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The Reason Behind Pastor Adeboye’s Shocking Retirement As RCCG General Overseer The main reason behind the retirement of Pastor E.A Adeboye as the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has emerged. It was ealier reported that Pastor Adeboye announced his retirement and subsequently named Pastor Joshua Obayemi as the General Overseer to be in charge of the RCCG in Nigeria while he continues to lead the church worlwide. A source who was a witness to the announcement made at the RCCG ground in Shimawa, Ogun put the records straight concerning the shocking retirement of the G.O who had, on Friday night, January 6 preached during the church’s monthly Holy Ghost service. According to the source, Pastor Adeboye made the announcement to the shock of the church Ministers during the church’s annual Ministers’ thanksgiving at the church campground. Adeboye noted that due to the new rules of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), he had to step down

You Are a Swan By Thomas C. Corley on Jan 10, 2017   In Hans Christian Anderersen’s classic The Ugly Duckling,  a swan is born into a family of ducks. He is perceived by the other ducks on the farm as an ugly duckling. They tease and belittle the ugly duckling relentlessly. Wherever he goes on the farm, the ugly duckling encounters other animals who shun him for the same reason. Because he is made to feel like he does not fit in, he runs away from the farm. While sitting alongside another pond, he encounters a group of elegant white birds. The ugly duckling sees how beautiful they are and aspires to one day be as beautiful as them. After a long, cold and lonely winter, the isolated ugly duckling, now fully grown, decides to swim out to the group of elegant white birds, hoping they will not shun him. To his great surprise they allow him to swim along with them, welcoming

Cristiano Ronaldo Wins FIFA World Player Of The Year By Hanuoluwapo Portugal and Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been crowned as FIFA World Footballer of the Year beating Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann. He was awarded at FIFA’s annual awards gala in Zurich, Switzerland. The superstar enjoyed a fantastic 2016 that saw him win the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid in May before successfully leading Portugal to lift the European Championship in France. He scored a total of 59 goals for both club and country throughout 2016, a year he claimed had been his best season so far.

Messi's statue vandalised in Buenos Aires As the popular saying goes, a prophet is not without honour except in his own land. That is the situation Messi has found himself in. For years he has been the face of the Argentine national team, the heir to the immortal Maradona but some believe he has let them down. There are many Argentines who believe he is more committed to Barcelona than he is to the national team and it may be such characters who are responsible for the latest act of vandalism on the player's person.  Just hours before Ronaldo was confirmed as the world's best player, the occasion was foreshadowed by a curious incident in his eternal rival's homeland. Vandals in Buenos Aires set upon a statue of Lionel Messi and cut it in two removing the the head, arms and torso.  The sculpture was erected in June last year after Messi retired from international football following his Copa America heartbreak. He later rescinded his decision

Retired pro footballer, Jay-Jay Okocha tries to get back in shape through tennis Nigerian former professional football, Augustine Okocha, aka Jay-Jay is trying to get back in shape this 2017. He made his intentions known to his fans by sharing a photo of himself playing tennis, along with the caption: "Getting back to shape".

China Sends Aircraft Carrier Into Taiwan Strait Photo China’s lone aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, with accompanying ships during a drill in the South China Sea in December. Credit China Stringer Network, via Reuters HONG KONG — China sent its sole aircraft carrier into the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday morning, Taiwan officials said, a defiant move that signals China’s growing naval strength and may foreshadow an early foreign policy challenge for President-elect Donald J. Trump when he takes office in nine days. The transit of the aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, which had been conducting exercises in the South China Sea, comes amid rising tensions between Taiwan and China, and after Mr. Trump broke decades of protocol by speaking on the phone with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, after his election victory. Ms. Tsai leads a political part

Pastors reject new religion law on tenure   — 9th January 2017 By Henry Umahi Following the appointment of a new National Overseer for the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in compliance with the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) law, which specifically limited the tenure of general overseers of churches to 20 years or 70 years of age, more pastors are kicking against the new directive on tenure of church’s leaders. Apostle Psalm Okpe, general overseer, Fresh Oil Ministry, Lagos said: “If it is true that there is a law restricting the tenure of church leaders to 20 years, then, it is one of the most childish laws I’ve ever seen since I was born. The reason is, what if the general overseer started ministry at 70? The call of God and the law of the land are not the same. The call of God is a personal experience and encounter.” He stated that there is freedom of worsh

Michelle Obama Shares Heartwarming Snap of Her Family After POTUS Delivers His Farewell Address Alexia Fernandez People January 11, 2017 Michelle Obama Shares Heartwarming Snap of Her Family After POTUS Delivers His Farewell Address President Barack Obama may have used words to bring the entire nation to tears during his farewell address on Tuesday night, but First Lady Michelle Obama took it up another notch when she shared a touching family photo. In perhaps one of the earliest photographs of the Obama family during POTUS’ first presidential campaign, the black and white photograph features Malia and Sasha adorably twinning in white outfits while sitting on their parents’ laps. “So proud of POTUS and all that we’ve accomplished together,” Obama writes in the caption. “What an incredible journey filled with remarkable people. I love you Barack. -mo.” At one point during her husband’s speech in Chicago, Illinois, the president thanked his wife for taki

