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Palm Sunday is one of the most important days in the Christian calendar after Christmas and Easter. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, and marks the beginning of Holy. Week, the week of events leading up to Jesus' death.

Around 20 people have been arrested in India, accused of failing to stand for the national anthem in cinemas, police said Tuesday, two weeks after the country’s top court made it compulsory.

Friday Amobi No fewer than 3,000 youths from Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday submitted their arms to a renowned cleric in the area, Reverend Father Abel Abulu.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and his Kebbi State counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu on Wednesday launched the much anticipated Lagos-Kebbi Rice christened LAKE RICE, saying that the partnership which culminated into the launch was not only designed to ensure food security but showcase the ability of Nigeria to become a producing nation.

Alexandar Vera, a former Texas teacher who admitted to having sex with her 13-year-old student has pleaded guilty.  She pleaded guilty on Wednesday to aggravated sexual assault of a child.

The Amuwo Odofin Local Government of Lagos State has shut down four markets in the area for non-compliance with guidelines to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four markets which were shut on Monday are Oyinlola and 23 Road markets in Festac Town, OpeOluwa market at Agboju and Arozo Market at Mile 2. When NAN correspondent visited OpeOluwa market at Agboju in Festac Town, there were no business activities going on following the closure. NAN reports that tapes were used to cordon off the stalls at the shut markets while a team from the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) was also on ground to enforce compliance. The Vice-Chairman of the Council, Olusegun Idris, said the action became necessary because of rising cases of COVID-19 in the area in spite of all efforts at curtailing it. Mr Idris, who is also the Chairman of the council’s Committee on COVID-19, said there had been a lot of advocacy and sensitisation programmes abo...

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Nigerian Islamic extremist, Michael Adebowale, who is currently in jail for mudering British soldier, Lee Rigley in 2013 is reportedly making a bid to serve out the rest of his sentence in a Nigerian jail. Michael Adebowale and his accomplice Michael Adebolajo ran down the solider, a father-of-one, with a car before launching a brutal machete attack on him near his barracks in Woolwich, South East London. The former was given 45 years in jail for his part in the bloody attack. The 37-year-old is currently holed in HMP Wakefield, otherwise known as Monster Mansion, but he wants to return to his parent’s native land. According to The Sun, Adebowale has even written to immigration experts asking for their advice. A source told the paper: ‘Michael hates Wakefield. It’s stuffed full of lags who see him as a top target. ‘He thinks he can spend the rest of his sentence in Africa.’ It was also reported that Adebowale plans to seek a prisoner-swap deal to Lagos’ Kirikiri jail.Thank you for re...

The Akinwunmi Ambode administration formally handed ten passenger capacity fibre boats over to riverine communities in Amuwo Odofin Local Government as part of activities to commemorate the first year anniversary.