Living Faith Church to establish 10,000 new churches in Nigeria in 2020

Dr David Oyedepo, President and Founder,  Living Faith Church (LFC), says the church has commenced efforts at planting additional 10,000 new churches across the country in 2020. Oyedepo disclosed  this while addressing the church workers forum  at the International Headquarters of the church in a live telecast in Ota, Ogun,  monitored by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos. According to him, the project will commence this February, adding that  each church worker is expected...

“Don’t take bread out of our mouths,’’ ‘Okada/Keke’ operators beg Sanwo-Olu

Some operators of commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles `Keke’ NAPEP in Lagos said that the ban on their operations by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu would deprive them of their daily bread. The operators said this while speaking with the  News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Saturday in Lagos. They added that the government’s plan would also affect them and their families in negative ways. They urged the government to be lenient with them,...

Buhari constitutes committee on U.S. visas ban

President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a committee, to be chaired by the Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola, to study the reason why the United State banned Nigerians from its immigration visa. According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, the committee will work with the U.S Government, INTERPOL and other stakeholders to ensure all updates are properly implemented. The president further charged the...

Trump administration expands travel ban, includes Nigeria─Africa’s most populous country

The White House placed restrictions on immigration from half a dozen additional countries, including Nigeria, one of the most populous countries in Africa. President Donald Trump is expanding his controversial travel ban, placing immigration restrictions on half a dozen new countries, including Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. The latest iteration of the ban will suspend immigrant visas for citizens from four countries — Nigeria, Myanmar (also known as Burma), Eritrea and Kyrgyzstan —...

Ezza stakeholders give plaintiffs 72 hours ultimatum to withdraw suit against Ebonyi airport project

Stakeholders of Ezza clan in Ebonyi state have given their brothers who filed a suit against the construction of an international airport in Ezza land 72 hours to withdraw the suit in the interest of peace and development. This was contained in a communiqué issued after an expanded stakeholders meeting of the Clan at the palace of the Chairman, Ebonyi State Traditional Rulers Council, H.R.M Ezeogo Charles Mkpuma {Ezegburugbala the III} of Ezzama Kingdom. Six...

Nigeria: Governor Okowa deny conniving with Omo Agege to destroy Ogboru’s ambition

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has denied making any deal with the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo Agege in 2019 to truncate the chances of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Chief Great Ogboru to become the governor of the State. The governor urged leaders of the All Progressive Congress and their followers in Delta State to look inward and find internal solutions to the party’s abysmal performance during the 2019 general...

Witness exposes Suswam in court over transfer of N3.1bn

An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s star witness, on Friday, alleged that Gabriel Suswam, former Governor of Benue State, transferred N3.1 billion  into his account. Mr Abubakar Umar,  an Abuja-based Bureau De Change (BDC) Operator, told Justice Okon Abang at the Federal High Court, Abuja, that the money was transferred through a company, Elixir Investment, in  bits into his company’s account name, Fanffash Resources, at the Zenith Bank. He said the total amount of...

Ojukwu varsity teaching hospital records lassa fever case

The management of the Chukwuemeka Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, says the institution has recorded one case of lassa fever. In a statement issued on Friday in Awka, the management stated that the patient was brought to the hospital from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Medical Centre. The statement, which was signed by Dr Ifeanyichukwu Ezebialu, the Acting Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), further stated that specimen was taken to Irruah in Edo, where it...

Nigeria under serious security threat now than ever – Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province

The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has raised alarm over the increasing security challenges in the country. Chukwuma expressed concern over the security situation in Nigeria on Friday, when the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu Planning Committee on the maiden edition of Annual Lecture Series and Thanksgiving, paid him a courtesy visit. He said that it was disturbing that kidnappers had begun to operate at...

Over 100 Ebonyi women protest half-naked over takeover of their mineral-rich land

Odogwu Emeka Odogwu Women from Ndiezoke village in Igbeagu community in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State numbering over One Hundred (100) has staged a protest half-naked over alleged forceful takeover of their land by a former traditional ruler of Igbeagu community, John Nwenyi, following discovery of mineral deposit in the land. The aged women who stormed Government House Abakaliki to protest the forceful takeover of their land were joined in the protest by...

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