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Generator exhaust kills couple, two children, in-law in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the deaths of a couple, their two children, and other people at their home in Nkwele Ezunaka, Onitsha. The man, his wife, two kids, mother-in-law, and an apprentice reportedly perished on Wednesday after breathing in poisonous fumes from a generator, according to reports. When City Round learned that the man’s wife had just given birth, he arranged for the family to move to their new house as a...

Muslims, Christians intercede for harmony, rain in Borno

Thousands of Muslims and Christians gathered in Maiduguri on Friday to pray for harmony and consistent rain in Borno. According to The News Agency of Nigeria, Christians of various denominations gathered at First Baptist Church in Maiduguri for prayers on Friday while Muslims observed the prayer in their respective mosques. On Thursday, the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Garbai El-Kanemi, and representatives of the Christian Association of Nigeria urged the faithful to pray for divine intervention...

RCCG to send forth Ogun zonal pastor, others

Adetunji Oladayo, the zonal pastor for the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s Emmanuel Zone in Ogun Province 3, is about to leave. This was announced by the church in a statement on Friday. The ceremony, where Oladayo, his wife Olufunke, and a former Area pastor named Henry Afuape would be sent out, was noted to take place on Sunday. The church claimed Oladayo and his wife made “giant strides” during their six years in charge...

Air Force Officers Arrest Cable Vandals At Lagos Airport

At Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), the Nigerian Air Force officers apprehended a thief breaking into armoured cables that belonged to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). One of the three vandals was caught, while the other two escaped, according to a press release issued by Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, head of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection. He asserts that there may be some connection between the vandals and those responsible for the recent vandalism...

Rejecting ungodly sexual advances improves your life!

Since I am your biggest fan, I constantly keep an eye out for your articles. Additionally, every time I read one of your articles, I learn something new. Proverbs 31:3 recently came to mind as I was thinking on my own a few days ago. My son, don’t spend all of your time and money on women; they have destroyed kings, Lemuel’s mother admonished him. My spirit now started to consider deeper ideas. According to...

FG approves 19 managers for fund for host communities

19 fund managers have received approval from the federal government to oversee the money that oil and gas companies have provided for the development trusts in their various host communities. Oil and gas companies both domestically and internationally have trust funds called HCDTs that are intended to support community development in areas where oil and gas operations are located. The Nigerian Upstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission was used by the Federal Government to approve...

Parents face tough times as schools raise fees

UNILAG prices jump from N19,000 to N190,250, and the FG raises Unity Colleges’ tuition. Private schools intend to raise tuition even further, but a 50% increase is no longer feasible. Some educational institutions have announced major hikes in tuition and other fees in response to the nation’s rising cost of living, while others plan to do so in order to deal with the effects of the loss of the subsidy on petrol. With the current...

Where rule of law is trampled upon, anarchy reigns supreme, Obi replies Tinubu

In a response to President Bola Tinubu’s legal team, Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the election of February 25, 2023, and the initial petitioner in the case currently before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, said that anarchy only reigns in places where the rule of law is disregarded. Obi responded to Tinubu’s lawyers’ written argument that a reading of the law needing 25% of the total legal votes cast in 24...

Tinubu Reiterates Commitment To Strengthen Armed Forces For Enhanced Security

In order for the Nigerian Armed Forces to properly perform their job of protecting the lives and property of residents both inside and outside of the country, President Bola Tinubu has emphasised his everlasting commitment to seeing to it that they are well-equipped. Speaking on Friday at the Command and Staff College’s Senior Course 45 graduation event in Jaji, President Tinubu emphasised how crucial it is to handle the delicate nature of the current security...

Abuja-bound reps member escapes death in road crash

Representative Marcus Onobun almost missed death in an accident while travelling to Abuja. Onobun, who was the most recent Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, suffered injuries in the accident, according to Tony Aziegbemi, the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, who confirmed this to our correspondent on Friday. Onobun was hospitalised at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where he is receiving treatment. When Aziegbemi visited Onobun in the hospital on...