The Harvesters International Christian Centre (HICC) will kick off this year’s spiritual encounter and renewal tagged Winepress at the church headquarters, opposite Ascon filling station, Gbagada, Lagos from January 22 to 27. According to the senior pastor of the church,…
Army neutralises Boko Haram insurgents in Buni-Yadi (Guardian)
The 27 Task Force Brigade and Nigeria Army Special Forces School, Buni-Yadi, Yobe, on Sunday neutralised scores of Boko Haram insurgents who attacked the military base. Major Nureni Alimi, the Assistant Director, Public Relations, 27 Task Force Brigade, disclosed this…
China’s population growth slows (Guardian)
China’s population grew at a slower rate last year despite the abolition of the one-child policy, official data showed Monday, raising fears an ageing society will pile further pressure on an already slowing economy. There were 15.23 million live births…
Grandfather of corruption Obasanjo needs doctor, says Presidency (Guardian)
The Nigerian government Sunday said the verbal attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress by the country’s former leader Olusegun Obasanjo was a sign of “corruption establishment” fighting back. A government spokesman said the “puerile attacks”…
Ekeremor in Bayelsa agog over first motorable road (Guardian)
The Bayelsa State governor, Seraike Dickson, scored a first when he led his entire executive council for the first motor ride to Ekeremor, headquarters of Ekeremor local government area of the state, the first in the history of the community.…
Yahoo boy jailed for defrauding foreign lover of $140,000 (Guardian)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Benin Zonal Office on Wednesday secured the conviction of one Onovo Osita Malachy at the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State. The convict was arraigned on a one-count charge…
Eight die in Ondo auto crashes as truck crushes mother, child to death in Ogun (Guardian)
Six persons reportedly died on the spot and 10 others sustained serious injuries in a ghastly lone accident that involved a Benue State-bound bus from Ogbomoso. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred on a bridge between Ajowa and Gedegede in Akoko…
Police burst ritualists’ den, arrest two suspects in Ekiti (Guardian)
Ekiti State police command has burst a ritualists’ shrine in Odo, a suburb of Ado Ekiti, the state capital and arrested two suspected ritualists. The Commissioner of Police, Asuquo Amba, who led a team of officers and journalists to the…
Court sentences man to death for murder (Guardian)
An Osun State high court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, on Thursday, sentenced a middle-aged man, Sunday Palms, to death by hanging for murder. The convict was arraigned on December 8, 2014, on a one-count charge of murder, a…
Southern, Middle Belt leaders want due process on Onnoghen (Guardian)
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the prosecution of Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) and resort to due process.It said this while…
