These are really trying times for Nigerian pastors. I didn’t type men of God because only God knows who His men are. But I know for certain it won’t be only men in cassocks and surplices. No wonder, many of them have even been raining curses on those who fail to pay their tithes and…
Several years ago, I joined a group of my classmates in the secondary school. I was with the group briefly.It was brief because I’m naturally a loner!I value my solitude. While with the group, I showed some of my books to the members. While some of them were showing signs of approval, a “spoilsport” remarked…
Photo credit: the Guardian One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has railed against Muslims, miigrants and COVID-19 vaccines in a controversial podcast with a British far-right activist. Daily Mail reports that in the nearly hour-long conversation with Tommy Robinsoon, published by him on Friday, Senator Hanson accused people from “Muslim areas” of ripping off the National Disability Insurance Scheme….
Photo credit: Global News Ontario and the Assembly of First Nations are appealing for more federal assistance to deal with the province’s deepening wildfire crisis, as fires that incinerated one community earlier this week prompted evacuations in several more settlements and spewed smoke across eastern parts of the continent. The Globe and Mail reports that Namaygoosisagagun First…
Photo credit: NBC News More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday. AP reports that, according to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in late June carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, including…
The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting Bahrain and Kuwait before dawn. AP reports that days of back-and-forth strikes by the US and…
