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President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oristejafor, has said that most of the challenges confronting the country were self-inflicted with corruption and terrorism top of the bill. Oritsejafor made the statement in a sermon at an inter-denominational church service at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja, to mark the country’s 54th Independence Anniversary coming up on Wednesday. He noted that corruption and terrorism, which he described as ‘the greatest’ problems facing the country were created by greedy politicians and extreme religious ideologists. According to him, corruption is fed by greed, which in turn is rooted in poverty mentality. He defined poverty mentality as the thinking that what one had was not enough. Oristejafor differed with the school of thought that terrorism was caused by poverty. According to him, terrorism is caused by extreme religious ideology. The CAN president, who based his message on Mark 4:35 to 41, said that ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the President Goodluck Jonathan administration of seeking to negotiate the timing of the release of the Chibok girls to create a maximum public relations boost for itself, rather than out of a genuine concern for the girls who are now in their sixth month in captivity. In a statement issued in London on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the clearest evidence of the government’s manipulation of the girls’ release came during President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent visit to New York to attend the UN General Assembly. “Apparently assured, somehow, that the girls were about to be released, the administration had set up an elaborate publicity event in New York, rented the necessary crowd and booked back-to-back interviews with the international media to enable the President to luxuriate in the girls’ release. This event was billed for the five-star Pierre Hotel in Manhattan, close to th...

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mr and Mrs Clooney. Pics taken this morning as they stepped out of Hotel Cipriani after their wedding. It took George 23 years to re-marry. I hope it works out for him this time...and he finally becomes a father. See more photos below

Flavour and former Delta Soap queen Sandra Okagbue have welcomed their first child together. Sandra gave birth to a baby girl in a hospital in the US yesterday Saturday September 27th. Mother and daughter are said to be doing great. Congrats to them.

They both shared the pics on their instagram pages today as they flex and play around in NY

The pic above is purportedly a screen-grab from a horrific video Boko Haram members released online today. It allegedly shows about 20 men on the ground as they await to be executed... Can anyone translate what it says on the pic? I'm sure we'll know more about this in the coming days

A teenager claims he was kept as a caged sex slave by the 'three breasted hoaxer' Alisha Hessler.  Micheal Squier, 18, said that the model - who claimed to have undergone surgery to have a third breast implanted - carved her name onto his chest on the first night they met in Tampa, Florida, with a steak knife. The teenager claims Ms Hessler, who also goes by the name Jasmine Tridevil, tied him up, flogged him and forced him to sleep in a dog's cage after they met on the internet and bonded over a shared interest in sex fetishes. He told the Sun: 'She turned me into a slave, beat me and humiliated me. I am physically scarred for life and live with the shame of what she has done to me.' Ms Hessler claims to have spent £12,000 on surgery to have a third breast implanted, a procedure which she said was filmed for an MTV programme.  But it soon emerged that the whole story had been a hoax, and that the third breast was merely a prostheses, designed to si...

In perhaps the most stinging criticism of the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), by a past leader of the body, the former Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Olubunmi Okogie, said the current president of the association, Ayo Oritsejafor is making a mockery of the association by his closeness to President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Describing him as “fallen from grace to grass”, Mr. Okogie said Mr Oritsejafor’s has also lost grip of the leadership of CAN. Mr. Okogie, who spoke during an interview with the New Telegraph newspapers, said Mr Oritsejafor “unrighteous” quest to remain in power and his “romance” with politicians have finished him and derailed the once respected Christian body from the lofty dreams of its founding fathers. “My brother, I must tell you this; CAN leadership today is zero. CAN has no leader,” he said. “Thank God you are talking to one of the founders of CAN, and I was there as their leader for eight ye...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday claimed his administration has succeeded in cutting the widespread poverty in the country by at least 50 per cent, adding that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, fully subscribes to the principle of “stomach infrastructure”. Mr. Jonathan said this while speaking at a PDP rally in Benin, tagged ‘Unity Mega Rally’. He said the PDP as a party believe in stomach infrastructure because the party must ensure that there was food security and job creation in the country. “Stomach infrastructure” creeped into Nigeria’s political lexicon after the Ekiti governorship election when voters were induced with bags of rice and other foodstuff to vote in certain directions. But the president said Saturday that any leader who claimed not to believe in stomach infrastructure was not ready to lead, as “you cannot lead hungry people.’’ He desrcibed the PDP as the only stable party since its formation that had never changed its name, logo or ...

