By Ayodeji Jeremiah “The people won. Some battles are not won in Naira and Kobo, but in a major shift in awareness and ideological paradigm shift. Subsidy programme to be probed by EFCC, Petroleum Industry Bill now on the front burner. The people have gained new awareness, the leadership has a taste of [...]
As part of its going efforts to impact the lives of those suffering with sickle cell anaemia and to raise funds for planned projects, an NGO, the Sickle Cell Advocacy and Management Initiative (SAMI) will be having a benefit concert tagged TOUCH A CELL on Sunday, April 1 at the Victoria Crown Plaza [...]
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.” – Charles Dickens from David Copperfield, 1849 One of the greatest English writers of all time is being celebrated this month throughout the world as we mark the 200th birthday of [...]
“Africa’s up-and-coming fashion designers put on a dazzling show in a three-day runway event in an unconventional city.” CBS News “[KlûK CGDT] Drama, emotional, traditional but fresh – each look had its own story and moment.” Vogue Italia Black “The London fashion world has descended on Lagos to parade the latest collection [...]
By Ayodeji Jeremiah (1) Despite strong economic growths in the past 5 years, our government is broke because there is extreme wastage on recurrent expenditure. Our government is too big and extremely expensive to maintain. Our National Assembly consumes a huge amount of our budget. The president, governors and local government chairmen and their assistants [...]
As part of his itinerary on his recent visit to Nigeria, Former Zambian president, Kenneth Kaunda paid a visit to the children of Heritage Homes, an orphanage located in Anthony, Lagos. The Heritage Homes is a non-profit, non-governmental, Christian organisation set up with the primary purpose of saving the lives of orphaned and abandoned children [...]
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A lecture titled “Political Islam in a Globalized World: What’s at Stake for Christians” held recently at Guiding Light Assembly in Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, in collaboration with the Africa Centre for Theological Studies (ACTS), a school of the International Leadership University, Nairobi, Kenya. It was delivered by Ziya Meral, a London-based Turkish analyst, [...]
Samaritan’s Feet Nigeria was founded in January 2010 for the purpose of improving the lives and future of the vulnerable children of Nigeria by providing them with protective footwear, empowering them to succeed and promoting peace throughout all peoples. Samaritan’s Feet Nigeria is a recognized corporate division of Samaritan’s Feet International (SFI), a U.S. Based [...]
THE challenge for technical and artistic excellence in the production and exhibition of gospel movies took centre stage again during the 3rd edition of Gospel Film Festival (Gofestival) which took place at the Jogor Center, Ibadan, Oyo State capital. For four days, filmmakers from the secular and Christian outfits mingled in series of workshops, symposia [...]