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Benin's former President Mathieu Kerekou, the man hailed as helping to usher in multi-party democracy in Africa, has died at the age of 82.

Mr Kerekou had two spells as president totalling nearly 30 years, first coming to power as the head of a Marxist regime in 1972.

But he then accepted the idea of multi-party democracy and organised elections, which he lost in 1991.

He became the first West African leader to admit defeat in an election.

The peaceful transfer of power in Benin in 1991 showed people in the region that a change of president can be achieved without violence.

The 1991 election was followed closely in West Africa and Mathieu Kerekou's willingness to step down - becoming the first regional leader to accept defeat at the ballot box - was welcomed.

His ideological shift, from hardline MarxistLeninist to believing in multi-party elections, was in part due to the poor state of Benin's economy at the end of the 1980s, but also because of a change in global politics as the Cold War came to an end.

A speech in 1990 by then French President

Francois Mitterrand to African leaders calling for an opening up of democracy on the continent also had a big impact.

Mr Kerekou responded to this call and is remembered with pride in Benin as the one who ushered in a new era in West Africa.

Mr Kerekou abandoned Marxism-Leninism as Benin's official ideology in December 1989.

He was under pressure because of the difficult economic situation and faced a series of protests.

He stepped down in 1991 after losing to Nicephore Soglo in a multi-party poll, but returned to power in 1996 having beaten Mr Soglo at the polls and then went on to win a second and final five-year term in 2001.

Current President Thomas Boni Yayih described tthe Former president as a great man and declared a week of official mourning.

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Meet 10 of the Wealthiest Women in Africa

Isabel Dos Santos

$3.3 Billion

Net Worth As of 10/13/15

Isabel dos Santos, the oldest daughter of Angola's longtime president, is Africa's richest woman.

Source Of Wealth: investments Since 2008 she has had relevant interests in telecommunications, media, retail, finance and the energy industry, both in Angola and in Portugal. In addition to her commercial interest in oil and diamonds, Isabel dos Santos also owns shares in the Angola cement company Nova Cimangola. Jadeium, a company held by Isabel dos Santos, acquired 4.918% of ZON Multimedia shares from Spain’s Telefonica.

Folorunsho Alakija

Mama Ngina Kenyatta

Net worth: 1 billion USD (2015) The widow of Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta, the former glamorous “mother of the nation” The Kenyatta family has investments in banking, education, farming, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing and real estate, though its presiding matriarch keeps a low profile.

Hajia Bola Shagaya, Nigeria

Net Worth $600 Million One of Nigeria’s wealthiest businessNationality: Nigerian women, Shagaya is the founder and Net worth: 2 billion USD (2015) Forbes CEO of Bolmus Group InternationalFolorunsho Alakija is a Nigerian businessa diversified Nigerian conglomerate woman who is the second richest African with interests in oil, real estate, bankwoman after Isabel Dos Santos and also the ing, communications and photograthird richest woman of African descent in the phy. world.

She had her secondary school educaShe is a business tycoon involved in the fashtion at Queens School, Ilorin, and her ion, oil and printing industries. She is the tertiary education at Ahmadu Bello group managing director of The Rose of University, Zaria and Armstrong Sharon Group which consists of The Rose of College in California, where she studSharon Prints & Promotions Limited and ied economics and accountancy.She is Digital Reality Prints Limited and the execucurrently on the board of Unity Bank tive vice-chairman of Famfa Oil Limited.

(Nigeria) Plc[6] (formerly Intercity Alakija is ranked by Forbes as the richest Bank) and has been for over eight woman in Nigeria with an estimated net years. She is also a member of the worth of $2.1 billion As of 2015, she is listed recently inaugurated Nepad Business as the second most powerful woman in Africa Group – Nigeria. Hajia Bola Shagaya after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the 87th most is a patron of the Fashion Designers powerful woman in the world by Forbes.

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Wendy Appelbaum, South Africa

Source: Insurance 259.3 Miion as of 2012: Worth

Wendy Appelbaum is the only daughter of South African tycoon Donald Gordon. She previously served as a director at Liberty Investors, an insurance and real estate firm her father founded, and was one of the company’s largest individual shareholders.

She went on to sell her shares and became cash rich. Along with her husband, she purchased DeMorgenzon, a wine estate in Stellenbosch. She was also a co-founder and Deputy Chairman of Women’s Investment Portfolio Limited (Wiphold), an investment company entirely controlled by women. Wiphold has over $150 million in assets. Appelbaum is also one of Africa’s most active philanthropists and has donated over $23 million to fund the creation of the Gordon Institute of Business Science and the Donald Gordon Medical Centre. She is the chair of the South African Women’s Professional Golfers’ Association.

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Irene Charnley

Charnley, 52, is a former trade unionist who has amassed a net worth of $150 million. Currently the CEO of Smile Telecoms, a telecommunications products company working out of Mauritius, she first made a mark as a negotiator for the National Union of Mineworkers in South Africa. Later she became Executive Director at MTN, Africa’s largest teleco.

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SHARON WAPNICK

Worth $43.1 million, Wapnick is one of the largest individual shareholders in listed loan stock companies Octodec Investments and Premium Properties, which were both founded by her father Alec.

She is also a partner at TWB Attorneys, a Johannesburgbased commercial law firm.

Her fortune was made in investments and real estate.

As of October 2011, Wapnick stepped into the role of nonexecutive chairman of Octodec, replacing her father.

An attorney, she also has a wealth of experience in the property industry.

Bridget Radebe

The founder of Mmakau Mining, the successful mining firm with assets in gold, platinum, uranium, coal, chrome and exploration, Radebe started out by working in mines herself. Now the president of the South African Mining Development Association, she is the older sister of South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe and married to South Africa Justice Minister Jeff Radebe.

ELISABETH BRADLEY

Bradley, whose father Albert Wessels brought Toyota to South Africa in 1961, enjoys a net worth of $32 million as a result of her investments portfolio. In 2008, Wesco Investments, the holding company that she chairs, sold its She was the first black woman in 25 percent stake in Toyota Wendy Ackerman the country to found her own min- South Africa to Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp for $320 ing company, overcoming racial million, with Bradley pocketand gender prejudice. While her Retail tycoon Ackerman is worth ing at least $150 million. net worth is large, it is currently $190.2 million, with the Ackerman Family Trust run by her and her hus- not published. Radebe received band owning about 50 per cent of the the International Businessperson As well as remaining chairman of Wesco Investments, of the Year Award in 2008 from major South African grocery chain she is also vice-chairman of Pick ‘n’ Pay. The $3 billion company the Global Foundation for Toyota South Africa Limited, owns outlets in Mozambique, Nigeria, Democracy. a director of AngloGold and Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and board member at blue chip Australia, with Ackerman acting as companies such as Standard Executive Director.

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Woman Who Gave Birth On Plane To Usa “Deported” Back Home | Baby Still Gets Citizenship

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Linda Agyapong Honored as Project Management Institute 2015 Professional Award Winner

A woman who dramatically gave birth on a plane headed to the United States of America has been sent back home.

The Taiwanese woman was on an China Airlines flight from Taipei to Los Angeles. She allegedly lied about the stage of pregnancy when asked by airline officials before boarding the flight.

She went into labour and eventually gave birth with the assistance of a doctor on board and flight attendants. Her on-board labour and delivery led the plane to be diverted to Alaska so she and the baby could get medical treatment.

Due to the fact that her child was born while she was over US airspace, her child has been granted US Citizenship. The woman was allegedly “desperate” to give birth in the USA. According to Chinese News Website – china.com.cn, She allegedly refused to lie flat to give birth and kept asking “are we in America yet?“.

She has been sent back to her home country, Taiwan for US Immigration violations. Details of which remain sketchy but it is speculated that she got her visa using false declarations. It is legal for non-citizens to give birth in the USA. However, intending mothers need to prove financial capability and truthfully declare intentions.

Her baby is currently in the USA with family members as the baby is too young to fly.

In addition, the airline plans to seek damages from the woman for the additional costs incurred due to the diversion especially considering that she lied about the date of her birth.

Linda with the Founder of Project Management Institute, James R. Snyder, Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s largest association for project managers, announced the recipients of its 2015 Professional Awards at its annual gala preceding PMI® Global Congress 2015—North America.

Since 1974, the PMI Professional Awards Program has honored practitioners who achieve the highest standards of performance in project management and make a lasting impact in their field. “Every year, PMI leads the project management profession in recognizing the industry’s most outstanding accomplishments,” said Mark A. Langley, president and CEO of PMI. “We commend all the recipients on their achievements, and take inspiration from their significant contributions to the profession.”

Mrs. Linda Agyapong received the James R. Snyder International Student Paper of the Year Award. Linda a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Edinboro University in the United States resides in the state of Delaware with her husband Mr. kwakye Agyapong . Linda is currently pursing a PhD in Project Management at Capella University, and currently working with JP Morgan Chase in Delaware.

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profit professional membership association for the project, program and portfolio management profession. Founded in 1969, PMI delivers value for more than 2.9 million professionals working in nearly every country in the world through global advocacy, collaboration, education and research. PMI advances careers,

improves organizational success and further matures the profession of project management through its globally recognized standards, certifications, resources, tools academic research, publications, professional development courses, and networking opportunities. As part of the PMI family, Human Systems International (HSI) provides organizational assessment and benchmarking services to leading businesses and government, while ProjectManagement.com and ProjectsAtWork.com create online global communities that deliver more resources, better tools, larger networks and broader perspectives.

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Top 10 Africa’s Most Powerful Passports best access to the world, sitting in 28th position worldwide.

2. Mauritius – No Visa Required in 125 Countries

More than a SIMPLEgrant of access to country, passports and the visas stamped on them are a reflection of geopolitics – the relationship between two nations and a country’s stature relative to the rest of the world.

An infographic recently released by Good Magazine ranking the most powerful passports in the world has listed the Mauritian passport – which grants access without a visa or by receiving one upon entry to 123 countries – as the second strongest passport in Africa after Seychelles.

3. South Africa – No Visa Required in 94 Countries

While all passports around the world may roughly be the same size at 125 mm × 88 mm – its power ultimately boils down to whether or not you need a visa to visit certain countries or not. Seychelles is the African country whose citizens have the most freedom to visit other countries around the globe, while Eritrean passport holders have the hardest time travelling.

A new infographic, designed by Rosie Spinks for GOOD magazine, ranks countries according to the number of places their passports can enter either without a visa, or with a visa on arrival.

The research shows that passport holders from Seychelles can visit 126 countries without having to apply for a visa.

Mauritius, South Africa and Botswana are the African countries ranked in second, third and fourth places respectively. Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, features in joint 33rd position.

Globally, passports from Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom are the most powerful, allowing citizens easy access to 173 countries. Afghanistan is the lowest ranked country.

Strict visa requirements between African countries have been blamed for holding back economic growth. “Africa is one of the regions in the world with the highest visa requirements. Visa restrictions imply missed economic opportunities for intra-regional trade and for the local service economy such as tourism, cross-country medical services or education”, said Mthuli Ncube, chief economist and vice-president of the African Development Bank, during a conference last year.

Note: The original infographic doesn’t include Liberia or Somalia, and both the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of the Congo are referred to as “Congo.

1. Seychelles- No visa required in 129 Countries

Many of us can only dream about the freedom to travel without any visa restrictions and while South Africans enjoy one of the widest ranges of visa-free travel options on the African continent – with its visa-free access extending to 97 of the world’s 194 countries – the slow progress in the approval of something like a Uni-visa for southern African Development Community (SADC) Countries only serves to add more pipe than pleasure. The South African passport is the 3rd most powerful passport.

