Thursday, February 28, 2019

(GENERAL) Oprah Winfrey to Interview Michael Jackson Accusers, Wade Robson And James Safechuck


    Oprah Winfrey will interview Michael Jackson‘s accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck after HBO’s two-part documentary Leaving Neverland, airs on March 3 and 4, reports Rolling Stone. Both men say Jackson abused them when they were children.

(POLITICS) Oshiomhole Mocks Saraki Over Election Defeat

 

   National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,  Adams Oshiomole is excited over the defeat of Senate President, Bukola Saraki in the Kwara Central Senatorial District which held last Saturday February 23rd. Saraki lost his seat to APC’s Ibrahim Oloriegbe.

(LOCAL) Former Super Eagles Captain, Jay-Jay Okocha Settles Income Tax Issues With Lagos State Government

 

  Former Super Eagles captain, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha yesterday said he was never contacted over his alleged failure to pay income tax before a Lagos court issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

(LOCAL) Court Sacks APC Lawmaker, Ibrahim Hassan, Over Certificate Forgery

 

  A Federal High Court in Jos on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, has sacked a member of Plateau State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Hassan, for forging his academic certificate.

(CELEBRITY) Lady Gaga Addresses Bradley Cooper Romance Rumors


    Lady Gaga knows that her Oscars performance with Bradley Cooper was intimate  and she says that’s what the pair was going for.

(POLITICS) Don’t Go To Election Tribunal, Agbakoba Advises Atiku

 

  Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, has urged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in last Saturday’s election, Atiku Abubakar, not to approach the court because of his loss. Atiku lost the presidential election to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress in a keenly fought contest.

(NOLLYWOOD) Nollywood Actor Alfred Rotimi Is Dead


    Nollywood actor Alfred Rotimi is dead. The actor’s death was confirmed via a statement from the Abeokuta chapter of TAMPAN.

(BUSINESS) Dangote Gains $5.8bn In 24hrs, World’s 64th Richest

 

  Alhaji Aliko Dangote catapulted up the world’s billionaires list to become the 64th richest person in the world.

(POLITICS) I did Not Lose Saturday’s Election- Godswill Akpabio



   Godswill Akpabio, former senate minority leader, says he did not lose Saturday’s election despite the declaration of Chris Ekpeyong as winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

(FOREIGN) No Agreement Reached Between Trump & Kim



   Donald Trump's talks with Kim Jong-un ended abruptly on Thursday with the US President saying he was forced to walk away after Kim demanded that all sanctions were lifted in return for giving up only some of his nukes. Mr Trump told reporters that he remains on good terms with Kim and continued to tout the 'enormous potential' of North Korea, but added: 'Sometimes you have to walk away.'

(LOCAL) Appeal Court Reserves Judgement On Onnoghen’s Appeals

 

   Justice Stephen Adah, who led the three-man panel of the appellate court, adjourned the four appeals for judgement after listening to submissions made by both Onnoghen and the Federal Government.

(LOCAL) Gunmen Abduct 11-Year-Old Boy In Abaji



   Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have abducted an 11-year-old boy, Gbenga Segun, at Unguwar Abattoir in Abaji metropolis.

(BUSINESS) Oil Sector Tops $218bn Illicit Financial Flows From Nigeria

 

   Oil and gas sector of the Nigeria economy is responsible for 92.9 per cent of illicit financial flows (IFF) with over $217.7 billion said to have flowed out of the country between 1970 and 2008. This is contained in report entitled, “Averting Illicit Financial Flows in Nigeria’s Extractive Industry,” released yesterday by the Nigeria Extractive Industries  Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

(POLITICS) UK Confirms INEC 2019 Election Results Authentic

 

   The United Kingdom Government has confirmed that the results of the presidential election as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) were authentic.

(ENTERTAINMENT) Davido Gets A Nickelodeon Awards Nomination

 

   Davido has been nominated alongside Taylor Swift, David Guetta, J Balvin in the ‘Favorite Global Music Star’ category at the Nickelodeon 2019 Awards.

Topic: He Will Lead You [Kenneth Copeland Devotional 28 February 2019]

Topic: He Will Lead You [Kenneth Copeland Devotional 28 February 2019]
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16

  Walking in the spirit. That’s the key to overcoming the flesh. If you follow the prompting of the Spirit of God within you, you won’t be dominated by the pressure your flesh tries to put on you.

Topic: He Gives Us Life Eternal [Billy Graham Devotional 28 February 2019]

Topic: He Gives Us Life Eternal [Billy Graham Devotional 28 February 2019]
These things have I written unto you that believe . . . that ye may know that ye have eternal life . . . — 1 John 5:13

Topic: Orderly Worship [DCLM Daily Manna 28 February 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Topic: Orderly Worship [DCLM Daily Manna 28 February 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]
Text: 1 Corinthians 14:6-40 (KJV)

Key Verse: “How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying” (1 Corinthians 14:26).

