Pastor Taiwo Odukoya and wife celebrate 5th wedding anniversary

Founder of the Fountain of Life church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya and his South African wife, Nomthi are celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary today January 5th. The couple are blessed with 2 boys.

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We will not hesitate forming a parallel govt, if the 2015 elections are rigged - APC

In its new year message to Nigerians, the APC said that it would not hesitate to form a parallel government if the general elections holding in February is rigged. The party however that it would congratulate President Jonathan if the elections are free and fair.

“As a party, we assure you that we will congratulate president Goodluck Jonathan and his party, PDP if our presidential candidate and party are defeated in free and fair elections, and we will not go to court. However, as a party, we wish to reiterate, that we will not hesitate forming a parallel government, if the 2015 election are rigged either by the use of security agencies (police or military) to harass, intimidate and cajole voters or through the use of a compromise Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC).” APC said in a statement signed by it's chairman, John Oyegun

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53yrs after she died, Marilyn Monroe named new face of Max factor

It doesn't matter that she has been dead for 53 years, movie/sex icon and Hollywood's most sought after blond Marilyn Monroe, has been named the new face of giant make-up brand - Max Factor.

Max Factor announced today that Ms Monroe will be the brand's 'global glamour ambassador' and will feature in this year's advertising campaigns.

"The adverts will emphasise the role that make-up played in Monroe's transformation, from mousy Norma Jeane Mortenson to the red-lipped, platinum-haired bombshell which cemented her reputation as one of the west's most enduring sex symbols." MF said in a statement

Marilyn was a Max Factor client in the 40s and 50's before her death in 1962. The money made from the deal will go to her estate. The sex symbol is one of the highest paid dead celebs in the world.

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APC commiserates with Pres. Jonathan over the death of his sister

APC has released a statement commiserating with President Jonathan over the death of his younger sister, Mrs Nancy Jonathan-Olei who died at a private hospital in Bayelsa yesterday January 4th.

In the statement signed by its National Secretary Lai Mohammed, the party prayed that God comforts President Jonathan and his family.

"We pray that God will grant repose to the soul of the departed, comfort the President and his entire family and give them the strength to bear their loss. We also wish the immediate family of the deceased God’s succour in their moment of darkness,” it said.

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Elections are here. This is a reminder from Esure

"2014 has run its course and like years before it; gone into history. These years may be gone but the effects they left have shaped our lives as individuals and collectively as a nation, into whatever we can describe as... Good/Bad; Excellent/Poor; Rosy/Gloomy." - Esure

Now that we’re in a new year, the actions we take will further cement our status. This one is even more significant as we have elections coming up; Elections bring stagnancy or progress or change (etc.) depending on events before and after them. Therefore, here and now, we have another opportunity to rewrite our story and redefine ourselves... or stay the same. The choice is ours!”

This summarises the message in this new conscious single “IDIBO DE” by Corporate Executive/Label Owner/Music Producer/Exemplary Guitarist ESURE.

IDIBO DE highlights the common happenstances on our political landscape in Nigeria where politicians only remember the masses they are voted in to serve when election time comes. It gives a reflective insight to the mind of an average Nigerian on lessons learnt from the past and mindset going forward... Do enjoy, perhaps you too might learn something.

SONG LINK: tinyurl.com/I7gw2ss

TWITTER: @esure1

FACEBOOK: /esure1

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Mercy Johnson Okojie sends new year message to fans

'I Am Grateful' Mercy Johnson Okojie writes in her new year message to fans. Read below...

One of the best feelings one can have is the feeling that some people who have never met you in person have your back. I have experienced love from unimaginable people; Ghana, Liberia, Paris, UK, USA, Seychelles and all over the world.

Some met me crying, gave me gifts, took pictures, asked questions, and some, not so pleasant. But in all of these, I have no complaint because being where I am is a gift and privilege by God. A privilege and a place I never thought I would be, a few years ago. 

This level has its own attendant consequence, as I take in the blessing; I appreciate the not-so-pleasant side as well.  For this, I am grateful to God, my fans, and stakeholders in the industry who love me just the way I am.

