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21.9.12
Goldie Visits Prezzo In Kenya
Singer Susan Harvey popularly known as Goldie is in Nairobi. Shortly after coming second on the Big Brother StarGame, Prezzo visited Nigeria and poured out his feelings for her, she has decided to return the favour.
Last Saturday, Goldie jetted into Nairobi, Kenya and was received by none other than on and off boyfriend Prezzo. It seems their relationship is back on track. Her arrival was totally kept silent from the media. She was also welcomed by former housemate Millicent Mugadi.
Update: The Man Caught With Dead Baby In His Travelling Bag – Dead Baby Was Actually His Son
The dead child found inside the man’s suitcase was actually the man’s son.
The man has been identified as an Abuja based welder named Usman Inuwa and the
dead baby as Goodluck Inuwa.
Finally Jonathan Orders Sanusi to Stop N5000 Note Plan
President Goodluck Jonathan bowed to
pressure from Nigerians as he directed the CBN Governor, Mallam
Lamido Sanusi, to stop the much-criticised high currency.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media, Dr. Reuben Abati, disclosed the development to State House correspondents in Abuja.
Abati told journalists that
Jonathan’s latest disposition to the issue was based on the need for more
“enlightenment and consultation”.
He said, “The introduction of the new note is being suspended for now to enable the CBN do more enlightenment on the issue.Yes, President Jonathan has directed that the implementation of the new N5,000 note be suspended for now.
“This is to enable the apex bank to do more in terms of enabling Nigerians understand why it proposed it in the first place. So, for now, the full implementation is on hold.”
The CBN, in a statement on Thursday, also confirmed that it had received a presidential directive to stop action on the currency restructuring plan.
The statement by the apex bank’s spokesperson, Ugo Okoroafor, reads, “The CBN hereby informs the general public that the President, on Thursday, September 20, 2012, directed that further action on the approved restructuring exercise be stopped.
He said, “The introduction of the new note is being suspended for now to enable the CBN do more enlightenment on the issue.Yes, President Jonathan has directed that the implementation of the new N5,000 note be suspended for now.
“This is to enable the apex bank to do more in terms of enabling Nigerians understand why it proposed it in the first place. So, for now, the full implementation is on hold.”
The CBN, in a statement on Thursday, also confirmed that it had received a presidential directive to stop action on the currency restructuring plan.
The statement by the apex bank’s spokesperson, Ugo Okoroafor, reads, “The CBN hereby informs the general public that the President, on Thursday, September 20, 2012, directed that further action on the approved restructuring exercise be stopped.
Two More Boko Haram Top Commanders killed→JTF
The Joint Task Force, JTF, on
Operation Restore Order said on Thursday that it had shot dead two commanders
of the dreaded Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri.
JTF spokesman, Sagir Musa, said in a statement in Maiduguri that they were top commanders of the Islamic sect in-charge of Yobe and Adamawa.
JTF spokesman, Sagir Musa, said in a statement in Maiduguri that they were top commanders of the Islamic sect in-charge of Yobe and Adamawa.
He said, “Two suspected Boko Haram
top terrorists commanders were killed along Maiduguri-Kano road as they tried
to escape on Wednesday.
Bill Gates tops 2012 Forbes list of richest people in America
The release of the 2012 forbes list makers of the richest men in America
puts Bills gates on the frontline as the richest for the 19th time.
1. Bill Gates, Medina, Wash., $66 billion
2. Warren Buffett, Omaha, $46 billion
3. Larry Ellison,Woodside, Calif., $41 billion
4. Charles Koch,Wichita, Kan., $31 billion
5. David Koch, New York City, $31 billion
6. Christy Walton & family, Jackson, Wyo., $27.9 billion
7. Jim Walton, Bentonville, Ark., $26.8 billion
8. Alice Walton, Fort Worth, Texas, $26.3 billion
9. S. Robson Walton, Bentonville, Ark., $26.1 billion
10. Michael Bloomberg, New York City, $25 billion
1. Bill Gates, Medina, Wash., $66 billion
2. Warren Buffett, Omaha, $46 billion
3. Larry Ellison,Woodside, Calif., $41 billion
4. Charles Koch,Wichita, Kan., $31 billion
5. David Koch, New York City, $31 billion
6. Christy Walton & family, Jackson, Wyo., $27.9 billion
7. Jim Walton, Bentonville, Ark., $26.8 billion
8. Alice Walton, Fort Worth, Texas, $26.3 billion
9. S. Robson Walton, Bentonville, Ark., $26.1 billion
10. Michael Bloomberg, New York City, $25 billion
7-Up Manager Dies While Having Sex with Female Staff
The Human Resources Manager of 7-Up
Bottling Company at its Benin City plant, Mr. Sola Mosiko, has collapsed and
died in a hotel room in Benin City, Edo State.
