Onye Ozi (The Messenger)

Serena Williams lost in a giant upset to Roberta Vinci in the semifinals of the U.S. Open yesterday (Sept. 11), just two victories shy from winning a calendar-year Grand Slam. Many of her disappointed fans took to Twitter to rant at her rumored boyfriend Drake, who was cheering her on during her semifinal loss.

As Cuba transitions to a new relationship with the United States, Americans have a renewed interest in learning how the church there has fared for the last 50 plus years. The short answer is: amazingly well. In fact, many believe the hardships and suffering have paved the way for an explosion of church planting.

Ten years after he was impeached and removed from office and subsequently sent to jail for alleged mismanagement of Bayelsa State funds by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration..Former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha has declared that he has forgiven Obasanjo and indeed all those who plotted and sent him to jail purely for political reasons even though the experience remains very painful to him.

  GOOD MORNING MY PEOPLE....PLEASE DIGEST THIS.. "He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known"... Proverbs 10:9

The new Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd), has said he was given a clear mandate by President Muhammadu Buhari to reform the Nigeria Customs Service and ensure an increased revenue collection...Ali, while speaking at his maiden meeting with management and staff of the service, restated his mandate to undertake reforms and re-structure the service to generate more revenue.

According to the SUN NEWS...Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Ka- duna State yesterday disclosed what looked like an admittance that he was indeed attacked spiritually...He was speaking on the incident for the first time while addressing a workers’ rally in Kaduna.

The Police in Kwara on Thursday warned members of the public to beware of online fraudsters who may take advantage of presidential directive to recruit 10, 000 police officers to defraud them.