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Popular church battles sit-tight spiritual leader

Popular church battles sit-tight spiritual leader

May 31, 2019 10:36 pm

A Popular church with headquarters in Lagos, which emphasises its African roots, is at daggers drawn with its spiritual leader for refusing to quit the position after surpassing the new mandatory retirement age set by the church.

Ironically, the clergyman was said to have been part of the body which some years ago took the decision that made it mandatory for the spiritual leader of the church to quit once he clocks the age set for retirement.

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But he was said to have protested when he was …

Afghanistan: Car bomb targeted at US convoy goes off

Afghanistan: Car bomb targeted at US convoy goes off

May 31, 2019 10:08 am

A car bomb attack on a U.S. convoy in the Afghan capital on Friday, wounded four U.S. service members and killed at least four Afghan civilians, officials said, in the second attack in the city in two days.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, which came a day after the Islamic State militant group claimed a suicide attack outside a military training academy that killed at least six people.

A spokesman for U.S. Forces in Afghanistan confirmed that a car bomb hit a U.S. convoy and four service members had suffered minor injuries in the explosion but gave no …

IPOB sit-at-home order shuts down South-East of Nigeria

IPOB sit-at-home order shuts down South-East of Nigeria

May 30, 2019 8:35 am

The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra’s (IPOB) sit-at-home order on May 30, to honour their fallen heroes during the Nigerian-Biafran war of 1967 -1970 has completely paralysed commercial activities in all the five states namely, Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo in the South-East of Nigeria.

The people of South East adhered strictly to the order, and stayed home, this was in a bid to register their dismay at the marginalisation they have been experiencing from the Federal Government of Nigeria. The ill-treatment meted to the South – East has been on-going since over 50 years. And have been seeking their exist …

Boat Mishap in Hungary: 7 dead, 19 missing

Boat Mishap in Hungary: 7 dead, 19 missing

May 30, 2019 7:38 am

At least seven South Korean tourists have died and another 19 are missing after a tour boat sank on the Danube River in Budapest, according to the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Thirty-four people were on board the vessel when it collided with another large tourist boat in the Hungarian capital and capsized Wednesday at around 10 p.m. local time, according to CNN affiliate ATV.

The boats collided in the center of the city, near Hungary’s riverside Parliament Building and the Elisabeth Bridge.

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Of the 33 …

Husband kills HIV-positive wife in Pakistan

Husband kills HIV-positive wife in Pakistan

May 30, 2019 7:25 am

Police in southern Pakistan have arrested a man for killing his HIV-positive wife in an epidemic-hit region, officials said on Thursday.

The man in the town of Ratto Dhero strangled his wife on the suspicion of cheating on him and hanged her body on a tree to make the death look like a suicide, police official Waheed Mangi said.

Situated in the province of Sindh, Ratto Dhero is a small town where around 800 people, mostly children, have  tested positive for HIV in past two months.

The man killed his 32-year-old wife because he believed that the HIV infection meant …

Kenya unveiled Africa’s largest wind power plant on Friday, a project aimed at reducing electricity costs and dependence on fossil fuels and moving the nation to meet its ambitious goal of 100% green energy next year.

Kenya seeks $750m loan from World Bank

May 29, 2019 5:55 am

Kenya is negotiating with the World Bank for a $750 million loan for budgetary support, documents on the proposed funding posted on the lender’s website showed.

The East African nation has multiple development funding programs, worth billions of dollars, with the World Bank but the funding bypasses the Kenyan treasury and is usually channeled straight into the projects.

If the $750 million (591.8 million pounds) loan gets approved, it will be the first time in years the World Bank is putting cash straight into the Treasury Department to be used at the discretion of the government, said a source with …

Gov. Shettima shocked as steward commits suicide

Gov. Shettima shocked as steward commits suicide

May 28, 2019 6:12 pm
The outgoing Governor of Borno, Kashim Shettima, has expressed shock over the death of a government house steward, Mr John Achagwa, who committed suicide on Tuesday.
Achagwa, a steward at the Presidential lodge of the Government House, Maiduguri, took his life by hanging himself on a tree.
A statement issued  by Mr Isa Gusau, Special Adviser on Communications and Strategy, said Shettima was shocked by the unfortunate incident.
“Shettima is deeply shock by the unfortunate incident, given the fact that the deceased known to be one of
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Ministry of Justice recovers $779.5m, ₦59.2bn

Ministry of Justice recovers $779.5m, ₦59.2bn

May 28, 2019 5:20 pm

The outgoing Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, said the Ministry of Justice has recovered 779.5 million dollars and N59.2 billion stolen from the country.

Malami said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while handing over to the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr Dayo Apata.

The minister also said that inline with relevant provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, the ministry had reached an advanced stage in efforts to ensure the forfeiture of cash and property worth billions to the Federal Government.

“To this end, a memo is awaiting the approval of the president to …

Nigeria redeems 25-year old pledge to Clemens Westerhof

Nigeria redeems 25-year old pledge to Clemens Westerhof

May 27, 2019 9:21 pm

After twenty-five years, the Nigerian government has presented a letter of allocation of a house to the former technical adviser to Super Eagles, Clemens Westerhof, for outstanding performance at the USA 1994 World Cup.

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola who made the presentation on Monday in Abuja,said he was very happy that many years of promise government was able to redeem her image on the house to former Eagle tactician.

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“The government is rewarding the former technical adviser because it wants to develop the sports as …

Happy Adult’s day to the Nigerian children

Happy Adult’s day to the Nigerian children

May 27, 2019 9:46 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu

The society we abuse today, will take its revenge on our children tomorrow – (Peter Obi, the former Governor of Anambra State, and PDP Vice Presidential Candidate)

The greater percentage of the Nigerian children lack every necessary thing it takes to be a child, and to experience childhood.

From toys, good playground, chocolates, care of the parents and guardians, and even basic necessities of life.

Most of these kids engage in child labour, just to help carter for the family, and automatically turning to adults as kids.

Failure of leadership and religion in Nigeria are some of …

University offers $40,000 scholarship to UTME best, Ekene

University offers $40,000 scholarship to UTME best, Ekene

May 27, 2019 12:34 am

Academic City College, a private university in Accra, Ghana, has offered scholarship worth $40,000 to Ekene Franklin Ezeunala, the candidate who scored 347 – the highest score – in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The College Senior Admissions Manager (Nigeria), Mrs Ogechi Ekpe, said on the sidelines of a workshop organised by the institution for schools and parents at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, at the weekend that the scholarship would cover tuition and boarding for the duration of his programme at the university.

“We have a full scholarship for Ekene.  He was supposed to be here today (Friday) …

137 pipelines points vandalised in February – NNPC

137 pipelines points vandalised in February – NNPC

May 26, 2019 12:53 pm

No fewer than 137 pipelines points were vandalised in February which represents a 40 per cent drop  when compared to the reported incident in January, according to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The corporation made the fact known in its Monthly Financial and Operation report released in Abuja, on Sunday.

It said: “A breakdown of the report indicated that in February 2019, a total of 137 pipeline points were vandalised which translated to 40 per cent drop from the 230 points vandalised in January 2019.’’

It noted that Mosimi-Ibadan petroleum products pipeline accounted for 72 per cent of the breaks …

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