The Nigerian Senate has appealed to the United Kingdom government to consider clemency for the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu who is awaiting sentencing on organ harvest charges. The decision which was taken at the plenary, followed a motion sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi, representing Enugu North Senatorial District. Utazi drew the attention of lawmakers to the travails of their former colleague, who is being tried for alleged organ trafficking for which he has been convicted alongside his wife and a medical doctor. The lawmaker said Ekweremadu and other defendants have been convicted with their sentencing slated for the…
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Christians of Anglican extraction gathered together between 17th and 21st April, 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda for the 4th GAFCON with the theme: TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? John 6:68 WHAT IS GAFCON? It is an abbreviation which stands for Global Anglicans Future Conference. It is a movement of the Anglican faithfuls around the world. We are authentically Anglicans. We are the faithful Anglican communion, women, men, lay and clergy representing the majority of our church, the anglican church. GAFCON is the communion of Anglicans around the world who are determined to uphold the sanctity of the word of God and never to compromise any standard…
Rt. Revd Enoch Atuboyedia JP, the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Okrika, at a press briefing ahead of the forthcoming Synod, revealed that the Diocese is to embark on a lifetime housing scheme. The beneficiaries of this proposed laudable scheme will be clergymen and administrative staff of the Diocese. Clergymen will have to pay a soft token of twenty thousand naira while administrative staff pay ten thousand naira monthly for the next fifteen years. The Diocese on its part will pay a million naira yearly to the scheme. After 15 years, every clergyman and staff member who partook in…
Date: 2023-May-02 🎯TOPIC: EARTHLY TITLES WITHOUT HEAVENLY APPROVAL 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/koyavHGfaa4 ✝ TEXT: 1 Samuel 16: 1-10(NKJV) 16:1. Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” 16:2. And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears [it,] he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I…
The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joseph Ajaero, on Sunday, vowed that the labour union will create a “hall of shame” for judges that undermine the tenets of the judiciary and come up with ridiculous judgements on election petitions. Ajaero, who spoke in Abuja at a joint briefing with members of the civil society group under Labour and Civil Society Front stressed the need to rescue the judiciary. The movement, comprising several civil society and youth organisations, insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission had seriously damaged the country’s democracy with its poor showing at the elections. They…
With rising concerns around the seeming disappearance of newly redesigned notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said it is supplying more quantities of the new notes to banks. This was according to a statement by the CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Dr Isa AbdulMumim, which was sent to our correspondent on Sunday. Banks are expected to disburse the new currencies to their customers via over-the-counter payments and Automated Teller Machines. The statement by the CBN read, “We wish to reiterate that the new and old currency notes have been circulating side by side just as the bank has been…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom urges members of the National Assembly to remain vigilant and resist last-minute attempts under whatever guise to pass a bill that seeks to deprive Nigerians of their God-given lands in favour of pastoralists across the country. Governor Ortom finds it curious that since 2016, the Presidency has sent the grazing reserves bill to the National Assembly bearing different names, and despite the public outcry, it is not giving up the idea of having the bill passed. If the current administration had concentrated on tackling insecurity in the manner, they have pushed for the enactment of…
Famous Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinenye Oluoma has accused Nigerians, especially the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of exhibiting wrong attitude, saying it hinders progress and development. Oluoma, in a video posted on his verified Facebook page on Monday, said a wrong attitude can keep a nation from entering its promised land, no matter how much the people pray. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, uses university senior lecturers for the conduct of elections in Nigeria. They serve as returning officers. Using ASUU as an instance, the cleric lamented how members of the union would help politicians rig…
The Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan, Safiu Olaniyan, has decried the glitches in the efforts to evacuate Nigerians, including students, trapped in Sudan amid the ongoing insurrection in the country. The envoy, who lamented that Nigerian students have been left stranded on Sudan streets, however, appealed for calm, explaining that the Nigerian embassy in Sudan was not in charge of hiring buses for evacuating the students. He added that the stranded students were not alone facing hardship, as embassy officials were also impacted by the hardship occasioned by the fight in Sudan. Olaniyan stated this while reacting to…
The Management of Nigeria’s indigenous oil and gas company, Seplat Energy Plc, has congratulated Nigerian workers on the commemoration of the 2023 Workers’ Day. The company also appreciates its workforce “for being part of the success story recorded at the start of (the) 2023 operational year.” In a statement by the company Monday morning, Seplat’s Board Chairman, Mr. Basil Omiyi, on behalf of the management, thanked the company’s employees for remaining focused on delivering what it called “strong performance.” According to the statement, the performance consists in what the management describes as an “Excellent Start To 2023; a highlight of…