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Mr Okpara go and do ur research,all this children of yesterday likes been spoon-fed. USE Ya HEAD.

Na una type make dem dey yab naija graduates left, right and centre as mentally lazy.

Okpara Ugo or wetin u call ur name the post is not for people like you that cannot think outside the box as u no fit see beyond ur nose.

Is dangote still not frollicking with current admin?. Check the history of his leap and tell me when this quatumm leap in wealth took place !!!. dat na small research for you to do as to kip u busy and expand ur IQ.

I dont want to drag uncle j into this and thats why i didnt mention that he stll gets FG support in one way or the order till this very moment.

I wont disclose much for now.

** sipping tandi gurana and watching** Baba God i thank you sey i no dey the list of wanted PERSON OF INTEREST . i know sey i dey do legitimate job

Akitun thanks for that ur comment. Na only in this country we dey create billionaires over night when we dont know d business wen dem dey do. Abi na spirit dey buy thier goods they are producing in thier factory?. Dangote wealth is not from salt n sugar alone, there r many things in between.

Iam not against been rich but not when the person is benefiting from FG and creating the impression sey na im enrepreneur spirit alone made him what he is today.

I will rather celebrate those selling pure water and making a success out of it than somebody like dangote.

mrvocalprowess- U be small pikin when it comes to Nija matter. I know how the maritime sector works and i know what iam saying. Dangote that enjoys waivers from FG - monopoly and tax evasion.

Come and see the demurrage his goods/containers accumulate for ports and he no dey pay?

Why is he called an Obasanjo boy, you think this is for nothing!!! the other day Prof Akinyemi accused them(billionaires/money bags) all during his presentation in Ondo state and did you hear anyone of them wen talk back say Prof statement was a fallacy?

Why was he fighting ibeto back then? or was it not in this country that maryam Abacha took him to the cleaners on how rich he confess to be. you think she was just saying this for saying sake.

I lost a high profile job in 2006 because of the wickedness of a fellow nija. Durin the interview we had 2 whites and the black nija lady in the panel. I came tops because we were asked to make a presentation on how we will go about the business and i came with a power point presentation and the delivery was sometin else.Others just came with write ups. Icame tops in the various assessment, then the bombshell

The whites were impressed but the black nija lady said i have not travelled to UK so she will feel comfortable working with someone who has been to UK even though i inform them i have been to SA on course so not a stranger to how things work in other climes.They were surprised that a zoology graduate could take on people with MBAs and i told them they should look at my S.S.C.E results and compare this with those people with MBAs,that was the foundation that made me to do well and i also took my time to read alot of books on fin mgt- Pandey, Business law, Accounting, reserach methodology etc despite the course i read in the university.they were shocked

The guy who did the shortlisting saw me around Allen and opened up on what transpired behind the scene and said he felt bad on what a fellow nija could do just to run his own kind down so as to create opportunity for her own candidate( who incidentally happens to carry an oyibo certificate while i was with only a zoology grad back then). it was really painful as i spent so much energy preparing (test n numerous interviews) for the job . i share ur pain OP na man know man dey make things happen for nija sharpily sharpily

Its only a child given birth to in the late 80s,90s and beyond will not know the source of Dangotes wealth.

So una think sey na the loan given to him by his uncle made him reach? or na sugar & salt wen he dey sell?.

Make we hear word jor, we nigerians dey quick forget things sha ooooo.

The CV should be sacked,he has no business managing a school.

This kind of people plenty for nairaland business section.SCAMMERS!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Sucess001 for that comment. They will not touch the RICH because they are untouchables but if na poor people dem go take sledge hammer hammer thier head anyhow.Even the demolition in question was carried out by AREA BOYS(ilegality/menace) who are terrors to the society already.

Please someone should re-paste the picture of Sam Ekwueme for me , i get time for am now and he no let me sleep over the weekend.

I need the picture for follow up make i go show my friends wen sabi the guy well well for area. No be House agent ebi?

I read posts so tey my battery flat i begin look for fuel to on GEN and recharge my fone.

His defences was just too shallow and i was disappointed that someone with such intelligence cannot call a spade a spade.

