✝️📗DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL Date: 2023-May-18 (Ascension Day) 🎯TOPIC: HE WAS TAKEN UP 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/BzrhqjhQUmk ✝️ TEXT: Luke 24:49-53(NKJV) 24:49. “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.” 24:50. And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 24:51. Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. 24:52. And they worshiped Him, and returned…
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, said the All Progressives Congress would have succeeded in moving Nigeria forward if it had chosen Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as its candidate. Obi said this while exchanging pleasantries with some guests at Dele Momodu’s 63rd birthday in London. In the 52-second video that went viral on social media platforms, the former Anambra State governor said he had one time confronted the leadership of APC that if they wanted Nigeria to work as a progressive country, they should have just given Osinbajo the party’s…
President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday expressed condolences on the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. “I was very sad hearing about the killing of the embassy staff and our policemen accompanying them. In this difficult time for the families of those killed, the American Embassy and the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, I extend the nation’s condolences over the very sad incident,” he said. President Buhari has equally been briefed about the tragic killing of several persons in Bwoi District…
China on Wednesday slammed a comedy company with a 14.7 million Yuan ($ 2.13 million) penalty, accusing it of “harming society’’ after a military joke made by one of its comedians drew public criticism. The Beijing arm of China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism Bureau said it would fine Shanghai Xiaoguo Culture Media Co 13.35 million Yuan. It said that it would also confiscate 1.35 million Yuan in “illegal gains’’ from the firm after discovering that a recent show by Li Haoshi, who performs under the name House, had breached rules. The incident had strongly divided the Chinese public over…
In a power twist, the Federal Government commenced the payment of salary arrears to lecturers in the departments of Basic Medical Sciences, Basic Clinical Sciences and Medicine across some federal universities. The lecturers are under the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics, one of the two splinter groups licensed by the government to reduce the influence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The government had in 2022 implemented a no-work-no-pay rule against lecturers for seven months due to the strike embarked upon by the ASUU. Efforts to get the government to pay the lecturers the withheld salaries for…
The United States of America has said that none of its citizens was affected in the Tuesday Anambra attack on its Consulate staff convoy. News correspondent report that four staff members of the United States Embassy in Nigeria were shot dead in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state following an attack on their vehicle on Tuesday. It was gathered that the convoy of embassy officials who were on a humanitarian mission in the state came under fire while they were passing through the area. This was disclosed by the US National Security Council Spokesperson, John Kirby Kirby said,…
The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to Friday, May 19, 2023, the pre-hearing of the petition against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The court headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani fixed the date, following the failure of parties in the petition to agree on documents among other reasons. Details shortly… Punch
The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, on the matter of the alleged fraud against a serving legislator from Katsina, has postponed hearing of the case and delivery of judgment to June 15 and 16 respectively. Mansur Ali Mashi, a member of the House of Representatives who represents the Federal Constituency of Mashi Dutsi, is charged in the case initiated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with allegedly securing a loan through fraudulent means. The EFCC told the court that Mashi acquired N212,439,552 from Sterling Bank using fake companies. The offence, the anti-graft agency informed violates Section 15(1)(b) and…
Phillips Consulting Limited has urged both public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy to rethink employee experience and retention in a bid to tackle the mass exodus of skilled professionals out of the country, in a phenomenon popularly called japa. The firm issued this advice in its new report titled ‘Talent Management, A New World Order: Shifting Paradigms,’ which was released at the Human Resources Directors Network quarterly Meetup of the firm. The event centred on the theme of Reimagining Talent Experience and Retention and it featured top executives engaging in discussions and presenting innovative solutions to navigate Nigeria’s…
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles, on Tuesday night, held Colombia to a 3-3 draw in their final warm-up game to the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia increased their chances nine minutes after they had gone behind on 20 minutes with Abel Ogwuche conceding an own goal. Flying Eagles Jude Sunday came through for the Nigerian team barely six minutes before halftime. However, Ladan Bosso’s side retained their two-goal lead immediately after restarting with Yaser Asprilla finding the net while Mohammed Beji of the Flying Eagles scored in the 65th minute. Nigeria was able to equalise the match through Emmanuel Umeh’s goal. The…