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The Ondo State Police Command has arrested one Sunday Udoh for allegedly impregnating his daughter and her and attempting to procure an abortion. Udoh was said to have committed the incestuous offence in Ile Oluji town, the headquarters of the Ile-Oluji/Oke Igbo Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs… Read More source https://punchng.com/man-arrested-for-impregnating-daughter-attempting-abortion/

The Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union has faulted the bill passed by the Senate prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria, describing it as an action that would endanger the lives of kidnap victims if passed into law. The Senate had on Wednesday passed a bill amending the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, by prohibiting… Read More source https://punchng.com/govt-officials-pay-abductors-secretly-ransom-bill-hypocritical-sokapu/

Former Vice-President and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, has said some of his goals for the next four years from 2023 would include the enforcement of quota system and meritocracy, a judicious fight against corruption and introduction of diaspora voting into the electoral process. In his mission statement posted on his website and… Read More source https://punchng.com/ill-enforce-quota-system-introduce-diaspora-voting-atiku/

Some women in Ogoni land have threatened to boycott the governorship election in Rivers State if the major political parties don’t field candidates from Ogoni extraction in 2023. This was as the women, during a peaceful walk across the streets of Bori in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, chided the All Progressives Congress… Read More source https://punchng.com/ogoni-women-threaten-to-boycott-rivers-gov-election/

A former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has joined the Social Democratic Party. Dalung, who served as a minister during the first tenure of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), left the ruling All Progressives Congress last week. He tendered his withdrawal letter to the APC ward chairman in Langtang South… Read More source https://punchng.com/ex-minister-dalung-joins-sdp-eyes-house-of-reps/

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, will on May 9, 2022 resume hearing on the appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service against the ruling of a Federal High Court that the Rivers State Government, and not the FIRS, should collect Value Added Tax and Personal Income Tax in the… Read More source https://punchng.com/appeal-court-resumes-fg-rivers-vat-case-may-9/

The Anambra Government has dissolved caretaker committees of 30 markets in the state. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Friday by Mr Christian Aburime, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Chukwuma Soludo. The statement also announced the reconstitution of new caretaker committees, which would… Read More source https://punchng.com/anambra-sacks-30-market-leaders/

A leading data-management product, Audience Origin, is set to debut in Nigeria and 11 other African countries. The data-driven product, owned by WPP Choreograph, is a customer-centric approach to data management, usage, and brand growth. The product was unveiled in Lagos on Thursday at an elaborate event attended by major industry stakeholders. Speaking at the… Read More source https://punchng.com/audience-origin-debuts-in-nigeria-11-other-african-countries/

An official of the Nigerian Army identified as Lance Corporal Jubril, has reportedly committed suicide after being arrested over his alleged connection with the Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists in Gaidam, Yobe State. Jubril, a weapon instructor at the Army Battalion in Gaidam, was said to have been suspected by his colleagues following… Read More source https://punchng.com/absconded-army-weapon-trainer-arrested-for-joining-iswap-kills-self/

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company on Thursday said it held an engagement forum with its customers under its Ijora Business District at the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria’s training centre in Surulere, Lagos. EKEDC’s Managing Director, Tinuade Sanda, led the management team of the firm to the town hall meeting with the customers to… Read More source https://punchng.com/eko-disco-pledges-improved-power-supply-meets-customers/

The Yoruba World Centre has shifted the launching of its Language Millionaire Contest in honour of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who died on Friday, April 22, 2022. The Coordinator, Ogbeni Alao Adedayo, in a statement he signed, said the event, which was scheduled to hold sometime in May, had been shifted… Read More source https://punchng.com/yoruba-world-centre-mourns-alaafin-shifts-programme/

