Monday, 12 December 2016
Gorgeous photos of stars on 2016 Critics' Choice Awards red carpet
Lol. Between the Legends and GQ magazine
So, Chrissy Teigen selected her husband, John Legend's, Tux for the GQ magazine Men of the Year event that took place recently and wasn't happy that his Tux wasn't acknowledged by the organizers. So it seems he kept harassing his wife about it, it got so bad that she had to reach out to GQ magazine on Twitter to acknowledged her husband's tux so she can 'drink water and put the cup down', lol. Read what happened next...
Photos: At least 25 killed, 57 injured in bomb blast inside Cairo church, Egypt
Egyptian security forces are fighting an Islamist insurgency led by ISIS's branch in North Sinai, where hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed. The insurgents have also launched deadly attacks Cairo and other cities.
Stampede at T.B Joshua's church leaves three worshipers dead
Three people died in a stampede at Prophet T.B Joshua's Synagogue Church of All Nations church in Ikotun, Lagos state on Saturday December 10th. According to reports, the stampede happened during the church's healing service when many of the worshipers thronged to meet with the Prophet.
Three of them collapsed as they made their way through the crowd to see the prophet. They were confirmed dead at the Isolo General Hospital where they were rushed to.
Friday, 9 December 2016
Edinburgh West MP tells story of how she was raped at 14
She made this revelation in the House of Commons, telling them that the man who raped her was someone she knew and trusted and the incident occurred one evening when he offered to walk her home.
"He told me he wanted to show me something in a wooded area and at that point, I must admit, I was alarmed. I did have a warning bell - but I overrode that warning bell because I knew him and therefore there was a level of trust in place.” The former professional musician recounted. She recalled walking home afterwards crying and in shock.
As with most rape cases, Ms. Thompson said she told no one about it but kept it bottled up and she blamed herself for what had happened.
"I felt I was spoiled and impure and really felt revulsion towards myself.”She has now come to terms with the incident and bravely stated;
“I am not a victim, I’m a survivor.”
Kobe Bryant and wife, Vanessa welcome their third child
Mick Jagger welcomes his 8th child at age 73
A rep for Jagger released a statement confirming the birth of the rocker's son. The rep said:
“Melanie Hamrick and Mick Jagger’s son was born today in New York and they are both delighted”.“Mick was at the hospital for the arrival.” The rep added that both Hamrick, who is more than 40 years Jagger’s junior, and the baby are “doing well,”The rep added:
“We request that the media respect their privacy at this time.”The couple began dating in 2014, after his former longtime girlfriend, fashion designer L’Wren Scott, committed suicide.
He also has five grandchildren and became a great-grandfather on 19 May 2014, when Jade's daughter Assisi gave birth to her daughter.
Kanye West is back with a new hair colour
We can’t pay Super Falcons because we didn’t expect them to win - Solomon Dalong
He said no money was readily available to pay the players. However, he said serious efforts are being made to find a way to solve the problem at hand. He said:
“It is unfortunate that we are celebrating victory of the Super Falcons amidst some bitter feelings among the players because of some administrative lapses that were not managed properly because if the situation was explained to these girls, I don’t think the situation would have gotten to this level.
They have stamped their authority and dominance over football in the continent, having consistently won the trophy eight times. After the girls came back from Cameroon, we had lunch with them and they were in high spirits, the communication gap in trying to convey the situation to them could have been what led to it."
71 year old Billionaire 'Bride of Wildenstein' attacks 49 year old boyfriend with hot wax and scissors
"They had a relaxing dinner, everything was normal then Jocelyn suddenly got angry as she often does" . "Lloyd was using his laptop and evidently not paying her enough attention. So she screamed at him to get off the computer then picked up a lit candle and threw the hot wax all over him."When he asked her to calm down, Jocelyn allegedly threatened to kill him, said the insider.
"She then went at his face with her nails, which are real and very sharp, before finally grabbing some scissors and stabbing them twice into his chest."During the attack, Lloyd pushed Jocelyn into a closet to protect himself and that was when she called the police, her security and her agent to complain that she was being held hostage in her own home. The source added:
"But when the cops arrived it was patently obvious that she could have opened the door herself".
