“I have been helping Nigerian presidents since the year 2000 and I have made serious contributions without being a politician. I have never enjoyed anything, any benefits from the government and I have done so much for twenty-two years.”Professor Mufutau AdebowaleA 72-year-old man and academician, Professor Mufutau Adebowale, has cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari, for not recognising him as one of the major contributors to the country’s economic policies, and has contributed to the formulation of policies for twenty-two years without reward. Prof. Adebowale, in a protest letter written to the President, which a copy was made available to…
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By Anna McCarthyA while back I was asked by a group of pastors’ wives to go with them to strip clubs. That sentence alone sounds strange. But hang with me.At first, I was a little hesitant. And not for reasons you might think.I love people. Especially ones who are broken; it’s part of my calling. But, given what I’ve walked through, I know how fragile broken people can be. And I know how insensitive the church can be.And I was uneasy.But, these weren’t just any pastors’ wives. They had a vision. One that longed to love on women that society…
A Update that shows properties worth millions burning in Orsu LGA after soldiers allegedly set them ablaze has emerged onine . Naija News NG gathered that over 40 houses were burnt in Orsu Ihiteukwa in Orsu LGA Of Imo State.Many innocent people were also killed . It is not yet clear why this village was raided .See phots below Read some of the reactions to the Update below : Sunday Eric NwachukwuImo people should rise and defend themselves o, protest to government house and shutdown everywhere. Mazi Ifeanyichukwu AJWhat has this burning village got to do with whoever or whatever…
I had completed SHS and was going home with all the properties I ever owned in school. I got to the station and was waiting for a taxi to take me home when this gentleman approached me. He asked where I was going and I told him. I thought he was a taxi driver. He asked me to wait for him as he brings his car closer to where I was. I asked him, “How much are you going to charge? Please let me know so you don’t waste your time and get here and realize I won’t be able…
Young man engages police officers in a heated argument while dragging their firearm for confiscating his phone at a checkpoint.A video making rounds on social media captured the moment two individuals battled with police officers over their property. One of the officers had taken possession of one of the individuals’ phone with the intention of sniffing information from it.The young man whose smartphone was taken held tightly to the officer’s gun while insisting on having his phone back at all cost. Watch the video …
Mom of Ummakulsum Buhari, the 23-year-old Nigerian who was allegedly k#lled by her Chinese lover has narrated how her daughter met the suspect. Recall that the deceased was stabbed to death at her home in Janbulo Quarters in Kumbotso LGA of Kano State on Friday night, September 16, 2022. Nigerian Tribune reports that while speaking about the incident, the bereaved mother said: “She was my daughter; he (the Chinese man) always comes around wanting to see her and she has been refusing. They first met at Shoprite when she went to buy perfume and they exchanged phone numbers. That’s how…
When Virginia P.E. teacher Tanner Cross spoke out against his school district’s proposed “gender-expansive” policy, he did so as a citizen with protected speech rights. That was Tuesday’s ruling from Judge James Plowman Jr., who ordered Loudoun County Public Schools to immediately reinstate Cross. The district had suspended Cross days after a May 25 board meeting at which the teacher said, “It’s against my religion” to “affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa.” The suspension, the judge said, was “unnecessary and vindictive.” Teacher Tanner Cross: ‘I Serve God First’The policy under discussion would require school…
When it comes to falling in love, we are visual creatures. Whether it’s falling in love with that chocolate molten lava cake they just brought to the table next to you, or with the attractive stranger standing in front of you in the grocery checkout line, we make decisions with our eyes first. It’s easy to recognize beauty and fall in love with it, especially when beauty is in the form of a person. Falling in love with someone’s beauty is only the surface layer. It takes falling in love with their personality, their passions, their likes and their dislikes…
My name is Ferrin Roy and I was born with a nevus birthmark, otherwise known as a pigmented skin lesion, on my right cheek. I refer to it as my beauty mark. The journey to accepting the way I was created has certainly been one of self-realization. Growing up, I can’t recall a single barbie doll, action figure, cartoon, or teddy bear that resembled my appearance. Having a birthmark like mine is a constant feeling of being in the spotlight.Surprisingly, the very first time I was truly made to feel ‘different’ wasn’t because I was being teased by my peers…
It only takes a brief scroll through the daily news to realize we live in a broken world marked by pain, tragedy, and lives taken too soon.In our humanness, it’s hard to reconcile why an all-powerful, all-loving God would allow such evil — so when “bad things happen to good people,” it often becomes a natural reaction to lash out at Him. One grieving mother, Angee Penner, is all too familiar with that feeling of burning anger at the Almighty for not exercising His omnipotence to save her daughter. “Ever want to yell at God? If you’re so almighty give…