Advertising body set to take action against Chafford Hundred church advert

THE ADVERTISING Standards Authority (ASA) is set to take action against an advert by a Chafford Hundred-based church. The Rivers of Life Ministry advertised their Easter services at the Drake Road Community Church with an advert that stated the following. “Come and Experience The Power That Raised Jesus From The Dead (Come And Receive Your …

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘This could be the beginning of a revolution’ by Lisa Allardice

She’s on school reading lists and counts Hillary, Oprah and Beyoncé as fans. The author talks about motherhood, #MeToo – and causing controversy Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘The world is changing very fast, and we intend to accelerate it.’ Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian At a PEN lecture in Manhattan last weekend, the novelist Chimamanda …

Nigerians are walking into Canada, prompting request for U.S. to take action By Selena Ross

Refugees who crossed the Canada-U.S. border near Hemmingford, Quebec, are processed in a tent after being detained last August. The flow of asylum seekers that began last summer has resumed this spring. Most of the new arrivals are Nigerians. (GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images) MONTREAL — As Ni­ger­ian asylum seekers flood into Canada across a ditch in …

Nigeria Faces a Crippling Population Boom by John Campbell

At a population conference in New York, Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC) Eze Duruiheoma estimated that the current population of Nigeria is 198 million, and that the population living in urban areas has been growing 6.5 percent annually over the past fifty years. He cites that World Population Prospects prediction that by 2050, …

Original Naija people abbreviations

LWKM - Laugh wan kill me MIDG - make i dey go WGYL - we go yarn later IGA - I gbadun am ICS - I can't shout DJM - Don't jealous me WBDM - Who born d maga UDC - U de craze NUS - Na u sabi WSU - who send u ITK …