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Polygamy And Hypergamy

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

(Lessons From Ray Charles). If you were blind from the age of 6 when you were still innocent and hadn’t understood what sex was, would you still be able to cheat and keep multiple sex partners as a man? I will answer that question in a jiffy. When we say...

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LAITY COUNCIL AND PASTORAL COUNCIL

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Laity Council The Laity Council is the coming together of the leaders of the societies and organizations of the lay faithful. In order to fulfill her mission of the renewal of the temporal order, there is need to bring the various lay groups (CWO, CMO, CYON etc.) under the umbrella...

A Unique Army Chief, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

By Sani Usman Kukasheka In the next few days, the Nigerian Army Chief, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, will clock two years in office. Recall that he was appointed after the unfortunate plane crash that claimed the lives of erstwhile Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and some of...

The Protection and Significance of A St. Benedict Medal Explained!

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

By Becky Roach Though St. Benedict was born in 480 A.D., he is certainly a Saint for our times. He was a man of strength, conviction, and courage. Although he desired to live a life of solitude by choosing the life of a hermit and living in a cave, when...

Place of Clauses 48(c) & 93 of the INEC Guidelines 2022 In Light of Provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 On Use of E-Transmitted Results During Election-Result Collation

NewsDeskNgApr 27, 2023April 27, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue* (a) An election result shall only be collated if the Collation Officer ascertains that the number of accredited voters agrees with the number recorded in the BVAS and votes scored by Political Parties on the result sheet is correct and agrees with the result electronically transmitted or...

MEANING & SCOPE OF THE INHERENT POWERS OF A COURT OF LAW

NewsDeskNgApr 27, 2023April 27, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue The origin of the doctrine of “inherent jurisdiction/powers” dates back to 1840, when Baron Alderson declared in the English case of Cocker v. Tempest (1841) 7 M & W 502, 503-504 that, “the power of each court over its own processes is unlimited; it is a power...

Don’t Wait Until You Clock 50, Keep Pride Away And Ask A Man Out — Aisha Yesufu Advises Single Women

NewsDeskNgApr 24, 2023April 24, 20230

She wrote: “Go there and toast him yourself.Women nowadays snatch married man from their wives…there is nothing wrong whosoever snatching a single man to yourself. Ladies sit down clocking 30, 40 and going over 50 while waiting for a man to come and ask them out or ask them for...

Quotable Quotes: Public Statements By INEC And Its Chairman Before The 2023 Elections, On Mandatory E-Transmission Of Results From Polling Units

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2023April 18, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue MEMORY VERSES: INEC(A). “It is more proper that law should govern than any one of the citizens: upon the same principle, if it is advantageous to place the supreme power in some particular persons, they should be appointed to be only guardians, and the servants of the...

Solidarity Center, Trade Unions launch campaign to amplify rights of students to quality education in Nigeria

NewsDeskNgApr 17, 2023April 18, 20230

In Nigeria, where poor funding remains a major challenge for the education sector, Trade Unions and Student unions with support from Solidarity Center have launched a campaign to revive the labour-student coalition to amplify issues affecting students and their working parents. The campaign, tagged “Education: A Right, Not a Privilege”,...

Ombugadu and that revealing interview on Arise TV

NewsDeskNgApr 17, 2023April 18, 20230

By Ali Abare Recently, Mr David Emmanuel Ombugadu, gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded 2023 general election in Nasarawa State, appeared on a live television programme on Arise TV, as was monitored in Lafia. The media is a powerful tool when used appropriately and...