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Nigeria’s Catholic Bishop at the ongoing second 2023 plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), has expressed sadness over the death of a seminarian, Na’Aman Danladi Stephen, of the Catholic Diocese of  Kafanchan who was burnt to death by bandits that attacked the priest rectory on Thirsday, September 7, 2023. Tthe bishops during the Mass for the second day, Saturday, September 9, 2023, specially prayed for the deceased seminarian, Na’Aman Danladi Stephen. Announcing the intention at the Mass, the Deputy Secretary General, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Very Rev. Fr. Michael Banjo, said: “We offer this Mass…

The National Assembly and State Election Petition Tribunal holding in Asaba, Saturday, September 9, dismissed the case filed by EKPOTO EKPOTO EMMANUEL of the All Progressive Congress (APC) challenging the election of Rt. Hon. Thomas Ereyintomi on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 28, 2023 General Election. The Chairman of the three man panel of the tribunal, Justice Catherine Ogunsola, who read the judgement while dismissing the case in Asaba said that the petitioner case lacks merit. She also said that the petitioner failed to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt. The panel…

…As Fayemi Blames Politics For Protests Against 2012 Subsidy Removal Former  President Goodluck Jonathan has said Nigeria’s founding fathers deserved credit for leading the struggle to independence and victory that followed, but blamed them for doing a poor job at nation building. Jonathan spoke as chairman of the occasion during a national dialogue and public presentation of 21 books, held in honour of Prof. Udenta Udenta, as part of activities to mark his 60th birthday, in Abuja, recently.. He compared Udenta to former Tanzanain president, Julius Nyerere, whom he said championed Tanzanaian nationhood. He said that Nigerian founding fathers unlike…

…Issues on poor Service Delivery By Local Governments In Delta State By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye As another local government election approaches in Delta State, it is imperative to ask if Governor Sherriff Oborevwori will sustain the culture of imposition of council chairmen and councilors or allow the people decide who leads them. This question is pertinent as over the years, successive administrations since return to democracy in 1999, have reduced the Local Government (LG), critical third tier of government, to a mere patronage tool of the governor in power. Citizens are no longer allowed to vote their choice…

Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the killing of the Ahoada Division DPO, Bako Amgbanshin by suspected cultists, on Friday evening. Viewers Discretion Please Police Public Relations Officer for the command, Grace Iringe-Koko confirmed the incident to newsmen. The gunmen were said to have captured and dismembered Amgbanshin in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. The miscreants had laid an ambush for him while on an operation with other police officers to raid some criminal hideouts in Ahoada East axis. This medium has earlier reported the gruesome killing of the police super cop. According to a source who does…

*** Calls For Restraint From Dissenting Groups A group, Warri Urban Security Network (WUSN), has called on those opposed to the list of Iwere Host Community Trust submitted by Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiamme Atuwatse III, to put a stop to it, as the decision was in the overall best interest of the kingdom rather than selfish interest of few who desperately want to pocket the people’s commonwealth. The group who made the appeal in a statement made available to newsmen in Warri, yesterday, noted that Olu of Warri intention to incorporate the host community trust into the…

…Renews Commitment To War Against Oil Thieves DOUBLE CONGRATULATIONS TO HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU GCFR, ON YOUR 100 DAYS IN OFFICE AND VICTORY AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITIONS TRIBUNAL The management and entire team of Tantita Security Services Limited wish to congratulate His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on his administration’s 100 days in office and his well-deserved victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. Though, the 100 days were gusty and breathe taking, they, however, set the nation on the…

Torrents of tears flows as  the remains of Mr. Godstime Omamuyovwi Ovwiokpe, who died in a motor accident involving a senior police officer attached to the Ughelli ‘A’ Division, of the Delta State Police Command, was committed to mother earth at his Awirhe-Agbarha-Otor community, in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State. Godstime Ovwiokpe, 44, father of four was involved in an accident with ASP. Edet Edet Emmanuel, on Sunday, May 14, 2023, while going to church service. It was gathered that the deceased father also lost his last son, Ephraim ‘2’, and four other of his children critically injured.…

Tragedy yesterday, September 8, 2023, hits the Ahoada Police Division in  Ahoada Local Government Area, River State, when the Divisional Police Officer DPO , Superintendent Bako Amgbashin was murdered by a suspected cult group that called itself the Iceland cult group.  In a video circulating around, the DPO’s body was seen dismembered after killing him and voices of the cult group heard saying in pidgin English; ‘This na DPO of Ahoada, you wan challenge Iceland, shebi you don die na’.  The River State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, could not be reached for confirmation before filling this report. …

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Terrorists operating in Kaduna has again murdered a Catholic Seminarian when they burnt down the parish rectory of Saint Raphael’s Catholic Church under Kafanchan Diocese in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, suffocating a seminarian, Stephen Danlami to death. The marauders said to be in their large numbers stormed the Saint Raphael Parish at Fadan Kamantan, on Thursday night, setting the building ablaze alongside a vehicle parked in the premises. The late seminarian, Stephen Danlami, reportedly died from the smoke he inhaled while groping to escape from the raging fire. The parish priest inside the parish…