From the IG Desk of Reno Omokri:
So, what's your take on this?
“What we have delivered, based on the mandate of the Federal Executive Council, is a 1.52 MegaWatts Solar System that will provide uninterrupted power supply to 5 blocks housing the Ministry of Works and Housing and Ministry of Environment and Lands.
“This project employed 382 artisans and 176 skilled workers throughout its duration, in fulfilment of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) of creating jobs.
“It would see to the reduction of average diesel consumption from 764,248 litres per annum to 166,825 litres per annum and cost-saving of NGN270,945,000 over 20 years and contribute towards the reduction of government operational expenses and reduction of recurrent expenditure.
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Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Vice
President of Partnerships Dan Rose and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg
walk together at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 12, 2018
in Sun Valley, Idaho. Top tech and media moguls descend on the resort every
year for a week of activities - and deals. Drew Angerer/Getty Images |
This week, at the “Summer Camp For Billionaires’
the top executives at the biggest and most influential companies in tech and
media, including Apple's Tim Cook and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, will get
together at the Sun Valley Resort, a getaway that dates back to 1936, in a tiny
town in the Sawtooth Mountains.
NPR reports that the summer camp was
suspended last year because of the pandemic. But this year, these top moguls
are traveling again to Sun Valley for an annual weeklong gathering organized by
a boutique investment firm called Allen & Company that is known as
intensely private. Run by the same family since it was founded in 1922, Allen
& Co. may be small, but it has developed some deep relationships that have
led to roles in some of the biggest tech and media deals and initial public offerings
in the last half decades, reports NPR.
According to the report, Allen & Co. was an adviser in Comcast's acquisition of Time Warner Cable, a $45 billion deal, and Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp for $19 billion. Allen & Co. was an underwriter on Google's and Facebook's IPOs. For almost 40 years, its annual Sun Valley conference has been central to its mission.
After debates on the topic at the Methodist Conference, the proposals to allow same-sex marriages were passed with 254 votes in favor and 46 against
As such, the Methodist
church has become the largest religious denomination in the UK to allow
same-sex marriages, putting it at odds with the Church of England.
The Church announced on Wednesday that
same-sex couples will be allowed to get married on its premises, although, the freedom of conscience clause will allow
ministers to opt out of conducting such weddings.
According to a report
by the Guardian,
the Rev Sonia Hicks, elected as the Methodists’ first black female president at
the weekend, said it was a “historic day for our church”. She urged people “to
support each other respecting our differences”. Dignity & Worth, a campaign
group in the Methodist Church, said the vote was a “momentous step on the road
to justice and inclusion” after many years of sometimes painful conversations. Rev.
Sam McBratney, who chairs the group, praised the “courageous step” taken by the
church.
The report states that the conference also voted to recognise, accept, and celebrate the love and commitment of unmarried cohabiting couples. Same-sex marriage is forbidden in the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church but permitted by Quakers in Britain, the Scottish Episcopal Church, and United Reformed Church. Jayne Ozanne, a campaigner for LGBT+ equality and a member of the C of E’s ruling body, the General Synod, said the vote reflected “the significant shift that there has been among Christian attitudes in England, and shows how so many people would echo the recent call of Bishop Paul Bayes to allow same-sex marriage in the C of E”.
UK Based Gospel Singer Dwill makes her grand debut entry as a gospel artist with her first official released single titled “Onyeoma” (God is Good), Xclusive Gospel reports.
Coming from a musical childhood and years of singing, ministering and working with musicians and artists, the report submits that Dwill believes this is her set time, “there is time for everything God wants you to do, so here is it. ‘Onyeoma’ (God is Good) is an inspirational song given to Dwill by God to bless humanity. This is a song that welcomes the presence of God in the atmosphere to make any impossible situation possible. Listen and be blessed.
From the IG Desk of Mike Bamiloye:
Wednesday June 30th, 2021, the Psycho-Spiritual Institute of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation in partnership with Nasarawa State University, Keffi, hosted its 2nd Certificate Award Ceremony for 189 successful participants at its "Basic Psycho-Trauma Healing Skills" training programmes, held between 2019 and 2020.
Among dignitaries at the event were Professor Andrew Zamani, former President of the Nigerian Psychological Association and Dr Samuel Alhassan, Head of the Dept of Psychology, Nasarawa State University.
