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The Nigerian Senate has approved N4.8 billion (equivalent to US$11.6 million) to be allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for the monitoring of WhatsApp messages/calls, phone calls, text messages, among others. This was contained in the supplementary budget approved by the National Assembly on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Premium …

Zuma supporters block the N3 at Peacevale, on the outskirts of Durban at the weekend, as violence erupted over the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma. Violent protests have spread to other areas. As gunshots and explosions rang out when looting and mayhem continued in many parts KwaZulu-Natal on Monday …

Roads block off several trucks and commercial property set ablaze since Friday in KwaZulu-Natal, the home of former South African president Jacob Zuma, whose supporters have been on a fiery rampage and looting spree in protest of his 15-month prison sentence. Zuma is serving time for defying a court order …

Videos and photos are emerging from the burial ceremony of Prophet T.B. Joshua which happened at the Ikotun area of Lagos state. Many dignitaries were present as people maintain strict COVID-19 measures by wearing facemasks. Going by the turban of some of the guests, dignitaries from the Arab world were …

Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua, Nigerian preacher, televangelist, and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (The SCOAN) has been laid in state at his church premises in Ikotun Egbe. Earlier, there was a procession conveying his body from The SCOAN Prayer Mountain to the church auditorium. The popular televangelist …

Popular Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua has been buried in Lagos after a week of funeral rites. He was buried at the church’s premises after an internment service that had dignitaries from around the world Thousands of mourners attended the burial service at his Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in the Ikotun …

A South African regional court on Friday rejected Zuma’s request to postpone his jail term. The 79-year old will remain behind bars after his application for his prison term to be delayed was dismissed by the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Zuma begun his 15-month jail sentence Thursday. He has one more …

Patients are crammed into every corner of the hospital’s emergency room ward, They lie on beds and gurneys, or sit slumped in wheelchairs. Many suck on oxygen, but nobody talks. Some die while waiting for a bed. On the worst nights in Johannesburg, currently in the grips of a terrible …

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, Founder and President of Christ Embassy church, is set to hold a three-day healing programme ‘Healing Streams With Pastor Chris’ from Friday, July 9 up to Sunday, July 11. Interestingly, pastor Oyakhilome’s healing programme coincides with the funeral of founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations …

The 2020 Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has visited the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) for the funeral of late prphet T.B. Joshua. Prof Opoku-Agyemang was in the company of some big wigs of the NDC who were seen filing past the …