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The World Bank has forecasted a grim economic crisis for Nigeria, projecting a rise in poverty at an alarming rate of 3.6 percent by 2027. The econometric forecasting was contained in the World Bank’s Africa’s Pulse report during the ongoing joint summit between International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, DC. USA. "The World Bank projects that … [Read more...] about World Bank – More Nigerians will fall into poverty by 2027

Cardinal Arinze and Peter Obi Statement released by Peter Obi from Vatican City, Rome: Legacy of Light: What Pope Francis Taught the World "Today, I joined Francis Cardinal Arinze, global dignitaries, and thousands of mourners at St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, to pay my final respects to His Holiness, Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21. The solemn … [Read more...] about Peter Obi in Rome for Pope Burial – ‘What Pope Francis Taught the World’ (Pics)

A Nigerian vanguard politician and former presidential candidate has lamented the passing of the Pope Francis today whom he referred as " a Moral Compass in a Troubled world." Peter Obi said, " I received with profound sorrow the news of the passing of the Holy Father, Pope Francis. His death marks the end of another era in the spiritual and moral leadership of the Catholic … [Read more...] about Obi laments the passing of Pope Francis: ‘A Moral Compass in a Troubled world’.

POEM : What’s in a name? By Emeka Chiakwelu The modus letters are enumerated Or how the balkanized words linger The way it’s voiced Or to whom it belongs Then, what’s to a name? To the history it belongs Or how larynx fickle with it Is it the way it looks? Appears lazy … fast before the eye? Or is it the way it sounds? Handsome, antiquated, … [Read more...] about African Identity: Drop your foreign names (video)