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Vilshow:
Bro, why do you so much hate UNIBEN?

The way some of us talk here eehhn..Somebody see one sample space, then he say UNILAG better pas this and that..All these I better pass my neighbour mentality..

Greatness is not restricted to any school and anybody from anywhere can be great with the right combination of favour, luck and preparation laced with hard work..

I have told people and I will say it again..Ideas and genius can come from anywhere. It's not restricted to a particular school.

sarzy:
Nigerians are great, thanks to the Yorubas! Yorubas don't need to beat chests, the world knows they are the giants of Africa.

While some people are spoiling Nigeria's name for drug trafficking and related offences, Yorubas are refining. If the Yorubaland decides to secede today, it will become the greatest country in Africa, and top 10 globally. The Jews will keep rushing down here as immigrants!
Congrats, girl! And thanks, TB Joshua!

Bro, I really felt sad reading this after being happy reading about this our sister doing exploits at Oxford Uni...

I will be very thankful the day this tribe bashing something go stop.

I will take whatever arrows come my way but I had to say this..No tribe has a monopoly of success or shame.

geogift:
NEPA why, I'm so loving this new united team
fellaini, Rooney n mata sometimes r d weak links.


Up manu
#ibrahimohic n pogba
we r back to where we belong

Madam, why you mislead me now..Didn't initially watch the match..Just went now and watched it..Mata and Rooney played really well. No one to fault. Mourinho has got a fantastic team.

chesterlee:
Igbo Kwenu!!!!




Congrats my boy...Shoutouts those haters who blasted his Igbo father for wanting him to join Man city.

How market?

Guy na wah oh..No be haters dem be. That's too strong to say..Dem simply think say their idea go help the guy develop more for Porto but it turned out say dem dey wrong..

So if to say u know me and u give me advice and I no take am and my own advice wey I follow come work, e go dey logical for me to conclude say u hate me that is why u give me the advice? I no think so..

lurdkriss:
I hav this aunty,when she wz young,she waz introduced to this young guy who wz just starting life,trying to make ends meet,but she didn't want him,she wanted a guy who wz aalready made,with cars and hwses
Many yrs now she is still singe and. In her late 40s,the. Guy is doin very well now with his family and business..

She lost her chance..

Now she is gonna remain single cus no onewill marry a 50 year old lady
No child,no husband

Girls will nevr agree to start from scratch with a guy,thaats y many girls end up being used.

Guy, I get your point, but don't be quick to conclude oog..There are many over 50 years men that are single for different reasons..Na wetin God want last last go happen, bro

prinsam30:
bros abeg no laffff too much, u don dey shame me I swear

Haha

The thing dey pain

sseunhayor:
they were not motivated ... no funding, no salary so they played to lose. they played like hungry and starved blood sucking zombies.

Bro. If to say dem fit win, dem for win...D match no go their way...Een if Dangote promise dem 5 billion each, dem for still lose

Our fast half, especially towards the end, had flashes of excellent attacks, especially the two that the German defenders stopped - one from Mikel and the other from Umar..But for that second half, mhen we did not put up a good fight.

prinsam30:
my dear that's not true, I disagree, Japan, Sweden and Denmark are they not foreign team

I give kudos to our boys of losing tonight game, I'm really happy for that.

of cause it was a planned work, tell me how can you die for a country that doesn't care if you live or die, it is better they sell that game and have more money in their pockets. Lobatan

Planned work, lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

jaybillionaire:
But who was that horrible guy that had 2 chances to pass the ball to Mikel for a free post but was too selfish when the German keeper fumbled earlier in the first half ?

Billionaire, e be like say u dey my mind..The thing sef dey pain me, he for pass the ball..But dem don try their best which unfortunately could not win us the match..Soworo

Drchristian:
poor boys, poor nigerians. did anyone watched that dwaft player play?

Coach siasia is a very stupid coach based on d selection of d players....They made several errors Ajayi sud have played in today's match...Leon balogun also wud have bn perfect for d team.


Meanwhile nigeria will never qualify for d next nation's cup and world cup with what have seen cuz d football world is very competitive

I have noted your moniker and will come back to you when we do qualify for the World Cup. Hope you will show face.

halfricanadian:
im not interested

Na wah ooh. Na question the bros ask now Madam, lol lol lol hahaha

striker9:
Haha no be only you o..make we pray say make dem no Bleep up against Honduras

We don pass say make we dey lose for semi...But things dey happen sha

RaeMystix:
I'm actually thankful that we only lost by 2 points. I mean I wouldn't have been be suprised if we'd gotten more than 2 point. It is Germany; but the fact that those racist SOBs didn't even notice our players was plain desrespectful and demeaning. I used to like Germany. F@$%tards

Madam Peace, which one be it is Germany? Dem no dey unbeatable. I no no wetin happen to our boys

striker9:
Lol oga but u self wetin those boys play na

Dis match pain me..Me wey don won fonu for one my German chick friend..

collabo4me:
if I become d president of Nigeria, I'll never allow any African couch because siasia shown d real African couch in dis Olympic tournament. poor techniques, poor selections, poor team to extend of sport minister sending 2back home.
siasia used d third match to gamble dat caused him d final spot.

Show us where you talk like this when we dey win for the initial matches, den I go hail you

saintfrank:
we can still settle for third place

Why you dey talk like this? We pass all this third place thingy

striker9:
You are very right.. that's the problem with local coaches...always having that my boy syndrome.. SiaSia picked only his boys and not based on merit ..

You for talk like this if to say we win, Shola?

N wah ooh..How Germany go beat us?

lawmani:
Siasia is a usless coach.
His ego will kill him
Who are your 3 over aged players?
Why is Alex Iwobi, Issac Success, Awoniyi, etc?
If brasil went with Nyemer then why can he go with our best over aged. .like musa?
We only have 1 overaged that Mikel
Siasia is a Usless coach!
Nonsense!

Calm down Ibim..He no be useless coach. Dem beat us no mean say he useless.

Maybe he invite those guys but dem no fit make am

na wah

Ope ooh, best keeper..Daniel

The area where we need improvement na the wings, especially the right one..The strikers are doing well, and i no see anything that bad with umar, except dat maybe he does not pass quickly. The German defence is our nightmare

German Defence
Why
Open for us

TheSixthSense:
Part 2: Road to Redemption

That I didn’t believe in God anymore didn’t make me a ‘moral' person, it wasn’t even like I was man of good ‘moral’ standing before I became an atheist but I would easily pass as one, probably from my appearance and the way I speak. But I was lonely - I’m still sort of a loner now but I certainly know the difference - an alcoholic - pretty normal in Nigeria now so we don’t see it as a problem, smoked heavily, had a heart filled with darkness but for the sake of anonymity I leave out the rest.

I also opened up to a lot of mystical beliefs, there had to be a bit of truth in everything other than christianity, Zodiac, psychic reading, law of attraction, New age positive thinking, and zen relaxation. Simply put, I was miles from being a good/nice guy, so becoming an atheist didn’t necessarily give me a pass to live as I please because I don’t think I had much of a conscience at that point-, it was for reasons I mentioned in part 1. But it actually created more room, and so I could clear out the remaining bit of conscience left, without premeditation, I would often argue against religion being the basis for morality like Richard Dawkins would, saying that morality isn’t from God/religion rather it’s by living by the ‘golden rule’ ‘do unto others what you would to yourself’

Anyway, my road to redemption started after I watched the movie 'The Conjuring’ not that I am a movie person but what sparked my interest was that it was based on a true story. So I got the book about the protagonists in the movie 'The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Loraine Warren.’ It describes the preternatural the way it can be understood by non-religious people, because it isn’t a religious book in itself. It explains the phenomena from personal experiences as demonologists (study of spirits), and I found that they keep an occult museum where they display paraphernalia such as photos, recordings, and objects from every case, for exhibition. Some quotes from the book: ‘Some of the objects and amulets stored are so negatively ‘charged’ that just by holding one of the items it is possible to provoke the original spirit to manifest or cause possession to occur instantly’ ‘there is the long black spike a satanic witch used long ago to murder her newborn infant as a sacrifice to the devil' also skulls as chalices for drinking blood etc were being kept in the museum. Now, I didn’t need to go to the museum to find out if they were true or not, I was just utterly disgusted by even reading about them.

In fact, if you get to that point in the book, you would have gotten a vivid picture of the wickedness and darkness people get involved with. How people can in the convenience of their bedroom summon/invoke all the evil in the world by simple rituals or simply attract them in ignorance by their actions. So that when you hear a christian say God said ‘The heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked’ you cannot help but agree in your unbelief.

Anyway, having read and seen all that, I realised I had no spirit in me and had being in denial all along, without even knowing. And oh how vulnerable I was to the whims of the wicked. It was obvious that living in denial does not disprove anything but rather keeps one uninformed - but I love being informed- and unprepared if/when one encounters the phenomenon being denied and in the case of these demonic spirits, vulnerable. But it also makes you reflect too, because it also explains how people invite these unclean spirits sometimes from seemingly benign habits.

Now, the book doesn’t tell you to accept Jesus or anything like that, it just advises to steer clear of Ouija boards, spell books, necromancers, and objects you don’t understand. But it affirmed the power of the name of Jesus Christ and God, prayer and religious objects as the only things that overcome the most evil of these inhuman spirits.

Excerpts: “...A particularly striking aspect to demoniacal phenomena is that the demonic spirit is actually moved to violence when exposed to religious articles, the recitation of prayers, or reference to God or Jesus Christ…the subject is not religious because I say it is or as I may want to believe, it is religious because that’s the only power that it - the demonic spirit - responds to. People might not believe in God but these spirits do…there is simply no secular - that is, no non-religious - explanation for these spirits' existence.”

Having realised my spiritlessness, even if I did, I certainly wasn’t using it at all. So, I wrote a simple sincere letter to God, funny but I did, asking for my spirit to be resurrected then I shoved it somewhere and forgot about it. I thought, just as conveniently as some people would summon spirits of darkness and control them to do what they want, seeking the more powerful God in your convenience would be better, plus I am sure He wouldn’t ask for blood rituals and the sorts. He is not like that

Now, I have read quite a number of books in my life, but for some reason I kept having a strong gut feeling, for the first time in decades, that it wasn’t a coincidence that I was reading the book at the time. So, I re-downloaded the bible app, I deleted when I became an atheist, on my phone - there has to be immense power in it, it isn’t all fairy tales. However, I didn’t know which book or chapter to open to. But for some reason Psalm 51 crossed my mind. And behold:

“Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, then sinners would be converted to You. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.”Ps 51:7-14

I read it over and over again. 'Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit’ resonated so much in me. It was as if a different part of me had come alive. I could feel repentance in my spirit. I felt sorry. And in my heart I said Lord, I knew You as a child, what have I done with my life? what did I get involved in? And if there is anything to go by from the book I read is that I had opened portals from my actions. Oh! hide Your face from my sins and blot out my iniquities.

Then, I went on youtube and saw a video about a man, John Ramires I think, who was so deep in the occult that later got saved by Jesus Christ. You know youtube, so I watched a series of dead-people-coming-back-to-life videos, but one striking one was that of Ian McCormack (a former atheist who repented at the point of death) died went to heaven, saw the glory of Jesus, and returned to life in the morgue.

A common observation about these videos, is that while they may describe hell as a horrible place of eternal torment sorrow, fear and death, when they try describe the glory of Jesus Christ, they cry in awe for lack of words to describe the glory, joy, peace and love associated with it even after many years of their return to life. I don’t know about you, but when I see men especially ones who had perpetrated so much evil cry when trying to describe the glory of Jesus, you know that is no joke. Prior to this, I never knew a lot of people had died and returned (NDEs, you may call it) from many countries. If you doubt someone’s experience in Australia maybe you should try Nigeria. Atheists, muslims, pagans all tell of Jesus, hell and heaven. They are not all crazy I would believe.

So, I prayed with the CBN guys on Youtube, but I thought that wasn’t real enough, I need to have witnesses like in an actual altar call. So I prayed to God asking for a church to go to because the only ones I knew were one of those I earlier described. But at that point I would have gone to one of those anyway, as long as I can get to know Jesus. Then, the next day, on my way to the market to get stuff, I got handed a flyer. It was an invitation for a revival service, so I decided to go. I found it was a small church, hard to find even and in my utmost religiosity, I don’t think I would have found it.

Now, prior to this, I had been a lot of churches from catholic, anglican, methodist, lutheran, baptist, to numerous pentecostals because I had convinced myself that they were simply social gatherings anyway, by the way these ‘christians’ behave. But this one was different, from the moment I stepped in, I was more welcome than any other I had previously been in. But that wasn’t the highlight, it was the sermon. It was as direct as spear, it was a message for me and it was as if the preacher knew I was going be there. Also two verses from scripture I knew as a child kept coming to my mind John 8:32 ’Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’ and John 8:36 ’So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.’ Then there was an altar call, it was my moment, and I answered.

** Note, I am not endorsing my church, saying that it is better than yours, maybe God led me there because of how suitable it would be for my spiritual growth. But I am only saying Jesus is calling those who want an experience with Him. I follow Jesus not my pastor or my church, but my pastor and church provide encouragement and there I listen to the word of God. I remember I always used to pray ‘Lord, I am not interested in religion, I just want to know You'

What do I have to lose if I die and find that there is no God?

