Happy New Month and Workers Day :)

Happy new month of May,
May this month bring us joy and favour.
May we move forward and not backward.
May we enjoy God's Overflows.
May we encounter blessings all around.

Happy Workers Day to all our Fans, Readers all over From Adenike Salako Blog's World.

THIS UNGODLY ACT MUST STOP, NIGERIAN

Our  heart goes out to the families and friends of all the Abuja Nigeria bomb blast victims today. May the  good Lord comfort them all. Stop killing the masses, you people killing others are just creating more strategies way for embezzlement for so called our Leaders/Govt.

THIS UNGODLY ACT MUST STOP. From Adenike Salako Blog's World.

Prayer for new week

Today shall be a day of Good News and pleasant surprises! The Lord shall cause people to give to you, to go out of their way to bless you, to look for you , to encourage and support you! Today God will show you that his attention is on you! The Favour you will receive today will be uncommon and the Joy that you will experience will be a daily occurrence in the name of Jesus! 

You will never have a better yesterday! Just like Sarah, the Lord will out stand you and cause you to Laugh! Laughter will be never depart from your mouth in Jesus Name! Claim it ! Receive it! its yours!

Happy New Week from us ASB-World.

Jasper to stop Nigeria's oil leaks from oil pipelines

He is from Nigeria and has seen how leaks from oil pipelines pollute the coast. The diver and the engineer took his PhD at the University of Stavanger, Norway to help his country with a new invention, a leak detector .

Jasper Agbakwuru takes us down into the basement to Innova AS Lura, Sandnes. Here he tests out the prototype that he hopes will help Nigeria and other nations to stop leaks from a number of punctured oil pipeline. The invention may soon become interesting for Norwegian oil and gas industry.

It is a well known problem that the pipes that carry oil over land and under water in Nigeria are drilled and tapped for the valuable oil. Thieves does not clog the holes behind them. This leads to devastation and costs of the Nigerian nation.

Recently, the Agency reported that thieves walk away with 20 percent of Nigeria's oil production.

Put dive buddies die

Jasper Agbakwuru is an engineer and diver. In his homeland he has seen diving buddies die in the attempt to locate such oil leaks in the water along the coast that are turbid because of sand and clay. He has personally experienced how impossible it is to find a hole and describe the leak in a pipe when one can not see, and must feel his way to the hole with your fingers.

This was part of the motivation for applying to Norway and University of Stavanger. There he took his doctorate in May last year. Together with Professor Ove Tobias Gudmestad he has developed a leak detector, a tool to detect, inspect and repair leaks under water - for example olje_ and gas pipelines.

The invention will he tested out as an employee of Innova AS.

The way from PhD documents to a prototype of a leak detector was funded with support of Shell, which is one of the companies that produce oil off the coast of Nigeria and other parts of the business community in Oslo, the Norwegian Research Council and Prekubator TTO. Through Prekubator Jasper has also signed licensing agreements with underwater equipment company Innova.

Cases airspace around the camera eye

Down in the workshop of Innova he has a tank with pipes. In one of the tubes is a leak.With the naked eye it is impossible to see the clear water flows into the clear water.

Jasper Agbakwurus invention is a camera mounted on a clamp. When he squeezes it together around the pipe and blow air down through a tube, it is an air space between the camera and pipes. This enables the camera to send clear photos of the pipe and leak to a screen up on the hill.

The market is there

Eve magazine present the same day as Jasper Agbakwuru demonstrates leak detector for representatives of Oceaneering. Trond Jacobsen and Jan Ove Austrheim follow attentively when Jasper Agbakwuru says.

Technical Director Alf-Kristian Aadland in Innova says to Eve magazine that the company sees opportunities in innovative projects like this:

- I think it's exciting, and we see the potential in the market. Our role will be to develop the project further and find cooperation actors, says Aadland.

Culled from aftenbladet.no

Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane 'Ended in the Southern Indian Ocean'

New satellite data reveals that missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 "ended" its journey in a "remote location" of the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said today.

"This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean," a somber Razak said during a media briefing.

The jet vanished March 8 with 289 people on board after it took off from Kuala Lampur bound for Beijing.

The announcement follows weeks of searches that spanned the South China Sea, Strait of Malacca and finally the south Indian Ocean off of Australia as authorities tried to figure out what happened to the plane.

The new information came from British satellite maker Inmarsat, which used a new type of analysis never before used to try and pinpoint the plane's last known location, Razak said.

