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Al-Baqir:
I admire and appreciate your sense of understanding and open-mindedness.

No doubt this virgin Mary we talked about is well known as I have highlighted before. I can see we are on the same page now on that.

ABOUT THE RECORD OF HER SECRET MARRIAGE!
Think about it dear brother!
Who are those 'Jews' that came to meet John? No doubt they were Pharisee and Scribes. An indication they knew Mary who has been living in the temple for long.

Now the prophecy says "a VIRGIN" will beget a son. How can a VIRGIN bear a child if its not a miracle? The prophecy didn't say a WOMAN. Thereby the report of an "arranged" marriage to Joseph to cover her from charges of illicit sex shouldn't have been hold by the pharisees and scribe. Perhaps that was the reason why they didn't believe in Jesus christ since they expect him from a virgin and not a "married" woman.

My point here is Mary is well known to these Rabbis as a 'saint' and 'virgin' so the idea of "arranged" marriage with Joseph is not hold. They could have used the "prophecy" that a "virgin will beget a son" to absolve Mary amidst any eye-brow since the prophecy is right there in their TORAH.

So am expecting (anytime) your findings and provings about:
1. Who was that prophet?
2. What is the great and dredful day (provided you haven't accept my point that it doesn't matter where the name of ELIJAH came up in the questions)?
3. If you answer the first question, in what ways is your "person" LIKE moses?
4. What do you understand by the verse 19 of deut. 18 you quoted? Give example.

Looking forward to your answers.
Thanks

like moses in all ramafications. we
need point out some of this
ramafications
is it that moses couldn't read or
write? like mohammad?
was it that moses received his
messages thru an angel (gabriel)
like mohammad?
was it that moses was an arabian?
please we need set clear
ramafications that we may
understand each other here
deut 18: 19
if anyone does not listen to my
words that the prophet speaks In
my name, I myself will call him to
account.
are u saying no prophet in isreal
spoke in Gods name? or No
prophet was his word rejected
(everybody accepted all prophets
in isreal)? or what are you saying I
should point from among
isrealites in accordance to that
verse? please rephrase the
question

and since I have not named the "that prophet " please lets exhaust the named ones first

I have not read this your response. I will read it now but please first of all help me beg RoyPCain to leave me alone his is distorting the discussion and mixing things up

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RoyPCain: @ayili; i hope you do read your bible. it is always better to do so for many reasons; perhaps you may discover that John said he was not Elijah while Jesus said John is and obviously, neither of them is 'the prophet'. it is clear that no one of them is more that 1 personalities of the 3 expected. while i pointed out to you that John and Jesus didn't agree on who John was, it is obvious that the disagreement raises the question of the veracity of the Bible. obviously, John was from God. so was Jesus. but the two couldn't be at opposite except your bible story writers created this farce.

I did not say one of them had two or more personalies from the expected please you didn't understand me please allow somebody who did understand to explain to me
if you tell me to go read bible but you didn't give reference to where I can find jesus saying john was Elias..

there is no reason to ask me if i was raising questions about John and Jesus about christ. bible is not my book and God does not require me to believe in the Bible, but believe in the Torah that was given to Moses, Sabur given to David and Injil given to Jesus son of Mary [AS], period. if they were to be here in the form they were in the hands of the receivers, Quran is still one for me to follow with my believing the 3.

from above quote RoyPCain I did not ask you about your stand on islam and/or christianity and I will not ask you please save yourself the explanation

as to you saying about Mary, the bold below is what you said, warranting my conclusion of asking you to show where the Bible predicted Mary will bear "Christ", since you will not accept that christ is simply 'anointed' and 3 classes of people were among the Israelite; Prophet, Priest and King.

when did you and I had the discussion that I wont accept christ as anointed?

also they didn't ask mary
because I am sure not many
people knew she was the mary
that thru which the messiah will
be born

how did the bolded above suggest that mary will born a christ as u asked? see RoyPCain just leave me

by the way the sequence of question and appearances of Elijah's second coming, Christ as there were many anointed and the prophet is exactly as they appeared, because the the prophet [SA] to all the nation:'s of the world came much later after christ of the jews had left, and John arrived earliest and left first.

its like you do not even know/understand the sequence we are talking about here please RoyPCain leave it for Al-baqir he understand and is doing a better explanation please and please leave me alone.

@ Al-baqir please help me beg RoyPCain to leave me alone look at how he is mixing things up

@babylolaroy
I hope the above post are not for me cos I NEVER SAID jesus was the "that prophet" so all your putting jesus in place of "that prophet" to see if it fits is useless. as recorded in gospel of john they expect both the prophet and jesus (two people).

Al-Baqir:
Please re-read my previous points!
"ELIAS" is definitely not the expected prophet to the Jews. By "prophet", I mean somebody from God to guide at a particular period of time (e.g Jesus (a.s) declared: "I have been SENT to the LOST sheep of the house of Israelites".

Elijah had been with their fathers "before" as a prophet in that context (of guide) but remain another mission which synchronized with "the great and dreadful day of the Lord". And not to come as a "guide prophet" again.

I did not say elijah was coming as a guide prophet but as a sign of the great dooms day since the place of elijah in the sequence we both understand lets look at the others

Naturally they don't know when its that day gonna come; therefore, they have right to ask anybody who seems Godly at anytime to know if he's Elijah. Then they will know the time has cometh. That's why I said it doesn't matter where they put "ELIJAH" (first, middle or last).

What matters is the sequence placing of "That prophet" after "Christ".
Then if I may ask you, what do you think is "the great and dreadful day of the Lord"? Whatever is your answer will defeat the "middle" placing of ELIJAH. If you therefore agree on this but still hold that placing of Christ before that prophet also doesn't really matter, then the whole of the jews question inside the bible is totally rubbish altogether.
Final question on that point: Who was "that prophet"?

let me start with your final Q. the "that prophet " I cant answer now with time in this discussion we will get to find out.
ok am still not convinced on the sequence holding because
1. which prophecy came first that of christ (by isaiah) or that of the prophet by (moses)?
moses was before isaiah therefore they were expecting the prophet before the prophecy of isaiah on christ
2. so was it stated clearly that the later prophecy will occur before the former? or what triggered the sequence that reversed the other at which the prophecy was made?

It is very unfortunate that you are not a catholic christian otherwise you will never argue that mary is not known.

why will I tink she is not known? doesn't she leave among people? of all the marys in her community did every body knows she is a married but still virgin mary? what I meant is that most people thought she was disvigined by her husband hence pregnant for him.

This is a lady being supervised by prophet Zacharia! This is a lady in whose mother had dedicated her life to the temple right from her cradle! This is a lady whom the pharisee and scribe and the Rabis jealous because of her spiritual status! This is a mary whose mother 'Hanna' was well known! Yet you claim she's not known. Please re-read your history!
Listen to yourself brother? First you argued " 'virgin' mary is not known because there were many mary". On the other hand, you claimed mary would have been stoned...meaning that "this mary we talk about is not just every ordinary mary. In fact, for they to have wanted to stoned her for not having husband confirmed she's a virgin.

yes she is not every ordinary mary but a pregnant mary must have being involved in illicit sex NOBODY will hear that this mary is pregnant and still a virgin. that is a more reason why joseph kept quite about her virginity status while the public thought her pregnancy was a handwork of joseph.

