GUDNESSGRACE : February 2018

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Word for today

Good morning friends! Here’s the word for today, Tues. 27, Feb. 2018

Getting A Little Too Comfortable In Victory

Trump calls Schiff a 'bad guy,' Democratic memo 'a nothing'

© Provided by CNN President Donald Trump hit back at top House Intelligence Committee Democrat Adam Schiff in an interview Saturday night, dismissing a Democratic memo on FBI surveillance released earlier in

VP Yemi Osinbajo’s Daughter Set To Tie The Knot With Muslim Billionaire’s Son

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With joy and praise to the Lord, Dolly and I announce the betrothal of our daughter Oludamilola Osinbajo to Oluseun Bakare.

12:10 AM - 14 Feb 2018

In the spirit of Valentine, Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor

Nigerian Comedienne, Emmanuella, Lands Disney Role

From front row left, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, his wife, Kim Jung-sook, and Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter, watch the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics along with Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, standing third from back row left, in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

© The Associated Press From front row left, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, his wife, Kim Jung-sook, and Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter, watch the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics along with

Megyn Kelly wearing a dress: Megyn Kelly poses on the set of her NBC show "Megyn Kelly Today" in September 2017.

Megyn Kelly has shown herself to be a champion of the #MeToo movement, regularly promoting the brave women fighting injustice on her NBC talk show, "Megyn Kelly Today."
However, a past colleague is saying that it's a ruse.

Maryam Uwais

Mrs Maryam Uwais, presidential aide on National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP), says that the Federal Government has captured 455,000 vulnerable households in the National Social

FG To Establish Specialised Bank To Assist Innovators, Science/Tech Ventures

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, says Federal Government is working toward establishing specialised bank to assist innovators

Trump just one reason China is letting the yuan crush the dollar

The Chinese yuan has appreciated 10 percent against the dollar since the start of 2017, quelling some criticism that the export giant has been deliberately suppressing its currency to gain economic advantage over

LR: Malam Aliyu Ibrahim of Oasis Building receiving site document from Malam Aliyu Idris, Deputy Director Schools Kaduna State Ministry of Education Science and Technology.

The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board on Thursday said it had awarded contracts for the construction of 594 classrooms across the 23 local government areas of the state.
The Executive Chairman of the Board,

Dapchi schoolgirls: Angry youths attack Gov Gaidam’s convoy

Dapchi students during the headcount. Sahara Reporters

Anger erupted in Dapchi, Yobe State on Thursday after officials fumbled to account for scores of schoolgirls who locals say have been kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists — a disappearance reviving traumatic memories of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

Police said on Wednesday that 111 girls from the state-run

UNAIDS deputy chief, accused of sex assault, to step down

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The deputy head of UNAIDS, accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague but cleared of wrongdoing by an internal United Nations probe, announced his decision to step down

Woman dies in church after giving testimony

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A hairdresser died in the church immediately after giving testimonies before the congregation at Universal Church of God.
The deceased, simply identified as Mpofu attended a church service at Bulawayo area of Zimbabwe where she gave a testimony thanking God for the wonders He had done in her life.
According to reports by B-metro, Mpofu slumped immediately after sharing her testimony and died in the church.
A close relative who asked for anonymity told the media that they were very disappointed and confused as they were not sure if the testimony was the reason behind Mpofu’s death.
“It is very sad that our family member died this way. She was someone who was a dedicated church member which now turns to be a surprise that she died in the house which she thought was the safest,” said the relative.
“What is more surprising is when all this happened the church did not notify us that she had collapsed choosing to keep her for six hours. We do not know why they kept her in church when they were aware that her condition was critical, that is why we are suspecting foul play,” he continued.

The deceased’s husband left mourners in shock when he asked all church members to leave the funeral.
It was clear that he wanted nothing to do with Universal Church members and their pastors.
A pastor who declined to be named said they did not bother attending the funeral as they were not on good terms with Mpofu’s family. Mpofu was buried on Monday.

