US churches hold special services for Pak church victims

DALLAS: Local churches in Dallas-Fort Worth held special services for the 81 dead and 147 injured in the suicide attack on a Christian church last Sunday in Peshawar.

Pastor Giyan Deen of All Nation Lutheran Church of Plano and Presbyterian Church pastor George Maseeh and South Asian Presbyterian Church of Garland's pastor Oliver Jamshed held special prayers for the victims of the deadly attack.

Addressing the church gatherings they said that Christian communities around the world are very much concerned on the pain and suffering Pakistani Christians have gone through from the heartless act of violence. They said that a handful of people are trying to achieve their nefarious designs through targeting minority communities in Pakistan.

Local Pakistani Christian leaders Arif Bhatti and Pervez Shahzad also condemned the Peshawar bombing of Christian church and killing of innocent and peaceful members of Christian community. They said that Christians are peaceful community and this kind of cowardly acts will not end stop us in spreading the message of peace and love of Christianity.

They said that we always believed that a good Muslim protects the lives and livelihood of minorities but a small group of bandits are enemies of not only Christianity but also of Islam.

Moreover, Pakistan American Association of Texas (PAAT) in a special emergency joint board and executive committee meeting condemned the dastardly act of violence against the house of worship of Christian community of Pakistan on 21st September.

Loss of 81 innocent lives and injuries to more than 200 Pakistanis of Christian faith is devastating not only to Christians but the whole Pakistani nation.

PAAT President Dr. Amer Suleman expressing the sorrow over the shameful act of few extremists said that "Every drop of Pakistani blood is precious for Pakistan regardless of race, creed, ethnicity and religion. People of Pakistan should unite against the existential threat Pakistan is facing from extremism and fanaticism".

He further said that government of Pakistan should guarantee the safety of all its citizen and especially religious minorities. Pakistani Christian community has great contribution in Pakistan's development and is integral part of Pakistani nationalism. Their contributions are not limited to arts and culture but are part of Pakistani traditions in law, science and in Pakistan's defense forces.

Christian community's contributions in the field of education are a hallmark of Pakistani scholarship. Pakistani society should join hands to protect the state from barbaric and shameful acts of few extremists.

PAAT in a unanimously passed resolution demanded all state institutions to work together above all political considerations in protection of Pakistani citizens irrespective of race, creed, gender and religion. Special arrangements should be made to protect religious institutions of all faiths and sects and places of worships.

SEX IN STRANGE PLACES

These couple below who were caught romping on a city wall were not the only ones to display bare-faced cheek in the pursuit of passion.

A couple who had an intimate encounter in Shrewsbury town centre were left blushing after their steamy session was caught on CCTV.
Kevin Naylor, 25, was given a nine-month conditional discharge for drunk and disorderly behaviour while girlfriend Catherine Hughes, 19, received a caution.
But other lovers have been caught in similarly public acts in even odder places.
Check out some of the most unusual places people have got down and dirty in public…
Clock Tower


The stark unclad pair picked the balcony of the 105-year-old clock tower of the Grace Brothers building in Sydney, Australia, for their tryst. Situated opposite the Broadway Shopping Centre, they romped in full view of passers by below.

At a tram stop

A unclad couple caught having s*x at a tram stop in romantic Croydon were ordered to move on when they were caught live on CCTV.
In a phonebox

One couple took more than the law into their own hands – with a 40 minute phone box romp in full-on view right by Brighton JPs’ court in 2008.
In court
Judge Donald Thompson was jailed after being found guilty of using a man-hood pump while he was presiding over cases.
According to witnesses at his 2006 trial in Oklahoma, he used the s*x aid when cases were either incredibly boring or really sexy – you know how it is with murder trials. He was banged up for four years and disbarred.
In church
A couple in Cesena, Italy, put a whole new spin on worship when they ’took communion’ in the confessional booth during morning mass.
The police were called after members of the congregation heard ‘grunts and moans’. The couple – who were drunk – were cautioned for obscene acts and disturbing a religious function, which ‘religious function’ was disturbed we ask?

I Became A Policeman Because Of Free Transportation – Fake Policeman

A mild drama unfolded at the Ikotun Police Division after a 48-year-old fake policeman rolled on the floor and cried, begging to be released.
The suspect, identified as Felix Braimoh, who was arrested in Ejigbo area of Lagos, said he was forced to impersonate a policeman to feed his children and also enjoy free transportation around Lagos.
Clad in a Mobile Police trousers and a beret, the father of five reportedly boarded a motorcycle from Cele Bus Stop, along Oshodi/Apapa expressway, to Ikotun.
However, on reaching Ejigbo the motorcycle rider, a Police Corporal, engaged Briamoh in a conversation about his division.

