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Rise and fall of Sepp Blatter:

Despoiling the beautiful game

ike the plague that hit the Egyptians in the Bible, football’s governing body; FIFA is currently writhing from the pangs of the biggest corruption scandal that has enveloped the organisation for decades. It is unknown for how long she would lick her wounds. The scandals involving allegations of bribery and racketeering that has plagued the body meant to oversee the beautiful round leather game for decades reached a new turn last week with the resignation of Joseph Sepp Blatter, two days after his re-election for a fifth term in office as FIFA president. Blatter had held sway at the helms of affairs in FIFA like a colossus. Like everything in FIFA, power revolved around the 79-year-old Swiss until the cookie crumbled courtesy of massive investigation into its activities by United States authorities which culminated in the arrest and detention of seven top FIFA executives. In all 14have been indicted and the US in spite of earlier denials has finally admitted the Blatter himself in being investigated. How did football administration get to this sorry pass? When the idea of founding an international football federation began taking shape in Europe, the intention of those involved was to recognise the role of the English who had founded their Football Association back in 1863. Hirschman, secretary of the Netherlands Football Association, turned to the Football Association. Its secretary, FJ Wall, did accept the proposal but progress stalled while waiting for the Executive Committee of the Football Association, the International FA Board and the associations of Scotland, Wales and Ireland to give their opinion about the matter. Guérin, secretary of the football department of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques and a journalist with Le Matin newspaper, did not want to wait any longer. He contacted the national associations on the continent in writing and asked them to consider the possibility of founding an umbrella organisation. When Belgium and France met in the first official international match in Brussels on 1 May 1904, Guérin dis-

It is known as the beautiful game with billions of fans all over the world, but the string of scandals that has trailed the organisation of football competition including the World Cup itself by the Federation Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, culminating in the indictment of its top executives by US authorities has cast a dark shadow over the world of football. Paul Omo Obadan looks into the FIFA debacle. cussed the subject with his Belgian counterpart Louis Muhlinghaus. It was now definite that the English FA, under its president Lord Kinnaird, would not be participating in the foundation of an international federation. So Guérin took the opportunity and sent out invitations to the founding assembly. The process of organising the international game had begun. And Robert Guérin eventually became the first president of FIFA.

‘BLATTER MAY FACE CHARGES’

FIFA’s most popular event is of course the World Cup, which opened July 18th, 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay. This ultimately became a very important day in FIFA history, but unfortunately, the outbreak of war meant that international competition was put on hold. Eventually, as the political situation stabilized, competition flourished with the United Kingdom re-joining FIFA following the Second World War in 1946. Since then, FIFA has become the governing body of soccer worldwide, regulating international play, rules, and ensuring fairness and stability between all countries and now boasting over 209 members, more than The United Nations! Joseph S. Blatter was elected FIFA President on 8 June 1998; having already served world football’s governing body for 23 years across a number of roles. He joined FIFA as Director of Technical Programmes in 1975, before becoming General Secretary and subsequently CEO. He was re-elected as head of FIFA first in 2002, before further successful re-elections in 2007 and 2011. During his time as the head of world football, Blatter has expanded FIFA’s competition portfolio, developing the FIFA Club World Cup as well as introducing world championships for Beach Soccer and Futsal. He has also overseen the expansion of FIFA to 209 Member Associations. FIFA commits itself to constantly improving the sport of football. But events lately have brought the organisation to the utmost disrepute. Chronicle of FIFA scandals Less benign are the allegations of corruption that have lingered over FIFA for years. Blatter’s predecessor, Joao Havelange resigned from FIFA after the organization’s ethics committee detailed his involvement in bribery schemes. Technically this FIFA scandal didn’t occur during the Sepp Blatter era.

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‘Bribery systemic in FIFA’ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 But Blatter was a FIFA executive at the time, and he helped cover it up when he took office. In 2001, Swiss sports marketing firm International Sports and Leisure, or ISL, collapsed. Why? Because for years they were paying exorbitant bribes to FIFA and International Olympic Committee officials in exchange for marketing and media rights. And one of those people was Joao Havelenge, who was president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. A 2012 investigation revealed that, between 1992 and 2000, Havelenge and his ex son-in-law, Ricardo Teixeira, were paid between $22 million and $40 million. Plundering of Brazil The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was scandalous. There were certainly a lot of locals who were “shocked and upset” by the fact that the government spent $11 billion building stadiums that nobody will use (like the one in the middle of the Amazon, which is hardly being used now and is practically bankrupting the State of Pernambuco) instead of things like schools and hospitals. Of course, a lot of Brazilians were against hosting the World Cup to begin with, seeing as how FIFA requires all host countries give them and their sponsors a “comprehensive tax exemption.” That means the governments don’t make any money in exchange for building all those pretty stadiums. And it’s why the New York Times accused FIFA of “running a kind of strip-mining operation, removing with its corporate partners much of the profit and leaving the host countries with stadiums that are seldom used.” Ticket scam in Trinidad and Tobago Jack Warner is the former head of CONCACAF and a former member of FIFA’s executive committee. This is the first FIFA scandal involving Warner, a good old-fashioned ticket scam. When his home country of Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, a Trinidadian travel agency owned by Warner and run by his son bought up many of the tickets intended for Trinidadians and sold them in travel packages at insane markups. All told, the Warners are believed to have profited by at least $1 million. However, FIFA’s investigation placed the blame on Warner’s son and fined him $1 million, though of course FIFA had no way of enforcing the penalty and the best guess is that he paid about a quarter of that. Meanwhile, no action was taken against Jack Warner. Match-fixing investigation bungled In May 2010, a referee named Ibrahim Chaibou walked into a South African bank and deposited about $100,000 worth of cash. Where did he (allegedly) get that money? From a notorious Singaporean match-fixing syndicate that paid him to alter the outcome of several World Cup tune-up matches. Obviously, this was a huge scandal that called into question the legitimacy of the 2010 World Cup, and you can read all about it in the New York Times. They pretty much got to the bottom of everything. But what about FIFA? Did they investigate the matchfixing scandal? Sure they did. Unfortunately, their investigation didn’t include actually interviewing anyone involved, including Chaibou. And even though FIFA eventually concluded that South African soccer officials were probably involved (which they were), FIFA didn’t name names or hand down any punishments. So in other words, FIFA was either complicit in the match-fixing or they were incompetent in investigating it. Or possibly both. 1998 Election for FIFA President In 1998, Joao Havelange stepped down as president of FIFA after 24 years, and Sepp Blatter, Havelange’s top administrator, decided to run as his replacement. People that knew Havelange was a little shady with FIFA’s finances, so they assumed his #1 guy was shady too. That’s why Blatter’s opponent in the 1998 election, FIFA vice president Lennart Johansson, proposed that every member of FIFA’s executive committee be “monitored” (i.e. tailed) in

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the lead-up to voting to ensure that votes were not bought. Unfortunately, Johansson’s motion for special electoral procedures did not pass. So in Paris on the eve of the vote, Qatar’s Mohammed bin Hammam, one of Blatter’s biggest supporters, was seen handing out enveloped stuffed with cash to various FIFA executives. Not surprisingly, Blatter won the election and then went on to become the most powerful man in sports. But of course, Soccer’s Teflon Don denies that he ever paid anybody to vote for him. South Africa buys the World Cup In fairness to South Africa, it seems highly likely that every World Cup since 1998 has been bought. However, it just so happens that, thanks to Wednesday’s arrest and indictment of Jack Warner, more facts are emerging about how South Africa’s World Cup was bought. It all started with the bidding process for the 2006 World Cup. South Africa was in the running for that one first, and Warner apparently sent a relative to Paris to pick up a briefcase filled with cash, which was supposed to buy his vote. Unfortunately, South Africa didn’t get the 2006 World Cup. But they tried again for 2010, and this time they really pulled out all the stops, offering Warner $10 million for his vote and those of two others. Warner delivered the votes, South African got the World Cup, and Warner got his $10 million and now probably a trip to prison. 2011 election for FIFA President Mohammed bin Hammam was a big supporter of Sepp Blatter in 1998 and was allegedly handing out cash-stuffed envelopes to voters before the 1998 FIFA presidential election but things changed over the next 13 years. Specifically, Hammam, who was president of the Asian Football Confederation, got tired of waiting around for Blatter so he could take over FIFA. So in 2011, after pulling off a huge upset and securing the World Cup for his native Qatar in 2022, Hammam decided to run against Blatter for president. Of course, the way you win FIFA elections is by bribing people, so Hammam allegedly paid Jack Warner $360,000 to set up a meeting with executives from CONCACAF. And at that meeting, Warner told each person in attendance to go ahead and pick up their “gifts” on their way out-envelopes stuffed with $40,000 in cash. Unfortunately, one of the people in attendance spilled the beans. Hammam was subsequently banned from FIFA for life, while Warner resigned from CONCACAF and FIFA. The Qatar Bribery Scandal From the start, nobody believed Qatar could have been awarded the World Cup without money exchanging hands. It’s too damn hot in Qatar, and the human rights are nonexistent. The question was how did it all go down? In March 2014, a whistle-blower told the Sunday Times that

several African officials were paid $1.5 million in exchange for their votes, though she later retracted the accusation. However, around the same time it was discovered independently that the Qatari bid committee paid Jack Warner $2 million. Then in June 2014, the Sunday Times obtained various documents proving bin Hammam himself forked over $5 million in bribes. Of course, all this was probably in the report written by former U.S. attorney Michael Garcia and submitted to FIFA in September 2014. However, FIFA refused to make the report public, saying only that it contained “minor” violations that did nothing to call into question the integrity of the vote…which led Garcia to vehemently disagree and quit his job. The 2018-2022 bidding The 2018-2022 bidding contests showed a culture of entitlement and disregard for rules by some executive committee members, which had festered on Blatter’s watch. An undercover sting by British newspaper The Sunday Times revealed the corruption that defined the bidding contests won by Russia and Qatar. The 24-man executive committee of 2010 is now largely discredited: A life ban for Bin Hammam, shorter bans for others, some resignations to avoid FIFA sanctions and many allegations that were unproven. Blatter’s reputation suffered and further plunged. Absence of term limit and governance structure Build up to the election to a fifth term on May 29, Blatter was inundated with criticisms. Among the myriad criticisms levied against FIFA is an absence of term limits on its presidency and thus was requested to step down and jettison the fifth term bid. Transparency International, which had called on FIFA to postpone the election pending a full independent investigation, renewed its call on FIFA to change its governance structure. Cynics note that FIFA rules play into the hands of a smart politician: the 25-member executive committee consists largely of representatives of FIFA’s six confederations, but Africa (four) and Asia (four) have more votes than Europe (seven). That gives Botswana, Iran and Thailand as much voice as, say, Germany, England and France. However, Blatter was re-elected to a fifth term on May 29, defeating Jordanian Prince Ali bin Al Hussein. Two days after the scandal broke, the allegations culminated with the indictments of nine high-ranking FIFA officials and five corporate executives by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice on charges including racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering. On 27 May 2015 several of these officials were taken into custody for questioning by Swiss authorities, who were launching a simultaneous but separate criminal investigaCONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 tion into how the organisation awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Those among these officials who were also indicted in the U.S. are expected to be extradited to face charges there as well. The recent arrest and indictment of nine FIFA official on corruption charges shocked the sports world—but not because everybody thought soccer’s international governing body was so pure and innocent. What was shocking about that turn of events was that, finally, somebody was doing something about it and the plutocratic rabbit hole of corruption is being plugged.

mocracy can be successfully enthroned in Africa. There should be a total reformation in FIFA. Rules, statutes and laws should be scrapped and replaced with endearing ones. Fresh blood should be brought injected to give the organization a new look.

Zirin, who readily associates FIFA leadership with corruption and rapaciousness, he does not think that the international football community has any option but to “abolish FIFA for the good of the game.” “What is particularly note-worthy as the common reason for displeasure with FIFA relates to the question of corruption and greed within the body. At least, on this score FIFA’s accusers can assume the moral justification to put FIFA on the receiving end of their vitriol. Conversely, and to our collective embarrassment and regret, Nigeria cannot point an accusing finger in FIFA’s direction in this regard because our former representative on its executive committee was only recently found culpable in a bribery and corruption charge. “Instructively, apart from Nigeria, no other significant country whose national football association is affiliated to FIFA ever seems to have an issue with FIFA over the way its football governing body is run. None else seems to give cause to FIFA to regularly suspend or threaten to suspend its association from international competitions for “government interference” amidst an endless cycle of shameless and childish tussle for power. “In our relationship with FIFA, we always seem to be the butt of ridicule and contempt, the underling who catches cold when FIFA sneezes. And you know what? FIFA is not a union of countries. It is not even a political authority. It is only an international NGO! Amiesimaka believes “we will soon see how we brought the opprobrium on ourselves. As they say, a man who brings home ant-infested faggots should not complain if he is visited by lizards. “As football was becoming a very popular sport in many countries at the turn of last century, especially across Europe, it was felt that there was need to set up a non-political body outside the control of any country or political ideology to oversee international fixtures. That was how FIFA, acronym for Federation Internationale de Football Association (which is French), and the name by which it is known all over the world was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904. “But with headquarters in Switzerland, FIFA is naturally subject to Swiss law. As a matter of fact, criminality, in particular, is not encouraged under Swiss law and the official position of Switzerland is that if sufficient evidence is adduced its regular judicial process will be activated. “However, it is important to note that on football matters, Swiss law accords it the privilege to be run only in accordance with its (FIFA) Statutes and gives it special tax concessions. In any event, FIFA is subject to the jurisdiction of CAS, which is also headquartered in Switzerland, for the resolution of sports-related disputes. Nevertheless, even on sports-related disputes, Swiss law is ultimately applicable, but only on matters pertaining to jurisdiction, fair hearing, and public policy. The same principles apply to the national football association of Switzerland. The first Statutes of FIFA came into force on September 1, 1904, and Article 9 stipulated that only FIFA was entitled to organise international competitions. From inception FIFA also required that its affiliates should be run only in accordance with its approved Statutes. FIFA does not depend on any government for its funds and it does not expect any of its affiliated national associations to be dependent on their government to the extent CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

Blatter resigns Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter relinquished his post as the most powerful man in soccer last Tuesday, ending a 17-year reign atop the sport’s governing body. that has been marked by scandal and corruption allegations. At a news conference at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Blatter said he will call a meeting of organization’s congress to vote for a new president. “I have thoroughly considered my presidency, thought about my presidency and about the last 40 years in my life,” he told reporters. Reactions that followed UEFA president Michel Platini, who is in the hot favorite to take over from Blatter said we highly respect this decision of President Blatter to step down and to initiate the necessary reforms and make way for a new leadership of FIFA to drive these changes. — International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said: Why didn’t he step down last week? Clearly there’s a smoking gun of some sort. He’s not been honorable in years. Now he’s gone – let’s celebrate. — English Football Association (FA) president Greg Dyke, one of Blatter’s sternest critics said Platini remains my favored candidate. I always said that. — French Federation president Noel Le Graet, who ignored Platini’s advice and voted for Blatter in the FIFA election said for me, his (Blatter) resignation came as a complete surprise.” — Russian Sports Minister and FIFA executive committee member Vitaly Mutko said it’s a tragedy, why he didn’t spare us all, and himself, by doing this sooner. — German Football Association president Wolfsgang Niersbach, a FIFA executive committee member said Prince Ali is ready to take over as FIFA head at any moment, should they ask him. — Sala Sabra vice-president of the Jordanian Football Federation, signalling that Prince Ali bin al Hussein will run in the next FIFA election. Social commentator and human rights activist, Yinka Odumakin thinks this is a lesson for sit tight leaders in Africa and beyond. In a telephone conversation with Sunday Mirror, Odumakin said open rigging and clinging brazenly to power have become accustomed to sit tight dictators or military style of leadership, with democracy being propelled by the west for their replacement. This is at the center of the ongoing conflict in many emerging democratic nations. “There has to be deliberate effort to build genuine institutions that will serve as democratic pillars before de-

Will Blatter face charges? Blatter has not been charged, although the soccer officials who were indicted might present prosecutors with information damaging to him. Law enforcement officials in the United States, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Mr. Blatter was the focus of a federal corruption investigation. Already, Jack Warner, the former FIFA vice president who was indicted last week, said he knew why the organisation’s president, Sepp Blatter, announced plans to step down. “Blatter knows why he fell. And if anyone else knows, I do,” Mr. Warner said in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday. During a rambling and sometimes incoherent seven-minute television address, called “The Gloves Are Off,” Mr. Warner invoked Gandhi and sought to cast himself as a victim. He said he had reams of documents, including copies of checks, linking Mr. Blatter and other senior FIFA officials to an effort to manipulate a 2010 election in Trinidad and Tobago. Russia, which will host the World Cup in 2018, and Qatar, the site of the 2022 event, made clear that they would fiercely object to any effort to strip them of the tournament. Alexander Yakovenko, Russia’s ambassador to Britain, said on Twitter that claims that Russia could lose its right to host the games were “preposterous.” “We have support of FIFA, despite outside pressure,” he wrote. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani, president of the Qatar Football Association, said that the country had been cleared of any wrongdoing, and welcomed an investigation by the Swiss authorities into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Former Football International, Adokiye Amiesimaka said FIFA’s overhauling was long overdue. In a telephone interview with Sunday Mirror, he said not everybody is happy with FIFA. And it is not only in Nigeria that this sentiment exists. There are very influential individuals, governments, and organisations in other parts of the world that do not think much of FIFA’s credibility. “Ask investigative reporter Andrew Jennings and he will refer you to his 2006 book “Foul! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote-Rigging and Ticket Scandals” which was sequel to the collapse of FIFA’s marketing partner ISL. British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed reservation over FIFA’s handling of 2018 World Cup bid. The IOC to which FIFA is affiliated has warned that “the IOC takes all allegations of corruption very seriously and we would always ask for any evidence of wrongdoing involving any IOC members to be passed to our ethics commission.” Australia Sports Minister Mark Arbib is convinced that “there is no doubt there needs to be reform of FIFA.” One of FIFA’s partners, Adidas, did not conceal its concern when it said “the negative tenor of the public debate around FIFA at the moment is neither good for football nor for FIFA’s partners”. But there are more scathing remarks. The highest-level African-American in the history of world football governance Mel Brennan believes it is high-time there was an alternative to FIFA. As for American sports writer Dave

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‘FIFA’s overhaul was long overdue’ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 of compromising their ability to run under their FIFAapproved Statutes. Rather, FIFA has mutually beneficial partnership with corporate bodies like Adidas, Coca-Cola, Hyundai/Kia Motors, Gazprom, Emirates, Sony, Visa, and expects the various national associations to do likewise. But beyond the expected private fund-raising effort of the associations, FIFA regularly gives substantial sums of money to each of them for development, sustenance, and sundry other purposes.” FIFA’s sponsors call for change Worried that their reputations will be tarnished by their links to FIFA, major sponsors are demanding that soccer’s global governing body clean up its act, with Visa even warning it is prepared to jump ship. Coca-Cola also made it clear it is unhappy with the scandals rocking the organisation. Visa provided the most acute criticism, saying it expects FIFA to take “swift and immediate steps to address” its issues. “This starts with rebuilding a culture with strong ethical practices in order to restore the reputation of the games for fans everywhere,” it said in a statement. “Should FIFA fail to do so, we have informed them that we will reassess our sponsorship.” Coca-Cola was also among the companies to take a hard stance. “This lengthy controversy has tarnished the mission and ideals of the FIFA World Cup and we have repeatedly expressed our concerns about these serious allegations,” the company said in a statement. Most of the companies involved with FIFA and the soccer world are household names. For most, the association with the world’s biggest team sport has paid handsome dividends, so any decision to bring that to an end won’t be taken lightly. FIFA can’t ignore the criticism, as the sponsors provide almost a third of its revenues. Recent figures showed the organization generated $5.7 billion in 2011-2014, which encompassed the Brazil World Cup, with sponsors and commercial partners contributing almost $1.6 billion. Paul Smith, the CEO of New York-based sports and entertainment intelligence firm Repucom, said the sponsors should avoid a “knee-jerk” decision to ditch their connection with FIFA, arguing that the most prudent path is “a wait-and-see approach.” FIFA has other long-term partners, including Adidas, which has provided the match ball for every World Cup since 1970. The partners have the right to use official FIFA trademarks in their advertising campaigns, exposure in and around stadiums and protection against ambush marketing. There are second-tier sponsors, too, such as Budweiser and McDonald’s, who pay to be involved during and around the World Cup tournaments themselves. Beyond those corporations, there are companies that make deals with national soccer associations — Nike, for example, has paid for the right for Brazil to wear its shirts since 1996. Though not directly linked to FIFA, Nike put out a statement in the wake of police raids. In the indictment, the Department of Justice mentioned a “multinational sportswear company headquartered in the United States” in connection with bribery allegations involving a deal with Brazil from 1996. Without directly referring to speculation it is that multinational company, Nike said it was concerned by the “very serious allegations” and was co-operating with authorities. “Nike believes in ethical and fair play in both business and sport and strongly opposes any form of manipulation or bribery,” it said. Besides the sponsors, there are marketing agencies that buy up media and marketing rights for different FIFA competitions and in turn sell them on. One such company is Traffic Sports USA, which was named in the U.S. charges. Nigeria’s fair share of scandals Another former Nigerian International and football expert, Chief Segun Odegbami concurs wholly with Amisemaka’s submission on FIFA. He opined that in Nigeria, FIFA has become a monster. The fear of the global football

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organisation is the beginning of wisdom. “So bad now is the situation that whenever FIFA ‘sneezes’ the entire country of some 180 million Black and proud Africans catches cold. The worst part is that even the Nigerian media are caught up in this macabre dance with FIFA. The media escalate the people’s dread with their own uninformed or biased reportage! Every four years, Nigerians quiver in the fear of FIFA’s reaction to their own action. What should ordinarily be a simple act, a straightforward election process into the board of the Nigeria Football Federation amongst a group of ordinary Nigerians mostly with little direct stake in the game of football in the country, suddenly degenerates into a convoluted, incomprehensible conundrum. “It is only when crisis erupts from the process like a volcano and disrupts the peace of the entire country that people start to ask: what exactly is the problem? No one seems to know, sometimes not even most of the actors in this boardroom drama. “The level of ignorance about the issues in contention is so high that, except for the few puppeteers and manipulators railroading everyone down the path of their narrow interest, the rest of the country becomes helpless pawns in this orchestrated political ‘game’ that only few understand. “Everyone else is shut out from the rigmarole; the public are not involved, the law courts are barred, or their decisions ignominiously disregarded, security agencies are handi-

capped, and government’s involvement is an anathema. What contraption on earth can be so powerful as to render an entire country’s devices and actions impotent? To ‘save’ Nigeria from FIFA the country must throw its sovereignty, its laws, its security interests and its values to the dogs, and it must embrace humiliation, impunity, injustice, corruption and discredited persons. To now imagine that all of this is about an election that should be simple and straightforward, and that should produce a leadership that will develop the people’s sport and passion and unite the country. The failure to achieve this simple objective is confounding and annoying! “How can a simple election into the board of an agency of government established by law, funded almost entirely by government and run by a handful of ordinary Nigerians, become such a convoluted, confusing process that brings the entire country to its knees in submission to the whims of a few persons that have now mastered how to control the electoral process through the dubious invocation of the name of FIFA once every four years, at election time? “FIFA never comes into the picture or our consciousness as a monster on all other matters except during the elections. There is something fishy and mischievous about it all!! “So, where do the people who hold the whole country hostage to their selfish and private devices get the power to disregard constituted authority, to be answerable to no one, to commit what are heinous crimes and get away with them from? “And then to realize that this only happens in a few African countries out of the over 200 members of the global football family, is indeed shameful. Some things obviously do not add up. Something is wrong with the system and the process. “In the past 10 years since major changes were introduced into the Nigerian electoral process by the Ibrahim Galadima-led board in 2004, elections into the board have become disruptive, an international humiliation and detrimental to the progress of Nigerian football. “Two times since then, in 2006 and 2010, Nigeria has been stampeded (by the invocation of a suspension by FIFA) to go down the road of infamy, and to embrace the worst forms of an electoral process that brings nothing but confusion and ridicule to the country. We have continued along that path since then. In reality, FIFA are really not interested in Nigeria’s internal affairs until the NFF board or a member drags them into it. FIFA, of course, would always react in order to protect its interests and members. “FIFA know that the NFA has always been an agency of the Federal Government. It knows that the NFA Act 101 exists. It knows that Government funds the secretariat of the Federation and all competitions. In almost 60 years of this knowledge it has not suspended Nigeria for this breach of involving government in NFF affairs. Why? “It is Nigeria’s internal matter and provided it works for the country and does not affect the operations of FIFA, life can go on. “In conclusion, some consider him a visionary for what he has done to expand the reach of the game to less developed countries and regions shredded by strife.” Blatter’s Legacy Defenders of Blatter are quick to note his achievements. He has taken the game’s biggest prize to virgin territories, overseeing the first World Cups in Asia and Africa, and the awarding of the first to post-Communist Eastern Europe, in Russia in 2018. Others describe him as an entrenched overlord who revels in FIFA’s lack of transparency. More casual observers might find him entertaining, a man who appears to have no internal filter. But FIFA’s critics frequently note that Blatter has remained remarkably upright as the people around him seem to topple amid charges of bribery, conflict of interest and other unsavory activity. Would he emerge clean in this last straw that has broken the camel’s back. Only time will tell. His legacy will be the universality of the game being taken to new territories and becoming the world’s No. 1 sport, unquestionably. Has it gets set for reforms, it is hoped that the trust of the public would once more rekindled.

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he ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, walked the tight rope to get Femi Gbalabiamila and Mohammed Mongonu, to emerge as the party’s candidates for Speaker and Deputy Speaker House of Representatives respectively yesterday, even as one of the major contenders walked out of a party meeting called for members to conduct a mock election for that purpose.

The meeting, which was earlier called by the national leadership of the party for last Thursday to adopt a consensus candidate, was rescheduled for yesterday following disagreements by the contending parties. The International Conference Centre in Abuja was soaked with tension as members, who were opposed to the party’s position engaged in a shouting match with those said to have favoured the party’s decision. The party had insisted that it could not afford to go to the floor of the House with divided votes, noting that the party supremacy must prevail on the choice of the principal officers of the National Assembly. It there fore adopted election process among the contending parties to reach a consensus, insisting that they must sign an undertaking to abide by the result of the election. It was learnt that the party was also planning sanctions for contenders, who would flout this agreement. However, Hon Yakubu Dogara, a strong contender for the speakership position, stormed out of the meeting at about 2 p.m, defying the afternoon’s heavy rainfall. Briefing journalists on his way out half way into the meeting, Dogara expressed deep disagreement with the party’s decision to conduct a poll to select consensus candidates saying that he was not prepared for that action. Also speaking to journalists on behalf of Dogara, shortly after the walk out, Honourable Jubril Abdulmumin, who faulted the party’s arrangement, said that they were not prepared for a primary election as they did not mobilise for such. He said they were not

•Dogara, others kick, storm out of meeting * APC insists on party supremacy part of the party’s consensus arrangement insisting that Hon Dogara was still in the race for the House speakership. Given the party’s resolve to produce sole candidates, it went into an election with its National Secretary, Maimala Buni, as the returning officer. Consequently, Femi Gbajabiamila, a key contender too, was nominated as a candidate to be considered for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Yakubu Dogara was also nominated in absentia by a member, while Mohammed Tahir Monguno, went unopposed for the Deputy Speakership. After the election processes, which saw 161 members voting out of the total of 183 members that attended, the returning officer announced Gbajabiamila as the winner and sole candidate of the party with 154 votes, while Dogara got only three votes in the exercise that recorded four invalid votes. Equally, the unopposed Monguno for Deputy Speakership scored 153 votes, leaving eight invalid votes out of the total number of 161 votes cast by members, to emerge the party’s sole candidate. Congratulating the winners and consensus candidates of the party for the position of the Speaker and Deputy respectively, National Chairman of the APC, John Oyegun, said that the process demonstrated transparency which his party stood for. He expressed faith in the process believing that the APC would go to the National Assembly during the inauguration on Tuesday with one voice to elect their leaders. However, in a statement released shortly after Gbajabiamila was announced the winner, Dogara and his supporters said the election was against the position taken by President Muhammadu Buhari on the process of electing new leaders for the National Assembly. They also said it was unconstitutional for the party to organise a mock election before the main election, insisting that the real election for Speaker would hold on Tuesday inside the chamber of the National Assembly.

“We in the 8th Assembly Consolidation Group of Hon. Yakubu Dogara wish to state our position on the event of today Saturday 6th June 2015 as follows: That we got invitation for a meeting summoned by the APC leadership “That we went to the meeting with the expectation the party wanted to give us a last word ahead of Tuesday’s inauguration of the House. “However, we began to notice some moves in the hall where members supporting Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila started campaigning and soon we saw ballot papers being moved in the hall,” the group said in a statement. It stressed that the National Chairman of the party Chief John Oyegun informed them that they were going to conduct a mock, straw or primary election and that the 8th Assembly Consolidation Group mandated Hon. Abdulmunini Jibrin to speak on our behalf. “First, we read out the

statement issued by our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari on the election of National Assembly leadership when he said: ‘It doesn’t matter who the person is, where he or she comes from. There is due process for selection of leaders of National Assembly and I WILL NOT INTERFERE IN THAT PROCESS. Nigeria has indeed entered a new dispensation. My administration does not intend to repeat the same mistakes made by previous governments.’ “We then told Chief Oyegun that it is either he is disagreeing with the President, undermining his stance, or does not agree that the president is the leader of the party. “Secondly, we informed the party that the remaining two aspirants in the race for the Speaker are of the APC since no PDP member is contesting for the position. We should therefore be allowed to sort it out among ourselves on Tuesday. “Thirdly, if we were com-

ing for election we ought to have been notified well ahead. “We therefore view this as an ambush, manipulative and indicative of the fact that the party leadership came with a predetermined position, which was skewed to favour Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. “Fourthly, we also informed the APC leadership that the process they were about doing was contrary to the provisions of the party’s constitution, which did not prescribe that a primary election be conducted for the Speakership, contrary to the provisions of the House Standing Orders and above all, contrary to the provisions of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The group insisted that the next Speaker of the House should be allowed to be elected in tandem with the constitution. “Consequently, we demanded that the process be delayed with at least 24 hours to enable us to prepare and

mobilise our members. “After raising these objections, the national chairman Chief Oyegun did not respond to any of the points raised. The statement said that initially, the chairman agreed to halt the process but one hour later, the “National Vice Chairman North Senator Lawal Shuaibu came up and said the process must go on whether we like it or not. “At this stage we had no option than to walkout of the hall and address the press. “The election of the House Speaker is not an exclusivity of the APC but include all members from all political parties. “Our position is that we are not a party to what they did and we maintain that the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives cannot be conducted outside the chamber of the House and we are ready to participate in that process on Tuesday 9th June, 2015.” Another meeting to get a consensus candidate for the Senate presidency was yet to commence last night as this newspaper went to bed.

