Author: Femi Ajasa
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Edo: Wife kills husband who caught her cheating in their matrimonial home
A man simply identified as Abdulateef has been stabbed to death by his wife. The woman was said to have harmed him after he caught her with another man in their matrimonial home. It was gathered that the incident happened around 3am on Sunday in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. The…
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US doles out N93m to Nigerian Guild of Editors
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has received a grant from the U.S. to facilitate the capacity building of its members and other senior journalists. The grant of $226 .889 (about N93.3million) is to facilitate activities aimed at strengthening the capacity of the media in performing its responsibilities. The NGE , in a statement jointly…
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Soludo: A post -election Anambra – Dakuku Peterside
Dakuku Peterside At face value, the Anambra election 2021 is over, but the lessons have far broader implications that will endure. Beyond these lessons, of what is considered the most consequential election in 2021, is the management of the people’s expectations and the governor-elect’s ability to fix the jigsaw puzzle of the many contradictions that…
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[Devotional]: IN HIS PRESENCE: In the twinkling of an eye
By Oke Chinye Read: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 Meditation verse: “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1 Corinthians 15:52). In the evening of October 4th, 2021, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp crashed. It…
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ALDRAP advocates legislative drafting in a Bill scheduled for public hearing tomorrow in NASS
Association of Legislative Drafters and Advocacy Practitioners,(ALDRAP) has advocated for Legislative Drafting to be recognized as an area of legal practice in Nigeria as lawmakers start public hearing on Bill on Monday. ALDRAP, an advocacy group championing legislative drafting in Nigeria in a statement signed by its Secretary, Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja, recommended that an…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Your weapons of warfare (2)
By Oke Chinye Read: Psalm 149:1-9 Meditation verse: “Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand” (Psalm 149:6). The second weapon of warfare our reading mentions is “a two-edged sword in your hand”. This is the word of God. Hebrews 4:12 says “For the word of…
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Give Me Anambra – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta The morgue keepers waited in vain. Even the large police and military contingents found hardly any ready targets to shoot at. Now they have to return to Abuja to account for unexpended ammunition. What was prepped as Anambra’s IPOB induced blood bath just did not happen after all. Armed political thugs also ran…
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Anxiety in C/River community as gunmen kidnap RCCG Pastor, teacher
Unknown gunmen invaded Ikot Eneobong community in Calabar on Saturday and kidnapped a minister serving with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Sunday Adediran, and a female public school teacher [name yet-to-b ascertained]. According to reports, anxiety mounted in the community after Adediran was whisked away by gunmen who stormed abducted the two…
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Nigeria ranked top ten in human trafficking, drug market
The 2021 Global Organised Crime Index has ranked Nigeria among the top 10 criminal markets for trafficking in people, firearms, illicit cannabis and heroin trade, fauna crimes, synthetic drugs and non-renewable resource crimes. The index shows that the countries with the highest criminality levels are those experiencing conflict or fragility, adding that such affected nations…
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New wine, new wineskins (2) – Femi Aribisala
Femi Aribisala If you have concluded that you cannot meet Jesus’ standards because they are impossible to meet, I want to congratulate you because that means you are finally ready for a Saviour. When you finally recognise that you cannot save yourself from your sins, then you are ready for Jesus to be your Saviour.…