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1. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Confucius 2. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney 3. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius 4. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. — George Addair 5. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill 6. Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. – C.S. Lewis 7. Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. ― Roy T. Bennett 8. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. – Nelson Mandela 9. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. ― Paulo Coelho 10. It’s not whether you ...

Super Eagles midfielder, John Ogu said he is not fazed by his lack of playing time with the national team stressing that the team and how they achieve results mattered most. Nigeria’s footballers pose for the official picture before the start of the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 Group B football match against Tahiti, at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte on June 17, 2013. (Standing L-R) Midfielder John Obi Mikel, defender Uwa Echijile, defender Efe Ambrose, defender Kenneth Omeruo, forward Anthony Ujah and midfielder Fegor Ogude. (First row, L-R) Forward Nnamdi Oduamadi, goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, forward Ahmed Musa, midfielder Sunday Mba and defender Godfrey Oboabona. AFP PHOTO The Israel-based midfielder believes the situation is not ideal but sympathises with manager Gernot Rohr and insists he still feels wanted by the German. “I know it’s frustrating because I want to play, but I also understand the coach has a job to do,” Ogu told BBC Sport. “We have a great squad, ...

Despite limited financial support, the University of Port Harcourt is set to orgainise one of the best ever West African University Games, the Local orgainising committee chairman Regina Ogali declared as delegates have started to arrive in Port Harcourt. Mariam Usman of Nigeria competes in the women’s +75kg group A weightlifting event at the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The Games will be flagged off on Saturday, November 3 at the University Sports Complex, and according to Professor Ogali, UniPort is primed to deliver all round. “We have done all that is within our power of organisation to put up a memorable event and we expect everything to go according to plan throughout the games. “We have serious funding constraints, but our spirits have not been dampened in any way by this development. We are strongly hopeful of last-minute financial interventions from private and public-spirited individua...

Support for the governorship ambition of Dr. Alex Otti in Abia State continues across the state as well as major countries of the world as influential and grassroots stakeholders unite for a common purpose. And with a planned grassroots combing by influential sons and daughters of Abia in the Diaspora, the stage appears set for an interesting –likely three-horse race for the governorship of Abia in February next year amongst PDP’s Okezie Ikpeazu, who is the incumbent governor; Otti of APGA and the APC candidate. The Europe support group, led by Mr. Dan Ochonma, is all out to help Otti elected as the next governor of the state. Today, in Houston, United States, Otti, in a live town hall meeting, will present his master plan for Abia to Abians and Igbos in The Diaspora. Last Friday, in New York he had done same. Europe is the next stop over for Otti. According to Ochonma, they are busy rallying Abians in the Diaspora and at home to vote well this time (in 2019) becau...

Winners of this year’s on-going fourth edition of lawn tennis championship for Nigerian players, sponsored by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC are to smile home with a total sum of N15 million and other consolation prizes. Out of this amount, the overall winner of the competition is expected to grab as much as N7 million, while the first and second runners-up take N5 million and N3 million each. The competition kicked off at the zonal levels, after which the overall winner and their runner-up will emerge at the national level at the close of the championship. At the opening ceremony of the zonal tournament held at the ancient Onitsha Sports Club, Anu Ayegbesi of the Tech Vibes of Plateau state defeated Stella Udekwelu of Anambra state 6 – 1, 7 – 6 (13 – 7) at the zonal level. An NCC official who disclosed this at the Onitsha Sports Club, noted that 12 teams are participating in this year’s competition across the six geo-political zones of the country in nine diffe...

Don’t get married unless you are first married to Christ. Don’t get married to anyone who is not married to Christ. Jesus says to a woman by the well of Jacob: “You have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband.” (John 4:18). This statement is intriguing. How can a woman marry five husbands? Did they all die one after the other? How can the husband she is now married to not be her husband? Did she marry someone else’s husband? Who then is the woman’s true husband? Jesus’ words are spirit and they are life. (John 6:63). The true husband of the woman is Jesus himself: “For your maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; he is called the God of the whole earth.” (Isaiah 54:5). Accordingly, most Christians get married three times. The first marriage is to the devil. The second marriage is to a husband or a wife. The third marriage is to Christ. Others even get married four, five times or more. Bu...

