The Catholic Diocese of Gboko in Benue State has suspended Reverend Father, Hycainth Alia, for expressing interest in the governorship contest of the state.

The Catholic priest is among the 12 governorship aspirants who purchased expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to participate in the party’s primary election.

In response, the Priest was suspended because his decision to join the Governorship race goes against the Church’s rule on partisan politics.

In a viral suspension letter addressed to all priests, religious and laity of the Catholic Diocese of Gboko, dated May 20, 2022 and signed by the Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Gboko, Bishop William Avenya,  disclosed that the affected priest was earlier warned in line with the church’s rule on partisan politics.

The letter read,

“I write to communicate to you the suspension of my priest, Rev Fr. Hyacinth Iornem Alia from public ministry after series of admonitions to him.

The mother church does not allow her clerics to get involved in partisan politics on their own Ex can. 285, 3 CIC. You’re aware that my son, your brother and your priest has purchased the party’s form to contest for the office of the governor of Benue State under the All Progressives Congress which is usually against our vocation.

Therefore, to respond to the spiritual and pastoral needs of the church in the Catholic Diocese of Gboko, I have suspended him from exercise of sacred ministry. This canonical suspension takes effect from the moment it is communicated to him and last until he ceases from contumacy.”

Reacting to the suspension, Head of Media and Publicity, Alia 2023 Gubernatorial Organization, Kula Tersoo, said it was a normal practice of the church.

He noted that as stated clearly in the letter of suspension, Alia was only suspended from celebrating public Eucharistic masses, but that he remains a priest of the Catholic Church forever, adding that when his tenure ends in public civil service he shall resume his public masses and ministry.

Angry Muslim youths have reportedly stormed a community in Bauchi in search of a lady who has been accused of blasphemy.

It’s alleged that the said lady, a government worker from Gombe but married in Warji, a local government area in Bauchi, shared a video on social media in which a convert spoke about the Prophet of Islam.

After Friday’s Juma’at prayers, Muslim youths went in search of the woman. When they couldn’t find her, they went on a rampage, destroying Christian property in the area.

According to viral reports, the attack has left a number of Christians, including a pastor of an ECWA church, severely injured.

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This comes one week after Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was lynched and set ablaze by her colleagues over alleged blasphemy.

It can be recalled that Deborah, a 200-level Christian student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was beaten to death and burnt by her fellow students on the school premises on Thursday, May 12, over a ‘blasphemous’ voice message she sent to her department’s group chat.

Her remains were laid to rest in her hometown, Tungan Magajiya in Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State.

A woman has apparently been left embarrassed after she accidentally posted an unclad photo of herself while listing her air fryer for sale on popular e-commerce site eBay.

The woman put up a multi-cooker for auction. She took the effort to add the model number and four photographs of each piece of the utensil in the description. The last image, unbeknownst to her, was a photograph of her naked in front of a mirror.

Instead of another zoomed-in photo of the air fryer, the vendor unintentionally published a photo of herself in just her underwear.

Hundreds of bidders are believed to have been spurred by the final photo, which was not intended for the advertisement.

In other news, embattled Nigerian socialite, Hushpuppi is currently being talked about on Twitter after Chris Brown referenced him in a new song.

The American singer was featured in the remix of Lojay’s hit single, Monalisa, and his verse has gotten music lovers buzzing online.

In his verse, Chris Brown sang,

“See for this life me and you chop like Hushpuppi
We walk and they stare
Please show them you’re best…”

The lyrics caught the attention of netizens and they took to Twitter to talk about Hushpuppi’s fame which has spread beyond the borders of Nigeria, making his name trend on the microblogging platform.

A quite adorable video showing the moment a lovely couple decided to spend forever together is currently making the rounds online with hearts warming up to the beautiful moment.

In the video, a young man and his partner are seated in a car — and the lady is heard asking him to repeat what he said. What he’d said apparently, was popping the marriage question at her, but in the cutest way possible.

With joy and laughter on his face, the young man is heard saying “you go marry me abi you no go marry me?” to which the lady replied “I go marry you” before he then placed a ring on her fingers.

He then says to her that after putting the ring on it, she’s supposed to kiss him… and judging by the sound that followed, she did and professed her love to him. He as well returned the popular phrase back to her.

Amused by how he asked her to spend forever with him, the lady is later heard saying “dey don propose to you like this before?”.

Watch the lovely moment as you scroll,

In other news, a young Nigerian man has taken to social media to show off his white lover from the United States of America.

The young man who recently tied the knot with his woman shared a video showing the moment his woman was welcomed into his home with a traditional marriage rite.

The video also captured the moment his white lover arrived in Nigeria from her country.

Sharing the video online, the elated young man wrote, “Happy married life to us… my wife came home to visit my mum.”

Watch the video here