Abdul's Blog: 07/13/17

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Popular Pastor Stuns Church Members, Sells 'Anointed Sand' for Miracles

Prophet Brighton Chikomo, the controversial leader of Bright Light Deliverance Ministry, has brewed another shocker after introducing ‘anointed ‘soil to his congregants.

According to iHarare, the congregants scrambled for soil sachets during his service in Norton last Sunday, with the prophet saying the soil had some anointing power in it for transforming one’s fortunes. One man said he was taking the soil because she had been told that it brought anointing in people’s lives.

They have been subject to swirling romance rumours for almost a year. But Winnie Harlow did little to quash the speculation today, after she was seen heading out on a boat trip with Lewis Hamilton in Mykonos.

The model, who playfully 'fat-shamed' a pal on social media o, covered her famously slender frame in skinny jeans, as she spent time in the sunshine with the Formula One driver, who is ten years her senior.

Etisalat Nigeria is set to change its brand name to 9Mobile. Its parent company at the United Arab Emirates, Mubadala Group, pulled out of the telco due to collapse of talks over $1.2billion loan advanced to the telco by a consortium of 13 local lenders.

Blac Chyna was reportedly turned away from a pre-ESPYs party at the Avalon Hollywood nightclub on Tuesday. According to a source for NY Daily, the reality star reportedly tried to attend just 48 hours after she was in court to gain a restraining order against ex Rob Kardashian after she accused him of posting revenge porn.

The outing comes as Chyna has been accused of withholding jewellery from her former flame, to the tune of around $100,000.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday approved the immediate suspension of the Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Chief Yusuf Ogundare for allegedly faking his kidnap on July 5, 2017.

The police in Lagos have arrested one Ufom Udoh for allegedly staging his kidnap in order to fleece his sibling. The incident occurred on July 3, at Liverpool, Apapa.

It was gathered that one Victor Udoh, had reported at the police command that his younger brother was kidnapped by unknown persons. According to the command’s spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, the case was referred to the anti-kidnapping unit and they swung into action.

The Beckhams caused a stir by posting snaps of Harper, six, enjoying a tea party at Buckingham Palace.

And Stella McCartney is said to be furious with Victoria and David Beckham for sharing a picture of her daughter Reiley Willis posing alongside Harper and her schoolfriends at the tea party, hosted by Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, the Duchess of York.

Two suicide bombers killed at least 12 people and wounded over 40 others in a small town in northern Cameroon near the Nigerian border late yesterday, a senior army source said.

"There were 14 deaths, including the two suicide bombers, and 42 wounded," said an army colonel responsible for evacuating the wounded who asked to remain anonymous. "The attack was perpetrated by one suicide bomber, and the other was shot dead."

A Grade 1 Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced one Mayor Omen of Kugbo, Abuja to seven months imprisonment for pushing a restaurant owner into a boiling pot of soup.

omen, 32, was charged with assault, criminal intimidation and causing grievous hurt by dangerous means, punishable under sections 312, 329 and 309 of the Penal code.

Chuck Blazer has passed away at the age of 72 following a battle with cancer and diabetes

Chuck Blazer, a former FIFA official who became the main informant on corruption within football's governing body has died at the age 72.

Manchester City and Tottenham have agreed a £50 million fee for Kyle Walker

City have long agreed personal terms with Walker, but were finding negotiations with Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, very difficult.

A 22 years old lady was almost lynched by angry local money changers and residents on Wednesday after she was caught along Neezoe road, opposite James David hospital in Liberia, for committing fraud.

According to a Facebook user, the suspect identified as Marie Gibson was caught red handed by a local Liberian business man, while trying to change counterfeit $200USD to Liberian dollars.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has received former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair in Kaduna this morning.

The former Prime Minister who touched down at the Kaduna airport – is in the state for socio-economic meeting with stakeholders.

Venus Williams has advance to the Wimbledon final with a straight set semi-final win against Briton, Johanna Konta’s.

Venus played superbly to win 6-4 6-2 on Centre Court and set up a final against Spain’s Garbine Muguruza.

The English Premier League champions, Chelsea, have agreed a £40m deal with Monaco for midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko.

The 22-year-old is expected to have a medical later this week ahead of his move to the EPL Champions.

Liu Xiaobo, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Chinese dissident, has died, local authorities said in a statement Thursday. He was 61.

Liu spent more than a decade behind bars in China for his advocacy of democracy, including taking part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.

The moment a couple tried to practise a performance of the iconic lift from Dirty Dancing ahead of their wedding but both ended up in A&E was caught on camera by bemused family members.

Bride-to-be Sharon Price and fiance Andy Price were left unconscious after their attempt to recreate the famous film in a Weston-Super-Mare pub beer garden spectacularly flopped.

A man in Tajikistan has been charged with driving his wife to commit suicide amid allegations he pressured her into taking virginity tests and then demanded a second bride after disbelieving the results.

Rajabbi Khurshed, 18, killed herself by drinking a lethal dose of vinegar 40 days after her wedding to 24-year-old Zafar Pirov, who she had never met before the arranged marriage.

Lacazette scores on debut in Arsenal win against Sydney

Arsenal’s record signing Alexandre Lacazette scored on debut in the Gunners’ 2-0 win over Australian champions Sydney FC on Thursday.

Lacazette, signed last week in a £52.5 million ($68 million) deal from Lyon, came off the bench in the second half to score Arsenal’s second goal before more than 80,000 fans at Sydney’s Olympic stadium.

The Benue Police Command on Wednesday arraigned Mrs. Queen Akwaza, wife of a wanted criminal suspect, Terwase Akwaza, over alleged refusal to disclose her husband’s whereabouts.

Mrs. Akwaza, who appeared before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court, was charged with criminal conspiracy, screening of armed robbery and kidnapping suspects, and acts of terrorism.

The son-in-law of Angolan President Jose dos Santos said on Thursday that a Congolese court had sentenced him in absentia to one year in prison for real estate fraud.

Sindika Dokolo, a Congolese businessman and art collector, is married to dos Santos’ billionaire daughter, Isabel, and is an outspoken critic of Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila.

‎Lawyer’s absence stalls Evans’ N300m case against police chief

Hearing was stalled on Thursday in the N300m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed against the Inspector-General of Police by suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans.

The case, which was scheduled for hearing on Thursday morning before Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court in Lagos, could not proceed as Evans’ lawyer, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, was absent in court.

Ajax youngster Nouri Suffers permanent brain damage

Ajax have announced that their midfielder Abdelhak Appie Nouri has suffered permanent brian damage following an incident during a match last week.

Brain damage is described as an injury that causes the destruction or deterioration of brain cells.

For allegedly defiling his 11-year-old daughter, a 46-year-old businessman, Oghenetega Orhewere,was on Thursday hauled up before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

Orhewere, who resides at Omuwa Close, Tedi, Muwo Ojo, a Lagos suburb, is facing a charge of defilement, Vanguard reports.

Yesterday, Verizon confirmed that the personal data of 6 million customers has leaked online.

The security issue was uncovered by research from cybersecurity firm UpGuard and it was allegedly caused by a misconfigured security setting on a cloud server due to "human error."

41 year old Nigerian man, Olukunle Oyekanmi, a correctional officer at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Boyds, near Clarksburg in Maryland, has been arrested for sexually assaulting a transgender inmate on Tuesday July 11th.

It was a sad end for three suspected armed robbers as they were crushed to death by a motorist they attempted to rob in the evening at Igando area along LASU/Iyana Iba Expressway, Lagos on Monday.

Spanish football club, FC Barcelona has unveiled its new jersey for the season. The jersey was displayed by Lionel Messi, Neymar, Gerard Pique and Arda Turan, on Thursday, with the Rakuten sponsorship logo for the first time during a press conference in Tokyo.

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu has berated the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu for asking Igbos to boycott elections in the South-East until referendum is conducted.

Speaking in Abia State, the former governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said it was unconstitutional for Kanu to demand that elections be boycotted in the South East.

Ibrahimovic set to give “big announcement” about his future

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said that he has “a very big announcement” on his future.

The 35-year-old was spotted leaving a restaurant in Manchester with his agent, Mino Raiola.

Ibrahimovic told snappers that, “there will be a very big announcement soon, it will be huge” when quizzed on his future, as he and Raiola left Tattu in Central Manchester.

Jungle Justice took a different turn for two young men from Agbor who were caught stealing a tank!

24-year-old bricklayer, Austin Agholor, and 22-year-old bus conductor, Trust Eronime, were paraded by the Agbor Gha Ihun security outfit after the reportedly confessed to stealing the tank which the saw while strolling around Ehianuka Street, in Ime-Obi, they emptied the water in it and rolled it away.

A COUPLE have been charged with killing the woman’s four-year-old daughter who died after being put to bed in a duct-tape swaddle.

Kelly Ballinger, 33, and her fiancé Matthew Longenecker, 34, were charged with murder and first-degree child abuse after binding up little Desaray each night for two weeks.

