Obama Asks Republican to "Stop This Farce".

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called on Republicans Saturday to “stop this farce” as the US government shutdown entered a fifth day with no signs of an end to the impasse. With public discontent building, the House of Representatives voted 407 to 0 to pass a measure to retroactively pay the hundreds of thousands of government workers furloughed during the crisis. But there were no overt movements by Republicans and Democrats to negotiate a way out of the first federal government shutdown in 17 years, as both sides blamed each other. “Take that vote. Stop this farce. End this shutdown now,” Obama exhorted the Republican-controlled House in his weekly radio and video address. Eric Cantor, the number two Republican in the House, said the impasse could be worked out but Obama “seems to be unwilling to sit down and talk with us.” “It doesn’t make any sense if the president has an ax to grind with the opposing party, why he would want to put the American people in the middle of that,” he said. The US government closed all but its essential operations earlier in the week when Republican lawmakers refused to approve money for government operations without first delaying or defunding the new health care law, commonly known as Obamacare. The US Senate has already approved a budget, and “there are enough Republican and Democratic votes in the House of Representatives willing to do the same, and end this shutdown immediately,” Obama said. “But the far right of the Republican Party won’t let Speaker John Boehner give that bill a yes-or-no vote.” Obama said he “won’t pay a ransom in exchange for reopening the government. And I certainly won’t pay a ransom in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.” Obama is refusing to negotiate with Republicans over the budget issues until they pass a temporary bill to open the government and agree to raise the $16.7 trillion US statutory borrowing limit - without which Washington could default on its debts for the first time ever starting on October 17. “For as reckless as a government shutdown is, an economic shutdown that comes with default would be dramatically worse,” Obama said. But some Republican pragmatists who have signaled they would vote to pass a fresh spending bill worried that such a resolution is no longer achievable. “I think that ship has sailed,” Congressman Michael Grimm said Friday. “We’re getting too close to the debt ceiling vote. It looks like the only thing that’s going to work right now is a dialogue.” Boehner on Friday appeared to be equally frustrated. “This isn’t some damn game,” he said after a news report cited an unnamed official saying that the White House is benefiting from the shutdown. “All we’re asking for is to sit down and have a discussion, reopen the government and bring fairness to the American people under ‘Obamacare,’” Boehner said. Secretary of State John Kerry, travelling in Indonesia, warned Saturday that the political standoff was “reckless” and threatened to weaken the US standing abroad. “If it were prolonged, or repeated, people would begin to question the willingness of the United States to stay the course and its ability to,” Kerry told reporters at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum on the Indonesian island of Bali. “But that’s not the case and I don’t think it will be the case.” Obama had been due to travel to Bali for an APEC leaders’ summit starting Monday, but canceled the trip - which would also have taken him to Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines - to deal with the government shutdown. Kerry, who is filling in for Obama, made it clear he believed that the Republicans blocking government spending were playing a dangerous game. “I think it is reckless, personally, to even provide those moments where you have these risks that are exposed,” Kerry said, referring to areas of spending on global security hotspots that have been suspended because of the shutdown. Kerry also insisted that Obama’s so-called strategic pivot to the Asia-Pacific had not been weakened by the president canceling his trip. Meanwhile Kerry’s predecessor, former secretary of state and possible 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, decried the “scorched earth” tactics in the government shutdown. “We watch what happens in Washington with a certain amount of bewilderment, even disgust,” she said late Friday in a speech at Hamilton College in the town of Clinton, in upstate New York. “The rest of the world watches it closely. When we let partisanship override citizenship, when we fail to make progress on the challenges facing our country, our standing in the world suffers,” Clinton said.

Amadu: NFF is taking Ethiopia match very serious on october 03, 2013 at 12:42 am in sports

General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Barrister Musa Amadu stated emphatically on Wednesday that the Federation is not in agreement with those thinking Ethiopia’s Walya Antelopes belong to the featherweight category and would be easily over-run by the Super Eagles in next weekend’s World Cup qualifying cracker in Addis Ababa.

“Yes, we believe that the Super Eagles, champions of Africa, will come out of Addis Ababa with a good result, but we are not taking the match lightly. We do not subscribe to the suggestion that all we need do is turn up in Ethiopia and we would decimate the opposition without lifting a finger.

“There is this cliche that there are no longer minnows in international football. That is why the NFF is making all the arrangements to prepare the Super Eagles adequately for the match, and ensure the team travels in comfort to and from Ethiopia.

“We have already written to the NSC for use of the refurbished mainbowl of the National Stadium, Abuja for the team to train between Monday and Friday, before the departure to Ethiopia on Friday night.”Amadu spoke in Abuja while receiving a delegation of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, led by the President-General, Dr. Rafiu Olalere Oladipo.

“That we are the African champions is a fact, and that Ethiopia is lowest-ranked African side remaining in the race is also a fact. But we are not going to look at those statistics and discountenance the Antelopes. The Addis Ababa Stadium is one of the most difficult venues for visiting teams in African football.

“We know that the Coaches are working to pick our best and strongest players to play that match. It is very important for us to get the 2014 FIFA World Cup ticket because next year marks 100 years of the amalgamation of our country and every Nigerian is looking forward seeing the Super Eagles at the World Cup in Brazil.”

Speaking earlier, Dr. Oladipo stressed the fact that the upcoming fixture with the Ethiopians is a Nigeria Project, insisting: “Nigeria’s flag must fly at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

“Not only are we the champions of Africa, we are also the biggest black nation on earth. We have the players to do the job but we must all be united, from the players to the NFF to the entire football family, we must be united in pursuit of this noble cause.

“We are aware of the constraints of the NFF, and that is why the Supporters Club has decided to appeal to Mr. President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR to see the match in Ethiopia as a special project and take special interest in seeing that as many Nigerian fans as possible travel for the match.”

Dr. Oladipo’s entourage included the Deputy President-General, Alhaji Waheed Adenrele Yusuf, Secretary General, Reverend Samuel Ikpea, Acting National Chairman, Mr. Vincent Okumagba and Treasurer, Mr. Sunday Eboh. Also at the occasion were NFF Director of Competitions, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, Assistant Director (Media), Mr. Ademola Olajire and special assistant to General Secretary, Dr. Christian Emeruwa.

Jackson’s jailed doctor welcomes jury decision absolving AEG Live on october 03, 2013 at 9:57 pm in sports

The doctor convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson welcomed on Thursday a jury’s decision absolving concert promoter AEG Live of the pop star’s death.

Speaking from jail to NBC’s Today Show, Dr Conrad Murray said that the lawsuit brought by Jackson’s family against the company was “frivolous’’ and that he cried when he heard it had been dismissed.

“I cried because for once the world was allowed to hear some of the facts … much of which I was denied and my attorneys could not present during my criminal trial’’, said Murray.

Dr. Murray (middle) in court

Murray is due to be released later this month after serving a two-year sentence for his role in Jackson’s death.

He was convicted in 2011 of violating medical procedures by giving the insomniac Jackson the hospital anesthetic Propofol as a sleeping aid. The drug was found to have caused the heart attack that killed Jackson in June 2009 as he was about to embark on a sold-out comeback tour.

Jackson’s family sued AEG Live for the death, claiming that it bore ultimate responsibility. The lawsuit claimed that the company was negligent in hiring Jackson’s doctor who was incompetent to provide him with medical care.

It said this was because of the physician’s precarious financial position which meant he would bend medical rules to ensure the tour would go ahead.

But after a five-month trial and four days of jury deliberations, the panel of six men and women found that although AEG had hired Murray, it had not been negligent in employing the doctor, who had been treating Jackson and his children beforehand.

The jury’s unanimous decision brought to an end a trial that depicted the fragility of the former King of Pop and his reliance on a dangerous, and ultimately fatal, drug cocktail to function in his everyday life.

AEG Live denied any wrongdoing, insisting that Jackson was responsible for his own medical choices.

“The jury’s decision completely vindicates AEG Live, confirming what we have known from the start – that although Michael Jackson’s death was a terrible tragedy, it was not a tragedy of AEG Live’s making,” attorney Marvin Putnam said in a written statement to CNN.

Had the company been found liable, it could have been on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for Jackson’s lost income. (dpa/NNA)

After ASUU … on october 03, 2013 at 4:00 am in editorial

THERE is a paradox governments have built around education — they are spending billions of Naira on education, yet the financial issues around education are not being resolved. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike is only one of many matters that are dogging education.

