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THE CLASSIC CHURCH, FEW YEARS TO COME?               This is the 21 st century and things are already taking new looks. More so, I have discovered that the place where you can find the highest number of people coming together for a common goal and purpose, though different, is the church. However, the spirit of this century is already in the church and I think that if we are not careful, this is how the church will turn out to be in few years to come. Come with me. MODERATOR 1 : We shall be commencing the service this morning by singing from our hymn book as we take HGSB 333 (GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS) and thereafter we shall move on to the Sunday school which shall be anchored by our assistant resident pastor, CLINT THE DRUNK , then after that, we are going into the period of the dance of praise which shall be anchored by our choir director, DON JAZZY . Stay tuned as the assistant moderator comes up to give us more announcements. MODERATOR 2 : Thank you, my oga. The first a

After nearly three decades of autocratic rule followed by a civil uprising, Burkina Faso has a new leader. Roch Marc Christian Kabore won more than 53% of votes in Sunday's elections, according to  an official tally . The results mean Kabore, a former Prime Minister of the West African nation, will become its next President. His closest opponent, Zephirin Diabre,  conceded defeat after winning less than 30% of votes. What comes next for Burkina Faso?   02:12 The road to this week's vote has been bumpy. Just two months ago, a military plot tried to derail the election. Now experts say this looks to be the most democratic polling in the country's history. The people have themselves to thank for that, said  Chris Fomunyoh  from the Washington-based  National Democratic Institute , which is overseeing election observers. Ever since a citizen uprising  overthrew President Blaise Compaore a year ago  -- after he

The staff, students and invited guests of the University of Uyo are currently assembled at the Permanent Site of the University in Nwanibia Road to inaugurate the incoming Vice-Chancellor and bid farewell to the outgoing one.  The out going Vice-Chancellor is Prof. Mrs. Comfort Ekpo who has been at the helms for power since 2010. She is the first female Vice-Chancellor of the institution. Today, she is handing over to Prof. Enefiok Essien who was the erstwhile Dean of the Faculty of Law in the same institution.  Prof. Essien is in the Department of Commercial and Property Law. The new VC went through the due process as enshrined in the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 and the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment ) Act 2003.  According to the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman, Governing Council of the institution, Prof. Kimse Okoko during a press conference in Uyo recently explained that at the commencement of the exercise on April 28, 2015, 19 applicants had ind

World football governing body, FIFA, has admitted its error in handing Nigeria captain Kelechi Nwakali the bronze boot of the last FIFA U-17 World Cup finals held in Chile. The Zurich-based body has instead given the award to another Golden Eaglets midfielder, Samuel Chukwueze, after apologising for the mistake. FIFA admitted the error in a letter sent to the Nigeria Football Federation General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, on Wednesday. In the letter signed by the Director of the Football Division, Mustapha Fahmy, the world body wrote, “We made a mistake at the closing ceremony of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 with the distribution of the Adidas Bronze Boot. “Instead of player no. 8 of Nigeria, Samuel Chukwueze, the player Kelechi Nwakali (player no.10 of Nigeria) received the Adidas Bronze Boot. However, if two or more players are still equal (after goals and assists), the player who has played fewer number of minutes will be ranked first. “With this in mi

The Barca player was disappointed his team-mate didn't join him and Neymar among the three finalists for the Fifa prize Lionel Messi  believes  Barcelona  team-mate  Luis Suarez  deserved to be named among the finalists for this year’s Ballon d’Or. The Argentina international was named as one of the three players up for the prestigious individual prize on Monday, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar the other two. That meant there was no room for Suarez, the third member of Barca’s three-man attack. Between them, they have scored 125 goals in 2015 so far, with the Uruguayan contributing 40 of them - including several important strikes as Barca clinched the treble last season.   READ MORE    |  Messi beats Ronaldo to La Liga best player award    “I’d have liked to be on Ballon d'Or podium with Ney and Luis,”  Messi said at the La Liga awards ceremony on Monday night where he was named as the league’s best player for the 2014-15 campaign . “Luis deserved it because of