4. Botswana – No visa required in 73 Countries

The fourth most powerful African passport is that held by citizens of Botswana, which is ranked 58th in the Index. However, the Botswana passport only offers visa-free entry to 73 countries, which makes it 57% poorer in terms of access than the five highestranked passports: citizens of Finland, Sweden, the UK, Germany and the United States are able to travel visa-free to 174 destinations around the globe.

5. Gambia – No visa required in 68 countries

The Gambia has the fifth most powerful passport in Africa. The Gambian passport allows holders to visit 68 countries without having to go through the tedium of obtaining an entry clearance visa. Only Seychelles with 129 visa free countries, Mauritius at 125, South Africa at 94 and Botswana at 73 trumped The Gambia.

6. Kenya – No visa required in 68 Countries

Seychellois passport holders can visit more countries in the This number somewhat is a fair reflection of the world than Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya or Nigeria with- power on a Kenyan Passport holder because it means for you to travel globally you need to apply for Visas out the need to apply for a visa beforehand. to more than half the number of the 219 countries surveyed!. The Kenyan Passport ranks 6th on our list An infographic published by GOOD Magazine, which of the most powerful passports in Africa with 68 ranked countries according to the number of countries their countries no visa required, the same as the Gambian passports can enter either without a visa, or with a visa on Passport. arrival, reveals that Seychelles passport holders have access to 126 countries, making it the African passport with the

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7. Lesotho – No Visa required in 67 Countries

The Lesotho passport is the sixth most powerful passport in Africa. The Lesotho passport allows holders to visit 67 countries without having to go through the tedium of obtaining an entry clearance visa. Only Seychelles with 129 visa free countries, Mauritius at 125, South Africa at 94 Botswana at 73, Kenya and Gambia at 68 trumped over the Lesotho passport.

8. Namibia – No Visa required in 67 Countries

The other sixth most powerful African passport is that held by citizens of Namibia, which is ranked 58th in the Index.

However, the Namibian passport only offers visa-free entry to 67 countries, which makes it 32% poorer in terms of access than the five highest-ranked passports: citizens of Finland, Sweden, the UK, Germany and the United States are able to travel visafree to 174 destinations around the globe.

9. Malawi – No Visa required in 66 Countries

This number somewhat is a good reflection of the power on a Malawian Passport holder because it means for you to travel globally you need to apply for Visas to more than half the number of the 219 countries surveyed!. The Malawian Passport ranks 7th on our list of the most powerful passports in Africa with 66 countries no visa required, the same as the Zambian Passport. Although Malawi is geographically small, in terms of area, its passport has made it on the list of the 10 most powerful passports in Africa.

10. Zambia – No Visa Required in 66 Countries

A somewhat good reflection of the power on a Zambian Passport holder because it means for you to travel globally you need to apply for Visas to more than half the number of the 219 countries surveyed!. The Zambian Passport ranks 7th on our list of the most powerful passports in Africa with 66 countries no visa required, the same as the Malawian Passport. The Zambian passport has made it on the list of the 10 most powerful passports in Africa.

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World Top 10 Passports

Sweden: 174 visa-free countries, Finalnd: 174 visa-free countries, Germany: 174 visa-free countries, United Kingdom: 174-visa free countries, USA: 174 visa-free countries, Denmark: 173 visa-free countries, Canada: 173 visa-free countries, Spain: 172 visa-free countries, Belgium: 172 visa-free countries, Netherlands: 172 visa-free countries Source:http://www.southafrica.info/

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Ooni of Ife: New Yoruba king named in Nigeria

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A 40-year-old accountant has been named the new Ooni of Ife - a revered monarch in south-west Nigeria.

Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi is the new king, one of the most influential among the Yoruba people, Nigeria's second biggest ethnic group, who number about 35 million in West Africa.

He is a prince from one of the ruling houses in the Ife kingdom.

The previous Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade, died in a London clinic in July aged 85.

Mr Ogunwusi was selected from 21 candidates who included his older brother.

The BBC's Chris Ewokor in Abuja says the selection criteria have not been made public.

Traditionally, kingmakers from within the family choose the Ooni of Ife from descendents of the Yoruba god Oduduwa in consultation with their oracle, known as Ifa. Mr Ogunwusi will be one of the youngest traditional rulers in Nigeria, our reporter says.

Ooni of Ife: The Ooni of Ife's kingdom is in present-day Osun state in south-west Nigeria The monarch should be a direct descendant of Oduduwa, who is a Yoruba god The practice of burying someone alive with a king who dies has long been abolished.

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Liberia Approved for U.S. Millennium Compact to Fund Development

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Liberia has been approved for $256 million in financing from from the Millennium Challenge Corporation - a U.S. government agency that awards five-year compacts after a competitive process to countries meeting rigorous performance guidelines. The funds are allocated for a range of development projects including electricity, road maintenance, reforms and capacity building. http://allafrica.com/

Eritrea Footballers 'gain Botswana Asylum' After World Cup Qualifier

Botswana has granted asylum to 10 Eritrean footballers who refused to return home after a World Cup qualifying match, their lawyer says.

Dick Barford said he had been informed of the decision by Botswana's secretary for justice, defence and security, Augustine Makgonatsotlhe.

Eritrea's footballers played the national team in Botswana on 13 October, losing the game 3-1.

Many Eritrean footballers have claimed asylum recently after playing

abroad.

Six players claimed asylum in Angola in 2007, 12 in Kenya in 2009, and another 18 in Uganda in 2012.

A report by the UN human rights council in June accused the Eritrean government of systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations.

The situation has prompted hundreds of thousands of people to flee the country, the report said.

Eritrea has denied committing human rights abuses and says those leaving the country are economic migrants.

Ouattara Wins Cote d'Ivoire's Vote in Landslide

Ivorian President Ouattara has been re-elected for a second fiveyear term in office. The 73-year-old incumbent garnered almost 84 percent of the vote. He commended his countrymen on the peaceful, transparent polls.

Ivory Coast's electoral commission announced Wednesday that President Alassane Ouattara had won 83.6 percent of the vote. He needed more than 50 percent to avoid a runoff.

The second-place rival, opposition candidate Pascal Affi N'Guessan, got 9 percent.

The vote, which took place on Sunday , was reported as peaceful and transparent by international observers, which was news sure to give confidence to investors in the world's top cocoa grower.

The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) also put voter turnout somewhere around 54 percent, allaying fears that voters would avoid the polls .

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Ethiopia Experiencing 'Worst Drought in 30 Years' Due to El Ni単o Conditions - UN Report

Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 30 years according to the United Nations, with levels of acute need across all humanitarian sectors having already exceeded levels seen in the Horn of Africa drought of 2011, and which are projected to become far more severe in 2016.

A recent report published by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) noted that the impact of the failed spring rains was compounded by the arrival of the El Ni単o weather conditions that weakened summer rains, which feed 80 to 85 per cent of the country."This greatly expanded food insecurity, malnutrition and devastated livelihoods across six affected regions of the country," OCHA indicated.

Meanwhile, the water level of Wabishabelle River, in Somali region, has

reportedly been rising since the past week following El Ni単o-caused heavy rains in the surrounding highlands, and in East and West Imy woredas of Shabelle zone.

OCHA recalled that last week, the river broke its banks in East Imy woreda causing communities along the river bank to be engulfed by water. According to the Somali region Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau, 700 households from Diray kebele, East Imy woreda are taking refuge in East Imy town. The Government and partners are monitoring the situation to identify intervention needs.

At the same time, local authorities in Mustahil and Kelafo woredas of Shabelle zone, which are administrative divisions affected by recurrent drought, were alerted about the rising river level. OCHA said mass community awareness will be conducted ahead of the floods in order to mitigate their impact. In addition, the National Flood Taskforce is currently preparing flood contingency plans for all at-risk areas in the country.

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Meet 4 Nigerian Women Who Own A Private Jet

There are more private jet owners in Nigeria than any other country in Africa. There are about 177 private jets in Nigeria currently, with Dangote and Oyedepo owning the highest number…four each. Out of the 177 PJ’s in Nigeria, four of them are owned by women. According to unconfirmed reports, these are the four women who own private jets in Nigeria.

Folorunso Alakija

She is one of Nigeria’s first female billionaire and the founder of Famfa Oil, a Nigerian company that owns a substantial interest in OML 127, a lucrative oil block on the Agbami deep water oilfield in Nigeria. She is said to be worth at least $3.2 billion and also said to own at least $100 million in real estate and a private jet worth $46 million.

Diezani Alison-Madueke The first female President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and she is still the current Minister of Petroleum Resources, and also the first woman to hold that position in Nigeria. Alison-Madueke was elected President of OPEC at the 166th General Meeting of the body in Vienna, Austria. She has held three significant positions in the Nigerian Federal Government.

Alison-Madueke was appointed Transport Minister in July 2007. On December 23, 2008, she was named as Minister

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Malawian ‘Prophet’ Claims He Can Walk In Mid-Air And Proves It With Video

of Mines and Steel Development.

In 2013, the Federal legislators accused AlisonMadueke of wasting N10 billion to charter and maintain private jet solely for her personal needs and those of her immediate family.

Hajia Bola Muinat Shagaya

She is the Managing Director of Practoil Limited, one of the largest importers and distributors of base oil in Nigeria, serving local lubricant blending plants. Unconfirmed sources said she has acquired a Gulfstream G650 aircraft made in the United States.

Shagaya is said to be the closest ally to the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and she is one of the richest women in Africa.

Daisy Danjuma

She is the wife of one of Nigeria’s richest men, General Theophilus Danjuma(rtd). Elected in 2003, she has served on numerous committees, among them are the Chairman of the ECOWAS Parliament’s Women and Children’s Rights Committee and Senate Committee Chairman on Women Affairs and Youth Development.

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It definitely, definitely does NOT look like he’s holding on to something and just swinging his legs about.

This is Shepherd Bushiri – a ‘prophet’ from Malawi who claims that God blesses him by helping him perform miracles.

He’s part of the religious group Enlightened Christian Gathering, and regularly posts stunts like this onto social media.

Bushiri also claims God ‘blessed’ him with a private jet and a Bentley.

‘Flamboyant Malawian Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has left the Christian world thunder-struck after he performed a hair raising miracle that saw him float on thin air,’ the description on his YouTube video reads.

‘Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG), who has earned himself a reputation as a man of God with succinct prophecies, left tongues wagging with a new video that depicts him walking in air.

‘After being labelled fake prophet and a conniving fraudster following the video, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has responded in spectacular fashion and pulled off yet another mouth-watering miracle in which he walked on air.’

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Highlife Radio Presenter, Esther Afua Yirenkyi Ordained As Evangelist Ghana when she was discovered and recruited into the then vibrant theatre company; “Theatre Mirrors” by a legal luminary, Lawyer Captain Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey . What shot her into the limelight was when she was casted to play a leading role in the Harry Laud’s Yaa Asantewaa Series.

She featured in a number of Ghanaian home videos and Television shows. She became known as “Yaa Asantewaa” in show business. Her passion for acting continued in the United States. She made an appearance in a movie “Benji-God got you covered in 2012” Esther later branched off to her first love which is music and launched her maiden album “Ayeyo Nnwom” in October 2013.

Right after launching her CD she joined Highlife radio and started the “Anoba Bosuo” (Morning Due ) program which has evolved to be one of the most listened to programs on internet radio across the globe.