Government’s supposed interests in negotiating with ASUU, the speed being applied, and the uttermost neglect of other aspects of education confirm the diminishing importance that governments attach to education.

ASUU’s case is exceptional, in that governments appeared concerned. When the Academic Staff Union Polytechnics, ASUP, went on strike, it took almost three months before governments started talking to the union. The issue remains partially resolved.

With the ASUU strike, the failure of governments and their programmes are obvious. Governments sign agreements they do not intend to keep. ASUU is on strike over a 2009 agreement. Governments want to re-negotiating implementation of a four-year-old agreement.

They also know that the negotiations for a new agreement are due. We have governments that plan for immediate needs, if they ever do. They are exhausting themselves over ASUU strike as if meeting ASUU’s demands would resolve the challenges that our education faces, among them irrelevant curricula.

How do governments spend billions of Naira they budget annually for education? Bureaucracy consumes the bulk of the money. Duplication of agencies that manage education is the biggest cost centre in our national education management. Governments are running up new costs.

New higher institutions are being built with emphases on physical structures. Laboratories, libraries and research centres that they require to be centres for meaningful academic engagements are available in inadequate numbers.

It is absurd that governments — the owners of the universities — would need an ASUU strike to determine the status of the facilities in universities.

What plans do governments have for education? How would they tackle sustainable funding so that we are not soon back to another wave of strikes in a matter of months? Would governments ever consider education important enough that it should run without disruptions from strike?

There would be no easy solutions. Many of the federal agencies on education just drain resources that should have been invested in improving learning facilities. States imitate the federal waste, making education one of governments’ biggest cost centres, without commensurate value for the expenditures.

Governments can save costs by eliminating duplication in the functions of education agencies. There should be clearer lines about the roles of governments at different levels of education. The Federal Government should not be dabbling into primary school education.

Finally, the future of education is too important to be left to haphazard funding. Governments should provide resources for education beyond ASUU’s demands.

Senate in full support of National Confab – Abaribe on october 03, 2013 at 9:21 am in news

By JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU & JOSEPH ERUNKE

ABUJA—THE Senate, yesterday, said it was in full support of the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to convoke a national conference, saying the development was in line with earlier call of its president, David Mark, to that effect.

The upper legislative chamber said it was aware that the national conference, as being designed by President Jonathan, would be limited to the scope where the sovereignty of Nigeria was not called to question.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Information, Media and Public Affairs, Enyinnaya Abaribe, who stated the position of the Senate in a press statement, insisted: “It is, therefore, given that the proposed conference is in tandem with the time tested stand of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as enunciated by the President of the Senate, Senator David A. B Mark in his address at the last Nigerian Bar Association Conference in Calabar and to senators penultimate week.

“The Senate has always canvassed the position that it will always welcome a conference where all ethnic nationalities would converge to discuss all critical issues and proffer the very best way that will enhance national unity. The Senate red-line and for which was aptly factored in the President’s broadcast is the conferment of a sovereign status to the conference.

“The Senate is happy that it is a conference that will hold with due respect to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. It has always been Senate’s considered stand that there cannot be two sovereigns at a time.”

It said it was “gratified with the development and see it as an opportunity to address all of Nigeria’s structural problems that keeps agitating the mind of her ethnic nationalities,” adding, “the Senate is confident that the conference’s final outcome would go a long way to cement Nigeria’s unity.”

HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSION.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his strips we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 Everything that Jesus Christ, the son of the living and true God suffered on the cross of Calvary was for you and all who will dare to believe. What was the purpose of his death? Actually, so many but this verse gives the summary as: 1. Sinners substitute. He was wounded for our transgressions; by the law of God, the soul that sinneth shall die. The doom of the sinner is obvious and fixed. Adam and Eve played with that law and they paid dearly for it. They died at degrees. Unfortunately, that decree continued and so all men became condemned prisoners waiting hopelessly for their execution. Then Jesus came. The Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. He died the death every man that ever will live on earth should have died. He became your substitute. John 3:16 says for God so loved the world (you) that he gave his only begotten son- Jesus, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. You will not perish; all you need to do is believe on Jesus, repent of your sins and put your faith in his perfect sacrifice. 2. Healing and health. .....and with his strips we are healed. At Pilate's judgment hall, Jesus was tied to the pole and forty strokes of the Roman Soldiers whip were laid on. Medical Science reports that all the diseases that afflicts human race is categorized into forty. That's one strip of Jesus for a category. Glory be to God! That's why the Scripture said by his strips we are healed. Notice that the word heal is in the past tense. That means you carry a healed body, not a sick and sickly body. Believe this and you will be healthy. Also, Since by God's decree your body is a healed body, every sickness that comes in there is guilty and must receive divine instant judgment when you command and you or anyone you pray for will be healed. One of my one year old twin daughters was sick sometimes ago. Her body was very hot. Then I Carried her on my chest because I was lying down and told the sickness that it was contradicting God's law and the judgment is that I cast it into hell right now in the name of Jesus. I dropped my daughter and went into the bathroom to bath. Before I came out, the sickness vanished. Hallelujah, by his strips you are healed. He died for you to save, heal and bless your life. Believe it and you will experience it. Your life will never be the same again in Jesus name. Type a big Amen If you believe. If you have read this post, you must 've seen a little of the great power the Gospel of Christ carries. You can delve into this ocean of power with this book; the power that makes the Gospel revolutionary You will surely experience God in a new and exciting way. God bless you.

Jackson responsible for his death, says AEG Live on september 26, 2013 at 6:26 pm in music

Jackson responsible for his death, says AEG Live on september 26, 2013 at 6:26 pm in music MICHAEL JACKSON Los Angeles Michael Jackson was responsible for his own death, Maryin Putnam, a lawyer for AEG Live said. Putnam remarked in a closing arguments of the wrongful death lawsuit brought by relatives of the late King of Pop. Jackson’s family blame the concert promoter for his June 2009 death on the eve of his sold-out comeback tour, claiming the company hired Jackson’s doctor and pressured him to bend medical rules in order to ensure the tour would go ahead. But in his closing arguments, Putnam denied that the company had hired Dr Conrad Murray, pointing out that he had been treating Jackson and his family for years before the tour. Murray was found guilty of providing the insomniac Jackson with the surgical anesthetic Propofil as a sleeping aid, which a coroner found had caused Jackson’s death. “The evidence is very clear that Michael Jackson was the one who hired Dr Murray. ”Jackson was responsible for his own health, certainly his own healthcare, and he’s responsible for his own choices, no matter how bad those choices turn out to be. “The truth here is a tragedy … It’s a tragedy for this family, a tragedy for his mother, a tragedy for his kids. It’s horrible and it’s incredibly sad. But it’s not a tragedy of AEG Live’s making,” Putnam said. The lawyer insisted that Jackson never told AEG Live about his reliance on the dangerous medication. “AEG would have never agreed to finance this tour if they knew Mr Jackson was playing Russian roulette in his bedroom every night,” Putnam told jurors. During the five-month trial, AEG Live argued that it was Jackson who hired Murray. Murray is due to be released next month after serving two years in prison following his conviction for the involuntary manslaughter of the late pop star. Jackson’s family lawyer, Brian Panish, claimed in his closing arguments, that AEG had known about Jackson’s past health problems and was negligent in not checking the background of Murray, who was deeply in debt at the time and needed the tour to go ahead to save him from financial ruin. The damages Jackson’s family is seeking from AEG has not been specified, but if AEG is found liable, the company could be facing a payment of more than one billion dollars in Jackson’s lost earnings. Unlike criminal trials where a unanimous verdict is needed, only nine of the 12 jurors are required to reach a verdict. (dpa/NAN).

We’ll cage Eagles on Sunday, Oct 13 – Ethiopia on september 26, 2013

Ethiopia have confirmed they will host Nigeria in a 2014 World Cup playoff on Sunday, October 13, in Addis Ababa. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had earlier raised alarm that Ethiopia are yet to confirm the match day. General secretary of the Ethiopia Football Federation (EFF) Yigsaw Bezuayehu disclosed that the match will be played on October 13. OUT OF REACH•••Super Eagles Kenneth Omeruo controls the ball as Saladin Seid of Ethiopia attacks. “We have played our home games on Sundays and the match against Nigeria will not be an exception,” said the EFF top official. Defender Alulu Girma had boasted that they would beat Nigeria in their home and come to Nigeria to fight for an upset. This then means that Nigeria will fly out of Abuja on a chartered flight on Saturday, October 12, so as to beat the effects of the high altitude in Addis Ababa. Nigeria have picked Saturday, November 16 as the date for the return leg match at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar. The overall winners of this playoff matches will qualify for next year’s World Cup in Brazil.

