Christians Don’t Need Guns For Self-Defence – Adeboye
General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged christians to get jaw bones of cows instead of guns, stating that they don’t need guns.
Adeboye was clarifying an earlier message where he was quoted to have asked christians to buy guns for their self protection especially the churches during service, saying that Samson was victorious in biblical times with jaw bones and not an AK-47.
The respected cleric made this disclosure at Mount Carmel while delivering his message ‘Meant for the top’, in the church’s monthly thanksgiving service monitored by our correspondent.
Recall that a Catholic church was attacked in Ondo State during Sunday service leaving scores killed and many others injured. According to Adeboye, No one can be killed until the stipulated time, stressing that no one should stay away from church because of fear of being attacked.
Adeboye said, “I never asked christians to buy guns, christians don’t need guns. Samson did not fight with an AK-47. Don’t go and buy guns.”
Arguably, there is no greater scientific mystery than the brain. The brain is nothing but water and fat— about 40% of water and 60% of fat. It weighs not more than 3 pounds (half gallon of milk).
Yet it’s the brain that produces our consciousness, thoughts, memories, and emotions. It governs how we interact with the world, and it runs our body.
Here are 7 more facts about the brain
Our brain is made up of billions of neurons (or nerve cells) that communicate in trillions of connections called synapses. It has been generally agreed that our brain is one of the most complex and fascinating organs of the body.
The brain’s storage capacity is virtually unlimited. This shouldn’t be a surprise if you consider that there are about 86 billion neurons in the brain. Each neuron forms connections to other neurons. And all the connections could add up to 1 quadrillion. When the neurons combine, they increase storage capacity.
It’s not true that we only use 10% of our brain. We actually use all of it. We’re asleep we even use more than 10%.
Though it’s the brain that interpretes pain signals, the brain itself doesn’t feel pain. You should get angry next time someone says: “e be like say brain dey pain you, abi?”
As you get older, your brain gets smaller.
The human brain begins to lose some memory abilities as well as some cognitive skills by your late 20s. This is why you must teach your kids relevant stuff and help them develop their genius when they are still really young.
There is a type of headache called brain freeze. Medically it’s called a sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. You can’t pronounce it? Let’s move on.
Brain freeze happens when you rapidly eat or drink something that’s extremely cold. As you take in the cold content quickly, it chills the blood vessels and arteries in the very back of your throat, including the ones that take blood to your brain.
The coldness causes everything to shrink. Once your body produces heat, they begin to expand again, and as they expand, they cause you pain.
I’ll Rather D*e Than Depend On My Wife To Survive – Man Narrates How His Wife Treated Him When He Was Broke
A Nigerian man has narrated how terrible his wife treated him when he was broke.
Sharing the story with a social media influencer @Moris_Monye, the man recounted how his wife ridiculed him during his difficult times.
He noted that prior to then, he used to hand over his entire salary to his wife who eventually became the shadow of herself when he could no longer pay the bills.
His story reads: “Hey, this tweet is the truth, some of us can’t tweet publicly.
“I have been married for over 5yrs, and we currently live abroad.
“2yrs into the marriage, we moved abroad, enrolled for a one year msc, she had to support the family, while I baby-sat our young one
“I suffered ooo, she would say, I go to work to feed your sorry ass, and pay your bills, you still want to have s3x with me.
“She wasn’t paying for rent, gas, energy nor feeding, we had it sorted for a period, just little expenses.
“This was someone that in Naija I took care of everything, once I am paid at work, I transfer the entire salary to her account, I only take out money for fuel for the month.
“After the msc, I joined one of the biggest Global wealth management firms. She stopped working for some reason, I do everything now, heaven hasn’t fallen.
“She’s my wife, but anything that would make me be at her mercy, let me die.”
Police arrest lady for posting ‘blasphemous’ content on WhatsApp, beg those who reacted violently to calm down.
There was a recent case of violence that erupted over alleged blasphemy in a part of Bauchi state and several houses were set on fire.
State police commissioner Umar Sanda says the lady involved was taken to prison to save her life.
“You see, once this type of thing comes up, you’ll have to be very careful and make sure that you do the needful as and when due,” Sanda said in an interview Punch published on Saturday.
