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  • Girls, get the best out of this new decade with your chastity!

    Girls, get the best out of this new decade with your chastity!

    DEAR Mummy Temilolu, I’d like to say a million thanks for being such a huge blessing to me and so many other girls out there. I wish I could meet you someday soon. God bless you mummy! Love you loads!

    Favour Amadi

     

    Mummy Temilolu Okeowo,

    Kaaaaiiii, what would I have done without you? I hope to see you some day and give you a big and tight hug! It appears, you were called for this assignment specifically for me. Thanks for yielding. May God continue to inspire you in Jesus name!

    Emuejevoke Love

     

    Dear Madam Temilolu,

    How I wish some of these feminist groups would share in your dream of raising sexually-pure girls rather than pursuing what appears to keep them more frustrated. May God bless and enlarge you.

    Olatunji Liasu

     

    Dear Mummy Temilolu,

    Even though I haven’t met with you, I must confess I see you as my mother. How I wish I had motherly-care! I thank God for creating someone like you and enabling me to stumble on your articles, if not I definitely would have defiled my body- the temple of God for worldly things. Thanks ma.

    Precious Olajumoke

     

    My darling, precious, glorious, dignified, world-famous and heavenly celebrated Nigerian daughters,

    Happy new year to you and my highly-esteemed readers! Yes! I have great regards for my fans and consider them very special people in a highly-depraved world as this. While looking forward to meeting many more daughters and giving them a big hug when the world is safer, I pray for you all with all my heart that this decade will grant you the best days of your life in Jesus mighty name!

    However, girls…girls…girls, if I were you, I’d prepare for the coming glory this year with my body, mind and soul and by keeping it pure and saturated in the power of God! Believe me, everything you want to be is on your finger-tips!

    I’d start this year with you by sharing some of my golden nuggets on chastity which I believe would transform your mind and encourage you to stay sexually-pure!

    • A chaste life avails you direct information from heaven that can transform your life. May the sun, moon and stars bow for your glory in 2021!
    • If you saw your “original”, you’d endure hardship and never sleep with any man for money! May the devil not steal your unborn children’s legacies!
    • If you’re unmarried and sexually-active, believe me, the devil has an upper hand over your life! May we not become an ugly shadow of God’s original plan!
    • Girls, do you know you score so high in heaven when you turn down sex/gifts from men? May God give you what no African can boast of!
    • Girls, you are goldmines! You need not sleep with men for money! May you not lose what should buy you an aircraft before you turn 40!
    • Girls, if you knew the type of spiritual power you carry and what it could avail you, no one will teach you to stay chaste! May you become a walking wonder!
    • Ungodly sex demonises and slows you down! Chastity makes you too hot for demons to delay! May your life attract unusual speed this year!
    • Girls, when you preserve your virginity, you preserve your virtues! You will be spiritually-dazzling and hot! May you become world’s most sought-after!
    • Some men are mobile satanic altars! Once they sleep with you, they steal your glory! May you not fall for them in Jesus name!
    • The day you vow to God to stay chaste till your wedding night, an unusual grace falls upon your life and it begins to move in great signs and wonders! May your star shake the world!
    • Chastity makes you spiritually-intelligent such that you know your exam questions even before they’re set! May God open your eyes!

    I have more nuggets that would help you cruise your way to glory this decade and make your dreams come true. However, the earlier you see visions of what God has written for you the better, before the devil snatches it away! That guy may not be going all the way and having sexual intercourse with you but all the other things he’s doing to your body which makes you scream in ecstasy could block your visions of the wonders God has prepared for you. 1 Peter 2:11 And believe me, there are too many people in the world today who lost once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that would have made them rich and famous! May that not be your portion in Jesus name! I love you all!

    • To be continued!

     

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  • It’s new dawn for the Church in Lagos – CAN

    It’s new dawn for the Church in Lagos – CAN

    By Adeola Ogunlade 

     

     

    The chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Lagos State chapter,  Bishop Stephen  Adegbite has said that amid  the Coronavirus pandemic and the economic recession in the country, 2021 is a new dawn and a new begining of great things for the church and by extension Nigeria.

