Photos: Controversial SA pastor refrigerates another church member

Pastor Daniel Penuel from End Times Disciples Ministries, who is also known as the Snake Pastor commanded a male member of his church to sit in a refrigerator for 30 minutes. According to their Facebook page: During Sunday Live Service Demonstration of God’s Power The Man of God Prophet Penuel while ministering about Offence causing God not to perform? He said ” they will burn me and I won’t be...

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8 University students perish in fatal accident after an all white party in Kenya (graphic pics)

Eight people have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident along Kisii-Ogembo road near Sameta Lounge on Friday night July 1st. Majority of the deceased were university students (pictured above) who were returning from a party. According to the source of the photos, the one in a dress with brown boots survived. They were on their way back from Kisii where they had attended an all white party on...

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“I screamed for two hours. Nobody came. All I could do was keep saying Jesus” Young woman’s story of domestic abuse

Christina Mack For two hours, Christina Mack was locked up inside the house and brutally beaten by her man and father of her baby. Read the post she published on Facebook on June 29: “Ever knew how it felt to feel worthless? To wear a smile and tell people you’re okay when you’re really not? To love someone with all of you and get hurt in return? To hide EVERYTHING to protect someone? Man I...

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Native doctor bags one year imprisonment for fraud [PHOTO]

Lekan Arigbabuwo (pictured) was on Friday, July 1, 2016, sentenced to one-year imprisonment in a case of conspiracy and stealing before Justice Lawal Akapo of Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja The native doctor, Lekan Arigbabuwo was arrested by the operatives of EFCC following a petition by one Ogundele Oluwatoba who claimed the convict stole and conspired to swindle him of N6.3 Million...

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Unbelievable! Nigerian Couple Reconcile 31 Years After They Divorced

A Nigerian pastor has shared an epic pictorial testimony of how his parents settled their differences after over 3 decades of separation. Pastor Ogidigbo of Holy Hill Church, Abuja, shared a photo of his parents at their reconciliation traditional ceremony. The couple came back together after their divorce 31 years ago. Below is a screenshot of his post on social media which has gone viral:...

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First 'Driverless' Car Reportedly Spotted in Lagos, Nigeria (Photo)

A netizen broke the news of what seemed like a test-run of a 'driverless' vehicle in Nigeria by a corporate body. According to a social media user who shared the photo of the first 'driverless car' in Nigeria, the vehicle was spotted in Lagos state. Details were not provided about the owner as well as mode of operation of the vehicle. The invention seems to be gaining prominence in the United...

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UPDATE! No militant invasion of Cross River Government House – Ayade’s aide

The Cross River State Government has dismissed as false, the report by some online publications claiming that the Government House in Calabar was invaded by militants. Some online platforms (not DAILY POST) had reported that no fewer than 20 suspected Bakassi militants yesterday invaded the Cross River State Governor’s office in Calabar, shortly after the Deputy Governor, Ivara Esu, reported for...

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FG arrests fake radiographers, seals five X-ray centres in Imo

The Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria, an agency of the Federal Government, has arrested some fake radiographers and also sealed the X-ray units of some hospitals in Imo State. Some of the impostors had been working as radiographers at the X-ray units of some of the hospitals, the agency said. Among the affected hospitals are the Amanda Hospital, O/C Medical and X-ray Services, Holy...

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Nigerian army sacks military doctor for adultery with colleague's wife

A Nigerian Army court-martial on Wednesday dismissed a Regimental Medical Doctor after he was found guilty of having sex with his fellow officer’s wife, military officials have told newsmen The court slammed a two-count charge of illicit sexual relationship and unprofessional conduct on Lieutenant Musa Mustapha Bature, and accused him of taking advantage of a colleague’s wife who was supposed...

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IN PICTURES: Governor El-Rufai hosts CAN leaders amid religious tension in Kaduna

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state hosted members of the Christian Association of Nigerian CAN, Kaduna state chapter, to a dinner to break his Ramadan fast yesterday July 1st. Several religious leaders, including members of CAN has lambasted the governor for the infamous religious law in the state that mandates preachers to get authorization from the government before ministering in Kaduna...

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Militants invade Cross River Governor’s Office, hold Deputy Gov, others hostage

Over 20 suspected Bakassi militants on Friday invaded the Cross River State Governor’s office in Calabar, apparently to express anger over alleged abandonment of the Bakassi returnees by the government. The group, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, arrived the state’s seat of power shortly after the Deputy Governor, Ivara Esu, reported for duties. A source, who pleaded not to be named because she is not authorized...

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I have no governorship ambition; it should be left for younger people - SGF

Mr Babacir Lawal Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babacir Lawal, says he is not nursing the ambition to become governor of Adamawa. Lawal told newsmen in Yola on Saturday that the speculation was baseless, adding that at his age and position as SGF, it was not proper for him to think of serving as state governor in the future. “At over 60 years of age and my position as SGF,...

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‘One chance’ robbers devise new trick

Unrepentant criminals have followed the precept of Eneke the bird in late literary icon, Prof Chi­nua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.  Considering the hunters’ dexterity and marksmanship, the bird says, as “men have learnt to shoot with­out missing, it has also learnt to fly without perching”. As the public and the law en­forcement agencies became famil­iar with the modus operandi of the ‘One...

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Why It's Difficult for Nigerian Lawmakers to Disclose Their Total Pay - Hon Gbajabiamila

Femi Gbajabiamila The Leader of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila in an interview with Premium Times was quizzed on why the country's lawmakers find it difficult to disclose the exact amount they earn as salary and allowances: Here's his response: Let me say this, every human being – whether you are legislator, engineer or student – the first reaction (to request to know...

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How Buhari's N5bn bailout saved me from workers' anger

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the state’s balance ofN5 billion bailout funds for the payment of workers’ three months’ outstanding salaries. Lalong gave the commendation while fielding questions from State House correspondents on Friday, after a closed door meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, the...

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Rule of Law, Swearing-in & More: Abia Governor-elect, Uche Ogah Finally Breaks Silence

Uche Ogah Abia state governor-elect, Uche Ogah has described the refusal of the state's Chief Judge, to swear him in as the duly-elected governor of the state as an action as capable of undermining the peace and stability of the state. Speaking to journalists in Abuja through his Special Adviser on Public Communications, Monday Onyekachi Ubani, Abia state Governor-elect, Dr. Uche Ogah has described...

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54-year-old man abducts, defiles 11-year-old girl in Ekiti

A 54-year-old man, Gbenga Adebayo, has been remanded in prison custody by a magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Capital, for allegedly abducting and defiling 11 -year old Joke Aliu (not real name). It was gathered that Adebayo lured the girl to follow him to his aged mother’s place in Usi-Ekiti , some 60 kilometres away from Ado-Ekiti, and camped her there for three weeks. He was allegedly...

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I begged EFCC to leave you alone because of your age – Umahi replies Elechi

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has refuted claims by his predecessor, Martin Elechi, that he was the brain behind a number of petitions before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Elechi and some of his children, stressing that he had personally appealed to the anti-graft agency to leave Elechi alone because of his age. The governor spoke in reaction to a letter written...

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Herdsmen attack: Catholic church holds protest rally in Enugu, Nsukka, Awgu

The three Roman Catholic Church Dioceses in Enugu State, Saturday, held protest rallies across the State over the menace of herdsmen. The protest, which held simultaneously in Nsukka, Awgu and Enugu, attracted ‎thousands of the church members, including priests. The report States that while the protesters moved round the streets in Nsukka and Awgu Dioceses, the story was different in Enugu where...

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Two Teenagers Caught Red-handed Having Hot S*x at the Cemetery in Kaduna

A teenage couple has confessed to having s*x at a cemetery in Abuja after being paraded in court. Two teenagers caught making love at a cemetery have been arraigned at the Upper Sharia Court, Tudun Nupawa, Kaduna State, Tribune reports. But the teenagers, Abulmalik and 16-year-old Hadiza said it was the devil that pushed them into committing the act. The prosecutor told the court that he caught...

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Nigerians Voted for Change, Now Suffer and Stop Complaining - OPC Leader, Fasheun Mocks

Dr Fredrick Fasehun A foremost Yoruba leader has mocked Nigerians complaining of economic hardship under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of change under the banner of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The founder of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Dr Fredrick Fasehun, has charged Nigerians to stop complaining about the present economic hardship in the country since it was them...

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Abia Crisis: Ikpeazu No Longer Abia Governor by Law - Falana, Agbakoba Blow Hot

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu The odds seems to be against Okezie Ikpeazu as prominent Nigerian legal practitioners have reiterated that the provisions of the law doesn't recognize him as governor anymore. Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) stated that Okezie Ikpeazu is no longer the Governor of Abia State in the eyes of the Law, according to ThisDay Newspaper. This...

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Billionaire Mogul, Tony Elumelu, Writes About His Security Man Who Returned $10,000 He Found (Photos)

Tony Elumelu UBA chairman, Tony Elumelu, has written about how he met and rewarded his staff who returned the N3million he found on the ground. Nigerian billionaire businessman, Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu, who is the Chairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Transcorp and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, has taken to his Instagram page to narrate how his staff (a security...

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