ASUU STRIKE WILL SOON BE OVER - NUC

ASUU strike’ll soon be over – NUC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 BY AGENCY REPORTER 1 Comment

Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike

Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, says he is confident that the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities will soon be called off.

Okojie, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at a meeting with journalists, said the commission had been doing everything within its powers to ensure a speedy resolution of the issues raised by ASUU so that students could return school.

He said, “We are part of the system and we understand the issues, we are meeting with members of the union all the time and the issues are being tackled.

“So, we are optimistic that the strike will soon be called off and our children can go back to school in the shortest possible time.”

The NUC boss also reacted to the call by ASUU for NUC to be scrapped, saying “the call is not in good faith as the commission has not gone to sleep over its duties.”

Also speaking on the recurrent disagreement between the commission and some professional bodies over accreditation and running of certain courses by some universities, Okojie acknowledged that there were issues that needed to be resolved between both parties.

“There is no country in the world where regulatory bodies and professional bodies go to regulate at the same time. So, it is true we are having problems with professional bodies in carrying out our mandate, but the issues too will soon be resolved and we can move on,” he said.

The Executive Secretary, who said that the commission had closed many faculties found to be unfit to run courses in certain universities, admitted that, “it is not easy to be a regulator.”

Keshi: Ethiopia will be tough, unpredictable, predicts upsets in final round By | Sep 19, 2013

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has spoken for the first time since the draws for the final round qualifier for the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier, (Africa zone), were held last Monday in Cairo, Egypt. The draws pitched the Super Eagles against the Wylan Antelopes of Ethiopia. I have a lot of respect for the Ethiopians and all the teams that made it to the last round of the qualifier and I am certain that it will be tough, unpredictable and exciting for both the so called big teams and the minnows, he said. Speaking specifically on Ethiopia, Keshi who is on a brief visit to his family in the United States, said he foresees a very difficult opposition in the East Africans, assuring that the Eagles will not disappoint. The last time we played the Ethiopians it was quite tough and I know when we meet next its going to be the same thing. All we need to do is to be focused, concentrate and pray for good health for our best players and the rest will be history. Keshi also said all the ten teams that made it to the final qualifier round are equally matched and warned those teams having an air of superiority to beware, because there might be upsets in some of the games if the opposition is underrated. He said his list for first leg encounter in Addis Ababa will be released on time but assured that all the players are aware of the enormous task of qualifying for the World Cup and the team show the stuff its made of when the games are held.

Nigeria's'BokoHaram': Abuja sees security forces targeted

A cell of suspected Islamist militants has opened fire on security forces in Nigeria's capital Abuja, say officials. The clash occurred at about 03:00 local time after a tip off about the location of a suspected Boko Haram weapons cache, Nigeria's spy agency said. The State Security Service did not give any details about casualties. A witness told the BBC he saw nine bodies. Boko Haram is most active in north-eastern Nigeria, where a state of emergency was imposed in May. If confirmed, it would be the first time Boko Haram has staged an attack in Abuja this year. Attacks in the north-east have increased recently despite a massive military deployment to the worst-affected areas. In the latest incident in Borno state, officials said at least 87 people had been killed by militants, who disguised themselves in military uniforms at a checkpoint outside the town of Benisheik. They shot dead those trying to flee. The group wants to create an Islamic state across Nigeria and has waged a deadly insurgency since 2009. 'Digging for arms' The BBC's Mohammed Kabir Mohammed in Abuja says the shooting took place at a two-storey building which has just been built but is not yet complete. Young men have been using the building to sleep in at night, he says. The security team which approached the building were acting on information received from two men, agents said. "No sooner had the team commenced digging for the arms, than they came under heavy gunfire attack by other Boko Haram elements," Reuters news agency quotes a statement from State Security Service as saying. Our reporter says the building is in Abuja's Apo district, home to a huge residential complex for Nigerian parliamentarians. Abuja suffered two major Boko Haram attack two years ago, when a suicide bomber rammed a car into the police headquarters killing eight people in June 2011. About two months after that, the group attacked the UN headquarters in Abuja, killing 23 people. The attack near Benisheik took place on Tuesday, but news of it was slow to emerge as all phone lines have been cut off in an effort to help the military offensive. The Boko Haram members drove into the town in about 20 pick-up trucks, the AFP news agency quoted an anonymous security source as saying. The BBC's Nigeria correspondent Will Ross says it was one of the deadliest since the state of emergency was declared. In the three days since the attack, health workers have been loading dead bodies onto trucks and some reports say the militants killed more than 140 people. "Apart from the dead bodies recovered today [Thursday], we collected 55 on Wednesday and the fact is that we did not go deep into the bush where I strongly believe that many people have fallen there," Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper quotes Abdulaziz Kolomi, an official with state's environmental protection agency, as saying. There was also an attack by suspected militants on Wednesday night in neighbouring Yobe state, which is also under a state of emergency but has not witnessed so much violence. A resident of Buni Yadi told the BBC Hausa Service that Islamists attacked the town at about 22:30, burning the police station and other public buildings. "A soldier was killed in a shootout and the wife of the [divisional police chief] was burnt to death in her home," state police commissioner Sanusi Rufa'i told AFP. Local vigilante groups have been formed to help counter the militants but scores of these volunteers have been killed in recent weeks. Last month, the army said it had killed Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau but this has not been confirmed and the militants' attacks have continued.

Amaechi and Okonjo Differs On the State of the Economy.

Okonjo-Iweala / Credits: file copy RIVERS State Chairman of the and Governor Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi, Mr. declared on Thursday that the Nigerian economy had gone comatose. explained that contrary to the rosy Amaechi picture painted on Wednesday by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, about the nation’s economy, Nigeria was battling to survive economically. Okonjo-Iweala had while responding to a call for resignation by the Amaechi-led NGF told her journalists in Abuja, that in spite of the revenue challenges facing the country, all macro-economic indicators showed that the economy was performing “reasonably well.” “The economy is doing reasonably well. It is not perfect but it is doing reasonably well. I say this because actual realities on the ground are bearing this out,” she had said. But at an event organised for future leaders by Rotary International, District 9140 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Amaechi recalled that the minister once disagreed with him when he said that poverty rate in Nigeria had risen to 70 per cent. The governor, who also flayed his Delta State counterpart, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan’s advice that opposition against President Goodluck Jonathan should not come from the South-South, stated that Okonjo-Iweala had insisted that the country’s poverty rate was not 70 per cent, but 68 per cent. He said, “In 1970, the poverty rate in Nigeria was 30 per cent. How many of you know the poverty rate now? I was in a meeting where I said it was 70 per cent; the Minister of Finance said it was 68 per cent. What’s the difference between 68 and 70? “We are giving you a nation that is in a state of coma; that is what we are handing over to you. If it is a nation that is progressing from 30 per cent in 1970, we should be talking about 15 per cent now.” that the Federal explained also Amaechi Government had yet to pay fully the Rivers State allocation for July, 2013. “We (NGF) asked the Minister of Finance to resign if she is not able to man 20th September, 2013

CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND CURE FOR PROCRASTINATION.

THE slothful (lazy) man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. Proverb 12:27.
Last week,  we discussed procrastination as the bane of life's achievement. This week we are examining the causes, consequences and the way out of this monster of a habit.
To begin with, the causes  of procrastination include
a. Laziness: This is the first cause of procrastination mentioned or indicated by the the wisest man that ever lived - Solomon. Lazy or slothful people find it easy to have their way through procrastination. This way they silenced their supervisor or anyone assigned or trying to pressure them to accomplish the task.
b. Disorganization: Many people are not organized. They have many irons in the fire at the same time. This attitude, though might appear harmless albenitio have a way of beclouding and overwhelming people until nothing out of the many is done eventually.
c.  Lack of Time Table or To Do List: Many think time table stops with the school days. But think a little about it. If the school knew without it much will be undone, don't you  think that must be true for you. The simplest time table in form of to do list will go a long way to curb much procrastination. So begin each day with at least, a to do list.
The indisputable consequence of procrastination is the waste of time and lack of achievements. You see,  life is so short that from the moment you were born, we can calculate the number of seconds you have to live. The point is your life achievement is tied to your activity volume and your activity volume to time. By procrastinating, you reduce your activity volume.
What is/are the solutions to procrastination?
1. Realization: Realizing and accepting that procrastination is a monster to success is the beginning. Also, realizing that lost time come not back will keep you on the go.
2. Be organized: Create a time table and let it be workable.
3. Resolution:  Make up your mind not to be lazy and to leave what to be done now till a second later. If you need to read, read now. Just make "do it now" your motto and you will be a success.

