A legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola, on Monday, petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, over the arrest and death of one Mr. Kehinde Omotosho. Babalola in a petition made available to DAILY POST in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, alleged that Omotosho was arrested and detained by some officers of the anti-cultism unit of the Oyo State Criminal Investigation Department last week. The legal luminary further explained that Omotosho was detained for six days without trial, the arrest which led to his death in police custody. Babalola in a petition signed by one of the lawyers in his chamber,…
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Dear Parents and Students, Praise to God for the successful take-off of the rescheduled Mid-Semester examinations following the acquisition of our own dedicated Server. The capacity is so large that when 2000 students logged on today, there was no congestion as they used only 2% of the capacity. With this, we can confidently announce that the main second-semester examination which will now start on 10th August will be conducted using the same online mode. It will be a combination of Objective Tests and Essay formats. Law students will write their examinations at various centres in the country as earlier planned.…
The Federal Ministry of Education has announced the reopening of secondary schools for JSS3 and SS3 students (only exit classes) from August 4, 2020. Students will have two weeks to prepare for the West African Examinations (WAEC) which will commence on August 17, 2020. These were the unanimous decisions reached today at a virtual consultative meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, Honourable Commissioners of Education of the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers, (NUT), the proprietors of private schools, and Chief Executives of examination bodies. In a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong,…
Monday Ubani has said that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, submitted a comprehensive list of lawmakers involved in contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the House of Representatives Committee. Ubani, a former Vice President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), stated this when he featured on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, Akpabio submitted the names to the House but the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, chose to sideline it and read out another letter, ostensibly absolving the lawmakers from any wrongdoing. The House of Reps had on Tuesday asked Akpabio to, within 48 hours, publish…
Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, on Monday spoke on reports that he had been endorsed by Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) for the presidential position come 2023 elections. The former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections spoke on Arise TV early morning show. He stated that it was not true he was planning to contest the presidential elections, adding that the reports were becoming a distraction to him. Obi further clarified that he had no plans to contest for the seat of the president…
The former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has declared that the sack of Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari as proposed in some quarters may not solve the lingering insecurity issues in Nigeria. Peter Obi who was speaking on Monday as a guest on the Arise TV early morning show said that though he was not against the sack of the Service Chiefs, but taking that action is not the primary solution to stop crime. According to the former governor, what the government needs to do is to invest in the economy and alleviate poverty because, the better the economy,…
A woman in India who had recently converted to Christianity was brutally murdered by four youths associated with a Hindu fanatic group, marking the fifth religiously motivated killing of a Christian in the country in less than two months. UCA News reports that four youths were arrested in connection with the murder of a Christian woman, Suman Munda, 25, killed in Redhadi, a village in Khunti district, on July 19. A local pastor who requested anonymity told International Christian Concern that Munda converted to Christianity six years ago. After learning of her conversion, radical Hindu nationalists started harassing her. When…
A young Pakistani Christian girl was nearly abducted from her home earlier this month when a radical group of Muslim men attacked her entire family, according to a U.S.-based Christian persecution watchdog. International Christian Concern reported the near abduction of the 13-year-old daughter of Aslam Masih and Noreen Bibi in the Christian-majority neighborhood of Sadigabad in Pakistan’s Punjab province on July 12. Masih and his family were violently attacked by a mob of 12 men who broke into their home and tried to kidnap his daughter, Noor, who they planned to rape and forcefully convert to Islam. According to ICC, a…
A member of China’s Early Rain Covenant Church says the Chinese Communist Party continues to persecute members of the church by threatening to send their children to government re-education camps or forcibly remove adopted children from their parents. In a video released Wednesday alongside a new report by International Christian Concern, Liao Qiang, a member of ERCC in Chengdu, said that despite shuttering the church and jailing Pastor Wang Yi in December of 2018, the CCP continues to harass its members. Qiang said in the video accompanying ICC’s new report on Religious Suppression in China that his family was forced to leave China and flee…
Manchester United and Chelsea sealed Champions League places on Sunday as Bournemouth and Watford fell through the trapdoor on a dramatic final day of the longest Premier League season. Liverpool have crowned champions last month but there were many issues at stake in the final 90 minutes of a campaign that started on August 9 last year and was interrupted by a three-month coronavirus shutdown. United finished third after a nervy 2-0 win in a Champions League shootout against Leicester while Chelsea ended in the fourth spot after beating Wolves 2-0 thanks to two goals on the stroke of half-time.…