I want to also say a very big thank you to my husband for giving me room to fly. Some men out there would probably have clipped my wings but Odi is not some kind of man. I want to say thank you for being so supportive and understanding.

I want to take this time to say thank you to everyone who made the journey of 2014 easier despite the attendant challenges. I am grateful to the marketers and my colleagues who stayed in touch with me even when I was pregnant, directors who were patient with me, fans who watched all the movies of 2014, those who took time out to search for me on Google, who corrected me in love and those who watched ‘30 Days in Atlanta’ (to make it biggest Nollywood movie in cinema history). I am also grateful to everyone who showed me one form of love or the other during the birth of our second son, Prince Henry: Nigerian Emabssy in the US, social media followers and my ever diligent media and management company, Bigsam Media.

I plan and hope that 2015 will be different from previous years. The jobs I will do will be slightly different from that of the past. I will take up more challenges. I will also have to balance things out because I still have to play the role of a wife and mother, but all in all, there should be a new Mercy Johnson of sort.

As per the style, I have received all your complaints and I will try and improve but please, do not forget I am just a down-to-earth-girl-next-door. Thank you.

And please, AMVCA is around the corner, let’s win again together this year, on how to vote, check @bigsammedia on Twitter.

As always I am grateful. I wish you the best this year has to offer. Happy New Year.

Bigsam Media

For: Mercy Johnson

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Lol. Nigerians come for Reno Omokri after he says soldiers never flogged civilians under GEJ's govt

Nigerian twitter can draw blood sha when they mean you...lol. Presidential media aide Reno Omokri tweeted that soldiers never flogged innocent Nigerians under the present administration and the responses he got are both painful and hilarious! See them after the cut..

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Photo of President Jonathan's younger sister who died yesterday

Here's a photo of President Jonathan's younger sister, Mrs Nancy Jonathan-Olei who died yesterday January 4th at a Private hospital in Yenogoa, Bayelsa state. She was 52 years old.

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Photos: Actress Ruth Kadiri sexy in a Tiannah Styling outfit

The actress, producer and writer who had an amazing 2014 with great starring roles, the release of her own movie, Matters Arising, the launch of her own clothing line, K&R and the acquisition of a Range Rover SUV, is sexy in these photos styled by Tiannah styling. More pics after the cut...

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The Palms Shopping Mall: 25 days to Xmas promo: Grand Prize winner emerges

This festive season will always be a memorable one for shoppers at The Palms shopping malls across the country as they were rewarded big time in The Palms 25 Days to Christmas promo which came to an end on the 24th of December with the grand finale draw at The Palms Shopping Mall Lekki.

It was an awesome event with The Palms Shopping Mall putting smiles on their customer’s faces by fulfilling their promise of appreciating numerous customers for shopping with them especially during this 25 Days to Christmas promo. 

According to the head of Marketing Palms Shopping Mall, Mr.Tunji Folayan who explained the process of picking winners. “ It certainly has been a very exciting period for shoppers of The Palms Shopping Mall all over the country this December as loads of prizes have been won since the startof it's 25 days to Christmas promo.” Daily goodie bags worth N100,000 were won everyday, weekend bundle prizes worth N200,000 were also won at the weekends and at the last week of the promo final draw winners emerged from The Palms Shopping Malls in Ibadan, Ilorin and Enugu who were flown to Lagos to contest for the grand prize of a Kia Rio with the Lagos final draw winner.”

He further stated that, “We at The Palms Shopping Mall aretruly excited at having our customers pleasantly surprised with this promo and again, it is our way of saying thank you to our customers in a special way because we believe they deserve to have their wishes come true this season and  is proud to have brought smiles to the faces of Nigerians this yuletide season.

Chukwuma Emekume a student who was the final draw winner from Enugu emerged as winner of the grand prize; a Kia Rio.  Head of Marketing The Palms Shopping Mall, Mr.Tunji Folayan and Chief Operations Officer Broll, Mr. Daniel Eze  presented the keys to Chukwuma Emekume. Chukwuma who could not contain his happiness and excitement thanked The Palms for making this season a Joyous one for him and one he would not forget anytime soon.

