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shymmex: I don't know why you guys hate Islam because of the imperfections of certain people - Islam is just as bad as Christianity...

Some of you need to STFU, and treat every threat as an isolated case..

If you've got a problem with BH, critique BH and stop disrespecting other people's belief system.

which one u belong self?

Eternity sounds like fat ass fairy tale

Yuck!! that sounds so gay and untrue...how can 210gramms of cocaine enter mans small anus with many bones
sounds like stories to sell papers to me...but if its true, the man is a fuccking weirdo and should be taken to a museum

[quote author=tpia@]i find it hard to believe someone didnt do this intentionally.


sabotage.

they need to get to the root of this and discipline whoever is behind it, even if the person is a nigerian or ghanaian.

even on tv you see green white green all the time.[/quote]nope... not only nigeria flag...same thing happened with korean flag...and they immediately protested it

There was pandemonium at Dunamis Gospel Centre, Nyanya/Mararaba branch, on Wednesday night, after a security man discovered a bomb in the church and raised the alarm.

Over 1, 000 worshippers ran helter-skelter and are still counting their blessings after they survived what would have been a massive bomb attack. The bomb was said to have been placed in the church during their evening service but failed to detonate.

The anti-bomb squad of the police, which defused the bomb yesterday morning, described the bomb as foreign-made and capable of bringing down not only the church but surrounding buildings as well.

When LEADERSHIP visited the church yesterday, a church security man, who gave his name as Moses Uzoka said he discovered the bomb during a routine security sweep of the church. After the evening church service, he said, at about 9:30pm, he noticed a suspicious object in a bag under a seat at the children’s section of the church.

He said: “I have never seen a bomb in my life but when I saw the object, it resembled the type of bombs I have seen in movies and I quickly shouted and everybody fled the church. We called one SSS man who lives near the church and he told us it was a bomb.”

Uzoka narrated how he and others ran to the security post nearest to the church at “checking point”, on the boundary between the FCT and Nasarawa State. He said the security agents insisted that they would not come on the grounds that the area was not within their jurisdiction and referred them to the Abacha police station. He said when they ran to the Abacha Road police station, the personnel there in turn referred them to the Mararaba police division.

“It was between midnight and 1am when the police from Mararaba came. When they saw the bomb they ran back and called their DPO. He too came to see it and went back. Later they brought an anti-bomb squad from Abuja to come and handle the bomb,” Uzoka said.

LEADERSHIP learnt that it was later in the morning, about 11am, that an FCT anti-bomb squad arrived at the church to defuse the bomb and take it away.

Uzoka told our correspondent that a member of the anti-bomb squad said it was a foreign-made bomb and bigger than any he had seen since he started working on bombs.

He said: “The leader of the anti-bomb squad was shocked at the size of the bomb. He said that, if the bomb had gone off, not only would it have flattened the church and everything inside it, but that it would have destroyed the surrounding buildings as well.

When they were bringing out the bomb, I saw the inscription engraved on it: it was ‘Mountain Fire’ or something like that.”

A LEADERSHIP reporter, who saw the police bomb squad taking the explosive away at about 11am yesterday, said he could not get very close because the police had cordoned off the church’s frontage while they went about defusing the bomb.

A cleric at the church, simply called Evangelist Sunny, praised God for saving the lives of the worshippers.

He said:“When we discovered it, we quickly called Abacha Road police station. They refused to respond at that time. We went further to call Mararaba police station and they now came to the church to help with the situation. They later informed the anti-bomb squad of the FCT command which came later to defuse the said bomb.”

When contacted, a senior police officer at the Nyanya police post, who does not want his name in print, confirmed that policemen went to the church but that they only found “some bags with perfumes and other materials”.that can collapse the building at once,” he said.

The head of the technical unit of the church, Godstime Asuquo, who spoke when newsmen visited the church on Thursday morning, said the FCT anti-bomb squad was contacted immediately to detonate the bomb.

He said it was only the grace of God upon the Church that did not allow the perpetrators of the dastardly act to succeed, adding that the church was planning to engage more security personnel to ensure adequate security in and around the church premises.

