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Chris Okafor, founder of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry in Lagos, has announced a decision concerning his role as the presiding pastor amid growing controversies involving his ex-wife, Bessem, and actress Doris Ogala. In 2025, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Ms Ogala accused Okafor of breaking promises of marriage, causing emotional distress, and other allegations. Ms Bessem, his ex-wife, in turn, alleged that he subjected her to physical assault, while denying the claims of adultery Mr Okafor levelled against her. Stepping aside Amid these controversies, Mr Okafor announced during a church service, captured in a video that went viral…

With the group stage dust settled and the stakes sharply raised, the Super Eagles of Nigeria are bracing for the unforgiving realities of knockout football at the Africa Cup of Nations. Despite a flawless run of three wins from three games, Alex Iwobi has issued a clear message to Nigerian fans and teammates alike: standards must not drop, intensity must not fade. Nigeria stormed through the group phase with maximum points, but the midfielder insists past results count for little once the Round of 16 begins. The margins are thinner, the pressure heavier, and complacency, he warns, can be fatal.…

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has warned that if nothing is done urgently, Nigerians may be banned from the rest of the world in the near future. Sani issued this warning in a post via his official X handle on Saturday, in response to the deportation of Nigerians by the Canadian government. DAILY POST reports that Canada deported no fewer than 366 Nigerians between January and October 2025, as the country stepped up immigration enforcement at its fastest pace in more than a decade. Reacting, the former lawmaker said: “Canada has been a second home to thousands of Nigerians…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended Hon. Nname Ewor, the Caretaker Committee, CTC, Chairman in Rivers State, for aligning with the recently expelled Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Ewor was suspended both as caretaker chairman and as a party member for actions deemed capable of undermining the PDP in the state. Following the suspension, the CTC Secretary, Ogbam Ojimah, has assumed the role of Acting Chairman. Ojimah stated that Ewor effectively resigned from his position through actions that contradicted the party’s stance on Wike. Speaking after an emergency CTC meeting on Saturday, Ojimah reaffirmed the committee’s…

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command says its operatives on January 2, 2026, foiled an armed robbery attack on a petrol station located along Ikot Ekpene Road by Ikot Ekang Junction, Abak Local Government Area of the state, and recovered firearms. The command added that the operatives neutralised one of the suspects during a gun battle, while the remaining five suspects escaped with bullet wounds. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Uyo on Saturday, said the command acted on credible intelligence. According to her, “At about 1947 hours, the criminal…

Popular singer Skales has debunked rumours that his colleague, Burna Boy, gifted him N600,000 during a financial struggle. Skales claimed that the rumour was orchestrated by a Burna Boy’s fan on X, formerly Twitter. The singer stated this while speaking on the negative impacts of social media and fake news on the music industry in a recent interview on the Adesope Live show. “There was a time I had to reach out to a Burna Boy fan on Twitter, I think his name is Benny or something. I asked him what I had done to him to warrant the hate…

Senegal avoided a shock elimination from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, after they came from behind to beat Sudan 3-1 in their Round of 16 fixture on Saturday evening. The Teranga Lions were behind as early as the sixth minute after Aamir Abdallah Yunis curled in the opening goal. But they went into the break in front, thanks to two goals from Papa Gueye in the 29th and 45th minutes of play. In the second half, Ibrahim Mbaye added a third as Senegal progressed into the next round. They will now take on the winner of the Tunisia vs…

Private petroleum depots across Lagos and other key fuel trading hubs have raised the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to as high as N800 per litre, Sunday PUNCH can report. Data obtained from petroleumprice.ng on Saturday showed that the average cost of petrol at private depots increased sharply within 48 hours, tightening margins for marketers and raising fresh concerns over an imminent spike in retail pump prices nationwide. In Lagos, Dangote depot, which consistently offers the lowest petrol price sold PMS at N703 per litre on Friday, up from N702.50 on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. While the increase…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command, in a joint operation with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has intercepted 30.1 kilograms of cocaine at the Apapa Port in Lagos. The illicit drug, packaged in 30 slabs, was discovered aboard MV Aruna, a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel, at the Greenview Terminal on the first working day of the year. The seizure was made known in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Isah Sulaiman, which was posted on the official X account of the Nigerian Customs Service on Saturday. “Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service…

Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, spent the Christmas and New Year festivities behind bars. If you are keeping score, this means that by the time his bail application is heard by the Federal High Court in Abuja this Wednesday, Malami would have been without his liberty and swagger for over one month. Just two years ago, this would have been unimaginable. For eight years, he was effectively Nigeria’s most powerful government official. No, not President Muhammadu Buhari. Not Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Those men were the constitutional leaders, of course, and in addition, Osinbajo was the…