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Eighty-year-old Brazilian football legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento (well known as Pele) is reported to have left the intensive care unit of a hospital in Brazil after a successful surgery on a colon tumor. One of his daughters, Kely Nascimento disclosed the information on social media. “He is doing well post surgery, he is not in pain and is in …

Students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) have protested against the alleged imposition of a ₦20,000 late registration fine by the schools governing body. The students got the attention of the public, when they mounted road blocks at the entrance of the university’s main campus in Ugbowo, on Tuesday which led to a heavy traffic jam. The students described the …

Pastor David Yonggi Cho, the overseer of Yoido Gospel Church in South Korea, passed on to glory on Tuesday morning at the age of 85. Prior to his departure Pastor Yonggi Cho ‘ church houses the largest congregation in the world. Following his death, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God took to …

According to reports, some people believed to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra allegedly chased out students writing the ongoing WAEC exams and their invigilators out of the exam halls in Imo state. The affected school was Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkume-Njaba in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. IPOB had earlier insisted on its earlier sit-at-home directive …

Mr. Valentine Ozigbo has been listed as the official candidate representing the People’s Democratic Party in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election. According to reports INEC said in a statement on Thursday September 9 that it had been served with the ruling, and officially listed Ozigbo alongside his running mate, Lilian Azuka Enemo. The November 6 election will be contested by …

The people of El Salvador have shown their discontent over the country’s recent decision to adopt Bitcoin as a legal currency. Angry protests and confusion amongst citizens, technological glitches and a drop in market value plagued El Salvador yesterday, as the country made history by becoming the first in the world to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender.As the change …

According to reports the Imo state government revealed that it sealed some banks Owerri, the state capital for obeying the IPOB Monday Sit-At-Home order. Several bank customers were left stranded on Tuesday as the officials of the Imo State Government shut all the banks along Bank Road in the state capital. Sources reveal that all the banks on Assumpta Avenue …

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The new NCDC boss, Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa assumed office as the new Director-General of the commission on Monday, September 6, 2021. Dr Ifedayo replaces Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, who last week took up an appointment as an Assistant …

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has filed a 50 million naira lawsuit against the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) for violating his fundamental rights to dignity. According to reports, Mr Maxwell Opara, one of the lawyers defending Nnamdi Kanu in the suit titled FHC/ABJ/CS/1018/2021, stated that he was on August 30, …

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christians Church of God has revealed the reason he attended the opening of the Love of Christ worship centre in Lagos. The recently commissioned Love of Christ ultra-modern worship centre is owned by Prophetess Esther Ajayi, a member of the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) movement. Adeboye attended the commissioning with …