Women’s Board, an educational cooperation society and a not-for-profit organisation, has called for improved mentorship and empowerment for young Nigerians to curb youth restiveness and vices. The Director, Mrs. Edna Dafe, made the call during a briefing in Lagos on Wednesday tagged, “Project Grow; Dissemination Seminar on Youth Work: Impacts of Mentoring and Safeguarding.” She… Read More source https://punchng.com/lagos-group-advocates-mentoring-for-youths/

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has declared the lawmaker representing Bonny-Degema Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Farah Dagogo, wanted for allegedly hiring cultists to attack the Peoples Democratic Party’s secretariat in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. But Dagogo had faulted Wike and the Rivers State Police Command for labelling him a cultist… Read More source https://punchng.com/wike-orders-rep-arrest-over-protest-lawmaker-denies-involvement/

Contrary to reports, the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, has said he did not drop his 2023 presidential ambition. According to him, he would contest for the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress if the party zoned it to the South-East geo-political zone. Kalu in a statement said that equity demanded that the… Read More source https://punchng.com/ive-not-dropped-my-ambition-kalu/

The Northern Elders Forum has faulted reports of a crack among its leadership following the reported endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party’s consensus candidates. According to the organisation, the consensus arrangement of the PDP had the consent and blessings of its leader, Prof. Ango Abdullahi. NEF’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, made… Read More source https://punchng.com/no-crack-in-our-leadership-northern-elders-forum/

There was pandemonium at the Ali Iwo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, following the alleged killing of two persons by hoodlums suspected to be members of the Park Management System and National Union of Road Transport Workers. The two sides were said to have engaged in a bloody clash which caused confusion in… Read More source https://punchng.com/two-killed-in-oyo-nurtw-pms-clash-police-begin-probe/

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has announced his arrival in Kyiv on Wednesday following talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I have arrived in Ukraine after visiting Moscow,” he wrote on his official Twitter account as he landed ahead of talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. “We will continue our work to… Read More source https://punchng.com/un-secretary-general-arrives-ukraine/

The United Nations’ tourism body, on Wednesday, suspended Russia from the agency over its invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it had breached its statutes. “Most of the 159 member states of the UN World Tourism Organisation backed the move, which was taken at an extraordinary general assembly,”  a spokesman for the Madrid-based body said. The… Read More source https://punchng.com/ukraine-un-suspends-russia-from-tourism-body/

The Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Anambra State, has excommunicated a 60-year-old man identified as Boniface Onyekwere, who claimed to be a pastor of the church, over an alleged attempt to rape a 12-year-old girl. The church’s stand was made known in a disclaimer signed by the State Overseer, Pastor Jude Chukwuocha and dated April 26,… Read More source https://punchng.com/deeper-life-excommunicates-member-over-alleged-rape-of-minor/

The Lagos State Government has emphasised the need to improve knowledge of international best practices in physical planning through the exposure of town planners to the United Kingdom’s planning processes. The General Manager of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, Mr. Kehinde Osinaike, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Osinaike stated this during… Read More source https://punchng.com/lagos-understudies-uk-on-physical-planning/

SINCE the ruling All Progressives Congress announced the fees for the Expression of Interest and Nomination Form last Wednesday, a lot of people have been criticising the party for charging high nomination fees. Some said it will promote corruption in government. Others said it is illegal. However, many have failed to understand the motive behind… Read More source https://punchng.com/column-dispassionate-look-at-high-party-nomination-fees-in-nigeria/

EDIDIONG IKPOTO and ANOZIE EGOLE recently conducted market surveys on the rising food prices. Traders and their customers share their pain as inflation takes its toll on households amid worsening poverty Traders across various markets in Lagos State have lamented Nigeria’s growing inflation rate as food prices continue to record exponential increases. The price hike… Read More source https://punchng.com/hunger-spreads-poverty-deepens-as-nigerian-families-battle-skyrocketing-food-prices/

Section 22 of Nigeria’s Constitution provides that “The press, radio, television and other agencies of the mass media shall, at all times, be free to uphold the Fundamental Objectives contained in (Chapter II of Nigeria’s Constitution) and uphold the responsibility and accountability of the Government to the people.” This suggests that the Constitution recognises the… Read More source https://punchng.com/column-constraints-to-holding-governments-accountable/

