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Dear 2013,

I hope you are not going all alone and leave behind your Badluck as 2012 did to us on the issues of BKH, KILLINGS, BOMBINGS etc...

Please go along with your Badluck and make sure PDP crises is resolved as it may lead to somthing unbelievable...

Make sure the crises between Tom and His Godfather Jerry ends within themselves...

Beg Gen. Muhd Maigaskiya to allow Kwankwaso of Kano state to try his luck in 2015...

Advice Amechi to stay firm on his actions and intentions...

Make sure the naivety that is happening between the Aki and Powpow of Adamawa state ends within themselves...

Make sure the issue of ASUU strike goes forever as you just did...

Make sure the issue of failing JAMB, WAEC, NECO and NABTEB accompany you...

And make sure the issue of Joblessness be your right pal and go together.

Please go with your Badluck to wherever you are going...

Thank You.

Coool

let him have his share of the Fresh Air...

Nothing happened here in china, its sun set now

Men are Naturally Polygamous, I guess thats why Islam allow them to marry 4 wives...

he cant pay house rent? where did he got the money to fly to USA

his a daughter a house of reps member? is anybody thinking what i am thinking?

where are his boys, have they all run away cos he was broke?

has pdp abandoned him or what

people should stop telling lies in order to continue looting what he left for them in peace....

There was a group of women gathered at a seminar on how to live in a loving relationship with your husband.

The women were asked, 'How many of you love your husbands?'
All the women raised their hands.
Then they were asked, 'When was the last time you told your husband you loved him?'
Some women answered today, some yesterday, some didn't remember..

The women were then told to take their cell phones and send the following text to their respective husband: I love you, sweetheart.

Then the women were told to exchange phones and read the responding text messages.
Here are some of the replies:

1. Eh, mother of my children, are you sick?

2. What now? Did you crash the car again?

3. I don't understand what you mean?

4. What did you do now? I won't forgive you this time!!!

5. ?!?

6. Don't beat about the bush, just tell me how much you need?

7. Am I dreaming? ?

8. If you don't tell me who this message is actually for, you will die today...!!!

9. Are you kidding me??

and the best one

10. Who is this?

Me_Aboki: Don't know, but maybe that question is best answered by Catholic Priests who seem to especially love fuccking young boys.

what??! i dont know what to say...

My third and final advice for Stella Damasus is that it is important to follow the argument of the other side if you must engage in a debate. No one standing with Yerima is saying Nigeria is an Islamic state, no one is saying there should be sexual exploitation of children rather that which has been said is that Nigeria being a multi religious state as you claim has said it will not disturb your practice of your religion; marriage is part of religion as far as Muslims and Islam is concerned; as a matter of fact the Prophet of Islam says it is HALF of religion for the Muslims, Nigeria has said it won’t disturb, let it not disturb. It has also been said that in Islam and for Muslims when you marry is not necessarily when you have sex so marriage is anytime, sex is during maturity so where is the exploitation? If you are concerned about how we ensure this then take a breathe and ask us we will answer you.

We do hope to see women like Stella who will get all angry and vocal over the fact that women are in the market places in Nigeria selling pepper under the scourging sun with one baby on her back and two others running around at the risk of being run down by a car. We do hope to see women who will address the problem of prostitution which leaves a young girl sleeping with 10 men a night, 60-70 a week, 280 men every month and 3,360 men a year at the risk of STDs, losing her womb, permanent frigidity, HIV, and rape….but then a non-fatal disease which only occurs in less than 0.4% of child delivery and is curable is more of an issue. What an Olympic sport in hypocrisy.

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Take A Breath on Child Marriage: An Advice for Stella Damascus By Eseoghene Ohwojeheri

Posted by Editor

Let me begin by saying the “child” marriage debate can only make people famous, it can only be used to stay famous, it can only revive careers of actresses who are smart enough to hurriedly make a youtube video when the heat is on, but it will continue to happen and not even the removal of the controversial supportive clauses or the inclusion of a new prohibiting
one will stop it. This is the fact; plain simple, in one paragraph.
I have watched the drama playing out and how Stella Damasus has tried so hard to be the lead actor.

