GIST OF THE DAY

On the morning of Monday, 19th September, the lying-in-state will end and the coffin will be taken in procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, where the State Funeral Service will take place. The State Funeral of Her Majesty The Queen will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday, 19th September at 11:00 a.m. Prior to the State Funeral, The Queen will lie-in-state in Westminster Hall for four days, to allow the public to pay their respects, the Royal Family announced on Saturday. The Queen’s coffin currently rests in the Ballroom at Balmoral Castle. Her Majesty’s coffin will travel to Edinburgh on Sunday, 11th September, by road, to arrive at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where it will rest in the Throne Room until the afternoon of Monday, 12th September. On the afternoon of Monday 12th September, a procession will be formed on the forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse to convey the coffin to St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh. King Charles and members of the Roya...

He said polygamy is not a sin at all, insisting that God wants men to marry as many wives as possible instead of committing fornication or adultery. Rev. Barr. Ogbuchukwu Makuo Lotanna, a priest in Nnewi Anglican Diocese, has resigned from being a priest in the Anglican Diocese. The priest said he resigned in order to push a movement in support of polygamy. He said polygamy is not a sin at all, insisting that God wants men to marry as many wives as possible instead of committing fornication or adultery. He said that he resigned from his church after receiving a divine mandate from God, to kick off a movement in support of polygamy called ‘Gideonites.’ He also disclosed that their place of worship will be called ‘Gideonites Temple’, advising men to leave their churches where the concept is not acceptable and move to places where they can express themselves freely. [ruby_related heading=”More Read” total=5 layout=1] “It is obvious that over the years, the church has been preac...

This was disclosed in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, SP. Adewale Osifeso, on Saturday. The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, CP Adebowale Williams, in the company of his entourage, embarked on an on-the-spot assessment of the “Maya Junction”, the auto-crash site, where two vehicles conveying more than Twenty passengers collided and erupted into flames on Friday in Lanlate, Ibarapa-East Local Government Area of the state. While paying an unscheduled visit to Awojobi Clinic and General Hospital, Eruwa, where the survivors of the carnage were being provided medical intervention in the company of Hon. Gbenga Obalowo, Executive Chairman of Ibarapa-East LGA, Williams appealed for stakeholders/communal partnership in ridding the excesses and carelessness of motorists and other road users. [ruby_related heading=”More Read” total=5 layout=1] This was disclosed in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Comm...

A statement by the police in Oyo State said family members of the deceased confirmed that the deceased’s name was Aderemi John Abiola and that he was last seen around 2018.  THE Police in Oyo State have announced that they have located and contacted the family members of the man whose skeleton was found in his house recently.  A statement by the police in Oyo State said family members of the deceased confirmed that the deceased’s name was Aderemi John Abiola and that he was last seen around 2018.  [ruby_related heading=”More Read” total=5 layout=1] The statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Adewale Osifeso, said the discovery was a result of “solid partnership and provision of credible information to the Oyo State Police Command.”  Oyo Police Command said: “Anchoring on the strength of solid communal partnerships and provision of credible information to the Oyo State Police Command, on Sunday 04/09/2022 at about 1400hrs, representative...

The management of the Ojukwu varsity, while confirming the incident, said the death of the students came as a shock. Three students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam campus, Anambra State were on Saturday found dead in the hostel. A source identified the students as Obidiaso Chidera (200-level Political Science student), Mercy (200-level Pharmacy student), and Emmanuella (200-level Business Administration). The cause of their deaths was not clear as of press time, but some people on campus suspected murder, as they were locked in their room from outside. [ruby_related heading=”More Read” total=5 layout=1] A source said, “The students were locked up in the apartment. When we got access to the apartment, we found them lifeless with two of them on their beds in the room, while the third lifeless body was found in the kitchen.” The management of the institution, while confirming the incident, said the death of the students came as a shock. The Public Rel...

The teacher said, the girl memorised the Qur’an within four years, and attributed the success to the support of her parents and commitment of her teachers in school. A 13-year old girl, Zuwaira Ahmed in Kagara village of Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State has memorised and written the complete Sixty Hizf (Chapters) of the Holy Qur’an from her memory. Speaking at an occasion organised to honour the girl on Saturday, the District Head of Mahuta, Alhaji Bello Abdulkadir, expressed happiness over the development. He explained that it was a great achievement recorded by the community, and the state in general, especially in the Area of Islamic Education. Abdulkadir further commended the parents in the area, teachers and other community leaders for ensuring proper upbringing of their children, calling on them to sustain the tempo. The Danejin Katsina assured the traditional rulers of his continued support to all Islamic related issues for the overall development of the area. The Ka...

