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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">– Tears of joy flowed freely as the 21 Chibok girls were reunited with their parents </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue;">– The girls recounted tales of horror at the thanksgiving service held at the presidential villa </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">– Lai Mohammed the information and culture minister represented the government at the service</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue;">It was a day for tears of joy and emotion, when the 21 Chibok girls were reunited with their parents. The venue was the church at the presidential villa in Abuja on Sunday, October 16. It was a special church thanksgiving filled with emotions, which was organised by the Nigeria government for the schoolgirls who were released on Thursday, October 13. Lai Mohammed the information and culture minister who represented the Nigerian government was at the church during the service. Speaking about their experiences, Miss Gloria Dame, one of the released girls who spoke on behalf of her colleagues was so happy, she was jumping for joy, as she said: “We stayed for one month without food.” READ </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> “I narrowly escaped bomb blast in the forest. I never knew there would be a day like this. I will give thanks to God ,’’ she said, as she went on to plead with Nigerians to pray for the girls still in captivity.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Shiktra Kwali who delivered the sermon at the interdenominational service, urged the girls not to let the experience define them or stop them from achieving their dreams. Lai Mohammed during his speech, said that the reuniting of the girls, with their parents was the day, a lot of people have been waiting for. “It is day of joy,’’ he said.</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Mr Yakubu Nkenke, the chairman of Chibok girls parents association said that the girls had eventually been identified by their parents. While, Mr Yaya Yarakawa, the chairman of Chibok local government, confirmed the positive identification of all the 21 girls and states that only those with sinister motives would doubt the authenticity of the girls.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue;">He also expressed satisfaction with the role played by the government, saying: “I am travelling to Abuja with all the parents of the freed girls, all of us are here. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue;"> “We are overwhelmed with joy that our girls have been found alive. I cannot talk more because we are approaching security check- points,” he said. Meanwhile, a Chibok woman wrote an emotional open letter to all those doubting the release of the girls saying in part: “I cannot put into words the pain I have been through since 2014 when I was informed of the news of the abduction of my daughter by Boko Haram terrorist. “I cried because I felt she alongside other girls who were taken from their school in Chibok would be killed immediately. I resigned myself to fate that I had lost a daughter all because I chose to send her to school.” </span></span></span><br />
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In the early hours of Saturday, October 8, 2016, the <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Department of State Services (DSS) </span>stormed the houses of some judges and arrested them.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: red;">Many Nigerians also condemned the action of the security agency, describing it as unconstitutional.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">In the heat of all the condemnation, the DSS issued a statement accusing the judges of fraud and professional misconduct.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">One of the judges in the eye of the storm, <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Justice Adeniyi Ademola, </strong>has alleged that he was arrested for granting bail to the former National Security Adviser (NSA), <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sambo Dasuki.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Justice Ademola also said the DSS was intimidating him because he ordered the release of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nnamdi Kanu.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">He also alleged that he was told that one of the reasons he was arrested was because he allegedly used his position office to make his wife the head of civil service, through <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Senator Bola Tinubu.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">According to <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Daily Post, </strong>the judge, in a letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mahmoud Mohammed,</strong> said <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“…Upon signing the document, they told me that I am under arrest and ordered me with guns still pointed at me to move outside. As I was going, they told me they were taking me to their office, Department of State Services (DSS) office, without showing any warrant of arrest.</em></span></div>
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<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;">“I obeyed them and about six o’clock in the morning, I was whisked away from my residence to the DSS office without any warrant of arrest or reason for my arrest.</span></em></div>
