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Matthew Ashimolowo The Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), a London- based organization, of the main church pastored by Matthew Ashimolowo, has refuted the allegation that he was involved Ponzi Scheme. KICC, in a statement issued by Dipo Oluyomi, Chief Executive Officer and James Mcglashan, Chief Operating Offficer, said: “We wish to state that the headline was unfortunate and misleading and has caused damage to the reputation of Pastor Ashimolowo. The sensational headline suggests that Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo lost $5 million when in fact he did not and did not make the decision to invest. “Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo is the Senior Pastor of KICC and not her trustee and has never been a trustee of KICC. As you are aware from the Charities Commission’s report, the decision to invest was solely that of the U.K trustees without any involvement of Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo. Importantly as the report states, it is the trustees who have the responsibility for investing Charit...

Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (middle), carrying the Baby of the Year, mother of the baby of the year, Mrs. Aderonke Akande (right); Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Healthcare, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga (2nd right); Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris (2nd left); COWLSO member, Prof. Ibiyemi Bello during the presentation of gifts to Baby of the Year, born 12:01am, weighing 3.1kg at the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos, on Sunday. Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode on Sunday warned mothers against child killer diseases and charged them to always immunize their children against the diseases. She also encouraged pregnant women to cultivate the habit of washing their hands to avoid infection. Mrs Ambode, who spoke during the presentation of gifts to first babies of the year at three different health centres in the State, said it was important for mothers to always ensure that children have the full complement of routine immunization, wh...

Dele Alli and Harry Kane Harry Kane and Dele Alli scored two goals apiece as Tottenham thrashed lacklustre Watford to move into the Premier League’s top four for the first time since October. Spurs dominated from the off at Vicarage Road – having 13 shots in the first half alone – and seconds after Alli struck the bar, Kane coolly finished a well-weighted Kieran Trippier pass. The same duo combined for the second, Kane stealing between two static defenders to prod home Trippier’s fine cross from six yards. It was the England striker’s 59th goal in his first 100 Premier League appearances, matching Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. Alli made it 3-0 by passing low into the net after Younes Kaboul skewed the ball into his path, then arrived unmarked to finish Kane’s cross for his fifth goal in three matches. Watford, who did not have a shot on target until Kaboul bundled home a late consolation, drop to 13th having won just once in seven matches. Spurs’ fourth successive win briefly t...

Alex Iwobi celebrates after scoring for Arsenal Olivier Giroud’s incredible scorpion kick set Arsenal on the way to a victory over Crystal Palace which moved them up to third in the Premier League. With a cross from Alexis Sanchez delivered behind him, Frenchman Giroud elastically reached the ball with his left foot, looping it over his head and in off the underside of the bar. An Alex Iwobi header gave Arsenal a scrappy second before Palace briefly rallied to force saves from home goalkeeper Petr Cech. The win moves the Gunners back to within nine points of leaders Chelsea, while Palace stay 17th, two points above the relegation zone. The visitors have won only once in 12 league games, with manager Sam Allardyce awaiting his first victory since taking over from Alan Pardew. Giroud marked his return to the Arsenal starting line-up on Boxing Day by scoring the only goal in the win over West Bromwich Albion, and followed up here by pulling off one of the most memorable moments of ...

Rotimi Akeredolu Ondo State Governor-elect, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has said that the year 2017 will mark the beginning of new thinking and new actions in Ondo State and assured the people of a New Year of all encompassing positive changes. Akeredolu who said, “we cannot be doing something the same way and expect a different result,” charged the people to support the incoming administration to put in place a culture of integrity in public service. He also called on politicians and public servants to be prepared to make sacrifices with a view to making Ondo State great again. In his New Year message titled: “Ondo State will rise again” signed by his media adviser, Yemi Olowolabi, Akeredolu said Ondo State had stupendous natural endowments and abundant human resources waiting to be harnessed for the good of the state by selfless leadership. He restated his determination to run a transparent government that is irrevocably committed to developing the state, taking it to enviable he...

Burundi’s Environment Minister An unknown gunman has killed environment minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru in the conflict-ridden East African nation of Burundi, a police spokesman said on Sunday. The minister was shot dead with a pistol in the early hours of Sunday in the streets of the Rohero neighbourhood in the capital, Bujumbura, police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said on Twitter. Police arrested a woman over her alleged involvement in the assassination, the spokesman added. Burundi has been suffering from ongoing political violence since President Pierre Nkurunziza won a third term in office in July 2015 elections, despite the constitutional two-term limit. Hundreds of people have been killed by police and armed opposition groups in the violence.

Ikechukwu Anyene, President of the Nigeria Union in South Africa The Nigerian community in South Africa on Sunday confirmed the death of a Nigerian and the abduction of another member in that country. Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, the President of Nigeria Union, South Africa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria that both incidents had been reported to the Nigerian Mission in that country. He alleged that one Victor Nnadi, a native of Orlu in Imo, was suffocated to death on Thursday by the Metropolitan Police in Cape Town. Anyene claimed that eye witnesses saw the police handcuff the victim and suffocated him to death. “When the people saw what happened, they raised an alarm and confronted the police. “The union`s chapter in Cape Town is already on top of the situation and trying its best to facilitate the release of the detained brother of the deceased,” he said. Anyene, however, urged the Federal Government to persuade the South African government to put me...