Friday, 10 March 2017

Barrack Obama's vindictive half-brother releases photo of Barrack's alleged Kenyan birth certificate and declares his support for Trump

Malik Obama's recent behavior towards his half-brother, Barrack Obama, brings to mind that Yoruba proverb that translates to 'It's people who know you that betray you".

Malik has not made secret the fact that he is not in support of his brother and in a recent attack on Barack, he posted an image of a Kenyan birth certificate which he claims belongs to the former US president.

Davido confirms Rumor Has It exclusive...he's expecting a second baby

Linda Ikeji TV presents: Crime Story With Nonso...to debut on March 13th

Photos: Police parade woman who supplies arms to suspected robbers in Cross River State

Dolapo Badmus gets promoted to become Zonal PPRO incharge of Lagos and Ogun State

This woman's facial expression though...

Lol...

Escape to a world of comfort and relaxation at The Cromwell Courtyard Hotel, an exquisite 4-star boutique hotel

Photos: Nigeria Customs hands over 661 pump action rifles,suspects to DSS

Photos: 52-year-old Filipino widow loses millions to Nigerian fraudsters in Malaysia, five arrested

A Malaysia-based Nigerian man identified as Ogba Peter Amawhe, posed as an American in an oil-related business in Malaysia and duped a 52-year-old widow of P30 millions.

The victim, Loida (not her real name) met “Stephen Desmond Nelson” in an online dating site in March 2016. He told Loida that he was an American based in Chicago.

Hilarious moment a man is getting interviewed on live TV and his children interrupt

"Don't let a man bed you if he is not ready to wed you" Reno Omokri

As he shared on his twitter page

NUPTE, PTECSSAN tango over ZTE Nigeria check-off dues

Arsenal release statement regarding Arsene Wenger's future, Wenger reacts

Photos: Man celebrates Buhari's return by drinking water from the floor...

Babysitter kills five-month-old baby by throwing him into playpen because he was fussy

"I was not appointed Comptroller General of Customs to wear uniform" - Customs CG, Hameed Ali, replies Senate

Dad beats up four-year-old son, pulls out his hair because he couldn’t pronounce the word 'four’

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs to investigate claims of some Nigerians being denied entry into the US despite valid visas

Black Chyna gets dolls modeled after her

President Buhari to return to work on Monday- Femi Adesina

I can't recall ever being so sick- President Buhari says

Five dead as helicopter crashes into TV tower in Istanbul (Videos/Photos)

Flamboyant Nigerian man, Hushpuppi displays his N40million wristwatch, others in a refrigerator

Nicki Miniaj's new diss tracks are already NOs 1,3 & 4 on the charts

Nicki Minaj who just released her diss tracks yesterday is already topping the charts. The rap queen who took swipes at Remy Ma in new diss tracks is already Nos 1, 3 and 4 on the charts.

Reno Omokiri shares excerpts of Olusegun Obasanjo's assessment of Nasir El-Rufai in his book

Photos: Nigerian, 7 other suspects who attacked security personnel in Saudi Arabia arrested

Police in Jeddah have arrested seven men, including a Nigerian national suspected of attacking a police officer for preventing them from driving their all-terrain vehicles at the corniche, Saudi Ararbia on Tuesday, March 7th.

Millionaire's Club

You won't believe this is Afro Candy in this throwback photo

Twitter user claims watermelon seller refused to collect money from him because of Buhari's return

Photos: Maiduguri residents celebrate President Buhari's return

Residents of Maiduguri, Borno State capital trooped out today to celebrate the return of President Buhari after 51 days in London.

Audu Maikori has been re-arested...

Lady recounts how her pregnant friend was denied entry into the US from Dubai

Twitter user claims her friend who stopped over at Dubai enroute the US was denied entry into the US despite having a valid visa and had travelled multiple times. According to the twitter user, the woman was pregnant and even gave birth to a premature baby while in Dubai. Read her tweets from bottom up.

Infinix continues to win hearts with ‘Love in Action’ promotion; See pictures from Valentine’s Edition

Infinix mobility continues to give customers the best experience and the month of February was memorable. Infinix started a 1month promotion themed ‘Love in Action’ sharing the love with amazing gifts to customers and fans.

Photos of Pres Buhari in Aso Rock

Sarz to hold a three day crash course for producers

The first edition of The Sarz Production Camp will start on March 31. The ace hit maker today announced a three-day crash course that will accommodate both amateurs and professionals.

“All I want to do is to impact knowledge to as many people as I can. There is room for people who are interested in learning Music Production, Sound Design, Mixing and Mastering, Basic Production Tools on both Mac & PC” Sarz says

10 funny Tweets to welcome President Buhari back to Nigeria

President Buhari is back to the country after 51 days and trust Nigerians on social media to be funny and creative with tweets and memes. See more after the cut...

World's heaviest woman undergoes weight reduction surgery

Egypt's Eman Ahmed, believed to be the world's heaviest woman, successfully underwent weight reduction surgery yesterday in India.

Before she traveled to India for her operation, Eman weighed 1,102 pounds (500 kg) and she'd barely left her bedroom in more than two decades.

Photo: Nigerian Navy dismiss officer for possession of 14.55kg of Marijuana

A Nigerian Navy (NN) Seaman, Haruna Umar, has been dismissed from service after he was caught with 14.55kg of Marijuana.

Umar was dismissed and handed over to operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after a court martial found him guilty of the offence.

Sickening video: Two men intentionally break drunk woman's leg because she asked them to

This is indeed sickening! A footage circulating online shows the moment two men broke a woman's leg in the opposite direction. What makes it even more bizarre is that they did it with encouragement from the woman.

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Caroline Danjuma and her daughter adorable in new photo

Caroline Danjuma shared this cute photo with her only daughter and captioned it; "Mummy's Angel"

B*tch stole my look: Lupita Nyong'o vs Beyonce in Gucci

Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o wore this $26,000 green Gucci embellished plissé silk-chiffon gown during the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, while Grammy-winner Beyonce wore hers as she attended the Beauty and the Beast premiere in LA recently. Who wore it better?

Oh wow! See what Kristen Stewart looks like now (photos)

Kristen Stewart turned heads yesterday on the red carpet as she stepped out in Los Angeles for the premiere of her latest film Personal Shopper and it was not as a result of her outfit.

The Twilight actress debuted a new hair, a very low cut style which was also bleached blonde to make her look very different from the long-haired brunette we all know

Former governor of the now defunct Western State of Nigeria, Major General Adeyinka Adebayo dies at 89

Robert Adeyinka Adebayo was the former governor of the now defunct Western State of Nigeria, 1966–1971. And one of the founders/Vice Chairman of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) (1979 -1983), Alliance for Democracy. His eldest son Otunba Niyi Adebayo was a governor of Ekiti State from 1999 to 2003.

He died this morning at the age of 89. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

The Rapture: who's going up with Christ at his coming?

Many of us Christians think that being caught up with our Saviour Jesus Christ when He returns for His saints (the Rapture) depends on our ability to keep the Ten Commandments, "how good we are" here on earth or even what we are doing at the time of His coming. Not so!

Just a quick intro before we see why not and what the word of the Lord says is the condition for being caught up with Christ at His coming.

The bible says in Ephesians 2:8- "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them."

"Saved" in verse 8 above encompasses salvation from hell to heaven, salvation from the power, pleasure and penalty of sin
; deliverance from oppression and molestations of the enemy; deliverance from all earthly ills and being caught up with Christ when He returns for His saints. The Rapture, which is the believer’s bodily redemption in Christ, is the final delivery in the “Saved” package that Christ bought for us with His blood at the cross. It is a gift.

As it is with all of God’s blessings which are FREELY given to us with Christ according to Romans 8:32, being caught up with Christ at His coming (Rapture) cannot be earned by our efforts at keeping the Law which Romans 3:20 says cannot make any righteous in God’s sight. It is by Grace. It is freely given. We can’t “work towards it” by our own efforts at law-keeping in order to earn or deserve it. We look forward to it because “It is finished!” It is certain for all who are believing Christ; all whose righteousness is found in Christ and not their own righteousnesses from keeping the Ten Commandments. The only brand of righteousness that counts with our Heavenly Father is that which He freely gives to all who believe as a gift through Christ. We are made righteous by the blood of our Saviour Jesus and not our works, as it is written in 2 Corinthians 5:21:

“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

Remember Romans 3:20 – "For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are." All the law-keeping and good works done in order to get right with God can never make one righteous in His sight. Only the righteousness that was paid for with the blood of Jesus suffices for the Most High God. All who receive this gift of righteousness are 100% righteous in His eyes, no matter what they do or do not do. This way, we don’t TRY to do His will; we GET to do His will “for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13)

Only by grace through faith are we saved, including our bodily redemption in Christ (Rapture). If it is by one's own effort, then it is no longer grace. Romans 11:6 says –

"And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work."