2^nd and 3^rdplace winners also went away with loads of fantastic prizes and most winners at the draw were excited on their win and expressed their joy to The Palms Shopping Mall for creating the 25 Days to Christmas promo as a way of rewarding its customers.  

     

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I’m coming up with anti-corruption plan -President Jonathan says

Speaking during a special New Year
service at the Dunamis International
Gospel Centre, in Abuja yesterday
January 1st, President Jonathan said his
administration is coming up with plans
and programmes to fight corruption in
Nigeria. What he said below...
"There are two main problems
confronting us as a nation: The issue of
insecurity in the North where we have the
Boko Haram terrorists and in the South
where we have commercial kidnapping.
The next thing that people worry about
after security is the issue of corruption.We
are coming out with programmes and
plans to clean up. These are things that
you don’t just use a magical wand to
wave off, otherwise even before I became
the President, there wouldn’t have been
corruption in Nigeria.
“It is not just about shouting corruption.
It is not about looking at one person,
arrest the person and show him on
television. It is about strengthening
institutions and coming up with credible
plans to make sure that anybody who
gets involved with corruption, the system
must have a way of detecting him and
punishing him.
“Until you put such a system on ground,
you cannot talk about eradicating
corruption, you will just be celebrating
corruption. You would have noticed that
from Christmas to New Year, at least, it
has been calm. It did not happen by
accident.
“It happened because you have been
praying for this country and the
government has also been doing
something. We do not need to announce
what we are doing. With your prayers, we
will surely get there. We will continue to
come up with programmes that will help
the ordinary people.
“The same way we won the war against
Ebola, we shall win the terror war. 2015 is
a turning point because of the elections.
Some people will not mind if half of the
country get burnt because of their
ambition.
“I always say that we must have a
country first, we must have a people first
before talking about ambition. We must
pray that God should give us the wisdom
to do things with some decorum and we
should not compromise the lives of the
people for ambition.
“I always say that my ambition and the
ambition of any politician for that matter,
is not worth the blood of the smallest
Nigerian.”
“For you to achieve anything, you must
have a clear vision. Even if you look at
what we have been doing as a nation,
you will really see that before this time
when the country used to have this 25
years plan, the budget was based on 25
years clear plan for the country. So you
know where you are going for 25 years.
“Then it was broken down into five years
plan and annual budget and we knew
where we were going. But after some
time, things collapsed and we run
government on emergency basis and you
see government start wobbling.
“We are going back to those good days
when we had vision. We have plan for
agriculture, we have plan for industry, we
have plan for automobile and many other
areas. If you have a vision, any proposal
that comes in, no matter how good they
are, must fall into your vision for it to go
through. With your prayers, surely as a
nation, we will get to where our vision will
take us to.
“Having passed through school and being
in government for quite some time, I have
realised that for you to achieve anything,
you must have a clear vision. If you have
a clear vision, even if you don’t get the
exact target, you will get something close
to the target."
Source: Punch

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Usher gets into a fight in the club overfiancee, gets punched in the eye

The singer got into a fight on New Year's
eve inside Miami's hotspot E11even
and shared a pic of his bloody red eye on
his instagram page, writing that the guy
he fought with came out worse. Well, a
source told MTO what happened...
Usher was in VIP with his girlfriend, and
some drunk white guy was screaming
disrespectful things towards Usher, trying
to get his attention. When that didn't work,
he started saying nasty things about his
[fiancee Grace]. The guy called her ugly.
To Usher's credit, he didn't act like a
b*tch. He broke through security and
started fighting the guy. Usher f*cked him
up. It was like a four piece - Usher must
be a boxer or something because the
punches were very fast. I don't know how
Usher's eye got like that because I didn't
see White dude even tough Usher.

