A 48-year-old Pastor of “The Light House Gospel Church” Oluwo, Owode Egba, in Obafemi Owode local government area, Pastor Michael Abiodun has been arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating the 12 year old daughter of a member of his church (name withheld). The Pastor was arrested following information…
A 4-year-old girl died after she was attacked by a leopard inside a private tea estate at Arakadu near in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India. According to local media, the girl identified as Saritha, daughter of migrant workers from Assam, was attacked on Wednesday afternoon, August 10, 2022, when she went to relieve herself…
A lawyer in India has won 22-year court battle involving 100 hearings after he was overcharged for a train ticket in 1999. Passenger Tungnath Chaturvedi paid 20 rupees (21p) more than he should have for two tickets on a North East Railway service from Mathura to Moradabad in 1999, but was handed over 100 rupees…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have signed a peace pact to de-escalate religious tensions in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. The peace accord was signed in Washington D.C., United States at the International Religious Freedom Summit 2022 organised by the Global Peace Foundation and…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN says the non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is responsible for the naira’s free fall in the official and parallel markets. On Thursday, July 28, the naira traded for N700/$1 at the parallel market and N415.96/$1 at the official market. In…
Two persons, a hotelier and his worker, have been abducted after gunmen suspected to be kidnappers invaded Abaa, a community near the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso on Thursday night, July 28. The gunmen were said to have stormed the community which is located in the Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State…
The federal government is set to implement five per cent inclusive excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria, a move that will make Nigerians pay 12.5 per cent tax on telecommunications services. Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed made the announcement on Thursday July 28, at a stakeholders’ forum on implementation of…
A newborn baby has been rescued after being abandoned in front of a church in Rivers state. Facebook user, Blessedcovenant Cyril Antai said the baby was abandoned in front of his church on July 19, with a note which read “call her godgift and take care of her.” Cyril revealed that he had to take the…
Yakubu Maikyau, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has emerged winner of the Nigerian Bar Association presidential election. Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) disclosed that 59,392 lawyers (highest ever) were accredited to vote in the election held on Saturday July 16. Maikyau polled a total of 22,342 to Joe Gazama, senior advocate of…
