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Former Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday evening, escaped death after he was involved in an auto crash in Abuja. The accident claimed the lives of two of his aides, Leadership reports. One of his aides was quoted as saying that the former president was fine and back home. The accident reportedly happened while Jonathan was on his way from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to his residence in Abuja.

Chelsea are trailing Real Madrid by 3-1 in the Quarter-finals of UEFA Champions league played at Stamford Bridge. Karim Benzema, Real Madrid striker, scored hattrick against Chelsea in 21, 21 and 46 minutes of the game. The match is 60 minutes… ongoing More details later…

Yemi Alade, Burna Boy, and Mr. Eazi were big winners at the 64th Grammy Awards at Las Vegas in United States of America on Sunday. However, Wizkid lost Grammy’s Best Global Music Performance for “Essence” to Arooj Aftab and the Best Global Music Album to Angelique Kidjo for “Mother Nature.” Yemi Alade won her first Grammy award for her contribution to Angelique Kidjo’s album. Grammy rule states that all featured artists, producers, and directors will receive a Grammy certificate for their contribution to an album if it wins an award. Read also: Buhari Hails Burna Boy, Wizkid For Winning Grammy Awards Mr. Eazi will also be receiving…

The General Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has reversed the curse placed by Tafawa Balewa, the former President of Nigeria that no Igbo person will rule Nigeria. In a viral video, Bakare said God told him to break the curse Balewa placed on them before he died so the Igbos could rule like every other tribe in the country. The fiery preacher told the congregation that Tafawa Balewa cursed the Igbos the day he was killed. According to him, they removed his turban, poured wine on his head and forced…

The 37-man zoning committee headed by Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has flung open the ticket to all aspirants ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election slated for May 28, 2022. Recall that the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed-led committee which reviewed the PDP performance during the 2019 general election had last year recommended that the 2023 ticket be thrown open. After three meetings in the last two weeks, a source who is a member of the 37-man zoning committee exclusively told DAILY POST that the Ortom led committee has also recommended that the ticket be open.…

More than 10 soldiers were killed and some others injured when terrorists attacked a military base in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident happened at about 6:30 p.m. on Monday, security sources told Channels Television. However, the military authorities have yet to confirm the attack. Birnin-Gwari is one of the hotspots of banditry in Kaduna, where many people were killed, thousands were kidnapped, and socio-economic activities were disrupted in the past five years. A security source in the area told Channels Television on Tuesday that the soldiers were attacked at an Army Forward Operational Base located around…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says notification slips for its 2022 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are ready for printing. JAMB which made this known in its Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja said the mock examination is scheduled for April 9.. JAMB said that candidates, who registered for the UTME and indicated interest to sit for the exercise, could now proceed to print out the slips containing their examination centres. Read also: JAMB Announces Date to Commence 2022 UTME/DE Registration “The notification slips can be printed anywhere at the candidates’…

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has become Twitter’s largest shareholder after buying a 9.2% stake in the company, according to US Securities and Exchange Commission. The Tesla founder and tech guru bought 73,486,938 Twitter shares on March 14, which is worth $2.89 billion (£2.20 billion), and is more than four times the 2.25% holding of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. The news sent Twitter shares soaring about 25% in pre-market trading on Monday, April 4. Read also: World’s Ten richest persons acquired $400 billion in 2021 Musk, a regular Twitter user with more than 80 million followers, recently he said…

Popular Nigerian preacher, Rev. Patrick Grace Henry of Grace Family Outreach has alleged that many people have been initiated into Freemason in Akwa Ibom State government. In a viral video seen by Straightnews, Edet in a sermon in the church located along Goshen Avenue, Nwaniba Road, Uyo, said this has been done under the administration of Udom Emmanuel who is a Christian governor. Freemasonry, according to Wikipedia, is a secret organization whose teachings and practices of the fraternal (men-only) order of Free and Accepted Masons, the largest worldwide secret society—an oath-bound society, often devoted to fellowship, moral discipline, and mutual…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has blamed Governor Nasir El-Rufai for alleged killings and kidnapping plaguing Kaduna State. CAN was reacting to a statement by El-Rufai where he threatened to hire foreign mercenaries to help tackle insecurity in the state. The group stated that the Kaduna governor paying killer Fulani herdsmen some years back is the cause of the current carnage the north is witnessing. El-rufai was quoted to have made the submissions on Friday while speaking with journalists shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari about the recent attacks and killings in Kaduna State including the attack on the International Airport…