At the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Omugo, in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State, last Sunday, the service, which started at 8.30am, was already underway without any premonition that any evil was lurking around the corner. Omugo, a sleepy community, is about seven kilometres from Omu-Aran, the country home of Bishop David O...
•The Christ Apostolic Church, CAC Oke Isegun, Eruku, Kwara State The Christ Apostolic Church, CAC Oke Isegun, Eruku, Kwara State, today, held a special service inside its blood-splattered auditorium, praying for the safe return of kidnapped members and the repose of those killed during Tuesday’s brutal bandit attack. The church today officiall...
•Youth Corps members The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will mobilise no fewer than 650,000 graduates from within and outside Nigeria for the mandatory service programme next year. Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye, made this known in Abuja today while delivering a goodwill message at the 7th National Day of...
•NYSC members, Zamfara The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Katsina says it has extended the service of two corps members in the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream one. The state NYSC Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Sa’idu, confirmed the development in an interview with our correspondent in Katsina today, reports NAN. According to Sa’idu, the corps membe...
Nigeria spent about $2.01 billion on external debt servicing between January and April 2025, marking a 50 per cent increase compared to the $1.33 billion recorded during the same period in 2024. This is according to the latest international payments data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria on its website, which was obtained by […]
•Medical doctors protest The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL), has renewed its plea to President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, to investigate the worsening conditions at the hospital, warning that it risks total collapse. •The protesting doctors During a peaceful protest h...
•(L-R)Retired DIG Abiodun Alabi, AIG Joshua Ogundele and AIG Olanrewaju Olaosebikan The Nigeria Police Force has pulled out the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Abiodun Alabi, two Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIGs Joshua Ogundele and Olanrenwaju Olaosebikan from the service. The retiring officers were pulled out at the Police...
•Governor Hyacinth Alia Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia says his administration has spent $2.82 million (N4.53 billion) to service external loans between June 2023 and June 2024. Alia made the disclosure in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Tersoo Kula, and made available to journalists today in Makurdi. The governor sai...
The Celestial Church of Christ, Acts of Apostle Parish, Ketu, Alapere, Lagos, has been thrown into crisis following the donation of N5 million by the church authority. It was gathered that the crisis erupted during a Sunday service last week when an acclaimed son of the church founder, Muyiwa Oluponna, stormed the church and disrupted [&hellip...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to withdraw the services of its members from all duties if the Federal High Court judgement that barred Central Bank of Nigeria from paying alÂlocation to Rivers State affects the well-being of its members. The Rivers State Council of NLC took this position during an [&hel...

