Private jets: Pastor Bakare under fire
RELIGIOUS leaders including the General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Musa Asake; Director of National Issues of CAN in charge of North West Zone, Rev. Haruna Karatu; and the PRO of 19 northern states and Abuja CAN, Elder Sunday Oibe have condemned the comments credited to Pastor Tunde Bakare who was calling for a revolution because certain eminent religious leaders have private jets, saying there is nothing wrong with people donating aircraft to their religious leaders.
Jonathan extols selfless qualities of Zik
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday extolled the selfless qualities of Nigeria’s first President, the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, and urged Nigerians to emulate him in order to move the country forward.
Sierra Leone votes in crucial test of post-war recovery
Sierra Leoneans voted Saturday in a high-stakes election which will hand the victors stewardship of a lucrative mining boom and test the west African nation’s post-war recovery.
Karzai condemns Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday condemned Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza and called for an “immediate stop” to violence against civilians, a statement from his office said.
49 killed in Egypt school bus tragedy
Dozens of nursery school children were among 49 people killed on Saturday when a train ploughed into their bus in central Egypt, officials said, prompting angry protests and resignations.
8 feared dead in Aba auto crash
It has been confirmed that no fewer than eight persons were feared dead in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia, in a ghastly motor accident, which occurred on Thursday evening.
