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”Churches should make DNA test mandatory for child dedication”- Deji Adeyanju
Activist Deji Adeyanju has opined that DNA tests should be made mandatory in churches prior to a child’s dedication ceremony. Deji made this known in a tweet via his Twitter handle as he called for a National policy on DNA testing. “DNA is a must. Let us promote it as national policy. Churches should make it mandatory for child dedication.” he wrote. This comes amid the marital drama between popular comedian and OAP, Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, and his estranged wife Uzoamaka Ohiri.
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Bandits will remain until Buhari grants them amnesty like Niger Delta militants – Sheikh Gumi
Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has reiterated the need to grant bandits amnesty. He said bandits will continue to operate until granted amnesty like Niger Delta militants. The cleric, who has access to bandits, disclosed this in a post on his Facebook page entitled: ‘Zamfara: The Flaring Of Crisis.’ Gumi warned that military action against armed herders would worsen the insecurity situation rather than solve it. Citing the incident in Afghanistan, the Kaduna-based scholar insisted that no military, especially of a poor economy, can win guerrilla warfare. The statement reads partly: “By 2015, banditry has replaced cattle rearing that…
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Insecurity: Nigerian leaders need to obey God – Pastor Adeboye
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor E.A Adeboye has urged Nigerian leaders to heed to God’s directive amid the insecurity challenges in the country. Adeboye said leaders and Nigerians, in general, should look up to God for a solution to the country’s crisis. He spoke yesterday during the inauguration of Prophetess Esther Ajayi’s Love of Christ ultra-modern worship centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. “Any prayer made in this place by people shall be answered by God, for it is a blessed land. “It is fulfilment of God’s directive to His servant, Esther Ajayi, some years…
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Bandits abduct Katsina Deputy Speaker’s younger sister set to get married
Bandits have abducted the younger sister of Deputy Speaker of Katsina State House of assembly, Hon. Shehu Dalhatu Tafoki. The bandits were said to have stormed Tafoki’s village in Faskari Local Government Area of the state on Sunday, September 5, where they abducted the victim identified as Asma’u Dalhatu. Tafoki who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, said “Yes, it is true that my younger sister, Asma’u Dalhatu, was abducted by bandits in the early hours of Sunday. They stormed the town around 1am and headed straight to the village head’s residence, which is our family house and kidnapped two of our…
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FG to recover millions of Naira wrongly paid to 588 Doctors
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has revealed that the Federal Government will recover millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors across the country. The Minister said this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja, he explained that the affected doctors wrongly benefitted from Medical Residency Training Fund meant for a particular category of doctors. He said the names of the doctors were uncovered after a thorough scrutinisation of the 8000 names submitted by Chief Medical Directors of Federal Government health institutions for the training programme. He further revealed that a substantial amount…
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Billionaire businessman, Ayiri Emami, pays homage to the gods days after new Olu of Warri displaced him as Prime Minister of Warri kingdom
Billionaire businessman, Ayiri Emami, today September 4, visited a river in the state to pay homage to the gods days after the new Olu of Warri displaced him as Prime Minister of Warri kingdom. Ayiri who was opposed to the coronation of Tsola Emiko as the 21st Olu of Warri was displaced as the Prime Minister of the kingdom during the revalidation of chiefs carried out by the Olu on September 2. Today, Ayiri led some of his supporters to the river to pay homage to the gods, Umale Okun meaning ”God’s of the water”. See more photos below
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Marriage is not a bed of roses. People like me couldn’t survive it – Actress Georgia Onuoha calls for prayers for troubled marriages
Actress Georgina Onuoha has called for prayers for couples whose marriages are facing turbulent times. In a post shared on her Instagram page, Georgina said people are facing difficult times in their marriages and the only thing people should do is pray for them. She mentioned that people like her couldn’t survive marriage as it isn’t a bed of roses. See her post below…
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We dated for barely 3 months and it was a living hell. She cheated right from the start of our relationship – Tonto Dikeh’s ex-boyfriend, Prince Kpokpogri speaks
Tonto Dikeh’s ex-boyfriend, Prince Kpokpogri has finally reacted to allegations of cheating on the actress while they together. Kpokpogiri dared those claiming that he paid money over the evidence that was dug up against him, to come forward or “remain silent forever”. Insinuating that he is the victim of a blackmail, the businessman also claimed there is plot to pull down men and the “recent revelation reveals we all need to be wary of Helen of Troy as it is glaring who had an ulterior motive all along”. Stating that people have been asking him to maintain his silence, Kpokpogiri who yesterday…
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I thought it was April fool when doctors started strike – Ngige
Labour Minister, Chris Ngige said he thought doctors in Nigeria were playing pranks when they embarked on their industrial action. Ngige spoke in Abuja at the Nigerian Health Commissioners Forum Quarterly meeting assured that an end will be put to the ongoing nationwide strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). He recalled that public health workers got N32 billion as special COVID-19 hazard allowance for three months in the first instance. Ngige said state governments were advised to pay as much as they could. Narrating how the situation degenerated, he said in September 2020, NARD issued a notice…
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We have graduated from ordinary fake News to ‘Deep’ fake News – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has expressed concern over the use of fake news to diminish the successes of the federal government. Mohammed who spoke during the 64th conference of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), in Sal Island, Cape Verde said fake news has become a weapon to attack the government and its officials. “As a matter of fact, Nigerians should know that we have graduated from ordinary fake news to ”deep” fake news. The danger of deep fake news is that it is difficult to differentiate the fake news from real news,” the minister said.…
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Nigeria will overcome it’s challenges including secessionists – Kayode Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has expressed that the country will overcome all its challenges including secessionist agitations and remain united as a prosperous, indivisible nation. He stated this in Ado Ekiti on Friday at a dinner organised in honour of members of Alumni Association of the 3rd Regular Course of the Nigeria Defence Academy led by former Senate President David Mark. This was contained in a statement titled ‘Fayemi, Afe Babalola make case for more united Nigeria’, on Saturday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode. Fayemi was quoted to have maintained that the unity of the country…
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Olajide Sowore: “I and other compatriots would be pressurising the law-enforcement agents to track down his killers” – Festus Keyamo
Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has reacted to the murder of the immediate brother of Omoyele Sowore, Olajide Sowore. The activist had on Saturday lamented that his brother was killed “by reported herdsmen/kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo State where he was studying Pharmacy.” Reacting in a statement titled, “Commiseration on the reported killing of your brother”, Keyamo expressed sadness over what he described as the “senseless killing” of Sowore’s younger brother. He assured that he and other patriotic Nigerians would pressurise law-enforcement agents to get the killers arrested. “It is quite sad and…
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