Pope Francis will open the Holy Year of the Catholic Church in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday evening. In a solemn ceremony on Christmas Eve, the 88-year-old pontiff will open the Holy Door, which is otherwise walled up from the inside, and pass through it. The Catholic Church normally celebrates a Holy Year, also…
The Defence Headquarters on Monday said troops of Operation Fansan Yamma killed terrorist kingpin Bello Turji’s son and many of his fighters during clearance operations The operations that were conducted on January 17 along Shinkafi, Kagara, Fakai, Moriki, Maiwa, and Chindo axis also led to the destruction of the terrorists’ logistic base. A statement by…
The House of Representatives has resolved to dissolve the current ad-hoc Joint Downstream and Midstream Committee investigating the importation of adulterated petroleum products, the non-availability of crude oil for domestic refineries, and other critical energy security issues. At the committee’s inauguration penultimate Monday, the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, speaking on behalf of the Speaker, Tajudeen…
Nollywood actress Ini Edo has opened up about her struggles with infertility, revealing that she has endured over six miscarriages and several failed in vitro fertilisation procedures. In a recent episode of the reality TV series Young, Famous, and African, the 42-year-old actress shared her personal journey, revealing that she got married at 26, hoping…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has redeployed Police Commissioner Tunji Disu from the Rivers State Police Command to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command. The IGP moved the Commissioner of Police in Delta State, Abaniwonda Olufemi, to the Rivers State Police Command while the FCT CP, Peter Opara, was moved to the Delta…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the long-awaited conversion of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) into a university. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa confirmed the development on Friday while addressing the institution’s management during a visit. “I discussed this with President Tinubu, and he approved it without hesitation. I am now awaiting the official memo…
A 54-year-old man, Eseni Chima was, on Tuesday, docked before an Abakaliki Magistrate’s Court for allegedly beating his wife, Ugochukwu Chima, to death with iron rod. The prosecutor, Emmanuel Monday told the court that the defendant allegedly committed the offence on Sept. 4, at 60 Ogbaga Road, Kpirikpiri in Abakaliki Local Government in Ebonyi. Monday…