Trump to attend Nigeria’s oil, gas roadshow in US — 11th January 2017   …As FG moves to pass PIB, allocate oil blocks By Adewale Sanyaolu President-elect of the United States of America (USA), Mr. Donald Trump, is billed to attend a roadshow being put together by the Federal Government as part of efforts to attract investment into the sector, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said. The Minister made the disclosure while unveiling his goals and those of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources for 2017 in Abuja. “We are going to be seeking to attract investments and complete all the MoUs we have in China and India. We are looking to do a roadshow to the UK, we are looking to do a roadshow to the US with President Donald Trump coming in,’’ he said. The Minister said Nigeria would exploit the relationship built by President Muhammadu Buhari in taking a roadshow

Warrior Territory We all experience it. It happens when you’re studying, working, exercising or engaged in some activity that is sapping you of your energy. You’re tired and feel like stopping. We all hit a wall at some point when we are engaged in activities that help move us forward in life. We know deep down that pushing on is the right thing to do, but, too often, we give in to the temptation of stopping. Last week I was working on a new book. I was starting hour number two. My energy levels must have dropped and I leaned back in my chair contemplating an end to what had been a painful hour of writing. Then I said to myself, as I often do when I feel like stopping, “Warrior Territory”.  I kept writing for another hour. On another day, I set a goal of running 80 minutes. At fifty minutes I felt tired and wanted to quit. Once again I found myself saying, “Warrior Territory”.  I ran for 82 minutes that day. If you are pursuing some dream or some goals that

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Tuesday, 10 January 2017 Over 300 people have signed a petition to name a street in Russia after Donald Trump US President elect, Donald Trump may soon have a street in Russia named after him. 34-year-old Sergey Bizyukin has launched a petition to rename a little alley into "Donald Trump Street" in honor of the US President-elect, saying almost 300 people had already signed. "Some saw it as a joke and signed because it was fun, some stood for normalization of US-Russia ties, and some signed because they don't like the name of Godless Street," Bizyukin said. The town Ryazan is about 125 miles southeast of Moscow on the Oka River and has a population of 500,000. Its major industries are electronics and oil refining. Bizyukin says he feels the US is often unfairly portrayed as a threat to Russia but that the people in Ryazan and elsewhere have a much more positive attitude.

Women’s March on Washington Opens Contentious Dialogues About Race By FARAH STOCKMAN JAN. 9, 2017 Photo Four organizers of the Women’s March on Washington. From left, Tamika Mallory, a gun control advocate and board member of the Gathering for Justice, a nonprofit founded by Harry Belafonte; Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York; Bob Bland, founder of Manufacture New York; and Carmen Perez, executive director of the Gathering for Justice. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times Many thousands of women are expected to converge on the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington the day after Donald J. Trump ’s inauguration. Jennifer Willis no longer plans to be one of them. Ms. Willis, a 50-year-old wedding minister from South Carolina, had looked forward to taking her daughters to the marc

Nigeria 14th largest UN troops contributing nation – Report — 10th January 2017 A United Nations Peacekeeping operations data has ranked Nigeria as the world’s 14th largest troops-contributing nation to the global body’s peacekeeping operations. The data obtained by the Correspondence of NAN in New York, showed that Nigeria contributed a total of 2, 170 peacekeeping personnel in 2016. It showed that as at Aug. 31, 2016, Nigeria had provided 403 policemen, 46 military experts and 1,721 troops, out of which 232 were females. According to the data, the largest contributors to UN peacekeeping missions are Ethiopia with 8,326, India with 7,471 personnel and Pakistan which contributed 7,161. Jamaica, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Latvia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, contributed the least with one each. According to the report, Nigeria ranks eighth in A

U.S. Reacting at Analog Pace to a Rising Digital Risk, Hacking Report Shows By DAVID E. SANGER JAN. 7, 2017 Photo President Obama at his end-of-the-year news conference at the White House in December. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times WASHINGTON — Of the many questions left unanswered by the American intelligence agencies’ accusation that Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin , led a multilayered campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election, one stands out: Why did it take the Obama administration more than 16 months to develop a response? The short answer, suggested by the report the agencies released on Friday, is that the United States government is still responding at an analog pace to a low-grade, though escalating, digital

College basketball Power Rankings, Jan. 5: Villanova still No. 1 despite loss Jalen Brunson ’s development keeps Villanova atop our rankings … for now. (Getty Images) Welcome to the first, and certainly not the last, edition of The Dagger’s weekly college basketball power rankings. With conference play now in full swing, we’ll be assessing the top of the sport’s food chain every Thursday until the NCAA tournament. I’ll ramble for a bit, then order the nation’s top teams 1 through 20, with explanations for each. Our first opening ramble will serve to set the parameters for these rankings, and attempt to explain the thinking behind them. Power rankings aren’t based on merit — that’s the first thing to understand. Well, they are, but not win/loss merit. And not even win/loss adjusted for strength of competition merit. They’re based on today and tomorrow. If you tell me today that I have to pick a team to go out on a basketball floor somewhere across America and