Scene of bomb blast near Jimeta Central Market in Adamawa, where 31 people were feared killed on Thursday evening.

Buhari, Osinbajo’s assets to be made public after verification –FG ROTIMI FADEYI

resident Muhammadu Buhari has said that details of his declared assets and those of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be released to the public upon the completion of their verification by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, in fulfilment of one of their campaign promises.

It is hoped that this process will be completed before the expiry of the 100-day deadline within which they said they would do this. The President’s Senior

Special Assistant, SSA (Media and Publicity), Mallam Garba Shehu, who announced this in a statement on behalf of the President yesterday said: “The duly completed forms by both the President and the Vice President were submitted to the CCB on March 28th, a clear day ahead of their inauguration.” He said this statement was warranted by the need to clarify some suggestions that the President and the VicePresident may not, after all, declare their assets publicly. “While such public display of concern is appreciat-

ed and valued, it must be said that it is a little precipitate. “As required by law, the declaration and submission of documents to the CCB have been made, but there still remains the aspect of verification which the Bureau will have to conduct to authenticate the submissions made to it. “In the circumstances, it is only after this verification exercise, and not before, that the declaration can be said to have been made and validated; and only after this, will the details be released to the pub-

lic. “There is no question at all that the President and the Vice President are committed to public declaration of their assets within the 100 days that they pledged during the presidential campaign. “The President and the Vice President wish to thank Nigerians for their show of concern, and for the confidence they have shown in their leaders’ integrity, as evidenced by the high pedestal of uprightness and expectations on which they have placed them.”

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Again, tanker explosion wreaks havoc in Lagos FRANCIS SUBERU

roperty worth millions of naira were yesterday razed by fire following another tanker explosion at Idimu in Alimosho area of Lagos.

The explosion, which occurred around 12.30 am destroyed 34 houses, 70 shops and a tricycle. It is the third of such tanker explosions in Lagos in the last six days. According to the Lagos State Fire Service, one of the houses affected belongs to the mother of the former chairman of EgbeIdimu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Waheed Bello. It was gathered from eyewitnesses that the explosion was caused by reckless driving as two tanker drivers; one of which exploded engaged in speed race. Sunday Mirror learnt that the two young drivers were driving recklessly on the narrow path along Egbe-Idimu Road; even though their trucks were fully loaded with petrol and diesel, leading to an accident which caused the explosion. An eyewitness Wasiu Folayan, related that the explosion occurred twice, saying the first was when one of the tankers lost control at a sharp bend and overturned at Idimu junction. The second explosion soon came when, according to him; the spilled content from the truck caught fire from a nearby Suya spot. Another resident, who

spoke with Sunday Mirror, Hakeem Salaudeen, said the heat from the inferno could be felt from far distance; even as there came an alarm to wake those sleeping up. The residents confirmed that men of the State and Federal Fire Service; the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) responded swiftly and timely. Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, who arrived at the scene around 12pm, in company of his deputy, Dr. Idiat Adebule, commiserated with the residents, even as he thanked God for no life lost. The governor said no amount of compensation can redeem the loss recorded, promising however that the state government would support the people in their most critical time. After a tour of the affected houses, he assured that the state agencies and the local council would lend a helping hand in areas of clothing, food and shelter as relief to the displaced persons. “We will estimate all the destroyed items and once they are ready, we will give support to you all,” Ambode said. The governor stressed that the state had witnessed one too many tanker explosions and it was high time the state government sat with all the unions of tanker drivers in a meeting to ensure it never happened again. The meeting, it was gath-

Buhari leaves for G7 Summit in Germany ROTIMI FADEYI ABUJA

resident Muhammadu Buhari will leave today for the G7 Summit scheduled to take place in Bavaria, Germany from June 7-8.

A statement issued yesterday by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said that the invitation was extended to Buhari by German Chancellor Angela Merkel even before he was sworn in as President on May 29 “The invitation is a clear indication of the international community’s willingness to cooperate

with the new government of Nigeria,” he said. Shehu added that Buhari would not be participating in the main meetings, since Nigeria is not a member of the G7 group. “He is in a group of seven other Heads of State who were called in as guests. He will equally be holding key side meetings with some of the seven Heads of State who will be convened at the summit. “The international community is obviously acknowledging Nigeria’s significant role in global affairs, especially with the recent change in government”, Shehu said.

... torches 34 houses, 70 shops, 1 tricycle ... Ambode visits scene, promises support, rehabilitation er will hold on Monday. He said: “What has happened is a tragic incident. It is very unfortunate because we are beginning to lose lots of our valuables. We have said that our drivers must begin to observe all our traffic rules and we will see to that.” He appealed to the people to remain calm, and expect the state gov-

ernment to take action to assist them. Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, told reporters that his men got the distress call at 12:08 a.m, and mobilised rescue response team from Ikotun. “On seeing that it was a major explosion, we had to mobilise others from Akowonjo, Sari Iganmu, Ikeja and Alimoso to en-

sure that the fire didn’t get to the MRS filling station in the neighbourhood, which could have spelt doom for the entire community,”he said. Fadipe, however, said the spilled content was petrol and not diesel as claimed by residents. Ibrahim Farinloye of NEMA added that the full assessment of the incident was ongoing and

in the next 24 hours, they would take stock of all the affected, home owners, tenants and children -- to have them taken care of according to standard best practice. Charlse Omoh of Nigeria Red Cross Society, Alimoso Division, said the unfortunate incident could entirely be blamed on the driver’s recklessness.

L-R: Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi State, Comrade Abdullahi Yalwa, and Vice Chairman, Comrade Baba Umar, during a news conference where the union resolved to embark on a three-day warning PHOTO: NAN strike in Bauchi, yesterday.

35 dismissed soldiers kick against sack PRISCILLA DENNIS MINNA

t least 35 soldiers summarily sacked from three military formations in Minna, Niger State capital for allegedly refusing to fight the dreaded Boko Haram sect in Adamawa State have faulted their dismissal.

They accused the military high command of impunity and not given them a fair hearing. The affected persons were all dismissed on May

25 on a two count charge without given the opportunity to defend themselves. While the 31 Artillery Brigade had the highest figure of 28 dismissed soldiers, the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine Command, TRADOC, had one warrant officer and three soldiers sacked and three given the boot from 313 Artillery Regiment. Speaking with our reporter, one of the affected soldiers that did not want his name in print, stated

that they were not given a fair legal hearing, instead their commander only read a two, point count charge and showed them the way out. “We were only summoned and our Commandant presented the charges and told us we have been dismissed. When we challenged the procedure, the Commander told us he was acting on instruction and that we should take our fate as there was nothing he can do.

“The charges were that we failed to perform military duties and disobedience to a standing order. The Commander then told us we are dismissed based on the charges.” Another soldier from TRADOC affected told our correspondent that they were being maltreated not because Boko Haram took over Mubi last year, but because the insurgents overran Vintim Village, the home town of the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS.

Boko Haram: Church unveils IDP in Edo State

he effect of Boko Haram insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives in northern Nigeria has found its way into Edo State as an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp with over 900 victims has been uncovered in Edo State.

Tucked in a forest near a rural community on Edo South District, which identity has been solicited to be

kept secret for now for security reasons, the camp is managed by a faith-based group; the International Christian Centre for Missions. A visit to the camp by a few journalists at the weekend showed that some of the IDPs inhabitants included children as young as four months and many others in their teens and

early adulthood along with a few adults. Managers of the camp said the facility was created for the needy, which they have been providing food and shelter for since 2013. The camp covers a large expanse of land and has several blocks of rooms and halls, most of which are made of wood that

serve as both classrooms and bedrooms for displaced persons. The refugees include men, women and children whose families were killed and homes burnt by the Boko Haram insurgents. However, there is no power supply to the place for which reasons the centre is powered by generators for light and water.

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Buhari right to seek international assistance to fight Boko Haram –APC

he All Progressives Congress, APC, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his shuttle diplomacy aimed at forging a stronger regional front against the Boko Haram insurgency, saying the President should be praised rather than pilloried for his efforts.

‘’Boko Haram, which started off as a Nigerian problem, has now assumed a regional dimension, affecting many countries in West Africa. Therefore, any solution to the crisis, if it is to endure, must be regional in nature, with Nigeria taking the lead,’’ the party said in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its

National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Besides, it said since terrorism has assumed a global dimension, no nation, not even the superpower United States, can fight the growing menace alone. ‘’This is why even in our days in opposition, we advocated a regional solution to the crisis,’’ APC said. The party said President Buhari’s trip to Niger and Chad, two of the countries worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency, showed that he understands the regional dimension that the insurgency has assumed,

and that for any effort by Nigeria to yield positive results, it must seek the cooperation of its neighbouring countries. It urged the President not to relent in his efforts to forge a regional front against the terrorists, despite the misguided criticism emanating from certain quarters. ‘’It is baffling that some opposition politicians wanted Nigeria to go it alone against Boko Haram, even as the terrorist group has taken its battle beyond the shores of Nigeria, to such countries as Cameroon, Chad and Niger. It is common

knowledge that the terrorists use these countries as launch pads for their attacks against Nigeria, and vice versa, and that they routinely engage in crossboundary raids. ‘’It is common knowledge that Boko Haram’s tentacles have spread as far as Mali, the home base of the Movement for the Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), a splinter group of the Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. It is no longer a secret that Boko Haram has now affiliated itself to the Islamic State, seeing itself as the West African chapter of the terror group. How

then can Nigeria effectively deal with Boko Haram without seeking the assistance of other concerned countries?’’ APC queried The party reminded the critics of the President’s trips to Chad and Niger that even the United States sought and has continued to seek a global coalition against Al-Qaida and Islamic State, despite the country’s enormous military, economic and political powers. APC said it was particularly delighted that President Buhari has continued to insist that the Nigerian Army is capable of leading the fight against

Boko Haram, meaning that while there is nothing wrong inseeking the cooperation of Nigeria’s neighbours, the country has no business hiring mercenaries to lead the battle. ‘’That vote of confidence in our military is the first step in the efforts of the Buhari Administration to restore the glory of the once-globally-acclaimed Nigerian military through morale boosting measures that will include arming and kitting the troops effectively and caring about their welfare so that they can more effectively tackle the terrorists,’’ it said.

Let your government effect genuine change, Gambari urges Buhari WOLE ADEDEJI ILORIN

rofessor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, former Nigerian Representative to the United Nations, UN and an Under-Secretary in the organisation for Africa has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to make his government effect a genuine change in Nigeria.

Speaking as the Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete at its 3rd Convocation ceremony at the weekend, Gambari, who is a seasoned diplomat said it was a matter of fact that people’s expectations from Buhari were very high based on his election campaign promises. He said the very high expectations of people were accompanied by enormous goodwill within and outside Nigeria saying; “one thing is clear, change must not remain a slogan; the governments that have elected on that platform must prepare themselves to deliver on campaign promises. “In this regard, the current social-economic challenges such as high poverty level, huge unemployment, and persistent power-black outs despite huge amounts of money invested. “The challenge of insecurity, especially the scourge of Boko Haram, and the perennial disconnect between the citizen and the government that has inevitably led to high levels of distrust of the leaders by the rest of

the citizens must be tackled headlong”. He concluded by underscoring the position of the recently concluded 2015Post Elections Conference organised by the Savannah Centre. for Diplomacy and Development, which political parties in Nigeria must imbibe. According to Gambari, political parties must abandon “the current political nomadism” where the sole purpose is for acquisition of power in order to satisfy parochial interest of the class (and not of the people). “To attain this, it is important that parties are based on issues, group interests and ideology”, he said Both the Vice Chancellor and the Chairman of the University, Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah and Alhaji Shehu Gafar highlighted how the institution had broken grounds in the areas of research and physical developments aside academic knowledge imparted in the students despite the young age of the university. Among such achievements was a surveillance drone built by a 300 level student of the varsity, which takes off with an in-built camera and was launched into the sky to survey the entire school community and the environs during the ceremony. A total number of 853 graduates were conferred

L-R: Former Head of Civil Service of the Federation; Prof. Oladapo Afolabi; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Mrs. Nana Fatima Mede; Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi and former Permennt Secretary, State House, Mr . Steve Oronsaye, during gala night in celebration of the 2015 World Environment Day inAbuja on Friday.

President urged to establish Diaspora commission JAMES ABRAHAM JOS

igerians in the Diaspora have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to establish the Diaspora Commission to cater for the interest of Nigerians living in different parts of the world.

Coordinator of Buhari Friends Organizations Network, Mr. Charles Sylvester Emukowhate, who spoke with journalists in Jos, said that the commission would harness and coordinate the potential of all Nigerians living in different parts of the globe for national development. Secondly, they also want amendment in the electoral law that would allow Nigerians living abroad to vote in Nigerian elections wherever they are living, adding that Nigerians abroad have repatriated more than N10 billion back home. Emukowhate, who is a leading Nigerian entrepre-

neur in UK and Chairman of the Nigerian Entrepreneur Association, UK, said that Nigerians living abroad supported Buhari because they believed that he will fight corruption, restore peace and security and bring the expected change in Nigeria. He said, “We in the Diaspora will want the president to to establish a Diaspora Commission. This commission, when put in place, will harness the human and material resources of Nigerians living in different parts of the world and galvanise them for national development. This will further boost the investment opportunities back home. “Remember that we have been contributing billions of dollars to the Nigerian economy. In the last one year, Nigerians in the Diaspora have repatriated well over $10 billion and so their wishes and welfare cannot be neglected. Thirdly, Nigerians in the Di-

aspora have been yearning and clamouring for the right to vote in Nigeria’s elections and we are calling on the government to ensure that this happens”. On what Diaspora Nigerians expect of the new government, Emukowhate said, “The expectations of people in the Diaspora are that we need good governance and accountability, which we are sure we will get under Buhari as a result of his pedigree. Also we are sure that he will fight corruption, ensure security of lives and property and restore discipline in governance. This will attract foreign investment in the country.” He said that the four points as enumerated by the president as priority areas - security, corruption, economy and job creation - are instructive and key to the success of this administration and to rebuilding Nigeria as a nation. “I believe that these four

form the bedrock for a new Nigerian state. On the economy, the major issue is that of infrastructure and the provision of steady and uninterrupted electricity supply. When power is provided, it will drive and boost the manufacturing sector and increase employment of labour. There is need to diversify the economy from oil to other sectors like Agriculture in order to reduce our over dependence on oil. This will create employment and curb restiveness, not only among the youths, but generally among the populace”, he said. “Corruption has eaten deep into the fabric of the Nigerian society and drawing the country to a precipice and total bankruptcy. I believe that with good governance, which to me is being exemplified by Buhari, change will come and the lost glory of Nigeria will be restored”, he added.

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Sheriff S Folarin

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osep Sepp Blatter, the embattled President of the Federation International Football Associations (FIFA) is in the eye of the storm at the moment, facing the most difficult times of his soccer administration career. For the first time in the history of the football-governing body, its leadership is embroiled in and openly accused of high-profile scandals. These have included bribery from member-states towards inducing FIFA to win bids for the World Cup, transfers of tens of millions of dollars to top FIFA officials and money laundering allegations against some prominent FIFA executives. The height of the scandals was the bursting and arrest in the United States two Wednesdays ago, of nine top-notch staff of the organization. FIFA has always been rocked by crisisthese would include racism and the mild measures against racist acts on and off the pitch, match fixing and controversial criteria in the selection of players for annual awards as well as monthly rankings and on-pitch critical officiating that had on most occasions cost nations their glory. About four years ago, an internal soul-searching in FIFA led to the detection of sordid acts of corruption of some football administration patriarchs that culminated in either their suspension or dismissal. Africa was worse-hit with Amos Adamu and company being sent into deserved rest after years of

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ast Monday, the heavens poured out its blessings on residents of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory and it’s environ. I don’t know what the report for Lagos and other parts of the country is, but the simple truth is that the rains are here and we need to take necessary precautions to avoid road traffic crashes and possible deaths .Driving in the rain, according to the Revised Highway Code is more difficult and hazardous. This week, I intend to run this material as a guide to both new and old drivers starting with P. Olson and M. Sivak research conducted in 1988 which found out that the amount of light required to see at night doubles every 13 years. That is, at 20 years of age, you need 100 per cent of light to see, while at 33 years, you will require twice the amount of light used to see at 20.The preponderant age of drivers on our roads would fall within the second category and most of these drivers within the context of our economy cannot rank among drivers on balanced diet. It therefore means that a good number of our drivers because of other factors peculiar to us would not even fit into the 1988 conclusions by Olson and Sivac. The vital lesson however is that we cannot play down the place of visibility. It is safe to drive with your light on when it is raining and at night. Anytime visibility is poor, endeavor to have your head lights on. While we advise that we enhance our visibility, special care must be taken to avoid the typical Lagos driving of, kiss me I kiss you or hanging on

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The political economy of Blatter’s problem monopolizing the corridors of football in Nigeria and West Africa. Bold attempts to upturn or make crucial changes in football rules have also been thorny issues that have almost torn FIFA apart, with the radical Europe seeking the displacement of conservative FIFA elements that had entrenched themselves in the organization. This plethora of crises has been a critical factor in the brazen acts of defiance from Europe under the past leadership of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the persistent criticism of the new leadership under the legendary French football star, Mitchel Platini. The current financial scandals rocking FIFA have however pitched the UEFA and North American soccer-governing body against Blatter with calls for his resignation before the elections twelve days ago. The problem of Blatter got worse with the alleged transfer of cash to his “able” past and present deputies, including those that had been swept off in the deluge of sentences in the past, to compromise hosting bids and awards. Former FIFA Vice-President, Jack Warner of Central America had been linked to a harvest of bribes from Africa and the Americas for hosting of world youth championships and the major World Cup. There was another allegation that a $10m transfer had been made to Valcke, FIFA General Secretary, to influence decision to have South Africa host the World Cup in 2010. Valcke has denied this, while South Africa, which had earlier denied it, later admitted to “detecting” a transfer to an unnamed FIFA official before the 2010 hosting award was given. While all these murky waters around the FIFA headquarters continue to erode the integrity of that organization, it cannot be denied that Blatter’s administration has brought a lot of positive changes to global

football. Under Blatter, Africa and Asian countries have done so well and have demystified the European and South American supremacy in world football- Africa and Asia have proven that they can beat the best European and American teams to lift coveted trophies and that they can also host the world. South Africa remains one of the finest hosts of a FIFA World Cup. Korea and Japan have equally proven that they can do better than Europe of America in hosting. African nations have done so well in the youth and women’s World Cup tournaments- Nigeria has the best record at the Under 17 World Cup with four wins, Ghana has won the championship thrice and has also won the Under 21 World Cup once. By and large, Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroun have distinguished themselves in FIFA competitions, shattering the myth that soccer in the developing countries was at its recrudescent stage. It is not that football administration had not been characterized by underground high profile scandals, manipulations and corruption; it always had. But Blatter’s problems began when he made bold attempts to even things and reduce the imbalances in FIFA. He wanted the World Cup to go round the continents, a very irritable step indeed as far as the financial powerhouses behind FIFA are concerned. Blatter, unfazed, tried to bring the World Cup to Africa, which was condemned in many circles. He did the unthinkable again and brought the youth World Cup tournaments to Africa and Asia- which made him more unpopular. And the last straw that would break his back is the hosting rights given to Russia and Qatar for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup events. Since those awards were given, Blatter has not had a restful administration. The weather issue concerning Qatar was the first complaint. The US would not accept the fact that an ordinary Qatar would beat it in a contest to host the World

Cup. For Russia, there was nothing really to complain about, but the fact simply is that, the decision has not gone down well with the US and Western Europe. Blatter thus appears to be another victim of his own radical change philosophy. Simple and straight- the international politics characterized by power play or realpolitik is what is eating up Sepp Blatter and his FIFA administration. The Qatar-Russia hosting bids are his albatross, as in both cases, the Western powers are silently hurt. The Qatar defeat of the US is unforgivable and Russia is historically and arguably the Western world’s worst foe on the planet earth. Since those awards, the US-led crime investigators had probably been underground watching and investigating to find the nail for Blatter’s coffin. And they found it! No wonder they led the arrests- the first time FIFA would be shamefully going through such a public mess. Blatter’s declaration to resign in March 2016 further messes things up. It is again unprecedented in history that someone will plan to resign a year after a major crisis has been detected. Blatter had even defied public call for his resignation and gone ahead to contest in an election that he won. It would have therefore been apposite for either Blatter to forget resignation and stay on to power and bear the cross to a wit’s end or resign with immediate effect. All of this pile-up of opprobrious tidings might simply flush down the toilet what is left of FIFA’s integrity and eventually culminate in internal schisms like we have in boxing, which might not be good for the game.

• Dr. Folarin, an Associate Professor, is the immediate past Head of Department of Political Science and International Relations, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

Driving in the rain to someone’s rear light which has the potential of leading you off course; therefore you must defensively keep a safe distance. It is also advisable that you use clean cloth soaked in soap to clean the particles that may have accumulated over time on your wiper to make it more effective. You must also learn to control your speed. You are advised to adopt the common sense speed limit by adjusting your speed to suit the weather, your vehicle, your capability and competence and your age which we have said affects your sight or the amount of light required. Common sense therefore dictates that speed should be lower when weather is bad or roads defective.eg-on wet or slippery roads or when the view is unclear from smoky exhausts of other vehicles, harmattan dust or in foggy weather. Critical to driving at any time is speed. It is identified as a critical factor and that is why good driving demands that we obey speed limits at all times especially during bad weather such as the raining season. When the road is wet, the chances of your vehicle gliding are very slim. Also vehicles in front of you, especially large or speeding vehicles may raise a film of dirty water to further reduce visibility. Your wipers must always work. When it is raining or the road is wet, leave at least double the normal stopping distance. if you are following a vehicle at a safe distance and another vehicle pulls into the gap you have left, drop back to regain a safe distance. If you are driving in a very wet weather, you may find that your vehicle begins to aquaplane; ie, slide. This is because water builds up between the tyres and the road and makes the steering feel light Now let’s talk about steering handling at all times, including during the rains. The vogue on our major roads including the cities is to find a good number of drivers who hold the steering

with one hand, eat, or phone, with the other. Some others would choose to rest their right arm on the front passengers head rest even under the rain. The correct posture is to hold your steering wheel with both hands except when shifting gear lever or giving signals. The recommended way is to hold the steering on nearly opposite sides in a position termed “ten-to-two” derived from the clock hand positions at ten minutes to two o’clock, that is, 01.50 or 13.50 hours. It is a traffic offence to drive with one hand only Driving we have noted is all about visibility. You must be particularly careful at dusk and in misty or dusty environment when it is more difficult to judge speed and distance. To overtake, never do so if you are in doubt. Overtaking is a dangerous manoeuvre. Ask yourself if you really need to overtake. Learn to signal in good time; ensure it is clear and safe and that it is legal for you to overtake. Avoid overtaking at the crest of a hill, slope, built up arrears, corner, bend, narrow bridge or a bus stop. Do not overtake where the road narrows, or where your action would force another vehicle to swerve or brake suddenly, or if you would have to cross double solid white lines, or if the solid line of the centre lines is nearer you. Lastly, remember that your tyre connects the vehicle with the road; they are the part of the vehicle that has direct contact with the road. It is therefore important that you use good tyres and run a check on your tyre pressures with a quality tyre pressure gauge (not the abused/ overused roadside vulcanizer’s gauge). Such a check may reveal that at least one of your tyres is incorrectly inflated. Very few vehicles, if any, will pass this test. Incorrect tyre pressure is the major cause of tyre blowouts, sudden tyre failures and premature tyre wear. Incorrect tyre pressure is an invi-

tation to disaster even if the tyres are brand new! It is a time bomb waiting for the right time to explode. The implication is that each time such a vehicle is driven, the occupants are facing grave danger without being aware of it. There are two types of incorrect tyre pressure. These are over-inflation and under-inflation. Let’s take a look at how they can affect your tyres and cause disaster and what could be done to maintain a proper pressure for your tyres and so prevent or drastically minimize blowouts and other forms of tyre failures. Under-inflation is the major cause of tyre blowouts. When a tyre is under-inflated, it increases what is known as the ROLLING RESISTANCE (RR) as the vehicle moves. RR generates a tremendous amount of heat that could make your tyre explode like a bomb. Such an explosion (blowout) would destabilize the vehicle’s balance leading to a crash and disaster. When over-inflated, a tyre becomes stiff. This can make it to puncture easily. The internal materials used in making the tyre are also subjected to undue strains. This would make them snap, leading to bulges or swells. As the tyre hits a pot hole or a bump, it can easily cut and have a sudden deflation that could cause a crash. Over-inflation also leads to partial contact of the tyres with the road surface. This reduces traction and can easily lead to loss of control when one is on high speed, wet surface, cornering or braking. Each of these conditions can easily lead to a crash and disaster. You can prevent this by owing a quality tyre gauge or installing a high profile automatic tyre monitor.

•Agwu, an Assistant Corps Marshal, is Zonal Commanding Officer, Zone 7HQ of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).

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Wellness YOUR HEALTH AND HEALTH RELATED ISSUES June 7, 2015

Causes and prevention of heat stroke TITILOPE MORAKINYO

eat stroke also known as sunstroke is a life threatening medical condition caused by body overheating, usually as a result of protracted contact to or physical exertion in high temperatures. It can occur if the body temperature rises to 104 F (40 C) and loses its ability to cool itself and overheats. When a person’s body temperature is greater than 40.6°C (105.1°F), this is caused by environmental heat exposure with poor thermoregulation (temperature control) it results to condition. Heat stroke is the most serious form of heat injury which requires emergency treatment, but when the disease is not treated on time, it can damage the brain, heart, kidneys, muscles and also increases the risk of serious complications or death. This disease affects older people, while those aged 65 years and above are at increased risk of heat-related illnesses and may need special care in hot weather. Heat stress can cause mild conditions such as a rash or cramps, serious conditions such as heat stroke, and worsen pre-existing medical conditions. Heat stroke often occurs as a progression from milder heat-related illnesses such as heat cramps, heat syncope (fainting), and heat exhaustion. But it can also strike even when the sufferer has no previous signs of heat injury. It results from prolonged exposure to high temperatures usually in combination with dehydration which leads to failure of the body’s temperature control system. The ailment is strongly related to the heat index, which is a measurement of how hot a person feels when the effects of relative humidity and air temperature are combined. A relative humidity of 60 per cent or more hampers sweat evapo-

ration, which hinders the body’s ability to cool itself. The risk of heat-related illness dramatically increases when the heat index ascends to 90 degrees or more. It’s good to note that during heat waves one should pay attention to the reported heat indicator, and also remember that exposure to full sunshine can increase the reported heat index by 15 degrees. In an interview with Sunday Mirror, a medical practitioner with Hope Medical Centre, Ijegun, Lagos, Dr Kelvin Adepetu, spoke about the medical definition of heat stroke as a core body temperature greater than 105 degrees Fahrenheit, with complications involving the central nervous system that occur after exposure to high temperatures. Other common symptoms include nausea, seizures, confusion, disorientation, and sometimes loss of consciousness or coma. It is also known as hyperthermia. Heat stroke occurs when the body can’t cool itself and maintain a healthy temperature. The body normally cools itself by sweating, but sometimes sweating isn’t enough and the body tempera-

Poverty, cause of tuberculosis –NIMR Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Prof. Innocent Ujah, at the weekend said improvement of the socioeconomic status of Nigerians would enhance the elimination of tuberculosis (TB) in the country. He said TB is a worldwide problem, particularly in developing countries such as Nigeria where the poverty level is still high. The disease, he said, is the highest leading cause of death among curable diseases. Ujah said that ignorance

was a major challenge in the effort to eradicate the ailment, noting that a lot of people were still unaware of TB, especially those in the rural communities. “TB is a disease of poverty; there are no two ways about that. Most of the people who are afflicted by TB are poor whether in knowledge or in finance because we have what we call financial poverty and poverty of knowledge. And unless we are able to improve the social and economic circumstances of many Nigerians,

TB will still be prevalent. “So, the first thing to do is to reduce poverty level; once we reduce the poverty level and create sufficient awareness the prevalence will now be reduced. People should eat good food and ensure good nutrition to boost body immunity to fight this disease,” the director-general said. Ujah said the number of deaths from the disease was unacceptable and required strong advocacy to attract government’s attention and the political will to eliminate it

ture keeps rising. The peril of this condition includes living alone, chronic medical problems and certain drugs He added: Symptoms of heat stroke includes fainting, throbbing headache, dizziness and light-headedness. Lack of sweating despite the heat, red hot, and dry skin, muscle weakness or cramps, Nausea and vomiting, rapid heartbeat, which may either be strong or weak, shallow breathing, behavioural changes such as confusion, disorientation, or staggering, seizures and unconsciousness. The medic explained that the risk factor of the disease is most likely to affect older people who live in apartments or homes lacking air conditioning or good airflow. Other risk includes sufferers of any age who don’t drink enough water, have chronic diseases, or who take excessive amounts of alcohol. Infants and children up to age 4, and adults over 65 years old, are particularly vulnerable because they adjust to heat more slowly than other people. “Illegal drugs such as cocaine and

methamphetamine also are associated with increased risk of heat stroke,” Dr Adepetu said. He stressed that before the treatment can be administered, health workers or doctors must check other medical conditions affecting the patients which include diagnosing a series of test. He added, “While waiting for the paramedics to arrive, begin first aid by moving the patient to an air-conditioned environment or at least a cool, shady area and remove any unnecessary clothing. Also, take the person’s core body temperature to cool it to 101 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit. Apply ice packs to the patient’s armpits, groin, neck, and back. Because these areas are rich with blood vessels close to the skin, cooling them may reduce body temperature. Immerse the patient in a shower or tub of cool water, or an ice bath. If emergency response is delayed, call the hospital emergency room for additional instructions.” According to the doctor, the most important measures to prevent heat strokes are to avoid becoming dehydrated and to shun vigorous physical activities in hot and humid weather. In order to prevent heat stroke, he advised that patients should drink extra fluids in order to prevent dehydration, as it’s generally recommended to drink at least eight glasses of water, fruit juice, or vegetable juice per day. When exercising or working outdoors, it is recommended to drink 24 ounces of fluid two hours before exercise, and consider adding another eight-ounce of water before exercise and during. “You should consume another eightounce of water every 20 minutes, even if you don’t feel thirsty. Reschedule or cancel outdoor activity. If possible, shift your time outdoors to the coolest times of the day, either early morning or after sunset,” the medic urged.