Ace comedian,Basketmouth took to social media to celebrate his beautiful wife ,Elsie as she turned a year older today.He wrote:

A commercial airline pilot used a scalpel from an army surgical kit to cut off transgender woman's penis.Unqualified James Pennington, 57, removed the testicles of a transgender woman at her flat.

Pennington had attempted to stitch up wound and told the woman's wife, who had been present for the 90 minute procedure, to call 911 should the Denver "patient" have any complications.

A Democratic representative has introduced the first formal article of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

Representative Brad Sherman alleges Mr Trump committed obstruction of justice by firing former FBI Director James Comey amid agency investigations into Russian meddling in the US election.

A Ghanaian footballer Solomon Nyantakyi ,who is highly talented, has been arrested in Italy for the alleged murder of his mother and sister on Tuesday night in the city of Parma, Ghanasoccernet.com can reveal.

The former football prodigy with Italian side Parma is the major suspect in the double murder of his mother and young sister who were killed by stabbing at home last night.

Rob Kardashian may be guilty of revenge porn, but he says Blac Chyna is trying to get her own revenge ... in the jewelry department..

According to TMZ, Kardashian sources say a few days before Rob went off Friday by slut shaming Chyna, he was courting her with bling. They say a jeweler came to Chyna's house with 7 pieces of jewelry, worth a total of $250k. Rob wanted Chyna to pick one as a gift from him.

Seven people have officially sued Donald Trump for blocking them on Twitter.
Mr Trump uses the ocial media forum to praise allies and lambast critics.The lawsuit was filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute, a free speech group at Columbia University.

A 44-year-old bricklayer, Mukaila Alatunse, who attempted to kidnap his neighbour, Precious Ogundiran, a student, had his plans recently foiled by the police in Ogun State.

PUNCH Metro reports that Ogundiran lives with her parents at Lemode, in the Ijoko area of the state and is the only child of the family.

UK couple who married as man and wife remarry as women

A UK couple who married as man and wife 21 years ago are set to renew their vows as two women after the husband had a sex change.

Denise and Kristiana Taylor who live in Sittingbourne, Kent, with their 14-year-old son, Stephen, have been together since 1996.

Kendall Jenner is no longer finding funny as she is being flooded with letters from a fan, who claimed to love her at first, but then turned bitter, angry, and even dangerous. The frightened model has gotten a restraining order against him.

According to new documents, a California man named Thomas Hummel has been incessantly professing his love for her since February. Kendall's security warned him in March to stay away, but a few weeks later he started writing again with a much darker tone.

The bus carrying players and officials of Asante Kotoko football club was involved in an accident on Wednesday night, one person was confirmed dead, while three others were rushed to the hospital.

A statement from Ghana Football Association says the players were travelling back to the southern city of Kumasi after a match in the capital, Accra when the accident happened.

Court remands journalist in jail over alleged false publication

A Kaduna State High Court has remanded a former reporter with Vanguard Newspapers, Luka Binniyat, in prison over allegation of false publication brought before it by the Kaduna State Government.

Mr. Binniyat, who had been on medication, walked into the courtroom with the help of crutches to make appearance having sustained injuries from an accident.

Daddy Showkey cries for help over killings in Ajegunle

Nigerian musician, Daddy Showkey, famous for his affiliation with the Ajegunle “ghetto” has called on the authorities to help stem the tides of incessant killings in the neighbourhood.

The 46-year-old performer took to Instagram to make the call on Wednesday.

He posted a graphic photo of a badly butchered person with a caption on it saying the “it is getting too much”.

A private nursery and primary school in the Ajobo area of Ibadan stopped its third term examination after a bullet allegedly fired from the 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment, Ibadan, Oyo State, hits a nursery one pupil in the classroom.

It was gathered that parents quickly rushed to the school after the incident happened to take their children home.

An employee of the school, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the pupil was sitting for the examination when the bullet pierced through the roof and hit him on the head. He said the victim was rushed to a nearby military hospital.

Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday and sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

The ruling marked a stunning fall for Lula, one of the country’s most popular politicians and a top contender to win next year’s presidential election. He faces four more corruption trials and will remain free on appeal.

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has underlined how serious the club are about signing much-coveted Monaco forward, Kylian Mbappe by holding face-to-face talks with the France international. The 18-year-old is the hottest property in world football after a stunning campaign last term and appears destined to leave the principality this summer.

Officials of the Lagos state Ministry of Environment have started clearing all blocked drainages in Lekki in order to prevent a repeat of last week’s Lekki flood nightmare.