From a youtube video with costumes and the rants of a little girl to an Aljazeera performance [see below] where she frowns while other guests speak, I have observed the Stella lady and I think she needs the following advice:

Firstly, arrogance, insults and name calling does not make you right. You are right when you are right you are wrong when you are wrong. For example you referred to the Islamic position on marriage age as “deafening, old and archaic”. Earlier in an article of yours you praised the Islamic mood of worship and the simplicity of it as well as narrated a story of how a wealthy Muslim came down from his car to join a gate man in his estate in prayer in your presence….well,the provision of Islam which made this possible is also old and we thank God it is not archaic in the sense of being abandoned for being old. And the same way you hate our provision for marriage at any age, the pagan Arabs hated the prayers you so praised.
Still on mistaking arrogance and bad behaviour for correctness, I also heard you imply that Muslims “poach” and Christians don’t. According to your claim, the Nigerian law recognizes Islam but also recognizes Christianity but Christians don’t “poach” by asking that the position of the Christian religion be part of Nigerian law.

Again you are not right because you said it with much emphasis and a frowned face. This is Nigeria in which it’s Government has a public Holiday two times a week because Christians, with all due respect, could not agree on which day is Sabbath; Saturday or Sunday. This is Nigeria in which the whole period around Christmas is public holiday and you don’t “poach”? Of course you don’t, but we do just because we are saying don’t forbid US from marrying OURSELVES when WE want to and because we say the fact that you compromise your rights to follow your Bible to the Nigerian constitution does not mean we must do the same, more so when the constitution does not require that of us. We poach, we are poachers, don’t mind us!

Secondly, I advise that you, Stella, know your facts especially if you intend saying them on international television. The Child Right Act is the result of a Convention which can only be applied if it goes in line with the Constitution, so if the constitution suggested that a woman of 17 can get married and you say the Child Right Act prohibits such, then you are saying the Child Right Act is unconstitutional and should be thrown away. This is a classic case of not knowing what you are talking about and hence speaking against what you intend to speak for. Now you know why Abraham Lincoln said “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt”

Another blunder you committed because you thought exclamations can cover for points is that you claimed to have discovered hospitals where women with VVF die off. Stella, Stella, VVF is not even lethal, it does not kill. This is as ridiculous as saying you have discovered hospitals where people with Eczema are left to die. Studies, which you will not read because you are too busy taking pictures and twitting, have shown that of 100,000 births 0.4% have the challenge of VVF which is mainly a result of prolong child labour and rape. Let me show you what Dr. John Spurlock, MD Medical Director and Founder of the Continence Management Institute of the Lehigh Valley and 9 other specialists wrote about the cause of VVF and I sure this will be the first time you are reading of a disease you always speak about:

“Risk factors that predispose to VVFs include prior pelvic or vaginal surgery, previous PID, ischemia, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, carcinoma, endometriosis, anatomic distortion by uterine myomas, and infection, particularly postoperative cuff abscess”

You see my dear, one does not have to be super intelligent to speak if only he will be intelligent enough to know he has to speak only of what he knows.

taiocol: i dnt under stand this shit

wait until 2015 before you will wise up...

7. May be GEJ is going to be the first democratically elected President in Nigeria to hand over power to the opposition.......Come 29th May 2015.

Coz I'm begining 2 see it happen.
Finally.... PDP get prepared to play the role of the opposition come 2015. May God help the voiceless Nigerians 4rm focusless leadership...!!

GEJ is fulfilling the divine purpose that brought him to power.

He is making history all through his life time...
1. The first to take over power from democratically elected Governor amidst his tenure.

2. The first to take over power from democratically elected President amidst his tenure.

3. The first to agree that 16>19.

4. The first to agree that 5>18

5. The first to tell us that BH are in his cabinet yet he can't prosecute them.

6. The first to hold a PDP convention and produce to chairmen...

Wow! Mr Ebele.... U try..
......Now the most historic yet to come...

President Obama has concluded even before the UN chemical inspection team finish their investigation that Assad is guilty of using chemical weapons against his people.