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<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;">“From the time of my arrival at the DSS office, at about 6:45am on 8/10/2016, I was not told what my crime was for over 24 hours till the evening of 9/10/2016.</span></em></div>
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<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;">“A DSS officiall finally informed me that my arrest were based on these three allegations; petition of Hon. Jenkins Duvie dated 4th of April 2016 to the National Judicial Council (NJC); granting bail to Col. Sambo Dasuki and the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu; and using my office to secure my wife’s appointment as the head of civil service, through Senator Bola Tinubu.”</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Justice Ademola also alleged that the <u style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://pulse.ng/local/judges-arrest-justice-ademola-alleges-that-the-agf-is-behind-his-dss-ordeal-id5612200.html" style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami</a></u> masterminded his arrest.</span></div>
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Notorious Lagos Cultist "Sunday Terror" Killed After Gun Battle With Police Agents - Pix: A gang leader/cultist in Lagos popularly known as Sunday Terror was killed by policemen from the Denton police station Ebute Metta yesterday, January 25th during a shootout in Ondo street, Lagos. Sunday Terror, who is said to be a menace and responsible for a lot of atrocities in the area ranging from robbery and murder, led his men to a unleash violence on a house in Ondo street, when the police was called. He was killed during a shoot-out with policemen.</div>
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There was reportedly wild jubilation as the Special Anti-robbery squad came to collect his corpse from the police station. He had been on the watch list of the Area C Command in Surulere, Lagos for a while now.<br />Full story and comments on:<a href="http://www.gistmania.com/talk/topic,281904.0.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.gistmania.com/talk/topic,281904.0.html</a></div>
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Heavenly Father, look upon us and hear our prayers during this holy Season of Lent. By the good works You inspire, help us to discipline our body and to be renewed in spirit.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Without You we can do nothing. By Your Spirit help us to know what is right and to be eager in doing Your will. Teach us to find new life through penance. Keep us from sin, and help us li</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">ve by Your commandment of love. God of love, bring us back to You. Send Your Spirit to make us strong in faith and active in good works. May our acts of penance bring us Your forgiveness, open our heart to Your love, and prepare us for the coming feast of the Resurrection of Christ Jesus.<br />Lord, during this Lenten Season, nourish Your children with Your Word of life and make them one with You in love and prayer.<br />Fill our heart with Your love and keep us faithful to the Gospel of Christ. Give Your children the grace to rise above their human weakness. Give us new life by Your Sacraments, especially the Mass.<br />Father, our source of life, We reach out with joy to grasp Your hand; let us walk more readily in Your ways. Guide us in Your gentle mercy, for left to ourselves we cannot do Your Will.<br />Father of love, source of all blessings, help Thy Children to pass from their old life of sin to the new life of grace. Prepare them for the glory of Your Kingdom. </span><div>
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Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-63280274172814952262014-12-02T00:23:00.000-08:002014-12-02T00:29:15.997-08:00 Pope insists: - Muslims must speak out against terrorism, violence,<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: "Open Sans",Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: right; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Pope Francis prays with journalists on the papal flight en route to South Korea, August 14, 2014.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span class="noticia_byline" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">From the Vatican City, </span><br />
<span class="noticia_byline" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Nov 30, 2014 / 05:47 pm (<a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">CNA/EWTN News</a>)</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">.- </span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">On his in-flight press conference returning from a three-day trip to Turkey, Pope Francis said that Muslim leaders around the world must speak out against violence and terrorism carried out in the name of Islam.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“I believe sincerely that it can’t be said that all Muslims are terrorists. You can’t say that. Just as you can’t say that all Christians are fundamentalists because we have them too, eh. In all religions, there are these little groups,” he said Nov. 30.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“I told the (Turkish) president that it would be nice if all the Muslim leaders, whether political leaders or religious leaders or academic leaders, say that clearly and condemn it, no?” he continued, explaining that “all of us need a worldwide condemnation, also from Muslims who have the identity who say ‘We aren’t that. The Quran isn’t that’.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The Pope also offered a firm warning on the situation of Middle East Christians.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“Truly, I don’t want to use sweetened words. Christians are being chased out of the Middle East. Sometimes, as we have seen in Iraq, the area of Mosul, they have to go away and leave everything, or pay the tax which doesn’t do any good.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Speaking of broader violence throughout the world, Pope Francis said he believes “that we are living through a third world war, a war in pieces, in chapters, everywhere.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“Behind this, there are rivalries, political problems and economic problems, to save this system where the god of money and not the human person is at the center. And behind this, there are also commercial interests: arms trafficking is terrible; it is one of the strongest businesses of this time.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">He cautioned that while humanity has discovered the positive good of nuclear energy, it has also used this energy for destructive means.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Asked about his trip to Turkey, Pope Francis emphasized ecumenism. He spoke about the importance of dialogue based on shared experience.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The Holy Father voiced his conviction that Catholics are moving forward in their relationship with the Orthodox, who have both the sacraments and apostolic succession.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“Unity is a journey we must undertake together,” praying and working together, he said, also noting “ecumenism of the blood,” as both Catholic and Orthodox martyrs shed their blood for the Christian faith.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Division exists when the Church becomes self-referential rather than focusing outward, the Pope stated. But while there are still difficulties, “we must be respectful and not tire of engaging in dialogue, without insulting others, without dirtying ourselves, without gossiping.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">In addition, Pope Francis spoke about a particularly intense moment of prayer he had during the papal trip.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">He explained that he came to Turkey “as a pilgrim, not as a tourist,” and “the main reason was the feast today to share it with Patriarch Bartholomew, a religious reason.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“But then, when I went into the mosque, I couldn’t say, ‘No, now I’m a tourist.’ No, it was all religious,” he said. “I saw those marvels, also the Mufti explained the things well to me with so much meekness, with the Quran where it spoke of Mary and John the Baptist. And he explained it all to me and in that moment I felt the need to pray. And, I said to him, ‘Shall we pray?’ And he said, ‘Yes, yes.’ I prayed for Turkey, for peace, for the Mufti, for everyone, for myself because I need it. And, we truly prayed. And, I prayed especially for peace. Lord, let’s end wars. It was like that. It was a moment of sincere prayer.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">He also spoke about his visit with refugee children and said that he would like to go to Iraq. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“For the moment it isn’t possible. It’s not that I don’t want to go, but if I went right now it would cause a quite serious problem for the authorities, for security. But, I would really like to and I want to,” he said.</span>Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-56145454534358875702014-11-25T03:57:00.002-08:002014-11-25T03:57:38.602-08:00Psquare's dad, Mr Okoye passed on yesterday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Psquare loses their father two years after the death of their mum</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The Okoyes families are presently mourning the death of their father who passed
away yesterday. A source close to the family exclusively revealed that
the late Mr. Okoye recently had a successful knee surgery and was about
going for physiotherapy when he just fell. </span></h2>
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eternal rest with GOD. (Amen).
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Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-69916341207162901402014-11-17T09:22:00.001-08:002014-11-17T09:22:57.005-08:00What is the appropriate means to dispose of an old Bible?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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There is no specifically mandated means of disposing of old Bibles. Some<br />
Catholics follow a custom of disposing of religious articles <i>that have been blessed </i>either<br />
by burying or burning them, but even that is not mandated by law. If <br />
the Bible has been blessed you might choose to follow that custom. If <br />
not, dispose of it as you would any other book. If it’s still in fair <br />
condition, you might put it on a book donation table to benefit someone <br />
