Yesterday, Pope Francis said Christians owe apologies to gays and others who have been offended or exploited by the church. His words: “I repeat what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: that they must not be discriminated against, that they must be respected and accompanied pastorally. The...
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Court orders Abia gov, Ikpeazu, to vacate office over fake tax clearance
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, to vacate office immediately for submitting false information to his party, PDP, for the party’s governorship primary in December 2014. Justice Okon Abang in a judgment today, ordered INEC to immediately issue a...
India girl who ranked first in an exam, sent to jail for cheating after she failed a retest
Ruby Rai, 17, ranked first in the Bihar state exams – but said in a video interview that her main subject, political science, was about cooking. She also ‘Political Science’ as ‘Prodigal Science.’ After the video went viral, she was made to re-sit her exams, and was arrested...
Tinubu hosts singer Kcee and his boss/younger brother, E-money
Nigeria is better as one – Sen. Ben Bruce tells those advocating for a breakup
Flash: Right on the red carpet at the Muson centre, last night, Danku was allegedly arrested for theft, conspiracy and impersonation
Veteran musician, Eldee, advises a follower on how to set priorities
Forgery of Senate Rule: Saraki, Ekweremadu, others, arraigned, plead not guilty
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and former clerk to the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasua, were docked at the the Federal High Court Abuja this morning for alleged forgery of senate orders. They are facing a two-count-charge bordering on conspiracy and forgery of senate rule...
A Prof. at the University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, allegedly babysits for one of his students during an exam
Nigerian pastor jailed for 9 years in Britain’s biggest ever education scam
Sam Kayode, tagged a ‘dishonest, greedy’ and possibly bigamous school accountant, has been jailed for 9 years for stealing £4.1m of taxpayers’ money – and lavishing it on 4 women, Dailymail reports. Kayode, 59 – a part-time pastor – spent the cash on his real wife, a second...
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