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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for drug peddling The cleric was arrested while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body, according to the PUNCH. The popular preacher who …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has flayed the indiscriminate development of structures across the state by property developers without obtaining the necessary building plan permit, noting that more than 90 percent of structures erected in the state are without a building plan. Obaseki said this when he received executive members of Nigeria Institute of Builders (NIOB), Edo State Chapter, …

*VP  graces installation of Senator Mohood Olalekan Ishola Balogun Ali-Iwo …Says new Olubadan comes into office “better prepared than probably any monarch anywhere” The uniqueness of the city of Ibadan transcends the rich culture of the Yoruba people and the politics of the South-West region as it is renowned for its many firsts; in education, sports, broadcasting, and even the birthing …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed confidence that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu will return the party to power in 2023. Obaseki, at a dinner in honour of the National Chairman at the Government House, Benin City, promised to work with the party’s leadership to ensure that the PDP produces …

Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi, has opened up on her ‘incurable’ ailment, revealing that she was diagnosed with lupus. In a recent interview with show host, Chude Jideonwo, published on Friday, the actress also disclosed that the doctor said she had five years to live. According to her, she had lived just one year after the doctor’s pronouncement, as she tearfully …

…Orders Provost, IGP Monitoring Unit To Ensure Strict Enforcement Abuja -The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has banned, with immediate effect, the use of unapproved uniforms and outfits on routine operation by officers on patrol and guard, stop and search. While giving the ban order at the weekend, the IGP expressed dismay at the flagrant violation of the approved …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja – Trade Union Congress of Nigeria’s political roundtable 2022 on the role of organized labour in promoting participatory democracy and good governance recently turned into a war of words, with Saharareporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore accusing former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko of betraying Chief MKO Abiola. Chief Abiola was the presumed winner of the June …

German Ambassador to Nigeria, Birgitt Ory, together with UN Resident Coordinator Matthias Schmale and UNDP Resident Representative Mohammed Yahya, visited Borno State on March 9 and 10 2022, where she met with local government leaders, UN agencies and humanitarian organizations. Ambassador Ory also visited Ngarannam town in Mafa LGA. Destroyed by insurgents and uninhabited since 2015, the community has been rebuilt through a stabilization program co- funded by the German government. Reconstruction work took into account the building …

By Adekunle Adekoya There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties.— Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) In the July 9, 2021 edition of this column, I wrote about political parties being special purpose vehicles — a gathering of strange bedfellows coming together for one single purpose — …

As the debate over whether the state or Federal Government should collect Value Added Tax (TAX) is yet to settle, inability to invest at home, rising insecurity, high migration rate and exportation among others have been identified as possible reasons for low collection of VAT by states in the southeast region. Sources indicated that there are high investments by people …