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Video shows a pastor washing his legs on the head of his membersA video trending on social media shows a pastor washing his legs on the head of his members while letting the water drip over them to “anoint” them. In the video, a long line of members can be seen waiting their turn. Each member kneels when they get to the pastor and he places his foot on their head while someone pours water on the foot. As the pastor washes his foot, the water drips over the members and they use it in washing themselves. Sometimes, the pastor also washes his face and lets the water wash over his members. Social media users are appalled and are calling out fake pastors for “bastardizing Christianity”. Watch the shocking video below. source : https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/video-shows-pastor-washing-his-legs-on.html

File: Rivers Statè Governor, Nyesom Wike The Peoples Democratic Party has said that Thursday’s concluding judgment by the Supreme Court, which categorically ended the APC’s bid to overturn the governorship, national and state assembly elections in Rivers, has finally vindicated the PDP, Governor Nyesom Wike and the people of the state. In a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP noted that the Supreme Court’s judgment has brought respite to Nigerians. “The resoluteness of the Supreme Court in upholding justice and resisting manipulations by APC leaders to revisit the issue of APC flawed primaries in the state, which were lawfully annulled by the lower courts, has brought respite to Nigerians and further restored their confidence in the institution of the judiciary. The spontaneous public jubilation that trailed the concluding judgment attests to this. “The judgment signifies the final triumph of the will of the people over the manipulative forces in APC, who ...

Bobrisky’s beauty reminds me of when I was pregnant – Tonto Dikeh Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has revealed her best look of her friend, Bobrisky, and according to her, it reminds of when she was pregnant. She shared the photo on Instagram and wrote; Bobrisky’s beauty reminds me of when I was pregnant – Tonto Dikeh Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has revealed her best look of her friend, Bobrisky, and according to her, it reminds of when she was pregnant. She shared the photo on Instagram and wrote; “My best bobrisky Look ever!!! He reminds me of when I was pregnant,So fair,So clean,So fresh,So gorg and so Happy!!! Bobby I’m so happy for you all the time!!” source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/bobriskys-beauty-reminds-me-of-when-i.html

According to reports, an FRSC vehicle was involved in an auto-crash earlier today. The accident involving the FRSC pickup vehicle and another saloon was reported to have happened at  Moniya in Ibadan, Oyo state. It was also reported that a life was lost in the crash. See photos of the accident scene below. source:Autojosh source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/frsc-men-involved-in-auto-crash-in.html

A Federal High Court, Ibadan on Friday struck out a suit filed by the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, against the All Progressives Congress (APC) over exclusion of his name for his inability to produce evidence of participating in the one-year mandatory National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Justice P.I. Ajoku struck out the suit for Shittu’s failure to file it within the time stipulated by law. The APC had excluded his name from among aspirants due to his non-participation in the NYSC scheme after his graduation from the University of Ife. But the minister headed to the court, describing it as a breach of his human rights. “I must first consider the provision of Section 285 of the constitution that makes it mandatory for all pre-election matters to be filed within 14 days of occurrence. “This particular case was not filed within 14 days, but outside the date. “Therefore, I will not bother going into the merit of the case. “Having failed to satisfy the d...

A woman has testified thanking God after saving the life of her son who swallowed a huge nail. A Nigerian mom, Aju Mbaise cannot stop praising God after sharing a testimony how her son survived after he swallowed a nail.   Read below:   THIS IS MY TESTIMONY "Gudmorning great mums and mums to be,I am the mum that posted about my son that swallowed a nail on Thursday. Thanks for all ur advice because as of then I was’ nt really thinking straight so u guys really helped me alot. I took my son to teaching hospital, and the doctor referred us to an x ray which we did,and to my greatest surprise, my son indeed swallowed a nail according to them the nail has blocked the small intestine which needs an emergency surgery,before we could finish the process and we were referred to a certain doctor,but on getting there the doctor has already gone.   So I was told to come on Monday. But before the so called Monday,that was on Sunday evening,my God...

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Friday suspended the Auditor-General of the state, Mr Innocent Nwida from office over the latest communal crisis in the state. The governor also suspended other elected and appointed office holders from Igbeagu Community in the Izzi Local Government Area of the state because of the crisis. On April 9, Umahi suspended the chairmen of Ikwo and Abakaliki Local Government Councils and all elected and appointed office holders from Enyibichiri in Ikwo and Enyigba in Abakaliki over a communal clash. Dr Kenneth Ugbala, Commissioner for Border, Peace and Internal Security, announced the suspension of the officials while addressing newsmen after the governor’s meeting with people from Igbeagu Community, involved in a boundary dispute with Ukele community in Cross River. Ugbala noted that the suspension, which took immediate effect would elapse when peace returned to the communities. “The affected persons include the Auditor-General of the state, Mr Inno...

