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Seeds Of Destiny Devotional – The Wrong Company-Keep Off

Topic: The Wrong Company- Keep Off [Seeds Of Destiny 11 November 2019 Devotional] Nothing destroys a life like the wrong company. Friendship is not by force; friendship is by choice. SCRIPTURE:  Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.  Proverbs 27:17 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:  Nothing destroys a life like the wrong company. Friendship is not by force; friendship is by choice. A wrong company is the company that has the potential to corrupt a person’s life and prevent him from fulfilling his Divine mandate on earth. Nothing destroys a life like the wrong company. Sometimes, the wrong company or association could be more destructive than sickness. This is why you must keep off the wrong company at all cost. The truth is, your company affects your destiny. If you are an eagle, company with eagles; avoid the company of vultures because vultures eat corruption but eagles do not taste corruption. In the same vein, if you are a lion, do not compa...
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DCLM Daily Manna – Envy Enthroned

Topic: Envy Enthroned [DCLM Daily Manna 11 November 2019 Daily Devotional By Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi] Text:  1 Samuel 22:6-10 Key Verse:  “That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?” –  (1 Samuel 22:8). The thought of a neighbour’s success often leaves natural man with the feeling of envy. Satan wanted to take the place of God but was debased. Cain killed his brother Abel and Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery because of envy. King Saul, in our text, had become very displeased with David since the day the women of Israel ascribed more glory to him than to the king (1 Samuel 18:7-9). At this point, the monster had become so enthroned in Saul’s life that he left the business of the kingdom in pursuit of David. Inst...
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Africa: AfCFTA a Stepping Stone for Huge Investments in Africa - Songwe

[New Times] Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), on Tuesday last week opened the 23rd meeting of the intergovernmental committee of senior officials and experts from 14 eastern African countries in Asmara, Eritrea insisting on the importance of increasing regional trade and implementing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).Leveraging new opportunities for regional integration was the theme of the ECA annual meeting/ .In the eastern trading Africa bloc, via LATEST NEWS
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Sowore: No Law Says Someone Must Come For A Suspect Before They're Released –NBA

The Nigerian Bar Association has said that no provision of the law requires anyone to come for a suspect before he or she is released on bail. The NBA said this in reaction to the reason given by the Department of State Services for not releasing pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, from its custody. The DSS had claimed that no one has come to retrieve Sowore from its facility, hence the reason for not releasing him after meeting his bail condition. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: DSS Confirms Receipt Of Court Order To Release Sowore, Refuses To Comply With Directive 0 Comments 3 Days Ago The NBA condemned the reason given while also calling on the government to respect all court orders. A tweet by the association reads, “We find this most ridiculous.  "There is no provision of law that someone must come for a suspect before he or she is released, even as the court order didn't state so. “DSS and indeed all agencies o...
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Hajj Commission Boss Sued Over Illegal Tenure Extension

A Kano-based travel agency operator, Mallam Masu’d Muazu, has dragged the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Abdullahi Muhammad, to court over an alleged unlawful tenure elongation. Muhammad and board members of the commission were granted six-month tenure of office elongation in May this year by President Muhammadu Buhari at the expiration of their second and final tenures of office. Muazu is praying the court to declare as unlawful and unconstitutional the extension of tenure. Muhammad was sued along with President Buhari, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Attorney-General of the Federation and the commission for the roles they played in the alleged unlawful presidential act. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/935/2019 filed on behalf of the plaintiff by Ibrahim Alhassan, the court was asked to hold that the presidential action violated section 171 of the 1999 section and section 5 of the National Hajj Commission FCT 2006. The plaintiff also...
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Sowore: You Cannot Be Judge Unto Yourself, NHRC Boss Tells DSS

The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, has called on the Department of State Services to respect court orders and release detained activists, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. He stated this while reacting to the alleged refusal of officials of the agency to release the activists after meeting their bail conditions. In a statement, Ojukwu said, "A situation where the order of courts are continuously disobeyed by security agents makes such security agents judges onto themselves and such situation does not augur well for our democracy based on the separation of powers and rule of law.  "Many cases have been reported to the commission about investigating police officers and state security officers deliberately refusing or delaying to verify bail conditions following court orders just to punish suspects unduly for reasons that are not constitutional." He, therefore, called for a renewed commitment on the part of law...
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International Scholars Call For Immediate Release Of Sowore

SaharaReporters Media A group of scholars and professionals from Nigeria and around the world, have urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to obey court orders and immediately release Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare from detention. The professionals held that the refusal of the government and the Department of State Services to release Sowore after meeting his bail condition was an indication that the government was determined to continue to hold on to both men for as long as possible. They also posited that the continued detention of Sowore and Mandate was an egregious injustice and a travesty of the rule of law. They said, “The charges that the Nigerian Government has brought against Sowore and Bakare are totally bogus and laughable. “Evidently, both have been targeted by the Buhari administration for their activism in the cause of political freedom and economic prosperity for all Nigerians. “In the specific case of Sowore, it would seem reasonable to s...
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Piracy: OMS, Navy Collaborate To Fight Hoodlums On Nigerian Waters Amidst Alleged Opposition By NPA

