More revelations have emerged over the killing of 16 soldiers in the Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State by some alleged youths. The latest revelation by one of the youths who presumably fought with the military alleged that the soldiers were not on a peacekeeping mission in Okuama, adding that they were fighting in favor of Niger Delta warlord, Tompolo. In a widely circulated video online, the youth, who refused to disclose his name said: “Okuama and Okoloba have land issues but Ijaw people whom the federal government have given power to go after bunkering are…
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Troops from the Defence Headquarters currently carrying out a manhunt for one Endurance Okodeh, alias Amangben, the prime suspect, and others involved in the killings of 17 soldiers and some civilians at Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State will continue to be in the creeks. They will remain there until the recovery of all weapons stolen by the perpetrators of the crime and also the arrest of all those involved. The General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Nigerian Army/Land Component Commander, Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation DELTA STATE, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, disclosed this on Thursday while hosting…
Martin Greenfield, a Holocaust survivor whose custom-suit empire counted US presidents and celebrities among its clientele, died on Wednesday aged 95, according to the New York Times. Widely considered one of the best tailors in the United States, Greenfield believed clothing had saved his life, AFP reports on Thursday. Born Maximilian Grunfeld to a Jewish family from a part of Czechoslovakia that is now in Ukraine, he was imprisoned at Auschwitz as a teenager and tasked with washing the guards’ clothes. After being beaten for accidentally ripping a Nazi’s shirt, he mended it and wore it underneath his uniform for…
Shyngle Wigwe, the father of deceased Access Bank CEO, Herbert Wigwe, has explained why well-wishers and loved ones of the ex-bank boss shouldn’t cry over his death. News correspondent reports that Mr. Wigwe, while receiving leaders of the Ohaneze Ndibbo, emphasized that there was no point crying as everybody would eventually die someday. The clergyman, who said that he was happy that God gave him Herbert, however, said that Herbert was not dead but had been promoted to a greater realm. He said, As a child of God, I’m happy with the gift of God in the person of Herbert, that…
Founder of Madonna University, Nigeria, Rev Fr Emmanual Edeh, has boasted that ladies who gain admission into the university as virgins also graduate as virgins as a result of the high moral standard inculcated in them. According to a video posted by Channels Television on Wednesday, Edeh, who is also a professor, said Madonna University is widely known for its morals and discipline in the academic world. Heaping accolades on the higher institution of learning, Edeh boasted that many persons abroad looking for virgins to marry come to Madonna University because they know that’s where they find them. “It is…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to halt the impeachment proceedings activated by the Edo State House of Assembly against the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. Justice James Omotosho declined an oral application by Shaibu’s lawyer, Prof. Olawoyin Awoyale, (SAN), asking the court to order parties in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/321/2024, to maintain the status quo. In declining the prayer, the judge noted that “The Governor of Edo State and the Edo State House of Assembly, who are the principal actors in the matter, have not been served with the Originating Summons of the suit as required by…
Date: 2024-Mar-21 🎯TOPIC: JESUS A TRUE COMFORTER 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/cpC_odWs6PM?si=O66rRZOmwG9RZ-w6 ✝️TEXT: John 11: 17-29(NKJV) 11:17. So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 11:18. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 11:19. And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 11:20. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 11:21. Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had…
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to use his good office to explore all civil remedies to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in the best interest of the South-East. The call comes barely 24 hours after the IPOB leader’s bail application was rejected by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Reverend Lucius Ugorji, said this during the episcopal ordination of the Auxiliary Bishop of Orlu Diocese in Imo State on Wednesday. According to Most Rev.…
For the second time, a Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to stop the impeachment moves initiated against Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr Phillip Shaibu, by the State House of Assembly. At Wednesday’s proceedings, his request for an order of status quo to be maintained by the House of Assembly and others involved in the impeachment saga was turned down by Justice James Kolawole Omotoso. Shaibu, through his lawyer, Professor Olawoyin Awoyale, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, had orally requested for an order of status quo to be maintained by parties pending the hearing and determination of his…
James Cleverly, the Home Secretary of the United Kingdom, has expressed concerns that foreign students might be utilizing university courses as a cost-effective route to secure work visas. In a correspondence to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), Cleverly urged the committee to investigate whether the graduate visa program, allowing foreign graduates to work in the UK for two or three years post-graduation, was attracting the most talented candidates. Cleverly also added that while the government was committed to attracting “talented students from around the world to study in the UK”, it also wanted “to ensure the graduate route is not…