Day: August 1, 2022

Starving 2-yr-old Akwa Ibom boy labelled a witch, reunites with family

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On January 30, 2016, the Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Lovén, rescued the boy and gave him the name ‘Hope.’ Hunger almost sipped the life out of a two-year-old starving boy in an Akwa Ibom community in 2016 until a Danish woman rescued him. The starving boy was labelled a ‘witch’ and then punished with the worst deprivation ever – the lack of clothing, food, shelter, family and love. He was left to die of starvation by the combined decision of his parents and community. On January 30, 2016, the…

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BREAKING: U.S. kills al-Qaida leader, Al-Zawahri,

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The United States killed Al-Qaeda leader, Ayman Al-Zawahri, in a drone strike over the weekend, three people briefed on the operation told POLITICO. The strike was conducted by the CIA, according to two of the people, with one saying it took place in Kabul. Al-Zawahri was an Egyptian who took over Al-Qaeda after the U.S. killed its longtime leader, Osama bin Laden, in 2011. He never achieved the household name status of his predecessor, but Al-Zawahri’s killing is nonetheless a major win for the United States in the ongoing struggle…

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Ex -APC presidential aspirant, Ogbonnia endorses Obi
…says Obi on democratic revolution

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Mandy Park Former Presidential Aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2019 presidential election, Dr. SKC Ogbonnia has said he would support the presidential ambition of the Labour Party (LP) candidate Mr.He said Obi and Datti combination was a perfect match with capacity to turn Nigeria around. Ogbonnia said that his endorsement of Obi was because the LP presidential candidate is a ‘Democratic Revolution Whose Time Has Come,’ adding that with every sense of patriotism he was joining the Nigerian masses to endorse Mr. Peter Obi of the…

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Imo govt clears N1.6b debt, regains ownership of Standard Shoe Company from AMCON

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By Mandy Park Imo state government has finally received back the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of the Standard Shoe Company Limited, Owerri from the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON).AMCON, seized the shoe industry several years ago following the state’s inability to off-set the company’s N1.6 billion debt. The Executive Director, AMCON, Mr. Eberechukwu Uneze, disclosed this, while giving the certificate to the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, in Abuja on Friday. In a statement issued by the governor’s media aide, Oguwike Nwachuku, Uneze, further disclosed that the…

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