FastCash, a fast-growing instant loan platform in Nigeria launched by First City Monument Bank, has disbursed N59bn worth of loans through its digital platform. A statement said all the loans disbursed by the platform were worth N59bn and had helped customers from different walks of life to meet urgent financial needs and achieve their short-term… Read More source https://punchng.com/fastcash-disburses-n59bn-personal-loans-on-digital-platform/

When Ojo Amos Olatunde became the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly on July 17, 2020, many watchers of the affairs of the National Assembly felt it was the timely dictates of providence that was at work. That was so because his emergence was abrupt, as the exit of his predecessor. As the most senior… Read More source https://punchng.com/ojo-olatunde-colossus-architect-at-59/

SINCE April 8, 2022, Nigerians have been in uproar over the sudden death of gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu, who was allegedly snatched gruesomely away from her young children at the hands of a violent husband. Although Peter Nwachukwu denies the charge of killing his wife, close friends and family have testified that Osinachi had been… Read More source https://punchng.com/opinion-how-many-more-women-have-to-die/

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has blamed the Academic Staff Union of Universities for prolonging the strike in the country. The minister said the union had made negotiation difficult for both parties. Ngige disclosed this in a statement issued by Acting Head of Press and Public Relations, Patience Onuobia, in the… Read More source https://punchng.com/asuu-strike-lecturers-making-negotiation-difficult-ngige/

Operators in the nation’s manufacturing sector saw their combined debt to Nigerian banks rise to N4.19tn in January 2022. This is as they borrowed the sum of N1.03tn between January 2021 and January 2022. This implies that banks’ credit to the sector increased by 32.79 per cent in the one-year period from N3.16tn as of… Read More source https://punchng.com/manufacturers-borrow-n1-03tn-from-banks-debts-hit-n4-2tn/

Former National Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Josephine Anenih, has said that the 35 per cent affirmative action for women in various offices is not automatic as women must work their way up. Anenih, who is also a former Minister of Women Affairs, said this on Monday during a meeting with the PDP… Read More source https://punchng.com/35-affirmative-action-not-automatic-ex-pdp-women-leader/

The Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, has planned to educate secondary school students in its forthcoming National Intellectual Development Programme 2022. The NIDP is strategically designed to engage 2,000 Senior Secondary two and three students from 100 secondary schools drawn from the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria through career talk and debate competition. A statement signed… Read More source https://punchng.com/caleb-varsity-plans-capacity-development-for-secondary-school-students/

FOR the people of Chibok, it has been an unending nightmare. As they continue to relive the agony of the terrorist outrage that shot their rustic town and villages into global limelight eight years ago, their tormentors strike frequently. Terrorists identified with ISWAP, a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, attacked a village in the Chibok… Read More source https://punchng.com/eight-years-after-chibok-still-unsafe/

The Olota of Ota, Oba Abdulkabir Obalanlege, has assured the people of Ado-Odo/Ota that their security is vital to the Ogun State Government. The monarch made this statement when he spoke with The PUNCH about the state of affairs in his kingdom just as he said that it was the duty of the traditional political… Read More source https://punchng.com/ogun-monarch-assures-residents-of-security/

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one — Mother Teresa   Food is critical to human survival. It provides nourishment and fosters sound health in those who have access to it. On the other hand, it causes malnutrition, hunger, diseases and even death for those unfortunate to suffer from lack of… Read More source https://punchng.com/one-year-of-food-provision-for-the-vulnerable-in-osun-state/

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is getting set to introduce the park and pay scheme at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. It said the aim of the initiative was to increase sanity at the airport and effectively eradicate touting at the country’s second-busiest international airport. The Abuja Airport Manager/Regional General Manager, North Central,… Read More source https://punchng.com/faan-to-introduce-park-and-pay-at-abuja-airport/

The National Bureau of Statistics has said the average fare paid for water transport in March 2022 was N890.03, a 2.53 per cent decrease, month-on-month, from N 913.13 in February 2022. According to the NBB, water transport fares rose by 10.10 per cent from N808.38 in March 2021 to N890.03 in March 2022 year-on-year. It… Read More source https://punchng.com/water-transportation-fare-drops-to-n890-03-in-march-nbs-report/

The Ogunruku family of Ido-Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State has donated a six-bedroom apartment to Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, to immortalise one of its members, Ifelola Aina-Ogunruku. Spokesman of the family and former Registrar of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Mr. Ayorinde Ogunruku, said that the late Aina-Ogunruku, who… Read More source https://punchng.com/family-donates-building-to-ekiti-hospital/

The  World Health Organisation said that 228 million cases of malaria were recorded globally in 2021. It added that 95 percent of the estimated cases occurred in the WHO/AFRO Region. The organisation also said no fewer than 602, 020 deaths were recorded within the same period. A statement on Sunday by the Regional Director for… Read More source https://punchng.com/228-million-malaria-cases-recorded-in-2021-who/

The Federal Government recorded N2.23tn fiscal deficit in the fourth quarter of 2021. This was revealed by figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s economic report for the fourth quarter of 2021. The report stated, “Federation receipts in the fourth quarter of 2021 declined, following shortfalls in oil revenue. At N2.84tn, provisional federation receipts… Read More source https://punchng.com/fg-records-n2-23tn-fiscal-deficit-in-three-months-cbn-report/

A total of 2,495.3 megawatts of electricity was not utilised nor distributed by power distribution companies in one week, despite the demand for electricity nationwide, industry data obtained from the Federal Government’s power company on Sunday showed. In the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s latest report on national grid performance: TCN-Discos Interface from April 2 to… Read More source https://punchng.com/discos-reject-2495-3mw-in-one-week-report/

The National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has described the death of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, as a big loss to Nigeria and the entire black race. According to him, Alaafin’s passing was an auspicious era in the ancient Oyo Kingdom, but also for the Yoruba and the entirety… Read More source https://punchng.com/black-race-lost-a-titan-tinubu-mourns-alaafin/

The leadership of Osinbajo Youth Organisation has urged Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, to continue praying for the presidential ambition of Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. This was disclosed by the leader of the group, Tukura Kwayi, during a visit to Oba Ogunwusi in his palace in Ile-Ife. A statement by Kwayi on Saturday… Read More source https://punchng.com/2023-osinbajo-support-group-seeks-oonis-prayer/

A Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, on Saturday, said the drive for industrialisation in Lagos State would jump-start Nigeria’s economy. He called for a special status for Lagos and promised to pursue policies that would make the state’s economy blossom. Emmanuel said the development of the Lagos economy… Read More source https://punchng.com/2023-gov-emmanuel-canvasses-special-status-for-lagos-visits-pdp-chieftains/

A maritime expert has said that the greatest challenge inhibiting the efficiency of the Standards Oraganisation of Nigeria is the agency’s lack of regulatory control over shipping lines. A former president of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, Eugene Nweke, in a chat with our correspondent in Lagos, argued that even with the… Read More source https://punchng.com/son-lacks-capacity-to-control-substandard-goods-expert/

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has lost his bid to become the president of the Ivorian Football Federation after failing to gain the required votes in the first round of the election. The election which was held on Saturday evening, saw the former Cote d’Ivoire international come third behind Yacine Idriss Diallo and Sory Diabate…. Read More source https://punchng.com/drogba-loses-bid-to-become-ivorian-fa-president/

Several Presidential aspirants attended an Iftar dinner organised by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, at Old Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja. The meeting earlier scheduled for 6:30 pm began minutes past 07:00 pm with dignitaries arriving at 06:20 pm. In a letter sighted by The Punch on Thursday, Mrs Buhari had invited all presidential aspirants… Read More source https://punchng.com/tinubu-umahi-others-attend-aisha-buharis-iftar-dinner/

