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http://ift.tt/2qOtTcQ Chief Executive Officer, Union Bank Plc, Emeka Emuwa (left); Lola Cardoso; Kolade Oshinowo and president, Guild of Professional Artists of Nigeria (GFA), Segun Adejumo… in Lagos Artists from across Nigeria have been offered an opportunity to interpret a new concept for Union Bank’s Stallion logo. At Mydrim Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos, the bank announced the competition as ‘Centenary Art Challenge’ to embrace art as a medium of contributing to the next 100 years of Union Bank. As a leading financial institution, Union Bank is currently celebrating its centenary. Union Bank’s ‘Centenary Art Challenge’ competition is designed to promote the work of professional and young Nigerian artists around the country. Guests, including artists and patrons such as master painter, Kolade Oshinowo, Duke Asidere, Olu Ajayi, Gerry Nnubia, Sinmidele Adesanya, Kehinde Sanwo, Dapo Adeniyi and Jumoke Sanwo, were in attendance at the launch of the competition. Being organised in partnersh...

http://ift.tt/2qvwIL3 Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye Memory Verse: “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Bible Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:15-24 INTRODUCTION : In this final edition, we will take a closer look at some specifics, common areas of conflict. The fear of the Lord is, indeed, the beginning of wisdom. Godly wisdom should always be given the highest priority in every home. Worship: There is no substitute for regular, consistent family worship of the Lord in spirit and in truth. This should be the first thing in the morning and the last thing at night. At a set place and time. Attendance should be compulsory. Family life should revolve round the family altar. It is deeply spiritual and goes a long way in keeping the family together, well bonded in God’s will. It is a spiritual shield. A conflict resolution centre- Ps.95: 6. 1 Chr.16: 29; Ps.150: 6. Tangible impartations take place. These include: • El-Shaddai, Gen.17: 1. The family head re...

http://ift.tt/2qOjDkK The agencies, which met under the aegis of The Quartet, are desirous of pulling their resources through strategic partnerships to ensure that the development of the Nigerian film industry is sustainably pursued. Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), with all the parastatals that form the quartet for the Nigerian film industry – National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) – have jointly endorsed the establishment of a National Film Development Fund (NFDF) to enable the country deal urgently with the dearth of funding for film production activities, and investment opportunities yet untapped in the Nigerian film industry. The four Federal Government agencies, whose mandates and activities directly and remotely rob on the Nigerian creative economy, have come to the realisation that the film industry was in dire need of access to funding, support and assistance to enable it up its contributio...

http://ift.tt/2poDHG4 Pastor W. F. Kumuyi Some people are so set in their ways that they shut their mind to valuable insights of life. But God has significant lessons for all from the most unlikely of things. Take the ants, for instance. Though regarded generally as insignificant creatures, ants carry out their activities with a great deal of wisdom and purpose. God wants us to labour wisely with our time; treasure and talent like the ants and be successful in our personal, family, professional and Christian engagements. To succeed in life and ministry, we need to learn some basic principles from the ants. Acting with foresight, the ant “having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.” It focuses on its work at the right time of the day, because it anticipates the future time, when there will be no chance to gather food. Like the ant, we need to give prior thought and attention to profitable activities for a better fut...

http://ift.tt/2poxpXf Olanrewaju OBEMBE Job 14:14 “ALL THE DAYS OF MY APPOINTED TIME WILL I WAIT, TILL MY CHANGE COME.” Luke 18:1, 4 and 5 “Also JESUS told them a parable to the effect that they OUGHT ALWAYS TO PRAY and not to TURN COWARD (faint, lose heart and GIVE UP); and for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, though I have neither reverence or fear God nor respect or consideration for man; yet because this widow CONTINUES TO BOTHER ME, I will defend and protect and avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance and WEAR ME OUT by her continual coming or at the last, she come and rail on me or ASSAULT me or STRANGLE me.” (AMP). Hebrews 10:35 “CAST NOT AWAY, therefore, YOUR CONFIDENCE, which hath GREAT RECOMPENSE OF REWARD.” Both Biblical and Contemporary histories attest to the fact that those WHO REFUSE TO QUIT always get their desired results and migrate to their expected destination, no matter how tough or tortuous the journey might be. Nature cannot with...