Evangelist Yirenkyi has organized many charity concerts in the United States to support orphanages in Ghana.

Esther is a native of Akuapim, Adukrom in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She is the first of five siblings, three brothers and a sister, and blessed with a beautiful daughter named Tyra Ama Nyame.

The career of Esther Afua Yirenkyi a Ghanaian Actress, Musician and radio presenter has taken another turn as she has now been called and ordained as an Evangelist by the Apostolic Faith Mission International under the Stewardship of Apostle DE Graft Osei Kwame. The ordination ceremony was held in at the Glorious in Time International Ministry in Bronx, New York On October 18th, 2015.

Evangelist Afua Yirenkyi’s Anopa Bosuo program on Highlife radio continues to inspire many Ghanaians across the nation. She uses the platform to minister to people in song ministration and words of encouragement. Her listeners can’t help but stay glued to their computers during the two hour span of the program.

She has touched and inspired many lives through her radio show over the last two years.

Evangelist Esther Afua Yirenkyi’s rise to fame started about 15 years ago in

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Italy's First Black Minister: I Had Bananas Thrown At Me But I'm Here To Stay pared her to an orangutan before bananas were lobbed at her as she made a speech.

To top a vituperative summer, a rightwing deputy mayor in Liguria compared Kyenge on his Facebook page to the prostitutes – often African – who line a local road, while a well-known Italian winemaker, Fulvio Bressan, shocked wine lovers by reportedly calling Kyenge a "dirty black monkey".

It has been a tough reception for a woman who moved to Italy to work as a home help while she trained to become an ophthalmologist, marrying an Italian man and plunging into local politics in Modena to push for greater rights for immigrants before winning a seat in parliament in February.

Cécile Kyenge pushed for greater rights for immigrants before winning a seat in the Italian parliament in February. Photograph: Nick Cornish/Rex Features Tom Kington in Rome Saturday 7 September 2013 19.06 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 21 May 2014 23.51 EDT

Three mannequins stained with fake blood were dumped last week outside a town hall where Cécile Kyenge was due to make a speech, the latest in a stream of racist protests and insults aimed by furious Italians at the country's first black government minister.

After being likened to an orangutan by a former government minister and having bananas thrown at her while on a podium, it is getting tougher for Congoborn Kyenge, 49, to keep up her oft-repeated mantra that Italy is a tolerant country – but she is trying hard.

"I have never said Italy is racist, every country needs to start building awareness of immigration and Italy has simply arrived very late," she said on the day the mannequins were discovered.

Judging by the venom directed at Kyenge since she was named minister for integration in April, Italy needs to do some fast catching up as the ranks of foreign residents in the country swell to around four million, about 7% of the population.

But from her office in Rome, Kyenge insisted that children growing up in Italy's burgeoning melting pot are free from the prejudices of their parents. "It's easier for the young who have grown up with a different mentality, who have come across people from other places," she said. "If you ask a child in a class who is their friend, it is more likely he will say 'the one with the green jumper' rather than 'the black one'."

That is not quite how Forza Nuova, the far-right party that left the Ku Klux Klan-style mannequins at the town hall, sees things. Kyenge's work on behalf of immigrants, said party member Pablo de Luca, was aimed at "the destruction of the national identity".

Such views are keenly shared by members of the Northern League, Italy's antiimmigrant party, which propped up Silvio Berlusconi's government until it collapsed in 2011.

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MEP Mario Borghezio set the ball rolling in May by claiming that Kyenge would impose "tribal conditions" on Italy and help form a "bongo-bongo" administration. Africans, he added for good measure, had "not produced great genes".

In June, a local councillor for the party called for Kyenge to be raped, while in July Roberto Calderoli, a party member and former Berlusconi minister, com-

"When I arrived in 1983, I was one of the few; I was a curiosity. Then, in the 1990s, when mass immigration started, immigrants began to be seen as a threat," she said, recalling patients who had refused to be visited by her. "The process needed to be accompanied by more information in the media, in schools, better laws."

A shock survey in 2008 found that when people were asked who they found "barely likeable or not likeable at all", 81% of Italians mentioned Gypsies, 61% said Arabs, 64% said Romanians and 74% opted for Albanians.

Then came the crippling economic downturn, which sliced 15% off Italy's manufacturing sector, pushed the unemployment rate up to 12% and further hardened perceptions of "job-stealing" migrants.

What is really upsetting the Northern League is Kyenge's work to overhaul Italy's citizenship law, which currently forces the children of migrants born in Italy to wait until they are 18 before they can apply to become Italians, leaving a generation of children growing up feeling like Italians, talking local dialects like Italians, but unable to be Italian.

It has been dubbed the "Balotelli generation", after black footballer Mario Balotelli – who was born to Ghanaian parents in Sicily and is now a mainstay in the Italian national team, but has faced stadium chants of "a negro cannot be Italian".

Kyenge points out that she is not pushing for a US-style law that hands a passport to anyone born in the country, but for a toned-down version that would require the child's parents to have spent some time in Italy or to have taken integration courses.

Meanwhile, she has backed new measures simplifying the bureaucratic nightmare faced by the children of immigrants, who have one year to complete a blizzard of paperwork needed to gain a passport when they turn 18.

"You have from the age of 18 to 19 to apply and requests are often turned down due to a few missing documents," she said.

It is just part of an ambitious programme to which the soft-spoken Kyenge has committed herself, stretching from working on housing issues for nomad families to inter-religious dialogue designed to make it easier for Italians to adopt overseas.

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Her key task, she said, is convincing a country that has no shortage of culture – from its food to its art – that there is always room for more. "Diversity, sharing something you don't have, offers a huge amount," she said.

Turning to her own field, medicine, she said: "There are small examples of foreign customs which are being adopted by hospitals, like carrying your baby on your back, which can help children with ankle ailments as well as increasing physical contact with the parent while helping the posture of the parent."

Critics have rounded on the fact that Kyenge's father was polygamous, fathering 38 children by numerous wives, a custom she said she would not trying to encourage in Italy. "Let's be clear," she said, laughing, "this is a form of marriage I don't agree with."

Rather than threatening Italian traditions, Kyenge said the asylum-seekers now heading for Italy from sub-Saharan Africa and Syria could be taught to revive trades now being abandoned by Italians, especially if they were allowed to set up shop in the medieval hilltop villages that are rapidly being abandoned up and down the country.

Take, for example, the Calabrian town of Riace, which has reversed depopulation by welcoming the migrants landing on rickety boats after a perilous Mediterranean crossing and setting them up in trades such as dressmaking, joinery, pottery or glass-blowing.

"This is a good practice, using depopulated villages where there are many empty houses, where old farms, shops and workshops can be reopened," said Kyenge, who visited Riace in August. "It offers a welcome to migrants, it's good for the national economy and good for saving trades that risk disappearing."

Back in Rome, as she works to get her message across, Kyenge is getting ready to dodge the next bunch of bananas as she continues to insist that Italy is not a racist country, just learning fast.

"Balotelli and I are both opening new paths in our fields," she said, "and anyone who does that will face huge difficulties." http://www.theguardian.com/

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Congolese American Crowned Homecoming Princess At Freedom High school in Woodbridge, Virginia

Genius: 13Yr Old Igbo Boy Builds Fully Motorized Pail Loader & Truck

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Freedom high School fellow students surprised Daniella by electing her as homecoming princess One Student had this to say about her "She's so loved by so many – she's the kind of person everyone wants to be around.

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In October 2015, Daniella Kasonga a sophomore at Freedom high school was crowned as the Home Coming Princess .

Daniella’s parents are natives of Congo in Central Africa

Geniuses within igbo land remain undeveloped. Our correspondent who brought in this report hinted of how amazingly, a boy of 13 years old developed a fully motorised pail loader and a truck, tipped by the Pail loader’s load of sand. It was an amazing scenario. This geniuses have been let to lie fallow without any effort by the government to develop this intellectuals to their required fields. We call on multinational organizations and passionate individuals to help climax these dreams.

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Meet Jelani Aliyu, Nigerian Genius Who Designed Chevrolet Volt

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21-Year-Old Nigerian Student Louise Jaiyeola Oduyoye Develops Emergency Power Backup For Surgeons Called Neva

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Jelani Aliyu, hails from Sokoto State, Nigeria and is General Motors Lead Exterior Designer and the designer of the Chevy Volt. General Motors is the world’s largest automobile maker. The car has been described as an American Revolution and one of the hottest concepts in the design line.

Jelani was born in 1966 in Kaduna, to Alhaji Aliya Haidara and Sharifiya Hauwa’u Aliyu. The fifth of seven children, theirs is a very close-knit family. For him, it was an amazing experience growing up in Sokoto, surrounded by the rich culture of the people and the state and enjoying excellent access to the latest and international information.From 1971 to 1978, he attended Capital School, Sokoto, an excellent school and this served as a very productive educational experience for him. In 1978, he gained admission into Federal Government College, Sokoto, from where he graduated in 1983 with an award as the best in Technical Drawing.

Jelani was privileged to meet and make many good friends from all parts of the country and beyond during this time. He had tremendous encouragement and mentoring from his family and friends and his creative art develop the ed. He drew a lot, designed his own cars, and even built scale models of them, complete with exteriors and interiors.

After FGC, he got admission into the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to study Architecture, but soon discovered that curriculum did not support his future vision and plans.

After considering other institutions in Nigeria and their academic programmes, he concluded that only one of them had the study criteria that would support his future goals. The institution in which he chose to pursue his education was one he felt offered the best creative programmes and had experience that would give him the best foundation required to study Automobile Design abroad. That institution was the Birnin Kebbi Polytechnic. He was there from 1986 to 1988 and earned an associate degree in Architecture, with an award as Best All-Round Student. While there, he did some in depth research into home design and construction, looking into materials and structures that would be most compatible with our environment and climate; buildings that would stay cool in a hot environment with little, or no artificial electrical air conditioning. Upon graduation from the polytechnic, Jelani worked for a while at the Ministry of Works, Sokoto.

In 1990, Aliyu moved to Detroit, Michigan to enroll at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit under a Sokoto Schorlarship board sponsorship. Having always wanted to study Automobile Design, this was a dream come true and an absolutely fascinating experience. The course was very practical and emphasis was put on creativity and the development of new designs to provide solutions . He received his degree in automobile design in 1994.

In 1994 he began his career with the design staff of General Motors. He worked on the Buick Rendezvous and was the lead exterior designer of the Pontiac G6. He also worked on the Astra with General Motors’ Opel Division.

With his brilliant work on the design of the Chevrolet Volt, which was unveiled in 2007, Jelani Aliyu is considered by many to be the super star of the General Motors renaissance.

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Prior to recent developments, electricity has always been one of the major issues we face in Nigeria – an issue which affects all industries and hospitals are not exempted from this. I can’t imagine what will happen if there is a power outage while surgeons are in the middle of an operation.

I could go on and on about how unpalatable the issue is but that’s not what this post is about…. This post bears encouraging news about a female Nigerian student studying at the University of Derby in the United Kingdom who developed a device to help in the event of a power outage in an operating room.

21 year-old Louise Jaiyeola Oduyoye developed a mobile medical battery called Neva which provides backup electricity to surgical theatres. The device is rather similar to the regular UPS (uninterruptible power supply) but is more dynamic in that it can be adapted to advanced situations. Neva contains replaceable lithium ion battery packs with enough power output to power critical machines during surgeries and reduce the risks associated with power outages.

