All I can think about about in looking at Katty here is to remember a Reverend Father who wants to celebrate catholic mass. She shout sack her fashion consultant....what???
Its about anything & everything.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Good thinking, good product...
Talk about true security and thinking ahead...thumps up. Great idea.
Interswitch unveils card-less ATM withdrawals
One does not need a bank account or a Verve, Mastercard or Visa card to make withdrawals from an ATM any longer. All one needs is a 12-digit code and a 4-digit PIN. And thereafter you are on to your money.Interswitch Transnational, a leading Pan-African integrated payments company, announced today that Nigerians will henceforth be able to make the card-less withdrawals from ATMs with Quickteller facility.A statement from Interswitch said the card-less withdrawals will offer mobile money users the opportunity to withdraw cash from their mobile money accounts or “cash out” funds transferred to them, through Quickteller supported ATMs across the country.“The service has been designed to specifically address the challenges of mobile money adoption which includes insufficient cash out locations thereby enabling those without bank accounts and bank cards have easier, more convenient and safer access to cash withdrawal,” it said.Interswitch said the card-less service supports transactions between the range of N1,000.00 – N20,000.00 in multiples of N1,000.The card-less ATM withdrawal service has been adopted by Pagatech, GTBank Mobile Money, Parkway, Cellulant and QikQik. This service is currently available at over 6,000 ATMs on the networks of First Bank, GTBank, Stanbic Bank, United Bank for Africa and Zenith Bank.Mrs Titilola Shogaolu, Chief Payment and Value Added Services Officer, Interswitch Nigeria, said “the cardless ATM withdrawal service is one of those services where the infrastructure can be customized to Mobile Money Operators to fulfil bespoke business needs. We firmly believe that Nigerians everywhere, with or without a bank account, deserve to have access to contemporary payment technologies designed to simplify financial access. We are optimistic that more Mobile Money Operators will adopt the service by Q2, 2014. We are excited about the huge potential of this service and are glad that our infrastructure can be leveraged to deliver innovative services that will enable both individuals and corporate organizations achieve their goals.”
A politics after it's enemies !
I will not say El Rufai did right, I will also not say he did wrong. All I will say is simple, let's have a political system that allows the light of your enemy shine side by side your own. The difference will be that if yours is genuine, it will shine brighter. Let's not sow today a seed which says kill our enemies. Very soon, no one will be there to look at what you have. If it's freedom of speech, while it is dangerous to mis use it, let those who constructively use it be allowed to live their life. It's called live and let live...
Why SSS is after me, by El-Rufai .
It was like a drama scene when the entourage of the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, arrived at the headquarters of the State Security Service (SSS) about 9:25am Monday to formally present himself for questioning as requested by the security agency.As early as 7am, a group of journalists representing different media organisations had stormed el-Rufai’s residence on a tip-off that the deputy national secretary was ready to visit the SSS, following the latter’s desperate search for him throughout the weekend.On arrival at a pointan a few meters away from the main entrance where men of the SSS had blocked with concrete slabs, all occupants of the vehicles conveying the dignitaries to the office were ordered to disembark and identify themselves.Mallam el-Rufai, the main target, needed not identify himself, neither did Rotimi Amaechi and Chris Ngige. However, the stern–looking men in black hoods did not care about the status of anybody and ordered everybody else apart from el-Rufai and his wife to stand out.At that point, things turned dramatic. The governor. (Amaechi) asked if there was no more freedom of speech in Nigeria. He went further to ask if it was all about the freedom of speech concept of former Ugandan president, Idi Amin Dada, who said, “I can guarantee freedom of speech, but what I cannot guarantee is freedom after speech.”Amaechi was however allowed to go in with el- Rufai, but Ngige was not, until he told the aggressive SSS men that he was detailed to stand in for the bail of Mallam el-Rufai.With the scenario getting more chaotic and all the party delegations in solidarity with him kept off, el-Rufai in anger went after one of the SSS officers said to be keeping the warrant got from the court and virtually snatched the brown