A four-year-old boy, Arafat Jibrin has been electrocuted in Niger state when he strayed into an electric transformer house. The incident occurred on Thursday night at the Senior Quarters of the Federal Low-Cost Housing Estate in Maikunkele, a suburb of Minna. The Deceased was said to have been in a search of his sister who had gone to fetch water for the House when he strayed into the transformer house where he was electrocuted. An eyewitness said that it was a passerby who raised alarm when he noticed unusual activity in the transformer house but before the victim could be rescued, he had been burnt beyond recognition. The remains of the boy were taken from the transformer house and buried according to Islamic rite on Thursday night. The Public Relations Officer, of the Abuja Electricity Development Company (AEDC) Adamu Muhammad, confirmed the incident saying the Managing Director of AEDC had despatched a high powered delegation to pay a condolence visit to the family of t...

Mabel Oboh’s Centre for Save Our Stars,MOCSOS, Baba Fyro has called out top Nigerian entertainers to come to the rescue of ailing indigenous rapper, Lord of Ajasa. Mabel Oboh The “Dem go dey Pose” crooner, made the call during his recent visit to the ailing indigenous rapper in his Lekki, Lagos residence. The visit was facilitated by the founder of MOCSOS, Mabel Oboh, a veteran broadcaster and actress. She lamented the health challenges confronting the Nigerian entertainers, saying ‘it’s seriously getting out of control.’ Recall that the indigenous rapper was diagnosed of peptic ulcer and needed urgent surgery before the state of his condition was made public. He was later hospitalized at the Ikorodu General Hospital before he was discharged. Soliciting support for the ailing star, Baba Fyro called on all the top entertainers in the country to show some love to the ailing rapper. Oboh said although Lord of Ajasa is recovering speedily, he still needs more financial assistance ...

A medical consultant, Dr. Aigbokhaode Adesuwa has expressed worry over delay by parents in taking their children to healthcare providers at the appropriate time. He attributed certain avoidable deaths to delays by caregivers who often resort to self-help and traditional ways of treating ailments. Speaking Friday at Atani, Ogbaru local government area of Anambra state at a 2-day training of Nurses and Community Health Extension workers, Adesuwa canvassed for community leaders’ partnership in health policies implementation. He explained that effective partnership with relevant stakeholders were essential in promoting quality healthcare delivery in communities. Adesuwa, from the department of Public health, Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, Delta state, however regretted the adverse effects of harmful health practices on the health of individuals in the community. He said, “Community health extension workers need to collaborate with the relevant stakeholders, especially governm...

Singer, Wizkid hints on expecting baby number 4It looks like Nigerian singer, Wizkid is not retiring on having more babies. Singer, Wizkid hints on expecting baby number 4It looks like Nigerian singer, Wizkid is not retiring on having more babies. In his latest post on IG, the singer who already has three kids from different baby mama’s appears to have dropped a baby hint. See his post below; source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/singer-wizkid-hints-on-expecting-baby.html

The National Assembly has released the details of its budget for the 2018 fiscal year. The Office of the Senate President disclosed the details of the budget in a tweet on Friday. It explained that the disclosure was in line with the commitment of the leadership of the 8th Assembly to accountability and transparency. The details were released following pressure from human rights activists and civil society groups in the country. Of the N139.5 billion earmarked for the National Assembly, the Senate got a total of N35.58 billion while the House of Representatives had N57.4 billion. The National Assembly Office got N15.38 billion just as the legislative aides and the NASS Service Commission had N10.20 billion and N2.73 billion respectively. Similarly, the National Assembly Legislative Institute got N4.37 billion while N1.14 billion was earmarked for service-wide-vote of the legislature. A total of N12.3 billion was earmarked for general services while the Public Accounts ...

The Yobe Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has advised Sen. Ali Ndume (Borno-APC), to respect supremacy of the party and avoid placing personal interest above collective interest. Alhaji Abubakar Bakabe, the state’s secretary of the party, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Damaturu. “The interest of the party supersedes all other interests,” Bakabe said. He cautioned the lawmaker against working with the opposition to ridicule the party. “Ndume should avoid the pitfalls of the Bukola Saraki’s Senate presidency, this must not be repeated in the interest of the party, Nigeria and democracy,” he said. He commended returning and newly elected senators for identifying with the position of the party and presidency on the proposed leadership of the National Assembly. “The state chapter of APC expresses optimism that the Borno senator will remain loyal to the party, its leadership and President Muhammadu Buhari. “As a pa...

