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                          BY KENNETH JUDE, UYO. A well-fiitted milky coloured suit, sleek black bow tie, a shiny black pair of shoes and a mien that oscillated intermittently from laughter to gazing into space for long periods without looking at anything in particular, Former Reverend Father Patrick Edet, the resignee priest, walked down the aisle with his heartthrob, former miss Inyene Sampson Akpan in a blaze of glory, Saturday.  Ibom Hall was the venue of this epic, long awaited marriage. This was a marriage among marriages. MC for the day, Akparawa Michael Bush aptly captured it as "wedding of the millennium". After the wedding at Cana where Jesus turned water into wine, the ace broadcaster reckoned that this was another big time wedding. To a large extent, he was right. At any rate, it was a wedding of an ex-priest who embraced the soutane for 14 years and elected, with steely grit, to drop it and all it appurtenances for a wedding suit and ring. This moving spectacle

Persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have unleashed terror on three communities in Kogi State, leaving 25 people dead. Oganienugwu and Ikende communities in Dekina Local Government Area were affected; as well as Abejukolo in Omala LGA, all in the EasEastern Senatorial district of the state.As at the time of filing this report, villagers were reportedly moving out of Obakume, Idirisu, and Oji Apata to escape possible attacks. Our correspondent gathered that 25 people were killed in the sustained attack which started on Tuesday and continued till Thursday. A detachment of police and soldiers have been drafted to quell the violence. Eye witness account told our correspondent that the mode of killing employed by the hoodlums was to slaughter the victims after tying them up; while those who attempted to escape alleged received machete cuts. Our source said villagers were woken up by gunshots by the hoodlums dressed in army uniform. Our correspondent also gathered that gun

Rapper Olamide Adedeji popularly known as ‘Baddo,’ on Thursday, announced the launch of his Television Channel, `Voice Of The Streets’. The science student crooner who is set to launch the new station said it is ‘a birthday gift to myself’. Olamide dedicated the station to his family, especially his late mother who passed away recently, his son and his record label YBNL. Olamide, 29, shared the news through his instagram handle @baddosneh, where he wrote, “I dedicate this television station to my late mum and dad. Thanks for letting me chase my dream. “Also to my son Batifèori Maximiliano Adedeji when I look up in the sky I ask myself why am I trying to live, if I’m just living to die, but when I look down I see the answer. “Thanks for making me a better man. This is also for the day ones who have been supporting ruthlessly through the thick and thin. “Those who believed in me when I didn’t even have an idea how far I would go in this journey. “This is also a harbing

     Ladies and Gentleman, great news, it looks like we’ll be back in  Wakanda  in the nearest future! Marvel Studios President  Kevin Feige   made it known in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that  Black Panther 2  is  absolutely  happening. In the interview he was asked to spill the tea on Black Panther sequel and he said ... ''Nothing specific to reveal, other than to say we absolutely will do that. One of the favorite pastimes at Marvel Studios is sitting around on a Part One and talking and dreaming about what we would do in a Part Two. There have been plenty of those conversations as we were putting together the first   Black Panther . We have ideas and a pretty solid direction on where we want to head with the second one.'' The Marvel movie, starring  Chadwick Boseman ,  Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira  and  Letitia Wright,  is already the biggest box office movie of 2018, having crossed the $1 Billion mark. Bell

An unidentified woman and her child have been reportedly burnt beyond recognition in a car accident along Amassoma road, Bayelsa state. According to unconfirmed reports, the accident was caused following a suspected police chase. The incident is said to have caused a tension in the area with many residents trooping out to visit the accident scene/  See pictures below;

     Rivers state governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has signed three bills into law, the laws are: The Rivers State Secret Cult and Similar Activities (Prohibition) (Amendment) law No.6 of 2018, Rivers State Kidnapping (Prohibition) (Amendment No.2) law No.7 of 2018, And the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Law No.8. Giving an overview of the law the majority leader of the House Hon Martin Amaehule explained that the laws are designed to provide stiffer penalty for people involved in kidnapping and cultism. Addressing the law makers, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike told them “what you have done today would go down in history that you have contributed to the security of the state”. He reiterated that the interest of Rivers State is paramount and there is need for stiffer penalty for cultists and kidnappers. The law prescribes life penalty for cultism and death penalty for any cultist convicted of murder. It also prescribes death penalty for kidnapping. The Governor advised

