For our continent‚ the year saw life expectancies rise by 9.4 years‚ with Malawi achieving a 67% reduction in children acquiring HIV and Liberia eradicating Ebola within its borders. Worldwide it was the year that saw the amount of money needed to beat world poverty dip below the amount of money....

Philadelphia: Tucked one floor below the majestic Gothic sanctuary of Arch Street United Methodist Church, Javier Flores Garcia sleeps on a cot in a basement Sunday-school classroom that church members have outfitted with a microwave, a compact refrigerator and a television.

This is our 2016 edition of Save the Seats, the annual Tribune feature we've run since 2005 with ticket reservations for Tribune readers for New Year's Eve. This year the Eve is on Saturday, and this is the first year we've run Save the Seats on a Wednesday, but the basic formula, like that of....

Editor's note: Femi Aribisala, a scholar, international affairs expert and iconoclastic church pastor in Lagos, in his latest piece, explains the spiritual essence of heavyweight champion of life. Mr Aribisala is the NAIJ.com partner blogger. He could be reached through his e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The outspoken media personality, in a supposed sarcasm, said the year was coming to an end in a couple of days and he was ‘concerned’ about the pastor’s ‘vague’ prophecies and waiting for its fulfillment. The OAP said this on his Instagram page @daddyfreeze.

By on December 28, 2016. Danielle Ogbeche Popular rapper, born Abdul Rasheed Bello, fondly called JJC Skillz, has reacted to the 2017 prophecy by the founder of Mountain of Blessing and Miracle Church of Christ, Dr. Olagorioye Faleyimu, in which the pastor said his wife, Funke Akindele, won’t have a child before she dies.

In case you were thinking 2016 was really not that bad. Here are 60 reasons why it really was an awful year. There's only so many dead celebs we can handle. 2016 was the year numerous pop culture icons passed away. Here are only a few of them. 1. George Michael. 2. Prince. 3. David Bowie. 4. Carrie Fisher aka Princess Leia.

The play consists of vignettes, acted out exclusively by Smith and based, verbatim, on interviews with 17 people who’d somehow been touched by the school-to-prison pipeline. They include Allen Bullock, a young Baltimore protester dressed in a hoodie and kicks; Michael Tubbs, a popular Stockton,....

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OKMULGEE, Oklahoma - Ministers in Okmulgee held a city-wide prayer service Tuesday night after the shooting and killing of a woman outside the American Legion Post. Okmulgee's police chief said his investigators have interviewed more than 25 people but still need actual witnesses to the shooting.

Father Amandus Kapele, who is the head of the Holy Ghost Fathers, a congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, eulogises the late Father, saying he would be remembered for being behind the establishment of several church-run institutions among them being the Kibosho Hospital and the famous Kibosho Girls Secondary School, both located near Moshi.

Lawyers have been hired for the alleged drink-driver of a ute which ran down a nine-year-old boy near Brisbane on Christmas Day, with police saying it could take weeks for charges to be laid. Family and friends of Josiah Sisson offered their comfort and support today to Adrian Murray, 24, who was....

By Susan Cox. The end of the year makes me think about change. I have finished one semester and have a break before starting a new one. This break switches my routine and gives me time to plan possible changes to my classes. Winter has started giving me the opportunity to wear all those sweaters stacked in my closet.

PHILADELPHIA — Tucked one floor below the majestic Gothic sanctuary of Arch Street United Methodist Church, Javier Flores Garcia sleeps on a cot in a basement Sunday-school classroom that church members have outfitted with a microwave, a compact refrigerator and a television.

Central Baptist Church has no reason to apologize for installing a wall to minimize drug activities near its entrance. It was a measure taken to improve the safety of those who attend the church, and takes nothing away from the much good the church does, including to those who have been littering the area with needles and other refuse.

Columbus. Della F. Holley, 74, died at 7:10 p.m. December 25, 2016, at Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility. She was born June 12, 1942, in Columbus, Indiana, to Ira and Minnie (Stater) Mobley. She married Herbert W. Holley December 5, 1959.

Orchids to … • The Republic for not printing a paper on Christmas Sunday. • Laura for coming out on a rainy day to get us into the bank for our Christmas party, as you saved the day for us, from Patty. • to the railroad company for letting us have a quiet Christmas Day, from Michael Meadows. • the city for changing the banner policy.

As I do when it happens, I am starting with apologies for the non – publication of this column last week. Especially to Mr. T. Ekpeyong who phoned from Abuja on Wednesday and His Grace Archbishop Christopher Umane, the head of the Orthodox Anglican Communion in Benin City, who rang on Thursday to....

GREENWOOD. Mary A. Alstott, 77, of Greenwood, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. She is survived by her husband, Ronald Alstott; children, Jeffrey (Robin) Alstott, Donald Alstott, David (Treecy) Alstott and Gary (Stephanie) Alstott; siblings, Rebecca Herring, Ronald Roberson, Victoria Warfield and Robert....

Nashville. Janice “Kay” Crabtree, 73, went to be with the Lord on December 14, 2016, in her winter hometown of Fort Myers, Florida. Larry and all five of their kids were with her to love her on to eternity. Kay is survived by her husband of 40 years, Larry Crabtree, and their children, Preston and....

WESTERN BUREAU: With a view of dispelling the argument that the Church is doing nothing to assist in eradicating crime from the Jamaican landscape, a handful of Christian believers took to the streets in Green Island, western Hanover last Friday, in what they described as "a march against crime, violence and all unlawful activities in.

The year 2016 has seen much conflict for religious freedom, not just domestically but worldwide. As individuals fight to defend this basic and fundamental human right — sometimes sacrificing their very lives — we find ourselves asking many questions about the future.

PHILADELPHIA Tucked one floor below the majestic Gothic sanctuary of Arch Street United Methodist Church, Javier Flores Garcia sleeps on a cot in a basement Sunday-school classroom that church members have outfitted with a microwave, a compact refrigerator and a television. Mr.

Dear Pastor Evan Mawarire – Firstly I hope you and your family are settling well in the USA, it must be quite refreshing there compared to our troubled Zimbabwe. I write this letter to you as a follower of This Flag movement. Jean Gasho. I am one of the thousands of people who prayed for you fervently when you were arrested.

Ghana’s Deputy Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Hajia Hawawu Boya Gariba has backtracked on her story denying attacking a noisy church in the Northern region. Hajia Hawawu Gariba has admitted to the police she used pepper spray on members of the Spring of Life Assembly Church in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale.