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The United Kingdom Charities Commission has said Adam Stephens remains the Interim Manager of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International, a church founded by Daniel Olukoya. SaharaReporters had on Wednesday reported how the Charity regulator appointed an interim manager for MFM following a 2018 inquiry, which raised concerns over mismanagement of funds. The inquiry was launched after the church with an average income of £4m annually repeatedly failed to file financial information on time. The commission also found two alleged incidents of fraud by former employees involving significant sums, both of which were not reported until a number of years after the frauds were discovered. Stefanie Mair, Senior Press Office of the charity regulator, on Thursday told SaharaReporters that the church was still under investigation. “Adam Stephens remains in post as Interim Manager of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International where his duties include reviewing th...

Two lawyers arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission while testifying before the retired Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Panel inside Aso Villa in the ongoing probe of suspended Acting Chairman of the anti-graft commission, Ibrahim Magu, have been released. The two were taken away to prevent them from further testifying before the panel, which has been accused of bias against Magu. The lawyers, Victor Giwa and Hadjia Fatima Hassan, were granted bail from the EFCC custody on Thursday night after they were asked to produce grade a level 12 officer of the Federal service as surety. The Salami-led panel is probing the activities of the agency under Magu. Magu was alleged to have mishandled recovered loot and sold seized assets to his associates. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Drama As Security Agents Whisk Away Barrister Giwa, Lady During Testimony At Panel Probing Magu 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Corruption Politics Scandal News AddThis :  Orig...

File Photo A group of armed bandits have attacked Danmusa town in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State and kidnapped two villagers. The bandits, who stormed the village on motorbikes on Thursday morning, also carted away cows and food items. File Photo SaharaReporters gathered that an Igbo trader whose husband was known as Prince and one Salisu were abducted during the operation that lasted for hours. The attack comes few hours after gunmen kidnapped five people in Daudawa community in Faskari Local Government Area of the state. Many communities in Katsina State have witnessed series of attacks by bandits, who specialise in kidnapping, robbing, maiming, killing and rustling animals. See Also Insurgency Bandits Strike In Katsina Again, Kidnap Five Persons 0 Comments 14 Hours Ago Insurgency News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://i...

The Madagascar Government has sacked the country’s Minister of Health as part of cabinet reshuffle, a move that came a month after he butted heads with the President for seeking outside help for Coronavirus. The Indian Ocean island-nation saw COVID-19 cases surge in July despite an official campaign to promote a controversial herbal drink touted as a remedy for the virus. The drink, named Covid-Organics, has been widely distributed in Madagascar and sold to several other countries, mainly in Africa. The UN’s World Health Organisation has cautioned that there have been no published scientific studies to validate claims for the drink and, mainstream scientists have pointed to potential risks from untested concoctions. As hospitals raised concern about lack of beds, the sacked minister wrote a letter in July asking international agencies to send medical equipment. Ahmad’s cabinet exit was revealed on Thursday in the announcement of a new list of ministers following a reshuffle...

Buhari Olanrewaju Ahmed Life matters but not to those who see people as a minority. They deliberately suppress people’s right to live in a society where all rights ought to be equal. They mute these rights in every sphere of life; morally, financially and economically – even in terms of protecting the people which is the primary responsibility of any serious or responsible government. Government knows the problem of the people but they obviously deprive them their rights, and make these rights appear like privileges. Southern Kaduna needs a purposeful response from the government, but the same government from whom they expect a response has turned into a bully against them. The governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has shown that Fulani lives are so crucial to him than the people of Southern Kaduna. Same governor who was quoted saying, “We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long i...

What is the way forward now that Mali has fallen into the hands of soldiers? Well, the obvious way forward is that no one who values freedom should allow Malians suffer the loss of it under draconian laws. Non-Malians and Malians alike must rise up for this landlocked west African country which is on the verge of total collapse, and falling into the hands of religious fundamentalists. The central question is this: does Mali need a West African force, the type previously deployed in Liberia and Sierra Leone; to drive away an unwanted force? Should a new Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group(ECOMOG) be scrambled to Bamako, now that the diplomacy of Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan did not stop civil protests and the army, in spite of all the peaceful preachments the serene lover of democracy made to major actors in the conflict? These puzzles are not without responses, since the cultured world knows what Mali is in desperat...

Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. Over N13bn has been approved by the Nigerian Government for the take-off of community policing initiative across the country and also part of measures targeted at containing the country’s security situation.  This was made known by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, in a statement. Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. Laolu said based on the approval, the National Economic Council at its virtual meeting on Thursday, which was chaired by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, resolved that Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Kayode Fayemi; with two other governors met with Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; and the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to coordinate the proper utilisation of the funding of the initiative. The statement reads, “The National Economic Council Ad-hoc Committee...

File Photo A family in Lagos has cried out over the sudden exhumation and disappearance of the corpses of their lives ones. The family, whose apartment was at number 1 Ilupeju Street, Ile-epo, Oke Odo area of Lagos, sold the house after the death of two of their family members to raise funds for the welfare of the others. File Photo Google However, trouble started when Baale of Oke-odo, Saliu Dada, allegedly stormed the house with some thugs and grave-diggers to exhume two corpses belonging to the family in the old house. The family, who said they were not at the house when the corpses were excavated, stated that neighbours informed them of what happened, testifying that Dada oversaw the exhumation. A relative of the family said the community head denied involvement in the excavation despite multiple people witnessing the act. “When we sold the house, the family was making arrangement to dig the corpse before the right owner occupies it. “While this was on, we heard that...

File Photo Fear of possible violence has gripped many residents of Ondo State ahead of Saturday’s local government election.  At least five separate attacks and clashes had been recorded in the state in the build-up to the election this weekend. The violence has mostly been between members of the All Progressives Congress and members of opposition parties participating in the election.  File Photo The election is expected to hold in all 18 local council areas of the state. Expressing fear of violence while speaking with SaharaRepoters on Thursday, a resident of Ondo, Mrs Tola Ibidapo, said crisis recorded during past elections may stop many people from coming out to vote. She said, “The atmosphere is currently tensed and we have this fear that there might be crisis in the state because of the election.  “The participating political parties are ready for a showdown for the election and it is the electorates that will suffer it and we are scared already.” See...

The British High Commission in Abuja has said that it has reopened its Visa Application Centres across the country. It said any individual whose 30-day visa to travel to the UK for work, study or visitation had expired can request for a replacement free of charge, albeit with revised validity dates. The free replacements will continue until the end of 2020. According to the Commission in a statement on Thursday, the decision was taken in view of the disruptions to business activities and travels caused by the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, which has led to an increase in the demand for a 30-day visa replacements for those wanting to travel to the UK for work, study or to join their families. It said, “As a result of the disruptions to travel caused by COVID-19, we are experiencing high demand for replacement vignettes for 30-day visas to travel to the UK for work, study or to join family. “If an individual’s 30-day visa to travel to the UK for work, study or to join ...

Chamseddine Waell Mohammed and Dina Jihad Khali l, wo Lebanese have been convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment respectively by Justice I. M. Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The convicts, Chamseddine Waell Mohammed and Dina Jihad Khali l, were arrested at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, while attempting to smuggle $890,000 out of the country. The offences run contrary to Section 2 (3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 2 (5) of the same Act. Chamseddine Waell Mohammed and Dina Jihad Khali l. The first charge read, “That you Chamseddine Waell Mohammed on the 1st July, 2020 at Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Port Harcourt within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did fail to make a declaration of the sum of $220,000.00 (Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand US dollars) hid in your luggage on board a chartered flight with registration number 9HV...

Daniel Amokachi President Muhammadu Buhari has named former Super Eagles striker, Daniel Amokachi, as his Special Adviser on Sports. This was announced in a press statement by the Media Office of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Thursday. Daniel Amokachi The statement noted that Amokachi’s letter of appointment was issued on August 17, 2020 and signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. The statement quoted the appointment letter as reading, “I am pleased to inform you that Mohammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has approved your appointment as Special Assistant on Sports. The appointment takes effect from the 11th of August, 2020.” As Special Assistant on Sports, Amokachi is expected to advise the President on all sports matters. The former Everton of England player was earlier in the year named Nigeria’s Football Ambassador.  Although a ceremonial role, as ambassador he is expecte...