January 2015-Flatimes

Saturday 31 January 2015

New Pictures of Toyin Aimakhu and Husband Adeniyi Johnson

Lovely pictures of actress Toyin Aimakhu and husband Adeniyi. The couple attended a wedding today and Toyin has been sharing the photos.

This will be their first appearance since their reconciliation.

American hip hop model and controversial actress Amber Rose has touched down in Lagos for Dbanj’s 10 year anniversary concert.

President Jonathan getting made-up before his interview with Mo Abudu. Folami Alamudun posted this lovely picture of President Jonathan being made up to look good for Nigerians. He captioned it:

Barring last minute changes, there are strong indications that Nigeria’s controversial former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar may be heading back to the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party.

Atiku disclosed this through one of his political aides, Alhaji Mammudu Song in Yola during a Radio interview. Our correspondent monitored Mammudu in a live Hausa Radio political programme presented by Shekarau Yerima in Radio Gotel “Demokradiya 'a yau".

An appeal has been made to the people of the Eastern Senatorial District of Kogi State to once again remain solid in their support for the People's Democratic party in the forthcoming February general election.

Yomi Awoniyi Kogi State Deputy Governor Awoniyi stated this in an interview at the official flag-off for the Presidential and other elections slated for february, held at Ayingba.

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston, was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home on Saturday, police said. Police and rescue personnel arrived at the home, north of Atlanta, at 10:25 a.m. and performed “life-saving measures” to resuscitate Brown.

The 21-year-old was transported breathing to the nearby North Fulton Hospital.

There is plenty of deja vu riding on this incident. Grammy award winning Whitney Houston was found submerged in a bathtub in a Beverly Hills, California, hotel on Feb. 11, 2012, before she was later pronounced dead by medics.

Rapper Olamide and his long term girlfriend Adebukunmi Aisha Suleiman have welcomed a son.

She gave birth to the baby on Friday at St Ives Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos.

Presidential candidate of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Chekwas Okorie, has stated that the boycott of the scheduled presidential debate being put together by the Broadcast Organisation of Nigeria (BON) and Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) by the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari is hugely disappointing.

Speaking via a statement by the media arm of his campaign organisation, Okorie advised General Buhari to ignore those advising him to shun the debate and participate in the debate as scheduled.

A group of Nigerian Army officers involved in operations against Islamist insurgents tagged “Operation Zaman Lafiya” have written an open letter detailing a series of problems bedeviling their military operations.

The officers called on President Goodluck Jonathan to investigate massive looting of funds meant for military operations. They also urged President Barack Obama of the United States and United Nations Secretary General Banki Moon to put pressure on Mr. Jonathan to engage in fighting a more focused war on Islamist terror.

Topic: The Wonders of Divine Victory [Saturday January 31, 2015]

Memorise: Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. - Psalm 20:7

Read: 1 Samuel 17:44-50

44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

McDonald's will now accept selfies and hugs as payment

McDonald's is going to start accepting a new form of payment next week. Starting Feb. 2, the chain will let some customers pay for their food with different forms of what the chain calls "lovin'," which could include selfies and hugs.

"From selfies, hugs to high fives — we have a bunch of fun ways to express your Lovin'," a McDonald's spokeswoman told ABC News.

Presentation of Certificates by Dele Alimi Director Membership and Trade Promotions LCC and
Evangeline Wiles MD of Kaymu

As part of activities to wrap up its two year anniversary, kaymu.com.ng , Nigeria’s leading online marketplace held a training workshop for SMEs in partnership with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI.

The workshop tagged Kaymu Entrepreneurial Workshop, took place on the 29th of January at the LCCI Training and Exhibition Centre, Alausa, Ikeja.

Mammoth Crowd at Buhari's Rally in Lagos

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential rally is presently going on at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.

Photo Credit: Goal.com

The FA has confirmed that Diego Costa will serve a three-match ban following his stamp on Emre Can earlier this week.

The African Union (AU) has endorsed a plan for a regional task force of 7,500 Army to fight the Islamist Boko Haram militants in Nigeria.

The leaders meeting during the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) agreed to the plan after its session on Thursday to bring to an end to the killings and maiming of residents of the North East part of Nigeria by the militant group.

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, 90, has been named the new Chairman of the African Union.

He took over from Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz at a ceremony which held at the Union's secretariat in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia.

A report on Thursday from Ethiopia, said the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has been rushed to hospital in Addis Ababa in the middle of peace talks to end the country’s 13-month civil conflict.

