Gunmen Attack Nigerian Boxing Champion Shortly After Receiving N10m Cheque From Gov Unknown gunmen have attacked the current World Boxing Federation International Super Featherweight Champion, Ridwan Oyekola, popularly known as Scorpion, with the boxer managing a narrow escape. According to reports, Oyekola was attacked by gunmen shortly after receiving a cheque of N10 million from the Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde at the state Secretariat on Thursday evening. Oyekola had defeated his counterpart from Argentina, Lucas Montesino at Ilaji Sports Resorts, Ibadan in December 2020 after which he was decorated as the World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Super Featherweight Champion.…
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Wanted IPOB Cordinator Gets New Appointment A member of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, Innocent Chigbu, has been appointed an officer of the “IPOB Welfare Department Worldwide Before his appointment, Mr Chigbu was declared wanted by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. The leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, promised to supply free gas and oil to West African countries including Nigeria when the Republic of Biafran is eventually realised. Kanu also pledged that persecuted Northern Christian communities would be granted political asylum in Biafra to save them from genocidal attack by terrorists. Kanu who made the pledges in a…
Again: Bandits Attack Police Station, Kill Policeman, Set It Ablaze Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked a police station in Tse Harga community of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area in Benue State. The bandits suspected to be loyalists of the slain criminal kingpin, Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as ‘Gana’, stormed the rural area at about 4:00 am and started shooting sporadically even as they set ablaze the station with explosives and carted away arms and ammunition. They also set ablaze several buildings and a police pick-up van. A source told SaharaReporters that some policemen on duty engaged the hoodlums in…
CBN Opens Portal For Business Owners And Individuals To Access Up To N25 Million Again CBN In Conjunction With NIRSAL Has Opened Portal For Business Owners And Individuals To Access Up To N25 Million COVID-19 Support Loan. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, has reopened its portal for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and households affected by COVID-19 to access up to N25 million. This was disclosed by the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. He tweeted, “The CBN, through @NirsalMFB introduces a stimulus…
Blind 71-year-old Lawyer Accuses FHA Of Fraud In Property, Cries For Help A physically-challenged 71-year-old lawyer, Mr. Isaac Kilanko has narrated how his property was fraudulently taken over and re-allocated to WEMA Bank without his consent by some officials of the Federal House Authority ( FHA), under the Ministry of Works and Housing, Abuja. After several efforts to get his building back, he said the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC ) investigated the alleged fraudulent practices levelled against the FHA after a report was lodged, and it confirmed that the said building was reallocated fraudulently, and…
WAEC Blacklists 165 Schools For Exam Malpractices Information reaching us that, The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has blacklisted 165 secondary schools in Kwara State for examination malpractices. The affected schools are spread across the three Senatorial districts of the State. WAEC conducted the examinations between April 8th and May 31st, 2019, across the country. Reacting to the sad development in a statement in Ilorin, by his spokesman Rafiu Ajakaye, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, described it “as unfortunate.” He threatened heavy sanctions against the school heads or officials caught aiding and abetting examination malpractices in the state. “The development is the…
Buhari Does Not Have The Brain To Run Nigeria, Nigerian Pastor Prelate Emeritus of the Methodist Church Nigeria and former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Sunday Mbang, passed a blistering verdict on President Muhammadu Buhari, casting aspersions on his intellectual ability to rule Nigeria. Mr. Buhari, during his tenure as a military dictator, was seen by many as a figurehead, while his deputy, Gen. Tunde Idiagbon, was considered the brainpower of his brutal regime. On Sunday, Mr. Mbang re-echoed the sentiment. “You know there is always the argument that he (Muhammadu Buhari) is not the one ruling. They…
Fani-Kayode’s Ex-Wife, Lawyer In Police Net Over Alleged Forged Court Papers The police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are set to interrogate former beauty pageant, Precious Chikwendu, who is the ex-wife of former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, as well as her lawyer over allegations of forging court papers. Police gave her and her lawyer 10am on Thursday (today). Sources noted that Fani-Kayode, who is in court with Chikwendu mainly over who takes custody of their four children and other sundry allegations, is believed to be using the police authorities and their interrogation to harass the former beauty pageant…
ADULTERY ALLEGATION: Pastor Mike David Apologise To Apostle Suleman, Gives Reason Mike Davids has apologised to the general overseer and senior pastor of Omega fire ministries, Apostle, Prof Johnson Suleman after accusing him of having sexual relations with his wife. Recall that Mike Davids, a former pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, claimed that Apostle Suleman slept with his wife and threatened to make him “disappear”. He alleged that Apostle Suleman slept with his wife while still in the ministry, then transferred her to Abuja, where she is now heading the church’s branch. He also alleged that the clergyman had stopped…
Popular Nigerian Pastor Arrested Over Hotel Bills Information reaching us that, A pastor with the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, Jalingo, Taraba State, has been apprehended by the police for allegedly absconding with N.5m unsettled hotel bills. Reverend Eli Dilli, the presiding priest of LCCN Majami’ar Ceto, Jeka da Fari parish, Jalingo, was said to have coordinated a network of Christian pastors in the build up to the 2019 general elections, It was alleged that Eli was working for the Peoples Democratic Party to emerge victorious and had cause to use one of the hotels in the state capital…