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Saturday, December 31, 2016
Thursday, December 22, 2016
The other side of fireworks
Mexico fireworks blast: Bodies too charred to identify
The BBC reports that the bodies of some of the 32 people killed in an explosion at a fireworks market outside Mexico City are so badly charred that neither their age nor gender can immediately be determined, the state prosecutor has said.
Alejandro Gomez said forensic experts were carrying out DNA tests to identify the blackened remains of the dead.
So far, only 18 bodies have been identified.
More than 70 people were also injured when the explosion happened.
Serious preparation for Deeper Life December Retreat
According to Vanguard News, General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM),Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, has shelved his nationwide outreaches, for the December Retreat. A move the church said was unprecedented in the history of the church.
This year’s December Retreat tagged, “Power for the present hour,” scheduled for December 23-26 would not be held in Nigeria alone , but also in the UK, USA and other parts of the world where the church has presence, is being taken more seriously.
According to Vanguard News, General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM),Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, has shelved his nationwide outreaches, for the December Retreat. A move the church said was unprecedented in the history of the church.
This year’s December Retreat tagged, “Power for the present hour,” scheduled for December 23-26 would not be held in Nigeria alone , but also in the UK, USA and other parts of the world where the church has presence, is being taken more seriously.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Foreigners taking over MTN
Worried Minister says Indians are buying over MTN Nigeria - The Nation Newspaper
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
America needs this now, more than ever before
Rev. Graham Calls on Christians to Pray That God Will Guide Trump
Rev. Franklin Graham told "Fox & Friends" hosts Tuesday "we need to be praying" for President-elect Donald Trump, "because the decisions he makes are going to affect our lives for a long time."
When asked what the evangelical community expects from Trump, Graham said "some of the moral issues that we as Christians are concerned about, at least that we be at the table and have a chance to speak into those issues, things like abortion, same-sex marriage."
Graham, who is president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and of Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization, emphasized he supports Donald Trump.
Cash and carry politics: has anything changed?
The article below was written when PDP held sway. But, has anything changed since then?
Influence of Big Money In Nigerian Politics, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
Politics is speech, money is also speech, but whose money speaks in politics? In politics, money is not just speech, money is power! It was revealed that Mr. Jonathan spent N2trillion on his failed campaign to secure his return to office. We have no idea how much the All Progressives Congress (APC) spent on the campaign trail for General Buhari to win for comparison. However, we witnessed the open bribery of monarchs, Church leaders, community leaders, militants and anyone they could find.
The issue of campaign finance is a difficult one in politics. It is more difficult in a country with a high index of intergenerational poverty like Nigeria. The high cost of political campaign for office seekers and the present ways of meeting the costs ties the hands of elected officials because they must recoup their investments by pandering to the whims of moneybags, godfathers and special interests who funded their campaigns. A politician cannot represent the interests of his or her community/constituency when he has solicited and taken contributions from special interests to finance a costly election. Such politician can only be governed by a sense of obligation to his/her benefactors. From the 2015 campaigns at all levels, we have seen that the infusion of cash has great ability to influence electoral outcomes.
Tough days ahead in Brazil
Brazil Senate approves controversial austerity measures
Violent protests erupt over spending freeze that will affect healthcare, education and social programmes.
Brazilians have been on the streets protesting after the Senate approved a 20-year freeze on government spending that a UN official described as a "historic mistake".
The upper house voted 53 to 16 on Tuesday to lock in the spending ceiling.
Centre-right President Michel Temer says tough measures are needed to get Brazil's finances back under control, but his austerity policies have drawn sharp criticism and prompted violent protests.
Opponents say the austerity measures, which will affect spending on health, education and social programmes, are an attack on the poor in a country where wealth distribution is already among the worst in the world.
Police were out in force in the capital, Brasilia, to protect government buildings from demonstrators during the upper house vote.
Read full story here.
Why threats of death every time?
Saudi woman arrested for posing outside without hijab in defiance of strict moral code
Woman threatened with death after photograph went viral.
A Saudi woman who defied the country's strict dress codes by abandoning her hijab and black abaya robe and posing outside with her head uncovered wearing a floral dress has been arrested.
Late in November the woman tweeted the picture of herself, which was circulated on social media, leading religious conservatives to demand her imprisonment, and even her execution.
On Monday, police in the country's capital of Riyadh said they had arrested the woman, who is accused of "violations of general morals," a spokesman, Fawaz al-Maiman said, AFP reported.
Read more and see the "objectionable" photo here.
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