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‘Where They Met Is Not An Issue, Except In A Beer Parlour…’ (Imam Moruf Onike Abdul-Azeez, Deputy Chief Imam, NASFAT Headquarters) PEOPLE can meet anywhere, either in the university, mosque or on the social media. Once they have seen themselves and agreed, marriage has no condition in Islam as to where they met. |
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ȁ#x201c;I had no idea this was out here. It’s beautiful,ȁ#x201d; Mariann Miller said while digging weeds before planting new flowers in West Electric Park. Landscaping at the newly developed park along the DuPage River was one of 30 projects running through the weekend in The Big Serve, an annual.... |
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Fiery activist and former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday took a hard look at President Muhammadu Buhari’s almost a year-long tenure and passed a damning verdict that he is running an economic policy that is both, “archaic” and “opaque” and similar to those he promulgated during the military administration he led in the 1980s. |
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In early 1968, the Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles and another local minister beckoned the Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis to demonstrate support for a strike by 1,300 black city sanitation workers. The strikers were demanding a minimum 10-cents-an-hour wage increase, workplace safeguards and dignity. Their placards proclaimed, “I Am a Man. |
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LOS ANGELES – Rodrigo Garcia returns to the big screen with a sudden turnabout in his career as he strives to reveal the more human side of Jesus in “Last Days in the Desert.” The Colombian moviemaker and son of the late Nobel laureate in Literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, said he grew tired of.... |
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Tragedy struck at Ukpabi Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State last Monday when it came under attack from a band of suspected cattle herdsmen with whom members of the community had disagreements in recent times. Many people were killed and injured but it is difficult to say exactly how many. |
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The young man walked into the funeral home to say goodbye to his friend who had fatally overdosed on heroin, but he appeared spaced out. ȁ#x201c;He’s high,ȁ#x201d; the mother of the dead man said to herself as the mourner approached in the receiving line. ȁ#x201c;Honey, I forgot your name,ȁ#x201d; she said to him, trying to make conversation. |
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F our out of five heroin abusers start with prescription drugs. Oftentimes, the medications are taken from family members, or friends, from a medicine cabinet in the home. That’s why events such as Saturday’s national drug drop-off day are important in helping to keep powerful, addictive medications out of the hands of users, experts say. |
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Updated 34 minutes ago Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton plans to win big by keeping it small. “I could not be more grateful for the opportunity to run for this office. Please make sure you let people know that,” Clinton told the Tribune-Review. The former first lady, U.S. |
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Paul Obi in Abuja. Abuja Regional Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Emmanuel Ibitayo on Saturday urged the Presidency and National Assembly to expedite action and quickly resolve the current impasse surrounding the 2016 Appropriation Act. |
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As Nigerian leaders are looking for ways out of the nation’s current financial crisis, theatre groups are not resting on their oars, as some are imbuing their audiences to live up to their duties and responsibilities, as citizens so that the efforts of our heroes past and current leaders would not be in vain. |
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SEOUL: North Korea on Friday sentenced a detained Korean-American, Kim Dong-Chul, to 10 years hard labour on charges of subversion and espionage, China's official Xinhua news agency said. The announcement, which comes at a time of elevated military tensions on the Korean peninsula, followed an even.... |
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Bible says that many are called but few are chosen. The women of Ark of Jesus Covenant Church International are indeed among the chosen of the Lord and their church leaders including their General Overseer, Apostle Henry Iwuchukwu and the Grand Patron of the church, Ifeanyi Chris Destiny are proud of them. |
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More than fifty six Bishops mostly from the Anglican and Pentecostal Blocks attended the burial of Rev Pa JMJ Emesin, Father of Igbo Pentecostal Movement at Aguleri yesterday. The massive turnout of sympathizers created some issues especially with crowd controls even as the officiating clerics.... |
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Living with different people almost all the time, always having to fight and do something out of the ordinary to be noticed, constant abuse and neglect from family relations have shaped my personality and created within me a strong and burning desire to right those wrongs in any capacity that I possibly can. |
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. TODAY. Buddha birthday festival: Fo Guang Shan Guam Temple and Buddha’s Light International Association Guam Chapter invite the public to the 2016 Guam Buddha Birthday Community Festival and Baby Blessing Ceremony from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
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The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday said the 2016 budget would be passed into law this week, with a promise that implementation would follow immediately. He made the disclosure in his address at a programme sponsored by Covenant Christian Centre, the ‘Platform,’ held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, yesterday. |
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Mardoche came to London from the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a toddler. When he was about eight, his relatives accused him of being a witch. Traumatised, he started struggling at school. Islington Social Services heard his family wished to return him to the Congo for an exorcism – or deliverance – ceremony. |
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HE said that if he became president and he wouldn’t get his way, he would abolish institutions to create a revolutionary government. On election day and the days to follow, some of his supporters vowed to stage a revolution should he be defeated at the polls. |
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He was accused of being a witch and driven away from home by his father when he was barely 10 years old. His father had divorced his mother and remarried. He told SUNDAY PUNCH in Calabar, Cross River State capital, “I like opening electronic appliances to see what is inside. |
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by: Kamron Taylor, Rare.us Updated: Apr 30, 2016 - 5:26 PM Hundreds of members of Keystone Fellowship Church came out to grieve and support the family of Robert Braxton, who was shot last Sunday at the church. (Photo: Keystone Fellowship/Facebook)
The sanctuary of the Keystone Fellowship Church.... |
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Updated 2 minutes ago Tommy Pellis and Harrison Doyle each had three hits as Class A No. 1 Greensburg Central Catholic overcame an early three-run deficit to beat No. 2 Serra Catholic, 6-5, in nine innings of a Section 2-A baseball game Saturday afternoon. |
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Houses were submerged and roads flooded after heavy rains pounded Mombasa on Saturday night and for the better part of Sunday morning. Streets and buildings in Bamburi, Mtopanga and Utange areas were the most affected by the heavy deluge. Sunday church services could not be conducted in some.... |
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The sanctuary of the Keystone Fellowship Church used to be a safe place for church members to worship and fellowship with others. That changed abruptly Sunday when a member opened fire during service. An argument began after Mark Storms, 46, told Robert Braxton III, 27, he was sitting in seats.... |
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By Olayinka Latona, E RSTWHILE APC senator representing Lagos East, Senator Olurunnimbe Mamora has called on Nigerian youths to deploy their mental and physical energies towards productive areas, eschew violence, and have faith in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. |
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