One killed, three injured in fresh Nicaragua violence

Anti-government demonstrators hold a protest demanding Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, stand down, in Managua on May 26, 2018. Hundreds of protesters dug in around Nicaragua on Saturday, blocking roads as at least eight more people were killed in a 24-hour period. Unrest has resumed since week-long church-mediated talks between the government and opposition to quell a month of violence broke down late on Wednesday. / AFP PHOTO / Inti OCON

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Metuh collapses in court, judge continues with trial

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, stretchedout of the Federal High Court

• Rejects defense counsel’s application to withdraw from case Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday collapsed in court during his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja but the trial judge, Okon Abang continued with proceedings.

Presidential historian: Impeachment will be the 'season finale' of Trump

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Presidential historian Jon Meacham said Monday that he thinks impeachment will be the "season finale" to President Trump's time in office.

NNPC earns N1.554 trillion from oil export

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Nigeria’s oil and gas sector recorded total revenue of $4.29billion (N1.554trillion) from exports between January 2017 and January 2018.On a monthly basis, total export sale of $439.60million was recorded in January 2018, representing 1.79 per cent lower than the previous month.

Football: Wilshere confirms England World Cup 2018 squad rejection with holiday tweet

  According to oal.com news,''The midfielder could be headed for sunny Greece rather than Russia following an interaction with a fan on social media

Georgia high school football player drowns in Florida days before graduation

  Provided by Fox News Jaylen Lott, 18, was a football player for Lowndes High School.
A Georgia high school senior drowned Sunday in Florida days before he was set to graduate.
Jaylen Lott, 18, was among several swimmers who were calling for help in the waters near St. Augustine Beach, officials said. Rip currents were a risk that day, St. Johns County Fire Rescue Lt. Lucas Smith said.

Scientists issue fresh warning on next global pandemic- Disease X

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They may not yet know its name but the next pathogen to cause a deadly global pandemic will most likely be a respiratory disease, spread by a virus that is contagious during incubation or when symptoms are only mild, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins’ Center for Health Security, United States (U.S.).

Senate panel raises 2018 budget from N8.612tr to N9.120tr

The Senate Committee on Appropriation has increased the 2018 budget from N8.612 trillion to N9.120 trillion. The Chairman of the committee, Danjuma Goje, laid the report before the Senate, yesterday, amid expectations that the budget bill might be considered and passed next week.

North Korea threatens to cancel US summit

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North Korea threatened Wednesday to cancel the forthcoming summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump if Washington seeks to push Pyongyang into unilaterally giving up its nuclear arsenal.

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Facebook said Monday it has suspended “around 200” apps on its platform as part of an investigation into misuse of private user data.The investigation was launched after revelations that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica hijacked data on some 87 million Facebook users as it worked on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
“The investigation process is in full swing,”
said an online statement from Facebook product partnerships vice president Ime Archibong.“We have large teams of internal and external experts working hard to investigate these apps as quickly as possible. To date thousands of apps have been investigated and around 200 have been suspended — pending a thorough investigation into whether they did in fact misuse any data.”Archibong added that “where we find evidence that these or other apps did misuse data, we will ban them and notify people via this website.”The revelations over Cambridge Analytica have prompted investigations on both sides of the Atlantic and led Facebook to tighten its policies on how personal data is shared and accessed.Facebook made a policy change in 2014 limiting access to user data but noted that some applications still had data obtained prior to the revision.“There is a lot more work to be done to find all the apps that may have misused people’s Facebook data — and it will take time,”

Death in Gaza, New Embassy in Jerusalem, and Peace as Distant as Ever

JERUSALEM — Across the Gaza Strip on Monday morning, loudspeakers on minarets urged Palestinians to rush the fence bordering Israel, where they were met by army snipers. At least 58 were killed and thousands injured, local officials said — the worst day of carnage there since Israel invaded Gaza in 2014.