envelope containing the document from him. It was not until his lawyer, A U Mustapha, came and made some explanations that he let go of the envelope, saying he had made up his mind to present himself for whatever question.The SSS had last Thursday invited el-Rufai to their office to explain his statement, which the agency said was inciting and capable of breaching public peace. El-Rufai had declined the invitation, insisting that the security agency obtain a warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction before he could honour the invitation.The SSS on Friday secured a warrant to arrest the former minister and stormed two of his homes same day purportedly to serve the said warrant. It was alleged that when the security operatives could not find their victim, they attempted to force their way into his Maitama residence in search of him.The search, however, continued till Monday morning when Mallam el-Rufai in the company of the Rivers State governor, Amaechi; Nigige, APC candidate in the Anambra gubernatorial elections last November; APC national secretary Tijani Tumsa; secretary to the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Osita Okechukwu; and other party officials in solidarity with him went to meet them in their office.Addressing journalists in front of his residence, el- Rufai said he decided to decline the invitation from the SSS because he could have been compelled to go to their office without following the due process.“There was no way I would have honoured that invitation. So I demanded they bring a warrant from the court. They produced the warrant and showed to my lawyer and they agreed that we will be there this morning. I believe the SSS has no power to compel me to come to their office over a statement that I have the right under the constitution to make,” he explained.According to el-Rufai, the real reason he was not disposed to responding to the invitation by the SSS was his experience in Awka.“I was unlawfully detained by this security agency in a hotel in Awka last November. So, I took them to court. That, I believe, is the reason they are after me. The statement I made was based on historical facts. It is not a statement not backed up with past historical records. I said elections should be free and fair, otherwise there will be likelihood of violence.“This is evident in our history. Look back at 1964, 1983, 1993 and 2011. So, what is there that people do not know already? Anybody that does not know is either ignorant of history or is ignoring history. This is all politics. It is all about 2015. It is all about intimidating the opposition to silence them. It is against crying out that the elections are likely to be rigged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).“I will continue to cry out and they will continue to arrest me until we get free and fair elections in Nigeria.”Meanwhile, Rivers State governor Amaechi has called on all Nigerians in the opposition camp to expect more harassment as the ruling party, according to him, will not willingly cede power to anybody.“PDP cannot cede power to anybody just like that. They will use everything in their power to fight against anyone who wants to take power from them, and this is one of the institutions they will use to fight anybody that stands on their way,” he said.About 1pm, Governor Amaechi left the SSS Headquarters and was said to have been excused by the security agency to attend to matters arising in his state. About two and half hours later, while the release of Mallam el-Rufai was being expected, Chris Ngige left the premises on the excuse that he was going to keep an appointment that he had scheduled earlier.As at the time of filiing this report, nothing had been heard about the possible release of Mallam el-Rufai by the SSS. Unofficial sources said the man may be released late in the night with serious warnings.The source said the SSS was not happy that they did not arrest him on Friday when they would have detained him until Monday, on the excuse that bails are not allowed on Fridays, to teach him a lesson of his life. As it stands, relations, party chieftains, friends and well-wishers are eagerly waiting to hear the news of his release.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
23 years old defeat Bill Gates in a game of Chess
I have heard the assertion, if a rich man likes a game, he likes the game of chess or perhaps with hockey to match. While chess helps him to intellectually express himself, hockey helps him to physically express himself . But the game of chess is not about your bank account and your position as the richest man in the world, it's about who the master is. But don't get it twisted as Bill Gates gets beaten in 79 seconds by a 23 year old....it's still a game. When it comes to their bank account, there is only one master amongst the two lol....
