Mary Akpan Reports From The Synagogue Church Ikotun Lagos.

I was live at the event, though photos/videos were forbidden to be taken inside the church, hence I stood outside to take this photos as Prophet TB Joshua Celebrated Octogenarian with 3Million Naira and 500bags of Rice.

The joy of the aged at Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) knew no bounds, as the General Overseer chose worshipers from Eighty years upward,to partake in his arrears birthday celebration that was precisely on the 12th June. Shortly after a message from one of the resident Spanish Pastor; Envangelist Wasiri, the announcement regarding Prophet TB Joshua's birthday was made known to everyone, during an ongoing church service earlier . His heartwarming gestures witnessed today, was already envision by all, based on his plea on true believers, reaching out to the needy and the less privileged on Wednesday in place of material gift for him.

Although pictures and videos are totally prohibited during church service, a background image of benefactors who earlier cued for the cash gift and 2bags each for one, were taken by Mary Akpan A freelance journalist in attendance, after the benediction. Prophet TB Joshua shared 3Million Naira and 500bags of rice to all the elderly people (80 years upwards, 2 bags of rice each and a cash price from the 3Million Naira).

T.B. Joshua is a true man of God.



SOURCE: https://www.insightwithmary.com.ng/2019/06/56th-birthday-prophet-tb-joshua.html

Pop singer and entrepreneur,Dencia,hit back at an Instagram user who criticized her bikini photos .

The IG user dropped a comment on Dencia’s recent bikini photos,saying her skin doesn’t look healthy.

This prompted the singer to fire back as they went back and forth .

SOURCE: https://www.insightwithmary.com.ng/2019/05/mind-your-business-dencia-fires-back-at.html

The Kaduna State Executive Council has approved six months maternity leave for all new mothers in the state. Governor Nasir El-Rufai announced this on his twitter handle. He wrote'
''I am pleased to announce that just yesterday, our State Executive Council approved six months maternity leave for our female public servants. This encourages the healthy development of infants through prolonged Bosom feeding, among other benefits''.

SOURCE: https://www.insightwithmary.com.ng/2019/05/kaduna-state-government-approves-six_27.html

A young Nigerian man took to social media to lament over his breakfast burnt by his girlfriend who is addicted and was stuck to the television watching drama series on Zee world.


The man, identified simply as Ceda, angrily took to twitter to call out his girlfriend on the shameful act.

SOURCE: https://www.insightwithmary.com.ng/2019/05/young-man-laments-after-girlfriend.html

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially added addiction to video games to the Mental Health Disorder diseases. In its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the addiction to digital and video games is described as “a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior” that becomes so extensive it “takes precedence over other life interests”.
The WHO’s expert on mental health and substance abuse, Shekhar Saxena, said some worst cases occur when a gamer plays for up to 20 hours
a day, forgoing sleep, meals, work or school and other daily activities.
Read the official definition of gaming disorder from the WHO:
“A pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior (‘digital gaming’ or ‘video-gaming’), which may be online (i.e., over the internet) or offline, manifested by: Impaired control over gaming (e.g., onset, frequency, intensity, duration, termination, context);

Increasing priority given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities; and
Continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences. The behavior pattern is of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning.”

SOURCE: https://www.insightwithmary.com.ng/2019/05/video-games-addiction-is-officially.html

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Muma Gee, 40, is reminding Instagram users that she is still very much in shape with a bedroom photo of herself. She shared this picture which bared her tummy and hips causing some fundamentalists to attack her. The mother of three who recently parted ways her husband, Prince Eke was ready for the criticisms as seen in her caption below:

"After all that glam in that purple sequin dress lies a huge relief and freedom #alwaysdoyou #doubleyourhustle" Gift Iyumame Eke, professionally known as Muma Gee, meaning "do good Gift", is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, fashion designer, television personality and politician. She was born, raised, and resides in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

SOURCE: https://www.insightwithmary.com.ng/2019/05/recently-posted-photo-of-singer-muma.html

A woman on IG @IamVictory45 who is angry with Tonto Dike over her "BAD" lifestyle has vowed to beat her up if she catches him in Lagos. From the video she posted on Instagram she said;
“Tonto Dikeh Where ever you are Just Know that you are Not safe if I ever Catch you in Lagos I will Beat You Up and Break your Hands, Because your Stupidity is Getting out of Hand" - Nigerian Lady IamVictory45 Vows On IG!!!"


Watch the video here
https://www.insightwithmary.com.ng/2019/05/i-will-beat-you-and-break-your-hand.html

Facebook is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency in early 2020, allowing users to make digital payments in a dozen countries. The currency, dubbed GlobalCoin, would enable Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly users to change dollars and other international currencies into its digital coins. The coins could then be used to buy things on the internet and in shops and other outlets, or to transfer money without needing a bank account.
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, last month met the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, to discuss the plans, according to the BBC.
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Zuckerberg has also discussed the proposal, known as Project Libra, with US Treasury officials and is in talks with money transfer firms, including Western Union, to develop cheap, safe ways for people to send and receive money. A report last year said Facebook is working on a cryptocurrency that would let users transfer money using WhatsApp, its encrypted mobile-messaging app.

