A police officer attached to a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has been killed following an attack on the ex-governor convoy by some gunmen. It was gathered that the ex-governor covey was attacked at the Ihube community on the Okigwe-Enugu Expressway. The Ihube axis of the expressway had been under siege by terrorists who had been killing and kidnapping travelers for ransoms. Okorocha revealed the attack on his convoy on Sunday at Amaimo in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, at the birthday celebration of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the November 11 governorship election…
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The management of Arik Air Limited (in receivership) has dismissed allegations of misappropriation of funds to the tune of N120 billion. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had reportedly detained the Receiver Manager appointed by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria for Arik Air, Mr. Kamilu Omokide, over alleged misappropriation and diversion of about N120bn. Reacting to the development, the airline described the report as false, saying it was “nothing more than well-concocted lies and forms part of a deliberate campaign of calumny against the Receiver Manager. In the statement, made available, the carrier said the alleged misappropriation of N120…
Nigerians have begun to lament the effects of the introduction of a 7.5 per cent Value-Added Tax on the price of premium motor spirit, otherwise known as petrol. This comes barely a month after President Bola Tinubu removed the subsidy on petrol during his inaugural speech on May 29, raising the price of PMS from N188 to about N580 in different states of the federation. Recall that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, announced that the Finance Act 2020 raised the previous 5 per cent VAT of the country to 7.5 per cent on commodities including…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has lifted the limits placed on domiciliary accounts. In a statement by the CBN on Sunday, the new regulation allowed account holders to deposit freely, have unrestricted access to funds in accounts and makeup to $10,000 withdrawals daily. The statement was titled ‘CBN issues further guidance on operational changes to foreign exchange market’. It read in part, “Ordinary domiciliary account holders shall have unfettered and unrestricted access to funds in their accounts. Domiciliary account holders are permitted to utilize cash deposits not exceeding $ 10,000 per day or its equivalent via telegraphic transfer. “DMBs shall…
Israeli forces on Monday killed two Palestinians and wounded more than two dozen others during a raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said. “Two martyrs and 28 injured as a result of the ongoing (Israeli) aggression on Jenin,” a statement from the Palestinian health ministry said, without elaborating on the identity of those killed. Jenin’s deputy governor, Kamal Abu al-Rub, told AFP the Israeli forces had launched the raid at around 04:00 am (0100 GMT). “The army stormed the (Jenin refugee) camp and the city after the dawn prayer in large numbers, and there was intense gunfire,” he…
Ahead of the meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour scheduled to hold today (Monday), the Nigeria Labour Congress has said the government must meet its demands to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. The union threatened that it would not hesitate to call out workers for industrial action, adding that it only suspended its planned strike. It stated that the high cost of fuel was inflicting unbearable hardship on Nigerians, adding that the government must act fast with respect to providing palliatives, as the NLC said it was expecting an increase in the minimum wage…
…Victor Osimhen scores a brace to be the highest CAF goal scorer with 7 goals. The Super Eagles of Nigeria left it late to defeat Leone Stars of Sierra Leone on Sunday 3-2 in a Group A match at the 22,000 capacity Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium in Monrovia, Liberia which included the Liberian President, George Weah as the team flies into the AFCON final tournament. Napoli dynamite, Victor Osimhen scored a brace in the 19th and 32nd minutes to clearly maintain highest goal scorer at the qualifying stage with 7 goals including a double brace against Sao Tome and…
Date: 2023-Jun-17 🎯TOPIC: THE VIRTUE OF PATIENCE 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BElOW👇 https://youtu.be/h41IoN3JJko ✝ TEXT:James 5:1-20(NKJV) 5:1. Come now, [you] rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon [you!] 5:2. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 5:3. Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. 5:4. Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of…
DISCUSSION VIDEO LINK AND STUDY GUIDE 📺 WATCH THE DISCUSSION VIDEO VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/fvpNZpDbnH0 GOD’S CHILDREN AS PILGRIMS TO THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM: MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S REIGN ON EARTH SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (FATHERS’ SUNDAY) Date: Jun 18, 2023 Sub Theme: Dangers on the path of Pilgrims to heavenly Kingdom 10 Topic: Corrupted heart Text: Matt 15:10-20 Aims explain the concept of corrupt heart in biblical perspectives, to study the causes of corrupted heart to discuss the consequences and way out. Introduction According to Jer 17:9; a corrupted heart is a heart that is in a degenerate, debased,…
Date: 2023-Jun-16 🎯TOPIC: DRAWING CLOSER TO GOD 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BElOW👇 https://youtu.be/wDbIJmZ6CoM ✝️ TEXT:James 4:1-17(NKJV) 4:1. Where do wars and fights [come] from among you? Do [they] not [come] from your [desires for] pleasure that war in your members? 4:2. You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 4:3. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend [it] on your pleasures. 4:4. Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship…