Pope Francis on Tuesday signed a decree that forbids Priests or Bishops from blessing same-sex marriages in Roman Catholic Churches. The Oyo State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Chairman, Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. Akinyemiju...
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The Department of Development Control, FCT Administration, has said it is considering relocating part of Nuwalege community, occupying a portion of Presidential Air Fleet, along Airport Road, Abuja. The Director of the department, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, made this known during an engagement with the community members on Tuesday...
Akwa Ibom has emerged the cleanest state in Nigeria, under the five-year project review circus, tagged STONE Pro-Max 2023, with a cumulative score of 72 per cent. The National Co-ordinator/Secretary, National Technical Study Group (NTSG) on Clean Up Nigeria, Prince Ene Baba Owoh, who presented the award on...
The Deputy Spokesperson, Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), ArchBishop Emmanuel Ekuri, announced on Tuesday in Ilorin that it will operate open kitchen to feed the poor and indigent worldwide. Ekuri disclosed this at a news conference organised as part of the 2023 activities marking the Divine...
Gunmen on Monday night abducted Mr Sunday Bage, a prominent farmer in Pari village in the Chawai chiefdom of Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Also picked along with Sunday was his wife, Listu. A source from the village told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) that the...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the abduction of a High Court Judge, Justice Joy Uwana and her driver in Oron Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the judge was abducted on Monday along with her driver, while...
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a 58-year-old herbalist, Nurudeen Ibrahim, to five years imprisonment with hard labour for fraud. Ibrahim was arraigned before the court on Aug. 2, 2022, on three count charge of conspiracy, fraud and indecent assault. Delivering judgment, the Magistrate, Mr Olatomiwa Daramola...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has lifted the curfew imposed on Ifon and Ilobu communities, sequel to a near perfect semblance of peace and orderliness that has returned to the warring communities. The governor also said the curfew would be lifted on Dec....
Earlier this month, the African energy sector learnt of Simbi Wabote’s replacement from his position as executive secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). He was appointed to the position by President Muhammadu Buhari in September 2016. Wabote’s abrupt exodus (which was not explained) has sparked...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR – MTN Nigeria emerged as the winner of the Airship Altitude Awards recently held at the Mobile Leaders Forum in London. The company won the award for its mobile app, ‘myMTN NG,’ a free application designed to simplify the mobile experience of its subscribers. Airship, acknowledged...
Popular skit maker and comedian, Adebowale Adedayo ‘Mr Macaroni’ on Tuesday expressed his love for football, adding that his favorite players were Christiano Ronaldo and the current African Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen. Mr Macaroni made the remarks in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted former terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu’s plea to have access to his own personal physician over alleged deteriorating health condition. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, ordered that Mamu’s medical doctor should be allowed to treat him subject to the supervision...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of Works, David Umahi has been named as The Top10 Magazine’s Minister of the Year 2023. He emerged the stand-out choice among other distinguished Ministers in a multi-stage rigorous selection and screening process. In a letter conveying Engr. Umahi’s emergence...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Federal Government has said it is set to commence the disbursement of loans to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by January 2024. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and MSMEs, Office of the Vice-President, Mr...
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple for alleged trafficking in a month old baby. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the couple procured the baby in Lagos and were on their way to the...
The installation processes of the 21st Soun of Ogbomoso on Tuesday, climaxed with the presentation of staff of office/instrument of office to Oba Ghandi Olaoye by Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. Makinde, in his remarks, urged the 62-year-old traditional ruler to take steps that would ensure unity...
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that it had never, at any time, threatened to remove Sen. Samuel Anyanwu as its national secretary. The party’s leaders told Justice Inyang Ekwo in a counter affidavit filed on their behalf by...
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, in the early hours of Tuesday, kidnapped a Second- Class Chief and 20 residents in the Pupule area of Yorro local government in Taraba state. The gunmen, according to locals in the area, invaded the community around 2:am and took away 21 members...
…As TotalEnergies Boss Lauds NNPC Ltd on Reforms The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TotalEnergies for the adoption and deployment of a methane detection technology known as Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Application (AUSEA) in all its upstream...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri -. The Borno State Government has vowed to revoke all title holders of the ten (10) layouts under the Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS) Pilot scheme which were issued notices since June 2020. This was contained in a press statement personally signed by...