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Nigeria is in it’s darkest hour -Catholic Bishop

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President of the body, Most Rev Lucius Ugorji, stated this, weekend, at the opening session of the 2022 Second Plenary of the CBCN at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, Imo State. He lamented that Nigerians had been subjected to high level insecurity, high rate of unemployment and soaring prices of good and services, now priced beyond the reach of a larger portion of the population. Ugorji said: “The level of insecurity in the country is very worrisome. We are passing through what might be deemed as the darkest chapter…

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Anglican priest resigns, begins support for polygamy

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Rev. Ogbuchukwu Lotanna, an Anglican priest of the Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, has resigned his position as a priest of the church. Lotanna, also a lawyer, from Mbanagu Otolo Nnewi, in the resignation, stated that he received a divine mandate to float a movement in support of polygamy. He claimed that the divine mandate he received to float a movement was aimed at encouraging polygamy, with a vision to reducing the rate of sexual sins in society. He pointed out that polygamy is not a sin, contrary to what…

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Two injured, 20 burnt to death in Oyo road accident

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Over 20 passengers were burnt to death with two others injured in a road accident at Lanlate, Maya junction in Ibarapa East Local Government area of Oyo State. The accident which involved a commercial bus and a Sienna car occured on Friday evening. Witnesses said the incident was as a result of collision which led to fire outbreak that consumed more than 20 persons. It was further gathered that only two passengers survived while others were burnt beyond recognition. The Chairman of the Local Government area, Gbenga Obalowo who led…

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Nigerian born US professor scolded by Jeff Bezos over tweet

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Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, has slammed a Nigerian-born US professor, Uju Anya, for her tweet on the late Queen Elizabeth II. While the queen was critically under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Anya had expressed her wish for the queen to have an ‘excruciating’ death. The tweet has now been removed by Twitter but still generating reactions on the platform. The American billionaire quoted Anya’s tweet and said, “This is someone supposedly working to make the world better?” “I don’t think so,” Bezos added. “Wow.” Anya, a Carnegie…

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DSS raids former boko-haram negotiator’s residence, office in Kaduna

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The residence of the former negotiator of the train kidnap victims, Tukur Mamu, was on Thursday raided by the Department of State Services (DSS), carting away equipment and documents. Mamu’s Desert Herald newspapers office in Ungwar Sarki, Kaduna State, was also raided by the security operatives about 12.30 a.m. yesterday, and documents were confiscated. Family sources said that phones and laptop computers were also seized, adding that nothing incriminating was found during the raid. “They came heavily armed and searched everywhere in the house and his office, but nothing suspicious…

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King Charles III begins reign as mourning begins for late Queen

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As Britain and the world commemorated the extraordinary life of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III who took over the mantle of leadership on Friday readied to address his mourning subjects on the first full day of his new reign. At 73, Charles is the oldest monarch yet to ascend the throne of the United Kingdom, following the death of his “cherished” mother at her Scottish estate of Balmoral on Thursday. He was due to return to London from Balmoral, where the 96-year-old queen died “peacefully” after a year-long period…

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Ayu retains PDP Chairmanship seat, Wike blows hot

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Senator Iyiochia Ayu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, yesterday got a confidence vote after weeks of speculations about whether or not he should retain his seat. But the decision did not go down well with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who insisted that Ayu must step down. The party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Governor Wike have been at loggerheads over the agitation for Ayu’s removal as the party’s chairman. The Rivers governor and those sympathetic to his cause are aggrieved, following their perceived marginalization…

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$2.7bn lost as oil production plummets below 1mb/d

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Latest data has shown that Nigeria’s oil production crashed below the one million barrels per day mark in August costing the country about $2.658 billion. Oil production figures posted by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, yesterday, showed that daily average production for August was 972,394 barrels, compared to 1.83 million barrels produced in July 2022. The production figure was 857,606 barrels short of Nigeria’s OPEC daily production quota of 1.83 million. At the average price of $100 per barrel, the country lost $85.76 million daily, amounting to $2.658…

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$7 million bank fraud: Nigerian man pleads guilty, faces 30 years imprisonment in US

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Sulaiman Dosunmu, a 41-year-old Nigerian man, has pleaded guilty to his involvement in $7 million bank fraud before the United States District Judge, Noel L. Hillman in Camden federal court on Tuesday. The resident of Darby, Pennsylvania admitted his role in a bank conspiracy targeted at 12 different financial institutions in southern New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania. Attorney announced. US attorney Philip R. Sellinger, according to the US Department of Justice, said Dosunmu participated in the fraudulent activities between 2016 and 2020. The bank fraud conspiracy charge carries a maximum…

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Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96

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Queen Elizabeth II of England has died at the age of 96 today. The queen was said to have died peacefully. Crowd had gathered at the Buckingham Palace residence in London today as concern was growing over the Queen’s health. Around 100 people braved torrential rain to stand at the palace gates, as senior royals rushed to Balmoral in Scotland, where the queen was being treated. The Royal Family, announcing the death in a statement, said, “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. “The King and The Queen Consort…

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