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* For just 60 hours, researchers had the opportunity to examine the holiest site in Christianity. Here's what they found. Members of the conservation team lift a stone to clean and digitally scan before reinstalling it on the façade of the Edicule, the shrine that houses what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus Christ  Researchers have  continued their investigation  into the site where the body of Jesus Christ is traditionally believed to have been buried, and their preliminary findings appear to confirm that portions of the tomb are still present today, having survived centuries of damage, destruction, and reconstruction of the surrounding Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. The most venerated site in the Christian world, the tomb today consists of a limestone shelf or burial bed that was hewn from the wall of a cave. Since at least 1555, and most likely centuries earlier, the burial bed has been covered in marble cladding, allegedly to prevent eage...

On his death bed, Alexander summoned his army generals and told them his three ultimate wishes: #1. The best doctors should carry his coffin... #2. The wealth he has accumulated (money, gold, precious stones) should be scattered along the procession to the cemetery... #3. His hands should be let loose, so they hang outside the coffin for all to see!! One of his generals who was surprised by these unusual requests asked Alexander to explain. Here is what Alexander the Great had to say: #1. "I want the best doctors to carry my coffin to demonstrate that in the face of death, even the best doctors in the world have no power to heal .." #2. "I want the road to be covered with my treasure so that everybody sees that material wealth acquired on earth, will stay on earth..." #3. I want my hands to swing in the wind, so that people understand that we come to this world empty handed and we leave this world empty handed after the most precious treasure of all is exhau...

THE PREGNANT DEER - such a beautiful story ! In a forest, a pregnant deer is about to give birth. She finds a remote grass field near a strong-flowing river. This seems a safe place. Suddenly labour pains begin. At the same moment, dark clouds gather around above & lightning starts a forest fire. She looks to her left & sees a hunter with his bow extended pointing at her. To her right, she spots a hungry lion approaching her. What can the pregnant deer do? She is in labour! What will happen? Will the deer survive? Will she give birth to a fawn? Will the fawn survive? Or will everything be burnt by the forest fire? Will she perish to the hunters' arrow? Will she die a horrible death at the hands of the hungry lion approaching her? She is constrained by the fire on the one side & the Flowing river on the other & boxed in by her natural predators. What does she do? She focuses on giving birth to a new life. The sequence of events that follows are: - Li...

A young man has lost his life during an attempt to save another church member from electrocution. Two members of the Dominion Grace Christian Centre at Mgbaja Ossah in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State have been electrocuted during their Sunday service. According to an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity, the deceased identified as Chinweotito Ehiogu, was electrocuted during his attempt to save another church member, Chidiebere, who was already being electrocuted by a naked wire connected to the church's generator. Ehiogu who was barefooted at the time was also electrocuted. Both victims were reportedly rushed to a nearby hospital where Ehiogu was confirmed dead but Chidiebere survived. The eyewitness revealed that the corpse of the deceased was later brought back to the church premises for a series of prayers. Confirming the horrible incident, the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Simeon Chibuzor, described it as unfortunate. “The two people involved are my church members. ...

The actor thinks some of his colleagues do not have an appreciation for discipline, unlike the 80s when actors were more organised. Veteran Nollywood actor, Jide Kosoko has criticized the poor level of discipline exhibited by movie practitioners. Kosoko thinks there has been a great decadence in the attitude of people in the film industry when compared to the 80s. According to the actor, the value for value for discipline has dropped since the 80s. play According to the actor, the value for value for discipline has dropped since the 80s. (Stargist) The actor, who is a Board of Trustees member of the  Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said, “In the 80s the Nollywood practitioners were well disciplined, the public respected them for that attitude, but these days the reverse is the case." “We will do all we can to make sure that discipline is being maintained amon...

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of LG said the state govt is providing toilets along major highways towards the eradication. The Osun State Government on Friday, October 7, said the state would be open-defecation-free by the year 2023. The Permanent Secretary, Osun Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, Water Resources, Rural and Community Affairs, Mr Muftau Oluwadare, said this in Osogbo. Oluwadare spoke at the debriefing meeting on review of Water Sanitation and Hygiene documents held at the ministry. He said the state government is providing toilets along major high ways towards making the state open defecation free. The permanent secretary called on stakeholders in the state to support the efforts of the government to realise this objective. Mr Ademola Olanrewaju, the Project Coordinator of European Union Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme, said that there must be concerted efforts to achieve the set objective. Olanrewaju presented the resolutions of t...