MESSAGE:

Topic: God Honours Your Giving [TREM Devotional 28 February 2019]

Topic: God Honours Your Giving [TREM Devotional 28 February 2019]

“And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:” Genesis 4:4 KJV

God always respects offering! God respects giving. God is not against giving or tithing! He is not against the things we do to honour Him. He is not against doing well. He is not against doing things very well. Some people are thinking because God has blessed us, therefore we don’t need to do anything. It is not like that.

Open Heaven 28 February 2019 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Anxiety Can’t Do It

Open Heaven 28 February 2019 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Anxiety Can’t Do It
Topic: Anxiety Can’t Do It (Open Heaven 28 February 2019)

Memorise: “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”- Philippians 4:6

Read: Matthew 6:25-34 (KJV)

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

(ENTERTAINMENT) Success Is Not Anyone's Payback- Toke Makinwa

 

   Nigerian Media personality Toke Makinwa says moving on is the best answer to your Ex....*side eyes*

(GENERAL) Open Letter To President Muhammadu Buhari, Federal Republic Of Nigeria By Umar Faruk Usman

 

  As security situation is concern you did well, we hope and expect the end of Boko haram soon, as for our economy it’s not good, most of us are farmers and traders with lots of investment in the rural areas.

(POLITICS) PDP Candidate, Evelyn Oboro Seeks Cancellation Of Senatorial Result

 

  Delta state senatorial candidate has expressed disapproval of the results of the National Assembly election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

(FOREIGN) Nepal’s Tourism Minister Dies As Helicopter Crashes

 


  A helicopter carrying Nepal’s tourism minister has crashed in Nepal’s hilly east, officials said Wednesday, with no word yet on the fate of those aboard. The minister, Rabindra Adhikari, was travelling with five other passengers from the eastern district of Taplejung to Terathum when the Air Dynasty chopper went down.

(POLITICS) Full Text Of President Buhari On His 2019 Presidential Election Victory



  President Buhari won the election after polling 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest challenger and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. Mr Abubakar, who served as vice president between 1999 and 2007, polled 11,262,978 votes to finish as runner-up. Below is the full text of the speech.

(POLITICS) Akpabio, Akume Lose Re-election Bids

  Senator George Akume (Benue APC) lost his fourth time bid for the Benue North West Senatorial seat to Hon. Orker Jev. The result was not announced by INEC after a myriad of complaints on the integrity of the election. Akume has been representing the senatorial district since 2007.

   Announcing the results yesterday in Makurdi, INEC returning officer, Prof. Nicodemus Agbulu, said that Jev polled 157,726 votes to beat Akume, who got 115,422 votes. Agbulu said that the number of registered voters was 867,302 while accredited voters were 293,399.

(FOREIGN) Trump In Vietnam For Summit With Kim Jong-Un

 
  US President Donald Trump has arrived in Vietnam ahead of his second summit with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.

(POLITICS) Atiku Rejects Presidential Election Result

 
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in last Saturday’s election, Atiku Abubakar, has rejected the result of the poll as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. INEC had declared President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC as the winner of the election and returned him as duly elected. Read Atiku’s full statement below suggesting what he intends to do…


Democracy Will Not Be Emasculated in Nigeria, By Atiku Abubakar

I thank the Nigerian people who trooped out in their millions to perform their civic duty this past Saturday. The patriotism of Nigerians is heartwarming and affirms my oft-repeated statement that we are brothers and sisters born from the womb of one mother Nigeria.

(LOCAL) Police Arrest 14 Suspects For Ballot Box Snatching In Anambra

 

   Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Rabiu Ladodo, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the police headquarters, Awka, said there was no loss of life during the exercise and commended the people of the state for a peaceful election.

(ENTERTAINMENT) DJ Cuppy Brags About Being The First Nigerian To Own The Samsung Galaxy S10 Phone

 

   On her Instagram, the daughter of popular billionaire, Femi Otedola said she was pleased with her achievement and was not willing to hide her happiness about it. Her words:

(BUSINESS) Nigerian Stock Exchange Loses N85bn In Six Hours


  The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) shed N85 billion in what traders have attributed to profit taking in reaction to the results of the presidential poll.

(LOCAL) Governor Wike’s Commissioner, PDP Lawmaker, Others Paraded In Rivers

  The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, has paraded Governor Nyesom Wike’s Commissioner for Urban Development and Physical Planning, Dr. Reason Onya; and the representative of Ahoada West constituency in Rivers House of Assembly, Nwanaka Okpokiri, for rigging last Saturday’s elections in the state.

