Kevin Abosi Updates: November 2014

Sunday 30 November 2014

The End Times Are Here and Began With the Re-Establishment of Israel,Says David Jeremiah

Dr. David Jeremiah, megachurch pastor, bestselling author and popular Bible teacher, believes the End Times began in 1948, when a nation that features prominently in the Bible was re-established as a state for the first time in 2,000 years. In fact, considering "the whole scope of world history," Jeremiah would have to conclude that "yes, we are in the End Times," or Earth's last days.

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Does America have a role to play in the End Times?

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Pope Francis. (File)

A day after calling for inter-religious dialogue to end Islamist extremism, Pope Francis on Saturday visited a 17th-century mosque in Istanbul and spent several minutes in a silent prayer with his head bowed in the direction of Mecca.

Busta Rhymes being assisted after he fell. (TMZ/Splash News )

Veteran rapper Busta Rhymes suffered a head injury while performing at a recent concert in New York. The rapper who made a surprise appearance at the O.T. Genasis's show slipped and fell.

Sasha and Malia Obama were criticised for their outfits at the annual turkey pardoning event at the White House

US President Barack Obama's daughters Sasha and Malia have been accused of showing disrespect and lacking "class" by a Republican official after their appearance at a Thanksgiving ceremony.

Sharon Jane Akinyemi

What is the attraction? Most times I ask guys that are in”Love” this important question; The answer isn’t usually complete without the phrase “She is pretty, she has nice physique. Then am like- is that all there is, aren’t there inward endowments to look out for, what if she is not as good looking inside (the heart)?

KABUL, Afghanistan: Taliban suicide attackers killed the South African leader of a foreign aid group, his son and daughter and an Afghan worker in an assault on the agency's Kabul offices, authorities said on Sunday, as the city's police chief resigned in the wake of the latest insurgent attack there.

(Reuters) - Vietnamese police have detained a blogger for posting "bad content" about the state, the latest move in a crackdown on dissent that has been condemned by rights groups and Western governments.

A 13-year-old boy whose mother reported him missing four years ago was found by police hidden behind a false wall in his father's Georgia home, US media said (AFP Photo/Mat Hayward)

Jada Pinkett Smith Actress 61-year-old mother looks hotter than you

This woman's body will shock you!

Jada Pinkett Smith gushes over mother's hot body on social media

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Jada Pinkett Smith's mother is 61 but looks far from it in this new bikini-clad body photo the actress posted on Facebook yesterday.

Jada set the internet on fire when she gushed about her mother's unbelievable super sexy figure on social media.

She is a versatile actress, with many awards to show for it. Starting off as a housemate in the Next Movie Star show in 2006, her career has been on a smooth sail since. She speaks with Doyin Adeoye on her career, Belinda’s Advocacy Against Rape and her style, among other issues. Exerpts:

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon

A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has taken a swipe at the United States on its refusal to sell arms to Nigeria to fight the insurgency by the Islamic group, Boko Haram.

Gowon, in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, criticised the US for not selling military hardware to Nigeria, saying if the US was truly a diplomatic friend to Nigeria, it should do everything possible to keep the corporate existence of Nigeria.

Never live apart

There are many reasons why couples live apart. Whether by an act of chance or choice, here are some reasons why couples ought to live together.

property worth millions of naira destroyed in Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba/ Egbema/Ndoni Local Government of Rivers State.

Reverend Father Ebere Magnus is making waves through the Canaanland Adoration Ministries, known by most people as E-Dey Work Catholic Centre, Nnewi-Nnobi Bypass.

God's Goal for You: A Grateful Spirit in Every Situation

The Bible says, "Give thanks in everything" (1 Thess. 5:18 HCSB). In everything? In trouble, in distress? Even interruptions?

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Jesus did. When five thousand people interrupted his planned retreat, he took them out to lunch. "Then he told the people to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking to heaven, he thanked God for the food" (Matt. 14:19 NCV, emphasis mine).

