Boko Haram poisons water sources in Borno

MAIDUGURI—Boko Haram terrorists have resorted to poisoning water sources, including wells and streams, in most of the areas they were dislodged from by troops at Kangallam and other communities along Abadam and Marte Local Government areas of Borno State.
This is coming at a time the Federal Government launched special mobile classrooms with instructional materials for displaced victims of insurgency in various Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in the North-East.
News of the new Boko Haram tactics was disclosed, yesterday, by the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Tukur Gusau, in a statement.
It said: “Information reaching the Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole, indicates that Boko Haram terrorists have now resorted to poisoning water sources like wells and streams in areas they were dislodged from by troops or areas threatened by offensive operations.
“Credible information available to the Theatre Command indicates that though no human life was lost as a result of the barbaric act of the terrorists, some cattle were killed after drinking water from some poisoned sources.”

Taliban tighten grip on Afghan city of Kunduz

Taliban fighters have seized a military hilltop site in Kunduz, tightening their grip on the northern Afghan city.

The capture of the Bala Hisar fortress came despite efforts by government reinforcements, backed by Nato airstrikes and special forces, to retake the city.

It leaves the airport as the army's last stronghold.

Uwazuruike makes fresh appeal to UN over Biafra

LEADER of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has renewed his call on the United Na­tions to accord Biafra rec­ognition.

Speaking through the Na­tional Deputy Director of Information of MASSOB, Mazi Chris Mocha, Uwa­zuruike insisted that Biafra had everything needed to govern itself.

He accused the UN of not being proactive in tack­ling the problem of the op­pressed people in Nigeria “till it degenerated to civil war or genocide.”

Champions League: Barcelona survives, Arsenal and Chelsea fall, Bayern rolls

It was another crazy day in the UEFA Champions League. And another day of disappointment for the Premier League sides.

Uwazuruike to UN: It’s time to carve out Biafra from Nigeria

ONITSHA—Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday, gave what he termed as genuine reasons the United Nations should allow Biafra to be separated from Nigeria.

One of the reasons, he stated, was that the population of the former Eastern state, now South East and part of South South that make up Biafra land can currently boast of over 10 million people, adding that  the Biafran people naturally do not share similar culture and tradition with Hausa-Fulani of the North and Yoruba of the South West as to continue to remain together under one country called Nigeria.

Uwazuruike

According to Uwazuruike, another reason was that MASSOB, as a separatist group, had all it takes to run a sovereign state of Biafra, having had enough instruments, structures, flag, currency, coat of arms and defence to assume a status of an existing government.

Uwazuruike, who spoke to newsmen, yesterday in Onitsha, Anambra State, through MASSOB’s Deputy National Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha, ahead of the on-going UN General Assembly, renewed his call on the world body to accord a recognition to Biafra as a sovereign state, just as it did to South Sudan which had been accorded a sovereign status since July 9, 2011.

Hillary Clinton, Lena Dunham, and the new millennial feminists

Lena Dunham attends AOL Build to discuss her new email newsletter Lenny Letter, which launched Tuesday with an interview with Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton. (Photo: Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage)

Lena Dunham’s hour-long interview with Hillary Clinton debuted online Tuesday, as part of the official launch of Lenny Letter, an email newsletter created by Dunham and “Girls” co-showrunner Jenni Konner.

Polish army checks site of alleged tunnel with Nazi train

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish military on Monday deployed chemical, radiation and explosives experts to a site in southwestern Poland where a Nazi train allegedly missing since World War II could be located.

Be prepared for war with North, Asari tells southerners

 
Controversial leader and founder of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, has charged the people of the South-South region to prepare for war, even as he said, the ongoing onslaught by Boko Haram is designed to unleash terror on the people of the region.

Asari called on the different ethnic nationalities in the region to unite to fight the invasion of the northern imperialists.

The Niger Delta youth leader, who is noted for his controversial posture on national issues, spoke at the 10th
annual Major Isaac Adaka Boro Public Lecture in Ughelli, Delta State, saying that the people of the region must act fast to foil any attempt to be enslaved.

“Nigeria will cease to exist by December 2015″ – Biafra Movement Leader

 

The agitation for the actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra has taken a new dimension with a new leader of the struggle, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu declaring his readiness to fight all the way.
He said Nigeria would seize to exist by December 2015.
Kanu, who spoke at a gathering of members of defunct Biafra, including scores of its aged war veterans, vowed that he would not rest until the Republic is realised.

