Son of Trending Mummy G.O Speaks on Viral Hell Fire Memes

Samuel, the son of Funmilayo Adebayo, an evangelist nicknamed Mummy GO, and now trending on social media, has said that his mother is not bothered about the hellfire memes circulating online. He, however, said many of the texts attributed to his mum in the memes about hellfire were fabricated and untrue imaginations. Samuel, while speaking to journalists on Friday, said though his 54-year-old mother made some comments about some actions that might attract hellfire as...

Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Others Send Tribute to Veteran Actor, Sidney Poitier

Former President of the United States, Barack Obama; globally-renowned media personality, Oprah Winfrey; and other notable figures have sent glowing tributes to veteran actor Sidney Poitier. Poitier, who was the first black actor to win an Oscars award, died on Thursday night at the age of 94. According to a statement sent to THR by the family, it was noted that the actor spent his last days with family and friends. “There are no words to convey...

Gold Mine Collapses, Kills Over 30 In Sudan

At least 31 miners were killed and eight missing in Sudan on Tuesday when a rudimentary gold mine collapsed, a government official said. The disaster occurred near Nuhud, a town about 500 kilometres (310 miles) west of Khartoum, said Khaled Dahwa, the head of the state-run Mineral Resources Company in West Kordofan. “Thirty-one traditional miners were killed because of a mine collapsing,” he told AFP, adding one person survived and eight others were still missing....

Obasanjo Counters Clark in Open Letter, Says Oil Belongs to Nigeria, Not Niger Delta

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has clarified that oil found in the Niger Delta region belonged to Nigeria constitutionally. He said this while reacting to allegations raised by Niger Delta elder, Chief Edwin Clark, in an open letter written about a week ago. In a six-page letter, Obasanjo claimed that he was wrongly accused. The former president noted that his comments on the issue at a forum convened by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa...

FEMA Calls for the Review of Fire Service Act of 1963

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency has called for the review of the Fire Service Act of 1963, in order to empower the agency to meet up with contemporary realities. The Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Idriss said that the act had become obsolete, thus limiting the powers of emergency agencies in the discharge of their duties. While stating that the law...

Buhari to Sign 2022 Budget On Friday, December 31 – Presidency

The Presidency has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, December 31, sign the 2022 Appropriation Bill. This development was confirmed by the Senior Special Assistance to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the 2022 budget has been transmitted by the National Assembly and the President will sign the bill into law by 10am. This comes barely a week after lawmakers in the House of...

Thugs Attack Zamfara PDP Congress Venue, Burn Voting Materials

Some political thugs have invaded the designated venue for the congress of the People’s Democratic Party (DP) in Zamfara, few hours to the commencement of the exercise. The programme initially slated for the Zaitun Oil mill, behind State Pilgrim Board has been moved to the Command Guest House in Gusau, the state capital. Channels Television gathered that the thugs invaded the venue in the early hours of Monday and destroyed the voting materials, nomination forms, two...

Malami Explains Why Buhari Won’t Sign The Electoral Amendment Bill Into Law

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has given reasons why the President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would not sign the new electoral law insisting that the law has not captured the interest of all Nigerians. He stated this in a phone-in program on Radio Kano while responding to questions on Sunday. He said the new electoral law has an excessive cost implication, is discriminatory, as well as supportive...

Imo Government Apologizes to Anglican Church Over the Manner of Arrest of Uche Nwosu

The Imo State Government on Monday apologised to the public over how Chief Uche Nwosu was arrested during a church service at the St Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama Obaire in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, said that the governor and the government of the state held the Anglican Church and the church of God in general in high...

Police Recover 1,889 Machine Guns, 52,577 Round of Ammunitions, RPG, Others in 2021 – Report

Barely one week after the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted a container loaded with firearms and ammunition at the Tin Can port in Lagos, the police have said they recovered no less than 1,889 weapons and 52,577 rounds of live ammunition between January and December, 2021. The spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force, CP Frank Mba, told our correspondent in an interview on Thursday that the recovered weapons include General Purpose Machine Guns, Rocket-Propelled Grenade, variants...

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