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This tithe issues has really thrown most Nigerian pastors benefiting from it into chaos. Bishop David Oyedepo, founder, Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Thursday explained why it is important for Christians to pay tithe. Oyedepo said tithing opens the windows of heaven and ensures divine blessings for Christians, stressing that those who don’t tithe are permanently beggars. He said this while addressing members of Dunamis International Gospel Center in Abuja and monitored by DAILY POST. According to Oyedepo,; “If you don’t pay tithe you are permanently a beggar. “I’m permanently under an open heaven. Every seed you give to God returns but only tithe secures your destiny.Its tithing that secures your blessing. “Through the mystery of tithing you don’t run out of divine ideas. Tithing opens the windows of heaven and pours you quick understandings.”

Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says that diabetes only kills those who are careless about its treatment. Obasanjo made the statement on Friday in Abeokuta when he led hundreds of people on a road walk to sensitise the populace on the disease and how to manage it. The road walk was organised by the South West Zone of the Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) in collaboration with the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), to mark the 2017 World Diabetes Day. The two kilometre walk which began at the OOPL, passed through MKO Abiola Way with 15 minutes stop-over at the premises of Sunny Yinka Oil before terminating at the take-off point. The former president was joined on the walk by the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, Commissioner for Health in Ogun, Dr Babatunde Ipaye and Chief Executive Officer of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation, Dr Olalekan Makinde According to Obasanjo, if a person with diabetes takes care of himself, he will discover that “

Pope Francis on Friday said people spreading anti-migrants propaganda “are sowing violence, racial discrimination and xenophobia” and called for global agreements on protection of refugees. Francis, who stressed the need for the rights of migrants and other destitute several times, made a fresh appeal for them in a message released ahead of the World Day of Peace. The Catholic Church celebrates World Day of Peace on New Year’s Day. He said “those, who, for what may be political reasons, foment fear of migrants instead of building peace are sowing violence, racial discrimination and xenophobia. “These are matters of great concern for all those concerned about the safety of every human being. “All indicators available to the international community suggest that global migration will continue for the future. Some consider this a threat. “For my part, I ask you to view it with confidence as an opportunity to build peace.” He suggested that the UN could “draft and approve t

 Emmerson Mnangagwa, has been sworn in as the third President of Zimbabwe. Mnangagwa was until recently one of Mugabe’s closest allies. The 75 year old took salutes and pledges of allegiance from the country’s military and security chiefs at Harare’s national stadium.. See photos…

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has ruled out  automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election in the party. Tinubu said that the party would stick to  democratic process  in choosing who would fly the flag of the party. An online news platform, New Edition, reported that Tinubu spoke on Wednesday  when he spoke with journalists in Akure, Ondo State. The respected politician had earlier met with the leadership of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. His position position is line with that of the Chairman of APC governors forum, Chief Rochas Okoro acha, contradicts that of some state governors of the APC who said they had approved Buhari to run for the 2019 election. The meeting was held at the residence of the leader of the group, Chief Reuben Fasoranti. His words:  “No governors can appropriate the power of endorsement to themselves. Buhari is a believer in due process. “The Buhari I

Norbert Chikerema has been sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of murdering his wife Norbert Chikerema has been jailed for life after he was found guilty of murdering his wife and dumping her body in a supermarket car park, according to the  Birmingham Mail. Chikerema, 42 was told by the Birmingham Crown Court he would serve a minimum of 22 years after he struck Nyasha Kahari, a mother of four, at least 40 times with numerous weapons, including an axe, before driving her body to Lidl in Tile Cross. The court heard previously that Chikerema and his wife, also known as Gillian, ran a nursing home business and that he believed she was seeing another man. On January 29 this year they visited a number of addresses, leaving the last one at 11pm and shortly afterwards the defendant attacked his wife. She had been sitting in the front seat of their Nissan and he used an axe to strike his wife over and over again aiming principally at the head and neck. Stephen

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, on Friday reacted to report of ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar dumping the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The two-time Minister commended the Waziri of Adamawa, saying it took courage to take such bold step. Fani-Kayode, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, also welcomed to former Vice President back to the fold of the PDP. In a tweet via his handle, Fani-Kayode wrote: “Congrats to @atiku for dumping the plague called APC and coming back home to the PDP family.“It took courage to take that bold step and I commend him for it.” Abubakar had earlier in a statement resigned from the ruling APC.His resignation was contained in a statement he personally signed on Friday. See more tweets below

Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, his media aide Paul Ibe said on Friday. Ibe, however, did not state which party the former vice president would join. However, in a statement on Friday, Atiku alleged that the APC had derailed from the principles that made him join the party on February 2, 2015. “While other parties have purged themselves of the arbitrariness and unconstitutionality that led to fractionalization, the All Progressives Congress has adopted those same practices and even gone beyond them to institute a regime of a draconian clampdown on all forms of democracy within the party and the government it produced,” Atiku said in a statement. He also, tacitly, acknowledged the existence of a frosty relationship with the leadership of the party and President Muhammadu Buhari, using a controversial leaked memo sent to Buhari by the governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai as reference. “Only last year, a govern