A source from the East African bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development, which has mediated in the South Sudanese conflict, said the sudden illness of the 63-year-old president interrupted his meeting with rebel leader Riek Machar on Wednesday.

D’banj has said he will be getting married this year and he also intends to have a baby this year. According to him, his mom wants him to get married now and the pressure has been somehow high. Hear him;

‘Yes, I was under pressure towards the end of last year to get married, my mum really wanted it,’ he said.

Congrats!!!

Names of the Five PDP Governors secretly working for Buhari

Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger state, James Bala Ngilari of Adamawa state, Abubakar Danladi of Taraba, Martin Elechi of Ebonyi state and Sullivan Chime of Enugu state have been accused of secretly working for Muhammadu Buhari, Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

NEWS24 reports that, the Governors who are all members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP are secretly mobilizing 25percent of votes cast in their respective states for Buhari.

The Federal Government officially reacted to the war threat by ex- Niger Delta militants, on Thursday, saying it was reprehensible.

The condemnation came barely a day after General Theophilus Danjuma called for their arrest and seven days after the ex-militants made the threat at the Government House in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday advised the APC presidential candidate, retired Maj.-Gen.Muhammadu Buhari, against committing suicide by planning to personally lead the war against Boko Haram terrorists, if elected president.

Sambo gave the advice at the PDP Presidential Rally in Yola, Adamawa.

The vice president said his advice was against the backdrop of the advice given to Buhari by his presidential running mate to personally lead the war against Boko Haram if elected President in next month's presidential election.

Lagos 2015 - Agbaje Edges Ambode in Debate [Video]

Topic: Wonderful Restoration [Friday January 30, 2015]

Memorise: Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. - Psalm 51:12

Read: Ezekiel 37:1-10

1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

Churches destroyed in Muslim mob attack but Bible survives [Photo]

Bible unburned in spite of fire. The Word will never lose it’s power. Eglise Vie Abondante,
Harobanda. Niamey, Niger. (Danette Childs)

Niamey – The Bible was spotted unburnt in the middle of rubble left after a church was burnt down in Niger’s Niamey, following violent protests across the West African nation over cartoons of Prophet Muhammad that were published recently on the special issue of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

At least 10 people have died and 45 churches and homes of Christians, were destroyed.

Neal and Danette Childs have been Christian missionaries in Niger since 1998. Neal oversees Reaching Unreached Nations, a ministry of 36 churches across the country.

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa appears to be on the decline, with new weekly infections dropping below 100 for the first time in over six months, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

The UN agency said it had now shifted its efforts in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — the countries worst-hit by the virus — from slowing the spread of the virus to ending the epidemic.

Crystal Palace on Thursday announced the signings of midfielder Jordon Mutch from Premier League rivals Queens Park Rangers and former Newcastle United striker Shola Ameobi.

Mutch, 23, has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract, while 33-year-old Ameobi, who was a free agent after leaving Turkish side Gaziantep in December, has signed a short-term deal until the season’s end.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will not be featuring in the ongoing electioneering public debates on national television and radio being organised by the Broadcast Organisations of Nigeria (BON), because of the unhidden bias and campaign of calumny by some key organisers of the programme against the corporate political interest of the APC and its candidates.

However, the organizers have made it clear that every participant will be exposed to the same set of questions that will give them enunciate their positions.

NEMA offers assistance to Kogi IDP's

In a bid to cushion the hardship faced by some internally displaced persons in Kogi State, following recent clash between Fulani herdsmen and residents of Meza and Bagana communities in Lokoja and Omala Local Government Areas of Kogi State, the Federal Government has come to their aid by given them relief materials.

The National Emergency Management Agency, today in Lokoja, also gave out same relief assistance to those affected by windstorm/flash flood in 3 Local Government Areas of the State.

With determination, focus and courage driven by the mission to transform Kogi State, Capt Idris Wada has no doubt succeeded in laying the foundation for a greater Kogi State.

Since his assumption of office three years ago, the present administration has invested greater chunk of the State’s resources in building critical infrastructures and in the transformation of all sectors of the States economy to the benefit of the people.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in 11 states of the federation.

Adesina announced that the Federal Government had approved N145 million to compensate farmers affected by the outbreak of the disease.

He made the disclosure at an emergency meeting on Avian Influenza with state commissioners for agriculture in Abuja.

Did you know its proper English name is African Star Apple? It is also called White Star Apple.