Pirates Pirates Washington Post The Nigerian Navy and Ocean Marine Solutions have strengthened existing ties in the continued fight against piracy and other forms of crimes on Nigerian waters. OMS, which had through its Secure Anchorage Area provided a security platform for ships berthing at the Lagos ports to utilise, had come under scrutiny in recent times especially with the new management of the Nigerian Ports Authority not fully in support of its operations. According to sources in the maritime sector, who spoke with our correspondent, the NPA believes the SAA jerks up the cost of doing business in Nigeria for ships and wants it pulled down at the Lagos seaport. It was revealed that the SAA was created by a committee set up by the Navy, NPA, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Department of Petroleum Resources and other agencies of government – all leading stakeholders in the maritime environment – in response to the high wave of attacks on vessels by pi...
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Activists Vow To Retrieve Sowore, Mandate From DSS Detention On Tuesday

A group of activists have said that they would do everything within their powers to secure the release of pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare known widely as Mandate, on Tuesday. The Nigerian Government had on Friday declared Monday as public holiday, leaving Tuesday as the first working day of the week in the process. In a statement signed by Deji Adeyanju, Lanre Legacy and Sanyaolu Juwon, the activists said that the Department of State Services was violating the rights of Sowore and Bakare by continuing to detain them despite two court orders calling for their release. The group said, “For the umpteenth time, the DSS has failed to release Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare despite two valid court orders served on them to do so. See Also Sahara Reporters Activists Commence Sit-out At DSS HQ Over Agency's Refusal To Release Sowore, Mandate 0 Comments 1 Day Ago “Despite the embarrassing and unprofessional st...
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Dependence On Oil Revenue Not Good For Sustainable Growth –Expert

An Executive Director at Zenith Bank, Henry Oroh, has said that Nigeria’s dependence on oil revenue for her foreign reserve will not aide sustainable growth in the country. Oroh, while speaking with CNBC Africaduring the International Trade Seminar, emphasised the need for Nigeria to diversify to wane off the economy from its over-dependence on crude oil.  He said, “We all know that our country, we have been over dependant on oil. “Oil accounts for over 94 per cent of our foreign exchange revenue and that is not good for sustainable growth and diversification of the economy. “The country abandoned its other sources of revenues like the palm produce and cashews, to focus on oil. “Once we diversity to the non-oil sector, we are going to be developing opportunities for employment. We are going to be developing SMEs and the various value chains that come with it. Even crime will be reduced because youth unemployment will reduce.”  Oil News AddThis :  Ori...
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Nigerian Professionals Call For Immediate Release Of Sowore

Nigerian professionals have called for the release of pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Services. Sowore was arrested on August 3 by the secret police and has been in their custody despite two court orders for his release. The Federal High Court in Abuja issued a release order for Sowore on November 6 but the DSS has refused to free him. In a statement on Sunday, prominent professionals in Nigeria stated that the continued detention of Sowore and Olawale Bakare, is an "egregious injustice and a travesty of the rule of law". The statement signed by Kunle Ajibade, Chido Onumah, Funmi Iyanda among other prominent professionals in the media, law and academia asked the secret police to release the duo in compliance with court orders. The statement added, “A call for the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. “We the undersigned, call for the immediate release of Sowo...
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Four Out Of Every Five Cancer Patients Die –Expert

Singularity Hub A professor of Radiology at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Ifeoma Okoye, has said four out of every five patients diagnosed with cancer die from the disease. Okoye, who is also UNN’s Director of Center for Clinical Trials, made the disclosure while speaking with New Telegraph.  Okoye said Nigeria had the highest mortality rate in Africa, saying cancer is one of the contributing factors. She said, “Cancer is a very deadly disease though preventable if proper information about the causes of the disease, management relevance of early detection is communicated to the people. “According to the World Health Organisation findings, Nigeria has the highest mortality rate in Africa. “Four out of five cases of cancer in Nigeria result in death.  In fact, some authorities say that mortality in Nigeria is the highest in the world.” According to her, early detection can help in the treatment of cancer and reduce the number of deaths caused by the disease...
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Sowore Continues Hunger Strike In Detention To Protest Rights Violation

Pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has continued his hunger strike in the Department of State Services facility he is being held in Abuja to demand his immediate release. Sowore was arrested on August 3, 2019, for planning a series of protest against bad governance in Nigeria. He has since been granted bail twice but has not secured the compliance of the DSS. On Friday, DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunaya, said the organisation had received the order for his release but did not find anyone to pick him up, a claim his lawyers have described as ridiculous. On Saturday morning, activists and family members of Sowore protested at the DSS headquarters after they were denied access to retrieve him from detention. One of his lawyers, Marshall Abubakar, on Saturday said that Sowore had vowed to continue until his rights are respected and he is released. ACTIVISM Human Rights Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  Sahar...
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Sowore: You Cannot Be Judge Unto Yourself, NHRC Boss Tells DSS

The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, has called on the Department of State Services to respect court orders and release detained activists, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. He stated this while reacting to the alleged refusal of officials of the agency to release the activists after meeting their bail conditions. In a statement, Ojukwu said, "A situation where the order of courts are continuously disobeyed by security agents makes such security agents judges onto themselves and such situation does not augur well for our democracy based on the separation of powers and rule of law.  "Many cases have been reported to the commission about investigating police officers and state security officers deliberately refusing or delaying to verify bail conditions following court orders just to punish suspects unduly for reasons that are not constitutional." He, therefore, called for a renewed commitment on the part of law...
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Nigerian Professionals Call For Immediate Release Of Sowore

Nigerian professionals have called for the release of pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Services. Sowore was arrested on August 3 by the secret police and has been in their custody despite two court orders for his release. The Federal High Court in Abuja issued a release order for Sowore on November 6 but the DSS has refused to free him. In a statement on Sunday, prominent professionals in Nigeria stated that the continued detention of Sowore and Olawale Bakare, is an "egregious injustice and a travesty of the rule of law". The statement signed by Kunle Ajibade, Chido Onumah, Funmi Iyanda among other prominent professionals in the media, law and academia asked the secret police to release the duo in compliance with court orders. The statement added, “A call for the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. “We the undersigned, call for the immediate release of Sowo...
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Sowore Continues Hunger Strike In Detention To Protest Rights Violation

Pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has continued his hunger strike in the Department of State Services facility he is being held in Abuja to demand his immediate release. Sowore was arrested on August 3, 2019, for planning a series of protest against bad governance in Nigeria. He has since been granted bail twice but has not secured the compliance of the DSS. On Friday, DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunaya, said the organisation had received the order for his release but did not find anyone to pick him up, a claim his lawyers have described as ridiculous. On Saturday morning, activists and family members of Sowore protested at the DSS headquarters after they were denied access to retrieve him from detention. One of his lawyers, Marshall Abubakar, on Saturday said that Sowore had vowed to continue until his rights are respected and he is released. ACTIVISM Human Rights Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  Sahar...
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Anthony Joshua Needs Concentration to Beat Ruiz - Oboh

[Vanguard] Former British and Commonwealth light heavyweight champion, Peter Oboh has expressed concern over the shape of former world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, who is preparing for a re-match against reigning world heavyweight champion, Andy Ruiz Jnr. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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Northampton War Memorial

Northampton War Memorial . Northampton War Memorial is a First World War memorial on Wood Hill in the centre of Northampton, the county town of Northamptonshire, in central England. Designed by architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled on 11 November 1926, it stands in a small garden in what was once part of the churchyard of All Saints' Church. It is one of the more elaborate town memorials in England, with a pair of obelisks, characteristic of the Lutyens war memorials, and a Stone of Remembrance, which he designed for the Imperial War Graves Commission. Stone flags appear as if draped on the obelisks; this feature is shared by several of his memorials, but was rejected for his Cenotaph in London. Today the Northampton War Memorial is a Grade I listed building; it was upgraded from Grade II in 2015 when the Lutyens war memorials were declared a "national collection" and all were granted listed building status or had their listing renewed.
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Northampton War Memorial

Northampton War Memorial . Northampton War Memorial is a First World War memorial on Wood Hill in the centre of Northampton, the county town of Northamptonshire, in central England. Designed by architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled on 11 November 1926, it stands in a small garden in what was once part of the churchyard of All Saints' Church. It is one of the more elaborate town memorials in England, with a pair of obelisks, characteristic of the Lutyens war memorials, and a Stone of Remembrance, which he designed for the Imperial War Graves Commission. Stone flags appear as if draped on the obelisks; this feature is shared by several of his memorials, but was rejected for his Cenotaph in London. Today the Northampton War Memorial is a Grade I listed building; it was upgraded from Grade II in 2015 when the Lutyens war memorials were declared a "national collection" and all were granted listed building status or had their listing renewed.
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Tanzania: 'Maladies Caused By Tobacco Alarming'

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Health experts from Tanzania's two leading health institutions yesterday warned of pertinent cases of patients who report to the facilities with menacing diseases linked to tobacco consumption as they joined anti-tobacco campaigners who are calling on the government to enact a tougher law against tobacco use. via LATEST NEWS
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