Efforts to get a comment from the church on the incident involving their deceased member were fruitless as a pastor that invited B-Metro over for a comment asked for written questions that he said would be sent to their lawyers for a response.

Rescue of Dapchi pupils: Information we relied on was not credible – Yobe govt

Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Geidam

The Yobe State Government has apologised for issuing to the public, information concerning the alleged abduction and rescue of 111 schoolgirls at Government Girls Science

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed plans to create additional 500,000 jobs from irrigation farming.Buhari stated this during inauguration of governing boards of all the 12 River Basin Development Authoriry (RBDAs), Nigerian Hydrological Agency (NHSA)

The Abuja chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has inaugurated new Executive Members to steer the affairs of the guild for the next two years.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the nine-member executive took their oath office on Thursday night at the ‘Inauguration and Fund Raising

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have begun beaming its searchlight on how the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has been spending party funds.The move

A crude oil production field PHOTO: AFP<br />

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), disbursed a total sum of N6.418trillion in 2017, representing an increase of 25.8 per cent, and 6.8 per cent when compared to the N5.1trillion and N6.011trillion

a close up of a piece of paper: (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

We know they are out there.
They are the criminals who call and claim that you’ll be arrested if you don’t pay up on an old tax debt that you don’t actually owe. But the official-sounding calls

Vladimir Putin et al. posing for the camera: Yevgeniy Prigozhin, left, shows Vladimir Putin, then prime minister, around his factory outside St. Petersburg. Progozhin is believed to control the Russian mercenaries who attacked U.S. troops and their allies in Syria.

Russian opposition leader Navalny detained in Moscow

Alexei Navalny

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday he had been detained by police in Moscow, less than a month ahead of presidential polls he has been barred from

Admission seekers protest end of 2018 UTME registration, seek extension

Sodiq Oyeleke
About 500 admission seekers are currently protesting the closure of the registration portal for the 2018 University Tertiary Matriculation Examination organized by the Joint Admission and

IDPs

The newly constructed ultra modern Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in Shendam Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau has been razed by fire. The camp was constructed by the Presidential Committee on Flood,

Boko Haram kills five civilians in Cameroon attack

Boko Haram jihadists killed five civilians and wounded five others in northern Cameroon on Tuesday night after crossing the border from Nigeria, local sources

Psychological effects of balding

Ayo Otubanjo

Ayo Otubanjo

Baldness can have a significant traumatising effect on our lives. People experiencing hair loss sometimes exhibit certain psychological and emotional symptoms,

Army rescues Yobe schoolgirls

Dapchi students during the headcount. Sahara Reporters

Some of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents

Abdullahi Adamu

The crisis in the Senate over the order of next year’s general elections took a new twist yesterday as the Northern Senators’ Forum announced the removal of its chairman,

Protestors rally outside the Capitol urging Florida lawmakers to reform gun laws, in the wake of last week's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., February 21, 2018.

© REUTERS/Colin Hackley Protestors rally outside the Capitol urging Florida lawmakers to reform gun laws, in the wake of last week's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., February 21, 2018. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As thousands of students rallied outside the Florida Capitol, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students took their call for gun control reform inside Wednesday, just one week

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The National Rifle Association (NRA) said Wednesday it opposes any new legislation that would put age restrictions

USA women win hockey gold in thrilling, shootout finish

© REUTERS/Grigory Dukor GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) -- The Americans' gold medal drought in women's hockey -- finally -- is over.
Even though they needed the first shootout in an Olympic women's final to do it.
Twenty long years after taking gold when the sport debuted in 1998 at Nagano, the United States snapped Canada's streak

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By now, you should have read Jessica Luther and Jon Wertheim's SI exposé about how the Dallas Mavericks organization was fraught with misogyny and sexual harassment for decades. While Mark Cuban has built up a lot of equity with sports fans and media as a candid, interesting, and

PHOTO: LUCY LADIDI ELUKPO

Despite assurances from the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNP), that the Federal Government has no intention

