2023 presidency: Catholic Bishops advise Nigerians on competence

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), has advised Nigerians to use competence as the yardstick as they go to the polls to choose a new President for the nation in 2023.

The group called on Nigerians to avoid the temptation of falling into a divisive political campaign ahead of next year’s general elections in the country.

Archbishop Augustine Akubeze, the President of CBCN, made the remarks during the opening of the organisation’s first plenary in 2022, held in Abuja.

Akubeze said that Nigerians cannot run away from the fact that very often, people get the kind of government they deserve, lamenting that the number of Nigerians who vote was very few.

CATCH-UP: Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket

On Catch-Up this week we have our spotlight on “Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket” which reportedly began as a simple lunch counter selling sandwiches in a gas station along Route 66, operated by Ervin 'Irv' Kolarik, that was opened some time during the late 1920s. In 1938, two local farm women entered Irv Kolarik's gas station for a cup of coffee; they overheard him complaining about how he hated running a gas station and preferred running the lunch counter instead, and offered to share their secret recipe for fried chicken with him if he agreed to buy his chickens from them. In fact, they even agreed to go to work for him and make the chicken. Kolarik consented, and the chicken was an instant success. The lunch counter was no longer sufficient for serving customers. Kolarik initially converted the station's by then disused automobile repair garage bays into dining rooms, which eventually became known as the National Chicken Basket; but by the mid-1940s, further demand made it clear that a new building was needed to serve patrons. This prompted Kolarik to buy the adjacent property and build a full-service restaurant. Kolarik hired Chicago architect Eugene F. Stoyke to construct the one-story brick restaurant and cocktail lounge.

Dating For Disabled: 5 Biggest Misconceptions We Hear Almost Every Day

Back in the day, dating was much simpler and easier. Today, the case is completely different. Most people tend to overthink the obvious things and that makes it harder for them to enjoy their love life. Single people simply can't ignore the myths they hear about other dating niches and this can prevent them from having a fulfilling romantic life. Well, dating for disabled is not an exception. This particular part of the dating realm is riddled with unfair misconceptions and we're about to debunk the 5 biggest myths these people are dealing with on a daily basis.

"People With Disabilities Should Be Treated Differently"

This is definitely one of the most annoying myths about disabled dating out there. A lot of people think that differently-abled individuals require some kind of a special treatment and this is the biggest reason why these folks are not excited about revealing their disabilities. If you're about to go on a date with someone from this dating niche, make sure to treat your companion with nothing but respect. Avoid being condescending at all costs.

WAO! A Ukrainian couple have tied the knot on the frontline

According to a BBC News report, a Ukrainian couple have tied the knot on the frontline. The military-style wedding took place at a check-point near the country's capital, Kyiv. The mayor - and former world heavyweight boxing champion - Vitaliy Klitschko, was among the guests.

See the video below, curtsey, BBCNews:

Lux Terra Hosts Maiden Book Festival

The Lux Terra Leadership Foundation on Saturday March 5, 2022, at the Ibeto Hotel in Abuja, held its maiden Book Festival that was aimed at promoting the culture of reading and writing in the Nigerian society.

The event attracted scores of University Professors of various disciplines, including current and former Vice Chancellors of Universities, many retired and serving Court Judges, and a number of Catholic Bishops, Priests and Religious.

Others in attendance were student representatives from Universities, Secondary Schools, and Primary Schools, as well as hundreds of other invited members of the public.

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So, Ukrainians are so racist that they gathered and worshiped in large numbers at a church with Nigerian roots? - Omokri

As Black Africans all over the world scream racism and turn the global media increasingly against Ukraine, because their border officials prioritised the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens over foreigners (they did not do it to only Black Africans. I went there to verify. They did it to all non nationals), let us remember that the largest church in Ukraine is the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations. It was founded by a Black African. Specifically, a Nigerian. Mr. Sunday Adelaja.

Reno Omokri made these submissions via a post on his Instagram page a few minutes ago.

“So, Ukrainians are so racist that they gathered and worshiped in large numbers at a church with Nigerian roots?”, the message stated.  “Where are human beings most open and sincere? Of course, that would be in a house of worship!

XCLUSIVE INTERACTIVE: TikTok Fashion Icon @Tinyjewishgirl on the Art of Low-Balling

 XLUSIVE INTERACTIVE this week is a spotlight on @Tinyjewishgirl, as packaged by the Interview Magazine.

Photo courtesy of @tinyjewishgirl

Clara Perlmutter—or @tinyjewishgirl, as she’s known to her 772K TikTok followers—found internet fame during the depths of the pandemic. When lockdowns forced her to leave NYU for her parents’ home in Connecticut, Perlmutter, who had spent her college career mastering the art of the perfect on-campus fit, satiated her aesthetic boredom with a series of TikToks staged in the middle of her jam-packed closet. The college student showed viewers how she would dress for occasions that didn’t exist, trotting out obscure ’90s designer pieces and thrifted favorites in the process. Two years later, Perlmutter has remained true to her own formula, drawing on an expansive knowledge of fashion history to source archival pieces while pulling together ever-more outlandish outfits. To find out how she does it, we slid into the @tinyjewishgirl DMs.

 

INTERVIEW: A/S/L?

TINYJEWISHGIRL: 23, female, NYC.

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A group of Ukrainian refugees arrives at Przemysl station in Poland. Photograph: Europa Press/Getty Images

   

Ukrainians do not want to flee. They do not want to pack their lives into a suitcase. They do not want to crowd aboard packed trains that carry them away from their homes, or trudge for days with their children. They do not want to leave behind husbands and sons and parents. They do not want to begin again in a foreign country where they have nothing, far from those they love.

My husband never paid our children's school fees - Onyeka

Veteran entertainer, Onyeka Onwenu has opened up about her marriage, raising children, her career and other issues as she clocked 70, Punch Newspaper reports.

In an interview with Kikelomo Atanda-Owo on her show “Real Talk with Kike.", the Elegant Stallion as she’s fondly called revealed that her husband never paid for their children’s school fees from kindergarten up to master’s level.

According to the report, Onyeka added that she never really wanted her marriage to end but that the marriage would have killed her if she didn’t leave.

Group Set To Mobilise African Widows Against Biasis

A non-profit organisation, African Wonder Women Organisation (AWWO), is set to challenge what it described as the stereotypes and injustices allegedly meted out against African widows, both on the continent and the diaspora.

The convener, Folaji Fasanya-Omoyeni, told PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday that she aims to improve relationships and encourage women to speak up against stigma, stereotypes, and biases through the event they experience.

She said the group plans to hold a virtual event on the subject with the theme; “Every Emotion is Valid” and is scheduled to hold on February 12, 2022.

Mrs Fasanya-Omoyeni said AWWO was birthed following the loss of her husband at the onset of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

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LUX TERRA ENGAGES STAFF OF THE INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC ACADEMY, NADALA, ON INTENSIFYING THE CAMPAIGN FOR INTEGRITY

Monday 24th to Wednesday 26th of January, 2022, Lux Terra Leadership Foundation in conjunction with the Islamic Education Trust, hosted a 3-day workshop for 25 teaching and administrative staff of the International Islamic Academy, Madala, Niger State, who play critical roles in the character formation of the students.

The workshop which held at the Lux Terra complex in Apo, Abuja, and whose theme is "Intensifying the Campaign for Greater Integrity in Nigeria", was aimed at reviewing methodologies and developing creatively new strategies for making the school a center of excellence in character formation, and a model for other schools around to emulate. It is designed to help participants acquire new tools and skills for more effective mentoring of the secondary school students in the life of integrity.

Using "S*x To Trap Any Kind Of Man, Blessing CEO expatiates

Blessing Nkiruka Okoro, Relationship Expert

Relationship expert, Blessing Nkiruka Okoro popularly known as Blessing CEO has opened up on in favour of the womenfolk on how a female can use “SEXxxxxxx to Trap any kind of Man”.

In Arkansas, Trans Teens Await an Uncertain Future

Even as the medical community grapples with how best to provide care to transgender adolescents, some states seek to ban it outright.

 

Zara Banks, 14, near her family home in Fayetteville, Ark. Last spring, Arkansas enacted the first law in the nation barring physicians from administering hormones or puberty blockers to transgender people younger than 18. The law is on hold pending a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union.Credit...Liz Sanders for The New York Times

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — For years, Zara Banks had been looking forward to her 14th birthday — the moment, last June, when her life would no longer be on pause.

