A 21-year-old man simply identified as Ishaku has been arrested by the Bauchi state police command for stabbing his friend, Zeloti John to death over a girl. The incident reportedly occurred in a drinking joint in Dass on Friday, May 29. Ishaku stabbed Zeloti with a knife in three different parts of his body following…
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu has stated that Islamiya schools, Sunday schools, night vigils, and children’s classes are to remain suspended. Aliyu said this on Tuesday during a briefing in Abuja. “Worshippers should be encouraged to sign up for preferred worship and make the option of virtual service…
Hours after the Federal Government lifted the two months ban on religious gatherings imposed to check the spread of Coronavirus pandemic otherwise referred to as COVID-19 in the country, the guidelines for the reopening of churches and mosques were released on Tuesday. Rolling out the guidelines at the resumed daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce…
A pastor of Christian Reformed Church -Nigeria, CRC-N, in Donga local government area of Taraba state, Emmanuel Bileya have been killed alongside his wife, Juliana by militiamen. The duo were said to have been working on their farms when they met their untimely death. Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku who expressed shock over the recent…
The Federal Government has said the duration for each church service must not be more than an hour. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this on Tuesday during a briefing in Abuja. Aliyu while rolling out guidelines for the reopening of worship centres said, “Churches to open from…
During the early stage of the Covid-19 lockdown, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos branch’s boss, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo lost his 87 years old mother, Alhaja Sinat Abebi Akinsanya. GIO TV recounts that Alhaja Abebi Zinat Omotonwo who passed away peacefully at her residence was buried there the same day…
In the early hours of today, the news about veteran singer, Majek Fashek’s death swept many off their feet. According to Majek’s manager, Uzoma Omenka who confirmed and announced the death of the reggae legend, he passed on at 11.45 pm yesterday, June 1, 2020, Nigerian time. He also mentioned that the singer died in…
Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the release of former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, from prison. In December 2019, Kalu was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of N7.1bn fraud alongside his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, and a former Director of Finance at the…
The Executive Chairman of Agbado/Oke-Odo LCDA, Dr. Augustine Adeoye Arogundade is dead. He died Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness. The news of his sudden demise is coming a few days after the death of the Secretary to the Local Government, Alhaja Tawakalitu Abiodun Ayilara. Arogundade’s demise was confirmed in a statement signed by the…
No fewer than six persons have sustained serious injuries over a communal clash between Lafiagi and Edogi, Edu local government area of Kwara state. The clash which erupted on Monday night was said to have been sparked by a dispute over land. It was gathered that a state court had given judgment in favor of…