HEALTH NEWS

‘17,000 kids, 800 mothers at death risk daily’ The survival of 17,000 children and 800 mothers is at stake every day if leaders and heads of state do not take decisive action at the G7 summit in Germany, an NGO, Save the Children, has warned. This is contained in a statement by the non-governmental organisation (NGO) ahead of the 41st G7 Summit scheduled to take place at Schloss Elmau, Germany today and tomorrow. “We have the end of preventable maternal and child deaths by 2030 within sight. But, it is critical for G7 leaders to make

ambitious political and financial commitments this year to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths for good. “G7 leaders must send a clear signal ahead of the Financing for Development (FFD) conference in July in Addis Ababa and the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September in New York. “They have to send these clear signals by endorsing these goals or we risk stalling vital progress,’’ the statement quotes Julia Schilling, Advo-

cacy Manager, Save the Children, as saying. “In spite of the fact that the world has halved the number of preventable child deaths since 1990, an estimated 6.3 million children under five years and 289,000 women still die from preventable diseases and complications every year. Recent Save the Children research shows that far too many countries fall short of the basic resources and services needed to provide access to even rudimentary healthcare, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable.

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Buhari’s determinedly regenerative message

or a nation that has been criminally wrecked and pillaged by those elected to mend it and a people hopelessly disillusioned by many years of neglect and privations in a political order that is government of the people, by the people and for the people, President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaugural address on May 29, 2015 was unpretentiously firm on the way forward for Nigeria. “At home we face enormous challenges. Insecurity, pervasive corruption, the hitherto unending and seemingly impossible fuel and power shortages are the immediate concerns. We are going to tackle them head on. Nigerians will not regret that they have entrusted national responsibility to us. We must not succumb to hopelessness and defeatism. We can fix our problems,” he had asserted. It is very obvious that for once Nigerians have got a leader that is ready to positively reshape government for the service of the people. The tone and content of the address will signpost a new dawn, if President Buhari and the team he will soon assemble make fidelity to policy implementation and the people as the focus of all government’s policies and programmes an imperative. There is no doubt Nigeria is in terrible shape from many years of abuse; and Buhari has shown he is apprised of all that is wrong with the country. It gladdens the heart of this newspaper that the President has recognised insecurity, pervasive corruption and unending fuel and power shortages, as the immediate concerns his administration will address its energy. The three challenges pose the greatest obstacles to Nigeria’s development. Security is all about law and order, and only a country, through the instrumentality of its government, that can guarantee this would enjoy the needed health and wellbeing that would bring prosperity, progress and development. The pervasive insecurity that has been the lot of our country since 2009, when Boko Haram unleashed unprecedented terror on Nigerians, poignantly captures this

essence. With only the capacity to generate less than 5, 000MW of electricity for her teeming population of about 180 million people, Nigeria, in her present state, advertises the visionlessness and ineptitude of her past rulers. This becomes apparent against the backdrop of the over 40, 000MW that South Africa, with only 54 million people (July 2014 figure), generates. The gloomy scenario is worsened by the huge deficits in the domestic supply of all petroleum products, the fallout being the criminal waste encapsulated in the fuel subsidy regime that has spawned all manner of financial

THE PRESIDENT HAS PLEDGED FIDELITY TO CONSTITUTIONALISM. IT IS GRATIFYING AND LIFTING TO HEAR THIS ASSURANCE.

WE HOPE THIS WILL NOT END UP AS MERE POLITICAL SOPHISTRY

malfeasances. And the pervasive corruption that has become an industry in the country? The low ranking of the country in all the indices of development – human capacity development; life expectancy; energy consumption; grinding poverty; access to health and potable water; and quality of local education, among others – is traceable to corruption. In the 2014 Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, Nigeria ranks as the 136th most corrupt country in the world out of the 174 countries covered, and the third most corrupt country in West Africa after Guinea and Guinea Bissau. So, there is no better prioritisation of the country’s immediate challenges by the new administration. Realistically addressing them will launch Nigeria on the path of prosperity, progress and development. With his

awesome antecedents, Buhari is one leader that can dare the malignant cancer of corruption, insecurity and energy crises that has been ravaging the country for quite some time. The President has pledged fidelity to constitutionalism. It is gratifying and lifting to hear this assurance. We hope this will not end up as mere political sophistry. The principle of separation of power is the greatest hallmark of the presidential system the country operates. It is the strongest safeguard against the tyranny of the executive, the only arm of government that has demonstrated the tendency to subjugate the other two arms - legislature and judiciary. When the country gets it right at the centre, the constituent units (states), whose executives are notorious for encroaching on the spheres of functions of the legislature and judiciary, will fall in line. When this is achieved, it is only then, in the words of Mr. President that “government will be enabled to serve the country optimally and avoid the confusion all too often bedeviling governance today”. The greatness and aptness of Buhari’s inaugural address goes beyond being programmatic; its conciliatory slant is very noticeable. There is no doubt the electioneering that preceded the last general elections, which was defined more by politics of hatred, mudslinging and all other chicaneries, caused severe fissure within the polity. The ‘no victor, no vanquished’ posturing of Mr. President and accolades poured on his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, with the olive branch extended to his adversaries, the machinery for the healing process in the polity has been established. There is no better way for bipartisan building in the country. Perhaps, the most salutary of Buhari exhibited statesmanship is the nationalisation of his presidential mandate. The “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody” statement is the new mantra that signals an all inclusive government, where all Nigerians, irrespective of religion and ethnicity, are equal stakeholders.

Reminiscences JUNE 7 IN HISTORY 1954: U.S. - Ford Motor designs new car Ford Motor Company formed a styling team to take on the project of designing an entirely new car that would later be named the Edsel. 1977: Queen marks silver jubilee Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 25 years as the monarch and more than one million people line the streets of London to watch the Royal Family on their way to St Paul’s at the start of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebrations 1929: Vatican becomes independent state Vatican City becomes a sovereign independent State. Vatican City is approx 110 acres with a population of around 800 and is ruled by the Bishop of Rome - the Pope. It also includes most of the area of St. Peter’s Square. The Euro is its official currency. 1939: King George visits U.S. King George VI becomes the first British monarch to visit the United States when he and his wife, Elizabeth, visited New York City and Washington, D.C 1966: Ronald Reagan becomes governor The former actor Ronald Reagan enters politics when he is elected governor of California 1977: Hostages held on train in Netherlands For about 16 days, hostages have been held on a train in Assen, Netherlands by terrorists demanding the release of prisoners and a flight out of the country. They are also holding four teachers hostage in a local school. 1981: Israel bombs Iraq nuclear reactor Israeli aircraft bomb and destroy a French-built nuclear plant near Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. 1992: Brazil - U.S. differs at UN conference The United States is causing a storm at the UN Conference on Environment and Pollution in Brazil as standing alone amongst the westernised world by refusing to sign the document to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. 1998: Pakistan - 23 die in bomb attack A terrorist bomb planted on a packed commuter train in Khairpur, Pakistan has left at least 23 dead and dozens more injured. 2007: Students riot in China Hundreds of Chinese students staged riots in the Henan province clashing with police. The riots occurred by a number of university students after reports that a female student had been beaten by city inspectors for reportedly setting up a street stall without a licence.

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FARIM begins prophetic service

Celebration

reedom Foundation Apostolic Revival International Ministry, FARIM, with headquarters at No. 30 Ajisebi-Ara Mecca Street, opposite Low Cost Housing Estate, Sabo-Ikorodu, Lagos has inaugurated its new auditorium at 32, Olayiwola Street, New Oko—Oba/ Abule-Egba, Lagos with two special prophetic service every Sunday from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 9 a.m. to 11a.m. respectively. General Overseer and Senior Pastor of the ministry, Prophet Sam Ojolomo Jesu aka Prophet with Proof, in his inaugural speech said the supreme God will continue to manifest Himself in every prophetic utterance in the lives of attendees and worshippers.

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Christian men urged to fix Nigeria …as KMEN holds summit

Oke-Igbala CACMA marks anniversary

ctivities marking the 26th anniversary of Oke-Igbala Christ Apostolic Church Men Association, which began on Friday, June 5 with prayer/lecture and vigil will end today with a thanksgiving service staring from 8 a.m.. The programme, which is tagged, ‘The Role of Men in Church Growth’ derived from Acts 15:22 is billed for Christ Apostolic Churc,h Oke-Igbala, Ketu Zonal Headquarters along 71/73, Ikosi Road, Ketu in Ikosi/ Isheri local council of Lagos. Speaking on this year’s celebration, Chairman, planning committee of Oke-Igbala CACMA, Bro Emmanuel Ajayi Bamidele, said God would make members and worshippers in the church arise and shine on all sides. Among those to minister on the occasion is Pastor Moses O. Yusuf, the Ketu zonal headquarters chairman.

Bride Assembly holds camp meeting

n line with the example set by our Lord Jesus Christ in setting Himself apart to pray in the Mountains, The Bride Assembly Church, Lagos is organizing a prayer camp meeting in the month of June for the church members. The programme tagged “Making your calling and election sure” holds from June 11-13, 2015. According to the Pastor in charge of Bride Assembly, Pastor Moses Alu, this programme is an opportunity for members to secure visa to heaven. “The programme is carefully planned as led by the spirit of God to include teachings on Holy Ghost baptism, question and answer sessions on Holy Ghost, practical ministration of Holy Ghost, teaching on operations of spiritual gifts, prophetic ministration, healing, deliverance and thanksgiving praises. As you prepare to make your calling and election sure during this period, remember to come with your family members, friends, wellwishers and even your “enemies”, if possible and be in expectation of the great manifestation of the power of the Most High God, which will transform you to a rapturable saint”, he said.

Dr. Kolade (l) and other speakers at the event

ODINAKA URUAKPA

s Nigerians anxiously await the new administration to take the nation out of its present state and restore the country’s pride as the giant of Africa, one group of people that is believed to be crucial to the much desired turnaround are Christian men and by extension, the male folk in general.

It is believed that since God, at creation placed the man in charge of all his works and gave him the law to tend and keep the garden, the first home, the man, not the woman, is to take responsibility for whatever goes wrong on earth because he is the crown of God’s creation and is accountable to His maker. This position was brought to the front burner last week at a uniquely auspicious four-day conference of Christian men tagged “Kingdom Men’s Mega Summit’, organised by the Kingdom Men Network under the leadership of Pastor Remi Akano. The event, held at Planet One Hospitality, Maryland, Ikeja, drew a for-

midable crowd of eminent personalities, religious leaders, business men, leaders of thought, musicians and stakeholders in the Nigerian polity including the former Nigerian High Commisioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade. With theme, “Fix the Men, Fix the Nation”, the programme also afforded notable speakers and role models the opportunity to share real life experiences on the pathway to true greatness in life, family, ministry and other endeavours. In his speech, Dr. Kolade noted that the nation needed fixing because corruption has eaten deep into every fabric of her system. He also advised that rather than focus attention on fixing men as solution, the men should submit themselves for fixing. The corporate guru noted that one reason why Nigeria has not been fixed is because the citizens are not willing to sacrifice anything and that those that will fix the nation must be people that “value character more than reputation.” He however stressed the importance of reputation to God and mankind. “Your reputation is what people think about you but your character is what God knows about you. Character is like perfume; it cannot

be hidden. You cannot give what you don’t have. The question you should ask is, ‘am I a man of excellence in my character, conduct and performance of duty?” he said. “Who is a fixed man?” asked the octogenarian. In answer, he explained that a fixed man kind of man that is fixed is the man that can testify that he has a different spirit and is following the Lord wholly. “No man is properly fixed unless the Lord is with him. Examples of such men include Caleb, Joshua and David. David was humble in the presence of God. He was submissive and willing to sacrifice all for the glory of God,” he added. On leadership, he explained that the leadership the nation requires now is those ready to dwell on the truth adding that Nigeria needs fixing by excellent men and women ready to build an excellent community. “And so, President Muhammadu Buhari has assumed office as Nigeria’s first ever opposition party candidate to win an election at the Federal level. He has his job cut out for him and will need all hands on deck, especially the men”, he said. Kolade also emphasised that the nation requires men of excellence for the nation to be fixed, a feat that can be accomplished only by excellent people. “As I said earlier, I have come to the conclusion that if we can take out the demon of corruption out of this nation, this will be the beginning of fixing this nation,” he said. He further described corruption as ‘justice driven back’, ‘righteousness at a distance’ ‘truth has stumbled’ and ‘honesty wanting.’ Kolade also stressed the fact that anyone who wants to fix the nation should be ready to sacrifice. “Why we have not fixed our nation is because we are not ready to lose anything and by the time we realise the position of sacrifice in fixing the nation, we would then be ready to do the right thing,” he said. Kolade urged Nigerians to take cognisance of three things to fix the nation such as revisiting those values, decisions and decrees that govern our decisions and actions, resolving to adopt ‘best practices’ as standard that will drive our performances and interactions and be ready to be disciplined. In his contribution, the guest speaker from the United States, Dr. Larry Titus, said that until an average Nigerian is ready to say ‘No’ to any act of corruption, then, the difficulty of fixing the nation would remain to stir us in the face. In his remarks, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Lagos State, Alex Bamgbola, said that God has plans for the nation, but He needs true men and women to use as instruments.

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Help from above! (Text: James 1:17) Miracle Arena with Bishop

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very good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights…” Whatever you have been looking and searching for, that is beginning to look impossible is still possible with God.

If you can redirect your focus on God, it is still possible. In Psalms 121:1-2, the Psalmist declared that “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth”. Challenges you cannot handle, God can handle them. Let God be your protector, provider and source. Make Him Lord and King over your affairs and you will begin to see things run differently. Expectation is the mother of manifestation. The expectation of the righteous shall never be caught off. Allow Jesus to be at the driving seat of your boat. Let Him be the General as you face challenges of life. In 1Samuel 30, David came back from battle only to discover that the enemy had invaded the city of Ziklag in his absence and burnt it down, looted the place and took the women captive. Verse 4, “Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice

unto God and wept, until they had no more power to weep”. David was not weeping unto God but unto himself and before men. Such weeping did not and will not bring solution to the problem rather he ridiculed himself, until he (David) went to God, and then solution to the problem came. The solution to those your challenges is in the hand of God. Your years of delay can be over if you begin now to look up. Do not give up rather look up, for delay is not denial. Begin now to wait on the Lord. Your prayers and fasting will never be in vain. You must have a harvest for it. I went for a programme my community organised in Lagos, after the ministration; as I was leaving, a lady ran to me for prayers, that she had been married for years without a child. I laid my hand on her stomach and prayed with an unction and said “David, come forth” and months after the prayer, according to the woman, she took in and at the dot of nine months, she delivered her David. I wasn’t aware of this until the day she gave her testimony during the dedication of the child in my ministry. God is the maker and giver of all things. There is nothing in life that you need that God cannot give to you, as long as you remain within the sphere of His will and power. A few months ago, a brother I have not met before called me on the phone that a colleague in his office gave him my phone number, that he was diagnosed of kidney-related problems as his legs and

hands were swollen and he had stopped going to work. I invited him to the church and prayed for him. After the prayer, the hands and legs’ swollen symptoms started disappearing and within one month God totally healed him by restoring his kidney and he went back to his work. You may be fighting the battle against sickness, debt, barrenness or lack; I want to assure you that heaven will grant you victory. Don’t give up. That problem is not your last bus stop because heaven will not allow you to end up in the land of disgrace. God’s plan and agenda is to see you prosper. Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, said the Lord, thoughts of peace, not of evil, to give you expected end”. God wants to take you out of shame and disgrace. Heaven will help you locate and authorise your helper. Heaven will speak concerning you and on your behalf. The butler’s introduction of Joseph to Pharaoh was by Heaven’s mandate. Heaven will stir up a solution to your challenges. Heaven can protect and fight your battles even declare war against your secret enemies. King Saul pursued David till he committed suicide. These days, your stubborn pursuers and adversaries will commit suicide. The armies of Pharaoh that were swallowed in the Red Sea was by Heavenly intervention. Heaven will reveal the agenda of those

secret enemies and expose them to their own ridicule. Judas Iscariot secretly sold Jesus to the religious leaders but before Christ was crucified, Judas had already disgracefully hang himself. The children of Jacob sold their brother, Joseph, into slavery, years after they had to stand under severe hunger and famine to beg for food before their same brother who they sold. I pray that your enemies will fall into the pit they dug for you in Jesus’ name. The earth is sustained through the blessings of Heaven. Begin now to be heavenly-minded, for promotion cometh neither from the East, West, North nor South, but from above, including healing, deliverance, protection etc. Let your prayers be directed above unto the heavenly Father, for without God we can do nothing, but with Him, all things are possible. Believe what God can do in your life and allow Him to begin to do that. Make sure that no matter how difficult things are that the Holy Spirit is with you in that journey and you will get to your destination. •For more information, contact: Bishop Theo Ugochukwu – General Overseer, Miracle Assembly Bible Church, a.k.a. The City of Joy, 80, Ajose Street, Mende, Maryland, Lagos; Tel: 08033461482. Email: bishopgracemiracle@ ymail.com

News FGBMFI to hold annual business seminar Prophet Shonekan emerges new EBERE NDUKWU

ull Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International, FGBMFI, South West district 3 has selected 9am to 4pm Friday and Saturday June 12 and 13 respectively for its dual annual business seminar holding at NECA House and De Renaissance Hotel, all at Alausa Ikeja Lagos.

The district coordinator, South West district 3, Fola Aguda in press conference in Lagos said the two seminars will help participants develop entrepreneur concepts and business ideas. He said the segment of the seminar holding at NECA House is targeted at career people and those new in business with the theme: The 21st century entrepreneur, opportunities and challenges. Aguda, who is also the managing director, ED-Theo Consults said: “In this segment, with just subsidised N5000 fee participants will be exposed to the knowledge that is required to run business, discover how to generate funds to run business, introduced to business concepts that are doing well, how to manage clients and the opportunities that exist in export business among others. On the segment at De Renaissance Hotel, he said the target audience are those who are

already established in business and the theme is: “Business excellence in a deregulated emerging market. According to him, participants under this segment will, with only N2,500 learn how to raise equity, explore opportunities in oil and gas sector, marine, client management among other things. Speaking earlier, district coordinator, South West district 6, Ayo Badejo said FGBMFI annual business seminar came about to help business men and women who are into different problems in their business, saying that the seminar is open to members, non-members, Christians and non-Christians. Also speaking, chairman of the business seminar Eddy Eworo, noted that this year’s seminar is designed to develop participants attitudes, knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviors for harnessing market potentials in the rising Africa economy. Expected speakers for the seminars include: Prof Pat Utomi, Pan African University; Dr. Uche Ogah, President, Master’s Energy Group; Lere Baale, Netherlands Business School; Emmanuel Asiak, African Capital Alliance Group; Chidi Ilogu SAN and Apostle Alex Bamgbola.

Celestial Church leader

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t was a new dawn last weekend at Imeko in Ogun State, when, Most Rt. Reverend Prophet Godwin Shonekan, was unanimously voted in as the new leader of the Celestial Church of Christ by the delegates at the chuuch convention.

It was peaceful convention as all members presented there were unanimous in their decision to allow the man of God to continue as the leader of the church In his acceptance speech Pastor Shonekan said he was not the winner as all members are winners “I am not the winner; Shonekan is only a winner by association. Celestial Church of Christ is the overall winner. People like Josiah Kayode Owodunni and Baba Samson Olatunde the last of seven original members of the CCC Board of Trustee, Nigeria Diocese.

Baba Paul Suru Maforikan, Baba Orovboni, Baba Are, Baba Taiwo Oshin, and Baba Zanu, the few remaining elders of the church and many Celestial Church of Christ shepherds and laities worldwide, who had been held out of focus on moving this great church forward for the past 11 years”. He also said that, henceforth there would be no deputy leader in Celestial Church of Christ. “There is no deputy God and there has never been Deputy Jesus, so therefore there shall never be a deputy pastor in Celestial Church of Christ, I choose no one as my deputy. We need to unite if we are to rebuild this church beyond the old glory. I appeal to all to refrain from vilifying in order to put the Celestial Church of Christ together as one fold, one shepherd under God and look forward to reclaiming our stand within the Christian community”.

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Corpus Christi: Celebration

n the present Roman Missal, the feast is designated the solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. It is also celebrated in some Anglican, Lutheran, and Old Catholic Churches that hold similar beliefs regarding the Real Presence.

The feast is liturgically celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or, where the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is not a holy day of obligation, it is assigned to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity as its proper day. At the end of Holy Mass, there is often a procession of the Blessed Sacrament, generally displayed in a monstrance. The procession is followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. A notable Eucharistic procession is that presided over by the Pope each year in Rome, where it begins at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran and makes its way to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where it concludes with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. According to online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, the institution of Corpus Christi as a feast in the Christian calendar resulted from approximately 40 years of work on the part of Juliana of Liège, a 13th-century Norbertine canoness, also known as Juliana de Cornillon, born between 1191 and 1192 in Liège, Belgium, a city where there were groups of women dedicated to Eucharistic worship. Guided by exemplary priests, they lived together, devoting themselves to prayer and to charitable works. Orphaned at the age of five, Juliana and her sister Agnes were entrusted to the care of the Augustinian nuns at the convent and leprosarium of Mont-Cornillon, where she (Juliana) developed a special veneration for the Blessed Sacrament. The feat is observed as a public holiday in places like Austria, Brazil, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, East Timor, parts of Germany, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Panama, Peru, Poland, San Marino, parts of Spain and Switzerland, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago According to the Director of Catholic Apostolate, Abbi, Delta State, Rev. Fr. Paschal Obioma, Corpus Christi is a day set aside by the Catholic Church to demonstrate her faith in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. “It is one of those mysteries that certain people, even Catholics don’t really believe Jesus is present; body, soul and divinity in the Eucharist we have. Jesus gave us His body and blood as food and then He is in it, present in a spiritual form; we cannot see, what we see is the form of bread and wine and Corpus Christi offers the church the opportunity of demonstrating that and also carrying this along on the road to glorify God. The procession we do on the last Sunday

Catholic priests celebrating mass

The Feast of Corpus Christi Latin for Body of Christ, also known as Corpus Domini, is a Latin Rite liturgical solemnity celebrating the tradition and belief in the body and blood of Jesus Christ and his real presence in the Eucharist. It emphasises the joy of the institution of the Eucharist, which was observed on Holy Thursday in the somber atmosphere of the nearness of Good Friday. Odinaka Uruakpa examines the true meaning of this feast in Christendom. of the year which is the feast of Christ, the king is our demonstration of our believe in the Corpus Christi, but because of the climatic condition in Nigeria, the whole occasion is moved to the last Sunday of the year to celebrate Christ, the king. This procession puts meaning to what we do it also shows the significance and importance of believe in the Eucharist”, he explained. He further explained that Jesus Christ instituted the feast of Eucharist on the day of the Last Supper, but then before that, He had already told people that unless they eat the body and drink the blood of the son of man, they would not have life in them. “The Bible records that when Christ said this, some of His disciples left Him because they didn’t understand Him; they were confused, then He turned to His disciples and asked ‘What of you are you not leaving?’ and Peter was the one that spoke up saying ‘where are we going, you have the word of eternal life’, Peter understood, but many of the disciples didn’t understand and that was why they left Jesus. This continues to happen even in this present day because faith is one thing that unless you have it, you may be seeing the person who has it as mad, unless you have it

IT IS ONE OF THOSE MYSTERIES THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE, EVEN CATHOLICS DON’T REALLY BELIEVE JESUS IS PRESENT; BODY, SOUL AND DIVINITY IN THE EUCHARIST WE HAVE. JESUS GAVE US HIS BODY AND BLOOD AS FOOD AND THEN HE IS IN IT, PRESENT IN A SPIRITUAL FORM; WE CANNOT SEE, WHAT WE SEE IS THE FORM OF BREAD AND WINE AND CORPUS CHRISTI OFFERS THE CHURCH THE OPPORTUNITY OF DEMONSTRATING THAT AND ALSO CARRYING THIS ALONG ON THE ROAD TO GLORIFY and know what he knows. If you don’t believe what he believes that is why there is big discrepancy between the religions of the world; what I believe is not what you believe and there is no way you can come to understand what I believe and follow it unless there is a special grace of god and that leads to conversion. When Saul was killing the Christians, he thought they were just worshipping an ordinary human being, the son of Joseph the carpenter; it was only when he was accosted

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by Jesus Himself on the way to Damascus that he understood and then spent his entire life propagating that faith”, he added. The cleric further added that it is not easy to convince a non-believer because it is something built on faith and not an academic thing that one can teach and expect people to understand immediately. For Archbishop Joseph Ojo, General Overseer of Kingdom Calvary Church, Lagos, Corpus Christi which literarily

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and significance means the body and blood of Christ is Holy Communion, which should be observed rather than celebrated as it is done by some Christian denominations. “Jesus gave instruction at the last supper to His disciples saying as often as you do this; you remember my death till I come’. This command should not have a scheduled day or time; you can do it daily, weekly or monthly because Jesus Himself said as often as you do this, you are remembering my death till I come. Though some people use the word celebration, but we are observing this which is one of the commandments of Jesus Christ and one of the very last He gave. This makes us remember the price Jesus paid for us on the cross at Calvary; He offered Himself, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world and that is what it means when we observe Holy Communion. The Roman Catholic call it Corpus Christi and that is their theological definition”, he said. The Archbishop argued that the way the Catholic Church celebrates and do a procession regarding the feast is a part of the church’s dogma, which is peculiar to them. “If the church decides to celebrate that way, which is their denomination dogma, it shouldn’t be condemned by those who are not in that denomination; they know why they are doing it; there are also ways that Pentecostals do it that is not convenient with them too, so if they have a reason for doing it, so is it. there are some ministers and church members that love condemnation because their hearts are condemned; they expect you to do things their way; dress the way they dress or talk the way they talk you are not a Christian, they don’t respect other people’s temperament. I think such people should go back to the school and learn how to be able to assess other people. Christianity is about believing in the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved, all other forms are just religion”, he argued. Pastor Folarin Adebola of the Freedom Christian Miracle Assembly, Lagos said for the fact that those Christians who go on procession in the name of celebrating the body and blood of Christ do so carrying the crucifix around, this act of theirs holds Jesus up to public shame. “The Bible in Hebrews 6:6 clearly forbids anyone from ‘holding Him up to contempt’. The Crucifix, so prominently displayed, certainly holds Jesus up to public contempt. Our Beloved Jesus Christ was subjected to all these things, and more. On the procession day, the Cross which signifies the cruel death of Jesus is espoused as it is and carried around, which makes one remember how He was disgraced in front of all the women who had loved Him so much in life. He was subjected to the taunts of His mortal enemies, the Pharisees, who had plotted to kill Him for so long. Jesus was subjected

Interior of a cathederal

to the humiliation of the sign above His head, proclaiming this innocent man, as the ‘King of the Jews’ just like the Christians who observe the feast proclaim Him Christ the king. Jesus had been forced to wear His kingly crown, the crown of Thorns. “The shame and agony was so great that even the sun hid its face and Father God turned His back so He would not have to watch the spectacle. Jesus Christ was not only painfully executed on the Cross; He was thoroughly shamed as well. His shame was a significant part of His payment for our sin. The writer to the Hebrews, 12:2, thus stated, ‘for the sake of the joy that lay before Him, He endured the cross, despising its shame’. In this Scripture, the Holy Spirit, speaking through the writer to the Hebrews, has revealed that the Godhead considered the cross to be shameful. It is no wonder that this shameful spectacle was to be done only once for all, never to be repeated again. And, it is no wonder that the Holy Spirit, speaking through the writer to the Hebrews, warned that no person can be brought to repentance and salvation as long as they are continually holding Jesus Christ up to public shame. But, there are Christians who hold Jesus up to public shame daily in the way they carry out their service. “Some claim that Luke 22:17-19 teach the un-bloody sacrifice of the Eucharist when He (Jesus) took a cup, gave thanks, and said, ‘take this and share it among

THE SHAME AND AGONY WAS SO GREAT THAT EVEN THE SUN HID ITS FACE AND FATHER GOD TURNED HIS BACK SO HE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WATCH THE SPECTACLE. yourselves; for I tell you that from this time on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes’. Then He took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘this is my body, which will be given to you; do this in memory of me’. And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, ‘this cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you’. This Scripture cannot be the foundation for either the Eucharist or the Mass, because of two very significant reasons. Firstly, Jesus never said, ‘re-crucify me’; rather, He said, ‘do this in memory of me’. What had Jesus done that we were to do in memory of Him? He and His disciples had drunk wine and eaten bread and these were symbolic of His shed blood and His broken body, respectively. We are to drink juice and eat bread until He returns, in memory of His death; we are not instructed to re-crucify Him. “ Secondly, Jesus never stated that the bread actually turns into His flesh, or that the juice or wine turns into His

blood. As the original wine and bread which Jesus and His disciples consumed at the Last Supper was only representative of His blood and His body, so are these elements only representative. If the juice were to actually turn into Jesus’ blood, then God will have contradicted Himself, when He forbade human beings from drinking blood (Deuteronomy 12:16-23). God has always forbidden the drinking of blood. “Further, God has always forbidden the eating of human flesh, for this is cannibalism. Jesus would never have instituted a sacrament, which violated His earlier prohibitions. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 states, the Lord Jesus, on the night He was handed over, took bread, broke it, and said, ‘This is my body that is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me’. In the same way he took the cup, after supper, saying, ‘this cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me’. Then Paul concludes, ‘for as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes”, he submitted.

