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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has revealed when he will start preparing for his death. The cleric made the statement during a church service where he told his members not to hold elaborate birthday celebrations for him before he turns 90. The clergyman noted that it would be a lie to think that he would die soon. He promised to hold an elaborate birthday ceremony at the age of 90 years before his death. Restructure Nigeria or risk break-up, says Adeboye According to Adeboye: “I am not going to die young.…

There is an unusual silence from the presidency concerning the retirement of the IGP. The tenure of IGP Mohammed Adamu expires today as he has completed his 35 years maximum to stay in the police, having enlisted on February 2, 1986. Adamu, who will turn 60 on September 17, was appointed as the IGP in January 2019. He has spent two years in office. Three Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) and 10 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) are also due for retirement with him today. It is believed that there is a campaign to extend Adamu’s tenure Adamu’s tenure may…

“To end the herders-farmers conflicts, the Federal Government must make a law stopping the movement of cattle from the North to the South”, Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said at the weekend. Ganduje said: “My advocacy is that we should abolish the transportation or trekking of herdsmen from the Northern part of Nigeria to the Middle Belt and to the Southern part of Nigeria. “There should be a law that will ban this, otherwise we cannot control the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers and cannot control cattle rustling which is affecting us greatly.” The governor spoke against the background of…

Prince Tony Momoh, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Minister of Information and Culture Prince is dead. Details of the cause of his death were unknown as at the time of filing this report. Prince Momoh, the 165th child of King Momoh I of Auchi, attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (September 1964 – October 1966) where he earned a degree in Mass communication, and then the University of Lagos where he studied Law. He attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos (October 1974 – May 1975), and was called to the bar in June 1975. Indefinite strike: Edo teachers defy…

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has condemned the coup in Myanmar, where armed forces have seized power and detained the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The PM criticised the “unlawful imprisonment of civilians” and of Ms Suu Kyi and called for their release. “The vote of the people must be respected,” he said. Myanmar’s military is alleging election fraud in November’s democratic vote, won in a landslide by Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy. She urged her supporters “not to accept” the military’s intervention and to “protest against the coup”. All authority has been given to the…

Nigeria is leading nine other countries with the highest number of unserviceable aircraft, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika has said. The minister said Nigeria is ahead of other countries, such as Germany, United Kingdom (UK), Argentina and Malaysia with 69.2 per cent global rating above the others. Citing a study carried out by CH Aviation, a company that collects and publishes information about the airline business and based in Chur, Switzerland, Sirika said such rating for Nigeria was not a good indication that its aviation industry had matured. He stressed that the rating was a wake-up call for Nigeria’s operators to…

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Edo State Wing, has defied today (Monday)’s resumption order of Governor Godwin Obaseki by asking parents and guardians to keep their children and wards from public primary schools. It insisted that the indefinite strike started by Edo primary school teachers on January 18 was still in force. Edo NUT, on Sunday in a statement by its Chairman, Pius Okhueleigbe, Assistant Secretary-General Mike Itua and three other members of the executive, said the union was resolute in ensuring that freedom for displeased primary school teachers must be now or never. The statement said Edo NUT…

Nasarawa State government has said it has recorded no fewer than 170 cases of leprosy disease. The Acting Medical Director of Leprosy Colony at the ERCC Medical Centre, Alushi Village in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area Mr Dauda Kaze stated this yesterday as the state marked this year’s World Leprosy Day. Kaze added that patients could not be treated due to non-availability of the needed drugs. He said, between 2019 and last year, the hospital, which is the only referrer centre recorded about 130 cases, while over 40 new cases were said to have recorded between January 1 and 15…

Manchester United loanee Odion Ighalo is set to join Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab; the move is subject to a medical and personal terms; Ighalo was due to return to his parent club Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua; the 31-year-old scored five goals in 23 appearances for United. Odion Ighalo, who has been on loan at Manchester United for a year, has agreed a permanent deal with Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab. The move is subject to him passing a medical and agreeing personal terms. Ighalo’s loan spell at Manchester United from Shanghai Shenhua came to an end earlier this week. He was…

Myanmar’s military has confirmed it has taken control of the country after Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders were arrested in the early hours. The coup comes after tensions rose between the civilian government and the military following a disputed election. Hours after the arrests, military television confirmed it was declaring a state of emergency for one year. Myanmar, also known as Burma, was ruled by the military until democratic reforms began in 2011. In November’s election, Ms. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won enough seats to form a government. The army says the vote was…