Local Name: Agbalumo (Yoruba language) or Udara (Igbo language)

Botanical Name: Chrysophyllum albidum

The Chrysophyllum genus of plants consists of almost 80 different species of fruits all exclusively grown within the tropical region. African star apple (Udara) is a very popular fruit here in Nigeria. Its fleshy pulp is often eaten as a snack and it is equally common in both the urban and rural areas, particularly around Southern Nigeria. Being a seasonal fruit (produces during the dry season between December and April), it is currently in peak abundance flooding the market places and street walkways at about this time of the year. Now, allow me introduce you to some really good news about the nutritious load of Udara/Agbalumo goodness!

President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign train made a stop in the city of Akure, Ondo State on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. The president and his team were welcomed by a massive crowd.

The stadium was agog for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate’s visit to the state.

A former Minister of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma, has asked for the arrest of refurbished Niger Delta militant, Mujaheed Asari-Dokubo, who has repeatedly called for war and the disintegration of Nigeria if President Jonathan isn’t re-elected next month. Asari-Dokubo’s latest call to arms came during a recent meeting of the Ijaw nation last week.

Commissioning the multibillion naira Kwankwasiyya city in Kano, at the behest of his host, the Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, T.Y Danjuma said Dokubo should be arrested without delay for calling for anarchy and violence at a time the nation needed neither.

The Alliance for Democracy (AD) last night suspended its presidential candidate, Rafiu Salau, saying the party does not have any presidential candidate in the February 14 elections.

In a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Abuja, which was held from afternoon till late last night, the party said Salau was suspended by votes from 39 NEC members, saying he was never elected as AD presidential candidate.

The Latin name is (Telfairia Occidentalis). The Igbo people of Nigeria and most Nigerians call it Ugu. The Ghana people call it Krobonko, while people from Sierra Leone call it Gonugbe. The English name is Fluted pumpkin, fluted gourd and the Spaniards call it Costillada.

This vegetable is used a lot in Nigeria to cook soups (what you may refer to as a sauce), to boil and eat plain, or to blend into a shake.

The scientific name is Telfairia Occidentalis leaf.

Telfairia Occidentalis is a tropical vine grown in West Africa as a leaf vegetable and for its edible seeds. Common names for the plant include Fluted gourd, Fluted pumpkin, and Ugu.

Author: Pastor Faith Oyedepo

Keys to Effective Communication in Marriage [Part 4]

Dear Reader,

So far, I have taught on the foundation of effective communication and the keys of listening, talking and understanding. There is no doubt, God has opened your eyes to see something that will improve your communication with your spouse and family members. You shall not fail in Jesus’ name!

Today, we shall be looking at what I captioned, Corrupt Communication! Evidently, there are factors to beware of, that stand against the will to build effective communication in marriage and home.
Choosing the right words is a must for couples and other members of the family, if there must be a good relationship between them. Corrupt communication is the opposite of edifying communication. You can pass across the negative, just as effectively as the positive. Any communication that tears down, separates or pollutes the mind is said to be corrupt.

Yasmin Eleby

A woman who vowed that if she didn’t find love by the time she turned 40 married herself earlier this month in a lavish ceremony here in Houston, according to reports.

Yasmin Eleby married herself at the Houston Museum of African American Culture on January 3 in a lavish ceremony with 10 bridesmaids in attendance, plus family and other guests on hand to celebrate the event.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday took his re-election campaign to the Niger Delta, knowing that victory in the key region will help to determine overall victory in next month's vote.

The head of state, who is looking for a second, four-year term, is in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, which is controlled by the opposition and is seen as a pivotal election battleground.

Korede Bello is out with a new song and we can’t wait for you to hear it.

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Topic: Storehouse for Wonders [Thursday January 29, 2015]

Memorise: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. - Psalm 23:1

Read: 1 Kings 17:12-16

12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

Buhari's Certificate: Cambridge Shuts Critics Up With New Information

The University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate (UCLES) (now called Cambridge Assessment) has provided further information concerning the WASC results of Muhammadu Buhari.

The university made a new publication on its website confirming Buhari's results from 1961, confirming that the grades were issued in numbers, not letters (several critics have tried to dismiss the results based on these paramaters.)

Kogi Govt Signs $8 billion MoU on Power, Housing

The present administration in Kogi State says it will remain guided by the four cornerstones of its transformation agenda towards ensuring a drastic reduction in poverty amongst its citizens.

Prof. Olugbemiro Jegede, Secretary to Kogi State Government made the assertion at the signing of $8billion memoranda of understanding (MoU) between the State Government and CRCI NIGERIA LIMITED for the development of a modern City in the Eastern Senatorial District of the State.

The MoU which focuses on the provision of power from the Okura River would provide 1,000 initial houses for low income earners, who would pay N1, 000 monthly for eight years and thereafter own the house.