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Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-78695365604109879722014-11-17T04:14:00.001-08:002014-11-17T04:14:24.749-08:00MVPLAGOS: Super Rich!!! Meet the four Nigerian billionaire w...<a href="http://mvplagos.blogspot.com/2014/10/super-rich-meet-four-nigerian.html?spref=bl">MVPLAGOS: Super Rich!!! Meet the four Nigerian billionaire w...</a>: You Go Fear Fear!!! There are more private jet owners in Nigeria than any other country in Africa. There are about 177 private jets in N...Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-88832183607401851692014-11-11T00:51:00.001-08:002014-11-11T00:59:06.836-08:00Governor Okorocha:- I’ll Be President Of Nigeria In 2015 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><b>Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has proudly declared that he will be the president in 2015.</b><br /><br />He made this declaration on Monday in Enugu while speaking at the APC rally.<br /><br />According to the Governor who declared his intention to run for the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the APC.<br /><br />“In 2015, I will be the president of the country” .<br /><br />Okorocha who said his winning at the 2015 elections would come as a surprise to many stated that the impending victory had been prophesied.<br /><br />Okorocha, who is among the top APC Presidential candidates said: “Three months ago when I said I wanted to be president, they asked, “Can an Igboman be president?.<br /><br />SEE ALSO: <a href="http://www.naij.com/70900.html">Governor Okorocha & Senator Anywawu Exchange Hot Words</a><br /><br />“But now when they count those contesting presidency, they will first count Rochas Okorocha, before Buhari, Atiku Abubakar and Kwankwaso.<br /><br />“When they said they have zoned the presidency to the North, I asked, “When was the meeting held?”<br /><br />“Now we have zoned it to Igboland. “In 2015 there will be a turnaround in the fortunes of Ndigbo.” “PDP has failed God. may God forgive PDP in Jesus name,” he said.<br /><br />Also in recent Story, <a href="http://www.naij.com/295487-apc-will-push-jonathan-away-okorocha.html">Governor Okoracha had boasted that he will defeat President Goodluck Jonathan </a>in the forthcoming 2015 elections saying:<br /><br />“I have the capacity to govern the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I must also make it abundantly clear that the PDP and indeed, President Goodluck Jonathan, cannot defeat me in the forthcoming general election”.Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-32592627875769880112014-11-10T09:45:00.001-08:002014-11-10T09:45:26.035-08:00I have been told that the Catholic Church teaches that anyone who commits suicide goes to hell. Is this true?<a href="http://catholicsay.com/i-have-been-told-that-the-catholic-church-teaches-that-anyone-who-commits-suicide-goes-to-hell-is-this-true/">I have been told that the Catholic Church teaches that anyone who commits suicide goes to hell. Is this true?</a>Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-56808367946141575642014-11-07T02:52:00.003-08:002014-11-07T02:52:39.286-08:00THIS IS SO COOL! 2face and Annie Idibia on a road trip to Benue State <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-61493047947490453132014-11-06T02:07:00.001-08:002014-11-06T02:07:28.374-08:00MVPLAGOS: 2face shares a photo of his lovely daughters<a href="http://mvplagos.blogspot.com/2014/07/2face-shares-photo-of-his-lovely.html?spref=bl">MVPLAGOS: 2face shares a photo of his lovely daughters</a>Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-71969145202752336112014-11-03T04:04:00.000-08:002014-11-03T04:04:57.798-08:00Cement Price: Dangote announced N1,000 Per Bag for a Cement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In a move that will raise the stakes in the rapidly evolving Nigerian
cement market, leading cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc, has
announced huge cuts in the price of the essential construction product.</div>
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In
a step that will make cement cheaper than it has ever been since 2005,
the group managing director of Dangote Cement, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, said
the company had pegged the Dangote 32.5 cement grade at N1,000 per 50
kg bag, while the higher 42.5 grade is to sell for N1,150 per bag.</div>
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The
new prices, exclusive of the Value Added Tax (VAT), represent about 40
per cent discount on the prevailing market price of the product, which
currently sells for N1, 700 across the country irrespective of the
grade.</div>
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Edwin said the move was in line with the company’s
commitment to the nation’s dire need for the development of
infrastructure and to boost the federal and state government’s ongoing
effort to reduce the near 20 million housing deficit in Nigeria.</div>
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“We
recognise the need for a dramatic increase in the response to the huge
infrastructure and housing deficit in the country, and one of the ways
of addressing the issue is bringing the price of building materials down
to much more affordable levels, especially cement which is within our
own control, as part of our own contribution to the transformation
agenda of the Goodluck Jonathan administration and the attainment of key
milestones in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),” he said.</div>
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Since
the commencement of the implementation of the backward integration
policy for cement in the country over 12 years ago, the local production
capacity of the product had risen from less than 2 million metric
tonnes per annum to about 38 million metric tonnes per annum today.</div>
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During
the over 12-year period of the backward integration policy, over $20
billion has been directly and indirectly injected into the Nigerian
cement industry, with Dangote Cement Plc accounting for 60 per cent of
that spend.</div>
