Estonian Church successfully registers new name emphasizing autonomy, but state threat remains

Tallinn, April 2, 2025 Photo: orthodox.ee      After a battle lasting several months, the Estonian Orthodox Church was finally able to register with a new legal name on Monday, March 31. Thus, the Estonian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate is now officially known as the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church (without mention of the Moscow Patriarchate), which it…

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Tinubu sacks Mele Kyari as NNPC Group CEO, appoints Bayo Ojulari

President Bola Tinubu has sacked the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) including its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari and board chairman Pius Akinyelure.   The decision, effective April 2, 2025, was announced in a statement by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga.    According to the statement, the President hinged his decision on…

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Secrecy and Virtue Signalling: Another View of Signalgate

Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain There has been a fascinating, near unanimous condemnation among the cognoscenti about the seemingly careless addition of Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic to the chat chain of Signal by US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz.  Condemnation of the error spans the spectrum from clownish to dangerous.  There has been virtually nothing on the…

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