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Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye,   The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God has  spoken again on the raging tithe controversy sparked by controversial On-Air-Personality, Daddy freeze. This time he said God himself convinced him that tithing was right for Christians. However, the cleric, on Sunday, 3rd December, 2017 edition of his Daily Devotional, titled: “Open Heavens”, said the command to pay tithes on one’s earnings simply places a demand on the Christian to trust God. Writing on the topic, ‘Tithing Is Trusting’, Adeboye said: “To experience exploits in your life, you must have a personal relationship with God. You must believe that He lives and love Him with all your heart. You must also learn to trust in Him. “The command to pay tithes on your earnings simply places a demand on you to trust God. Your response to this command shows the level of trust you have in Him. “If you can pay your tithes correctly, it shows that you trust God for you...

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says he will pay all salary arrears of civil servants cleared and the pension arrears of retirees before the end of 2017. Bello also said that he would commence prompt payment of salaries of workers in the state public service from January 2018. He made the promise on Saturday at the commemoration of the 110th birthday of the Odeyani-Anebira, Alhaji Audu Otonoku and his eight years on the throne as the Otonoku in Lokoja. “As from January next year, we shall be paying all our cleared civil servants salaries as and when due."  “I want to appreciate God that good days are coming to the people of Kogi,” he said.

Cool FM OAP, and Free the Sheeple covener, Daddy Freeze has denied claims by the Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), Pastor  Matthew Ashimolowo, that he beat his ex-wife, Opeyemi Olarinde, and broke their son's hand while they were married.  "Once and for all let's settle this matter, on the power of the tithe. Some bunch of yoyo somewhere should not determine what you pay. Some guy who beats his wife, throws her out, throws his children out of the house, broke his son's knees, should not determine what we believe. He drinks alcohol, sleeps with women and he's trying to preach"

President Buhari has reacted to a recent interview where former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, said that "for about 15 years, Buhari could not enter America on account of religious considerations." In a statement by Femi Adeshina the Preident's media aide,  'this fictive concoction being passed off as truth is mind boggling, coming from a former Number Two man of Nigeria, who should know the truth. At no time was President Buhari, as a private person, ever forbidden from entering any country in the world. Rather, the rest of the world has always held Muhammadu Buhari as a man of sterling qualities, strong on integrity, transparency and accountability. The same testimony is still borne of the Nigerian President by many world leaders today'. He continued to say,  'It is curious that former VP Abubakar had been asked why he had not visited America for over a decade, something that had been a stubborn fact dogging his footsteps. Instead of answering dire...

Two brothers who raped a woman inside her home after befriending her, have been jailed. 30 year old Ovidiu Mamaliga and Andrei Mamaliga, 28, were each sentenced on Friday, December 1 to 12 years imprisonment with a further eight years' to be served on licence.   Detective Inspector Tim Desai, who led the investigation, said: "This was a horrific sex attack committed by two brothers who pose a huge danger to women and should be behind bars. The victim was friendly and welcoming when they engaged her in conversation, but she could have no clue as to their violent intentions. She has been left traumatised by what happened, and I praise her bravery in first reporting the attack and then coming face-to-face with her attackers and testifying against them to ensure their convictions". The court heard during the trial that the brothers, both Romanian nationals, had been released from prison in France in 2016 after serving a sentence for rape.

A 44-year-old mother, Heidi Hepworth says she doesn’t regret leaving her children for Gambian toyboy, Salieu Jallow, and nothing will stop her from marrying him.  Last month Heidi’s heartbroken husband Andy, also 44, spoke of his ­horror at discovering his wife of 23 years had gone off to meet Salieu, who had contacted her on Facebook from The Gambia, West Africa. Her decision sparked a police investigation and Andy said: “It’s a mid-life crisis. The person she has become is horrible. “A caring mum wouldn’t go off ­gallivanting around Africa with her new boyfriend.” Now, speaking exclusively to The Sun, Heidi has defended her actions, saying:  “I don’t have a single regret. I’m not a terrible parent. “It was really hard for me to leave my kids, but they couldn’t come with me so I had no choice. “I was shocked at the anger that was directed at me for supposedly abandoning my children. That just didn’t happen.” Heidi has two sons and a daughter aged 24 to...

