Catholic Bishops Meet in Abuja, Insurgency, IDPs Top Agenda

Globacom chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr, has been named by City People Magazine as the ‘Man of the Year’ for the year 2015. The magazine said it came to the decision after considering the humanitarian activities and business prowess of Adenuga.

The award was formally presented to Globacom’s Group Executive Director, Mrs. Bella Disu, at the Mike Adenuga Towers, Victoria Island, headquarters of the Group, for onward transmission to the Globacom chairman.

According to City People, Adenuga beat other prominent Nigerians, such as Prof. Attahiru Jega, the former chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who conducted successful general election in 2015; former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, who is currently the Minister of Power, Works and Housing; former president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who willingly accepted defeat in the presidential election, and Alhaji Aliko Dangote for establishing Dangote Cement in other African countries.

City People also cited Dr Adenuga’s “silent philanthropic gestures across Nigeria” and his leadership role in the business sector in Africa as some of the factors that won the award for the Globacom chairman.

One of the world’s wealthiest men, Adenuga sits atop one of Africa’s largest business empires which comprise oil and gas, telecoms, aviation, banking and real estate.

in Abuja

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) is to meet in Abuja today in its first plenary session in the year. Issues bordering on Boko Haram insurgency, the fight against corruption and the plight of Internally Displayed Persons (IDPs) will top agenda of the deliberations expected at the conference. In an exclusive interview with THISDAY, CBCN President and Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama said: “We have always spoken on critical issues; this year, we will be focusing on IDPs, good governance, corruption and insecurity mostly associated with insurgency in the North-east.”

He explained that the conference “will dwell on the present day challenges and focus on this conference, will be the Year of Mercy, the theme of the conference, declared by Pope Francis 1. We will also be looking at how the church focuses on mercy, social justice and peace as factors necessary to make the world a better place.”