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Remember Your Village Home Church In Your Missionary Duty, They Are Not Only For Burial Ceremony

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

As Churches do their Conferences, Seed Sowings and even Harvest Thanksgivings in Big Cities and Towns with various Themes as well as Class Fees or Membership Payments, kindly Remember your Village Home Church as you contemplate on the thoughts below: In a typical City Church, almost every weekend there is...

A Call for Sanity: Reflections on Day One of the Protest

NewsDeskNgAug 2, 2024August 2, 20240

By Michael Oche My take on day one of the protest. At the start of this protest, I had told myself that I will be indifferent, cheering both sides. Reason being that there is real hardship in the land. People are genuinely suffering and have a right to express their...

Gwo Gwo Gwon gwo:A Dance Of Deception

NewsDeskNgJul 31, 2024July 31, 20240

By Oseni Rufai This dance has been trending for days. At every nook and crannies of the social media platforms, the dance steps are very prominent. Everyone wants to dance that dance of twisting of waist and raising of one leg. Turning thereafter to pursue themselves in a very comical...

Tribute to Amina Rawaram

NewsDeskNgJul 26, 2024July 26, 20240

Amina Rawaram, a celebrated Kanuri singer from Maiduguri, captivated audiences during the late colonial period and into post-independent Nigeria. Her golden voice transcended language barriers, enchanting listeners even if they didn’t understand Kanuri. Dubbed the Last Diva of the Sahara Desert by music experts, Amina’s remarkable beauty and long hair...

Jonathan Green Nigeria First photographer (1873-1905)

NewsDeskNgJul 24, 2024July 24, 20240

Meet the first professional photographer in the history of photography in Nigeria. He is also one of the pioneers of professional photography in West Africa and Africa. Jonathan Adagogo Green (1873—1905) was one of the first and best African photographers who also took advantage of his British sounding name and...

Agriculture Minister Kyari Lauded for 2000 Tractor Initiative, CSO Partnership to Curb Corruption

NewsDeskNgJul 24, 2024July 24, 20240

The Conference of Civil Society for Transparency and Accountability (COCTA) An umbrella body of over CSO,s has commended the Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, for his commitment to transparency and accountability in revolutionizing farming practices in Nigeria. In a communiqué issued at the end of...

Nigeria’s Mineral Crisis: X-raying the Heroic Traces of Audi’s Mining Marshals

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

.By Abdullahi O. Haruna (Haruspice) Illegal mining has been a persistent problem in Nigeria, driven by numerous vested interests and a weak security infrastructure. The notorious mining mafias have thrived due to a lack of effective laws and punitive measures, turning Nigeria’s mining fields into the domain of unscrupulous elements,...

You Are Leaders, Not Rulers, Rev. Fr Emmanuel Bala Urges Newly Elected CMO Executives

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

By Joan Iwuchukwu The newly commissioned Catholic Men Organization executives of St Augustine of Hippo parish, Dutse Sagbagyi, has been urged by the parish priest to go all out to improve the growth of the parish as they are leaders of the parish and not rulers to the community. He...

NSCDC: Audi’s Transformative Scorecard, Paradigm Shift

NewsDeskNgJul 16, 2024July 16, 20240

A civil society and pressure group, non-profit and anti-corruption organization has stated that the crackdown on illegal miners has saved the economy huge financial revenue loss as a result of securing the mining sector which is a vital component of Nigeria’s economy. The CSO further observed that this destruction of...

St. Augustine of Hippo Parish organises marriage seminar for couples

NewsDeskNgJul 12, 2024July 12, 20240

By Augustine Aminu, KSM A Catholic cleric, Rev Fr. Emmanuel Balla said considering the high rate of divorce in the society now, marriage seminar for young couples in Nigeria is very crucial. He expressed worries at the rampant cases of broken homes and the effects on the society stressing that many...