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By Akanimo Sampson Churches are currently setting their sight on profitable business projects in a seeming frantic bid to boost their revenue. The goal is to allocate resources which in turn will strengthen the global body of Christ and Christian values in the society. The International Director of the Business Coalition, Rev. Timo Plutschinski (Germany) says: “We desperately need a ‘Monday Boost,’ a very strong force into finance and the marketplace in order to awake the sleeping giant of Christians who makes use of their professional work in business and investment to build church at last.” This is bursting into…

By Akanimo Sampson The coronavirus pandemic is currently having a heavy toll on global exports, a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says. According to UNCTAD, the slowdown of manufacturing in China due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) is disrupting world trade and could result in a $50 billion decrease in exports across global value chains. According to estimates published by UNCTAD on March 4, in February, the country’s manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI), a critical production index, fell by about 22 points to 37.5, the lowest reading since 2004. Such a drop in output implies a…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has completely deactivated 2.2 million improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module, SIM, cards across telecommunication networks nationwide. Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who stated this in a statement signed by Dr. Henry Nkemadu, Director, Public Affairs in Abuja, Sunday, said the commission’s efforts in this regard was in line with one of the key agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari to strengthen security of lives and property of all Nigerians. “We have since initiated the second phase of SIM deactivation based on the Ministerial directive and as of today, we have completely deactivated the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said Sunday that 23 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified in Edo, Lagos, Ogun, FCT and Kano states, including the index case in Lagos. This came as four scientists weekend laid claims to have found solutions to coronavirus and Lassa fever, following the promise of N36 million by the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to any scientist who is able to find not just a cure but a better way of managing the two diseases. NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who stated this in Abuja, said as at Saturday, March…

The House of Representatives has moved to enact a law prescribing a five-year jail term, with an option of N1 million for any security officer who arrests a judge within the court premises.  The Bill sponsored by Onofiok Luke (PDP-Akwa Ibom) also seeks to protect judicial officers from arrests and prosecution is underway in the House of Representatives. The legislation obtained by Vanguard is entitled: “An Act to Preserve the Sanctity and Authority of Court as A Sacred Institution in order to Effectively Discharge its functions and Exercise the Judicial Powers Conferred on it Under the Constitution of the Federal…

By Akanimo Sampson Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, says the Nigerian Army is not only locked in fighting insurgency everywhere in the country. Buratai said the army has been busy developing capacity to contribute to the country’s economic development. He was speaking through the army’s Chief of Policy and Plan, Lt. Gen. Lamidi Adeosu, at the Nigerian Army Special Day at the ongoing 41st Kaduna International Trade Fair. Besides its primary role of defending the territorial integrity of Nigeria, Buratai says the army is deeply involved in fighting insurgency in the North East and other internal security operations across…

Five suspected herdsmen linked with killings in Agadama, Avwon and Okugbe communities of Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state have been arrested. Delta State Police Command, Sunday, confirmed the arrest which is coming, as sources from Ughelli Central Hospital mortuary told Vanguard that autopsy on the eight locals who were killed during the attack, had been completed with the report indicating how the victims were killed. Recall that the corpses of eight indigenes of the communities were exhumed and taken to Ughelli ‘A’ Division police station en route the Ughelli Central Hospital, following reported attacks…

By Akanimo Sampson This Sunday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. The stakes could not be higher. This 2020 marks a quarter-century since the creation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a global blueprint for advancing the rights of women. It called for equality in all spheres of life and – building on a landmark consensus reached the previous year – it affirmed that reproductive health and rights are central to achieving that goal. Former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Nafis Sadik, at the 1995 conference in Beijing where the Platform for Action was…

Tunisian club Esperance this weekend became the latest victims of a jinx that has prevented any club winning the CAF Champions League three consecutive times. Zamalek of Egypt defeated the 2018 and 2019 trophy-holders 3-2 on aggregate in a quarter-final after losing the second leg 1-0 in Tunis Friday. Esperance joined Al Ahly of Egypt and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo (twice each) and Enyimba of Nigeria as back-to-back title winners who could not complete a treble. The Tunisians, who also lost to Zamalek in the one-off CAF Super Cup match last month, were hit by a…

By Akanimo Sampson More than 20,014 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean Sea since 2014. The death toll was pushed up by a tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya last month and more than a dozen other recent fatalities elsewhere. Director of the International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) Global Migration Data Analysis Centre, Frank Laczko, says “the disappearance and presumed drowning of at least 91 people reported missing aboard a dingy north of Garabulli, Libya, on February 9 is the latest in a series of so-called ‘ghost boats’ that have vanished en-route to Europe, claiming hundreds of lives. “Two-thirds…