Popular Christian gospel singer Yinka Ayefela has filed a suit against the Oyo State Government over the planned demolition of his Music House. The state government had marked the structure located at the Challenge-Toll Gate road for demolition for allegedly contravening the state ’s planning laws. Ayefele has however approached an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan seeking to stop the planned demolition of his sprawling structure housing his radio station,...

Catholic priest and chaplain of the Association of Catholic Leaders of Togo, Father Pierre Marie Chanel Affognon, has tongue-lashed the country’s political leaders for ignoring the legitimate demands made by the Togolese people for democracy. “On several instances, the people of Togo, of whom you are sons and daughters, have clearly demonstrated their choice of democracy as a paradigm for the political governance of the land of their ancestors. Unfortunately, the basic...

The Federal Government has launched a new initiative under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) called the TraderMoni. Its purpose is to empower two million petty traders between now and the end of the year. The gesture was part of federal government’s efforts to further enlarge its financial inclusion agenda for all Nigerians regardless of social class and economic status. Laolu Akande, spokesman for the acting President Yemi Osinbajo, said this...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has reacted to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s attack on Pastors for not preaching against corruption. Osinbajo chastised Pastors for failing to lend support to the Federal Government’s anti-corruption war. He stated this at the 30th National Biennial Conference of the Students Christian Movement of Nigeria (SCM) in Enugu, adding that preachers were preoccupied with preaching prosperity rather than righteousness. “Very rarely do you hear our preachers...

General overseer of Freedom For all Nations Outreach (FANO) at Pretoria in South Africa, Pastor Samuel Akinbodunse, has prophesied that the next president of Nigeria is a youth whose name begins with ‘S’. In a trending video, the South Africa-based Nigerian prophet, Pastor Akinbodunse, predicted who the next president of Nigeria will be. He said “Nigeria, your next president is a youth. I don’t want to care about whatever anyone may say, your...

Following the Oro cult group’s defying of court order of imposing day-time curfew on residents, a group of Christian and Islamic clerics in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State has petitioned the governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The recent petition, signed by their lawyers Samson Kayode and David Folalu alleged that the cult group informed residents in the Idiroko axis of the state, including Ipokia, that the day-time curfew would start today...

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has explained the reason for his decline of the headship of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Speaking at the ongoing 66th annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, held at the Redemption Camp in Ogun State, Pastor Adeboye on Wednesday night said people have been approaching him with proposals to head the umbrella body of Christians in...

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has declared a monthly payment of N3,000 allowance to pregnant women in the state. The Governor made this known on Monday during the maiden Infant and Maternal Mortality Summit held in Yenagoa, the state capital. He said the monthly allowance was to cover the cost of antenatal care for expectant mothers, which should be paid once a woman living in Bayelsa becomes pregnant until her delivery. Dickson...

Former Head of State, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday patronized the Bayelsa Specialist Hospital and state-owned Diagnostics Centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, where doctors confirmed him medically sound after undergoing a five-hour medical check-up at both hospitals. The former Nigerian president, who had earlier visited Bayelsa State in February, had promised to begin his annual medical checks at the facilities which he has fulfilled. He added that there was no need for...

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari was elected the new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The new appointment was disclosed by his Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, at the end of the commission’s meeting in Togo on Tuesday. He will replace Togolese president, Faire Gnassigbe. Ahmed posted this information on his official twitter handle @BashirAhmaad. He wrote, “President Buhari...