Louise Jaiyeola Oduyoye is a Mechanical Engineering student at Loughborough University where she is pursuing her Master’s degree. Neva was a product of her completion of the requirements for obtaining her first degree in Product Design Engineering at the University of Derby.

In a comment about her invention, Louise said Neva was “developed for countries that have difficulty accessing uninterrupted power supplies so they can perform these surgeries in-country rather than fly people out.”

We can only hope Neva will be produced en masse and will be made available to hospitals in developing countries to help save millions of lives.

Source: Tech Point.

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Kumasi Academy Old Students Association, (Akunini) North America Host First Fundraising & Dinner Dance October

A model of An ultra-modern science laboratory block for Kumasi Academy The Kumasi Academy Old Students’ Association of North America has organised the first fundraising dinner dance at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, VirginiaUSA.

The objective of the fundraising is to build a multi-purpose science laboratory to mark the school's 60th anniversary in 2017.

The event was attended by old students from as far back as the mid 60s to the new millennium, as well as affiliates of the school.The chairperson of the occasion in the person of Mr. Anokye Poku of the pioneering class of the school warmly welcomed everybody to the event and laid down the objective for the gathering.

In his address he shared a recollection some of the great memories of his days and encouraged all guests to contribute generously to help build the science lab by 2017.

Also in attendance was the President of the Association in Ghana, Dr. Kwabena Dapaah Siakwan.In his keynote address and presentation, he showed several of images depicting the progress of the project and ongoing activities at the construction site. According to Dr. Dapaah, the initial part of the project (foundation and ground filling) which is usually the most difficult, is nearing completion.

He indicated that a couple of old students have pledged to bear the cost of the ceiling and the roofing once the project gets to that level; and therefore urged all guests at the gathering to contribute towards the project which he considers very feasible.

He also pleaded with all students in other countries to organize themselves, especially at the year group levels to mobilize funds to support the project.

The fundraising ceremony was conducted by Pastor Ebenezer Doku, an old student who is currently based in New York. He was helped by Esi Mansa Addo of the 1994 year group who is also based in Maryland.

The pair entertained guests to a lively event which witnessed generous contributions to support the science lab project.

Following the fundraising activity was an open dance floor for all guests to enjoy and dance to great music to climax the occasion.

The team is also considering organizing the next fundraising in New York and urges all to join in the campaign.

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Dr. Miriam C. Gyimah

When many married couples find themselves at a brick wall which divides them at every turn and possible conflicting areas within their lives, they seek a divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. They come to determine that there is no possible way they can continue their union harmoniously because they are simply of different minds, separate agendas and singular goals. So they submit to a court and judge to separate them permanently. In the same way, we Christians have to realize in the most practical ways that the offerings of the world are irreconcilable to those of the Spirit and we should separate ourselves from them.

Indeed, there are irreconcilable differences that can separate personalities where experience teaches that one person must take the left road because the other, inevitably, will take the right. This thought holds true for the larger world as created by God and yet ruled by the prince of darkness.

However, too often, it appears that too many of those claiming to be of the kingdom world, that is the world under our Creator and Maker, God Himself, somehow do not and cannot see these irreconcilable differences and therefore cannot tear themselves away from the carnal world. And that inability or reluctance to separate oneself from the opposite world compromises one’s life and can ultimately make them a casualty.

Roman’s chapter eight tells us that through salvation, we have been set apart from the flesh and as a result, we should not walk in the flesh, but in the Spirit, that is the Holy Spirit of God. Furthermore, we learn that “those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God” (verses 5-8). Whatever the flesh desires is in opposition to the Spirit while whatever the Spirit wants is also in conflict with the flesh; keep in mind that the flesh represents Satan. The flesh and Spirit do not operate in compromise; they cannot. They are mutually exclusive. The Spirit yields to the things of God. The flesh to the things of the world and consequently death. They are irreconcilable.

As Christians, we have been informed, warned and we have been charged to follow the path of the Holy Spirit who directs as well as protects us. If we say we are going to call ourselves children of the Most High God, a God who is holy and tells us to be holy because He is holy (I Peter 1:16), then we have to know and understand that there must be a line of demarcation between us, who have vowed and claim to follow the Spirit, and those who choose to follow the flesh. But how is it that even as we are informed and taught by the Good Book, we still dabble in, or, for some, rest at the site of the flesh? How do we reconcile these two separate paths and choices when it has been clearly demonstrated in Romans and other parts of our instructional manual, The Bible, that we cannot and must not, for we must be hot or we must be cold, because there is no place in God’s kingdom for the lukewarm? Because as God Himself says, He will spit the lukewarm out of His mouth (Revelations 3:16).

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I am asking these questions because I grapple with them in part because of my own shortcomings and also because of my fellow believers’ state of mind and spirit, and sometimes their outward reveling in the things of the flesh, which run contrary to what we are supposed to stand for. What do I mean? What I mean is that far too many of us are not living the life we are called to live and we seem not to see anything wrong with the state of our spiritual lives. A practical example is, why is it permissible for Christians to make as part of their weekly and even daily staple the questionable and highly conflicting offerings from television entertainment? Why is it okay for Christians to anticipate excitedly programs like “Scandal,” “How to Get Away with Murder” and “Empire” and then chit chat about them as if they were the best things in the world, as if they were made for us, as if they are there to uplift us and reinforce our spiritual lives and consciousness? These shows, although great hits and historic television, because they deal with African American persons as powerful and complex lead characters, are nevertheless fraught with sinful and demoralizing subjects and acts which are in fact made a celebrated and applauded fascination.

These shows and many like them (whether it is “Game of Thrones,” “Girls” “Orange is the New Black” and other such dramas or comedies) offer a smorgasbord of hatred, deceit, fornication, adultery, lasciviousness, covetousness, murder, homosexuality and more. Yes, they are good drama and that makes for great television, but can Christians afford to forego the needs and the yearnings of the Spirit and be doused or even immersed in these things, these works of the flesh? Of course I understand that it is entertainment and having been a drama student all through high school and even college, I value the dramatic arts, but is this the sort of food that we should be ingesting into our souls and consciousness week after week after week? It is entertainment, but it is not harmless entertainment. It is demoralizing and distressing to our souls and a weight on our own spirits.

And the truth is if you don’t feel a weight on your soul and uncleanness in your spirit when and after viewing these shows, then in actuality not only are you out of tune with your spirit, but you are clearly out of step and focus with the Holy Spirit as well.

Please note I said earlier that sometimes I have to deal with my own shortcomings regarding some of these issues, because as a former drama student and an English and Literature major, I love the skill and talent of acting. It is an artistic and wonderful means to communicate, connect with and impact others by tapping into their hearts and souls. I love a well-written dramatic novel, play and screenplay, so I like to sit and enjoy a good show or two, but how do I reconcile the flaunting, promotion, celebration and even agenda of many of these writers, actors, directors and producers whose intent with their work is very clear – to make it the normal – to draw us to their way of thinking – to cause us to understand, sympathize and accept their lifestyles, to desensitize us to the things of the flesh? How can we as Christians reconcile the requirements of the Spirit by pleasuring ourselves with these works of the flesh when they are irreconcilable to the things we say we are about?

It appears we have forgotten that the Bible tells us we are in the world, but not of the world (John 17:14). It seems we are letting our carnal selves take the lead as we desire to be a part of the larger world, to be up-to-date with the rest of society, particularly the glamorized world of entertainment and stardom. Thus, because the members of our bodies such as our ears, eyes and the literal flesh yearn, crave with interest and is inquisitive about these things, because we are somehow more interested in proving that we are not living under rocks but that we are a part of popular culture, instead of cutting off the arm that steals, instead of plucking out that offending beam in our eyes, instead of simply separating ourselves from these sinful television phenomena by opting for better and more wholesome programs, or better yet, sim-

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ply turning off the television, we choose to stay in this state and open our souls and minds to the things of the world. In so doing, we are grieving our spirits, not to mention the Holy Spirit of God. Again, in so doing, we are opening our lives and homes to the glamorization of sin, and the enemy takes spiritual control even as he utilizes these things to make us ineffective Christians, even as he manipulates them as tools to enter our spirit realm through dreams and other vices.

Unfortunately, this is where too many Christians find themselves.

We have been weakened spiritually because we ignore and even abandon the things of the Spirit and we have become desensitized and even impotent. We don’t even realize that we are in fact living in sin, a passive and very active sin and that we are abiding in the world because we are allowing the flesh to lead us.

Truly, the fact is that when even respected preachers, apostles and bishops reference these shows as if it is a good thing, as if watching them is engaging in a good pastime, we are in trouble. A few months back, I was watching one of my favorite televangelist, Bishop T.D. Jakes and while he was teaching a powerful word, he somehow in passing mentioned the show “Scandal” as an example and he stated that Thursday night is “Scandal” night at his home. I was taken aback, because although he is not perfect, I expected more from him and if anything at all, I thought it inappropriate for him to mention how he enjoys the show, given what the show is all about. It was a carnal moment. Here, it appears that even the great Bishop stumbles because he wanted his audience to know that he is up-to-date with popular and television culture. How does that moment discourage his audience to abstain from such trash which does not edify but rather contaminate the very people he is trying to enlighten and encourage about their walk with God? Yes, even our pastors and bishops are delighting themselves in the things of the world, how then can the general congregation turn away from them?

The truth is that this era positions us at a critical place where we have to declare what we are about and what we believe. I suppose every era lends itself to such a critical moment, but this is our time and it is a time where unspeakable things are being not only spoken but embraced. Where do you stand? It is a time where we are being urged to step into what many consider an enlightening arena but their supposed light is actual darkness and a path to death and destruction, just as evidenced in the Garden of Eden with the eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. It is an era where we are challenged to forego our held Christian and Godly values to adopt the philosophy of the absurd and to legitimize it as wisdom. Where do you stand? We are at a place where we are provoked and condemned when we choose to adhere to the word and voice of the All Mighty Creator, while the very creatures He created are deafening our ears with their shouts of protests and indignation because we choose to embrace Christ instead of their lifestyles. Where do you stand?

Yet, even as I ask where you stand, you know very well that too many of us have already thrown in the towel and are leaning towards the camp of absurd philosophy. Too many of us also have folded our arms and turned our heads away as if to say that our passivity regarding these issues will cause a counter revolution. Well, it will not! The only revolution will be on the side of the enemy as he barges into our homes, schools and churches to preach his own gospel. Can you tell me that this is not happening already? And it is happening, because we have opened the windows of our minds, hearts and souls via the television and other media sources to drink in and consume the enemy’s brand of religion and philosophy. So where do we stand when we are faced with irreconcilable differences? Do we divorce ourselves from these acts and works of the flesh and follow the path that Christ asks of us or do we stay put and find a compromise where there is really no compromise?

We are regressing instead of progressing. We are dying instead of living abundantly. Do you want to start a revolution even if it seems a small act? Take a stance and see the irreconcilable differences as they are. Next time you are tempted to watch those shows, turn away and choose the Spirit. Reject the lust of the flesh and the works of the flesh; reject the enemy; reject Satan himself. Divorce yourself from him and his vices and walk in the Spirit.

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A Preacher finished the service one morning by saying, 'Next Sunday, I am going to preach on the subject of liars.

As a preparation for my sermon, I would like you all to read Mark Chapter 17.'

On the following Sunday, the preacher rose to begin. Looking out at the congregation he said, 'Last week I asked you all to read Mark Chapter 17. If you have read the chapter, please raise your hand.' Nearly every hand in the congregation went up.