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A sign from Heaven (2) General Overseer of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministry, Pastor Lazarus Muoka, in this homily teaches that the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to rapture the saints is at hand. He admonishes the faithful to be prepared as the end is at hand. Excerpts:

att. 24: 7-12, “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”

We all should know that the end and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to rapture the saints is at hand. There is no more time, the signs are everywhere. Besides the strange pestilences and diseases that have besieged the world, the global economy is in shambles, there are wars and rumours of wars everywhere, and all these are calling for worldwide action to arrest the menace. The world is no longer the same again. The love of many is waxing cold, many believers are weak because of the situation on the ground. It is very difficult for believers to move around and do normal activities nowadays. Everywhere is almost corrupted and polluted just as the Bible posited that iniquities shall bound. The signs of the End are everywhere to show the time is at hand, that is the coming of the Lord is at hand. The situation in the world today is nothing but a warning for believers to sit up because there is no more time. Rev 1:3 says, “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand” The verse above encourages us to read and regard, consider and meditate upon the words of the prophecy which pointed to the fact, there is no more time. This is because blessed is he that reads it attentively, understandingly, and affectionately and blessed is he that keeps the things that are written, that is, in his mind and practice it, so as to adhere to the truth, not considering whatever trials and temptations it may expose him to. Rev 22:7 says, “Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book” Rev 22:20 says, “He which testifieth these things saith, Surely, I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus” The Lord says ‘I come quickly’. It is very clear that according to divine measure, the Lord is coming very soon. All the signs are here with us. The devil, demons

and their human agents know this fact. And that is why they are doing everything possible to deceive and catch souls before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is why they are rising up and taking over everywhere and coursing trouble so that everybody will crave for peace not minding where and from whom the peace is coming from. And eventually when rapture takes place, anti-Christ will come with fake peace and everybody will rejoice and embrace it. I want you to be careful and aware of these things, for there’s no more time. Don’t allow yourself to be deceived by all the temporal things people of the world are clamouring for. If you read your bible, you will discover that all that we are hearing have been prophesized many years ago and are coming to pass in our very eyes. Remember the devil and demons and their human agents know the fact that there is no more time, that is why they have intensified their deception to lure many ignorant people p p into their kingdom. g Rev 12:12 says, “therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhibiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he e hath but a short time” Does devil know he has a short time? Yes he knows he has a short time and that is why he is on rampage, doing everything possible to catch souls,, pollute people, people e, make them back backkslide, and hinderr them from being g saved. His agents are doing everything possible to be his forerunner, seduce, catch souls and hinder people from making heaven. Yes devil and his agents know that the time is limited in which they will be

permitted to wage war with the saints on the earth. And within that limited time, Satan knows that he must do all that he ever could do to destroy souls, and to spread woe through the earth. 2 Thess 2:3 says, “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition” If you look at the whole world, you will hardly find out Christian nation that is really standing as a Christian nation. Many Christian nations are backsliding and many believers are falling away, because they are discouraged by the trials and persecution that the devil positioned to scuttle their joy in the Lord. Many people are going to church only to be healed, delivered, make money, bear children, and other things of this world. The devil has taken the good things away from them and they are weak and finding it difficult to maintain righteousness. This is the falling away written in the Bible. How many y people p p are standing g and holding g o the truth in the on world w wo rld today. E v e n some

churches in the present day are established for somebody to make money. But that is not what the church is all about. The Church is about worshipping God and preparing souls for heaven, because we are on transit in this world. There is evil everywhere one goes and this is a sign that this enemy and his agents are working tirelessly to seduce and course them to backslide so the Lord will be provoked to take the saints away. John 10:10 says, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” All the activities of the devil and his agents are against our faith. All their activities are to destroy, kill and if you allow them, they will destroy your faith, consecration, commitment and will turn you back to the things of the world. Many people these days are after money making but to give their life to Christ is a mirage and the devil has capitalized on that and dissuade them from focusing on the primary reason of establishing church which is to make heaven at last. Devil came to kill- kill a person spiritually, steal the entire knowledge the person has about the grace of God and all the fruits of righteousness and then destroys the person from serving God. He is on the rampage in these last days. No wonder the bible says many antichrists are already here to pollute, contaminate, cause trouble and also prepare for their main man, the one that is coming as a representative of the devil in the world. Matt. 24:7-13 says, “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: d om: and there shall be famines, and pestillences, ences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be affflicted, fl licted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated h ated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And And then shall many be offended, and shall betray betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved” Brethren, all the issues raised above are all in the making. Many, believers in the world today are going through terrible persecutions. It is like a crime to be a Christian today. Christians are slaughtered in many countries for no just reason other than they are arre a re Christians. The loves of many are waxing cold. When iniquity abounds, trouble a ab ounds, waxes hot;

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Your first glimpse of Shiba Gotting will tell you she is an actress. This extrovert loves facing the camera and meeting people. She actually studied Mass Communication at the University of Jos but opted for showbiz because of the passion she has for it. In this interview with Adaeze Amos, she unfolds her lifestyle, among others. When did your passion for acting start? My passion for acting started when I was nine years old after starring in a movie entitled ‘After School Hours’. I did it so well that people who saw the movie thought I had been acting before that age. My lines were well delivered. That was when I knew that I was caught out to be an actress. Which role brought you into the limelight? ‘Bege’ was the movie that brought me out because it was e d u c a t iv e and peop l e r e -

ally loved my role. I played the part of Fatima Adamu, who happened to be a sickle cell anemia patient. The movie was so interesting that many people watched it so as to receive lectures on how to avoid making same mistakes Fatima Adamu’s parents made. The whole story centred on Fatima. Tell us some of the movies you have starred. I have starred in ‘Snake Man’, ‘Agafe’ (Man of Sin), ‘weet Banana’, ‘Vanished’, ‘Clash of Madness’, ‘So Wrong So Wright’, ‘Tales of Eve’, ‘Good Neighbours’ and ‘New Main Street’. These are the few I can remember off hand. Can you relive your first time on a movie set? That was in 1997 when I featured in ‘After School Hours’. I was a bit jittery as that was my first time in a movie. I was on set with popular Nollywood actors; their presence alone was intimidating but because that was what I had always loved to do, I had to summon up courage and deliver my lines well. Which was the most chal‘New Main Street’

lenging of your roles? was most challenging because I played the role of ‘Maimuna’, a pregnant woman whose only job was to meddle in her friend’s family affairs by advising her never to use condom when she wants to sleep with her man. Her belief was that the earlier a woman starts making children, the better. She was just ignorant and mouthy. Did anyone ever encourage you to go into acting? No one did; it was all my decision because I knew that I have the talent. I have got the good looks and hot brains to deliver my lines with ease. So, what else do I need! What was the craziest thing a male fan had ever done to you? Stalking me; this particular guy was all over my Phone, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. He was calling me every now and then. In fact, it

What was that movie role you regretted interpreting and? None that I can remember for now! I have never regretted interpreting any role…not at any time in my life. Which role would you turn down no matter the amount at stake? I would turn down a movie role where I would have to go nude before the camera. Even if it would be to edit the film, but how about the camera men? I won’t accept such a movie script. I would turn down such a role no matter, I repeat, no matter the amount at stake. What did you do to disentangle yourself from the pains of heartbreak when you had it? It wasn’t easy. I cried for weeks. I later told myself that it wasn’t worth dying for. I was encouraged by telling myself that I wasn’t the one at a loss. Immediately, I decided to bury all my sad feelings and face my career. And now my career is worth every attention I gave it. Who would you love to be paired in a romance role? I would love to be paired with Alex Ekubo because he is one of Nigeria’s finest lover-boy on TV. What exactly thrills you about your acting career? What thrills me most is how quick I catch lines and interpret the roles as if it’s my life story. Sometimes I ask myself, is that really me. What memorable experience do you have about your acting career? My most memorable experience in the industry was when I did a movie called ‘Agafe’. This was because I didn’t know how to swim and my character had to do with diving into the pool for a swim. I even had to dive into the deep section of the pool. I won’t forget that experience in a hurry. What is it Nollywood that gets on your nerves? What gets on my nerves is the fact that a movie producer may have the actors he would like to use in his movies. And he is calling for auditioning. What for? He just wants people to come and waste their time. That puts me off. What lesson has life taught you? Life has taught me never to trust anybody so easily again. I did it before and regretted. I know people would say it’s a normal thing, it happens all the time, but believe me I have seen betrayal. I have experienced and conquered it. It’s when you trust too much that you get betrayed. What is your life philosophy? My philosophy of life is to be myself at all times no matter the situation. What puts you off men? I don’t like men who brag, who are so full of themselves. When a man brags about little or nothing, that puts me off. What do you think life without fashion would have been? Life without fashion would have been a place full of many colours, with stupid combination of madness. Can you define your style? My style is elegant and unique. What is that fashion item you cannot wear? Honestly, I doubt there is anything I cannot wear. I am an entertainer and as such I have to keep people guessing about my next move. If I say I can’t wear a particular style of dress and later it’s seen on me, that makes me a liar. An entertainer can never say no when it comes to creative expression through dressing. What part of your body would you flaunt proudly? My legs, because they are hot, smooth, with no spot. They are sexy, attractive and of course irresistible.

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‘Taking care of autistic children makes my day’

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niola Lahanmi had her first degree in Psychology from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, United States. She is currently a speech and language therapist at Patrick’s Speech and Language Centre, Ikeja Lagos. After her degree, she went to Boston and took a course in Applied Behaviour Analysis which was a kind of intervention and treatment for children with autism. “This means that I’m qualified for what I’m doing presently. To be candid, my intention was to study Medicine in the United States, and for you to do that, you must have to do a first degree in pre-medicine. So, I chose Psychology with a clinical track as my pre-medicine. And in my school, you have to do one year work experience and so I did mine at the Centre For Children With Autism and I found it really interesting,” she recalled. What really fascinates her about her job? “Well, I found the whole condition of autism quite intriguing because coming from Nigeria, it is not something I was familiar with. It is a sort of disorder for children. Sometimes when you look at them, nothing seems to be wrong with them physically but all the same there is something that is making them not to act the way they should. I found that fascinating because I have always been fascinated by the way the brain works and I have researched about brain. So, I see that as an interesting condition. “When I saw that it’s not a write-off, that there is actually something that can be done to alleviate their condition in terms of improving their behaviour and bringing out their potential, I said okay this is like Medicine and it is even more interesting.” Lahanmi unveils her experience so far as a speech and language therapist in Patrick’s Speech and Language Centre, Ikeja. “At first, I came back to Nigeria in 2010 having worked in autism centre in the U.S. When I came here, I noticed that there are lots of challenges. First and foremost, we don’t have enough professionals and what this means is that a lot of children don’t get picked up quite early. As opposed to other developed nations, where they have health check that they do and once they have symptoms of that, they are picked by professionals and they can start to get help early. “But here, it is not like that. Here people see autism as a spiritual problem, a mental disorder where there is no hope. But I thank God that a lot of people now have started having awareness. Many centres are being opened up here and there to let people know more about autism and that they are ready to render help. But another major lapse is that because of our society people with such children are hidden from help. The country has over 150 million people, meaning that there are so many people with such condition but it’s either they don’t know there are centres for such children or they tend to live far away from the centres. And when they are aware of such centres, most often they can’t afford it,” she explained. Another challenge “is that it is not a field that people tend to go into nowadays. The core doctors go into general medicine and all of that. So, we don’t have enough professionals, which is of course a challenge. But anyway, it’s quite exciting that I am in the forefront of people that help autistic children and getting things done,” she stated. But as a married woman, has she ever feared that her own kids might be like the children she is taking care of ? “A lot of people would say ‘oh this work you are doing, be careful’. But that doesn’t get me scared. I have always had a sort of practical mind. I am a Christian, a person who doesn’t look at things from spiritual perspective. It’s just like saying that someone who is working in a clinic or in a normal hospital that is treating malaria patients would have malaria or that her kids would have malaria. People think autism is something you can catch or the devil can give you but it is not like that,” she said. What thrills her most about her job is “seeing positive difference or tremendous change in an autistic child makes my day. I mean a child who couldn’t look at you before or answer you when you call her now begins to answer and then getting the parents to appreciate that change, thrills me a lot,” she emphasised. Some children in her centre droop but that does not upset her. “It doesn’t upset me or make me annoyed but we are all human and there are some things we all find disgusting. A lot of children exhibit different behaviours, we have some who would excrete and they want to smear it on you. That is disgusting. We are all human beings and we find that disgusting but at the same time, what makes it different is that you know that the child does not deliberately want to disgust you. I look at such a child or children as people that need help,” Lahanmi said.

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Dude Style ‘I dress modestly and responsibly’

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Delta-born Chuks Adigwe aka De-Honourable is an actor and producer/director. The founder of World Image Media Concept spoke about his passion for movie production and dress sense, among others with Victor Udoh. Excerpts: Why did you opt for movie production? I am a talented actor, and most importantly, my coming into the movie industry was divine. I never planned for it; someone introduced me to someone else, and that was it. Now, I love my job. I believe it is the plan of God for me. You used to be a comedian, why the reversal into movie? I am still a comedian and compere. I only decided to step up my game. People still call me by my stage name, De-Honorable. I believe both comedy and acting have to do with your talent/potential, which God has favoured me with. Can you distinguish between a comedian and an actor? A comedian acts on stage to make you laugh while an actor performs any role given to him or her, whether comic or not. Are you premiering any movie production? My current movie is titled, ‘Unfulfilled Purpose’; it’s a filmto watch. It focuses on youths of this generation. How so many youths are deceived and manipulated into doing evil in the name of catching fun and why many die at average age without fulfilling their dreams. I am also planning to shoot another blockbuster movie; I am currently working on the script with the scriptwriter. Tell us about the Nigeria movie. How would you rate the industry? We have grown bigger and better. Our movies are becoming world-class; my only prayer is that the government should support us more by investing and most importantly, by helping us to fight piracy. We have improved wonderfully. Some film makers have started to upgrade their knowledge by going to film schools abroad and this is a plus to us. What inspires your dressing? I dress modestly and responsibly because of my philosophy on dress sense, which is to dress the way you want to be addressed. Do you wear perfume? I love to wear perfume because I love to smell good. What is your view about dressing among Nigerian men? I believe that we are very creative and innovative. Ev-

erything is fashionable here, but my philosophy about dress sense still stands. I mean you must dress the way you want to be addressed. If you dress like Denrele, you should expect to be addressed as a mad man. What can’t you ever be caught wearing? I will never wear tattoos, feminine wears or cloths not acceptable by responsible Nigerians. In fashion, who is your mentor? I don’t have a particular mentor; anybody who dresses well mentors me for that moment. Have you been embarrassed on stage before? Yes, my first time on stage as a Master of Ceremony, MC. I was nervous. Who is your mentor in Nigeria movie industry? S a m Dede. He is a unique actor with a lot of confidence. What is your achievement in movie? It is that I have been able to move from the level of an actor to a producer/director. What is your philosophy of life? Love and help people around you whenever you have the opportunity because nothing lasts forever. Where do you see yourself in the next five years? I see myself making a world-class movie that will make me, my family and country proud. What entertainment angle would you like the government to improve upon? I want the new government to invest more in Nollywood and help us fight piracy. What are your parting words for your fans? Be focused and go for the best with determination and you will succeed. If given the opportunity to stop piracy in Nigeria, how would you go about it? I would arrest anyone selling pirated films and the penalty would be six months in jail with a fine of N500,000.

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What to wear …to an all-white event JUNE 7, 2015

ooking for white attire for that at special all-white event? Of the many colours we have to play with in fashion, white is unique. It can be difficult to wear in terms of its maintenance, but at the same time, it is alluring to slip into. Check out how Nollywood actress, s, Genevieve Nnaji, wears hers with shoulders high. Isn’t sn’t she cute? You may blend with red accessories, and d off you go!

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Fashion discomforts that should be end ADAEZE AMOS

hen ladies say they bear comfort in mind while dressing up for glamorous events, somehow they are being economical with the truth. Reason is that they tend to forget some pains they endure to look good for such events. Let’s itemise some of them: Some hairstyles can give pains: There is no doubting the fact that it can take close to a whole day to have some hairstyles done. The wearer is expected to sit for hours and wait while her hair is braided. This gives discomfort. At times the feet are swollen and the joints ache while sitting before the mirror. Tight body shapers: Remember how uncomfortable such body shapers as body magic, girdle pant, butt firmer, etc make you feel. While trying to hold your body and firm up your folds for your shape and curves to carry your close-fitted dresses well, you feel some pinch-like pains. This is endured to stand out in your attire. High-heeled shoes: The fact is that most of the high-heels ladies wear to high-quality events are uncomfortable. Yet, they slip their feet into them because those ‘sky scrappers’ add panache to their style. Fashion discomforts are numerous as the list goes on and on. But the major thing is to be able to endure it so as to look glamorous. Such pains don’t kill and you don’t go through them all the time.

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Lilly knot style still leads the pace ADAEZE AMOS

t is still hot and not ready to bow out. It’s called Lilly knot style. Have you been to wedding ceremonies and glamorous events lately? This is the very way ladies prefer to tie their wraps. Guess what? Velvet fabrics are gradually giving way to light fabrics such as viscose and chiffon, for this very trend.

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enuine love, peace and harmony are some of the major adjectives that should best describe an ideal home or a relationship. Sadly, up till now and despite all efforts, many men still complain of a big gap between them and their wives. Their wives, as far as they have noticed, are not at home with them, particularly when it comes to lovemaking. To these men, it is just unfathomable why, despite their efforts, the woman would still give one reason or the other to deny them the warmth that is expected to exist between them. Meanwhile, the reasons they don’t usually have their way is simply because of their inability, refusal or ignorance of certain things that these women really want from them. Once they are able to provide some of these things, imperfectly as they may be, the women will become very comfortable with their partners such that they begin to yield to their overture many of the time. These things may sound remote, but they have a

connection to how sweet lovemaking can be. Let’s consider these few points: Concentrated attention: Many men may be present around their wives some of the time, but of what quality is that presence? Many wives would not appreciate your physical presence, but the emotional angle of it. So, how much of that do you give? They would appreciate that the man gives them the kind of attention they give to football matches between their darling teams and their worst opponents. They would appreciate that they get the kind of attention given to work or some hobbies. Giving them some concentrated attention makes them love their men the more and want to give them anything they ask for. Do the little things: Men should not ignore certain little things. Doing them is like giving attention to some little details in the completion of a piece of art. Those little things, at times, bring out the beauty of the piece and distinguish it from the

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rest. So, men, doing some little work at home, for instance, can appear very fantastic to the woman. It could mean cutting the grass and removing the cobweb around the house. It could even mean fetching the food for the two of you into the bedroom. Small as they may appear, they have their own wonderful effects. Leadership: Most women believe in the man being the head of the family. Forget about the battle to equal the men in different respect, they want a man who will, indeed, be the head of the family by showing good leadership characters. They want a man that would give the direction to the kind of life the family should lead. This will encompass so many things including the kind of education, lifestyle and living standard of the family. They are not always comfortable taking the lead when there’s a man around; once they take the mantle of leadership, they want to dictate or determine when certain things are right

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or wrong and that may not favour the men. Want to be spoilt: No matter how recent the last time you gave her a treat may be, nothing stops you from repeating the feat. It makes her special. It makes her feel that you still fancy her and love her like it used to be those days when you were just dating or courting. It makes her love you more. The treat doesn’t have to come with a big bill; it doesn’t have to be exaggerated. The point you should simply make is that, she is still special in your life and you love her more. Security: Although this is similar to or can be linked to leadership, it borders on being focused. A woman wants a man who is focused and moving steadily towards a set goal. A woman wants a man who would provide financial security and would always be there for her and the family, no matter the situation. A listening ear: A woman needs a man who would not listen to his own voice alone, but that of the wife too. This is not about listening alone, but caring. It is perhaps concluded that a man who listens is ready to act. Without doubt, there are many more things women or wives want from their husbands, the few that have been pointed out are key and would make a lot of difference in any good relationship. Besides, any man who will be humble and bold enough to observe the above and even more is the only man who is in absolute charge of his home. He is that man who can actually find his way to his woman’s heart. So, guys, just try and you will be glad you do. Goodluck and catch ya!

Sexual solutions and love products for adults Hello Mr Edochie. This is a bit funny but I have a confession to make. I am a pastor and my wife and I have a nonexistent love life. I am never in the mood for love making and she is starting to complain. I even have a feeling that she might have a boyfriend. I am not too sure. Anyway, we finally went to see a couple’s therapist and she recommended stimulants similar to the ones you write about. She also pulled out an adult magazine for me to look at and see if I get aroused. I went through the pages and for the first time in a long time, I felt aroused. I preach against all these things and to imagine that they are what I need now to save my marriage. So anyway, please I need your help. Thanks – Segun Segun, I need you to understand one thing. You are a married pastor and not a catholic priest. The rules are different for married types like you. You are allowed to have a sex life. Whatever you choose to do with your wife sexually is OKAY. Sex is not a sin. It is the circumstances surrounding sex that determines when it is right or wrong. Sex with your wife is fine. But if you do the same with a girlfriend outside marriage, then it is wrong. I hope you understand me. You are a pastor and you teach people all sorts of things. It is important that you understand sexual rules because you cannot teach what you don’t understand. As for helping you, yes we have lots of sexual solutions for people like you. I am going to recommend an aphrodisiac that will put you in the mood and keep you in the mood for days. There are different types but the best of them is Rhino 5 supplement and X Again Platinum supplement. Any of these powerful supplements will put you in the mood and give you stamina, firm erections and a bigger penis. They also prevent premature ejaculation. One capsule of Rhino 5 works for as long as five days while a capsule of X Again works for three days. Since the magazine worked for you, I will also recommend some. Adult movies are even more powerful visual stimulants and I will recommend the films Are We in Love and One Wild and Crazy Night. You can also visit www.zeevirtualmedia.com and view the full list of what we have in stock for couples. Your wife might need something – Uche I have a really small penis and I once read about a penis sheath of some kind that you wear over your own penis to

make it look bigger. Please can you help me get it? I don’t know what it is called but I prefer it to taking drugs because those once take time. Thanks – Timi I believe you are referring to penis extensions and there are two different kinds. One is softer and you roll it over the penis like a condom. It is called a penis sleeve. Examples of this are the Cock Xtender Sleeve and the Stud Extender. They are thick, reusable, prevent premature ejaculation and make the average penis look really big. The other version of this is harder and they are called Penile Extensions. Penile Extensions are like erect penises that are hollow in the middle. So you don’t need an erection to wear one. They come in different sizes of 6.5, 8 and 10 inches. Some of them also vibrate. So you can choose from any of these – Uche Please why does my wife complain of pain during sex? At first I thought she was pretending until she showed me the bruises. Now I am scared to be intimate with her – Afis The pain and bruising are due to a lack of lubrication. For sex to take place the genitals must be lubricated. Women are supposed to lubricate naturally but they must be properly stimulated sexually for this to be possible. Sometimes even stimulation and foreplay are not enough and a lubricant becomes necessary. In times like this, a lubricant like the Colt Slick Lubricant or Mood Water Based Lubricant can come in handy. So get any of these lubricants and use as directed. It will eliminate the pain and bruising – Uche That is all for today. The names of the people featured here have been changed for their privacy. Adults in need of these treatments/novelties can call 07086754515 or 08051924159 or any other number here

to order or they can order online at www.zeevirtualmedia. com. Zee Virtual Media delivers to you wherever you are in Nigeria. For enquiries, send your emails to custserv@zeevirtualmedia.com - Uche Edochie, MD, Zee Virtual Media.

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‘I walked home almost naked from a seminar’

Being stylish in pregnancy A re you stylish and want to quit because you are pregnant? That’s wrong. You can still be fashionable while carrying a baby. Yes, it can be done in style. So, if you’re struggling with maternity fashion, let this page direct you. Here are helpful guides to maternity fashion for you! Get inspiration by feasting your eyes on these pictures and adhering to these tips. 1. Loose-fit clothing is definitely going to make you feel a lot more comfortable, espe-

cially as you head to the end of your pregnancy. 2. Maxi dresses are a style staple for this season, especially when pregnant. They’re easy to wear and the loose-fit or stretchy fabric will leave you able to move around easily and feel at ease in what you wear. 3. Still blend your colours well. If you are crazy about bold colours, this is not the time to stop. This simply means you can rock your bold colours while pregnant.

s I was planning for my wedding some years ago, I had an embarrassing experience. I was invited to a business seminar a day to the wedding. I wore a trouser, which thread had worn out and was loose. I didn’t know until I was through with the seminar and was in a bus going home. I decided to take a bus home to meet my fiancée who was waiting for me. As I eagerly stood at the bus top, a commuter bus hurriedly stopped. I was unaware the driver was being chased by Lagos State Management Agency, LASTMA, officials. While the bus was on motion, slowly waiting for me, as I climbed with one foot first, it moved suddenly. I was struggling with the bus in order to get a firm grip. As I got on board, my trouser torn from the top to bottom. I was naked and my boxer was visible. All eyes were on me. Immediately I got to my bus stop, I crossed the road using my file to cover some my nakedness. I hurriedly boarded a motorbike home with my turn trouser being blown by the wind. It was an embarrassing scenario that made me feel stupid. Vincent is a gospel artiste. –ADAEZE AMOS

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Nigerian salads T he Nigerian vegetable salad is one on the list of Nigerian healthy foods. One can have at least a plate of vegetable salad in place of one meal for every week as it will detoxify the body, improves digestive capability and make you feel lighter and think smarter. Ingredients for Nigerian Salads Medium size cabbage 4 medium size carrots, Lettuce leaves 2 cups of green beans, Half cup peas (optional), One can baked beans, 2 big size of cucumber, Cooked eggs (optional) Salad cream (most people now chose to use BAMA mayonnaise other the popular salad cream.) Just know that most vegetable salads are 50% cabbage, 30% carrot/green beans, 5-10% cucumber While the lettuce leave, peas, eggs and cream make up the other 10% Preparation: Chop the carrot /green beans/cucumber and set aside on different bowls, I like to peel off the green back of cucumbers and also remove the center seed Slice the cabbage too on a different tray (we use tray often in our home),

Slice the lettuce leaves, boil the eggs and remove the shell (4 to 5 eggs) Soften the cabbage, green beans carrot and peas, most of the times we boil carrot, green beans and peas together and soak the cabbage in hot water for a minute. Add the carrot, green beans and peas to boiling (small) water, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes (Boil hot water and pour into the sliced cabbage in a bowl, allow for a minute then sieve out the water. Also sieve the water out of the carrot/ green beans and peas and set on a bowl. Most people choose to mix salad on a large plate/bowl or a tray The mixing is simple: Sprinkle a handful of cabbage on the tray, and then sprinkle the carrot/green beans/peas, also the lettuce leaf and keep repeating the process until they are all in one place, Then slice the egg and drop on the top of the mixture. (The egg is mostly for decoration) The final mixing is done as people dish out the salad; you add the salad cream and baked beans. It is good for these two to be separate to avoid getting soured over a long period of time Nigerian vegetable salad is served best with either fried rice; it is a very delicious and healthy combination

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ore than a century has now elapsed since the Felluga family started to produce wine. Initially based in Izola (in modern day Slovenia), the family moved first to Grado and then Friuli (in North East Italy). Today run by fifth-generation wine-maker Roberto Felluga (who manages the winery that was built by his father - Marco), the Felluga family are amongst the most respected producers of quality wines in this region. Today managing around 100 hectares of estate vineyards in the Collio subzone of Friuli, Roberto shares the same love for this corner of Italy as his father did before him. Formed of rolling hills, some larger foothills and a myriad of woods and streams, Collio is both beautiful and wild. Production is deliberately divided into two separate ranges, with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marco Fellugaâ&#x20AC;? branded wines produced from grapes sourced from vineyard spread across 4 different villages within Collio, whilst wines bearing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Russiz Superiore label are produced only from grapes sourced from one contiguous block of vineyards located near the village of the same name. Quite a substantial variety of grape varieties are cultivated, with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc joining truly indigenous and lesser known varieties such as Tocai Friulano and Refosco. These wines are not short of accolades or high scores.

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Capital F.E.M.I quits Kennis Music

alented R’n’B/soul singer, Femi Adeyinka, popularly known as Capital F.E.M.I’s recording deal with foremost music label, Kennis Music, has expired. It was gathered that Capital F.E.M.I’s contractual agreement with the label expired a few months ago and the singer is not signing a renewal. However, he is grateful to the label for the support given to him. F.E.M.I, who joined Kennis Music on his return to the country from America in 2011 earlier spoke about his departure from the label in a chat at COSON 5th anniversary. He said that he had been working on putting out new materials but waiting for the appropriate time to do so. “I am working everyday but sometimes it is worth the wait to gather yourself to prepare new materials for your fans,” he said. As part of his new moves, F.E.M.I is putting finishing touches to his newest single scheduled for release this month. Also, he has assembled a new team that will be handling his career. He now joins the ranks of Jaywon, Essence and Minjin, who all recently parted ways with the label that once housed one of Africa’s greatest talents, 2Face Idibia.

