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Celestial Church reacts to death of socialite, Kayode Badru

The Celestial Church of Christ has released a statement concerning the death of socialite Kayode Badru. Badru reportedly died after being involved in a fire accident at a Celestial Church of Christ parish last week. According to the statement the ...

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Fresh attack in Anambra as five are allegedly shot dead and vigilante office burnt

Gunmen have shot five people dead and set ablaze the office of local vigilante in Ozubulu,  Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident occurred on Sunday around 7.00pm. The gunmen reportedly came in several vehicles and motorcycles and ...

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Don’t take Covid-19 vaccine, Oyedepo tells church members

The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church International (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, has called on the government to come to him for a lasting solution to the Covid-19 pandemic. He stated this on Sunday during the 40th anniversary ...

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Father Mbaka apologises to Bishop, Catholic Church

Fiery Enugu Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, has apologised to the Catholic church over the attack and destruction of the Enugu Catholic Diocese Bishop’s Court and Holy Ghost Cathedral in Enugu. Mbaka, who is the spiritual director of Adoration ...

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Diplomat filmed peeing on the road in Nigeria (Photo/Video)

A Nigerian man has shared the moment he filmed a foreign Diplomat urinating along a major road in Lagos.   In the video already circulating across social media, the Diplomat who appeared to be pressed is seen holding his private ...

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Nigeria has lost over 2,000 citizens to worsening insecurity in first quarter of 2021, CSO says

Nigeria lost over 2,000 citizens to worsening insecurity in the first quarter of 2021, Civil Society Organisations have said. The Joint Action Civil Society Coalition, comprising 125 nongovernmental organisations berated the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), ...

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Fear in Onitsha as truckload of live bullets falls

Residents of commercial city of Onitsha Anambra State have been gripped with fear, following the fall of a truck loaded with live bullets in the area. The Mercedes Benz 911 truck, which fell along Awka road in the city in ...

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Socialite, Kayode Badru dies in church during ‘assignment’

Popular Lagos socialite #KayodeBadru has reportedly died after being involved in a fire accident at a Celestial Church of Christ. The deceased was said to have flown into the country from Dubai for the graduation of the 40 people he ...

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Abuja-based sisters, others nabbed for selling drugged cake, cookies online

Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested members of an online drug trafficking cartel that sells drugged cookies, cakes, brownies and other illicit substances to residents of Abuja and beyond. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, ...

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Adeboye’s sons shave heads, beards to honour brother

Leke and Adeolu, the male children of General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, have shaved their hair, and beard, in honour of their brother, Oluwadamilare Adeboye. Oluwadamilare, 42, died in his sleep last ...

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Another blow hits Redeemed Church, as fire razes Province

Another blow has hit the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, as fire razed the Province 28 headquarters of the church in Lagos. This is coming less than a week after Pastor Dare Adeboye, son of the General Overseer, RCCG, ...

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Davido announces talent hunt show, to give winner $10,000

Davido who just celebrated  his 10th anniversary in the entertainment industry has announced his talent hunt show. According to the singer,  he will be giving $10,000 to the winner of the competition in celebration of his 10th anniversary in the ...

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Body of Kano varsity student found dumped at sand excavation site 5 days after he was declared missing

A 22-year-old student of the Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, Ahmad Abubakar Idiris, has been found dead, five days after he was reported missing from the school. The student, who was in 300-level in the Department of ...

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Daura Emirate bans Sallah Durbar over insecurity

The Emir of Daura, Dr Umar Faruk Umar, has ruled out the traditional Sallah procession in the emirate for the forthcoming Eid-el-Fitr over security challenges. He also directed that no district head should visit him on the Sallah day. This ...

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Speech impaired cleaner Peter Aliyu becomes SSA to Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appointed a speech impaired youth and cleaner, Peter Aliyu, as his Senior Special Assistant on Sanitation. This was made known in a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, and made ...

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GOFAMINT leader Elijah Abina loses 53-year-old son

Emmanuel Folorunso Abina, the 53-year-old son of the General Overseer of The Gospel Faith Mission International Elijah Abina, has passed away. Emmanuel reportedly died after a brief illness. Emmanuel, until his transition, was the pastor in charge of the Kingdom ...

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TB Joshua should’ve been prosecuted for church collapse — Soyinka

Prof. Wole Soyinka, said the founder of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua better known as TB Joshua, ought to have been prosecuted for the collapse of his church hotel. The church’s hotel collapsed on September 12, 2014, ...

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Edo Police arrest 2 suspects for stealing N5.2m dropped by robbers

The Edo Police Command has arrested two men, Monday Imafidon and Ifeanyi Okafor, who stole the loot dropped by a four-man gun-toting gang that robbed a POS outlet of N5.2 million. The robbery operation took place in Uromi, Esan north-east ...

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Sunday Igboho mocks Pastor Adeboye over son’s death (Video)

Popular Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, (aka Sunday Igboho) has mocked Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, over the sudden death of his son, Pastor Dare Adeboye. Sunday Igboho said he would not greet or sympathize ...

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Insecurity: Ortom, El-Rufai trade words, accuse each other of failure

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday, took a swipe at his Kaduna counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, saying he had no moral justification to challenge another governor. Ortom was reacting to El-Rufai’s accusation that his Benue counterpart was using the ...

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