President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter of good wishes to King Abdullahi II Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan in which he disclosed that he was having a short rest in London, the United Kingdom. The President, according to a statement issued yesterday his media assistant, Malam Garba Shehu, sent the letter of solidarity to King Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, following the resolution of a recent rift in the royal family. In the letter, Buhari said he felt much disturbed when he heard reports of the problem but felt reassured when he learnt that everything had been…
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Despite the last-minute intervention by the national leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to halt the nationwide strike proposed by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), members of the union yesterday grounded courts across the federation. JUSUN had in a notice issued by its General Secretary, I. M Adetola, dated April 1, 2021, announced that it would begin a nationwide industrial action yesterday to press home JUSUN’s demands for enforcement of financial autonomy in the Judiciary. The union stated that it had, at its last National Executive Meeting on March 13, 2021, in Abuja, issued a 21-day ultimatum…
Archbishop and Primate of All Nigeria, the Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba, has said that the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion is commited to partner critical stakeholders to reposition Paul University, Awka, Anambra State for strategic human and national development. Archbishop Ndukuba, made the call at a conclave of major stakeholders and leadership of Paul University, Awka held at the Very Rev’d Chike Nwizu Hall,in Enugu. The event which attracted captains of industries, the Academia, politicians and the clergy,East of the Niger was to deliberate on the development of the permanent site and growth of Paul University, (PUA) currently situated in…
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has commenced an indefinite strike nationwide. Leadership of the union led by its president, Anderson Ezeibe made the announcement on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in Abuja. According to him, the members of the union have vowed to shut down the Nigerian Polytechnics till the Federal Government meets their demands. Recall that the FG on Monday invited officials of the Union to an emergency meeting over its proposed strike. The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, had scheduled a meeting with the union on Tuesday. According to a statement issued on Monday by Ben Bem…
Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, last week, clocked one year in office, as Primate of the church. In this interview with Advent Cable Network Nigeria (ACNN TV), the Primate shares his experience. How has one year in office been?I want to greet all of us, God’s people, and appreciate God’s faithfulness and His mercy upon each one of us, upon our families, and upon the church of God. More importantly, we appreciate God’s mercy in preserving and keeping us through the challenge of the year. 2020 was quite an issue in the life…
The Paschal Greeting It is an Easter custom among most church traditions of the world to greet one another in a new way during Easter. Instead of the usual greetings, one is to greet another Christian with “Christ is Risen!” and he responds, “He is Risen indeed!”(cf Matt. 27:64; 28:6–7, Mark 16:6, Luke 24:6, 34). This is called Paschal Greeting. The Paschal greeting proclaims the message of Easter and its celebration. The Resurrection of Christ is not just about His coming back to life. It is about the death of death. It is an occasion for rejoicing and praising God.…
Inside Stuff With MARTINS OLOJA, In this season of economic recession when deception has become a powerful tool of preventing depression, it will be relevant to share some sound leadership and management lessons from the reason for this season, the Grand Master Jesus. Gold and silver I do not have to share to friends and relations at Easter but what I have today is more precious than silver and gold – what that man of Galilee had taught the world before Business and Management Schools emerged in 1920’s. The man who represents the truth is the original big man whose…
I was one of seven professors who facilitated a leadership training in my university here in Georgia for local government chairmen from a major Nigerian southwestern state. In the course of the training, I adverted to a January 13, 2018 column I wrote about how power literally damages the brains of people who wield it and causes them to be dissociated from reality. A few of the chairmen at the training initially said they “rejected” what I said “in Jesus’ name.”But the more I expounded the research on the psychology of power, the less resistant they became. In the light…
I am happy to share that today, April 3, 2021, The Rt. Rev. William Love has joined the Anglican Church in North America. After resigning from his position as Diocesan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany on February 1, 2021, Bishop Love expressed his desire to be received into the Anglican Church in North America. As of today, I have received him with joy as a retired bishop in the Province. The Rt. Rev. Julian Dobbs, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word, has welcomed Bishop Love as an assisting bishop in his diocese. I look forward…
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye, Diocesan and Missioner of the Lagos Anglican Diocese had x-rayed how Jesus’ Trial before his crucifixion was tainted with miscarriage of justice, noting that the same is the case in our present day Nigeria. The Bishop made this remark during the sermon preached by him at Christ Church Cathedral, Marina, Lagos during the Good Friday service held on 2nd April 2021. Speaking on the sermon with the theme “Give us Barabbas”, Bishop Olumakaiye stated: “the trial of our Lord is unarguably the most famous case of miscarriage of justice. ‘Miscarriage of justice’ does not…