The Primate Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba wants the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU to reach an amicable resolution and end the prolonged strike. Speaking with newsmen at the end of this year’s Divine Commonwealth Conference in Abuja, Archbishop Ndukuba decried the present decay of infrastructure and poor Remuneration of university lecturers. He appealed to Government to look into their plight and save the university system from total collapse The Anglican Primate also stressed the need for Nigerians not to allow the present challenges to affect their lives and positive contributions…
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Abuja, Nov. 28, 2020 Anglican Primate, Most Rev Henry Ndukuba, on Saturday charged Nigerians to remain hopeful and continue to trust in God during difficult times. Ndukuba, who gave the charge at the 2020 Carnival for Christ held in Abuja, said that the theme: ”Be Still and Know that I am God”, was a challenge for Christians to trust God to deliver them from whatever difficulties they were facing. “At a time like this when people face different challenges, overwhelming fear and uncertainty, it is good to lift the spirit of the people, encourage them to hold on and trust…
With praises to God, we have come full circle; and here we are again at the beginning of a new Church year: ADVENT. It means many things to many people, both in the Church and in the secular world. Politics continues at fever pitch all around the world, as we see the trading of parties, programmes and positions by personalities, keeping the media ever busy with their own interpretations and sentiments. COVID-19 has been the global monster that has changed the face of the world this year, making nonsense of predictions about various sectors. The economic losses are unprecedented and…
All Saints Cathedral Ughelli, Delta State, was agog, last Sunday, as the Bishop of Ughelli and Archbishop of Bendel Province, Most Rev. (Dr.) Cyril Odutemu and his wife, Ufuoma, gathered relatives, friends, and well-wishers, including about 40 Bishops and Archbishops, Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, and traditional rulers, to celebrate his 10 years of consecration as a Bishop and the recent presentation as the Archbishop of Bendel Province in a Holy Communion Thanksgiving Service, presided over by the Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba. The primate, who took his text from…
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) 2020 report revealed that Vodacom and MTN launched their first major 5G networks in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020. The telecoms operators offered 5G mobile and fixed wireless access (FWA) services in several locations across South Africa – this appears to be a welcome development, as the South African government had already assigned temporary spectrum in the 3.5 GHz range in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Obviously, the proximate opportunity to be harnessed for the 5G in South Africa is to use FWA to bridge the gap in fixed broadband connectivity for homes and businesses.…
The head of African football Ahmad Ahmad has been suspended by FIFA for five years for corruption, the global governing body announced on Monday. Ahmad, from Madagascar, has been president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) since March 2017 and was standing for re-election when FIFA banned him for “governance issues”. In their statement, FIFA said Ahmad had “breached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his position as the CAF President”. Ahmad has also been fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($220,000) by FIFA for the misdeeds, which related to “the organisation and financing of…
A Malaysian company that is the world’s biggest manufacturer of surgical gloves will close over half of its factories after a surge in coronavirus cases among workers, authorities said Monday. Top Glove has seen a huge jump in demand since the start of the pandemic as countries scrambled to stock up on protective equipment, pushing up both its profits and share price. But there has been a cluster of virus outbreaks among Top Glove employees — many of whom are low-paid migrant workers — at factories in an industrial area near the capital, Kuala Lumpur. More than 1,000 cases were…
The developers of a coronavirus vaccine in Britain on Monday claimed success after mass testing, as the United States announced plans to give jabs to 20 million people before the end of the year to combat surging infections. AstraZeneca and Oxford University said their drug had proved on average 70 per cent effective at stopping the virus after trying it on 23,000 people, days after tests of two other drugs suggested they had more than 90 per cent effectiveness. The bright news on vaccines comes as Europe and the America’s battle rising caseloads that are pushing health systems to the…
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, on Monday, said the country will exit recession by the first quarter of 2021. Ahmed spoke about the current recession in the country at the ongoing 26th Nigerian Economic Summit organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning. Nigeria, on Saturday, entered its second recession in five years in the third quarter of this year as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell for the second consecutive quarter. According to figures released by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) cumulative Gross Domestic Product…
A Federal High Court has ordered Senator Ali Ndume to be remanded at Kuje at Kuje Correctional Centre for failing to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Ndume, who is representing Borno south, stood as surety for Maina’s bail, who is standing trial on alleged money laundering charges. However, Maina has repeatedly failed to appear in court for the continuation of his trial. In a bench ruling delivered by Justice Okon Abang, the court ordered his remand pending the fulfillment of his bail bond, which is a forfeiture of N500 million to the federal…