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ABEOKUTA-The President of Pentecostal Sanctuary Bible Ministries Worldwide, Prophet Sunday Iyunade has predicted a possible end to the reign of democracy in Nigeria after the administration of Muhammadu Buhari.The prophet who had predicted theemergence of Donald Trump as thePresident of the United States of America, the recession being experienced in Nigeria among other prophesied that hardship in the country may continue for the next four years.He said this in Ijebu-Ode while addressing newsmen at a press conference heralding the 21st anniversary and 15th convention ofthe Ministry , Prophet Iyunade called on Nigerians to pray against threats to democracy.He said ” I had prophesied before the 2015 elections, some doubted, but, it came to pass. I told you about the first three month of enjoyment after Buhari’s election and what will happen in the remainder of his tenure which we are experiencing now .“This government will work towards one party system. There isnot much hope for democracy in this regime as we will not operate democratic system. For now, election has been suspended in Nigeria as the choice of the people will not be reflected on the throne.“We need to pray for political stability and must pray against threat to political stability as there will be threats to democracy. We need to seriously pray for our governments and politics to survive as various new dimensions of crisis will emerge in this dispensation.“The government will disorganise all the democratic strictures they met on ground and will set up another structure. The government will pocket Nigeria and rule with a mighty, powerful, iron and steel hand and very soon, Nigerians will ask God questions and many will moan under this government. This is because there will be a repeat ofthe Roman Empire rule in Nigeria.“The government will depreciate the economy and power to rule.”Speaking further, the prophet who highlighted the shortcomings of the government lamented that the Treasury Single Account has killed the Nigerian economy.“The little Nigeria makes has been buried by putting all onto one account, TSA. The money that ought to be increasing has been decreasing in the account. The TSAhas killed the Nigerian economy. The government has borrowed almost 14 trillion naira ever since they came to office”.While rolling out prophesies, he said that the southern and southwestern Nigeria will experience marginalisation and plotical failure while the international bussiness profit will be trippled encouraging Nigerians to invest in foreign businesses.Meanwhile, he said that the church has been praying for the President’s survival and completion of tenure, noting that everyone is prone to sickness.He however, affirmed that no matter the efforts made by different regions, Nigeria will not break warning that any tribe that tries to break will go, into extinction.
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And so goes the story-I was very depressed,
I was sad, I felt betrayed, I felt used, i remember that evening so well. It’s
very hard to forget. It was that night when I was on my knees begging and
pleading for her to reconsider her decision, she wouldn’t just end the
relationship like that; oh no she couldn’t.
I’ve invested so much in time, effort, love
and resources for everything to just end the way she wants it. mind has been made up, from the very first day
we met , my mind was made up to marry her.
I remember this meeting; three years ago,
she was so outstanding at the house warming ceremony at high level that late
afternoon. She was talking and laughing and dancing with her friends and i
couldn’t resist having a word or two with her. Hence when the opportunity came,
I walked up to her, introduced myself and we began to chat. Two hours later, we
were still talking, the chemistry and interest was almost magical, we seem to have
had everything in common, life philosophies, passion, entertainment,
friendships, views about the future and even fashion. It was so overwhelming I
was convinced i had at last found my better half, like they say.
She was warm and friendly; a good listener
showing interest in everything I had to say . She also had this natural
leadership trait that made all her friends look up to her, her parents were
relatively wealthy hence she could afford to wear the best. She had it all; the
content, the container.
I was done with school andwas still waiting for my posting to NYSC, she
was done with her diploma program at the college of advance and professional
studies also known as CAPS Makurdi and was trying to secure a direct entry to
study her preferred course.
After the house warming ceremony that day
we wouldn’t stop talking, we chatted all day and night and shared details of
everything we were doing at nearly every point in time.
What are you wearing/ what are you eating?
Where are you now? Are you going out? When? Who are you with? What are you
talking about? Take a picture and send, send me a voice note, send me the joke
and all that goes with a fun and fantastic love affair. We missed each other
greatly and we tried to be together at least every other day; so close and so
intimate was the relationship. Everyone marvelled but were happy for us
regarding this exciting new found love. My parents loved her and her parents
believed I was the best choice of any form of choice ever made by their
daughter, I was already more or less a son-in-law and our siblings were already
friends and hanging out with each other. It was as good as that.