His inability to give a proper response aroused the suspicion of the rider, who reportedly stopped the motorbike and confronted Braimoh.
Just then, a Police patrol team from Ikotun Division stopped to question both men and took them to the station.
During interrogation, Braimoh reportedly disclosed that he was not a policeman.
Asked where he got the police uniform from, Braimoh said: “A friend gave them to me.
“The pair of trousers is a mobile Police’s, the boots belong to a Man O’ War official, while I bought the beret from the market.” [Vanguard]

Police Exhume Car Buried With Charred Bodies Inside In Nasarawa

A CAR BEING DUG OUT OF A RIVERSIDE IN OBI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NASARAWA STATE LAST WEEKEND. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR AND TWO OCCUPANTS —MANAGING DIRECTOR OF POLICE MICROFINANCE BANK ALHAJI HASSAN GIDADO AND THE MANAGER OF THE BANK’S BRANCH IN ABUJA, MR. TUNDE BANWO — WERE KILLED BY PEOPLE SUSPECTED TO BE MEMBERS OF THE OMBATSE GROUP AND BURIED WITH THEIR CAR. (THE NATION)

Three bodies belonging to two bankers and their driver have been dug up from a riverside in Nasarawa State, centre of violent clashes between Alago and Eggon youths in recent times.

The deceased were allegedly ambushed by suspected Ombatse cultists, who took them to the bush, killed and then set their bodies ablaze with their car before burying them inside the car by the riverside.
The incident reportedly happened at Tudun Adabu in Obi Local Government.
Already, 14 suspects have been arrested by the Nasarawa Police Command in connection with the murder.
The deceased bankers were identified as Alhaji Hassan Gidado, who was the managing director of the Police Microfinance Bank, and Mr. Tunde Banwo.

The state Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu, who made this known at a news conference on Monday in Lafia, the state capital, said after the bodies were exhumed, they were deposited at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital in Lafia.
The bankers, who lived in Abuja, were in Lafia for the wedding of a child of the police commissioner-in-charge of Cooperatives when they met their untimely death.
Mr. Shehu said the suspected killers would soon be charged to court just as he assured residents that measures had been taken to curb the activities of the outlawed Ombatse group.
It would be recalled that the group was responsible for the massacre of more than 60 security operatives some few months ago and in similar fashion with the recent incident, set the bodies of the security officers ablaze.

Former Defence Minister Danjuma Donates N500m To Youth Training Centre

T.Y. Danjuma

General T.Y. Danjuma, has announced a donation of N500m for the completion of the Abeokuta Youth Centre for Industrial Training, an outreach of the Peter Akinola Foundation.

The generous donation of the former minister of defence doubles the total amount requested by the Founder, Rev. Jasper Peter Akinola, who had earlier indicated in his address that about N250m was required to complete the centre.

Akinola

Lamenting the spate of youth unemployment in the country while speaking at the second graduation ceremony of the centre, Danjuma said the first installment of N200m would be made available on 1 October,2013 to commemorate the Nation’s 53rd independence anniversary, an announcement greeted with a thunderous ovation.
He said N100m each would be paid annually.
“Next to insecurity today in Nigeria, is youth unemployment. We have to do everything possible to reduce the situation. Last year, when I came here, Rev. Akinola brought me from the old centre to this new site, and he told me that the next graduation will hold here. So, when he reminded me of this programme yesterday, I was wondering how
this place will look.

“But, I am very happy about what I have seen here. I should not be surprised anyway, because when Rev. Akinola was the Anglican Primate, the movement of the Anglican Church headquarters was done with passion and commitment. And that is what I have found here,” Danjuma said.
“We have to give him the support. And I am going to make this donation. Listen carefully, I am donating for this Centre N500m. The first installment will be made on October 1st, to celebrate our independence and it is going to be N200m”.
Represented at the event by the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State in his remark said, the government would do everything possible to support the centre, describing the gesture of the former Chief of Defence Staff as a “big challenge”.
He said Akinola’s project “keys into the mission of the present administration to rebuild the state”.
In his keynote address, the Bishop of Anglican church, Asaba, Rev. Justus Emeka Mogekwu said the unemployment situation among the young men and women is poisoning their minds against the society.
Mogekwu said the centre had five aims, which include, “to enable the huge population of out-of-school adolescents and teenagers to acquire effective skill and to spread evangelism among others.