Jesus was robustly thankful. He was thankful when Mary interrupted the party with perfume. When he hugged children and blessed babies and watched blind people look at their first sunsets, Jesus was thankful. When the disciples returned from their first mission trip, he rejoiced: "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth" (Luke 10:21).

Thank you, . . .

Men think they know women and everything that comes along with them. However, there are some things that men are still yet to understand about women.

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar

Abubakar, and a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday called off a celebration organized to commemorate his birthday.

Atiku clocked 68 last Tuesday and his friends and associates organized a birthday celebration in his honour at the THISDAY dome in Abuja on Saturday.

Overland Plane Crash Lands In Ilorin

About 40 passengers and crew of a Lagos bound Overland aircraft escaped death in Ilorin when the plane crash landed at the Ilorin airport.

Among passengers on board was a member of the House of Representatives, Ali Dodo; and former Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin and now Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Professor Ishaq Oloyede.

The Overland aircraft that crash landed

The crash occurred at about 4:35 p.m. on Saturday and it immediately caused pandemonium as firefighters quelled the fire outbreak that resulted from the crash.

The plane which was heading for Lagos stopped over at Ilorin to make a drop off as well as pick up other.

According to reports, the plane failed to get its front tyres off the ground leading to the accident.

Gbenga Ashiru Former Foreign Affairs Minister dies at 66

66-year-old Gbenga Ashiru is said to have died in the early hours of Saturday, November 29, after a long battle with cancer.

Former Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Gbenga Ashiru (pictured) is dead

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former Foreign Affairs Minister, Gbenga Ashiru is dead.

The publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu said via Twitter:

“I've received the sad news of the death of Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister OTUNBA GBENGA ASHIRU, 66, in South Africa. May he Rest in Peace!”

66-year-old Ashiru is said to have died in the early hours of Saturday, November 29, after a long battle with cancer.

The former minister had reportedly been battling a brain tumour which caused him to be hospitalized for over three months.

Ashiru served as a minister from 2011 to 2013 and was Nigeria’s ambassador to South Korea in 1991 and South Africa in 2005.

May his soul rest in peace.

King Sunny Ade, Waje, Kate Henshaw, Ini Edo, Lara George, Toyin Aimakhu, others attend dinner with the President

Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi II

The Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi II, on Saturday visited the city’s bloodstained central mosque, 24 hours after coordinated bomb and gun attacks there that left at least 120 people dead.

During the 20-minute-visit to the mosque, which adjoins his palace in the city, the emir directed the place be washed and cleaned, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported.

Former Republican ‘hitman’ vows to put Hillary Clinton in the White House

Media expert David Brock, once scourge of the Clintons, is now using rightwing tactics to help the Democrats

David Brock speaks at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Arkansas in March. Photograph: Danny Johnston/AP

It’s a case of poacher turned game-keeper. US Democrats, reeling from losses in the midterm elections, are turning to a former Republican media hitman to boost their chances of taking the White House in 2016.

David Brock is the name; his trademark, a silver pompadour and Trotsky-style wire-rimmed glasses; his political ethos, to beat Republicans by using an apparatus of quick-response law, ethics groups and journalism groups, a strategy pioneered, naturally, by the Republicans.

''I was usually very very drunk during those evenings, I tended not to care about much until the next day. I had to be very drunk or smoke lots of weed to survive those nights. ... At about the minute mark, I pulled away and it was done. It was like a job. Clock in, clock out. It's not like I enjoyed having sex with him.''

Kim Kardashian Star's namesake stabs fiancée, Faces 30years jail time

Nabilla Benattia, dubbed the French Kim Kardashian's burgeoning career in showbiz is now in tatters after being arrested for the attempted murder of her boyfriend

Nabille Benattia arrested for stabbing boyfriend, Thomas Vergara with a knife. Faces 30years jail time (Splash News)

The famous 'French Kim Kardashian' reality TV star has been arrested for the attempted murder of her fiancée who was found with a knife plunged into his chest at an apartment hotel in nearby Boulogne-Billancourt earlier this month.