Your life will not be the same again. God bless you.

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FG orders troops deployment in Nasarawa

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 BY FIDELIS SORIWEI, ABUJA

Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Attahiru. The Federal Government has ordered the deployment of soldiers in Nassarawa State to prevent further breakdown of law and order in the state. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Ibrahim Attahiru, said during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, that the soldiers were a little less than a battalion. A battalion in the Nigerian Army ranges from 750 to 1000 soldiers. Attahiru said that the mandate of the troops was to support civil authorities in their efforts to curb the violence. He stated that soldiers had prevented the crisis between Eggon and Alago youths in Obi Local Government Area from spreading to other parts of the state. According to him, the federal and Nasarawa State governments were also seeking other ways of resolving the crisis without delay. He said, “Due to the heightened security situation in Nasarawa State, the Federal Government has ordered the deployment of troops as an aid to civil authority in order to prevent further escalation of the violence and its spread to other parts of the state. “It is gratifying to note that the deployment of troops in the violence-prone area has helped in curbing the spread of violence by the Ombatse and other ethnic groups in Nasarawa State. “The Federal Government and Nasarawa State Government are exploiting ways of ensuring the quick return to normalcy.” About 30 persons were feared killed in a communal clash between Eggon and Alago youths on Saturday. Some communities were also razed down and several people rendered homeless. The crisis led to the evacuation of corps members from the crisis-hit communities to the state capital, Lafia. The State Director of the National Youth Service Corps in the state, Mrs. Bolanle Olabanji, had said that 121 out of the 6,335 corps members who were serving in Obi, Dedere, Tudun-Adabu, Barkin-Kogi, Asakio and other towns were affected by the crisis. Prior to the latest crisis, 63 policemen and 10 personnel of the State Security Department were killed at Alakyo in Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state. The security personnel were on a mission to arrest the leader of the dreaded Ombatse cult, Ala Agu, when they were ambushed and killed on May 7, 2013. There were reports that two police corporals from the area who were part of the mission leaked information on the mission to the members of the cult who killed them. Attahiru, who also commented on the ongoing campaign against the Boko Haram insurgents, said some insurgents who were dislodged from their camp at the Kasiya Forest, Ngazai Local Government Area, attacked Benisheik, a town in Kaga Local Government Area of the state, killing ‘a lot of civilians.’ He added that troops in the Forward Operation Base killed a top Boko Haram Commander, who is a high-value target, named, Abba Goroma. The Army spokesman said that a $10 million bounty was earlier set aside for his capture. Attahiru said as part of the efforts, the troops in the formation had conducted operation to pre-empt, dislodge and disrupt the insurgent’s activities in the North-East. According to him, in the process, insurgents’ camps located at Kitumari, Alkaderi, Kurunmati, Abali, Gajiram and Iza within the Sambisa Forest in Borno were destroyed. He said, “Other areas where insurgents’ camps were attacked, include Bubalin and Ngaram within Maiduguri Metropolis as well as Gulimba Area of Gwoza. “The division continues to dominate the area through aggressive mobile patrols of highways and major urban centres as part of confidence-building measures to facilitate the quick return to normalcy. “All these efforts are aimed at denying the terrorists the freedom of action. By and large, military operation within the division’s area of responsibility has been largely successful.’’ On the soldiers being court-martialled in Jos, Plateau State, he said the nine soldiers were still being tried. The director, however, appealed to journalists to clarify all reports from the Directorate of Army Public Relations before going to the press. He said anything contrary to such clarifications from the directorate would be tantamount to giving “oxygen to terrorism and creating undue fear amongst Nigerians".

Anti -Christ Comments: Enough is enough - christian youth vanguard.

The Christian Youth Vanguard, a coalition of various Christian youth organisations, on Wednesday in Abuja threatened to “reciprocate in equal measure” the anti-Christ comments by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. The youths said they would beam their searchlight on Prophet Mohammed and the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111. The threat is coming on the heels of comments against Jesus Christ and a recent outburst by el-Rufai that the Christian Association of Nigeria and its President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, have become appendages of the Peoples Democratic Party. The CYV in a statement by its National Coordinator, Yakubu Mecham; and Secretary, Emeka Okoli said from el-Rufai’s uncomplimentary remarks against CAN , Oritsejafor and the Christian faith in Nigeria, someone needed “to help the ex-minister before he goes completely mental.” The NYV recalled how el-Rufai recently “made blasphemous and abominable tweets about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” but that the incident was swept under the carpet for peace sake. The group wondered what would have been the consequence if such a blasphemous remark was made about Prophet Mohammed. It warned, “Enough of this insults on our Christian faith and our CAN President. The CYV hereby notify el-Rufai and his group of unpatriotic Nigerians that we will not sit back and tolerate insults aimed at our Christian leader any longer. “We wish to stress very emphatically that henceforth any further careless statements, comments or insults on our Faith or on the person of our CAN President will be reciprocated in equal measure. A word, they say, is enough. If you have read this post, you must 've seen a little of the great power the Gospel of Christ carries. You can delve into this ocean of power with this book; the power that makes the Gospel revolutionary You will surely experience God in a new and exciting way. God bless you.

Stop encouraging corruption, President Jonathan tells Nigerians

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

While addressing the 54th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Summit that held in Abuja yesterday, president Goodluck Jonathan blamed the level of corruption in Nigeria on the society. He said instead of punishing corrupt people, we reward them.

“When you talk about corruption, the private sector is involved; the public sector is involved; even the individuals, including other societies, and I wouldn’t want to mention names so that I will not be attacked. But I know that if collectively all of us don’t reward corruption, people would not be attracted to corrupt practices, but when we all reward corruption, then of course, we will be tempted to go in that direction.

“I want a society where all of us will frown against people who come up with what they are not supposed to have. If a young man who just started a job and within six months or a year comes up with a car of N7m to N15m and you clap for him, then you are rewarding corruption." the president said. More when you continue...



“So for us as a nation to bring corruption down in Nigeria, it’s not just blaming government or blaming police, but all individuals must frown at people who have what they are not supposed to have, who live in houses they supposed not to live in; who drive cars they are not supposed to drive and who wear suits more expensive they can afford.

“And until we, as Nigerians are able to do this, then invariably we are all rewarding corruption and until we stop that, I don’t think we will get to where we want to go. We believe that we should not create an environment where people would be tempted to take what belongs to the public because that is why even in the fertilizer business we talked about electronic wallet, e-Wallet, so that funds are not exposed to corrupt people"

JP MORGAN AND THE TITANIC CONSPIRACY

The tragic sinking of the Titanic has now seen its 100 year anniversary. With this anniversary has come renewed interested in this sad story. We all know about the famous passengers like the unsinkable Molly Brown, John Jacob Astor and Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. But what many of us do not know about is the conspiracy theory surrounding JP Morgan Titanic. Since the 1830s, America did not have a central bank. Jesuits in America and internationally wanted a central bank located in America, a bank that they could use as a bottomless resource to fulfill their Jesuit agenda of taking money and planning wars and schemes in the world. In 1910, seven men met in Georgia to form a central bank. This bank was called the Federal Reserve Bank. Benjamin Strong, a representative of JP Morgan was present at that meeting. According to Jesuits, at this point they wanted to do whatever they could to bring the pope to world dominion. Three very wealthy families: the Rothschilds, the Morgans, and the Rockefellers do all the bidding when it comes to the Jesuit Order JP Moran was scheduled to travel on the first voyage of the RMS Titanic, but he cancelled at the last minute. No one will even know why JP Morgan was not Titanic bound. However, JP Morgan was a big part on the birth of this large unsinkable ship, whereas the Jesuits are theorized to be the death of this large unsinkable ship. Many wealthy men were opposed to the Federal Reserve banks. The Jesuits supposedly decided to invite several powerful men who were opposed to the Federal Reserve Bank on the Titanic’s maiden voyage. By arranging these multiple deaths in such a preposterous way, no one would know the better. John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim and Isador Strauss were those invited on the cruise who the Jesuits planned to dispose of. Edward Smith was a boat captain with many years experience. He was also a Jesuit tempore co-adjator, meaning not a priest but short robe. Jesuits believed in martyrdom, and Captain Smith was going to play this role. In a series of questionable mistakes, such as warning flares being white when they were supposed to be red, and life boast being sent away only half full, you really begin to wonder if this JP Morgan Titanic theory could have some truth to it. Was the sinking of the Titanic a series of unfortunate mistakes, or a larger plan carried out by the Jesuits for their political and financial gain? With no clear answers, the JP Morgan Titanic conspiracy theory continue.