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The GMD/CEO also noted that Dangote Cement Plc would
continue to align its corporate social responsibility with its strategic
business initiatives and would continue to evaluate its pricing regime
in Nigeria’s best interest.</div>
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Meanwhile, the timing of the
initiative has confounded industry watchers who say that, from
experience, the cement market is entering the high demand phase as the
rainy season is tapering off and the dry season, which provides the
opportunity for increased construction and building activities, is
setting in.</div>
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Recently, in further compliance with the ongoing
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) directive and regulation on the
various grades of cement and their prescribed uses, Dangote Cement
launched its brand of the premium 32.5 cement grade which is restricted
to plastering use.</div>
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The largest cement producer in Nigeria noted
that the move was to develop a full bouquet of cement types to meet the
varying needs of consumers.</div>
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With this move, Dangote now produces
42.5 for column casting, block making, decking and other general purpose
construction work that require high strength, and the 32.5 grade for
rendering or plastering.</div>
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The company produces on demand the 52.5
grade for specialised construction of high strength structures such as
bridges, flyovers and sky scrapers among others.</div>
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The 32.5 grade of
cement which has the lowest strength among the cement grades was priced
lower than the others, selling for N150 lower than the price of 42.5, a
price cut that is part of the earlier announced price regime.</div>
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Dangote
said in compliance with the SON standard for cement quality and
packaging, the 32.5 type shelf life would be clearly labelled in order
to minimise the incidence of building collapse in the nation’s building
and construction industry arising from the misapplication of the
different grades of cement.</div>
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The national president of the Block
Moulders Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Rasidi Adebowale, said he
received the news with much happiness especially considering what the
price reduction held for his members in Nigeria. He expressed the hope
that the new price review would translate to reduction in the price of
blocks</div>
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In his own comment, Alhaji Okunola Abegunde, the Lagos
State chairman of the Block Moulders, said he had all along been looking
forward to a time like this when the price of cement would come down so
that the low income group could become house owners.</div>
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The
chairman, Coalition Against Building Collapse, Kola Ojewuyi, noted that
the downward review of prices had confounded the critics of Dangote
Cement who had earlier condemned the campaign embarked upon by company
for the adoption of the 42.5 cement grade as a ploy to increase price of
the commodity.</div>
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The president, Nigerian Institute of Architects,
Arc. Bruno Niyi, hailed the current move by Dangote and urged the
management of the company to sustain the new price regime and ensure it
is not hijacked by profiteers.</div>
Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-52397255352389325152014-11-03T02:05:00.001-08:002014-11-03T02:05:06.991-08:00KNOW UR FAITH<a href="http://www.kofc.org/un/en/catechism/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.kofc.org/un/en/catechism/index.html</a>Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-60879212040964025142014-11-03T01:31:00.002-08:002014-11-03T01:32:53.716-08:00SAINT OF THE DAY: ST. MARTIN DE PORRES<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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St. Martin de Porres was born at Lima, Peru, in 1579. At fifteen, he
became a lay brother at the Dominican Friary at Lima and spent his whole
life there-as a barber, farm laborer, almoner, and infirmarian among
other things.<br /> <br /> Martin had a great desire to go off to some
foreign mission and thus earn the palm of martyrdom. However, since this
was not possible, he made a martyr out of his body, devoting himself to
ceaseless and severe penances. In turn, God endowed him with many
graces and wondrous gifts, such as, aerial flights and bilocation.<br /> <br /> This saintly man died on November 3, 1639 and was canonized on May 6, 1962. <br /> <br /> PRAYER:<br />
Lord, as You led Martin de Pores by a life of humility to eternal
Glory, May we follow his example and be exalted with him in the kingdom
of heaven. Amen.<br /> <br /> St. Martin de Porres, Pray for us!</span></span>Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-77637174812966618602014-11-03T00:27:00.001-08:002014-11-03T00:27:51.703-08:00How can we be more accepting of gay people? - Catholic News Service<a href="http://catholicsay.com/how-can-we-be-more-accepting-of-gay-people/">How can we be more accepting of gay people? - Catholic News Service</a>Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-28553074793094684592014-11-03T00:18:00.001-08:002014-11-03T00:18:13.524-08:00AKPOS VILLAGE: This Photos Will Make You Laugh So Hard! Annie Idi...<a href="http://www.akposvillage.com/2014/11/this-photos-will-make-you-laugh-so-hard.html?spref=bl">AKPOS VILLAGE: This Photos Will Make You Laugh So Hard! Annie Idi...</a>Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-87720213593242551402014-11-01T07:12:00.001-07:002014-11-01T07:15:25.977-07:00MVPLAGOS: Meet the 8 Successful Nigerians Who Didn’t Go To A...Folorunsho Alakija To destroy the myth that one can’t be successful without higher education we pick up list of some of the m...<br />
