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Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin branch, Mr. Rafiu Balogu, and leader of Committee of Muslim Organisations, Kwara State, Prof. Shehu Jimoh, on Thursday in Ilorin, described the appointment of the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan as one of the 17 new Permanent Secretaries in Bayelsa State civil service as surprising and shocking. Balogun, in an interview with our ...

Pastor Mrs Folu Adeboye, the wife to Pastor E.A Adeboye; the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, adds a year. She was born on the 13th July 1948. Born and christened Foluke Adenike Adeyokunu, in Ilesa, Osun State, Mummy G.O. as she is fondly called turns 64. She is a preacher, a prophetess, an educationist, author, artiste, ...

South African scientists claimed Thursday to have uncovered the most complete skeleton yet of an ancient relative of man, hidden in a rock excavated from an archaeological site three years ago. The remains of a juvenile hominid skeleton, of the newly identified Australopithecus (southern ape) sediba species, are the “most complete early human ancestor skeleton ever discovered,” according to University ...

Dual engine failure caused the crash of Nigerian Dana aircraft that killed at least 159 people last month in the commercial city of Lagos, a preliminary official report said Thursday. The probe into the June 3 Dana Air crash traced the cause “to the loss of two engines and non-functionality of the throttles on final descent from Abuja to Lagos,” ...

Bloemfontein – A popular pastor died from a heart attack on the pulpit as he led a funeral service in the Free State. Die Volksblad reported that Hans Williams, 76, collapsed as he was reading from the Bible. He had just told the congregation that it was the day on which he and his deceased wife would have celebrated their ...