    Adegbite gave this assurance of hope in his New Year’s message to Christians while meeting with the leadership of the Christian Press Association of Nigeria (CPAN) at the CAN secretariat in Lagos.

    He said for what has happen to humanity, Christian leaders must identify. We are going to extend love to everybody and bring them under the umbrella, so that we can move forward,” said Adegbite stating that there is presently a breath of fresh air in the Christian community in Lagos.

    According to the CAN chairman, the leadership of the Church will continue to stand; to protect and defend the interest of every Christian, church leaders and churches in Lagos, while sustaining the existing relationship between CAN and the state government.

    Adegbite stated further that with effective state administrative structure, Lagos CAN will work for the benefit of all Christians and there will be no miscarriage of justice among Christians and churches in the state.

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    He added that to honour and appreciate the labour of CAN past leaders, elders and fathers of faith in Lagos State, the new executive will embark on courtesy visits to past leaders and other Christian leaders who had contributed to CAN and Christianity in Lagos, irrespective of their denomination.

    Adegbite assured that, sanity had already been restored into Lagos CAN and it will be sustained. “Never again will there be wrong influence or leadership crisis in CAN Lagos State again”. According to him, healthy rotation arrangement among the major blocs in Lagos had been properly made and mutually agreed.

    The CAN chair states further that CAN as the umbrella organisation of Christians must collaborate with CPAN to promote Christianity and the image of Christ; and to promote the body of Christ. “We will work together and the name of the lord will be glorified. If we don’t do that, we have failed in our duties as ministers; officers of the body of Christ,” he said.

    Speaking on the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic and the planned lockdown by government, Adegbite said, “People are yet to recover from the first one, what then could warrant the second when adequate health facilities are not put in place to guarantee people’s safety”.

    According to him, government has failed the people with no adequate security of lives and other basic amenities of life. “Nigerians are fed up and should not be pushed to the wall to avoid angry reaction,” he stated.

    On the New Year, Adegbite assured Nigerians that there is hope for the country. “There is hope for Nigeria; despite the pandemic, despite the #endSARS protest and its attendant issues that we have seen, Nigeria will survive.

    “Nigeria is God’s own country, its God’s project; Nigeria will never become an abandoned project. God is with us in this land; the name of the lord that we have celebrated is Emmanuel: God is with us. 2021 will be a glorious year, a year of peace and joy,” he concludes.

    Gracious Akintayo, the president of CPAN, in response to Adegbite gave  assurances that members of the association will collaborate with CAN to project the Church positively.

    According to Akintayo, CPAN is ready to partner and work with maximum cooperation with CAN to achieve the mandate of the Church in Lagos.

  • Tears as Senator Salami is buried

    Tears as Senator Salami is buried

     

    Toba Adedeji, Osogbo

     

     

    Emotions flowed freely on Sunday at Osogbo, capital of Osun when the remains of Senator Bayo Salami were buried.

    The Nation reports that Senator Salami died in the United State of America on January 7th, 2021 after a brief illness.

    Salami was a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC).

    He represented Osun Central Senatorial District on the platform of the Alliance of Democracy (AD) in 1999.

    It was gathered the remains of Senator Salami landed in Lagos airport around 8:30am and his body was brought to Osogbo where he was buried at Ansar U Deen Central Mosque Cemetery, Sabo, Osogbo.

    An ambulance took his body to his home at GRA and later left with sympathisers to the interment venue.

    No sermon was preached by any Islamic cleric at the cemetery where he was buried.

    A family source told our correspondent that one of the wishes of Senator Salami was to be buried in Nigeria, which was why it took ten days before his internment.

    Some of the dignitaries that attended the burial ceremony were Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, Hon Olalekan Badmus; a member of Osun State APC Elder’s caucus, Chairman of the Governing Board of Osun Health Insurance Agency, Adeoye Adelakun, Temilade Olokungboye and other APC chieftains and members in the state.

