Veteran actress, mama G is now born again and is no longer partaking in Nollywood activities.

In a new interview with Star Tells, the actress dishes on her new religious life, how she met God, the retreats she holds and having to ditch her previous lifestyle which included wearing trousers, dreadlocks and jewellery. Read what Star Tells wrote about Patience Ozokwor below: “[Patience Ozokwor] normally organises a personal retreat for herself in the first few days of the new year, when it was time to have her 2016 retreat, she heard the voice of the Holy Spirit telling her to fast for 21 days, she complained that she have so many projects to handle, Endorsements and movies to shoot within that period, and the Lord extended it to a 30 days fast due to her complaints. During this fasting period, The Lord revealed to her, how she will be a voice for him all over the world, how people’s attention will be channeled from her image on Nollywood to The Gospel. She said one of the things God warned her on, was her dressing and appearance. She said that Putting on Makeup, wearing Jewelry and putting on Trouser as a Lady is wrong, she said that she has been preaching to colleagues in Nollywood, but God told her to put off her Dreads, to stop wearing Jewelries and Trousers, that she could have gone to Hell, if she died December 31, 2015 despite the preaching she’s been doing, just because of her appearance. When asked about her Nollywood life, Patience Ozokwor narrated that the Holy Spirit has not specifically directed her to quit or to not. She said that she has not shot any movie since that encounter in January, that she used to get an average of 1.5 Million Naira weekly, but that God has miraculously been providing her daily bread. She warned that it will be harder for colleagues in the movie industry, with permanent tattoos and eyebrows when they eventually encounter Christ. She also said that she should stop being referred to as Mama G, as that name was for when she was in the world.”

Dangote drops out of top 100 rich list

Dangote was worth $15.4 billion (N3.05 trillion) in March, is now worth $11.1 billion (N3.3 trillion) as situation which makes him richer in naira, but poorer in dollars Nigeria and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has dropped from off the list of the 100 richest people in the world. Dangote’s fall is due to the crash of the naira. According to Bloomberg, Dangote who was the 51st richest man in the world as at March 2016, has now dropped to 101th place. Dangote was worth $15.4 billion (N3.05 trillion) in March, is now worth $11.1 billion (N3.3 trillion) as situation which makes him richer in naira, but poorer in dollars.Dangote richer than Donald Trump, American billionaire and presidential candidate, and Oprah Winfrey, US TV personality, who ranks as the second richest black woman in the world. Trump and Oprah are estimated at $4.5 billion and $3.1 billion, respectively. The launch of Dangote refinery, the biggest greenfield refinery in the world, billed for 2018/2019 is expected to propel him to the top 20 by 2019. Dangote cement, one of Dangote’s major investments in Nigeria, is the biggest company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange by market capitalisation, and the largest cement producer in sub-Saharan Africa. Meanwhile, Dangote Foundation has promised to rebuild all the health facilities that were destroyed by Boko Haram, particularly the ones destroyed in Gujba and Gulani local government areas of Yobe state.

shockin: pastor dumps jesus to embrace islam in taraba

According to Rariya on Facebook, this happened at the Uthman Bin Fodio Mosque, Jalingo, Taraba state. The pastor changed his name to Suleiman Mafindi

