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After much preparation, to cap the year 2020, the Hilltop International Christian Centre has announced its prime watch yearly Top Life Convention. The programme will be hosted along with an array of events careful selected to impact people positively. This 2020 convention has been tagged Extraordinary and it will feature senior ministers from within Nigeria and internationally. Some of the ministers that will grace the super packed event are Papa Ayo Oritsejafor, Dr Ini Okpon, Dr. Joel Comiskey, among others. The programme hosted by Rev Chris and Dr. Stephanie Oarhe will hold at the church’s headquarters at Hilltop Drive off…

A man has narrated how former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi deployed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives to destroy his business and by extension his life. Following his claims, Obi is expected to appear before the State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on police brutality, extra-judicial killings and other related matters. The panel hinted this on Thursday following allegations leveled against him by a victim of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and owner of the demolished Upper Class Hotel in Onitsha, Chief Bonaventure Mokwe. The hotelier alleged that Obi ordered the police to demolish his hotel without prior investigation indicting him.…

By Olushola Aderibigbe Romans 13:1-2 says: “Obey the government, for God is the One who has put it there. … There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power. So those who refuse to obey the law of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow.” Hello Pastor Sam Adeyemi, I come in peace. I have followed the whole #EndSARS process from the beginning to where it stands today and I must say that it is only a heinous, evil-filled person that will say there were no police brutality and human rights abuse in…

Over 753 Nigerians living in Ghana, mostly traders, have asked to be evacuated following alleged harassment, intimidation, torture and threat to life by Ghanaians and their authorities. Their shops, they said, have been locked for almost a year by the authorities. The Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG) said the diplomatic niceties between Nigeria and Ghana have not yielded results. The traders said their landlords were asking for rent despite the shops remaining locked. In a “Save our Soul” letter to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, they claimed they were dying…

Former President Barack Obama has said senior US Republicans are undermining democracy by going along with President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. In an interview with CBS News, due to air on Sunday, Mr Obama said President-elect Joe Biden had “clearly won” this year’s race for the White House. The result was called by US media last weekend, but some counting continues. Claiming ballot tampering, Mr Trump has launched a flurry of legal challenges. The president’s team has yet to provide any evidence to support their claims. Mr Obama – Mr Trump’s Democratic predecessor – said the allegations…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says one of Nigeria’s main priorities now is getting the COVID-19 vaccine and this is a matter of utmost concern to the Buhari administration. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday at the opening session of the virtual edition of the Paris Peace Forum which featured presentations by some Heads of State & government alongside international organizations, on a collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stating what Nigeria’s priorities in its COVID-19 response are, the Vice President said “the priorities of Nigeria in the post COVID-19 era include improved healthcare and the economy. First, we need to…

US federal election officials have said the 2020 White House vote was the “most secure in American history”, rejecting President Donald Trump’s fraud claims. “There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” the committee announced. They spoke out after Mr Trump claimed without proof 2.7 million votes for him were “deleted” in last week’s election. He has yet to concede to the projected winner, Democrat Joe Biden. The result was called by US media last weekend but some counting continues. Mr Trump has launched a flurry of legal…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says as part of measures to attract foreign investors, the Buhari administration is promoting the adoption of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and creating the necessary infrastructure which will enhance the speedy resolution of business related disputes. Prof. Osinbajo disclosed this on Thursday while answering questions during a virtual interaction with members of the French Business Confederation (MEDEF), an event that also featured representatives of several top French companies and officials from both governments of Nigeria and France. Addressing a concern on the resolution of commercial disputes in Nigeria, the Vice President said “Nigeria has a robust…

The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, arraigned one Abubakar Mohammed Babangida alongside his company HAFSAMAB Technical Services Limited before Justice M. Tukur of the Kaduna State High Court, for fraud. The defendants were arraigned on one-count charge of cheating to the tune of N15,561,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Sixty-one Thousand Naira). The charge read, “That you, Abubakar Muhammad Babangida and HAFSAMAB Technical Services Limited, sometime in November, 2016, at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, cheated one Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim and M.I.A and Sons Ltd by an…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on Wednesday November 11, 2020 arraigned Philip Orumade on a nine counts charge bordering on stealing before Justice Efe I. Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City. Orumade was alleged to have, sometime in November 2019 while working as a, banker in charge of Automated Teller Machine, stole a cumulative sum of Eighteen Million Nine Hundred and Three Thousand Naira (N18, 903,000) from the machine at Aduwawa branch of First Bank of Nigeria. One of the counts reads: that you Philip Orumade on or about the 2nd day…