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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba
A Lagos hotelier, Otunba Kunle Akinyele, slumped and died during his wife’s 60th birthday thanksgiving service held on Saturday in Lagos. The incident was shared in a Facebook post by digital creator, Ayoade Ojeniyi, who stated that the man had gestured for help before collapsing. The thanksgiving was held in honour of his wife, Deaconess Catherine Adejoke Akinyele, at Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Iyanu, Odemuyiwa District Headquarters, Egbeda, Lagos State.
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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Plateau State yesterday, Sunday, April 20, 2025, intercepted a man in possession of a firearm at a church premises in Bokkos Local Government Area. A report by security expert Zagazola Makama said that that the incident occurred at about 8:30 a.m., when operatives of the NSCDC, acting on intelligence, apprehended the suspect during a routine security patrol around a church compound, reports News Express.
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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba
Former President of the Senate, David Mark has called on the Federal Government to be more proactive in tackling the high level of insecurity in the country. He stated this in a goodwill message by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Paul Mumeh on Sunday in Kano to commemorate this year’s Easter celebration, reports NAN. Mark bemoaned the unabating violent crimes, especially in the North Central states of Plateau and Benue that had claimed lives and properties.
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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has taken legal action against the National Broadcasting Commission over its controversial ban on the song “Tell Your Papa” by rap artiste, Eedris Abdulkareem.
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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba
A former Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Bola Tinubu, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said that the North will, in the next six months, take a stand on who to support for the presidency in 2027. He said no politician can win the presidency in 2027 without the support of the region, reports Channels TV.
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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba
After being forced to comply with a sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Enugu residents can now heave a sigh of relief. IPOB, an outlawed separatist group seeking to secede from Nigeria, brought economic life to a standstill every Monday, turning cities into ghost towns. Despite government opposition and security warnings, fear of violence kept residents indoors, reports The Guardian.
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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba
The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has warmed the Federal Government over alleged false narratives and media manipulation against the detained IPOB leader. In a statement in Abuja, the family expressed concern that the false narratives and media manipulation are orchestrated against Kanu to tarnish his imagine during the trial of terrorism charges filed against him by the same government, reports The Sun.
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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) extends its warmest congratulations to Mr. Femi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), on his prestigious win as the Spokesperson of the Year 2025 award. The award was given to him on Thursday, April 17 by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).
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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba
Some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have faulted the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu by the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, and the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. The PDP chieftains, including a former Deputy National Vice Chairman, Chief Bode George and Deputy National Youth Leader of the party, Timothy Osadolor, said Eno and Fayose’s position was capable of undermining the unity and future of the party, reports The Punch.
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4 days ago | 
centurypost.com.ng | Kelechi C. Ogbamgba |Chidi Amuta |Chidi Odinkalu
In a searing Easter message delivered on Holy Saturday, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto issued a clarion call to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to rescue Nigeria from the “cross of evil” that has plunged the nation into unprecedented suffering.
