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Egypt’s President Vows To Protect Christians At All Cost Pope Tawadros II (L) led a midnight mass attended by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) As Coptic Christians celebrated Christmas Tuesday, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi commemorated the ties between the Christian minority and Muslims in the Muslim-majority country, saying it has protected them from sectarian strife experienced by its neighbors. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi vowed to protect Egypt’s Coptic Christians, saying that assaults against them is unacceptable. President el-Sisi, who is a practicing Muslim, appeared at the Coptic Christmas Eve Mass on Monday in the nation’s largest church, Nativity of the Christ Cathedral. Last year,  Coptic Christians celebrated the opening of the cathedral  as a “gift” from el-Sisi in the new administrative capital east of Cairo, which he declared as a “message of peace and love to the world.” “God saw fit for us to live in difficult circumstances,” he to

Lagos Discharges 42 More COVID-19 Patients Utee Blogger Updated May 8, 2020 A file photo of Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. T he Lagos state government says it has discharged an additional 42 coronavirus patients from its isolation facilities after they tested negative twice for the virus. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Friday, according to a tweet by his spokesman, Gboyega Akosile. This brings the number of COVID-19 cases successfully managed in the state to 448. As of Thursday evening, Lagos had recorded 1,491 COVID-19 cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Of the 42, 22 are male and 20 females. All newly discharged patients are Nigerians. According to the Governor, 32 of the patients were discharged from Eti-Osa (Landmark) isolation center, eight from Lekki and two from Onikan.

Nigeria Records 386 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 3,912. Utee Blogger Updated May 8, 2020 2K 16 A graphic created by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on May 8, 2020, showing the nation’s COVID-19 statistics. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 386 new COVID-19 cases in the country, taking Nigeria’s total cases to 3,912. This is the highest number of new cases recorded in a day. Of the 386, the NCDC said in a tweet, 176 were reported in Lagos, 65 in Kano, 31 in Katsina, 20 in the FCT, and 17 in Borno. NCDC ✔ @NCDCgov 386 new cases of #COVID19; 176-Lagos 65-Kano 31-Katsina 20-FCT 17-Borno 15-Bauchi 14-Nasarawa 13-Ogun 10-Plateau 4-Oyo 4-Sokoto 4-Rivers 3-Kaduna 2-Edo 2-Ebonyi 2-Ondo 1-Enugu 1-Imo 1-Gombe 1-Osun 3912 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 679 Deaths: 117 8,981 11:35 PM - May 8, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 11.2K people are talking about this

Radical Islamic Leader tries To Kill Pastor’s Family But Jesus Appears, Today He Is An Evangelist Jesus can transform the heart of even the most rabid anti-Christian Muslim extremist, turning him from a man who wanted to kill Christians into a believer whose life is dedicated to spreading the Word of God. Assist News Service recently featured the story of Al-Rashid, the commander of a fanatical Islamic group in the Middle East whose mission was to subjugate all non-Muslim people. When Al-Rashid learned that Muslims in his territory were converting to Christianity and spreading the Gospel, he formed a special task force to hunt down and kill the Christian missionaries responsible for this. Rashid later found out that a former Muslim, now known as Pastor Paul, was the one leading the Christian missionaries in their area. He learned that Pastor Paul and his team were distributing Bibles in many languages and forming underground house churches, according to  Utee

Sinach Hits No 1 On Billboard USA Christian Songs For 7 Weeks Sinach Award winning Nigerian Gospel musician, Osinachi Joseph (nee Kalu) , popularly known as Sinach has top the list of Billboard USA Christian songs for seven weeks now. Sinach  who took to her Facebook to make the announcement expressed her gratitude to God, while also revealing that this is the first time a black from Africa is toping the list. She wrote : So apparently We have been No 1 on billboard USA for Christian song writer for 7 weeks !! Look at God!! First Black person 😳😳😳😳😳😳 First from Africa … So grateful to God!! Thank you @billboard #loveworld❤️ @joe_egbu 💕💕 @integritymusic #speedoftheHiolyGhost sponsoredbygrace #sinach #waymaker The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States. The B

Pray For Yobe As Over 155 Persons Die Within Six Days. Within Six Days Just like a recent case reported in Kano state where over 600 deaths were recorded in less than a week, Yobe state is recording series of deaths over suspected Coronavirus symptoms, sources said. The deaths, which have caused panic among residents of the state, is similar to the situation experienced in Kano  recently where people in large numbers died consistently for several days to what had now been confirmed by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to be the virus, according to Sahara reporters. Meanwhile, instead of addressing the challenges his state was facing, Governor Mai Mala Buni is reported to have been away in Abuja where he spends more than 80 per cent of his time since being elected into office. Pray for Yobe citizens as they fight through the fears over the increasing deaths in the state.

