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The Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to dismiss the case instituted against him, saying that its a mere abuse of court processes. In his preliminary objection he filed against the suit on September 20, 2019, Fatoyinbo told …

The Anambra command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra state command, has warned its officers and men not to extort money from applicants during the ongoing recruitment in the corps. A statement issued by the command on Friday in Awka noted that the command learnt that …

The Kaduna State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria has raised the alarm over a purported eviction order handed down to one of its churches in Zaria, Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Urban Planning Development Agency allegedly served the 100-year-old St. George Anglican Church, Sabon Gari, Zaria, the seven-day …

A budget of N100 billion has been proposed for the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan. The proposal was submitted on Thursday to the National Economic Council by its Sub-Committee on Farmers/Herders’ crisis. The NEC meeting was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. READ …

Nigerian youths numbering over 500 on Wednesday took to the streets in Abuja to protest against what they described as moral decadence of Idris Okunneye popularly known as Bobrisky. The protesters, under the aegis of National Youths Council of Nigeria, while disowning him, said they stood by the National Centre …

Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, says from the look of things, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s office has been rendered useless, impotent and irrelevant. It, however, said it would be too early to speculate if Osinbajo’s “ordeal” was caused by any misdemeanor on his part or if it was based on permutations ahead …

African countries’ Drug Law Enforcement Agencies. The Head of Public Affairs, Mr Jonah Achema, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that Abdallah’s emergence was a testimony to the performance-driven leadership of the agency. Achema added that NDLEA was also widely regarded as a leading light …

Accompanied by the Executive Director of Projects, Hon Daniel Mayuku, Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Hon John Nani, Executive Director Statistics, Shedrack Agedigha and Hon Leonard Anoka, amongst others, the managing Director of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Askia Ogieh, commissioned a 6-classroom block with …

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has said the officer who initiated the request to the banks for senators and Judicial memnbers bank details was unacquainted with the fact that the NFIU already had access to such information through its database, saying that the Senate President, the Speaker of the House …

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, on Monday said it was untrue that he was planning to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Melaye, on his official twitter handle @dino-melaye, stated that APC will be defeated in Kogi …