7 LOSE LIVES IN A ROAD ACCIDENT ON THEIR WAY TO CHURCH

Nigeria – Source: DailyPost Seven people were burnt to death on Wednesday when a Mazda bus burst into flames near Odogbolu on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. Babatunde Akinbiyi, Public Relations Officer of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident. He told reporters in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, that seven others sustained injuries in the accident that occurred at 2.50 p.m. The spokesperson said the commercial bus, with registration number AGL 886 YD, burst into flames due to an engine overflow. Akinbiyi confirmed seven females died while seven others sustained…

CATHOLIC CHURCH HONOURS SUNDIATA MEDIA CEO, MAX AMUCHIE WITH ICON AWARDS

Nigeria – Source: The Eagle Max Amuchie, Founder/CEO of Sundiata Post Media Limited, will on December 30, 2022 receive the Icon of Service Award from the Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Uvuru, Mbaise, Imo State. The development was contained in a letter addressed to Amuchie, a member of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers. It was signed by the Parish Priest, Holy Ghost Parish, Uvuru, Very Rev. Fr. Clement Okoro; Chairman, Organising Committee, Sir Martins Uba Nwamadi; and Secretary, Organising Committee, Leo Ukaegbu. In the letter, the parish said the honour…

NATIONAL CATHEDRAL: GOD’S WORKS USUALLY FACE OPPOSITION

Ghana – Source: Myjoyonline The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the National Cathedral has said that those who opposed the GHC80 million budget allocation for the construction of the cathedral do not understand the concept of the project. According to Apostle Kwadwo Nimfour Opoku Onyinah, it is normal to get opposition when one is doing something for God. Speaking at the three-day bible reading marathon at the National Cathedral site on Wednesday morning, Dr Opoku Onyinah said, “if you go through the Bible, you see that once God…

AT 95, POPE BENEDICT XVI’S HEALTH WORSENS

Vatican – Source: Channels TV Former pope Benedict XVI remains in a serious but stable condition, Italian media reported Thursday, the day after the Vatican revealed the 95-year-old’s health had deteriorated. “His situation has not changed from yesterday,” an unnamed source in contact with those around the German ex-pontiff told ANSA news agency, adding that doctors were continually monitoring his health. Contacted by AFP, the Vatican neither confirmed or denied the report. Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign as head of the…

NATIONAL CATHEDRAL: PROJECT TO CONTINUE DESPITE PARLIAMENT’S DISAPPROVAL OF BUDGET ALLOCATION

Ghana – Source: Myjoyonline A member of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Dr Joyce Rosalind Aryee has said that the National Cathedral project will continue despite Parliament’s rejection of GH¢80 million budgetary allocation to it. According to her, the said amount rejected by Parliament was only part of the seed money the government promised for the construction of the cathedral “not the entire money that is needed to construct and complete the edifice.” Speaking on the Midday News on Joy FM, Dr Aryee said “…It does not mean the project can…

OLUSEGUN MIMIKO SPEAKS AT YOUNG MINISTERS RETREAT

Nigeria – Source: Tribune Dr Olusegun Mimiko, immediate past governor of Ondo state, will today (Thursday, 29th December 2022), speak at this year’s edition of the Young Ministers Retreat (YMR) holding at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Redemption Camp, Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. According to the convener of YMR, Pastor Daniel Olawande, the former Ondo governor will be speaking on governance and his presentation is intended to “raise, inspire and, equip next generation of believers in the political space”. Mimiko who was governor of Ondo state between 2009 and 2017…