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Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Survivor’s story: God was working that night

Agnes Mends-Armstrong is simply not a strong woman - physically. But an unknown arm was strong enough to pull her out of four feet of flood waters Wednesday night during Accra’s twin disasters of fire and floods.

Her story is about how strength is not a requirement for salvation or weakness a sentence for death in times of danger.

As one of the survivors that day, she was a panelist on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Friday for the final series of survivor’s story.

The new smartphones are the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, keeping the same overall dimensions of the last version.

"They look familiar, but we have changed everything about these iPhones," chief executive Tim Cook said at a San Francisco media event.

News24 reports that South Africa's youngest millionaire's partner George van der Riet served time for manslaughter and drug dealing in the UK.

According to the BBC, van der Riet admitted to the crimes during a case at the Old Bailey in London.

He was using the name David van der Riet at the time.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday dismissed the insinuation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the APC-led Federal Government was dictatorial in nature.

Tinubu, who was fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, said the president had been adhering strictly to rule of law.

According to him, president Buhari should rather be commended for stimulating the economy across the states of the federation.

FILE PHOTO: Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Arafat near Mecca as they perform one of the Hajj rituals on October 3, 2014

(AFP Photo/Mohammed al-Shaikh)

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Wednesday said five Nigerian pilgrims had died in the Holy land

The Head of Madinah Operations of NAHCON, Dr Bello Tambuwal, disclosed this to newsmen in Madinah.

A 20 year old's article of her struggle with being beautiful has caused serious backlash online .Felicia Czochanski has caused an internet storm after sharing a blog post on the Cosmopolitan about her day to day struggles because she is ''too attractive"
Describing herself as a "girly girl" with "blonde hair, big hazel eyes, 34DDs, and toned calves", she says...

A woman has been arrested in western China after she swallowed 78 pellets of heroin, up to 1,700 times the minimum lethal dose.
The woman, who has not been named, was stopped by police at Turpan train station in the Xinjiang autonomous region after police noticed her behaving “erratically” during a routine security check, reported the China News Service on Sunday.

A man in Oakland County was stabbed after he discovered his wife in bed with her own father. The 25-year-old victim came home to find his wife and his father-in-law lying naked in bed together.

He woke his father-in-law up, and the two got into an argument that continued outside. The older man, Henry Allen Michael of Detroit, then allegedly stabbed his son-in-law in the back with a knife and drove away in the victim’s vehicle.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a pastor, Abraham Sunday, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl, Kike (pseudonym) in Adalemo Estate, in the Toll Gate area, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Sunday, the pastor of Christ In All Nations Church in Adalemo, was arrested by the Ojokoro Police Division last Wednesday, September 2, from where he was taken to the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.

A Mother who complained of headaches most of her life is to have surgery to remove a needle from her brain.

Liu Kao, 48, always thought the pains – which often came during the cooler months of the year – were related to her heart.
But years of tests revealed nothing unusual.

China overtook the United States and became the world's largest recipient of FDI (foreigndirect investment) in 2014, according to the 2015 Chinese edition of the World InvestmentReport released at the 2015 China International Fair for Investment & Trade in Xiammenon Tuesday.

The report says China attracted 129 billion US dollars of FDI in 2014, 5 billion more thanthe previous year, and exceeded the United States for the first time.

Governor Nyesom Wike

The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has refused to stay proceedings on the suit challenging the victory of Governor Nyesom Wike at the April 11 governorship election.

The new chairman of the tribunal, Justice Suleiman Ambrosa, in his ruling, held that the tribunal would carry out the Court of Appeal judgment at the date appropriate for it.

Former president Goodluck Jonathan

Amidst fanfare, pageantry and endorsement from former president Goodluck Jonathan, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday declared his intention to contest the forthcoming primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and return for second term as governor of the state.

The Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State graced the occasion, while four other governors sent their deputies.

The troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted some suspected members of the Boko Haram sect believed to be suppliers of hard drugs and other stimulants to the deadly sect.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Tuesday that the suspects were arrested at Depchi and Geidam in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State.

He said that the arrested terrorists were also involved in the supply of fuel aside from the hard drugs in their possession.

A British Airways flight bound for London Gatwick was taxiing on the tarmac at McCarran Airport on Tuesday night when it suddenly caught fire. Those on board were forced to jump down the evacuation slides and run away from the blaze. The plane was preparing for take off and only two people taken to a local hospital for treatment after suffering minor injuries. There were 159 passengers and 13 crew members on board at the time. It is not yet known what caused the fire..

8 UNIZIK lecturers punished for extortion, exam malpractice, misconduct

UNIZIK Vice Chancellor Professor Joseph Ahaneku (Sunnews)

Eight staff of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, have been handed various punishments for offences including extortion, exam malpractice, and misconduct.

According to the Newsletter of the University, the punishments were recommended following investigations by the university's Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee.

Cross River Legalises Death Penalty for Kidnappers

Following the incessant spade of kidnappings in the country ,Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, monday signed into law a bill that prescribes death penalty for convicted kidnappers in the state.

Assorted counterfeit drugs worth over N40 million have been discovered in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC),also arrested a man suspected to be the owner.The suspect, who was identified as Paul Osita Eli, was arrested in the early hours of Monday at Number 2, Charles Edozien Avenue, Asaba, where he was reportedly packaging the counterfeit drugs with mobile authentication number to make it look genuine.

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) alleged yesterday that the state governor, Nyesom Wike, squandered more than N120 billion in his first 100 days in office.
In a statement released yesterday by Davies Ikanya, state chairman of APC insisted Wike wasted 100 days by merely engaging in falsehood and propaganda.

A tenant, identified simply as Abdullahi, has been arrested for allegedly killing his landlady, Raliat Olasupo, in the Ibafo area of the state.

According to Punch, Abdullahi slaughtered the 85-year-old landlady with a knife during an altercation over N9,000, said to be an amount the landlady was supposed to pay Abdullahi for a service rendered.
Our correspondent learnt that the service was the roofing of one of the rooms in the house, which Abdullahi reportedly coordinated and demanded N9,000 from the landlady.

It was gathered that Olasupo, popularly called Iya Ibadan, had accused Abdullahi of being a trouble maker, and had got the police to arrest the tenant and eject him from the house.

Former chairman of the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme, Christopher Kolade, on Monday, said he resigned his position in 2013 because its operations were becoming tainted with corruption and politics, thereby losing its credibility.

He said some officials of the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan were practising “something that was lower than the transparency”, expected of an interventionist agency like SURE-P‎.

He said he met resistance when he raised the issues as he was overruled by some powerful forces within the administration.

The Federal Government has issued supplementary import permits to oil marketers for the importation of petrol due to the poor output from the country’s refineries.

It was learnt on Monday that the permits were given to marketers last Thursday by the government, which asked them to bring in the product to supplement domestic production.

Officials of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency told our correspondent that the marketers would import over 400,000 metric tonnes of premium motor spirit, otherwise known as petrol, to augment local production.

It was also learnt that the volume of import was this high because the country’s refineries were still not producing at optimum capacities.

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has uncovered fraud at the state Sharia Court of Appeal and Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA).

Speaking to newsmen on Monday, the chairman of the commission, Muhyi Rimingado, said the Sharia court workers diverted state funds to private accounts.

“What the accountants of the Sharia courts do is fraudulent diversion of money into personal accounts. They have personal stamp and bank tellers, which they use in lodging money into their personal accounts,” Mr. Rimingado said.

The Nigerian Immigration Service has directed former Nigerian public office holders to immediately surrender official and diplomatic passports issued to them while they were in office.

The action, officials say, is based on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The categories of officials affected by the directive are former governors, former ministers, former senators, former members of the House of Representatives, and former members of state Houses of Assembly.