Bishop TD Jakes Says Using Faith To Flout Social Distancing Precautions Is ‘Foolishness,’ ‘Dumb’ Bishop TD Jakes Bishop T.D. Jakes  has opened up about Christians who flout social distancing guidelines as a demonstration of how their faith will protect them from the coronavirus, describing such acts as “foolishness” and “dumb.” “I believe in faith, I believe in God, I believe in the Bible, I believe in the Word of God, but I also believe in common sense,” said The Potter’s House Bishop, in a Facebook Live   broadcast Sunday. “When the Bible said Jesus was tempted in the wilderness for 40 days and Satan said, ‘if though be the Son of God cast yourself off of this mountain for it is written that the angels will bear you up,’ Jesus did not throw Himself off the mountain just to see if angels would catch Him. That’s not faith, that’s foolishness,” Jakes continued in response to some Christians who think people of faith shouldn’t be restrained by state lockdowns in resp

COVID-19: Over 4,000 Nigerians Need Evacuation Across The World. Utee Blogger  Updated May 6, 2020 A file photo of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffery Onyeama says there are over four thousand (4,000) Nigerians from across the world needing evacuation in the face of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Onyeama made the remarks while fielding questions from journalists at the daily news briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) in Abuja. He, however, noted that the lack of bed spaces to isolate the evacuees is the major challenge that the government is grappling with. Although the minister had told journalists last week that the first set of evacuees from the United Arab Emirate will arrive the country on May 4th, he explained that measures are being put in place to see that the evacuation exercise commences latest on Wednesday 6th of May. He noted that the government was in the proces

No Medication Has Been Confirmed Effective And Licenced For COVID-19, Says PTF Coordinator. Utee Blogger   Updated May 6, 2020 The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, has said no medication has been licenced for treating COVID-19 patients in the country. Dr Aliyu stated this on Wednesday while appearing on Channels Television’s breakfast show,  Sunrise Daily . The PTF coordinator, who was debunking reports that some drugs and local herbs are available as cure for COVID-19, insisted that no medication has been confirmed for the disease. “I must make it very clear at the moment, there is no medication that has been confirmed to be effective and licenced for COVID-19 infection, None,” Dr Aliyu said. He, however, noted that the United States of America had given temporal approval for the use of an anti-viral drug called Remdesivir for a clinical trial in the quest to find a cure for the pandemi

BREAKING: Chartered Plane Conveying Nigerians To Lagos From Dubai Makes U-Turn. Utee Blogger Updated May 6, 2020 A chartered plane conveying Nigerian returnees from the United Arab Emirates has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman reportedly went into labour. The Chairman of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa confirmed this to Channels TV. The plane, which was scheduled to arrive at 3 pm is now expected to land at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7 pm. After weeks of delay, the first batch of Nigerians stuck abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic were expected in the country today. The Emirates flight is expected to be the first of at least two other flights scheduled to evacuate Nigerians within the next few days. According to the foreign ministry, discussions are ongoing with British Airways to airlift 300 Nigerians from London on Friday; arrangements are also being made with Ethiopian airlines for a flight fr

Ogun Govt Denies Death Of 25-Year-Old In Isolation Centre. Utee Blogger Updated May 5, 2020 A health worker helps his colleague with his PPE during a community testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV The Ogun State Government has denied the video of a 25-year old young man who purportedly died at an isolation centre in the state. In a statement on Monday, the Commissioner for Health in Ogun, Dr Tomi Coker, condemned the reckless act of filming a dying patient. She, however, stressed that there was no 25-year-old male admitted into any of the isolation centres in the state. Coker added that the arrangement in the state wards was spacious enough to meet the social distancing regulation stipulated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), contrary to the space displayed in the said video. She explained that the logo of a commercial bank on the cabinet showing that it was donated by the said bank was proof t

Assistant Police Commissioner Dies In Kano. Utee Blogger Updated May 5, 2020 Nigerian Mobile Police Commander (MOPOL 9) and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Atiku Nagodi is dead. The commander of MOPOL 9 which is domiciled at Hotoro, Nassarawa local government area of Kano state died on Monday after a protracted illness at his residence. Kano Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa confirmed the death to our Correspondent Idris Jibrin. He said the late MOPOL Commander served in many police formations before his deployment as MOPOL 9 Commander, where he was until his death. DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa said funeral prayers were observed at the residence of the deceased on BUK road and he was buried later in the day. Haruna stressed,  “He did not die of corona virus.he died after protracted illness” . The late MOPOL Commander is survived by a wife and children.