Ridiculous, but let’s assume atheists are right for a second. I certainly wouldn't miss out on anything if I don’t drink, smoke, take drugs, become sexually immoral, worship idols, get oppressed or tormented by demons, get a divorce, live in bondage by anything under heaven, live in depression, live in fear, feel alone, look for love in people (Jesus is love, we have so much to share), live without peace or joy or love, live without bitterness, hate, anger or live without fortitude to persevere through trials and temptations for the rest of my life.

But what do you(non-believer) have to lose if I am right about God?

Yup, you guessed right.

The truth is heaven and hell are real and are for eternity - I would say, in a dimension not defined by time or space. Eternal life is one with Jesus and He is the source and giver of it. Like winner01 rightly mentioned, the things you think are enjoyment are actually killing you but you won’t know until God gives you His Spirit when you become born again and as soon as you start walking in the Spirit you will discern these things and probably do more than I am doing right now.

The bible says if you are not for Jesus you are against Him. And how would it feel to know you are not so different from the witch that killed her newborn, other than she probably knew she was anti-Christ, but you atheists and agnostics probably don’t know or refuse to know.

Remember, being in denial does not disprove anything, it only leaves you unprepared, uninformed, and even vulnerable to what is being denied…and no one denies death I would believe.

The answers you seek are on your smart phone. Look all over the internet, you won’t find evidence as theses or journal publications, but you certainly would find many many experiences. We have free will, so you have to choose.

Experience supersedes logic or argument any day. So, just before you dissect and critique my testimony. You may want to first ask yourself why you may be always so quick to rebut someone else’s experience before you ask the question.

Another thing, I have been an atheist, and to be honest, there’s nothing to it other than you look intelligent to other dissidents, but it is hollow, something missing, there is a void, you may not know now until you switch to the Lord’s side. Also, when you get faced with challenges and storms of life it is your spirit that fights, not your intelligence.

A UCB physics professor and former atheist, now in Christ because he saw hell and cried out to Jesus to save him, said there is a part of all of us that appeals to God. I’ve been there, I would have denied it then, but I know it’s true. Very true.

Please invite Jesus today with sincerity in heart. He is the Living God and He is Spirit. He is calling you, He is saying 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink and you will thirst no more.'
You may start by saying a sincere prayer like ‘Jesus I do not want to be condemned for eternity after I die, please save me’ and I believe your redemption is already on the way because He knows, like you would when you really mean it. And it is His will that you should not perish but come to repentance(2 Peter 3:9)

For those that do not see reason to continue the routine of religion or being religious and are looking for atheistic reasons to leave, Don’t! please don’t. Don’t give up on God. Did you know that it was the religious people that killed Jesus? although they knew all the letters and prophecies of the law and routines of the synagogue, they still didn’t recognise the Messiah, they even accused Him of working for the devil. It’s worse today, so many religious, but not many have experienced Jesus because they have made god for themselves, the one they can tame, the one that gives them all they want that lets them live how they like in the lusts of their flesh. Isn’t it funny how suddenly, God doesn’t have standards from our brand of christianity? The Holy and Righteous God.

But don’t be discouraged, look beyond the charade, He is calling, He says 'Seek and you will find'. Draw near to God and He will to you...(James 4:3) and your life will never remain the same. Taste and see that the Lord is good(Ps 34:.

Jesus is Lord!

There should be a Part 3: My Jesus Experience: The Difference

God bless you bro. I have been lifted by your testimony. Welcome to the household of champions! A household headed by The True Son of God, Jesus Our Christ.

Thanks again for the testimony bro!!!!

ben1daEbiri:
Of all the games played so far,Nigeria's game has been the most entertaining,breathtaking goals,good scoring chances and saves as well...anyone agree with me on this?

Mexico and Germany match sef bam...

But we dey lead!

youngaz:
Wow!....iz it true nigeria don qualify 4 quarter final wit diz win?....coz d commentator on Goal.com says so!

Yeah, we don qualify

robosky02:
Nigeria has cage Sweden 1-0. The Dream Team VI were completely dominant from the first whistle, and have qualified for the quarter final of the Rio Olympics



thanks for staying awake to witness this victory


so guys lets go there

Thank you Sogorobodo

Up Naija.

Sweden's keeper saved them..Na around 4-0 e for be

Ope OOOOO

Sunnycliff:
Our Goalie is really enjoying his vacation unlike the Swedish goalie receiving shots like missiles!

haha, vacation indeed..

Paradise163:
E go pain me say if after all this Sweden come later equalize this match. See wasted chances

no be wated chances, na keeper dey perform well