Six months later i was posted to the East
for my NYSC and she secured a direct entry admission with UNAD in Ekiti state.
The separation was a painful but necessary one. A night before my departure to
serve, we were together at the park in warm embrace, she had tears in her eyes
and so did I, we couldn’t believe we would be so far away from each other for
so long, yes my service year was for a year but her program at UNAD was for
another 3-4 years. It would take a long while for us to be together permanently
in Makurdi again. The immediate future didn’t look very exciting but course was
necessary.
We hugged, cried, kissed and wouldn’t let
go of each other until finally it was time for me to leave; the flight
luxurious bus began to move, I ran up, caught it and went in, I kept looking
back and i saw her still standing on the same spot looking at the bus too sad
and lonely to wave, it was a painful but necessary departure.
All through my service year i would save
half of my income and allowances and travel all the way from Afikpo to Ado
Ekiti to see her. It was a regular ritual. Every last weekend of the month I’m
off to Ado Ekiti, the journey wasn’t a big deal, the sheer thought of seeing my
woman again made the journey pretty short.
Hence this last month of my service year, I
was in her room as usual but this time begging her to reconsider her position
to end the relationship. She has no excuse, no reason and I had done nothing
wrong; she’s just tired and wanted it to end. It wasn’t even about the
investment in time, sweat, love, resources and passion.
It was facing the reality of the
separation; a permanent separation, the dream of marrying her becoming a pipe
dream, I couldn’t stand it, I couldn’t handle it, I knelt down begging , she
wouldn’t listen, her mind was made up, she walked out of the room leaving me
there still on my knees. What did I do wrong? What was my crime? How have I
wronged her? I was perplexed, shocked and definitely heartbroken.
How I
coped through that season of my return to Lagos I do not know, how I survived
the loneliness and hurt of rejection I do not know but somehow I survived.
I came back to Makurdi, commenced my job
hunt and tried to go over my hurt and heartbreak. Luckily within six months of
my return to Makurdi i got a job with a leading multinational, i was with the
sales team so i got a brand new official car for my sales activities and also
relocated to Abuja where my company is base.
Almost a year afterwards, I visited my
family in Makurdi and was about returning to Abuja; i was driving through North
bank Makurdiheading for Abuja and my ex
–girlfriend’s younger sister waved me down, I stopped i was glad to see her,
and i parked my car at the eatery close by to havea chat with her.
The young lady was worried and a bit upset.
She began to speak, it’s a long story ‘’Egbon’’, you see the reason whymy sister broke up with you was because she
met a man at an event in Akure,this man
came from port Harcourt; he’s an oil company worker. He showed interest in my
elder sister and immediately began to shower her with lots of cash and gifts.
After this event at Akure the man kept coming back to see my sister at school
and after about a month came t the house with a lot of money and gifts for my
parents promising to marry my sister and make her happy.
My parents advised my sister to forget
about you and marry this man from port Harcourt. The oil company guy from Port
Harcourt was already made; he was very rich and you were just a struggling corp
member. So my parents persuaded my sister to dump you for him.
Four months after my sister broke up with
you, she decided to go visit this new boyfriend in Port Harcourt Uninvited; She
wanted to surprise him and on reaching his house, she discovered he was already
married with two children. My sister was devastated, heartbroken and is yet to
recover till now. She doesn’t even know how to face you or apologize, Egbon,
I’m here to plead on her behalf please forgive her, it is the devil’s
handiwork.
Where is she now? Hmmm she’s at home o,
that wicked man from Port Harcourt asked her to give up her admission at UNAD
that he would secure admission for her at Uniport, as he wanted to marry her
immediately and will want his wife to be in the same city and go to school from
home, so my sister dropped out of school with the support of my parents and was
waiting for the Port Harcourt oil company worker to complete her admission
process at Uniport. In fact it was part of the reasons my sister travelled to
surprise him in Port Harcourt before discovering he was already married with
children.
Hmmm, i looked up and down, I was sad, I
was angry, i was disappointed, so this girl dumped me for another man after all
we shared and all I sacrificed for her.
Worse still her parents were in the know
and supported her callous act.
I also felt sorry for her; I guess I still
had the soft spot for her. But i concluded she is unworthy of me, if she did it
once, she will do it again.
I stood up, I’m sorry I can’t help you guys;
I dropped some money on the table at the eatery, into the bright sunlight with
tears welling up in my eyes.