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Day Seriki fluffed his lines at Jahbless’ album listening party

enultimate Thursday, music star, Jahbless, hosted music lovers to the official listening party of his latest album christened ‘IAmMe’. The event was held at Bheerhugz, Alausa, Ikeja Lagos and had in attendance top personalities in the media and entertainment industry. Jahbless flanked by other top artistes mounted the stage and treated music guests present to great rendition of old and recent songs from his catalogue to the delight of everyone present. The highlight of the event was when he was joined on stage by popular rapper, Ruggedman to do a rendition of his monster hit, ‘Jo’or O’. The performance was the toast of everyone that they couldn’t help but scream for more. Other acts such as Lamboghini, CDQ, Jossy and C-Boy, joined Jahbless to deliver a rendition of songs off the newly released album. It was however a sad scene when Seriki, a one-time member of Alapomeji Records was ushered on stage to perform the track, ‘Modi’ alongside Jahbless. Seriki could not remember a word from his lines and waited endlessly for the in-house DJ to save him from the embarrassing situation. After several minutes of waiting for him to utter a word, he resorted to murmuring into Jahbless’ ears and opted to do a freestyle instead. His freestyle, though with no rhythmic flow and uninspiring bars, lasted a couple of minutes. Several guests present were dumbfounded and Jahbless saved the situation by announcing Seriki would return to the stage to perform the song later, which he didn’t till the event ended after some hours of waiting.

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Dakolo, Alade, Orezi to perform at IGOS Live today

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fter successful 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions of IGOS Live Comedy Concerts, the impressive and talented comedian and Wazobia FM on air personality, IGOS returns in grand style to uphold his promise to give you the time of your life, with the 2015 edition of the successful IGOS Live Comedy Series. IGOS Live 2015, with the theme, ‘The 4th Assignment’, will hold today at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos. IGOS Live is a unique show created and designed for family and fun lovers by providing an environment for interactions and relaxation while enjoying quality entertainment. The brain behind the popular comedy concert series, Grandball Entertainment, is one of the fast growing and reputable entertainment firms with expertise in event management, media and film production, with innovative strategies and event ideas. IGOS LIVE 2015 ‘The 4th Assignment’ will have a command performance of IGOS, and stars such as Gandoki, Akpororo, Gordons, Jedi, Seyi Law, Helen Paul, De don, Chi Gul, Accapela, Wahala, Oritsefemi, Skales, Blackmagic, Timi Dakolo, Yemi Alade, Orezi, Phyno and “Godwin” crooner Korede Bello, among others. Alade

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Arts, culture come alive at Nike Arts Gallery

t was all a cultural and artistic package when veteran artist, Chief (Mrs.) Nike Davies Okundaye celebrated her 64th birthday in style. The Nike Arts Gallery in Lagos was packed full of artists, curators, collectors and media men who came to celebrate with her. Fondly called Mama, Okundaye is a revered painter, textile designer and gallery owner. The show was organised to celebrate her life and accomplishments in the arts. The Lekki-based gallery was usually alive with visitors both expatriates and Nigerians. This day was different, it was her birthday and it was the peak of arts and cultural entertainments. One of the side attractions was the ‘’Nefertiti and Adunni’, an all girls singing group who could perform folk songs of different tribes and culture in Nigeria. Dressed in their traditional performance costume of beads and native attire, they enchanted the audience with their songs and dances. In addition, there was an orchestra of talking drummers who entertained the guests who made the day colourful and accompanied singers with their drums. Speaking at the event, former editor of the Guardian on Sunday, Jahman Anikulapo said, ‘’Nike Davies Okundaye has contributed immensely to the advancement of Nigerian arts at home and abroad. I don’t think there is any other woman that can be compared. She not only creates art to further her own career, she showed active interest in training younger artists.

“She took the traditional Adire Batik textile design of her people to the top and gave it international recognition, particularly in the arts community. “She can only be described as legendary, iconic and inspiring. The number of people who have developed their crafts and career under Nike Okundaye cannot be underestimated. I think she deserved to be ranked high in the arts as Wole Soyinka is ranked in literature, Nike is one of those Nigerian women who make the country proud.” In another chat with Femi Alao, a singer who was present at the show, he said, ‘’Nike is an inspiration to many artists, not only visual artists but also performing artists”, such as herself. “Just because she is a painter and textile designer does not mean that she does not have influence in other arts. She is like an umbrella or an Iroko tree under who all of us obtain inspiration and motivation. As you can see this show has included a lot of package in music, dance and visual arts. It is a reflection of her overall influence on so many Nigerian arts.’’ Okundaye told Movies and Music that, ‘’The art that I practised was usually passed from one generation to another and I would say that I am like in the sixth generation from my own family and my great grandmother was the head of all the craft women in the village. I was born in Ogidi in 1951 in a small remote area in Kogi State called Ogidi Ijumu.’’

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Yvonne Jegede explains why she flaunts her big boobs

ark and well endowed actress, Yvonne Jegede, doesn’t want to be blamed when she is not well covered up. Asked at a recent event about her obsession for cleavage-baring dresses, she responded that her clothes should be blamed. “Well, it depends on the clothes. I have big boobs, so, if the clothes are not big enough to cover my boobs you would not blame me for that. I am not the person who made my clothes. I just put the clothes on,” she said. Yvonne also talked about her relationship with music legend 2face Idibia. Her words, “I didn’t date 2face. I only featured in his ‘African Queen’ video. I have never kissed him before.” Jegede

Okoroji enrols for NEIHIS

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oremost music administrator and chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji, has joined the ranks of highly influential personalities to enrol on the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme, NEIHIS, a private customised health scheme for the practitioners of the entertainment industry. Representatives of NEIHIS made the official presentation of Okoroji’s identity card and relevant documents available to him at COSON secretariat in Lagos last week. The team commended him for being one of the first set of stakeholders to enrol for the scheme. Speaking shortly after the official presentation, Okoroji who was full of praises for the scheme enjoined all entertainment practitioners to enrol in order to safeguard and manage their health properly. “I am happy to be one of the first set of subscribers on this scheme and I must say it has

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reawakened the entire industry to the need of placing premium value on our health. This is one of the best things that ever happened to our industry and I enjoin all practitioners to come on board. This is not the time to play politics with our health”. NEIHIS is a private health insurance scheme for practitioners of the entertainment industry and endorsed by the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS.

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Sunday June 7, 2015

Death is certain, so watch how you live, warns Prophet Oloruntimilehin

ll the people of the world are expectant of something. The young, old, male and female do expect something. What is the thing that people expect? The thing is DEATH. When we wake up in the morning, we do expect death and there is no one that death does not ring a bell in his or her heart every day.

What makes you to thank God for wakou did ing up alive in the morning means you od for not die. It is not necessary to thank God waking up alive if you did not know death could come. You know death may not allow you to wake up alive. Why do people thank mbark God for journey mercy when they embark on journey and arrive safely at theirr destination? They never know if they would survive the journey. Some people do count their dayss and think they have certain numbers of years se the to live before they die. This is because 2, “So Bible says in the book of Psalms 90:12, me old teach us to number our days...” Some thing people do not want to struggle for anything y have again because they always think they few years to live on earth. at God Jokingly, I told a man of 7 years that should give him about N5 million. He wondered why God should give him such mond God ey when he had few years to live. Did anage want him to be struggling how to manage the money at old age, he asked. He feltt God n fact, should not give him such money. In he believed death would come and anotho God er person would enjoy the money, so would be wicked to give him the money. ytime. Therefore people do expect death anytime. nd of Even a day old baby hearing the sound he has death will be afraid because he or she been expecting death. Beloved, death is an inevitable thing hings that will definitely come. All other things es i.e. we do in the course of living our lives struggling to own houses, cars and other possessions are different from death. As we hings, are struggling to possess all these things, e are death is moving closer to us. People nd the destined to die at a particular time and imely time will never be changed. But untimely

General Overseer of Omnipotence Mission of God, Prophet Joshua Daramola Oloruntimilehin, in this admonition, urges people to watch how they live in view of the certainty of death. Excerpts: death of some people through principalities could be averted by the true prophet or man of God. Untimely death occurs if a person slanders Holy Spirit and anointed man of God because the Bible says there is no forgiveness for anybody that blasphemes against Holy Spirit (Luke 12:10). Also, many people could have involved in serious sinful acts that could lead to untimely death. Remember the scripture says in the Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death...” Imagine a very young man that lived a short life. Some people know that death is inevitable but want to enjoy life by committing sins that could result to their untimely death. Sometimes we forget about death particularly when doing something that is pleasant to us but in the night time we then remember death. Some people’s night period is so better to the extent that such people do request for death. For instance, a woman that was so successful in textile business, famous and rich suddenly, things turned around for her. She started experiencing misfortunes and downward trend in her business. This led to her indebtedness and sickness to the extent that she was requesting for death to take her away. In fact, she attempted to commit suicide but to no avail. How did she get her wealth and riches? The m e a n s of her riches were not

false love waxes cold, and true love waxes warmer than it was before; the cold blasts of persecution blow up the love of a few, but blow out the love of many more. The scripture has forewarned that these things will happen. 2 Tim 3:1-3 says, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good” In these last days, all these are happening in our own very eyes; people have not only left holiness and righteousness but are also despising and persecuting the righteous people. It is difficult for a genuine believer to do business or travel in the world today without been roped into one corruption or the other. In the market they face the challenge of market associations- association with unbelievers, and when you are associated with unbelievers, how can you be clean, same in the village, there is no where you will be free in the world without been roped into one thing. Everywhere you go is like a trap for a

relate with other people. Some people make others to cry by inflicting pains, compounding their problems and creating additional burden on them. I pray that we shall not shed bitter tears in Jesus name. Whatever we do should be done with wisdom because we are awaiting death and judgement. Now that we are all expecting death, let us endeavour to live a good life and do good to all. The Bible says in the book of Galatians 6:9-10, “Let us not be weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. •For more enquiries call: 08023020108, 08058110288; facebook.com/pastoroloruntimilehin

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clean but dubious. In fact, I pitied her because I know her during her famous days. So many people en encountered untimely death because of what they have done to get their riches. T herefore, we all know that we are expecting death. But the concern is what will death meet in our hands? Brethren, I want people to be conscious of how they live their life and

real believer. Many Christians in the village say it doesn’t matter, but it matters, for the bible says you should separate yourself from them because you must not have any association with temple of idols. All these things are plan of the devil. Before now, people were going to market without associating with anybody. You would take your goods to the market and sell without joining any association. But in the present day, trap is everywhere. In the offices the things you see are compromise, lying, stealing, cheating, and all kinds of immorality. A believer cannot be comfortable because all around him are like thorns trying to hinder him from serving the Lord. You cannot get promotion on merit, you cannot be posted to a better place without bribery, and you cannot get working materials without greasing palms. Before now, one can gain employment without involving himself in corruption but today the whole thing has turned upside down, everywhere is like a trap. It is the end time and very dangerous for believers. Everyone that is truly born again should sit up knowing that we don’t belong to this world. Heaven above is our eternal home. If

there is any serious persecution of the church today, no country will welcome believer in the name of believer. Beloved, it is the last days. Esther says ‘I will go to the king, though it’s not the right, but if I perish, I perish’. I implore you to keep to what will keep you holly without compromise, regardless of what the situation is, if you perish, you perish, but you will never perish because the Lord will preserve His people. Besides, what the entire world is looking for now is peace because of what the forerunner of the antichrist has turned the world to. And some Christians are thinking that through such peace a reprieve will come. The truth is that there is no peace in the peace initiated by the antichrist and his agents. The antichrist are coursing problem everywhere in the world so that people will begin to say wherever the peace is coming from we will accept it. But don’t join them in clamouring for fake peace, for temporal peace and joy. In fact, everything about this world is temporal, never you be carried away with that temporal and cosmetic peace, joy and prosperity. This is because as you relax to accept these things, something will happen, the trumpet shall sound and believers shall go and the real trou-

ble will begin with the reign of antichrist and their counterfeit peace will be all over. If you are among those relaxing, then it is the time you think you have peace that the trumpet shall sound, and believers will go and antichrist will emerge and so many people that are not careful will miss the rapture and suffer the great tribulation. 1 Thess. 5:3-6 says, “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 ¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober” While people are saying, “Peace and safety”, destruction will come on them suddenly, as labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. The Lord will come and take His people away and the antichrist will emerge and there shall be sudden destruction for those who do not know their left from their right. So, believers should sit up and refuse to be carried away by the temporal things people are clamouring for in this world, for the end is at hand.

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he inauguration of Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) as the President of Nigeria on May the 29, 2015 has touched the nation deeply and heightened the hope of many. Many people expect a lot from this government, some have even listed all their expectations. I do not blame them because we have lived too long in suffering that the presence of the present government brings a feeling of freedom.

The level of crime and violence in our society has reached uncontrollable height that our security personnel for one reason or the other could not do anything to stop it. Many young people are now involved in fraudulence, prostitution, drug dealing, robbery and kidnapping. School children are becoming members of secret cults, while some young men enjoy raping under-age girls and they either go unpunished or with minor punishment. The public has lost faith in justice in all its manifestations. We carefully observe trials that break down because of the intimidation of witnesses, insufficient punishment of serious criminals, devastated morale of a police force. The main problem in reality is that most of the institutions of power and influence in our society –government, education system, judicial system and the media – are in the hands of people whose ideas are shaped by a liberal humanist world view which puts the blame for what is wrong on society on upbringing, ethnicity, religious pluralism, environment and anything except the person responsible. Nigerians including parents and religious leaders who are expected to control morals do not

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bide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me’. John 15:4

In the beginning, the creator of all creations issued a decree to the first man saying: be fruitful! A comprehensive understanding of this decree reveals that it is beyond an instruction but an induction. He was not just instructing man to be fruitful, he was inducting man into the state of fruitfulness. God was not saying it to man, He was saying it into man. In essence, fruitfulness which is a God nature has been originally embedded into man from creation. And every seed of man is expected to be fruitful. When the arch enemy of man- the devil attacked Adam and Eve with deception in the garden of Eden; his sole target was to rid the God nature off man. The very nature of fruitfulness. Thank God for sending Christ to repair

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Stop anti-social behaviour condemn any lifestyle or behaviour pattern that comes from advanced nations of the world. Some activities which corrupt or deprave are not only accepted but even forced on society by the media and education system. Criminality is celebrated as people with criminal records receive endless publicity and privileges at the expense of every good citizen. We have entered a new era of government. We need a change which will not come from the government alone but from all of us. If we do not want Nigeria to plunge into darkness, we must stop all relative values that can cause bad behaviour and criminality. The abandonment of deterrent and discipline is a major feature of modern life. From parents who do not have control over their children to school classrooms where chaos reign and children do what they like and to endless government bureaucracy. Some other factors encouraging the growing lawlessness are the breakdown of family life which means that a few children are brought up by their natural fathers and mothers and so lack parental role models and guides, the influence of violent films, modern music, drug and drink culture and finally the loss of fear of God in our society. I keep saying to people who have ears to listen that politicians, medical doctors, engineers and lawyers cannot be blamed for the moral decadence of our nation but Christian leaders. It is true that Christians believe in Jesus Christ, go to church service regularly and pay tithes but what God expects is that we change the world through our dressings, actions and words. The way we behave is more important to God than building him an auditorium. The Bible has never told us that we are born good and corrupted by the so-

ciety rather it states clearly that we are born with a sinful nature and that unless that sinful nature is curbed it will express itself in sinful actions. ‘’Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity and in sin my mother conceived me’’. Ps 51: 5. The Bible requires that children should not be spared, it says clearly, “The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother… Discipline your son and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.” Prov 29 :15, 17. It is disappointing that our school is weak because corporal punishment is banned. Teachers are corrupt because parents refuse to accept that their children are educationally weak, so, they ‘’bribe’’ teachers to pass their children. Our Christian leaders have voluntarily replaced the message of ‘’hell and eternal punishment with‘’ in this world NOW, you shall enjoy’’. Though we know that the Bible warns that, ‘’For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than pleasure of God... And from such people TURN AWAY’’. 2 Tim 3 : 1 – 6. This is the time to stop anti-social behaviour. As much as we expect a lot from the government, President Buhari and his government also expect a lot from every Nigerian. I am sure he looks forward to a law-abiding society where the police and custom officers will not receive bribe, where parents will not pay any school authority before their children gain admission or pass examinations.

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They will want where the media will not be one-sided but report correctly, where pastors will preach the truth and not manipulate their followers, where politicians will serve with all their conscience faithfully without draining the nation’s treasury, where hospital personnel will be more compassionate. Government will expect where motor drivers will be more reasonable and drive with care, where government officers will be discreet, sincere and firm, where businessmen and women will do business with reasonable profits and where every Nigerian will be his brother’s keeper. I am convinced that one of the greatest obstacles to ending national calamity and poverty is a lack of clear understanding of its causes. The deepest causes of our present situations in Nigeria are known to all of us who had witnessed the government that ruled for 16 years. I want all Nigerians to play an informed part in ending many outrageously preventable problems. It is true that lack of genuine development and inappropriate forms of development may threaten our existence and environment. What Nigerians look forward to is not for the present government to set up new agenda but first to make all dysfunctional institutions in Nigeria work for the benefit of the people – electricity, security system, education and employment for the youth. I expect different professional bodies to contribute their ideas and provide information that will help people in government to make vital decisions. •Prof. Kunle Macaulay is the Director of Studies of United Bible University, Lagos. Phone: 0802 – 303 – 2698; email : profkunlemacaulay@yahoo.com; Twitter. com/Kunle Macaulay1

Fruitfulness (1) the broken bridge and restore in us the God nature- the nature of fruitfulness, which only happens to those who come to him. Before we go ahead, it’s expedient we know what fruitfulness means? Is it just about reproducing? No! It is not just about reproducing rather it is about bringing forth valuable results as expected of each one. Lets take a cue from the incidence of Jesus seeking figs from fig tree that he may eat. Two things should be noted: Jesus was seeking for fig (not apple or banana) on the fig tree. Secondly, Jesus was not seeking for just any fruit but for fruits that he can eat. Bringing forth expected valuable results is seen in the following scenarios: students should get high grades; salesmen and marketers should increase sales margin and meet realistic targets; a matured individual should have enough finances to meet his/her needs and still have enough reserves; married couples are expected to deliver babies; Pastors should have growing Churches (in quantity and quality); and every Christian is expected to bring souls to Christ regularly. Our main focus today is to examine the major factor that guarantees fruitfulness. Any area of your life that you

apply this understanding would surely experience FRUITFULNESS. And the simple factor is to abide in Christ. See Jesus saying, if ye abide in me..... you would bear much fruits. To abide in Christ refers to tarrying in God’s presence, however, it extends to carrying HIS presence. Its just like soaking wool in oil, when you bring it out it keeps carrying the oil and wherever it gets to, the oil it carries will drop and affect that environment. Tarrying in God’s presence is also not just praying, studying and worshipping, the key part of this is MEDITATION which encompasses thinking, brainstorming, imagination, planning. The constituents of meditation is what unbelievers leverage upon. That’s the way they fellowship with God and the result is evident for those who diligently practice it.The difference is that if they add Christ to it, they would first of all experience more peace and make more impact which is bearing fruits. When you Tarry in God’s presence it would help you in doing two major things: first it would DEFINE you and next it would REFINE you. Next week we would continue on what God’s presence would do for you and how it would help define and refine you on the jour-

ney to becoming more fruitful.s One thing you should hold onto as a take away from this reading today is that your level of success and prosperity in life depends on your how fruitful you are. Always, be fruitful! However, please note that you can’t be fruitful outside Jesus therefore, if you want to say yes to Jesus, the process is simple: Believe in your heart that you are a sinner and cannot save yourself. Believe in your heart that Jesus died on the cross of Calvary paying the price for your sins and rose from the dead the third day to establish your victory Confess with your mouth that Jesus is lord and saviour. Repent of all sins before the Lord and forsake them. Welcome into God’s family. Please locate a bible believing church and share you new-birth experience with the church leaders. •For further prayer & counseling, Please contact: Pastor Femi Lanre-Oke, Jesus Praise Evangelical Ministries International, Plot A22 Power Crescent, Arab road, Kubwa. Abuja, +2348030752799, +2348053695097, Email: femi_lanre01@yahoo.co.uk

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od’s grammar is full of comma, if God is speaking. There is only one full stop; this is when He has ended with you. The battle you are going through is not a full stop. The grammar of God is different from the grammar of the queen of England. What the devil is saying ‘it’s over’ is a lie. The only full stop is from God. God says: I am the Alpha and Omega. That Omega means full stop, which means the end. May God see us through.

Any man/woman, power or plan that is trying to replace you, by the grace of God and by the anointing, I decree that your own cannot be taken from you in the name of Jesus. If they replace you, that means you are working for them. No man shall take your glory. Some people offend you but the best way is to forgive. God takes over your battle when you forgive. In marital relationship, one of the things you will always do is that until you die, you will be forgiving and forgiving. Learn to forgive people, no matter what they do to you. Before you ‘show’ someone, life would have ‘shown’ you first. When you pray and nothing happens, life is already ‘showing’ you. In Exodus 1:17-21 from the bible, God gave them houses because the Hebrew midwives fear God. May God give you a house. If you are not married, God will put you in a house. If you are married already, God will put you in a home. That is what the Hebrew word means “all round settlement”. God gave them houses, peaceful home, love, understanding, there is progress, fruit of the womb, children are prospering; that is a home. Then for those not married, God settled them. So it shall be for you in the name of Jesus. God, give somebody a house/home. House in the bible is marital settlement. My

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od is a personal God and He is so hopeful to fellowship and to have communion with man since the time of Adam. He yearns for close-knitted fellowships and intimacy with intention to pour out his mind to man in dialogue. Before the fall of Adam, prayers to God were not needed. There was daily visitation and daily communion between God and man. Until now, prayers and petitions became a bridge between man and God. Though, man as a free moral agent, would have desired to do his own things in his own way and at his own will. This desire on its own is not the issue, but such must be done with moral and spiritual sanctity aligns with intent and reasons that place man on the earth. Man must observe and abide by the rules of his engagement before he can find peace with God and self. However, the affinity of man with God was detached when man acted in disobedience. He ate the forbidden fruit and was separated and alienated from God.

The closeness between man and God before man sinned impacted man’s resemblance with God. It is therefore not suggestive that man, being made in the likeness of God and in His image, denotes bodily similarity since God is a celestial, but it indicates the union and the bond of association which breeds similar character and behaviour of the same kinds. In other words, there must be daily relationships, communion and timeless fellowships so as to deepen the bond and to sustain the resemblance and likeness. Such devotion and fellowships were truncated with defiance when man ate the fruit. The sin of Adam was deliberate. He was not deceived but acted pur-

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The secrets of marital settlement (1) MANNA DIGEST with Bishop (Dr) Chris Kwakpovwe, publisher Our Daily Manna prayer is that any woman not married, the yoke is destroyed. Why is it that people get married and there is no good thing again? That is not God’s plan. God is a builder of houses. He will build your marital houses. He that finds a wife/husband finds a good thing. Always say every morning: ‘Thank you oh God for my wife/husband and that good thing must locate me/my house/children. Marriage brings ngs special favour along with it. If you are e married and the marriage started going down, wn, that is not God’s plan. It is a yoke which is not God’s plan. Some of the ways to destroy oy it is to read God’s words, pray every morning. ing. The bible says he that finds a wife, findss a good thing which means this marriage hass brought a good thing. For the unmarried, rried, you must investigate whom you want to marry. For the married, the verse that says: ys: He that finds a wife, finds good thing, read it every day of your life and challenge God. You must keep on praying and saying it always. ways. If you are going through battles in your marriage which will always ways come e.g school fees battles, es, no money, they are normal al battles of life. You must use e the verse in Proverb to challenge God. You risk your ur marriage if you do not ot confess the word of God in Proverbs because use issues of life will crop up. God is a giver

of houses e.g Ruth chapter 4 says Ruth was a widow who lost her husband. God gave her a wonderful house. May your life be good to your community. Despite the battles you are facing, there is hope for everybody. Some women change church because they want husband. When they are worshipping, they look for marriageable men. When they see that there is no eligible man, they change church. God will bring the man for you. Do not join greeters in the church for people to see you. If you stand for God as usher, God will promote you. God will make a way for you. When you pray this prayer: ‘Less of me, more of you’ in your business, you will see more

result (Jn3:30). Always pray that prayer. I declare that anywhere your husband is by the grace and fire of God, He shall locate you. If you are not born again, this is an opportunity to receive Jesus and get to heaven. PRAYER Oh God, any plan to replace my marital life, finance, business career life, anywhere I am supposed to be in life, I cannot be replaced. The evil power of replacement, dry up in Jesus name. Evil power of replacement concerning my destiny, dry up. As I go through life, no man/woman shall take my place. I shall not put a full stop where God has put a comma. It is not over and cannot be over for me. That good thing connected to marriage, where are you, locate me/my home by mercy now. •For more information, contact: Our Daily Manna/ Manna prayer mountain ministry Interdenominational. •8 –10 Omotayo Banwo street, before Moble police Barracks, Orioke Ogudu, Lagos. Email: testimony@ ourdailymanna.org Tel: 234-8056241771, 23418179023, 234-08023154316

Church as God designed it - Joggling in the prophetic streams (4) posely to subject humanity to vanity, though with the anticipation of salvation (1 Tim. 2:14, Rom. 8:20). This is however the beginning of the toiling of man both in temporal attainment and in spiritual longings. Man seeks for relevance to no avail in unveiling the mysteries surrounding the world he lives. Man will surely need a link between him and his creator. This essence of Prophets is to be the go between. The voice of God was always walking in the garden to unveil mystery to Adam and he could pick it. However, Adam lost the desire to fellowship with God when he was aware of his nakedness. Man became sensual and carnal in his state of existence. He noticed he was naked which he was since the beginning of his actuality but was not ashamed until now (Gen. 2:25). For once, he saw the distinction between himself and God and became repulsive of himself in match with God’s glorious appearance. The choice of God to fellowship and commune with man had always been a subject of envy amongst created beings. “What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visits him? For thou made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.” (Ps. 8:4-6). Why would God pay attention to a creature of dust like man? This was deliberate. The intention is to empower man through communion so that he would become effective weapon of warfare to avenge the enemy of God called Satan (Ps 8:2). However, man in his folly and blindness craves for self-will and lost it all to Satan who began to prey him, after all, man is a dust and the meal of Satan is dust. Man is relational in nature. He is wired to relate, commune and to crave for encounters. His instinct creates hunger for spiritual realms. His body hunger for the worldly things.

The conflict between the two is the dilemma of man. Though he was separated from God, he still thirsts for God. In his hunger to seek for higher order and spiritual relationships, man slips into error of idolatry. He conjures anything together for worship. God is not anything. He is a Spirit and he that must worship Him must do this in spirit and in truth. To come into the spirit realm is the problem of man. No wonder man begins to seek for an intermediary. For this reason, God had to find individuals with whom He can communicate personally, and then speak to the rest of the human race through them. Through the ages, God has raised up special people called patriarchs and prophets to be His spokesmen to mankind. The first of such individuals was Abraham and he was first addressed as prophet in Genesis 20:7. “Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are yours”. Abraham was addressed as prophet not because he can pray but basically because he was an inspired person. Abraham is one of the individuals in which God used to communicate his thoughts to the world. His wife was taken away by Abimelech the king. Abimelech will die except he restores the wife of the Prophet. His life depends upon the restoration of the wife of Abraham. It is instructive to note that Abraham was addressed as prophet not because he prays but because he was called to an inspired life that pointed to the programme of God for man. The type of Abraham prophetic life was parabolic. He was not a “thus says thy LORD” prophet. Abraham however acted prophetically about “things” to come. He was a shad-

ow of what should be the life of believers in Christ. Firstly, he was asked to depart from his father’s house and go to a new land which God would show him. This is a prophetic rehearsal of the life of believers in Christ. It indicates the separation from the worldly affections, influence and their joining with Christ in marriage. “Wherefore, come out from among them, and be ye separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you” (2 Cor. 6:17). This is the basic principles that opposite cannot fellowship together. The contrast between the worlds where Abraham was coming from is still the same contrast with the present world in which we live today. Since Abraham could not survive his relationship with God in Mesopotamia, his departures from it foreshadow what is expected from us the believers in Christ. Another parabolic statement of Abraham was the sacrifice of Isaac his beloved son. Isaac was a symbol of Christ of God – the Lamb of God that was hanged on the cross for redemption of man. It was indicative of God’s love for man and the expected reciprocation of such love in obedience. The demand of God is that man should deliberately offer his own life as a living sacrifice (Rom. 12:1). Abraham acted it, signifying the expectation of God from believers in Christ. In summary, the prophetic attitudes as we see it in the Bible are not playing out amongst the prophets of today. Most Prophets emphasised on prayers rather than the need of man which is his restoration unto God. Those who called themselves prophets today are wolf preying on innocent people. •Pastor Bola Bello – The Priesthood House, bolabelo@gmail.com 08033704564

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e live in an astonishingly amazing world. Psalm of David, 111 verse 2 say: “The works of the Lord are great”. They are indeed extraordinary, but we sometimes gloat over the works of His hands and sometimes ascribe more to science than to the Creator who in the beginning created all things by His power. Today I want to take us through some scientific analysis and observations about some animals that will astound you but in the end put more value in you as a creation of God. We begin with the Eagle. The various species of this bird are admired the world over as living symbols of power, freedom, and transcendence. They can fly as high as 10,000 feet and can travel at about 90 miles per hour. Even the Holy Bible confirms their extraordinary power through the words of the Prophet Isaiah in Chapter 40 verse 31 “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” God specifically told the children of Israel that in bringing them out of Egypt, He bore them on the wings of Eagles. What a credential for an ordinary bird. Let us consider the Raven, far smaller in size to the Eagle, and not in any way as strong. We are made to realize through scientific observations that the Raven is an extremely smart bird that can use logic to understand its surroundings, according to researchers from Canada

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erse 4: and Jehoshaphat said, is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides that we might enquire of him? Now listen church, you have to catch this picture, just give me a few minutes. Now listen, church you have to catch this picture because that is why we are here. In Israel, before you go to battle, you must go and enquire from the prophet. And I want you to imagine that as apostate and as abominable in Ahab who, he still had prophets that were around him, four hundred of them. And Jehosphat told him. Now that we are going, let us go and enquire. Ahab immediately said. I have prophets. He gathered them; four hundred prophets, not four. He asked them to enquire if he will be victorious in the battle. Four hundred of them said the same thing. Because of time, I will just tell you the story. You just go and read it on your own.