The commotion expectedly drew a large crowd to the frontage of the church. A GSM recharge cards seller, who has a kiosk just opposite the church, Linus Agi, said he was afraid to go into the church, though he saw the bomb when the anti-bomb squad brought it out and was taking it away.

“I was still around when it happened. We all ran away at first. Later in the morning, I saw when the police people brought out the bomb and took it away ,” Agi said.

LEADERSHIP learnt that the church had been having a week-long revival programme to mark the beginning of a new month and that it was filled to the brim because the members had turned out en masse for the anointing and commune service.

One security man said over 1,000 worshippers attended the service and that it was the biggest church attendance he could remember.

Sometime last year, there was a rumour that the church had been bombed but it turned out to be a false alarm.

When contacted, a senior police officer at the Nyanya police post, who does not want his name in print, confirmed that policemen went to the church but that they only found “some bags with perfumes and other materials”.



source: http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/31576/2012/08/03/hundreds_escape_death_police_defuse_bomb_abuja_church.html

but wait o...so nigerians love basketball like this? see the number of people that view this topic...wow i thot am the only b.ball freak

richeyy: W​e all know that bball is an American thing just like soccer is an European thing & bombing is a bok.o thing . ‎​I'm sure that a college team in d US will still beat Team Nigeria though with a lesser margin. Lesson learnt: our players were not as experienced as Team USA. Secondly, our defense was weak. Moving Forward, We need to develop our local bball league & as a matter of fact, introduce bball as an extra-curricular ryt from our primary schools.

well said

but our problem is ...we focus much on football ..... we got many b.ball talent in this country but we dont develop em at grass root level ...better luck next time anyway

choi ...my calculator cant calculate the margin ...abeg the Americans dey use juju jor..or may be dem use al qaeda to threaten our boys

Healthy Executive, Legislative rift deepens democracy, say Mark, others

FAR from the belief in some quarters, the nation’s economy is buoyant and the Executive arm of government has not breached any law in the implementation of the budget.

This was the position of the Minister of Finance and Coordinator of the Economy, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, during an interactive session with the Senate Joint committee on Appropriation, Finance, Public Account and National Planning.

Also, Senate President David Mark yesterday allayed the fear of negative consequences that are usually associated with occasional disagreements between the Executive and the National Assembly, as according to him, such rifts are actually central to the sustenance of a viable democratic culture and good governance

Okonjo-Iweala, who was at the National Assembly, said in view of the fact that the implementation of the budget began only in April, the budget was still on course, having achieved about 40 per cent implementation in four months.

“The country is absolutely not broke, though it may have problem of cash flow at times, but it is not out of place. There may be temporary cash flow issue but broke, no’’, she declared.

She explained that out of the N1.3trillion allocation for capital projects, N404 billion had been released while N184 billion had been utilised. She further disclosed that about N140 billion representing 44 per cent of the amount was still in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) waiting for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to utilise.

She expressed concern over the budgeting systems in the country where the budget year is extended to March of the succeeding year, pointing out that “it is not done anywhere in the world and this must be changed.”

She counselled the lawmakers against hasty judgment on the performance of the budget, saying: “ Give us till the end of the year before passing judgment on the performance of the budget, it is premature to talk of abysmally low performance.’’

She apologised to the committee for not being able to honour previous appointments on the session and the misrepresentation by the media. “I want to say that when I read papers, I was amazed with some figures, some section of the media has been misinforming. We sent out a press release, detailing all what has been done regarding the use of resources but even with written comments, it has been twisted, thereby leading to misinformation. I appreciate this opportunity to dialogue”, she said.

On the issue of constituency projects, she said: “We have no problems with that, the projects are there, neither the president nor any one has said that. Ministers have launched these projects and they are on it, it takes some time to understand the whole process.

“We have good collaboration with the National Assembly but there has been one or two things we are working to solve. For some MDAs, some projects were moved from one place to another, making it difficult for some MDAs to implement. I want to reiterate that constituency projects are being designed and procured. I do not think that it is something we should make a big deal out of. Rather, we should work together to solve the problem.”