“What happened was that a woman posted an article on a WhatsApp group, that has both Christians and Muslims and before you knew it, tension mounted and there was a breakdown of law and order.
“She was arrested and immediately moved from Warji to Bauchi, to save her from the mob.
“We then went round to quell the disturbance and we thank God that we were able to arrest the situation and got the understanding of the people that what we did was the best in the circumstances. But before we were able to bring the situation under control, some houses and shops were torched and that’s the repercussion of this type of thing.
“On a general note, investigation has already been conducted; we’ve charged her (alleged blasphemer) to court and she is now in the Correctional Service facility, awaiting trial.”
When he was asked if those who burnt houses were also arrested, the police chief said:
“Well, our investigation did not indicate that some people were behind her; she did it (allegedly blasphemed) by herself and there are no co-conspirators around her and therefore, we charged only her to court.”
Over 40 Bakeries Shutdown In FCT Over Cost Of Production
No fewer than 40 bakeries have closed shop in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over the cost of production and multiple taxation and hike in electricity tariffs, among others.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the bakeries visited were not opened for business due to operational costs and multiple taxations by some government agencies.
NAN reports that some of the bakeries that have closed shop are Abumme bakery Ltd. Lugbe, Airports road, Hamdala Bakery, Kuje, Harmony Bite Bakery, Karu, Doweey Delight Bakery Ltd, Kubwa.
He said that most members had lost their means of livelihood, while workers had been out of jobs due to the shout-down.
He called on the Federal Government to quickly intervene and check agencies of government frustrating bakery business.
An Abuja baker, Mr Nuhu Musa of Hamdala Bakery, Kuje, FCT appealed to the government to regulate the activities of agencies to reduce the different taxes they imposed on bakers.
Musa said many bakeries were struggling to survive due to the high cost of production.
“We want the government to regulate these agencies so that our production process will be easy.
“These taxations are negatively impacting our business to the extent that many of us have closed down.
14 Babies Die At UPTH’s Incubator, Doctors Suspend Surgery Due To Power Outages
No less than 14 babies have died at the incubator of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH due to power outage.
This is as some patients at the hospital said some surgery procedures have also been suspended due to irregular power supply.
A medical officer at the hospital who spoke to Standardobservers on the conditions of anonymity said among the dead babies were the twin babies of a woman who had been looking for the fruit of the womb for seven years.
She said the woman gave birth last month but due to the premature nature of the delivery, they were put in an incubator.
“I’m saddened. We lost those twins because of power failure at the hospital. More than 14 babies have died at the incubator in the past weeks due to power failure”, she said.
Anambra Confirms First Monkeypox Case, Declares Outbreak
The Anambra State Government says that one out of the two suspected cases of monkeypox reported in the state has been confirmed positive.
Dr Afam Obidike, the state’s Commissioner for Health, made the disclosure at a news conference in Awka on Thursday.
Mr Obidike said that the state had been on alert mode following the report of the disease early this year across some states in the country. According to him, the state emergency preparedness and response team put all the relevant surveillance measures in place toward ending the spread of the outbreak.
“Few weeks ago, two suspected cases of monkeypox were reported in Anambra East, Onitsha and Oyi Local Government Areas (LGAs), out of which the case from Anambra East LGA was confirmed positive.
“The case is currently at the isolation centre of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, where he is receiving treatment and recovering.
“In light of the above, Gov. Charles Soludo immediately declared the incident an outbreak and an emergency preparedness and response committee meeting was convened on Wednesday.
“The meeting was attended by relevant stakeholders including the World Health Organisation (WHO) team and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). They are providing necessary assistance to the state.
“Planning for immediate response to the outbreak and surveillance, laboratory, case management, risk communication and community engagement, infection prevention and control and safe burial pillars, were activated,” he said.
Mr Obidike said that the state government had commenced the training of health personnel and response officers on enhanced active case search, sample collections and monkeypox management as well as intensify public awareness.
He urged residents not to panic and report to the hospital for proper examination whenever they notice rashes on their skin.
