Guber Polls: MC Oluomo Warns Igbo Voters Intending Not To Vote APC To Stay At Home
Musiliu Akinsanya, Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, also known as MC Oluomo, has warned Igbos in the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Addressing supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at a meeting, MC Oluomo threatened Igbos who will not vote for the party to stay at home. “We have begged them. If they don’t want to vote...
IPOB Blasts IEP For Tagging It Terror Group
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has criticised a global independent and non-profit think tank, Institute of Economics and Peace, IEP, for labeling it as a terrorist group. IEP, in its, Global Terrorism Index Report of 2022 said IPOB has a place in the catalogue of terrorist organisations that have caused the deaths of innocent civilians in Nigeria. Reacting, IPOB said...
Ganduje Doles Out N250m To Kano Market Fire Victims
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has announced a donation of N250 million to the victims of the recent fire disaster at Singer and Kurmi markets in the state. The announcement was made by the state commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba, in a statement released to the media. The donation was aimed at providing an immediate succour to the...
Road Linking Second Niger Bridge Approved For Construction With N15bn
The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved N15bn for the construction of an access road linking the Benin-Asaba Expressway to the Second Niger Bridge. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the completion of the road would help achieve the dream of inaugurating the bridge before May 29. He said N16bn was also approved as variation for the dualisation of...
Nigeria’s Archbishop Nwachukwu Appointed Secretary Of Dicastery For Evangelisation
Pope Francis has appointed Nigerian-born Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu as the new Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelisation. The appointment which occurred on Wednesday was part of the Section for First Evangelisation and the New Particular Churches. The Holy See Press Office made the papal appointment known on Wednesday. Nwachukwu, the titular Archbishop of Acquaviva, has served since 17 December 2021 as the...
Court Orders Man To Pay 100,000 Naira Fine For Stealing Cow To Bury Father-In-Law
A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki has reportedly ordered Mr Ikenna Ogbonna Ota of Azuoto Okpuitumo, Okpuitumo Community in Abakaliki Local Government Area, Ebonyi State to pay the sum of One Hundred thousand Naira to Mr Thomas Agbo as damages for stealing the latter’s female cow. Recall that the defendant was arrested and charged to Court on December 2022 after...
How Lagos Prominent Politician Lost Two Kids In Case Accident
Tragedy struck on Sunday night when a Lexus SUV rammed into a building on 2, Iyewa Street in the Isolo area of Lagos, killing two siblings, while doctors are battling to save the life of another child at the hospital. The deceased siblings, Abibu Bello, aged 17 and Bolaji Bello,14 years, were children of a chieftain of the All Progressives...
Priests May Be Allowed To Have Sex In Future – Pope Francis
Pope Francis has declared he is open to revisiting the institution of celibacy and has suggested that priests may soon be permitted to engage in sexual activity. There is no conflict for a priest to be married, Francis declared in an interview that was released in Argentina media last week. In the Western Church, celibacy is a short-term prescription. It is...
Suspected Generator Fume Kills Ondo Mother, Baby
The Ondo State Police Command on Saturday said it began an investigation into the cause of death of a woman and her baby in Owo community, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the 29-year-old woman, identified as Tawa, and her husband were found unconscious while their five months old baby was already...
Remi Tinubu, Lagos First Lady Visit Lagos Train Crash Victims
Wife of Nigeria’s President-Elect, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and the First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Friday visited victims of Thursday’s Train accident involving a staff bus of the State Government at the various health facilities where they are being treated. Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu were accompanied by the Wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Oluremi Hamzat, and other...