http://ift.tt/2nQvhKt Ernest Onuoha “And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” (Luke 2:49). The phrase, “in My Father’s business” or “about my Father’s business” mean the same thing. It is a matter of prepositional usage (in or about). Therefore, Jesus’ reaction to the mother’s troubled question: “…son, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have sought you anxiously’ (Luke 2:48), by no means was not rude, nor did it play down the anxious moments in the parent’s heart. However, hidden in His answer is the reason why He came – to do the Father’s business. Remember, Jesus says, “my food (meat) is to do the will of Him who sent Me,” (John 4:34). He also noted that “I must work while it is day, a night comes when no one can work” (John 9:4). We can appreciate His reaction in John 2:16 “And He said to those who sold doves, “take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” These su...

http://ift.tt/2rx8v90 The condition- an abnormal opening in the birth canal, resulting in uncontrolled leakage of urine or feces- is an indication of poor access to quality maternal healthcare, according to the United Nations declaration. • Country Bears 40 Per Cent of World’s Burden • 90% Of Cases Are Untreated • Only Three Of 12 Fistula Centres Receive Govt Funding • States Have No Budget For Ailment • Dearth Of Trained Surgeons Persists With only three out of 12 fistula centres receiving funding from the Federal Government, and little or no repair works carried out on them yearly, the country’s plan to eliminate obstetric fistula, in line with the Sustainable Development Goal Three (SDG 3), which seeks healthy living for all, would be very difficult to attain. The condition- an abnormal opening in the birth canal, resulting in uncontrolled leakage of urine or feces- is an indication of poor access to quality maternal healthcare, according to the United Nations declaration....

http://ift.tt/2qvFx7j Pastor Lazarus Muoka Matthew: 21:12-14 ‘’ And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves. And said to them, it is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.’’ BRETHREN, the house of God is a place of worship. It is a place designed for the purpose of service, meeting, and prayer to God. However, in some places today, many people have converted the house of God to their personal/pecuniary interest. They turn the house of God into a place for their individual, or group interest. They come to the house of God to do all sorts of personal and business transactions. They engage in all sorts of marketing strategies, and in the process, they relegate God to the background. This was the situation that prompted ou...

http://ift.tt/2quTpT9 Like a horde of undead, “Resident Evil” has shuffled relentlessly forward over six films, taking a fleshy $1.2 billion chunk from movie-goers to become the biggest ever cinematic video game tie-in. Unlike the eviscerated victims of the franchise’s bloodthirsty genetically modified flesh-eaters, however, the creators of “Resident Evil” are going out on their own terms. Director Paul W.S. Anderson has said the DVD and Blu-ray of “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,” released this week, will be the last offering from a series that has been savaged by critics but adored by its loyal devotees. When the idea for the first film, “Resident Evil,” germinated from a marathon gaming session at the turn of the millennium, the world wasn’t exactly crying out for another video game turned into a movie. “It was a movie that was made against the odds. It was made outside of the studio system with no American involvement,” Anderson, 53, told AFP. “At our very first test ...

http://ift.tt/2rtl5Fl Governor Kashim Shettima • Tivs in diaspora indict govt for herdsmen’s attacks The planned return of 1.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) to the liberated communities in Borno State, would be delayed until after the Ramadan. Governor Kashim Shettima disclosed this yesterday in Bama, while commissioning 12 renovated public structures and council secretariat, in partnership with Victims Support Fund (VSF). He said: “We had to reschedule the return of the displaced persons to Bama, despite the fact that 70 per cent of the destroyed houses and public structures, had been rebuilt by the VSF and the Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR). “Initially, our plan was to return the Bama IDPs to their rebuilt homes on or before May 29, 2017. But the security of the people may not be guaranteed, because of Boko Haram insurgency on the fringes of Sambisa Forest and parts of northern Borno.” The governor said N368 million w...

http://ift.tt/2qvelt7 Oka Martin Obono Efforts by governments to eradicate poverty and foster improved socio-economic life of Nigerians may remain a mirage unless an inclusive structural economic redemption strategy is adopted, Professor of Sociology, Oka Martin Obono has said. He made the assertion yesterday in Lagos at the 20th anniversary public lecture of the Human Development Initiatives (HDI) held at the University of Lagos. Titled: “The Structural Management of Inequality: Pathways to Inclusive Growth and Development,” the Director, Centre for Human Resources Development, University of Ibadan, frowned at society’s complacency with sublimed systems of inequality, saying, it had attained a dangerous dimension to the extent that the oddity is hardly noticed. Obono said Nigeria was widely divided due to its massive income differentials, adding that affirmative actions, social protection mechanisms and concerted efforts at economic equality, among others would resolve the ...

