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Rivers: Court remands pastor for sexual abuse of teen

Bishop Felix Okpara Duruebube From Tony John, Port Harcourt A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has remanded the pastor of a new generation ministry, Mercy House Church International, Bishop Felix Okpara Duruebube, at the PortHarcourt Correctional Centre. The cleric was remanded after he failed to meet up his bail conditions when he was […]

Impeachment: Oyo deputy gov sues House of Assembly

0 From Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan A new twist has been introduced to the impeachment move initiated by the Oyo State House of Assembly against the deputy governor of the state, Alhaji Rauf Olaniyan, as he has dragged the lawmakers to the state High Court, with a view to putting the process on hold.  The case […]

Tinubu certificate non-issue if INEC record-keeping is efficient – Uzodinma

Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has reacted to the certificates saga of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, saying that if the record-keeping of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is efficient and its server functional, the candidate does not need fresh submission […]

Call your soldiers to order – Monarch, Obono-Obla tells Army Chief

  The Chief of Army Staff has been beckoned upon to call his rampaging soldiers to order. A former presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla made the request after Soldiers assigned from Edor Barrack in Ikom, central Cross River State, to quell the communal skirmish between Nkor people of Yakurr LGA and Onyadama community in Abi LGA […]

Why I deliberately escaped from my Ibadan home during 2021 DSS attack — Igboho

By Adejayan Gbenga Gsong The Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as ‘Sunday Igboho’, on Friday night, in his residence at Cotonou, capital of the Republic of Benin, said he deliberately escaped from his Ibadan residence in the heat of the invasion by the agents of the Department of State Service (DSS) and […]

Catholic priest Christopher Odia was killed by kidnappers’

Catholic priest Christopher Odia was killed by kidnappers’ Rev. Father Christopher Odia The Edo Police Command has explained how the parish priest of St Michael Catholic Church, lkhabigbo, Etsako West local government area of the State, Rev Father Christopher Odia was killed by kidnappers soon after he was abducted while coming out for mass on […]

Twist in Ekweremadu’s UK case: Visa letter for organ donor emerges

Ike Ekweremadu and Nwanneka Ekweremadu A letter by Senator Ike Ekweremadu requesting British visa for a 15 year-old organ donor for his daughter, has emerged. The letter written 28 December 2021 expressly stated that the boy will be donating kidney to his daughter Sonia. “David and Sonia will be at the Royal Free Hospital London […]

2023: Why I visited Wike – Peter Obi

2023: Why I visited Wike – Peter Obi Published on June 23, 2022 By Fikayo Olowolagba Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has given reason he paid a visit to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Obi visited the former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at his private residence in Port Harcourt […]

Famous ex footballer, President George Weah, shoves presidential duties aside to show his “Buga” dance steps

Court stops INEC from ending voters’ registration

From Godwin Tsa, Abuja The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on  June 30. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon granted the restraining order after listening to arguments in respect of a motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had […]