Senior Evening Writer Beliebers better not have their hopes up for a new album from Justin Bieber anytime soon. He’s putting music on hold so he can focus on being a great husband to Hailey Baldwin.  Justin Bieber is one of the hottest pop stars in the world, but he’s putting his music career on indefinite pause so he can spend all of his energy on his new marriage to Hailey Baldwin, 21. However the beautiful blonde is ready to ramp up her modeling and design career and it’s causing some issues between the newlyweds. “Justin seems okay. However, he doesn’t seem ready to record new music yet and keeps saying that he just wants to hang out with Hailey,” an insider tells PEOPLE. “Hailey actually seems more ready to work than he does. They have had a few conflicts about it. Justin likes to just hang out, watch movies and chill. Hailey has a lot of energy and projects that she wants to do. They are not on the same page when it comes to work,” the source continues.  The Biebs has al...

Popular Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham, has denied reports of her engagement to a colleague in the industry. The actress, while making a clarification in her Instagram page, described the reports as fallacious and should be disregarded.  Toyin wrote: “It has come to my attention reports from some quarters saying that I am about to get married to a fellow actor. “The only relationship I have with any man in the industry is purely professional and it is high time we stop insinuating and spreading false rumors when we see two colleagues of opposite sex working together.  “That is what the job entails and I expect that people should be smarter than this,” she said.  Abraham, who is reportedly engaged to an unknown lawyer, added that she would inform her fans whenever she is ready to get married.  “If and when I am ready to walk down the aisle, you will not be hearing it from the rumor mongers, gossip magazine that is no longer in the city and people hell-bent o...

Tiwa Savage has reacted to the backlash following sexually intense scenes in Wizkid, ‘Fever’ video which stirred reactions online. The Mavin queen in a post on her Instagram page on Thursday said the abusive comments on her page from Nigerians will not stop her.  She wrote: “She no get shame, broken marriage, single mother, Old woman. f any of the above is a crime then take me to court if not then eat this pepper stew I’m serving and drink plenty water because by his grace alone I ain’t stopping anytime soon.”  Defending her action, the mother of one had earlier stressed that her relationship with anyone is not a ‘’community project.’’ Source :http://dailypost.ng/2018/10/26/wizkid-fever-eat-pepper-stew-im-serving-tiwa-savage-reacts/

Yes, it's the weirdest show on telly. But things got even weirder when two rivals had to compliment each other...   Naked Attraction viewers were laughing even more than usual when one contestant could only offer the compliment “nice skin” to a rival.  In a recent episode of the show - in which would-be lovers pick out a partner based only on their naked genitalia - a contestant called Melissa made it to the final with another woman called Jordan, and potential partner Charles had to pick one of them to go on a date with.  They were both asked to compliment each other. Jordan said: “She’s got amazing teeth and blue eyes”.  But Melissa paused for a while, and could only muster: “"She's got... really nice skin..." Charles then told the pair his final choice: "This is right hard. It's going to have to be Jordan."  When Melissa left the show, she quipped: "It's been a nice experience but if I went on a date with Charles all I would have in...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to show proof of his integrity by presenting his academic credentials, “if he has any,” to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and put to an end the controversy trailing his school certificate. The party also tasked the Commander-in-Chief to fulfil his obligation like other Presidential candidates, instead of bugging the commission with affidavits. The PDP in a statement issued by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan yesterday said while its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has submitted his educational and other relevant documents to INEC, President Buhari is rather seeking ways to short-circuit the system, instead of complying with set rules.   The statement read: “A situation where President Buhari has been dodging the certificate issue raises huge questions of integrity, which demands that he makes available his credentials, or apologize to Nigerians, if he has none, so that ...