     

     

     

  • Ondo state students may get bursary this year

    Ondo state students may get bursary this year

    Osagie Otabor, Akure

     

    INDIGENOUS students of Ondo State in tertiary institutions might have a cause to smile this year as the sum of N209m has been earmarked in the state’s 2021 budget for the payment of scholarships and bursary awards.

    Last year, the National Association of Ondo State Students (NAOSS) protested severely calling on Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to fullfill his promise of disbursing bursary to indigenous students.

    National President of NAOSS, Kikiowo Ayoade, had said that previous administrations paid bursaries to students until 2015 and that over 6,427 Ondo State students have completed their registration.

    Also, the near moribund Ondo State Fire Service would be boosted with the planned purchase of two fire trucks for the sum of N170m.

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    The N174.873bn Ondo 2021 budget has provision for N69.915 for capital projects and N79.084 for recurrent expenditure.

    Speaking at a press briefing in Akure, Ondo State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Emmanuel Igbasun, said the sum of N468m would be used for waste collection across the state.

    Igbasun who gave a breakdown of the 2021 budget said the payment of pension to former Governors and Deputy Governors would continue as the sum of N10.916bn has been set aside for payment of pensions and gratuities.

     

  • Imposters nabbed over N1.4m fraud in Onitsha

    Imposters nabbed over N1.4m fraud in Onitsha

    Emma Elekwa, Onitsha

     

    POLICE in Anambra state have arrested two suspects for allegedly defrauding one Mr Emmanuel Anamene, the sum of N1.4million at Odakpu, Onitsha, the commercial city of the state.

    The spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed in a statement, said the suspects, Dr Madu Ifeanyi (50) and Mr Linus Onyekwere (60) both of Ugonakpanpa, Onitsha, claimed to have a commonwealth loaning programme, where the sum of N500,000 was paid with N1million interest after a month.

    He said, “The suspects also claimed to have a contract they executed with “former President Goodluck Jonathan” and the CBN requested them to pay N20million before the contract money will be paid to them.

    “They told the suspect to bring another sum of N500,000 as others have done to enable them raise the N20million needed by CBN to enable them get the money from the apex bank.”

    According to Mohammed, the complainant claimed to have so far given the sum of N1.4million to the suspects since September 2020 and had neither received any interest nor the principal money he invested.

    He added, “The complainant said he has been making several calls to the two suspects till the time of their arrests but they have not been picking his calls.

    “The complainant further alleged that he is aware of many unsuspecting persons have been to the house of the suspects in Onistha to do similar “investment” oblivious of their fraudulent motives.”

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    The spokesperson urged victims of such syndicates to immediately report at the Police Area Command headquarters, Onitsha, to enable the Police carry out discreet investigation in order to bring the perpetrators to justice.

    “The Command also urged the public to refrain from availing their personal information particularly National Identification Numbers( NIN), date of birth or biometric identification numbers (BVN) in order not to fall victims of these fraudulent practices,” he stressed.

  • Four officers killed, one missing as police repel ambush

    Four officers killed, one missing as police repel ambush

    By Nicholas Kalu, Abuja

    Four policemen were killed and one missing following an ambush by hundreds of bandits on a convoy of officers attached to Police Mobile Force – 9 PMF Squadron, Kano on Friday along the Birnin Gwari – Funtua Highway.

    Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the policemen were on their way back to their base in Kano after completion of their special duty.

    Mba said the policemen repelled the attack and inflicted heavy casualties on the bandits after exchange of gunfire.

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    He said contrary to reports in some sections of the media that 18 officers were kidnapped, only 16 officers were attacked in the ambush.

    He said the officers were personnel attached to Operation Puff Adder and deployed to Niger in the sustained operation to reclaim the public space and tackle incidents of banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the area.

    The police spokesman said the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, commended the officers for displaying uncommon gallantry and repelling the attack.

     

     

     

  • Ekiti relaxes curfew, okays school resumption

    Ekiti relaxes curfew, okays school resumption

    Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti

     

    Ekiti has ordered the resumption of academic session in public and private schools in the state on Monday.

