Martin Greenfield, a Holocaust survivor whose custom-suit empire counted US presidents and celebrities among its clientele, died on Wednesday aged 95, according to the New York Times. Widely considered one of the best tailors in the United States, Greenfield believed clothing had saved his life, AFP reports on Thursday. Born Maximilian Grunfeld to a Jewish family from a part of Czechoslovakia that is now in Ukraine, he was imprisoned at Auschwitz as a teenager and tasked with washing the guards’ clothes. After being beaten for accidentally ripping a Nazi’s shirt, he mended it and wore it underneath his uniform for…
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Shyngle Wigwe, the father of deceased Access Bank CEO, Herbert Wigwe, has explained why well-wishers and loved ones of the ex-bank boss shouldn’t cry over his death. News correspondent reports that Mr. Wigwe, while receiving leaders of the Ohaneze Ndibbo, emphasized that there was no point crying as everybody would eventually die someday. The clergyman, who said that he was happy that God gave him Herbert, however, said that Herbert was not dead but had been promoted to a greater realm. He said, As a child of God, I’m happy with the gift of God in the person of Herbert, that…
Founder of Madonna University, Nigeria, Rev Fr Emmanual Edeh, has boasted that ladies who gain admission into the university as virgins also graduate as virgins as a result of the high moral standard inculcated in them. According to a video posted by Channels Television on Wednesday, Edeh, who is also a professor, said Madonna University is widely known for its morals and discipline in the academic world. Heaping accolades on the higher institution of learning, Edeh boasted that many persons abroad looking for virgins to marry come to Madonna University because they know that’s where they find them. “It is…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to halt the impeachment proceedings activated by the Edo State House of Assembly against the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. Justice James Omotosho declined an oral application by Shaibu’s lawyer, Prof. Olawoyin Awoyale, (SAN), asking the court to order parties in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/321/2024, to maintain the status quo. In declining the prayer, the judge noted that “The Governor of Edo State and the Edo State House of Assembly, who are the principal actors in the matter, have not been served with the Originating Summons of the suit as required by…
Date: 2024-Mar-21 🎯TOPIC: JESUS A TRUE COMFORTER 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/cpC_odWs6PM?si=O66rRZOmwG9RZ-w6 ✝️TEXT: John 11: 17-29(NKJV) 11:17. So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 11:18. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 11:19. And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 11:20. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 11:21. Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had…
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to use his good office to explore all civil remedies to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in the best interest of the South-East. The call comes barely 24 hours after the IPOB leader’s bail application was rejected by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Reverend Lucius Ugorji, said this during the episcopal ordination of the Auxiliary Bishop of Orlu Diocese in Imo State on Wednesday. According to Most Rev.…
For the second time, a Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to stop the impeachment moves initiated against Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr Phillip Shaibu, by the State House of Assembly. At Wednesday’s proceedings, his request for an order of status quo to be maintained by the House of Assembly and others involved in the impeachment saga was turned down by Justice James Kolawole Omotoso. Shaibu, through his lawyer, Professor Olawoyin Awoyale, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, had orally requested for an order of status quo to be maintained by parties pending the hearing and determination of his…
James Cleverly, the Home Secretary of the United Kingdom, has expressed concerns that foreign students might be utilizing university courses as a cost-effective route to secure work visas. In a correspondence to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), Cleverly urged the committee to investigate whether the graduate visa program, allowing foreign graduates to work in the UK for two or three years post-graduation, was attracting the most talented candidates. Cleverly also added that while the government was committed to attracting “talented students from around the world to study in the UK”, it also wanted “to ensure the graduate route is not…
Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after just one year in the job, state media announced Wednesday, as the communist country mounts a sweeping anti-graft purge. The Vietnam News Agency said Thuong was guilty of “violations and shortcomings” and his resignation was accepted by the party’s central committee. The 53-year-old’s dramatic fall comes as Vietnam undergoes major political upheaval, with his predecessor also forced out in an anti-corruption drive that has seen several ministers fired and top business leaders tried for fraud. VNA said Thuong had violated unspecified “regulations” and failed to set a proper example as head of…
A report has revealed that young people are becoming less happy than older generations as they suffer “the equivalent of a midlife crisis”. The report added that global research has revealed that America’s top doctor warned that “young people are really struggling”. The report by the Guadian UK quoted the researcher, a United States surgeon general, Dr Vivek Murthy, as saying, “Allowing children to use social media was like giving them medicine that is not proven to be safe. He said the failure of governments to regulate social media in recent years better was “insane”. Murthy told the UK news…