They told him to go and that he will be victorious in battle. Four hundred of them said the same thing but Jehosphaphat still looked at him and said. Apart from this four hundred, don’t you have any more prophets? Why would Jehosphapt still ask for another prophet when four hundred had prophesied the same thing? I think the Bible says in the mouth of two or three witnesses, let the matter be established. Four hundred had already spoken. Ahab said there was one named Micaiah who he said never said anything good about him. But Jehosphapt asked him to invite Micaiah

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‘Fearfully and wonderfully made’ and Scotland. With one of the largest brains among birds, this clever cousin to the crow can make other animals work for him. They also have great problem-solving abilities and can be extremely wily when it comes to finding food. The raven was the first bird that Noah sent out of the Ark (Genesis 8:7) but instead of bringing back a report went its way foraging for food. The same bird took the instructions of God and fed the Prophet Elijah by the River Kishon with Bread in the morning and Meat in the evening. (1Kings 17: 2-6) Let us visit the depths. Dolphins are equally extraordinary animals. In those days when sea navigation was cumbersome and difficult, sailors had reported Dolphins leading Ships in difficult waters to safe harbours and in some cases had actually saved humans form the attacks of Sharks. Lori Marino, one of the world’s leading dolphin experts, conducted MRI scans of a dolphin’s brain, which concluded that the mammal has a brain that is four to five times larger for its body size in comparison to other animals of similar size. Marino also conducted behavioral studies that suggest that dolphins can actually recognize themselves in a mirror, understand symbol-based communication systems, and acquire cultural learning. From the depths also, Octopuses have been found to exhibit short and long term memory and excellent problem-solving skills in experimental conditions. They have also been found to possess special abilities to defend themselves from predators. Coming home, the “common” cat are said to be extremely intelligent hunters because they possess acute sensory abilities. Those of us that grew up with cats around us would remember how they luck in corners and pounce on rats. However beyond this, science has made us realize that a cat’s brain beats even our latest gadgets. According to “Scientific

American”, a cat’s brain has 1,000 times more data storage than an iPad and works a million times faster. Difficult to swallow? Having talked about Cats, it is important to talk about their “good friends” Rats. We are made to realize this highly intelligent rodent is brilliant at taking advantage of procedural loopholes overlooked by humans, otherwise how do they find themselves into our homes and how do they climb impossible places? Into the forests, the Bonobos similar to chimpanzees in terms of behavior, we are made to realize can understand spoken language and can also use sign language and symbols to express themselves. According to National Geographic, the Bonobo Kanzi can “talk” to his human researchers with his symbol-communication board. He has even invented his own combinations of symbols to communicate. Innovation or out of the boz thinking you would call that. The squirrels are very small animals like the rats. According to a study published in “Science Daily,” gray squirrels have the ability to learn from their peers, especially when it comes to stealing food. They can also recognize other squirrels as potential food thieves. And to the biggest of them all, the Elephants. Research says that they have large brains weighing about 11 lbs. (5 kg) or more. The journal “Scientific American” reported that “After decades of observing wild elephants—and a series of carefully controlled experiments in the last eight years—scientists now agree that elephants form lifelong kinships, talk to one another with a large vocabulary of rumbles and trumpets, and make group decisions; elephants play, mimic their parents, and cooperate to solve problems; they use tools, console one another when distressed, and probably have a sense of self.” A look at the insect world brings Bees to the

fore. Researchers say that bees are smarter when in a hive. Blessed with exceptional navigational skills, they have the ability to find nectar and flowers repeatedly. Also, they have a very interesting way of making decisions— according to “Science Daily”, bees reach a decision after a democratic dance-off. These are just tips of the iceberg. They look astounding enough but as a Christian, have you ever thought about these things and how you stand? Have you ever wondered how and why David was able to save his Lambs from the Lion and the Bear or how Daniel overcame the Lions in the den or how it was that Jonah did not perish inside the great fish (Whale)? The Bible says in Genesis 1:26-27 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Furthermore in Psalm 8:3-5, the Bible tells us: “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.” And to crown it all, Psalm 139:14 says: “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” •Apostle Pastor Akinyele Aluko is the Shepherd of the English Service Chapel, Cherubim & Seraphim Movement Church, Surulere Sub-Headquarters, Ayo Ni O.e-mail: eyealuko2002@yahoo. co.uk, 08050463889.

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so that they can also hear from him. They sent for him. The messenger that went told Micaiah that four hundred prophets, four hundred doctors of divinity, four hundred General Overseers, four hundred mighty preachers with branches all over the world had already prophesied that Ahab will go to battle and come back victorious. So don’t go and say anything to the contrary. This is because you are always saying something different Micaiah responded that. As the Lord liveth, it is only what God tells me that I will say. He went. On getting there, Micaiah did not do as he will always do before prophesying. As soon as he got there, he told Ahab that he can see what is clearly written. Go, the Lord will be with you and you see what is clearly written. Go, the Lord will be with you and you will be victorious. He was about to go when Ahab told him. I told you to say only what the Lord had told you concerning me. Do you want the truth?, asked Mechaiah. Well, I see Israel scattered like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said let them return to their homes. Ahab responded, Jehoshaphat, I told you that this man will not say anything good concerning me. Jehoshaphat responded, you said you want the truth, this man has told you the truth and you are annoyed. One of the popular prophets named Zedekiah was so annoyed with Micaiah Remember, when they were prophesying before Micaiah came, he was so sure. He took horns made of brass, which were shinning shook them, went into the spirit, danced before the king before giving the prophecy. You will pursue them (the Syrians), you will succeed. How can Micaiah come and say he is lying? How can he come and speak contrary

to what they have spoken? He stood up went to Micaiah and slapped him. You useless man, when did the spirit of God leave me and prophesy by you? Is it not the same thing the denominations are saying about us? Where is the Bride Assembly people who are talking nonsense? Warn your pastor, what do they know about the Gospel? I stood here on the road with one of the General Overseers one time and he was saying he will teach me Bible. I said thank you. I said it’s true. I am still learning. You have finished learning. Praise God for you. I am learning every day. I agree you can teach me. Amen. They believe they know more than us because they have more members. Zedekiah slapped Micaiah. Micaiah told Zedekiah, okay, don’t worry wait and see, the day will come when you will run to hide. That day you will remember that God has spoken. Ahab commanded that Micaiah be bundled and thrown into prison keep him there until I came back from the battle. Micaiah responded; ‘that is if you ever came back from the battle’. Oh glory to God! As I was saying a true prophet does not argue. A true prophet will just say. Thus saith the Lord. If you slap him, that is your problem. If you kick him, that is your concern. He has told you, thus says the Lord. It is not that he does not have hand or power to retaliate. Micaiah was looking at a man who was already dead. And when he (Micaiah) was standing there, a vision broke forth and then the mystery was explained. What happened? As soon as Ahab made up his mind to go for that battle, a meeting was held in heaven by God with the hosts of heaven. And they gathered the angels all the hosts of heaven gathered and God was telling them who will go and

make Ahab to go to this battle so that he will die there? Who will make him to go? That is where we are coming now. This one brought this idea, that one brought that idea. Various ideas were brought but none worked. The Bible says, a lying spirit appeared and came into their midst. Remember, a lying spirit does not live in heaven. Because the Bible says, Satan goeth to and fro like a roaring lion seeking whom he will devour. When he came to Job, the same meeting was going on, ah Satan where are you coming from? Where did he say he was coming from? To and fro, meaning I have no address. Do you have any work for me? Is there a place you want to send me to? I am around. Remember, he is a servant of God. Satan is a servant of God! Hallelujah! And so that lying spirit as the meeting was going on, he decided to come. What are you people saying? Is there anything I can do? Is it concerning Ahab? I know what to do. God asked him, what is your idea? How will you make Ahab to go to that battle so that he will die? We said, I will go and possess his prophets and cause them to prophesy lies to him. That is where we are going. “THE SPIRIT OF DELUSION.” The four hundred of them were receiving revelations as they often receive. They were genuine prophets and they were prophesying. But the spirit with which they were prophesying was what? A lying spirit! Why? So that Ahab, who is the target will believe their lies and end up dead. Ahab knew that what Micaiah was saying was the truth. •Pastor Moses Alu; The Bride Assembly, Odofin Park Estate, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Ijesha Bus stop 08033524903 : Email: pastormosesalu@yahoo.com

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his week as I conclude this series, I want to talk more on the use of your authority through the word and confirm to you that regardless of what you are going through there is hope for you.

The name of Jesus is recognised in the three worlds, that is, Heaven, Hell and Earth. That name carries supernatural authority that is far above whatever you are going through now. No problem dares that name. No accusation dares it. Poverty is afraid of the name of Christ. Money answers to that name. Sickness and disease bow before that name. Debts are settled when that name is mentioned. Knowing this will keep you on top. Learn to decree. Any authority that is not made known does not carry power. You can’t hide an authority and see the effect in the open. The power of any authority is in its declaration. Speak out your authority. Declare your authority with boldness. Tell the devil that he has no right over you anymore. Tell the devil that he has lost his grips over your life when Jesus defeated him over two thousand years ago. In the realm of the spirit, it is those that know how to decree that the devil respects and not those that have degree from the University. Any degree that is not backed with the decree of the Spirit is a mere certificate. Your problems expire easily when you are inspired by the word of God, through which you exercise your authority. Hey have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they Have dug a pit before me, into the middle whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. Psalm 57:6 There is no satanic net that is prepared against you that should move you because God has made you to reign over the enemy. No one can plot against you and succeed because your father God owns the entire universe and He watches over you. Be conscious of who you are in Christ. That someone boastfully threatens by telling you that “You will see, does not mean the person has dug a grave for you. As a

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matter of fact, no one can possibly harm you without the permission of God and you know that, God will never hurt you. No one should be a threat to you. I had a personal experience when I was still working as a civil servant. It happened one day, that the principal of the school where I was working as a class teacher called me, and told me that, “I am sacked.” He said this based on the authority of his office. But I smiled before him and answered, yes sir. But I also told him that, Sir, you are also sacked. He stared at me with a sense of bewilderment. With boldness I made my degree before him and thereafter, I left his office. He was surprised of hearing that bold statement from me but I made the decree without any form of fear and he was sacked according to the word of my mouth. God did not allow my words to go unperformed hence the man was shamefully sacked according to the degree of my mouth. The question is: what if I left the principal’s office begging and perhaps asking other staff to help me to beg him? What could have happened, had I resolved to

weep all through the nights because of the threat of being sacked? Perhaps the principal would have thought otherwise and even elongated his stay in the office. But my boldness showed him the right way. My decree disgraced him and the name of God was greatly glorified. No one should be a threat to you. No situation should pose a threat to you. No one should be able to put tears on your face. Be courageous to deal with the devil because he is a defeated foe. Jesus has defeated him for you. You now live in God and God is also in you (Colossians 1:27). For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. Proverbs 24:16 There is a rising for you regardless of the number of times you have fallen. God is ever ready for your lifting. But the wicked ones will always fall into their mischief. God is interested in seeing you at the top of your joy and He will be happy to do that for you. God is your Shepherd and He is ever ready to lead you through the way of peace. Be assured that there is hope for you. There is hope for you Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier: and they that bore him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, that a great prophet is risen up among us; and, that God has visited his people Luke 7:12-16 The story of the woman in the above scripture is a practical example that could best illustrate our point. She was a widow who had lived without husband. She was

left as a single parent when her husband died. Her only hope was her child. This child was an only child. The boy was her only source of joy. Her hope was in that boy. The boy was to perpetuate the paternal heritage of the family. But when the devil wanted to steal the joy of this woman, what he did was to steal her child by killing him. Her hope was shattered through satanic attack. It was as if her child was never going to live anymore but the Master of hope did not leave her alone. Her God showed up for her. That God is still your God. The boy died and was set to be buried. It implied that the joy of that woman was to be sent to the grave before Jesus intercepted them. When Jesus saw her, He had compassion on her. He took note of her and restored her dead child back to life. Jesus did not allow the power of the grave to over-empower the boy. He disgraced the grave and restored the boy back to grace. Nothing will die in your life, in the name of Jesus. There shall be no burial in your house. No power of grave will keep you in captivity. Your joy will be restored back, in the name of Jesus. Jesus will show up in your affairs. He will ever fight anything that is fighting your life and destiny. He will wipe away all your tears. Prophetic instruction: Lift up your right hand and declare this upon your life: That, there is hope for you. Say it as many times as you can until the real picture of it is formed in your mentality. There is hope for you. God has not left you alone. He has always been there for you. What you called your last hope might not be God’s conclusion. There is hope for your education. There is hope for your job. There is hope for the peace of your home. There is hope for the possibility of that project that you want to embark upon. There is hope for you. •Bishop Joshua Kolawole Opayinka is the presiding Bishop of Glorious Tabernacle International located Behind Ondo State Cultural Centre, Akure, Ondo State capital. Share your testimonies and prayer points with me at: O8060297831joshuakolawoleo@yahoo. com

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Youths called to open their minds to new opportunities …as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints holds business fair ODINAKA URUAKPA

xperts in the fields of monogramming, solar energy, interior designing, shoemaking and work force have called on youths and people in the country to stop looking for non-existent white collar jobs, but rather venture into these fields they look down on and discover the hidden treasures and opportunities which abound in them.

Addressing participants at the business fair organised by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Chief Executive Officer of Angels Monogram, Mrs. Christy Odetola, listed four reasons people lose in life as being myopic to opportunities, looking down on

opportunities, lack of understanding and failure to act quickly to what they have heard. “If you hear things and you don’t understand, you should be able to act on it by asking questions and getting ready to learn. One of the challenges we have is that the youths of these days are not ready to learn; they want to make quick money; they learn halfway and then move to another place and by the time they get there, they spoil the machines that is why it take at least three months to learn this trade”, she noted. Also speaking on the occasion, Fred Attah, a solar energy expert revealed that solar energy, which is energy gotten from the sun could be harvested using special tools called solar panels

and the harvested energy is used for different purposes which include electrification, driving refrigerators for health purposes, driving water from boreholes, drying crops and a host of other uses. While speaking at the fair, Self Reliant Services Manager for Lagos Area of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, Charles Adebayo claimed that the aim of the church organizing such a programme is to assist the members to become spiritually and economically self reliant by bringing resource persons from diverse fields to expose them to the many opportunities, from which they can tap from. “After the general session, we had break-out sessions from that, a lot of them will certainly be interested in one

or two trainings, we encourage them to go ahead and pursue those trainings. For those that are interested, but do not have the financial capability to go ahead to acquire the training, we support them by providing them with soft loan with which they can do the training”, he said. He further stated that the training is open to members and non-members, but only members of the church would be supported financially. “It is from the contributions from the church that we are using to do this. We organize this at least twice yearly, we did one in Ibadan last December, we had one here in Lagos last April, we are having this one now and we are hoping to have another one between August and September this year”, he revealed.

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he doctrine of the church his already been dwelt upon, in out remain to be noticed here. And, first, we may observe, that Joseph’s Egyptian bride was intimately known only to herself. Thus it is with the church, the bride of the lamb. She is gathered to Christ to be the sharer, at once, of his rejection and his glory. It is Christ position should ever character to her walk. If we are gathered to Christ it is as exalted in glory, and not as humbled down here. ‘Henceforth known no man after the flesh; yea; though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more’ ( 2 cor. 5:16). The church’s gathering – point is Christ in glory – ‘I lifted up from the earth, will draw al unto me’ (john 12:32).

There is far more of practical value in the clear apprehension of this principle than might, at first sight, appear. It is ever the aim of Satan, as it is the tendency of our heats, to lead us to stop short of God’s mark in everything and especially in the centre of our unity as Christians. It is a popular sentiment that ‘the blood of the lamb which forms their center of unity. Now, that is the

union of saints” i.e. it is the blood which forms their center of unity. Now, that is the infinitely precious blood Christ which sets us individually as worshipers in the presence of God is blessedly true. The blood, therefore, forms ms the divine basis of our fellowship with God. But when we come to peak of the center of out unity as a church we must see that the Holy Ghost gathers us to the person of a risen and glorified Christ; hrist; and this grand truth give character as Christians. If we take lower ground than han this, if we gather round an ordinance e however important or round a truth however indisputable, we make something ing less than Christ our center. Hence, it is more important tant to ponder the practical consequences es which flow out the truth of our being gathered to a risen and glorified head in the heavens. If Christ were on earth, h, we should be gathered to him here: but in as much as he is hidden in the heavens, the church takes her character from his position there.

Hence, Christ could say, “they are not of the world ‘ and again, ‘ for their sakes I sanctified myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth’ (john 17:16,19) so also in peter 1 peter we read, ‘to whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God. And precious ; ye also , as lively stone are built up a spiritual house, a holy priest-

hood to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ’ (chap 2:4-5). If we are gathered to Christ, we must gather to him as he is and where he is: and the more the spirit of God leads our souls into the understanding of his, the more clearly we shall see the character of walk that becomes us. Joseph’s bide was united to him, not in the pit or the dungeon, but in dignity and glory of his position in Egypt; and in her case, we can have no difficulty in perceiving the vast difference between the two positions. Pastor Ade-David

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lthough the internet and social media can foster intimacy in a marriage, it seems to do more harm than good. Facebook and other social networking sites can certainly connect you with long-lost friends. But Facebook can also help disconnect you from your better half. The site, which boasts more than 350 million active users, is mentioned by name in almost 32 per cent of divorces. Divorce because of Facebook, or Twitter is a growing problem. Researchers also found that, in general, Facebook is “a positive, significant predictor of divorce rate and spousal troubles.

Digital infidelity is one of the major things that occur when people use social media and other electronic communication to cross marital boundaries. This can take the form of suggestive chatting or picture messaging, or when you emotionally bond through email with someone other than your spouse. Because of the physical separation, couples may not necessarily view this as “real” infidelity – but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous than a physical encounter. “When the contact is over the phone, email or online, people don’t immediately see the warning signs of emotional infidelity. Blend of physical separation and instant connectivity enables people to disconnect from everyday life and engage with another human being. “With access to an old flame’s profile, contact info, pictures and private ways to communicate with one another, a brief trip down memory lane can turn into camping out, reminiscing over memories and rebuilding the emotional bonds that once existed,” Sola, then married with two kids, says she got hooked on Facebook five or six years ago. She was trying to build up an event planning

business. “I was spending sometimes 4 or 5 hours a day…when I should have been cooking dinner or reading to my kids or watching a movie with my husband or just talking to my husband.” She began to post picture after picture of herself, acquired 5,000 Facebook friends and a thousand followers. Gradually, her husband discovered she was trading messages with exboyfriends. The battles began. “Okay so you dated this guy… and you’re friends with him? And you’re messaging him?” said the husband. The marriage ended. It’s not the only one. A growing number of divorcing spouses blame social media for playing a part in their divorce. Consider this recent divorce tale: A man told his wife he was going to visit his mother. His wife found his picture that weekend on Facebook in another town with his girlfriend. On the other hand, social media websites can have a positive impact on a relationship. Facebook, for example is such a great way to enhance relationships; (1) for starting off relationships. (2) to keep in touch with family and friends. It’s really a great force for good in the world when it comes to staying connected with extended family and friends. Social media provide great ways for sharing details of your life with friends and family. One tends to be closer with a lot of relatives than be otherwise and that’s a good thing. But l will want you to note these:A. For some couples, the time spent on social networking is excessive. Instead of spending time on household or relationship priorities, too much emphasis is given to sitting around looking at the computer, checking out Facebook or Twitter. I am not saying that social media is bad, however, like most things, it is better in moderation. B. Connecting with people from your past can cause issues such as a lack of trust and honesty in a relationship. Writing messages is seen by many as a harmless means of communicating, but just because the contact is not personal, as in, face-to-face, does not mean that the messages wouldn’t be hurtful to a spouse or misconstrued as flirting or more than just innocent chatting. C. Exposing all about you on the media.

Some spouses even find out about a partner’s affairs or extra-marital activities via social websites. Despite that everything on the world wide web isn’t factual. Sometimes words or posts or messages that are written are false, or simply misconstrued (just because you read it on the internet, does not make it true). D. Unfortunately, there are people out there who will purposely use social media to cause trouble, and there are many examples of this sinister side of social media. The many fictions associated with social media can quickly cause a rift between a couple and lead to even bigger problems (such as divorce) down the road. E. Sharing stories, dreams or fears with someone else instead of your spouse – foster more intimacy with the outside person and create emotional distance between you and your spouse. Kemi had told Richard that she felt burnt out as a stay-at-home mom and isolated from more engaging and analytical people. “It was less about the passion and more about the emotional and intellectual growth that spurred me to continue the contact,” she recalls. I agree that social networking is linked to marital happiness cheating and divorce. Social media makes it much easier to have emotional and physical affairs. On the other hand times are changing and we live in a digital era where everything is accelerating continuously. Social media is increasingly a part of our daily lives and cutting off all use is not a realistic solution. Therefore I will want you to consider the following points so as to balance things up. 1. Make Rules Together – Sit down with your partner and agree to some rules for what you both think should be taking place. By creating rules together you both know what is expected and you’ll have a better chance of actually building trust. 2. Transparency - No secrets; put everything on the table. Give your partner all of your access codes and passwords. On your social networking site, make your partner your first friend along with their family members and their friends. The more they can see what you’re doing, the more likely they are to trust you.

3. No Ex’s - I personally believe you should have a Do Not Call List of certain people that you should no longer have contact with; namely ex-boyfriends and girlfriends or anyone you’ve had chemistry with or been in past relationships with. Don’t play with fire. 4. Create and Honour Couple Time – Don’t spend time online with other relationships when you could be building your closest relationship. Couple time should always trump Facebook time. 5. Schedule! - Online relationships have the habit of expanding to fill the time allotted. If you schedule an hour it will take an hour, if you allow 3 hours it will take 3 hours. Schedule a specific time when you will be online and end it at that time. 6. Set Limits - Social networking sites are just as addictive as video games, surfing the web, watching sports and texting. Set limits for how much, when and where you can go online so your addictions don’t create problems for your marriage. Limits allow you to exercise character and can help you show your partner how important he or she really is to you. 7. Focus on the positive - Commit to only discussing the positive things about your partner when online. Never allow yourself the latitude to discuss your partner’s negative traits or your personal problems with others, no matter how close you feel to them. 8. Share what you are learning – The information you learn about friends and others can be very interesting which is what draws so many to social networking sites. Share some the “gossip” with your partner so you can both feel involved in the lives of your friends. 9. Listen to your partner’s concerns – When one partner feels that enough is enough you must listen. Social networking is something that should enhance your relationship and not detract from it. When one person has a problem, you both have a problem that must be understood and resolved together. •You can send in your QUESTIONS and the Holy Spirit will be set to give you the ANSWERS. Barr. (Mrs.) Favour Tioluwani Tel: 08050272259 or 07062738213. Email: letsgobible@gmail.com

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Sunday June 7, 2015

Your pathway to successful life Prophet Lai Bamidele, General Overseer of Christ Glorious End-time Evangelical Ministry, AbuleEgba, Lagos, in this exhortation, teaches on the need to lead a good life. Excerpts:

hen you give the devil attention, he will give you direction. There is no free gift in life; any free gift has a hidden agenda.

There is no success without sacrifice. You must be awake when others are asleep if you want to get to the top. Deut 31:6 -8 Every truth twisted or trampled upon can only grow stronger by time. It is sweat plus sacrifice that equals success. • Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out, Deut 31:23. Remember that your life is your message to the world, make it inspiring. • Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful in life. 1. You must be strong 2. You must be courageous 3. You must be fearless 4. You must be lover of God and his words. Service is not coming to the church on Sunday and other days of worship, but on active involvement in the advancement and promotion of God’s affairs with the gifts God has given to you. Faithfulness is a major ingredient for kingdom service. Service promotes and brings honour. Until you stand up for God

Endtime Revelation with Bishop Bernard

Ojemeni (JP) Revelation. 3:1 -6

ast week, we saw how the church of Pergamos in Revelation 2:12 -17, which church age dated A.D 312 is the Origin of Roman Catholic Church. This is when Christianity became a state religion following the proclamation of Emperor Constantine that there should be no more persecution of Christians in Roman Empire (The empire rule the world then) and everybody is a Christian. This is the period when the church became move Roman and less Christian.

This gave room to the introduction so many doctrines that are not scriptural as well as the traditions of men which render the word of God of none effect. Mark one truth everyone who wants to make Heaven must believe is that the church of Jesus Christ started in Jerusalem and not in Roman. Acts1:8. And that Apostle Peter was never the Bishop of Roman seeing that the Roman Catholic began in about A.D 312 as state religion. I also treated the church Thyatira. Revelation 2:18 – 29 which church age dates back to A.D 606. It is the church of dark ages when more unscriptural doctrines were added to the church. Today, I would like us to look at the church of Sardis with church age dated back to A.D 1520. Revelation 3:1-6 “To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b] of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have

you cannot stand out in life. Those who seek God for bread and butter will end up becoming bitter. Those who serve God for who He is will become better. John 6:26-28. Stop serving God conditionally, ‘movementally’, occasionally, temporarily. Serve him continually and eternally. Are you a commentator, a speck inspector, a septic, a critic Ps 1:1-13. Commitment is not just doing a thing but caring about what you do and how you do it. Ps 92 :13-14 Kingdom service simply means using your divine endowment in promoting God’s kingdom on earth. Commitment means to be sold out in service to God; it is your commitment to the things of God that determines how distinguished you will become in life. 1. Obedience to God – John 14:15; you cannot keep his commandments without obeying him. 2. You must make yourself available and be punctual. You must arrange your schedule and priorities to make God first. You are committed if you don’t choose when to come for service and meetings, but when stipulated.

3. You must be enthusiastic, express your commitment with joy concerning any service in God’s house, until you are exited you cannot excel. Ps 122:1 4. We must have love for God. 1 John3:18, 1 John 2:5, 15:16. When you love God you will keep his commandments and serve him with your resources. 5. You must walk with God, learn to choose his ways and not your ways’ Isaiah 55:8. If you come to church and you don’t pay your tithe, you have not chosen the right way. Zach 3:7 6. You must have the fear of God in you. When you choose not to sin, you have chosen the fear of God, which is an indication of your commitment to God. Romans 12:1. You cannot be committed to God and committed to sin, Prov 16:6b. When you make God your commander, you will remain in command. When you honour God for who he is, he will make you to be honoured. Rendering acceptable service unto God Kingdom service simply means making useful contribution for the advancement of the kingdom of God on earth. Mal 3;18.

Pastor Bamidele

There are three types of service: spiritual service, physical service and financial service. When you serve God with a sincere heart, then you are on your way to the top. It is the level of your commitment to his kingdom and service that determines the level of your greatness in life. “We are in “master” crazy generation where everybody wants be a master, only a few people want to remain as servants. •For counselling, contact: Pst_lai@yahoo. com.

The church of Sardis 1520 – Tribulation Bishop Bernard Chukwuma Mbamalu Ojemeni, General Superintendent of Endtime Believers’ Ministry Inc, in this piece, gives an insight into the New World Order. Excerpts: received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. 4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. It is dead church though it claims to be living. It was during the period of reformation when Martin Luther protected against the Roman Catholic Church. The reformation leaders began well, they did not proceed to complete the works of reforming the church but stopped for short of scriptural standard. Christ’s Commendation: I know thy works, that thou livest indicates that there were some life in the church. Certainly those who placed their faith in Jesus Christ lived. Christ’s Condemnation: “Thou…. Art dead”. The ritual and ceremony of the reformation church of the affected the true spiritual life of the church thereby rendering it ineffective in the hand of the master. Christ’s Counsel 1. Be watchful 2. Strengthen the things remain 3. Remember therefore how thou hast received and hear. 4. Hold fast…. 5. Repent The church of Philadelphia AD. 1750 – Rapture Revelation. 3:7 -13 It is the church of the rapture. The church Christ loved. Philadelphia means brotherly love. The church of Philadelphia is character-

ized by a spirit of Revival that promotes evangelism mission. It is a mark of a church that is on fire of revival. We had series of Revival in 18 century during this period we refer to Philadelphia church age in Europe and the British Isles spreading even to America. These revivals in turn produced what is known today as the Modern Missionary Movement (M.M.M.). Notable revivalists of that period were men like William Carey, Adoniram Judson, David Livingstone, Jonathan Go forth and many others going out to Africa, China, Japan, Korea, S. America and the Island of the sea. For instance, an English shoe cobbler was so much burdened with lost souls in India that in 1793 he became the 1st foreign missionary to India. Two reasons for missionary movement 1. The printing of the Bible in the languages of the people now motivated these men to take the gospel to the people in obedience to the Lord’s command Mark. 16:15 – 17. 2. The increased interest in the study of the doctrine of the 2nd coming of Christ. Around 18c the doctrine of pre-millennial return of Christ revived. This teaching contributed to the consecrated and separated life of the church in preparation for the 2nd coming or her Lord’s return. She is willing to do whatever He commands. Also in 19th and early 20th century. We also saw some pockets of Revivals by people like Maria Woodworth Etter (Demonstrator of the Holy Spirit) she featured under the 3rd great awakening. Angels came into her room. They took her to the West, over prairies, lakes, forests and rivers where she saw a long wide field of waving golden grain. As the view unfold, she began to preach and saw the grains begin to fall like sheaves. And she understood that to be the nature of God’s call

in her life. And she really saw people falling under anointing as she preaches. Evan Roberts was a great revivalist of the 3rd great awakening. He is from the coal mines of Southern Wales. He had an unmistakable dispensation of World-wide revival allotted to him. But because of inexperience, limited revelation and demonic control, his incredible ministry was cut short long before his time. One Mrs. Jessie Penn-Lewis, a social influential and wealthy woman from England deceived him. We have Charles F. Parham (The father of Pentecost). It is said of him that when he proclaimed to the world in 1901, that speaking in tongues was the evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the Pentecostal truths of the early church were wonderfully restored. Born in Muscatine Lowa on 4th June, 1873, his parents – William & Ann Maria Parham moved to South Cheney Kansas. They are American Pioneers. The 1st 40 years of the 20th century were powerfully visited by this man’s Pentecostal message that changed the lives of thousands around the world. Then comes the legacy and ministry of Williams J. Seymour. His revival between 1906 and 1909 produced and exploded the Pentecostal Movement around the world in what is popularly known as Azusa Revival in Los Angeles. Azusa street became international centre of Revival. Today many denominations attribute their founding fathers to the participants of Azusa. Demons Shakarian, Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship said his grandfather was a member of Azusa. •For further information, contact us at: Endtime Believers’ Ministry Inc.16/18, Johnson Street, off Kajola Street, Yakoyo, Lagos. Tel: 08023261219, 09095268897, 08036116881; Email: bishop.bernard@yahoo.com

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Hour of Change with Primate

Oyelowo “

eeping may endure for a night, but joy come in the morning’’. Psalm 30:5b

Nigeria gained her political independence in 1960 and she was recognized as a republic in 1963. However economic independence has been eluding her since then not on account of lack of buman and natural resources, but leadership since then has not deemed it fit to develop political will to transform the country to an industrial one. This accounted for a clamour for a change which gave ample opportunity for the opposition party in Nigeria to unseat the dominant party which has been in control since 1999 when Nigeria eventually returned to democratic rule. The leadership and followership have their

Chapel of Holiness and Testimony with Pastor K. I.