Mr. Abubakar said Mr. Buhari has become politically weak after squandering the goodwill Nigerians accorded him during the 2015 elections. “I will definitely beat him this time. He has wasted a lot of his massive goodwill,” Mr. Abubakar said. The former vice-president was interviewed by Dele Momodu for his column which was published Saturday in The Boss Newspaper he publishes. He said many associates of Mr. Buhari are furious, but they are silent about their disapproval of the president, and are waiting for the right time to strike back. “A lot of people are disgruntled but keeping quiet and lying low,” Mr. Abubakar said. “Our youths are suffering terribly and now they are being sold into slavery.” “Everyone knows my track record of inviting and attracting a good team and giving them the opportunity to work professionally. Nigerians are tired of leaders who cannot think big and work big,” he added. Mr. Abubakar said he would be ready from day one should Nigerians elect him president in...

On Monday, 35-year-old hairstylist Mary Elizabeth Timmons Scott was reported missing by her family after she went to pick up her two young daughters from the home of Greg Scott, their father and her ex-husband, according to  AL.com The girls had spent the weekend with Greg, who may have told Mary that they had gotten sick in order to trick her into coming over, her family wrote on Facebook,  AL.com  reports. “She had been in regular contact with her family and friends and made them aware that she was going to check on her children,” one family member wrote on social media. “No one has heard from them since early yesterday [Monday] morning. The children did not go to school or to the doctor.” The following day, Mary’s body was found in the trunk of a car by investigators in a wooded area in Selma. She had been shot in the head, Dallas County, Alabama, officials tell PEOPLE. Before Mary’s death, she and Greg had been in a custody battle, according to the Associated Press...

The awards was  held on Wednesday at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.

The Grammy winner has never come out and said outright that he was unfaithful to Beyonce until he sat down with Dean Baquet from The New York Times on Wednesday for a very revealing chat.  During the chat, he admitted that he had been unfaithful to his wife of nine years. He also said that therapy is what kept them from getting divorced. The father-of-three said he has some scars from his past and it was those scars that led him to push away Beyonce. And that led to the cheating that she addressed in Lemonade. He said: "You have to survive. So you go into survival mode, and when you go into survival mode, what happens? You shut down all emotions. So, even with women, you gonna shut down emotionally, so you can't connect. ... In my case, like, it's deep. And then all the things happen from there: infidelity." Revealing that the couple had initially planned to release a joint album together, Jay described making their respective albums ‘4:44’ and ‘Lem...

Asides this amount, N50 million would be spent on acquisition of foodstuff and catering materials, with an additional N18.3 million for refreshments. N2.3million would be spent on cooking gas and fuel cost. The presidential quarters budgeted N145 million for foodstuff and catering materials and another N135 million for refreshments and meals. N18 million was budgeted for cooking gas and fuel cost. N98 million was budgeted for foodstuff and catering materials with N25 million budgeted for refreshment and meals. In the 2017 budget, the state house budgeted N123 million for foodstuff and catering materials, while N97 million was for refreshment and meals. The president’s office had also budgeted N114 million for foodstuff and catering materials supply. President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2018 budget before a joint assembly of the national assembly on November 7. From the Cable 

An Iranian woman Sahar Tabar, 19, said she is one of Angelina Jolie’s biggest fans and  "would do anything" to look like the Hollywood actress. She has had at least 50 surgeries to  look exactly like her idol. But in her enthusiasm to imitate her screen idol, many say she has turned herself into Tim Burton’s ‘Dead Bride’ cartoon character. According to Sahar, she even went on a diet for months to maintain her weight at 40 kilograms. The Iranian teenager regularly posts pictures of herself on Instagram where she has over 300, 000 followers.