North Korea has elected a new ceremonial president, a month after the election of its official parliament, state media said on Friday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s deputy, Choe Ryong Hae, was elected on Thursday as chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as North Korea is officially known. According to a report Friday by the news agency KCNA, Choe replaces Kim Yong Nam, 91, who was long considered the diplomatic face of North Korea, but whose retirement was expected due to his advanced age. South Korean media have described Choe as a political heavyweight and the number two man in North Korea behind Kim. KCNA called his selection a “great political event of crucial historical significance.’’ The 687 lawmakers in the nominal parliament are elected for a period of five years, while turnout at the polls in March was over 90 per cent. The parliament is officially North Korea’s highest organ of state but it only meets once o...

By Soni Daniel Key northern leaders on Thursday converged on Zaria, in Kaduna State, and reviewed the security situation in Nigeria, with a damning verdict that the federal government has not done enough to checkmate the spate of killings and destruction of property across the land. Cross section of Party Faithfuls during the meeting of the PDP Northern Elders and Leaders Caucus at the Adamu Maina Waziri Hall, Ajuji Hotel, Apo, Abuja. The elders also frowned at what they considered as unjustified silence of the administration over rising threats to the north in particular and some parts of Nigeria by bandits, herdsmen, kidnappers, armed robbers and other gangs causing mayhem without any appropriate response from the security agencies. In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting and signed by the Convener of the NEF, Prof Ango Abdullahi, the elders questioned the undue priority given by the government to politics over human lives, blaming it on what it calls ‘ weak politi...

UNICEF has raised concern over the number of children recruited and killed by non-state armed groups in Nigeria’s north-east region. The United Nations children’s agency said this in a statement on Friday, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Chibok abduction. “More than 3,500 children, most of whom were aged 13 to 17, were recruited by non-state armed groups between 2013 and 2017 and have been used in the ongoing armed conflict in north-east Nigeria,” it said. The agency affirmed that the numbers were only those that have been verified, while the true figures were likely to be higher. It disclosed that in addition to the children, 432 children were killed and maimed, 180 were abducted, and 43 girls were sexually abused in the region in 2018. UNICEF noted further that more than 100 of the schoolgirls abducted Chibok community of Borno State were still missing. It said the anniversary of the abduction, marked on April 14, was a grim reminder that widespread abductions of...

Maidugur – Mr Mohamed Fall, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Nigeria, on Thursday called for the protection of children rights against violence and other form of abuses in the country. WOMEN AFFAIRS MINISTER, PARENTS AND FREED CHIBOK SCH GIRLS MEETS AGAIN 1A&B. Cross Section of the girls dancing and praising God during the second meeting of Parents and Freed 106 Chiboks Girls as they prepare to enter high school for their remedial studies in September 2017. The Meeting took place at the A Class Garden in Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE/STATE HOUSE. July 22, 2017. Fall in a statement issued by Kusali Kubwalo, the Communication Analyst, UNICEF Field Office Maiduguri, said the call would serve as reminder to widespread abductions and grave violation of children’s rights in the northeast region. “More than 3, 500 children aged between 13 and 17 were recruited by non state armed groups between 2013 and 2017; and used in the ongoin...

Daddy Freeze is a con artist, a greedy punk who makes money through trickery-Alexander Thandi Ubani Political analyst and social commentator, Alexander Thandi Ubani has called out controversial OAP Daddy Freeze for living a life totally different from what he preaches, thus leading many people astray. It is important that I make this clarification: I do not have any personal grudge against Ifedayo Olarinde aka Daddy Freeze. I am writing this because of the obvious contradictions and fakery associated with his person which I believe have been ignored giving him the ginger to continue on this path to perdition thereby deceiving the gullible. (A little background: Daddy Freeze is an On-Air-Personality (OAP) who works with Cool FM. He considers himself to be the most intelligent OAP in Nigeria. He shows off his muiltimillion naira cars and expensive watches on social media and spends most of his time bashing men of God.) To start with, Daddy Freeze is a con artist, a greedy punk...

