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Huge crowds flooded into the British capital for the rally to demand that the government do more to help people faced with bills and other expenses that are rising more quickly than their wages, the AP reported. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been criticised for being slow to respond to the cost-of-living crisis.Inflation in Britain and across Europe has been …

The outcome of our presidential nominations season has produced a new landscape of mixed blessings. The two major parties have produced rival contestants straight from the dark recesses of Africa’s political past. Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu are in many ways a throwback to the African ‘Big Man’ politician of the 1970s to 1990s. On the contrary, a minor party, …

The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga has banned Catholic faithful from attending Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry. This ban came on the heels of Mbaka’s recent vituperation against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi. Mbaka had during his mid-week prayer activities described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, as a ‘stingy …

TUNDE AJAJA examines some politicians who have spent years jumping from one party to another seeking political office and have yet to win the respective seats The three failed attempts by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to become the President before he eventually won in 2015 has become a classic example of how people should be resilient in their …

The Catholic Diocese of Enugu, yesterday, said that it banned its members from attending “all religious and liturgical activities” at the Adoration Ministry of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, following persistent disobedience to canonical laws by the priest. The Catholic Bishop of Enugu, Callistus Onaga, said in a statement that Mbaka had continuously flouted the church’s rules, stressing that it would …

Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that he did not betray southern Nigeria by accepting to be Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s running mate.He said that contrary to claims and remarks in certain quarters, on his emergence as Vice presidential candidate of his party, he belonged to a political party that …

US President Joe Biden falls off his bicycle as he approaches well-wishers following a bike ride at Gordon’s Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on June 18, 2022. President of the United States, Joe Biden, tumbled as he was riding his bicycle near his beach home in the state of Delaware Saturday morning, but was unhurt. A video from …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Biodun Oyebanji, the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election, Prof Kayode Adebowale, who is the Vice Chancellor, the University of Ibadan, announced the results. Adebowale said, “Oyebanji, having scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner …

After a months-long impasse, A Jesuit middle school in Worcester, Massachusetts, has had its Catholic status revoked by the local bishop for defying his order to stop flying flags supporting LGBT pride and the Black Lives Matter movement. “The flying of these flags in front of a Catholic school sends a mixed, confusing and scandalous message to the public about …

*President pledges $550,000 Nigeria contribution to the building of the Great Green Wall Secretariat By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Banquet Hall, State House, Aso Villa said that Nigeria is working round the clock to transit to a low carbon emission economy. In a speech read on his behalf on Thursday by Vice President …