The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and the appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate the alleged misuse of the N4.5 billion donations, loans and support the Kogi State Government obtained from the federal government, including N90,720, 000 reportedly spent on software to track COVID-19 cases in the state. The organisation in a statement signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, expressed concerns about growing allegations of corruption and mismanagement of public funds in many states of the federation, and the apparent…
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Facebook said on Monday it planned two new undersea cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia and North America in a project with Google and regional telecommunication companies to boost internet connection capacity between the regions. “Named Echo and Bifrost, those will be the first two cables to go through a new diverse route crossing the Java Sea and they will increase overall subsea capacity in the trans-pacific by about 70%,” Facebook Vice President of Network Investments, Kevin Salvadori, told Reuters. He declined to specify the size of the investment, but said it was “a very material investment for us in Southeast…
A former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the federal government to sell off the country’s petroleum company and its refineries, saying the country is better off privatising the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) through the time-tested LNG model in which the federal government owns 49% equity and the private sector having 51%. The 2019 presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) repeated the call on Sunday as part of his recommendations for averting Nigeria’s high unemployment explosion. Abubakar’s comments were in reaction to a report from Bloomberg Business on Saturday that Nigeria will soon have the…
God’s expectation for this convocation is that we all receive a fresh commission with a renewed mandate to carry on the work of the Kingdom. The text is a confirmation that God is about to do a new thing in our church and nation, even though it seems as though there’s nothing good about the nation, considering the political situation, hopelessness in security with gross impunity and decadence, both in the nation and the church. But as we declare God’s reign, we also bring to an end the era of indiscipline, impunity and decadence in our church and the nation.…
The National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Wale Oke has sent a strong message to President Mohammadu Buhari urging him to take decisive steps in securing the nation. Bishop Oke placed a demand on President Buhari during a meeting on Tuesday with the Chairman of the Lagos chapter of the PFN, Apostle Eyinnaya Okwuonu, the Secretary, Rev Toyin Kehinde, and a host of other leaders in the chapter. While declaring that he represents 45 million Pentecostals in Nigeria, Oke said it is time for the president to take certain far-reaching decisions to save the nation including the…
HOW CAN WE KNOW THERE IS HOPE DESPITE ALL THE CRISES We know there is hope when we: Rely on God’s presence. When we go through crises, we often pray and seek God more intensely than at other times. My greatest times of growth have been when I reached the end of my resources and all I have left is Jesus. God uses suffering to make us rely on his presence. In Psalm 23:4, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy…
As we come to the end of the holy season of Lent, it cannot be the end of holy living, but rather a time to celebrate the harvest of the discipline of the season and consolidate on a new lifestyle of devotion to the Word of God. One thing that stands out in this special week (Holy Week) is the fact that God’s Word remains ever true. Ancient prophecies find fulfilment in the Person of Christ. The prophecy that ends the book of Genesis comes from the mouth of Joseph, the Hebrew Prince of Egypt: “And Joseph said to his…
The ENDSARS/ENDSWAT Protests that was staged by the Youth of this Nation were a protest with specified demands. The unjust allocation of every employment opportunity to the Political class and the privileged people is a corruption of the normal and must be addressed. We commend the initial response and negations of the Federal Government and request that the Government should keep their word to the Youth of Nigeria. The unfortunate hijack of the peaceful civil protest by hoodlums brought so much pain and destruction. The looting of the Government Warehouses and Stores and Shops of ordinary citizens further worsened the…
The Palm Sunday is the Sunday which the Christian worshippers carry palm fronds in processions and jubilations in commemoration of the triumphal entry of Jesus to Jerusalem in which he was hailed with people carrying palm branches. According to Matthean account of the event (Matt. 21:1-11), the disciples of Jesus, after obtaining a donkey and a colt for the movement as directed by Jesus, put their garments on them, and setting Jesus on them, ‘a very great multitude spread their garments on the road, others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. Then the multitudes…
The Primate of All Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba has said the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion is not tied to the apron of Canterbury thereby not obliged to take orders from it. Primate Ndukuba made the remark during a special interview organized by the Advent Cable Network Nigeria (ACNN) on Thursday 25th March 2021 to mark his one year in office as the Primate of the Church of Nigeria. He was reacting to the new-found theology of some churches in the western world as regards human sexuality and the recent development of gays in ACNA. Primate Ndukuba who is…