About 20 people were killed and over 70 houses were burnt by gunmen suspected to be Fulani attackers on Friday night in Arikya and Anshangwa villages in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. According to the Punch, many residents were displaced in the attack which occurred around 11 pm. The incident took place barely six days after Fulani invaders, numbering over 200, raided Gidan Gambo, 30 kilometres away from Lafia, the state capital, killing 10 people, razing over 50 houses and leaving hundreds displaced. One of the insurgents, Abdullahi Buldi, who was captured by the youths during the attack on Gidan Gambo, said that they were hired to attack Eggon communities in the state. The Punch’s source, who did want his name in print, said the attack at Arikya and Ashangwa was a reaction to the capture of Buldi by Eggon youths. An eyewitness of the incident, Alaku Alumbugu, who escaped to Lafia, said the Fulani attackers shot sporadically in al...

My advice stands:  Don't settle for less than God's best . Too many Christian women today have ended up with an Ishmael because impatience pushed them into an unhappy marriage. Please take my fatherly advice: You are much better off single than with the wrong guy! Speaking of “wrong guys,” here are the top 10 men you should avoid when looking for a husband: 1. The unbeliever.  Please write 2 Corinthians 6:14 on a Post-it note and tack it on your computer at work. It says, “Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” (NASB). This is not an outdated religious rule. It is the Word of God for you today. Don’t allow a man’s charm, looks or financial success (or his willingness to go to church with you) push you to compromise what you know is right. “Missionary dating” is never a wise strategy. If the guy is not a born-again Christian, scratch him off your list. He’s ...

Insurance guru and vice chairman/CEO of IGI, Remi Olowude passed away in the early hours of today Sunday September 28th in a hospital in the US. Mr Olowude had been ill for a while before he died. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Former Super Eagles defender turned pastor, Taribo West pictured above preaching in one of the lines in the electronics section of Alaba International market, Ojo, Lagos on Thursday September 25th. Being an ex-international footballer is an advantage to get people's attention but it seemed like people were more interested in taking his pics than listening to the word of God..:-). More pics below

Former airport worker, 20 year old Walter Earl Morrison (pictured) is accused of stealing a diamond ring worth about $150,000 and then swapping it for just $20 worth of weed. According to prosecutors (the case is currently in court), Walter had been working for UPS at the Sky Harbor Airport in Arizona when he allegedly swiped a package and hid it under his shirt while loading cargo onto a plane. Prosecutors said he thought the parcel contained cash but instead found a diamond ring. Of course he didn't know the value of the ring, so he took it a marijuana dealer and bought himself $20 worth of wee in exchange for the ring. The stolen item was traced back to him and he eventually confessed. He was immediately sacked by UPS and arrested for theft. Fortunately he was able to tell UPS and police who he sold the Diamond ring to. The ring was recovered and delivered to the intended customer while Walter is facing theft charges.

We are living in strange times, of a truth. A 19-year-old boy identified as Abel who was recently promoted to SS3 in one of the secondary schools in Asaba, capital of Delta State, has allegedly put his own mother in the family way after he had a carnal knowledge with her few months ago. The stupid boy, popularly called Ekenem, was said to have consulted a native doctor, who prepared a love charm for him to use on his mother and one of the matrons in the college where he is a boarding student. Sources say the act committed by the boy still remains a misery to people in the area. While crying out over what her son has done to her, the mother said: “I did not know how it all happened, but all I can say is that a young man who looked like my son suddenly found his way into my room at wee hours and I was speechless.”  The confused woman said the whole exercise between she and her son had remained inexplicable. But the father of the house, who is a Port Harcourt based busi...

32-year-old Chinedu Nweke (pictured above) has been arrested for beheading 45-year-old Philomina Nwega in Ebonyi State. Nweke claimed he committed the heinous crime to avenge the serial rape of his wife by men in the murdered woman’s village. According to  Sunday Sun , the horrible incident happened on September 6th in Umuzeoka village in Ezza North LGA of  Ebonyi State. Recounting the bizarre tale, Nweke, a farmer, said men from the village had raped his wife severally, alleging that the repeated vicious act led to a miscarriage. “I am a farmer. Villagers raped my wife severally. And it made my wife to have mis­carriage anytime she was pregnant. I never complained about this problem to the police. It was on September 6, in the evening that I saw a woman coming from the farm. I waylaid her and I used my cutlass to kill her. I cut off her head which I dumped alongside her lifeless body into the Ogbor stream. I cut her head into pieces and threw them into the strea...