Day: March 26, 2023

Crescent Varsity Immortalises Founder, Honours Three NGOs

Idris Katib

Crescent University, Abeokuta has bestowed the 2023 Bola Ajibola Community Service Awards on three Non Governmental Organizations during its 17th Founder’s Day Celebrations which also coincided with 89th birthday of the institution’s founder and a former judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) His Excellency Judge Bola Ajibola. The annual award is to recognize organizations and personalities who tow the legacy line of Judge Ajibola started in 1994 in an address tagged “A Call for Action” in Lusaka, Zambia, under the banner of a Non-Governmental Organization called African Concern…

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FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Arrives Nigeria

Ganiyu Amodu

The original FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy to be competed for by 32 teams from across the globe from July 20 to August 20 arrived in Abuja on Saturday afternoon. The trophy arrived in Nigeria after being taken to the three other African countries which will participate in the finals — Morocco, South Africa and Zambia. Nigeria is the fourth leg of the 32-leg trip the trophy is undertaking before heading to Australia and New Zealand. READ ALSO: Nigerian General Diya, Condemned To Death 25 Years Ago, Is Dead FAKE…

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Nigerian General Diya, Condemned To Death 25 Years Ago, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

Oladipo Diya: All you may need to know about a general, His career, bitterness, and several encounters with death   Lt- General Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya (Rtd) GCON, LLB, BL, PSC, FSS, mni is dead. A message sent to Platforms Africa by Olawale Adekoya, his Special Adviser, Media and Strategy, confirmed that Diya died in the early hours of 26th March 2023. “On behalf of the entire Diya family home and abroad; We announce the passing on to Glory of our dear Husband,Father, Grandfather,brother, Lt- General Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya (Rtd)…

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FAKE NEWS ALERT: News of Attack on INEC Chairman’s Property False

Ganiyu Amodu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked speculations in the social media that a property vandalised by some youths in a video clip, belonged to its Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, said Yakubu had no such property anywhere in the world. He urged members of the public to disregard the claim. “The property being purportedly attacked by some youths in a video clip, circulating on the social media, does not belong to…

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DISMISSED:Appeal Court Discards PDP’s Case Against Tinubu, Shettima

Aliyu Aliyu

Justice James Abundaga held that the trial court was right to have held that the PDP failed to establish its locus standi.   The Court of Appeal Abuja has dismissed a case by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kassim Shettima as the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 election. The PDP had urged the appellate court to reverse the January 13 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja which dismissed its suit…

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Israeli Lawmakers Propose Bill To Criminalise Preaching About Jesus

Aoko Benjamin

Palestinian Christians kick, Netanyahu allays fear as bill authors propose jail term as the punishment for having conversations about Jesus with Israelis, whether in person or online   Criticisms have followed the introduction of a bill by two members of Israel’s parliament, known as the Knesset, that will make it a criminal offence to persuade anyone to convert to Christianity and any other religion. The unrelenting criticisms have continued to pour in, especially from Christians, both in Israel and around the world, over the proposed law which would outlaw telling…

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