Photo credit: Broadview Magazine A dissident group is causing a stir in the global Anglican church by rejecting the ascent of Sarah Mullally, the incoming female, Archbishop of Canterbury, and claiming that they have split from the Anglican Communion. But clergy and observers say thd controversy isn’t new. The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) is…
Photo credit: nkenne I was at a naming ceremony today. To say I wasn’t the happiest will be an understatement of the year. The parents are so-called Christians. Why I doubt their Christianity will soon be apparent. By the way, I used to think it was only the Pentecostal churches that weren’t doing things the…
Sometime ago, I used to be a housemaster. By the way, that was the job I enjoyed most. I simply love the youth! While there, more often than not, I had to counsel some boy who had been given a nickname that the more he showed a dislike for the nickname,, the more it would…
There is a saying among the Yoruba that we are all thieves, it’s only those caught that are officially called so. I don’t know much about corruption in the First Republic. However, during the Gowonic era, I heard of the “If you Tarka me…” and the Iyabo Olorunkoya cases. In the Obasanjo era, I heard…
Photo credit: AL-Monitor Demonstrations were held in several Canadian cities on Saturday to voice support for the Iranian people as a popular uprising sweeping across \iran neared the two-week mark. City News reports that protesters in Toronto and Montreal demanded the fall of the Islamic regime and the return of Reza Pahlavi, the son of the…
Photo credit: Amnesty International Sudan’s war reached its 1,000th day on Friday with a reminder of the civilian cost of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The Nrw Arab reports that the war has raged since April 2023, when the RSF seized parts of the capital, Khatoum,…
Photo credit: the Jerusalem post A dentist from east Jerusalem was arrested on Thursday for media posts praising Hamas and inciting violence, Israel Police announced. The Jerusalem Post reports that police began their investigation after the suspect made a post on social media featuring the slogan “This is jihad – victory or martyrdom.” Over the…