A British scientist has been detained at Bangkok airport in a urine-stained holding centre since Thursday and told that he has been blacklisted by the country where has lived for 30 years as a “danger to Thai society”.

The detention of Wyn Ellis, a United Nations environmental consultant, is the latest legal challenge that he has faced since he noted that a senior Thai official had plagiarised his work for a doctoral thesis.

The Swansea-born academic reported death and kidnapping threats to Thai police during a series of court cases brought against him by the civil servant, who ran the science ministry’s National Innovation Agency.

What is prayer?

What is prayer? Prayer is a very simple thing: communication with God. Though often directed heavenward, the reverse can also be true. Therefore, prayer is not a mere repetition of words, a position of the body, or a means to participate in a religious society. Prayer is the human heart before its maker. It is appropriate anytime and ideally, all the time.

FBN Holdings Plc (HoldCo) has announced the establishment of FBN Merchant Bank Ltd, a new addition to the financial services group.

The HoldCo also announced the appointment of Mr U.K. Eke (MFR), currently executive director, South, FirstBank Ltd, as group managing director-designate, while Mr Bello Maccido, pioneer group CEO of the HoldCo, is leaving his position to become pioneer chairman of the newly-licenced FBN Merchant Bank.

“That woman is not my mother…My daddy’s name is Effiong. He is at Air Force Base”

But for the ceaseless crying of a four-month-old baby yesterday, three children may have ended up in a kidnappers’ den.

The cry of the baby, carried by Eno, the suspected kidnapper, who was accompanied by a teenager, inside an Iddo, Lagos-bound Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) vehicle, attracted other passengers.

With the woman and the teenager, a girl, were two other children—Happiness Effiong (four) and her sister, Patience (two). They claimed that all three were Eno’s children.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told journalists in Accra, Ghana, that he had declared his assets four times since 1975 and challenged the newsmen to investigate the details of his possession.

Buhari asked journalists to use the required law to dig up the records of his four separate asset declarations.

He said, “I recall that in 1975 when late Murtala Mohammed became the Head of State, we were lined up in the corridor – governors, ministers, members of the Supreme Military Council – and officials of the Ministry of Justice were brought and every individual was made to declare his assets.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for
something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think
how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work
or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Reading dispels prejudices which hem our minds within narrow spaces. One of the things that will surprise you as you read good books from all over the world and from all times of man is that human nature is much the same today as it has been ever since writing began to tell us about it.

For any problem, no matter how big or complex it may be, there is a solution. Use these nine steps to find it!
What are the similarities in problem solving, decision making, and goal achievement?

Actually, they're alike in many ways. A decision that must be made is little more than a problem awaiting a solution. We might even call it a simple problem. When we're faced with a decision, we rarely have to choose between more than two or three alternatives, whereas, in solving a problem, we sometimes face what seems to be an endless list of possibilities. And, what about goal achievement? Isn't a goal a point we wish to reach? The problem is to move from where we are now, to where we want to be. So, problem solving, decision making, and goal achievement are all closely related functions of creative thinking. It's important that we keep this in mind.

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced 30 women to six weeks imprisonment for prostitution.

Those sentenced are Funmi Olayemi, Damilola Ibrahim, Blessing Emmanuel, Grace Nwaokoro, Anu Titus, Princess Osu, Cynthian Ozumba, Chindima Eke.

Make sure you have a godly disposition!

Read ROMANS 12

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 2 Peter 1:5-7

Do people treat you unfairly? Have you ever wondered why? Well, we live in a fallen world, and we are all filled with sin. Sin affects our relationships and personality, the way we treat people, and the way they treat us. Yet, even in sin and temperament differences, we have the choice to make a difference and we do that by growing in Christ. So, are you? When we are growing in Him, and producing Fruit and Character that glorifies our Lord, we are exercising the true, important substance of our personality that shows we have been touched by Christ and are able to touch others, too.