Syria conflict: Russia considers joining anti-IS air strikes

Russia is considering whether to follow the US and its allies in conducting air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets, President Vladimir Putin says.

Vladimir Putin steals Barack Obama's thunder on the world stage

The Russian president showed up at the United Nations on Monday for the first time in a decade, proposing a coup against U.S. global leadership and seeking to wrest control of a coalition battling ISIS away from America's grip.

And he wasn't the only leader of a country challenging the United States to effectively upstage Obama at the annual global meeting, which a U.S. president traditionally uses to command the spotlight.

Asari Dokubo Writes Open Letter to President Buhari

Nigeria - Ex Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, factional leaders of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun and Otunba Gani Adams, have written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over unpaid fees allegedly owed them by the NNPC.

Together with other beneficiaries of the controversial Pipeline Security and Surveillance contracts
they claimed that they had a three-month contract with the NNPC, from March 15 to June 15, which they delivered on but are yet to be paid.

 

The NNPC had on June 15, terminated the contract awarded under President Goodluck Jonathan to various private security firms to safeguard pipelines against vandals.

Bible Signs of the End Times

When Noah and Lot warned their respective people of God's coming judgment and destruction, the people would not listen. Instead they treated Noah and Lot as "extremists". Then the destruction that DID come found the people unprepared. Thus it will be when Jesus Christ returns. As in the days of Noah and Lot, the soon return of the Lord Jesus will be a snare unto the people who do not heed the warning and give their lives to Him. (Luke 17:26-30)

This world is hearing and seeing the last warning message from God. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision; for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision! (Joel 3:14)
PLEASE HEED GOD's →→ FINAL WARNING AND CALL OF MERCY ←←

What you are about to discover in this site is amazing evidence that we in 2015, are living in the end of times for this worldas we know it. The Biblical signs are clear for all to see, and after reading through this site with open eyes, even the scoffers will struggle to argue against it. Sure, many people throughout history have been proclaiming that they were living in the last days and the end of the world was nigh, and some of the Bible signs have always existed from the early days. But never has there been a time before when ALL these events were evident in so many diverse places and with such frequency and intensity. Our Generation is the FIRST generation to fulfill ALL the biblical signs. So we will show you from the many following signs on this and other pages, that without doubt we are living in the final years that the Bible prophesied were to come.

Warner banned from football for life by FIFA

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been banned for life from all football-related activity, the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of the sport’s world governing body said on Tuesday.

The former Caribbean federation president “was found to have committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF” said the Ethics Committee statement.

The 72-year-old’s ban covers all football activity at both a national and international level and is effective from September 25.

“In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other money-making schemes,” added the statement.

Warner is also fighting extradition from his homeland in Trinidad and Tobago to the United States to face 12 charges of wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering related to the ongoing FIFA corruption scandal.

He faces a hearing in his homeland in December.

US authorities, who have charged 14 FIFA officials and sports marketing executives of soliciting and receiving more than $150 million (134 million euros) in bribes and kickbacks over two decades, applied in July for Warner’s extradition.

Warner has previously been a member of parliament as well as FIFA vice-president and president of both the North and Central American Federation (CONCACAF) and the Caribbean Football Union.

He is accused, amongst other things, of buying the television rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cup tournaments from FIFA president Sepp Blatter for grossly deflated sums.

How to improve WiFi experience

Moving  WiFi router around  home or office with the aim of maximising signal coverage could be a challenge.

Wi-Fi signals emitted from a router can be blocked or weakened by a variety of factors – which can leave users with weak signal and, ultimately, a poor internet connection on their Wi-Fi-enabled device.

Wi-Fi signals are short radio waves, with a single Wi-Fi router generally having a range of around 50 metres.

STAGES OF LIFE

Four Ways to Promote Jesus

Most western societies have little spiritual awareness. For many, life consists only of accumulating money and possessions - which then becomes the yardstick of “success.”

No wonder, when people are bombarded around the clock on TV and radio with commercial messages.

McDonalds advertises to good effect, selling millions of hamburgers daily because their name is constantly on TV screens. If advertising can impact people so much, why shouldn’t we use it on a personal level to create awareness of Jesus and the gospel?