Smiling, the preacher said, 'You are the very people I want to talk to today.. the liars ....... Mark has only 16 chapters.'

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*“Pastor, my dog is dead. Could there be a service for the poor creature?” Pastor replied, “No, we cannot have service for an animal in the church. But there is a new church down the road, maybe they will do it.” The man said, “Do you think they will accept a donation of U.S $250,000 for the burial service?” Pastor exclaimed, “Sweet Jesus! Why didn’t u tell me the dog was a Christian?”

An American, an English man, and a Nigerian were on a ship. Suddenly the Devil appeared and said, “Drop anything in the sea, if I find it I will eat u, If I can’t, I will be your slave!” The American dropped a pin, the Devil found it and ate him. The English man dropped a coin, the Devil found it and ate him too. The Nigerian opened a bottle of water, poured it in the sea and said, “Na today be today, go find am! *A Nigerian man fainted outside Mr. Biggs (an eatery). Soon a crowd gathered around him and someone suggested, “Give him some water, it will help.” Hearing this, the man opened one eye and said, “Commot from here, if na water I wan drink, I for go faint for water board…” (Translation: “Get lost!

If I needed water, I would faint in front of a water facility)

*A man sits on the balcony having drinks with his wife, and he says, “I love you!” She asks, “Is that you or the beer talking?” He replies, “It’s me… talking to the beer.”

*A husband comes home from Church, greets his wife, lifts her up and carries her around the house.

The wife is so surprised and excited! She asked with smiles, “Did the Pastor preach on being romantic?” Out of breath the husband replies, “No, he said we must carry our burdens…”

A very successful naija man parked his new lexus in front of his office ready to show it off to his collegues, as he got out a trailer passed too close and completety tore off the door, the man immediately grabbed his cell phone, called the police, and they arrived. before the officer could say anything the man was scereaming hysteriacally, my lexus!, my lexus!, will never be the same again no matter what the panel -beater did to it, the officer just loked at the man in disgust and shook his head, i cant beleieve how materialistic you are, he said, you are soo focused on your possessions that you dont notice anything else. how can you say such a thing? asked the man. dont you know that your left arm is missing from your elbow down, it must have been torn off when the truck hit you..........., oh my God replied the man, "MY ROLEX" wrist watch.

Teacher:"if you think you are stupid stand up!!"*nobody stands up* Teacher:"im sure there are stupid people over here!!" *little Johnny stand up* Teacher:"ohh Johnny you think you ar stupid?"Little Johnny:"NO...I just feel bad that you are standing alone.

A pastor was praying for a demon-possessed man. He said, in the name of Jesus, what do you want from this man? speak up before I cast you out this moment! The demon in the man said, I want him to win the American Lottery Draw worth $200billion tonight. The pastor lowered the microphone and whispered; get out of him and enter into me.

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Today at the bank, a man goes to the ATM and withdraws all his money. Then goes inside the same bank and deposits the same money he withdrew telling the bank officer that, my money is not safe outside in the ATM...people are just withdrawing anyhow and they can end up withdrawing my money. Keep my money inside the bank

WHO DO YOU CONSIDER VERY FUNNY HERE: 1: The VENDA man who removed his shoes to enter a taxi...

2: The TSONGA man who went to the bank with a spanner to open a bank account...

3: The MOPEDI who went to bed with a ruler just to know how long he slept...

4: The SOTHO man who watched the news and waved at the news reader...

5: The TSWANA nurse who woke up a sleeping patient simply because she forgot to give him sleeping pills...

6: The SWATI man who lowered his tv volume because he wanted to read a text message...

7: The XHOSA man who climbed a mango tree to check if the mango was ripe enough, then came down and started stoning it...

8: The ZULU man who polished his shoe to take a passport photo...

9: The AFRIKAANS man who saw something which looked like shit, touched and tasted it, saying, "Hmmmm" this bloody shit! Thank God i didn't step on it...

10: The ENGLISH man who put his radio inside the refrigerator because he wanted to listen to Cool FM

Fifth Anniversary Of Resurrection Methodist Church

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In September 2010 Holy Trinity Methodist Church merged with All Nations Methodist Church and formed Ghana Resurrection Methodist Church under Rev. Kwasi KwakyeNuako. On Sunday October 25th the Church celebrated their 5th Anniversary with a host of Activities. Rev. Kwakye Nuako admonished the members to look back and be thankful for how far the Good Lord had brought them. Some members who have served diligently in the ministry were honored for their services with plaques.

Mr. Adade Wiredu (Asona Abusua Panin) whose 60th Birthday Celebration coincided with the Anniversary was honored by the Church and his family

The Singing Band Ministering

Dancing Time

Rev. and Mrs. Kwakye -Nuako

The Congregation in celebration mood

Rev. Kwasi Kwakye-Nuako Standing with the Circuit Stewards

Presentation of Awards for exemplery Service to the Ministry

Offering time

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African Billionaire Launches $100 Million Dollar Program for African-American Entrepreneurs

DHL Express Triumphs as Top Employer in Africa in 2015/2016 October 2015

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motivate employees – one of which is the Certified International Specialist (CIS) program, which Heymans refers to as a ‘game changer’. “CIS is a cultural change program and revolves around four attributes: Speed, Can-Do Attitude, Right First Time and Passion. Everyone from the Global CEO or our couriers have gone through this training programme which reinforces our core compeAnnual international research undertaken by the Top tencies. This program has been central to employee development and retention.”

Employers Institute recognizes leading employers around the world that provide outstanding employee conditions, nurture and develop talent throughout all An extension of the CIS program is the levels of the organization, and strive to continuously Certified International Manager (CIM) program. “This focuses primarily on ensuring that optimize employment practices. our leaders have the correct balance between DHL Express has been certified as Top Employers in IQ and EQ, and have the right leadership and social skills to lead tomorrow’s workforce,” twelve of their local markets including Angola, says Heymans.

Botswana, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, DHL Express (http://www.dpdhl.com) was certified as a Top Employer in 12 African markets at the prestigious Top Employer 2016 ceremony in Johannesburg last week. This is the second consecutive year that the company was certified as a Top Employer in Africa by the Top Employers Institute, highlighting the importance that DHL places on employee engagement and development.

By Angela Wills

Tony Elumelu, an attributed philanthropist and African billionaire, is a stellar businessman with specialized training in economics, seeking to change the economic standing of those in the African-American community. Elumelu chairs Heirs Holdings and Transcorp, and is also the founder of the esteemed Toney Elumelu Foundation.

In 2014, Elumelu, along with other prominent American and African business moguls, partnered to form a summit in Washington DC that consisted of more than 45 African and American business heads, along with 50 African business leaders. The common theme of the platform was to see to the improvement in the economic stance of Africans, as well as African-Americans, and to create advancement opportunities for all who interacted.

Elumelu’s statements to the media explained that the summit presented a promising opportunity for individuals to make positive returns on contributions made to valuable incentives around the Atlantic. He expressed that this was not mere chatter, but an outlet to expose those involved to greater opportunities in business growth.

The vision set forth by Tony Elumelu is one that he believes merges more than simple aid; it creates a solid partnership between Africa and the U.S. It’s the beginning of a business journey that takes a different, but more rewarding, path for all of those invested. The trip to Africa taken by President Obama was another key indicator that steps are being taken in the right directions to strengthen business ventures between Africa and America.

These attempts coexist with The Tony Elumelu Foundation as it extends its principles for growth to businesses owned or started by women and minorities. The most significant move, by far, is the entrepreneurship program that The Tony Elumelu Foundation will spearhead. It is designed on a financial standing of $100,000,000 to be disbursed among entrepreneurs throughout the U.S and Africa.

This newly formed relationship between Africa and the U.S is one that can create a positive mode of growth for African American entrepreneurs who stay the course and take the route the foundation has designed. The overwhelming occurrences of negativity surrounding African Americans in the press makes it necessary for many to find outlets that help them reach their full business potential. The summit created the opportunity and the foundation’s program provides the means to capitalize on the opportunity.

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Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Other employee recognition and engagement Africa and Uganda. programs include the annual Employee Opinion Survey, Employee Appreciation Hennie Heymans, Managing Director of DHL Weeks aimed at celebrating and recognizing Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), says these certiemployees’ achievements within each country, fications reaffirm that the company is on the right and regular recognition schemes, such as the track to being an Employer of Choice and a rewardEmployee of the Quarter / Year. ing place to work.

He explains that being an Employer of Choice is one of the Deutsche Post DHL Group’s three bottom lines, and demonstrates how seriously employee engagement and development are to the business.

“Our vision is to be The Logistics Company for the World. We aim to be the logistics provider that people turn to first – not only for all their shipping needs, but also as an employee or investor.”

“As the workplace landscape continues to evolve in Africa, we will continue to focus on balancing corporate and societal cultures while promoting diversity and most importantly, retain, motivate and develop our most valuable assets – our people,” concludes Heymans.

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He says that it is a simple reason why DHL is so heavily invested in its people. “Happy employees who feel valued are loyal, motivated and productive.

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2016 Ghana Music Week Festival launched in USA

The first of four international launch events of the 2016 Ghana Music Week Festival was held in the United States of America on October 16 and 17, 2015.

In all, three activities were held in the U.S: an International Media Launch at the Ghana Embassy in Washington DC on October 16; a Launch Durbar at Mount Vernon City Hall on October 17; and an after-party, same night, at the BB King Hall in New York, hosted by Leslie Quaynor's Fantasy Entertainment.

The Washington DC launch was hosted by His Excellency Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Smith, Ghana's Ambassador to USA. Also present was his Deputy, Mr. Skido Achulo and other top personalities.

Launching the festival, the Ambassador outlined Ghana’s unparalleled achievements in the sub-region and lauded the organizers- Musiga, Showbiz Africa, Fantasy Entertainment and MoTCCA, for including Ghanaians in the Diaspora in the next GMW Festival. He urged: “all who have not been in Ghana recently to take advantage of the festival and visit home in March 2016”.

The Mt. Vernon Launch Durbar was held under the distinguished auspices of the Mayor of Mount Vernon City in New York, Ernest D. Davis, at the Mt Vernon City Hall on October 17. An elated Mayor Ernest Davis who warmly welcomed the delegation from Ghana, in the presence of a heavy African-Americans, said: "tourism can be used to bridge the gap between Africans and Africans in the Diaspora, stressing on the need for partnership such as the one between Ghana and the City of Mount Vernon".

He said: "Brothers and sisters, for centuries, Africa has not been on the positive minds of even Africans and we have to correct that. We correct that by coming together, understanding that, we have a destiny. Wherever we go, the offsprings of Africans are not duly respected and to change that, we just can't talk about it, you gotta [got] to do it. If you want to compete in the world stage, you gonna [going] have to come together as one people to make that change".

He added: "There are shortcuts but the people here process the energy, the talent and the intelligent to make sure that, the continent of Africa is not continually rid by others. We should not be the one to participate in our own demise" The primary objective of the USA launch and subsequent ones to be organised in the UK, China, Australia and Nigeria, according to Festival Executive Co-ordinator, Verus Nartey, is: "to roll out an innovative package to attract a targeted 2,000 visitors/tourists to Ghana for the main GMW Festival in March 2016, and in the process, marketing Ghanaian music & tourism to the world".

On his part, President Obour said: "We believe strongly that music as an arts form plays a key role in the development of every country. And for us, we believe strongly that music can be a pivoting factor to propel Ghana tourism industry to another level".