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Three suspects have been arrested in connection with an early morning bomb explosion at the Gombe Motor Park which left an unconfirmed number of persons dead and several others injured.</div>
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The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kudu Nma, told newsmen in Gombe that a vehicle with an inscription “Yobe Line’’ was reported to have brought the suspected bombers to the park.</div>
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“Unfortunately for them, they were caught when they were about to run away,” he said.</div>
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the explosion had gone off around 9.30 a.m. at the park, leaving many dead and several others with various degrees of injuries.</div>
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The explosion had occurred at a time when many passengers were at the park boarding vehicles to various destinations.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">NAN reports that there was pandemonium around the area immediately after the incident as hundreds of youths from different directions descended on the park.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">They threw stones at security personnel and other rescue workers who were evacuating corpses and the injured. The security operatives had to shoot into the air to disperse the rampaging youths.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The bodies of the victims were later conveyed to the Gombe Specialist Hospital, while those injured were also taken to other hospitals for treatment. At the Specialist Hospital, a mortuary attendant who pleaded for anonymity said 23 corpses were deposited there. Meanwhile, the park and the surrounding area have been cordoned off while normalcy has been restored.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Also, many residents of the city have been visiting the hospital, trying to check if their relatives were among the victims.(NAN</span>Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-747860311136989232014-10-31T09:10:00.000-07:002014-10-31T09:45:15.876-07:00Gombe Bomb Blast Kills 'Many'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />Many people' have died in a bomb blast in Central Park in Cross, Gombe State, a senior State Security Service (SSS) official has reported.According to the story the blast happened at about 9:30 am.<div>
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“They left the bomb inside one of the vehicles at the park,” said the SSS Official. “The blast went off at about 9:30 am. </div>
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Up till now we don’t know the number of people, but it’s a very busy park so many people will have died in such a bomb blast.”Nigerian army officials, the police (with the commissioner present) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) arrived and cordoned off the scene and began the rescue operations.<br /><br /><br />A NEMA official speaking with “News Men” noted that more than 30 people have been found dead, as at the first count. He expects the toll to rise while a hospital source quoted by NAN confirmed the death of 23 people, women and school children were among them. At least 34 persons have sustained various degrees of injuries.<br /><br /><br />A resident of the area, who introduced himself as Abdulrahman Suae, confirmed that many people were being transported to the Gombe General Hospital. However, the condition of these persons could not be verified.The police and security services have reportedly cordoned the area off. Emergency officials are doing the best to continue evacuation of the victims to nearby hospitals.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark has predicted what will happen in Nigeria in the year 2015 after the general elections would have passed.</div>
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The Senate President in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by his Chief Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, expressed optimism that despite the growing anxiety and challenges ahead of the 2015 general elections, Nigeria would come out stronger and more united as a nation.</div>
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Mark reportedly made the assertion while playing host to the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria, Michel Arrion, Nation reports.<br />
Mark assured that the Nigerian government has improved and indeed strengthened political institutions to withstand any storm no matter the circumstances.<br />
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The senate president, however, appealed to the international election observers to report facts about the elections without sentiment or narrow perspective, and urged the election observers to endeavor to go round in order to get the true position rather than a situation where reports would be based on just a visit to one or two polling units.</div>
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Swiss authorities have approved the testing of an experimental Ebola vaccine, as part of an international response to the epidemic in West Africa that has claimed almost 5,000 lives.<br />
