The United Family International Church caused a stir recently when it released a video of its leader Emmanuel Makandiwa where he is said he have prophesied in April that a senior politician would be poisoned.
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Police officers, judges and prosecutors are the most corrupt public officials in Nigeria, the National Bureau of Statistics said in its latest report. At least N400 billion was paid out to public officials as bribes between June 2015 and May 2016, the report disclosed.
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At the penultimate leg of the IAAF World Challenge series in Germany, Caster Semenya bested the previous 600-metre world record set by Cuban athlete Ana Quirot in Spain, 26 years ago.
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A cross section of music fans at various shows have said they were not impressed by international artists whom they believe were outdone by local artists. Jamaican singers Beenie Man and Demarco were in the country to perform at different shows in Harare.
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The United Nations World Food Programme has been forced to reduce the size of food rations distributed to refugees in the Mtendeli, Nduta and Nyarugusu Camps. The agency says it needs U.S.$23,6 million between now and December to supply food to the immigrants.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to ensure that the military stops its ongoing monitoring of citizens on the Internet.
Read more »The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra has warned that if the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu is re-arrested, they would cause the country to collapse. Kanu was arrested for alleged treason in 2015 and released on bail in April 2017.
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Tanganyika Law Society President Tundu Lissu says people dressed in police uniforms arrived at the law firm's offices and asked the guards to let them enter the building.
Read more »Abdulkadir Abubakar, a former commander of the group, has claimed that two factions may be ready for talks with the federal government.
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The Joint Matriculation Board has explained its position on dropping the university entrance criteria, saying that poor admission policies have frustrated and deprived candidates' admission into higher institutions in the past, forcing thousands to look for admissions abroad.
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