Participants at the training programme were mainly drawn from the states of Northern Nigeria, with a few others from the South. They included Doctors, Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers, University Teachers, functionaries of Emergency Relief Agencies, Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders, and Sundry Volunteers, especially those who assist trauma victims in IDP camps.
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| Paul Enenche, Senior Pastor of the Dunamis International Church |
The Senior Pastor of
the Dunamis International Church, Abuja, Dr Paul Enenche, has narrated that two
kidnappers, who disguised as a bishop from The Gambia and a naval officer
stormed the church’s headquarters, Glory Dome, at the Airport Road Abuja to
defraud him.
According to Sahara
Reporters, Enenche stated this during a sermon last Wednesday that they were,
however, exposed by the Spirit of God. He stated that the suspected criminals
were exposed during a chat with a little girl who they had kidnapped from
Anambra State. He revealed that the assailants were handed over to law
enforcement agents after which they confessed to be criminals.
“On Monday I received
a text message from a bishop who claimed he came from the country of Gambia and
that he wanted to see me because he had an encounter where he was directed to
meet with me so that I can pray and impact him so he can return to Gambia”,
Enenche said. ”He said he got someone’s number who would give him my contact,
so after contacting the person, he (man in Nigeria) urged him to come to him so
they would both meet me.
“The bishop told me
that the man who promised to bring him to me demanded N1 million which
according to him, he gave but said the person was no longer answering his
calls.
“We called our pastor in the local government (area) where the man said he was, and when our pastor met the man, he told us that the story sounded real.
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| Former South African President Jacob Zuma |
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma
has been found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 15 months in prison
for defying a court order to appear before an inquiry probing wide-ranging
allegations of corruption during his tenure from 2009 to 2018, NPR reports.
According to the report, Zuma was not in
court for the ruling on Tuesday and has been ordered to hand himself over
within five days to a police station in his hometown of Nkandla in
KwaZulu-Natal province or in Johannesburg. If Zuma fails to turn himself in
within five days South Africa's minister of police and the police commissioner
have been ordered to take him into custody within three days.
"The
Constitutional Court can do nothing but conclude that Mr Zuma is guilty of the
crime of contempt of court," Judge Sisi Khampepe said. "This kind of
recalcitrance and defiance is unlawful and will be punished. I am left with no
option but to commit Mr Zuma to imprisonment, with the hope that doing so sends
an unequivocal message... the rule of law and the administration of justice
prevails. The majority judgement orders an unsuspended sentence of imprisonment
for a period (of 15 months)," she declared.
Zuma, 79, is accused of enabling the plunder of state coffers during his nearly nine-year stay in office.
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| Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of IPOB [Photo Credit:
Pulse.ng] |
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of banned separatist
group the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been arrested and is in
Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to face trial, a spokesman for the justice minister said
on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
Intercepted on June 27, Channels Television
reports that Kanu is expected to be re-arraigned
before the Federal High Court for the continuation of his trial, an information
made known at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday by the Attorney-General of the
Federation, Abubakar Malami.
According to Mr Malami, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Federal Government’s application to detain the IPOB leader in a DSS facility ahead of the continuation of his trial.
Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.
An Associated Press analysis of available
government data from May shows that “breakthrough” infections in fully
vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of more than 853,000 COVID-19
hospitalizations. That’s about 0.1%.
And only about 150 of the more than 18,000
COVID-19 deaths in May were in fully vaccinated people. That translates to
about 0.8%, or five deaths per day on average.
The AP analyzed figures provided by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC itself has not estimated
what percentage of hospitalizations and deaths are in fully vaccinated people,
citing limitations in the data.
Among them: Only about 45 states report
breakthrough infections, and some are more aggressive than others in looking
for such cases. So the data probably understates such infections, CDC officials
said.
Still, the overall trend that emerges from the data echoes what many health care authorities are seeing around the country and what top experts are saying.
Take this for a weekend laugh from The Wild Capture:
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| President Biden and first lady Jill Biden pray at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images |
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
quietly clarified this week that there will be "no national policy on
withholding Communion from politicians" after some bishops had raised the
issue.
Why it matters: A wave of controversy and
debate occurred after the conference overwhelmingly voted to draft a
"teaching document," which many hoped would rebuke Biden and other
Catholic politicians for receiving Communion despite their support for abortion
rights, per AP.
· Four days after the vote, the USCCB released a Q&A without its previous references to Biden, a national policy or abortion.
