Residents of Dare Street, Ikotun, in Ikotun-Igando LCDA, Lagos State are begging the state government to repair the road, saying their cries, through former Chairmen and the Landlord Association Committees, have proved abortive. Investigation, however, showed that several letters had been written to the LCDA without positive response.

Terrorism has again managed “front row attention” in the international media. In the past two weeks, there have been terrorists attacks that claimed innocent lives, leaving the world and the leaders baffled and shocked with unspoken questions on their lips. They also momentarily brought trepidation to the ordinary men and women on the streets.

Why? The answer is simple. In spite of whatever we might be going through, as believers, we must praise the Lord. That we are alive is the first reason we must give thanks to God. Do have a moment of reflection and you will realize that several people, with whom we started this year, are no more. Our reflection is not to rejoice over the death of anyone including our perceived enemies but to thank God for keeping us alive.

Over 99.9 percent of Christians are unaware of the numerous books left out of the New Testament, including the Gospels of Mary Magdalene, of Philip, and of Barnabas. In its embryonic stages, Christianity was a chaotic movement, with different sects declaring each other heretics, which led to periodic bloody confrontations. Emperor Constantine of Rome, a brutal and bloodthirsty misanthrope, was instrumental to the crystallisation of Christianity by changing profoundly the course of its history.

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, describes the challenges in the downstream sector of the oil sector as enormous but says “we are getting to the solution”. Kachikwu spoke to the NNPC staff in Abuja