Standing just 34.8in tall, Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros, popped the question to 35.2in girlfriend Katyucia Hoshino in front of their closest friends at a sushi restaurant in their hometown of Itupeva, Brazil .
Saturday, 6 August 2016
When Jesus Answers My Prayer | Otto F. Linn
- Though the night has been long and my trials severe,
And heavy my burdens of care;
As the mists of the morning they all disappear
When Jesus answers my prayer.- Refrain:
When Jesus answers my prayer,
When Jesus answers my prayer;
Oh, the rapture that thrills, the glory that fills,
When Jesus answers my prayer!
- Refrain:
Woman gives birth to quadruplets at Redemption Camp, Bode George picks up nomination form to contest for the position of PDP National Chairman, Alleged budget padding Speaker Dogara refused to resign and other major headlines you missed today!
Rio Olympics: "Go! Win and return with laurels "President Buhari's special message to Team Nigeria
As the 2016 Olympic Games opens in Rio De Janeiro, President Buhari has expressed optimism that the country's team will put up an impressive showing to delight fellow countrymen.
In a message to the Nigerian Olympic contingent on Friday, President Buhari said he hoped that the victory of Nigeria’s Under 23 football team, the "Dream Team Six" over their Japanese opponents in the early hours of this day will serve as an inspiration to the entire contingent of the grand show Nigerians expect from our athletes.
When Jesus Has Control | William C. Poole
- I find each day new victory,
When Jesus has control,
And blessings that are sent to me,
When Jesus has control.- Refrain:
When Jesus has control,
When Jesus has control;
He leads the way from day to day,
When Jesus has control.
- Refrain:
General Overseer of a popular church rapes member’s daughter during prayer
Detectives attached to the Delta State Police Command, Asaba, on Thursday arrested the General Overseer of a church (name withheld) for allegedly raping a seven-year-old daughter of his member.
The police spokesperson in the state, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, said the suspect’s church was along Ibusa Road, Koka, Asaba
When Love Shines In | Carrie E. Breck
- Jesus comes with pow’r to gladden,
When love shines in,
Every life that woe can sadden,
When love shines in.
Love will teach us how to pray,
Love will drive the gloom away,
Turn our darkness into day,
When love shines in.- Refrain:
When love shines in,
When love shines in,
How the heart is tuned to singing,
When love shines in;
When love shines in,
When love shines in,
Joy and peace to others bringing,
When love shines in.
- Refrain:
I paid my children’s school fees from robbery loot – Ex-policeman confesses (photo)
They all wore mournful looks in the line-up, but no one would have readily known that three of the armed robbery suspects being paraded by the police that day used to be policemen.
Emmanuel Audu, James Momoh, Sunday Onuh and two former policemen; Sgt.Ochigbo Gabriel and Sgt. Francis Onuh hung their heads, trying their best to show remorse.
When Morning Gilds the Skies | Anonymous/Unknown
- When morning gilds the skies,
My heart awaking cries:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer,
To Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised! - Does sadness fill my mind?
A solace here I find,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Genevieve Nnaji, BankyW, Don Jazzy and these celebrities are under pressure to marry | You wanna know why
In Nigeria, it is expected that when a man or lady gets of age, he or she should move away from under the shadows of the parents and get married. Even the Holy Books strongly advise this, so it’s no surprise that marriage is seen as such a big deal in this part of the world.However, some celebs, especially males, are usually terrified of the word ‘marriage.’ Many of them fear that they would lose their female fans if they take the plunge.
In this piece, Vanguard take a look at some of the celebs that are under serious pressure by their fans to get married.
Dogara: Budget Padding Not An Offence
Embattled House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara has declared that budget padding is not an offence.
He said he would not resign because of the allegations levelled against him by the sacked Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumini Jibrin.
Dogara, who visited President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, first feigned ignorance of the term, budget padding. But he later said it constituted no offence under the law.
The Speaker, who has come under pressure in some quarters to resign since the allegations were made, was at the Presidential Villa apparently to explain his own side of the story to President Buhari.
It’s Difficult To Fulfil All My Electoral Promises, Says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that it is difficult to fulfill all his electoral promises.
He said the task before him was not an easy one.
The President, however, said that he would work hard with his team to bequeath to the country a new orientation in leadership that would be service-driven.
Buhari, who spoke on Friday at the graduation ceremony of Course 24 of the National Defence College, Abuja, where he was the Special Guest of Honour, explained that though it was not easy to fulfill all the electoral promises, he and members of his team were trusting in God that they would deliver through hard work and sound vision.
I Can Stabilise PDP If…- Bode George | Vanguard
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, says he can stabilise the party if voted to become chairman. He made the remark in Abuja on Friday after collecting PDP chairmanship nomination form for N1 million at the party’s temporary secretariat. He said, ”if people vote for me, I look forward to stabilise the party and put it in right position.
“The ruling party should get ready for serious engagement because we have started a cohesive battle ahead of 2019”, George said. According to him, PDP is not down and out.
Revealed: Why Dalung’s Meeting With Avengers Failed — Facilitators By Soni Daniel
For the first time since the flop of the parley, major factors that aborted a planned meeting between the Minister of Sports and Youths Development, Comrade Solomon Dalung, and key Niger Delta militant leaders, emerged last night.
The facilitator of the failed meeting, Jude Tabai and former Special Adviser to Bayelsa Governor on Security, told Saturday Vanguard that the minister messed up the meeting by claiming that he was ‘going to Oporoza to meet with Niger Delta Avengers’, a claim that infuriated the natives of the Ijaw community even before his arrival. “Niger Delta Avengers do not reside in Oporoza” Tabai, who claims to have deep knowledge of the Niger Delta and all the major actors in the Niger Delta imbroglio, told Saturday Vanguard, adding that the natives of the community felt they were being stigmatized as ‘harbingers’ of evil men. “What happened was that I took the minister as Oporoza in what was supposed to be a ‘coded visit’ that was to known to only concerned ‘stakeholders’ in the militant camps.
