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Olatosho Oshoffa, the son of the founder of the Celestial Church of Christ, Worldwide, Bilewu Oshoffa, has shared his thoughts concerning polygamy in the church, saying the church doesn’t forbid the practice. The shepherd of CCC International Headquarters, Ketu, Lagos, while defending his late father’s large family declared that no …

The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has announced results of the council poll held on Saturday, April 27.The rulling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state won all chairmanship seats in 33 local government areas of the state. OYSIEC chairman, Aare Isiaka Olagunju (SAN), the Commissioner of Police in …

The situation has started affecting business activities and making life difficult for people with black marketers selling petrol for between N2,000 and N2,500 per litre. Residents in Sokoto State have continued to lament the untold hardship they are subjected to following the fuel scarcity being experienced in all parts of …

US universities have cancelled graduation ceremonies due to student protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza with almost 550 arrests in the past week. The demonstrators, mainly students, demand that universities sever ties with companies aiding Israel’s Gaza operations and, in some cases, with Israel itself. Protests erupted at major universities …

Representatives from the Benin Kingdom, paying a courtesy visit to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, have affirmed Ile-Ife as the ancestral home of the Benin people. In a now-viral video capturing the exchange, one of the emissaries told the Ooni that despite any contrary narratives circulating online, their …

Popular singer Davido has boastfully stated that his family is responsible for the distribution of electricity to major parts of Nigeria. According to him, his family owns four power plants, which significantly contribute to Nigeria’s energy needs. Appearing on an American podcast, ‘Business Untitled,’ Davido spoke on his family business …

A Dana Air aircraft with 83 passengers and registration number 5N BKI flying from Abuja to Lagos, was on Tuesday, reported to have suffered a runway excursion at the Lagos Murtala Mohammed airport. A runway excursion occurs when an aircraft veers off the runway in use during the take-off or …

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that a father has been arrested alongside his son by the police for impersonating his son during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this while on an inspection tour of the UTME …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen over 300 accounts linked to illicit foreign exchange (FX) trading. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Ola Olukoyede, EFCC’s chairman, said the agency secured a court order to freeze the accounts. “We got an order to freeze those accounts imagine what would …

A 17-year-old Nigerian student, Oluwafemi Ositade, has secured full scholarships to multiple Ivy League universities in the United States, including Harvard, as well as other top notch universities in Canada and Qatar. He is a member of the Class of 2023 of The Ambassadors College, Ota, and the scholarships are …