The report by EnewsMaybe Bill Gates should spend less time strategizing moves in the eternal chess match that is Microsoft versus Apple (the iPhone has Candy Crush, so checkmate!) and more time practicing actual chess.Because Bill's performance in this chess match—against the best chess player in the world—is pathetic. (We can say that because there's no chance we will ever have to prove our own chess prowess against the best chess player in the world. Twenty-three-year-old Magnus Carlsen, who has been a "grandmaster" since he was 13, beat the founder of Microsoft in one minute and 19 seconds and using only nine moves. Watch the whole match now:NEWS: Ever wonder what Bill Gates gives his Secret Santa? Find out!The match went down on Norwegian TV and the rules were thus: Gates had two minutes to make each move, while Carlsen had only 30 seconds. Not that the rules were too important once the game began—Carlsen barely paused for even a second each time it was his turn. What a brain!Before they played, Gates said the match had "a predetermined outcome" and then joked that the only time he feels intellectually inadequate is "when I play chess against [Magnus]." This is the look of defeat:
Friday, January 24, 2014
Mourinho's unnecessary diplomatic statement over Mata's departure
'We allowed Juan to travel and to have the medical with United,' said Mourinho. 'Sooner rather than later things will be finalised. This club is a special club and this club cares about people. This club is very respectful of the players and especially players who brought history to the club. Juan is one of these.
'I still think he could be important for us, he's a fantastic player. In spite of not playing for us, especially in the last period, he could be important for us, but Juan has a fantastic opportunity; another big club wants him, in a country where he loves to be and he loves to play.
'The offer is the right offer for us, so in spite of the fact many clubs, many boards and many managers thinking you shouldn't sell to a rival, especially one in the same country, we feel different.
'The player deserves respect and deserves to be happy and play where he wants to play. Because the offer is what we consider the right offer for the quality of the player we allowed him to negotiate with them and we didn't close the door.
'It's a good offer, respectful to us and the value of the player. It allows us to try to add another player, because we need another player, and still have a fantastic profit. With the two deals, Juan and Kevin De Bruyne, we put ourselves in a fantastic position with Financial Fair Play.'
'I asked him when the offer came if he was happy to go and he said yes,' said the Blues boss. 'After that we felt mixed emotions, we are happy that he's going to a fantastic situation but at the same time we are sad. With him it was the same, very happy to go from Chelsea to Man United, staying in England and the Premier League, probably with guarantees he will play. It's good for Juan, the Premier League and the offer, in financial terms, is the right offer.
'He tried to give everything, it was just a point of the team doing very well for the last couple of months and winning matches consecutively. Willian, Hazard and Oscar are playing really well and he wasn't playing.
'In matches where he could have been decisive coming off the bench, when he was about to come on we scored goals. I was playing him at Derby and we scored. I was going to bring him on against Hull at the beginning of the second half and we scored. Against Man United we were 3-0 up, so I couldn't even bring him from the bench and make him feel great by changing the game. In the last four or five matches he wasn't even playing so he was clearly affected, frustrated, disappointed.
'I worked with him for four, five six months but he's been at the club for more than two years, so people know him much better than I do. What I know is enough to know he deserves this, if he cannot be fully happy here because he's not playing 100 per cent like in the last two years, if he has a big club that wants him, even if it's a rival club and in England, the club decided, and I was completely on the club's side, you cannot stop people from being happy if the offer is the right offer.' 'It was a surprise for us that Juan was leaving, we were not prepared to make bids and try to bring a player to replace him in the squad, everything happened very fast,' said Mourinho. 'We had to work on that and see what options could be good for us.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
SALAH TO MOVE TO CHELSEA
News coming from Chelsea official website says that "Chelsea Football Club can confirm an agreement has been reached with FC Basel for the transfer of their 21-year-old attacking midfielder Mohamed Salah" the report added that The move is subject to the Egyptian international agreeing personal terms and completing a medical examination.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Top question to ask about Political appointment in Nigeria
Once again, we will be tempted to ask if the appointment of ministers or the appointment of individuals for political offices in Nigeria is about reward to loyalist or about service to the people....
