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Saturday 17 September 2016

Buhari ‘Return Nigeria to how Jonathan left it and resign,’ PDP tells President

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to return Nigeria to the status attained during the Goodluck Jonathan era and then resign from offic

P made the comments via a statement released by spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye.

The statement reads:

Kindly permit me a space to air my view on the article, “The sexism of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome”, written by Abimbola Adelakun on Thursday, September 15, 2016.

While I want to commend the writer for her beautiful write-up, however, I disagree with a portion where she advised that the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. A. Adeboye, should be told by the people around him to update his messages based on the reality of the changing circumstances in the world.

I write to bring to the attention of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State the unbearable, noisy and disturbing activities of the Christ Miracle Church Mission of 38 Haruna Street, Haruna Bus Stop, off College Road, Ifako Agege. Lagos.

The church is adjourning my compound at the above mentioned address.

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Saturday, September 17

Isaiah 40:15-20

GOD UNLIKE THE NATIONS AND IDOLS

To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to? Isaiah 40:18, NIV

All humans who have experienced the saving power of God will totally agree with the above verse- the incomparability of God.
Just like we were made to know, during yesterday's devotion,

The wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, says the four persons who pleaded guilty to money laundering charges on behalf of the four companies linked to her are mercenaries hired by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The ex-President’s wife stated this in a statement on Thursday by her media aide, Chima Osuji.

Former Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) offered to sell him a senatorial ticket in 2015.

Daniel made the disclosure on Wednesday, September 14, while speaking at a social media forum, Premium Times reports.

Change is inevitable; it must happen. That means everybody should always prepare for change. Leaders are expected to lead by example. From that perspective, change should begin with our leaders.

Specifically, change should start with the President himself. From my little knowledge, the Federal Government has about 11 aircraft. What is the President doing with those aircraft? It is true that he was not the one that bought the aircraft. But we expect him to sell the aircraft when he came to power. The British Prime Minister travels in commercial aircraft. The US government has only two aircraft. We don’t need 11 aircraft for any reason. We are a poor country. We cannot be poor and live rich. The President should begin the change we have been clamouring for by selling off all the aircraft.

SIR: No career is as time-wasting as going to school, especially in Nigeria where the essence of school is not made clear. A school is a place people go to get educated. Education is the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values which make one a useful member of the society. And so will you say schools in Nigeria still educate with graduates of computer science who cannot put on a laptop and graduates of English who can’t define preposition? It is not so much of the students’ fault anyway; it is the system that is faulty.

Eid Al Adha: We Could Not Feast Because We Had Sacrificed, By Majeed Dahiru

A lot of Nigerian Muslims could not feast because they have sacrificed too much under severe austerity measures, to have anything left for celebration… Nigerian Muslims have not only sacrificed to God, they are also compelled to sacrifice to Caesar. The collective proceeds of their sacrifices are being consumed recklessly by Caesar like the typical general of an occupation army he is.

The prophet Ibrahim [AS] was a very faithful servant of Allah [SWT]. So faithful, that he was willing and ready to obey Allah [SWT], when it was demanded of him to sacrifice his son. As a father myself, I come to terms with what would have been running

Mayowa proposing to Susan recently

This story proves that we all find love in strange places as a Nigerian couple who started their romance on social media with private messages are set to tie the knot finally.

Love most times happen at locations we never believe in. Ladies shouldn't hold back in listening to that random man no matter his unpleasant initial appearance as everybody deserves a fair chance of trial in life.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday described the call for PresidentMuhammadu Buhari’s resignation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as silly.

The party expressed the view in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja by its National Secretary, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni.

The Minister of information, Lai Mohammed has described as shameless, the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for President Buhari’s resignation.

The PDP had earlier told Buhari to return the economy to the state that former President Goodluck Jonathan left it, and resign.

According to Mohammed, what the past administration projected as economic progress, was just a smoke screen.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the four men who allegedly robbed Mr. Wilson Onazi, the father of Nigerian footballer, Ogenyi Onazi.

The suspects are Kingsley David, Ebuka Ugochukwu, Joseph Ozo and Ali Audu.

Unity Bank Plc, yesterday sacked not less than 215 of its employees as part of its reengineering strategy for greater performance. According to information gathered from sources close to the bank, the workers were sacked for their inability to cope with the new ideas and strategy of the institution.

