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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…

The presidency has asked the governor of Bauchi state,  Bala Mohammed,  to  retract his confrontational statements and redirect his focus toward productive dialogue with the federal government regarding any concerns about the Tax Reform Act. Mohammed, who is chairman of  the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, recently criticised President Bola Tinubu’s controversial tax reforms…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the declaration of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, as the winner of the Adamawa state governorship election is null and void. INEC’s resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Adamawa state, Yunusa Ari, had declared Binani winner on Sunday, when collation of…

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Amao has charged personnel of the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) to sustain the current onslaught against terrorists and insurgents in the North East. He gave the charge on Saturday when he visited frontline troops of 105 Composite Group, Maiduguri and 103 Strike Group,…

The deputy spokesman of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Archbishop Emmanuel Ekuri, has called on Nigerian leaders to embrace the teachings of Olumba Olumba Obu, founder and spiritual head of the BSC, to solve the problems bedeviling the nation. Ekuri made the call on Saturday in Kaduna at a press conference announcing…