I Wanted A Yoruba Speaker But Some Were Selfish - Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday declared his regret not making a Yoruba politician the Speaker of the House of Representatives after 2011 general elections.

He was speaking at the Yoruba Unity Summit with the theme: “National Development: Wither the Yoruba,” which held at the Oduduwa Hall of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

•Turkish students at the symposium for Achebe in Abuja... yesterday.

The Nigerian-Turkish Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja is set for kidney transplant and other complex medical surgeries in Nigeria, to save Nigerians the agony and cost of overseas treatment for such ailments.

Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Mustafa Ahsen, who stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja yesterday, added that wealthy Nigerians no longer have to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Ahsen said: “Why should Nigerians travel abroad for checkup, surgery and other health reasons when we can handle them all here?

Young Christians Want to Reconcile Their Faith and Sexuality But Feel Shut Out, Says Religious Studies Professor

NEW YORK — Young Christians continue to grapple with how to reconcile traditional and restrictive church teachings on sexual ethics with the intimate relationships they experience and witness in their social circles, according to a religious studies professor and recent surveys.

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The traditional Christian view that sex is only to be experienced in heterosexual marriage has been shared by less and less Americans over the years. A 2013 Gallup poll indicates that Millennials (those 18 to mid-30s) are least likely to hold the same view. Americans who claim to be Christians can also be counted among those with liberal views on premarital sex. One could ask if this means that Christian doctrines on sex and sexuality need to be loosened or revised to meet the needs and concerns of the present culture.

The scheme is an attempt to boost tourism

Tourists from the US, Australia, Brazil, Germany and Japan are now able to get visas on arrival in India after its limited scheme was extended.

Visitors from 43 countries no longer have to queue up at local consulates, but can instead apply for their visas online and collect them at airports.

Former WWE Champ CM Punk claims he never quit the famous wrestling company ... he was FIRED -- and it all went down on his wedding day.

Khloe Kardashian needs to run for the hills -- away from French Montana -- and that's exactly what her family told her during a heart-to-heart talk Wednesday.

Sources familiar with the situation tell us ... the Kardashians believe French has been unfaithful to Khloe, and their evidence centers around his recent trip to Dubai.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans Friday to reduce the "unacceptably high" level of immigration from European Union member states into the United Kingdom.

Speaking in central England, Cameron said EU migrants must have a job offer before coming to the U.K. and once working, they cannot claim some welfare payments or social housing unless they have been in the country for at least four years. EU job seekers who have not found work within six months will be required to leave.

Up to 13,000 working as slaves in UK

Government launches strategy to end slavery as number of victims found to be up to four times higher than thought

A young Lithuanian woman who was a victim of trafficking and forced into prostitution in the UK. Photograph: Karen Robinson for the Guardian

Between 10,000 and 13,000 people in Britain are victims of slavery, up to four times the number previously thought, analysis for the government has found.

The figure for 2013 is the first time the government has made an official estimate of the scale of modern slavery in the UK, and includes women forced into prostitution, domestic staff, and workers in fields, factories and fishing.

Chinedu, Ikedieze, aka Aki

How do you feel each time ‘MFR’ is added to your name?

I don’t know how to explain it. I feel awesome. It is a special feeling. I feel so special. I am not only a citizen of Nigeria but also a special citizen. I feel like the special one.

I put off having a baby for six years because of my career- Lara George

Since going solo after her musical group, KUSH, broke up, Lara George has proved her mettle as a talented singer. With many hits to her credit, she has become a diva sought after both at home and abroad.

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But things have not always been rosy for the easy-going, ever-smiling mother of two who stormed Vanguard’s corporate office on Monday, accompanied by her husband, Gbenga.

Agony of a widow beaten, stabbed and driven away from home

Nothing could be more harrowing than losing one’s husband, and being driven out of the matrimonial home. But the ensuing drama was even more gruesome than she had imagined.

