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A group of South African LGBT activists have vowed to approach the Equality  Court  over claims by controversial pastor Hamilton Nala, that his faith water can heal homosexuality. The group picketed outside Nala Mandate International in Durban on Sunday. They called for Nala – who previously claimed his faith water could heal HIV – to stop sending a false message that sexual orientation was a choice and could be “fixed”. Hlengiwe Buthelezi, chairperson of KZN LGBT Recreation, which promotes inclusion in arts and culture, said homosexuality was not a sickness. “It’s nature. By saying he can heal us, he is proclaiming he is mightier than God because God created us the way we are.” But in his sermon broadcast live on Facebook, Nala said if it was true they were created by God, then that was not the God he believed in. “Whoever wants to take me to court for this can go ahead, as far as I know in South  Africa there is a constitution that says I have a right ...

he leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday inspected a guard of honour of tt he Biafra Secret Service (BSS) in Umuahia, Abia State.   According to the BSS which was recently inaugurated, they are ready to restore Biafra. The members came from different states including Delta, River. “This is Biafra Secret Service (BSS) men that have volunteered to defend Biafranland. You will see what is made up of Biafra security today.”  “Like our leader will rightly say, we are here to restore Biafra. We have come in peace but if the option given to us  to restore Biafra is violent, without fear, the men and women are ready to take the land of Biafra from invades and looter,” their commander said. Watch the video by clicking the link below.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctTESR90w10

The convener of Oodua Progressives Union and leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams has joined eminent Nigerians in the call for the restructuring of the country.                       Adams, while lending his voice to the call for restructuring also suggested the adoption of “mutual understanding and compromise” to make Nigeria’s democracy workable. He said this during the third Europe Summit of Yoruba natives in diaspora​, Odua Progressive Union​, OPU, which held in Sweden. In a communiqué issued by its Europe Coordinator, Victor Adewale, OPU said the immediate restructuring of Nigeria will ensure development and rescue ​the country from imminent crash. The group​ ​among other decisions “supports the call for restructuring and devolution of power” and that “Nigeria be structured via regional line” The communiqué reads, “It is an understatement that Nigeria is a failed nation​.​ ​T​here is urgent need for al...

A Niger Delta leader and convener of the South South Reawakening Group, Joseph Ambakederimo, has called on Nigerians to ignore those championing the campaign for the restructuring of Nigeria. He stressed that even if the country was restructured, the various challenges confronting Nigeria would still persist. Ambakederimo, who spoke on Tuesday at a forum with journalists to celebrate his 56th birthday in Enerhen-Effurun, Uvwie Council Area of Delta State, supported the submission of former President Olusegun Obasanjo that what Nigerians needed was the restructuring of mindset and character for the country to move forward. Ambakederimo stated that restructuring was not the answer to the various challenges facing the country, stressing that the problem with Nigeria had always been the lack of good governance. “Our position is at variance with the clamour to restructure the country. We see nothing wrong with the structure of Nigeria as it is today and in future. The problem with ...

Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has charged the people of Imo State and South East in general to make more investments in Agriculture, saying that it remains the main-stay of Nigerian economy. Governor Okorocha made the call yesterady through his Deputy, Prince Eze Madumere during Iri Ji Mbaise Cultural festival at Chioma Ajunwa Stadium in Ahiazu Mbaise local government area of Imo State. His address reading in parts; “we join our brothers and sisters of Mbaise Nation to celebrate the chief-crop of our land. Yam is the main-stay of agriculture in our traditional Igbo society and is worthy of being celebrated. You may have heard of the demand for yam from the foreign lands. The projection has it that it will yield proceeds running into billions of naira annually. This calls on our people to invest more in agriculture as its benefits are many.” Prince Madumere also pointed out that celebration of Iri Ji (yam festival) has the value of bringing people together to put...

Worried by Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s, call for boycott of elections in Anambra State, a group of lawyers in the state have petitioned the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to probe IPOB activities. The lawyers, under the aegis of Anambra State Lawyers in Defence of Democracy (ASLAD), has urged AGF to ensure the commencement of a “high-powered clinical investigation” the Nnamdi Kanu led IPOB activities. Kanu and his IPOB group have continued their campaign of no elections in any of the five South East states, beginning from the coming November governorship election in Anambra State, until the Federal Government allows a referendum for Biafra. But the lawyers, sad with this development, condemned IPOB’s position in their letter and called on the AGF to use every available instrument and powers of the Nigerian State in his office against IPOB. “The IPOB have taken a position that they would ‘boycott’ the forthcoming Ana...

DURING a chat segment of the monthly ‘Meets Media event’, a networking platform for entertainers and media personalities in the entertainment industry, which recently held at the Best Western Hotel, Bar Beach, Victoria, Lagos, former Five Star Music act, songwriter and instrumentalist, Harrysong spoke about his upcoming album, and re-addressed his sour relationship with Five Star Music, his former label. The Reggae Blues crooner also announced plans to promote and sponsor upcoming music artists through his newly launched record label, Alterplate. It was also an up-close and personal experience with American based Nigerian music artiste, Usman Ligali, fondly known as Don Fodio, a multitalented entertainer who started his career first as a rapper and member of music group, Deform Group. He later went solo, having discovered his love for storytelling; he decided to attend PEFTI to shape his scriptwriting skill. After graduation in 2004, he wrote his first ever screen play, after wh...