Day: January 26, 2025

Sex, Pastors And Pastors’ Wives, By Funke Egbemode

Funke Egbemode

“Seriously though, if a man is hiding out on prayer mountains for eight months, avoiding his wife’s bed and bosom, it is safe to assume that his matchbox is wet. A wet matchbox will have wet matchsticks. Wet matchsticks can’t produce sparks, least of all light a fire.”   Today I’m worried about men of God, wet matchboxes and the fire at the base of the mountains of pastors’ wives. I’m worried about pastors who leave their wives’ needs unattended in the name of doing God’s work. A pastor’s wife…

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Divorcing Melinda Was My Greatest Regret, Says Bill Gates

Ganiyu Amodu

Bill Gates, an American billionaire, has stated that divorcing his wife, Melinda, in 2021 is his greatest regret. Gate pondered at his failure to emulate his parents’ 45 years marriage. The 69-year-old former Microsoft executive said this during an interview with The Times of London. Asked if divorce was his only failure in life, Bill said: “You would have to put that at the top of the list. There are others but none that matter. The divorce thing was miserable for me and Melinda for at least two years. It’s…

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Popular Hotel Demolished As Security Outfit Uncovers Mass Graves, Shrines

Ganiyu Amodu

A popular hotel in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State has been demolished by Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s newly launched security outfit, Agunechemba, after the discovery of no fewer than 30 graves, shrines, and numerous charms within the premises. It was gathered that the uncovered graves contained decayed bodies, evoking memories of the infamous 1996 Otokoto saga in Owerri, Imo State, where the murder of an 11-year-old boy exposed a notorious ritual killing network. Governor Soludo introduced the Agunechemba security outfit to combat the persistent insecurity in Anambra…

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SERAP Sues NCC Over Telecom Tariff Hike

Ganiyu Amodu

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the 50 percent hike in telecom tariffs approved by the regulatory body. According to a statement by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the suit, filed on January 26, 2025, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeks to challenge the increase, which was recently authorized by the NCC. The new tariff structure raises the average cost of calls from N11 to N16.5 per minute, the price of 1GB of data from N287.5…

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Court Orders Arrest Of Access Bank MD Over Alleged Stealing

Ganiyu Amodu

A Lagos State High Court has ordered the arrest of the acting Managing Director of Access Bank, Bolaji Agbede and three others for allegedly stealing a property. Justice Ibironke Harrison gave the order following a suite filed against Agbede and three others -Balmoral International Limited, DDSS International Company Limited and Adejare Adegbenro. The property, located at Plot 40b, Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos belongs to a firm owned by Gbolahan Obanikoro, son of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro. Bolaji Agbede and the three other defendants were…

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Raising ₦90bn Runway Cost To ₦532bn Unreasonable — Keyamo

Abibat Babalola

Aviation Minister, Festus Keyamo, has flayed a contractor for raising the construction cost of the Abuja second runway from ₦90bn To ₦532bn. The minister, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Hardcopy programme on Friday, said the variation of the contract was outrageous and unreasonable. He said, “As public officers, we must be reasonable because the positions we are kept are positions of trust and positions where people expect you to act with the fear of God. “So, somebody cannot come and vary a contract and you are seeing like…

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‘No Apology,’ K1 Defends Controversial ‘Ganusi’ Remarks Against Muslim Clerics

Abibat Babalola

Popular Fuji musician King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, widely known as K1 De Ultimate, has refused to apologise to Islamic clerics (Alfas) following a controversial remark he made during his late mother’s Fidau prayer, which many found offensive. In a clip showing K1 in conversation with a man while preparing for his late mother’s 8-day Fidau prayer, the artist was heard using the phrase “Ganusi” in reference to some Islamic clerics. Many interpreted the remark as implying that certain Alfas attend such ceremonies primarily for financial gain. The Fidau prayer, a…

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Trump Freezes All Foreign Aid

Abibat Babalola

The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, effective immediately, days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday to put a hold on such aid for 90 days. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a cable, seen by CNN, to all US diplomatic posts on Friday outlining the move, which threatens billions of dollars of funding from the State Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for programs worldwide. Foreign assistance has been the target of ire from Republicans in Congress and…

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