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A Lagos State High court on Wednesday (today) sentenced popular prophet and Sheperd-in-charge of CCC Global Genesis church, Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe to two-year imprisonment for defrauding an American based woman. The trial judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade sentenced Prophet Oladele ...

South-South Governors Meet Monday over Zamfara GoldOkowa: We cannot apply laws in such a manner that it becomes discriminatory; you cannot mine solid minerals somewhere in Zamfara and you won’t allow Niger Delta manage their oil It has now been ...

The Federal Government on Wednesday said it was willing to resume oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin. The exercise was suspended by the government in July 2017 after suspected members of Boko Haram attacked a team of geological engineers ...

The governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has expressed support for the attempt by the Nigeria government to regulate social media. He said he was “strongly” in support of the move.He spoke when he received the Inspector General of Police, ...

• CBN places ‘post no debit’ restriction on pharmacist’s account • Lawyer accuses Nigeria Immigration Service of stopping her trip abroad • Federal Government’s panel gets 160 petitions, begins sitting today Eniola Akinkuotu and Adelani Adepegba There were strong indications ...

Dennis Naku,  Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described the allegation that he ordered the army to kill Igbo people in Oyigbo as a “politically-motivated falsehood.” Wike, in a television programme on Monday in Port Harcourt, said ...

Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has blamed a previous administration for being responsible for the continuous strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Although Adamu was not specific on which administration he was referring ...

…Furious gov goes after Igbo proscribed group, local collaborators with bounty…Inside story of the Oyigbo attack that killed security agents…Residents allege police, soldiers siege amid manhunt for assailants Before Wednesday, October 21 wave of violence that left three police stations, ...

…‘We should move fast to remove structural bottlenecks that hobble our country’…Says APC committee proposed significant devolution of powers between federal, state govtsGovernor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State says state police is among the key recommendations the All Progressives ...

The curfew imposed on Lagos State after the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS  protests has been lifted immediately. The 12 am to 4am curfew imposed by the Federal Government to curb the spread of COVID19 remains. Lagosians are free to ...