shocking see what security officials saw in celestial church at ogun-photos

This is terribly heartbreaking! A malnourished 9-year-old boy was rescued at Celestial Church of Christ key of Joy Parish Ajiwo yesterday, July 22. The boy was seen chained (and has been like that for weeks) in the premises of the church which is located at Ajibawo in Ado-Odo Ota division 2. He was said to have been rescued by some NSCDC officers. The 9-year-old boy chained around his neck and rescued by the NSCDC from the premises of the Celestial Church of Christ, Key of Joy Parish, Ajibawo in Ogun state, has finally spoken up and says he does not want to go back to his father. The Punch reports that the shocking act of child abuse was done by the boy’s father, Francis Taiwo, who is also a pastor of the church. While in the custody of the state yesterday, July 23, the boy finally spoke up and narrated how he was maltreated by his own people. “I was not fed regularly when I was chained. My father and my step-mother only fed me twice a day. Some days, I was not given any food. I want to go back to school because I want to be a doctor in the future. I also do not want to go back to my father’s house,” the boy said. Investigations reveal Korede had been chained and put in that state since January. He was however rescued when neighbours who found the act outrageous tipped off the security agents. And now, his father is on the run. The chained boy was accused of stealing and running away, and to ‘cast out’ the ‘spirit’, his father chained him and left him in a room in the church premises. His father also reportedly took the boy chained to a river to bath him this May. “It is true that I stole a pot of soup and bowl of eba in our house,” the boy told Punch. “I also stole in the neighbourhood. My father’s inability to give money to my step-mother for the upkeep of the family caused it. But I promised not to go back to my old ways.” He also added that his parents stopped him from attending his Onse Community Primary School after he tried to take food from a vendor in the school. “I still want to return to school. I want to be a medical doctor,” he said. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Boy-chained-by-dad Meanwhile, the victim’s stepmother, who has been arrested by the police, told the press that she had warned her Celestial Church pastor husband to desist from such punishments. “I usually warned him concerning the way he chained Korede. I had reported him to his twin brother, Kehinde, who lives in Ota, and I also reported to a friend of his. When the two talked to him, he would relax a bit, but as soon as they left, he would return to his old ways. We got married three years ago but I learnt that he was once married to a woman from Benin, Edo state. The woman, I was told, bore him 4 children- 2 boys and 2 girls. I only saw the woman in a picture, I have never met her physically. She was said to have left 9 years ago, shortly after she gave birth to Korede. All I have been doing is to beg him to stop stealing, as such act does not portray the family in good light.” Confirming the update on the Celestial Church of Christ case, the Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the police are currently searching for Korede’s father. He also added that the assistant inspector-general of police in charge of Zone 2 command, Abdulmajid Ali, had taken over the case. He said: “The police operatives of the command attached to the Onipanu Division rescued Korede from where he was chained on the neck to a heavy log of wood in a room by his biological father, Pastor Francis Taiwo, for more than a month. The stepmother of Korede, Kehinde, who has been arrested by the police, revealed that Korede’s father’s cruel act was connected with the habit of stealing exhibited by Korede. The assistant inspector-general of police in charge of zone 2 command, Lagos, who is presently on the ground in Ogun state, Abdulmajid Ali, has condemned the pastor’s criminal and inhuman act and directed that the matter be properly handled, while the fleeing pastor be apprehended without delay. “The AIG has ordered that the young boy be given proper medical attention. He will soon be handed over to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in Ogun state for necessary action.”

shocking details emerge obasanjo meets buhari

– President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, July 25, met with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo – The former president said said there is no need to investigate the allegations of the 2016 budget padding in the National Assembly – Obasanjo also said men and women of integrity should be in the National Assembly, urging the president to be very vigilant Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has said there is no need to investigate the allegations and counter-allegations of the 2016 budget padding in the National Assembly, Daily Trust reports. Obasanjo said this in reaction to the current budget padding accusation and counter accusation between the leadership of the House of Representatives and Abdulmumin Jibrin, the sacked chairman of the House of Reps Appropriation Committee. The ex-president speaking to State House reporters on Monday, July 25, shortly after meeting behind closed-doors wirt President Muhammadu Buhari said the country should rather get men of integrity in the federal parliament The two leaders met behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said: “It’s not question of investigation, we should get men and women of integrity in the place and the President should be very vigilant, whatever should not pass should not pass.” “Well, if you said that I have said it in the past and if there are people who didn’t believe what I said ‎in the past then, you can now see that what has come out confirms what I said in the past. Then what I said in the past is what I will say now,’‘ he added. The Nation reports that the former president also said the recent happenings concerning the 2016 Budget scandal in the National Assembly have vindicated him. On his visit to the Villa, he disclosed that he went to deliver some messages to the president. “Not too long ago, I was in Liberia and Gambia and I have messages these two countries will want me to deliver to the president. “Also, only yesterday I came back from Seychelles Island where I attended this year’s Annual General meeting of Africa Export Development Bank. And there are aspects of the proceedings that I think I should update the President,” he said. Adulmumin Jibrin, who was removed as the chairman of the committee last week, has revealed more shocking details on how 10 standing committees secretly injected constituency projects worth N284 billion into the 2016 budget without the knowledge of the House. He also claimed that the speaker, Yakubu Dogara, allegedly convinced him to ship over N20 billion into the budget through Service Wide Vote.

CAC congregants fight, throw out pastor over disbursement of church’s funds

There was pandemonium at the Christ Apostolic Church, Abule-Ijesha in Yaba area of Lagos State, yesterday, as members of the church threw out their pastor, identified as Mr. Micheal Oni, over disagreements on disbursement of the church’s funds. tvc Photo culled from TVC’s video on the CAC brawl. According to members of the church, the pastor who was recently transferred to their church from Ibadan, was demanding for a remuneration beyond his salary scale. In an interview with popular TV channel, TVC, a member of the Olusweyi Omotajo said, “ He came with a letter of Level 7/ step 1 and he was demanding for level 9/step 9. We then told him that it won’t be possible, but to make peace reign we decided to pay him based on level 8, we paid for three months salaries but he insisted that we have to pay him based on level 9. Another member, Sunday Adelu said, “He has been causing chaos in the church, fighting members, insulting members and raising funds and keeping the money in his purse without giving to the church authorities.” Narrating his own side of the ordeal, Pastor Oni claimed that the church members have refused to comply to his orders, stressing that they are yet to duly render the financial accounts of the church to him. “He has been giving the church problem, causing chaos in the church and fighting members, insulting and raising bad covenant between members”Badejo Adelu, a member of the church told 365gist.