In your thinking"...mary's predicament was hidden from the public because of her pregnancy and joseph covered up for her acting as her husband".

correct joseph helped to cover her virgin status or are you saying the whole city knew (before) the birth that she was not pregnant for joseph? if they knew,they would have stoned her

was "Joseph"? Was he known to the public? If he's known then his family life shouldn't be hidden to the public. Any record that he did a cover up "marriage" for mary?

yes mathew 1:19 recorded because joseph her husband was a righteous man and he did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind ......25. but he had no union with her until she gave birth ... DONT get me wrong oh... I said its her predicament that was hidden from public not her personality
if he (joseph ) was a well know man does it mean they know that his wife is still a virgin (when she Is seen pregnant? )

the islamic (Quranic) account is quite different from the biblical

hank God you agree Israel is Israel.
If you persist on your argument that it was not meant their Arabs brethren, then I challenge you with full confidence to give me a SINGLE biblical prophet that was LIKE MOSES in ALL RAMIFICATIONS and who fulfil the other prophecies (as being told in verse 19 of the same Deut. 18)

Thanks.

like moses in all ramafications. we need point out some of this ramafications
is it that moses couldn't read or write? like mohammad?
was it that moses received his messages thru an angel (gabriel) like mohammad?
was it that moses was an arabian? please we need set clear ramafications that we may understand each other here

deut 18: 19
if anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks In my name, I myself will call him to account.
are u saying no prophet in isreal spoke in Gods name? or No prophet was his word rejected (everybody accepted all prophets in isreal)? or what are you saying I should point from among isrealites in accordance to that verse? please rephrase the question

@RoyPCain

if you followed from where I started my concern was on the sequence and nothing else (which he used as a point) but if you term it unimportant then free me leave me. besides I asked of the sequence based on Al-baqir ("nor a coincidence " and his response on (the irrelevance of the sequence)
- I dont know why you are bringing Jesus and John argument here besides where and when did they disagree about who Elijah is?
- sorry am not arguing at least not with you. if you want to enlighten just do that and stop poising some argument whatever.. if Al-baqir I dont understand RoyPCain what is wrong if I ask or when his response contradict an earlier knowledge what is wrong if I point to that? or if his response poise more questions am i not hallowed to ask? or is that argument?
- if u want someone to argue with am not he thanks to Al-baqir who is answering without seeing it as an argument.
- I dont even get what you are driving at
i) are you saying they knew the christ (ship) of Jesus but still went ahead to ask John if he was christ?
ii.) or are they expecting another baby christ ? but John pointed that the christ he preaching about is a grown man already
iii.) they knew Jesus accepted his christ (ship) at childhood but rejected it at adulthood (since they didn't kill him at the temple)
see RoyPCain free me I dont even know what to tell you leave me alone.
you pointed that

there are 3 groups of christ [anointed]; king, priest and prophet.

3 wise men came to the manger where the baby was, calling him king, but not christ.

why would they wanna harm the one who is their king, savior, prophet, priest

when it is obvious king is a christ, too?

and you come to ask me to show you where it written that mary will born a christ.. as if I was the one that made all those statements not u ..

I no go gree why be say most of the people wey get same point as me are females? ??

Tolexander: I cheated cos i don't have any clue to answering the questions in the exam or test.

so u were the one that took I.d card(chips, expo, helper) into the exam hall right??
but wait oh..... how did u get into the exam hall without showing the security man/invigilator your I.d

#babysmart:
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#babysmart so you na follow follow ..

No doubt these Jews were waiting for "christ" and "That prophet" whom were not yet born.

they were aswell waiting for elijah since they knew he will come before the great and dreadful day so they asked so that if they know of his presence (elias) then they will be sure (to know) that the great and dreadful day is at hand since Elias presence is part of the signs of the great dreadful day.

ELIJAH: why named at the middle?
It doesn't really matter where they put
Elias (beginning, middle or last) since
THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN exactly HE
WILL COME BACK.

so the sequence now doesn't matter when it comes to elijah right? i am not contending, I didn't say its a win lose affair. what am saying is the sequence didn't matter either for the messiah and the prophet or for the prophet and elijah so your statement ("is not a coincidence" does not hold as thou they knew the right sequence. No dey didn't