Barcelona’s Argentinian striker Lionel Messi shakes hands with Chelsea’s Italian head coach Antonio Conte (2nd L) after the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 football match between Chelsea and Barcelona at Stamford Bridge stadium in London on

Troops seizes pump action rifle displayed for sale in Taraba

Troops of 93 Battalion, 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, on exercise Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) on Tuesday seized a pump action rifle displayed for sale in Taraba.
According to a statement by Brig.-Gen Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public

Saraki invites child comedienne, Emmanuella, to Senate

Senate President Bukola Saraki; and Emmanuella Samuel

Senate President, Bukola Saraki,

[PHOTOS] Mugabe marks first birthday in 37 years as private citizen

Ex-President Robert Mugabe at his last birthday in office. Web photo

Erstwhile Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, who turns 94 today, marks his first birthday

Miltary unaware of Yobe school girl’s abduction – Spokesman

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The military on Wednesday said it was unaware of the abduction of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dipcha in Yobe State.
It said it was waiting on the school authorities’ briefing on the situation

South Africa: Gunmen attack Police station, kill six

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Gunmen killed six people in an attack on a police station in a small South African town on Wednesday, stealing quantities of weapons and a vehicle in what police were

© Robert Padgett/Reuters Evangelist Billy Graham speaks at the dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 31, 2007. (Reuters) - U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who counseled presidents and preached to millions across the world from his native North Carolina to communist North Korea during his 70 years on the pulpit, died on Wednesday at the age of 99, a spokesman said.
Graham died at 8 a.m. EST at his home

Scores of girls ‘missing’ after new Boko Haram school attack

Fears grew in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday about the fate of potentially scores of girls who have not been seen since a Boko Haram attack on their school two days ago.
Militants stormed the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe state, on Monday evening. Locals initially said the girls and their teachers fled the

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Vice Chancellor of the University of America, California, Prof. Gamalier O. Prince, has said that the change mantra of the Federal Government must fix the educational system if

© Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesMark Cuban was not among the Mavericks executives accused of sexual harassment. But as franchise owner—and a famously hands-on franchise owner—inevitably, he becomes part of this story. Multiple sources speculate that Cuban “must have known” about

Okonjo Iweala

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed into a High-Level Group on Governance of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Prof. Ben Maloney, Communications Officer, Commonwealth Secretariat, said in a statement that the

First human-sheep hybrids created

Organs to be grown in animals for transplant, provide cure for diabetes
Scientists have created the first ever human-sheep hybrids, paving the way for organs to be grown in animals which can be transplanted into humans.
The successful Stanford University project could even open the door to finding a cure for type 1 diabetes by creating

Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai PHOTO: TWITTER/GOVERNOR KADUNA

The crisis within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State turned

Lindsey Vonn breaks down in emotional, inspirational interview after final Olympic downhill

Lindsey Vonn lost gold, but won bronze, on Tuesday night in the women's downhill, the race she's owned for the last 17 years. It's both a tremendous disappointment and a triumph of will

Nwankwo Kanu cries out over seized hotel

Nwankwo KANU

Former Super Eagles captain, Nwankwo KANU, has raised an alarm that he is on the verge of losing his prized asset, Hardly Apartment, a hotel situated in Lagos to the Assets Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, under unclear

Teacher Scott Beigel, who saved students during shooting, honored for heroism and dedication

PARKLAND, FL - FEBRUARY 18: Maria Cristina and Vincent Collazo pray at the fence that runs around Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 18, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Police arrested 19 year old former student Nikolas Cruz for the mass shooting that killed 17 people on

Political activist and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, Nnamdi Kanu (L), wearing a Jewish prayer shawl, speaks to veterans of the Nigerian civil war in his garden

Petition seeks military funeral for Douglas JROTC cadet who 'died a hero'

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Marjory Stoneman Douglas High student Peter Wang died in his JROTC uniform Wednesday helping others escape the gunfire

Boko Haram suspects

Nigeria has freed another 475 Boko Haram suspects following a series of mass trials in which most cases were dropped for lack of evidence, the justice ministry said Sunday. Over the course of the week, hundreds of suspected Boko Haram extremists have

'Creed II' poster: Stallone shares first look with Rocky, Drago and their protégés

© Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY Sylvester Stallone (as Rocky Balboa) and Michael B. Jordan (Adonis Johnson) are back in 'Creed II,' out this November. Stallone shared a promotional image for the film on his Instagram account.

