Author: Femi Ajasa
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Police foil kidnap attempt on Kaduna-Abuja highway
Police in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt on the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Muhammad Jalige, stated on Wednesday that on Nov. 9, at about 7.45 p.m., the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mudassiru Abdullahi, was on an official tour. “The commissioner intercepted a large group of marauding bandits on…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Your value is in the pressing
By Oke Chinye Read: 2 Corinthians 4:7-10 Meditation verse: “We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair” (2 Corinthians 4:8). Have you ever considered how oil is gotten from olive seeds? The seeds are pressed to express the oil. To produce sweet wine, bunches of grape seeds…
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PDP’s performance in Anambra sign of good future’—Gov Ortom
The governor of Benue State, Mr Samuel Ortom, Wednesday, said the future holds bright for the Peoples Democratic Party, considering how the party fared in the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State. Governor Ortom stated this after congratulating Prof Charles Soludo of All Progressives Grand Alliance who won the polls. According to him,…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Faith like potatoes
Oke Chinye Meditation verse: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1) I stumbled upon a movie some years back which has made a huge impact on my faith even till this day. The movie “Faith Like Potatoes” is based on the autobiography novel of farmer…
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Victory speech: Let’s come together for Anambra’s sake, Soludo woos fellow candidates
The Governor-Elect and former Governor 9f Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Charles Soludo, has said his victory at the polls has brought joy to the people. “To my fellow candidates in the election, I wish to congratulate you for the gallant contest. Our people have spoken overwhelmingly and surely, that voice is the voice…
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JUST IN: 29 families submit DNAs for Ikoyi high-rise victims’ identification
As rescue team intensified the search for more bodies possibly trapped under the Ikoyi high-rise rubbles, at least 29 families have submitted their Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) samples to the Lagos State Government, basically to aid identification and collection of their loved one’s corpse for burial. To aid collections of bodies for the families, the State…
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[DETAILS]: How Pastor Taiwo Odukoya’s wife, Nomthi battle cancer before death
The founder of a Nigerian leading religious centre, Fountain of Life Bible Church, Taiwo Odukoya’s wife, Nomthi Odukoya, has been confirmed to have died after he lost the battle with cancer in the country. Rosemary, a South African of Zulu tribe, died barely two years after contracting cancer disease and battled to survive the ailment…
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JSC Odili: IGP must make outcome of investigation public-Sen Sekibo [Video]
…so that we can now know cause of incessant invasion to her house Chairman Senate Committee on Navy, Senator George Sekibo on Tuesday said the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba must declare the outcome of his investigation public into the invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s residence in Abuja. Senator Sekibo who represents…
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Ihiala supplementary poll witness delay of election materials, personnel
There were still unavailability of election materials at various polling units in the Anambra governorship supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government Area as at noon. The election which was supposed to commence at 10am and end at 4pm has not started as election materials are yet to leave the local government headquarters. An Electoral Officer…
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Lagos, FCT, Rivers top list of states with highest IGR in Nigeria
The 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory generated N849.123bn as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2021 compared to N612.87bn in 2020. A report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday disclosed that N398 billion was generated in the first quarter of 2021 and N450bn in the second quarter, making a positive growth of…