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US President Joe Biden and congressional leaders paid their respects to an officer struck by a car and killed while he manned a barricade near the Senate side of the building the invasion of the Capitol Hill in January.

The coffin of slain Police Officer William ‘Billy’ Evans arrived at the Capitol on Tuesday as Biden and other lawmakers lined up to honour the fallen patriot.

Evans’s coffin was placed in the Capitol Rotunda for the second such memorial ceremony this year for a force that has edged close to the crisis in the wake of the January 6 …

Pastor Paul Adefarasin, founder of House on the Rock has said Nigeria is a scam and that the next administration should not be allowed to access power without a brand new constitution.

In a video that has now gone viral, Adefarasin said the faulty nature of the Nigerian constitution had made the whole arrangement a scam as the 1999 document was foisted on Nigerians by a few soldiers and their surrogates a few years ago.

According to him, anything short of a brand new constitution for Nigeria in the next administration is simply a fraud.

‘God will give us …

Youth groups under the auspices of the Coalition of Fulani Youth Groups have urged governments at all levels to end extrajudicial killings while also insisting that Fulani have every right to graze anywhere in Nigeria.

The Convener of the youth coalitions, Mr. Aminu Saleh, made the call at a news briefing on Tuesday in Abuja.

Saleh, who read the communique issued at the end of a two-day meeting on issues affecting Fulani herdsmen in the country, described the extrajudicial killing as senseless and needless.

He said that the groups were worried at the spate of unprovoked attacks on Fulani herdsmen …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has insinuated that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has a tender heart.

Adeboye, who disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call on El-Rufai at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, on Tuesday, told the governor that he is praying for him, Kaduna, and the country at large.

According to Adeboye said many of those criticising El-Rufai do not know the other side of the governor which he has seen.

‘We know that you have a problem that only God can solve. The problem is far …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Prof. Bissallah Ahmed Ekele, as the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada, Abuja.

A statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, revealed that the appointment of Prof. Ekele would be valid for another term of four years.

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Buhari while congratulating him on his reappointment, urged him to use the responsibility given to him to continue with the development of the hospital and health sector in the country.

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The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir on Monday sacked the country’s army chief, Johnson Juma Okot without providing any reasons.

According to reports three other senior intelligence officers were also sacked.

Kiir announced the sack in a decree aired on State television (SSBC) on Saturday evening.

The new army chief would be replacing Santino Deng Wol who was there till Sunday night.

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Okot was appointed chief of South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) in May last year to replace Gabriel Riak Jok.

No reasons were given for the decision to …

Highly outspoken Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Hassan Kukah, has stated that Nigerians profess two main religions with strong themes of love and togetherness but sadly, these themes do not reflect in their everyday lives.

He has now attributed the frequent rise against one another to the lack of practice of love.

The Bishop made the remark on Monday at a ceremony in Adamawa State where he was invited as a guest of honour.

‘In Nigeria, religion has become a liability to us. The fruits of Christianity and Islam are alien to us, otherwise, we will not …