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OWO ATTACK: YOU’VE SHOWN COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP, EMPATHY- ONDO CAN HAILS GOV AKEREDOLU  •We Must Be Vigilant In Our Places Of Worship-Gov Akeredolu  The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Ondo State has commended the state Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, for showing leadership with empathy, courage and love since the Owo terror attack happened. The Christian leaders said the Governor's actions from the day the Owo attack occurred till date have shown his love and care as the Chief shepherd of the good people of the state.  The CAN leaders spoke on Tuesday during their solidarity visit to the Governor at the Cocoa Conference Hall of his office, Alagbaka Akure. They were led by the CAN chairman, Rev. Fr. Anselm Ologunwa. Rev. FR. Ologunwa applauded Governor Akeredolu for the empathy, courage and utmost leadership shown during and after the ugly incident. He said churches in Ondo State are not unmindful of the bold steps taken by the State Gove

Appoint El-Rufai Or Zulum APC’s Vice Presidential Candidate To Win Northern Votes – Forum Members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Stakeholders Forum have asked the leadership of the party to choose either the governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, or his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir El Rufai, as the vice-presidential candidate for the party. The National Chairman of the Forum, Abdullahi Aliyu, told journalists during a briefing on Sunday in Katsina that if the party is serious about winning the presidential election, it needs a competent vice-presidential candidate that can win votes from the north of the country. The APC has reportedly submitted the name of its National Organizing Secretary, Ibrahim Masari, as the running mate of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to the Independent National Electoral Commission. However, it is believed Mr Masari was merely acting as a placeholder to beat INEC’s deadline and that the party plans to replace him with a member with bette

Both Nollywood actors ' Gbenro Ajibade and Osas Ighodaro' celebrate their daughter, Azariah, as she turns 6 years today.  Osas shared all these photos with the caption  "🎉💖🙏🏽 My sweetest baby girl is 6 years old tooooooday!!! Happppppiest Birthday my love @azariahajibade !!! I am sooooo proud to be your mommy!!! 🎉🤗🥹🙏🏽❤️ Amazingly enough, it’s so gratifying to know that so many people you come across speak of your joy, light, kindness, sweetness and intelligence at such a young age. You bring me so much joy baby!!! I love you so much my booboo and I’m so grateful to see the girl you are growing up to be!!! My Baby is 6 years old today!!! Praise God 🙏🏽💐💖 God is so good🥹. God bless you now and always my darling princess! May you continue to grow in grace and blessings and continue to bring light and kindness everywhere you go! I love you my daughter!! HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY AZARIAH BABY! I love you now and always! 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🎉🎉🎉  Thank you sooooo muc

Today at Windsor Castle, The Queen received the Archbishop of Canterbury for an Audience. In this #PlatinumJubilee year, the Archbishop presented Her Majesty with a special ‘Canterbury Cross’ in recognition of her service to the Church of England over seventy years.  

 President Muhammadu Buhari writes Senate Seeks confirmation of 7 Ministerial nominees:  Henry Iko-Abia State,  Umana Umana-Akwa Ibom,  Ekuma Joseph-Ebonyi,  Goodluck Opiah-Imo,  Umar El-Yakub-Kano,  Ademola Adegoroye Ondo and  Odum Odi-Rivers State.

PRESS RELEASE Support for Creative Industry, Best Way To Solve Youth Unemployment - Minister The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohamed, has stressed the need for governments in Africa to invest in the Creative Industry as a way of solving youth unemployment and boosting the creative talent of youths. The Minister, who made the remarks while briefing journalists on the just-concluded Annual General Meeting of the Afreximbank in Cairo, Egypt, where the Creative Industry featured prominently, said such support should be in form of providing grants for the sector and building Creative Industry infrastructure such as event places, cinemas, internet connectivity and cheap data “What we find lacking in the Creative Industry really is that governments across the continent need to do more than what we are doing now. They need to create infrastructure – we are not just talking about roads or bridges or airports but Creative Industry Infrastructure, both hardware and software,&#

Okija Community Invokes Ogwugwu, Ulasi Deities Against Unknown Gunmen Okija Community in Ihiala local government area has involved the fifteen deities led by Ulasi and Ogwugwu to engage the unknown gunmen and ritualists in a spiritual warfare to stem incidents of ritual killings, kidnapping and raping of village women in the area. This is coming as four suspected native doctors allegedly involved in ritual killings and kidnapping fled the town for fear of incurring the wrath of the deities. It was gathered that twenty four hours after the unknown gunmen were engaged in a gun battle with the Anambra state Joint Task Force on Security at Ihiala town which led to the killing of six bandits and arrest of three suspects their native doctors took flight to the neighboring Okija town. Okija town is one of the communities affected by the activities of the unknown gunmen in Anambra South Senatorial District since last year and the town had in the last three months been at war against the suspec

