The presidency has lashed out at the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, describing his Sunday’s criticism of the Muhammadu Buhari administration as ungodly. He had in his Easter Message on Sunday hit at the Buhari-led federal government over the grave security situation in Nigeria. Easter is the celebration of the death and resurrection of […]
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The former senator, who represented Kaduna Central at the Eighth Senate, Shehu Sani, has warned Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to be careful in his dealings with northerners, especially their elite, saying that most of them are hypocrites that would pull him down in his presidential ambition. Sani, while shedding light on his recent tweet to Tinubu […]
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The Federal Government has commenced decentralisation of international passports in the 774 local government areas. The process started with inauguration of Passports Express Centre at Maitama District, Abuja. International passports, according to the Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, will now be available within 24 hours nationwide under the new Maitama Passport Express Centre (MPEC). Aregbesola […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday advised a former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, to re-dedicate his life to working for the prosperity of those in need and inspire others to be patriotic. He made the call while congratulating Oshiomhole on his 69th birthday. His congratulatory message was contained in a […]
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Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to redeploy Oyo State Commissioner of police, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko. Adams, in a statement, on Sunday, by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, blamed the Oyo CP for her roles in the detention of the three members of the Oodua […]
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Tunde Bakare, overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, says the current state of the nation does not reflect the President Muhammadu Buhari he knew when he was his running mate in 2011, noting that his legacy is in grave danger of being confined to an unsavoury side of history. […]
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Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi Blessing, after celebrating Easter Mass on April 04, 2021 at St. Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Filippo Monteforte /Pool /AFP) Pope Francis urged Catholics to remain hopeful in his Easter Sunday address, calling vaccines an “essential tool” in ending the pandemic and […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a prominent religious leader in the North, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have recommended special courts to try bandits, kidnappers and carriers of unlawful weapons in Nigeria. They made this known in a jointly signed communique issued after they held a closed-door meeting at the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, on Sunday. Gumi, […]
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We celebrate today as Easter Sunday. For Christians the world over, the weekend marks the conclusion of the holy season of Lent, which started on Ash Wednesday and it celebrates the central mystery that defines the Christian faith – the suffering, death, and resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ the Son of God. It […]
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Prominent Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, is currently in a meeting with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. Obasanjo’s spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi, confirmed the meeting. “I am not there and the meeting is still going on,” Akinyemi said when asked what the meeting is about. “It is not just the two of them present; […]
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