Ladies and Gentlemen what do you have, what
do you want, what do you really need?
It is quite important for us as a people to
think thoroughly before we act or move on anything in this life. Because
nothing in this life is perfect and flawless, wisdom is to learn to accept the
weakness and embrace the strength in anyone we have and love them like that. I
assure you, married or single there is always someone out there who would appear,
sound and behave better than your partner at different times. What you see
clearly is what they have and your partner lacks, what you don’t see is what
they lack but your partner has got and is so critical to your relationship.
Decide today to cherish and appreciate what
you have, love them, celebrate them and appreciate them. Don’t let go of that
bird in your hand for that one looking so good in the bush.
Akure – An estranged husband, Clifford Monday, on Wednesday admitted
in an Akure Customary Court that he only beat his wife, Bukola,
whenever she flouted his instructions.
Clifford made this known when he testified in a divorce petition filed by the wife.
He told the the court that Bukola was the main cause of the misunderstanding they had in the union.
He also admitted he destroyed his wife’s property, adding that his wife used tricks to extort money from him.
Ealier, the petitioner, urged the court to dissolve the 11-year-old
marriage for alleged constant beating, drunkenness, promiscuity and
insensitivity to her.
Bukola gave an instance when the respondent beat her during her
second pregnancy to stupor and attempted to abort the pregnancy but her
mother intervened.
She said that the respondent always raised suspicion on all her
movements, and had abandoned her and the three children of the marriage.
The President of the court, Mr Ayodele Omotola, held that the
evidences before the court showed there was no marriage between the two
parties.
Omotola noted that the court’s priority and consideration were on the products of the union.
He, therefore, dissolved the union and ordered the respondent to pay
N10,000 monthly to the court for the upkeep of the children.
He further said that the respondent would be responsible for the education of the children.
The president awarded custody of the children to the petitioner and gave the respondent unhindered access to the children.
He said that both parties would be responsible for the medical and clothings of the kids.
This is sincerely an absurdity of monumental proportion and a shame. Our
government and regulatory agencies (if they still exist) should cover
their faces in shame. I would like to ask: how much were you paid in
bribe? Is this how far we are mentally bankrup? we are indeed in a big
mess in this nation. Can you imagine imported garri from India now
selling in shops in Nigeria and NAFDAC approve this? Habaaaaaa Gari
again? So we finally have consigned our dear country to a dumping ground
for all forms of Asian mindless madness. Nigeria is the worlds largest
producer of cassava for crying out loud but here we are shamelessly
displaying Indian made garri not corn flakes on our shelves. Do we still
have the Customs service, do we still have NAFDAC and other such
regulatory agencies. This is indeed a shame, that must be condemned by
all well meaning, patriotic and passionate Nigerians. We do hope that
if need be these government agencies who look the other way when this
poorly produced products are hauled into our nation should get set to
meet Nigerians on the street in hot protest. We think that it should now
be enough of this broad day light rape of our economy and our
collective wealth as a nation. In the same token, we call out on
Nigerian to not just condemned this shameful act but to match such
condemnation with a clear statement in action refusing to purchase such
foreign made goods that Nigeria has better potential to produce. This
call has become important because a great deal of Nigerians have a funny
penchant for goods produced outside the shores of Nigeria even if these
goods are substandard, and pose obvious threats to our health and well
being. It is instructive to note that today the WHO ranks Nigeria so low
on some key health indices, that our dear Nation lags behind almost all
much smaller African nations. Dear country men and women, here is a
frantic and heartfelt call to redeem what is left of our national pride.
Please may we all rise to condemn the importation of garri of all
thing. Please let's rebroadcast this on all meddium of mass reach -
ELECTRONIC and PRINT, until it arrives the corridors of decision making
in this country
Adeniyi Sola Bunmi Executive Director Natural Nutrient Limited
Coco Ice real name Moji, evicted on Sunday has revealed the reason she allowed Bassey to suck her breast.
Coco Ice shocked the entire country when she brought her breast out live on TV during a dare-game at the house.
She told Linda Ikej TV, the reason she allowed Bassey have a taste of
her nipple is because she doesn’t like to be dared. Coco says she
didn’t remember what happened the next day because she didn’t see it as a
big deal. She also revealed she was evicted because she was a threat
adding that she had a crush on Bally. Watch the full interview below
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