Bona

he final judgement of God Almighty placed on devil was phrased thus “….. it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel.” The seed of the woman, God was referring to, when he said that the seed of the woman shall bruise his head and the devil shall bruise his heel, was Jesus the Son of God.

God was telling the devil you have defeated this woman today, but a time shall come when the seed of the same woman you defeated shall crush you finally. Devil defeated the woman and the entire human race by pulling them down from the height of glory, honour and respect God had placed man – Romans 3:23 “Sin brought man down and made him to come short of glory of God. Do you see that the consequence of sin is always more grievous than the sin itself. Lust gives birth to sin, and sin, when committed gives birth to death: that was why, when God was judging man, who was the head of the woman, who was supposed to direct affairs of the family, hearing from God, not listening to his wife, God said – Genesis 3:17-19 “And unto Adam he said, because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying. Thou shalt not eat of it: curse is the ground for thy sake in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of the face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return” Among the judgements God gave to the three principal actors of Genesis chapter 3 , who were (a) The devil (b) The woman and (c) The man. The judgement on man was more severe and ended up with capi-

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A new dispensation in Nigeria (1) respective roles to play to return the country to her former place of pride in the committee of nations. The citizenry should cooperate with the authorities in the various levels of governance by praying for their success. The holy Bible enjoins us in Psalm 122:6-8 which says; ‘’Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy places. For my brethren and companions’ sakes, Iwill now say, peace with thee’’.(1 Timothy 2:1-3) Do not do any thing that is inimical to the well being of this country Every Nigeria should resolve in his mind to distance himself/herself from any act that is capable of bringing the country down. All illegal activities in forms of bunke ring, kidnapping, Boko Haram insurgency shall be dis-continued as these activities and the likes hamper the country’s growth and development. It is high time to place the country’s interest above our personal interest. (Psalm 137:5-6) Discharge your civic responsibility One of the citizen’s civic responsibilities is to pay tax of various forms imposed by the

authority. It is only in this country an average search of non-existing jobs. Psalm 122:9 says: Nigeria evades tax, but spends much on plea- ‘’Because of the house of the Lord our God I sure and social activities the government for will seek thy Good’’. (Ruth 1:16-17) Attitude toward work not providing social amenities for his enjoyNigeria masses should change their oriment. He believes that the authority can print any amount of money to prosecute the project entation toward work. My appeal goes to the civil servants to re-appraise themselves with forgetting about the negative implication of such a step which is hyper inflation. Romans a view to developing a new attitude toward 13:6-8 read thus: ‘’for this cause pay ye tribute their jobs. It is a known fact that civil service also: for they are God’s ministers, attending is the engine room that execute government continually upon this very thing. Render policy. The success or otherwise of any govtherefore to all their dues: tribute to whom ernment is determined by the level of comtribute is due; custom to whom custom: fear mitment exhibited by the work force. It is a known fact that many civil servants to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Owe no man anything but to love one another; for come to their respective offices late and leave earlier than their letters of appointments stiphe that loveth another hath fulfilled the law’’. ulated. They go about hawking one goods or Loyalty It is the quality of being faithful in one’s the other; and at the end of every month they support of somebody. Every Christian owes are expected to be paid for their non performa duty to be faithful to the government of his ing duty. This negative attitude toward work country. One of the ways to exercise our loyal- should be attacked head long. tyis obey the law put in place for effective ad•You can contact us at: ministration of the country. Buy made in NiThe Word of Life, Agbo Igbala Ti geria goods so that there will be employment opportunity for the learned and agile youths Kiish Aladura Church 70 Patey street who are parading the streets of Nigeria in Lagos State. Tel: 07040517413

The seed of the woman (4) tal punishment. Which is death. This is because God reasoned that man did not play his role well. He failed his responsibility in his family. He failed in his role to always teach his wife and guide her daily conduct through the word of God. Thus the woman had time to enter into a long conversation with the devil which ended in disaster. By the grace of God, in today’s teaching I would be talking on three vital issues. a) The seed of the woman that bruised the head of devil b) The sin the first man and woman on earth committed c) The reason why God was angry with Adam. The seed of the woman that bruised the head of devil In Isaiah 53:1-6 “Who hath believed our report and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground, he hath no form nor comeliness, and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we hid as it were our faces from him, he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray, and we have turned every one of his own way and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” The entire passage is the testimony of our Lord Jesus. It explained how he suffered for us on the Cross of Calvary. This suffering was what God referred to as “you will bruise his heel.” The word “you” is the devil. The pains and afflictions the devil and his agents afflicted him with on his way to crucifixion was the bruising of his heel. However, he finally bruised the head of the devil on the first day of the week after this crucifixion – Luke 24:1-6 “Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher. And they entered in and

found not the body of our Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold two men stood by them in shinning garments. And as they were afraid and bowed down their faces to the ground, they said unto them, why seek ye the living among the dead. He is not here, but is risen, remember how he spake unto you. “The resurrection of Jesus from the grace was the final hammer that crushed the head of devil. The two men that stood before the women with shining garments asked the women, why do you seek the living among the dead. He is not here, but has arisen as he had earlier told you. This is our hope is Christ. That if we die in him, we will also live in him. The Bible says, Christ in us is the hope of our glory. Dear child of God, do you have Christ in you. Without Christ in you, there is no hope of glory. The sin the first man and woman on earth committed The sin, the first man and woman on earth committed is called the sin of disobedience. By application it means all act of unrighteousness. That means, every sin one commits amounts to disobedience. When God says you should not commit fornication, or adultery, or you should not steal and you commit anyone of them you have disobeyed God by committing such. The sin of disobedience is a sin of doing what God said we should not do. Beloveth, where have you fallen, what has God instructed you not to do, you still do. Confess such and turn away from it now to avoid facing the bitter consequence, Adam and Eve faced. The Bible said because of their sin of obedience. God casted them out of the Garden of Eden. They were removed from where they were asked to dress and keep the Garden to the place, where they would till the earth. What a pathetic failure that was why the Bible said because of sin man came short of the glory of God. The reason why God was angry with adam God’s anger on Adam bordered on the fact that Adam made a choice of voices.

God had said to him do not eat of the fruit of this tree, the day you shall eat of it, the same day you shall die. Another voice told Adam you may have a taste of this fruit and see the difference from other fruits in this garden. Adam decided to obey the second voice which was the voice of devil through his wife. In Deuteronomy 30:19 “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing, therefore choose life that both thou and they seed may live.” Man is a free moral being. God has given us the option of choice. Whatever you like you choose. When you choose life you reap the fruit of life and no one would deny you of it. But if you choose death, you reap the fruit of death, you would not blame anyone, because it was your choice. Dear child of God, I charge you to shun any voice today directing you to do anything that would displease God and your conscience. May God be with you; to be continued next week. Testimony Deadly rashes on my baby disappeared After given birth to my new baby. Few days later, I discovered rashes coming out of the body of my baby. They were so many and covered her body I took my baby to hospital, medication of all sorts were given to my baby but the rashes refused to go. My little baby could not sleep, every night she cried. I decided to bring her to my pastor. My pastor carried her on his laps, and said these rashes were demonic. He prayed for my baby and told me that before 21 days from that day, the rashes would disappear. Brethren, according to the servant of God, before that 21 days all the rashes disappeared. Today my baby is sound and healthy, praise the Lord. Sis. Chinwe •ADDRESS: Pastor Kingson I. Bona, General Overseer Chapel of Holiness and Testimonies Ministries No. 6, David Egbetuyi Street, Fagbile Estate, Ijegun-Ikotun, Lagos. 08023404926, 08038206508, 09030284883 www.chapelofholiness. org

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Dana boss advises FG on MRO, multiple designations to foreign carriers OLUSEGUN KOIKI

he Managing Director, Dana Air, Mr. Jacky Hathiramani has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency ensure aerospace Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, MRO, facility for the Nigerian aviation industry. Hathiramani also advised the new administration to review the existing multiple designations allocated to foreign carriers, maintaining that such poli-

cy was affecting the growth of domestic carriers in the country. Speaking with journalists in Lagos, the Dana boss insisted that the establishment of MRO facility for local carriers would curb capital flight, stressing that the absence of the facility in Nigeria was depleting the nation’s foreign reserve. He explained that domestic carriers periodically take aircraft in their fleet to far countries for heavy maintenance of their aircraft, adding that such

funds would have remained in the country and used to develop the economy. On the multiple designations to foreign carriers, he decried that several international airlines fly into different cities in the country without reciprocity from Nigerian airlines. At present, no fewer than eight foreign carriers operate to multiple designations in Nigeria. Some operate to three destinations in the country. Hathiramani implored the new government to instead

encourage the international carriers to form alliances with the domestic operators to strengthen the sector. Dana boss also called on the Federal Government to create business-friendly aviation industry as high cost of aviation fuel, increasing interest rate, high cost of aircraft lease, high insurance cost and imposition Value Added Tax, VAT, on air transport are making the industry less attractive and lucrative. He maintained that the government should fur-

ther consider aviation fuel hedging for the domestic airlines to help them offset any possible losses in the short term while efforts are on to revamp the refineries. While decrying the current taxes paid on tickets, he called for provision of special intervention funds as single digit interest loans for airline operators. The initiative according to him would aid availability of working capital for the airlines and improved liquidity. He further urged President Buhari to appoint a

technocrat for the sector as a minister, arguing that aviation as a critical sector of the economy should have an industry technocrat as a minister, rather than a politician. He also commended Buhari for his integrity, passion, resilience as well as his determination to propel the sector forward. Hathiramani called on Buhari to deliver a welldesigned aviation network with potential huge benefits for users, as well as for growth and investment in the wider economy.

Stockbrokers laud SEC for new par value rule

he Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria, ASHON, has said that the new par value rule approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, would enhance liquidity at the nation’s bourse. Par value is the nominal value of a share as stated in the Memorandum of Association of an Issuer. ASHON President, Mr. Emeka Madubuike, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Lagos that modification of shares par value from 50k to one kobo would boost trading activities in dormant companies. Madubuike, who applauded the approval, said that stocks which had been on offer at the exchange because of 50k par value would witness increased activities with the implementation of the rule. He said that some of these stocks had been on offer because buyers were offering below 50k par value, noting that the rule would boost investors’ confidence in the stocks going forward. “Most stocks have been on offer for long because of the par value issue but if allowed to float the market will determine the price,” Madubuike said. The ASHON president said that investors would no longer carry shares

without seeing buyers once the rule was implemented. He said that the market conducted an extensive study on the issue which involved shareholders and operators before it was approved. NAN reports that SEC had on June 2 approved the par value rule submitted by the National Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The exchange in a statement issued to stockbrokers said that price of every share listed on the exchange would be determined by the market notwithstanding its par value. “Notwithstanding its par value, the price of every share listed on the exchange shall be determined by the market, save that no share shall trade below a price floor of one Kobo per unit,” NSE said. It said that the price floor of the company shares traded on the NSE has been revised to 1k from the previous price floor of 50k. Price floor is the amount below which the price of one unit of a share shall not be permitted to trade, and the minimum amount which must be paid for a share in the event of a drop in the unit price of that share.

L-R: GM, Enterprise Marketing, Enterprise Solutions, Mrs. Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka; Corporate Services Executive, MTN, Akinwale Goodluck; artist and MTN ambassador, Praiz and Sales and Distribution Executive and Acting Chief Enterprise Solutions Officer, Omatshola Barrow, during a classy dinner to celebrate MTN Business customers in Lagos at the weekend.

Council suggests new 4th Mainland Bridge for Lekki Port

hief Kunle Folarin, the Chairman, Port Consultative Council, PCC, has suggested the building of the Fourth Mainland Bridge for easy evacuation of cargo from the proposed Lekki Deep Seaport. Folarin made the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Lagos, as Maritime activities closed at the weekend He added that adequate transport corridors (rail, road and pipelines) should be put in place to serve the proposed port. The chairman said that this would save port operators the agony of traffic bottlenecks encountered

along the access roads to the Tin-Can Island and Apapa ports. The PCC chief said that the problem at the Tin Can Island port was due to the fact that the transport corridors to the port had become inadequate to handle traffic. “When you now build a port in Lekki, you must be thinking of how you empty the traffic that the port would generate. Will it join the existing level of traffic?” Folarin asked. The PCC chairman further suggested that there should be 11 lanes of dual carriageway; starting from the proposed port and creating a Fourth Mainland Bridge which would empty the traf-

fic through Lagos metropolis. NAN reports that the Lekki Deep Seaport is a 41-month project, expected to be inaugurated in 2019. When completed, the port could handle container vessels of up to 10,000 Twenty Foot Equivalent (TEUs) with an annual cargo throughput (imports and exports) capacity of 1.5 million tones. The project, which is expected to cost 1.6 billion dollars, is being built on a tripartite arrangement. The partners are: the Federal Government, represented by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) (20 per cent); Lagos State Government (18.5 per cent);

and Tolaram Group of Singapore (61.85 per cent). The port will also be equipped to handle 16.7 million tonnes of liquid cargo and 40 million tonnes of dry bulk cargo yearly. Meanwhile, NPA indicated in its publication- `Shipping Position’ that 36 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other commodities were being expected to arrive at Lagos ports from June 5 to June 21. It said that 17 of the expected ships would sail in with containers while the remaining 19 ships would arrive with kerosene, diesel, general cargo, fresh fish, bulk fertiliser, steel products and bulk wheat.

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Let’s unravel this Chibok girls’ abduction mess, please! (2) My point exactly!

NICK

UWERU E-mail: nickuweru@gmail.com 08182042961

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ive me 10 minutes with Shettima and I will give you the Chibok girls,” said Bala, the crack detective friend of mine I mentioned in the first instalment of this article.

By Shettima, he meant Kasheem Shettima, the Borno State governor, sworn in for a second term last week. Bala and I were rubbing minds on two key events of last Friday’s inaugural ceremonies across the country: That of President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB, and Shettima, himself. There was one meeting point in the inaugural speeches and consequent policy statements from both men that grabbed our interests. On the one hand, PMB, as part of his plan to tackle insurgency, says he is relocating the defence headquarters to Maiduguri, city capital of Borno, Shettima’s state to underscore his determination to tackle Boko Haram. The president even went as far as stating that there will be no victory until all the abducted 276 Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok (or what is left of them) are returned to their parents. But on the other hand, Shettima has a different idea altogether as to how to go about the war on terror. He wants PMB to consider granting amnesty to members of the insur-

gents who are ready to de-radicalize. I absolutely agree with PMB on the need to go on an all out war with Boko Haram at this stage. But as far as recovering the Chibok girls, a blanket military campaign will be a huge mistake. I say this because I am beginning to believe that the premises upon which the whole Chibok abduction case is built is all wrong. This, principally, accounts for why the Nigerian Special Forces couldn’t find the Chibok girls in Sambisa, the forest enclave believed to be the place the girls were being harboured by the insurgents. True, containing Boko Haram requires strong military campaign. But as far as bringing back our girls, military offensive should be complementary. What is required at this point is purely the old fashion police work. I still see the Chibok abduction as a simple case of kidnap, first and foremost. Therefore, in going about rescuing our girls, we must go back to the very beginning to re-examine the basic assumptions we had on the abduction. One, we know of the kidnap case because over 300 girls, against all grains of logic, common sense and security warnings were gathered in one single location by the state governor, the Chibok School authority and WAEC. We also learnt that the State governor provided money (‘one point something million naira,’ according to the school principal in an interview) for WAEC to organise the examination in the school despite an earlier warning from the exam body that it can only do so in Maiduguri, a more secure location. Strangely, according to some analysts, the money and logistics provided for WAEC could have safely taken the girls to Maiduguri, out of harm’s way, accommodated and fed them throughout their stay in

the state capital to write the exams. For me, these strange manoeuvres on the part of the state governor before the abduction of the girls raise a great deal of posers as to Shettima’s motive in funding the arrangement. It also raises the spectre of some black foot within his government who are either related to the abductors and should know about the missing girls. As it happens in most kidnap cases, there are always insiders who provide information to abductors. If we are able to get the possible insider who may have orchestrated the abduction of the girls by providing intel for the insurgents on the location and movement of the girls, it would give a direct access to the inner workings of Boko Haram’s abduction operations. By the way, why would Shettima ask that the insurgents be granted amnesty if they are ready to de-radicalize and not after they provide information on where the girls are? Why would the governor make such request of federal government if he wasn’t sure those girls can never be found? If I were a detective put on this case with sweeping powers from the federal government, I would badly need to have a crack at the State governor. And Shettima, if he has nothing to hide on this matter, must be ready to wave his immunity to answer some questions. Now, where, on God’s own earth, are the Chibok girls? The incursion by the Nigerian Special Forces in Sambisa though successful was unable to locate the girls. In the last two years, we have had just one proof of life shown to us by the insurgents’ authenticating Boko Haram’s claim to holding the Chibok girls. This was the famous footage showing some women in hijab and making

Quranic recitations. As gathered, less than 70 of the girls were identified by their parents at the state governor’s office after the footage was shown to them. So if less than 276 girls were seen on the clip shown by Abubakar Shekau, where are the rest of our girls? I have been reading up on the interviews from some of the girls who escaped from the convoy that took the girls away from the hostel accommodation in Chibok. There was this particular one done by BBC with graphic annotations on the sequence of the escape. The girls, one of them, while they were being ferried away by their abductors, confessed that she and some of her colleagues hatched a plot to overpower the sentry put in the truck conveying them away from Chibok. She said that the insurgent, even with his gun, looked scrawny. Far from the menacing impression of Boko Haram operatives no doubt enhanced, unfortunately, by media reportage, images from the account of some of the girls that escaped the clutches of Boko Haram depicts more of a ragtag militia. For me, this Boko Haram, as depicted by these girls, cannot hold 276 girls for over one year and even spirit them away during the onslaught by the Special Forces in Sambisa. What this suggests to me is quite simple. I am not sure Abubakar Shekau has the Chibok girls. Rather, some other renegade group with ties to Shekau and elements in Shettima’s government may have the girls. Once we are able to ascertain the motives of this element and the meeting point with that of Shekau, locating the Chibok girls will be easier. To be continued

Continuity in Lagos: As Ambode hits the ground running ABAYOMI JOHNSON

hat Lagos State is a centre of excellence both in name and indeed is not in doubt. What has worked for Lagos State in the last 16 years of Nigeria’s democratic experience is continuity in government. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who was the trail blazer as governor of Lagos State in the third republic laid a good foundation on which his predecessor, Babatunde Raji Fashola built. The newly sworn in successor of Fashola, Akinwunmi Ambode has taken the baton and is rearing to go and build more on the foundation of his predecessors. If you say Ambode has hit the ground running in just few days in office, you may not be wrong. What encouraged Lagosians who have no patience for sloppiness is Ambode’s inaugural speech which was a total package and powerfully delivered. Reactions to the speech across the world and especially on the social media has drawn applaud. The re-assuring part of the speech is where he recognised the potential of all Lagosians irrespective of age, sex, tribe or any other status, as long as they reside in Lagos. This is another way of telling all Lagosians he belonged to all of them.

The speech was a combination of his action plan for the unbroken chain of developmental efforts for the State as well as motivational for our youths whom he urged to dream and work towards the actualization of the dream adding that nothing is impossible if one is determined. A person’s background should never be a barrier to his success his life just as his own humble background has not been an obstacle to becoming the Governor of

Lagos State. He charged the youths in the following words, “I want our younger ones and children to draw some lessons from my story. Anyone of you can rise up to be the best you want to be”. This aspect of the speech is very moving and soul lifting for our despondent youths who think you cannot attain success if you are not a silver spoon kid. To show that his speech is not only rhetorics, he killed two birds with a stone with his first set of appointments when he put round pegs in round holes and displayed his detribalised nature as two of his appointees are non Lagosians. Mr. Tunji Bello who was a former Commissioner in the State and now the Secretary to the State Government and Mr. Abiodun Bamgboye his Principal Private Secretary are Lagosians while Olakunle Ojo, his Chief of Staff and former Permanent Secretary in Lagos State hails from Okemesi in Ekiti State and Habib Haruna, a veteran journalist and political analysts who was named his Chief Press Secretary is from Edo State. Ojo is a technocrat of note, easy going and very unassuming gentleman. Predictably and in the spirit of continuity, Ambode has keyed in to the State’s Development Plan spanning 2012-2025. The plan is structured under four pillars: (1) Social Development and Security; (2) Infrastructural Development; (3) Economic Development and (4) Sustainable Environment. The main thrust of the development plan is to embolden Lagosians to brace up for the challenges ahead as they have been doing with his predecessors and not to be deterred by the harsh economic challenges the rest of the country face today. In fact the

challenges should be enough ingredients to bring the best out of Lagosians who shall join the Governor to push forward and not look back in tackling poverty, ignorance and social decadence in the state. He promised to run an open government founded on new ideas of reducing the cost of government and a government of incentives and not of enforcements. As a retired Accountant General of the State, he is aware of the importance of the Civil Service as the main engine of growth and the implementer of government policies; therefore, he wasted no time in meeting with the Body of Permanent Secretaries in the State to intimate them of the impending reforms of the Civil Service. Being part of them, he has no problem in presenting his agenda to his former colleagues whose cooperation and understanding in sought especially in areas of harmonization of some Ministries. He plans to create new Ministries like Wealth Creation and Employment, Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment (LAGOS GLOBAL) and the Office of Civic Engagement among others. He explained to them that harmonization of Ministries is not duplication of Ministries as he is aware of the financial constraints of the State. He told his colleagues that they will drive the change he will bring about in the service while the reforms he would make would strengthen the civil service in the next four years. As if this budding governor could not wait for the new office of Overseas Affairs to be created, one of his first official duties was to receive the President of Namibia, Dr Hage Geingob whom he had fruitful

discussions with about the desirability of Lagos State as investors’ destination. He reiterated his plan to create an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment to render assistance to people from distance places who may require it in order to also attract Direct Foreign Investments into the State. Ambode’s first baptism of fire was the unfortunate tanker fire incident in Iyana Ipaja last Tuesday, which caused extensive damage to properties of Lagosians in the area. To assure the victims that they had a shoulder to rest on, he directed his officials to furnish him with the report of the incident in 48 hours within which he will do something to assist the victims. The choice of Akinwunmi Ambode as Governor of Lagos State may not be misplaced considering his background as an accountant who has a history of sound financial management. In this moment of national economic downturn and with the blueprint put in place by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, built upon by Raji Fashola, Ambode will no doubt consolidate on this as a financial expert to boot. He also knows that the expectations of Lagosians are high having been in the system (he surely knows where the bodies are buried) and there is no doubt he knows what is at stake as there is no excuse for failure. Lagosians don’t take excuses. But if a Yoruba adage which says that morning shows the day is anything to go by, Lagosians should expect glad tidings from the Ambode administration in the next four years. Johnson writes from Alimosho, Lagos

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Ethanol poison, dog meat kill 32 in Rivers

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till smarting from the recent ethanol poison that claimed many lives in Ode-Irele, Ondo State, another incident of sort has once again reared its ugly head in Rivers State.

Following the latest development, the River state government has banned the consumption of local gin popularly called Ogogoro, following the death of about 32 persons, 15 from Bonny Island and Woji in Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, and the reported death of another 11 persons in Gokana Local Government Area, which included seven male and four females, Sunday

Mirror has learnt . The ban by government was due to the increasing death toll from consumption of the alcoholic liquor and dog meat delicacy alleged to contain poisonous ethanol, which now stand at 32. It would be recalled that similar incident occurred In Ode-0rele, a community in Ondo state where over 20 people reportedly lost their lives in what government termed ethanol poison. The postmortem carried out in the victims and the laboratory tests showed that ethanol poison was found in their system. According to reports gathered by Sunday Mirror , five persons reportedly died in Woji area of Obio/ Akpor after

consuming the local gin, although Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for Rivers State Police Command, Ahmad Mohammad, said only one death was recorded. Rivers State government through the Department of Disease Control said the ban had become necessary to forestall further consumption of the toxic substance. Director of Disease Control in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr. Roland Obed Whyte, who disclosed this, however, expressed concern over difficulty in getting samples of the particular gin popularly called Ogogoro or Kaikai for thorough clinical analysis. Why he explained that irate youths

of Woji had set ablaze the shop of Friday Dickson, (aka Etiaba) where the suspected toxic gin was bought and consumed, erasing any samples of the gin, while the latter was currently in police custody. He, however, said health officials from the ministry have been dispatched to Woji for house-to-house enlightenment on the dangers in consumption of ‘highly toxic’ local gin. He said preliminary findings revealed that some of symptoms found in the affected victims, includes vomiting and blindness. According to another report,in Bonny Island, a youth leader and spokesman for Bonny kingdom, Sunday Wilcox, confirmed on that the death of 17 persons after the consumption of the toxic local brew popularly kai-kai imported into the Island. “ His words:“as I speak with you, 17 persons have been confirmed dead. We are going to the hospital to attend to those who are critically lying ill. We need the help of World Health Organisation, WHO, Federal and government agencies to assist people of Bonny kingdom,” he said.

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Kogi Assembly crisis deepens as APC legislators insist on due process WALE IBRAHIM LOKOJA

he leadership crisis rocking the Kogi House of Assembly may have deepened, as the 11 elected All Progressives Congress (APC) members have insisted that due process must be strictly followed for the election of the leadership of the House The spokesman of APC lawmakers, Honourable Abdulmunini Ibrahim, who made this known while addressing Journalists in Lokoja yesterday, stated that the group will explore all avenues to resolve the crisis rocking the nascent 6th State Assembly. Ibrahim explained that the APC lawmakers will not shift ground until the PDP members reverse the illegality introduced shortly after the inauguration, to elect the leaders of the House. He pointed out that the group had earlier issued 24 hours ultimatum to return status quo or the group will elect a parallel speaker, stressing that they will still wait till Monday after which a final the decision will be to resolve the crisis as the APC will go ahead to elect another speaker for the House. “We are still consulting, they are talking to us, but what we are saying is that they must follow due process,” he stated. He added that after due consultation with lawyers, they have been advised to extend time, noting that the APC lawmakers are not threatening anybody but due process must followed. Meanwhile, the special adviser to the speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Mr. Felix Udebu has described the walk out by the opposition as not tenable. Udebu stated the action of the APC legislators was premeditated and iiconceived planned to frustrate the activities of the PDP dominated house. He decried the rationale behind the act of the minority opposition group to impose leadership on the majority, describing the threat by the APC lawmakers to form a parallel exco as undemocratic and at variance with standard practice.

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FG to step up involvement in IDPs camp management INUSA NDAHI MAIDUGURI

he Federal Government has agreed to partake more in the management of the internally displaced persons, IDPs camps in Maiduguri in order to improve on their welfare An agreement was reached between the Borno State Government and the Federal Government, which was represented by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, yesterday. At the meeting which was held at the Borno State Government House were the representatives

from NEMA led by the agency’s Director, Search and Rescue, Air Commodore Charles Otegbade, the Borno state team was led by the deputy governor, Alhaji Zannah Mustapha and had in attendance the chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mallam Grema Terab. Before the meeting went into a close door session, the leader of the NEMA team said they were in the state to work out modalities which will better the lots of the displaced persons at the camps. He noted that the federal government was concerned about the wellbeing of the people at the camps

and would want to be more involved than in the past. Reacting the deputy governor said it was a sign of good things to come and traced the latest action to the recent change in government at the federal level. He said should: “NEMA has shown this kind of interest two or three years ago the situation would have been different and our people at the camps would have been better for it.” Briefing journalists after the close door meeting, Otegbade disclosed that NEMA representing the federal government has worked out modalities with the Borno state govern-

ment towards improving lives of the internally displaced persons at the camp scattered across the state capital Maiduguri. He disclosed that the area of involvement of both tiers of government have been identified and NEMA will be more involved than before. He said for “the next two months we are going to be more involved in the management of the camps, we are going to contribute more than before. “We anticipate that by the end of the two months we should be talking of getting the IDPs settled in their communities”, Otegbade stated

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L-R: Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Nuhu Gidado; Governor Mohammed Abubakar and Chairman, Katagum Stakeholders Forum, Alhaji MoPHOTO: NAN hammadu Danmadami, during a courtesy visit of the forum to the governor in Bauchi, yesterday.

Two farmers murdered in Plateau JAMES ABRAHAM JOS

No fewer than two persons were confirmed killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen between Bululu and Yiplack community in Kanam local government council of Plateau State. It was gathered that the two farmers were ambushed by the assailant on their way back from Yiplack

to Bululu were they invited them to help in the farm . Confirming the incident yesterday the Chairman of Kanam Local Government Area, Hon. Ado Yusuf said two people were killed but explained that security have been deployed to the scene to prevent further breakdown. According to him, two Tarok people were killed by suspected people gunmen

and the identities of the killers are is yet to be known. He added the police are on trail of the miscreants who perpetrate this heinous act of brutality promised that the council will not relent to put an end to the killing. He charged the people of the area to always embrace each other and stop taking the law in their hands but cautioned people to ensure

they live in peace with one another. The village head of Yiplack, Mr. Loh Nimfa, said the attackers ambush them inside forest between Bululu and Yiplack and beheaded them leaving corpses lying in the forest . He called on state government to ensure that mercenaries are put to help check problem of secret killing of innocent citizens in Kanam

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aduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai yesterday banned the allocation of fertilisers to traditional rulers, politicians and other elite. The governor also directed that fertilizer stocks should be sold directly to local farmers from designated sales points. El-Rufai’s Special Assistant on Media, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement. According to Aruwan, the governor gave the directive when he paid an unscheduled visit to the fertilizer warehouse of Kaduna State Ministry of Agriculture at Dankande village along KadunaZaria Express Way. The statement said: “The governor has directed that all allocation of fertilizer products to traditional rulers, government officials and prominent politicians in the state be stopped with immediate effect. “Fertilizer should be sold directly to interested local farmers from designated sales points that are publicly announced and are accessible.

