It’s as if Venezuela is trying to close itself off from the world. President Nicolas Maduro said he will close Venezuela’s border with Brazil in a bid to stop foreign aid deliveries. He’s also thinking about closing the border with Colombia.
Pope Francis made it clear: He expects more than talk from the historic summit he’s called to deal with the Catholic Church’s clergy sex abuse crisis. He wants “concrete and effective” results.
There seems to be uncertainty on what has become of a sum of ₦20 million reportedly donated by the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B Joshua, for electricity upgrade in his Arigidi-Akoko community of Ondo State.
The sum, it was gathered, was paid to a development association in the community for onward transfer to the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) about two years ago.
For about four years, electricity supply to Arigidi had dipped badly as a result of what community sources described as damaged cables and transformers, and huge indebtedness to the electricity company, …
Gt Stitches, the designer of the Super Eagles of Nigeria’s ceremonial attire to the Russia 2018 World Cup, on Thursday accused the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) of failing to pay for the outfit, nearly eight months after the Mundial ended.
The clothing brand’s CEO, Esimaje Awani, made the allegation in a post on GT Stitches’ Instagram page.
He said: “NFF refused to pay for ceremonial outfit almost one year after World Cup! This can only happen in Nigeria!!”
The average life expectancy of Beijing residents reached 82.2 years in 2018, higher than the 2017 figure of 82.15 years, according to Beijing Municipal Health Commission on Thursday.
The infant mortality rate was 2.01 per 1,000, said the commission, adding that both figures of average life expectancy and infant mortality rate were on par with high-income countries.
The Vatican has secret rules for the children of priests. This bombshell revelation comes from a report in The New York Times. A man whose father was a priest told the newspaper that he was shown the rules when he went to Rome in search of justice for children of ministers.
Sixty years after the first edition of Things Fall Apart was released, the book’s reputation continues to soar with critical acclaim and recognition coming from diverse climes and cultures of the world. Often described as the greatest piece of literature to come out of Africa, the novel which was set in colonial Nigeria, and has appeared in 50 languages, was recently translated into Irish by the wife of the former Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Irene Lynch.
By this addition, the book‘s reputation as one of the world’s most widely translated works of fiction remains intact. To mark the arrival …
By Charles Novia
‘The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will on February 16 launch a mystery technology that hinders rigging during the election.
This was disclosed by one of the spokesmen for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Osita Chidoka while speaking with newsmen at the PDP legacy house, Abuja.
The mystery technology which is called Parallel Voting Tabulation (PVT) is a scientific tool that prevents rigging and assures the partisans of the credibility of the election result.
The PDP has said that the PVT has been set in its situation room to hold election authorities …
By Sir Stanley Ekezie
In recent times, I have come across all manner of people, I have interacted with men and women from all walks of life who have one challenge or the other in Marriage. By the special grace of God I have managed to save many marriages and made them stronger. In doing this, one group distinctly stands out, they are the most difficult group to deal with, it takes a while before they get to breaking point, but when they do, it’s almost impossible to get them to change their minds. This group is women who have …
During the third century, an oppressive Roman Emperor called Emperor Claudius II had made it a capital punishment (death) to worship and serve Christ.
He had decreed the Romans to serve and worship his gods, and deprived the young Roman soldiers of getting married.
But an elderly Christian had stood his ground for his faith and had insisted on serving Jesus Christ and preaching the love of God to the young soldiers. This was considered treason against the government.
He was arrested, sentenced to death and jailed. In the last weeks of his life in the prison, the jailer (prison …
By Gladys Onwuzuruike
Governor Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, concluded arrangements with a dreaded cult group known as Black Axe Confraternity, to unleash mayhem on the people of the state in the forthcoming elections to ensure that he wins his Senatorial election by hook or crook.
According to our impeccable source, the meeting held at the Entraco office, Owerri, where Okorocha’s son-in-law, Mr. Uche Nwosu pledged to arm the cultists and give them cover with legitimate security agents.
He was alleged to have promised to arm them with more than enough ammunition, saying that they have enough in their arsenal, some of …