Jerusalem embassy to be opened by 'religious bigot,' Romney says

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Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney lashed out at the decision to have a controversial evangelical leader give a blessing at the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Monday, calling him a "religious bigot."
The Senate candidate from Utah criticized the inclusion of the Rev. Robert Jeffress — the pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas who is also an an adviser to President Donald Trump. The president recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital last year.
"Robert Jeffress says, 'You can't be saved by being a Jew,' and 'Mormonism is a heresy from the pit of hell,'" Romney wrote in a tweet. "He's said the same about Islam. Such a religious bigot should not be giving the prayer that opens the United States Embassy in Jerusalem."
Romney is Mormon.
Jeffress denied he was a bigot, but added that he believed Mormonism was "wrong," and said the Southern Baptist Convention had designated it a "cult."
"Mormonism has never been considered a part of historic Christianity. People may disagree with that view, but it's not a view unique to me," he said in an interview with NBC News.
Along with many other evangelical so-called Christian Zionists, Jeffress is a strong supporter of Israel and the decision to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem — a move condemned by Palestinians and many foreign governments.
Jeffress bases his beliefs and his general opposition to a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians on his strict interpretation of the Bible.
"The Bible says this land belongs to the Jewish people — period," he told NBC News in a separate interview in February. "God has pronounced judgment after judgment in the Old Testament to those who would 'divide the land,' end quote, and hand it over to non-Jews."
While a staunch ally of the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jeffress has been criticized for preaching that all non-Christians, including people who are Jewish, will not go to heaven.
"The truth everyone headed to hell has rejected is that Jesus Christ is the only means by which a person may be saved,"Jeffress said in a Feb. 6, 2017, video posted on his church's website. "Jesus could not have been more clear [when] he said, 'I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me."
Jeffress has also been open about his beliefs on Islam.
"Is Islam just another way to worship God? Let me say this without any hesitation: Islam is a false religion that is based on a false book that was written by a false prophet," he said on Oct. 9, according to his church's website. "If you sincerely follow the tenets of Islam, then you will end up in hell when you die."
He has also espoused a conservative line on homosexuality, saying the "New Testament also prohibits homosexual marriage."
Jeffress added: "By upholding God's pattern for sexuality — a man and a woman in a marriage relationship — Jesus automatically condemned any deviation from that pattern."
Jeffress isn't the only conservative evangelical leader to be on hand for Monday's embassy ceremony, which will include around 800 guests. The Rev. John Hagee, the founder of influential evangelical Christians United for Israel and a pastor from San Antonio, was also scheduled to deliver a closing blessing at the ceremony.
American evangelicals surged onto the political scene in 1980 by helping to elect President Ronald Reagan. In 2016, around 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for Trump. As evangelicals grew more prominent domestically, their ties to the Israeli political establishment strengthened.
Hagee has explicitly linked the establishment of the state of Israel to biblical prophecy and the second coming of Jesus.
"The rebirth of Israel as a nation was an unmistakable milestone on the prophetic timeline leading to the return of Christ," he wrote in his book, "In Defense of Israel."
Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have been embraced by Christian Zionists who believe the establishment of the state of Israel is proof of God keeping his promises and a step toward the second coming of Christ.
Many European nations who oppose Trump's decision to move the embassy are expected to skip related events on Monday.
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Nigeria: Investors lose N729b to 2019 election anxiety

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Political intrigues ahead of the 2019 general elections have made stock market investors lose N729 billion in three months of decline.

Police: Indonesia suicide bombings work of 2 families

© The Associated Press Officer stand guard outside the local police headquarters following an attack in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, May 14, 2018. The police headquarters in Indonesia's second largest city was attacked Monday by suspected militants who detonated explosives from a motorcycle, a day after suicide bombings at three churches in the city by members of one family killed a…

Mass protests in Gaza ahead of US Embassy event in Jerusalem

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© Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/ REUTERS Palestinian demonstrators gather during a protest against U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem and ahead of the 70th anniversary of Nakba, at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu…
 Thousands of Gaza residents headed toward the border with Israel on Monday for a potentially bloody showdown as Israel prepared for the festive inauguration of a new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem.

