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  Pastor and prophet in charge of Genesis Parish of the Celestial Church of Christ, Alagbado, Lagos, Isreal Ogundipe, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for unlawfully converting a woman’s property and stealing. Ogundipe, who has been on trial since 2011, was charged with...

  The trial of erstwhile Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to Kwara State governor on Millenium Development Goals, MDGs, Alhaji Ope Saraki, commenced on Thursday, November 19, 2020 with the prosecution calling its star witness, Kunle Adimula. Saraki,  a cousin to the immediate past president of the Senate,  Dr. Bukola Saraki...

  The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has said the bank was stepping up awareness campaign and advocacy on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), particularly, the dreaded Diabetes, saying reports from credible organisations had shown that the diseases are spreading rapidly across Africa but regrettably most people are ignorant that they...

  Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Thursday said that the Federal Government of was not planning shutting it down social media in the country but regulate it. Mohammed disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja. The minister claimed social media was used wrongly to cause...

  Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education has reacted to a statement by the Nigerian government demanding that CNN be sanctioned. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information on Thursday said CNN should be sanctioned for its investigations which he described as irresponsible journalism. The minister also insisted that there was...

  The Federal Government has faulted a foreign media outlet, CNN and threatened to sanction itover its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020. The government described the report by the foreign news medium as “irresponsible journalism”. Minister...

An unidentified policeman guarding the home of a former governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, at Toru-orua community under Sagbama Local Area of the state, has been shot dead by some gunmen. According to SaharaReporters, the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday after the gunmen entered the compound...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan, on his 63rd birthday. His congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled ‘President Buhari greets former President Goodluck Jonathan on 63rd birthday’. The statement read, “Onn behalf of the...

The African Union (UA) and the Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS) joint mission has tasked the Ghanaian authorities to ensure violence-free elections on December 7. The mission also urged the Electoral Commission to ensure strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols. The joint mission led by the President of the...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will be meeting the Federal Government of Nigerian for another round of negotiation over its ongoing strike. The strike has lasted for about eight months as the union insists that the government must meet all of its demands before the...