Chelsea says they have banned three fans for their part in an abusive video directed at striker Mohamed Salah from Premier League rivals Liverpool, local media reported on Friday. Six men were seen on a video posted on social media on Thursday abusing Salah, calling the Egypt international a “bomber”. Both clubs roundly condemned the video, each issuing a statement in which they pledged to work together to find the people responsible. Chelsea said that they had stopped three fans at the gates for their Europa League clash with Slavia Prague in the Czech Republic. Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud said the whole Chelsea sides were disgusted at the video. “I think these people shouldn’t belong to Chelsea. “I think the club and everybody condemn these kinds of things, and we are 100 per cent behind Mo Salah. I think nowadays it shouldn’t happen,’’ Giroud said. Salah played 13 times for Chelsea before joining Roma, and eventually signing for Liverpool in the summer of 2017. ...

Pope Francis has been hailed as a man of exceptional humility after he knelt and kissed the feet of leaders from South Sudan. Pope Francis knelt to kiss the feet of South Sudanese leaders On Thursday, Pope Francis knelt to kiss the feet of South Sudan’s previously warring leaders, in a dramatic gesture after an unprecedented retreat at the Vatican. Pope however urged them to not return to a civil war. He also appealed to President Salva Kiir, his former deputy turned rebel leader Riek Machar, and three other vice presidents to respect any peace agreement they signed and commit to forming a unity government in May. “I am asking you as a brother to stay in peace. I am asking you with my heart, let us go forward. There will be many problems but they will not overcome us. Resolve your problems,” Francis said in his remarks. The Sudanese leaders appeared to be stunned as the 82-year-old pope, helped by aides, knelt with difficulty to kiss the shoes of the two main opposing lea...

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN — Following fears that the Federal Government might increase the price of petroleum products, Edo State government has warned petroleum marketers against selling the product above the pump price of N145 per litre. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki The state government also warned marketers to desist from the act, as those found culpable would be made to face the full wrath of the law. Edo State Commissioner for Energy, Oil and Gas, Mr. Joseph Ugheoke, who gave the warning in a statement in Benin City, yesterday, said the state government had called a meeting with executives of the Edo State Chapter of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigerian, IPMAN, and Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, to strategise on how to ensure steady supply of petroleum products during the Easter celebrations. He said: “It has come to the notice of the state government that petroleum marketers are illegally hoarding and diverting petroleum...

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that nothing can stop Atiku Abubakar from reclaiming his mandate allegedly stolen the last presidential election. PDP’s national working committed also accused the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Presidency of “setting up plots” against its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The party warned that “no amount of fabrications, attempts at setting up as well as veiled and open threats” by the APC-led Federal Government can stop Abubakar from reclaiming his mandate at the tribunal. According to a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP rejected in its entirety, the declaration by the Buhari Presidency that Abubakar was is “lucky to be walking free”, noting that such is inciting and brings to the fore the unwholesome intention of the APC-led administration against Atiku Abubakar for seeking to retrieve his stolen mandate at the court. The statement further reads: “the p...

Washington DC – The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed says the Federal Government will look into gradual removal of fuel subsidy as part of strategy to boost revenue. A man carries jerrycans to search for fuel in Lagos, on May 21, 2015. Long queues formed at petrol stations across oil-rich Nigeria on May 21 following a row over subsidy payment to petrol importers as well as sale of government oil blocks to private investors, union officials said. AFP PHOTO Ahmed said this on Thursday on the sideline of the IMF/World Bank meetings currently taking place in Washington DC, United States of America. Ahmed made the disclosure while reacting to the IMF’s advice to Nigeria and other countries who still subsidise fossil fuel to stop doing so. According to the IMF, fuel subsidy removal would help boost revenue and improve government’s spending to build more hospitals, roads, schools, and to support education and health for the people. “It’s good advice, but we have to implement it ...

The Kenyan Police have arrested 33 Nigerians for illegal migration, while pursuing leads on an incident in which drugs are being sent from Nairobi to others parts of the world. The 33 Nigerians who were arrested by the Kenyan Police on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at Kasarani, had allegedly been posing illegally as students of International University-Africa (USIU) and Kenyatta University (KU). The Cable reported that the Commanding Officer in charge of sub-counties in Kasarani, Peter Kimani said the suspects were arrested by anti-narcotics detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) who were pursuing leads on an incident in which drugs are being sent from Nairobi to others parts of the world. The suspects were also accused of operating businesses “with the intention of selling drugs”. He said, “When they arrived they declared they were students at the universities but our investigations have shown they are in other illegal businesses.” The owner of a popul...