Apostle Suleman To Christians: Shun Critics, Appreciate Pastors

Pastors are sent to watch over the souls of their flocks. And to teach them how to follow Christ.

 

 

 

 

Many a times, people forget that pastors are humans just like the rest of their fellows. Although they are held in higher standard, like humans that they are, they feel discouraged at times when through pointless criticisms they are pushed to think they are not doing enough even when they are doing more than they should.

 

 

 

 

Servant of God and senior pastor at Omega Fire Ministries (OFM), Apostle (Prof.) Johnson Suleman, lectured in one of his recent services how men of God expend their time and energy and nearly become worn out working for God yet no one seems to see them working and no one appreciates all they do. The servant of God therefore requests of Christians to let men of God know how much they care for and appreciate them.

 

 

 

 

Apostle Suleman teaches that “the greatest gift one can give to his/her pastor is to lift him/her up by publicly appreciating his/ her work and in prayer.

 

 

 

 

“Most of you are in the social media,” he begun; “when you get home after the service, post a message on the social media; Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, to appreciate men of God all over the world for the wonderful work they are doing for God. Encourage pastors all over the world. Don’t put any pastor’s name; just post the message to appreciate all of them.  In the message, tell them, ‘no matter the criticisms, there are people that love you. We are part of those people that love you’. Tell them that ‘we love you; nothing, nobody can change our minds’. Nigerian pastors, African pastors, pastors all over the world, tell them ‘we love you’. Tell them ‘we don’t care what enemies are doing, we love you, we appreciate you’.

 

 

 

 

Post the message, send the message. Flood the internet with the message. Post and tell your friends to repost; use these last days of September to appreciate pastors all over the world. Tell them ‘be encouraged, don’t be discouraged, keep moving on’.”

 

 

 

 

According to the ‘Oracle of God’, God has blessed the world with pastors after His own heart; therefore they should be prayed for to serve with joy and not burden.

 

 

 

 

“Pastors have difficult jobs. They must serve the church family and their own family. It really takes a special breed to balance the two. Yet they are attacked without reason. It is a must to appreciate your pastor; give him joy and you will receive joy,” concludes the servant of God.

APC Crisis: "We'll Partner To Return Ambode To Power" ...Olisa Agbakoba

The People's Trust, PT, a new mega party nationally led by legal icon and human rights advocate, Dr Olisa Agbakoba SAN and the son of former Prime minister, Dr Abduljalil Tafawa Balewa, leading 30 other political parties in Lagos State has offered its 2019 Governorship ticket to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who is currently embattled by factional politics of Lagos All Progressive Party, APC

Peoples Trust, a new mega party recently adopted by Nigeria Intervention Movement, NIM, a platform popularly acclaimed as the biggest political movement of fresh breed leaders of the third force movement in the country, in a statement issued on Friday in Lagos, by its Protem State Publicity Secretary, Dr Segun Awe Obe at the end of the elections of its new state executives, said Ambode should be encouraged to consolidate the great  development he has started in Lagos

The statement reads "Ambode has proved to be a wizard of development in Lagos, therefore should not be sacrificed on the alter of political intrigues and interests within Lagos APC. So, we as the platform of the fresh breed credible third force stakeholders in Nigeria have mobilised 30 other political parties in our grand coalition d to engage him for the purpose of fielding him in the 2019 if APC in Lagos rejects him"
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"The People's Trust, a product of the political longsuffering of the Nigerian Youths and masses with over 500 thousands permanent voters carders, PVC's of its members in Lagos is set to adopt Ambode as its governorship candidate in Lagos if the Tinubu led camp of APC rejects him

"For us in the Lagos People's Trust, Ambode is a fresh breed industrious and resourceful Governor, who has since changed the face of Lagos within the shortest possible time and should be encouraged to complete his second term in the interest of the welfare of the people of Lagos, which he has started' to do"

The new Lagos Exco of PT is made up of Lady Omowunmi Bajulaiye as Chairperson, Mr Ireti Duduyemi, Secretary, Dr Segun Awe Obe, Publicity Secretary among others elected at the meeting, where the party vowed to take over Lagos in 2019

"I Don't Trust Buhari To Leave Power If He Loses" ...Atiku

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being undemocratic despite coming to power in 2015 through a democratic process.

Atiku stated this on Thursday when he visited Kogi State delegates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

The presidential aspirant noted that Nigerians are presently suffering under the All Progressive Congress-led Federal Government.

“I will continue to express my reservations on the willingness of President Buhari to hand over power. I have a simple and straight explanation for this. When Buhari took over power in 1983, they asked him of his transition to civil rule, then he responded, he doesn’t have.

Expressing fears that Buhari may not relinquish power in 2019 if he loses to the opposition, Atiku said:

“My stand is that one, he is not a democrat. Secondly, he is only using democracy to go back to power. If he loses election in 2019, he must hand over power” Atiku averred.

AIT Barred From Covering Presidency

Security advisers of the President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Monday barred the television crew of the African Independent Television from covering the activities of their principal until further notice.  

It was gathered that the security team cited adverse security reports and ethical issues as reasons for their action.

Members of the AIT crew, who were at Defence House meeting between the President-elect and a visiting Cuban delegation, led by its Ambassador to Nigeria, were asked to leave the vicinity until further notice.

The crew, who did not speak on record, insisted they would remain and continue to do their jobs because they had yet to be “formally informed.”

“Yes, we were told but we cannot just leave; we have a job to do. In any case, we have not been officially informed about what we have done wrong,” one of them said.

Director of Press of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed the development.

He said concerns over security and the need to sort out some ethical issues were responsible for the ac

tion.

Shehu said, “AIT has been asked to stay aside based on security and family concerns. In addition, General Buhari has decided that they will have to resolve some issues relating to issues of standard and ethics.

