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The Intelligence Response Team, Force Intelligence Bureau, Garki, Abuja has detained the presiding pastor of House on the Rock in Abuja, Pastor Uche Aigbe, for carrying an AK-47 while preaching in the church on Sunday, February 12. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command identified and also detained the officer who handed over his AK-47 rifle to Pastor Uche Aigbe. Aigbe, the presiding pastor of House on the Rock church, Abuja pastor was earlier reported to have been  by the invited for interrogation for wielding a weapon while preaching on the pulpit on Sunday. Also read: Buhari Lied to Trump…

In less than one year, the Lagos State government has ordered the temporary closure of Chrisland School in Opebi-Ikeja.  This follows the controversial death of one of its students, a 12-year-old Whytney Adeniran, during their inter-house sports day last Thursday, February 9. A statement by the state government this evening says the school is closed pending the outcome of an investigation into the unfortunate incident. Also read: Child rape: Lagos Closes Christland Schools as Police investigate alleged scandal  On April 18, 2022, Lagos State government directed that all Chrisland Schools within the state be closed, pending further investigations in an…

Big Brother Titans’ housemates  Jenni and Mmeli were shown the way out of the Ziyakhala Wahala edition of the show on Sunday night.  This is as the housemates on the Big Brother Titans show had spent 28 days, and Biggie is gradually cutting down to his winner. The Big Brother Titans show is getting tighter by the day, and the race for the N45 million grand prize is starting to look tough. Also read:  BBTitans evicts Jaypee, Lukay Following Jaypee and Lukay’s exit on February 5, Jenni O and Mmeli are the third pair of housemates to be evicted from the…

Real Madrid won the FIFA Club World Cup for a record-enhancing fifth time by beating Al-Hilal in Saturday’s final in Morocco. The European champions, who had thrashed Egypt’s Al Ahly 4-1 in the semi-finals won 5-3 against last season’s Saudi Pro League winners. Two goals each from Vinicius Jnr and Fede Valverde and one more strike from Karim Benzema ensured Real Madrid had the last laugh against the hard-fighting Saudi team. The same way Los Blancos are the most successful team in the Champions League, they are also head and shoulders above others in this tournament meant for all the continental champions.…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to “promptly seek authorisation from the ICC Chamber to commence an investigation into the situation in Nigeria in relation to the growing cases of pre-election violence.”  A statement on Sunday, SERAP’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare warned that if cases of pre-election violence were not addressed, it may escalate and lead to post-election violence in the country. The rights group wrote a petition dated February 11 and sent to the ICC Prosecutor, Mr Karim Khan. Also read N228b NASS budget: SERAP sues Lawan, Gbajabiamila Probe attacks on…

The support base of presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Peter Obi is daily swelling with the love the young and old popularly known as Obidients are expressing to him. Young Yusuf Alabi from Oyo State created an unusual scene by standing and waving his hands in front of Obi’s convoy that brought him to Lagos for an electioneering campaign. Despite assaults on his ardent supporters by some political thugs, Alabi was undeterred in openly expressing love to Obi who was in Lagos in continuation of his presidential campaign to preach the gospel of his candidacy to his supporters in the…

The Supreme Court has swiftly doused upsurge of vitriolic attacks on its judges by some Nigerians over what they see as ‘a miscarriage of justice.’ The attacks were ably amplified after its judgement affirming the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North Senatorial district. “Our silence must not be mistaken for weakness or cowardice,” the court warned in a statement by its Director of Press and Information, Festus Akande, on Saturday. Also read:  Supreme Court Declares Sen Lawan Yobe North APC Candidate In the statement that doubled down on the propriety of…

Ahead of this month’s election, Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate is favoured to grab the Nigeria’s topmost position, Bloomberg News predicts.  The pre-election poll conducted for Bloomberg News by Premise Data Corp said the former Anambra governor was the preferred candidate for the nation’s top job, beating the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In September 2022, an NOI poll also placed Obi as the leading candidate with 21 percent of the votes. Tinubu and Atiku tied in second place with 13 percent of votes each, while Kwankwaso came…

The Federal High Court, Abuja turned deaf ears to the proceedings on application filed by Pastor Umo Bassey Eno and Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State. The party had prayed the court presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu to set aside its January 20 judgement which declared Mr. Michael Enyong as the authentic governorship candidate of the party in the state. At its resumed hearing Friday, the court refused to grant any of the applications and ordered parties to proceed to the Court of Appeal on their application that had been entered. Also read Pastor Umo Eno’s lawyers Resume legal…

The Federal Government has directed closure of universities from February 22 to March 14 over concerns on the security of staff, students, and properties of the institutions. A letter by the National Universities Commission directed all heads of institutions to close down, adding that no academic activities will take place between February 22nd and March 14. The closure also includes all inter-university centres. The letter, titled “Ministerial Directive on the Closure of all Universities and Inter University Centres During the Upcoming 2023 General Elections,” was signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary in charge of administration, Chris Maiyaki. Related news Nine…