….I am not playing politics with development, Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor He was approaching the zenith in his professional career when the bug for public service caught him. Those in the know say it was not an easy decision. It took blackmails, solicitations and all manner of appeals from the then governor of his state, Godswill Akpabio for Mr. Udom Emmanuel to leave his safe position as executive director at Zenith Bank in 2013 to go home to enter the public service in his native Akwa Ibom State.  Five years on, and with significant transitions, body movements and the political reconfiguration of the state, Mr. Emmanuel is now the lead in a quiet revolution going on in the state.  Given the fanfare that went with the relative performance of his predecessor, the quietness that has gone with the even more significant impacts of the Emmanuel administration in the state was an issue when the governor sat down with a group of newsmen after a tour of some parts of the sta...

Agwada (Nasarawa State), Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Obagu, the traditional ruler of Agwada in Nasarawa State, has urged herdsmen to eschew cattle grazing in farmlands to avert clashes with farmers in the interest of peace.  Sadiq-Obagu, who is the Osu Agwada, made the appeal on Thursday in an interview with newsmen in his palace in Agwada.   Sadiq-Obagu, who particularly bemoaned the destruction of farms in the neighbourhood by cattle that usually grazed at night, called for a change of attitudes, saying that peace was priceless and non-negotiable. He equally called on the farmers in the area not to take the law into their hands, no matter the extent of the damage done to their crops.  He said that the aggrieved farmers should instead report their grievances to the appropriate authorities for necessary action.  “No nation or society can develop in an atmosphere of rancour and confusion, the incessant farmers-herdsmen conflicts and other security challenges facing...

Defending champions, Super Falcons,  Indomitable Lionesses and  Black Queens  have been tipped as the teams to beat at the Africa Women Cup of Nations beginning November 17 in Accra and Cape Coast in Ghana.                                                                              Cup Veteran Ghanaian coach Yusif Basigi said that the three countries barring any upset look good to clinch the three spots to represent Africa in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France next year.   “This time around there are no minnows in football so I expect a wonderful tournament in Ghana next month. No...

ABUJA – The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization, APCO, has described the victory prediction for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 elections by the Economist Magazine as a vindication of its stand that Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, deliberately twisted the narrative with his recent claim that some foreign media were not favourably disposed to Atiku’s candidature. The international magazine recently predicted victory for Atiku saying his pledge to curtail joblessness and revive the economy gives him an edge over President Buhari with a few months to the elections. In a statement issued Friday in Abuja, the campaign organization said “As the Economist rightly states, the issues in 2019 are popular frustration over the rise in joblessness and poverty (two of the biggest voter concerns) on Mr. Buhari’s watch, as well as growing insecurity in central Nigeria.  “No other candidate has the capacity to address these chal...

…assures timely completion of Benin Royal Museum The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has stepped up the campaign for the return of prized Benin heritage objects looted from the Benin Kingdom during the British invasion of the kingdom in 1897. To assuage the worries of global stakeholders over the safety of the artefacts when returned, Obaseki has reiterated that work on the Royal Benin Museum will be expedited to house the artefacts. According to the governor, “We will not relent in our quest and clamour for the return of these valuable works that were carted away from our state in 1897.  “The objects mean a lot to our people as they represent our history, culture, our creative ability and in some quarters, these art works mean much more.”  He further said that consultations with all the interest groups will continue to ensure that the return process is seamless.  Recall that the governor gave similar assurance during the second coronation anniversary of ...

Reactions have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim again that his academic credentials are with the Nigerian military. President Buhari failed to provide his academic credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as one of the requirements to qualify to contest elective positions in the country.  President Buhari, in an affidavit sworn to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, explained why he failed to submit his academic credentials as a precondition to being eligible to contest the 2019 election.  According to Buhari, “I am the above named person and the deponent of this affidavit herein. All my academic qualification documents as filled in my Presidential form, APC/001/2015 are currently with the Secretary of the Military Board as of the time of this affidavit.”  President Buhari had, during the 2015 election which he eventually won, presented INEC with the same excuse, saying the military is in possession of h...

