Catholic church corrupts the gospel of Jesus Christ – Chris Okotie (Caution! Get your dic ready)

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Pastor Kris Okotie of the Household of God Church International Ministries tells GBENRO ADEOYE in this interview why he still wants to run for president despite his three failed attempts and why he splashed over N150m on two luxury cars recently

What informed your recent write-up titled ‘2014: Relevance of a paradigm shift’? Is it a prelude to announcing your intention ahead of 2015 presidential election?

No, I started writing for the media, (including a contribution to Punch) about a year ago. This article is just one of my regular write-ups. It has nothing to do with my presidential ambition. That said, I will run in 2015, God willing.

Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovych signs anti-protest bill into law

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Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych has signed into law a bill aimed at curbing anti-government protests.
The bill was passed in parliament on Thursday with a quick show of hands by MPs loyal to the president, rather than the usual system of electronic voting.

The changes include a ban on unauthorised tents in public areas and criminal responsibility for slandering government officials. The move has sparked uproar among the opposition, who say it is illegal.

Nigerian adult nabbed With 53 Tubes of Heroin in Liberia

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Monrovia — For the second time in less than a month officers of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) assigned at the Roberts International Airport (RIA) have nabbed a Nigerian national with 53 tubes of heroin.
Johnson Paul is the second Nigerian to be arrested at the country’ s only international airport in less than a month with such huge quantity of drugs which the Drug Enforcement Agency has put its street value at US$23, 250.00 equivalents to L$2, 027,850.00.

Comedians share the same personality with mentally disturbed people - Research claims

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Some comedians won't like this as a fresh research claims comedians have the exact personalities with mad people or individuals with Mental problems.  Researchers from Oxford University and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust say manic thinking helps join together ridiculous ideas that spark humour.The ability to make people laugh arises from a personality of the sort displayed by individuals with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. 

Lagos Records 125% last Quarter Budget performance in 2013

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….Tasks Permanent Secretaries to take leadership of their various MDAs

Lagos State Government closed 2013 with an impressive 125 percent last quarter budget performance and a cumulative year round record of 85 percent.

The State which ran a N507.105Billion Budget at a Capital to Recurrent ratio of 54 to 46 percent, recorded a cumulative third quarter performance of 71 percent which it beefed up to 85percent at the close of the year because of its last quarter performance.

Playboy Playmate Cassandra Lynn Hensley dies

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 34 year-old beautiful Playboy model Cassandra Lynn Hensley was supposedly found lifeless at her friend's house in LA on Thursday January 15th in according to TMZ.The model was discovered hanging in a tub in her friend's toilet and by the time paramedics came, she'd passed away.   Law enforcement are analyzing the demise as a probable overdose, police force informed TMZ. She leaves behind a daughter. May her heart sleep in peace..

President Goodluck Jonathan hates the Yoruba – Fani-Kayode ( What do you think ?)

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President Goodluck Jonathan and those within his inner circle simply hate the yoruba. And we the yoruba did not resist, fight and defeat the hegemony of other nationalities in the last 100 years just for it to be replaced with Ijaw domination.

I have said it before and I will say it again, if we cannot have a level playing field for all tribes, all religions and all nationalities in Nigeria and if we cannot all be treated as equals then let Nigeria cease to exist.

Mike Murdock Gives Pastor Abiodun Of Coza A Rolls Royce & $1m

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 Popular American preacher, Mike Murdock was in Nigeria last week for a program tagged, “12 Days of Glory”. The program was an annual conference organized by the Commonwealth Of Zion Assembly- COZA.

While preaching on the 15th of January, the last day, he allegedly gave pastor Biodun a Royce rolls, $1millon dollars and further prayed for his family.

Horrible: 16-year-old girl ra*ped to death in Bayelsa

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Daily Trust reports:
A 23-year-old man is currently in police detention over an alleged  r*ape which led to the death of a 16-year-old girl in Oporoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
According to sources, the victim was said to have visited the home of the suspect with her friend where they were offered drinks as guests.  The deceased was said to have accepted the drink while her friend declined. It was gathered that after the victim’s friend had left earlier, the suspect was reported to have ra*ped the victim till she became unconscious.

Lagos Man kills barber during argument over generator

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The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the murder of a 39-year-old barber, Azeez Solanke, who was allegedly stabbed to death by one Segun Daniel in the Ojo area of Lagos State, on Thursday last week.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased was stabbed to death following an argument over his generator.

Our correspondent, who visited the area, learnt that the incident occurred around 10pm beside a jetty at the Ebute area of Ojo.

Northerners Accuse Goodluck Jonathan Of Stockpiling Hands For 2015 Situation

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Rising from their meeting in Kaduna with the Northern Traditional Rulers Council in Kaduna State, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) today raised the alarm that the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government is gathering arms for unknown motives ahead of the 2015 elections.