This lack of respect for the UN organ and desperate effort to toppled the Assad government since the confederation of terrorists from different countries fail so far to to implement the zionist dream as they have done in Libya.

At the end even if America succeeded in killing Assad like Gaddafi, it may not be yet Uhuru for the people of Syria just like the Libyans are not witnessing the kind of peace and freedom envisaged without Gaddafi.

He cannot marry an 18years old, but can rape a 6years old (x3)...

What an Irony

Man 64, rapes 6yr old girl in Ebonyi state

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ebonyi State Command yesterday confirmed the arrest of a 64-year-old man, forallegedly defiling a six year old girl, Nkwegu Chinwe at Agbaenyim in Izzi Local Government Area of the state.

Briefing newsmen in Abakaliki, the corps Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of corps Emmanuel Nwali, said the suspect would have been lynched by angry youths in the area, but was saved by men of the command.

Nwali said after investigation, the suspect would be transferred to the appropriate agency for action.
He said according to the village head and other members of the community, the suspecthas been engaging in the act.

“The victim who felt a hard push between herlegs, raised an alarm which attracted members of the community. Soon after that, we received a signal from one of our division in Izzi that an old man defiled a six year old girl. When we got the report, we told them to transfer the matter to our command headquarters in Abakaliki so that we will handle it appropriately”,he said

Another tactics at Taraba state.
Suntai Unable To Recognize State Lawmakers Who Visited Him
Posted: August 28, 2013 - 22:21

Suntai sandwiched between PDP operatives on Sunday shortly after arriving from the US
By SaharaReporters, New York
The severity of Governor Danbaba Suntai’s brain damage became obvious to the leadership of the Taraba State House of Assembly who visited him today, two of the legislators have told SaharaReporters.

A surprise invitation was extended to the lawmakers to meet Mr. Suntai after a group ofstate legislators threatened to commence the ailing governor’s impeachment. One of the lawmakers who saw Mr. Suntai said the sudden invitation was designed to placate lawmakers.
The delegation of lawmakers was led by the speaker of the Taraba State Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa.

Our sources revealed that the legislators met Mr. Suntai who was seated on a couch struggling to speak some words to the delegates. They disclosed that Mr. Suntai did not recognize any of the lawmakers. His speech was characterized as garbled, confused and mostly inaudible, according to one source. He added that, at one point, the brain-injured governor managed to say that one of them was his “big deputy.” The personhe referred to then told Mr. Suntai that he wasnot his deputy.

Our sources added that the bizarre meeting convinced the assembly leadership that Mr. Suntai was incapable of running the state. They retreated to a meeting at the state assembly. The meeting ended and the lawmakers left without addressing the media,the promised to return to the chambers tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the cabal tied to Mr. Suntai that has sought to maneuver the sick governor back in office this evening carried out another charade by swearing in some so-called “newly appointed” government officials in the state.

The alleged swearing-in took place at the governor’s dining room without any member of his executive council or security chiefs in attendance. There was nojudicial officer in sight to administer the oath.

Mr. Suntai was made to seat on one of the chairs and at a point given a paper to read. A witness said it was unclear what he tried to do with the paper, at a point he spoke a few words in Hausa but for the rest of the event his voice was inaudible throughout the charade.

Nobody?

chukxie: You've asked a very solid question. I think there are a lot of goods that can be exported from Nigeria to China. By goods i'm not referring to petroleum products because China has a lot of countries it buys those from.Products like cocoa, cassava, palm kernel etc can be exported to China because they don't have them there. You need to conduct a feasibility study in China to find out what they need but are lacking that we have in abundance here. That's where you begin from. On the other hand, there are tons of goods one can import from China to Nigeria. I hope one day our nation would shift from being one that heavily depends on importation to one that exports goods and service to all reaches of the world. I wish you success in your endeavors!

Thanx alot, i am doing my research for now, i hope to get more info, thanx once again

I will soon embark on a journey to china. I need advice from experienced Nairalanders on what I should Export to china that is legal and profitable.

However, whats best to import from China to Nigeria that is profitable.