Top report-Jonathan appoints Bamanga Tukur as Nigeria RailwayCorporation Chairman
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed the immediate past National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Railway Corporation.Mr. Tukur last week resigned his position as National Chairman of the PDP. He has since been replaced with ex- Bauchi governor, Adamu Muazu.Mr. Tukur’s appointment as Railway Corporation, NRC, chairman was announced in a statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sam Nwaobasi.The position of NRC chairman was formerly held by Kawu Baraje, the former factional chairman of the PDP who has since led his faction to fuse into the All Progressives Congress. Mr. Baraje resigned in the height of the PDP crisis in late 2013.Mr. Jonathan, according to the statement, has also approved the appointment of Ghaji Ismaila Bello as Director-General of the National Population Commission with effect from January 8, 2014.According to its enabling law, the Nigeria Railway Corporation is charged with facilitating effective “carriage of passengers and goods in a manner that will offer full value for money; meet cost of operation; improve market share and quality of services; ensure safety of operations and maximum efficiency; meet social responsibility in a manner that will meet the requirements of rail users, trade, commerce, industry and general public”.President Jonathan had after announcing Mr. Tukur’s resignation as PDP chairman at the National Executive Committee meeting of the party, on January 16, hinted that he would reward the former party chief with another appointment. “He (Mr. Tukur) is not guilty of any offence and I am going to give him an assignment that is tougher than PDP chairman,” the president said at that event.President Jonathan is currently away in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum.
Monday, January 20, 2014
REVEALED: Smoking Or Drinking During Pregnancy Can Make Your Child GAY (MUST READ)
This research is particularly very interesting...
A controversial new study claims that decisions made by women when they are pregnant can affect their babies brains including determining their sexuality, intelligence and chances of developing autism.
The suggestion that the lifestyle of an expectant mother can affect their offspring's development has been put forward in Professor Dick Swaab's new book We Are Our Brains.
The professor of neurology at Amsterdam University claims that the chance of having a child who is gay can be determined by a range of factors including how stressed pregnant women are as well as whether they smoke and their exposure to amphetamines.
'Pregnant women suffering from stress are also more likely to have homosexual children of both genders because their raised level of the stress hormone cortisol affects the production of foetal sex hormones,' Swaab said reported The Sunday Times.
The development of the brain is such a delicate process during pregnancy that Swaab believes any small changes can have a major impact on a person's life.
A key example of this was in a study which found that women who took the synthetic estrogen DES when pregnant were more likely to have daughters with bisexual or homosexual tendencies.
The drug was widely prescribed to pregnant women as an anti-miscarriage drug for more than 20 years and researchers found that eight of the 117 DES daughters studied had bisexual or homosexual tendencies, while none did in a carefully selected 117-woman control group.
Some traits are dictated by nature.
Research has previously found that boys with older brothers are more likely to be homosexual than those with sisters, younger brothers or no siblings at all.
For every older brother a man has, the chances of him being gay increases by 33 per cent, according to Canadian psychologist Ray Blanchard.
Former Aston Villa, West Ham and German international footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger who announced he was gay earlier this month has five older brothers and one sister.
The report suggest that this could be due to a mother's immune system developing stronger responses to the male hormone produced by boy babies during each pregnancy.
Another link was an expectant mother's alcohol consumption which can affect how new brain cellsintegrate into the growing brain. The NHS advises pregnant woman that if they choose to drink they must 'protect your baby by not drinking more than one to two units of alcohol once or twice a week, and don't get drunk.'
And Swaab says that studies show the pronounced effect alcohol can have on children.
'Even in women who drink just a glass of wine a day we see effects (such as) lower IQ and hyperactivity.'
Other links made in the study suggest that exposure to traffic fumes and industrial air pollution can dramatically increase a mother's chances of having a child with autism.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found the risk was doubled for women living in the most polluted locations. 'Our findings raise concerns since, depending on the pollutant, 20 per cent to 60 per cent of the women in our study lived in areas where risk of autism was elevated,' said lead scientist Dr Andrea Roberts. - See more at: http://www.411vibes.com/2014/01/smoking-or-drinking-during-pregnancy-can-make-your-child-gay.html#sthash.H2UVppIX.dpuf
Lupita Nyong got a kiss From Leonardo DiCaprio-A Seal of Approval.
According to Mail Online, She's been the toast of the awards season so far, picking up prize after prize for her role in 12 Years A Slave And on Sunday night, Lupita Nyong'o got yet another seal of approval as Hollywood heavyweight Leonardo DiCaprio stopped to give the Kenyan actress a kiss on the red carpet at the Producers' Guild Awards. As Lupita was posing for pictures, The Wolf Of Wall Street star Leonardo strolled past her - and couldn't resist stopping to heap praise on the stunning star. It's your time girl, keep that flag flying...
Punch Top report-Robbers kill Supersports employee while withdrawing from ATM .
An employee of Supersports, Kunle Fajugbabe, has been killed by armed robbers in the Bariga area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased had gone to withdraw money from an Automated Teller Machine at a Wema Bank branch located on Jagunmolu Street around 11.30pm when he was attacked by the robbers.
It was learnt that the 38-year-old indigene of Ekiti State was shot.
The assailants were said to have also snatched Kunle’s Mazda salon car and fled, leaving him in a pool of blood.
It was learnt that policemen attached to the Bariga Division, who were on night patrol, saw Kunle’s body and took him to the station before his family members were contacted.
The police were said to have taken him to the Gbagada General Hospital where he died two hours later.
Our correspondent, who visited the family home of the deceased at a one-room apartment on Ososa Street, Bariga, on Saturday, learnt that he was survived by a wife and three children.
Kunle’s wife, who identified herself only as Mrs. Fajugbabe, told our correspondent that her husband’s car was recovered three days later in the Ogudu area of the state.
She said, “My husband was on leave when the incident occurred. He left the house that evening and a few hours later, I was informed that he had been shot. He passed away a few hours later.
“My husband was a technician at Supersports, and as you can see, life has not been easy. I have three children to feed, my oldest child is just eight years old while the youngest is a baby.
“I am presently unemployed and I would be happy if anyone could help me in securing a job so that I can take care of these children.”
It was learnt that the deceased had been buried.
A police report obtained by our correspondent from the Police B Operations Department read, “On December 30, 2013, around 11.30pm, while on vehicular patrol at a spot near Wema Bank, Bariga Branch, one Kunle Fajugbage was found in a pool of blood where he was shot by unknown persons.
“The victim was rushed to the Gbagada General Hospital for treatment. The following day, around 9am, the victim’s relation, one Toyin Ademurele, came to the station and reported that the deceased gave up the ghost at the hospital while receiving treatment.”
The deceased’s wife said there was a need for the police to curb the incessant robberies in the area.
Meanwhile, PUNCH Metro learnt that Kunle’s death is just one among many which has occurred in Bariga and its environs this year.
Our correspondent, who also visited Somolu, learnt that robbers had been terrorising residents for the past one week.
It was said gangsters and robbers in the area had maimed many, while no fewer than four persons had died in the past three weeks.
PUNCH Metro learnt that last week, a youth was cut with machete in front of First Bank, Bariga branch.
Residents told our correspondent that there was need for the state government and police to curb gang-related activities in Bariga and Somolu.
A landlord in Somolu, Michael Apata, told PUNCH Metro that the robberies were being perpetuated by known cult members in the area and wondered why the police were doing nothing about it.
He said residents were living in fear and urged the government to intervene as series of petitions written to the police had yielded no fruit.
He said, “The same set of hoodlums are terrorising both Bariga and Somolu. For three consecutive days, armed robbers have continued to attack us. Just today, one Rasheed was arrested after he and others had robbed 54 Apata Street, Somolu.
“Prior to that, in the wee hours of Wednesday, the hoodlums had robbed a two-storey building at Moshalashi Street. A house on Apata Road was robbed while a beer parlour at Dabira Street and a house on Bailey Street as well as another house on Alafia lane, all in Somolu, were robbed.
“These robbers move in droves and are sometimes as many as 100 and many among them are teenagers. They rob from house to house. They usually come from Fadipe and Ajose streets and after every operation, they disappear.
“What surprises us residents is how almost 100 gangsters will move at an ungodly hour and evade the police.”
The state command’s spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the robbery attack on Kunle.
She said, “The family members said they didn’t want a case. But despite that we have recovered the car and it is parked at Ogudu. The police are still looking for the assailants.”
Top report-News Analysis: In Nigeria, pastors make us eat grass too!
Pastor Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries, in Garankuwa, north of Pretoria, South Africa, early this month, turned his church members to herbivores by asking them to eat grass for them to be “closer to God”. The report, entitled “Lawn Again Christians” (a twist of Born Again Christians), was published by the Mail on 11 January 2014. While this act was widely condemned in the media (it even went viral in the social media), analysts want Nigerian church goers to look at themselves because they too have been made to eat grass one way or the other by their own pastors, because of their belief that the liturgical approach of their religious leaders cannot be questioned. In other words, pastors must be obeyed implicitly!
According to the Mail, the Pastor Daniel’s controversial methods have drawn criticism from thousands of people “although members of his congregation swear by his methods – he is said to have claimed that humans can eat anything to feed their bodies and survive on whatever they choose to eat.”
Another medium, Times Live, quoted a 21-year old law student, Rosemary Phetha, justifying her pastor’s order: “Yes, we eat grass and we’re proud of it because it demonstrates that, with God’s power, we can do anything,” adding that she had been battling a sore throat for more than a year, but it “was healed after she ate the grass.”
Another church member, Doreen Kgatle, 27, of Ga-rankuwa, claimed that she suffered a stroke two years ago and could not walk “but soon after eating the grass, as the pastor had ordered, I started gaining strength and an hour later I could walk again.”
It was a re-enactment of how King Nebuchadnezzar walked on all fours and, to teach him a lesson for his arrogance, ate grass for seven years before he was restored on his throne.
Notwithstanding the defensive testimonies of some of the faithful, not a few members started vomiting after the exercise.
However, Daniel has not made any comment in his own defence, but he posted on his Facebook wall: “God is at work and His people are testifying right now at the… TO GOD BE THE GLORY.”
Pastor Daniel: commanded church members to eat grass
In Nigeria, analysts say that there are many way pastors have asked their church members to eat grass. One of these is the expensive universities built with the contributions of the members. But church members soon realised that they laboured for nothing: the universities were not built for them, as they cannot afford the fees when the institutions open for use. It is like an embrace with poverty and ignorance for the present and future generations of members, said a commentator.
A member of Winners Chapel who did not want his name in print narrated: “My wife and I carried head pans when construction of the university was going on. It was an alternative given by the church for those who did not have cash. But when the university opened, I could not send my son and my nephew there because I could not afford the fees.”
The same thing goes for Redeemed members. A pastor had to resign and set up his own church after he was transferred out of Lagos. In his new location in Ondo State, he had to send text messages to people to help him pay his son’s school fees at the Federal University of Technology, Akure. “If I could not afford FUTA fees, how could I, a pastor, pay for my children’s education at Redeemers’ University?,” he lamented to A.M. News.
One thing that analysts point out is the danger in obeying pastors’ instructions that fly against common sense. “Look at what happened to the followers of Jim Jones”, a member of Winners Chapel in Lagos told A.M. News.
On 18 November 1978, Reverend Jim Warren Jones made over 900 members of his church, the People’s Temple religious cult to commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, South America.
According to Wikipedia, The leader of the cult, James Warren Jones, was born on 13 May 1931, the son of a Ku Klux Klansman in Lynn, Indiana. After establishing his church in 1953, and believing a nuclear Armageddon was coming, he moved his congregation to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1965.
Trouble started in 1977 when a New West magazine article charged Jones with “faith-healing fakery, physical abuse of his parishioners and questionable finances.” He moved to his jungle land in Guyana which he bought for a “People’s Temple Agricultural Project,” with about a select thousand members.
However when, in June 1978, the San Francisco Chronicle published People’s Temple defector Deborah Layton’s account and affidavit on the cult (weekly drills for mass suicide), this prompted the visit, on 17 November 1978, of Representative Leo Ryan to find out things for himself. Initially, Jones received the parliamentarian warmly, but when some members who were fed up with life on the camp wanted to leave with Ryan, they were murdered at the airstrip on orders from Jim Jones. When he knew that more trouble was in the air for him, Jones ordered his people to commit suicide by drinking cyanide-laced juice, which he called a “revolutionary suicide.”
This and worse may happen if church members do not develop a critical mind.
If critical thinking was absent in the church, Christianity which went through a lot of evil and heresy in the middle ages would have been long dead. A member of the Redeemed Church pointed at what Martin Luther did in Europe “without which there would have been no Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity.”
Tired of the bad practices in the Catholic Church when pastors would collect money from church members before “forgiving them their sins” (the indulgences), Martin Luther, a reverend father and a professor of Theology, on 31 October 1517, wrote a thesis (“Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,”) to his bishop, Albert of Mainz, protesting the sale of indulgences.
According to a historian, he nailed a copy of his document publicly on the door of his church. He wrote that, since forgiveness was God’s alone to grant, “Those who claimed that indulgences absolved buyers from all punishments and granted them salvation were in error.”
What analysts said essentially is that for the preservation of Christianity for the present and future generations, Nigerian church goers need to point out what is wrong in the church. Keeping quiet in the name of “touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm” will do more injury than good to the Body of Christ
The above report is not original to this blog
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
Kelly Osbourne-My best dressed for the SAG Awards.
Shaped to perfection: Kelly Osbourne flaunted her naturally fabulous curves in a midnight blue gown, with an immaculate smile to Match....My best dressed for the Night. Purely outstanding and in a class all by herself.
Sonnie Badu, Yvonne Okoro,Iyanya and others pay tribute to the late komla Donor
A thorough going journalist, an outstanding professional and a shining star once again has departed. Tributes keep flowing in for this son of Africa and Ghana. A testimony of a worthy life lived in the service of humanity and passion for ones job.
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iyanyaMuch respect and RIP to KOMLA DUMOR!! We had a chat the last time I was at the BBC house in London!! I was supposed to come back for another interview when I return back in February #africa #Ghana#world will Miss You
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The celebrity status and it's burdens...but why?
There are so many issues which come up in the life of the average celebrity which bothers on status issue. Some times they can't get into a general joint just to eat certain African delicacies not because they dont want to, but because of status and security issue. They cannot,for example,be caught buying bolly(roasted plantain) on the road side yet they crave it. They want to be there to do the selection by themselves. You know the feeling when you go to a place and you can say put that meat, no don't. They can't be caught buying youghut from the man who sells on his bike because the blogs will make it a highly rated news. So many burdens with the so called celebrity life style.
Putting all they go through aside, one of the many burdens they carry which I pity them for has to do with cloths. You will see a celebrity with a very beautiful dress at a function, but that sadly, may be the end of that dress on that celebrity. They may never be able to wear it to any function again. It really does not matter if their bank account is not telling them the truth. If a celeb was reading this tight now, I can hear him or her say yes. You wear a very beautiful dress which in all aspect look very beautiful on you but sadly, you can't wear it out to any other public event, why? Because the world will blog it, headline line and ask the question, is that all she has in her wardrobe ? They will produce a pix of the first time you wore that dress. But don't you just want to see some celebrities wear some dress because the first time you saw them wear it,you loved it? Look at the ones above
NEWS/ Lupita Nyong'o Doesn't "Feel the Pressure" to Be a StyleIcon: "My First Love Is Acting"
The below report is beautifully culled from E news....credit to them
How does Lupita Nyong'o feel about being one of the most fashionable stars of the 2014 awards season?
The 12 Years a Slave star, who won during tonight's SAG Awards, says she does stress when it comes to being a budding fashion icon. She doesn't even feel the pressure when it comes to picking out gowns for awards shows!
"No, I actually don't feel the pressure because for me my first love is acting," Nyong'o told us backstage during tonight's SAG Awards at the Shrine Auditorium. "And that's where my focus is. I've loved the opportunity to learn about the fashion world and appreciate it as an art form, and I look forward to my continued education, but I never want it to take over my acting."
Whether she's trying to be a style icon or not, Nyong'o sure wows on the red carpet. During tonight's SAGs, she stunned in a green Gucci number. And last week, Nyong'o was named Best Dressed at the 2014 Golden Globes by Fashion Police for her amazing caped red Ralph Lauren dress.
On today's red carpet, Nyong'o reacted to the position reaction she got for the Globes gown, saying, "I heard some of it. I was pleasantly surprised! It felt good."
Nyong'o isn't just a hit when it comes to fashion. She also gives the best acceptance speeches! After winning her Supporting Actress award tonight, she said on stage, "I also wanna thank my family, who have kept it real. My dad, he was the first person I called when I got this role, and I said to him, 'Daddy, do you know Brad Pitt? I'm going to be in a movie with him.' And he said, 'I don't know him personally, but I'm glad you got a job.' So am I!"
Gotta love this girl.
Beyonce and Madonna Expected to Perform at the 2014 Grammy Awards Sun Jan 26
You really may never know what to expect when this two hit the stage....watch out though!
Friday, January 17, 2014
KANYE WEST A god...YEEZIANITY A NEW RELIGION!
According to a report by MO, The third track on Kanye West's lastest album, Yeezus, is called I Am God. And now, according to the anonymous founder of a new religion, called Yeezianity, the rapper, 36, is its followers' God.
A comprehensive website, called Yeezianity.com, naturally, touts the new faith as 'THE BEST CHURCH OF ALL TIME!!!!!' The 'About' section of the site, explains the main tenet of the religion: 'We are an anonymous group who believes that the one who calls himself Yeezus is a divine being who has been sent by God to usher in a New Age of humanity.' It goes on to state that all members are to remain anonymous until 'conditions are ripe,' at which time 'all of our members will reveal their identities and their divine forms and the Creative Age will finally begin!' The anonymous founder, who says he was studied philosophy in college, explained to Noisey what led him to create his religion. 'I created this thing about a month ago - and all I did was tweet it, and I don't have a lot of Twitter followers, so that didn't go anywhere,' he told the site.
'I was putting up other Craigslist ads and I just thought, "Well, let's see where this goes." I got some responses. I mean, you found it, so that's pretty awesome.'
The 'Our Savior' page of the site has a drawing resembling Kanye, who jetted from Los Angeles to Paris on Thursday for Fashion Week.
The rapper hit the streets in Paris in an dark ensemble, consisting of black trousers, a gray hoodie, a black leather jacket emblazoned with YEEZUS on the left sleeve and black tennis shoes.
The 'savior' is described on the site in the following words: 'His real name is never to be spoken. He is known to us only as Yeezus. He has shown the world the creative potential of a human being and he serves as a model for behavior and ethic.'
The 'Dogma' described on the site is an elaborate explanation about 'tyranny,' 'oppression' and 'slavery,' which states that 'they will not let you have your God Given Right TO CREATE!' The religion's 'Golden Rule' is 'Create For Others What You Would Have Created For Yourself.'
The site does not state how many members its religion has, but does say that the number is 'a magnitude of 10 larger than what you would estimate they are.'
In order to become a member of Yeezianity or a 'Ye’ciple' one must simply 'take an unidentifiable picture of yourself holding up a piece of paper or some other creative design stating “I Believe In Yeezus” and email it to i.believe@yeezianity.com.' It is unclear how serious the site's creator is about the religion.But when asked about the basis of it, they told Noisey: 'I created it, I reflected on it and thought that this was just a rehashing of Christianity, but just throwing Yeezus instead of Jesus.
'Jesus has all this baggage and all these connotations, and Yeezus is this new thing ... That's why if it takes off, in the future, people would forget Kanye and his antics, and instead focus on what the message is.
Kanye, made headlines this week after allegedly assaulting a teenager who called his fiancee Kim Kardashian an N-lover.
On Thursday the rapper escaped to Paris amid the drama and was seen hiding his face under a navy blue hoodie as he jetted into Charles de Gaulle airport in the French capital.
He looked in no mood to linger, covering his mouth with his jacket as he stalked stony-faced through the airport accompanied by a suited minder who carried his leather bag as they headed to a waiting car.
All report is as culled from Mail Online.
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