Jalingo Seminary Attack: Full Scale War Declared Against Christians - Bishop Ezeokafor

BY ABUCHI ONWUMELU OF FIDES NEWSPAPERS*

The Catholic bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has condemned the recent attack on the priests and students of Sacred Heart Minor Seminary, Jalingo, Taraba State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, even as he accused President Muhammadu Buhari's led Federal Government of Nigeria of being insensitive to plights of the hapless Nigerian Christians

Anambra Government Promises 2 Million jobs annually with revamped skill acquisition centres

Anambra state government is set to commence rehabilitation of about sixty
skill acquisition centers spread across the 21 local government areas of
the state.

 The eovernment intent to boost the state youth entrepreneurships skill to meet 

up with the nascent global demands of employment skill to accommodate
craftsmanship and encourage creativity and uneven competition among the
youths of different local government to display the skill they have comparative
advantage over others.

Anambra APC State Congress Didn't Hold - APC Chieftain

APC Chieftain in Anambra State, Chief Donatus Okonkwo has observed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, State congress slated for last Saturday was hijacked and didn't hold.

He stated this on Saturday in Awka while speaking with reporters. He urged the party’s leadership in Abuja not to believe any story to the contrary, as the congress was a total charade which will be strongly challenged.

Superstition stopping Ebola victims from seeking medical care

    

Health workers fighting Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo have run into an invisible but powerful hurdle — a belief system that deems the disease to be a curse or the result of evil spirits.

Some people are refusing medical care and turn instead to preachers and prayers to chase away the threat, they say.

The pastor of an evangelical church last Wednesday died several days after he “prayed” for an Ebola victim who went to him for help, a doctor said.
“Some sick people believe that the Ebola epidemic comes from sorcery — they refuse to be treated and prefer to pray,” said Julie Lobali, a nurse on the front line against the DRC’s ninth Ebola outbreak.

How breast cancer stays ‘quietly’ in other parts of the body –Scientists

Scientists have identified the mechanism that allows breast cancer cells to lie dormant in other parts of the body, only to reemerge years later with lethal force, according to a study published on Tuesday.

In experiments with human cells and live mice, researchers showed that disabling the mechanism — with drugs or gene manipulation — crippled the cancer cells and inhibited their capacity to spread.

The discovery, reported in the journal Nature Communications, provides a promising target for the development of breast cancer therapies, the study said.

Metuh fell down on his own, says Judge

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday said that former National Publicity Secretary to the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, deliberately fell down as the court’s proceedings were about to start on Monday.

Justice Abang said this while correcting an impression created in the submissions of a defence lawyer in the case, Tochukwu Onwugbufor (SAN), who was urging the court to adjourn the matter due to Metuh’s absence on Tuesday.

$16bn electricity project: Buhari tackles Obasanjo, asks, ‘Where’s the power?’

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday threw a jibe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for spending $16bn on power projects during his tenure, without corresponding power supply to Nigerians.

Although he did not mention any name, Buhari said “a former Nigerian leader” was bragging at a time that his administration spent the amount on power sector, yet there is nothing to show for the expenditure.

Buhari spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while receiving members of the Buhari Support Organisation led by the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali.

MEET THE HOST OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE MOBILE APP IN THE MUSIC WORLD: CETUNES' LOVEWORLD 360 MIX

 Gone are the days when gospel DJs were missing out on the entertainment scene. As a matter of facts, many of them are creating cutting edge platforms to share music content that they personally developed. Music apps such as CETUNES, a mobile application invented by LoveWorld Radio Networks as a tool to propogate the gospel music ministry is proving that smart apps and mobile devices can fit into today's world of professionals and upwardly mobile, digital age as useful tools, rather  than mobile novelties

Obaze's public policy book Prime Witness rises above the fray

All is set for the Abuja presentation of a new public policy book on President Muhammadu Buhari's first year in office. Titled, "Prime Witness: Change And Policy Challenges In Buhari’s Nigeria", the public policy evaluation book is scheduled for presentation at the Shehu Musa Yar'adua Centre, Abuja on Thursday, May 24, 2018.

Prime Witness, which is published by Safari Books Ltd. is authored by a public policy expert, Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze, the MD/CEO of Selonnes Consult Ltd. who coincidentally, was the candidate of People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2017 governorship election in Anambra state. 

ANAMBRA APC STATE CONGRESS RETURNS BARR EMEKA IBE AS CHAIRMAN