Lagos State records 10 COVID-19 related deaths (Guardian) Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, says 10 persons have died from COVID-19 related complications in the state between Aug. 24 and Aug. 25. Abayomi disclosed this in his…
*Pastors sacked by Winners’ Chapel ‘unfruitful, blatant failure,’ says Oyedepo (Punch)*2 employees arraigned for allegedly stealing employer’s N574k (Guardian)
Pastors sacked by Winners’ Chapel ‘unfruitful, blatant failure,’ says Oyedepo (Punch) Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church International aka Winners’ Chapel has said the pastors recently sacked by the church were unfruitful. One Pastor Peter Godwin had claimed…
A leadership model we can trust – Ehi Braimah
It would appear that the meeting of Southern Nigerian governors recently in Asaba under the auspices of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum (SNGF) and their communiqué stirred up a hornet’s nest. The issues highlighted at the meeting were not exactly…
Reuben & Ayodele Obaro: The difficult walk to justice – Epa Stevens
In the aftermath of a court judgement dismissing corruption allegations against a UK-based couple trying to build a medical centre in Nigeria, this article examines the couple’s travails and affirms that justice can still be gotten in Nigeria, albeit at…
How N2.2bn was spent on prayers against Boko Haram – EFCC
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigating officer, Mr Adariko Michael, on Tuesday alleged that N2.2 billion was spent on prayers in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to win the war against insurgency in the country. Michael was giving evidence…
Jonathan visits polling stations in Tanzania as voting begins
Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is leading the African Union Expert Election Observer Team to Tanzania, paid a visit to some polling stations in Dar es Salaam, in the early hours of Wednesday. Jonathan announced this on his Facebook…
United States of Nigeria is possible – Ehi Braimah
Over the weekend, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), spoke on the possibilities of a New Nigeria that works for everyone. At a Symposium to commemorate Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary with the theme,…
*Court remands truck driver, owner over ‘involuntary manslaughter’ (Vanguard) *Mompha sues EFCC for N5m over fresh arrest (Punch)
Court remands truck driver, owner over ‘involuntary manslaughter’ (Vanguard) A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday remanded in Police custody a truck driver, Sodiq Okanlanwan, alongside the truck owner, Wasiu Lekan, who allegedly crushed three people to death. Justice…