American Gospel legend, worship leader, and song writer Ron Kenoly, has died at the age of 81. His music director, Bruno Miranda, announced the sad news in a statement posted on the deceased’s Instagram page. The statement said Kenoly died on February 3, but did not specify the cause of death. Miranda, who worked alongside…
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several property linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The PUNCH reports that the order was issued on Friday, by Justice Yellim Bogoro after an ex-parte motion by EFCC counsel Bilkisu Buhari and…
A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba,is dead. Aged 65, Na’Abba died in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja following a protracted illness. Family sources said he will be buried today in Abuja according to Islamic rites. More to come…
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports that the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday afternoon. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. With her death, her eldest son Charles, the…
Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna state governor says a situation in which security agencies only react to cases of banditry and abductions is unacceptable. El-Rufai spoke at a Town Hall meeting on National Security, which held on Thursday at the Kaduna State University (KASU), Kaduna. The governor said the country was at war with terrorists, insisting that…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Screening Committee has disqualified 10 of its 23 presidential aspirants. Chairman of the screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while submitting the report of the committee to the APC National Chairman, Abduallahi Adamu. The 23 aspirants were screened on Monday and Tuesday. Adamu hinted…