WHY DO THEY ASK A GROWN UP MAN
(John the baptist) if he's the Christ?
Haven't they read their Torah and the
prophesy of prophet Isahiah about a
"baby" to be born?
"The virgin will be with CHILD and will
give birth to a son, and they will call him
Immanuel"--which means, "God with
us." (Matthew 1:22-23, NIV).
If we say at that time Jesus has already
been born and has grown up then
It would have make a much sense had
they went to Mary, the virgin and ask
her about christ whom they've been
waiting for after all they knew holy
Mary rather than asking John the
baptist? Mary identity was well known
then no doubt.

they asked a grown man was no mistake cos a baby wouldn't do what the expect the "messiah" would do also they didn't ask mary because I am sure not many people knew she was the mary that thru which the messiah will be born (mary is a common name)
did u realize that mary's predicament was hidden from public eyes Mathew 1:19 (otherwise she would have being stoned to death for getting pregnant before marriage) and joseph acted as the father? so dey cant go and ask somebodies wife if she was a virgin or mother to.
john the baptist responded when they questioned him john 1:25-31 "why then do you baptize if you are not the christ, nor the elijah, nor the prophet ?" in verse 26 john replied "but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me, .............. from that it mean whom john the baptise was talking about had already being born and is a grown man to stand amongst them.


NUMBER 2.. isrealites are isrealites true but God had their prophets, preist, and leaders (moses and others) from the levites because he specially specifically choose them (levites) for that when he said from amongst them, its easy to say he will from the levites.. you will agree with me that God is a God of consistancy he wont say one thing now and change it later in deut 17 : 15 when he said from among their brothers it was specific to mention isrealites why then will brothers in deut 18 differ?

but op when u 1st approached the girl wasn't it because of love? if it was what happened to the love? if it wasn't then u are wicked

@Al-Baqri
from all u wrote up what I can get from it is that you either tactical dodged my question on the use of sequence at which christ(messiah) elias and the prophet or you agreed with me. if they were expecting an elias and he hasn't come before the time of mohammad then I still hold my stand that your premises and hence conclusion does not hold.
secondly God is not a God of confusion neither does he leave anything vague and since it was specified "amongst you (isrealites) " and not just from isrealites but specifically from the tribe of the levites ..you didn't need to bring in some cousin here because it was specific afterall we are all related (in one way or the other) from adam.
my third Q u answered... thanx for dat
now your response is bringing up more questions which I wont ask now since the current once have not being concluded on
and please dont write that "shallom" for me if its referred to me please dont bother putting it there

World Greatest1: Who is Bisola? I dont seem to get how she came into the line. What was the relationship between u and Bisola before the first call u got from her?

I think u started following this trend from page 3 please go back and start from beginning it will help u understand

Al-Baqir:
@Mustang44,
Before you oppose my beloved prophet (saws) being Mercy unto mankind, I expect you to intellectually prove to the contrary not just arguing blindly without knowledge.

Many atimes Qur'an refer to the jews and christian as "people of the book" meaning "people of knowledge", and often challenge them "have you not think or reflect?".

So many have been said by the western thinkers, historian and professors about the personality of our prophet (saws) but it seems you are not interested.

To your arguments:
1. How was Muhammad a mercy to the whole world? ....?

It depends on the way you look at it but I put this challenge unto you; just think of any field to the development of mankind, then you will see the fingerprint of Muhammad there.
A. Ibn Sina (Avicenna to the medieval europe) was the father of medicine and his book "Canon of Medicine" was used uptill 19th century to develop the world backwardness in Medicine. Muhammad (saws) was the greatest teacher of Ibn Sinna.

B. Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Geber to Europe) was the father of Chemistry and an ancient Al-chemist. He was a student of Jafar as-sadiq (a.s), the grandson of Muhammad who acquire his knowledge from his father, Muhammad (saws).
The fundamental basis of chemistry till today were established by Jabir.

C. In the field of Pharmaceuticals, geography, mathematics, astronomy, economics, government policy, morality etc all over you will see the finger-print of Muhammad (saws). Recently in the 90s, the United Nations adopted the teachings of government policy found in the letter of Imam Ali (a.s)(gate to the city of Muhammad's knowledge) to Malik al-Astar.

NB: Muslims doesn't discriminate when it comes to prophet-hood. We believe in Jesus christ as one of the greatest prophet of God; I'd have ask you what were the contribution of Jesus in various field of humanity?

Michael H. Hart, a professor, christian who wrote "The 100" couldn't agree more than to place Jesus, his Lord and saviour, to number 3 of his list. Amazing, Paul occupy number 2 being the real founder of christianity then the Prophet of Islam top his List as No. 1.

It is never because Qur'an say so (that Muhammad is mercy unto mankind)but it is because Qur'an challenge people like you to research about the personality of Muhammad!

2. JEW OF BANU QURAYZAH!
Remember Jew till kingdom come never believe in the prophet-hood, son-hood or god-hood of the holy prophet Jesus (a.s) or in christianity for that matter.

Jews of Banu Qurayzah breached an agreement between them and the holy prophet (saws) and they even support the idolators, morally and financially just because of jealousy and enviness they were nursing against Muhammad. Despite the fact that many of their religious scholars (and other tribes in medina that time) had embrace Islam after confirming what their Torah says about Muhammad.

Remember (go back to the bible) in Gospel according to st. John, the jew went to John the baptist while he was baptizing people in the river. They ask him for they were anticipating 3 personalities:

Who are thou?
Are you the Christ, the messiah?
Are you Elias?
Are you 'that prophet?'

Who was that prophet? It was never a coincidence that "that prophet" comes after they had asked about christ. They knew he's to come after christ hence the question.
"That prophet" was the one promised to their fore-fathers by prophet Moses in Deut 18 vs 17-18.

We believe that "that prophet" "who was like Moses" refer to Muhammad (saws). If you have a better idea, bring it to the fore and let's analyse it.
Many Jews read this and confirmed Muhammad as the last prophet but not banu Qurayzah.

In short, the jews of banu qurayzah betrayed the prophet and even wanted to exterminate him. They were coward who went so low to support the idolators against Muhammad (saws) just to achieve their aim.

3. ...MANY CRITIZES HIM?
Where's your prove for this? Many approved and accepted him.
How many accepted Jesus (a.s)? Even his disciples according to the bible, at the most critical stage of his life, they ALL desert him and fled.

An intelligent individual doesn't criticize ignorantly. You research first before you can present any so-called argument.

Thanks.

deut 18:18
I will raise them a prophet from among their brethren, like until thee, and.......
my question is; was mohammad from among their brethren? was he an isrealite? if he was an arabian then that prophecy does not refer to him

secondly it was not a coincidence (in your words) that the pharasee in gospel according to st john asked of the prophet after theyasked of christ (messiah).. will you in the same vain agree with me that it wasnt a coincidence that the asked about Elias after they asked about the messiah (christ) and before they asked about the prophet
second question was there an Elias between the time of jesus and mohammad? if No then your premisis and conclusion in that regards does not hold
my third question is why could they call names of does they were expecting except mohammad's name?

alnaijiri: In the likely case that the 19 motorists were Muslims, BH has transgressed the Islamic prohibition of spilling (Muslim) blood, and must be brought to justice, to pay for their crime with their lives.

BH may have justified that even if the motorists were Muslims, they were collaborators of the idolater government of Nigeria or were not observant of Islamic laws, and they deserved to be dead. BUT THIS LINE OF REASONING IS COMPLETELY AGAINST THE LAWS OF ISLAM!!! We human beings are not to judge the worth of other Muslims' lives! Only God can decide if Muslims live or die! This is heretical against the teachings of Islam.

We must denounce BH's violence against Muslims, and wipe them and their memory from the face of the earth.

what about their violence against non-muslims?
are non-muslims not worthy of living too?
why your careful use of words to mean boko haram are exceeding their boundaries by including muslims in their list of killed.

