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The announcement of his concert ‘Burna Live’ had Afro-fusion pioneer Burna Boy receiving a myriad of speculations from fans and the media; regarding the feats to expect at the event, which is set to hold on the 26th of December, 2018 at EKO Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The concert is undoubtedly one of the most discussed musical occasions of the year – sparking anticipation on a global scale, with thousands constantly bringing up the topic on social media.
In a recent interview, Burna Boy finally reveals what the world should expect at the concert – assuring millions the concert will deliver feats out of the norm and convention. When asked what his entrance would look like at the concert, the singer simply replied; “We are going to up the ante a few notches from what you are used to. The entrance is important”.This is particularly a reference to his previous concerts where his entrances were part of the most consequential aspects of the event; with many looking like scenes…

The much-awaited festival projected to host about 100,000 people from within and outside Nigeria takes off today, the 23rd Of December 2018 at Onitsha, Anambra State with lots of fun activities for children, youths and even the elderly.The festival which would run for 10 days, aims to provide a unique end of year celebration event in the commercial city of Onitsha and bring together residents of Anambra, South Eastern states and visiting indigenes from the diaspora. It packs an exciting schedule of activities featuring the best of music concerts, food, sports, carnival, beauty pageantry, art exhibitions, masquerade procession and so much more.
TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES:
Christmas Carol: 24th December 2018
Venue: Chuba Ikpeazu Stadium Inland TownVillage Football Tournament: 26th December 2018Venue: Ime Obi Palace, Awka road
Homecoming King and Queen (Beauty Pageant): 27th December 2018Venue: Ime Obi Umuezearoli Field

Carnival: 29th December 2018Masquerade Procession: 30th December 2018Cross-Ov…

As of January 1st 2019, Mrs. Adenike Macaulay will be the newly appointed General Manager Sales Nigeria & Equatorial Guinea, Lufthansa Group. Mrs. Macaulay will be responsible for all the commercial and sales activities of the Lufthansa Group Airlines in Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, being the first female and Nigerian to take this position.Ms. Macaulay started her career at Lufthansa in 2009 as a business analyst for West Africa, responsible for regional results analysis, market and ad-hoc reporting, competitor monitoring and sales planning. In 2010, she took over leadership of the team as Regional Marketing Manager, directing marketing activities as well as business analysis, pricing and sales support across seven regions in West & Central Africa. Five years later, Mrs. Macaulay assumed the position of Senior Manager, Customer, Products and Marketing for Sub-Sahara Africa, directing customer relations, product management and marketing activities across Sub-Sahara Africa. In…

In a bid to further spread the message of hygiene and disease prevention through handwashing, Lifebuoy today visited Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Dauda Camp, Makurdi, Benue State.With over 80 percent of IDPs in the camp exposed to menacing diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia - which are preventable by regular handwashing with soap - the representatives of the Lifebuoy brand brought the behavioural change message of hand-washing to the camp with the hope of reducing these health risks by two-thirds come 2020.According to Lanre Odupe,Lifebuoy brand manager : “Nigeria has one of the largest child mortality rates in the world. We were the country with the 3rd highest number of new-born deaths in 2016 and is projected to overtake India by 2021. Such unpleasant statistics are a reminder that the local corporates have a role to play in raising awareness for interventions such as hand washing to reduce child mortality, and generally improve the health of as many families as …

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE: WEDNESDAY 12TH DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: QUALIFIED FOR DIVINE COMMENDATION?  
MEMORISE:
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Revelation 3:11
READ: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
MESSAGE 
Imagine that a family goes on vacation for a couple of month, locking up their entire house. They eventually return home, only to meet workers and artisans going in and out of their house- some cleaning windows, some fixing electrical appliances and others pa…

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE: TUESDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: OPERATING ON THE RIGHT SIDE.  
MEMORISE:
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105
READ: John 21:3-12
3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
8 And the other disciples came in a lit…

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE: MONDAY 10TH DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: IT IS NOT A VIRTUE!  
MEMORISE:
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
READ: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10
9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
MESSAGE 
I have tasted both poverty and a little of God’s blessing, and I can tell you that the difference is clear. I have concluded in my spirit that poverty is not a virtue; rather, it is a vice. A vice is something evil. Poverty is evil and a root of iniquity which every child of God must pray against. No wonde…

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE: SUNDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: DIVINE PRIORITY.  
MEMORISE:
 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
READ: Philippians 2:5-13
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,…

African dance music king, MC Galaxy has just released a new single titled “On your mark” to mark the end of the year celebrations. This comes immediately after he released visuals for his hit single “Ohaa” which has since gathered thousands of views and millions of downloads.
The delightful tune “On your mark” also has a custom dance routine that has now gone viral on social media following its release. On your mark was produced by the master producer, Willbeatz.
Follow this link to view on Youtube: WATCH

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE: SATURDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: ALTAR OF PRAISE.  
MEMORISE:
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. Psalm 65:1
READ: 2 Chronicles 5:13-14
13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
MESSAGE 
In today’s memory verse, the Psalmist assures God that praise awaits Him in Zion. How remarkable! When God comes to your home or heart, will He find praises there or will He find complaints. If you can have a place in your heart and home when God can find praise at al…

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE:  FRIDAY 7TH DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: HE PARDONS INIQUITY.  
MEMORISE:
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 1 John 2:1 
READ:  Isaiah 55:7-11 
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish tha…

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE: THURSDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: AS IN A MIRROR.  
MEMORISE:
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1:22
READ: James 1:21-25
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
MESSAGE 
While driving on the highway, you would often see a road sign that indicates “Bump ahead” or “sharp bend ahead”. Seeing such a sign, a wise fellow will immediately slow …

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE: WEDNESDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: YOU ARE UNTOUCHABLE.  
MEMORISE:
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 1 Peter 3:13
READ: Deuteronomy 28:7-13
7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, i…

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE:  TUESDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: WHEN YOU NEED A MIRACLE.  
MEMORISE:
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? John 11:40
READ:  Matthew 8:5-13
5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 And I say unto you, That many shall co…

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE:  MONDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM GOD.  
MEMORISE:
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Romans 8:26 
READ:   Luke 18:35-43
35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
42 And Jesus said unto him, Re…

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE: SUNDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: THE PURPOSE OF BEING ALIVE.  
MEMORISE:
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15:2
READ: Luke 13:6-9
6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
MESSAGE 
The parable told by Jesus of the farm owner and his fruitless fig tree should make us realize that nothing goes for nothing. The farm owner was not keeping the fig tree on his farm for decorative purpose; he wanted …

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONALDATE: SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2018.
THEME: THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS.  
MEMORISE:
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! Numbers 23:10
READ: Revelation 14:9-13
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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