Day: March 24, 2021

United Methodist Church vows to breakup from global body over gay marriage

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The United Methodist Church Episcopal Area in Nigeria has threatened to leave the Church’s global body if it endorses same-sex marriage at its 2022 General Conference. Bishop Johnwesley Yohanna of UMCN said at a news conference on Wednesday, that the Nigerian chapter would also leave if the global body endorses the ordination of gay people at the conference. He said while debate on whether the Church should accept homosexuality started 1972, votes cast in 2019 favoured traditionalists who believed that homosexuality was incompatible with Christian teachings. The Bishop said as…

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Parcels of cocaine, heroin being shipped to UK, Ireland intercepted by NDLEA

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted well-concealed parcels of cocaine and heroin being shipped to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. A suspected notorious trafficker, Sikiru Owolabi, who is behind at least two of the parcels, has been traced and arrested after several days of thorough and systematic surveillance by NDLEA operatives. Narcotic undercover agents attached to two international courier companies in Lagos made the seizures. According to NDLEA Director of Media, Femi Babafemi, Sikiru Owolabi was tracked after 1kilogramme of cocaine concealed in cream containers and…

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Why I married my late brother’s fiancée, one month after his death -Groom

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Suleiman Muhammad, the younger brother of Abubakar Muhammad, a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officer who was killed by bandits in an ambush on February 13, 2021, has spoken on his decision to marry the deceased’s fiancée, Hajara Ahmad. His death had come three weeks to his wedding to Hajara — which was higly publicised on several social media platforms. Few weeks after Abubakar’s demise, Sulaiman and Hajara tied the knot on March 20, and the their marriage generated a lot of controversies, especially on social media. Sulaiman decided to clear…

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Amotekun arrests nine herders, impounds100 cows in Ondo

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Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, code-named Amotekun Corps, impounded no fewer than 100 cows for breaching the anti-grazing orders of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu aimed at curbing farmers/herders clashes in the state. The cows were arrested alongside nine herdsmen along Akure/Ilesa Road on Sunday evening after causing hiccups on the highway. The state’s Commander of Amotekun, Mr. Adetunji Adeleye said the cows were intercepted and arrested at the boundary of Osun and Ondo states. Adeyeye disclosed that the cows were actually blocking the major road leading to the…

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