Pastor Dies While Trying To Emulate Jesus’ Three-day Resurrection
James Sakara, the pastor of a Zambian Christian church, was found dead after asking to be buried alive in the ground so he could come back to life in three days’ time, like Jesus… To say that 22-year-old James Sakara was overconfident in his ability to emulate the resurrection of Jesus Christ would be an understatement. Be that as it may, the pastor of the Zion Church in the Zambian town of Chidiza managed to convince his congregation that he could in fact come back to life after three days, just like the Son of God. He somehow got three
Gunmen Kill Uniosun Graduates On Their Way To Nysc Camp
Some yet-to-be-identified armed men have killed fresh graduates of the Osun State University who were travelling to their NYSC Camp. The barbaric incident which happened along Lokoja-Abuja Road claimed the life of two graduates of the Osun State-based institution. According to the Public Relations officer of the University who confirmed the Incident, Ademola Adesoji, said: “Four of our ex-students were involved. Three of them are male and one female. Two died in the incident. But we spoke with the two that survived and monitored their movement up to the hospital. Our Students Affairs Unit also notified the NYSC leadership
Female NYSC Corp Delivers Baby In Bayelsa Orientation Camp
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Yanusa Ranatu from Kwara State who just concluded her registration at Kaiama orientation camp yesterday gave birth to a baby boy at the Bayelsa State Referral Hospital, Kaiama, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area. The State Coordinator, Mrs Ojugo Iyowuna who led a delegation of key camp officials to visit her in the hospital, presented items needed to support the baby and his mother. The corps member who commended the NYSC for its quick intervention in coming to her aid said the NYSC scheme is truly a caring institution that has changed many lives.
Growing lists of court orders seeking to restrain Mala Buni unsettle APC
The political atmosphere within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is rife with tension as fresh concerns mount over the growing lists of court orders, seeking to restrain Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State along with other members from acting or parading themselves as the party’s Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, members until the determination of substantive suits before the court. With its eyes on the fast approaching 2023 general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently battling to overturn about a dozen court orders and injunctions that threaten, not only the lifespan of the Governor
No indigenous Fulani in Ondo, other Yoruba states — Afenifere tackles MACBAN
Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has expressed displeasure at the deliberate misrepresentation of the indigenous demography of Yorubaland in Southwest Nigeria by the Secretary General of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Usman Baba-Ngelzerma. Mr. Baba-Ngelzerma was quoted to have, during a live TV interview, said “In Ondo and most of the Southern states, we have indigenous pastoralists whose fathers were brought up in those states and those who are there today were also brought up there. So, if you ask them to go, they won’t know where to go because they know these states as their own states.” The
Guinea coup d’etat violates ECOWAS protocol on democracy -FG
The Federal Government has condemned the coup d’etat that happened today in the Republic of Guinea, saying it violates ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance. Army putschists in Guinea had on Sunday staged a coup and arrested President Conakry Alpha Conde. A video sighted by AFP showed some soldiers saying the army has decided to change the country’s constitution. This was strongly condemned by the Federal Government in a statement titled, ‘Nigerian Government Condemns Could D’Etat In Guinea,’ signed by the Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esther Sunsuwa. The statement read, “The Nigerian government is saddened by the apparent
Affirm My Four-Year Tenure As PDP National Chiarman – Secondus tell Appeal Court
Says only NEC can suspend PDP national officer The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has asked the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal to affirm that his four-year tenure ends on December 9, 2021. He also asked the appellate court to quash the orders of the two high courts that restrained him as the national chairman of the party. Secondus also asked the court to nullify his suspension, insisting that Section 59(3) of the PDP constitution clearly stated that the ward or the state executive committee of any state has no powers
700 APC, ADC Members Defect to PDP in Kwara ahead of 2023 election
Ahead of 2023 polls, no fewer than 700 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kwara State have defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The defectors cut across all the wards in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state. Some of the defectors, who claimed they belonged to Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Hon. Raheem Olawuyi groups, said the ruling APC government in the state had failed in its quest to provide good leadership since assumption of office in the state. Speaking at the event in Omu-Aran weekend, the
PDP factional group elects Ajijola as consensus governorship aspirant ahead of primaries in Ekiti
A factional group, Repositioning Movement, in the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti, has elected Mr Lateef Ajijola as its consensus candidate for the party’s primaries ahead of the 2022 governorship election. Ajijola, an Architect, emerged as the group’s consensus candidate at a shadow election organised for three aspirants. Mr Aderogba Agbaje, Chairman of the Repositioning Movement Electoral Committee, announced the outcome of the shadow election in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday. Agbaje said that Ajijola scored 50 votes to defeat two others, Mr Yinka Akerele and a former Deputy Governor of Ekiti, Dr Sikiru Tae-Lawal, who scored 26 and four votes
Video: Cow Seen ‘Fighting’ With Vehicles On Lagos Road
There was a drama on Saturday as a cow was seen fighting with vehicles on a road in Lagos, Nigeria. In the video which went viral on Sunday afternoon, the angry cow was seen using his horns to hit on the truck. Starnews Nigeria gathered that the cow escaped from the back of a truck and probably got angry when some men were trying to catch it. The cow kept fighting with the truck until he turned and chased away some bystanders at the other side of the road. Click and Watch the Video: Cow Seen ‘Fighting’ With Vehicles On Lagos