In follow up to the kidnapping of Mrs Tina Bob-Manuel, on 21/2/2018, IRT Operatives traced the kingpin, one Prosper David a “Militant General who embraced the federal Government Amnesty program but later formed a kidnapping gang in Bayelsa State. IRT Operatives have been on his trail for a long time after he masterminded the kidnap of Mrs Tina Bob-Manuel on 22/11/2017 in her shop located at No.107 Nvuigwe Road Woji Port-Harcourt and several other kidnappings. The suspect went underground after the collection of ransom in two installments and when he sensed that the Police were closing in on him, he changed his contact number known to his personal driver that was earlier arrested by the Police and relocated his family from Victory Estate Azikoro Yenagoa in December 2017 to the Creek all in a bid to avoid arrest. After about 90 days of painstaking intelligence gathering with Technical assistance Support from TIU, the suspect was tracked to Asiri area of Yenagoa Bayelsa state

                                        NDIFREKE JACOB. A security man was murdered near a bank in what seems to be a cult clash  in Calabar. According to report, the rival cult group murdered the security man in broad day light after two  cult groups had a face off which claimed the lives of two persons, one in  Calabar south and another in Calabar Municipal. The two victims were alleged to be members of Klans and Axe cult groups. Somebody from Klans killed an Axe man and the next morning there was a reprisal from . However, residents of the area have called on the state government and security operatives to come to their aid and help stop the senseless killings. Photo below: Viewers discretion Advised!

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has said that its operatives intercepted and seized 33 containers of Tramadol which were being conveyed to a yet-to-be-ascertained location in the country. The NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Christiana Adeyeye, disclosed this in Abuja while speaking at the National Chemical Security Training Conference.She also noted that operatives also seized three trucks filled with Tramadol at the Apapa Ports in Lagos State. The chemical conference was jointly organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser and the Chemical Security Programme. The NAFDAC DG said that an emergency should be declared over the abuse of drugs by youths and children in the country. Adeyeye said,  “We have to declare an emergency because of our youths and children who are abusing hard drugs. As I speak, we have about 33 containers of Tramadol that we intercepted. Those are the ones we could see. Some have exited the ports. “We have a b

Tragedy struck on Monday in Agodo community, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, when a suspected lunatic hacked to death two pupils of Saint John’s Anglican Primary School in the town. The suspect, identified as Lekan Adebisi, Daily Sun learnt, stormed the school at quarter past eleven in the morning during lunch break. The killer emerged from a nearby bush and attacked some pupils who were playing on the school field, it was learnt. In the ensuing melee, two male pupils in kindergarten class, identified as Mubarak Kalesowo and Sunday Obituyi, were hacked down. The suspect is said to have fled the scene immediately after the act. Our correspondent was informed by some sources that though the school was fenced, there was no gate to prevent unfettered access to the school compound. Meanwhile, when the news of the sad incident filtered into the community, Daily Sun further gathered, parents and guardians thronged to the school to withdrew their children.

Pastor Idahosa Iyawe of the StandPoint Church, Abuja has lost his wife to the cold hands of death. According to reports from the church, Omamen Iyawe, 29-year-old mom was deeply and intensely lost in worship, lifted up her hands and was called to a higher place of praise and worship. Her service of songs is set for tomorrow, March 14th in Abuja. May her soul find eternal peace.

Following the recent killings and kidnapping in Etim Ekpo, Ukanafun and other neighbouring Annang communities, the Akwa Ibom State Government on Monday declared curfew in these troubled local government areas to ensure that lives and property of residents of the area are safeguarded. In a press release made available to the general public, the Akwa Ibom state government through it's Commissioner for Information reiterates, that the decision was to ensure lives of people living in these troubled areas are secured and protected.  The Press Release below: GOVERNMENT OF AKWA IBOM STATE OF NIGERIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & STRATEGY Block 2, Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat, Uyo; citizen@akwaibomstate.gov.ng ; 0907 617 3782 (sms & whatsapp only) PRESS RELEASE RESTRICTION OF USE OF MOTORCYCLES AND MOVEMENT As part of efforts to ensure continued safety and security in Akwa Ibom State, the Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has directed as follows; 1. The enfo

                                              BY EVELYN A. BASSEY Worried by incessant threats to security of lives and property, the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has signed a prohibition order on the activities of cult groups and other unlawful societies in the state. Performing the brief ceremony at Government House, Uyo, Governor Emmanuel said that the order, which may be cited as "The Cultism and Other Violent Behaviour Prohibition Order 2018", takes effect from March 12, 2018. The Governor stated that the action was carried out in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 70 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap 38, volume 2 laws of Akwa Ibom State 2000, adding that the prohibition order was to re-energize the already existing law banning the operations of secret cults in the state. He noted that recent reports on security issues in Etim Ekpo, Ukanafun and Ikot Ekpene Local Government Areas, warranted the state government's a