Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the current Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, says President Goodluck Jonathan lost because of the mood of voters which was determined by the economic conditions and level of poverty across the country.
Sanusi, who is now known as Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, said this during an interview with our correspondent on Saturday.
He said the voting showed that areas which had a high rate of poverty felt neglected by the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government over the years.
Sanusi said the presidential...
Monday, April 6, 2015
No peace for Iraqi Christians this Easter
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Rarely since the first century have Christians faced persecution on this scale, say Dolan, Downey and Burnett.
Crisis escalated substantially as ISIS has swept through Iraq's Nineveh province, the authors write.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is the archbishop of New York, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett are honorary chairpersons of The Cradle Fund and the producers of " A.D. -- The Bible Continues," which chronicles the rise of the church in the face of persecution. The views expressed in this column belong to Dolan, Downey and Burnett.
This...
Friday, April 3, 2015
Jay-Z Buys Tupac’s Music Catalog for 384 Million
New York – Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter has made another power move in the music industry. According to Joseph Borrino, CFO of Roc Nation, The label has recently acquired Tupac’s entire album catalog from Entertainment One who acquired it from Death Row Records in 2003. The purchased includes all of the masters to Tupac’s albums and unreleased material.
The purchase of Tupac’s album catalog is a monumental move in the music industry as Tupac is one of...
The world's fastest-growing religion is ...
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Islam, the world's fastest-growing faith, will leap from 1.6 billion to 2.76 billion by 2050, according to the Pew study
Study collected data from 234 countries and territories; predicts fate of five major faiths -- Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism and Islam -- as well as folk religions and atheists
If tech futurists are to be believed, by the year 2050, robots will do many of our errands and drive our cars. If a new study on religious trends is to be believed, many of those robot-controlled cars will stop and park...
Linsey Jade of Bad Girls Club Dead, Fellow BGC Stars Share Condolences
The Bad Girls Club is mourning one of its own.
Oxygen confirmed Friday that Linsey "Jade" Berardi, who appeared on the show's 12th season, has died. A friend who tweeted condolences wrote that Berardi was 23.
"Yesterday, we read rumors that Linsey 'Jade' Berardi from BGC12 had passed away," read a post on the BGC blog on Oxygen's website. "Today, we confirmed with her family that this sad news is true...In lieu of flowers, her family asks any...
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