“We will be talking with them to try and resolve the matter but for now, the station has been asked to stay aside because, like I said, there are some family and security concerns.

“They have been asked to step down their coverage until we resolve the matter with them on ethics and standards.”

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Dangote’s New Flour Product Thrills Bakers

The newly launched All Purpose Flour by the Dangote Flour Mills has tremendously excited distributors and bakers, as they call it “finest and best performing flour.” 

 Bakers expressed their excitement on the affordability and multipurpose brand during the launch on Thursday in Kano.

The affordable price, they say, will enable them to make more profit in their businesses.

About 80 bakers where invited to a bakery where the One-Stop product was tested to ascertain its yield and value addition over other brands in the market.

Chairman of Association of Master Bakers and Caterers in Kano Alhaji Muazu Gidauniya said said he was elated by the new product that has already been tested by his members.

He added that the new product will not displace the old Bread Flour which has been used for years.

A renown distributor of Dangote Flour in Kano and Secretary General of Masters Bakers Kabiru Abdullahi said he was optimistic that the product will move the market.

The new brand, popularly known as APF is part of the company’s strategy to reward its customers and shore up market share in the country.

The APF is produced with “high quality wheat and designed to work for all your baked, fried or cooked flour products: Be it bread, gurasa, meat pie, egg rolls, puffpuff, chinchin and a range of others,” Executive Director, Commercial, Halima Aliko Dangote said.

The Executive Director added: “Some of you who attended this morning’s baking test have already testified about its performance. Some of the products that were baked this morning are here for you to see. It is now time to experience it yourselves. As the name implies, it can be used for bread, pastries – cakes, meat pies… and even fried snacks like puff puff, samosa, spring rolls etc. It is very versatile.”

Hundreds of bakers, distributors, dealers and retailers attended the unveiling of the All Purpose Flour.

The Dangote Flour Mills also unveiled a promo tagged: ‘My own don beta’ where dealers have the opportunity of winning a variety of prices.

Speaking, Regional Sales Manager Alhaji Nura Rabo said he was happy about the excitement the new brand has generated.

He said already distributors and sub-dealers were stampeding themselves to place order for the new product.

How APC Will Win Osun Governorship Election, by Oyo Gov. Ajimobi

Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has expressed confidence that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, will win the September 22 governorship election in Osun State judging by the exemplary performance of the incumbent administration.

The governor said this during the visit of the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Danjuma Ibrahim, to his office, in Ibadan, on Wednesday.

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Describing the visitor as an intelligent officer, the governor stressed that the leadership of the police in the zone was well grounded and competent enough to be able to ensure that the election was peaceful.

He assured the police authority of the readiness of the state government to assist the zone towards ensuring that the governorship election in Osun State was hugely successful.

The governor said, "AIG Danjuma Ibraheem is one of the most intelligent officers I have ever met and I can easily predict that he will get to the peak of his career soon. Your visit is heartwarming.

"We are quite sure that the coming Osun election is going to be free and fair and we shall provide necessary support towards this. It is very apparent, though, that APC will win easily because ours is the only party that is on ground and accepted by the people.

"We are confident that the APC will win the September 22 election because of the exemplary performance of the incumbent administration in Osun State. One should have no doubt that the APC will retain Osun State."

Commending the governor for restoring peace and security to the state through the combined efforts of security agencies, the police boss said that the resultant effect could be seen in the socio-economic growth of the state.

Ibrahim appealed to the governor to extend the assistance that he had been giving to the police state command in relation to refurbishing of operational vehicles and provision of Armoured Personnel Carriers and other logistic supports to the zonal command.

He said, "You already know that policing is not easy, especially when you consider the logistics that must be put in place to achieve success. The zonal command needs operational vehicles to assist our operation.

"On the coming Osun State governorship elections, we can assure you that we have more than enough personnel ready for the assignment. We will do everything humanly possible to ward off intruders that might want to sneak in and wreck havoc on the election day.

"We know Osun State to be peaceful, but we do not want to leave anything to chance. So we are soliciting your support to also help in spreading the gospel of peace to the people in Oyo State and to caution anti-democratic elements against coming to Osun State to foment trouble during the election.”

Thieves Storm Leah Sharibu's Parents' Home, Steal Generator, Foodstuffs

Less than 72 hours after getting an award from the Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association, thieves have visited the family house of Leah Sharibu, one of the 110 female s

tudents of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, stealing generator and foodstuffs.

Leah had been held in captivity since February 19, 2018, by Boko Haram terrorists on account of her Christian faith.

On Friday at the headquarters of the Church of Christ in Nations in Jos during the second anniversary of ACIPA, Leah’s mother and primary school teacher, Rebecca Sharibu, and her son, Donald, came to receive an award.

However, President of ACIPA, Luke Shehu, told journalists that thieves visited the Sharibu family and stole a generator and foodstuffs.

He said, “I just spoke to Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of Leah Sharibu. I told her to tell me exactly what happened. She told me that the people who came to their house were not armed robbers but thieves. I asked her when? She said yesterday (Monday). She said the thieves entered through the fence.

“The picture on the programme of the event for the award is the picture of the house. It is a make-shift fence, which anybody can climb easily. Mrs Sharibu said the thieves entered through the window and then stole their generator and also carted away foodstuffs inside the house. She said they were not armed robbers.

“I told her that she should give the real picture for the world to know the circumstances from a true perspective. Honestly, that was what connected me to them and that was exactly what she told me.

“Once again, the incident happened yesterday (Monday), the thieves climbed the fence, entered through the window, stole their foodstuffs and a generator. They were not robbers but thieves and the family members were not in the house when the thieves visited.”

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