But many of us, even with good intentions, still try to attain right standing with and earn God's favour with our filthy rags righteousnesses and law-keeping. This is the height of self-righteousness and hypocrisy: to believe that we can earn points of righteousness with God or curry His favour by doing what the Law commands when Romans 3:20 tells us that no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. Our own righteousnesses are like filthy rags (menstrual rags in original Hebrew) according to Isaiah 64:6; not our sins but the good things we do with the aim of getting right with God. Whatever we do to make ourselves deserve God's goodness or be eligible for our bodily redemption (Rapture) in Christ are like menstrual rags in His sight.

Believing that being caught up with Christ at His coming depends on our own filthy rags righteousnesses from our performance of the Ten Commandments or has anything at all to do with our own efforts at getting right with God has quite the opposite effect as we see in Galatians 5:4-

"For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace."

Those who think it is what they do or do not do that make them right with God have been cut off from Christ. No Rapture for such. It takes grace to be caught up with our Saviour.

So who is qualified for the Rapture?

The criteria for being caught up with Christ is to be a believer in Christ and to be "alive and remain" at His coming, according to the word of the Lord. We see this in 1 Thessalonians 4 where the believers there were concerned about what would happen to those that had fallen asleep in Christ. This text isn't Paul's opinion. Paul said it "by the word of the Lord":

13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words."

We (Paul was speaking to believers) who will be caught up with Christ (after those that are asleep in Christ are first caught up) are "we who are alive and remain" at His coming, not we who are doing our best to keep the Ten Commandments; not we who are fasting; not we who are obeying the Law to be eligible and thus are cut off from Christ; not we who make sure that we do good all the time so that we can make the cut. Wonderful as these things are, it is "we who are alive and remain" that will be caught up with Christ at His coming.

Did you also notice that Paul said in verse 18: "Therefore comfort one another with these words."

Our Saviour's words concerning the Rapture are to bring COMFORT to all believers but today, it brings FEAR to many, thanks to the preaching of “another gospel” by many leaders who make the flock believe that it is their ability to ‘be right with God” that makes them Rapture-worthy and not the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. These poor, beloved of God see that there is no way that they can make it if it depends on them and so are scared when they hear the song “Will you be ready when the Lord shall come!” Please where is grace in this kind of teaching? Where is God’s undeserved, unmerited favour?

Many leaders condemn the flock, threaten them into being “cheerful givers,” point out their inadequacies and tell them to “stop sinning, or else,” all without pointing them to Christ as the one who saves from sin; just like the Accuser the devil. They might as well tell a cancer patient with zero healing powers to heal himself! Their own preaching of the blessed hope in Christ (Rapture) produces fear and not comfort as it should. They place a burden on the shoulders and a yoke on the necks of God’s beloved. Believers, this is not of Christ. In other places, the preaching of the blessed hope (Rapture) is left out altogether. This hope should be our primary expectation as believers. 1 John 3:3 says – “And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”

Pastors and leaders, unveil God's Grace expressed in His love for us (Christ died for us) and the people will live right.

But does the “we who are alive and remain” truth for believers mean that we should just go and be sinning anyhow? Certainly not! Many people who do not yet understand our salvation in Christ think that we "Grace people" are looking for an excuse to continue to wallow in sin but nothing could be further from the truth. Trying to be good or doing anything at all in order to get right with God via obedience to the Law has quite the opposite effect on you and on your standing with God. Galatians 5:4 tells us that this is how to get cut off from Christ –

"For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace."

Christ is of no effect in the lives of those who think that it is what they do or do not do (law-keeping) that makes them right with God. These ones have rejected the gift of right standing with God that Christ died that they might have as recorded in 2 Corinthians 5:21.

As for the effect on yourself, Romans 7:5 says: "When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death."

The "old nature" here is simply the sin nature that every human inherited from Adam by default, as it is written in Romans 5:19 "For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous."