RoyPCain: will you children unborn before the end of the civil war stop the rants! i am so fed up with this igbo is the victim as if no other people suffered in the war and igbo soldiers didn't rape and killed anyone.

if your elders lied to you by saying igbo as a people didnt raise any hand, either to fan the flame of the war or defended themselves, i wonder how there was any igbo standing at the end of the war?

if this much hatred is in the hearts of the youths, both igbo because of the war and other groups because of other reasons, including tribalism and or religion, what type of future can we expect when you are the generation ruling the nation?

igbos are now leading the nations; the military. is the head of the military allowing the self infliction to be the payback?

economy; is the minister of finance destroying the economy as a payback?

Alhamdulillah. I do not have to support anyone doing evil. if the igbo really want to seek revenge, the military head should mount an all out war against boko haraam and spare me reading this
type of cry baby posts from youth i am hoping will do better than my generation, by the fostering the effort of unity and nation building.



in all of the christian conscience i think will be in your soul, it is evil of revenge that is coming out. enough please and if you dont like nigeria, get out of her lie dokubo.

with the bolded its obvious you are not a nigerian or dont you know boko haram have strong sponsorship and support dat wont allow dat? or dont u know dat some prominent muslims condemned this present (state of emergency) actions by the military... see if the north wants to end this boko haram issue 2day they know what to do to end it

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chuksbogus: Did you read my post at all? pls read it if u didnt. 2ndly pls dnt stupidly marry a nagging husband ok. when it comes to marriage pls drop stupid and bring out wisdom.no body walks up to some body sitting donw and start slaping him or her without previous issues unless u re telling me that u STUPIDLY went to a psychiatric hospitl ward and chose a husband.

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wasak: not my fault dear but there was no. Lov between us @ all.

ok we hear but

CastingCrowns: it aint fair wat u doing to bisola...still following.......

wasak: chairman u sure?

not so sure but you trekked from hotoro to janbulo these are places in kano but your description of 4 campuses is ABU zaria

after going thru from pages 0 to here I think subscribing wont be a waste
@Oga wasak how much be subscription fee for 12 months?

scave: I get sleepless night for dat call wey u receive. I dey worry for u oh.which uni u dey sef?

from his description na kano him dey school

wasak: It happened rather too fast but I was faster!!!
#to be continued #

you go fear superman now

please if I may ask what if the wife dies? who inherits her properties

on october 18, 2013 at 11:49 am in news
RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi Arabia rejected
membership of the UN Security Council on
Friday, a day after it was elected to the
body, accusing it of “double-standards” in
resolving world conflicts.
“Work mechanisms and double-standards
on the Security Council prevent it from
carrying out its duties and assuming its
responsibilities in keeping world peace,”
the foreign ministry said.
“Therefore Saudi Arabia… has no other
option but to turn down Security Council
membership until it is reformed and given
the means to accomplish its duties and
assume its responsiblities in preserving the
world’s peace and security,” a statement
said.
For the first time ever, oil-rich, conservative
Saudi Arabia won a seat Thursday on the
15-member council, which has a key role in
dealing with world conflicts.
Saudi UN Ambassador Abdullah al-
Mouallimi said that reflected Riyadh’s
“long-standing policy in support of
moderation and in support of resolving
disputes in peaceful means.”
But the foreign ministry said Saudi Arabia
declines to be a member of a body unable
to tackle long-standing conflicts in the
Middle East or rid the region of the threat
of nuclear war.
It pointed specifically to the nearly three-
year civil war in Syria and the protracted
Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as key reasons.
“Failing to find a solution to the Palestinian
cause for 65 years” it said, has led to
“numerous wars that have threatened world
peace.”
Likewise, it said, “allowing the regime in
Syria to kill its own people with chemical
weapons… without confronting it or
imposing any deterrent sanctions… is a
proof of the inability of the Security Council
to carry out its duties and assume its
responsibilities.”
The ministry also criticised the body’s
“failure” to turn the Middle East into a
region free from weapons of mass
destruction, including nuclear arms — in a
reference to Iran and Israel.
Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia is a fierce critic of
Shiite Iran’s nuclear programme, which the
West and Israel suspect of seeking to
develop a nuclear weapon, a charge Tehran
denies. Israel is the sole, if undeclared,
nuclear power in the region.
Saudi Arabia is a major backer of rebels
trying to topple Syrian President Bashar al-
Assad who is allied to Tehran.
Riyadh has been a vocal critic of the UN’s
handling of the conflict in Syria, where a
peaceful movement that called for reforms
emerged in March 2011 and was met with a
brutal repression. It quickly escalated into
civil war.
Last month, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince
Saud al-Faisal refused to speak or even
hand out a copy of his speech at the UN
General Assembly in anger over the Security
Council deadlock on Syria and Palestine.
“It was a sign of the frustration felt,” said
Nawaf Obaid, a visiting fellow at Harvard
University’s Belfer Center and an advisor to
Saudi officials.
Five countries have permanent seats on the
Security Council — the United States,
Britain, France, Russia and China. The other
10 seats are awarded for two-year periods
by the General Assembly, which holds a
vote every year for five of the seats.
Saudi Arabia was chosen by the 193-
member UN General Assembly, along with
Chile, Chad, Lithuania and Nigeria.
Security Council powers had cautiously
welcomed Saudi Arabia’s election.
“Having them on the Security Council allows
you to debate those issues in a way which
you can’t if they are not on the council,”
said one UN diplomat.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/saudi-rejects-un-security-council-seat/