"[Inmarsat] has been performing calculations on the data using type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort and they have been able to shed more light on MH370. Based on the new analysis, Inmarsat and the (British) Accidents Investigation Branch have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor and that it's last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth," Razak said.

He noted that Malaysia Airlines had already been in touch with the families of the 289 people on board, saying that he knew the past few weeks had been "heartbreaking" for them and that this latest development must be harder still.

Earlier today, an Australian plane spotted two objects described as gray or green and "circular" as well as orange and "rectangular" in the search area off Australia's coast.

Other search crews had spotted "suspicious objects" in the Indian Ocean over the weekend -- including items believed to be wooden pallets. The Malaysian government said that the missing Boeing 777-200 had been carrying wooden pallets, were not yet sure whether the pallets matched.

No wreckage has yet to be recovered.

Investigators are still trying to determine what happened to the plane after it took off around midnight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, headed for Beijing, China. It disappeared off the radar shortly after 1 a.m. but continued to fly, according to satellite data, for up to seven hours.

Malaysian authorities are considering the possibilities of hijacking, sabotage, terrorism or issues related to the mental health of the pilots.

Our prayers and thought from Adenike Salako Blog's World, goes to the Families and Friends, may Lord Comfort you all. RIP to the lost souls.

Culled from abcnews.go.com

Cell phone safety is an important issue in today’s world.

Everyone knows that they’re dangerous. But exactly how dangerous? We don’t know yet, but they are dangerous.

It is a common habit today that when we sleep we place our mobile phone under our pillow. Experts are saying it is not safe to sleep with your phone under your pillow. The reasons are not far-fetched.

Here is what experts are saying.

Study shows that sleeping next to your mobile phones are extremely dangerous due to its harmful radiation.

This is the primary cause of +Brain +Cancer .
Do you know that most cell phones have about 884 MHz wireless signals when it is on? This simply means that your phone is constantly emitting radiation all the time when you on it? So what do you think about it?

Studies have shown that if you keep your cell phone close to you for a period of very long time, it will cause headache, muscle pain, or cancer if it is serious. It is not a guaranteed that you will get these illnesses if you do that. However, it greatly increases the probability of getting it.

The “under the pillow” angle of cell phone radiation is just a subset of a larger discussion on the topic of cell phone radiation in general.

Though there is some evidence to support harmful effects of cell phone use on the brain, the jury is out on brain cancer or brain tumors and cell phone use. Studies have not shown a consistent link between cell phone proximity and cancer, however there has been some suggestion of a link between cell phones and brain and central nervous system tumors. Under your pillow is probably not the best place to keep your cell phone while you are sleeping. Get a cheap digital alarm clock at the dollar store and put it on your nightstand.

Children are especially vulnerable to radiation, the report recommends that parents not allow their children under the age of 10 to use mobile phones except in emergencies, or to sleep with cellular phones under their pillows.

It recommends using corded land lines whenever possible, and using cellular phones mostly as answering machines, turning them on only to check messages and return calls. Use of cell phones inside buildings or in cars increases cancer risk, as it increases the radiation a phone must emit to function. Use of text messages and non-wireless headsets can reduce cancer risk. The report also advises against carrying cell phones against the body, even in pockets.

*Ways to Reduce Cell Phone Radiation.
*Using speaker instead of talking directly into the handset.

*Text instead of talking.
*Use headphones or Bluetooth connectors.
*If you are using your phone at night for its clock or alarm features, consider putting it in “airplane mode” which *suspends the phone’s transmission functions.

*Keep it a several feet away while you sleep.
Pay attention for your safety.

World’s longest sea bridge opens in China…Cost less than a billion pounds(PHOTOS)

China has opened the world’s longest cross-sea bridge – which stretches five miles further than the distance between Dover and Calais.

The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26.4 miles long and links China’s eastern port city of Qingdao to the offshore island Huangdao.

The road bridge, which is 110ft wide and is the longest of its kind, cost nearly £1billion to build.

Chinese TV reports said the bridge passed construction appraisals on Monday and it, along with an undersea tunnel, would be opened for traffic today.

It took four years to build the bridge, which is supported by more than 5,000 pillars across the bay, and it is almost three miles longer than the previous record-holder – the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana.

That structure features two bridges running side by side and is 23.87 miles long.

The three-way Qingdao Haiwan Bridge is 174 times longer than London’s Tower Bridge, spanning the River Thames, but cuts only 19 miles off the drive from Qingdao to Huangdao.

Two separate groups of workers have been building it from different ends of the structure since 2006.

After linking the two ends of the bridge on December 22, one engineer said: ‘The computer models and calculations are all very well but you can’t relax until the two sides are bolted together.

Even a few centimeters out would have been a disaster.’

The engineering feat will only hold the record as the longest sea bridge for a few years – it will be beaten by another Chinese bridge in the next decade.

Last December officials announced workers had begun constructing a bridge to link southern Guangdong province with Hong Kong and Macau.

Set to be completed in 2016, officials said the £6.5billion Bridge will span nearly 30 miles.

It will be designed to cope with earthquakes up to magnitude 8.0, strong typhoons and the impact of a 300,000 tonne vessel.

But both structures will still be dwarfed by the longest bridge in the world, also in China.

The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge is an astonishing 102 miles in length.

SEE PHOTOS BELOW:

SOURCE:247nigerianewsupdate.com/

Malaysian Missing Jet: claim relatives Passengers’ phones are still ringing

Relatives of passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 claimed that they were able to call cell phones of their loves ones, according to media reports.

The Washington Post said that the families of some of the 239 people onboard the missing Boeing 777 claimed to have heard the mobile ringtones.

“In some cases, the relatives could see them active online through a local Chinese networking site called QQ,” the Post reported.

The eerie development comes even as Malaysian authorities described MH370′s disappearance an unprecedented mystery.

One man told the Washington Post that his brother-in-law’s QQ account indicated that he was online.

Frustratingly for those desperate for some news or sign, messages have gone unanswered and calls were not picked up.

Search and rescue (SAR) operation involving 10 countries has so far failed to find any trace of the missing airliner.

Britain’s Daily Mail reported that the phantom phone calls and online presence had set off a new level of hysteria among relatives and next-of-kin, most of whom have spent three days cooped up at a Beijing Hotel waiting for news on the missing plane.

MAS officials in Beijing have been told repeatedly about the QQ accounts and ringing telephone calls, and relatives are hoping that SAR forces will be able to triangulate the GPS signals of the phones to locate their loved ones.

Bian Liangwei, sister of one of the passengers aboard MH370, claimed that she was able to reach her elder brother’s phone.

“This morning, around 11:40am, I called my older brother’s number twice, and I got the ringing tone,” she told the International Business Times.

At 2pm, Bian called again and again heard its ring tone.

“If I could get through, the police could locate the position, and there is a chance he could still be alive,” she said.

However, at a press conference in Beijing, MAS spokesman Ignatius Ong said one of the numbers provided to the airline’s head office in Kuala Lumpur had failed to get through.

“I myself have called the number five times while the airline’s command centre also called the number. We got no answering tone,” Ong said.

Search for the missing plane has now moved to the Straits of Malacca, some 100 miles away from where it was last recorded by electronic monitoring devices.

The dramatic shift raises the possibility that it flew undetected, crossing mainland Malaysia, before ditching into the sea.

MAS said Malaysia’s western coast near the Straits of Malacca was now the focus of the hunt.

Civil aviation chief Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, however, said the statement didn't imply authorities believed the plane was off the western coast.

“The search is on both sides,” he said.

The plane was carrying 239 people when it vanished off radar screens early Saturday morning en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, triggering a massive international search effort.

Authorities have expanded their search to include areas where the plane could have in theory ended up given the amount of fuel it had on board.

On Sunday, Malaysia’s air force chief said military radar indicated that the jet might have turned back before disappearing. – March 11, 2014.

 We pray that God will do something from ASB-World.

Source:247nigerianewsupdate.com

A Newborn Baby Don't Want To Leave His Mother Side, Amazing

 This newborn baby refuses to leave the side of his mother when nurse was trying to clean him up God is great, Aw that is so touching watch the amazing video below. Source THG

RCCG UK donates to Typhoon Haiyan Survivors

One of Africa's biggest Christian movements The Redeemed Christian Church Of God (RCCG), the branch of the church in UK  donates to Typhoon Haiyan Survivors

RCCG UK Trustees and the Executive Administrator of the Central Office hand over funds raised by members of the church to Samaritan's Purse UK in aid of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan which left over 6,000 dead and millions displaced in the Philippines in November 2013. More here

See the photos below, may God bless the church for blessing others.

The African Redeemed Church of God preaches the gospel in US

For centuries, European and American missionaries have gone to Africa to spread the word of Christ. That trend is now working in reverse, with a Nigerian minister in Texas who plans to build churches as numerous as Starbucks coffee shops.

Drive an hour north-east of Dallas, and you will find yourself staring off into a barren, flat horizon. One out-of-place building rises above the landscape: a 10,000-seat auditorium.

It is the centrepiece for the Redeemed Christian Church of God in North America, a Pentecostal movement that started in Nigeria in 1952.

It is one of Africa's largest and most influential Christian movements, claiming more than five million followers worldwide, mostly in Nigeria.

Pastor James Fadele, who runs the Church in North America, said God told the Church's leader Enoch Adeboye that its North American headquarters would be founded near Dallas - but not where, and not when.

Then, Fadele said, a white man in Texas had a vision.

"God told him, 'The land doesn't belong to you, it belongs to a group of church people,'" Fadele said. "'When you meet them, I will let you know who they are.'"

Fadele, a short man with a booming voice, said a few Redeemed Church members were eating at a local restaurant when they were approached by the white man.

The man told them God had asked him to buy a patch of land, but that the Church was the owner.

"They accepted it, they paid the check, and the rest, as they say, is history," said Fadele with a laugh.

That divine spot is Floyd, Texas, an unincorporated community with a population of 220. Church leaders have grand plans for the property, which now spans 700 acres (283ha): a university, sports complex, even a golf course.

Fadele radiates with excitement describing his vision for future events at the auditorium: "Crazy people for Jesus, people who are in love with Jesus, shouting 'hallelujah', praising Jesus, having prayer vigils, having fun, giving each other high-fives."

Fadele's goal is to establish a church within every 10 miles (16km) in North America, to take as many people as possible to heaven.

"Because heaven is real, God is real," he said. "And that is why we want to plant churches like Starbucks."

At a recent Sunday morning service at a parish in Melrose, Massachusetts, just north of Boston, about 120 people were gathered, larger than the average Redeemed Church congregation. Once parishes start to gain much size, they quickly split to create more branches - the church's growth strategy.

Redeemed leaders say there are 720 churches in North America, nearly double from four years ago, and they claim 15,000 members in the US.

Ruth Marshall with the University of Toronto, who studies Christian movements in Africa and has studied the Redeemed Church, said its aggressive plans stem from its leader and guiding force, Enoch Adeboye in Nigeria.

"He really wants to be an important global player," said Marshall. "One could say that he's almost obsessed with this logic of church planting because for him it's an index of success. And also, prosaically, because the more parishes there are, the wealthier the central organisation."

Each pastor, she said, must send 20% of tithes, offerings and other funds to the headquarters in Nigeria.

The US - where Pentecostalism began - holds special appeal to Church leaders who believe in a manifest Christian destiny from Africa.

At the church service in Melrose, their passion for their mission was clear. People were dancing in the aisles, hugging, and breaking into conga lines. The public address system was cranked way up. People sang with arms outstretched and eyes tightly shut. The place was rocking.

These are Pentecostal Christians who believe strongly in faith healing and miracles and speak in tongues to connect with the Holy Spirit. There were young and old in attendance. Children were downstairs in their own service and toddlers were running around the lobby.

Nearly all Redeemed Church members in Massachusetts, as well as in most North American locations, are Nigerian or African immigrants. For the church to grow, they'll need a lot more non-Africans. That's proven challenging.

Marshall of the University of Toronto said the children of African-immigrant churchgoers are less interested in attending the Redeemed Church, preferring congregations more relevant to their lives.

Back in Floyd, Texas, Pastor James Fadele is not discouraged. He says it will take some time, but they will connect with the greater community, perhaps by renting out the huge auditorium for weddings and rodeos.

He said when people learn they are genuine, they'll join his church.

"I'm not saying all the churches in America are fake," he said. "But... we have come all the way from Africa. We are engaging the people to show them the true Gospel, making sure that people are being saved and people are making it to heaven." 

Source: bbc.co.uk 

World Bank to spend $80m on Redeemer University, 9 others

 World Bank is set to spend at least $80m on 10 Africa Center of Excellence (ACE), in Nigeria.

World Bank Lead Economist Africa Education, Mr. Andreas Blom, stated this Monday, at a meeting of World Bank with 10 ACE, in Abuja.

He said the World Bank would build African capacity to solve Africa problems.

The 10 universities that were selected in Nigeria included, Redeemer University Mowe, Ogun state\ University of Ibadan, Ibadan (Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomic of Infectious Diseases, ACGID), African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Pan African Material Institute, PAMI), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (centre for Agricutural Development and Sustainable Environment), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (Center of Excellence on Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology), University of Jos (Phytomemedicine Research and Development, ACEPRD), University of Benin (Center for Excellence in Reproductive Health and Innovation), and University of Port-Harcourt (ACE Center for oil field Chemicals).

Due to the number of excellent proposals from Nigeria, three more universities were added they were, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (knowledge Park: A model for National Science Technology and Knowledge Park Initiative) STEM, Bayero University, Kano (African Centre of Excellence in Dryland Agriculture and Benue State University, Makurdi (Centre for Food Technology and Research (CEFTER) – Agriculture.

He said it was rather unfortunate that none of the African University is one of the first 500 universities in the world. And hope that soon the story would change.

He identified poverty as a major challenge in relation to food wastage, storage and health related challenges.

And he hoped that by the time ACE is able to engage the continent, at least 25 universities in the continent would make the first 500 ranking in the world universities.

He stressed the importance of working together with World Bank through commitment and hardship.

“For Nigeria to have 10 out of 18 Centers of ACEs, it shows its clear leadership in the continent” he said.

The Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, in his address said ACE project was initiated. In 2013 by the governments of Republic of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo, with support from World Bank.

He said the project is meant to build capacity in competitively selected institutions to produce in-demand highly and applied research, and secondly to facilitate rapid development within the African sub-region through the strengthening of Centres of Excellence by way of collaborations and partnering in the sharing of talents, skilled labour and higher education services.

“Under the ACE programmer, grants of up to US$8 million would be awarded to winning proposals, from various institutions across Africa consisting of a lead institution and collaborating partners. The primary focus would be on science, technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Health Sciences and Agricultural Sciences.

A total of 55 proposals were received, all of which were carefully evaluated by a team of experts assembled by NUC”. Okojie said. 247nigerianewsupdate.com

Popular Christian Singer: Darlene Zschech Finishes First Round of Chemo to Treat Breast Cancer

Darlene Zschech, the former Hillsong worship leader who is battling breast cancer, posted an update Friday, saying she has finished her first round of chemo and has five to go.

“I am coming to the end of round one of chemo (I have 5 to go) and all I can say is, ‘Grace, grace and more grace,’ ”

Zschech announced she had cancer at the end of December. She wrote on her blog at that time that she has experienced two miracles in her body before and has confidence there will be more to come.

Zschech served as the worship pastor at Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia, for more than 10 years before co-pastoring another church with her husband, Mark. The couple has led Hope Unlimited Church on the central coast of New South Wales since 2011.

Zschech has been writing about her journey since her announcement at the end of last year. She reported last week that she lost hair, which she says has been “very confronting.”

“It definitely makes me look sicker than I feel. In saying that, I am finding great freedom through this,” she wrote, adding that her husband and daughters have been a comfort to her.

Though it has been “quite a ride on an emotional roller,” she wrote, “I can say that through it all, I am assured of God’s love for me. Truly this has been one of the sweetest parts of the journey. My beautiful Emmanuel is never far away."

“Our Friends, family and our beloved church family are amazing every day,” she continued. “I’m ever convinced that life was always designed to be done in true community. Good days and bad days yet always better together.”

Zschech says she has been spending time writing songs and thoughts, which she will share when she is “on the other side of the mountain.”

“In fact, we are already planning a Thanksgiving service at our church in November," she wrote in her blog post, "where we will record songs birthed during this season. We simply want to fill the place with praise for all that God has done.”

The singer-songwriter says she has also been enjoying redesigning her home.

Congregation worships nud*, (Like Seriously)

SOUTHAMPTON, VA (WWBT) -

About an hour's drive south of Richmond, there's a small congregation that doesn't care about "material" things. They worship the same way we were all brought into this world, naked.

Even in February, when temperatures can average in the 20s, members show up in various forms: some fully clothed, others topless, many still completely nude.

Pastor Allen Parker says it's not about the clothes, or lack thereof. He says it's about baring his soul to Christ and leading his flock down that path of righteousness, no matter what they're wearing.

Every Sunday in the front few rows of White Tail Chapel, you'll find Katie and Robert Church. Katie wasn't a nudist when they first met, but quickly fell in love with both Robert and the resort. They married at White Tail Chapel and say the church has given them a sense of Christian community with none of the pretense of a traditional church.

"Once we were married, and we were here, this whole place became our family," said Katie Church. "I feel like I can turn to anyone in this church, or even in this park, and they will be there to help me."

"People are more open as far as hearing the word of God, and speaking the word of God," agreed Robert Church.

If you think anyone here finds church attendance titillating, you'd be wrong. They're here to find inner peace and Pastor Parker believes that starts with accepting themselves.

"There's not a feeling that you have to be better than one another, physically," Pastor Parker said. "We're humans, we have scars, and we have what we have…it's learning to love and accept that."  More wnem.com