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WHY WE CAN’T GO BACK TO FARMING – NIGERIANS REPLIES TINUBU Nigerians have expressed resistance to the presidency’s suggestion that they should return to farming as a solution to economic hardship and hunger. Recall that The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, during a meeting with a group of online editors, urged Nigerians to …

RANGERS CROWNED LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, FINISHED SEASON WITH 70 POINTS Rangers International of Enugu have been crowned champions of the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) after beating Gombe United 2-1 in their final game of the season in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Sunday. The dramatic final day of the season saw Remo Stars finished second behind champions Rangers with …

GO BACK TO FARMING – PRESIDENCY TELLS NIGERIAN The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has confirmed the presidency’s commitment to alleviating the suffering of Nigerians. He also stressed that all well-meaning Nigerians should play prominent roles in leading the country, especially the media. Onanuga made this statement over the weekend in Abuja while …

PASTOR CHRIS SPEAKS ON FIRE AT CHRIST EMBASSY, SAYS ‘LET DEVIL LICK HIS WOUNDS, WE’LL BUILD A BEAUTIFUL ONE’ The General Overseer of Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has spoken out about the fire outbreak that gutted the church’s building in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos. The Loveworld Convocation Arena (LCA), formerly the headquarters of Christ Embassy Church, was gutted by …

50 FEDERAL LAWMAKERS WRITE TINUBU WANT NNAMDI KANU RELEASED A group of 50 members of the House of Representatives, known as Concerned Federal Lawmakers for Peace and Security in the South-East, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to invoke Section 174 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Section 107(1) of the Administration of …

ENUGU RANGERS VETERANS TRUST: PRESERVING MEMORY, HONOURING A LEGACY By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Umuawulu, a sleepy settlement in Awka, the capital of Anambra State in the south-east, is the unlikely origin of one of the greatest sporting resumes ever to come out of Nigeria. In the bowels of this village lies Holy Cross High School, the site from which story …

BREAKING: CHRIST EMBASSY HQRS IN LAGOS ON FIRE The headquarters of Christ Embassy Church, located in the Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State, is on fire. The incident was revealed through multiple videos shared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) by eyewitnesses present at the scene. One user, Augustine, tweeting under the handle @Chief_Augustin1, shared a video and …

ABAGANA WATERLOO: HOW BIAFRAN FORCES ROASTED NIGERIAN SOLDIERS IN AN AMBUSH The Abagana Ambush of March 31st 1968 is one out of the many confrontations between Nigerian and Biafran troops during the civil war which lasted for exactly two years, six months and nine days. It was during this ambush that the Nigerian army suffered the heaviest single loss in …

LP CRISIS ENDS AS APAPA FACTION ENDORSES ABURE AS CHAIRMAN The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) seems to have finally come to an end as the factions led by Chairman Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa have put aside their differences and agreed to work together. The rift began in April 2023 when a court judgment restrained Abure and …

FEAR GRIPS ENUGU COMMUNITY AS COURT GRANTS BAIL TO SUSPECT IN TRADITIONAL RULER’S MURDER Residents of Oruku autonomous community in Enugu State’s Nkanu East Local Government Area are currently in fear after Justice Cyprian Aja of the State High Court granted bail to one Moses Nnamani. Nnamani is a prime suspect in the murder of the community’s former traditional ruler, …