Thanks Mccoy, i have always lambasted GEJ-check my previous post because i feel he can do better than what we have now and he should stop protecting his ministers that are not performing and allow them to feel the heat as well. In reality iam more anti PDP when it comes to issues

But what am seeing in Fashola of recent is just too bad,so its now a crime to be poor. so its only the poor that should make sacrifaces while the rich keep looting the treasury. Come and see the ESTATES and LANDS Tinubu has in Lekki you will be amazed or how he forcefully collected ogombo peoples land. why cant fashola relocate them in such estates that he and his master has, abi you think sey those people are happy in thier present conditions?

Fashola too has an estate on Mobil Road(settling himself) behind RCCG Tabernacle of david for those familiar with that axis or who does not know Hitech belongs to Tinubu, handling lekki toll project.

I have had encounter with LASG services and iam not happy about it , last year i was turned back with my dads corpse february 28 to be precise on the excuse that the mortuary was undergoing renovation but they where accepting people,just because we didnt SETTLE. Why am i saying this is because fashola comes on air and say lagos is working and i wonder in what ways is lagos working? given the huge resources in lagos.

For those saying they should go back to thier village

-Why didnt those supporting fashola say this in previous years even before the commencement of democracy? that non indigent should go back to thier states

-The developments in lagos was as a result of lagos been the Nations Capital in the past- Federal Govt made lagos what it is today, one might be tempted to say Awo made Western region(Ibadan only)what it is today, in as much as i will not want to contest this most of the developments in Lagos took place during the Military Era. Federal funds was used for this development.

- During the Subdidy strike there was no differentiation because the demonstration favored ACN

The development that people has been throwing dart back n forth including yours truly are infrastructures and not empowering human capital.

lASTMA,KAI are made up of TOUTS, using my money(TAX) to pay his private army inflicting pains on tax payers.

he has gone around closing down markets that is his new occupation, Ajah marhet was closed down before ladipo and the question i keep asking is that this market people pay environmental levies , so what is this money used for?.

When you go near the park you hear words like;

Owo Chairman
Owo Fashola
Owo Baba(Tinubu)
Owo boys- errand boys.

This money are paid in the morning,afternoon and evening by the bus operators so why wont transport cost be high in lagos,will fashola say he his not aware of this.

See the queue for BRT buses that is a subject for another day.

WA just pay this money, i spent the wweekend reading thru the various threads and it was not funny.

Fashola & double standard!!!!!. its only the defenseless he can deal with, what about the menace of area boys having a filled day in the city of lagos,what is he doing about it,NOTHING!!!!!!. come and see the traffic menace caused by them in the morning at Ajah and i thought there was an arrangement in place to call this touts to order? he cannot rein them in but can deal with helpless nigerians and flex his muscle that lagos is working

He instituted toll gate in lekki and where is the development in Lekki despite the amount of tax paid by those who lived in the axis? The development people are seeing in lekki are self made and not by LASG . In my locality (Alaguntan) for you to construct a gutter in front of your building you have to pay the local govt N75,0000,can you imagine !!!!!!!!. you will be levied for a service that they should have provided for you.

I grew up in Maroko and i know what eviction means because i experienced it during the demolition of Maroko on the flimsy reason that the area is prone to erosion while we all know it was as a result of the aftermath of the Orkar coup as the then Military GOVT said the coupist escaped thru Maroko and used the reason of erosion to pull down the structures.

The maroko evictees were resettled in Jakande and Ikota by the Military Govt and thanks to people like The late Gani(May his soul rest in Perfect peace) and Falana who fought for the defenceless at that time. As a result of the location many lives were lost as there was no amenities in the resettled location and i will use this opportunity to say a big thanks to the CATHOLIC CHURCH and BAPTIST who came in to fill in the gap(providing water,healthcare,foods etc). you need to see the condition that people were living during that periond it was a disaster.

it was the movement of the maroko evictees that opened up the axis and people can now know area suck as osapa, chevron, ikota, ajah,badore,sangotedo etc. I gave that little narration for those that just come up here and post without knowing wat it means to experience such.


