Have you ever had a prayer-meeting where, instead of praying, you groaned? Paul counsels that we should: “pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers.” (Ephesians 6:18). Groaning is a kind of prayer. When we are pained and we groan, it is transmitted as a wordless prayer to God. David understood this. He said: “Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.” (Psalm 38:9).

The award, which came on the heels of the 70th celebration for Shobanjo is given to Chief Executive Officers (CEO), company owners and top managers who have given significant inputs to the successes of their companies by advancing the best management practices and services for employees and customers.

One of the headline news of the week which ended yesterday was the story that the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari had directed his aides to ban the Africa Independent Television (AIT) from covering his activities. From my personal knowledge of Buhari, I ourightly disbelieved the story.

THE Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II, has expressed the hope that the incoming government in Nigeria would offer better leadership for the people following the just concluded general elections.

It was a triple celebration at Calvary Kingdom Church, Lagos last weekend, when the founder and former PFN National Secretary-General, Archbishop Joseph Ojo and his wife, Esther celebrated their 66th and 59th birthdays with a public presentation of his biography, Once Upon a Joseph authored by Lawrence Akapa.