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Pope Francis admitted Tuesday that priests and bishops in the Catholic Church had sexually abused nuns. “There are some priests and also bishops who have done it,” the pontiff said in response to a journalist’s question on the abuse of nuns, speaking on the return flight from his trip to the United Arab Emirates. The […]

A court in Zimbabwe has convicted a popular self-styled prophet of fraud and fined him $700 (£540) for falsely claiming he had a herbal cure for HIV and Aids. Walter Magaya earlier pleaded guilty to contravening the Medicines Control Act by selling an unapproved drug. Police arrested him in November, and seized a herbal drug […]

In a veiled attack on former president Olusegun Obasanjo, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, said that he is only seeking a second term in office and not a third term as did “some people.” Speaking with Ondo State Council of Obas in Akure, he said, “We have just finished one term and are seeking a second one. […]

A small plane crashed into a home in California on Sunday, killing the pilot and four others, US officials say. The twin-engine plane came apart and caught fire mid-flight, witnesses told local media, before crashing in Yorba Linda, a suburb of Los Angeles. The flight went awry just minutes after taking off from a local […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has narrated how the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Enoch Adeboye prayed for him before his accident on Saturday. The helicopter conveying Mr Osinbajo and his team to a campaign rally in Kogi crash-landed on Saturday. No one was hurt in the incident. In a Thanksgiving […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) that they cannot rig the February 16 presidential election. The main opposition party reminded the President and his party that Nigeria is bigger than them and that there is no way Nigerians will allow them to rig the 2019 […]

Senator Joseph Kennedy Waku is dead. According to a family Source Senator Waku died yesterday evening at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness. Born on June 12, 1946, Senator Waku was elected Senator representing Benue North-west district at the National Assembly in 1999, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). […]

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has again urged Nigerians to actively participate in the forthcoming general elections beginning February 16, by voting and ensuring that their vote counts. Adeboye reiterated his earlier call at the church’s February Holy Ghost Service with a theme: “Swimming in God’s […]

At least 60 people were killed following the January 28 devastating Boko Haram attack on Rann, a border town in Borno state, North-east Nigeria, Amnesty International has confirmed. The organization also analysed satellite imagery which shows hundreds of burned structures in the town. Many of the destroyed structures only date back to 2017, suggesting they […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Thursday said Nigerians will begin to pay for the National Identity Card from year 2022. The Director General of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Aziz, disclosed this in Abuja at the Lunch Time Reform Seminar on “The National Digital Identity Ecosystem Strategic Road Map for the Enrollment of Nigerians and […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied a statement credited to him that he would fight to divide Nigeria if President Muhammadu Buhari rigs the February 16 presidential election. Mr Obasanjo made the denial through a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Thursday. He said as a Nigerian who fought for the unity of […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), never claimed to be a saint and he never described him as such. Obasanjo said this when he led Atiku and other PDP leaders to Island Club, Lagos, on Wednesday. The elite club marked its 75th anniversary. Obasanjo said as a Christian, […]

A Nigerian-born British lawmaker, Fiona Onasanya, was, on Tuesday, sentenced to three months in prison for lying in order to avoid a speeding ticket. According to The Guardian UK, the Peterborough MP was sentenced to three months imprisonment after the court found her guilty of perverting the course of justice and was told she would serve […]

Nigeria is still perceived as a country deep in corruption without clear policies to address the menace, Transparency International said on Tuesday. The anti-corruption campaigner released its 2018 Corruptions Perceptions Index (CPI) Tuesday, finding Nigeria has “neither improved nor progressed in the perception of corruption in the public administration in 2018.” The Civil Society Legislative […]

Lawmakers in the Lagos state house of assembly have accused Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of the state, of incurring expenditure from the 2019 budget without presenting it to the assembly. At plenary on Monday, the aggrieved lawmakers gave the governor a week ultimatum to explain his action, saying failure to do so could trigger impeachment proceedings. […]