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Netizens are calling for an investigation after a viral video shows Pastor Paul Adefarasin, the Metropolitan Senior Pastor of House on the Rock, allegedly pulling a handgun on a man filming his vehicle in Lagos traffic. The footage, captured by a popular auto-enthusiast, sparked widespread reactions online after showing the pastor reach for and display what appears to be a pistol while driving.
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Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has called on the National Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Bola Tinubu, citing conflict of interest in the award of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway contract.
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Tension was high at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Thursday, June 5, when two students staged a protest during a lecture delivered by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
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A human rights activist and author, Comrade Paul Ikechukwu Njoku, has applauded the former Abia State Finance Commissioner, Hon. Obinna Oriaku, for responding to the Abia State governor, Dr. Alex Otti, who stated in one of his monthly media chats with newsmen in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State that he interviewed and recommended Mr. Oriaku for an employment in the banking sector.
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Renowned political economist and former presidential candidate Pat Utomi, says he may leave Nigeria over alleged attempts to silence him. This is coming after Utomi announced the formation of a shadow government. The initiative, launched virtually under the banner of the Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government, aims to serve as a “credible opposition” to the President Bola Tinubu administration.
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By Usman Abdullahi Koli, ANIPRIt often begins in silence, the kind of silence that follows suffering, that surrounds forgotten people and places. Then, one day, someone listens. Someone hears the unheard cries and decides to act. Not for praise. Not for politics. Just for people. That is how the Wunti Al-Khair Foundation was born out of quiet empathy and bold conviction.
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By Obinna IwuohaThe political terrain of Imo West (Orlu Zone) has been thrown into turmoil following the shocking revelation that Chief Emma Okafor, popularly known as Agujiegbe and the chief technical director of Senator Osita Izunaso’s 2023 senatorial campaign, has announced his intention to commit suicide on June 15, 2025. This, he says, will be the ultimate consequence of the “betrayal, abandonment, and dehumanization” he has suffered at the hands of the senator he helped to power.
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Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Thursday announced that his country will suspend the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens in response to the Trump administration’s decision to ban Chadians from visiting the U.S.The move comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a decree barring citizens from 12 countries — including seven African nations — from entering the United States.
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Renowned Highlife maestro, Chief Mike Ejeagha is dead. News Band Newspaper gathered that he died on Friday night at the age of 95 in Garrison Hospital, Enugu, following a long battle with illness. His death was confirmed by his son, Mr. Emma Ejeagha. Mike Ejeagha was a dominant voice on Nigerian airwaves in the 1980s with his unique style of Igbo folk music that resonated across generations.
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Former Governor of Anambra State and Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government to urgently address the plight of a group of teaching and non-teaching staff at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, who have reportedly gone without salaries for five years. Obi made the call after meeting with the affected staff, who narrated their “shocking and heartbreaking” ordeal.
