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The crisis rocking Assemblies of God Church of Nigeria took a new turn, Tuesday, following the withdrawal of policemen attached to Prof. Paul Emeka, the then General Superintendent of the church. The Supreme Court had on Friday, February 24, 2017 affirmed the sack of Emeka as the General Superintendent of the church. The church has been in crisis of leadership, a matter that brought about the Supreme Court judgment, leading to a fresh suit in the High court which had been dismissed. Consequently, Rev. Chidi Okoroafor, leader of the rival faction is accorded recognition as the General Superintendent of the…

The Senate plenary was on Wednesday disrupted after suspected thugs invaded the chamber and made away with the mace. The incident happened few seconds after a suspended senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, entered the chamber. According to Premium Times, about 10 suspected thugs who came to the venue with the senator forced their entrance into the chamber. Seconds later, the thugs ran out of the chamber with the mace causing pandemonium in the Senate. They left the National Assembly with the mace in a black SUV. The mace is the symbol of authority of the parliament. One of the security personnel at…

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A 50-year-old father of three from Ikot Akpa Idem village in Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom State was Monday killed by unidentified gunmen suspected to be members of a cult group. It was gathered that Imoh Etuk was shot by the hoodlums at about 7:48 a.m. while he was returning from his farm to pick some produce. “The village is completely deserted because of cults’ activities and majority of the local residents have fled the community to safer grounds”, a local vigilante, who would not his name in print told our correspondent. An indigene of the community, who spoke from…

A closed-door meeting is currently going on between ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo and Chief Olu Falae, the national chairman of the Social Democratic Party. The meeting is taking place at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. The SDP chairman arrived at Obasanjo’s penthouse around 12 p.m. and went to the meeting. Other attendees include Gboyega Nasiru Isiaka, a two-time governorship candidate in Ogun state; Doyin Okupe, a former spokesperson to ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan; Sina Kawonise, a governorship aspirant of SDP in the state, among others. It was reported that some chieftains of SDP including one Chief Majekodunmi who…

The latest ranking that places University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Region at the 16th position by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in the 2018 ranking among other universities in Nigeria is seen as the hand of God. The university was established by the federal government of Nigeria as a federal university and the name was changed to the University of Uyo on October 1, 1991. It metamorphosed from defunct University of Cross River State which was established in 1983 by the then Cross River State government. Professor Enefiok Essien, the university’s Vice Chancellor, broke the news that…

Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth increased by $3 billion Tuesday as the Facebook CEO appeared before Congress to field questions following the recent Cambridge Analytica leak that exposed 87 million users’ data. The highly-scrutinized testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which marked the first time Zuckerberg appeared in person in front of Congress, did not deter investors. Facebook shares went up 4.5% to $165 from $157.93 the day before in the company’s most significant one-day gain in about two years. Facebook gained $21 billion in value to close at $479.4 billion. Facebook’s gain reversed some of the company’s losses over the…

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, has debunked the alleged claims by some people that Muslims are ‘illiterates and useless.’ The Sultan, who spoke this at the centenary celebration of Sheikh Adam Al-Ilory, held at the University of Lagos on Monday, described Islamic education as robust and not backward as some people allegedly claim. He said, “We cannot allow people to bring our heads down and say we are useless . We are highly educated. “We need to take this challenge up and ask ourselves, ‘Why do people look at us Muslims as illiterates?’ “I don’t understand how…

“It was then, as I lay on the ground and bled and cried, that I vowed that if I had the opportunity, I would chase our children to schools instead of chasing them away from schools.” Godswill Akpabio, the Senate Minority Leader, in an emotional laden voice narrated this to a mammoth crowd how a teacher in his primary school days in Ukana village, Essien Udim local government of Akwa Ibom State drove him into a bush and he sustained injury. “The scar is still there,” he said in an emotional tone. “God allowed that scar to remain there as…

Argentina’s Ezequiel Lavezzi has been confirmed as the world’s highest paid footballer. Lionel Messi moves up to third on the list after signing a new Barcelona contract. Cristiano Ronaldo comes in fourth in a new list respectively. Paul Pogba is the highest earner from the Premier League taking home £290,000 (N118m) Lionel Messi is still not the highest paid player in the world despite agreeing to sign a new contract with Barcelona on Wednesday, June 5. La Pulga has, however, overtaken Cristiano Ronaldo to be ranked third in the new updated list. Messi will take home £500,000-a-week which roughly translates…