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has been ordered by a Federal High Court in Abuja to vacate his seat as a member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro federal constituency of Bauchi state. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgement on Friday, declared that having defected from the Peoples Democratic Party… Read More source https://punchng.com/court-sacks-ex-speaker-dogara-over-defection/

A family in my village woke up one day and claimed that a prophet said their father was responsible for their woes in life. The man was into traditional religious practices. They bundled their father to the prophet and there, he was tied to a tree and left in the sun to confess his “atrocities.”… Read More source https://punchng.com/column-honour-them-still/

In recent times, I was invited to speak with the teenagers at a Methodist Church in Lagos and a girl asked me why a teenager could get addicted to sex! My response was as follows: Lack of intentional parenting. Lack of sex education Childhood abuse Physical neglect and trauma Satanic manipulation Spiritual attacks and more!… Read More source https://punchng.com/column-parents-stop-submitting-your-children-to-the-devil/

Ramadan is here again, a holy month when Muslim faithful across the globe dedicate to fasting and praying as well as increasing their spiritual commitment to the Almighty Allah. Ramadan is particularly important to Muslim marriage couples also as it acts as a period of refinement and devotion to the fundamental principles guiding their Islamic… Read More source https://punchng.com/column-embrace-the-spirit-of-love-this-ramadan/

Transcorp Power Limited, owner of the 972 megawatts capacity power plant in Ugheli, Delta State, has announced revenue growth of N74.3bn in 2021 following the recent improvements in the financial performance of Nigeria’s power sector. In the 2021 annual report and financial statement of Transcorp Group, the Group Chairman, Tony Elumelu, said the power firm’s… Read More source https://punchng.com/transcorp-power-posts-n74-3bn-revenue-as-sectors-finances-improve/

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has blamed limited funding for agency’s inability to effectively fight corruption at the nation’s ports. The anti-graft agency in a statement on its official Facebook page also reiterated its commitment to tackling corruption at the Nigerian ports. The ICPC Chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, a Senior Advocate… Read More source https://punchng.com/limited-funding-hinders-anti-corruption-fight-at-ports-says-icpc/

Following the frequent attacks on police formations and personnel in the South-East by armed assailants, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate deployment of additional operational assets to complement officers and men attached to ‘Operation Restore Peace.’ The PUNCH reports that scores of police officers had been killed and stations attacked by… Read More source https://punchng.com/igp-deploys-more-officers-to-south-east-over-attacks/

Pensioners in Ekiti State on Thursday sought divine intervention as a solution to the neglect, suffering and abandonment over outstanding pensions and gratuities, which they said had made life unbearable for them. The pensioners, who gathered in Ado Ekiti for a prayer conference led by Christian and Islamic clerics, lamented that their unpaid pensions and… Read More source https://punchng.com/ekiti-pensioners-seek-divine-intervention-over-unpaid-gratuities/

MUCH has been written about the Office of the Directorate of Politics and Governance recently created by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, and the call for the creation of a similar political directorate by the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria. The one question that is rarely asked is, what if our political life… Read More source https://punchng.com/opinion-should-religion-play-a-role-in-national-politics/

HE is my friend and brother. A man of substantial means and grit. He has a wide and broad network among Nigeria’s men of might. His name rings a bell in great circles in Nigeria; permit me to keep his identity to myself. My brother studied in England in the ‘80s. Immediately after his graduation,… Read More source https://punchng.com/column-will-2023-truly-change-anything/

Considering the rising spate of insecurity in the land, the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association, has inaugurated a four-man committee for this year’s Southern Kaduna Prayer Summit. The prayer summit, which is an annual event, was not held for two years due to COVID-19 restrictions. Inaugurating the committee on Wednesday in Kafanchan, shortly after a… Read More source https://punchng.com/southern-kaduna-leaders-resort-to-prayers-over-insecurity/

