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obongproff: Bros plz don't take it personal na. She just doesn't like or respect ebele or his wife. Plz just leave her alone, she is my little baby sister way no want hia word.

No p bro. It is well.

carefreewannabe: I didn't say you cannot be fluent when you are not educated but if you are well-educated, you know how to speak properly.



Then you are not well-educated.

Even the way u argue shows u have nothing in ur brain, eva listens to what other are saying, Miss am always right.
But Pls, what's ur achievement in life, I may not be well educated in ur eyes but I bet if u can achieve what I have in d next 10 yrs of ur life.
I may not be well educated but I graduated from from a university of technology (electrical electronics engineering), I may not be well educated but have the privilege to work in a mobile telecommunication company also in an oil and gas company.
I may not be well educated, guess what I luv myself as I am.

PLS U THAT U ARE WELL EDUCATED LIKE THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, WHATS YOUR ACHEIVEMENT IN LIFE?

carefreewannabe: This is a question that I could write an essay on but let me keep it short.

To be well-educated means that

- a person can read and write accurately (in his/her country's official language)

- a person has basic knowledge of different disciplines such as, for instance, geography, politics, history, biology etc.

- a person has developed skills to expand this knowledge

- a person can, not only read, but also summarise a text

- a person can analyse a text

- a person can judge based on facts and in the light of life's complexities

- a person has developed skills to solve problems in a planned and systematic way

I could go on and on.



Redundant question because if one of them wasn't, then he/she lacked proper education.



Eloquence is necessary for public speaking. As you said, Jona is not eloquent, so he should not be a president. A president's job among others is to talk to his country people in public and to represent the country abroad.

Eloquence is taught in schools in countries where people like Patience have no chance to run the Ministry of Education.
But even if it wasn't, an educated person, whose forte is not speaking, would be smart enough to know that he/she is not qualified to do jobs that require public speaking.

Listen to what obongproff is saying, u can be fluent when speaking, dat doesn't mean ure well educated. And u can be educated, Dats not a guarantee that u'll speak fluently. Ask those ladies in school, dey can blow grammer but upstairs, they are empty.

carefreewannabe: She OBVIOUSLY is NOT.

Ure being mistaken, she is a graduate. Goodluck was her lecturer then.

SimonAndal:
So let those federal university and private university students that were making noise all over this forum design and manufacture one. Please, I dey beg. If not keep your mouths shut. Tank you don menshon.

Ur signature is somehow scary, can u remove it

stanogb: [size=13pt]WOW!!! So LIBERIA is VISA Free...

...Dusts traveling bag...[/size]

Pls don't bother coming back, we have enough of Patrick Sawyer's problem already.

Am based in ibadan, I already made payment this afternoon. Waiting for mayorall to send it. #yipee

Edited; I got my power bank yesterday evening as well, I must commend mayorall for the prompt delivery.
Looking forward to give testimonies here.
Thanks mayorall

Edited again; I have being using this wonderful machine and I must say it's a very good buy. Kudos to mayorall for bringing this opportunity to nairaland.

I'll still get in touch with u for one more soon.

Then, i've being longin to ask, what's the diff btw the two charging ports, one is 10A and d other 12A, is that one can charge faster or that one is good for fones/appliance with high rating? Looking forward to an ans mayorall. Thanks

Khaynet: is dat enough reason to quote me

Just passing by

butanep: My guy, if it may interest you... am a working class graduate... Go and read your books...

Sorry to disappoint you also, you are talking to a graduate of LAUTECH.

lacasa: Today its the North, tomorrow we will be here talking bout the South.

Wat goes around comes around, God is not a hypocrite after all

I reject that in Jesus Name, u are one idiot, we are trying to restore peace back to the country and u are here spreading it with dat stinking mouth of Urs, South has being peaceful and will continue to be, Amen.

Joavid: Op is just all over the place, opening random threads.
But, ASUU is not on strike

OOU (olabisi onabanjo university) is on indefinte strike, maybe he's from there.

Khaynet: which planet are u from nd where did u hear that name

I bought that fone 2005/2006 for 27,000 naira then, how old were u then?

Khaynet: I uninstalled my bbm 2 days ago
to me na scrap

U mean on ur sagem my X7?

priscaoge: I use to think that u are one of the responsible guys here,now I know I was wrong. Stop been shallow minded kid.

Can't a brother make a joke again. Haba, body dey itch u, abi na true d guy talk.

femi4: Una too like privacy

Say it as it is, or ure afraid of priscaoge, lemme help a brother out.

Naija girls and their forming/lying things.

Kachisbarbie: Sometimes it is,depends on how often you eat and how may people are eating...when I was in school I can eat once in two days, so it was cheaper for me...
When I hustle- cook, I have to invite my boyfriends to eat, if they don't come it ends up wasting...so it was cheaper for me to eat out once in two days...but now I can't try it.

@paroman...me missed ya - in a legit way.