She explained further on the budget, saying: “We have been utilising resources gathered for 2012. From 2012 N85 billion statutory transfer was done for domestic debt payment of N95 billion, personnel cost of N449 billion, N95 billion overhead and so on. It was spent until April when 2012 capital budget was approved and it is done quarterly.’’

While opening the interactive session, Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba said the performance of the budget was a serious issue hence the session. “The performance of the budget is a major concern to Nigerians because it is through the budget implementation that we deliver the dividends of democracy to Nigerians. This certainly is not going to be a family meeting, it will be a Nigerian meeting and we are making it as open as possible so that every Nigerian will get to know what truly is happening. You know in the many years of military rule that the National Assembly did not exist. Nigerians got used to living without the National Assembly. Now everything that goes on because Nigerians have got used to living without the National Assembly is blamed on the National Assembly. We will like to take responsibility for where we go wrong but what we certainly will not take responsibility for is the failure of others. If others fail let them take responsibility. Where we fail we will take responsibility. We are willing and we’ve always been the weeping boys of Nigerian politics. We will continue to take the weeping but we will not be the scapegoats for anybody. We will not be the excuse for anybody not to have done his or her duty’’, he said.

Mark noted that there was an exaggeration of the rift between the Executive and the Legislature.

He said that the two arms of government were all working for Nigeria but argued that “the legislators are the elected representatives of the people so we wear the shoes and know where they hurt most. I think people should listen to us.”

Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, apparently regarded the gains of the cooperation of the two arms as outweighing their disagreements as he noted that they had worked very cordially and would continue to operate in this way for the development of the country and the strengthening of the nation’s democracy.

At the second anniversary of NTA Star Times yesterday in Abuja, the Senate President stated that as regards budget implementation, both the Executive and the Legislature should not begin to preach about percentage, but should worry more about how these percentages had translated into realities on ground.

He said: “When we talk of whether we have implemented the budget to 56 or 21 percent, the man who is walking on the street in Nigeria is not interested in those figures, but rather wants to be employed and wants to see that there are critical infrastructure on the ground for him to utilise.”

According him: “The intricacies and mechanisms that result into this are not truly the problem of the ordinary Nigerian. He wants to eat three square meals in his house, he wants to have steady power supply. The intricacies and the road both the Executive and the Legislature will take for these things to happen are truly not his problem and he is not interested. So we should not begin to preach about percentage, we should worry more about how these percentages have translated into realities on ground.”

According to Mark, the media play a key role in the democratic governance and a bigger role in deepening democracy, calling on the media to work to ensure that democracy develops and stabilizes in the country.

The President of the Senate called on the NTA to ensure quality programmes in its presentations .

Noting the cooperation between the Executive and Legislature, Maku said: “We are working together, no matter what the public may think…”

Maku observed that the programme of reform of the economy by the administration was attracting global attention, adding that due to those reforms and consistency of leadership, the country had received the highest Direct Foreign Investment in Africa.

“It will take time for our people to fully understand the revolutionary trends that have taken place in the key sectors of the economy like the telecoms, power. About 79 investors from different parts of the world have expressed interest to invest in the nation’s power sector,” he said.

Also, the Vice Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), Mashood Mustapha has said that the disagreement between the National Assembly and the Executive arm of government over alleged haphazard implementation of this year’s budget by the Executive was not designed to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan but to make the nation compete favourably with other countries of the world.

Mustapha said the House of Representatives had by that action put the president on guard, adding that, “we have only put the president on the guard; that is the difference between democracy and autocracy.”

The legislator representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency, however, warned : “If the president fails to implement the budget, Nigeria is governed by a constitution and article of impeachment is very clear. If the president decides he doesn’t want the job again, then he may look the other way without going in line with the advice and directive of the National Assembly, then everybody knows the consequence.”

Mustapha, who spoke to reporters yesterday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, added: “We only pointed out that there is a particular clause that can actually be used if the 2012 budget is not implemented substantially. We have looked at the budget, which is a law and it is binding on all to abide by. Now that we have this law it must be followed religiously, but for some people to decide to do selective implementation of the budget is against the law.”