Compare the IGR and rate of the so called development in lagos, there is a BIG DEFICIT. i know how much i pay as tax in lagos(above 20K) and i provide my own basic amenities in the house(rented apartment) so what am i benefiting from Lagos?


This same Fashola came begging for votes in this area during elections and why didnt he tell them he will destroy badia then? Mine is that development should have a human face.

Berem so na back of lagos you dey stay? you come dey pose for nairaland like sey na obodo oyibo you based!Thank God sey thunder storm(LASG) don blow and fowl yansh don open.shioooooooooor

Nigerian clerics: Kicking God, kissing the dog
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WHEN Karl Heinrich Marx, the 19th Century German Philosopher, Economist, Sociologist, Historian, Journalist and Revolutionary Socialist, declared that religion is the opium of the people, he could as well have been speaking of contemporary Nigeria and other undeveloped parts of the world.

Religions have provided deceptive avenues for the location and hide-out of every manner of persons who have failed in other careers.
Instead of using their past failures or non-fulfillment as a stepping stone to attempt other careers, they descend on religion; religion thus has provided unlimited space for several of such vocational dropouts to hibernate.
With nothing but money in their mind, they plot the exploitation of human weaknesses for their selfish benefits, through preying on gullible and unsuspecting adherents. And a sketch of world religions will clearly demonstrate that religion is a strong commodity.

Little wonder that Karl Marx can make his captivating submission. Religion is the opium of the people, one of his most frequently paraphrased statements, was translated from the German original, “Die Religion…ist das opium des Volkes.” The quotation originates from the introduction of his epic work, “A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right.” The full quote is:
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”

This commentary perhaps may or may not generate diverse opinions. But reactions are welcome as long as they are meant to draw the attention of Nigerian clergymen and clergywomen to introspectively re-consider their individual or group profile before God, Whom they claim to serve, before their innocent adherents and before the larger society. Let me also state strongly that I am not passing judgment on the clerics but calling their attention to the unsavoury image the lifestyle of some within their fold has created for Nigerian Christians.

I am not unmindful of the fact that in recent times, Nigerian clergymen and clergywomen have done some positive work to expand the Kingdom of God and the Good News globally.
It is a fact that today, it is Nigerian priests on missionary exploits who are building large churches in the states of Europe, Asia and the United States of America.
The Europeans and Americans, who in the 19th and 20th centuries came on missionary journeys to Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African nations, have virtually moved on to other pastimes, as their societies have conquered hunger, and achieved self-sufficiency in housing, clothing, efficient transportation, relatively quality education, medical care and care for the aged.

These services that Western societies take for granted are still the aspirations of a continent, where about 70 per cent citizenry remains pauperized and dehumanized by both military and civilian rulers who have appropriated the commonwealth to themselves and their fellow conspirators.
The current state of religion’s expansion in Nigeria without commensurate godliness is just part of the fulfillment of the prophecy contained in both the Old Testament and the New Testament as signs of the end times. These signs are illustrated particularly in Ezekiel 34:2-7 and 27, and Matthew 24:11-12, respectively. Ezekiel 34:7-10 and 27 states:
“Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds…”
Meanwhile, Matthew 24:11-12, predicts:
“And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”
An American-based research group in 2010 reported that Nigeria was the most religious country in the world. Another organization, measuring citizens’ state of mind in 2008, reported that Nigerians happen to be the “happiest” of all people globally.

That is a paradox. How can the sixth largest exporter of crude oil, with about $400 billion gross oil earnings, have one of the most wretched people in the world, have unprecedented levels of poverty, have about 70% of its population living on about $1 per day, have about 40% of its work force unemployed, and yet be considered the “happiest” place in the world? It beats logic. It is an irony. To say it is a contradiction to reality is an understatement. As a Nigerian, are you happy with all that you see?
Confronted with an economy that defies all understanding, Nigerians sought refuge in He who promises peace that passes all understanding. The national economy witnessed an unprecedented down-turn, and many Nigerians resorted to patronizing the many one-man founder churches for promised succour, comfort and varieties of trumpeted “miracles.”

In looking up to the hills of religion for help, these Nigerians were just being human. Humanity is faced with the regular situation of a state of anomie, confusion and paranoia in attempting to deal with the fear of the unknown. But once laid vulnerable, human psyche quickly becomes susceptible to various manipulations by so-called men of God.

