Get ready for a powerful cinematic experience as the highly anticipated faith-based movie “CHAINS – No Longer a Slave” premieres at Silverbird Cinema, SEC Abuja, today 15th August, 2024, at 5pm. The movie, which features top gospel music artists and minister including Apostle Anselm Maduboko, Onos Ariyo, Solomon Lange, Tayo Christian, Flora Lange, Ccioma, Naomi Mac others, tells a story of A Gospel Music Artist sets out on a journey to balance his Music Ministry and the Realities of the Music Industry, putting at risk all he’s built over the years, while battling with a moral disease common to all…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
The Nigerian military in the last week has eliminated 147 terrorists, apprehended 381 suspects and rescued 113 kidnapped hostages across the country. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this disclosure known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday, 15 August, 2024 in Abuja. Buba said the troops recovered 74 assorted weapons and 3,498 ammunition, comprising one dushka, one RPG bomb, one RPG charger, 42 AK47 rifles, 10 fabricated rifles, and 13 Dane guns. “Also recovered are one FN rifle, one revolver pistol, one locally made pistol, 27 magazines, one AK47 dummy…
Gunmen on Wednesday, 14 August, 2024 abducted a mobile police officer, around Kampani community of Wase local government area of Plateau State. The incident, according to sources from the area, occurred in the evening of Wednesday,14 August, 2024 when the police officer and a soldier were on their way from Zurak community to Kamapani, when they were ambushed by the bandits. The source said while the policeman was abducted, the soldier escaped. Sources from the area told Daily Trust that the soldier and police officer were attached to a security team operating in communities such as Bangalala, Kampani, Zurak, and…
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested one Ibrahim Mohamed Liman in connection with the tragic death of 8-year-old Kamal Aliyu, who was abducted and killed in the Runjin Gani area of Toro Local Government Area. The tragic incident was said to have occurred on 4 August , 2024, when Kamal was reported missing after being kidnapped by unknown individuals in his home village of Runjin Gani. The Division Police Officer (DPO) of the Toro Police Division promptly initiated a search and rescue operation to locate the boy and apprehend the perpetrators. After days of investigation and acting…
Nigeria’s D’ Tigers dropped four places in the latest FIBA ranking released on Thursday, 15 August, 2024. The country’s men’s basketball team slumped from 39th to 42nd position in the ranking. The former African champions garnered 299.7 points during the month under review. D’Tigers are currently ranked the sixth best team in Africa. South Sudan is currently the best ranked country on the continent while Coted’Ivoire, Angola, Tunisia and Egypt complete the top five teams in Africa.
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of a Nigerian woman who tore her husband’s passport at the Lagos State International Airport, Favour Igiebor Thegazellenews.com reports that Favour Igiebor from Edo State had, some days ago, torn her husband’s international passport in a viral video on social media. Reacting to the incident in a statement, NIS, said it has launched an investigation into the matter However, in a new development on Thursday,15 August, 2024 the woman was arrested at Lagos and transported to Abuja for interrogation. In a now trending video, the Italy-based woman was escorted by immigration officers…
Grammy-winning American gospel singer, Kirk Franklin, has finally opened up on the dispute between him and his biological mother that led him to severe relationship with her 22 years ago The gospel singer, 54, who made this disclosure while speaking during an interview on the ‘Funky Friday’ podcast, revealed that he stopped talking to his mother at the age of 32. According to Franklin, this happened, after his mother brought her new husband home, while they were trying to rehabilitate his sister, who had just been released from prison at the time. “For the first time ever, I’m going to…
The family of the late gospel singer, Aduke Ajayi, popularly known as Aduke Gold has finally made public the cause of the singer’s death. Thegazellenews.com had earlier reported that the singer died at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan on Monday, August 12, 2024. Her unexpected death triggered diverse responses on social media as fans and her colleagues in the industry continue to grieve. A few hours after her death, a viral report claimed that Aduke Gold died while undergoing fibroid surgery. However, reacting to the controversies generated by the singer’s shocking death, her brother, Pastor Ajayi Aderogbo refuted the…
The Ogun State Government, on Thursday, 15 August, 2024, released the list of members of non-statutory boards recently appointed by Governor Dapo Abiodun to run the various boards in the state. This indication was given in a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Strategy to the Governor, Hon. Kayode Akinmade. The appointments, the statement said, are the first in the series of appointments that will soon be announced by the state government. The appointments cover the Ogun Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA), Ogun State Agricultural and Multipurpose Credit Agency (OSAMCA), Plantgate Limited and the Ogun State Alternative Medicine Board (OGAMB).…
Ogun State Government, on Thursday, faulted the judicial process that led to the provisional attachment of three Nigerian government owned aircraft in France by the Judicial Court of Paris on 7th March and 2nd August, 2024. It would be recalled that a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd, had sought several orders from the court over an aborted underlying contract between the company and Ogun State Government, which was initiated in 2007. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, the Ogun State government described the latest development…