PDP FACTION ASK JONATHAN TO REOPEN OFFICES.

New PDP Chairman, Baraje Asks President Jonathan To Order Reopening Of Its Offices In Abuja, Bayelsa, Rivers, Kwara And Kaduna September 15, 2013 - 18:40

caption: Police siege at New PDP secretariat By SaharaReporters, New York Chairman of the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), known as the New PDP, Mr. Kawu Baraje, has called on Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan to reopen its office in Maitama, Abuja, the country's capital, which was sealed off by the police last week. Mr. Baraje hinged his action on a ruling by An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice E.S. Chukwu that the group should be allowed to operate without any harassment or inhibition as its existence does not contravene any known law. The chairman of the faction also appealed to the Nigerian president to reopen its other offices hitherto sealed by the police in Kwara, Rivers, Kaduna and Bayelsa States. In a statement signed by the faction's National Publicity Secretary Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, Mr. Baraje said, "To the glory of God, contrary to the prayers of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur’s faction of PDP, a Federal High Court in Abuja on September 13th 2013, once again ruled Justice E.S. Chukwu in his ruling held that there was no evidence before the court to show any tardiness on the part of Baraje’s faction as claimed by the Tukur-led faction, which requested it to stop the Baraje-led PDP from operating. "In view of this ruling, the Police no longer has any valid reason (it never did, anyway) to continue to seal our Secretariats. We implore the president to save the Police from the plot to ridicule it by using it to perpetrate illegalities such as sealing the lawfully-acquired National Secretariat of PDP and our Secretariats in states like Rivers, Bayelsa, Kaduna and Kwara." According to the faction, "Powers that be should as a matter of urgency stop projecting and portraying the Police as a tool of injustice and attack on the perceived political opponents of Mr. President "We will continue to use the Judiciary to prove to Tukur’s faction that the days of running the affairs of our great party with impunity and high-handedness are gone for good. The time has come for him to correctly read the handwriting on the wall and honorably throw in the towel along with his National Working Committee (NWC)." The New PDP also inaugurated a four-member committee to be chaired by the Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu, to look for ways of resolving the stand-off between the Nigeria Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which had resulted in the union embarking on strike. Other members of the committee are Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako, Hon. Chinwo Ike, President of University of Port Harcourt alumni and Mr. Timi Frank, the faction's national youth leader.

Pope Francis: You Don't Have To Believe In God To Go To Heaven.

In comments likely to enhance his progressive reputation, Pope Francis has written a long, open letter to the founder of La Repubblicanewspaper, Eugenio Scalfari, stating that non-believers would be forgiven by God if they followed their consciences. Responding to a list of questions published in the paper by Mr Scalfari, who is not a Roman Catholic, Francis wrote: “You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives those who don’t believe and who don’t seek the faith. I start by saying –and this is the fundamental thing –that God’s mercy has no limits if you go to him with a sincere and contrite heart. The issue for those who do not believe in God is to obey their conscience. “Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists when people disobey their conscience.” Robert Mickens, the Vatican correspondent for the Catholic journal The Tablet, said the pontiff’s comments were further evidence of his attempts to shake off the Catholic Church’s fusty image, reinforced by his extremely conservative predecessor Benedict XVI. “Francis is a still a conservative,” said Mr Mickens. “But what this is all about is him seeking to have a more meaningful dialogue with the world.” In a welcoming response to the letter, Mr Scalfari said the Pope’s comments were “further evidence of his ability and desire to overcome barriers in dialogue with all”. In July, Francis signalled a more progressive attitude on sexuality, asking: “If someone is gay and is looking for the Lord, who am I to judge him?” Well as of old, the battle for truth rages on. Get the power that makes Christianity a revolutionary from this great book Source: The Independent « Previous | Next » View Comments News Categories Top Stories | Business | Sports | Diaspora | Entertainme

PROCRASTINATION: Bane of fulfilment.

....then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.  John 13:27

Procrastination is the act of postponing tasks or leaving what to be done now till a later date. This habit is a Hallmark of laziness.  It's a thief of time and account for vast failure among students, business men, professionals and people generally, regardless of their calling.  In the above reference,  Jesus reproved procrastination by saying what thou doest, do quickly.  Many people will regret eternally for certain procrastination they allowed.  For example, in Acts 27:28 -30, king Agrippa,  had the opportunity to listen to Paul and be saved but he procrastinated it. He never got that privilege again. At least no such record in the Holy Writ. I won't be surprised to learn that Agrippa is in hell when I get to heaven because he scorned the days of opportunity. Are you like Agrippa? You have been hearing the gospel but have you repented from your sins and made Jesus your Lord and personal Saviour? Or have you be procrastinating your day of salvation?  Please, do not delay anymore, repent today.
There are readers whom God have been impressing certain idea upon their hearts but have refused to take action.  Each time the spirit remind you, you get up move a bit and stopped. Then you will say, I will continue later. You will not achieve anything notable that way. The secret of success is prompt action. Serious  business men will tell you that time is money. If you desire to be anything other than a failure,  you must make Nike's rider... just do it, and I will say.... just do it now, you motto. In the next post,we shall examine causes, consequences and cure for procrastination.  Till next week Wednesday,  stay away from procrastination and your life will not be the same again. God bless you.

Trust me, if you will sit down and take stock of your life, you will agree that where you are now is not where you ought to be. A closer review will like indicate procrastination as a major culprit of your past losses and the bad news is that if not tackled, it will cause more. But it can be tackled easily as you follow this CDs; <iframe src="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?t=zxntctblogs0b-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B008IVN10Y&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Why Jonathan will fail woefully in 2015- Melaye

former member of the House of Representatives, Otumba Dino Melaye, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan not to attempt contesting the 2015presidential election “because he will fail woefully”. Melaye,who made this known while speaking with reporters in Abuja, opined that Dr.Jonathan lacked the political clout needed to win an election. The lawmaker turned anti- corruption crusader said the best option left for the president is to announce that he would not contest in the coming election and even at that, Nigerians will not be dissuaded from demanding the probe of his administration. What's your opinion? Please be exert and no abusive language.

ONAZI: WE ARE CRUISING TO BRAZIL

Super Eagles midfield ace,Ogenyi Onazi believes Nigeria will qualify for next year's FIFA World Cup in Brazil regardless of who they get in Monday's play-off draw in Cairo,Egypt. The Super Eagles will on Monday morning find out who amongst the quintet of Cameroun,Egypt,Ethiopia,Burkina Faso and Senegal will be paired against them for the final play-off in October and November. Speaking in Abuja before he jetted out to Italy to join his club, Onazi said the Eagles are ready to face any side in the final qualifier. "We are in flight and cruising at optimum speed.We are Brazil-bound no matter the country we draw in the play-off. "I know all eyes are on us but I can assure you that we won't fail. We shall continue to improve on our game until we get one of the five slots reserved for Africa'',he stated. The FC Lazio star also expressed happiness with the development of the team noting that the target is to qualify for the world cup and do well.

LATE GOLDIES' HUSBAND FIND NEW LOVE

Seven months after the death of late singer Goldie Harvey on February 14, 2013, her husband Andrew Harvey has found love again. Mr Andrew was photographed kissing a Malaysian woman named Beth Buenaventura, whom he’s said to have been dating now for an undisclosed period of time. The photograph was taken at his birthday party which held a few weeks back at Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur. Mr Harvey had initially worked in Nigeria before being transferred to Malaysia. In the days following the shocking announcement of Goldie’s death in February, Mr Andrew had appeared on the scene with eye-popping wedding photographs of Goldie and himself silencing skeptics forever and had been at the fore of burial plans for the late ‘You know it” crooner.

