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Sunday, January 11, 2015
Sad: Fire guts Heritage Mall in Ibadan, destroys Filmhouse cinema
A section of the Heritage Mall in Dugbe area of Ibadan, Oyo state, occupied by Film House Limited, was on Saturday razed by fire which completely destroyed the cinema section. However, at the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire is still unknown, but the Corporate Affairs Manager of Odua Investment Company Limited who own the mall, Mr. Victor Ayetoro, said the fire was put out by men of the Oyo State Fire Service with help from the Central Bank of Nigeria and Sweetco Fire services. “All the four sections of the Film House were gutted by the fire. It was the securitymen nearby that raised the alarm and called some of the workers of the Film House who had since gone home after close of work by 11pm. There was no way the staff could make it to the mall because it happened late in the night. The security alerted the Mall Chief Security Officer who immediately called the fire service of Oyo State. “The film house staff who came later were all surprised to see what had happened as no equipment could be salvaged,” added Ayetoro, who said property worth millions of naira was destroyed in the fire,” Ayetoro said.
BRACKET OPENS UP- WE ARE NOT GAY
The duo of bracket has addressed the allegations they are gay for the first time.
In an exclusive chat with SaturdayBeats, the duo admitted they are aware of the rumour, but decided to keep mute about it, because it is nothing but a lie. They however decided to address it saying;
“We did not want to talk about it in public before but I guess we have to. We saw the story and it was a very laughable one.We did not believe it was that serious until one of our uncles called from Enugu. He was even laughing when he asked us.At the end of the day, there are certain things you do not say in public but people should wait till they see us get married.We would not begin to say that we have girlfriends in certain places or who they are. But to clear the air, we are not homosexuals.People that know us know that we are not gays.”
Smash however admitted he is still looking for a girl, while Vast says his girlfriend is an Ethiopia.
“I am a proper Igbo man and there are certain things that my people expect from me before I can get married and once those things are cleared, I would look for someone to marry,” Smash said.“I have somebody and when I am ready, people would go with me to Ethiopia to get married,” Vast said.
Kim Kardashian Talks About Struggle to Get Pregnant Again: "It's Just How God Works"
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are trying for baby No. 2 but the reality star is having trouble getting pregnant again and recently talked about their struggle in a candid interview.
The topic will be addressed on the upcoming 10th season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Kim, 34, and her 37-year-old husband and rapper are parents to daughter North West, 1.
'It's been more challenging to get pregnant the second time around," she told reporters at E!'s International press event for the show, as reported by The Daily Mail. "When you're not planning it, it happens. It's just how God works."
"And when you want it so bad, it's not happening," she added.
From Etcetera Open Letter to Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
Here is Etcetera's open letter to pastor chris oyakhilome...
Check it out:
Greetings in the name of the lord. I hope this letter finds you in the best of spirit and health. I write to you, in the same form that Paul wrote to the Ephesians expressing his advice and counsel to the followers of Jesus Christ. If I had 1,000 tongues, I could not thank God enough for your role in winning souls for the kingdom. I bless God for revealing through you the divine plans of Jesus Christ for us. Through you, a lot of people have experienced Jesus in person.
I write to you as a Christian who is saddened by the series of troubling news emanating from your church, Christ Embassy. I am worried that the seeds you have planted in us through your teachings may no longer germinate as a result of the numerous scandals coming out of the church. The roots of your messages, spiritual guidance and leadership that once brought deeper understanding of the workings of God needs a little more reassuring with the church toeing this ungodly path of collecting a thousand naira gate-fee from believers coming to hear you teach God’s word every New Year’s Eve. Your church has opened a new chapter in what we all know today in Nigeria as church business. Over the years, this must have turned out to be a very profitable innovation. I have to admit that the economic implications of this ingenuity are mouth-watering. If some of the Christian outreaches on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway adopt this modus-operandi, they can make hundreds of millions of naira in just one night of devotion to God. This is surely the smartest innovation so far in the history of church business in Nigeria. Are we allowed to peddle the Word of God for profit? No pastor. We are not. The scriptures forbid charging for ministry (worship, preaching and teaching of God’s Word, evangelism, fellowship of the church, psalms/hymns or spiritual songs, discipleship) in any circumstance or situation. It is stated clearly in black and white.
Matthew 10:8-9, “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay. Acquire no gold nor silver nor copper for your belts.”
2 Corinthians 2:15-17, “For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To one, a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.”
It is true that God’s people through faithful giving are to supply the financial support for the ministry. But issuing a mandate for people to pay to have access to God’s word is ungodly. A genuine ministry for the Lord cannot have an advanced price tag to pay before the ministry is given. Why? Because then it is no longer ministry, but commerce, employ, trade or entertainment. You are in the ministry of rendering services to God; and with Christ as example, you are to give all that you are for all that He is. It is even wrong to charge honorariums and tickets to religious concerts. The Lord deeply warned us through his Word that there is no justification for every charging for the work of the gospel. Think of what you are doing: charging people to pay a ticket to come to a church or civic venue to hear that which is eternal, is wrong. After all you take offerings from the same congregation.