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On Tuesday, Swiss medical authorities said the trial will be held at Lausanne University Hospital and involve 120 healthy volunteers who will receive the experimental vaccine. The volunteers are all health-care workers who will work on medical teams in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the epicenter of the outbreak.<br />
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The Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, known by the shorthand Swissmedic, said the application for the trial “was handled as a priority given the dimensions of the Ebola epidemic.” The application was submitted last month.<br />
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The Lausanne trial, which has the backing of the World Health Organization, comes as health authorities around the world grow increasingly alarmed about the outbreak, which has spread to eight countries, including the U.S. and Spain. Reported cases of the Ebola virus disease have topped 10,000.<br />
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Health-care workers are at particular risk from contracting the virus, which is transmitted through an affected person’s bodily fluids.<br />
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The Lausanne vaccine is based on a modified chimpanzee virus, and the trial will test its safety and ability to provide an immune response to the Ebola disease, Swissmedic said.<br />
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Other trials are currently under way in the U.S., U.K. and Mali, and an application for a second trial in Switzerland was submitted earlier this month.Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-37944851220031260222014-10-30T07:01:00.002-07:002014-10-30T09:32:00.567-07:00President Jonathan Welcome Emir of Kano; Muhammad Sanusi II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Emir of Kano pays a visit to President Jonathan.<br />
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President Goodluck Jonathan welcomed the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, in Abuja on 30th October, 2014, Thursday. The media described the event as another reconciliation attempt between the two sides.<br />
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PremiumTimes reported, with the reference to their source at the meeting, that the emir arrived at the Aso Rock accompanied by the senior members of the council of Kano Emirate.<br />
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In his return, Muhammad Sanusi II supported the words of the president, saying he too had forgotten everything that happened<br />
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<i><span style="color: magenta;">President Jonathan, Emir Sanusi and members of the delegation at Aso Rock, on October 30, 2014.</span></i> <br />
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Jonathan’s administration was represented by the president himself, the Vice President Namadi Sambo, the Attorney General, Mohammed Adoke, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Aminu Wali and the National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki.<br />
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In his address President Jonathan reportedly said he had nothing against the newly-crowned emir. He also urged peace and noted that negative aspects have to be left in the past.<br />
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The duration of the meeting was about 15 minutes, the internal sources reported.<br />
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The emir and his entourage left for Kano shortly after. They were on their way to the Abuja airport at the time of filing the present report.Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174317577484710143.post-30934799821511239312014-10-30T06:49:00.002-07:002014-10-30T06:49:44.944-07:00POLICE:- SECURITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH CONSTITUTION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWblVCwGNr082ncix9k0qxwa38BAfqs5k781Iau1DsE8BHCYgRpCbHgOx1g455FzXj0Bb_b5tqHUHFYg194oDNmSq-waSxBZwZTgqqHyspCt7yVaUSHvaGuVayHgKhM969MIS27khe5JM/s1600/Abba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWblVCwGNr082ncix9k0qxwa38BAfqs5k781Iau1DsE8BHCYgRpCbHgOx1g455FzXj0Bb_b5tqHUHFYg194oDNmSq-waSxBZwZTgqqHyspCt7yVaUSHvaGuVayHgKhM969MIS27khe5JM/s320/Abba.jpg" /></a></div>The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba has has said he ordered the redeployment of its personnel attached to Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tanbuwal in compliance with provisions of 1999 constitution.<br />
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A statement by the spokesman of the Force, acting Commissioner of Police (CP) Emmanuel Ojukwu said the order was given because of the Speaker's defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<br />
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The police said its decision relied on the provision of section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.<br />
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The statement reads: “In view of the recent defection by the Right Honourable Aminu Waziri Tanbuwal, CFR, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC), and having regard to the clear provision of section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has redeployed its personnel attached to his office.”Welcome To Saint's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826138326783489475noreply@blogger.com0