THERE can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children — Nelson Mandela For so many reasons, chief of which is the age of the child(ren) involved, I choose not to dwell on the specifics of the child sex video that emerged earlier this week. As… Read More source https://punchng.com/column-how-nigeria-fails-its-children/

THE killing of over 120 persons and abduction of scores of others across the country in recent weeks has again reinforced the imperative of recalibrating the campaign against insurgents and other terrorists. Despite massive funding for security, deployment of soldiers and numerous task forces, the country is descending deeper into criminality and becoming more fragile… Read More source https://punchng.com/editorial-recalibrating-the-anti-insurgency-war/

THE Lagos State Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has advised public service workers to develop creative ideas as this would stimulate growth and promote development in the state. Muri-Okunola disclosed this, according to a statement on Wednesday, during the public service event organised by the Office of Transformation, Creativity and Innovation in Alausa, Ikeja…. Read More source https://punchng.com/lagos-head-of-service-counsels-workers-on-creativity/

In a bid to boost staff efficiency, Sifax Group has trained a total of 101 staff in different areas from various subsidiaries of the organization in the first quarter of 2022. The training focused on the basic needs of the staff, including leadership competence, operations management, terminal traffic management, health, safety & environment, security, digital… Read More source https://punchng.com/sifax-boosts-staff-efficiency-trains-100-workers/

The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has condemned the high cost of nomination form and expression of interest forms for presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress, saying it would pave way for corruption to continue thriving in the country. The APC had announced a sum of N100 million for the sale of presidential nomination… Read More source https://punchng.com/afenifere-knocks-apc-over-n100m-presidential-nomination-form/

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday in Abuja, urged Nigerians to resist agents bent on causing breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group will be allowed to destabilise Nigeria. Buhari said this at an Iftar dinner with Governors, Ministers and Heads of Government Agencies. In… Read More source https://punchng.com/nobodyll-be-allowed-to-destabilise-nigeria-buhari/

…Says he’s angry with status quo A former governor of Kano State, Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday, joined the race for the seat of the President in the 2023 general election, vowing to address insecurity in the nation. Kwankwaso, a former Minister of Defence and ex-chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in the North-West, said… Read More source https://punchng.com/2023-kwankwaso-joins-presidential-race-vows-to-address-insecurity/

GistReel Veteran Nollywood actress and philanthropist, Tonto Dikeh has volunteered to offer whooping sum of N500,000 to remove the Chrisland’s student’s video from the internet. It can be recalled that days ago, an alleged sxx video of some Chrisland students who went to represent their school in a competition in Dubai, went viral. Ambassador Tonto has […] source https://www.gistreel.com/tonto-dikeh-offers-to-donate-n500000-to-remove-video-of-chrisland-student-from-the-internet/

Apostle Johnson Suleman of the Omega Fire Ministries has said Nigerians do not trust Igbos because they don’t support themselves. The cleric, while preaching in his church, said Igbos tear themselves down at any given opportunity. Citing reference of how Igbos have fought against each other, Suleman said an Igbo Senate President, Evan Enwerem was removed by another Igbo man, Chuba Okadigbo. According to him, Okadigbo was also replaced by Anyim Pius Anyim. The clergyman explained that someone who could sell his brother would not be trusted by anyone. ‘’Somebody from the South, somebody from the East. You betray your people. Look at this agitation for Biafra. Who are the people attacking Biafra most, Igbos. Shameless Igbos. “Am I in support of Nigeria dividing, No! Am I in support of Nigeria separating, No. Do I believe we should be together? Yes. But even if you don’t agree with the man who is your brother, should you say it publicly if you are not a fool? Can’t you say it amongst...

