The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has called for the arrest and prosecution of the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah for treasonable fealony. AYCF’s National President, Yerima Shettima said Kukah was inciting a coup against a democratic government. Bishop Kukah, in his Christmas Day article, had accused Buhari of nepotism, adding that…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that terrorists are entering the southwest geo-political zone of the country through Oke Ogun. Makinde said terrorists and bandits from Mali and other countries in the West African region are entering through a border in Saki, one of the towns in the State. The Governor, who spoke…
Suspected kidnappers have abducted the Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Dr. Moses Chikwe. Bishop Chikwe was being chauffeured by his driver when their vehicle was attacked by the gunmen along with the World Bank – Umuguma road in the evening on Sunday, December 27. He was taken away together with his driver. His car…
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the country will move back to lockdown level 3, taking effect from December 28. In an address, Ramaphosa said that the move is to limit super-spreader events further, and will adjust the previous level 3 regulations to keep the economy as open as possible. It will also allow…
United States, President Donald Trump has signed the $2.3trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law. President-elect Joe Biden had expressed concern about Trump’s delay. “This abdication of responsibility has devastating consequences”, he warned in a statement. The assent will forestall a government shutdown expected to begin on Tuesday. The $900billion relief package will…
More than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools of Benin’s northeastern department of Borgou during the 2019-2020 school year, the Beninese news agency (ABP) reported from Cotonou. “Altogether, 547 out of 36,487 school girls regularly registered were pregnant during the 2019-2020 school year as against 431 cases in 2018-2019,” ABP reported, quoting Thomas Adam,…
On the 28th of December 2020, 397 new confirmed cases 323 discharged and 10 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 84811 cases have been confirmed, 71357 cases have been discharged and 1264 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 397 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos…
The management of the Deeper Life High School has suspended the principal of the school in Akwa Ibom State, Solomon Ndidi, over the alleged molestation of one of the pupils. Distraught mother of the junior student of Deeper Life High School, Idoro near Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, Deborah Okezie had in a Facebook video which…
The Lagos State Government has sealed over 12 facilities for breaching COVID-19 safety protocols. The affected facilities include; Landmark Event Center, DNA Night Club, Buzz Bar, Silverfox, Cocoon, Westend Nightclub, Rumours, Lekki Waterside, The Wave Beach Club, and others Recall that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state had last Thursday, ordered the closure of night…
Pastor William Kumuyi, General Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministries, has come under attack for staying mute over the alleged threats on the mother of a sexually abused student of Deeper Life High School. Deborah Okezie, mother of Don Davis, the Deeper Life High School student sexually abused, raised alarm of threat to her…