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I Don’t Know Whether There Will Be 2023 Election Yet – Adeboye

3Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Religion

I Don’t Know Whether There Will Be 2023 Election Yet – Adeboye

Pastor Enoch Adeboye The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says he doesn’t know whether there will be an election in 2023 yet. The 80-year-old cleric said God has not told him whether there would an election next year. He said God spoke to him about the 2019 elections more than a year to the election but the case has not been so with the 2023 election. He quickly added that God might still speak to him about the 2023 general elections but He has not spoken to him yet. Read also: How My Sorrow Disappeared When I Lost My Son In 2021 – Adeboye The cleric said he is more concerned about Kaduna killings, oil theft, Nigeria’s depressing debt profile and other current national challenges. Adeboye also said politics is not his...

EFCC Grills Cubana Chief Priest On Tax Fraud, Money Laundering Allegations

3Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria

EFCC Grills Cubana Chief Priest On Tax Fraud, Money Laundering Allegations

EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly arrested popular socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, known better as Cubana Chief Priest for alleged tax fraud and money laundering. Okechukwu, who was arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday, is being quizzed by anti-graft operatives while the agency was said to be on the hunt for his accomplices. It was gathered that only his wife and family members were allowed to see him since he was taken into custody. Read Also: EFCC Punishes Officer Behind Leaked Video Of Willie Obiano Reports say that he may be granted administrative bail this week. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, could not be reached for comment on Sunday. Okechukwu’s arrest is coming weeks after his acolyte, Obinna Iyiegbu, known as Obi Cubana,...

PDP: Ortom Led Panel Dumps Zoning, Settles For Open Contest

3Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

PDP: Ortom Led Panel Dumps Zoning, Settles For Open Contest

PDP As the committee set up by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on zoning prepares to submit its recommendation this week, there are indications that the Samuel Ortom-led committee has resolved to advise the various organs of the party, particularly the National Executive Committee, NEC, to throw open the Presidential race. The controversy on whether to zone or not was first mooted when, few months after the party lost the 2019 presidential election, then Uche-Secondus-led National Working Committee set up a panel chaired by the governor of Bauchi State, Sen. Bala Mohammed to review what went wrong and advise the party on the way forward. Although that committee recommended that the ticket be thrown open, powerful chieftains of the PDP from the South, pa...

Try Nnamdi Kanu Expeditiously Or Release Him, Soludo Tells FG

3Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Try Nnamdi Kanu Expeditiously Or Release Him, Soludo Tells FG

Chukwuma Soludo The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has given the assurance that he will lead his fellow governors in the Southeast to engage the federal government in dialogue to handle the security situation in the zone. Mr Soludo said that an expeditious release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), would cushion the insecurity impasse in the zone. Mr Soludo said this during a one-day Peacebuilding and Security Dialogue, held in Awka on Saturday. The event was held in response to the deteriorating security challenges in the region. He endorsed the communique of a joint body of traditional rulers and clergy to declare Monday, April 4, as a Day of Prayer at all churches and places of prayers for forgiveness and reconcilia...

Kaduna-Abuja Train: How Phone Call Saved Me From Attack – Obi of Onitsha</strong>

3Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Transportation

Kaduna-Abuja Train: How Phone Call Saved Me From Attack – Obi of Onitsha

Train The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe has disclosed that he was meant to be on board the Abuja-Kaduna train bombed by bandits. Achebe disclosed that a phone call stopped him from boarding the train in Abuja. He disclosed this on Saturday during a meeting with some Igbo leaders, under the aegis of Ahamefuna socio-cultural organization in Enugu. Achebe disclosed that the phone call was an emergency, hence he did not board the train. Read Also: Gov El-Rufai Reveals Identity Of Kaduna Train Attackers He said: “I was among the passengers meant to be on the train last Monday because I had a meeting I was supposed to be attending. “I was already at the train station when I got a call over an emergency and I had to leave the station to attend to it.” Gunmen...

