Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Pentecostal church looks to white Britons to boost congregations


Redeemed Christian Church of God is on ‘reverse mission’ to spread word in UK and plans to open another 100 churches
The UK’s biggest and fastest growing Pentecostal church is embarking on an ambitious expansion programme in 2017, in part aimed at attracting white Britons to join its black majority congregations.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), which already has almost 800 places of worship in the UK, plans to open another 100 next year, according to one of its leading pastors.
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Eight charts that show 2016 wasn't as bad as you think

Deaths in conflict have fallen (slightly), emissions have not risen for a third year and fewer people are dying from disease
2016 is likely to be remembered as an annus horribilis for so many reasons that it’s tempting to think everything is doomed.
But things are not always as they seem. There are silver linings. You just have to look hard to find them.
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MMM ‘removes’ all payment requests


MMM Nigeria, the most popular ponzi scheme in the nation, says it has removed all requests for payment on the system, but it has by no means cancelled them.
In a statement yesterday, the scheme explained that “although some people called it ‘cancelled’, the truth of the matter is that it was only removed not canceled.
“Please note that the GH orders were not cancelled because if cancelled, you will see it at the right hand side as deleted. It was removed because of the following reasons:

Poll: Trump will take office as most unpopular president in at least 4 decades - Washington Post




After a tumultuous campaign and transition, President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office Friday as the least-popular incoming president in at least four decades, but a majority of Americans nevertheless express optimism that he will be ...

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Sisters who vanished in 1985 found in Houston - WFAA.com



A father whose two young daughters vanished more than three decades ago finally has answers. The sisters reported missing from Rhode Island in 1985 have been located in the Houston area. Their non-custodial mother has been charged ...

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20,000 unjustly killed in Kaduna since 1980, says El-Rufai


The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, said on Tuesday that no fewer than 20,000 persons  had lost their lives in various crises in the state since 1980. The solution to killings with impunity in the state, the governor said, was enforcement of the law and prosecution of perpetrators. El-Rufai spoke when he received a delegation of the executive team of the Nigerian Bar Association who paid him a  solidarity visit at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna. The delegation was led by the President, NBA, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), first Vice- President, Caleb Dajan, national executive members and other prominent lawyers in the state.
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Troops, Nigerian warship head for Gambia to sack Jammeh

Nigeria soldiers will, on Wednesday (today), arrive at a base of the Economic Community of West African States troops in Senegal to ensure that President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia steps down on Thursday, January 19. Nigerian warship, NNS UNITY, is also heading for the coast of The Gambia to join the operation The PUNCH learnt from a top military source in the Nigerian Air Force that the troops would be briefed by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, in the early hours of Wednesday, before leaving for Senegal.
It was gathered that apart from the NAF and the Nigerian Navy, the Nigerian Army would also contribute troops, although the number of deployment could not yet be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
The source said some of the NAF fighter jets were expected to airlift the troops.
He said, “I can confirm to you that men of the Air Force will leave for Senegal tomorrow (Wednesday). They will be briefed by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, at the Kainji base in Niger State.