The Police in Lagos have arrested 33 persons allegedly involved in the clash on Wednesday between two rival cult groups at Fadeyi-Onipanu area where two persons were killed. Spokesman of the command, DSP Bala Elkana, made this known in a statement on Thursday, and said that two locally-made short guns with 10 live cartridges and […]
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By Pope Benedict XVI On February 21 to 24, at the invitation of Pope Francis, the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences gathered at the Vatican to discuss the current crisis of the faith and of the Church; a crisis experienced throughout the world after shocking revelations of clerical abuse perpetrated against minors. The extent […]
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“A society without God – a society that does not know Him and treats Him as non-existent – is a society that loses its measure.” Breaking years of silence on major church affairs, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has written a lengthy letter devoted to clerical sex abuse in which he attributes the crisis to a […]
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Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, late on Wednesday said that there were 401 historical and religious sites in Ile Ife that could be likened to those found in other parts of the world. He also narrated the mysteries and the histories behind most of the sites that served as the living places for those […]
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The Senate has asked the Federal Government to secure the release of the last Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, from the captivity of the Boko Haram. The appeal follows a Point of Order by Senator Shehu Sani during plenary on Thursday. He drew the attention of the Federal Government to the continuous captivity of Leah […]
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Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on Wednesday said that whenever people use the search engine Google to source information, they are consulting Ifa – a divination oracle. He said that the universal search engine, Google, originated from Ifa oracle, adding that without Ifa, Google would not have been created. Oba Ogunwusi said this during […]
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The Senate has proposed that a N10 billion intervention be made part of the 2019 Budget to assist persons displaced by banditry in Zamfara. This followed a motion by Senator Kabiru Marafa on Wednesday at the Upper Chamber. The Senate further called for establishment of a 10-year Presidential Initiative to cater to the needs of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with service chiefs. The meeting started at the President’s office in the State House around 11am. Discussions at the meeting would dwell on the security situation in the country. It would specifically address the increasing banditry attacks in the North Western states, killings in Kaduna state […]
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The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu on Monday struck out the petition filed by Action Peoples Party (APP) challenging the victory of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as the winner of the March 9 governorship election in the state. The tribunal, chaired by Justice I. M. Sambo, struck out the petition after entertaining a motion […]
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Politicians and their agents are responsible for the large scale malpractices and widespread violence that marred the 2019 general elections. This was the submission of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu; Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba among […]
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