(POLITICS) INEC Declares Buhari Winner Of Presidential Election

 

   The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of last Saturday’s Presidential election in the country.

Topic: God Our Comforter [Billy Graham Devotional 27 February 2019]

Topic: God Our Comforter [Billy Graham Devotional 27 February 2019]
I, even I, am he that comforteth you . . . —Isaiah 51:12

  There is also comfort in mourning, because in the midst of mourning God gives a song. His presence in our lives changes our mourning into song, and that song is a song of comfort. This kind of comfort is the kind which enabled a devout Englishman to look at a deep dark hole in the ground where his home stood before the bombing and say, “I always did want a basement.

Topic: Commandments Lead To Happiness [Andrew Wommack Devotional 27 February 2019]

Topic: Commandments Lead To Happiness [Andrew Wommack Devotional 27 February 2019]
Matthew 5:32, “But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, save for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.”

Topic: Better Things to Come [Kenneth Copeland Devotional 27 February 2019]


Topic: Better Things to Come [Kenneth Copeland Devotional 27 February 2019]
But [God’s grace] is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel – 2 Timothy 1:10

Topic: Drop Your Pride [DCLM Daily Manna 27 February 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Topic: Drop Your Pride [DCLM Daily Manna 27 February 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]
Text: Matthew 2:1-13 (KJV)

Key Verse: “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem” (Matthew 2:1).

MESSAGE:

Topic: The Word Works [TREM Devotional 27 February 2019]


Topic: The Word Works [TREM Devotional 27 February 2019]
   “Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.” 1 Kings 8:56 KJV

Open Heaven 27 February 2019 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – No Food for the Lazy Man

Open Heaven 27 February 2019 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – No Food for the Lazy Man

Memorise: “For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”- 2 Thessalonians 3:10

Read: Proverbs 6:4-11(KJV)

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

(FOREIGN) Donald Trump Replies Spike Lee Over His Oscar Awards speech

 
   US President, Donald Trump has come out to lambaste Spike Lee over his Oscar Awards speech. Spike Lee got recognized with an Oscar Award after years of trying and he seized his opportunity to speak his mind as regards all things politics. His words,

(FOREIGN) Nearly 200 Passengers On board On Amtrak train Stuck In Oregon For More Than 24 Hours

 

   A Los Angeles-bound Amtrak train that left from Seattle Sunday morning has been stranded in Oregon for more than 24 hours after a downed tree and heavy snow prevented it from moving  forward, according to officials.

(CELEBRITY) Lady Gaga Gushes About Bradley Cooper and Their Special Moment on the Oscars Stage


 One day after the actors took to the Oscars stage to perform “Shallow” from their hit film A Star Is Born (which clinched the award for Best Original Song), Gaga opened up about the remarkable experience with her costar.

(POLITICS) Bukola Saraki Breaks Silence On Election Defeat

 

  Bukola Saraki has finally broken his silence his unprecedented defeat in last Saturday’s election. In a statement on Tuesday, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki’s aide on media said he holds no grudges against all those who won the elections. His words:

(POLITICS) Ovie Omo-Agege Wins Re-election In Delta Central Senatorial District



   Ovie Omo-Agege of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won his re-election in Delta central senatorial district.

(POLITICS) Presidential Results At a Glance


 The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced some presidential results from some States in the federation. Presidential Results at a glance below:

(ENTERTAINMENT) Tonto Dikeh Goes On A Romantic Dinner With Her Lover- Photos


   Nollywood actress and mother of one, Tonto Dikeh who is currently in Dubai with her bestie Bobrisky took to her Instagram Stories to share photos of herself and her man. In one of the photos, Tonto was pictured holding a sign that says ‘I Love You’ as she sat next to the mystery man.
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(LOCAL) No Attack On Igbo Traders In Lagos- POLICE

 

  The Lagos state police command has described rumours of thugs attacking Igbo traders at Oshodi, a suburb in the state, as false.

(POLITICS) Okorocha Slams INEC Officer Who Claimed He Was Forced To Declare Him Winner

 

   The Returning Officer for the Imo West senatorial election on Saturday, Prof Innocent Ibeawuchi,  has alleged  that he  was forced to declare Governor Rochas Okorocha  the winner.

(LOCAL) EFCC Arrest Former Chairman Of INEC, Prof. Maurice Iwu

 

   Security operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu.

(FOREIGN) Macky Sall Wins Senegal Presidential Election

 

   President Macky Sall has won Sunday’s presidential election in Senegal, the country’s prime minister said. Mahammed Dionne, citing a provincial tally, said Sall garnered at least 57 percent of the votes cast in Sunday’s poll.