God could easily convert everyone without our help, but scripturally we are given the task of spreading the gospel.

So here are four ways to be a messenger -
1. Wear a Christian T-shirt with a message— a brief one is quickly read. Make it meaningful, such as “Jesus Saves.” This takes a little courage, but everywhere you go people are reading it. Even better if you have it printed or embroidered both back and front. Personally, I wear one and stroll around the town mall where all the people are. I wear it at the supermarket too.

2. Pin a small badge on your lapel. Again a brief message like “God is Good.” My wife says shop assistants lean forward to read it, and voila - she’s talking about the Lord.

3. Car stickers. They are great attention-getters in traffic jams or at traffic lights. Joe Doe is sitting there in his vehicle waiting for green, bored as a private eye. What else has he to do but look at your Jesus sticker? It can make people want to know more, which can lead to their salvation. By the way, don’t have a fish symbol sticker. It means nothing to anyone except other Christians.

4. Be a tract dropper. In telephone booths, mailboxes, anywhere you see an opportunity. Pray to God to lead the right person to it. God knows the exact need and situation of everyone. Even if your tract ends up at the garbage dump, someone there can pick it up. Take time to pray before you start.

Four ideas for putting spiritual thoughts into money-hungry minds. The last three anyone can do. Not very difficult and there’s very little risk. Clicking onto a web search engine will show you where to obtain T-shirts and badges. Or buy a plain shirt and have it embroidered. Car stickers and tracts are usually at your local Christian bookshop, or via the internet.

An important point. Always have a tract in your pocket or handbag if the conversation gets around to God or eternity.

God does the saving but we are to be the messengers. We have the great truth of sins forgiven, the promise of eternal life, an unseen Helper in our daily lives. Why hide it? In some countries one has to be very subtle and treat it like a Secret Service gospel. Not so in a democratic, free country. Go for it!

Spiritual warfare: What God is really like

 

An incorrect perception of who God really is

Countless people feel distant from God simply because they do not know of His true nature. They see Him as a cruel, cold, and distant task master, instead of the loving Father that He really is. Satan wants us to see God as a cruel taskmaster, because it keeps us from drawing near to Him or having an intimate relationship with Him! How can you comfortably approach and draw near to somebody who is cold, distant and a harsh dictator? The truth is, you can't.
From experience, I have found that everybody who has struggled with fears of being hopeless or feel they are beyond the ability to be saved, has struggled with this one stronghold. It seems to be a common denominator to those caught up with feelings of hopelessness and loss of interest in life. I have also found that it is possible for a person to feel hopeless because they have a demonic spirit that needs to be driven out. However, the demonic spirits almost always rely upon and strongly enforce this stronghold in that person's mind. People who are heavily depressed or suicidal are almost always in need of having a demonic spirit driven out. Demons work hard to build strongholds like this because it gives them fertile ground to launch all sorts of attacks against a person. The more you tear down strongholds, the less they will be able to influence you. If the problem does not go away after persistent effort to tear down strongholds, then I recommend seeking further deliverance ministering.

BREAKING ADDICTION

 
Addictions are something that plagues many people today, whether addiction to food, sex, drugs, alcohol, smoking, spending, masturbation, porn, etc. Some inexperienced deliverance ministers might go after a spirit of addiction, which may bring freedom, but more often than not, it doesn't bring lasting freedom. Many times there is a root that needs to be pulled up, along side casting out any residing spirits that are holding the person in bondage to the addiction. Getting to the root of the addiction is the key to bringing a person lasting genuine freedom. I am going to address the most common roots to addictions, and hopefully give you an idea of how this particular type of bondage works so that you can minister lasting freedom to those caught up in this type of bondage.
We are all created with a basic need to be loved. God created us to both give and receive love, but though damaged emotions, our capacity to receive love can be dramatically hindered. Ignorance of God's love will also hinder us from receiving the great and glorious love that He has for us. The root of most addictive behaviors is a lack of love being received by that person. Many of us have been damaged emotionally by rejection, abandonment, abuse, etc., and thereby our capacity to receive love has been reduced. Only an emotionally healthy person is capable of both giving and receiving love as God intended.

