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The wife of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly global senior pastor, Modele Fatoyinbo, Sunday said the rape allegations against her husband were untrue. “Not even as an unbeliever will my husband rape someone,” Mrs Fatoyinbo said during the church service broadcast and monitored from inside the Lagos branch of the church in Ikeja, Lagos. But Biodun Fatoyinbo stopped his wife from talking further about the rape allegations. Biodun Fatoyinbo was alleged to have raped Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer and wife of Nigerian singer Timi Dakolo, when she was a teenager. Modele’s denial of the allegations is a re-echoing of her husband’s Friday statement. “I have never in my life raped anybody even as an unbeliever and I am absolutely innocent of this,” Fatoyinbo said in a statement posted to his Instagram page on Friday. However, the allegations have generated widespread condemnations, controversies and prompted protesters to storm the Abuja and Lagos premises of the church demand...

Protesters ask Pastor Fatoyinbo to step down as head of the church in the wake of rape allegations against him Protesters in Abuja on Sunday called on Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), to step aside following a rape allegation against him. Protesters had, as at 8am local time, gathered to hold a peaceful march to the Headquarters of COZA to air their grievances over allegation that Fatoyinbo raped Bisola, wife of popular singer Timi Dakolo, when she was a teenager. Report has it that Ese Walter, in 2013, had also accused the pastor of rape alongside other unnamed victims. The protesters were on Sunday seen with placards which read: ‘We are watching you,’ ‘Your Pastor is not your God,’ ‘Thou shall not rape’ and ‘No to sexual abuse in my church’ ‘God can forgive you in jail’ among others with the hashtag ‘#ChurchToo.’ The protesters, including one of the leaders of the Bring Back Our Girls movement, Aisha Yesufu, could be seen we...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has charged the Nigeria Police Force to “pick up” the Senior Pastor of COZA Church, Biodun Fatoyinbo. Onochie said Fatoyinbo should be arrested and a polygraph test administered on him to prove if he is innocent or lying. Recall that wife of popular singer, Timi Dakolo, Busola had alleged that the COZA founder had forcefully raped her when she was young. The mother-of-three narrated how Pastor Fatoyinbo allegedly forced his way into her when she was a teenager. Fatoyinbo, however, denied the allegation, though admitted that Busola once attended the same church with his family. The clergyman consequently ordered his lawyers to institute both criminal and civil cases against Busola. Weighing in on the saga, the presidential aide in a tweet wrote: “He raped me – Busola “I didn’t rape her – Fatoyinbo “Me: What is the Police waiting to invite this alleged rapist for questioning? This may lead to a po...

ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have elected President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger as the chair of ECOWAS for a one-year term. Mahamadou was elected at the 55th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS leaders on Saturday in Abuja, taking over from the outgone President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria. A communiqué read by Mr. Mustapha Suleiman, Nigeria’s Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the leaders lauded Buhari for his unrelenting commitment to regional integration. The authority also agreed to hold its next ordinary session on Dec. 21 in Abuja, NAN reports. The presidents of 13 of the 15 heads of state were in attendance for the session. They were the presidents of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Cabo Verde was represented by Mr Julio Cesar Lopes, Minister of Regional Integration and Senegal was represented by Mr Amadou Ba, Minister of Foreign A...

US President Donald Trump has said that the deportation of undocumented migrants will begin after July 4. “We will be removing large numbers of people starting sometime after July 4,” Trump said as additional report said that US Immigration authorities had earlier announced plan to launch a sweeping effort to deport recently arrived undocumented families. The operation is expected to target up to 2,000 families facing deportation orders in as many as 10 US cities, including Houston, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles, according to a media report . A spokesman for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to comment, saying, “Due to law-enforcement sensitivities and the safety and security of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, the agency will not offer specific details related to enforcement operations before the conclusion of those actions.” The Acting Director of ICE, Mark Morgan, said the agency would target for deportation families that have received a remo...

Got a minute? Then you should check out Minit — a quirky puzzle adventure game that is now available on Google Play and the App Store . Published by Devolver Digital, this top down Zelda-inspired indie hit was first released for PC and Xbox One and has been nominated for multiple awards since. Its minimalist 8-bit art style and innovative mechanics will quickly draw you in and challenge you. Minit doesn’t hold your hand or explain too much — you have to figure it out on your own. But as usual we are here to help! Without spoiling too much or giving you a full walkthrough, here are our Minit tips and tricks! Get Minit on Google Play Minit tips: The basics As you might have suspected from the name Minit, the game is played in 60-second intervals. This imbues Minit with a sense of urgency at first, but any progress you’ve made — puzzles solved or items collected, will remain as such. This gives you some time to explore your surroundings without rushing too much, especially in ...