At least six people, mostly children, died when an improvised explosive device went off in northern Burkina Faso, security sources and local officials said Sunday. The IED, which exploded as the group’s cart was passing late Saturday, also injured four others, they said. Northern Burkina Faso is notorious for jihadist attacks which have killed more than 1,000 people there and displaced about a million more since 2015. The victims were “nearly all children who were returning from grazing their livestock”, a local in Ouahigouya said. “The cart which carried some of them rolled over a mine.” IED attacks have multiplied…
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Almost a year after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the closure of Nigeria’s land border with Benin Republic and, by extension, other neighbouring countries, goods by local manufacturers, especially companies registered under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), have remained at the borders as many of the consignments near expiration. Although the Federal Government claims to have recorded some gains from the border closure that took effect on August 20, 2019, especially in the area of rice and fuel smuggling to neighbouring countries, latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics and some members of the organised private sector show that…
The need for Nigeria to restructure its political economy has continued to dominate national discourse since country returned to constitutional democracy. And although calls for restructuring often re-echo with varying pitches in the six geopolitical zones, it has always formed the subject of debates before and after every election cycle since 1999. Surprisingly, even when attempts to restructure the country have not yielded fruit, the failure has not dampened the calls for restructuring. When national conferences held, it was either the participants could not arrive at a conclusion or that the executive failed to implement core resolutions reached during the…
Ogun State government has said that all SS3 boarding students in the state must take the tests for COVID-19 and malaria before they will be admitted into their various hostels. The special adviser to the governor on Primary and Secondary Education Mrs Ronke Soyombo, in a statement, said that the State Ministry of Health has already made provisions for the students to take the tests, as part of the conditions for the re-opening of schools in Ogun. Soyombo said the “strong condition of admittance” to school was that returning boarding students must present a COVID-19 certificate showing negative. “To this…
The Most Rev’d Dr Caleb A. Maduoma, Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri and Bishop of Ideato Anglican Diocese has charged members of the diocese, as well as Christians, to depend on the Living Word of God, who is Jesus Christ, the Saviour. He gave this charge at the First Session of the Eighth Synod of the diocese, which was held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Urualla, Ideato-North LGA in Imo State. The Archbishop who is set to retire in September boldly declared that he had fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith. He described…
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba has pointed out that regardless of the roles individuals play in the establishment and growth of the Church or human community, God is the ultimate builder. Primate Ndukuba made this known as he delivered his presidential address at the First Session of the Eleventh Synod of the Diocese of Abuja held at St. James Anglican Church, Asokoro. The Primate who spoke on the theme, “Building on the sure foundation” asserted that while the church honours those whom God used and uses for the work of His…
The Christian is exactly the same with any other man physically/biologically (in flesh and blood). But, spiritually, he is different because he has the Spirit of God. It is not every man that has the privilege of having the Spirit of God. Peter said that the Holy Spirit is the gift for those who repent and are baptized in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38). And Paul declares that “if any one does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.” (Rom. 8: 9b). The presence of the Holy Spirit in a Christian shows in…
The first and longest served Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Abuja (1989 – 2010) and a retired Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev. Peter J. Akinola has called for an unalloyed support to the incumbent Bishop of Abuja and Primate of All Nigeria, the Most Rev. Henry C. Ndukuba by both the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Abuja. This was while delivering his Goodwill Message on July 25, 2020, via zoom, to the first synod of Primate Ndukuba as the Bishop of Abuja, which was also the First Session of the 11th…
On 29 July 2020, the Dean Emeritus of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion and retired bishop of the Diocese of Lagos clocked 72. He had a low key celebration at his residence in Chevron-Lekki. The incumbent Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, The Rt. Rev’d Dr. Humphrey Olumakaiye, his wife Professor Mrs. Motunrayo Olumakaiye led members of Ademowo’s family, some priests, and few associates to felicitate with him. Also present was the Bishop of Osun North East, The Rt. Rev’d Akorede Okuyelu. A short service was conducted by Venerable Agbeluyi. In his short homily said grand and great-grandpa Ademowo had every…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that some people trusted by his administration have abused the privilege. He made this known while responding to a question about the recent corruption allegations arising from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Former EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu was suspended in July after corruption charges were brought against him, and the House of Representatives publicly investigated financial misappropriation at the NDDC amid a plethora of drama. “There has been an abuse of trust by people trusted by the previous administration and this administration,” the President said…