Tag Archives: NIGERIA

The Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission to the United Kingdom has hired lawyers to defend a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, over allegations of organ harvesting, the Nation has learned. This was disclosed by Senate President Ahmad Lawan after a …

Gunmen have kidnapped 22 farmers from their fields just outside Nigeria’s capital Abuja, local police said Friday, in the latest wave of mass abductions in the country. Heavily-armed criminals known locally as bandits frequently attack rural areas with poor security in the northwest and central regions, but mass kidnappings are …

The Nigerian entertainment industry is filled with talented and skillful acts who endlessly give their all, as a result, fans have developed interests in the lives of whatever entertainer they share a connection with. For some fans, the tendrils of these connections have spread past being merely interested in their …

Construction of National Cathedral meets criticism Akufo-Addo pledges to construct National Cathedral for God Nigeria built national church without state funds, Bright Simons asserts Honorary Vice President, IMANI-Africa, Bright Simons has brought some perspective to the subject of the National Cathedral construction in Ghana with regards to how a similar …

Pope Francis has reacted to a church shooting that claimed about 50 lives in Nigeria over the weekend. The incident that took place in the southwestern Ondo State after gunmen entered a Catholic Church before opening fire on the worshippers. A Vatican statement said the Holy Father had learned of …

Gunmen attack church in Nigeria Tributes pour out to murdered Christians Over 50 Christians killed during service Armed men on Sunday, June 5, opened fire at a church in the town of Owo, in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria. Africa’s most populous nation is reeling in the aftermath of the attack …

Gunmen have killed worshippers in a church in Ondo, south-west Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. He added that “only fiends from the nether region” could have done this. The armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo during a Sunday service. They fired into the …

Nigeria’s senior most Methodist Church leader has been released by kidnappers barely 24-hours after he was abducted. The Prelate, his Eminence Samuel Uche, was kidnapped along with two other clerics by unknown gunmen on the Lokpa axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway on Sunday, May 29. He was released along …

James Ndubuisi, the in-house lawyer at Lagos-based entertainment firm SoundHive Group, is certain he has no need for the eNaira – Nigeria’s official digital currency or its app. “It needs to be entirely binned,” the 30-year-old told Al Jazeera. He downloaded the app the same day it was released on …

NigeriaFormer Vice President and presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he was robbed of his mandate by the All Progressive Congress (APC), noting that he won the 2019 Presidential election. He accused the APC of using the power of incumbency …