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Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in Bakassi and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas of the State. The curfew which starts today 3rd July 2023 is between 7 o’ clock in the evening to 6 o’clock in the morning. This, according to a...

The Lead Pastor of The Evening Church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Pastor Runcie Mike, is dead. He died on Saturday 1st July few hours after preaching at burial service of a church member who was buried on Friday. Before the burial he posted on his wall:” I don’t even know...

The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it is aware of the worries of corps members over the delay in the payment of their June 2023 monthly allowance. The Scheme attributed the delay in the payment of June allowance to “administration of funds by various banks”. In...

The Zonal Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, South-East Chapter, Alhaji Gidado Siddikki, has claimed that its members are being detained without trial at different correctional centres in Anambra State. Siddikki also alleged that some of its members have been labelled as kidnappers, armed robbers and clamped...

Some gunmen attacked the Redeemed Christian Church of God at Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday, killing the pastor and abducting seven worshippers. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred around 12 am during the vigil. Confirming the incident, the State So-Safe Corps Commander,...

The Jack-Rich family has reacted to online publications accusing Mrs Elizabeth Jack-Rich of having sexual relationship with Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu. In a letter to Nigerians, signed by High Chief I.J. Ibiwari on Saturday, the family said the reports were nothing but a fabricated sponsored piece...

An Ondo chef identified as Adeola Adeyeye has begun a 150-hour cook-a-thon in an attempt to break Hilda Baci’s Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon of 93 hours and 11 minutes. This is coming after another Nigerian chef, Adeparusi Damilola aka Chef Dammy embarked on a 120-hour cook-a-thon...

The Presidential Amnesty Programme is sponsoring 75 pilots and aircraft engineers to South Africa and France for type-rating as part of its aviation training scheme, the Interim Administrator of the PAP, Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd.), said on Friday. He also said that sanitary measures carried out on the PAP...

The founder of Omega Power Ministries, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, on Friday, slumped at a yet-to-identified airport over an undisclosed illness. The apostle, well known for his philanthropic gestures, has been in the news recently, one of which was sending the Happy Boys abroad after the Chicken Republic, where they...

Femi Falana, SAN, on Friday, blamed the “irresponsibility” of the ruling class for the hardships brought on by the alleged fraud by beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy regime and failed promises to reform the oil sector. There is, therefore, a need for the Federal Government to act fast to alleviate...