Migrants make their way after arriving by train at the main railway station in Munich, Germany September 7, 2015. About 2,500 refugees are expected to arrive in Germany via Austria by early afternoon on Monday, after an estimated 20,000 came in over the weekend, a Bavarian official told reporters.
Image by: MICHAELA REHLE/REUTERS / REUTERS

According to Juncker's proposal for mandatory quotas for EU states which is set to be unveiled Wednesday, Germany would take 31,443 and France 24,031, to relieve the burden on Greece, Italy and Hungary, the source told AFP.

Spain would take 14,931 under the plan, the source said.

God is our refuge and strength!

"Why doesn't God help me in my troubles?" This is a legitimate question to ask. A lot of Christians tend to be afraid of asking God why, or earnestly seek to resolve their crisis. Thinking I do not have enough faith or I would not go through this. Or I do not want others to know, for they would think bad of me or that I caused it. Or we use the crisis to grab the attention ourselves.

If we are going through tough times, we need to know why, and what we should do when we are in them. If not we become confused, frustrated and disillusioned. Yet in the Psalms we see David go through so much and still trust and obey more than most of us could ever do. And he does this without the New Testament at his disposal, or the scores of resources and places to seek help that we have. Yet David does ask God the hard questions, but he did not stop there. David also knew God intimately and trusted him wholeheartedly even in times of severe trials, and even going through them again and again. Just read though the Psalms, and see David's passion and conviction to God's call.

In my opinion, only God can truly answer this question. Spouses are encouraged to spend extended time in the word and obedience to it, as well as extended times of prayer and fasting, and seeking godly counsel. All destructive relationships and toxic counsel must be severed as you seek to answer this question.

Many great Bible teachers are divided on this issue. Some believe that re-marriage to another is never allowed unless one of the spouses dies, but others suggest that it is permissible when adultery and abandonment occur.

The Federal Government has repatriated 260 Togolese immigrants, barely three months after they applied for asylum in Nigeria.

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS repatriated the Togolese immigrants last Saturday, ending their three months stay in Nigeria after arriving on foot through Seme border.

An official of the Lagos State Government and Mrs. Megan Chapman, Co-founder of Justice and Empowerment Initiatives, JEI, a Non-Governmental Organisation assisting the immigrants in their application for asylum, confirmed the repatriation to Vanguard yesterday.

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The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai said on Saturday that with the adoption of the Single Treasury Account, the state had traced and uncovered N4bn stashed in 470 different accounts in 23 commercial banks.

He noted that the Peoples Democratic Party administration had been operating these (470) accounts in different banks over the years with various names.

According to the governor, but for the adoption of the Single Treasury Account system, nobody would have traced and discovered the accounts or recovered the said money.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation has commenced the process of recovering over $7bn (N1.4tn) in over-deducted tax benefits from joint venture partners on major capital projects.

It was learnt on Sunday that the corporation had also engaged an international accounting firm to ascertain the exact amount due to government on the Strategic Alliance Contracts entered by Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, where up to $2.46bn (N484.6bn) of government money would be recovered.

Wow! Just like his ex Nadia Buari, Jim Iyke has surprised of with the news of the birth of his baby ..
Jim and his 23 year old girlfriend Dana welcomed their son,Harvis Chidubem Iyke on 1st September at Grady Hospital, Atlanta.
Jim met the Lithuanian law graduate in London over a year ago but she had no idea he was a famous actor until three months after they started dating.
According to AfricanEye,five months into her pregnancy, Jim moved Dana into a newly bought apartment in Atlanta where he personally cared for her away from the prying eyes of media and friends without aides or maids.
He was present and assisted at the delivery of the baby which was overseen by Dr Carla Crawford a well known paediatrician in the US.