Investigation reveals that Mosiko, 53, had gone to the hotel with a lady called Amen, a security guard in 7-Up company, to have fun when the tragedy occurred.
Investigation reveals that Mosiko, 53, had gone to the hotel with a lady called Amen, a security guard in 7-Up company, to have fun when the tragedy occurred.
19.9.12
Proof→Jesus was married found on ancient papyrus
The ancient papyrus that apparently proves that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene |
A recently uncovered fragment of ancient papyrus makes the explosive suggestion that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were man and wife, researchers say.
The 8cm by 4cm fragment supports an undercurrent in Christian thought that undermines centuries of Church dogma by suggesting the Christian Messiah was not celibate.
The centre of the fragment contains the bombshell phrase where Jesus, speaking to his disciples, says 'my wife', which researchers believe refers to Magdalene.
In the text, Jesus appears to be defending her against some criticism, saying 'she will be my disciple'. Two lines later he then tells the disciples: 'I dwell with her.'
If genuine, the document casts doubt on a centuries old official representation of Magdalene as a repentant whore and overturns the Christian ideal of sexual abstinence.
It elaborates an ancient and persistent undercurrent in Christian thought that Jesus and Magdalene was in fact a couple, as picked up by Dan Brown in the plot of his best-selling thriller The Da Vinci Code.
The
incomplete manuscript, written in the ancient Egyptian Coptic language, has
been studied by Karen King, Hollis professor of divinity at Harvard University,
the oldest endowed academic seat in the US.
Professor King was to present a paper on the
discovery today at an international conference on Coptic studies in Rome after
conducting extensive tests and research to establish the document's
authenticity.She told Smithsonian Magazine that the fragment casts doubt 'on the whole Catholic claim of a celibate priesthood based on Jesus’ celibacy.'
She added: 'What this shows is that there were early Christians for whom ... sexual union in marriage could be an imitation of God’s creativity and generativity and it could be spiritually proper and appropriate.'
Ancient: The back side, or verso, of the papyrus is so badly damaged that only a few key words - 'my mother' and 'three' - were decipherable |
Professor King downplays the fragment's validity as a biographical document, saying that it was probably composed in Greek a century or so after the Crucifixion, then subsequently transcribed into Coptic.
Its significance instead lies in the possibility that an early Christian sect drew spiritual succour from portraying their prophet as having a wife.
This representation of Jesus as a man with earthly passions and needs has not survived in the doctrines of the established churches, which emphasise celibacy and asceticism as a spiritual ideal.
Professor King's interpretation of the text are based on the assumption that the fragment is genuine, a question that is by no means definitively settled.
The papyrus’ back side, or verso, is so badly damaged that only a few key words - 'my mother' and 'three'- were decipherable, but on the front side, or recto, King gleaned eight fragmentary lines:
- not [to] me. My mother gave to me li[fe]...
- The disciples said to Jesus,
- deny. Mary is worthy of it
- Jesus said to them, My wife
- she will be able to be my disciple
- Let wicked people swell up
- As for me, I dwell with her in order to
- an image
To authenticate the papyrus, Professor King sent photos of it to AnneMarie Luijendijk, a professor at Princeton and an authority on Coptic papyri and sacred scriptures.
Professor Luijendijk forwarded the pictures to Roger Bagnall, a renowned papyrologist who directs the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University.
Known for his conservative assessments of the authenticity and date of ancient papyri, Professor Bagnall nevertheless confirmed that he believed the document was genuine.
The scribe's dialect and style of handwriting, and the colour and texture of the papyrus, helped them to date it to the second half of the fourth century AD and place its probable origin in upper Egypt.
The details of the fragment support another view of the life of Jesus that has begun to gain traction since the discovery of a cache of ancient manuscripts in Nag Hammadi, Upper Egypt, in 1945.
These manuscripts, including the gospel of Thomas, the gospel of Philip and the Secret Revelation of John, outline the so-called Gnostic version of Christianity which differs sharply from the official Church line.
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