Veteran Nollywood actress Ngozi Ezeonu has warned that any lady who shows up to her audition without a bra will be disqualified. Ezeonu became a trending topic on X after a video went viral, showing her reprimanding two ladies for not wearing bras during an audition. In the video, Ezeonu, who was one of the judges, expressed her displeasure at the women’s outfits. She stated that anyone dressed in such a manner would immediately be disqualified from auditions she oversees. The actress questioned the women about their outfits, stating that it was wrong, whether they were “Marlians” or not. She…
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The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has given an insight to the non-inclusion of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway in the 2025 budget attributing it to an error of omission amid concerns by operators over the exclusion of the multi-billion naira project in the appropriation bill. In a video clip on X (formerly Twitter), the minister said, “What you have in the budget was Lagos-Port Harcourt Highway, it is supposed to be Lagos-Calabar Highway, so we are interfacing with the committee chairman in this regard.” However, in an interview with Saturday PUNCH earlier, the Managing Partner, KPT Associates Ltd, Dr Chukwuma…
A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has alleged that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo stopped him from distributing electricity to the people of the South-South states after he built a 191 megawatts power generation station. Attah, who was Akwa Ibom governor from May 1999 to May 2007, the same time Obasanjo was Nigeria’s democratically elected president, said the then president instructed that the electricity generated from the Akwa Ibom power plant be added to the national grid. The octogenarian was a guest on the Friday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nsukka zone in Enugu State, on Thursday said that the benefits of students loan scheme of the Federal Government must not replace the agency funding infrastructures in tertiary institutions across the country as it had yet to pass the test of time. Our correspondent reports that ASUU has vowed to fight relentlessly within its capacity to save the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) established in 2011 following its struggle from being abrogated under the Nigeria Tax Bill (2024) for the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund). Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Raphael Amokaha, while briefing…
The Pro-Nyesom Wike Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, paid a solidarity visit to the Chukwuemeka Aaron-led Rivers State Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday. The visit follows a planned visit by the Robinson Ewor-led PDP to take leadership of the party after a Rivers State High Court nullified the congresses that produced Chukwuemeka and executives at other levels. A Rivers High Court, headed by Justice Stephen Jumbo on the 13 of January 2025, delivered a judgement nullifying the congresses which led to the emergence of the Robinson Ewor, a pro-Siminalayi Fubara filling in the void created…
The Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of two oil thieves with forfeiture of their vessel. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State sentenced one Olufunsho Dayo Chevy and fellow accomplice, Uwem Udo Nya on a one-count charge bordering on stealing and unlicensed dealing on petroleum products. A vessel, MT New Angel and a company, Edi Eurolink Distribution were also ordered by the court to be forfeited to the federal government in the ruling. They were sentenced to pay a fine…
Arewa Youths for Peaceful Coexistence (AYPC) has called on the relevant security agencies, including the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), to investigate the alleged threat recently made to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, by Asari Dokubo. AYPC FCT Chapter Coordinator, Hon. Ambassador Mark Okpanachi Ogah, who made this call on Wednesday in Abuja, said Nigeria is a sovereign state governed by the rule of law, and no individual is above this law. He urged Dokubo to cease all verbal attacks and baseless threats against the FCT Minister. “We call…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has assured widows of fallen soldiers who served in various theatres of conflict around the world that his government will continue to stand by them in prayers and support. Eno gave the assurance during the Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration held at Cenotaph, Uyo, the state capital, on Wednesday. The governor highlighted the patriotic zeal of the Nigerian Armed Forces, recalling the Okuama incident in Delta State, where some Nigerian soldiers, fired by patriotic zeal, went to restore peace to the troubled communities but ended up paying the supreme price for the nation.…
The Akwa Ibom State male team is determined to retain their title in the 2025 Nigerian Secondary School Flag Football League (NSSFFL) Season 3 – Aketi Bowl II. The team, which triumphed last year in Akure, Ondo State, is ready to defend their championship with a stronger, more technically skilled squad. Team captain, 17-year-old Emmanuel Iyaknse Isaac, expressed confidence in their ability to win again, noting that the team has made significant strides since last year’s victory. “We’ve built a solid team, and we’re certain of winning the top prize of One Million Naira and scholarships,” Isaac said. “It feels…
The Speaker, Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, Mr. Udeme Otong, has urged medical doctors in the state to stay committed to their core responsibility of saving lives. Otong made the call in Uyo at a meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, chapter. The speaker said that it was important for medical doctors to remain committed to their professional calling by ensuring improved services at healthcare facilities in the state. He said that the Gov. Umo Eno-led administration was committed to boosting healthcare delivery through policy initiatives that would promote…