Gov El-Rufai Reveals Identity Of Kaduna Train Attackers

2Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Transportation

Gov El-Rufai Reveals Identity Of Kaduna Train Attackers

Train Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday in Abuja met President Muhammadu Buhari on security developments in his state following Monday night’s terror attack on an Abuja-Kaduna bound train. Recall that terrorists bombed the Abuja-Kaduna train en route Rigasa with hundreds of passengers on-board. During the attack, many passengers were kidnapped, others shot dead and an unascertain number of the passengers also sustained various degrees of injury. El-Rufai, who was sober about recent happenings in the state, told journalists that the President had reassured him that drastic measures would be taken to check the activities of terrorists and bandits in Kaduna and beyond. The governor revealed that the attack on the train was carried out by Boko Haram terrorists ...

How My Sorrow Disappeared When I Lost My Son In 2021 – Adeboye

2Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

How My Sorrow Disappeared When I Lost My Son In 2021 – Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, shared how he got over his “deep sorrow” caused by the death of his son, Dare, last May. According to the octogenarian preacher, a text message from one of his spiritual daughters turned the tide following the death of his 42-year-old son in 2021. Pastor Adeboye Adeboye spoke at the international headquarters of the church along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway during the April 2022 Holy Ghost Service of the church. Dare had passed on on May 4, 2021 during his sleep in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he pastored a church and was based with his family. Speaking on the theme, ‘Signs and Wonders’, on Friday night, the elder Adeboye said children are proofs that God is a Miracle Worker, a Cov...

Unknown Gunmen Set 3 Police Stations Ablaze In Anambra

2Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Unknown Gunmen Set 3 Police Stations Ablaze In Anambra

Unknown Gunmen Rampaging unknown gunmen, in the early hours of yesterday set ablaze Osumenyi, Amichi and Ezinifite police stations all in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. This is coming less than twelve hours after unknown gunmen burnt some buildings in Nnewi South Local Government Headquarters in Ukpor, which prompted the state Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo to visit the scene. During his visit to assess the level of destruction, the governor promised to equip the police and other security agencies to enable them chase out the hoodlums who have been terrorizing residents of the areas. However, less than twelve hours after the visit of the state by the governor, unknown hoodlums went and burnt the three police stations in the area. Amichi, Ezinifite and Os...

Buhari Govt Approved Terrorists Who Bombed Kaduna-Abuja Train’ – Omokri Alleges

2Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Transportation

Buhari Govt Approved Terrorists Who Bombed Kaduna-Abuja Train’ – Omokri Alleges

Kaduna Train Bombing The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has come under criticism over the bombing of a Kaduna-Abuja train by terrorists. Reno Omokri, a socio-political activist, alleged that the terrorists responsible for the bombing were government approved. To back up his claim, Omokri lamented the inability of the Nigerian Government to locate and arrest these bandits. The former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan wondered why the Nigerian Government that arrested a pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu has failed to arrest these terrorists. Read also: Names of 398 Passengers On Board Bombed Abuja-Kaduna Train [Full list] In a tweet, Omokri said if Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi can locate these bandits why can’t the Federal Government locate them. ...

‘I Will Conclude My Tenure In 2023’ ― Umahi Reacts To Appeal Court Judgment

2Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

‘I Will Conclude My Tenure In 2023’ ― Umahi Reacts To Appeal Court Judgment

Dave Umahi Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that his administration will conclude its tenure on May 29, 2023, irrespective of its challenges. Umahi said this on Friday while reacting to the judgment of the Appeal Court sitting in Enugu which affirmed the judgment of the Ebonyi High court on his defection. The Ebonyi High Court had quashed a suit challenging the defection of the governor from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nov. 2020. Umahi while presiding over the weekly state Executive Council meeting, congratulated the people of the state over the judgment and thanked various religious bodies for their prayers. “The enemies have tried using the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the courts but failed. ...