Tanzania Court Ban Marrying Girls Under 18 Years

     A Tanzanian court has upheld a law banning the marriage of girls under the age of 18 in a ruling praised by rights activists.

   The High Court in 2016 ruled that laws allowing girls as young as 15 to be married with the permission of their parents, or even 14 with the permission of a court, were unconstitutional and discriminatory. However the state had appealed the ruling. “We reject this appeal as it has no foundation,” the appeals court judges wrote in their ruling on Wednesday.

Governor Obaseki replaces Adams Oshiomhole’s local government chairman in Edo State

   

  Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has sworn-in Imonofi Osumah Inusa as the Chairman of Etsako West Local Government, after Yakubu Musa, the erstwhile chairman was removed.  Musa was removed over his alleged involvement in N46 million fraud in the council.

Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for killing teenager in harassment case

 

  The principal of a religious school in Bangladesh was among 16 people sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder of a teenage girl who refused to withdraw a complaint of sexual harassment against him, the public prosecutor said.

Zamfara girl who set self ablaze over boyfriend's inability to pay dowry dies

  A 17-year-old girl, Aisha Bello of Gusau town, Zamfara State who set herself ablaze for not getting married to her suitor in September has finally died. She died on Wednesday evening at the Federal Medical Center, Gusau where she was being treated for burns.

#S*x-for-grades: Those involved will be prosecuted –President Buhari

 

    President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said any university staff found culpable in the sex-for-grades scandal would  be prosecuted and if found guilty serve the stiffest punishment under the law.

   Buhari, who warned that his administration would  not harbour any form of indiscipline and misdemeanor, said he had directed appropriate government agencies to take decisive and firm action against any staff reported to have sexually  harassed students in  any of the nation’s educational institutions.

Edward Onoja sworn in as Kogi deputy governor

 

  Edward Onoja, running mate of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, in the November 16 governorship election, has been sworn in as the deputy governor of the state. The swearing-in ceremony held at the Kogi government house on Monday. The ceremony is sequel to his confirmation by the Kogi state house of assembly.

Federal Ministry Of Communications Has Been Re-named

 

   The Federal Executive Council(FEC) on Wednesday approved the renaming of the Federal Ministry of Communications as Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.

Police rescue 15 from Adamawa Illegal rehab home

    The police in Adamawa State have arrested a man and his three sons for allegedly operating an illegal rehabilitation home where 13 adults and two teenagers were found bound in chains.

   The policemen who rescued the 15 said they acted on intelligence report.  Police found the victims in a one-room apartment which is said not to be suitable for three persons considering the harsh weather condition of the state. DSP Suleiman Nguroje, who disclosed this in Yola on Wednesday, said the 15 victims were found in dehumanising conditions.

We spent 10 days counting Fayose’s N1.2bn- Former manager of a Zenith Bank branch in Akure

 
  Sunday Alade, former manager of a Zenith Bank branch in Akure, Ondo state, told the federal high court in Lagos on Wednesday that it took 10 days to count the N1.2 billion which was moved to the bank’s branch on behalf of Ayodele Fayose, for governor of Ekiti state.

While being led in evidence by Rotimi Jacobs, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Alade narrated how the money was evacuated from two aircraft and taken in two trips in a bullion van which he arranged in 2014.

Stolen credit card info found on Naira Marley’s laptop- EFCC

 

     A federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday heard that stolen credit card information issued by European, American and Latin American banks were retrieved from a laptop allegedly belonging to musician, Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley.

     Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) forensics expert, Mr Nuru Buhari told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that some of the credit card information belonged to four persons in the United Kingdom (UK) including one Nicole Louise.

Andrew Wommack Devotional 24th October- Expect Persecution

John 15:19 'If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.'

JOHN 15:19
We should not think it is strange to be persecuted. 'All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution' (2 Tim. 3:12). We can actually rejoice because we are being persecuted for Jesus' sake, and the Lord will be with us in the midst of the persecution. When we stand before Him, there will be more than ample reward.

TREM Devotional 24th October- THE CHURCH IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”
Matthew 5:14 KJV

I really want you to understand what God is doing in these last days and what the adversary is also doing. It is very important for you to know that the Church of Jesus Christ is never going to lose this war. If you do not believe me, go and read the last book of the Bible. Then you will understand the place of the devil. God is not in contention with the devil. The devil is already a defeated foe. When Jesus rose from the dead, He declared it boldly. No one has ever said that except Jesus.  And no other people have said that except us, who are also the Body of Christ. He said ‘all power is given unto me in heaven and on earth.’

Billy Graham Daily Devotional 24th October- Prejudice Is Weakness

Judge not, that ye be not judged.
—Matthew 7:1
The word prejudice means “prejudging” or “making an estimate of others without knowing the facts.” Prejudice is a mark of weakness, not of strength. Prejudice is measured by computing the distance between our own biased opinions and the real truth. If we would all be perfectly honest before God, there would be no prejudice.
Prayer for the day

Kenneth Copeland Daily Devotional 24th October- Choose Life

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Romans 8:6

If you were given the choice between life and death, which would you choose? The answer seems obvious. But, in reality, it's not.

Open Heaven 24 October 2019 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Be Unmovable

Open Heaven 24 October 2019 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Be Unmovable
Memorise: “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” – Romans 12:21

Read: Romans 8:35-39 (KJV)

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Bible in One Year: 2 Chronicles 29-30, Revelation 18:14-19:5

Open Heaven 24 October 2019 Thursday MESSAGE: