Month: January 2021
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Kenyan Pastor Bags 140 years Imprisonment For Impregnating His Two Teenage Daughters
A 51-year-old pastor, John Gichira has been sentenced to 140 years in prison for impregnating his two daughters aged 14 and 16 in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County, Kenya. Appearing before Senior Principal Magistrates, Anthony Mwicigi of Baricho High Court on Thursday, January 14, the pastor was slapped with a 70-year- jail term for sexually assaulting…
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Just In: FG Okays January 18 For Schools Resumption
The Federal Government has given the nod for schools to resume on January 18 after reaching consensus with Governors, Commissioners and other stakeholders, The Nation reports. The consensus was reached at a meeting between the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and Commissioners of Education in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of…
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Oyo Police Indict Amotekun of Killing 21-year-old Student
Oyo State Police Command, Thursday, indicted operative of southwest security outfit, codenamed, Amotekun of killing another 21-year-old student, Tosin Thomas. The force spokesman in the state, Olugbenga Fadeyi confirmed this to newsmen in a statement issued in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. His words, “A report was received from one Alamu Timothy at Makola Police…
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Shocking! Missing Varsity Lecturer Found Dead!
A lecturer with Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI) in Ebonyi State, Kyrian Nwoke, who went missing few days ago, has been murdered by unknown assailants, Daily Trust reports. Nwoke, before his death, taught in the Department of Physiology in AE-FUNAI. His remains were found along Abakaliki Rice Mill axis of Ogoja road on…
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Resumption: FUNAAB VC Warns ASUU Against ‘Personilsed Unionism’
The Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof Felix Kolawole Salako, has warned the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), FUNAAB chapter, against ‘perssoniised unionism’, which according to him is tantamount to demarketing the Varsity. The Chairman of ASUU FUNAAB, Dr Adebayo Oni, had reportedly said the institution cannot…
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Genital Organ of 6-year-old Girl Mutilated by Ritualists in Bauchi Recovered (Photos)
The Bauchi Police Command has recovered a genital organ suspected to belong to the 6-year-old girl mutilated by ritualists in Jamaare Local Government Area of the state. Recall that, two suspects Abdulkadir Wada Haladu, 19, and Adamu Abdulrauf, 20, were arrested in connection with the crime. Wada was nabbed in Mararraba, Nasarawa State where he…
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House of Reps Impeached President Trump
The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for “incitement of insurrection” at last week’s Capitol riot. He is the first president in US history to be twice impeached – to be charged with crimes by Congress. Mr Trump, a Republican, will now face a trial in the Senate, where if convicted he…
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COVID-19: FG Sets To Disburse N5,000 To One Million Nigerians
The Federal Government on Wednesday, unveiled its plan to disburse N5, 000 to one million nigerians for the next six months as rapid response intervention to cushion effect of covid-19 pandemic. Minister of Humanitarian affairs, Disaster management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Faruk let this out while flagging-off the disbursement of N20,000 cash grants to…
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Updated: UNILAG Announces Resumption of Academic Activities
The University of Lagos has announced its resumption date. Head of the Media Unit of the university, Mrs Olufadeke Akinleye, said Wedneaday said that the institution would commence online classes on January 25 due to the second wave of COVID-19. This was disclosed in a statement signed by it’s Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications, Abdullahi…
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How UK Based Nigerian Pastor Allegedly Defrauded Ex-Church Member of N57 Million
Documents have exposed how Reverend Dapo Adegboyega, the Board of Trustees Chairman of Salvation Proclaimers Army Church (SPAC) Nation, London, a Nigerian Pentecostal church based in the United Kingdom may have defrauded a church member identified as Racheal Daniel of £110,000 (N103 million) in 2012. SaharaReporters was told that the former pastor with World Evangelism…