“Payments is one of the areas where we have an opportunity to make it a lot easier,” Zuckerberg told the company’s developer conference last month. “I believe it should be as easy to send money to someone as it is to send a photo.”
In order to try to stabilise the digital currency the company is looking to peg its value to a basket of established currencies, including the US dollar, the euro and the Japanese yen.

Facebook is also looking at paying users fractions of a coin for activities such as viewing ads and interacting with content related to online shopping, similar to loyalty schemes run by retailers.

However, experts believe that regulatory issues and Facebook’s poor track record on data privacy and protection are likely to prove to be the biggest hurdles to making the currency a success.

“Facebook is not regulated in the same way as banks are, and the cryptocurrency industry is, by definition almost, unregulated,” said Rebecca Harding, chief executive of banking trade data analytics firm Coriolis Technologies.

“In the UK, for example, there are no formal laws that govern this market because cryptocurrencies are not legal tender. Facebook has also had issues with protecting user data in the past few years and this may well be an issue for it as it tries to provide guarantees to users that their financial information is safe.”

Following an Observer investigation last year, it emerged that the data of up to 87 million Facebook users had been used improperly by Cambridge Analytica to target ads for Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election.
Earlier this month the US Senate committee on banking wrote an open letter to Zuckerberg asking how the currency would work, what consumer protection would be offered and how data would be secured.
It has also emerged that Zuckerberg held talks with the billionaire Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, whose bitter legal battle over the origins of Facebook was chronicled in the film The Social Network. The twins, who went to Harvard with Zuckerberg and later sued him for stealing their idea for a social network, founded the cryptocurrency exchange, Gemini, in 2014.
In the highly unregulated world of cryptocurrencies Gemini is notable as being one of the first two companies to win regulatory approval to launch a digital currency pegged to the US dollar, the Gemini dollar.
It emerged last month that Facebook is looking for $1bn (£790m) in funding to support the project, and has held talks with payments giants including Visa and Mastercard.
Facebook has been long expected to make a move in financial services, having hired the former PayPal president David Marcus to run its messaging app in 2014. Marcus, a board member of crypto exchange Coinbase, runs Facebook’s blockchain initiatives, the technology on which cryptocurrencies run.
In February JP Morgan became the first major US bank to create its own cryptocurrency, JPM Coin, as a way for its clients to settle payments.





SOURCE: https://www.insightwithmary.com.ng/2019/05/facebook-plans-to-launch-its-own.html

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The Nigerian Senate has passed the Public Holiday Act Amendment Bill to recognise June 12 as the new Democracy Day.
The bill was passed almost one year after President Buhari announced that the date would replace May 29 for Nigerians to commemorate the return to the civilian government. While some members of the National Assembly had criticised the President that Democracy Day cannot be changed by just a declaration, others commended his decision.

President Buhari’s declaration was later approved in the Senate by an act of parliament after the lawmakers considered the bill seeking to amend the Public Holiday Act on Thursday. The bill, which is in concurrence with that of the House of Representatives, will now be forwarded to the President for assent.

President Buhari had on June 6, 2018 announced June 12 as the new date which Democracy Day would be celebrated in the country, to honour the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election, Moshood Abiola, who was fondly known as MKO.
He explained that the date was more symbolic of democracy in the Nigerian context than May 29, or even October 1. The President had also conferred a posthumous GCFR title on Abiola, while his running mate in the election, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, got a GCON national honour.
Six months later, the House of Representatives adopted June 12 as the new Democracy Day.

SOURCE: https://insightwithmary..com/2019/05/nigerian-senate-passes-bill-recognizing.html
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Christian Chukwu, the former captain of the old Green Eagles and ex-coach of the Super Eagles has arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) for medical treatment. Chukwu travelled with his wife aboard a Virgin Atlantic Airline flight from Lagos and his arrival was confirmed in a statement on Thursday by the Director of Communications of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ademola Olajire.

According to Olajire, the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, arranged for an appointment for the Nigerian legend with a renowned cardiologist in London. “I am very happy with the efforts of the Nigeria Football Federation through the President, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick. He has proved that he is truly the father of Nigerian Football. I am also grateful for the support and prayers of other Nigerians.

“It is waist pain and stomach upset that I keep feeling. The doctors in Nigeria have treated the stomach upset and it remains the waist pain, but I am confident that I will come back to Nigeria having regained sound health,” Chukwu was quoted as saying.

Olajire said Chukwu and wife were seen off at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by a Member of the NFF Executive Committee and Chairman of the Nigeria Women Football League, Aisha Falode and protocol officials of the federation.

SOURCE: https://insightwithmarynews..com/2019/05/former-super-eagles-coach-christian.html
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A Nigerian woman has lost the battle to live after she was reportedly used by internet fraudsters for ritual. A beautiful Nigerian slay queen, Sarah IIaya has died after falling sick. She died in Eko-Amukpe area of Delta state on Monday afternoon.

According to information shared by journalist Sapele Oghenek, it was gathered that the woman was reportedly used for ritual by suspected internet fraudsters. The journalist revealed that when she fell sick, she was rushed to a church where the pastor revealed that she was used for money ritual by internet fraudsters.
It was gathered that before her death, people observed that pus was coming out of her body.

SOURCE: https://insightwithmarynews..com/2019/05/slay-queen-used-for-money-ritual-by.html

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