The bank is said to have made significant strides in its repositioning drive with the attraction of specialist skills to its workforce since the relocation of its head office from Abuja to Lagos in sync with its plan to grow market share in viable clusters of the retail market.

Resign, PDP Tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to return the country to where it was in 2015 before he came into office and then resign his position.

In a statements issued Abuja Wednesday the spokesman of the party, Dayo Adeyeye said the president has failed the country.

After sixteen months, the flagship agenda of this change government has achieved nothing. The prosecution, trial and judgement of corrupt persons has reached no conclusion. Corruption is in charge in the country no matter what party is in power.

At the end of Just Before Dawn, first published in May 1988, the following statement occurs:

“Twenty-two minutes into the year of George Orwell, a picture came on the screen of the Nigerian Television Authority. The voice of the picture intoned: In pursuance of the primary objectives of saving our great country from total collapse, I, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari…

The 'Change Begins With Me' mantra of the Federal Government has begun to yield results as a 300-level Sociology student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Jephthah Abolarin, voluntarily withdrew from the school because he had cheated during his West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), and feels that he is not justified being in the school.

The now born again Abolarin, according to a letter he sent to the school to that effect, confessed that he got into the school with a fake result and as such, his foundation was faulty, unjust and immoral.

If you return this money to the Nigerian state unsupervised, you have just given APC and President Buhari the seed money to prosecute the 2019 election. The closest any part of that money will get to the Nigerian people will be via stomach infrastructure when bags of rice, salt, beans, knorr, ajinomoto, and garawas of ororo and palm oil are distributed in the 2019 election cycle.

Mr. Femi Falana is complaining about Switzerland and how that country is handling the latest tranche of the Abacha loot that is due for repatriation to Nigeria.

Get ready to have your hearts melt after looking at this adorable throwback photo of on-air-personality Freeze.

The Cool FM presenter shared a throwback photo (actually a collage of two old photos) today, Thursday, September 15, 2016, on his Instagram page.

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Friday, September 16

Isaiah 40:12-44

GOD’S WISDOM IS UNMATCHED

Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way…? Isaiah 40:14, NIV

In today’s text, pertinent issues are raised to underscore the fact that God is above all in wisdom and no one can be compared to Him. The manner by which God made everything could not be

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared a former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, wanted.
Mr. Shema is accused of gross financial misconduct, officials told this newspaper.

The ex-governor is being sought for allegedly mismanaging about N68 billion of state funds while he was governor between 2007 and 2015.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumpbelieves Barack Obama was born in the United States.

Trump, who was one of the leaders of the "birther" movement that questioned PresidentBarack Obama's U.S. citizenship, made this known via a statement by the Trump campaign on Thursday

Some weeks ago, an online lynch mob went for the head of the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, after he had shared his opinions on marriage at a ministers’ conference in his church. Adeboye, in reality, did not say anything dissimilar to what most parental figures of his generation would have if asked to comment in a similar situation. The triviality of his suggestions, however, did not stem the flow of outrage against him. For one, Adeboye is a public figure and a rather influential one whose opinion on every issue matters because they are not confined to the precinct of his church.

A Pakistani woman and her alleged boyfriend were hung from a tree by her family members for having an affair.

The mother-of-three and the man she was alleged to be having an affair with, were killed on Thursday, September 15, with the police placing the blame on her husband, brother and father.

A 31-year-old woman has been arrested by the police for abandoning her one-day-old baby on the street.

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, MrFatai Owoseni, confirmed the arrest on Thursday, September 15.

The suspect identified as Ifunayan Eme, who is an indigene of Enugu State, was arrested on Tuesday, September 13, during the Eid-el-Kabir holiday.

Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that the deaths of prominent Nigerian pastor, late Bimbo Odukoya and 452 other plane crash victims were man-made and planned.

Bimbo Odukoya died after a Sosoliso Airlines crash in December 2005 and according to Fani-Kayode all the crashes that occurred between 2005 and 2006 were prearranged and the victims were sacrifices.

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it had raided more illegal refineries and arrested 11 suspected oil thieves.

This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, in Abuja.

“In continuation of the Chief of Naval Staff’s (CNS) campaign tagged `Operation Zero Crude Oil Theft (Zero COT)’, more illegal refineries have been destroyed in the Niger Delta region.

There is everything to lose with a “deplorable” racist in the White House. The minorities now see the election as a matter of good versus evil. Party affiliation notwithstanding, we have finally become enthusiastic to vote en masse against Mr. Trump, thanks to his deplorable outreach for minority votes at the Eleventh Hour.

