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Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State, and Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners’ Chapel International, went ballistic on Thursday after he was denied visa by the US Embassy. A report said the embassy did not give any other reason to the bishop, except the standard default explanation that the Bishop did not qualify for visa renewal in its assessment and urged him to try again. According to the paper, Heaven was let loose, when the obviously flustered preacher and businessman, created scene whilst querying the grounds for his refusal. Oyedepo reportedly protested he had been traveling to the states as far back as 1980s and had not violated any rules or committed any crime to have warranted being denied a renewal of his visa. He immediately sent for his bodyguards to get his phones so he could make some calls, but the embassy allegedly told him he could not make calls within the precincts of the visa-issuing section of th...

A primary school teacher, Munira Muhammad, has dragged her husband, Lawal Ibrahim, before the Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, for giving her only N300 daily for the upkeep of their three children. Muhammad who resides within Kaduna metropolis, on Wednesday told the court that Ibrahim occasionally gave one measure of grinded maize and millet to her and the children. The estranged wife said: “N300, can’t sustain me and my three children. “He has been given several opportunities by the court to make adjustment but has refused to do so. I am praying the court to terminate the marriage.” In his response, the defendant, a commercial tricycle operator, said that he loved his wife and the N300 he gave her daily for their upkeep was enough for them. Ibrahim prayed the court to grant him more time to explore ways of settlement with his wife. The Judge, Murtala Nasir, after listening to both parties, cautioned the defendant to see the need to treat his family fairly, in a...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State has arrested a 41-year-old father for allegedly hanging his 10-year-old daughter to the ceiling over theft of N3,000. The Oyo State NSCDC Commandant, Iskilu Akinsanya, who disclosed this on Monday in Ibadan, said the victim’s step mother was also arrested. Akinsanya, who paraded the suspects, alleged that the father of the victim and his wife jointly tied her to the ceiling and set fire underneath her until she confessed to the theft. The commandant said that the Anti-human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit of the corps arrested the suspects at Olupo in Amuloko area of Ibadan. He said that the victim allegedly stole N3, 000 belonging to one Rukayat Trimisiyu out of which N600 was found in her bag. “It was gathered that the victim later brought the remaining N2, 400 from where it was hidden in the house. “The victim is currently at the hospital receiving treatment as a result of the injury caused by ...

Ahead of next year’s election governorship election in Ondo State, in which his position is being eyed by some interested party members, the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Saturday dared the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to replace him with any other person if it wishes to win the state. Akeredolu, who became the governor of the state in February 2017, told journalists in Abuja that he is the only person who could win the election for APC in Ondo State given his pedigree, achievements, and general acceptability by the majority of the people of the state. He boasted that the people would always stand with him because they freely looked out, persuaded and picked him to become the governor of the state without paying them any money as other aspirants did, but were rejected by the electorate. He said: “I didn’t ask to become governor of Ondo State; the people sought me out to be their leader. As far as I am concerned power belongs to God and not t...

Policemen, on Tuesday, barricaded the venue of the protest against the Federal Government’s position declaring the establishment of Operation Amotekun as illegal. Recall that the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had in a statement, described the Western Nigeria Security network codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ as illegal. The protest, expected to hold at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, was organised by the Yoruba World Congress. It was tagged as “Amotekun Solidarity Walk”. Over 20 police vans with armed policemen were present to prevent the group from accessing the park.

This post seeks to enlighten the reader on how the Nigerian currency, which is the Nigerian Naira came to become the legal tender in use in present day Nigeria. Between 1912 and 1959, the West African Currency Board was responsible for issuing currency notes in Nigeria. Before the establishment of the West African Currency Board, Nigeria had used various forms of money, chief of them being the cowries. The Central Bank of Nigeria, on July 1, 1959 issued the Nigerian currency notes and coins and the West African Currency Board notes and coins were withdrawn. It was not until July 1, 1962 that legal tender status was changed to reflect the country’s new status. The notes were again changed in 1968 as a war strategy following the misuse of the country’s currency notes. On March 31, 1971, the Federal Military Government announced that Nigeria would change to decimal currency as from January 1, 1973. The major currency unit would be called Naira which would be equivalen...

Oyo State Government has declared that public school teachers would henceforth be promoted and honoured according to their diligence and efficiency, as reflected in the overall performance of their students in external examinations. Chairman, Oyo State Post-primary Schools Teaching Service Commission, (TESCOM), Pastor Akinade Alamu, stated this today at the main hall of Ansaru Deen High School, Saki, during an interactive session with school managers, Saki zone, Oke Ogun. Alamu hinted that a committee has been set up by the Governor, Seyi Makinde to have data and measurement of individual teacher across the state after which he would personally award the most efficient among them. He said promotion of teachers would no more be ‘business as usual’ as the state administration has concluded plans to award excellency, based on measures of efficient and productive input by teachers to make their students excel in external examinations, adding that workers’ remuneration that has al...

The Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, says privatisation of government-owned teaching hospitals will take quality and affordable healthcare out of the reach of many Nigerians. According to him, affordable healthcare is important to a productive nation and privatising tertiary health institutions is not a solution to the many challenges bedeviling the health sector. “Teaching hospitals render social service that should not be toyed with by any individual, just like the popular saying that “a healthy nation is a wealthy nation.” “I will not support the idea of privatisation because when you do that you are not looking at the social aspect and the welfare of the people of the nation but the economic aspect of it. “Quite a high percentage of Nigerians are poor and cannot access or afford effective and quality healthcare, so when you privatise teaching hospitals, quality healthcare gets out of the reach of the average Niger...

The Lagos State Government will not be taking definitive action against illegal operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles on restricted routes across the State, it was learnt on Monday. The revelation followed a four-hour Security Council meeting chaired by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and attended by all commanders of security agencies in the State. Briefing State House Correspondents after the meeting, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said the Government’s delayed action against restriction of motorcycles and tricycles was informed by the need to achieve a generally acceptable solution to the menace. Omotoso disclosed that relevant parties and stakeholders had reached out to the Government with suggestions and representation that could be adopted to proffer a win-win solution on the matter. The Security Council, the Commissioner said, is currently considering the suggestions and recommendations submitted to the Government before coming u...

Kwara State Police Command has denied sending its officers to demolish the structures on the revoked land of the late Dr Olusola Saraki carried out by the Kwara state government on Thursday. The Command in a statement issued on Saturday night and signed by its Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, denied that its men fired live ammunition to people during the demolition. It said, “The Command wishes to make it clear that as part of its safety and crime prevention strategies in ensuring a hitch-free celebrations during the Christmas and the New Year festivities, Police patrol vans were stationed at strategic points across the state, including Iloffa Road GRA, Ilorin on the 31/12/2019 being the new year eve. As was witnessed by all and sundry, the Christmas and new year celebrations were generally peaceful throughout the state. “Our anti-crime deployment during this period has nothing to do with any demolition exercise in the state. “It is therefore shocking to the Commi...

A new decade has come over us, which is sure to give us brilliant, joyous moments. However, here we take a look at those five strikers who entertained us with their goalscoring exploits over the past decade in the Premier League. 1. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) - 174 goals The top scorer in the Premier League this decade and by a distance is Manchester City icon, Sergio Aguero who has netted an astonishing 174 goals since moving to England in 2011. The Argentinian is not only City's all-time highest goalscorer, but also the scorer of the most important goal in the club's history i.e a stoppage time winner against Queens Park Rangers which handed them their first Premier League title. 2. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) - 136 goals The greatest English striker of his generation and arguably the greatest in their history, Harry Kane's importance for both club and country cannot be overstated, with the striker emerging as a talismanic figure. Only 26, K...