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Month: October 2019

Pst. Adeboye condemns FG over border closure, VAT increase others

General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has kicked against the proposed increase of VAT from 5 percent to 7.5 percent by the federal government, The Nation reports. The proposal, he said, will further increase the burdens on Nigerians. Adeboye also said the proposed reintroduction of toll gates on…

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I still keep low profile in Nollywood because of sex for role requests, says actress (Pictures)

From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan Actress, Princess Eunice Njoku has finally opened up on why she has been lying low in Nollywood. In a chat, the star of Child in Heaven who has featured alongside the likes of Tontoh Dike and Regina Daniels, revealed that the flagrant sex-for-roles in Nollywood was the reason she has been…

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Giving tithes to church or needy: what Bible really says?

There is a movement today which believes the tithe which they are to pay to God should be given to the widows, fatherless, orphans or the needy in general. This movement wants to give the tithe to the needy directly from their pocket without giving it to the Church. They even have a Bible passage…

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Sex for Grades: students’ leader launches scheme to expose erring lecturers

Relief for all #SexForGrades victims as Former Southwest Coordinator, National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Ashefon launched the ‘name and shame method’ as a viable weapon to expose lecturers sexually assaulting students, The Vanguard reports. According to the student leader, ‘NANS Sexual Harassment Register’, an online register, had been opened for students who had been…

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(Pictures) News of Aisha Friday’s arrival, a rumour: she arrives Nigeria Sunday morning

This morning, First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country after a long holiday in the UK. She arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 4.30am via a British Airways flight. Director of Information to First Lady of Nigeria State House Abuja, Suleiman Haruna revealed on Sunday morning. Speaking…

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FUOYE VC, UI DVC task govt on funding for interdisciplinary research in varsities

…as FUOYE plans to partner U.I, UNILAG, other institutions on teaching, research From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado-Ekiti Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof Kayode Soremekun and the Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) of the University of Ibadan, (U.I), Prof. Kayode Adebowale have urged the Federal Government to urgently provide more support in terms of funding to interdisciplinary…

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Alleged suspension: Fayose’s allies floor Ekiti Assembly in court

From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado-Ekiti Lawmakers suspended by the Ekiti State House or Assembly, have floored the House in a court ruling which not only reinstated them but also ordered payment of arrears of a year. The court described the action by the state’s Assembly on the suspension and stoppage of salaries and emoluments of the…

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Budget presentation: What Buhari really told Melaye in this viral picture?

Since this viral picture of President Muhammadu Buhari pointing his index finger at Senator Dino Melaye after he presented the 2020 budget at the National Assembly on Tuesday with Dino responding by hailing him with a salutary fist, The Nation revealed what really transpired as there have been speculations as to what the President was…

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Adelabu’s wrong candidacy, a reason for APC monumental loss to PDP, says Adeduntan

•Says Makinde, Ajimobi and him are brothers, politics can’t divide them From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan The immediate former commissioner for Health in Oyo State and Governorship aspirant under the flagship of All Progressive Congress, APC in 2019, Dr. Azeez Adeduntan has said choosing Chief Adebayo Adelabu as governorship candidate of APC in the last election…

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54 year old lecturer, one other in court for raping teenager to death

A 54-year-old senior lecturer with the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Mr. Andrew Ogbuja, was on Friday arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on defilement over death of a teenage girl. This came as Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court yesterday fixed November 21 for the adoption of final written addresses in the ongoing…

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