Trustlost: 4 reasons why your woman cheats on you

Let’s face it: cheating has always been about searching for something one lacks. The society remains oblivious of the uncourteous behaviour of the many men who cheat invariably every day.

Women who cheat are branded as the devil’s agents, regardless of whether their reasons are ‘legitimate.’

Hormone expert, Alisa Vitti, has revealed that the ultimate time for a heterosexual couple to have sex is 3pm.

Explaining the logic behind this, Vitti, writing for MailOnline, describes 3pm is the time when men have the “most-elevated levels of oestrogen in their bodies – making them ‘more emotionally present’ during sex.”

The author’s writing also suggests that women have higher levels of cortisol in their system at that time, which enhances their alertness, and by extension, makes them more energetic.

Making mistakes is only natural; and as partners, it is only normal to have misunderstandings once in a while.

When these mistakes happen, and one of the spouses is angry and/or hurt, what stops the relationship from going downhill is forgiveness.

A workplace tends to be filled with different physical, emotional, psychological energies, so it is almost tough to keep your sanity.

People would most likely step on your toes and it is up to you to handle it professionally.

7 quotes to inspire healthy relationships between colleagues

(Work Day)

This is where emotional intelligence comes in, instead of acting based on emotions put your negotiation skills and patience to use.

Listed below are seven quotes that would help you maintain a healthier workspace.

It’s another gold medal for Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games as Flora Ugwunwa won the final of the women’s F54 Javelin.

Flora totally dominated the final, smashing the world record of 18.86m by 2m.

The 32-year-old threw an impressive 20.25m in her third attempt to also smash the Paralympic record of 17.89m.

The Federal Government has approved external borrowing from offshore lenders. The loans, expected from the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Export-Import Bank of China, will be facilitated by the Debt Management Office (DMO). The loans are to be disbursed on infrastructure and other developmental projects. If well managed, experts say the facilities help the economy wriggle out of recession, reports COLLINS NWEZE.

•We can’t guarantee justice without proper funding

The recession facing our country appears to be adding salt to our festering injury. In the words of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mahmud Mohammed: “The current budgetary challenges permeating the nation, no doubt, affects the judiciary more than any other arm of government and remains a perennial challenge to judicial independence and the effective performance of our constitutional roles”.

The police commissioner, Abia State, Mr Leye Oyebade, has revealed the arrest of at least 12 people in connection with criminal activities, such as vandalism, armed robbery and car snatching.

Making the disclosure while speaking to newsmen today, September 14, he said three suspected vandals, identified as Obirinachi Chijioke, Chigoziem Okereke and Ikemsinachi Okereke, were arrested in Obikabia in Obingwa Local Government Area,

Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline has alerted all air travelers of a temporary disruption to its operations, pending approval of aircraft documentation related to insurance renewal.

The airline said that it was working around the clock to resolve the necessary documentation, which has been a challenge due to the long weekend holidays due to Ed al Adha.

A 19-year-old student has reportedly committed suicide after her boyfriend jilted her for another girl he impregnated.

Jessica Beer, a student of Dyege Memorial College, Akpehe, in Makurdi, took her own life today, September 14.

A friend of the victim disclosed to Punch that Jessica killed herself because her boyfriend identified simply as Ladi, left her for another girl.

As the economic recession takes toll on Nigerians, the Executive Vice Chairman of Sifax Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, has called on the Federal Government to redirect its focus to the maritime industry as a panacea to getting out of the current economic situation. Speaking at the Taiwo Afolabi annual maritime conference hosted by the Maritime Forum of the University of Lagos, Afolabi said that the exploitation of the potential of the maritime industry can help bridge the gap in the short fall of the foreign exchange needs of the country.

It was a manifestation of God's healing powers when a man who has been mentally deranged for several years in a community in Ebonyi State was healed instantly after a young pastor prayed for him.

The incident which took many by surprise was captured by Famakinwa Tunde Braith, who posted pictures of the miraculous healing of the mad man on his Facebook wall.

Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has written a letter the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) explicating that the $31.4 million connected to the financial fraud levelled against Mr. Waripamo Dudafa by EFCC was for the payment of the medical bills she incurred in London in 2013.

The monies in a local bank and claimed by Mrs. Jonathan were placed on a No Debit Order in the course of investigations into the financial affairs of Mr. Waripamo Dudafa, who served as Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan.

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