Local Government. Nimfa appealed to Governor Simon Bako Lalong to put security measure to prevent further breakdown of law and order in the state. “We have been leaving peaceful in Kanam but some group of people never wish us well so they decide embark on this dastardly act to cause confusion hatred among us “,he added.

..IGP deploys 350 officers in Kogi to combat crime WILLIAMS ATTAH, GOMBE AND WALE IBRAHIM, LOKOJA

HE Gombe State Police Command has arrested Adamu Babayo and Abdul Isa in connection to the death of Abdullahi Umar all of Jauro-Tukur village in Akko Local Government Area of the state.

In a release made available to newsmen in Gombe, the spokesman of the Command, DSP Fwaje Atajiri stated that the two suspects allegedly went to the suspect’s house by 2:00 am last Thursday and stole two cows, seven goats and two rams. He said when the deceased pursued them; they attacked him with machetes, knives,

bows and arrows which inflicted several injuries on him that led to his death. According to PPRO, while the attack was ongoing, some good Nigerians called on the Police who rushed to the scene and arrested the suspects with all the exhibits found on them. The Command is therefore warning the general public to be law abiding and

shun all acts of criminality as the command is poised to arrest and prosecute all who ran afoul of the law. Meanwhile, as part of measures to bring crime to a barest minimum, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase has deployed 350 police officers to Kogi State to assist the State Police Command The Kogi State Com-

missioner of Police, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, who disclosed this while parading 14 armed robbery suspects arrested between May and June this year at the State Police Command Headquarters in Lokoja yesterday, stated that the command is not leaving any stone unturned to make Kogi State crime free state.

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Council poll: Rivers House summons RISIEC, Judicial Commission DENNIS NAKU

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he Rivers State House of Assembly have summoned the Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RISIEC, Prof. Augustine Ahiazu, and all the commissioners working with the commission to appear before it on Monday, June 8. The invitation is not unconnected with the May 23, local government election conducted by RSIEC. The letter inviting the chairman and the commis-

sioners which was signed by the Clerk of the House, Emmanuel Odum, stated that the chairman and his commissioners are expected to explain the role they played in the conduct of the last local government election. Chairman of RISIEC and the commissioners serving with him were asked by the clerk of the House to appear with all necessary documents that will enable them explain their activities in the commission. The Assembly also summoned the Chairman and all commissioners serving in the Rivers State Judi-

cial Service Commission, RSJSC to appear before the House on Monday. Although, no reason was given for inviting members of the judicial commission, but it may not be unconnected with the role the commission played in the prolong strike embarked upon by the judiciary workers in the state under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN. It would be recalled that the RSJSC issued a circular to all judiciary staff threatening to sack or discipline any staff within the service of the judiciary that hon-

ours or comply with any directive given by Justice Daisy Okocha, after she was appointed an administrative chief judge by the National Judicial Council, NJC, in June 2014. Until the state high court opened its gates to judges, lawyers, litigants, detainees, the police and the public, on Monday, June 1, after Governor Nyesom Wike swore-in Justice Daisy Okocha, as the chief judge, at government house, state courts have been closed for 23 months. Meanwhile, the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC,

Dr. Davies Ikanya has condemned the invitation sent to the RISEC boss and his commissioners, stressing that it was wrong for members of the House to invite them to speak on a matter that is before the court. According to Ikanya, “The House of Assembly is aware that there are two suits before the federal high court relating to the May 23, local government elections. The first case was instituted by the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, at the federal high court whose members are currently members of the 8th Assembly.

“The matter is now even at the court of appeal. The second suit was instituted by the elected local government chairmen and their councillors against the governor, the House of Assembly and others and the House have been duly served with the court processes”, he said. Dr. Ikanya urged members of the House to focus on making laws that will benefit the people of Rivers State rather than concentrate on matters that are currently pending in the courts “even though they have legislative oversight functions over the two agencies”.

Group faults ruling houses on selection of Ekiti monarch ABIODUN NEJO ADO EKITI

L-R: Wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and sister-in-law of the deceased, Bola; Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun; his Oyo State counterpart, Abiola Ajimobi and son of the deceased, Kunle, during the funeral service in honour of Obasanjo’s younger sister, Mrs. Oluwola Adunni Obasanjo-Eweje at Owu Baptist Church, Abeokuta, yesterday.

Refuse contractors get 24-hour deadline to clean up PH DENNIS NAKU

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efuse contractors in Rivers State have been given 24-hours deadline to clean up Port Harcourt, the state capital and its environs or have their contracts terminated. The newly-appointed Sole Administrator of the Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), Mr. Felix Obuah, gave the charge while addressing refuse con-

tractors in Port Harcourt. Sunday Mirror reports that heaps of refuse littered major streets of Port Harcourt and neighbouring towns as he refusal contractors said they were being owed four months salaries by the previous administration of Chibuike Amaechi. But Obuah who is also the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) expressed dismay at the refusal of the refuse contractors to return to work

even after Governor Nyesom Wike had directed them to do so last Wednesday. He hinted that the behaviour of the contractors necessitated his appointment by the Governor to take charge of the affairs of the Agency with a view to return Port Harcourt to its Garden City status. He said the Governor personally took a surprised tour of the streets of Port Harcourt last Thursday and described what the Gover-

nor saw as an eyesore. The RIWAMA boss Sole said that following the development, the governor had directed that the city must be cleaned up within 24 hours and that any contractor who contravened the directive would have his contract terminated. Obuah added that his mandate was not just to return the city to its lost glory, but to instil a culture of cleanliness on residents as well as visitors.

I won’t tamper with LG funds, says Ugwuanyi DENNIS AGBO ENUGU

overnor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has assured the people of the state that his administration will not tamper with the funds of the Local Government Councils in the state. Ugwuanyi, however, stated that he will put in place all necessary checks and balances to ensure that all council funds are judiciously utilised for the overall interest of the people, stressing that “our government will be a seri-

ous business”. The Governor made the declaration while briefing stakeholders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state at an interactive meeting held in Enugu during the weekend. He reaffirmed his resolve not to take the people for granted and went further to announce his decision to make accountability the watch word of his administration in order to utilize the lean resource of the state for the betterment of the people, considering the adverse effects of the economic melt-

down in the country. Ugwuanyi assured the people of the state that his administration will commence actions the moment the new State House of Assembly is inaugurated. He revealed that his administration had identified areas that require urgent intervention but is only waiting for the constitution of the new State House of Assembly to be able to present a supplementary budget that would accommodate its action plan for the immediate development of the affected places.

The Governor who revealed that the members of the incoming State legislature have promised to give the executive arm of government the maximum support and cooperation it requires to move the state forward, thanked the stakeholders for giving him their support for him, as a matter of priority, to embark on rapid development of Nsukka town, 9th mile corner- Ngwo, AbakpaNike Enugu, Emene, Awgu, Oji River and other satellite towns in the state.

he lkere Liberation Movement has faulted the position of a group of Ikere Ekiti princes and princesses under the aegis of Ikere Ruling Houses on the selection of the successor to the late monarch of the community, saying they have no role in the process. The President of the movement, Mr Josiah Olalekan, said that the stance of the group of princes and princesses against the selection of Prince Adejimi Adu as Ogoga-elect, which followed due process, was plot to create crisis and disunity in the ancient community. Olalekan said in a statement by the association’s secretary, Isaac Toluwani, in Ikere Ekiti at the weekend that the opposition of the group to Adu’s emergence as monarch-elect was part of their plan to elongate the tenure of the regent, Princess Adeyooye Oyinlola, through initiating crisis in the community. The movement stated that “princes and princesses have no constitutional or traditional roles in the choice of a new king”, adding that “all the premises of the camp opposed to the choice of the Oba-elect are faulty and baseless”. Olalekan accused the group of attempting “to steal a position they have lost through a process in which they participated, and which was electronically recorded by mounting an endless propaganda which has no legal or moral basis”. He said: “First, they lost with the Ifa oracle. Second, they lost with the kingmak-

ers and they are now using the palace as a place for a fictitious press conference. They are actually at loss and confused. Having partaking in the process that produced the Oba-elect, it is extremely hard for them to discredit it”. Consequently, the movement appealed to the state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, to wade in by insisting on due process and announcing the monarchelect to discourage any group or individual from truncating the existing peace in the town. It would be recalled that three ruling houses in the community had rejected the monarch-elect, alleging that he was imposed on them in flagrant violation of the State Chieftaincy Law. The three ruling houses: Akaiyejo, Agabaola and Ogbenuote, had said that “for the fact that Adu does not belong to any of the ruling houses”, he would suffer immense eligibility problem among the indigenes of the town if he succeeds in his desperate quest to become the next Ogoga. They said at a press conference they jointly addressed at the Palace of the Ogoga in Ikere Ekiti that the process of the selection of the next monarch of the community should start afresh to avert crisis. But the movement, while dismissing them as impersonators bent on discrediting the choice of Adu as Ogoga-elect, alleged of a grand plan by the Akaiyejo Ruling Family of the Regent “to indirectly install its stooge as the ‘Oba’ of the town in order not to lose out after vacating the palace”.

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Flying Eagles confront Hungary in must-win encounter PIUS ANAKALI

aking from the slow start that saw them losing their opening match to Brazil in the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand, the junior national team; the Flying Eagles picked up in the second match against Korea DPR beating their hapless opponent by whopping 4-goals to nothing. That effortless display against Korea is what many are expecting from Flying Eagles as they file out later today for the mustwin match against Hungary. With three points apiece so far for both teams, coming out on top in today’s match seem to be top on their agenda. Just like their Nigeria counterpart, the Hungarians have won just one match losing the other with +3goal difference, one-goal better than the Flying Eagles, thus making today’s encounter a must win for the Africa Champion, if they hope to progress in the competition. With so much expectation from their supporters back home, anything short of victory would be disappointing. Aware of the task ahead, the players are already talking tough, vowing victory at all cost. One of such players who say there is no alternative to winning is Flying Eagles forward, Chiderah Ezeh. We can’t afford to exit the competition at this stage and the implication is that we must do all we can to beat Hungary,’’ the youngster said. ‘’It’s a game we are condemned to win even though we know it’s not going to be easy. Hungary has proved they are a quality side and we must be at our best to beat them. But I believe we are stronger than them and I see us making it to the next round, “he added. Also speaking ahead of today’s game is Taiwo Awoniyi. Though the striker is yet to find the back of the net, but says his goals will come. What is most important is that the team wins and qualifies from the group,” Awoniyi

said in an interview. “I’m happy to have contributed my quota towards the victory against Korea DPR. I look forward to scoring for the team but the most important thing is that we progress to the knock out stages.” However, for victory to come their way today, Coach Manu Garba needs to stick with his winning team, says Yisa Sofoluwe. It was obvious that the coach learnt from the loss in the first match and he made the changes he thought was right. The changes paid off and you can see the result in the match against the Koreans. I will implore him not to change the team which gave him the win,” Sofoluwe advised the coach. Though today’s match won’t come any easy but Coach Garba think his side is well motivated enough for the match saying, changes or no changes, the team knows what to do the overcome Hungary. “Our win against Korea has motivated the team after we lost our first game to Brazil on Monday at the Stadium Taranaki in New Plymouth. “We want to at least finish second in our group and so we want the maximum points against Hungary. “We came here to win every game because we want to win the World Cup. We don’t want to go back home early, we want to be the last team to leave New Zealand,” said Garba. He however, admitted his team is up against a good and well-organised Hungary team, who finished fourth in an Under-19 European Championship they hosted last year. “Even as we wish to win this match, we have to say Hungary are a good side but they cannot afford to stay back in defence against us as they did against Brazil because we have one of the best attacks in this competition,” he said. That said, analyst are of the opinion that coach Garba still has to decide how to achieve the right balance in the team if the task of winning today and eventually lifting the World Cup trophy.

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Manu predicts African world champions F lying Eagles coach Manu Garba has predicted an African team will win this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand. Ghana made history in 2009 when they became the first African team to win the U20 World Cup, while Nigeria have reached the championship game twice, in 1989 and 2005. The Black Satellites of Ghana and Mali are already through to the knockout rounds of the tournament in New Zealand, while Nigeria and Senegal are still in with a chance of progressing. “Ghana and Mali have been fantastic,” saluted the Nigeria U20 coach. “We are just picking up. “But we are most likely to get two African teams in the semifinals and God’s willing, the trophy will return to Africa.” Manu has equally taken notice of the organisation of the European

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teams as well as the sleeky skills of Brazil. “The European teams like Germany, Serbia and Portugal are doing well because they are tactically

organised, while Brazil have proved they are a decent side as well,” he remarked. “The knockout rounds will show who are the top teams here.”

ormer IBF super middleweight champion, Carl Froch has hit back at the current champion, James DeGale saying that he will last more than eight rounds with him. DeGale recently accused the former champion of not defending his title against him out of cowardice. Froch vacated the IBF title rather than face the Beijing Olympic gold medalist; who was his mandatory challenger which has in turn led to the perceived bad blood. Speaking on DeGale’s accusation, Froch said that he is too experienced for the new champion to deal with advis-

ing him to first think of how to improve his performance against Andre Dirrell during their title fight. “I thought he did just what he had to do to win the fight. I thought he could have pressed it home a little bit more when he scored the knockdown, but he seemed off the pace and on the back foot towards the end.” “If he fights someone like me, he wouldn’t get past round eight on that performance. He would absolutely get knocked out.” “I would absolutely love to show my fans what I would do against someone like James DeGale. I know what would happen in that fight.

NNL: Supreme FC tame Kaduna to move top JOEL AJAYI ABUJA

upreme Court FC at the weekend defeated Kaduna United 2-1 to extend their winning streak in one of the match day 4 of Nigeria National League, NNL decided inside Area 3 playground in Abuja. The Apex Boys who are now having seven points seat on top of table in their pool. It was an action packed encounter which lived up to its expectation with both side giving good account

of themselves before Abuja teaming fans who turned out en mass to catch glimpse of soccer show. Visitors, ex-NPLF club, Kaduna United opened scoring early in the proceeding and held on till the end of first half. While the other half lasted, both teams held on until 72nd minute when substitute, Eric Eric leveled up with a fine finish straight to the net from a tight left angle. From then, the Apex Boys took full charge of the tricky game before midfielder Emmanuel Gbemi fired another shot to keep his side

ahead till the match ended. Technical Adviser of Supreme Court, Coach Fatai Osho who made several tactical decisions described the victory as a hard earned one against an experienced Kaduna-based side who featured in the country’s Premier League last season. “It was really a tough match. I have not played a tough match such as this since this season started. We really deserved to win because my players gave their all. We go back to dressing room and map out the way forward.”

Ahmed Musa finally joins Eagles

SKA Moscow forward Ahmed Musa has finally joined his colleagues in the Super Eagles camp and even trained with the rest of the squad Friday ahead of an AFCON 2017 qualifier against Chad in Kaduna. Nigeria host unknown Chad on June 13. Ahmed Musa told AfricanFootball.com that he is happy to be in camp and ready to put in his best on match day.

“I am in camp now, I joined the team today (Friday) and also trained with the team. I am happy to be here with my mates,” he disclosed to AfricanFootball.com “I will do my best to see that we win the game against Chad. That’s our target, that’s what we are working hard towards.” Last week, the jet-heeled winger extended his stay at CSKA despite various interests outside Russia.

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D’Tigress secure ticket for 2015 Afrobasket JOEL AJAYI ABUJA

he Nigerian Women Basketball National team fondly call D’tigress of Nigeria, yesterday, sealed qualification for the 2015 Afrobasket for the forthcoming All African Games later this year. D’tigress, after a dominant 20 points win in the 1st leg on Thursday in Abidjan, pulled another emphatic performance with 88-43 points in the 2nd round match at the Palais du Sport in Abidjan. Nigeria’s team was powered to vic-

tory by Uju Ugoka’s 14 points, with captain Helen Ogunjimi and Primeiro Agosto point guard, Sarah Ogoke adding 13 points each in an impressive display on the night that saw the D’Tigress claw past the female Elephants with ease. The Scott Nnaji lead Ladies took charge from the jump ball, taking a 10 points lead in the opening 10 minutes (25-15), then extended their lead to 47-27 at half time . D’Tigress ended any hopes of a comeback for the female Elephants of Cote D’ivoire in the 3rd quarter outscoring them 26-9 to pull up an unas-

sailable 71-36 points lead going into the 4th quarter. Closing the deal with a 17-6 points scoreline in the final 10 minutes. First Bank Basketball club point guard Atosu Upe also had an electrifying night scoring 12 points alongside sparkling Ndidi Madu who also put up 12 points. Nigeria has now booked a date with Angola, Senegal, Algeria, the qualifier from FIBA Africa Zone 2 and yet to be named wild card entry in group B of the 2015 Afrobasket in Yaounde, Cameroun come September 22-3rd October for a battle for a 3rd African title and a ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

James DeGale (R) throw a punch at Andre Dirrell during their Super middleweight clash at Aggnis Arena, Boston University last week

Brook is yet to prove himself, says Khan

ew hours after appearing to accept that his performance against Chris Algeri last week might affect his chances of fighting Floyd Mayweather, former two time world champion, Amir Khan has come out to address both the issues of Mayweather and his domestic rival and IBF welterweight champion, Kell Brook whom he says has not proved himself yet. Reacting to series twitter comments by angry fans at his seemingly refusal to fight Brook, Khan noted that the fight he want is the Mayweather fight.

“The fight I want is the Mayweather fight and this is the closest we’ve ever got to it now.” “If my team tells me that it’s time to fight Kell Brook, I would, definitely fight him. He really needs to prove himself by fighting the big names. He’s had an easy run. Holding the world title is one thing but taking on fights you know you’re going to win is another thing; I think he’s fooling the public. “I’m fighting the tough guys out there, I’m going to war in the ring with the fighters I’m facing and pushing myself whereas Kell Brook has taken the easy route by being world champion, picking his fights, choosing easy opponents and beating them.

I want to see Mayweather/ Thurman fight –Cruz

BC super bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz says that he will like pound for pound fighter, Floyd Mayweather take on Keith Thurman as his last fight this September. Asked who he’d like to see next for Mayweather for his final Showtime fight in September, he said; “I think Keith Thurman. He’s one of those fighters who is just so strong. I think he’s one of the challengers who could give him a

tough fight but still, I don’t see anybody beating Mayweather. He’s going to retire undefeated and nobody is going to beat him.” He noted that it is fight fans would like to watch because Thurman will give the American a good run for his money. “ I am not the only one looking ahead for a Mayweather/ Thurman fight because the guy is a hard puncher and will give Mayweather a run for his money which is what fans want to see”, he concluded.

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Roberto Carlos:

Neymar will win World Cup for Brazil You created a new style yle of attacking left-back which the world had not seen previously. Who is the new Roberto Carlos? Do you see anyone with qualities like e yours at present? Marcelo, he is the best. est. How have you seen the he progression of your compatriot iot Neymar at Camp Nou? In a short time he will be the best in the world. I think ink he can help Brazil win the World Cup again. Your former club Real al Madrid has just recently ntly announced that Rafa Benitez will be their new coach. How do you see the move? Carlo Ancelotti was a fantastic coach. Now there is a new coach in Benitez, who is also a great coach and has a lot of experience and nd a history of past succcesses. I think he will ll do very well in Span-ish football. Knowing g Spanish he will feel att home and it will be an n advantage for him.

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Roberto Carlos wowed the world with his violently swerving free-kicks, formed an integral part of Real Madrid’s ‘Galactico’ side and helped Brazil win the FIFA World Cup™. Now the legendry leftwingback is trying to make his name in coaching. Here, the 42-year-old chats to www.sc.qa about Neymar’s progression, ‘the new Roberto Carlos’, R eal’s appointment of Rafa Benitez, and Brazil’s Real’s chances at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

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important thing is that Qatar will wil host the World Cup in just a few years’ time, and they can attract attrac players of a very high level, which will help to increase the level of Qatari football. I am very pleased to be in negotiations to coach in Qatar and to get to know QaQa tari football. We would form a great team as I share my experiences and help to make it the greatest greates World Cup of all time. Finally, the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 has began. Will you be tuning in to watch it? I follow all al of the tournatourna ments, and BraBra zil have a very strong team in Canada. Canada They have hav great playplay ers with superb technical technica skills.

Are you still in touch with your colleagues at the club, and how have you followed the past season? I talk to Marcelo, Serergio Ramos, Iker Casillas. las. It was a little bit bad forr us the past season, but now there is the effort to play a great season coming up. p. Your country currently y tops Group E at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand ealand with two wins... Brazil are playing well in the tournament. We have a lot of quality in the team and the players.. I have also seen the Qatar players, and d above all I want to help them to grow and nd develop, through modern training sessions ons and by learning g from Brazil as they progress ogress towards 2022. With my experience at Champions League and World Cup level, I can transmit the importance of playing in n a World Cup to the youngsters. Carlos

Recent media reports s have linked you with a move to Al Arabi abi in the Qatar Stars League. What do you think about the development ent of football in the the region - with th Xavi also recently signing for Al Sadd - and is

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Warner

‘Warner demanded for $7m to vote for Egypt’

ormer Egypt sports minister Aley Eddine Helal has claimed that ex-FIFA vice-president Jack Warner wanted a bribe of $7 million in order to vote for Egypt in the bidding for the 2010 World Cup. Warner, who has been arrested and charged by the U.S. over alleged corruption at FIFA and is currently out on bail, has been a key figure over the past few weeks as 14 officials were indicted for wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering. The 72-year-old said last week that he would unleash an “avalanche” of evidence to help the U.S. authorities with their investigation, and maintains that he is “innocent of any charges.”

Hazard

Hazard targets UCL improvement

den Hazard has targeted an improvement in the UEFA Champions League as one of Chelsea’s goals for next season. The Belgium international was influential in a brilliant campaign that saw Jose Mourinho’s men win a Premier League and League Cup double, and his individual brilliance was recognised with the PFA and Football Writers’ Player of the Year awards. However, Chelsea’s domestic dominance was not reflected on the continent as they crashed out of the Champions League last-16 to Paris Saint-Germain. “This season it was not to be for Chelsea, but I hope next season we will be in the final.” After a long campaign with Chelsea, Hazard was part of the squad for the club’s post-season trip to Thailand and Australia.

Martino: Di Maria decision a personal

Live Liverpool erpool eye e Juventus def fender defender Ogb bonna Ogbonna

iverpool and West Ham scouts were in Germany to watch Juventus Juve entus defender Angelo Ogbonna during Saturday’s Champions League Leag gue final against a Barcel o n a , sourcsour rce s

said. The 2 6 - ye a rold has struggled to hold down a place in Massimiliano Allegri’s starting XI. Ogbonna has made ma ade 18 starts for Juventus Juve entus this season and, with defensive reinforcements inforrcements needed, Premier Prem mier League duo Liverpool Liverpool and West Ham m have been monitoring torin ng his situation closely close ely despite the fact he has three years left to run t on his is contract.

Adebayor

Di Maria

rgentina coach Gerardo Martino said he will support Angel di Maria, if the attacker decides to leave Manchester United. Di Maria has declared he will return to Old Trafford following international duties at the Copa America under Martino, but his Argentine boss would have no qualms if he changed his mind after a tough finish to the Premier League season. The former Real Madrid man has not scored a Premier League goal since October, when he was on a run of three in four games. “Speaking about Angel, these kind of decisions are personal,” Martino told a news conference. “It’s hard to give an opinion and help him. It has to be decided by him and his family. “I can tell that taking into account the kind of player we’re talking about, there’s no doubt that he has pride and will to improve.

Adebayor: A deba ayor: I am not moving to Turkey Ogbonna

ottenham striker Emmanottenham uel Adebayor rubbished reports repo orts he will move to Turkey, Turkey, d distancing himself from a man n purporting to be his agent. agentt. The Th he Turkish media has been n quoting Mehdi Isik thiss week, with the man claiming claim ming Didier Drogba’s experience expe erience with Galatasaray had ha ad convinced Adebayor to swap the e Premier League for Turkey’s Super Su uper Lig. But Adebayor denied any interest interest in leaving Tottenham on Friday. “For the record I have seen some

articles regarding a transfer to teams in TurTu key,” he wrote on Twitter. “I can confirm I have never heard of MehMe di Isik who has said he is my agent and hav have never discussed any move to Turkey. “I am very happy with Tottenham and an look forward2the next season with them.” Adebayor has struggled for game time at different periods throughout the past few fe seasons, with the 31-year-old forward having havin only appeared 13 times for Tottenham in th the 2014-15 Premier League, starting nine times tim for two goals. Drogba played one-and-a-half one-and-a-ha seasons for Galatasaray starting in FebruFebr ary 2013, scoring 15 goals in 37 league apa pearances before returning to Chelsea prior prio to the recently completed campaign.

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ome Nigerians were getting concerned about the spate of quarrels arising from the rejection of defaced and mutilated Central Bank naira notes by members of the public during commercial transactions. I had separated a couple of duels at petrol stations between petrol attendants and their customers over the rejection of naira notes on account of the fact that they had been defaced and would not be acceptable in subsequent transactions. I had personally been victim of the embarrassment of refusal, by petrol attendants, to accept defaced naira notes just collected directly from the commercial banks. My contention had always been that since the notes were packaged and cashed to me by the banks, the recipients should take them back to the banks if the regular customers refuse to accept them. On those occasions, I had bluntly refused to change the rejected notes, often warranting the intervention of proprietors of such petrol stations to urge their staff to accept the money, only af-

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ter painful explanation of how the banks also refuse to accept defaced naira notes from the banks’ customers. After my last encounter with petro attendants over the rejection of mutilated and defaced naira notes, I resolved to investigate the matter to find out why the Central Bank of Nigeria—CBN—should allow the circulation of such troublecausing, rotten bank notes to members of the public. I was on the verge of finding out what was going on when the news broke, last Monday that some six middle level staff of the CBN colluding with some sixteen officers of un-named commercial banks had been swapping the defaced and mutilated naira notes already marked for routine destruction at the Ibadan branch of the Apex bank. According to the CBN, some N8 to N10 billion of such defaced and mutilated naira notes stacked for destruction were fraudulently swapped and passed on to commercial bank customers, for re-circulation to members of the public. Can you now see the source of the embarrassment and public nuisance of the nation’s currency? Unpatriotic, fraudulent staff of the banks! It is gratifying to note that the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has taken action to visit the culprits with the full wrath of the law. None of the offending parties so determined by the regular courts of the land, should be spared from

commensurate punishment, no matter how well connected and highly placed. There is yet another worrisome aspect regarding the handling of the CBN naira notes that should engage the attention of the Apex bank. It is the new naira notes that are never issued to bank customers, but are parceled out to private vendors who sell the new naira notes called “mint” at weekends in social parties— marriages, naming ceremonies, obituaries, et cetera. Isn’t it a shame that premium bank customers cannot have access to the new naira notes from their banks, only to see stark illiterates vending the clean, fresh naira notes, at social events? Why should bank customers not have access to the clean naira notes? Why should they be made to buy it outside the banks? What manner of administration of the CBN notes can we call this? I think that the CBN should be concerned about this ugly development and put a policy in place to halt it. The CBN should not allow a regime of the naira where decent bank customers are denied new currencies that are then sold out to vendors for circulation at a cost to the user. People want to see a robust naira regime that shows respect for the nation’s currency; a regime that outlaws the circulation of rotten, defaced and mutilated bank notes; a regime that battles with other financial institutions at home and

Serena Williams wins 20th Grand Slam S erena Williams won a dramatic French Open final against Czech 13th seed Lucie Safarova to claim her 20th Grand Slam title. The American, ranked number one, needed two hours and one minute to win 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 at Roland Garros. Safarova, playing her first Grand Slam final, led by a break in the decider but Williams won the last six games. The 33-year-old becomes the third player - male or female - to win 20 major singles titles. Only Germany’s Steffi Graf on 22 has won more since the open era began in 1968, with Australia’s Margaret Court collecting 24 between 1960 and 1973. Victory at Wimbledon in July would see Williams hold all four major titles at once, having managed the feat al-

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ready in 2003. Safarova produced a thrilling comeback but faltered midway through the deciding set There had been doubts over whether the 2002 and 2013 French Open champion would even make it to court for Saturday’s final after a debilitating bout of sickness. Williams had visibly strug-

gled in Thursday’s semi-final, coughing and looking close to tears, and then cancelled all media commitments, only practising two hours before the final. The rest appeared to have had the desired effect as she took the first set with a break in game four and powered on in the second. She had won all eight match-

THERE IS YET ANOTHER WORRISOME ASPECT REGARDING THE HANDLING

OF THE CBN NAIRA NOTES THAT SHOULD ENGAGE THE ATTENTION OF THE APEX

BANK. IT IS THE NEW NAIRA NOTES THAT ARE NEVER ISSUED TO BANK CUSTOMERS, BUT ARE PARCELED

OUT TO PRIVATE VENDORS WHO SELL THE NEW NAIRA NOTES CALLED “MINT” AT WEEKENDS IN SOCIAL PARTIES—MARRIAGES, NAM-

ING CEREMONIES, OBITUARIES, ET CETERA.

abroad to firm up the exchange rate of the naira with other currencies, that is, a regime of the naira in which interventionist policies are utilized to boost productivity in the real sector to result in wealth creation and job creation for Nigerians. I thrust that the CBN Governor can superintend such regimes and put clean naira notes in our pockets.

EUFA Champions League: es she had played against Safarova and, serving at 4-1, 40-15 in the second set, there appeared no possibility of the American faltering. However, three double faults in the game brought Safarova unexpectedly back into the contest, and the Czech kept herself alive again four games later with a backhand

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