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Reverend Dr Daniel Sackitey, the Vice Principal of the Evangelical Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Peki, has entreated Christians to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice Christ for mankind through his crucifixion, death and resurrection and to conform.

He said the message of Easter, in these challenging times, could serve as a source of comfort and inspiration such that just as Jesus overcame death and rose from the tomb, believers could overcome any trials that life threw at them and emerge stronger and more resilient.

Rev Sackitey, who was delivering a sermon on Easter Sunday on the theme: 'Christ has Risen Indeed,' said Christians must appreciate the significance of Easter and to renew their faith in the power of its hope and newness.

He called on all Christians to partner with Church leaders to carry the gospel to all places, saying, 'no barrier should be a limitation and excuses cannot be countenanced.'

'Let us strive above our collective weaknesses to witness Christ, go and break the news that Christ has indeed risen,' he said.

Rev. Sackitey entreated Christians to set their minds on things of Heaven and depart from negative practices such as murder, involvement in corruptible tendencies, fornication, blatant lies, stealing and armed robbery that defiled their physical bodies.

He said the human body had become more complicated in contemporary times and going contrary to Biblical prescriptions on marriage with significant use of alphabets to differentiate shades of sexual orientation becoming acceptable norms.

Rev. Sackitey condemned LGBTQI+ practices, and said when the Bill in Parliament was passed into law, it would bring clarity to the issues in relation to the position of the State.

He, however, said the inaction of the Church towards assisting activists and reshaping the lives of practitioner of these negative practices both at the home and community level was worrying.

He acknowledged the role of women and commended those who had devoted themselves to the work of God and to societal development.

Tracing it to the biblical era, he cited Mary Magdalene, who played a leading role in breaking the news of Christ's resurrection, while others had also been acknowledged for dedicating their material, spiritual and physical resources to promote the growth of the Church, God's work and societal development.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The project will be instrumental in reducing the power deficit, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 42,910 Gg CO2-eq per year and reducing the cost of electricity generation to 18.5 US cents per kilowatt hour, reducing dependence on fossil fuels and, in the short to medium term, increasing the grid’s power generation capacity. It will also increase the share of renewable energy in the grid’s energy mix from 3% to 23%, creating temporary jobs during project implementation and long-term jobs after project completion.

Source: Africa News Agency

The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.- Gen. Bashir Magashi, on Friday, inaugurated multiple projects at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, in a bid to enhance the training of cadets.

The projects inaugurated included roads in honour of war heroes and the NDA-NAF Base Link Road and new gate named after Magashi.

The defence minister inspected concrete fence and block fence projects and also unveiled adventure obstacle course where demonstration was carried out by the cadets.

He also witnessed river assault crossing demonstration by the cadets of the 70th Regular Course at the Nigerian Air Force dam.

Speaking to newsmen after the inauguration, Magashi said he has expectation that the Armed Forces of Nigeria are doing their best in carrying out their constitutional duties to the nation.

He said that his visit was also to see areas of improvement in the training and other aspects of soldiering in the Academy to ensure good breed of officers.

On security, Magashi said there has been much improvement as seen in the North-East and North-West, adding that gradually people would return to civilised way of doing things in the country.

He expressed gratitude for the project named after him at the NDA while also commending the commandant for his vision and innovations in the training of the cadets.

Earlier, the Commandant of the Academy, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Manu-Yusuf, said the projects would enhance the security architecture of the academy.

He said they had also open ways for additional areas of training.

He thanked the Minister; Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff and other service chiefs for supporting the institution.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief of Defence Staff and Chief of Army Staff visited the NDA on March 30 and had inaugurated 15 troops-carrying vehicles and other projects.

Source: News Agency of Nigeria

Angola hosts in September, for the first time, the final of the 2022 international business management simulation contest, called Global Management Challenge.

The event will feature more than 30 groups from around the world, including the hosts.

The Global Management Challenge is a strategic management competition for managers and university students. Participants form teams of 5-8 members to allow the development of skills for managers, company staff, among others.

According to the director of operations at Soik Investments, João Pereira, representative of the organizers of the event, it is a great value for Angola to organize one of the biggest simulation competitions in the world.

João Pereira added that, for the 2023 contest, registrations were already taking place across the country, until 31 May of the current

year, stressing that young Angolans could access the website: www.gms.ao. to participate in this edition.

To participate, he continued, it is sufficient that the candidate has completed at least the first university year, in any course, and is 18 years of age.

He said that the objective for that year is to include young people from all over the country, in order to get rid of the idea that only

Luanda participates.

"We have the objective of reaching the whole country, with the broadening of the candidacies. We had the opportunity to take the competition to the provinces of Namibe, Benguela and Huíla. We also intend to reach Huambo", he stressed.

The winners for the 2023 edition will be announced on the 6th of July of the current year.

Launched in Portugal in 1980, the Global Management Challenge has become the largest international strategy and management competition,

achieving, over the years, an enormous success, becoming an event of

high notoriety and visibility.

In Angola by Soik investments since 2007, it contributes to the

training and development of management skills, for university

students, company staff and Angolan managers.

Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)

Kenya is calling on the private sector to digitise 5,000 government services by mid-2023. This was revealed by the Minister of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy, Eliud Owalo, on Monday 27 March 2023 in Mombasa while chairing a sectoral consultative meeting with the country’s ICT community.

As a reminder, Kenya has just launched a digital highway project to lay over 100,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable across the country. It also involves the creation of 25,000 public Wi-Fi access points and the establishment of digital villages and studios in each of the country’s 1,450 districts.

Source: Africa News Agency