Fayose also said that the “humiliation of Tinubu is as good as (the) humiliation of the Yoruba race.” Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has condemned the All Progressives Congress for embarrassing its national leader, Bola Tinubu. Fayose also said that the “humiliation of Tinubu is as good as (the) humiliation of the Yoruba race.” He made the comments via a statement released by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka. The statement reads: “Even though I am not a member of APC and I will never be, I have elected to stand in defence of the Yoruba nation once again by saying no to the continuous dishonourable treatment being meted to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, having paid his dues.” “If Tinubu is allowed to be embarrassed and disgraced just the way our past leaders were humiliated by these same elements, the Yoruba nation would have been made to suffer for uprightness. “It is unfortunate that Tinubu is now...

This was revealed to newsmen by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Buhari, Garba Shehu. President Buhari recently played host to the Imam of the Mosque of the Holy Prophet in Medina, Sheikh Abdul-Muhsin Muhammad Al-Qassimi, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. While speaking to the Imam, the President admitted that it is not easy to lead 180 million people comprising of different ethnic groups. This was revealed to newsmen by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Buhari, Garba Shehu. Buhari said “God knows best. A population of 180 million people comprising more than 300 ethnic groups, many of them with cultural ties stronger than religion, can only co-exist peacefully in an atmosphere of social justice.” According to Shehu, the President said his experiences in jail and the Nigerian civil war taught him a lesson in social justice. “I pray that God gives us the courage to be fair to people he put in our charge so that we can en...

According to them, Babatunde Omidina (Baba Suwe) was not subjected to any physical torture during the period he was incarcerated by the agency. Mitchell Ofoyeju, Head, Public Affairs of the NDLEA, in an interview with PUNCH on  Thursday, October 6, 2016, said their operatives did not subject Babatunde Omidina (Baba Suwe), to physical torture during the period he was incarcerated by the agency for allegedly being in possession of hard drugs. Dismissing Yomi Fabiyi’s claims, Ofoyeju said, "The NDLEA did not torture Baba Suwe. If he was tortured, he would have said it himself.  This is just an unfounded rumour on the social media and it should be disregarded. As a matter of fact, Baba Suwe was given the best treatment. We treated him with due regard to the requirement of fundamental human rights globally. He was talking to his relatives and lawyer. He was never kept in a prison for the period that he stayed here because he was virtually under our observation." Ofoyeju ...

* A brother of one of the justices was also reportedly molested by the DSS officers during the raid. Officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) have invaded the houses of four  Supreme Court Judges, Justices Walter Onnoghen, Sylvester Ngwuta, Adeniyi Ademola and Nnamdi Dimgba. This is coming on the heels of reports that some DSS operatives rough handled Governor Nyesom Wike while trying to arrest a Federal High Court judge in River state. Also, On Friday, October 7, 2016, security operatives in Gombe state, arrested Justice Muazu Pindiga, who served briefly as the Chairman of the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal. According to Punch, the security agents had surrounded the houses of the judicial officers before breaking in around 1:00 am on Saturday, October 8, 2016. They also took Justice Ademola away after searching the houses around 5:00 am, reports say. Justices Onnoghen has been touted to be the likely successor to the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahm...

…Petition leads to suspension of three SSANU members THE reasons why three senior workers of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) in Ogun State were recently suspended by the management of the university have emerged. The aggrieved trio of Mr. A.O. Salaam (Department of College of Biological Science), Mr. O. P. Somoye (Department of Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre), and Mr. F.A Bankole (Directorate of Environmental Management Unit), were suspended by the management of the university for writing a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari. *Prof.  FUNAAB Vice-Chancellor. I nvestigation revealed that in addition, Salaam, Somoye and Bankole were asked to vacate and distance themselves from the university, for the time being, over their allegation of corruption levelled against the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, and Pro-Chancellor, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe. Similarly, the workers incurred the wrath of the management for daring to bring t...