2023: RCCG’ll face moral crisis over Osinbajo, says Dele Momodu

Ovation Magazine boss, Dele Momodu, has warned the Redeemed Christian Church of God, saying it might face moral crisis if it supports Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Presidential ambition he’s allegedly nursing. RCCG, headed by Pastor Enoch Adeboye, had created the Office of Directorate of Politics and Governance to engage members willing to be involved […]

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Father of Briton tracing Nigerian roots died 1981 after car accident, investigation reveals

• Unraveling of 68-year-old Briton’s 29-year search for dad • Architect half-brother died 2021, buried in Lagos • I hope half-sister, others accept Paul – Wife, Jane “A search for a needle in a haystack” is what, perhaps, best describes the experience of a 68-year-old mixed-race Briton, Mr Paul Bolton, looking for his Nigerian father, […]

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Akwa Ibom shuts school as suspected cultist stabs student to death

Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel Akwa Ibom State Government has ordered the closure of the Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Aka Offot, in the Uyo Local Government Area of the state as suspected cultist, one Samuel Archibong, stabbed an SSS2 student, James Elijah, to death, on Thursday. A source told our correspondent, on Saturday, that […]

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Portugal detains rabbi over Abramovich naturalisation

Portuguese prosecutors have detained a rabbi and carried out raids over the naturalisation process of a number of Jewish people, including Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea football club. Portugal’s Public Prosecution Service said late Friday that it has detained the leader of Porto’s Jewish community, Daniel Litvak, as part of their investigation […]

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Crisis: Akpanudoedehe hasn’t resigned as CECPC secretary – APC

Alhaji Salisu Dambatta, Director of Publicity of the All Progressives Congress has debunked reports that John Akpanudoedehe resigned as the Secretary of the party’s Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee. Dambatta, in a press statement on Saturday, said Akpanudoedehe remains the party’s CECPC secretary. Dambatta said this while reacting to reports in the media that […]

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Buni remains in charge of APC as INEC scuttles governors’ ‘coup’

Party makes a U-turn, confirms Yobe governor’s leadership An attempt by some governors of the All Progressives Congress to sack the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni, seems to have hit a brick wall following the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the acting Chairman of […]

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FG shuts down illegal online banks, freezes business accounts

The Federal Competition Consumer Protection Commission, in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, National Information Technology Development Agency, and the Nigerian Police Force, on Friday, raided some illegal financial institutions operating on Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos. Among the financial institutions affected were, GoCash, Okash, EasyCredit, Kashkash, Speedy Choice, Easy Moni. […]

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Africa’s 125b oil reserves at risk – OPEC

Energy Transition Threatens 16tscm Of Gas Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has warned that the continuous push against hydrocarbon may threaten the future of crude oil and gas reserves in Africa. While the continent has about 125 billion crude oil reserves and 16 trillion standard cubic meters of natural gas, OPEC’s Secretary-General, Sanusi Barkindo, […]

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Student stabs mate to death in Akwa Ibom – Police

Police Inspector General Usman Baba The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed that a secondary school student, Samuel Archibong, of Community Secondary School, Aka Offot in Uyo has stabbed a school mate, James Elijah, to death. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Odiko Macdon, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Saturday. […]

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