PDP Not For Sale – BOT Chairman
The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jubril yesterday said the board will resist the imposition of a chairman on the party noting that the party was not for sale to the highest bidder.
In a speech during the inauguration of the convention planning committee of the party in Abuja, Senator Jibrin said the era of immunity and imposition of candidates in the party are gone.
“This party is not for sale. This party must be a party of very conscious people. We are telling every delegate to reject anybody that come with money. “We want an honest and upright person. This party will not want somebody that will come and buy his way into office.
Friday, 5 August 2016
Budget Padding Scandal: Speaker Dogara Runs To Buhari For Help | PremiumTimes
Except there is a last-minute change in his schedule, the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, will on Friday meet President Muhammadu Buhari over the budget padding scandal rocking the lower legislative chamber, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report.
According to President Buhari’s list of engagements for Friday, seen by this newspaper, Mr. Buhari will meet Mr. Dogara at 4.30p.m.
The meeting is at the instance of the Speaker, presidency sources said.
Associates of Mr. Dogara said the speaker sought audience with the President over the allegations levelled against him by a former chairman of the appropriations committee of the House, Abdulmumin Jibrin, that he abused his office and committed budget fraud.
When My Lifework Is Ended | Barney E. Warren
- When my lifework is ended,
And the summons has come,
When my voice there is blended
With the blood-washed at home,
In that happy reunion,
Where they’re waiting for me,
With my Lord in communion—
Oh, what bliss that will be!- Refrain:
Home, beautiful home,
Free from sorrow and care;
Loved ones beckon me come;
Soon its glories I’ll share.
- Refrain:
Do They Know We Are Suffering? By Ayo Oyoze Baje
“Your leaders have no respect for their people.
They believe that their personal interests are the interests of the people.
They take people’s resources and turn them into personal wealth.
There is a level of poverty in Nigeria that should be unacceptable.”
-Nelson Mandela
The statistics are simply scary. One is talking about the inexcusable social inequality and injustice in Nigeria. These are characterised by the pervasive poverty level, the irredeemably corrupt, conscienceless, kleptomaniac ruling elite; blindly driven by the greed for personal gains and of course, the grinding wheels of the acquiescent and ignorant led majority.
When My Savior Talks with Me | Lizzie DeArmond
- All the burdens once so heavy,
Light and easy seem to be;
In my soul is heaven’s sunshine
When my Savior talks with me.- Refrain:
In my heart a song is ringing,
Earth like heaven seems to be;
Life new joy to me is bringing
When my Savior talks with me.
- Refrain:
Buhari’s Wife Accepts Fayose’s Challenge, Visits US By Olalekan Adetayo
Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Thursday travelled to the United States where she was scheduled to be the special guest at the 25th Anniversary of Zumunta Association.
According to a statement by her Director, Media, Zakari Nadabo, the event is scheduled to take place at the Silver Spring Civic Centre in Maryland, Washington DC.
Nadabo said the event with the theme, “Rebirth and Renewable,” would also be attended by the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, who would serve as the guest speaker among other prominent Nigerians.
Banks Mandated To Accept Dividend Warrant Deposited Into Savings Account- SEC By Peter Egwuatu Nigeria-stock-exchange
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, yesterday stated that banks are now mandated to accept dividend warrants into the savings account of investors and as well get them enrolled free of charge in the e-Dividend Mandate Management System (e-DMMS) platform.
This is coming after the announcement by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, directing banks to accept deposit of cheques into savings accounts. It will be recalled that CBN via circular referenced BPS/DIR/GEN/CIR/03/005 dated 28th July, 2016 instructed banks to allow customers with Bank Verification Number, BVN, to deposit cheques into their savings account. The management of SEC, in a statement available to Vanguard said, “As part of several measures to put an end to the growth in unclaimed dividends in Nigeria, the SEC had engaged the CBN and other stakeholders on key initiatives.
Railways And Political Backwardness in Nigeria By Owei Lakemfa
NIGERIA’s first speed train rolled off on July 26 in a roar of controversy. The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, held it up as its achievement. Its vociferous hailers claimed that it was completed due to the seriousness of its government. They presented it as an abandoned project by the Goodluck Jonathan government which they claimed, failed to pay the needed counterpart funding.
The completion of the project to them, is an indication that the APC has a lot of good projects in store for Nigerians. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, denied the project was starved of funds.
Butchers of Juba By Owei Lakemfa
When I watched South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit make a short speech on the floor of the African Union, AU, Heads of State conference in January 2013, I was impressed. He said King Mohammed VI of Morocco had called to congratulate him on the independence of South Sudan from Sudan. But he had retorted that Morocco should likewise let Western Sahara be free.
That struck a chord in me. I thought he was progressive and Pan Africanist; the type of leader we need on the continent. I did not expect less from a man who was with John Garang in the long struggle for independence from Sudan. For about five decades, South Sudan had fought for independence and when the opportunity of a United Nations-supervised referendum presented itself in January 2011, the people voted 98.83 percent for independence.
Chronic injustices! By Donu Kogbara
We often simplistically refer to “The North” as if it is a monolithic unit. It is easy to forget that there are actually different Northerners and that a significant number are not Hausa-Fulanis or members of the Sunni Muslim majority.
This complex diversity – and the tensions it generates – was highlighted during a recent bloody clash between the Army and a Shiite Muslim group in Kaduna State…and in a sad and thought-provoking letter that a Christian engineer from a minority tribe in Borno State sent me a couple of days ago.
Here are some excerpts:
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