THE organised labour has issued a statement saying it would embark on a nationwide strike on Tuesday  November 6, 2018, over the impasse on the new minimum wage with government. It accused government of being disingenuous with the whole process. I would advise that the federal government calls Labour to table and resolved this matter once and for all by reaching a reasonable comprise and save Nigerians yet again from another bout of untold hardship, and the country’s fragile economy from continuous hemorrhage. Resorting to the old-fashion tactics of intimidation, blackmail and trickery have never worked; it would only make matters worse. This is against the backdrop of the recent release of a White Paper by government on the no work, no pay rule of engagement. The timing of this White Paper is ominous.  Why now that Nigerian workers are agitating for a pay rise?  The government should know that the Rights of Nigerian workers are enshrined in the tr...

The National Leadership of Intellectual Think Tank For Atiku (ITTA), a foremost campaign organisation has reiterated its commitment to rally support for the PDP Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar in the 774 Local Government Areas.                                                        Mr Peter Obi and PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Evang. Theophilus Ohuoba, National Chairman, ITTA, who made the pledge during a courtesy call on Chief Mrs Amina Titi Abubakar, at her Maitama residence in Abuja on Thursday said the group was already mobilizing for the poll. Ohuoba said the essence of the visit was to congratulate and celebrate with her on the peaceful and transparent conduct of the...

Abuja – Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says that over $183 million has been invested so far in the National School Feeding Programme in Nigeria .  Osinbajo made the disclosure in Tunis, Tunisia, in a keynote address at the closing ceremony of the 20th Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum held at Four Seasons Hotel in Tunis.   SCHOOL FEEDING He said that over nine million primary pupils are benefitting in 26 states already.  The vice president said that the programme has been, by all accounts, a remarkable success.  He said that by the end of 2018, with more states in the country joining the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme, it was set to become the largest school-feeding programme in Africa.  Osinbajo told the 353 delegates and experts from nine countries that the programme is strategic to human capital development.  The delegates include experts in the nutrition industry, United Nations officials from World Food Programme, Global ...

Nigerian carrier, Air Peace has disclosed that its Lagos-Owerri Flight 7252 returned to base shortly after take off at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on Thursday due to a change in cabin pressure.   Air Peace fifth Embaer 145 aircraft marked 5N-BUX and named Udoka Ozor (Nee Onyema) at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Mr Chris Iwarah, Corporate Communications Manager, Air Peace, made the confirmation in a statement issued On Friday in Lagos.  News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an airline is said to ‘return to base’ (where it took off) when there is a noticeable fault during flight. Iwarah said: “We confirm that Air Peace Lagos-Owerri Flight 7252 on Thursday returned to base after our crew observed that there was a change in cabin pressure.  “In line with our standard operating procedure, the captain-in-command descended to a level where it would be comfortable for our valued guests, before making a return to base in line with global best pra...

IT sounds like a tale from a fictitious horror novel or movie, but unknown to millions of Nigerians they could easily be consumers of Chinese drugs made with human flesh!   Scientists confirm that a combo of drugs can prevent cardiovascular diseases, heart attack and sudden death It would have been difficult to believe this shocking news if the main food and drug regulation agencies such as the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the Nigerian Standards Organisation (SON) and the Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) had not confirmed it. In fact, it was the South Korean Customs Service which reportedly tipped off the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), which in turn notified the above-mentioned Federal agencies, including the Nigerian Postal Service (NPS) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). According to the NIA: “The South Korean Customs Service, on 30th September 2018 revealed that it (had) seized 2,751 Chinese drugs/cap...

Abuja— Authorities of the Guards Brigade, Nigerian Army said yesterday that the presence of troops noticed at the National Assembly entrances and surroundings in the last two days was occasioned by intelligence reports which showed that adherents of the Shiites Islamic sect had concluded plans to invade and take over the legislative chambers.                                                                                                                                 Troops Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Captain Haruna Tagwai, who discl...