Meanwhile, the INEC chief declared that, “I can confidently say that the days of wanton manipulation of election results are clearly over. THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Friday, disclosed move to recruit over 1.4 million adhoc staff in preparation ahead of the 2023 general election. This was made known by the Chairman, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in a keynote address delivered at the launch of Yiaga Africa Election Result Analysis Dashboard (ERAD) Report on Electronic Transmission of Results in the 2022 Ekiti and Osun Governorship Election in Abuja. Mahmood said number of adhoc staff to be deployed by INEC for the 2023 general election is above number of personnel of both the military and police, which indicates the magnitude of the election exercise. He said: “How many adhoc staff are we going to employ at polling unit level for the 2023 general elections? Is over 700,000, so that 1.4 million adhoc staff and polling unit level for the 2023 general elections; the n...

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, who spoke on behalf of other 13 monarchs at the event, said Odegbami deserved a national award for his contribution to sports in the country. The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdurosheed Akanbi, and 12 traditional rulers in Osun state, Friday celebrated the ex-super eagle star, Segun Odegbami, as he turned 70. The event organised by Lanre Adeleke Sports Academy in Ile-Ogbo, the headquarters of Ayedire local government also had in attendance a former Super Eagles star, Mutiu Adepoju (aka headmaster). The founder of the academy, Engr. Lanre Adeleke, said 42 young children had been admitted in honour of the 70th birthday of Odegbami who he said had been a supporter in the setting up of the academy. Adeleke said the academy had admitted 58 students on scholarship last year, adding that “we are admitting 42 this year to make it 100 in honour of Chief Segun Odegbami who is the lead consultant on the project.” “The plan is to catch them young and make sure tha...

Witnesses said the incident was as a result of collision which led to fire outbreak that consumed more than 20 persons. OVER 20 passengers were reportedly burnt to death while two others injured in a road accident at Lanlate, Maya junction in Ibarapa East Local Government area of Oyo State. The accident which involved a commercial bus and a Sienna car occured on Friday evening. Witnesses said the incident was as a result of collision which led to fire outbreak that consumed more than 20 persons. It was further gathered that only two passengers were survived while others were burnt beyond recognition. The Chairman of the Local Government area, Gbenga Obalowo who led a rescue team to the scene described it as pathetic and unfortunate. He therefore sympathized with the families of the victims, and disclosed that the two survivors were currently receiving medical attention at Awojobi Hospital in Eruwa, while the corpses of other passengers have been deposited at a morgue. [ruby_related hea...

As 2019 crept into 2020, the residents started wondering where the man could be. Though he told about two of those he used to communicate with of his intention to go to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and be back for Ileya ceremony in 2018, not seeing him for the festivity and thereafter made them to think he was staying back where he initially came from.  THE Adeosun/Idi Orogbo Community in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State was thrown into shock on Sunday when they found of one of their landlords, Mr John Aderemi Abiola, in his room, almost four years after he was last seen in December 2018.  The discovery was made after the community decided, with the approval of the police authorities, to go into his compound to clear the bush in his compound which had overgrown his fence into the next house, causing invasion by reptiles.  As 2019 crept into 2020, the residents started wondering where the man could be. Though he told about two of those he used to communicate with of his i...

A Nigerian TikToker user takes joy in expressing the situation of her sister-in-law who once mocked her for not giving birth to a male child. According to a trending video of a Tiktok user, the lady claimed to have been mocked when she had her child who was a boy. The sister-in-law had stated that the boy child signified her ticket to fully be part of the family. The said sister-in-law, however, is yet to have a boy despite her fifth birth. “When I had my son, my sister inlaw came visiting and she said; you are lucky ur first child is a boy, ehen na now ur leg stand for our family. My hubby just called me now that she just gave birth to her 5th child and it’s still a girl II. Her own leg still hang for air,” she wrote. View this post on Instagram A post shared by gistoftheday.com (@gistoftheday)