I am not a theologian by training and so in my effort to get a concise understanding of theological education in Africa, I decided to draw insights from the doctoral thesis of John K. Fulks, which was submitted in 2011 to Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in the United States as partial requirement for the fulfillment…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have called on security agencies to take note of the irresponsible utterances by Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT). The forum was reacting in a statement on Tuesday to threats by Wike to cause crisis the state of any governor who…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed security agencies to search and apprehend “envoys of death” behind the attacks on communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which left over 115 people dead. In a statement on Tuesday by Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu directed immediate mobilisation of relief materials for victims…
The Plateau government has revoked the licences of all private primary and secondary schools in the state. The commissioner for education, Elizabeth Wapmuk, Plateau announced this at a news conference in Jos, the state capital. “This is to inform the general public that the operating licences of all private nursery, pre-primary, primary, junior secondary, and…
The House Representatives has resolved to concur with the Senate on the inclusion of consensus in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill as one of the modes political parties can select candidates for election into public offices. The Speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this after an executive (closed-door) session on Tuesday. According to him, the…
Several people were reported to have sustained injuries in Sabon Gida, headquarters of Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau state, following alleged assault on Laven Ubandoma, the immediate pass council chairman by his successor, Vincent Venman. The incident was said to have occurred during the annual “Resettlement Day celebration”and fundraising. Venman, who was recently…
