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Punch Newspapers Sections Chima Azubuike, Gombe The Gombe State Police Command, on Tuesday, busted an eight-man gang of kidnappers, killing one in the process, and arresting three others. The police also arrested four suspected rapists, who allegedly specialised in having unlawful carnal knowledge of girls. The Commissioner of Police, Maikudi Shehu, disclosed these to journalists at the command headquarters in Gombe. According to Shehu, the encounter that led to their arrest occurred in Yelwa v...

A group of Jews visit the Temple Mount, May 31, 2020. Earlier in the week, the 20 th of Tevet, marked the Yom Hillula  (day of festivity) or Yahrtzeit, of the Rambam (Maimonides). He died in 1204. So, I thought it would be interesting to look at a major event in his life, that might have been missed by some, back at the end of October. The Torah reading was Parshat Noah, the Hebrew date was the 6th of Cheshvan. It marked 855 years since the Rambam, made Aliyah (went up), to Har HaB...

By Emmanuel Addeh The federal government said yesterday that it was set to power over 100 COVID-19 isolation centres and 400 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) nationwide through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). A statement from the REA in Abuja, stated that as part of the COVID-19 intervention scheme, solar hybrid mini-grids were deployed a few months ago in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital isolation centre, which got 53.1kWp and at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) publ...

Despite being a very challenging year for most sectors of the Nigerian economy, many remote Nigerian rural communities have had a reason to celebrate, being beneficiaries of some of the most impactful government interventions in the power sector, writes Emmanuel Addeh Having been appointed as Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in December last year, Mr. Ahmad Salihijo, fully got down to work in January 2020, setting the tone as to the changes he was bringing to the oper...

Holy in the Holy Land: 9 of the Most Beautiful Churches in Israel Holy in the Holy Land: 9 of the Most Beautiful Churches in Israel As the Judeo-Christian holy land, Israel is filled with churches. While the Church of Mary Magdalene, Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Church of the Nativity may be the most famous, the churches and monasteries listed below house many relics, including ancient ruins, Medieval artwork and the tombs of several saints and apostles. Some are in fairytale locations ...

Should You Plan a 2021 Trip to Israel? If you had asked me in early December 2020 whether it would be possible to visit Israel in 2021, my answer would’ve been a total “yes.” At that point, vaccines were rapidly rolling out in the Jewish State (and around the world); for the first time, the beginning of the end of the pandemic was in sight. It still is, in early 2021, when I’m updating this. Unfortunately, news of a “mutant” variant of the virus from the UK (and another from South A...

Apartments sold and rented Second-hand apartments sold Jerusalem and environs Jerusalem: A 68-sq.m., three-room, third floor apartment on Pierre Koenig St. was sold for NIS 1.55 million. Beit Shemesh: A 91-sq.m. four-room, fourth floor apartment on Hanavi St. in Beit Shemesh Gimmel with an elevator and parking was sold for NIS 1.49 million. Maaleh Adumim: A 84-sq.m., 3.5-room, first floor apartment on Hapereg St. was sold for NIS 1.47 million. Kiryat Yearim: A 80-sq.m., four-room, third floo...

9 of the most beautiful churches in Israel Just in time for Christmas, we’ve got a list of nine of Israel’s most interesting and beautiful historically significant churches (and it’s probably not what you were expecting). December 20, 2020, 8:00 am View of the Dome of the Rock from a window of Dominus Flevit Church in Jerusalem. Photo via Shutterstock.co Israel is filled with churches. After all, this holy land is where everything you read about in the Bible took place. Sure, you’ve got...

A Hebrew Prophecy Revealed: Hosea and the Door of Hope Eileen Maddocks | Dec 12, 2020 Interested in Other Topics? from BahaiTeachings.org The views expressed in our content reflect individual perspectives and do not represent the official views of the Bahai Faith. The Hebrews, the first Middle Eastern people to embrace one monotheistic God, understood Him as loving and benevolent—and involved in their lives in an immediate sense. The Hebrew prophets presented a dichotomy of God’s dis...

>>host: syria is deploying its army to a number of cities hit by unrest. it is claimed that the government is shooting and killing demonstrators. we will begin with phone calls from republicans on the. you may have seen part of our coverage yesterday from the conservative principles conference that took place in des moines, iowa. we replied earlier this morning on c-span and we want to hear from republicans and we want to ask you what issues will be defined the gop primary? if you are ...