The Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, says it will hold its first thanksgiving church service on Sunday, December 4, 2022, commemorating its reopening for local and international members for worship after the passing of its founder, Senior Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly called TB Joshua. The founder passed on last year June 5, 2021 and the church did not reopen till December 5, 2021 when the church commenced its usual Sunday services. This Sunday, in commemoration of the reopening, SCOAN members from different countries and continents would gather to celebrate what the SCOAN leader Pastor Mrs. Evelyn TB Joshua…
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The Department of State Services, DSS, has warned a woman who identified herself as the wife of one Shafiu Ibrahim to desist from misleading the public with fake news, hate speech, misleading narratives, and other instruments of disinformation against the Service to curry unnecessary public sympathy. The woman, in a viral video, had claimed that her husband, who was linked to terrorism, was abducted by people who identified themselves as operatives of the DSS, alleging that the Kogi State Government, particularly the Governor of the state and his Chief of Staff, were behind his ordeal. She had also claimed that…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Garki, Abuja, has sentenced Professor Magaji Garba, a former Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau to 35 years in prison. Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu handed Garba the judgement on Thursday after he was found guilty of a five count charge for obtaining money by false pretence and forgery. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, secured his conviction for which he extorted various sums from a contractor on the pretext of awarding him a N3 billion contract for the perimeter wall fencing of the University. Garba was arraigned by the EFCC on October 12,…
To tackle insecurity, especially within its borders, the Kogi State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese investors for the provision of high technology security architecture. The first-of-its-kind smart technology will capture movements in and out of Kogi State from a command and control centre to decimate terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements that may want to infiltrate the state and other 11 states it shares boundaries with. According to the state government, in sealing this laudable security control deal, all stakeholders, including the Army, Department of State Services, Navy, Police and local vigilantes, among others, were carried…
Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Sexual Offences Court in Ikeja has remanded the embattled medical director, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation in Ikoyi Correctional Facility on Wednesday. He was remanded following denial of allegation of a two-count charge of defilement and sexual penetration against a minor. The defendant pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. The judge however granted him bail in the sum of N50 million with two sureties in like sum, the sureties must have landed property in Lagos State. Both sureties must also provide evidence of tax payment in the last three years. Among conditions…
The Nigeria Police Force says that the office of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, did not disregard Court Order or rule of law as the office is not aware of any Court Order, during the current IGP’s tenure, with respect to a matter making the round in the media that the IGP disobeyed a Court Order for the reinstatement of a dismissed officer of the Force. In a statement signed on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, he explained that the case in point concerns an officer who was dismissed as far back…
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has reassured that, the commission would reprint every permanent voter card destroyed during recent attack on its Abeokuta South Local Government area office in Ogun State. A total of 65,699 PVCs were affected amongst other administrative materials. The INEC Chairman during on-the-spot assessment to the facility maintained that, internal and external stakeholders should not be discouraged by act of arson by undemocratic and retrogressive elements because that would not deter the commission from its mandate. Professor Yakubu said it is very disappointing that in that last four months, five INEC…
The Unit Controller of the Federal Operations, FOU, Zone C’ in Owerri, Ali Ibrahim has vowed that Nigeria Customs under his watch will not compromise on its constitutional mandate as regards national security. Ali said inspite of insecurity problems in the Eastern region, Nigeria Customs under his Zone will not relent in its effort to put a stop to smuggling of dangerous products into the country. Comptroller Ali Ibrahim stated that more intelligence is being applied now more than ever before in the anti-smuggling Operations of the customs in view of what looked like an unusual situation around the nation.…
Finally, Honourable Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court of the Lagos State High Court ceases to hit the gavel to command attention or confirm an action in her courtroom, she has bowed out of service on 11th November 2022, upon attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65 years, hence she will no longer administer judicial powers on legal matters in the capacity of a judge in the State. To that end, leading and prominent figures in the legal circle across the country have continued to paid glowing tributes to the Senior Judge, who retired after 20 years of…
If you are one of those Nigerians still in search of the truth and wondering whether Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was ever arrested, charged, prosecuted and convicted in the United States of America for alleged drug or money laundering offence, you have to see this podcast. The podcast, which is the 8th episode of “The BAT Moment with Festus Keyamo”, is a bumper and an extended edition that has answers to all questions an average Nigerian may want to ask concerning the alleged Asiwaju drug and money laundering case in the US.…