The deputy chairman, Finance Committee of the Presidential Campaign Organization, Dr. Ngozi Olejeme has urged Nigerians to vote for Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, saying a vote for PDP in the February 14, 2015 presidential election is a vote for economic growth, development and unity.

Olejeme made this call Tuesday when she received prominent political leaders from Delta State in Abuja.

The organisers of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme (NEIHIS) are making frantic efforts towards the scheme’s successful kick off and the institutionalization of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Trust Fund (NEIHTF). Part of these efforts is the appointment of Goodwill ambassador s that will be unveiled to the public in phases.

In the last one week, the ambassadors who have identified with, and also undergoing enrolment procedures to NEIHIS have been involved in the shooting of Public Service Announcements (PSA) for the scheme. The PSAs are meant to feature prominently on partner television and radio stations with a view to educating practitioners about the scheme and encourage mass enrollment.

Author: Pastor Faith Oyedepo

Keys to Effective Communication in Marriage [Part 3]

Dear Reader,

I have taught on the foundation for effective communication and unveiled the keys of talking and listening, as major tools to effective communications. Today, we shall be looking at the Key Of Understanding.

Understanding is defined as the ability to tolerate one another or show sympathy towards others’ feelings and views. It is also the ability to see things from the other person’s perspective. Understanding enables you to read between the lines of communication. It reads eye movements and voice tones and helps soften the harshness of anger. Understanding also helps you to grasp the meaning of your spouses’ mind, attitude or explanation of something (Proverbs 13:15; 24: 3).

Cathy Schmitz, 25, weds mega-rich 82-year-old lover Richard Lugner

A former playboy model has married a multi-multimillionaire who is 57 years her senior - but claims her decision it has nothing to do with his fortune.

German beauty Cathy Schmitz, 25, weds mega-rich 82-year-old lover Richard Lugner in the autumn - and has given up her telly career to live a life of luxury with him in his homeland of Vienna.

The couple appeared on This Morning on Monday to defend their relationship ahead of a documentary about their age-gap airing on Wednesday night.

Filthy-rich Richard, who famously paid $500k and took Kim Kardashian to the Vienna ball last year and branded her 'annoying', is old enough to be Cathy's grandfather, but insists the age gap doesn't bother him.

"We have to learn to be married,"I had been married four times, and when I met Cathy I had been divorced for seven years. I didn't want to get married ever again."

According to UK Mirror,But Richard insists the pair hit it off when they met last February, and young and glamorous Kathy managed to change his mind.

"Did you ever worry she wanted you for your money?" Philip asks Richard.
"I am always worried. Ladies are very dangerous. To be married is dangerous," he responds.I like to fight with the young ladies. It's better for me."

But Cathy insists she is not that type of girl.

"I am not the first woman that is much younger than him. Non of his wives were as old as him,"I have a good teacher as he has been married four times before.When we met I thought he was a nice guy. I knew he was rich, I am from Germany. He is very famous person.Of course it's nice to life a luxury life. But it's not very important to me," she says.Before I met him I was pushing my own career on the television. But I had to make a decision between love and my career.I love everything about him. He is charming and lovely and he tells the truth.

I dated a lot of young boys – they are only looking out for themselves. They like football and many women.I have a six-year-old daughter to look after – I need a man."

Co-host Christine then jumps in to say when planning her own wedding she is constantly looking ahead to the future.

"Don't you worry that Richard might not be around for much longer?" She asks Cathy.
"I think if there's no risk then there's no fun. He is the love of my live. He may live to be 102 – I may have 20 years left.

Culled from UK Mirror

Aliko Dangote, Richest Black Man on Earth - Forbes

Forbes an American magazine has published the list of the 10 richest black men in the world for 2015 with Aliko Dangote in the first position.

In its latest edition dated January 24, the magazine said that with asset worth 21.6 billion dollars, Dangote is not only the richest man in Africa, but also the richest black man in the world.

The magazine said the Nigerian multi billionaire built his fortunes from the production of cement, flour and sugar.

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), says Nigerians ought to have listened to INEC instead of making an issue over the ingenuity of his certificate.

Buhari said this in an interview with newsmen after an initial briefing where the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) presented a resolution supporting his candidature for the February 14 presidential election.

Governor Kashim Shettima

Pandemonium ensued on Monday evening after soldiers in Maiduguri, Borno State opened fire on Governor Kashim Shettima‘s envoy in error.

Punch reports that the governor’s protocol office is being held accountable for the incident, as they reportedly failed to inform military authorities about the governor’s intention to visit the military facilities.

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