He told Sunday Scoop that if he had been well educated, he would have gone far in the entertainment industry. “John Okafor and others are fantastic actors and comedians, but they are not better than us. They are just fortunate to be speaking a universally-accepted language and they are all graduates too. So, if I can add a little bit of education to my profile, I believe I will go places. That has been my determination and I am working towards it,” he stated. He went ahead to say that regardless of all that  King Sunny Ade and King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, aka KWAM 1,  have achieved, the likes of Davido and Wizkid still have an edge over them. He said, “If KSA and KWAM 1 go to Uganda or any other country, the way they would be accepted will be different from the way Wizkid, Olamide and Davido would be accepted. “The younger artistes sing with English Language even though they still add the local dialect. It means people in other countries will relate with their music better. Whe...

  more photos from Adesua and Banky W's South African Wedding!!!

  The 22-year-old, who recently earned a business management degree, was crowned at The AXIS theatre at Planet Hollywood casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip. Along with the title, Nel-Peters earned a year-long salary, a luxury apartment in New York City for the duration of her reign and more prizes. She is the second woman from her home country to earn the crown. Ninety-two women from around the world participated in the decades-old competition. This year’s edition had the most contestants ever, including the first representatives in its history for Cambodia, Laos and Nepal. Fans of the pageant submitted the questions that the final five contestants were asked during the competition.  When asked to name the most important issue women face in the workplace, Nel-Peters said the lack of equal pay.

Prince Harry, fifth in line to the throne, will marry Ms Markle next spring and will live at Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace in London. The couple, who have been dating since 2016, got engaged earlier this month. In a statement, Prince Harry said he was "delighted to announce" the news and had received the blessing of Ms Markle's parents. Only the Queen and "other close members of his family" initially knew of the engagement, which took place in London. The announcement, issued by Clarence House, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall's official residence, said details about the wedding day would be "announced in due course". After the wedding, Ms Markle will become an HRH and a senior royal. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh said they were "delighted for the couple and wish them every happiness", a Buckingham Palace spokesman said. Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, said they were "very excited for Har...

Yewande Oyediran a Laywer and Staff of Directorate of public prosecution at the Ministry of Justice, Ibadan, Oyo state, has been found guilty by a court in Oyo state and sentenced to 7 imprisonment for stabbing her husband, Lowo Adelowo, to death in February 2016. Yewande who has been on trial for many months was pronounced guilty this Morning and sentenced to 7-years imprisonment for manslaughter.

Zimbabwe has declared every 21st of February, which is the birthday of former president Robert Mugabe, 93, a public holiday, a state daily reported Monday.  "It is hereby declared that February 21 of every year henceforth shall be a public holiday to be known as the Robert Mugabe National Youth Day," The Herald newspaper reported, citing a government gazette. The statement also added that the decision was officially made last Friday. The announcement comes nearly a week after the Mugabe stepped down as President, after ruling for 37 years. According to the report, the move follows intense lobbying by the ruling ZANU-PF party's youth league and came weeks after the country's biggest airport was renamed after the veteran politician. The 93-year-old suffered repeated claims of hanging on to power through brutal repression of dissent, election rigging and corruption, until concerted pressure from the military finally forced to quit. He was replaced by Emmer...

In a press release by his Chief Press Secretary,  Idowu Adelusi,  the sewing and distribution of the clothes would take place in designated centres across the 16 local government areas of the state. Moreover, the governor said he would buy 100 sewing machines to complement those to be used by volunteer tailors during the exercise. The 100 sewing machines would later be given out to tailors through a transparent balloting process. “When we were young, we always looked forward to the Christmas and New Year festivities that at least our parents would buy clothes for us. But with the prevailing economic situation in the country, some parents may not be able to do that and we felt we can help to bridge such gap. The exercise is part of our Stomach Infrastructure Programme and we have to take care of the needs of our people and make them happy. Also, it is a kind of financial empowerment for our people as we are buying all the materials here. We are also going to give t...

Femi Adesina,  the Special Adviser to  President Muhammadu Buhari  on Media and Publicity has hinted that a new minimum wage is loading.

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