PHOTO: Woman caught attempting to smuggle Indian Hemp blames it on her husband

A 38-year-old woman, Rashidat Abdulkarim, who was arrested for attempting to smuggle 2.04kg Indian hemp has blamed it on her husband who lives in South Africa.
The mother of three who sells female shoes and hand bags expressed shock over the claims that cannabis was found in the consignment sent to her by the husband.

China has delivered a powerful snub to North Korea at events commemorating the end of the Second World War in Beijing, underlining the deep rift that now exists between the two erstwhile allies.

At the grand 70th anniversary events on Thursday, Choe Ryong-hae, a senior North Korean official dispatched as Kim Jong-un's personal representative, was refused even a brief meeting with Xi Jinping, the Chinese president.

And while he was forced to return to Pyongyang empty-handed just hours after the extravagant parade of China's latest military hardware, Beijing made a show of welcoming Park Geun-hye, the South Korean president, for a three-day state visit that included one-on-one talks between the two leaders.

RAPPER Wiz Khalifa's mum Katie has admitted to getting the star "hooked on weed as a teenager".

Katie 'Peachie' Wimbush-Polk, 51, said they used to smoke together before he went to school.
It's now turned into an addiction costing Wiz $10,000 a month. WOWZA.
Speaking to The Sun, Katie said: "Before I went to work, before he went to school, it was our way of bonding.

A severely neglected toddler in Chile was kept alive after a pregnant dog started breastfeeding him.

The two-year-old boy, who has not been identified, was spotted feeding from his neighbor's canine, Reina, after his drunken mother allegedly left him without food or water in the desert port of Arica.

Police were called to the scene and the naked infant was taken to Hospital Regional Dr. Juan Noé, some 1,240 miles north of the country's capital, Santiago, where he was found to be malnourished.

He was also suffering from a skin infection and a lice infestation, according to 24Horas.cl.

Comedian Tracy Morgan has reached a $90million settlement with Walmart following last year's horror crash that left him with severe head trauma.
This was revealed by fellow funnyman Damon Wayans who made the revelation while appearing on the radio show The Breakfast Club ..

The Founder, O’odua Peoples Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu deserved the attacks recently unleashed on them by the National Coordinator of the OPC, Gani Adams.

According to him, they gave Adams the wings with which he is flying.

The anti-corruption campaign of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration appears to have taken a bigger bite as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secretly frozen the bank accounts of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s associates, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt.

One of our correspondents learnt that the move by the anti-graft agency was aimed at scuttling the tranfer of the alleged looted funds from the accounts for other reasons.

Army seize dried fish worth over N60million from Boko Haram members in Borno (PHOTO)

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army today destroyed over 2,000 cartons of dried fish valued at N60 million seized from suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. According to the spokesperson of the Division, Colonel Tukur Gusau, the suspected Boko Haram members had resorted to robbery and cattle rustling and are believed to also be engaged in some form of commercial activities with these stolen items to fund their activities.

VIDEO: See What This Swedish Reporter Says About Nigeria And Buhari

For those who cannot the watch the video, the reporter is trying to say that the Media paints Third-world countries to be worse than they are. He used Nigeria as an example.

I did not put up this pictures to say Buhari is Good or Bad. I put it to show to show another perspective of how Nigeria is viewed.

Also, Sweden is not huge in politics, so its great to see a Small country talk about us in a positive

light.

UPDATE: “We found stockpiles of dollars, not arms in Akwa Ibom Govt. House” — Official

A top official of the State Security Service familiar with the SSS’ raid of the Akwa Ibom Government House has told PREMIUM TIMESn the Service found no arms and ammunition in the complex, but stumbled on “shocking stockpiles of U.S. dollars”.

Reported earlier HERE

The State Security Service (SSS) had on Thursday raided the Hilltop Mansion in a joint operation carried out by operatives from the agency’s headquarters in Abuja and a detachment from the Akwa Ibom State Command of the Service.

Some operatives had earlier told this newspaper they found arms and ammunition in one of the rooms in the complex.

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