Ever since Zara, a transgender girl, was 8, she has been certain she wanted to grow up to be a woman. After conversations with her parents and sessions with a therapist, she began transitioning socially: changing her name to Zara and pronouns to she/her. When she turned 9, she began treatment with puberty blockers, drugs that would place her physiological development in limbo until she was old enough — 14 according to her doctor — to begin estrogen therapy and develop a feminine body.

But last spring Arkansas enacted a law, the first of its kind in the nation, barring physicians from administering hormones or puberty blockers to transgender people younger than 18. The bill, called the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, overrode a veto by Gov. Asa Hutchinson and was to go into effect on July 28, about a month after Zara’s birthday. It is now on pause because of a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union.

Zara has been able to get hormones while the court case proceeds, but worries about what the future holds. “I was just really happy, after finally waiting so long, to get something that I’ve needed for a very long time,” she said, sitting in her suburban backyard with her parents, Jasmine and Mo Banks, amid buzzing cicadas.

Nigeria to retrieve 1,030 Benin bronzes from Germany - Commission

Nigeria will receive no fewer than 1,030 Benin artefacts from Germany in 2022, the Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Abba Tijani, has said.

Mr Tijani, a professor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Tuesday that many artefacts had been received from Germany but the commission would receive at least an additional 1, 030 in 2022.

Premium Times reports that the objects were taken from the country during the punitive expedition of Benin in 1897.

Capping off Milan men's fashion week, sportswear brand @kway_official held its first live runway show since the pandemic began

Capping off Milan men's fashion week, sportswear brand @kway_official held its first live runway show since the pandemic began. Dubbed as their R&D label, the collection features a more colorful and hip silhouette that caters to a modern and contemporary audience.

AY, Wife Welcome Second Child After 13 Years

Nigerian comedian Ayo Makun and his wife have welcomed their second child.

The baby is coming 13 years after their first and the lucky father while praising God for the new addition to his family said "Our prayers in the last 13 years have been answered. Ayomide, thank you for making Mabel and I mummy and daddy again."

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PDP QUESTIONS NIGERIA’S OIL AND GAS REMITTANCES

A report by Arise News submits that the Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have questioned the management of Nigeria's oil and gas resources by the Federal Government.

Airline executives express fears over possible catastrophic flight disruption by 5G

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Airline executives have warned that the new 5G service could cause “catastrophic disruption” to aviation industry.

According to ABC News report, the 10 biggest US airlines have warned that the impending switch-on of 5G mobile networks will cause "major disruption" to flights.

They said the start of Verizon and AT&T 5G mobile phone services, planned for Wednesday, would cause a "completely avoidable economic calamity".

We Have Paid Over N200m Ransom To Bandits –Zamfara Community Lament

Members of Nahuche community in the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State protested at the Government House in Gusau on Sunday over continuous killings and abductions by bandits in the community.

Tuesday, January 18 Briefing

Good morning. We’re covering Omicron’s effect on the pandemic and the continuing costs of Brexit.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the evolution of the pandemic was still unclear.Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA, via Shutterstock

 

Will Omicron bring an end to the pandemic?

 

Speaking at the online World Economic Forum, Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s top medical adviser for Covid, said it was too soon to say how the Omicron variant would change the course of the pandemic. The sheer volume of cases could have a meaningful effect on collective immunity, he said, but the evolution of the pandemic was still unclear.

“It is an open question as to whether or not Omicron is going to be the live virus vaccination that everyone is hoping for,” he said, adding: “That would only be the case if we don’t get another variant that eludes the immune response.”

 

Cases remain extremely high across the U.S., averaging nearly 802,000 per day, an increase of 98 percent over the past two weeks. An average of nearly 156,000 people with the virus are hospitalized nationwide, a record. Deaths now exceed 1,900 per day, up 57 percent over two weeks.

Next steps: Dr. Fauci said the world was still in the first phase of the pandemic — “where the whole world is really very negatively impacted.” The next phases are deceleration, control, elimination and eradication. In the control phase, he said, the virus will become a “nondisruptive presence” and be considered endemic.

Nigeria's Richest Woman Preaches On Lagos Street

FOLORUNSO ALAKIJA, Nigerian billionaire business woman and philanthropist

Nigeria's richest woman, Folorunso Alakija, on Friday, shared videos of her and other persons engaging in street evangelism in the Surulere area of Lagos, Punch Newspapers report.

According to the report, she and her fellow preachers were all dressed in yellow T-shirts with 'Perfect peace' written on them and blue turbans.