Having the old nature means living outside the umbrella of God's gift of righteousness which is available to all believers through Christ's obedience. Those who reject this gift of righteousness and depend on their “good works” and obedience to the Law to get right with God and be caught up with Christ at His coming (Rapture) have the old nature. These ones are not a new creation. They still have the Law as their standard of righteousness and thus are under the curse. According to Romans 7:5, the same Law that such people try to obey in order to be righteous arouses evil desires in them and the result is more acts of sin that lead to death:

"When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death."

As the righteousness of God in Christ, we are a New Creation. Not under Law but under Grace. And this is the result: we get to produce a harvest of good deeds for God, yet not us but Christ in us! Romans 7:4-

"So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the One who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God."

Only when we forsake our own righteousnesses that come from our obedience to the Law and accept that which is from “one Man’s obedience” (Christ’s) can we produce a harvest of good deeds for God; only this way can we live right. Doing anything by our own effort to get right with God is not Grace. It is works. In Christ, we are not saved (including being caught up with Him at His coming) because we are obedient by our own effort. We become obedient because we are saved.

Titus 2:14 says: "who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works."

Believers, don't let anyone deceive you into thinking that your right living and being zealous for good works as well as your salvation from your addictions, sins and bad habits can be accomplished by your sheer determination and self-will. That church “Daddy” who tells you so can never cast the first stone! The arm of flesh will fail. This is why Christ came, to "redeem us from every lawless deed…" To redeem means to "regain possession of (something) in exchange for payment." This means that sin holds such that are under it in captivity and a price has to be paid in order for such to be set free; a price that Christ paid with His blood! He is our Redeemer. Without Him, we can do nothing. Ask and trust in Him to save you. He is ever-willing to make you clean. This is God's undeserved, unmerited favour - Grace. And our being caught up with our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming to be with Him forever fits right in there with every blessing that He has freely blessed us with in Christ.

For lack of understanding many think that this is "too cheap a gospel" but it did not come cheap to God at all! It cost our heavenly Father heaven’s Best: our Saviour Jesus Christ. He loves us so much! The Holy Spirit will teach you all things.

Believers, with the Lord as your Strength and Righteousness, understand that your being "raptured" has been paid for with Christ's blood, alongside every single one of His blessings (His righteousness, healing, peace, deliverance, etc) that you are enjoying today. All are freely given with Christ (Romans 8:32.) Christ paid for our bodily redemption (Rapture) alongside all of His benefits that we are receiving and enjoying today when He shed His blood for us on the cross. If it was up to us, be assured that no one will be caught up with Him when He comes! Only by Grace (undeserved, unmerited favour) through faith are we saved.

You believing one (you who are the righteousness of God in Christ; you who have no righteousness of your own from doing works of the Law but have Christ as your righteousness; you whose boast is not in your own ability to fast and pray for 40 days straight and keep the Law but boast only in Christ as your Saviour and Redeemer;) you “who are alive and remain” will be caught up together with the saints in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air to be with Him forever. Look forward to it! We purify ourselves by having this hope fixed on Him (1 John 3:3)

Comfort yourselves with “the word of the Lord” in 1 Thessalonians 4, "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;" (Philippians 1:6

Photos: FG officially announces closure of Abuja airport

The Federal Government has announced the official closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport from 12 midnight on Wednesday March 8th.

Ministers of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed, Rotimi Amaechi of Transport and the Minister of state for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced the closure at a press conference in Abuja today.
The closure is to enable the government carry out repairs on the runway of the airport. The repairs is meant to last for six weeks. Only one international airline has agreed to use Kaduna airport as an alternative airport proposed by the Federal government for landing.

In the meantime, Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, says the Kaduna airport is ready for international flights.

"All the things we need for international operations are on ground. What is important actually is the safety equipment for the landing of the aircraft. “We have seen the runway is good, the Instrument Landing System (ILS) has been installed and the terminal building is ready. The contractor has been directed by the Acting President to redouble his effort so that the remaining items of work that are remaining should be completed before the commencement of the international operations in Kaduna. I think this is one of the luckiest airports; they have five generators as standby power supply. So we have more than enough" he said

"I didn't give a sh**t what anyone thought" " Beautiful young mum breastfeeds her baby in public

Erika posted a photo on Instagram showing her breastfeeding her baby in public.
"TBT to my first time feeding Ever in public. It was almost 80 degrees out, she was hungry & trying to cover her and feed her did NOT feel natural for either of us," the young mother wrote.

