Vatican City – The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops permitting gay men to enter seminaries, provided they abstain from sexual activity. This marks a notable shift in the Catholic Church’s approach to the admission of homosexual individuals into the priesthood. The guidelines, published quietly on the Italian bishops’ conference website on Thursday,…
Professor E. Latunde Odeku, a trailblazing neurosurgeon, made history as the first African to receive neurosurgical training in the United States and was named the father of neurosurgery in Africa. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1927, Odeku’s academic excellence earned him a spot at Methodist Boys High School in Lagos, followed by Howard University in…
Born in 1701, Diallo was the son of a slave trader in present-day Senegal. As he grew older, he became deeply involved in his father’s business, selling slaves to European traders. However, during one of his trading ventures, Diallo’s life took a dramatic turn. While transporting slaves for sale, he was captured, chained alongside the…
The Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with the Board of Education, the National Universities Commission (NUC), and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has fully accredited several tuition-free degree-awarding institutions. These institutions provide unique opportunities for Nigerian students to pursue higher education without the burden of tuition fees. The accredited institutions are: Nigeria…
AIG. Tunde Johnson Ogunsakin (Rtd) OPINION By Sam Akpe, Abuja In this concluding part of the narrative on the inevitability of inter-agency collaboration on security, Tunde Johnson Ogunsakin recalls practical experiences during his days in the police force where intelligence-sharing and teamwork produced unimpeachable results. Citing available evidence, the retired AIG reminded the gathering that…