on october 18, 2013 at 6:26 am in news
All Progressives Congress, APC, has
accused the Federal Government of
employing “cheap and ludicrous strategy”
by using market women, religious leaders
and students to put pressure on the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,
to call off its strike.
APC, in a statement in Lagos, yesterday, by
its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, said that the strike, which is
now in its fourth month, would have ended
by now if the Federal Government had
pursued its negotiations with ASUU with
half the energy it had been using to rally
various groups to protest against the union.
The party said: ‘’This infantile statement by
the leader of the apparently misguided
market women is the most irresponsible
statement that anyone has made on the
long-drawn ASUU strike, and it is a shame
that the government is the instigator of
such nonsense.
‘’While indeed there are millions of jobless
Nigerians, is it just any jobless Nigerian
that can be a university teacher?
“How does President Goodluck Jonathan,
himself a former university teacher, feel
about those apparently hired by his
administration treating university teachers
with so much disrespect?”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/apc-slams-fg-plot-break-ASUU/

ahh.... reading peoples experience I thank God for mine oh.. dat nite I slept off while watching a movie (with my next door neighbor ) on my lapy. when d guy finished watching he woke me to say he was leaving, as sleep hold me I reluctantly pushed the door and off light... later around 3.am na im I hear person dey call me say "hey stand up and give me dat thing" cos my lapy stiil dey open but d guy no gree make I open eye as him dey shine one bright touch put for my face (thru window) .. for my mind I reason say which kind thing be dis na so I carry my touch wey dey my bed side flash him eyes too (there I saw he was holding a matchet.) omoh... my eye clear sharply I stand up carry my self made sword that I made during I.T (mechanical boi).... as him see ma sword na so him begin call him collleague to bring the gun .. na there my body shake oh.. but I still quickly go bolt the door join meanwhile ola and his roomate where awake & their door was open and when dey heard shout from another room? they came out to see whats happening but when they saw gun dem pick race oh.. (ola roomate left barefooted with just boxer &singlet and he didn't come back until around 12:30 the next afternoon)... this my next door neighbor submitted his final project that day and was to travel the next day, when he heard the shout him too want open door but as he saw matchet he was not told to lock back his door.. dis guys come face my door oh... say na me get mind to carry weapon at dem come the use matchet cut down my door after several attempts to kick it down omoh... I fear find coner wey bullet no go follow me reach hide oh. thanks to ola that ran off and called for help oh I for die dat night (if those guys brought down my door) na so vigilant guys come catch one of the bad guys oh... but when I saw how they use matchet half one of the vigilante face ehh.. na there fear hold me
I will never try dat kind stunts with them bad guys again