Photos: Battery thief stripped naked and beaten to a pulp by mob in Delta State

The suspected thief was stripped naked and brutally beaten yesterday by an angry mob after he was caught removing battery from a street light somewhere in Asaba, Delta State. See photos from the scene after the cut.

New comedy movie, ‘Basira In London’ Set to hit Nigerian cinemas in March 2017

Nollywood has witnessed notable comedy flicks that have broken box office records in recent times. It is on the heels of this that new movie; ‘Basira In London’ will be hitting the Nigerian cinemas on March 24, 2017.

Trump signs executive order on revised travel ban - Iraq removed from the list

US President, Donald Trump has just signed a new and updated executive order banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, notably dropping Iraq from January's previous order.

The new travel ban comes six weeks after Trump's original executive order was rolled out amid chaos and confusion at airports in the United States and eventually blocked by a federal court.

The new executive order still temporary bans Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. And it won't take effect till March 16th. And it doesn't affect green card holders and those with valid visas. Hopefully, US federal judges will stop this too.

APC members behind abduction of Chibok school girls- FFK

The Former Minister posted tis on twitter while reacting to UK Guardian's report that Goodluck Jonathan rejected help from the British government to help rescue the abducted Chibok school girls in 2014.

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un fires four new ballistic missiles into Japan: Japan, S.Korea,China and US react!

North Korea, early Monday morning fired four new ballistics missile into the sea of Japan, while one missile failed to launch, a move the Japanese government has described as 'very dangerous' as it was within 200 miles of Japan's coast.

The four missiles, which were intermediate-range missiles traveled almost 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, and the provocative action by North Korea's Kim Jong-Un has now been confirmed by the U.S, Japanese and South Korean governments.

Military experts now fear that at the rate North Korea is going, they will soon be strong enough to not just launch missiles in major Western countries, but also attack neighbouring countries like Japan and South Korea- termed friends of America.

U.S Military experts believe that North Korea fired the missiles due to America's provocative act in recent weeks- the Military drills with South Korea and Japan which Pyongyang feels is a sign of a possible American attack on Korean soil.

South Korea acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn told the South Korean National Security Council on Monday:

"This is a direct challenge to the international community and a grave violation," he said.

''Having seen the brutality of North Korea from Kim Jong Nam, I'd say the consequences of the Kim Jong Un regime having nuclear weapons will be horrible," he said, referring to the killing of the Kim Jong-Un's half brother at Kuala Lumpur airport last month.

Geng Shuang, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said;

"China has also noted that the US and South Korea are holding large-scale military exercises targeting North Korea," he said. "Under current circumstances, all relevant sides should exercise restraint, and avoid actions that would provoke each other and escalate tensions.''

The US State Department reacted to the missile deployment, saying it'll handle North Korea's growing threat effectively.

''The U.S remains prepared to use the full range of capabilities at our disposal against this growing threat."

"The DPRK's provocations only serve to increase the international community's resolve to counter the DPRK's prohibited weapons of mass destruction programs," acting State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement.

Speaking to the Japanese Parliament Monday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said;

'Three missiles landed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone. This launch was a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

Monday, 6 March 2017

ABSU 200L Student Beheaded By Ritualists After Following A Guy At Club (Graphic Photo)

A few days ago, news went viral about the headless body of an unidentified young woman found along the Amanwaozuzu-Ogwa road in Imo State on Saturday morning. Well, she has been identified as an Abia University student called Sandra. It was said that she went to club with her friends and she followed a guy to an unknown destination and never returned. As shared by Friday Oduma, who also shared photos and posts of people who knew Sandra. We’ll first share Friday’s posts, then show the photo of the beheaded girl, and then posts of people who identified her. Friday writes,
A 200L MBL student of Abia state university(Absu) by name Sandra was beheaded by Ritualist in imo state. It was said dat she went to club wit her friends and she met a guy who she followed to who knows and never returned

Sunday, 5 March 2017

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Uriel gets evicted from Big Brother Naija

Uriel Oputa has been evicted from the on-going Big Brother Naija game. All the housemates except Bisola, Thin Tall Tony and Bally, were up for eviction.

Efe secured the highest votes from viewers while disqualified contestant, Kemen secured the lowest, followed by Uriel. She now joins other evicted housemates like Soma, Miyonse, Coco Ice and Gifty

Picture of the day....lol

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