Besides, the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has described the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s call on House Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, to resign following his call for the impeachment of Jonathan as hypocritical and blackmailing politics of the ruling party.

The party noted in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja that it was highly subjective and utterly illogical for the PDP South-West leadership to call for the resignation of Gbajabiamila on account of his indictment by the state of Georgia’s Bar for professional misconduct, adding that the call came on the heels of the recent motion by the house opposition leader on the floor of the Lower legislative House, for the commencement of impeachment proceedings on Jonathan should he fail to implement the 2012budget by September this year.

The statement, which was signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the CPC, Rotimi Fashakin noted that the ruling party felt rattled by the call and believed that, like it had always been with this PDP-led Federal Government, the messenger of a good message must be smeared and vanquished even if there was no justifiable basis of it.

The party which questioned the moral right of the South West members of the PDP to call for the resignation of their colleague at the House of Representatives warned that the call was part of the PDP’s attempt to dash the hope of ensuring scrupulous implementation of the 2012 budget which ACN members comments may have raised.

source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94362:nigeria-not-broke-only-has-cash-flow-troubles&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

DEMONS

The OP: The Religion section is the way to go. Its the only section where you gotta prove everything you say e.g. Bible Quote , Quranic Quote , and for Atheists - Scientific Quotes.

Beware it's no place for a man of little faith, you could get your faith ripped apart.

i totally agreed with d bolded part. Am a living example

RELIGION, MUSIC, TECNOLOGY, POLITICS

@miteolu

stop drooping links ..spam bot will ban u

[quote author=Kay-Dee][size=13pt] Arsenal outplayed Mancity but Mancity outscored Arsenal. [/size][/quote]it has always being like that.... arsenal always play while other team always score... that's why they will continue to be trophy less

this aguero no dey try jor

this new aresenal kit no bad o

what is the purpose of their coming? they want to invest in Nigeria or what?

ABUJA—DIRECTOR of Department of State Security Services, SSS, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command, Mr. Little Okojie, has lamented that government made little progress in curbing the menace of the militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, because communities shield members of the sect.

Okojie, who spoke while hosting the new executives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Abuja council, decried the reluctance of the people to provide useful information to security agencies on the identity of the sect members and its operations.

He explained that the job of the agency was principally to prevent crime, stating that the invisible mode of operation of members of the sect had made it difficult to successfully dialogue with them.

According to him, the sect is usually represented by intermediaries who will not disclose the identity of members of the sect, making the situation more complicated, unlike what happened with the Niger Delta militants.

Okojie said the service and other security agencies were doing their best to protect lives and property. He commended NUJ for its support to the Service and other security agencies in the fight against crime.

He tasked journalists to give accurate and balanced account of every event and situation, in line with the ethics of the profession, pointing out that the command had had to approach the leadership of the union on issues where the SSS disagreed with the media.

Earlier, Secretary of the Council, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, expressed the readiness of the council to partner with the Service in the discharge of its constitutional duty.

source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/communities-shield-boko-haram-members-sss/

Abuja (WorldStage Newsonline)-- The Nigeria’s presidency on Wednesday refuted the story making the rounds that it purchased 200 cars for the African First Ladies Summit which will formally opens in Abuja on Thursday.

Reacting to a national newspaper on Wednesday reported that the Federal Government has purchased 200 new “exotic” cars for the African First Ladies Summit, the media aide to the president, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the cars were offered to the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) for the purpose of the summit by Coscharis Motors Ltd.

Abati in a statement issued in Abuja further explained that the agreement reached between AFLPM and Coscharis Motors, was that all the cars will be returned to the company after the summit.

He stressed that the cars for the event were provided at no cost to the organizers or the Federal Government of Nigeria.

He therefore noted that there were no facts to support the claim that the Federal Government bought the cars in question.