Some individuals who have distinguished themselves and contributed to the promotion of Arts, Culture and Tourism in Ghana and the U.S. were honoured at the launch. They were Mr. George Bright-Abu, editor and Publisher of the Afrikan Post; and Mr. & Mrs. Agyekum of New Millennium Health Care in Columbus Ohio.

Rabbi Kohain Halevi, a native of the City of Mount Vernon, who has been living in Ghana for the past 25 years and currently heads PANAFEST, was honoured for his role in promoting Ghana and U.S. tourism. Prof James Small, owner of Sanaa Lodge, a hotel in Ghana; Dr. Mark Naison and Mr Joseph Lawson Johnson were all honoured for their contribution in promoting Ghana and U.S. tourism.

The final event was held on the night of October 17 when U.S based Fantasy Entertainment hosted an after-party at B.B King Hall, in New York for the team to sell the idea to event-going masses.

All the activities were graced by some Musiga Executives, and a host of musicians including Rocky Dawuni, A.B. Crenstil, Samini, Joey B, Gasmilla, Becca, Pappy Kojo, Edem and D. Black. Journalist Ebenezer Anangfio was on the team to cover the launch activities.

The U.S Launch of Ghana Music Week Festival was sponsored by South African Airways, U.S Embassy (Ghana), Fantasy Entertainment, Aqua Safari Resort and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts.

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His Excellency Lieutenant Joseph Henry Smith, Ghana’s Ambassador to the USA

MUSIGA Communications and Special Projects Director, Ahuma Bosco Ocansey

President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour

The Music Delegation with Deputy Chief of Ghana Mission Mr. Skido Achulo at an Event In Maryland

Rabbi Kohain Halevi, a native of the City of Mount Vernon, who has been living in Ghana for the past 25 years

Ghanaian musician Rocky Dawuni reading a speech on behalf of Ghana’s Minister for Tourism,

Music legend, A.B Crentsil Entertaining the gathering

Aleida Castilo (left), President Obour (middle) and Mt Vernon Mayor Davis (far right) at 2016 Ghana Music Week launch in USA

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Dr. Cobina Lartson of Afrika Mall in Denver, Colorado

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Mr. and Mrs Agyekum of New Millennium Health Care in Columbus, Ohio

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By Misbahu Bashir A 63-year-old man who recently enrolled at a public primary school in Kaduna State and believed to be the oldest pupil in the state said he was inspired by Governor Nasir El-Rufa'i's free education pledge.

Danjuma Aliyu, popularly called Sarkin Lambu, got enlisted into the Kachia Primary School, Kachia, as a Primary One pupil. Aliyu, who attends lessons together with his colleagues mostly at the age bracket of his great grandchildren, said "I want to read and write and acquire a university degree. The governor promised to offer free education at primary and secondary schools and that gave me much impetus to start schooling at the age of 63 years. I hope to accomplish my aim in life."

Sarkin Lambu said his parents were against western education and refused to send him and his siblings to school.

"Our parents didn't allow us to go to schools when we were growing up, to the extent of instructing us to hide whenever officials of the native authority were looking for children of school age. If I had attended schools then, I would have contributed a lot to the society but I hope to do that still."

Most of the schools in the rural areas in Kaduna State are fraught with decaying facilities and lacked classroom furniture thus; Sarking Lambu had to sit on the floor of the classroom to take lessons like other pupils. He was however not frustrated by the deplorable conditions and said he had made up his mind.

"The teachers decided that I start from class three but I insisted that I had to start from the beginning like my colleagues." Sarkin Lambu has a wife, eight children and 10 grandchildren

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Six Young Nigerian Millionaires Making A Mark In The World!

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Founder, Andela):Aboyeji, 23, is a co-founder at Andela, a global talent accelerator that trains young intelligent Africans to be world-class developers and then connects them with top employers around the world looking for top technical talent. Andela’s backers include the founders of Facebook, eBay, and AOL.

Mark Essien (Founder, Hotels.ng): Essien, 31, is the founder of Hotels.ng, Nigeria’s largest hotel booking website.

The online portal allows users from all over the world to book rooms from a selection of over 6000 hotels. The company has so far raised more than $250,000 in funding from Spark Fund among other investors.

Uche Pedro (Founder, BellaNaija):Pedro, 30, is one of Nigerian most popular new media entrepreneurs. BellaNaija, the Nigerian lifestyle, entertainment and fashion website which she founded, attracts more than 10 million page views every month from readers all across the world.

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Abiola Olaniran (Founder, Gamsole):Olaniran, 26, is the founder and CEO of Nigerian gaming company, Gamsole. Olaniran founded the company in 2012, and it has venture backing from 88mph, a Kenyan seed fund. The company’s games now have more than 9 million downloads both locally and internationally on the Windows Phone store.

Rex Idaminabo (Founder, Achievers Media):Idaminabo, 29, is the founder and CEO of Acheivers Media, the organization which hosts the popular African Achievers Award, an annual event that recognizes individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves in their contribution towards the growth and development of Africa. The event generates in excess of $1 million in sponsorship revenue annually. He is also the co-founder of Young CEO’s Business forum and was recently appointed as an Advisory Board member of the World Leaders Forum in Dubai.founder of Young CEO’s Business forum and was recently appointed as an Advisory Board member of the World Leaders Forum in Dubai.

Edose Ohen (Founder, Alfa O & O Networks; Glazed the Doughnut Cafe): He is the 28 year old founder of Alfa O & O Networks, a fixed wireless internet service provider focused on connecting homes in Benin City, Edo State Nigeria to the Internet in order to reduce the digital divide. He also owns Glazed the Doughnut Cafe, Houston’s first 24 hour doughnut shop. Glazed is on track to pull in revenues of $1.2 million this year and is listed as a top doughnut shop in Houston. Doughnut Cafe, Houston’s first 24 hour doughnut shop. Glazed is on track to pull in revenues of $1.2 million this year and is listed as a top doughnut shop in Houston

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carried out their commands.

In Daniel 10: 1-15, Daniel had fasted and prayed for three full weeks desiring some petition from God. He did not have the answer in the period he had fasted and prayed. Three days after an angel appears to him with an astounding revelation that from the very first day he stated the fasting and prayer God send him (the angel) to deliver the message but demonic, opposing angels resisted him until another angel Michael came to assist in the fight with the demonic angel. Finally the angels succeeded and brought the message to Daniel.

In Acts 12:1-12 the Apostle Peter was arrested and kept in prison by King Herod with the intent to execute him.

The church went into intercession prayer for him. A miracle happens. In response to their prayer and angel was released by God to the prison and miraculously led Peter out. Peter went straight to the place where the church had gathered to prayed and behold they were still praying for his release. Amen. What When a person recognizes his or her sinful nature with the consequences of the second death and spending eter- a mighty God we serve.

In Luke 22:39-44 Jesus was approaching the time of nity in hell and receives the Lord Jesus as his Lord and His death and as one born in the likeness of men began to personal Savior, Jesus then washes your sins in His preexperience uneasiness in his spirit. He went to the Mount of cious blood and forgives your sins. He then takes you through a paradigm shift from the Kingdom of darkness Olives to have a time of prayer. In response to His prayer an angel visited him to strengthen Him. into His own kingdom; the kingdom of light (Peter2:9).

Angels are ministering spirits assigned to those who are Born In His kingdom you become a new Creature. You receive a NEW IDENTITY OR POSITION (WHO YOU Again to serve us, because God has raised us up as kings with ARE IN CHRIST), NEW POTENTIALS (WHAT YOU kingship rights so take advantage of this and pray without ceasing.

CAN DO IN CHRIST) and NEW POSESSIONS During the Easter season in 1999 a couple of Christian youth (WHAT YOU HAVE IN CHRIST). For any born Again Christian to walk in his or her new identity and do what returning from activities at the beach had their minivan collidChrist will have us to do and possess what He has for us ing with a beer truck when their homes were within sight at SNNIT flats near Cape Coast Ghana. All eight youth were on earth we have to understand these New Creation removed from the vehicle unconscious. Among them were two Realities. In the coming months we will be discussion brothers who were university students, three sisters of one parabout our Position (IDENTITY) In Christ. ent; their father was the Bursar at Mfantsipim Sec. School.

KINGS AND KINGSHIP RIGHT In the book of Revelation when we receive Jesus Christ Cape Coast. One was a Liberian seeking refuge in Ghana, a dynamic praise and worship leader. Unfortunately nurses were as our Lord and personal savior He washes us in His on strike which made their parents more anxious as they watch precious blood and presents us to God as Kings. The their children lie motionless on hospital beds. The parents, all victories we have from God’s word, the influence we have in society, how best we maximize our potential, the of whom I have known turned to the Church for God’s intervention. I immediately summoned a group of Christians who effectiveness of the salt and the light that we are in this were part of my program I call “THE GATHERING OF world all depends on how we understand and live out INTERCESSORS”. These were Christians who were trained our new identity in Christ as Kings. and have matured from the elementary rudiments of the Revelation 1:5-6 and from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and A.C.T.S. of Intercession to the ART OF INTERCESSION. the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved They know how to exercise their kingship right and follow the current of the Holy Spirit in Prayer and tap into the release of us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; the unction of the Spirit. According to the victims around the to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen same time we reached the climax of the prayer, they saw angels as though they were dreaming; performing medical procedures Revelation 5:9-10 And they sung a new song, saying, on them (remember nurses were on strike at the time).

Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and hast redeemed us to God They were miraculously released from the hospital. Ami, who by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and peo- had her pelvic bone shifted to one side of her body and was declared not been able to give birth is based in London with ple, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings two children. The Liberian seeking refuge in Ghana finished and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

As kings we have kingship right and delegated authority University and is now the Accountant at Coconut Groove Hotel near Cape Coat. The rest are all living and having good jobs. from the Kings of Kings and Lord of Lords. Our kingGlory to God!. ship rights are given to us to reign on earth ant we do What am I saying? If the Church i.e. those who believe in the this through PRAYER. Atonement and the authenticity of the Power of Almighty God will stop the talking and complaining and learn how to pray by Because our kingdom is basically spiritual our reign begins in the spiritual realm where we enforce our king- praying and allow the Holy Spirit to release our ministering Spirits ‘Angels’ to execute God’s will on earth, we will put a dom principles here on earth through PRAYER. Just as our natural kings have servants who carry out their com- halt on the wave of kingdom of darkness in our families, societies and Nations. mands, we also have servants in the realm of the spirit Jesus intimated in Matthew 21:13 ….my house shall be the who fights our battles and delivers answers to our house of prayer. It is through prayer that the gates of terrorism, prayers when we pray. These servants are called sodomy, occult; celebrated as hallowing, apostasy, corruption ANGELS. Hebrews 1: 13-14 But to which of the angels said he at and many others will be lifted up for the King of Glory to come in and fill our families, society and nations with testiany time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemonies as the waters covers the sea. mies thy footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of sal- Let the Church arise and put our Angels to task. vation?

To be continued………..

Below are few examples of people of God who exercised their sonship rights in prayer and how angels

Emelia Adjei Launches New Book Life In The Diaspora : Ups And Downs October 2015

About the Author

Emelia Adjei is an author, motivational speaker, self-development coach, and philanthropist. She’s a Christian, kingdom minded and passionate about spreading the goodness and greatness of God.She’s the author of book titled “Accelerate to Glory” and the creator of book titled “Life in the diaspora, Ups and Downs.”

Emelia emigrated from her motherland country of Ghana –West Africa to USA with nothing but dreams of a better life and education. She overcame many challenges, including near homelessness but stayed determined and focused, and worked hard to pursue her dreams. She has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and an Honorary Doctor’s Degree in Humanities. She has received various awards, featured on TV, magazines and a documentary movie.