Matthew 21:12 “Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. 21:13 He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
The greatest proof-text your followers will misuse out of the Bible to try to “justify” charging for the ministry of the Lord is this familiar phrase: “the workman is worthy of his hire.” Yes, I fully agree with that phrase for it is God’s Word; but they are wrongly applied when trying to condone treating ministry like a business, trade, or entertainment. It doesn’t mean we have the right to charge for “hire.” More appropriately, it means those “who proclaim the gospel should receive their living by the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:14b) and do so in a manner commensurate with the gospel. Aren’t you glad that the Lord didn’t charge you to hear about the good news of the gospel unto salvation? Aren’t you glad that the Holy Spirit doesn’t charge any of us for the spiritual gifts He gives to the church? Money, beloved, should not be a prerequisite for ministry.
My Christian brothers and sisters, let us continue to pray for our pastors, gospel artists, authors, speakers, and evangelical leaders who are still trapped by the allure of a market-driven ministry; parroting worldly techniques rather than emulating the humility and servant-hood of Christ. This principle should even affect Christian retail bookstore outlets and how they “sell” their items; but that debate is for another time. Amen.
Check it out:
Greetings in the name of the lord. I hope this letter finds you in the best of spirit and health. I write to you, in the same form that Paul wrote to the Ephesians expressing his advice and counsel to the followers of Jesus Christ. If I had 1,000 tongues, I could not thank God enough for your role in winning souls for the kingdom. I bless God for revealing through you the divine plans of Jesus Christ for us. Through you, a lot of people have experienced Jesus in person.
I write to you as a Christian who is saddened by the series of troubling news emanating from your church, Christ Embassy. I am worried that the seeds you have planted in us through your teachings may no longer germinate as a result of the numerous scandals coming out of the church. The roots of your messages, spiritual guidance and leadership that once brought deeper understanding of the workings of God needs a little more reassuring with the church toeing this ungodly path of collecting a thousand naira gate-fee from believers coming to hear you teach God’s word every New Year’s Eve. Your church has opened a new chapter in what we all know today in Nigeria as church business. Over the years, this must have turned out to be a very profitable innovation. I have to admit that the economic implications of this ingenuity are mouth-watering. If some of the Christian outreaches on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway adopt this modus-operandi, they can make hundreds of millions of naira in just one night of devotion to God. This is surely the smartest innovation so far in the history of church business in Nigeria. Are we allowed to peddle the Word of God for profit? No pastor. We are not. The scriptures forbid charging for ministry (worship, preaching and teaching of God’s Word, evangelism, fellowship of the church, psalms/hymns or spiritual songs, discipleship) in any circumstance or situation. It is stated clearly in black and white.
Matthew 10:8-9, “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay. Acquire no gold nor silver nor copper for your belts.”
2 Corinthians 2:15-17, “For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To one, a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.”
It is true that God’s people through faithful giving are to supply the financial support for the ministry. But issuing a mandate for people to pay to have access to God’s word is ungodly. A genuine ministry for the Lord cannot have an advanced price tag to pay before the ministry is given. Why? Because then it is no longer ministry, but commerce, employ, trade or entertainment. You are in the ministry of rendering services to God; and with Christ as example, you are to give all that you are for all that He is. It is even wrong to charge honorariums and tickets to religious concerts. The Lord deeply warned us through his Word that there is no justification for every charging for the work of the gospel. Think of what you are doing: charging people to pay a ticket to come to a church or civic venue to hear that which is eternal, is wrong. After all you take offerings from the same congregation.
Matthew 21:12 “Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. 21:13 He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
The greatest proof-text your followers will misuse out of the Bible to try to “justify” charging for the ministry of the Lord is this familiar phrase: “the workman is worthy of his hire.” Yes, I fully agree with that phrase for it is God’s Word; but they are wrongly applied when trying to condone treating ministry like a business, trade, or entertainment. It doesn’t mean we have the right to charge for “hire.” More appropriately, it means those “who proclaim the gospel should receive their living by the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:14b) and do so in a manner commensurate with the gospel. Aren’t you glad that the Lord didn’t charge you to hear about the good news of the gospel unto salvation? Aren’t you glad that the Holy Spirit doesn’t charge any of us for the spiritual gifts He gives to the church? Money, beloved, should not be a prerequisite for ministry.
