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The government of South Sudan has detained six journalists in connection with the circulation of a video footage showing President Salva Kiir wetting himself. The six remained detained at the National Security Service headquarters, known as Blue House, according to a statement by the Union of Journalists of South Sudan …

The dust trailing the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary seems not to have settled as key contenders who slugged it out with the party’s candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are missing in the campaigns. Daily Trust reports that seven months after the party’s primary was held and won by …

The federal government has shortlisted 20 candidates for the position of a new and substantive accountant-general of the federation (AGF). According to a circular, the 20 candidates were drawn from different ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). In May, Ahmed Idris, the former AGF, was arrested in Kano after he failed …

The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has recounted his encounter with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after he bought a private. Adeboye said EFCC officials came after him following the purchase of a private jet.Addressing his members at the church’s headquarters, Adeboye said …

17th Convocation: Chancellor Announces Commencement of Law, Medicine Programmes The Chancellor, Covenant University, Dr David Oyedepo, has announced that the University is set to commence the construction of the facilities for Law and Medicine programmes. The Chancellor made this known while responding to a passionate plea by the President of …

A man identified as Igwechukwu Charles Igweka, from Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area has been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen. The man was said to have been killed just two days to his wedding ceremony, which was to hold on Saturday, January 7. The young man, who was …

Major General IS Ali has been appointed the new Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force North-East Operation Hadin Kai in a major shakeup announced by the Nigerian Army on Saturday. Those affected by the redeployment include some Principal Staff Officers of the Army Headquarters, Corps Commanders, Commandants of Army …

A six-year-old boy from Richneck Elementary School, Newport News, Virginia, in the United States, has been detained by the police after shooting his teacher. The police said the teacher, a woman in her 30s is battling life-threatening gun wounds in a hospital after the grave incident happened around 2 pm …

A Canadian college, George Brown, has withheld the part-payment of the school fees paid by a Nigerian applicant, Miss Precious Ademokun, who got denied a study visa by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Ademokun who spoke with the CBC News said she had received her admission into a programme at …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has hinted that God has not spoken to him yet on the winner of the next President of the country in the forthcoming 2023 polls. The revered cleric made the claim on Saturday morning, January 7, during …