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The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has ordered the closure of a new generation church, The New Jerusalem Deliverance Ministry, Okene for allegedly defrauding members by selling “bulletproof water” and running an unapproved medical facility. The Pastor of the church, Peter Adeiza, is said to have been operating the facility since 2008 while many […]
The Presidential Campaign Council of All Progressives Congress, APC, has postponed their kick-off campaigns slated for Wednesday, 28 September 2022. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Director-General of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Governor Simon Lalong. According to him, the adjustment of the timetable and schedule of activities is to accommodate growing […]
The federal government has withdrawn the circular directing vice-chancellors to reopen universities for the resumption of lectures. The latest decision was contained in a circular signed by Sam Onazi, director of finance and account of the National Universities Commission (NUC). “I have been directed to withdraw the NUC Circular Ref: NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135, and dated […]
The national grid crashed to zero megawatts (MW) at 10:51 am on Monday, causing a nationwide outage, Daily Trust reports. The development occurred days after electricity consumers said they had enjoyed improved supply. The national electricity grid as of 10 am on Monday had 3,712MW generated from 21 Generation Companies (GenCos) before it […]
. The death toll has risen to 13 people, including seven children, after a shooting at a school in the city of Izhevsk in central Russia, investigators said Monday. The attack was the latest in a series of school shootings that have shaken Russia in recent years and came with the country on […]
An order has been given by the Federal Government to all vice-chancellors of universities to re-open schools and resume lectures. This order is coming seven months after the lingering strike and the Federal Government suing the Academic Staff Union of Universities in court. However, tired of the lingering strike the Federal Government through […]
The British pound reached an all-time low against the US dollar on Monday. The development is coming less than a week since the pound plummeted to $1.13 — its lowest level since 1985 — before regaining ground. The pound dropped 3.6 per cent on Friday when Kwasi Kwarteng, UK’s finance minister, unveiled historic […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has faulted and claimed that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is copying the economic blueprint of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The minister made the claim at the national press centre in Abuja on Thursday while speaking with newsmen. According to […]
An Enugu-based lawyer, Ogochukwu Onyema, who hails from the senatorial district of the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has approached the Federal High Court in Enugu praying it to declare the constituency seat vacant. Ekweremadu is the serving senator from Enugu West constituency where the lawyer prayed the court to declare vacant […]
More than 1,337 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitoring group said Wednesday. The OVD-Info monitoring group counted at least 1,337 people detained at rallies in 38 different cities across the country after […]
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