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The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Tuesday said tackling corruption and fixing Nigeria required more than a God-fearing leader. According to Daily Post, Kukah said this at the launch of a book titled “The Shadow List’’ written by Todd Moss. He said to fight corruption and build the nation was not just about goodwill but about getting to the root of the matter and tackling it head-on. “I have said it severally; let Nigerians keep saying they want a God-fearing leader. “Nigeria does not need a God-fearing leader, because God-fearing has become an excuse to appeal to Nigerians and win elections. “Governance in Nigeria is a criminalized enterprise and a criminalized state cannot progress; so we must come to terms as to why it is that this country is in such low portion Fixing this country requires much more than that; national cohesion, holding our country together is the most fundamental project if we are to fix this nation. “This is what ...

The Senate of the federal republic of Nigeria has expressed great concern over the widespread usage of Bit-coin, a form of Crypto-currency and other ponzi schemes across the country. This was consequent upon a motion moved by Senator Benjamin Uwaiumogu (Imo North), who expressed concern that Nigerians were freely advised, and even persuaded to invest in crypto-currency as it promised quick returns, in certain instances, a triple or quadruple of the invested sum as profit within days. He noted that Google, quoted one (1) Bit coin to be the equivalent of N5, 706, 713.20 as at 10th December 2018. The motion was titled ‘urgent need to investigate the proliferation of Bit-coin, a form of Crypto-currency, to ascertain the worthiness of same as a form of investment in Nigeria’. The senate stressed that not only has the proliferation of Bit-coin become one of the forms of investment in the country, it is openly marketed across the country on the local television and radio stations, m...

The spiritual director of the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obimma, has revealed that the Holy Ghost revealed to him before Muhammadu Buhari was voted in as president, that his reign would bring doom to Nigerians. He said the Nigerian economy is in shambles, adding that the change in Nigeria now under the Buhari-led administration was not the change the people bargained for. The spiritual director of the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obimma, has revealed that the Holy Ghost revealed to him before Muhammadu Buhari was voted in as president, that his reign would bring doom to Nigerians According to Daily Post, He said the Nigerian econom y is in shambles, adding that the change in Nigeria now under the Buh ari-led administration was not the change the people bargained for. The cleric popularly known as Ebube Muonso, told the Sun, “It is a known fact that our economy is simply bastardized. Nigerian...

The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Tuesday, declared that the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari is on course. According to Daily Post, Ribadu also said the issue of the reinstatement of former head of the Presidential Taskforce Team on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina, should not be used as a yardstick in judging the country’s anti-corruption crusade. Speaking at the unveiling of a novel, ‘The Shadow List’, written by former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Todd Moss, the former EFCC boss said he was proud of the commission he bequeathed to the country, and added that the war against corruption should not be limited to one’s country. On the Maina case, Ribadu said it was not fair to reduce the anti-corruption war to a single case. “I don’t think it is fair to reduce it to one single case, to judge the work one is doing, especially somebody who is heading an a...

Ex-National  Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members that lost all their belongings, including certificates during the 2011 post-election violence in Niger State have appealed to the federal government to provide them automatic jobs given their plight. According to the Independent the victims spoke in an interview shortly after the sample presentation of N26.79 million cheques at the NYSC state headquarters in Minna. Spokesperson for the affected ex-corps members, Godspower Igbokwe who said though they are appreciative of the federal government’s magnanimity offering financial incentives to cushion the psychological pains they are going through, the fact remains that nobody would agree to give them job without their certificates. Igbokwe lamented that the WAEC/NECO SSCE and degree certificates for most of his compatriots were lost to the 2011 post-election crisis when their abode, the Nigerian Christian Corpers Fellowship (NCCF)’s family in Minna House was set ablaze by hoodlums...

Domestic airlines operating in Nigeria recorded 16,353 cases of delayed flights between January and June,2017. According the Independent, statistics from the Consumer Protection Department of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have revealed. A document issued by the department shows that 30,100 flights were operated by eight airlines during the period under review. According to the document, 601 flights were cancelled for various reasons by the airlines. Airlines in operation were Aero Contractors, Arik Air, Air Peace, Azman Air, Dana Air, First Nation, Med-View and Overland. Arik, which operated 10,261 flights, topped the chart of delayed and cancelled flights with 5,780 and 156 respectively. Aero Contractors followed with 2,895 delayed flights and 231 cancellations out of its 4,714 flight operations, the department reported. Air Peace operated 5,366 flights with 2,328 cases of delayed flights and 12 cancelled flights, the report added. Meanwhile, the airlines at...

Bishop Ademola Moradeyo, Bishop of Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Ogbomoso, has appealed to Federal Government to complete the dualisation of Ogbomosho-Ilorin Road lamenting that the road has claimed many lives. According to the Independent, Bishop Moradeyo warned that the church would shut Ogbomoso/Oyo dual carriage road down on August 1, 2018 if the Federal Government fails to complete the road project. Speaking at the funeral of Mr. Johnson Abiodun Fawole, one of the three Secondary School Principals who died in a ghastly motor accident along the old Ogbomoso/Oyo Road last Wednesday, the Bishop lamented the incessant loss of citizens of Ogbomoso land on the road. Bishop Moradeyo described the abandonment of the road while the Ibadan/Oyo and Ogbomoso/Ilorin road that lies at both ends of the road had been completed as corruption of the highest order. He wondered why the portion of the road that lies in between Ibadan/Oyo and Ogbomoso/Ilorin was abandoned saying that t...

If President Buhari makes the mistake to campaign for 2nd term, He'll die before the election.. - Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse Congregation: Chants Amen. *Applauds* Let's have your comments below

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Tiv people deny killing 73 cows in Nasarawa Mdzough u Tiv, the apex socio-cultural group of Tiv people has denied report that a purported Tiv militia attacked and killed 73 cows in Kadarko, Nasarawa State. The group also frowned at the report that two persons were also missing as a result of the attacks. According to Daily post,  Chief Edward Ujege, President-General, Mdzough U Tiv, described the report as a mockery of one of the saddest periods in the lives of the Tiv people, Benue and indeed the entire Nigeria when 73 people including children, pregnant women and old men murdered by Fulani herdsmen on New Year’s Day 2018 were given mass burial in Makurdi. He said, “It is very unfortunate that the fabricators of the phantom attacks in Nasarawa state have chosen to further ridicule and add insult to the injury and pain of the Tiv people by seeking to equate an even number of cows with those murdered in the New Year’s Day attacks on communities in Logo and G...

How PDP prevented Ekwueme from making Nigeria great – Tinubu The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has claimed that Nigeria would have been a better place if the late former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme, was allowed to play his rightful role in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Tinubu stated this, according to Daily post, in a tribute to the deceased elder statesman on Monday. He recalled the role played by Ekwueme in confronting the military regime and how he contributed to the formation of the PDP. “As vice president, he showed himself to be an invaluable asset in governance of the nation. He was loyal to his boss and most importantly was ever faithful to the nation. “He was genuinely concerned about bringing about a better Nigeria. His time and energy were geared towards nationalistic issues. He was always at the forefront of efforts to resolve problems. His deep intellectual interventions often helped the count...