Tag: Cain
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Rejecting the offering of Cain to Nigeria – By Stephen Ojapah
Cain brought some of his harvest and gave it as an offering to the Lord. Then Abel brought the first lamb born of one of his sheep, killed it and gave the best parts of it as offering. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering, but he rejected Cain and his offering. Cain…
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Children of Cain and Abel – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido Stories of rags to riches abound in our midst. For instance, a family is very poor, but God leaves no one empty handed, and so gives them a very brilliant eldest son. Even in the harshest conditions, the son strives academically. The family invests its non-existent resources in the son’s education. Mother…
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Man gets 5 strokes of cane for stealing 6 pieces of fish
A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that 20-year-old Labahani Yusuf, be given five strokes of the cane for stealing six pieces of fish. The judge, Mohammed Marafa, however, warned Yusuf, charged with criminal trespass and theft to be of good behaviour and desist from committing crime. Earlier, the prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun,…