Monday, November 25, 2019

Court stops EFCC from prosecuting former Comptroller General of Customs, Abudullahi Dikko over alleged financial infraction

 

    A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, November 25th barred the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting former Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Abudullahi Dikko over alleged financial infraction while in office. 

Chimamanda Adichie Becomes First Nigerian to Receive UN Foundation’s Global Leadership Award

 

    The United Nations Foundation on the 20th of November, 2019 honored Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amongst other global leaders in its annual awards ceremony.
 
    This year’s ceremony held on the eve of the United Nations’ 75th anniversary and called We the Peoples to honor the founding ideals and vision articulated in the UN Charter. The honorees – advocates, business leaders, UN humanitarian workers, and more – strive for a more equitable and sustainable world.

  The award-winning writer was recognized with a Global Leadership Award for her work using literature and storytelling to connect with people across generations and cultures on issues of gender and racial equality and being a leader on the frontlines of global progress. This comes after Adichie’s Half of A Yellow Sun was recently named in BBC's 100 Novels that shaped our world.

Man drowns while swimming at National Stadium pool



   A 26-year-old man identified as Sodiq Yusuf has died while swimming in the pool of the National Stadium in Lagos. Although he was rushed to Randle General Hospital but died shortly afterward.

Nigerian Nonso Joachin arrested in Bengaluru India



   A Nigerian, Nonso Joachin was arrested today in India for drugs possession. The 36 year-old was   arrested by the City Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru Police. Found on him was a sizable amount of drugs: 28 grams of cocaine, and 10 slips of LSD.

Federal government promises April 2020 completion deadline for Lagos-Ibadan railway



  The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the Lagos-Ibadan Railway project will be completed by April 2020, just as it has fixed next week as the commencement date for the test-run of the train.

   Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who made the disclosure shortly after inspecting the project site in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, expressed optimism about achieving the completion deadline judging by the pace at which contractors are currently working, he said.

MTN Nigeria appoints new executive director

 

  MTN Nigeria Communication PLC on Friday announced the appointment of Modupe Kadri as its new Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The new appointment is to take effect from March 1, 2020. Kadri replaces Adekunle Awobodu as CFO. Mr Awobodu’s intended departure was announced in July 2019.

  The communication company disclosed this through a disclosure notice sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Friday. It also expressed its appreciation to Awobodu for his commitment and service to the company. “His dedication, extensive knowledge, financial expertise and experience across MTN Croup earned him great respect,” it said.

Killing of Kogi PDP women leader barbaric- President Buhari

 

  The killing of a 60-year-old mother, Salome Achejuh Abuh, in Kogi State by suspected political thugs is barbaric, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday He described the murder as a “primitive behaviour” that has no place in a civilised society.

According to him, Mrs Abuh’s killing was an act of bestiality, for which those responsible must be brought to justice. The late Mrs. Abuh, a former councillor, was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) women leader in Kogi State.

Buhari’s aide, Onochie reveals why Air Peace Chairman evacuated Nigerians from South Africa

 

   President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has pointed out reasons why the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema evacuated Nigerians who were stranded in South Africa during the xenophobic attack. Onochie claimed that Onyema had an ulterior motive when he evacuated stranded Nigerians in South Africa free of charge.

   In a series of tweets, the presidential aide said she was not fooled by Onyema’s “heroism” because she knew something was up, adding that the Air Peace boss knew America had him where they wanted him.

She tweeted: “When the scales suddenly fall off their eyes, we must give it time because it’s either they are pursuing something or something is pursuing them. “When AirPeace Proprietor became a “Hero”, I was not fooled. Something was pursuing him. He knew America had him where they wanted him.”

NDDC Distributes Medical Kits Vaccines To Flooded Communities

 

    The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has provided maternal delivery kits and cholera vaccines to ameliorate the pains of displaced inhabitants of flood-ravaged communities in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Lagos shuts Christ Embassy, water parks, west gate lounge, mosques over noise pollution


Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, have shutdown Christ Embassy Church, Iyana Ipaja; churches, mosques, hotels and others over noise pollution.

In all, 20 facilities were shut by the government on Saturday in its determination to curb the menace of environmental nuisance across the state and further restore sanity and orderliness.

The exercise, which cut across churches, mosques, hotels and nightclubs, included Water Parks at ikeja; West gate Louge, Omole, Magodo phase 1; Skylouge Bar, Oko Oba; Mallam Garba Mosque, Iloro; Dick Jockey outlets, Dopemu, Agege; Christ Embassy Church, Iyana ipaja and El Castillo Homes, Abule Egba.

TREM Daily Devotional 25th November 2019- YOU NEED REVELATION OF HIM


“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:”
Ephesians 1:17 (KJV)

There is certain information you acquire that you build into yourself and it would give you stability.  Revelation and understanding will distinguish you and make you separate. At times, when you see some people function the way they function, it is not that they are supermen, it is because they have insight into certain things that are not ordinary. They have insight into some things that have built stability into them. That is why you need revelation for as long as you are in this world.

Andrew Wommack Daily Devotional 25th November 2019- The Sword Is The Word


John 18:36 'Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.'
JOHN 18:33-37
Christ's kingdom is spiritual, in the hearts of men - not physical; therefore, our fight as Christians must not be with carnal weapons but with spiritual weapons (2 Cor. 10:3-5). Spiritual forces cannot be defeated with human weapons.

Billy Graham Daily Devotional 25th November 2019- Whose Son Is He?


To us there is but one God, the Father . . . and one Lord Jesus Christ . . .—1 Corinthians 8:6

Ultimately, in one way or another, or at one time or another, we shall be faced with this question: What think ye of Christ? Whose Son is He? If Jesus Christ is not who He claimed to be, He is a deceiver, or an egomaniac. We must answer this question with both belief and action. We must not only believe something about Jesus, but we must do something about Him. We must accept Him, or reject Him.

Kenneth Copeland Daily Devotional 25th November 2019- Stir Up the Power

Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears.... I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you.... For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:4,6-7, New King James Version
There are times when you know what God has called you to do, but you just don't feel you have the inner resources you need to do it. Somehow you've simply run dry. You know the Word says that "out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water" (John 7:38). But, during those times, you can't even find the creek bank, much less the river.