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Boko Haram attack travelers, kill many,others missing

Some Cameroonian travelers were killed
after the bus they were traveling in was
ambushed and attacked by members of
Boko Haram yesterday January 1st.
Cameroonian investigative journalist Chief
Bisong shared the information on twitter.
Meanwhile Cameroonian authorities say
they will be recruiting 20,000 military
officers as part of measures to prevent
further attacks by members of the sect
even as information emerged that Boko
Haram members are working to enlist
young Cameroonians into their group.
A lawmaker in Cameroon's parliament,
Senator Haman Paul told Voice Of
America
"There was something that we witnessed
in Maroua (in northern Cameroon).
People told us that they found people in
town that were not actually people they
were used to. When we found that one
part of the country is in a very delicate
situation, it is better to manage
prevention instead of consequences,”

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Suicide bomber dies after failed attemptto attack church in Gombe state

A suicide bomber was the only one to die
in a failed attempt to attack the
Evangelical Church of West Africa, ECWA
(pictured above), at Tudunwada in Gombe
state yesterday January 1st.
According to reports, the suicide bomber
arrived the church at about 8am in a
motorcycle and attempted to forcefully
drive into the premises which was parked
full of worshipers as the church was
holding its new year celebration service.
As he made to enter, the suicide bomber
was stopped by members of the church's
Boys Brigade stationed at the entrance of
the church for security purpose. The
bomb on him immediately exploded,
killing him and injuring 8 others who were
immediately rushed to the hospital for
medical attention.
This attack came barely 24hours after
two suicide bombers attempted to attack
the Army barracks in Gombe state on
New years eve. Reports say the suicide
bombers arrived the military check point
leading to the barracks at about 8pm and
in the course of waiting to be searched,
the bomb which was in a bag carried by
one of the suicide bombers blew up, killing
both of them instantly.

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Kumuyi predicts glorious 2015

