Day: March 6, 2025

FULL STORY: How, Why Military Invaded Ikeja Electric Offices

Ganiyu Amodu

A viral video shows military personnel armed within the premises, with over seven staff members kneeling while others are being assaulted   Military personnel on Thursday stormed the offices of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company. Platforms Africa reports that the uniformed men forced their way into the company’s headquarters, located opposite MITV in Ikeja, Lagos, around 7:40 a.m. Similar incident occurred at the Ikeja Electric office on Ago Palace Way, Okota, Isolo, Lagos. A viral video shows military personnel armed within the premises, with over seven staff members kneeling while others…

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BREAKING: Senate Committee Recommends Natasha’s Suspension For Six months

Abibat Babalola

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions has proposed a six-month suspension for Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan following her shouting match with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over seat arrangements. The recommendation was contained in a report presented to the Senate on Thursday by the Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions. According to the report, the suspension was based on a motion raised by Senator Adeyemi Raphael Adaramodu (Ekiti South), who referenced an incident on February 20, 2025. He noted that Akpoti-Uduaghan had protested…

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Building Collapses In Lagos, Kills Two, Injures Six

Abibat Babalola

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has extricated two adult males, with six injured persons from a building under construction that collapsed in Odoriwu Estate in Lekki area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said the incident happened around 14.25hrs. “Following distress calls received through the 767 and 112 emergency toll-free lines at 14.25hrs today (Wednesday), LASEMA activated its Response Team from the Lekki and Cappa Bases. READ ALSO: ‘I Won’t Do It Again,’ Nigerian…

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‘I Won’t Do It Again,’ Nigerian Bishop Who Conducted Tongue-To-Tongue Anointing Apologises

Abibat Babalola

Twenty-four hours after defending his unconventional tongue-to-tongue anointing ritual, Bishop Alfred ‘Lahojah’ Ogunnusi of the Cherubim & Seraphim Unification Church has backtracked his stance. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the cleric sparked widespread controversy on social media after a viral video captured him performing the ritual with a younger bishop. In the footage, Mr Ogunnusi stands beside a church member clad in a garment bearing the official emblem of the Cherubim & Seraphim Unification Church. Holding a microphone, he proceeds with the anointing ceremony. A younger bishop kneels before him as…

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Lent: Akinadewo Urges Nigerians To Seek The Face Of God

Abibat Babalola

Nigerians have been urged to seek the face of God, turn from their wicked ways and ask for forgiveness “for our Creator to heal the country completely”. Speaking on Wednesday during an Anointing Service to celebrate the beginning of Ash Wednesday, the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of Motailatu Church of God (MCG), Senior Superintendent Gabriel F. Akinadewo (Omo Jesu II), quoting from Isaiah 59, said “the Lord’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear” the cries of Nigerians but sin…

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