President Bola Tinubu on Monday addressed Nigerians in commemoration of 2023 Democracy Day with promises to respect the rule of law and reward Nigerians for their sacrifices on subsidy removal. Read full speech below. TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON JUNE 12, 2023. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. 3. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory…
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The Catholic Priests under the aegis of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association, Kaduna State chapter, has condemned what it termed the inflammatory religious comment credited to the immediate past governor of the state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. The Kaduna chapter of the association comprises Kaduna Archdiocese, Kafanchan Diocese, and Zaria Diocese. The Catholic priests urged President Bola Tinubu and the state governor, Senator Uba Sani, to call the former governor to order or else he would plunge the country into a religious crisis. According to them, they expected that, by now, the state governor would use his office to correct…
Super Eagles coach José Santos Peseiro has invited captain Ahmed Musa, goalkeeper Adebayo Adeleye, defender William Ekong, midfielder Alex Iwobi and forward Moses Simon, among others, for next weekend’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Sierra Leone in Monrovia. Also on the list is in-form forward Victor Osimhen, whose 31 goals in all competitions for his club side SSC Napoli helped the Italian giants to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League and to their first Italian Serie A title in 33 years. Osimhen, who tops the strikers’ list, has also recently been honored with the National Award…
DISCUSSION VIDEO LINK AND STUDY GUIDE 📺 WATCH THE DISCUSSION VIDEO VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/i5Pjgw8Ob2E GOD’S CHILDREN AS PILGRIMS TO THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM: MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S REIGN ON EARTH FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Date: Jun 11, 2023 Sub Theme: Dangers on the path of Pilgrims to heavenly Kingdom 9 Topic: Remiss Text: Luk21:29-38 Aims to define remiss from the biblical and Christian point of view to see how it can affect the eternal destiny of a pilgrim on the Kingdom path. Introduction Today, we shall be discussing a very terrible danger that may not be prominent, but at…
Date: 2023-Jun-10 🎯TOPIC: WORSHIP THE ONE TRUE GOD 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BElOW👇 https://youtu.be/wNwNOZL7aFQ ✝️ TEXT:2 Kings 17:24-41(NKJV) 17:24. Then the king of Assyria brought [people] from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed [them] in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities. 17:25. And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, [that] they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed [some] of them. 17:26. So they spoke to the king…
The Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, on Thursday evening, sought an order of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja to interrogate the Independent National Electoral Commission. The LP and Obi, among other things, are seeking details relating to the information and communication technology experts used by INEC in the conduct of the election. The LP and Obi are challenging the declaration by INEC that Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the election. In two separate motions argued by their lawyer, Patrick Ikweto (SAN), Obi posed 12 questions to be…
Canada shed 17,000 jobs in May, pushing up for the first time in several months the unemployment rate to 5.2 percent, the national statistical agency said Friday. The net job losses came as a surprise, after robust employment gains in recent months. Since last September about 400,000 new jobs had been created. “After a long string of outsized gains in job growth, hiring apparently hit a rough patch in May,” said Desjardins analyst Royce Mendes. According to Statistics Canada, most of the job losses were full-time and self-employed. There were fewer people employed in the month in business, building and…
Manchester City is a heavy favorite to win their first-ever Champions League as the super-rich club takes on one of Europe’s old guard in resurgent Inter Milan. Below are the battles that could define Saturday’s final in Istanbul: Erling Haaland v Francesco Acerbi Monster striker Haaland gives City a whole new dimension of attacking threat and if Inter are to have any chance of stopping Pep Guardiola’s team they need to stay right on top of the Norwegian. Inter have been without former captain and star center-back Milan Skriniar, who is off to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer, for months…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the new Electricity Act, which replaces the 2005 Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act. The Electricity Act was first passed in July 2022 in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The new bill seeks to promote private sector investments in the Nigerian power sector and de-monopolise the nation’s electricity generation, transmission and distribution at the national level. Below are 10 benefits of the assented 2023 Electricity Act 1. The passage means that anyone may construct, own, or operate an undertaking for generating electricity not exceeding one megawatt in aggregate at a site, or an…
The tech firm, Dataleum, has released the second edition of its Outstanding Women in Data report, with the 2023 edition not only focusing on Africans but women across the globe. In the latest report, Dataleum said the “expertise, leadership, and passion (of the selected women) for leveraging data to create positive change have earned them recognition as some of the top professionals in the global data community.” Nigerians and other Africans listed include senior technology strategy leader, Microsoft, Mojisola Olawepo, senior cloud solution architect, Microsoft, Mary Osinowo Kolade, operations analyst, Ursula Koshie Wellington, senior BI specialist consultant, Medscheme Holdings, Henrica…