Saturday 31 January 2015

NigerianEye: “I support Jonathan because he believes in Nigeria’s unity — IBB opens up” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I support Jonathan because he believes in Nigeria’s unity — IBB opens up” plus 29 more


I support Jonathan because he believes in Nigeria’s unity — IBB opens up

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:28 PM PST

In this interview, former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, clarifies his position on his statement suggesting that he is in support of the re-election bid of President Goodluck...

REVEALED: Parties pay supporters N2,000 each to attend rallies

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:29 PM PST

A ;arge percentage of the crowd that turn up at election campaign rallies held by political parties for the forthcoming general elections is rented; according to investigations by Punch...

Jonathan will defeat Buhari in the North - PDP boasts

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:29 PM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its Presidential flagbearer, President Goodluck Jonathan will beat the APC candidate, retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, fair and square in the north,...

Meet Nigerian transgender man who used to be a woman

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:30 PM PST

He used to be a woman. Born in Lagos Nigeria. Now living in the US as Rizi Xavier Timane, a man. In an interview with Ebony, he reflects on his journey to living his truth, and the burden...

Iran offers to help fight Boko Haram

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:30 PM PST

Iran on Saturday announced plans to assist in the fight against Boko Haram, as part of its contribution for global peace. The country's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Amir Hossein Abdollohian made...

Police chase pro-Buhari crowd out of stadium during Jonathan's rally

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:30 PM PST

The police and other security operatives on Saturday chased out pro-Buhari supporters at the Kaduna rally for the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan. The...

Jonathan's campaign team hits Kaduna, greeted with low turn out

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:31 PM PST

The presidential campaign rally of President Goodluck Jonathan at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Saturday took place inside an almost empty stadium, as the President rounded off his re-election...

Don’t boycott presidential debates, NEDG appeals to APC

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:40 PM PST

The Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential campaign organization not to boycott the debates being organized by the group for the...

Chicago man eats 444 chicken wings in 30 mins

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:39 PM PST

A professional competitive eater from Chicago downed 444 chicken wings in 30 minutes at the 23rd annual Wing Bowl in Philadelphia, narrowly edging out his nearest rival and shattering the record of...

PDP will not rig elections, says David Mark

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:36 PM PST

Senate President David Mark has said the Federal Government under President Goodluck Jonathan was determined to ensure free and fair elections in the country. He stated this at the Peoples...

Buhari was stoned in Lagos, Obanikoro insists

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:34 PM PST

Musiliu Obanikoro, the immediate past Minister of State for Defence, on Saturday insisted that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC], Muhammadu Buhari, was stoned in Lagos...

ISIL kills second Japanese hostage

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:24 PM PST

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has released a video purportedly showing the killing of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, a monitoring service has said. The video released online by the armed...

Oil marketers keep kerosene price high despite fall in global market

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:09 PM PST

Despite falling oil prices and the declining cost of Dual Purpose Kerosene in the global market, oil marketers in the country have reinforced their cartel with the motive to maintain the high price...

Nigerian military guilty of rights violations — HRW

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:07 PM PST

The international rights group, Human Rights Watch, has alleged in its latest report released on Friday that the Nigerian military is guilty of rights abuses against people suspected to be Boko Haram...

Why Afenifere endorsed Jonathan for second term — Adebanjo

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:03 PM PST

A leader of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said the group endorsed the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan based on its conviction that he...

Ohanaeze, MASSOB, OPC back Niger Delta militants

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:00 PM PST

Despite widespread condemnation of the war threat by some Niger Delta militants if President Goodluck Jonathan loses the February 14 presidential election, some socio-political and cultural groups in...

Happy New Month

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:56 PM PST

We at NigerianEye wish our readers a Month filled with Love, favor, success and of course peaceful Elections.

Chelsea draw Manchester City 1-1

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:26 PM PST

Spanish midfielder David Silva equalised as Manchester City prevented Chelsea pulling eight points clear at the Premier League summit in a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.Loic...

Thousands welcome Buhari in Kwara

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:20 AM PST

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen Muhammadu Buhari and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo arrived Metropolitan Square, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital about 1.32pm...

AFCON: DR Congo come from behind to reach Semi-Final

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:35 AM PST

DR Congo ended the fairytale run of neighbours Congo Brazzaville on Saturday when they came from behind to win 4-2 and qualify for the semi-finals of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Congo, who were...

Pro-PDP supporters urge Buhari to participate in presidential debate

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:21 AM PST

Hundreds of pro-PDP supporters took to Twitter urging the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC and a former Head of State , Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) to participate...

I willl make ‎ Badagry the industrial hub of West Africa — Agbaje

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:16 AM PST

The of governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Saturday promised to make Badagry the industrial hub of West Africa. Agbaje, who said this at a rally in Badagry, lamented...

Romney drops out of 2016 US presidential race

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:07 AM PST

Former United States Republican party presidential candidate Mitt Romney, after a three-week flirtation with another run for president, has definitively said that he will not seek the White House in...

I’ll overhaul Nigeria’s economy, says Buhari

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:05 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, General Muhammad Buhari (rtd), on Saturday pledged to overhaul the economy of the country for a better Nigeria, if elected President on 14...

Heavy snow in Germany disrupts traffic, causes accidents

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:03 AM PST

Heavy snow in parts of southern German state of Bavaria since Friday have caused traffic accidents and forced schools to close, according to local fire brigade and media reports. Five people were...

Newcastle thrash Hull to give Carver first win

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:01 AM PST

John Carver finally enjoyed his first win as Newcastle manager as the Magpies cruised to a 3-0 success at struggling Hull on Saturday.Carver had gone four matches without a victory since taking over...

'Jonathan will surely defeat Buhari' - Fayose tells America

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:58 AM PST

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has boasted that the Peoples Democratic Party's candidate in the February 14 presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan, will win the election...

Presidential debate: APC is protecting Buhari from bashing, says PDP

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:57 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of unnecessarily shielding its Presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari from an open debate.APC announced...

Sturridge scores on comeback as Liverpool beat W’Ham 2-0

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:55 AM PST

Daniel Sturridge scored on his comeback from injury as Liverpool made it five wins in six Premier League games with victory over West Ham United. Raheem Sterling struck for the eighth time this...

YABATECH declares 22-day holiday for elections

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:53 AM PST

The Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, has directed its full-time and part-time students to proceed on a 22-day holiday to enable them to exercise their civic rights during next month's general...

You Are God’s Masterpiece

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“We are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10 NLT)

The reason you have value is because of what God says about you, not because of what other people say about you.

Many people lack self-esteem. They don’t feel good about themselves because they’re always trying to pump themselves up by the kind of clothes they wear, the kind of car they drive, and the things they say. They’re always trying to pump themselves up to make them feel better about themselves because they really don’t accept themselves — which is rebellion against God.

If God wanted you to be somebody else, you wouldn’t exist. But he wanted you! He made you to be you. Real self-esteem comes from three facts:

  1. God created you.
  2. Jesus died for you.
  3. God’s Spirit lives in you.

The Bible says, “We are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago” (Ephesians 2:10 NLT). The New Testament was written originally in Greek. The Greek word for “masterpiece” is “poema.” It’s the word we get “poem” from. God says, “You’re my poem. You’re my masterpiece. I don’t want you copying somebody else. I’ve put gifts in you — heart, abilities, personality, and experiences — and I want you to use them.” You have worth because of what God says about you and has done for you.

You’re not just wanted; you’re needed! The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, “There are different spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, and yet the same Lord is served. There are different types of work to do, but the same God produces every gift in every person” (GW).

You are needed. You’re needed in your church. You are needed in your community. You are needed in this world. If you weren’t needed, God would not have made you. He didn’t create you to just sit and soak and sour. He brought you here to make a contribution with your life. And everybody is needed.

There are no little people in the family of God. Every part is necessary. Do you know what the most important light is in my house? It’s not the big chandelier in the dining room. It’s the little dinky light I turn on every night so that when I get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, I don’t stub my toe.

Every role is important. You are important. You have value because God said so and because he paid such a large ransom for your life when he sent his Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for you.

Talk It Over

  • What is your role in your church? Your community? In the world? How are you fulfilling it?
  • In what ways have you been trying to boost your self-esteem?

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Friday 30 January 2015

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Lagos cancels monthly sanitation for PVCs” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Lagos cancels monthly sanitation for PVCs” plus 29 more


BREAKING: Lagos cancels monthly sanitation for PVCs

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:08 PM PST

The Lagos State Government has announced the cancellation of the environmental sanitation exercise scheduled to take place on Saturday, 31 January, 2015. The monthly environmental sanitation...

Nigerian military arrest generals and senior officers following the fall of Baga to Boko Haram terrorists

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:22 PM PST

The authorities of the Nigerian military have arrested senior Army personnel on attachment to the Multi National Joint Task Force. Those arrested and placed under movement restriction are a Brig....

Jonathan to appoint 7 new ministers; Obanikoro, 6 others make new ministerial list

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:22 PM PST

The controversial former minister of state for defence Musiliu Obanikoro, who after losing out in the Lagos PDP Governorship Primaries started a serious trouble for the PDP claiming the Primaries is...

REVEALED: Boko Haram occupying 130 villages and towns in Nigeria

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:23 PM PST

Boko Haram is occupying more than 130 villages and towns in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The sect killed an estimated 3,750 last year, the global rights body...

2015 ELECTIONS: Jehovah’s Witness Asks Members Not To Vote

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:23 PM PST

As Nigerians prepare to elect new leaders that will run the affairs of the country in the next four years, members of Jehovah's Witness have been banned from participating in the electoral process...

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: APC shielding Buhari’s intellectual laziness – Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:24 PM PST

Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation said in Abuja on Friday that the decision by the All Progressives Congress not to participate in the presidential debate being organised by...

If Jonathan loses, Nigeria will break - Tompolo

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:24 PM PST

Former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo) has restated the resolve of the Niger Delta warlords to make Nigeria ungovernable if...

PDP warns Asari Dokubo, Tompolo: 'Jonathan is the president of Nigeria, not Ijaw President'

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:24 PM PST

Peoples Democratic Party has warned some ex-militants who have been threatening violence if President Goodluck Jonathan loses the February 14 presidential election to desist from such act. The party...

NEW VIDEO: Davido – The Sound ft. Uhuru, DJ Buckz

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:41 PM PST

Davido drops his first single and video of 2015 titled The Sound. The hit maker features South African artistes Uhuru and DJ Buckz in the video that was shot in Dubai last year. Check out the new...

Islamic Movement slams AIT, NTA campaign of falsehood

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:20 PM PST

The Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has protested the campaign of calumny and blackmail by Nigeria television stations, AIT and NTA, describing it as malicious and unprofessional.In...

Bauchi bans transportation of more than one passenger on Okadas

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:17 PM PST

The Bauchi State Government has banned the transportation of more than one passenger on private or commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada. The ban was was contained in a statement by the...

47 die in Taraba, Benue fresh violence

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:12 PM PST

About 47 people have been killed in fresh violence in Taraba and Benue states. Many other people were also injured in the attack. In Taraba State, 27 were killed a fresh violence at Nwonko village...

Hoodlums snatch over 14,000 PVCs in Rivers

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:09 PM PST

Ahead of the 2015 general elections in Rivers State, more than 14,000 Permanent Voter Cards have been snatched from officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state. The...

APC responds to Obanikoro - 'Buhari not stoned in Lagos '

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:08 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress has denied a report by the immediate past Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, that the party's presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was...

REVEALED: I sacrificed my presidential ambition for Buhari – Tinubu

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:06 PM PST

A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday said he sacrificed his presidential ambition for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu stated this while...

WATCH VIDEO: D’banj reveals the rest of "The Truth" (PART 2)

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 08:03 PM PST

After the explosive revelations earlier this week on Part 1 of D'Banj's video interview with Olisa Adibua on "THE TRUTH With Olisa"- Olisa.Tv now brings you the remaining (Part 2) of the interview -...

IN PICTURES: Thousands throng APC presidential rally venue in Lagos

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:33 AM PST

Thousands of members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday thronged the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, for the party's presidential campaign rally. The party...

IN PICTURES: Thousands come out to support Jonathan in Calabar

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:33 AM PST

President Jonathan and his campaign team this afternoon stormed Calabar, Cross River State for re-election rally. Residents came out in large numbers for the rally. More pictures...

ELECTIONS: Catholic church urges Nigerians to stockpile foods, others

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:46 AM PST

The Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja expressed fears of possible outbreak of violence in the forthcoming general elections with a call on citizens in volatile places to...

Governor Imoke promises 1.1m votes for Jonathan

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:22 AM PST

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross Rivers has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that the state would give him 1.1 million votes in the February 14 poll. Imoke made the promise on Friday during the...

APC condemns alleged plan to use sponsored protests to force election postponement

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:17 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the reported plan by the advocates of the postponement of next month's general elections to sponsor protests across the country against INEC...

Bomb attack at mosque kills nearly 50

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:14 AM PST

A powerful bomb tore through a busy Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan on Friday, killing close to 50 people in the country's deadliest sectarian attack in nearly two years.' The blast hit the...

Guinea dedicates AFCON progress to victims of Ebola

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:11 AM PST

Domany Dore, Guinea Sports Minister, on Thursday night in Dakar, after the national team reached Afcon's last eight by the luck of the draw, dedicated their progress to the victims of...

Court declares APC candidate winner of Niger senatorial election

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:09 AM PST

Justice Ibrahim Bako of the Niger State High Court in Minna has declared David Umoru of APC winner of Niger East Senatorial Zone seat, to replace PDP's Nuhu Zagbayi.

Czech arms dealer to sell weapons to Nigeria

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:07 AM PST

Czech arms dealer Excalibur Group will sell weapons to Nigeria's government forces for fighting with the militant group Boko Haram, local media reported on Friday. Excalibur Group's spokesman...

Nigerian court frees jailed Lebanese who was sentenced to life imprisonment over illegal Kano arms

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:05 AM PST

The Supreme Court on Friday set free a Lebanese, Talal Roda, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court, Abuja for conspiracy and illegal storage of firearms. Roda was the only...

Police kill Delta ATM robber

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:02 AM PST

The Delta State Police Command on Friday said a suspected armed robber, who along with three of his colleagues, forced a victim to withdraw money for them at gunpoint at an ATM point, has died as a...

Ekiti herbalists endorse Jonathan

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST

National Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Ekiti State has warned politicians against bloodshed in the coming elections. The association appealed to clerics to stop...

Bauchi Bans Cross-border Movement of Poultry Foods

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:09 AM PST

Bauchi State Government says it has banned the movement of poultry products into the state from states battling with the outbreak of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). Desk Officer, State Avian Influenza...

Diego Costa To Miss Man City Clash After Been Handed A Three Matches

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 07:04 AM PST

Diego Costa will miss Chelsea's next three domestic games, after the failing with his appeal against the violent conduct charge from the Football Association.The Spain international appeared to stamp...