You don't have to read the IMDb description to figure out what Creed II, the sequel to the Rocky spinoff, is about. All you need to do is look at the movie poster that Rocky

CCTV catches Lagos couple robbing commuters

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgar.

Samson Folarin

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a couple after they were allegedly caught on a mobile Closed Circuit Television camera

Transfer news & rumours LIVE: Real Madrid prepare €120m Pogba bid

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Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and beyond

Real Madrid prepare Pogba bid

Real Madrid want to end Paul Pogba's stay at Old Trafford by offering Manchester United

Gernot Rohr1

Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr will not invite new players to the national team when final preparation for the World Cup begins, officials of the team have disclosed. The Super Eagles will begin the final phase of preparation for the World

Oprah Winfrey in an interview on the 60 Minutes Overtime on CBS This Morning, restated that she will not run for president in 2020 because she was not made for it. Despite having willing sponsors, she said that she has not heard from God directly.
She said that the reaction she got from her Golden Globes #MeToo speech and was overwhelming and really humbling,

President Muhammadu Buhari

The Federal Government, yesterday, admitted there had been fraud in its Social Investments Programme (SIP), prompting an investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The revelation followed the release of just 15 per cent of the N1 trillion budgeted for the initiative.
The Special Adviser on SIP, Maryam Uwais, made the disclosure while briefing State House correspondents

Image: US-SHOOTING-SCHOOLMourners hug during a prayer vigil Thursday for victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting at Parkridge Church in Coral Springs, Florida.

Slideshow by photo servicesNikolas Jacob Cruz took an Uber to get to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where he shot up several classrooms with a high-powered rifle before escaping and managing to evade officers for more than hour, Florida authorities said Thursday.
Once he was on the loose, Cruz eluded officers long enough to stop by a

Breaking: Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announce separation

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are separating after two and a half years of marriage.
The couple said Thursday in a statement to The Associated Press released through a

Trump vows mental health care fix. He also wants to slash coverage.

Image: US President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks on the shooting in Parkland, FloridaU.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks on the 14 February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 15, 2018.

© Provided by NBCU News Group, a division of NBCUniversal Media LLC Image: US President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks on the shooting in Parkland, FloridaU.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks on the 14 February shooting at… In the wake of a deadly school shooting in Florida, President Donald

The FBI, CIA and NSA say American citizens shouldn't use Huawei phones

a body of water with a city in the background

U.S. intelligence agencies have issued a stern warning to Americans: Do not buy smartphones made by Chinese tech companies Huawei or ZTE.
Top officials from the CIA, NSA, FBI and the Defense Intelligence Agency testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that the Chinese smartphone makers posed

BREAKING: THE SENATE ESCAPE AS FIRE BROKE OUT OF THE UPPER CHAMBER TODAY

The Senate during a plenary

The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary abruptly following a fire scare in the chamber, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Huge smoke had engulfed the chamber and

BREAKING: Ramaphosa elected as South African president

Cyril Ramaphosa

South African lawmakers on Thursday elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s new president after scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma resigned under pressure from his own ANC ruling party.

Ramaphosa was elected without a vote after being the only candidate nominated in the parliament in Cape Town, chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng told assembled lawmakers.

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies at 65

Morgan Tsvangirai

Morgan Tsvangirai, the veteran Zimbabwean opposition leader who confronted Robert Mugabe’s regime for many years, died on Wednesday after a battle with cancer, a party official said. He was 65.
Tsvangirai, who founded the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party in 1999, was among the most prominent critics of Mugabe, the long-time authoritarian leader who was

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