In the 1990s, Jocelyn who was married to her art dealer millionaire husband, Alec Wildenstein caught him in bed with a 19-year-old, and they divorced in 1999.
She demanded $1 million a month in maintenance payments, claiming her reliance on servants over the years had left her unable to run her own household.
Jocelyn is thought to have spent over £2 million on plastic surgery procedures, apparently in a bid to look more like her husband's beloved big cats.
Their divorce Judge told her she couldn't spend her alimony on her surgeries but she eventually won $2.5 billion from Alec and a further $100 million each year for the next 13 years.
Are Adesua Etomi, Wale Ojo, Majid and Okon strong enough to make Ayamma a box office movie?
In Nollywood only few actors are known to have made several movies a box office hit. The likes of Omoni Oboli in, ‘Anchor Baby’, ‘Being Mrs. Elliot’, ‘The First Lady’, ‘Wives on Strike’, and ‘Fifty’; Genevieve Nnaji in, ‘Mirror Boy’ and ‘Road to Yesterday’; Omotola Jolade in, ‘Ije’ and ‘Last Flight to Abuja’ and Funke Akindele in, ‘The Return of Jenifa’ and ‘Married but Living Single’.
The question now is can Adesua Etomi, Wale Ojo, Majid Michel, Bishop Umoh, Theresa Edem and other casts in what is said to be one of the most anticipated movies of 2016, ‘Ayamma’, make it a box office hit. Ayamma will be premiered at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 and released in cinemas on Friday, December 23, 2016.
Ayamma which is a movie set in Akwa-Ibom produced by Emem Isong-Misodi, under the production of Royal Arts Academy, tells the story of Prince Daraima (Wole Ojo), the fascinating heir to Obong Ikpaisong, who repeatedly dreams of Ihuoma (Adesua Etomi), poor but radiating maiden whose beauty is matched only by her voice. He is in love with the girl of his dreams. In the real world, Prince Daraima is set to marry Princess Ama (Tinsel star, Theresa Edem), the arrogant child to a neighbouring Monarch. Princess Ama observes her groom-to-be captivated by Iko and resolves to nip this obvious threat in the bud.
Guys, what do you think?
We definitely can wait to see the movie in cinema come Dec. 23rd, 2016.
Sunday, 27 November 2016
» "It’s Foolish For Pastors To Ignore Police Protection" «
The prevalent insecurity in Nigeria has been identified as a major reason why pastors need more than divine protection to operate without harm, in the country.
This is the position of most clerics, who spoke to Sunday Telegraph during a recent survey.
According to the General Overseer, Kings in Christ Church, Rev. Chidi Anthony: “It borders on foolishness for any pastor to ignore police protection, giving the scary security situation in Nigeria.”
The survey became necessary because many people have been wondering why many servants of God go about with heavy police presence as if the Almighty God had withdrawn his divine protection, which he so generously bestows on clerics according to the Holy Scripture.
Responding to the survey, wife of the General Overseer, Victorious Army Church, Pastor Blessing Agboli, said: “That does not mean we do not need security coverage. Once in a while, we need police protection, especially when you hear of fellow men of God being kidnapped, robbed or even killed. There are several cases of kidnaps happening every now and then.
“When you are travelling outside your station to a place where you don’t know what the security aspect looks like, you need security, especially in a society like ours where we have issues of kidnapping, insecurity in the system. Besides, the security agencies in the country are now coming to advise churches on security.”
She, however, added: “But I don’t like the extravagant ones, like pastors going with long convoy of Police outriders, siring blowing. We don’t need that; but once in a while, if we are having conventions and very important personalities are attending, they need protection because of the security situation in this country.
Such persons will ask you if you have made adequate security arrangement. Yes; I don’t like it when a pastor is moving and a security man carrying a gun is following him about. The guns should be hidden.”
Some analysts are, however, not impressed with the reasons advanced by the men in the collars for resorting to ‘human’ protection: “It is tantamount to loss of faith in the Almighty God’s ability to protect his servant, if under any guise men of God have to rely on police protection,” Jude Okeke argued.