GHANA FA EARNED GH¢ 221,020 (110,000) FROM TICKET SALES

Footy-ghana.com understands that the 2014 World Cup qualifier between Ghana and Zambia grossed a total of GH¢221,020 ($110,000) from ticket sales.

According to our sources, the income generated came from the sale of 33,000 tickets.

Footy-ghana.com understands that an extra 5000 tickets were given free of charge to the various supporters groups who attended the match last Friday. According to footy-ghana.com checks, the previous home game between Ghana and Sudan grossed a total of GH¢217,000.

The Great Value of Books

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voice of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are true levelers. They give to all who will faithfully use, the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race.
                ~William Ellery Channing
-Today's reader is surely a tomorrow's leader.
-You cannot claim to be ignorant, there's so much stocked up in books than you can ever need.
-You can achieve anything If you will take time to read and study about it.

THE PORTION OF THE KING'S MEAT

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Dan 1:8

Daniel, Shedrach, Messach and Abednego were brought into Babylon as Jewish captives by the army of Nebuchadnezzar from Judah. Providence had it that they were not killed but that divine favour did not stop even in the land of their captivity. I decree that regardless of where you are, the favour of God will no stop in your life in Jesus name. At the command of the King, the children in whom was no blemish,  but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom,  and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as have ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and tongue of the chaldeans . V4; were selected. Going by the standard, making the list was a great honour and privilege. Yet, Daniel and these children purpose that they will not defile themselves. There are people who feels being privilege is an opportunity to be sinful. They said, godliness is for the poor and under privileged. Such have allowed the devil to brain wash them. Your wealth, privileges and opportunities are to be used to glorify God. They are meant to support you and others to live holily and righteously in this sinful world.
And so, on getting to the kingdom,  they apportioned them the king's meat, food and drink. That appear innocent but not for the heaven bound saint of the most high God. The problem with the privileged food is that, every food, meat and drink of the king must first be dedicated to the idols of Babylon. Eating it implies yielding to the idol. Many times Satan present his temptations subtly. But no matter how he packaged it, we are to watch, detect it and overcome it. Lets consider three parts in this post:
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE KING'S MEAT. From the foregoing, Nebuchadnezzar typifies Satan, who can give you anything you wants in exchange for your soul. The food, meat and drink of Nebuchadnezzar represents the attractive,  flashy but perishable pleasures and things of this world. Daniel and his pals represents the saints of today. So what are king's meat in these days?
a. Adultery and fornication; 1 Cor 5:2,9-10. These twin evil have been popularized and  exalted by the devil among mentioned old and young.  Across the world, fornication and adultery are seen as meer index of socialization. Those practicing it are seen as smart and sociable. That's the king's meat! Saints of God, flee from fornication and adultery. 1Cor 6:18.
b. Sodomy: this refers to lesbianism and homosexualism - the so called gay marriage. These were the twin sin of Sodom and Gomorha, upon which God rained fire and brime stone in Gen 19. Have you notice how the great presidents of the world are supporting it? Even canvassing for it and the nations that are refusing it are being threatened with withdrawal of foreign aids. Christians awake and watch. Meddle thou not with it, for it is the devil's portion.
c. Worldliness. Worldliness is to be like those who are not born again in dressing, mode of conversation, amusement and leisure, and general style and standard of life. It includes provocative dressing; the so called "dress to kill", immoral language, songs, musics  and speech, sensual amusement and entertainments, Eph 5: 4-7, James 4:4 says "ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. And no enemy of God will enter heaven.
d. Idolatry. In the past, people set up stones, carved sticks and sculptures and bow before them as their idols. But the devil has taken idol worshipping beyond that now. He knows that won't getting many today. He has set  up modern idols such as love of money; being willing to do, sacrifice or do anything just yo hey money, entertainment,.music,  cults, etc. What are the consequences of partaking in these king's meats?
2. DEMOTION THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE KING'S MEAT.
Daniel's request was granted by Melzar. They were fed by pulse; the ordinary food for ten days. And at the end ten days, their countenance appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat, v15. Cowards die several times before their actual death. The other children which eat were worse of. They appear leaner. The best of Satan's gift will make you leaner, famished demoted in life and ministry. Children of God, you have nothing to gain from Satan and compromise but everything to loss.
3. DECISION AGAINST THE KING'S MEAT.
Daniel and his friends knew better. God saw them through. If you decide to stand for righteousness, the Lord will stand by you . He will deliver you and crown you. The people of the world and compromisers will tell you all sorts of things  but stand. When God begins to show himself strong in your life, they will come and plead for forgiveness and prayers from you. You ask, how can I stand? Well, an empty bag cannot stand erect.  Therefore to be able to stand for righteousness in this corrupt and sinful world, you must do these
a. You must be born again. (The habitation of God).
b. Be sanctified and set apart for God.
c. Be filled with the Holy Ghost.  He is the energizer of the saints.
d. Read the Bible and pray always.
You will overcome every form and portion of the king's meat and your life will never be the same again in Jesus name. Amen.

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Female police officer caught on camera collecting bribe

Female police officer caught on camera collecting bribe

Barely 2weeks after a police sergeant, Chris Omeleze, was dismissed after being caught on video demanding a bribe of N25,000, another footage showing a policewoman negotiating a bribe of N100 has surfaced on the Naija social media space. The video footage, which circulated on Monday, showed the policewoman sitting in a commercial bus which she had apprehended in Lagos. The driver and the conductor, at the yet-to-be identified location in Lagos, who had passengers in their bus, were seen making efforts to pacify the policewoman so that they could be allowed to continue with their journey; but their pleas went unheeded. Soon, the driver got infuriated and slammed the policewoman, saying, "Don't abuse me because of N100. How much is N100? Me I don pass N100." The policewoman replied, "E no concern me. Pay me my own money." When the driver realised that she was hell-bent on collecting the bribe, he asked his bus conductor to give her the money. "Give her N100. I will return it to you later," the driver said. As soon as the driver handed down the instruction, the policewoman alighted from the bus and walked towards the conductor. Just as the two were moving towards the back of the bus, a voice from the background lamented: "You pay for police, you pay for agbero." Once she collected cash the policewoman was seen with another female colleague walking away. The video, which was shot by someone sitting in the bus was later posted online.

A GREAT GULF FIXED

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf  fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us that would come from thence. Luke 16:26.

God always ensures a separation between his people and the others.
At creation, he symbolised this by separating the light from darkness, he did not want a mix up of the light and darkness. Christians are the light of the world. We are unique and cannot compromise with the dark practices of this sinful world. In Egypt, he placed his people in Goshen and fixed a separation between them and the plagues of Egypt, at the red sea, the angel of God and the pillar of cloud separated the Israelites and the armies of Pharaoh;  Exodus 14:19,20 and in the NT , Jesus said as the wheat is markedly separate and distinct from the chaff and the sheep from the goat, so are the disciples from the religious Jews; Matthew 13:24-30.
What are the implications of this?

1. A Gulf of Separation. The gulf Abraham spoke about had been in existence all through time or life. It is only visible to discerning minds. Do you observe that the rich man in hell was oblivous of it? The gulf is the separation that exists between
a. Sin and Saints: No sinner is a Christian and no Christian is a sinner. The Christian is called to a life of separation. From the moment of conversion through genuine repentance and faith in Jesus Christ a  gulf of demarcation is placed invisibly between the new saint in Christ and the sin and sinful systems of the world. And so Abraham reminded him, the gulf that existed between them in the world is still here. Lazarus was holy, you were haughty, Lazarus was pious and pure but he was polluted, Lazarus' hope was in heaven from whence he expected his Saviour, his was in his riches. They were separate in their possessions in life and must surely be separate in eternity. Those who are not separate from sin today must not expect to be separate from hell in eternity.
b. Worldliness and the Worthies. The worthies are Christians which were not defiled by women (through immorality and any form of sexual perversions), that followed the Lamb where soever he goes (consecrated) , redeemed from all forms of sins, whose mouths are free from guiles and are  faultless. Rev 14:4,5. Does this describes you? Are you holy, harmless, separate from sinners, and made higher than heavens; who needed not daily sacrifices (repentance) as those high priests,  of old covenant?  Hebrews 7:26,27. If this will be your experience, you must be separate from worldliness. Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 2 Cor 6:17. There's a gulf fixed between the heaven bound Christian and the unclean thing - the unclean clothes, words, languages, character, recreations and leisures. Come out from among them. Pastors and " men of God" who have the worldly public motivational speakers as role model, will you take warning? The world killed your Lord, Jesus Christ and you can not  befriend the world and Jesus.
c. Light and darkness: The world lieth in darkness/wickedness1John 5:19, but he that is begotten of God keeps himself from all the  wickedness and the evil one touch him not. V18.
2. Protection: Between us and hell, there is great gulf fixed so that there is no link between us and the wicked powers from hell. A sincere child of God need not fear witches and wizards because there is a permanent fixed gulf between you and them such that no matter how they desire to hurt you, they can not do it. Praise the Lord, you are protected in Jesus name. If you are not born again, you are open and defenseless. But you can run to Christ now and repent genuinely and you will saved.
3. No Purgatory: This verse reveals the fallacy of purgatory.  There is no such intermediate place between heaven and hell. It's either heaven or hell. Jesus who narrated this story knows better than  all men put together. Everything he told us in the Bible are exact. He said, If it were not so, I would have told you. John 14:2.
Heaven and hell are real,  If you miss heaven, you will surely not miss hell. But thank God, you are  reading this blog today. You still have opportunity to turn to Christ Jesus for salvation, consecration and holiness. Call upon him now in earnest prayer of faith and he will accept. Pray now in Jesus name.

If you have done this sincerely,  join a Bible believing church and continue to follow the Lord. We will meet in heaven. In case, you do not know any Bible believing church, please locate any Deeper Life Bible Church and join them. God bless you. Your life will not remain the same.

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LESSONS FROM MY MD'S SERVICE OF SONGS

It is better to go to the house of mourning,  than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to heart. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebukes of the wise, than for a man to hear the songs of fools.  Ecclesiates 7:2,4,5.

My late MD; Lady (Chief) Uche Rosari Anyaene, the proprietress, Stella Maris group of schools,  Abuja,  died in June after about three (3) months of rumoured sickness and treatment in oversea countries including England and India.

August 16, 2013 was the service of songs;  part of a Christian funeral ceremony in which songs are rendered and testimony about the deceased are shared by acquaintances. To be candid, I arrived the venue late and had to sit outside the large auditorium being used but that did not diminish my view and lessons as there were telecast screens all over the places. Sitting down there, and reading in between activities Rick Warren's the purpose driven life, many lesson occurred to me from the proceedings among which I shall be sharing five shortly:
1. Death is Real and Inevitable:
Yea, that is a common lesson! But how many remember this in their daily activities? If we do, our moral standard, our actions and inactions, real motives, and passions will surely be different from what it used to be and the world would have been different! As some of her video clips and slide photographs were played, I recalled her ebullient and dynamic carriage and actions.
Oh, what an energetic woman;  I whispered to myself or may be aloud. It was then emphasized to me that,  no matter our talents, achievements, wealths, riches, fame and authority, as the Scriptures said, so it is; no man can deliver him/herself from death. Death, how wicked and powerful thy chilling hands are! So I learned that I must not boast  myself of tomorrow. She had great plans, I quipped, for the group of schools and other ventures but all that will never be in her physical presence again. Her great charisma and other talents  are gone, those, no man will ever harness. Death, death, what an earthly terminal point you are! But you shall be swallowed up in victory.
Let us live in the consciousness that we might be called upon to exit the world at any time and be ready for the life hereafter. That leads to my next lesson of the night.
2.AFTER DEATH, WHERE? The ministrations, that's the preaching and administration of the mass by the priests posed a lot of questions to what I have known from the Bible I have studied for twenty (20) years. They were not clear and precise like Jesus in the Bible about the destinations of the departed souls. From the story of the rich man and Lazarus ( Luke 16:19-31) and the broad and narrow way parable (Matthew 7:13,14) as revealed by Jesus, only two destinations are available - Heaven or Hell. And, the choice is made in life - defined by how you lived and the acceptance or rejection of Jesus, the son of God, as your personal Lord and saviour. Then at death, Hebrews 9: 27 says, "And, as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, the judgment ". Which means after death no change of state. Just like our common cliche "No repentance in the grave" says.
  However, the officiating priests were praying that God will grant someone who had been dead for nearly three (3) months forgiveness and allow her to find peace.  Whereas I had no problems with the content of the prayer, I do with the time of it and on who is correct - Jesus,  the son of God or the quatet of the priests?
  If Jesus is right, which I am 110% sure he is. He is the son of God, omnipotent and omniscient, he came from heaven, lived, died and rose again and ascended into heaven and in addition, even the priests in question were praying through him and Mary to God; then relative to the priests,  He must be right and they wrong!
  There is no repentance nor forgiveness after death. If you want to be in heaven, repent now and believe on Jesus, the son of God as your personal Lord and saviour. Put ALL your trust and FAITH in him and after that live righteously.
  There are two real places to go after death, - heaven or hell,  no purgatory. If you die now, where will you go?
  If praying for the forgiveness of the sins of the dead is by you right, then, my question for you is, who will pray for the last set of people that will die?

3. THE RICH ARE CROWD PULLER - DEAD OR ALIVE . AS I remorsefully said, I was about 45 minutes late. Buy that was not the first time I was arriving a service of songs an hour late and had a choice place to sit. However,  this was different because the hall was already filled to overflowing; why? She was rich and famous.  Very good and I loved her dearly. Then, my quibble was why are humans always interested in everything of the rich? Well, my lesson here was "I must work hard to be rich too" and then came the answer to my objection- people are interested in anything of the rich for the same reasons that I do not want to be poor!
  So, how do one become rich and at the same time makes heaven after death? The answer is found in Matthew 6:33; Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and ALL these things (including riches ) shall be added unto you.

4.SERVE HUMANITY: The greatest of men are those who served others. My MD, spent her life building academic institutions to give sound education to the children of our  great nation - Nigeria. Great as Stella Maris Schools are,the fees remain moderate and affordable so that all can come. She ensured not too tight an entry qualifications but rigorous academic works. So that the greater number can be admitted and transformed into great minds through the regimented academic and moral disciplines in the institution. Well, as we have always said, " life gives to you what you gave to it." She served people and people honoured her even in death! No wonder, she was the "BIG AUNTY".
5. It Is Not Worth It. The many struggles, fightings, violence, frauds and even killing to amass wealth and other material things is not worth it. Fellow preachers compromising God's eternal truth to appeal to people and get followers is not worth it. Bloggers posting falsehood for popularity or traffic is not worth it. Politicians getting involved in corrupt and sharp practices to win elections is not worth it.
  The great question is what shall it profit a man If he shall gain the whole world and loose his own soul or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Surely, naked we came into the world and naked shall we return.  Oh, now it is clear that it is better to be in the house of mourning than in the house of feasting.
  For me, these are both great ephemeral and eternal lessons that only the wise take to heart. I know you are wise and will take it to heart.
  Your life will never be the same as you do.  God bless you.

278 KILLED IN EGYPT'S BLOODIEST DAY OF REVOLUTION

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£300,000 Lamborghini Faces Crushets

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£300,000 Lamborghini Faces Crusher