NEF also accused Jonathan of nursing a clandestine agenda in choosing to convoke a national conference.  Their spokesman, Solomon Darlong told the Hausa Service of the Voice of America monitored by SaharaReporters in Abuja that they support only a Sovereign National Conference whose outcome will uphold and determine the corporate existence of Nigeria.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Starts The World's First Homosexual Political Party

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ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu has surprised South Africans by announcing the formation of a gay political party called the Democratic Religious Alliance Against Minority Antagonism (DRAAMA), which will take part in a general election later this year.

Last year Tutu outraged Christians when he declared: “I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven…No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to hell…I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this.”

House Finance Committee’s 50 Questions: Okonjo-Iweala presents detailed 102-page response.

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Find a press statement below...

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has provided a detailed 102-page documented response to the 50 questions posed by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance. The document provides, in extensive detail, including tables and graphs, answers to the committee’s well publicized questions. 

In her response, the Minister stressed that, in spite of many challenges which government has acknowledged, the Nigerian economy is showing real and measurable progress in many areas. This can be seen in the fact that more jobs are being created; roads, rail and other infrastructure are being improved; the country is saving for the future and planning better for the present. Continue...

Uganda President refuses to sign anti-gay bill into law

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President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has refused to sign into law an anti-gay bill passed by the country's parliament, which is aimed at imprisoning not just homosexuals, but people who talk about it without condemning the lifestyle. The President in a letter to the Country's parliament speaker said homosexuals are 'abnormal' but could be 'rescued' by improving the economy.

"Even with legislation, they will simply go underground and continue practicing homosexuality or lesbianism for mercenary reasons. You cannot call an abnormality an alternative orientation. It could be that the Western societies, on account of random breeding, have generated many abnormal people." President Museveni said

In December 2013, the Ugandan parliament passed its anti-gay bill going against  the President's advice and now seeks his assent. The President had initially advised that the homosexuality situation in the country be studied deeply and carefully before any laws against the practice be enacted.

The Ugandan anti-gay bill seeks to make all form of homosexual activities a criminal offense to be punishable under law. Homosexuals can get as much as a life term imprisonment punishment. Also anyone who knows a homosexual and doesn't report such to police authorities would also face some sanctions if found wanting.

Russian President Putin names three qualities a politician needs.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has named three qualities he believes a politician should have.

During a meeting between the president and volunteers taking part in the preparations for the Sochi Olympics, which are scheduled to be held in February, a Mongolian student of a Krasnodar Territory university asked Putin what three strong qualities a politician should have.

"Honesty, professionalism, and - that probably applies more to healthcare workers - a feeling of compassion and involvement in the life of an ordinary citizen. It's extremely important," Putin said.

Russia doesn't prohibit homosexual relations, only propaganda among minors is banned - Putin

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 During his meeting with Sochi Olympics volunteers, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not seek to hold anyone legally responsible for homosexual relations, as it is widely stipulated in the West. More specifically, he underlined that Russia does not arrest anyone for homosexual relations, and it is only the promotion of homosexuality and pedophilia among minors that is strictly banned.

The maradona: France's Hollande visits First Lady Trierweiler in hospital.

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French President Francois Hollande has paid his first visit to his official partner Valerie Trierweiler since she was hospitalised in the wake of revelations he was having an affair, his office said.

Hollande visited Trierweiler at a Paris hospital on Thursday evening, six days after she was admitted, a spokesman said.

Obama Set to announce end of NSA telephone metadata collection program - official

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President Barack Obama on Friday will announce the end of a telephone metadata collection program that has come under harsh criticism, a senior US official said.

"In his speech, the President will say that he is ordering a transition that will end the Section 215 telephone metadata program as it currently exists," the official said, as Obama prepares to unveil long awaited reforms of NSA surveillance techniques.

WHITECIOUS: Vanity Fair accused of lightening Lupita Nyong'o's skin

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Vanity Fair yesterday announced that 30 year old Oscar nominee Lupita Nyong'o was among the faces photographed for the Vanities section of its February issue and tweeted the pic on the right. And as the Kenyan beauty looks great in the pic, everyone was quick to point out that she looks way lighter in the pic than she really is. Compare and contrast the pics above. African is beautiful Vanity Fair!
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Senate President's Younger sister Dies During Child labour

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A statement by David Mark's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday, confirmed the develoment and quoted the late Onma-Adakole's younger brother, Mr. Igoche Mark, saying that the deceased would be buried in her home town, Otukpo, Benue State, on Friday.
    Mark described his late sister "as a straight forward, hardworking and benevolent person with plenty of vision and hope for a greater tomorrow" adding that the death was a huge loss to the Mark's family.