After several years working in the corporate sector, she realized she was not fulfilling her passion and purpose of mentoring, coaching, and motivating people to reach their fullest potential. She’s committed to use her life experiences to empower and inspire others to pursue their dreams.

By drawing from her personal and professional experiences, she uses practical principles and strategies to coach her clients to break through barriers that stops them from pushing through to make their dreams become a reality.

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Synopsis of Book

The book presents a compelling selection of life’s challenging and inspirational stories of trials, triumphs, setbacks and comebacks by six individuals who left their homeland/motherland to live in another country/continent - United States Of America (USA).

With authenticity, each writer shares his or her personal journey and experience for readers to be motivated and inspired. Further reveal what it means to leave a comfort zone of familiar surroundings to pursue a new life in a new country.None of them had it easy on a golden platter, but they didn’t quit when the going got tough. They persisted , persevered and stayed focus to achieve their dreams, goals and purpose.

Through the joys, sorrows, trials and blessings, each individual exemplify what it takes and means to live life to the fullest, not quitting but pursuing your dreams, goals, vision, and purpose.

Diaspora ~ is a person or group of people who have relocated or moved from their motherland to another country.

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Alexandria, Virginia, USA- The first annual Miss Ghana Tourism USA Pageant was held in Rockville, Maryland (USA) on October 10, 2015. The beauty pageant endorses the beauty of Ghanaian women hailing from all parts of Ghana that are residents in the United States, while promoting Ghanaian tourism and lifestyle.

After the night’s festivities and much awaited suspense, Whitney Osei was crowned the first Miss Ghana Tourism USA. The pageant featured young women with Ghanaian heritage from the Eastern Region, Central Region, Greater Accra Region, Ashanti Region, Volta Region of Ghana and more.

The young women were judged based on their ability to promote the Ghanaian culture, public speaking skills, knowledge of their regions, appearance, personality and how well they would carry the title and promote Miss Ghana Tourism USA initiatives. The segments of the pageant were traditional opening, region platform, talent, evening gown and interviews. Special guests of honor and distinguished judges included the Ghanaian Ambassador to the United States, Deputy Ambassador and executives from Ghana Tourist Coach, African Post, South African Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines just to name a few.

24 year-old Whitney Osei hails from Kyebi, Ghana and is a student at Western Governors University majoring in Business Management. She is the President and Co- Founder of Revamp Africa, a non-profit organization that provides training to young innovators in Africa in the fields of business, technology, health and education. She is also the curator of an online publication ProlificPeceptions.com which promotes tourism and commerce in Ghana.

As Miss Tourism Ghana USA 2015, Whitney will spend her reign promoting and helping to develop the tourism infrastructure in Ghana while bringing awareness to social issues like human trafficking in Ghana. She will serve as a spokesperson for the Miss Ghana Tourism USA organization promoting their mission, values and initiatives. Since her crowning Whitney has been a special guest of honor at the Ghana Music Week Festival International Launch at the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D.C. and the Ghana Black Stars versus Canada friendly match game at RFK Stadium.

When asked how she felt about her new role Whitney stated, “I am so excited about this opportunity. I am so passionate about my Ghanaian culture and could not think of anything better than showcasing it to others. Developing the tourism infrastructure in Ghana will generate revenue for the country that can be used in developmental projects and can also create jobs for many people. Already having a blog that talks about living in Ghana and the opportunities that are available, I believe I already have a head start and the judges made the right choice.” When asked what specific plans she had for the year Whitney reassured, “In addition to promoting tourism in Ghana, I would also like to bring awareness to a major social issue in Ghana which is human trafficking. We need to open up the opportunity for dialogue and start implementing solutions. With this platform I hope to pave way for young women to acknowledge and accept that they can do whatever they set their minds to no matter where they come from or what they have been through.”

We wish Whitney all the best in her new role.

Contact: Miss Ghana Tourism USA Kwame Danquah Phone: +1 571 338 3789 ghtourismusa@gmail.com www.missghanatourismusa.org

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The Association of Ghanaian Lawyers of America (AGLA) provides a forum for Ghanaian Lawyers in the United States to address matters relevant to their profession, to advocate and support the advancement of Ghana and its people while serving as a dominant link between Ghana and the United States.

On October 10, 2015 the Association of Ghanaian Lawyers-DC Metro Chapter, in collaboration with the Embassy of Ghana, Washington D.C. presented a free legal seminar to Ghanaians in the DC Metro area.

Members of the community who were in attendance had the opportunity to interact with the attorneys and ask them questions regarding the presentations and their individual legal interest.

The seminar was open with opening remarks from the President of AGLA, Mr. Kwaku Ofori. Mr. Ofori reiterated the mission statement of AGLA as “promoting freedom and justice in Ghana and the United States of America, serving the needs of members of the Ghanaian and American communities in their understanding of and access to the law, and educating and assisting member attorneys in the spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood”.

The seminar featured individual presentations on family law, immigration, real estate, and social security retirement among other topics.

Panel Discussion by a group of expects, Lawyer Kwaku Agyeman, Dr. Isaac Opoku-Asare , Adolph Afful, Mr. William Abotsi and Audrey Mensah Yiadom ESQ

On family law matters, Attorneys George Aduhene spoke on issues pertaining to marriage, divorce, child custody among others. Attorney Jonell Ocloo and Gaddiel Baah addressed issues pertaining to ways of obtaining permanent residency (green card), citizenship, removal or deportation, while Attorney Michael Kamara a criminal Law Expect addressed issues on how to take precautions and to stay away from breaching the law. Attorney Ofori told the audience that if you wish to retire in Ghana, you could receive your social security retirement benefits in Ghana through the American Embassy in Accra if you qualify.

There was also a panel discussion on the Energy Crisis in Ghana, health and economic Development and trade . The panelists were Lawyer Kwaku Agyeman , the Founder and president of the Association of Ghanaian Lawyers in New York, Dr. Isaac Opoku-Asare, a board certified Interventional Cardiologist, Adolph Afful, the Director of Sales at Auto Penske Automotive Group and Audrey Mensah Yiadom. ESQ A Senior International Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Mr. William Abotsi from the Ghana Embassy.

The Head of the Consular Services at the Embassy of Ghana also took the opportunity to explain the various services available to all Ghanaians living in the United States about the Embassy’s functions in the U.S. not just issuing passports and visas.

The President of AGLA, Mr. Kwaku Ofori

HE. Lt. General J.H Smith Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States

Mrs. Amma Twum-AmoahThe Head of the Consular Services at the Embassy of Ghana

Afterwards, the audience engaged the panelists and the other presenters in questions and answers about the presentations and their individual topics of interest.

Mr. Michael Kamara a criminal Law Expect

Attorney Jonell Ocloo Addressing Issues on Immigration

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‘Man Who Created’ HIV-AIDS Finally “Discovers” Vaccine

FORTY SIX (46) years after AIDS has killed tens of thousands of people, a top doctor pointedly fingered for creating HIV in the early 1970s, Robert Gallo has come out now saying he has discovered the vaccine.

Dr. Robert Gallo, described his breakthrough vaccine as “just another protein” but different than anything that has been tried before.

He also exuberantly labelled it “the beginning of the beginnings”.

Gallo was exposed in a previous ZimEye article after having been confronted on live video for his alleged role in embarking on biological warfare intended to wipe out black people as well as gay men in the 1970s.

This time Gallo has announced he is beginning the first human trials of his suddenly discovered HIV vaccine.

He described the vaccine as “just a protein” but different than anything that has been tried before.

It’s designed to induce a new kind of antibody to target infection right at the start, since the AIDS virus integrates within one day into human genes, and it becomes part of DNA in 2436 hours.

Gallo said it has taken nine years to get to this stage. The goal of the first phase is to prove his belief that the vaccine is safe. http://24.africametros.com/

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Liberian Doctor Invents Test That Quickly Diagnoses Viruses

A research scientist of Liberian origin, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, has invented a diagnostic test that can detect and distinguish seven different viruses at the same time. The viruses include HIV, hepatitis viruses, and another virus called Dengue hemorrhagic fever virus (which has similar symptoms like the Ebola virus) infection.

As lead-inventor, Dr. Nyan developed the test while working at the Laboratory of Emerging Pathogens at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States of America.

The test is what scientist called a rapid procedure that can give test-results in less than one hour by using the patient blood samples. According to the US Federal Registry publication of October 15, 2014 entitle “Quantitative Multiplex Methods for Rapid Detection and Identification of Viral Nucleic Acids”, the test has been patented by the US government.

Information available to the FDA and the NIH technology office, the US government may have an interest in filing an international patent application for Dr. Nyan’s inventions.

Already, part of the test in diagnosis of Hepatitis B virus was published in May 2014 in a journal, called Clinical Infection Diseases. The test, which also has the capability of detecting Ebola virus and other tropical infections could be useful in countries that are now affected by the present Ebola epidemic. Ability for rapid diagnosis is a problem in many poor countries and places that do not have advanced health care systems.

Thus, this test is a major development that could empower health care workers with a quick means of diagnosing many viral diseases in countries with less resources. Dr. Nyan, who testified on September 17, 2014 to the US Congress on the Ebola crisis in West Africa also works as an unpaid volunteer with the Diaspora Task Force on the Ebola Crisis, with which he serves as Director of its Secretariat. The Diaspora Task Force has carried out medical relief supplies to the Ebola affected region and is recruiting Diaspora medical personnel to send them to work in the region.

Also, Dr. Nyan is championing the creation of institute for disease control in Liberia and the region as a post-Ebola public health measure. A German trained medical doctor, Dr. Nyan also worked at the National Institutes of Health where he was trained in biomedical research.

It can be recalled that Dr. Nyan in 1999 at the NIH developed a non-invasive diagnostic test for Helicobacter pylori infection. In a scientific environment where minorities and people of African descent are disadvantaged, Dr. Nyan hopes that his intellectual property rights will be fully protected and that the product of his invention will serve the poor and needed populations in society.

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Nana Akufo Addo-NPP Presidential Candidate in the United States

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The flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo paid a one week visit to the United States from October 18 to October 25th. While in the USA, Nana Akufo-Addo held meetings with the NPP USA executives and members, and also held a press conference with the Ghanaian media in the USA. Nana also had a live interview with Bloomberg in New York.

A fund raising event organized by the Washington Metro Area Chapter of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) gave the Ghanaian Community the opportunity to interact one on one with Nana Akufo-Addo.

Nana mingled with everyone and listened to their concerns

Nana with the Ghanaian media men in the Washington Metro Area

Nana at the Press Conference

NPP USA and the Ghanaian Community at a Dinner Fundraiser with Nana Addo

Some Traditional Chiefs Welcoming Nana Addo

A gathering of Ghanaian Ministers Praying for the peace of Ghana with hands stretched forth over Nana

Nana Akufo addressing the Ghanaian Ministers

Nana Akufo-Addo addressing the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC

Some Ghanaian Ministers in the Washington Metro Area pose with Nana Addo

MOST COMMON REAL THE DECODED BENEFITS OF LIFE INSURANCE and FINANCIAL ESTATE BUYER QUESTIONS PLANNING

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Dear Reader,

Hello Reader, We’ve crossed path on this platform of information sharing again. I am excited to write this piece of literature to you. As you would recall, on the previous article, we discussed the foundation and the importance of life insurance. I trust the message has echoed in your spirit. I would like to re-emphasize that life insurance policy is not just for when you are dead and your loved ones enjoy the proceeds. Rather, life insurance is protecting yourself should you suddenly face any life threatening illness such as disability or chronic or terminal illness; you can enjoy the benefits of the life insurance policy as well while still providing a financial fund stream for your family. Depending on the type of life insurance policy you have, you can also use it as an investment tool for future retirement or as an educational plan to support your children’s education. There are various uses for life insurance and it carries a tax free benefit.