“Once it is established at the hospital, the patient will be taken to our isolation centres for treatment. We have activated all our Isolation centres in the state,” he said
Also speaking, Dr Adamu Abdulnasir, Anambra state Coordinator, WHO, said the organisation would support the state in terms of outbreak response and surveillance and capacity building.
“Since we heard about the two suspected cases, WHO has supported in the areas of sample collection and taking the sample to the laboratory.
“When the results came out, we carried out contact tracing as well as case and risk management.
“In Nigeria so far, we have recorded 41 cases of monkeypox with one death. The government is taking proactive measures to bring this outbreak to a stop and sensitise people on how to prevent and protect themselves,” he said.
Monkeypox is an uncommon disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the orthopoxvirus genus in the poxviridae family.
Civil Defence Deputy Commandant In Multimillion Naira Fraud Scandal.
A Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Edike Mboutidem Akpan, is currently enmeshed in alleged N26.7 million fraud scandal.
Akpan, who has already been charged to the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Kwali, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), used a private real estate company, Danemy Nig Ltd, to defraud land subscribers.
In a statement, spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said the deputy NSCDC commandant was arraigned on a 17-count charge before Justice V. S. Gaba.
Ogugua said the charge sheet revealed that the deputy commandant convinced many subscribers with the claim of being in partnership with NSCDC, to pay various sums of money for plots of land both in Karshi, Nasarawa State and Sabon Lugbe Extension, Airport Road, Abuja, which were never allocated to them.
ICPC told the court that the offence, committed between 2010 and 2015, violated Sections 19 and 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and was punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
The statement read, ”In one of the charges, Mr. Akpan was alleged to have conferred undue advantage on himself when he allegedly received N13,350,000 in 2011 from a subscriber, Mr. Igwe Onus Nwankwo, through his company Danemy Nig Ltd, as payments for 10 plots of land at Airport Road.
”He was at various times alleged to have received N1,305,000 from Doctors Robert Okoro and Akuneme Marcel Ikwuoma, each, for the allocation of plots of land at the Defenders Family Estate Homes Scheme, Airport Road.
”The NSCDC officer was also accused of receiving N2,610,000 from Mrs. Chidinma Obasi for two plots of land and N1,205,000 from Mr. Etuechere Martins, for a plot.”
Asisat Oshoala, four-time African Footballer of the Year and FC Barcelona Femení star, announces the launch of the ‘Asisat Oshoala Academy,’ (AOA) in partnership with Nike and Women Win.
AOA, which is designed to provide access to football and lifeskills for underprivileged schoolgirls in Lagos State.
The Academy is another initiative of Asisat that will build upon her mission of providing access to sport and education for young girls in her community.
“I have always strived to give back to the girl child in my community and I believe this football academy will provide opportunities for more girls to excel through the combination of sport and education. I want to thank our partners Women Win and Nike for helping bring this platform to life. Together we can go further and achieve a lot more” Oshoala stated.
Meanwhile, the Asisat Oshoala Foundation, established in 2015, will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the academy. Women Win, the Amsterdam-based global women’s fund dedicated to advancing girls and women’s rights, will also bring their expertise to the Academy’s development.
“Women Win is very proud and excited to be partnering with our longtime partner Nike, Asisat and the Asisat Oshoala Academy to leverage the power of sport to support girls in Nigeria to become better equipped to exercise their rights. This partnership and program will be key in ensuring girls can thrive as they face the most pressing issues of adolescence and realise their inherent leadership potential.” Yvonne Henry, Women Win, Brands Director declared.
Also, AOA will provide 30 girls (age 12 – 18) with access to 90 mins of football training three times a week. The program will be complimented with life skills education covering a range of empowerment and rights-based topics. Graduates from the academy will be encouraged to convert their leadership skills to make a positive impact in their respective communities.
In addition to the weekly programming, the Academy will host 4 ‘She Plays’ events a year. These events will broaden the reach of the academy’s activities and will host up to 100 schoolgirls, aged 12 to 18 years, every session. The Asisat Oshoala Foundation The Asisat Oshoala Foundation, which was launched in 2015, is a non-governmental, nonprofit organisation, established with a mission to Give hope to the girl child through education and sports.
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