The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi has resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Ajayi’s resignation from the PDP was coming six weeks after he dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The deputy governor who came second during the July 22 governorship primaries of the PDP after losing to the candidate of the party, Eyitayo Jegede was said to have made the move in order to keep his governorship hope alive. Agboola has perfected move to fly the flag of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP at the forthcoming October 10, 2020 governorship election in…
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Bashir Ahmad, a media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the viral video of Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, saying that internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo Boy, have become role models in Nigerian society. Diezani warned that the new trend ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ is a travesty of an unfolding tragedy for Nigeria, adding that only hard work could guarantee success. The former minister said this while delivering a lecture at a virtual event organized by the Ijaw National Development Group. Her statement has since stirred reaction from Nigerians especially coming from a former minister who is under trial…
The President of 2020 Awka Anglican Diocesan Synod and the Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger, Most Reverend Alexander Ibezim PhD, has called on the Federal Government to support small scale industries as a way of minimizing unemployment rate in Nigeria. The Prelate was speaking during the First Session of the Twelfth Synod of the Diocese of Awka, held at the All Saints’ Anglican Church Amaenyi Awka. ArchBishop Ibezim, who said that it is imperative for the federal government to support small scale businesses and finance agriculture to boost the economy of the nation, regretted that Nigerian youths have lost…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has been cautioned to guide its utterances over the killings in southern Kaduna. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Reverend Yakubu Pam gave the caution to the Kaduna State CAN chapter leadership. He said, “It is good for them to speak out, but we would be mindful of the red lines. We shouldn’t speak in such a way that the unity of the state will be destroyed. We should speak frankly and be able to advise on the way forward.” Pam stated this at a news briefing in Kaduna at the weekend,…
The President of 2020 Awka Anglican Diocesan Synod, Most Reverend Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim, PhD yesterday tasked leaders at various positions of authority to be proactive and just in order to realize Nigeria’s potentials. Most Reverend Ibezim who is the Archbishop Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger, and Bishop of Awka Anglican Diocese, lamented that because of inactive attributes of our leaders that the country is in the verge of collapse. He lamented: ‘ Nigeria as a nation has enormous potential which would be realized if our leaders choose to be active and just. Nigeria, right now , is on the verge…
His Grace, The Most Rev’d Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim, PhD, JP, Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Bishop, Diocese of Awka has charged Christians not to be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ for it is the power of God to save and deliver His people from the clutches of the sin and power of the evil spirits controlled by Satan. He informed that the greatest miracle which Christians celebrate in CMS anniversary is the miracle of salvation. Archbishop Ibezim who informed that Anglicans celebrate CMS anniversary to remember the humiliation and sufferings of the Christian missionaries, said despite…
Strong indications emerged at the weekend that the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will soon resume negotiations to end the four-month strike by lecturers. Our correspondent’s investigations revealed that both sides are making moves to restart discussions that were abandoned following the disagreement over the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel and Information System (IPPIS) in the university system and subsequent stoppage of salaries of non-compliant ASUU members. ASUU has also said its alternative payment platform, University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), was ready for verification and validation by agencies of the federal government.…
PRESS STATEMENT (Thursday, 6th August, 2020) Last night, 33 Atyap natives, who were among hundreds of thousands of already starving indigenes under a 24 hours rigidly imposed curfew that was 65 days yesterday, were killed in five Atyap villages in Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf LGA in Southern part of Kaduna state by Fulani militia. The villages affected are: Apiashyim, Kibori, Apiako, Atakmawei and Magamiya. Prior to now, they were all shutdown with fierce armed military men patrolling and enforcing the 24 hours curfew. But when the gunmen struck, they were not on ground. Four Atyap youths from Majuju, and Kibori…
In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit came only on selected few. But the Old Testament looked forward to an era of the Spirit in which the Spirit of God would come and indwell those who believe in him. (Isaiah 32:15a; 44:3b; Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26, 27; 37:14; Joel 2:28 -29). There was also an anticipation of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. Before his death, Jesus promised that when he returned to his Father he and his Father together would send the Spirit to indwell those who believe in Christ, and be with them forever.(John 14-16). And before his…
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba has categorically stated that anyone who is involved in corruption, whether in the church, mosque, government, or in any office, is an enemy of God and the people. Ndukuba, who spoke with the press in Abuja, stressed that according to the scriptures, no corrupt, immoral or violent person, no homosexual, will be an inheritor of the kingdom of God. Primate Ndukuba described corruption as stealing and a terrible enemy that is rooted in the fallen nature of man- sin, and pointed out that many times, people change…