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By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of founding pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, Lagos, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya. President Tinubu in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale shared in the pain of loss with the family, friends and congregants of the Fountain of Life Church Senior Pastor Taiwo Odukoya who died at the of 67. Tinubu sent his condolences also to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and associates of the religious leader over the loss. He said that the deceased’s teaching, outreach and…

By Hallimah Olamide The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has called on traditional leaders in Zamfara to redouble their commitment toward polio eradication in the state. Abubakar made the call in Gusau on Tuesday at a strategic meeting with traditional leaders in the hard-to-reach areas of the state. NPOReports gathered that the meeting was organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in collaboration with Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development. The monarch, represented by the Coordinator of the Foundation and Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Isma’ila Mera, described the high rate of polio virus cases in…

A medical house officer who died in an elevator last week Vwaere Diaso, has been buried. Her sister, in a series of posts via Twitter @its_diaso, said her sister was buried. She wrote: “Today my sister was buried. The pain my family and I are going through is indescribable. To so many people Vwaere is just another sad story of how the Nigerian government has and continues to fail its people but she’s more than that. She was a daughter, granddaughter,sister, girlfriend , friend, niece, our dockie who worked tirelessly helping people. We want her to be remembered as the…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Abdullahi Gumel, has transmitted the confirmed list of 45 ministerial nominees to the Presidency. Gumel made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. The Senate had on Monday, confirmed the appointment of 45 ministerial nominees and put on hold the confirmation of three others. Those not confirmed included former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, Sen. Abubakar Danladi and Stella Okete. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, explained that the trio were not confirmed because they were still awaiting security clearance. Speaking…

By Kamil Opeyemi Mr Andulamalik Ahmed and Ali Yaro both victims of alleged job racketeering at the Federal Character Commission (FCC) say they paid N1 million and N2 million respectively for job placement in the commission. Ahmed and Yaro made this known when they appeared as witnesses at the ongoing investigation by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee probing job racketeering and mismanagement of IPPIS in Abuja on Tuesday. Speaking on the issue, Ahmed, an indigene of Adamawa said he met the driver of the Commissioner, representing Taraba, Mr Yisha’u Gambo who promised to get him a job in…

By Kamil Opeyemi No fewer than 35 Federal Ministries, Department and Agencies of Government on Tuesday in Abuja failed to appear before the House of Representatives Ad hoc committee investigating alleged job racketeering. Rep Yusuf Gagdi, chairman ad hoc committee probing employment racketeering and gross mismanagement of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) said most of the agencies were not respectful of constituted authority. “Most of these agencies are not respectful of constituted authority. “We are supposed to have the presence of 40 agencies but only four are here,” he said. The chairman also read the riot act against…

By Hallimah Olamide The National Association of Nigerian Students Joint Campus Council (NANS JCC), Lagos State says it suspended its planned protest against the hike in UNILAG school fees due to the intervention by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Idowu Owohunwa. A statement on Tuesday by the Chairman of the association, Mr Alimi Idris and Secretary, Mr Abdulrazak Yusuf, urged the commissioner to ensure the students’ grievances were communicated to the appropriate authorities. The student leaders commended the commissioner for his intervention and assured the police boss of their cooperation. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said that…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Police in Lagos State have arrested a 44-year-old woman, who allegedly used her 10-year-old niece as a drug courier. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure on Tuesday while parading the suspect before newsmen at the police command’s headquarters in Ikeja. Hundeyin said that the suspect was arrested last Wednesday, after her niece was found roaming the streets and was brought to the Pen Cinema Police Division in Agege. Hundeyin said that the divisional police officer consequently directed that the girl should bathe, while the police would look for her parents. He said that…

Former governor of Lagos state and immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has filed a formal petition to the acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, seeking an urgent probe of the allegations that he was involved in drafting the judgment for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judges. Recently, Jackson Ude and some Twitter users alleged that Fashola and some lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were writing the judgment which would be handed to the judges. In a petition addressed to the IGP and written by Olanrewaju Akinsola, his counsel, Fashola said the allegation…

The founding pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, Lagos, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya is dead. The church announced his death in a statement on Tuesday, stating that the church founder died in the United States. The church said: “The fountain of Life Church Family, in tatal submission to the will of God Almighty announces the passing unto greater glory of our Father, Teacher, a great servant of the Most High God, Pastor Daniel Taiwo Odukoya, Founding Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, who passed unto glory on the 7th of August 2023 in the USA. “We are in total…