Alhaja Adejoke Orenaike, a widow at 36, was at the center of the whole issue in a polygamous home. Eight days after her husband died, her co-wife and step son sent her out of her matrimonial home. As if that was not enough, her sister in-law attacked her with a knife. She managed to shove her off and she ran out of the house with her 8-year-old daughter who was screaming for help. According to her, all her husband estates, properties, chains of businesses have been seized by her step son who has also threatened to kill her if she lay claim to any property.

“My husband died on the 5th of May, 2013 after a protracted illness. Before his death, there were insinuations and revelations, according to my husband that my co-wife was plotting to kill him. My husband asked her but she denied. But after his death, events began to unfold which gave credence to the earlier suspicion. On the 8th day prayer rite, two members of the family came to the house with some hoodlums and sent me and my daughter out of the house. I was severely beaten and stabbed with a kitchen knife when I visited my husband’s house to celebrate the Muslim festival, Ileya.”

Attack on Jonathan: Obasanjo bent on destroying Nigeria—Ozehkome -

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Right Activist, Chief Mike Ozehkome has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of working toward the disintegration of Nigeria.

Ozehkome in a telephone interview with Saturday Vanguard, insisted that it was ex-President Obasanjo that institutionalized corruption in the country, saying he ought not be recognized or addressed as an elder statesman.

The constitutional lawyer who made these allegations while reacting to Obasanjo’s attack on President Goodluck Jonathan over his alleged ignorance and poor understanding of the operations of the Boko Haram sect, maintained that the former president acted wrongly, saying his action was a calculated attempt to heat up the polity ahead of the 2015 general elections.

He described the timing of the allegation which Obasanjo made at the public presentation of a book by the former President of the Court of Appeal and ex-Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, in Abuja on Wednesday, as “highly suspicious”.

Ozehkome said: “I think that Obasanjo is a spoiler who does not want to sit in podium of great and revered political leaders across the world. Such action as he has taken do not behold well of a man who is suppose to be an elder statesman.

Prosecutors allege Wasila Tasi'u laced husband's food with rat poison
She is also accused of the murder of three others with the same meal
Court heard from a girl aged seven who says she was sent to buy poison
Judge Mohammed Yahaya entered a plea of not guilty for Tasi'u

Wasila Tasi'u, 14, is on trial for allegedly murdering her husband, 35, with poison

A 14-year-old Nigerian child bride is facing the death penalty for allegedly murdering her 35-year-old husband with rat poison.

Hunk and actor, Yemi Black, hit Nollywood in 2005 and today has carved a niche for himself. Happily married to Remi Ibinola Olatunji, Yemi is a trained thespian known both for his stage plays and movies. In this interview with CHRISTIAN AGADIBE, the Theatre Arts graduate from the University of Benin opens up on his career among other interesting issues.

Excerpts:

I Am A Committed Church Member - Armed Robber

A suspected armed robber, Felix Odion, arrested by the Lagos State Police Command has claimed he is a committed church member.

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Anthony and Odion
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The suspect, 23-year-old Odion, who was arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad along with his partner, Titus Anthony, on November 22 arrested by the police for allegedly snatching expensive vehicles in different parts of Lagos.

On November 1, 2014, Sunday Orochendu, a truck driver received a distress call from his wife, Ndidi. He was told that their neighbour had assaulted his family members. Determined to play the role of a man who should be known for standing for his family, Orochendu raced home. Unfortunately, what was supposed to be a warning resulted in the death of Mr Ralph Okey Mgbodile who he alleged assaulted his wife.

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Friday defied a judge’s directive to take his plea over a $9 million (about N1.5 billion) fraud case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

injured in multiple bomb attacks at the Central Mosque in Kano on Friday, witnesses say.

The exact number of deaths are still unclear as police have not issued a figure yet.

A spokesperson for the Kano Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Mustapha Abubakar, said police were “still taking stock of the actual persons that have died” and could not give clear figures as of yet.

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