My Christian brothers and sisters, let us continue to pray for our pastors, gospel artists, authors, speakers, and evangelical leaders who are still trapped by the allure of a market-driven ministry; parroting worldly techniques rather than emulating the humility and servant-hood of Christ. This principle should even affect Christian retail bookstore outlets and how they “sell” their items; but that debate is for another time. Amen.
Nollywood actor, Odunlade Adekola, opens up on His Decision To Return To School
Famous Nollywood actor Odunlade Adekola is a student of University of Lagos who has been described as down to earth by his fellow students. The actor in a recent interview with Punch explained his decision to return to school and why he won’t relocate from his hometown Abeokuta.
What influenced your decision to go back to school?
In this life, I will continue to read and acquire knowledge till I die. It feels good to be famous and popular but education is the greatest thing. My fame is not as valuable as my education. The more you read, the more you learn about new things and broaden your horizon. The more you walk with learned people the higher your chances of increasing your intellectual quotient. I cannot say that because I am popular and I would relent in my efforts of acquiring knowledge, no. I have to package myself and be better than I am.
But did something happen to influence your decision to go back to school?
To be sincere, nothing happened and nobody advised me to go back to school. The truth is that it is difficult to convince popular artistes to go back to school because of their celebrity status. But for me, it was something I had in mind and I am glad that I am accomplishing it. Education for me is a mission I have made up my mind to pursue to the highest level.
As a big boy in Nollywood, why do you prefer to live in Abeokuta instead of Lagos that is known as the entertainment headquarters?
I am comfortable in Abeokuta and there are a lot of beautiful and serene places here. All my family members are in Abeokuta. I was not brought up in Lagos so I cannot move to Lekki or Ajah. Living in Lagos does not mean that one is rich or successful. Neither does it mean that Lagos is paradise. The mentality of everybody is different, I am in Abeokuta and I would continue to be here. I am not saying that I cannot build a house in Lagos but presently, I am in Abeokuta and I have not seen what would make me relocate from where I am. This is where I was before everybody in Lagos knew me, so why would I leave Abeokuta when everybody now know me?
“I am ready”: Wizkid set To Drop First International Album This Year
Star boy Wizkid over the last couple of years has been spotted with a lot of international acts from Kendrick Lamar to Chris Brown, Akon etc. He also spoke about being in the studio with barbados singer, Rihanna.
Wizkid took to his twitter page to share his excitement as he said he has wrapped up works for his first international album which is ready to drop and features sounds from all around the world. And has recorded with A-list singers from around the world.
I am waiting in anticipation for the big announcement on when the album drops.
He tweets:
Making my first international Album! I’ve been recording for 3years for this project already! Got songs from all over the world. I’m ready!
Give me a few years. The world will understand! Big big plans.
We are waiting...
Governor Mimiko’s aide resigns
The senior special assistant to Ondo State governor on parliamentary affairs, Mr Samuel Pelemo has resigned from the state cabinet. Mr Pelemo who was a former member of labour party and a PDP chieftain represented Akoko south east constituency between 2007 and 2011 in the state house of assembly.
His resignation was made public in a telephone interview with radio Nigeria. Mr Pelemo who confirmed this, said the reason for his action was due to the political situation in the state and the country in general.
His resignation was made public in a telephone interview with radio Nigeria. Mr Pelemo who confirmed this, said the reason for his action was due to the political situation in the state and the country in general.
Kanu Nwankwo & His gorgeous wife chill out at the Lake
Former Nigerian soccer star, Kanu Nwankwo and his beautiful wife shared a photo of themselves enjoying a lovely evening together at a Lake and they looked very happy together, you can see for yourself. The couple have three adorable kids together and have been married for 10 years.... wao
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Floyd Mayweather Flaunts 8 Exotic Cars and His Private Jet and call them TOYS
Money team indeed. The pain of boxing is really paying off for Floyd Mayweather. The undefeated middleweight champ who regularly flaunts his wealth on social media, took it to a more higher level.
He shared a pics of himself in front of eight exotic cars including 2 Bugatti Veyron, a Bugatti Gran Sport, 2 Ferrari 458 Spider and a private jet .
He captioned the pics
Welcome to my toy world!
Who wants to come out & play?
Bugatti Veyron
Bugatti Veyron
Bugatti Gran Sport
Ferrari 458 Spider
Ferrari 458 Spider
9ice falls seriously sick after crashing out at election primaries...
Nigerian singer, 9ice who recently went into politics and crashed out is currently in a hospital recuperating from the shock loss. The singer of ‘Gongo Aso’ fame fell ill after loosing out at the Ogbomoso primary elections. According to insiders, his physique has deteriorated badly and doesn’t look like he is getting better.
Family and friends are worried with some suggesting a psychological evaluation or a spiritual remedy.
Lets support him in prayer...
Family and friends are worried with some suggesting a psychological evaluation or a spiritual remedy.
Lets support him in prayer...
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