Thank you

I will soon embark on a journey to china. I need advice from experienced Nairalanders on what I should Export to china that is legal and profitable.

However, whats best to import from China to Nigeria that is profitable.

Thank you

Does it work on htc? i have downloaded it but theres nothing like Boromir, instead i saw Gandalf, and it shows when i tap it

The polemics that Aisha was an adult when she consummated her marriage with Muhammad was more plausible and no one should use that as an alibi to potray Islam in bad light. The concern to want to protect young people is a genuine concern of Muslims and Islam. This is so because it will protect the entire human dignity. Maturity andsound judgement are imperative in providing the dignity, not necessarily age.

The import of these condition is that the female has the right to accept or reject marriage proposal. Her consent is a prerequisite to the validity of the marriage contract. If a marriage of a girl is arranged without her consent, then such a marriage may be annulled if she so wishes. To prove this, in Ibn-Majah hadiths collection, "Ibn Abbas reported that a girl came to the Messenger of Allah, and she reported that her father had forced her to marry without her consent. The Messenger of God gave her the choice between accepting the marriage or invalidating it."
In all of the classical legal opinions, the age of majority was equated with attaining puberty and demonstrating adequate mental development.

Let us even assume that a minor may not know the implication of what she was giving her consent to; in most cases where the practice is common, a judge (qadi) will appoint two matron to examine the girl on her physical preparedness for marriage. And if the Matron found out that the bride to be is not fit, marriage will not be established. And in the case where the girl having attained maturity and sound judgement declines her interest in marrying the man, the marriage becomes annuled.

Note also that it is only after the bride attains maturity, or sound judgement to be able to handle her own property that she can receive her dowry; (sadaak) just as it is also stated that without dowry, no marriage is established. It points to the fact that the injunction of the Quran on maturity and sound judgement must be properly established.
Again, another point of note is that even as the Quran did not fix the age of marriage, it does not support the marriage of girl who has not attained maturity.

Conditions of fitness:

When a girl is married out at an early age, shewill not live with the husband until she is fit for marital sexual relations. (hata tutilqal-rijal)All the scholars of Islamic fiqh maintain that a wife must not be taken to her husband's house until she reaches the condition of fitness for sexual relations. Betrothal may takeplace at any age, actual marriage comes later after attainment of puberty and sound judgement.

We will not close our eyes to the account that Aisha (r.t.a) was married to the Prophet at theage of nine. But the issue itself has generated mixed reaction from the Muslims world-over. While some insisted that Aisha's age at marriage was nine, others maintained that she was 19 years of age when she arrived in the house of the Prophet as a wife.
Sheikh Waheed-ud-Deen writes in his well-known book 'Ahmal fi Asma al-Rajja': "At the time of the consummation of her marriage Seyida Aisha's age was not less than18-19 years." Aisha was married in 622 C.E., and although her exact birthday is unknown, Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari recorded that it happened before Islam was revealed in 610.

The earliest surviving biography of Muhammad, Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik bin Hisham's recension of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah - The Life of the Messenger of God records that Aisha accepted Islam shortly after it was revealed - 12 years before her marriage - and there is no way she could have done so as an infant or toddler.

Days of ignorance:

In 'Book of History', volume 4, page number 50 Ibn Jazeer al-Tabari writes that Abu Bakr married two ladies in the days of ignorance. Fateelah, daughter of Abd al-Aza was the first and Umm-i-Rooman was the second, from whom Abd al-Rahman and Aisha were born. All the children of Abu Bakr were born in the days of ignorance. Abd al-Rahman, son of AbuBakr fought against the Muslims in the battle of Badr. His age was 21-22 years and he was older than Aisha; but the difference between their ages was not more than three to four years.

It is on record that Aisha was involved in the assistant of Muslims in the Battles of Badr in 624 and Uhud in 625, in neither of which was anyone under the age of 15 allowed.

Again, Imam Wali-ud-Din Muhammad ibn Abdullah Al-Khatib, who died more than 700 years ago, recorded in the biographical section of Miskat al-Masabih that Asma, her sister who was 10 years older, died at the ageof 100, and 72 years after Aisha's wedding. This makes Aisha's age at the time of her marriage at least 14, and at the time of her marriage's consummation almost 18.

