Proceedings in the ongoing trial of the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations and its contractors was today stalled by the failure of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution, Mrs Idowu Alakija, to serve processes in response to the applications earlier filed by the defendants. It would be recalled that Justice Lawal Akapo...

PROPHET T. B. Joshua atop a bicycle, riding leisurely, Prophet T. B. Joshua taking an evening walk outside the walls of his Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B. Joshua stopping for a minute or two to watch some men chatting away at a game of draughts. These are by no means common sights. But one man has seen them all. “Personally,...

It was a day of legal fireworks on Friday, December 5, 2014 at the resumed sitting of the coroner’s inquest into the collapsed building belonging to The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations. Counsel to The SCOAN, Olalekan Ojo and counsel to the Lagos State Government, Gbolahan Akinbobola, argued the tenability of the application before the coroner praying...

The controversies surrounding the inquest into the collapse of a building at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) continue to thicken with an email purportedly sent from the Niger Delta militant group MEND threatening an imminent attack at Ikeja High Court. The email, seen by this reporter, was written by one ‘Commander Wilberforce’ who...