The country is being buffeted by a myriad
of challenges. For instance, there are the
prevailing security challenges in the
country, economic/financial issues,
family, social challenges and other life-
threatening situations. All these appear to
have defied human solutions. As if these
are not enough, there is growing
apprehension, all over the place, as the
country approaches the 2015 general
election.
In fact, there had been predictions, in
certain quarters, that the unity of the
country could be threatened in the New
Year. It was against this backdrop that
the leadership of the Deeper Life Bible
Church organised a twin religious event/
gathering “2014 December National
Retreat and Miracle/Revival,” programme
last weekend. The retreat which has its
theme as: “Lifted up to Higher Ground
and Enrichment Through God’s Visitation”
was aimed, according to a press state­
ment, issued by the church management
later, at “getting the faithful to know their
position in Christ and their inheritance in
God.” Preacher after preacher drove home
the point that to survive in a sin-scarred
world, believers must constantly look up
to Jesus the Author and Finisher of their
faith.
Addressing the mammoth crowd, Pastor
William Folorunsho Kumuyi, declared that
2015 was the year of God’s visitation. He
said God would give His people a cause to
celebrate in the New Year. “God will visit
you in the New Year. Everything holding
you down, the Lord will break it. You will
step into your Promised Land,” he said.
“Things will turn around in your life.
Metaphorically speaking, it is not as it
was, so it is and so will it be world
without end. It is not what you saw
yesterday and what you are seeing today
that will determine what you will see in
the New Year. A brighter day is coming;
the coming days for you will be better
than the good old days. The things of the
past may have been wonderful, things
will be more wonderful in the New Year.”
The cleric urged Nigerians not to behave
like the murmuring, complaining, critical
Israelites of the Bible days who magnified
their past problems and fears to the point
of disbelieving the report about the
Promised Land brought by Caleb and
Joshua and attempted selecting another
captain/ leader to lead them back into
Egypt, into bondage. “For you to know
that God has come to visit His people…
nothing will stop your onward journey,”
he charged. The congregation chorused a
loud Amen. “God has not written you off.
God has not forgotten you. There is a
glorious day awaiting you; things will turn
around… the bright future is starting
today.”
He strongly advised the audience to take
a sober reflective look at their lives as
they prepared for the second coming of
the Lord which he said might be
imminent. Subsequently, he admonished
them not to seek powers outside the
confines of the word of God, saying that
we do not need to kill nor oppress others
in order to make progress and to prosper
in life. He warned that worldly attainments
would fade away, but he who lives by the
dictates of God’s word has eternal life
awaiting him at the end of this life. This
fact should necessitate constant feeding
on that Word, he added, in order to
prepare our souls for the heavenly
journey ahead.
He condemned the inordinate crave for
material wealth, at the expense of living
an unblemished life before God and men,
which will, in turn, attract both material
and spiritual blessings, while noting that
the things of this life are temporal. While
blessing the people, he urged them to be
satisfied with the goodness and kindness
of God which are more than sufficient to
take care of them here and hereafter,
stressing that God must be seen as their
pillar of strength and abiding refuge in
every situation.
The programme also featured seminars
made up of the following topics: “Giving
thanks, preceding request for great
things”; “Miracles following a session of
praise in the enemy’s camp”; “Gratitude
and praise that are pleasing to God”;
“Praising God after a great victory” and
“The place of thanksgiving in receiving
answers to prayers.” Others were: “God’s
provisions from an unusual source”; “All
round success for the righteous”;
“Irrevocable promises for steadfast and
faithful believers”; “Succeeding through
trusting God’s promises” and “Bringing
hope and help in unlikely ways.”
While the retreat messages were tailored
towards challenging believers to live a
holy life and becoming agents of change
in their society through the propagation of
the gospel, the miracle/ revival segment
featured powerful ministrations by Pastor
Kumuyi.
In this session, many people who had
been under the bondage of Satan by
suffering mysterious sicknesses in their
minds, bodies and souls were ministered
to through powerful prayers said by the
man of God. And there were many testimo­
nies that proved that God is at work in the
lives of His people both in the last retreat
and in previous ones. For instance, a
woman, going by the name, Mrs. Toyin
Adeyemi, from Orile-Iganmu, set the
congregation agog when she told a story
of how her reproach of 19-years-old
infertility was taken away, and a healthy-
looking boy given to her instead, after the
man of God prayed and broke the yoke in
the 2013 December retreat.
Samuel Olubiyi from Isolo, Lagos, testified
that he and his wife were blessed with a
baby girl after four consecutive years of
miscarriages suffered by his wife. He also
testified to his divine promotion after
seven years of working without
recognition. Mr. and Mrs. Chijioke Okoro
from Agege also shared their testimony.
According to them, after years of
miscarriages, the woman conceived, and
they were happy to look forward to
welcoming the cry of a baby in their
home. But panic rather set in when it was
time to be delivered of the baby and the
woman laboured for more than 13 hours
after being wheeled into the labour room.
At long last, she was taken to the theatre
and delivered of the baby through a
caesarian section. But few days after the
operation, her tummy began to swell up
necessitating a second visit to the
hospital. It was there that it was revealed
that an object was forgotten inside her
tummy during the CS carried out on her.
The woman who took over the narration
at some point said that her husband was
asked to sign an undertaking to have her
operated upon the second time after
doctors had said her chance of survival
was 50-50. But to the glory of God, she
survived and lives to tell the tale.
Others who testified to being touched by
the blowing wind of the miraculous
included Samson Anene, from Festac who
said he had been down with a strange
and excruciating pain in his left leg which
he feared might eventually lead to
paralysis. But according to his testimony,
while he was at the retreat, he fell into
something like a trance and saw a hand
digging into his knee and pulling out an
object that looked like a calabash, and
instantly the pain ceased and since then
he’s been walking very well without
further trace of the pain. Beside the
messages and testimonies, there were
song ministrations by the choristers.
These helped to prepare the hearts of
participants to receive from the Lord
before each message. There were also
orchestra performances particularly
during congregational songs.

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Awww, Tiwa and Teebillz are expectingtheir first child!

Amazing news! Tiwa and Teebillz are
expecting their first child together. Tiwa
posted the pics above on her instagram
and wrote "2015....Just the 3 of US...❤️ #
AllGloryToGod". Big big congrats to them

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