The Most Revd. Henry Ndukuba, Bishop of Abuja Diocese and Primate of All Nigeria has urged fathers to lead and discharge spiritual responsibility at home in order to grow their families in the path of God. In a message on Sunday in Abuja, to mark the 2023 Father’s Day Celebration with the theme “Transformed Fathers: Transformed Homes,” the primate urged fathers to live exemplary lives for their wives and children to emulate. He said some fathers had relegated the responsibility of ensuring the spiritual well-being of their family to the mothers, contrary to the teachings of the Bible. He said…
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Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has revealed that Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has already agreed to a contract extension at Naples, Sports Correspondent reports. The forward played a major role in guiding Napoli to their first Serie A title for more than three decades, contributing 26 goals and four assists in the league and clinching the top scorer award. With the Naples-based outfit keen to build on that success during 2023/24, they naturally want to retain the services of the Nigeria international for as long as possible. However, at a time when Osimhen has just over two years remaining on…
The former Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has said that he is leaving the Nigeria Police Force better than he met it, adding that he believes he added value to policing in Nigeria. He said this on Wednesday when he officially handed over the mantle of leadership of the NPF to the acting IG, Kayode Egbetokun, at the Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja. Baba said, “As I exit the leadership of the Force today, I believe that I am leaving it better than I met it. I believe that I have added value to policing in Nigeria. I hold…
The Allied Peoples Movement concluded its case against the President, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday after it called one witness to testify before the Presidential Election Petition Court. In its petition, the APM is challenging the election of Tinubu on the grounds that his Vice President, Kashim Shettima, had double nominations as a senatorial and Vice Presidential candidate before the February 25 elections. The party prayed the court to nullify Tinubu’s victory on the grounds that the process that brought about his declaration as president by the Independent National Electoral Commission was “flawed”. Cited as respondents in the matter are INEC,…
•Retirement gale to hit Army, Air Force, Navy, Course 37, others may be affected •Shettima decorates acting IG Egbetokun as Baba backs successor to succeed About 100 top officers, including generals, brigadiers-general, air vice marshals, and admirals in the Nigerian Army, Air Force, and Nigerian Navy may proceed on compulsory retirement following the appointment of new service chiefs on Monday by President Bola Tinubu, The PUNCH reports. Aside from the imminent gale of retirement, many officers would be promoted to their next rank to fill the vacancies that would be created by the retiring generals as part of the reorganisation…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has congratulated the newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Egbetokun’s appointment in acting capacity, pending approval by the Senate, was announced on Monday, alongside Service Chiefs, the National Security Adviser and Comptroller of Customs (CG). Egbetokun, an indigene of Ogun State was a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), prior to his elevation to replace Usman Alkali Baba. Prince Abiodun, in a statement from the Governor’s Office, said the elevations of Egbetokun and others were well deserved as they possess the competence to excel in their…
Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency has welcomed 102 distressed Nigerians, mostly young women, from Tripoli, Libya. They were brought back to the country on a chartered flight via Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG. The agency confirmed their arrival in a statement on its website on Wednesday. According to the statement, the NEMA Director General received the returnees on arrival at the Cargo Wing of Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja. “The returnees were composed of 93 female adults, 3 female children, 3 female infants, 1 adult male, 1 male child, and 1 male infant. “NEMA was joined…
Britain’s annual inflation rate unexpectedly remained at 8.7 percent in May, official data showed on Wednesday, piling pressure on the Bank of England and government to act over a cost-of-living crisis. Markets had forecast a drop from April’s level, while the BoE was already widely expected to raise interest rates again Thursday to combat an inflation rate that is the highest among G7 nations. The latest data is a blow also for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has made cutting inflation a priority for his Conservative government heading into a general election next year. Britain has endured months of strikes…
The Department of State Services told the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday that suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, will flee the country if granted bail. The Attorney General of the Federation also supported the argument of the DSS, describing Emefiele as a “flight risk.”. The former head of the apex bank is challenging his detention by the DSS and denying him seeing his family members and lawyers. Correspondent earlier reports that Emefiele was suspended by President Bola Tinubu and subsequently detained by the DSS on Saturday, June 10, 2023 At the resumption of the hearing…
Former Niger Delta agitator, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has fired a shot at the Indigenous People of Biafra for calling him a freedom fighter turned bunkering militant and political thug. Dokubo was seen in a video that went viral on Tuesday night addressing the Igbo people as slaves who would have continued to be sold if not for the British government’s intervention. The ex-militant said, “The Igbo people do not know their roots. They don’t have respect for who bought their father. You think every Kalabari man is a Kalabari man. “See how the Igbo people are dying. They keep saying…