The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has held its annual regional convention for 2024 in Plateau, seven years after it suspended the activity. The convention held at its campground in Kassa, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual regional...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued the nine abducted students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Osara, Kogi State. The army, in a post on its official X Handle on Sunday, said the troops in collaboration with other security agencies...
Pope Francis and Most. Rev. Adewale Martins, on Sunday tasked state actors to exert regulations on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to conform to pro-human. The Pope, who is the ruler the Vatican City State and the Holy See; and Martins, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, made...
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, has advised Nigerians against allowing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replace the human person in the society. Kaigama gave the advice in his sermon on Sunday, in commemoration of the 2024 World Communication Day, held at St Joseph Pastoral Area,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has declared that Plateau State would witness long-lasting peace and a return to its former glory, asserting that darkness cannot overpower light. Pastor Adeboye made this declaration on Sunday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended his warm congratulations to the President-Elect of the Republic of Chad, Mahamat Déby, on his election victory. President Tinubu in a statement on by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, affirmed that the successful conduct of elections in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The State Exercise Council Members (SEC) and Local Government Councils Executives and registered members of the National Union of Pensioners (NUP), Borno State Chapter, have commended Governor Babagana Zulum, for alleviating the plight of pensioners through prompt payment of their pensions and gratuities....
Economic hardship: Church shares food, cash to less privileged during service The Taraba branch of Deeper Life Bible Church, on Sunday, distributed food items and cash to the less privileged in the state to cushion the effects of the economic hardship on them. Pastor Samuel Omajali, the state director...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The 13th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Forum of South–South Monarchs is scheduled to hold in Asaba from 21st – 22nd May, 2024, with the President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, His Excellency Senator (Dr) Godswill Obot Akpabio CON...
A pro All Progressive Congress (APC) group, Northern Progressive Forum has called for the sack of Mustapha Abdullahi as the Director General of Energy Commission of Nigeria over what it described as fraud. Recall that’s Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi was appointed as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, for rehabilitating serving and fallen heros mentally and physically, by creating the Invictus Game. The governor made the commendation on Sunday, while receiving Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Dutchess of Sussex, at the...
As the world celebrates Mother’s Day, fans of Nigerian music sensation, Wizkid, on Sunday took to X, formerly Twitter, to urge the artiste to release his highly anticipated album, “Morayo”. The awaited album, named after Wizkid’s late mother, Morayo, who passed away some months ago, is seen as...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Policep Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper who allegedly abducted his cousin sister and killed her after she recognised him. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. ASP...
Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have lamented the increasing cost of Garri and how the staple food is becoming inaccessible to the average Nigerian. The latest National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Food Price Report revealed that the average price of 1kg of white garri increased...
The Founder, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has assured that the party will come out from its current internal crisis stronger. Aniebonam gave the assurance in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He said that the party’s greatness lied in the ability of its members...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – A former Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Mr John Lebo, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Lebo who was the speaker of the 8th assembly, disclosed his resignation in a statement signed by him which was made available...
No fewer than 14 students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi, abducted by bandits on Thursday night, have been rescued The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lokoja. The CUSTECH...
Rep. Abdulmalik Zubairu (APC-Zamfara) has distributed N 10.94 million as scholarship grants to 297 undergraduates, NCE and Polytechnic students from his constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zubairu represents Bungudu and Maru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Speaking at the cash disbursement exercise...
In a bid to rid the country of fake and substandard products, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has dismantled an illegal alcohol factory in Badagry. The agency, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, by Mr Sayo Akintola, NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant,...
The Federal Government has said that the Truenat Initiative, a rapid molecular testing system, will help to transform Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis across the country. The Director, Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Anyaike Chukwuma, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of...