We have had the likes of the “Jesus of Oyingbo,” the “Saviour of Agege,” various Gurus, and their likes in the early 70s. And their proliferation in recent times is indicative of the end times as forewarned in the Bible.
Many now deceptively profess to be Pastors, Bishops, Founders and General Overseers, Popes, Prophets, Evangelists, Imams, Ustazs, Gurus, Grandmasters, etc. But as prophesised, they usually come in sheep’s clothing.
But they are wolves through and through. One common thread in their activities is that rather than proclaim God’s supremacy and the Gospel of Christ, they engage in vain self-glorification and self-advertisement of their accomplishment of the “supernatural and miracles.”

Apostle Paul’s divinely inspired teachings on the acceptable characteristics of true servants of God as contained in 2 Corinthians 2:14-26 and 1 Timothy 3:1-7 are noteworthy, particularly where he instructed in 1 Timothy 3-2-3 that:
“A Bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach…. Not given to wine, no striker, NOT GREEDY OF FILTHY LUCRE, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous.”
Furthermore, Paul’s admonition in Titus 7-9 is helpful enough as guide post to our clergy.
There are numerous advertorials in the media, signposting where these charlatans make ridiculous claims of general and specific miracles –making babies for the barren, matching-making spinsters with life partners, securing jobs for the unemployed, healing the sick of afflictions, overcoming worshippers’ enemies, prophesying and foretelling for the curious, etc.

A particularly worrisome dimension to the reported cases of the outrageous conduct of many clergymen and clergywomen in recent times is the incredible race by church proprietors and leaders to out-pace, out-manoeuvre, and out-class their colleagues. They have embarked on this inordinate acquisition of cheap popularity, dubious wealth and the endorsement of and collaboration with politically-exposed persons and business tycoons capable of financing them. Many Nigerian clerics today will take tithes, offerings and gifts from anyone without questioning the sources of such largesse. And sometimes, these gift-givers wear the reputation of corruption, with provable evidence and indictment for misappropriating public funds. Yet our clerics will accept offerings from these degenerate dogs. In fact, they have shown a preference to kick their God and kiss these dogs. But they have queries they must answer their Creator and the society.

(1)How can our clergymen justify their penchant for contracting their personal security to armed professional outfits? Why are they afraid, to the extent of employing bouncers to keep commoners from coming in contact with them? Are they not now in unholy competition with our political jobbers who hedge themselves in with armed guards and convoys?

(2)How can our clergymen justify their ostentatious lifestyle and opulence in the current circumstances of extreme poverty and misery ravaging their flocks?

(3)How can our Christian religious leaders rationalise their usage of private jets when their flocks are being manipulated through sophistry to part with their hard-earned donations and tithes?

(4)What biblical foundation justifies their playing “god” in their various advertorials, propagandas, signboards and banners, as opposed to promoting Jesus Christ?

No doubt, the global community has entered the JET AGE, concomitant with the development of IT and social media, and many church Ministers just want to “belong.” But should our clergymen and clergywomen not return to the divine injunction of soberness and tenderness of the spirit to prevent further ridicule of Christendom?

Nothing here indicates we demand that our priests must be superhuman and behave like angels. But as we find in Luke 12:48, “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required” meaning that, “Greater privileges demand greater responsibilities.” In essence, anyone who has volunteered to heed the divine call must accept the demands, the disciplines and the denials concomitant with such a high calling. Otherwise, clerics have kicked God out of religion.

All na wash. Na today±. Dis is hear say. jona needs 2 hold his ministers accouuUuntable. Dis is lackin in is govt

I was disappointed with what i experience today at Ajah.The Ojomu of Ajiran Land oba Akinloye and his thugs were using whips to chase motorists out of the road just for convoys with siren blaring. is this not against the traffic laws in Lagos? seems the law is selective.

Investigating further i learnt they were carrying the corpse of his mother to her village somewhere around alaguntan for burial.

I totally agree to respecting the dead but this should be done in a more civil manner rather than terrorising road users.

Whats your take on this?.