MORNING TEA ☕ MONDAY 14 MAY 2018

WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
(1 John 1:9, ESV)

Scarlett Johansson Is First A-List Star to Wear Marchesa Following Harvey Weinstein Scandal

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After what seemed to be an unofficial Hollywood boycott of Marchesa, Scarlett Johansson became the first A-lister to step out in a gown from the brand co-founded by Harvey Weinstein’s ex-wife, Georgina Chapman.

Nicki Minaj, Cardi B Spotted Together at the 2018 Met Gala After Feud

© Kevin Mazur/MG18/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue nicki-minaj-cardi-b-met-gala-2018  Girl power! Nicki Minaj and Cardi B were spotted hanging out together at the 2018 Met Gala on Monday, May 7, after ongoing rumors that they are feuding.

How fish, legumes delay menopause

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''A diet rich in fish and legumes may help to delay the natural menopause, while high dietary intake of refined carbs, such as pasta and rice, may instead help to hasten it, suggests the first United Kingdom (U.K.)

Hawaii volcano destroys dozens of homes, forces evacuations

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The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 26 on Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 meters) into the air.

Burundi to suspend BBC and VOA radio broadcasts

Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives for the celebrations to mark Burundi’s 55th anniversary of the independence at the Prince Louis Rwagasore stadium in Bujumbura, Burundi July 1, 2017. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana.

Detroit Woman Suffers Eyebrow Infection After Microblading Procedure

© Getty Images Microblading, a semi-permanent procedure that creates the illusion of fuller brows by making tiny incisions in your skin and inserting ink (like a tattoo), may seem like a great alternative to filling in your brows on the daily.

132-pound ovarian tumor removed from Connecticut woman

  Photo: Courtesy Danbury Hospital A 132-pound ovarian tumor was removed from a 38-year-old Connecticut woman this year, according to two doctors involved in the case.

Months after Parkland shooting, Trump to embrace NRA in rally-like speech

 Photo:Carolyn Kaster  Since the Florida school shooting, no major new federal gun controls have been imposed. President Donald Trump, who briefly pledged to "fight" the National Rifle Association after a February mass shooting at a Florida high school, is expected to throw his full weight behind the powerful gun rights group on Friday at an event in Dallas.

Four suicide bombers killed in failed attack in Borno

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The Police Command in Borno said four Boko Haram terrorists were killed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) strapped to their bodies in Mainari Kanuri and Shua villages in Konduga Local Government Area of the state.

Lawyer allegedly butchers husband, attempts suicide in Lagos

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The Lagos State police command yesterday arrested one Mrs. Udeme Odibi, a lawyer, for allegedly butchering her husband with a kitchen knife and then attempting to kill herself, in their home at Diamond Estate, Sangotedo area of Lagos.

Hawaii volcano forces 1,500 from homes as lava bubbles up

Ranson Yoneda, the recreation director for a Pahoa community center, was readying the gymnasium for evacuees after it was selected as a Red Cross evacuation center.
He said the people who arrived first were hungry for information.

Why You Should Stop Charging Your Phone in Your Car

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Whether you’re on a long road trip or stuck in traffic during a daily commute, a low iPhone battery could spell disaster for the bored driver. At first, it may seem harmless to plug your phone into your car’s USB port. But unless you’re desperate, charging your iPhone during your commute might be a big mistake. (And by the way, charging your iPhone like this could ruin its battery.)

Nigeria, China seal $2.5b currency swap deal

Nigeria and the People’s Republic of China have sealed a $2.5 billion (Renminbi (RMB) 16 billion) currency swap deal. The agreement, which is purely an exchange of currencies, will make it easier for Chinese manufacturers seeking to buy raw materials from Nigeria to obtain enough Naira from banks in China to pay for their imports from Nigeria.

Zuckerberg Unveils Plans For Facebook Dating Service

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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world’s largest social network will soon include a new dating feature — while vowing to make privacy protection its top priority in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Workers to protest against concession of railways

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Workers have threatened not to allow the privatisation of the Nigeria railway system, unless existing labour issues are settled.The President of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), Mohammed Yunusa has disclosed.