The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday unexpectedly arrived at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Apapa, Lagos.Aregbesola’s surprise visit was to galvanize Nigerian prison officials amid intermittent jail attacks across the country.“Today, I paid a surprise visit to the Kirikiri Maximum and Medium Security Custodial Centres in Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos State,” the former Osun State governor wrote on his known social media pages. “During the visit, I acknowledged our servicemen and security agencies, who have sacrificed a lot to keep us safe. I equally charge them to remain eternally vigilant and continuously evolve strategies. And to define these…
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CHRISTIANS of Northern extraction in the All Progressive Congress (APC) have said they can no longer campaign for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, because of his choice of a Muslim running mate. They made this position known in a communiqué issued to journalists, on Tuesday, following an emergency meeting of the group in Abuja where the issue of the religious colouration of the APC’s presidential ticket and its implication for the nation was on the front burner. According to the communiqué jointly signed by Prof. Doknan Sheni (Chairman) andGeneral Ishaya Bauka (Secretary), the group explained that Tinubu’s selection…
“I just finished interviewing this 12yr old girl who is married to a 50years old man (who is a Christian) in Benue state. Her family deceived her and sold her out to the man.The girl thought she was coming here to school but unfortunately, she was brought down to become his 3rd wife.This man is a poor unsatisfied farmer who already has two wives and his children are above 22. He beats her every night and forces himself on her but has only succeeded once in sleeping with her. It’s been two months now, she needs help, she is crying…
I had my first boyfriend when I was seventeen. The guy was good to me but deep down I didn’t feel right being with him. I realized that I would be wasting his time if I continued to be with him, so I let him go. After him, I tried dating a few others but it never felt right with any of them either. The longest I had been with anyone was three months. The only physical thing that happened with them was kissing. That’s because I had made a vow to God that I would keep my virginity until…
Asiwaju Bola TinubuChristian leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North will not be campaigning for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed, in the 2023 election over his decision to pick a fellow Muslim as his running mate. The northern APC Christian leaders stated this in a communique they issued on Tuesday after they met over the party’s controversial Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. In the communique jointly signed by Professors Doknan Sheni, Saidu Ibrahim and Dr. Ishaya Bauka, the leaders said “we cannot in all fairness to our consciences and faith go to our various constituencies to campaign…
A young Nigerian man has been exposed by someone privy to how he combines his social and religious life.The guy was spotted partying hard at a strip club, but hours later he was also seen in church leading praise and worship. A viral video captured the transitionary moments he was dancing suggestively with a stripper on Saturday night, while it showed him leading praise and worship in church on Sunday. The person who recorded the different scenes expressed shock at how he was suddenly taken over by the spirit not too long after he left the club.
On Tuesday the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), released a statement signed by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, lambasting the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, over its position on Bola Tinubu’s choice of vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.The Islamic human rights organisation accused the Christian body of heating up the polity with its comment on Tinubu’s choice of former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as running matemate. “Tinubu is under CAN’s hammer for picking a Muslim, Senator Kashim Shettima, as his vice-presidential candidate and Rev. John Hayab of Kaduna State chapter of the organization is the axe…
A video which is circulating on social media platforms shows the moment a corpse led people to the house of the person that allegedly killed him.The corpse compelled the young pallbearers who were carrying it to use the coffin and destroy the man’s house. In the clip, the pallbearers could be seen struggling to gain their balance as the coffin moved them back and forth till they demolished the house intentionally. A crowd that gathered to watch the mysterious incident could be heard screaming and chanting.
Lagos-based preacher, Pastor Abraham Sam Aiyedogbon has threatened that Christians will be mobilized to teach the ruling All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu a lesson for flying a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election. Speaking in an interview on Arise TV, Aiyedogbon accused the APC and its candidate of excluding Northern Christians even though there are many of them in the region.He also claimed that Tinubu never consulted with any Christian leader or bodies before going ahead with his Muslim-Muslim plan. Asides accusing Tinubu and the APC of gaslighting Christians, the preacher also stated that they…
Actress, Chacha Eke seems to have reacted to rumours that she has been admitted in a hospital where she is being rehabilitated.The actress who is believed to be suffering from bi polar disorder has been alleged to have been taking drugs to heal herself from her marriage to Austin Faani. Faceless blogger, Gistlovers had shared screenshots of a chat where it was alleged that Chacha Eke had been receiving treatment at FMC, Asaba.According to the chats, Chacha Eke is a drug addict and her husband as become tired of her addiction as her children are suffering from her reckless life.…