THE REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER

  By Sharon Isaalah, with agency report The Iranian Intelligence Minister,  Mahmoud Alavi - has reportedly admitted that Christianity is spreading throughout Iran in a manner that is unprecedented in the history of that country.  According to report, Mahmoud Alavi - the Islamic Republic’s intelligence minister - while giving a speech before the Shia Muslim clerics, said: “Christianity is spreading too much in Iran.” Alavi said, “These converts are ordinary people whose jobs are selling sandwiches - these he said among other belittling compliments” “Out of the fiery furnace comes forth faith as pure as gold (1 Peter 1.7).” It is obvious how the confirmation of this scriptural verse has become a reality in an unexpected region - among the persecuted Christians of Iran whose nation has now become world's fastest growing network of Churches. Iran has fastest growing churches despite very few church buildings According to the report, in an open conversation between the convert...

By Ayo Esan The national President of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators,  NCNDE-A, Eshanekpe Israel, a.k.a Akpodoro, has described as unwarranted, cheap blackmail, wicked, grossly misleading, statement issued by a Coalition of Civil Society group asking the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, to resign his position in the senate owing to an alleged conviction in the United States of America, USA.  Akpodoro, an ex-militant leader stated this in Abuja Thursday, at a well attended meeting  of the critical stakeholders in Niger Delta Project noting that the Solomon Adodo-led group was fake, chasing shadows in its "blackmail" as funded by its rabid sponsors describing the sponsors as petty politicians in Delta State who he noted are envious of the rising profile of Chief Omo-Agege the Obarisi of Urhobo land saying such envious characters should be ready to face the consequences of their actions against an illustrious son of urhoboland declari...

She is beauty personified, 19-year-old Miss Kethia Urie, defines beauty by every measure. She posses a weird placid mien with a nack for sartorial elegance.  Urie holds the Ordinary National Diploma, OND, of the Polytechnic Ibadan. An upcoming model, she is brilliant, cerebral, humble, gentle, easy going with high moral probity. The Ibadan based Delta State-born model says, the screen goddess, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, is her role model as she aspires to beat the world best model to be the best.  Urie is a brand of Pearl Model, who is glued to her glowing beauty and bringing the best out of the upcoming model. 

By Edewor Egedegbe May 29, 1999, Nigeria as the nation began her fourth republic in a democratically elected government with President Olusegun Obasanjo (1999 to 2007), President Alh. Umaru Musa Yar’adua (2007 to 2010) President Dr. Ebelle Goodluck Jonathan (2010 to 2015) and President Muhammadu Buhari (2015 till date) in these 20 years of unbroken democratic journey as a nation, leadership failure has bedeviled the Nigeria state unabated.  The leadership failure in Nigeria is born out of wanton corruption in the system, the much talked about federal character principle which sacrifices merit on the altar of mediocrity, and zoning in the political circle has brought high level of sycophancy, compromised civil service, press, judiciary, the legislature lack the will power to handle daring issues that affects the nation, and when they try to do they are blackmailed by forces and no time they chicken out.  These institutional failure across board has contributed well over 80 perc...