Nigerian pastor and humanitarian Gideon Agwom Mutum received a handwritten death threat July 12 amid ongoing violence in the country’s southern Kaduna State. Daily armed assaults in the area following the July 5 kidnapping of dozens of students from a Baptist school have left 33 people dead, 215 homes destroyed and four churches burned to the ground, according to a statement by Relief and Intervention Committee of the Southern Kaduna People’s Union.

First person: 8 reasons we need to put our phones down during meetings, conversations
I admit my struggle here. I’m so accustomed to having my phone with me that I almost unknowingly and reflexively check it continuously throughout the day. I’m trying, though, to put it away during meetings and conversations. Here’s why.