On the other hand, Pastor Ayodeji Oluwadare of Hebrews International Church, Lekki, explained that even Jesus Christ at a time had Apostle Peter walking beside him with machete to check people he considered as security threat to the Lord Jesus Christ.
He explained: “As one is growing in life, there will always be need for security protection. Even Jesus at a time, Peter took his sword and cut off the eye of somebody that came to arrest Jesus Christ.
When you are a young pastor, you may not be a security risk; but as you are growing in life, there is need for police protection. “Like Baba Adeboye, he did not use to go around with security detail, but one day, he went to somewhere in Yaba and Area-boys bombarded him.
Now it is difficult for him to go about without police protection. Also, it is difficult to host huge events without having security agents around to control the crowd. You need to guard your environment. It is very important that you need to guard yourself and your environment,” Oluwadare added. According to Oluwadare, this also applies not only to pastors but everyone.
“Even as you are praying, Bible says watch and pray. But many people just pray; they don’t watch. What I am saying in essence is that it is foolish for men of God to ignore police protection. Wisdom demands that security considerations should be taken into account.
The Bible says, we should be as wise as a serpent,” he explained. Unfortunately, kidnapping, robbery and killing of clerics has been on the increase in the country. In Kaura Local Government of Kaduna State, unknown gunmen kidnapped a senior pastor with Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev Yusuf Magaga.
The abductors later demanded a N2 million ransom. Similarly, three clerics of the Taraya Ekklesiyoyin Kristi A Nigeria (Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria, TEKAN), including their President, Dr Emmanuel Dziggau; his deputy, Rev. Illiya Anto, and a retired reverend in the church, Yakubu Dzarma, were kidnapped along Kaduna-Abuja Road.
The abductors later demanded N100 million as ransom; but when one of the kidnapped clerics died in captivity, the kidnappers released the surviving pastors.
Still in Kaduna State, two other ECWA reverends, Pastor Joshua Kantiok and Pastor Yakubu Samaila, were also taken captive when kidnappers traced them to their farmland but were released after the kidnappers collected N500, 000 ransom from them.
A reverend of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Akobo-Ojurin, Diocese of Agodi, Ibadan, Dr. Biodun Ogunbekun, is another kidnap victim. Besides, the men in the collars are also targets of robbers and Islamic fundamentalist. Female RCCG Preacher, Eunice Olawale, was murdered by suspected Islamic fundamentalists in Abuja a few months ago.
Incidentally, the head of the Catholic Church, the Pope, used to have very limited security details around him until an attempt was made on the life of Pope John Paul II in Rome on May 13, 1981 by a Turkish gunman, Mehmet Ali Agca. Since then, security around the Pontiff has been noticeably stepped up.
These are just a few examples of men and women of God falling victims of ungodly acts perpetuated by their fellow human beings.
Criticize my University's school fee and face God’s wrath- Oyedepo tells critics
One of Nigeria's richest pastor and founder of Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has told those criticizing the high fees charged at his Church's private University, Covenant University, to stop now or face the wrath of God. According to Bishop Oyedepo, the high fees being charged at the university is ordained by God.
In a telecast to a announce the church's annual programme, Shiloh 2016 Convention, Oyedepo said those criticizing the university's high fees were acting in ignorance and risked incurring the wrath of God.
According to him, an individual who criticized the church recently, suffered chronic mouth odour and was healed after he confessed to him.
“The school fees has Gods approval and is in accordance with the quality of facilities provided by the university in meeting the educational needs of the nation.”he said.
Covenant University charges N799,500 per session for 100 level students.
South African President, Jacob Zuma not scared of going to jail amidst corruption controversy
Despite the corruption controversy hovering around Jacob Zuma and appearing in court severally, the South African President has revealed that he is not scared of going to jail. Speaking to thousands of supporters at the African National Congress's victory rally in eDumbe Saturday‚ Zuma said:
'People think democracy is done at courts. They never mention the will of the majority‚ they always talk about courts. They never even speak to us about democratic debates because they know we are good at debates. They think by going to courts they are intimidating the ANC. We are not going to be intimidated‚ even if it means I get arrested today‚ I am used to it. I have spent a lot of time in jail‚ you cannot threaten me with jail time .I am not scared of jail I have been there.'
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