Again, that the Prophet has not done anything that the companions have not emulated. How did they treat this issue? May be we will have to do more research on that.

Lastly, the Prophet himself said: 'O young people! Whoever among you is able to marry, should marry, and whoever is not able to marry, is recommended to fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power. (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, BOOK 62: Wedlock, Marriage (Nikah), Number 3)" In this context, scholars say the hadith is referring to young grown up man and woman.

Nothing Like Child Marriage In Islam:

There was absolutely no spur to comment on the raging controversy of child marriage during the month of Ramadan basically because other issues relevant to the holy month and fasting remained inexhaustible.

While preparing for the Eid, I recalled a number of people had sought my opinion and that of Islam on the issue, so, it became one of the issues staring at me on my table.

With what I have read in the newspapers, I pulled a call through to a few scholars in order to know their position. I was not dissappointed afterall because, the Quran and hadiths are clear and anyone who without prejudice wants to know the truth, will discern clearly that Islam is not only a religion but a perfect way of life that provides answers to every question in this so-called modern world. Without any anachronistic moral judgments, Islam does not support marriage to a minor.

First, the Quran indicates maturity and sound judgment as marriageable level. It does not specify certain age limit for marriage neither the hadiths, perhaps because Allah has created every human being with his or her own uniqueness. Some grow tall while some are short; some fair and some dark, some attain maturity earlier than the other. Physical characteristicsvary depending upon our genes and the environment in which we grow.

Back in medieval age, even in Europe, girls were married when they are children. In Africa as well, early marriages were a common phenomena. Many grandmas married at early ages irrespective of religion. In fact, the issue of early marriage is not about religion but mainly about culture and the environment. Prior to Prophet Muhammad(s.a.w) in Arabia, it was a common knowledgethat females were considered property, objects for sacrifice.

Those ignorant tribal and cultural prejudices and practices persist, but Islamic position must be noted. In Saudi Arabia, a few years back, despite Islam, an 8-year-old girl who had been married by her father to a 47 year-old "friend" to settle Dad's debt of about$13,000 approached the court and annulled the wedding.

Islam as a religion provides guidelines on the stage, conditions and process of mariage. In Quran 4:6, it says: "And test the orphans [in their abilities] until they reach marriageable age/puberty. (baligh) Then if you perceive in them sound judgement, (rushdah) release their property to them. And do not consume itexcessively and quickly, [anticipating] that they will grow up. And whoever, [when actingas guardian], is self-sufficient should refrain [from taking a fee]; and whoever is poor - let him take according to what is acceptable. Then when you release their property to them, bring witnesses upon them. And sufficient is Allah as Accountant."

Under this verse, the stage at which Islam recommends marriage is majority and sound judgement (baligh and rushdah). While majority could be said to mean attainment of menstrual period, development to full womanhood; sound judgement is attained with some level of education, whether formal or informal. Here, the ability to discern the implication of marriage, as well as to being able to carry out the responsibility of a wife and a mother is very important.

The element of having a mature intellect is theability to understand that one has choices, and the ability to choose the preferential option. The fact remains that a child does not know about the intricacies of marriage and the burden of bearing a child. Even if under any pretense to subvert this proviso by any desperado, there are four basic conditions that must be met before marriage is established in Islam.

These are:
(1) proposal and acceptance (al-Ijaab waalqubuul),
(2) approval by both parents (ridaa waalidayn),
(3) payment of a dowry by the groom (al-mihr) and
(4) the presence of at least two male witnesses at theceremony (shaahidayn 'aadilayn)

This story is all cooked up, fake, lies etc. they are all trying to put hatred into the minds of non-reasoning christians. besides, which place is toruwada in kaduna? !

This story is all cooked up, fake, lies etc. they are all trying to put hatred into the minds of non-reasoning christians. besides, which place is toruwada in kaduna?

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Alhamdulillah for yet another happy season of Sallah celebration. I Wish All Muslims in the world a happy and prosperous sallah celebration.

May Allah accept our ibadaat...