http://ift.tt/2oZS6s5 Ahmed Makarfi Last Tuesday’s statement from the leadership of the Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) directing its members to use alternative platforms in seeking elective offices has not only shown the depth of its frustration on the crisis rocking the opposition party but also exposed the fluidity of Nigeria’s political party system. The country’s political parties, having lost their individual ideological characteristics and unique manifestoes over the years, have become so identical that movement across platforms has become the pastime of desperate politicians who are always in search of any platform to fulfill political aspirations. Aside from its effect on discipline of members and overall performance of party machinery, the basic rules governing administrations of political parties are no longer sacrosanct. The crisis that split the PDP towards the end of rule in 2015 and the current one rocking the All Progressives Congress (...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A BUJA —The presidency, yesterday, provided details of the government’s four social investments programmes. Laolu Akande, the spokesperson to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo said over N41 billion had so far been spent on the four programmes. “N-Power, which is the job programme for unemployed graduates has received N26.418 billion, being the single largest spending item out of the four social investment programmes under the 2016 Appropriation,” Mr. Akande said. Akande said: “No less than 25 million meals have been served under the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme, SIP, of the Buhari administration, even as the Presidency is now implementing a huge ramp up of the Social Investment Programmes as directed by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. The post FG provides details of social investments programmes appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pIDAcl

http://ift.tt/2raDwC2 Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) President, Emeka Onyeama has described Niger State as one of the top followers of cricket in the country, saying the evolution of the game in Nigeria began in the state among the Indians residing in Minna. Speaking when he paid a familiarisation visit to the Niger State Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Development and the Niger State Cricket Association as part of his campaign ahead the federation polls in Abuja, Onyeama said Niger State in the North Central was vital and key to the development of sports in the country. He added the state had produced a lot of players in all sporting events for the country. Earlier, the Niger State Director of Sports, Alhaji Baba Sheshi applauded Engineer Onyeama for piloting the affairs of cricket in the last four years, pointing out that the game in Nigeria, which is played in 11 states, now has states’ associations in 30 states of the federation. He said, “Cricket is a multi-billio...

http://ift.tt/2p73O3R House of Representatives The House of Representatives has said that it was set to probe the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) over unpaid allowances of students who participated in the Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) from 2010. The decision to investigate the finances of the scheme followed a motion on the need to address ITF’s non-payment of SIWES allowances to students by Hon. Kinsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers), who decried its management attitude in denying students on training their entitlements. Chinda pointed out that the fund was established to encourage acquisition of skills needed for manpower training in the country, insisting that it was wrong for the agency not to pay the allowances. He lamented situations whereby the country was still importing skills from other countries even when money was provided for training of students. “It is unpatriotic for the ITF or any government agency to deliberately foist hardship on the students by...

http://ift.tt/2pKxaEL According to the Producer, Kunle Agboola, who represents Corporate Farmers International Limited (CFIL), the concept of the show was developed by CFIL and IITA and will be shot within the IITA facility in Ibadan. The Guardian newspapers is set to collaborate with International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State, in a Nollywood-inspired Agriculture reality show, Corporate Farmers TV reality show, to make farming attractive to Nigerian youths. According to the Producer, Kunle Agboola, who represents Corporate Farmers International Limited (CFIL), the concept of the show was developed by CFIL and IITA and will be shot within the IITA facility in Ibadan. Agboola explained that the 45 minutes, 62-day pre-recorded show will celebrate all contestants and also give awards to youths, non-governmental organisations and industries practicing and promoting agriculture in the country. “The show will be in the mode of Idol Africa, Fame Project, Gu...

http://ift.tt/2nQvhKt Ernest Onuoha “And Enoch walked with God and he was not, for God took him,” (Gen. 5:24). In this meditation, we are confronted with a Bible character in the person of Enoch. The Bible says: “He walked with God and he was not for God took him.” Enoch was an ordinary man with all the same problems and burdens we carry. He was not a hermit, according to David Walker, hidden away in the wilderness cave. He was involved in life with a wife, children, obligations and undertook all his responsibilities. He cared for his family, he worked, ministered and occupied, but he was not earthbound. None of the demands of this life could keep him from walking with God. However, in our time, we see people who are burdened and weighed down. Within the week they are something else. They lust, steal, fight, quarrel and engage in all forms of ungodly acts. They tend to forget what is written in 1 John 2:15, which says “do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone l...