SearchSectionsLondonIt made everyone's day:  glee of passers-by as seized £300,000 Lamborghini is displayedOn show: The Lamborghini with a sticker emblazoned across it by policeCrushing blow: the purple Lamborghini Aventador, which was seized in Knightsbridge, on display outside New Scotland YardprevnextJustin Davenport, Crime EditorAAAWednesday 03 July 2013A sports car valued at around £300,000 has been put on display outside Scotland Yard after being seized by police because the driver allegedly had no insurance.The 'glow in the dark' purple Lamborghini Aventador, rumoured to be owned by a wealthy Arab, could be sent to the crusher after it was removed from a Knightsbridge street.Police have put the car on display outside their HQ while they consider what action to take againstthe driver.A passer-by said : “I was walking past when it was craned in to the Scotland Yard forecourt and a hugecrowd had gathered on the pavement behind the police tape. You've never seen so many smiling faces on a central London crowd of workers out at lunchtime. It made everyone's day.”The car could yet find itself suffering a similar fate to the scores of old bangers already seized by police - crushed - if the owner decides not to pay a fine andprovide details of up to date insurance.The Lamborghini was seized on Wilton Place in Knightsbridge for being driven illegally on London's streets without insurance.A Met Police spokesman said the Lamborghini was one of several supercars taken by officers as part of its Operation Cubo.He said: "We have been seizing many types of cars, but sports cars have been among them."We have had a few Porsches, BMW X5s, and a Ferrari - that one got crushed and in fact the vast majority of them are."Operation Cubo has so far taken place on 20 separate days, with 656vehicles seized one day last month. The force said 135 arrests were made on this occasion for offences including robbery, drugs supply, metal theft, weapon-related offences and for being wanted offenders.A total of 10,318 vehicles have beenseized as part of Operation Cubo since October 2011.Last year the Met faced embarrassment after the son of a billionaire sheikh whose £200,000 Ferrari was displayed outside Scotland Yard as a warning to uninsured drivers bragged how it was returned when police discovered who he was.The Ferrari FF supercar was also put on show outside the Met HQ but the owner, Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi - son of the Emirof Ajman, in the United Arab Emirates - boasted on his Facebookpage that the Yard had handed the keys back as soon as they identifiedhim. He wrote online: 'Arab money

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THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH

And the Words was made flesh, and dwell among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14 kjv.
Humans are gifted with one uniqueness. It's the ability to use word. This ability is shared by all. It's the basis for our relationship. No two people can relate without the use of words either spoken or printed. Words are the building blocks of life; we think in words, reason in words, infact,  your fulfillment in life and productivity depends on how many words you have in your word repertoir.
All we have and will have in life depends on our use of words.
Our text today says the Word was made flesh. About four years ago,  I read Robert Kiyosaki's Rich dad, poor dad, in which he noted his rich dad's interpretation of this. He said,  his rich  dad believes that whatever you say is that you will get. That is in perfect harmony with the Scriptures. If you will be saved from sin, it is by your words. Hosea 14: 2, says, take with you words,  and turn to the Lord: and say  unto him, Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously... You don't need to perish,  you don't need to risk hell and be doomed forever when it's so easy ! That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, thou shalt be saved Romans 10:9.
To be sanctified and holy is counted impossible by many. And, you will have what  you said,Mark 11: 23c, hence they are unholy.  And surely, without holiness no man shall see the Lord. Hebrews12:14. But you can be holy, just say holiness is possible and it's mine. Then come to Jesus with the words of request and ask in faith through earnest prayer.
Many are poor, in pain, prison and under pressure because of the negative use of their words. Their suffering is occasioned by their words and can be terminated even now by their words.  How? Repent sincerely before God and ask him for forgiveness, promising to use your tongue aright henceforth.
And the Word was made flesh and dwell among us. What a great conversion power!  From the realm of abstract  to reality, from the intangible to tangible, pain to pleasure and profit.  Your words have the power. Jesus said for by thy words, thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.Matthew 12:37.  Whatever the negative circumstances around you and your life, rise up in faith and command a change in Jesus name.
Why are words so powerful, especially those of the redeemed?
Look at John 1:1-5. Notice the Word is singular and starts with upper case letter  and HE was in the beginning with GOD..  apparently, this is Jesus.  The very word personified. Words are powerful because they are backed up by the Living Word--The Lord Jesus.
Now, you know the words in your mouth are powerful-They can make or mar, releases or restricts, and honours or horrifies you. Use them well to your advantage.
You will not be the same again. GOD bless you.

OBAMA CANCELS RUSSIA SUMMIT

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DUBAI PARDONS WOMAN WHO REPORTED HER RAPE

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NEW MONTH GREETING

Welcome to AUGUST!
A= ASSURANCE of rest forever more. You will have rest from your troubles, disappointment and disillusions.
U= UNDENIABLE Answers. Whatever prayer you have stopped because there was no answer, please,  pray it again. This month, you will not be denied.
G= GRACE, GODLINESS AND GOODNESS. Grace will be abundantly bestowed upon you that will produce godliness in your life and godliness will attract goodness to you in Jesus name.
U=UNDERSTANDING AND UNLIMITED. Your understanding will be enlarged and that will break the bounds of your limitations.
S= SATIATION. HEAVEN has more than enough for you. Your every need shall be met and your heart will be satisfied.
T=TRIUMPH. TEMPTATIONS? Worry not! The Lords strength will guarantee your every moment victory.
NOW, THANKS BE UNTO GOD, WHICH ALWAYS CAUSETH US TO TRIUMPH IN CHRIST, AND MAKETH MANIFEST THE SAVOUR OF HIS KNOWLEDGE BY US IN EVERY PLACE.  2 COR 2: 14. GOD bless you.

Ohio Kidnapper and Rapist Accepts Plea Deal

Arie Castro, a notorious rapist and Kdnapper, who had hrld three women in hostage for naerly a decade accepts plea deal in liu of death sentence. Read more at http://news.sky.com/story/1120849/ohio-kidnapper-ariel-castro-accepts-plea-deal

HOW TO BRING UP A ROYAL BABY

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DUBAI PARDONS NORWEGIAN WHO REPORTED HER RAPE

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THE FIRST QUESTION IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

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MATCHING FIXING SCANDAL; INVESTIGATION ALMOST DONE.

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West Brom Albion Drops Osaze

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Rivers Saga: Four Northern Govs Calls For CP Mbu's Removal

Rivers Crisis: Four northern govs
call for Mbu’s removal
on July 16, 2013 at 8:02 pm in News
Four Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP,
Governors from the Northern part of the
country, Tuesday, paid a solidarity visit to
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi.
The quartet of Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of
Niger, Sule Lamido of Jigawa, Rabi’u Musa
Kwankwaso of Kano and Murtala Nyako of
Adamawa states, arrived the Port
Harcourt International Airport  Tuesday
afternoon amid protests .
In a joint statement, which was made
available to Vanguard, the governors said
they were in the Rivers State
Government House to visit the governor,
whom they described as “our brother and
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’
Forum” and to ascertain for themselves
some of the things they had been reading
in the media lately.
Although the governors expressed
satisfaction with the peaceful atmosphere
in the state despite the political
developments there, they said they were
shocked over the role being played by the
Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr.
Mbu Joseph Mbu.
The governors said, “We acknowledge the
great work Governor Amaechi and his
team are doing in Rivers State and
commend his maturity and calm even in
the face of apparent persecution….
“As Chief Executives of our states who
have sworn to protect lives and property
in our various states, we are particularly
troubled by the development in Rivers
State.
Govs. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger,
Sule Lamido of Jigawa, Rabi’u Musa
Kwankwaso of Kano and Murtala Nyako of
Adamawa states, Tuesday in Port
Harcourt.
“We commend the House of
Representatives for its proactive
leadership in the crisis and appreciate the
Senate committee’s thoroughness in
addressing the matter.
“We wish to call on the Inspector General
of police to hearken to the voice of
reason and immediately redeploy and
discipline Commissioner Mbu. His actions
smirk of unprofessionalism and political
partisanship, which is unbecoming of his
office.
“With the way the police is being used
and abused and with officers like Mbu in
the force, we do not see the need for
state governments to fund an antagonistic
police and may be forced to reconsider
our position on the financial contribution
of the states towards the funding of the
Nigeria Police.
“Arising from the actions of the police and
Mr. Joseph Mbu in Rivers State, the call
for state police as a constitutional
provision has become a necessity.
“We note that events in Rivers State have
again brought to the fore the question of
true federalism and the need for
institutions derived from constitutions be
allowed to function without undue
interference.
“As federating units we must be allowed
the space to guarantee our people
sustainable development as provided by
the constitution.

THE NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS (NOW IN FULL)

MOST media either print or electronic will do anything to convince the public about the veracity of their news. They will labour themselves to exhaustion to prove the trust worthiness of their headlines. Whereas their efforts at enlightening and informing the society  are commendable, it must be noted that the news men are human and as such have their leaning or should we say minor 'biases'. Consider,  for instance,  a Nigerian sport journalist writing a pre-match analysis for a match between the super eagles of Nigeria and the three lions of England. What will his analysis look like? Also imagine you are the editor of a very popular newspaper investigating your politician father's involvement in ritual killing for electoral success.  How straight will your investigation & subsequent reportage be?
Please be fair and very honest, post your view or what you feel your stand will be in any of this scenarios and if you have a life experience share.... lets go!