Isreali Parliament According to a report by All Israel News, if the new bill that was introduced last week is approved, people who talk about Jesus in Israel would be sent to at least one-year imprisonment. Two Israeli Knesset (parliament) have introduced a bill seeking to ban any and all efforts to tell people about Jesus. According to a report by All Israel News, if the new bill that was introduced last week is approved, people who talk about Jesus in Israel would be sent to at least one-year imprisonment. “The punishment for doing so would be one-year imprisonment. “If the conversation is with minor – someone under the age of 18 – the punishment would be two years imprisonment,” the report reads. The proposed legislation would outlaw all efforts by people of one faith who, in any way, want to discuss or try to persuade people of other faiths to consider changing their current religious beliefs. This bill would apply to people having spiritual conversations with Israelis of any relig...

The Super Eagles suffered a surprising loss to Guinea-Bissau in their first defeat of the AFCON 2023 qualifying campaign. The game was held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja, where Guinea-Bissau picked up a stunning 1-0 victory. Mama Samba Balde scored the lone goal in the first half, proving to be the decisive moment of the game despite Nigeria’s best efforts to equalize. The Super Eagles started the game with expected energy and enthusiasm, looking to please their home fans. In-form Victor Osimhen was presented with two opportunities early on, but failed to convert both chances. Nigeria continued to push and looked more likely to score until Guinea-Bissau took the lead against the run of play in the 29th minute. Despite Nigeria’s efforts to level the score, they were unable to find the back of the net. The Super Eagles will need to regroup and work on their strategy ahead of their next match. Meanwhile, Guinea-Bissau will take confidence from this impressive result and look to b...

A file photo of the Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke. The panel held that the Osun State Tribunal was wrong to have said that there was over voting. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. Following the governorship polls in the state, an Election Petition Tribunal had sacked Adeleke from office, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate did not score majority of lawful votes during the July 16 governorship polls. However, in a unanimous agreement by a three-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu, the Court of Appeal quashed the tribunal’s judgement and gave its verdict to uphold Adeleke as rightful governor of Osun State. The Appeal Court Panel revoked the tribunal’s order which directed that a Certificate of Return be withdrawn from Adeleke and issued to his predecessor and All Progressives Congress (APC) can...

The Nigerian Navy wishes to inform all potential applicants and the general public, that the online registration for its NNBTS Batch 35 Recruitment exercise will commence on Wednesday, March 29 2023 and close on Saturday, May 6 2023. Applicants are to apply online at  https://www.joinnigeriannavy.com . Application is free See the image below for more detailed information 

Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, has been found guilty of organ trafficking by a United Kingdom court. His wife, Beatrice, and Obinna Obeta, a doctor involved in the case, were also found guilty. The jury found that they conspired to bring the 21-year-old at the centre of the matter to London to exploit him for his kidney. According to the UK Guardian, it is the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. Their daughter, Sonia, was however cleared of the charges. The Ekweremadus were arrested by the London Metropolitan Police in June 2022. They were alleged to have attempted to convince doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in London to perform an £80,000 transplant on the donor who was presented as Sonia’s cousin. However, during the trial, the couple apologised for claiming that the donor was a relative. Hugh Davies, the prosecutor, told the court the Ekweremadus and Obeta had treated the man and other potential donors as “disposabl...

Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Nweke, in Ezza North Local Government Area during Saturday’s election. The Police Public Relation Officer, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, revealed this to the pressmen in Abakaliki on Sunday. Onovwakpoyeya said the deceased was beaten to death by suspected thugs during the election. She said, “The DPO and his team tried to rescue him, but he was confirmed dead by doctors on duty when they got to the hospital.” PDP chieftain and a resident of the area, Innocent Nomeh, said the deceased was killed after being threatened by some thugs in the area. He said, “The chairman was killed after being threatened by some thugs. Hours after being threatened, he was traced and taken to an isolated area, where they killed him. “It is so unfortunate that such a young man will die because of an election. I want the security agencies to deepen investigations to fi...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Coordinator in Ahoada-West Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chisom Lennard, has been found d€ad hours after he was abducted.   According to PUNCH, Lennard was kidnapped by the gunmen dressed in police uniform while voting for the governorship and state House of Assembly elections was ongoing at Ibagwa polling unit 2 ward 10 in Ahoada West LGA.   It was gathered that the APC chieftain tried to stop the gunmen from snatching election materials when he was whisked away in a commando fashion. Late Lennard’s body was riddled with bullets in a pool of his blood along the Ibueahi-Ubeta road in Ahoada+West LGA of the state on Saturday evening.  The deceased was an estate surveyor and a former board member of the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority during the tenure of Rotimi Amaechi.   The State APC Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju, confirmed the sad development to the Punch.    “He was abducted ...

Association of Licenced Telcos of Nigeria Telecommunications operators have commenced the hamonisation of shortcodes across all networks. The announcement, which was made, yesterday in Lagos by the umbrella body, the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), said the hamonisation was pursuant to a regulatory modernisation initiative by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). ALTON Chairman and Head of Operations, Gbenga Adebayo and Gbolahan Awonuga respectively, in a statement, said the harmonisation of shortcodes is aimed at implementing a streamlined process for common shortcodes across the industry, by making life easier for Nigerians through the memorisation of single codes, for various services across all networks, as well as providing a cohesive regulatory framework that is consistent with global best practices. Following the directive from NCC, the Association informed the general public: “The Network Operators have begun implementing the shortcodes, w...

COAS: Farouk Yahaya and Pelumi   The family of a 15-year-old boy, Pelumi Sulaimon, have been thrown into mourning after soldiers attached to Operation MESA allegedly shot him dead around Makoko, in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According to residents in the area, the soldiers were hired by political thugs to carry out a reprisal on their opponents in the community on Sunday, February 26. WEXERES News gathered that when the soldiers got to the community, they started shooting indiscriminately and in the process, a stray bullet hit Pelumi who was on his way to buy drinks for his friends to celebrate his birthday. The soldiers, who were led by a political thug identified simply as Nuru, were also said to have gunned down a tricycle operator, identified simply as Aloma, whom they mistook of one of their targets. According to Pelumi’s relative, Musbau Ayinde, the events that led to the death of the Junior Secondary School Three pupil was a result of a clash caused by political rivalry i...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented the Certificates of Return to the winner of the 2023 presidential election held on February 25, Bola Tinubu, and his vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima. The presentation of the CoR was done by the chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Wednesday afternoon at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, venue of the presidential election results collation. See the photos below: