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http://ift.tt/2rsYcl7 Abraham Lincoln Several people who have concerned themselves with the life and times of John F. Kennedy have found certain aspects of his engaging life and his death confounding. Lincoln and John Kennedy were two outstanding United States Presidents. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th U.S. President while Kennedy was the 35th. But there were very striking, indeed astounding similarities in certain aspects of their lives and their deaths. Lincoln made abolition of slavery prevalent in the South a presidential campaign issue. He stood for his country’s union which angered the confederates at the time. It was indeed one of the confederates that assassinated him. The assassination of Kennedy was totally unexpected. He was one of the most-loved presidents in American history and his death reverberated around the world. I recall that Adeolu Akinsanya, one of Nigeria’s music maestros, composed a moving song paying glowing tribute to John F. Kennedy’s human rights struggle ...

http://ift.tt/2pMKjlw Sir: “Indifference” best describes the willpower of a great portion of Africans who desire, yet slumber on their bid to untie the leash strapped on them by tyrant/under-performing leaders (most of which have overstayed their welcome with scanty and counterproductive ideas, but just wouldn’t leave), as well as the fraudulent tactics of some extortionist preachers who likewise their political counterparts, operate in a similar fashion of having the people naively fixated on their manipulative fairy tales. As we witness a fluctuating level of progress in Africa despite our overzealous religious commitments, it appears religion hasn’t done us much good. Neither have our leaders! If Africans can shorten the exhaustive prayers and begin to think a bit more passionately, we could be halfway into crossing the parted red sea. Most African leaders, seem to be inflicted with a strange syndrome of clinging uncompromisingly to power. Not necessarily because of their suppos...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Anayo Okoli U MUAHIA—G unmen killed an Umuahia-based civil engineering contractor, indentified as Emeka Okenna, closed to his poultry farm located at Umuobia Housing Estate, Olokoro, in Umuahia South LGA, Saturday morning. Late Okenna is also the pastor of a branch of Behold He Cometh Church at Umudike. According one Godson Igwe, a staff of the slain pastor, the assassins were over six in number. He said they approached his boss and asked him of a certain lady, who they claimed he owned salary for several months. Mr. Geoffrey Ogbonna, Abia State Police spokesman, confirmed the incident, saying the Command has begun investigation into the incident.   The post Gunmen kill pastor in Umuahia appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pUuCE7