The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) has released an official statement reacting to the rape allegation against their senior pastor, Rev. Biodun Fatoyinbo, by Busola Dakolo, wife of singer Timi Dakolo. Busola in a tell-all interview released in June, accused Fatoyinbo of raping her when she was a teenager while attending his church
The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, has condemned the controversy surrounding the Senate’s budget of N5,550 billion for the purchase of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). He said Nigerian senators deserve SUVs and it is an insult to say otherwise, Punch Newspaper reports. The status of a senator of
Three self-acclaimed Islamic clerics (pictured above) who specialize in swindling unsuspecting members of the public of their hard earned money as well as having unlawful carnal knowledge of their female clients have been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command. A statement from the
Nigerian-based payment application development company TechAdvance, with subsidiaries such as Gpay Africa, PayElectricBills and Advance Bank, recently received a $1 million investment from Bahrain-based group, Lamar Holding. The Nigerian company is focused on developing and deploying niche payment technologies in emerging markets. This recent investment by Lamar Holding’s so
The Nigerian senate ministerial screening has been concluded and all the 43 ministerial nominees have been confirmed. The remaining three nominees Mr Lai Mohammed, Sabo Nanono and Saleh Mamman were screened on Tuesday July 30, and that marked the end of week-long screening process by the upper chamber. Here
The Federal Government has obtained a court order to proscribe the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) – Shiites, PUNCH is reporting. The order was given by Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. Maha made “a declaration that the activities of the respondent (Islamic Movement in Nigeria)
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). According to Premium Times, President Buhari signed the agreement in Niger Republic today at the African Union (AU) summit. President Buhari had delayed signing the agreement saying more consultations were necessary before Nigeria can append its signature to it.
The Nigerian government has commenced the establishment of Ruga settlements for herdsmen across 11 states across the country and citizens are not having it. Despite the public outcry, senior officials in the ministry said that the Federal Government is determined to go ahead with the
Leritshimwa Diyal, the 32-year-old woman who has confessed to stealing a three-day-old baby in Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos has said that the desire to have a child, who would call her mother, pushed her into committing the crime. Diyal, a student of College of Health
The Federal Government has fulfilled its 25-year old pledge to former Super Eagles coach Clemens Westerhof. The Federal Government had pledged to give the Dutchman a house for winning the 1994 AFCON, and it was redeemed on Monday at the Federal Ministry of Works, Power and
The Federal Government has approved N47.43bn for the Nigeria Air project in the 2019 budget, the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said. Sirika disclosed this while explaining that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, was misquoted in reports which stated that he
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the N8.91tn 2019 Appropriation Bill into law. Punch reports that Buhari assented to the bill on Monday, in the presence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje; the Minister of
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A man gave up alcohol and began saving the money would have used to purchase drinks in a piggy bank. He has now broken the bank to reveal how much he’s saved in 124 days of sobriety. Sharing photos of his money, he tweeted:
ChamsConsortium Ltd has accused MasterCard of breach of Confidence and frustration of ChamsConsorium’s National Identity Card Concession Project. The consortium led by Chams Plc has alleged in a public letter that MasterCard’s unwholesome business practice has made Nigeria’s national ID project un-implementable and undermined the