THE Federal Government was recently revisited the February 19 adoption of 112 young schoolgirls from their Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi in Yobe State, when it debunked reports that the Nigerian authorities paid huge sums as ransom for the sensational release of 105 Muslim girls on March 21 leaving behind the lone Christian victim because the teen refused to denounce her faith.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is urging its followers to drop the use of the word “Mormon” to refer to the church or its members, according to new directives issued by its leader.

Beloved, enduring to the end regardless of the degree of persecution is what distinguish-es you from a nominal Christ-ian. Endurance helps us to keep a tab on our salvation.

A very remarkable feature about this occurrence in the life of the children of Israel is the lesson of realisation of sin as well as God’s provision for forgiveness. The event that look place is an illustration put up by the Lord Jesus Christ for us to have eternal life.

Today is International Youth Day, a day of cele-bration for young people across the world. We are today, celebrating some of the contributions made by the young people towards the development of our society and the world at large.