SALVATION DESK

GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION

SALVATION: WHAT MUST I DO?

    Many people are positive that they are saved.  They base this on emotions.  They may make certain comments, such as, "I am a good person.  I do what is right.  I’m not as bad as that other person.  I had an experience with God.  I feel that I am saved.  I can feel God is with me.  I know the Holy Spirit is inside of me.  I am a preacher, or an elder, or a prophet.  I am a preacher’s wife.  I have prayed, and God answered my prayer.  I believe in God.  God did this or that for me.  I sing to God.  I sing in the choir.  I go to church.  I praise and worship God.  I give my money to the church.  I was baptized."   While all of this sounds very nice, it is not based upon biblical knowledge.   Many people, who are now in hell, have said such things.  The Pharisees in the New Testament also could have said many of these things, but Jesus showed them clearly they were not saved.

    If you have received Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, as your Lord and Savior, it is because God, in His mercy, has opened your understanding.  As it is written, FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST.  FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS UNTO GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD HATH BEFORE ORDAINED THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM-Eph 2:8-10.

Under pressure from the right, House Speaker Boehner quits

 
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will leave Congress at the end of October after struggling with repeated rebellions by conservatives during a tumultuous five-year reign as the chamber's top Republican.

Protect free school meals, say doctors

 

Free school meals for infant pupils must be protected and not sacrificed in any budget cuts, say top doctors and nutritionists in a letter to a paper. 

Pope meets with church sex-abuse victims in US, promises accountability

Pope Francis met with victims of child sexual abuse on Sunday, on the final day of his US visit and promised to hold accountable those responsible for the scandal in the church, delivering a powerful warning to American bishops accused of covering up for paedophile priests instead of reporting them to police.
The pontiff disclosed the gesture of reconciliation at the start of a meeting with American bishops gathered in Philadelphia for a big rally on Catholic families.

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Pope Francis pauses to pray at the 9/11 Memorial plaza in New York.

BIAFRAN ACTUALIZATION--NIGERIAN REPLIES

 
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. U Thant, is reported to have said, in connection with Vietnam, that in war, the first casuality is truth. The Nigerian civil war is today another painful reminder of this phenomenon. Claims of a special Ibo Jewishness and Catholic Christianity vis a vis other Nigerian groups, and counter-claims of an Ibo plot to dominate others, have cluttered the scene.
However, it is the former view that dominates the press. Instant international theoreticians of ethnic profiles see in the Ibo a harmonious fusion of the judaic and christian traditions. If indeed this were a relevent category for the discussion of the Nigerian civil war, it would truly represent a tremendous cultural achievement for an African society, in view of the bloody antagonisms which have

People around the world are eating banana peels because they know something that Westerners do not

 
That's right, you can eat banana peels. And not only are they edible — they're also good for you.

If you live in the US, you're probably used to tossing banana peels in the trash. But people in other countries, including India, have been taking advantage of their nutritional benefits for decades.

While a banana's flesh is soft and sweet, the skin is thick, fibrous, and slightly bitter. To eat the peel, you can either blend it into smoothies or fry, bake, or boil them for at least 10 minutes. Heat breaks down the skin's fiber and loosens up that tough texture, making the peel easier to chew and digest.

Also, the riper you allow the banana to get, the thinner and sweeter the peel becomes. That's because of a natural plant hormone called ethylene that fruits release as they ripen.

Ethylene interacts with the sugars and fiber in the banana skin, changing complex sugars into simple sugars and breaking down pectin, a form of fiber in bananas that keeps them stiff. That's why the older your banana is, the flimsier it feels. At the same time, other hormones break down the green pigments in the peel, turning them yellow and eventually brown. 

5 Ridiculous Men's Fashion Trends That Are In This Season

If you're a dapper gentleman who wants to stay in the loop with latest fashion and beauty trends, then you must (simply MUST) see these six fashion statements that are going to be crazy popular -- or maybe just crazy? -- this year.

Don't take them too seriously. Consider acquiring at least one, just for fun.

How to Manage Time With 10 Tips That Work

Chances are good that, at some time in your life, you've taken a time management class, read about it in books, and tried to use an electronic or paper-based day planner to organize, prioritize and schedule your day. "Why, with this knowledge and these gadgets," you may ask, "do I still feel like I can't get everything done I need to?"