Now let’s talk about the various types of life insurance policies.

Term life policy: provides temporary coverage with affordable premiums. Anyone can afford this type of insurance that provide security and peace of mind for yourself and your family.

Though, there are various policies that ascribe to the term life insurance policies, let’s look at a specific product such as the Mortgage Protection Insurance that would have an immediate impact in your life. The Mortgage Protection Insurance policy is a term insurance that protects your house in case you suddenly become disabled or deemed chronically ill. This is not the same insurance as the Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) that you pay with your mortgage. The PMI protects the lender should you default on your mortgage.

However, this Mortgage Protection Life Insurance protects YOU, the homeowner should something happen to you, your family

will be able to carry on the mortgage and still enjoy the home you left behind.

Whole-life policy: it is a permanent life insurance policy that provides life coverage with an investment fund. It is a policy that part of the premium goes toward building cash value from investment and pays a stated fixed amount when you are called to glory.

As the policy is in force and has build up cash value, you can borrow money against the build up cash in the policy without being taxed; you enjoy this benefit while you are still living.

Within the arena of permanent life policies, there are Universal Life and Variable Life. Universal life policy combines term insurance with money market type investment that pays a market rate of return.

Basically, it is a policy that has a death benefit and builds up cash value that can be borrowed from while you are still alive. Then, there are the Variable life and Variable Universal life policies that have investment fund tied to a stock or bond mutual fund investment. Life insurance policies have immeasurable benefits that can be enjoyed while you are still on earth and when you are called to glory.

The essence of writing this to you is to broaden the depth of your thinking and to show you that there are wealth of information available to you for your financial planning and future. Over the years, the community has experienced sudden tragedies and over and over, it seems that we have not prepared for these events. We are a people that do not plan; we wait for events to suddenly overtake us and then we react. We need to learn the new way of emerging into the Western culture, where planning is essential. It worries and saddens me to see that we are perishing for lack of knowledge. Having a life insurance policy does not sentence you to death; it shows you take pride in your life, your future and your family that will someday succeed you. It creates and gives a peace of mind that you and your family will be taken care of in an unplanned dire situation(s) in life.

Please note that this is to give you a general overview of life insurance policies. To get a complete understanding and enjoy the tax free benefits contact me for a FREE financial consultation.

Anita A. Bediako Licensed Health & Life Insurance/Financial Consulting Agent CONTACT: 571-229-6694 Email:divineconsultingmultiservices@gmail.com

It is always a pleasure to have this opportunity to ink these articles to you. I anticipate you have had the opportunity to read some of the past real estate articles I have put forth in this paper titled: “Why People of African Descent Must Invest in Real Estate”, “The Joy of Home Ownership”, “A Comeback from Short Sale or Foreclosure”, Simple Steps to make Home Ownership a Reality”, and “Tips on Buying a Home After a Short Sale”; just to name a few.

From these articles, I have had several readers contacted me asking important questions pertaining to the home ownership process. These questions posed by readers such as you gave birth to the following questions and answers. Here we go!

Question: What are the benefits of home ownership?

Answer: A home is an investment. When you rent, you are throwing money away. You write a monthly check and that money is gone forever. But when you own your home you enjoy a lot of benefits such as writing of your mortgage interest, you can deduct a room in your home as home office business expense and biggest advantage is the principle you pay on the mortgage is like putting money in the bank in the form of equity.

Home ownership allow you landscape your yard/backyard how you want it, decorate/paint or renovate your house as you please without dealing with obstinate landlord. The joy of home ownership is priceless.

Question: What documents are required?

Answer: Copies of bank account statements; most recent paycheck stub detailing your earnings; copies of your last 2 years' income tax returns; statement of any investments, list of debts on loans and employment verification.

Question: What credit score do I need?

Answer: The credit score criteria defer from lender to lender. There are lenders who will look at credit score as low as 580. However, for the home buying transaction to succeed you must pay off any outstanding debts on your credit report.

Question: I have a bad credit can I buy a house?

Answer: Having a bad credit now should not deter you from your dreams or goals or destiny of home ownership. It will require some work on your part to bring you to a credit worth buyer. You can contact me and discuss the strategies that can be taken to reach this goal.

Question: How much down payment is needed?

Answer: The amount of down payment required will depend on the type of loan you are qualified for. There are government programs that requires 0% down payment; however there are eligibility guidelines set for one to be approved. There are Veteran Administration (VA) loan and Conventional loan. However, FHA is the most common type of loan. Typically, FHA requires a 3.5% down payment of the loan amount or the total sale price of the transaction.

Question: In addition to the mortgage payment, what other costs will I be responsible for?

Answer: Well, if you are renting and utilities are covered in your rent, this might be new to you. As a home owner you will be responsible for paying your gas, electricity, water, insurance, property taxes, and possible homeowner association (HOA) fees.

Typically, property taxes are rolled into your mortgage payment.

Question: I have foreclosed/short sale in the past, can I still buy now?

Answer: Yes, it is definitely possible to come back to buy a house again after foreclosure or short sale of a property.

I hope this addresses some of the burning questions you have for making the bold decision to emerge into the idea of home ownership.

For more information about your real estate needs (buying, selling, and leasing/renting a house) call me at 571-229-6694 and I will help you get started. Blessings in full portion!

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In the spirit of unity geared towards contributing to the development of the Ashanti Kingdom, the Asanteman Association in various parts of the United States hold annual gatherings or dinner fundraisers to generate funds for laudable projects in the Kingdom.

One of such events was the Dinner Dance by the Asanteman Association of Washington DC which was held at the Springfield Waterford in Virginia.

Daasebre Kwaku Boateng and Nana Ama Akyaa the Asantefuohene and Asantefuohemaa of the Washington Metro Area respectively

The Asantefuohene of Columbus, Ohio arriving at the Event

Nana Kwasi Agyeman the immediate past President of the Asanteman Association

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Kwame Boakye Danquah The Man Behind The Miss Ghana Tourism USA Pageant

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What motivated me is the Tourism potentials in Ghana.

When I look at the driving force behind Tourist’s intensions and behaviors when they visit Ghana, it blows my mind. I saw the need to start this pageant and use it as a mouth piece to revamp our Tourist industry. With all intents and purposes Miss Ghana Tourism will drive and promote investment in Ghana, and raise visibility to improve trade in Africa and the rest of the world. I believe

Miss Ghana Tourism USA would meet people’s goals. . This year 2015, we are proud to have a beautiful and smart lady Whitney Osei to be the winner!!

Talking about the ultimate goal, Miss Ghana Tourism is forming a foundation for greater things to come. We will generate Tourists interest and actualize their intrinsic needs, and let them know “which countries are for what? Who is doing what?

We aspire to inject a sense of awareness into People especially Ministry of Tourism in Ghana. They will have a sense of inspiration to push so hard so that our Tourism sector will be recognized in the States during their “NATIONAL TOURISM PERIOD”. It will motivate and inspire them to visit Ghana if we manage our “Tourism Potfolio” well. Ghana’s economic development will largely depends on how well we promote our Tourism abroad. We need to self actualize and liberate our Tourist destinations in Ghana.

We are already collaborating here in the United States with some notable companies like South African Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Ndoum Group, KBD insurance, Green Home Mortgage, Ghana Tourist Coach Radio, African Post Newspapers etc. These are strategic partners.

Miss Ghana Tourism USA wants to have “free media with the travel industry which will enhance the general consumer media. Ultimately this will create lots of awareness in Ghana.

No one, or no institution can live without challenges. New organization such as Miss Ghana Tourism USA is no exception. We have faced a range ofchallenges. Risks and mistakes are part of our daily lives. You just have to know how to deal

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with them as they come. In my world, most challenges are a stepping stone to succeed. I just have to look at the end of the tunnel, it’s positively just around the corner.

The feedback from the people is amazing!! It’s very encouraging.

I’m very excited!!!!!

The future of this organization is very bright in that, we intend to get “Tour operators to provide quality service so that those who “purchase tickets” to will be satisfied. Again we are to encourage “Tour operators” organize products that people can buy and visit Ghana.

Miss Ghana Tourism USA wants to put Ghana on the map so that Tourists would look at “Ghana as a place to go!

The future is so bright!! We are going to work with “structures (like “hotels, monuments), and fix poor conditions of service. Ghana must be prepared to handle the tourists as they come in. We really have to understand the movement of the people as they come and go. Miss Ghana Tourism will help put in place a system of assessment which will update us about our daily movement and identify good hotels in Ghana. We will have people on the ground (good eyes) to tell us how friendly, are the people in Ghana. For instance, the state of the rivers and beaches over there in Ghana.

This year 2015, the winner took home a free round trip ticket to Ghana, provided by South African Airways, $500.00 (Cash) and clothes from GTP.

Nigerian Businessman, Kunle Segun Odegbami: Soname, Buys Portuguese Club Nigerian fails in bid to stand in Fifa election

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President of Nigeria National League (NNL) team, Remo Stars Football Club, Kunle Soname, at the weekend became the first Nigerian to own a top European football club by buying Portuguese second division side, Clube Desportivo Feirense.

Soname secured 70 percent of the club, which last played in the Portuguese topflight division in 2011.

According to a statement on the club’s website, “Last Friday we effected a transformation of our club through the sale of part of the capital to our new partners, Tavisstock Global Resource Ltd, led by Mr. Kunle Soname.

“We wish all the stakeholders the best and believe it will be a lasting partnership that would bring great sporting success to Clube Desportivo Feirense.”

Speaking on the take over, Soname said the takeover would impact positively on both his two clubs and Nigerian Football, adding, “It is a great thing to have achieved this. My sincere gratitude to God and everyone involved in the take over process.

“Securing Clube Desportivo Feirense was the next step in the right direction for me. I love everything about the club: the organisation, the philosophy and the fans I have no intention of changing anything in the club because I am satisfied with their operations.

“Rather, I want to ensure the progress of the club through promotion to the Portuguese Primera division.

“Having been involved in Nigerian football over the years by running Remo Stars Football club, I felt it was time to further develop the team. It would also bring benefits for Nigerian football through players transfer, training for officials and administrators, who have proven they have what it takes to succeed in Europe.

“I still have my commitment to Remo Stars FC; it is the beginning of all I have achieved in football and I will keep improving the team to get it to the greatest heights.

Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/

Nigerian Segun Odegbami has failed in his bid to stand in February's Fifa presidential elections.

The 63-year-old former international was unable to win the required backing of five member associations.

Odegbami said Nigeria's Football Federation offered him its support too late to meet Monday's deadline.

"The NFF only sent their nomination letter to Fifa (on Monday afternoon). What was I supposed to do with that?"

Odegbami told BBC Sport.

"That was their reaction to my letter sent to them two months ago. It is preposterous."

Odegbami also believes that his outspoken criticism of longstanding Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou may have counted against him.

"Of course there are local politics within the Nigerian and African football system that pitches some of us against the established system," he said.

"I have been one of the most virulent critics of the perpetuity of Issa Hayatou in office and I knew I was not one of his best friends."

Source: http://www.bbc.com

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