#News: Shocking-Judge pulls out of Saraki trial, wants case reassigned

A High Court judge who granted an order that appeared to halt the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, over alleged corruption, has stood down from the case.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court excused himself from the case on Wednesday, and transferred the matter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmud Mohammed, for reassigning, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.

He said he took the decision due to “negative reports”, NAN reported.

#Tech: Twitter is considering upping the 140-character limit

Twitter is considering upping the 140-character limit through a new feature it is working on, according to sources close to the company. There is yet to be any detail on the new service but it is understood it will allow users to put out longer form tweets in a move for a social media platform that is in need of a shake-up.

The 140-character limit is something that made Twitter unique when it first arrived on the scene back in 2006, but in the same stroke it has also been the feature that has been holding the service back. Other social media services that have since launched allow users to post freely any number of hashtags and are not penalised by characters when including URLs or images.

#Nigeria: Was God Angry the Day He Created The Nigerian? By Pius Adesanmi

The plan: enjoy a meal, and settle down to Frenchwining while mentally visualizing the delivery of my speech, "Hating Nigeria to Greatness" at Platform 2015 on Independence Day. Tweak the speech here and there. Envision the cadence of delivery. Envision stage management and body movement with Chris Oyakhilome's stage practice always a guide. You see, prosperity Pentecostal Pastors do have their uses after all. I spend hours watching Chris Oyakhilome's videos to learn from his uses of the stage...

#Politics: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO- President Buhari Finally Opens Up On Saraki’s Corruption Trial

Buhari Finally Opens Up On Saraki’s Corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari revealed during an exclusive in-person interview with SaharaTV his feelings about Senate President Bukola Saraki and his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for false declaration of assets. President Buhari, speaking with SaharaTV correspondent Adeola Fayehun, also addressed upcoming prosecutions of corrupt public officials and his ministerial appointees.

#Women: Meet Hillary Clinton-Everything You Need to Know (And Probably Didn’t Know) About the 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate

Name: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Party: Democrat

What she used to do: Clinton has an impressive resume: secretary of state, two-term senator, 2008 presidential candidate -- and, of course, first lady.

What she does now:  Clinton has spent her time out of public life raking in the dough. She has commanded speaking fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. She also serves on the board of the Clinton Foundation, which has battled against HIV and AIDS in Africa, invested in clean energy in Haiti and fought for equal opportunity for women and girls around the globe. 

#News: What Ben Carson Supporters Love Most About Him

More Republicans want Ben Carson in the White House than ever.

Over the weekend Carson pulled neck and neck with Donald Trump in the latest NBC/WSJ national poll -- his highest polling numbers yet. In recent days, he also surpassed Trump in Facebook followers by more than 50,000. And that’s not an isolated incident – Carson gained 966,430 Facebook followers in the week after the Sept. 16 GOP debate alone.

#Book Excerpt: 'Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour,' by Amy Robach

When "Good Morning America" news anchor Amy Robach underwent her first-ever mammogram in October 2013, live on "GMA" for breast cancer awareness month, she never imagined she'd hear the words: "You have breast cancer."

Just weeks later, Robach, then 40-years-old, shared the news on-air that she had breast cancer and then underwent a double mastectomy and eight rounds of chemotherapy to beat the disease.

In “Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour,” Robach shares her journey, from how she and her husband, Andrew Shue, got the news and how she shared it with her two young children, to how she carried on in a public career while undergoing treatment.

Here is an excerpt from "Better," on sale in stores and online Tuesday, Sept. 29.

#NEWS: 'We are not gays' - Robert Mugabe tells UN General Assembly

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe yesterday took his anti-gay campaign to the ongoing UN General Assembly where he bluntly told world leaders at the United Nations that Africans are not gays and totally reject attempts to prescribe new rights including gay rights in Africa

"We equally reject attempts to prescribe "new rights" that are contrary to our values, norms, traditions, and beliefs. We are not gays! Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double-standards will not." he said. Watch the video after the cut...

#Relationship: When and Why You Should Forgive a Cheating Partner

From My thoughts on cheating I mentioned some forms of cheating many partners have complained about and I also asked a question of  “What type/form of Cheating is forgivable and can be forgone by you?”

As the world is now, breakups caused by cheating is increasing by the day and we are all confused on how to deal with cheating especially on what to do after one partner notices the other cheating. And you ask yourself, “Should I forgive or just breakup?”

Lord Lugard’s Magic and Flora Shaw’s Spell - by Femi Fani-OluKayode (FFK)

In an article titled ‘Lord Lugard’s Magic and Flora Shaw’s Spell', former PDP Presidential spokesperson, Olufemi Olu-Kayode said Nigeria needs a lot of prayers. He said the name Nigeria has some satanic premonition which only prayer can solve. According to him, Lord Luggard and his wife Flora Shaw, who gave Nigeria her name, were occultic worshipers. He said the literal meaning of Nigeria is “the area of darkness”. The article after the cut...

#Motivational: WHO IS MORE BLESSED? CHRISTIAN OR PAGAN

The way we build ourselves is the way God blesses us.

Most of the time I imagine and think why people are so poor. It usually scares me to see numerous people that are poor. When I say poor, it doesn’t really mean financially poor, I also mean poor in our academics, relationship, etc. even spiritually.

Many a time people wonder why they are so poor, that they think God is wicked. They think that God does not really love them. After praying so much without seeing any results, they become frustrated and annoyed. You know what, there is something wrong somewhere. Let’s take a look!

HAPPY NEW MONTH PEOPLE

MY PRAYERS FOR US ALL