Nigerians need caring president– Kukah

 

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has said next month’s presidential election should not be about who triumphs, but a winner who will be ashamed of the state of the nation and do the right thing to fix the bad situ­ation.

Bishop Kukah spoke at the weekend during the burial of a prominent community leader and a retired military officer, Lt.-Col. Christopher Waziri Zonkwa, which held at Ungwar Rana, Ashafa Ikulu Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The APC And New Politics In Nigeria

History was made in December 2014 when the mega opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) held its presidential convention in Lagos State. The event was real political history because for the fact that the convention was held in the full glare of the public and television cameras. The APC primary election was action-packed, exciting and entertaining while it lasted and proved wrong those who felt that the APC would do a coronation or consensus primary like the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Secondly, it was democratic and transparent making it difficult for any of its very qualified presidential aspirants and their ardent supporters to fault the result or engage in any form of protest. Rather, as the convention ended and the winners emerged and the congratulations flowed, the party reaped crucial political capital interns of becoming stronger, more united and the reference point for the average Nigerian, many of whom asked the question, “is this kind of process possible in today’s Nigeria?”

Arsenal Transfer News: Wenger WANTS Cech, Schneiderlin hint, £277m Messi & Pogba setback

Arsenal are understood to be in the market for a new goalkeeper during the winter window, with current first-choice making a number of costly individual errors this term.

Boko Haram seizes army base in Nigeria town of Baga

A Nigerian soldier on patrol in Baga last year

The militant group Boko Haram has seized a town and key multinational military base in north-eastern Nigeria, officials and eyewitnesses say. 

A senator in Borno state said troops had abandoned the base in the town of Baga after it was attacked on Saturday.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is the largest Ecumenical Body ever established in Nigeria and in deed Africa.

ORIGIN 

On 27th August 1976 the (then) Federal Military Government, under Gen. Obasanjo invited several Church Leaders of diverse denominations to Dodan Barracks, Lagos. the Government’s sole purpose was to hold a discussion with the Church Leaders, on the National Pledge and the salutation of the National Flag, which the Government intended to introduce into the Nation’s Primary and Secondary Schools. The Church Leaders did not object to the introduction of the two items provided and on the condition that reading and reciting the National Pledge and saluting the National Flag would be preceded by the usual Morning Devotions, during which the Staff and the Students of each school worship their Creator and offer Praises and Prayers to Him. Immediately after the meeting the Church Leaders spontaneously decided to go to a place, not too far from Dodan Barracks where they could hold another meeting. the Catholic Secretariat opposite the race course bus stop was unanimously chosen.

Delta flight from N.Y. to Israel delayed after ultra-Orthodox refused to sit by women

Delta airlines flight 468 earlier this month was delayed by 30 minutes because two Haredi men refused to sit in seats between two female passengers.

 

    A Delta flight from New York to Israel was delayed earlier this month when ultra-Orthodox passengers refused to sit between women, Israel Radio reported on Friday.

On December 20, Delta Flight 468 from Kennedy airport was delayed by 30 minutes because two Haredi men refused to sit in their assigned seats between two female passengers.

Israel to halt transfer of tax revenues to Palestinians following ICC bid

Palestinian boys carry a poster depicting PA president Abbas during a rally marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement, at Qalandia refugee camp near Ramallah January 1, 2015. Photo by Reuters