The statement reads: "The Presidency has noted with dismay, the utterly false and misleading claim in the lead report in today’s edition of the Daily Trust newspaper that the Federal Government has purchased 200 new “exotic” cars for the African First Ladies Summit which formally opens in Abuja tomorrow. The true facts of the matter are as follows:

“The African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) which is holding its summit in Abuja is a Non-Governmental Organisation. Its activities are funded by stakeholders and members of the private sector who support and identify with its objectives.

“In accordance with its modus operandi, the AFLPM set up several committees, including a finance committee to raise funds and sponsorship for the organization of its Abuja Summit.

“As part of its own contributions to the successful hosting of the summit by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Coscharis Motors Ltd. offered to provide some cars for the event at no cost to the organizers or the Federal Government of Nigeria.

“Under an agreement signed by the committee and Coscharis Motors, all the cars will be returned to the company after the summit.

“As indicated in the body of the report, the editors of Daily Trust were apparently well aware that they had no facts to support the claim in their banner headline that the Federal Government bought the cars in question.

“Daily Trust admits in the report that it could not confirm if the cars were “bought outright or hired” yet it went ahead to publish the totally unsubstantiated headline claim – “FG BUYS 200 CARS FOR FIRST LADIES SUMMIT”.

“It is highly regrettable that the Editors of the Daily Trust rushed to publish a completely erroneous report, the falsity of which should have been apparent to them.

“Their very unprofessional and unethical decision to publish the unverifiable allegation can only be construed as another attempt to incite public anger against the Presidency and the Federal Government.”

source:- http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=5472&catid=2

Kposkila: wetin dey kill african leadas 4 dat office, nd many of dem stil dy rush enta, may ur soul enta abrams bosom...gudnyt sir

Na Death

Billyonaire: There are many Ghanians on Nairaland, may be we should create a section for them.

seconded!
Even dey form nuisance like dey did in buhari days..
Buh nigeria being accomodating people will still accept them..
NO MORE GHANA MUST GO

judebeyou: Am Ghana presently,
I just confirmed it korokoro!
[b]Atta Fifi [/b]John Mills

lmao.. Atta fifi ke? Atta gungun

360command: u shud understand say , There are JOKES and there are JOKES. your joke on ghana must go and attah mills gone - is not meant to be stated. watin go bring a dead man relating to the ghana must go issue of many years ago. u b highman. if you wan joke for here why u no go STAND UP NIGERIA go joke..

does ghana must go sounds like a joke to u? Ghana must go is a fhucking bag.. Deal with it.. This is nairaland not ghanaland.. U cant stop nigerians 4rm saying whatever they wana say.. As long as its not ghanaland or cedisland then stfu

careytommy: You dey fear smoothcrim?
No make me vex for you o
How yeye smoothcrim go dey shake u like dis?

e tire me for d mumu o... E fit be the smoothcrim in disguise.. Inferior people

360command: na people like you they bring smoothcrim to dey start outrage and insult for here..u no fit respect yourself.

who z dis mor0n? Who cares abt any smoothcriminal? U beta watch urself and leave nairaland nw b4 thunder fire u and ur smooth crim ...weyrey

I think ghanaians hate the man... I received 3 happy broadcast frm different ghanaians.. Rejoicing because he z dead... Wtf

airfinance: RIP may God forvige you all your sins and gant you internal bliss. Ghana must GO now he has gone

gosh! That shiit got me laffing

Yeah... I got d broadcast frm ghanaian friends sum minutes ago..

RIP TO HIM

Probably he meant rule pattience jonanthan for more than 8yrs

hammedkola: Instead of that, they should leave.

if dey do how will u knw what is going on?

When u wan shag ur new babe and u di.ck start acting dumb..

redcliff: 1. The name is not welcoming.
2. What's d difference between him and an ibo alaba trader that goes to china and gives specifications for my own custom version of a tablet pc.
3. If it was produced in nigeria, I would have been overglad to read this news.

Its no different to me. Call it hating but logically, its still the same thing cos I've not seen what part of the post where his input in terms of hardware / software contribution is mentioned

But hey, I'l still give him my full support cos he's one of our own.

yeah.. Exactly like innoson