Chief Olu Falae File copy Former Minister of Finance and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has said the term ‘Islamic banking’, negates the secularity of Nigeria. Falae spoke during an inter-faith public dialogue on the controversial banking system in Lagos on Tuesday. He said, “Both the Bible […]
Prof. Wole Soyinka File copy The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Sunday Makinde, has described the criticism of the same-sex marriage bill passed by the Senate by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, as unfortunate and regrettable. In a statement in Lagos on Tuesday by the church’s Media and Public Relations […]
Charles Okah File copy The ongoing trial of Charles Okah and three others accused of terrorism acts against the Federal Government, took a dramatic turn on Tuesday as the suspects accused prison authorities in the Kuje prison, Abuja, of torturing them. Okah and others are on trial for their alleged involvement in […]
President Goodluck Jonathan’s N1bn budget for himself and Vice-President Namadi Sambo in the 2012 national expenditure attracted condemnation from prominent Nigerians on Tuesday. Opposition parties also described the top two citizens’ proposed feeding allowance as the “height of insensivity” in a country where the majority of the citizens grapple daily with hunger and unemployment. A […]
By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo State, Nigeria – Dec 20, 2011 – Owerri the capital of Imo State in Nigeria has been named the dirtiest city in Nigeria in a report published on Tuesday by Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria. Excrement in the street, graffiti, indiscriminate dumping of refuse and lack of sanitation exercises are […]
Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Dec. 20, 2011 – The ‘white wedding’ between Chinedu Ikedieze, (a.k.a Aki), and his heartthrob Nneoma Nwajah on December 9, 2011 was front page news for a number of newspapers, including the Sun and the Vanguard. True, some newspapers made it front page news for the wrong reason: to […]
Malawi’s Vice-President Joyce Banda on Sunday led Anglicans at the Saint Matthews Anglican Church [Chichiri, Blantyre] in a Big Fund-raising paper Sunday where the church raised K2.6 million (about $15,556). Speaking before the fundraising, Banda appealed to Malawians that although the country is going through big financial restraints, it is the responsibilities of religious […]
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Dec. 20, 2011 – ‘A man that cannot cry, and cannot laugh, will find it difficult to find empathy’ If there is any time to address the ethnic question in Nigeria again, it is now. A nation held hostage to preventable events of tragic nature. At the […]
By Philips Akpoviri, NNP – Dec 20, 2011 – By the provisions of the recently passed anti-homosexuality bill, the Nigerian Senate has explicitly condemned and criminalised homosexuality in Nigeria. The bill if passed by the second chamber – the House of Representatives – and accented to by President Goodluck Jonathan sternly hands a 14-year jail […]
By Cornelius Ewuoso, Ibadan, Nigeria – Dec. 20, 2011 – Awoyokun is right. Here I refer you to his article which appeared in the Guardian Newspaper of 14 December 2011. It is not the duty of the Senate to legislate on our moral life. This task requires a conscious, critical and sober reflection. A form […]
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