    The curfew earlier imposed on the State from 8pm to 6am was also relaxed.

    It was relaxed to 10 pm -6am while the ban on gathering of more than 20 persons lifted to allow half capacity of venue for all events indoors.

    Information Commissioner, Hon. Akin Omole, who made these known in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday evening, stated that clearance must be obtained from the COVID-19 Taskforce for funerals, weddings, birthdays and other large social gatherings.

    Omole added that government workers on grade Level 12 and below are still excused from work until further notice.

    He explained the decision to reopen schools was taken to avoid the negative impacts on child health, education and development.

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    He added that re-opening schools would also enable students to complete their studies and continue to the next level without avoidable additional burdens on family income and the overall economy of the people.

    The Commissioner stated that random testing of teachers and students would be carried out without delay, urging school administrators to comply with Covid-19 protocols in their respective schools.

    He emphasized that government would not hesitate to close any private or public school that violates stipulated Covid-19 guidelines.

     

  • APC sweeps Kano council poll

    APC sweeps Kano council poll

     Fanen Ihyongo, Kano

     

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has swept the 484 councillorship and 44 chairmanship seats at the Kano council poll.

    The election, which witnessed low turnout, was adjudged as “peaceful.”

    Security was tight in all the polling units as the people cast their ballots.

    Out of the 18 registered political parties in the state, only 12 fielded candidates and participated in the council election.

    Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) Chairman, Prof. Garba Ibrahim Sheka, said winners of the election will be given certificates on Monday.

    Sheka told reporters on Sunday that out of five million registered voters, only about 2,350,577 voted for the winners.

     

     

  • No resumption date yet for Kaduna schools

    No resumption date yet for Kaduna schools

     AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna

    All primary and secondary schools in Kaduna are to remain closed despite the nod given to schools to resume across the nation by the Federal Government.

    Only Kaduna Polytechnic and the National Open University, which requested for opening for students to write exams only, have been permitted to reopen in the state.

    The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Phoebe Sukai Yayi stated these on Sunday.

    She said: “We know the federal government stated that schools can resume on Monday the 18th of January, 2021 following the closure of schools last year due to the second wave of the Covid 19 increased cases.

    “We want to make it categorical clear that, Kaduna State government is yet to fix a date for resumption to schools.

    “In as much as the Federal Government has declared 18 January as date for resumption Kaduna State is yet to declare a date for resumption.”

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    She pointed out government was till monitoring the situation and promised to make pronouncement regarding that in due course.

    “Tomorrow Monday, the Ministry of Education, would hold stakeholders meeting on education in the state. Also the Ministry of Health would brief them on the COVID 19 cases with a view to take position on how to advice government,” she stressed.

    She explained the Ministry has inspected the National Open University of Nigeria and Kaduna Polytechnic, which specifically requested to open for students to write semester examinations only.

    She said other tertiary institutions should hold on until government comes up with clear date for resumption.

     

  • How Catholic priest was killed in Niger

    How Catholic priest was killed in Niger

    Justina Asishana, Minna

    The Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Minna, Reverend Father John Gbakaan Yaji, who was kidnapped by bandits in Niger, was strangled to death with his black and white Rosary.

    A source in the Catholic Diocese of Minna, who pleaded anonymity, said the Reverend Father was tortured to death.

    The source said he conveyed the body of the Priest to the mortuary in IBB Hospital Minna.

    A search on the body, he said, revealed the priest was subjected to brutal torture leading to his death.

    The source further said the bandits have been asking for ransom for release of the brother, who was abducted with the Priest.

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    The Police was yet to speak on the incident.

    But the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger described the incident as unfortunate and painful.

    Niger CAN Chairman, Rev Mathias Echioda, lamented the increasing spate of kidnappings and killings by bandits in the state.

    “These attacks are unfortunate and we should not base them as religious but we should all come together to put an end to banditry. And I know God who answers prayers will deliver us from the hands of the wicked,” he said.