Former Governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi has said he is more qualified to hold the office of the President come 2023. While the All Progressives Congress, APC, has the likes of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, Gov Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, Rochas Okorocha, among others, in the presidential race, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, boasts of politicians such as former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Gov Bala Mohammed, Aminu Tambuwal, Peter Obi, Anyim Pius Anyim, among others. However, Amaechi, who is running on the platform of the APC said he has better credentials than all the politicians who have shown interest to run for the presidency. Speaking in Ile Ife, at the Palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, when he, the Minister, paid him a consultation visit on Monday, Amaechi said his precedence and performance in gover...

The Osun State Police Command, on Sunday, arrested a suspected kidnapper, Malami Muhammad, while another, Babuga escaped with gunshot wounds after a failed kidnap attempt. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, Yemisi Opalola, Muhammad was arrested at a Fulani settlement at Erefe area, Ondo Road, Ile-Ife, after a gun duel. Opalola, who revealed that their victim, Muhammad Gembu was rescued unhurt with the help of Fulani vigilante in the community, disclosed that it was during the exchange of gunfire, that Babuga evaded arrest and fled the scene. He said in the statement that, “The Osun State Police Command in its struggle not to make the State a safe haven for criminal elements to hibernate, has arrested a suspected kidnapper named Malami Muhammad ‘m’, while the other sustained gun injury. “The brief fact of the case is that, on the 17th April, 2022 at about 11:30am, the complainant reported at ‘C’ Division, Aganhun, Ile-Ife that, some suspected kid...

Chrisland School has finally released a statement addressing viral video of 10-year-old female student with fellow students involved in sexual activity. A viral video on Monday showed the pupils in a sexual act. Chrisland in a statement signed by a member of the School’s Advisory Board, Akin Fadeyi, denied that a pregnancy test was done on the female student but a COVID-19 post-travel test. The school revealed that the girls were lodged on the 11th floor, while the guys were on the 4th floor to protect and respect their moral boundaries. The school explained that its first approach to the situation was taking up parental roles by offering support to the students involved and ensuring that nothing affected the children’s senses of esteem. The statement said, “Within these 71, we had our girls on the 11th floor and boys on the 4th floor to draw clear lines that respect moral boundaries. “While we understand the emotions this has generated, we assure the public that our first appro...

Arsenal striker, Alexandre Lacazette has revealed he did not like former teammate, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang when the Gabonese first arrived the club. He said he had some misconceptions about the former Borussia Dortmund attacker before he moved to Arsenal in 2018. The 32-year-old Aubameyang left the Emirates in the winter transfer to join Barcelona after falling out-of-favour with boss, Mikel Arteta. Aubameyang and Lacazette, as Arsenal’s leading strikers, enjoyed a close friendship together and performed well when selected as strike partners before the Gabon International left for Camp Nou. However, Lacazette said he disliked Aubameyang’s social media activity prior to the striker’s arrival. “I had some misconceptions about him. Before he arrived, I didn’t like him. To be honest, I’m not mate with the Aubemayang you see on Instagram. “I’m mates with Pierre-Emerick. People don’t know Pierre-Emerick. They know Aubameyang,” the France international told Canal+. EPL: To be honest,...

A 39-year-old Kano businessman, Yahaya Hassan Musa has been killed by kidnappers after receiving N6 million ransom from his family. The family was thrown into mourning after the body of the businessman was found in a forest, hours after his abductors received the ransom. The late businessman, married with two kids, was coming from Cotonou, Benin Republic on Thursday after a business trip, when he was abducted by the kidnappers in a forest around Mopa, Kogi State. The abductors after abducting the businessman, demanded N10 million as ransom, but later reduced the money to N6 million, which the family paid in order to get him released. A brother to the deceased, Abubakar Hassan Musa, who took the N6 million to the abductors stated that his late brother used to fly anytime he traveled but decided to return by road on the fateful trip. According to the deceased’s brother, “The kidnappers requested that I should take the money to a forest in Kabba. I went and delivered the money in cas...