Commissioner For Finance Anambra State Clarifies Issues Sorrounding Peter Obi's Investment For Anambra in SABMiller 👇👇👇👇👇👇 DOLLAR VALUE OF PETER OBI’s INVESTMENT FOR ANAMBRA IS NOW ABOUT US$3.7million OR US$5.3 million depending on exchange rate Given the repeated fake news about the current dollar value of the investment by the Peter Obi administration in SABMiller, it has become imperative to clarify the matter in public interest. The Peter Obi Administration invested the sum of N1,955,535,247.00 (equivalent of approximately US$12,616,356.43 at the then average CBN exchange rate of N155.00/$1.00) in Intafact Beverages Limited, a green-field brewery being set up in Onitsha by SABMiller Breweries of South Africa in 2012. The Naira equivalent of this investment is stated and carried in the Reports of the State Accountant General with the Financial Statements for the fiscal years ended 31st  December since then. These are public documents. Intafact Beverages was subsequently co

"I was with the family of late musical maestro, reformer and social commentator, Ambassador Osayomore Joseph, to commiserate with them on their unfortunate bereavement. Like his fans around the globe, we are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of the iconic Edo son. We will miss him for his contributions to society, and will work closely with his family in giving him a befitting burial"-Edo State Governor,Godwin Obaseki. More photos below. 

By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The Creative Industry Group (CIG) has introduced a monthly event tagged, ‘Industry Night’, as part of efforts to keep its members engaged as well as  proffer solutions on issues affecting the progress of the association and the industry.  Felix Duke, CIG President, who disclosed this in  an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos, said that the event would hold every last Friday of the month. Duke added that the event which would feature music, comedy, fashion, acting and Dejays, would hold at Kulture Yard, Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Ikeja.  According to him, on June 24, there will be all kinds of activities and competitions to carry members along and encourage them to be informed. “It’s an initiative put up for members within the industry space to gather once every month, to run minds and know how members are faring. “We need to create an enabling environment where members can come to showcase their profession/skill, mix up with talente

Engineer, POS Operator Jailed for Cybercrime in Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC has secured the conviction a certain Oyewole Maruf Damilare, who claimed to be an Engineer from Ifedore Local Government Area of Osun State and one Olusanya Idowu Lukman, a PoS operator from Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Justice Mahmoud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin convicted and sentenced the duo to various jail terms, having found them guilty of offences bordering on cybercrime and possession of proceeds of illegal activities levelled against them by the EFCC. The Commission arraigned Oyewole on two count charges of cheating by personation and possession of proceeds of unlawful activities, while Olusanya was prosecuted on one count of personation whence he allegedly posed as one Lena Kincy on Facebook to scam unsuspecting victim. More photos below.   

Staff of AuGF’s Office’s convicted for Employment Scam in Sokoto Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court has convicted and sentenced Abdullahi Paiko Aliyu , who claims to be a staff of the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation, to 7 years imprisonment on a two count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretences to the tune of over N14 Million. He was convicted after he pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against him by the EFCC. Before he met his waterloo, Paiko had defrauded unsuspecting members of the public under the guise of securing them employments in Federal Agencies, including the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS; National Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC; Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA.. Justice Mohammed also ordered the convict to make full restitution of the said amount (N14, 300, 000) to his victims through the EFCC.

PPP: France to support Ogun in transportation, ICT, culture, women empowerment  The French Ambassador to Nigeria Mrs Emmanuelle Blatmann, has expressed her country's readiness to partner with the Ogun State Government in developing the transportation, information technology, culture and women empowerment. Blatmann who made this known while on a courtesy call to the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, in his office at Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, noted that Ogun has potentials to be the leading state in the country. According to the Ambassador, "a lot of innovative programmes are ongoing in the state and the state is one of the safest places in the country. We are here to discuss opportunities through Public Private Partnership and we believe we can collaborate with you in the areas women empowerment, information technology, transportation as well as cultural programmes including French Language and technical support for the new Airport". She added that France would encourage agricultu

RESPONSE TO FALSE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED IN PRESS CONFERENCE OF ONE MR. LAI OMOTOLA   Our attention has been drawn to several online publications, more particularly, a publication contained in the Punch Newspaper of June 15, 2022, titled “LAGOS AG accused of filing charges with forged documents, Onigbanjo denies claim”. The reports revealed that one Mr. Lai Omotola at a press conference held on Monday June 13 2022, stated that the Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice Lagos State collaborated with the Police to forge and rely on forged documents to initiate criminal proceedings against him at the High Court of Lagos State. The allegations are unfounded, false and a calculated attempt to manipulate and evade prosecution. The following represents the facts in this matter: 1.      The Task Force on Land Grabbers “Task Force” received a petition dated 25/06/19 initially accusing one Mr. Fatai Okesiji of land grabbing, illegal encroachment and forcefully taking over possession of a

Anambra State Governor Prof chukwuma Soludo Unmask Unknown gunmen Terrorizing the state Declear N1 million Bounty on the Head of each of them Be very careful of what you Comment, Unknown gunmen full in this group. More details later and more photos below.