during a parade in capital Monrovia, an AFP journalist saw. No official toll was available on Sunday evening, but AFP counted at least five men with injuries, some with large gashes on their heads. Supporters of former football star Weah’s political group, the Coalition…
“I sincerely do not agree with the European Union on their stance about the past election in Nigeria. I do solemnly take exceptions to their stance.” The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has faulted the European Union (EU)’s report about the 2023 elections. In June, the EU presented its report about the elections and gave six areas to work on including ensuring the real-time publication and access to election results. But on Monday, Wike said the report did not give the true position of the last poll held in the country. “I sincerely do not agree…
Mrs Oromoni who appeared in court visibly shaken, rained curses on her son’s killers and broke down at intervals while giving her evidence. The coroner inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, on Monday, listened to the testimony of the deceased’s mom, Mrs Rosemary Oromoni. Mrs Oromoni who appeared in court visibly shaken, rained curses on her son’s killers and broke down at intervals while giving her evidence. In her testimony, she started by saying that she received a message from the school that her son was injured…
“You will pay them. After some time, I will put my feet on the ground. Pay them when you delay, cancel their flight.” By Emmanuel Egobiambu The Federal Government says it will soon issue an order, compelling airline operators to start paying compensation to passengers for delayed and cancelled flights not attributed to natural occurrences. Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo said this during a meeting with airline operators in Abuja on Monday. “On delayed flights, I want to speak for ordinary Nigerians who complain every day [about] delayed, cancelled flights. I know you have said all your reasons. You have blamed…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, says the current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given more room to women to contribute their own quota to national development. According to her, efforts to reshape Nigeria and address societal ills plaguing the female gender require active participation of women. She said this when she granted audience to the Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who led senior female police officers on a courtesy visit to her office at the State House, Abuja, according to a statement by her media aide, Busola Kukoyi, on Monday. “It is the beginning of…
Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Felix Iloghevbo for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old daughter. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the suspect committed the crime on September 19, 2023, in the Idokpa community, Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state. He said operatives of the Egba Divisional Headquarters, while acting on credible information, arrested the suspect who he said confessed to the crime while the victim was taken to a hospital for a medical examination. “The men of the Egba Division arrested Iloghevbo after they…
Alex Enumah harps on the need by the Supreme Court to thoroughly scrutinise the Chicago State University’s academic record of President Bola Tinubu tendered before it last week, not just in the interest of justice regarding the petition of Atiku Abubakar, but in the overall interest of the Nigerian nation. President Bola Tinubu’s educational history have been one that has been enmeshed in one controversy or another since 1999, when he contested for the office of governor of Lagos State. Since then, the issue has refused to go away, reaching its crescendo with the 2023 general elections. Even before Tinubu declared…
By Rushdi Abu Alouf & Oliver Slow BBC News, Gaza City and London The Gaza Strip could be on the brink of a new humanitarian crisis if supplies are not allowed in, authorities say, as Israel responds to the Hamas attacks. On Monday Israel declared a “complete siege” on the territory – saying electricity, food, fuel and water would be cut off. According to residents, aid has not reached the enclave since Saturday. BBC footage shows deserted streets covered with rubble from collapsed buildings following Israeli airstrikes. Nearly 700 people have died in these attacks and thousands more are reported…
Israel’s response to attacks from Gaza by the Islamist militant group Hamas will change the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. “What Hamas will face will be harsh and terrible,’’ Netanyahu told officials from towns in southern Israel. We are only at the beginning,” he said. Israeli airstrikes have pounded targets in the Gaza Strip in response to attacks launched by Hamas on Saturday that left more than 700 Israelis dead. Another 2,400 were injured, and Hamas militants took more than 100 captive Israelis back to the Gaza Strip. However, more than 558 people in Gaza have…