Boyfriends! Noted

jamebex: harveyfuqua
These things happen in soccer. Don't read too much into the result. Bafana are gonna bear the brunt.

This is by far from the most sensible comment here.


Izzylove66
This is the worst match I have watched this year. Ask them now, they will site NFF crisis and poor pitch as an excuse, as if the female U20 did not perform well in Canada despite the NFF crisis. In fact, a likely FIFA ban will save our face, we don’t have a team for AFCON. If we play like this against South Africa in Pretoria, we should expect the bashing of our life. Again, I’ve been defending Keshi up till now, but from now I back out. The same thing he did against France he repeated today, leaving his best players on bench only to bring them on when the damage has already been done. Omeruo played his worst game for Nigeria today. Lastly, Keshi should be sacked and another Coach to take over should draft in Iheanacho, Nwakali, Awoniyi, Success and Mohammed (their captain at U17) into the team with immediate effect. Mikel, the worst midfielder in Africa should be dropped with immediate effect. NONSENSE.

The most senseless. BTW is this supposed to be a South African? Sounds like a Nigerian.

Dat most senseless...na d op talk be dat o, maybe he's a liberian.

Wolison: ....and how would this bring back my hard earned N3,000.00 that I bet on their head;ego mu weree sii etua wee gwue mmiri!...#sob#

Usef fall my hand, how u go put 3k ontop super eagles? U deserve flogging.

otokx: It really was not keepers fault; try rating the coach and the field too.

What do u mean d field too? We've being playing our game at that stadium for the past 2 yrs or thereabout, ever heard of the saying that we never lost a game at that stadium before?

4C2215131: Can't waste precious time drawing your type out for a duel (you'd be thoroughly whoopped by the way) as you obviously couldn't understand that my comment was based on your comment objectively and not subjectively.

Keep wasting ur precious time picking on people while they utilise their time with positive things.

Mr. Dennis Akagha has been certified by doctors to be free of Ebola Virus, but his fiancée, Miss Justina Ejelonu, a nurse at First Consultant Hospital, Lagos Island, Lagos who came in contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American that brought the virus to Nigeria, did not survive the disease. In this interview with GBENRO ADEOYE, Akagha shares his near-death experience, the stigma he faced and the promise he made to his late fiancée

You’ve been certified to be Ebola Virus negative, for how long has that been?

It’s going to two weeks now. Saturday (today) will make it two weeks exactly that I’ve been certified negative. I’ve not had any of the symptoms since then. But I’m granting this interview basically for one reason; before I was quarantined, I saw it in the Bible that I would not die but live to testify the goodness of God upon my life. When God saved me, it is my responsibility to tell the whole world and Nigerians that God is still in the business of doing miracles. So I’m a living testimony of the goodness of God.

You said before you were quarantined, that means at that point, you knew you had Ebola Virus

Yes. But it was not that I was tested positive to it but I had started seeing the symptoms; I had started feeling feverish and having pains all over my body, my muscles, my waist. I was described as being symptomatic at the time. The symptoms came up for like three days. My temperature rose.

So what do you really think saved you? Did the doctors give you any drugs?

I will always tell the whole world that it’s a miracle because I met people who were at the isolation centre before me and I left the place before them. I stayed there for five days. It was a miracle. What worked for me was my faith and my belief because right from the day I saw the symptoms, I had been talking to myself. I found it in the Bible that the power of life and death is in my tongue which means anything I speak happens for me. At that point in time, I started speaking to my body, my blood system and doing the things you will ordinarily not understand. These are the things we call mysteries.

Would you like to share some of these mysteries?

I can share them but some people may not believe them. In the church where I worship, we believe in holy communion and feet washing. The Bible says that the life of the body is in the blood and I also found where Jesus was telling his disciples, if you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will have life abundantly and not die. With this understanding, I started taking the blood of Jesus and eating the flesh three times in a day. I started doing feet washing. These are the mysteries and they are the things that helped deliver me from the bondage of sickness. I got the bread from my church and I was blessing my water to do feet washing.

You were there for five days, what was your experience like within that period?

I was taken in on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 and left there on Saturday night, August 23, 2014. The experience wasn’t funny, anyway. I really want to appreciate Lagos State. The state has done the best out of all the places where Ebola has been ravaging lives. Initially, there were no volunteers and the facilities were not there but it was because the virus came unexpectedly. Nobody expected it. But within a short time, the facilities improved, so the state tried. The first day I got there, I was just telling myself that I was not Ebola positive. When I got there, they took my blood samples and the results came out the following day. Then, I was kept in a ward meant for suspects. We had two wards: one is a ward for persons suspected to have the virus and the other was for persons confirmed to already have it. So once you are confirmed to have it, they will take you away from the ‘suspects’ ward’ to the other ward. When I was confirmed to have it, they took me to the ‘confirmed’ ward. I went in with them and I met others there. Immediately I lay down on my bed, I cried but nobody knew I was shedding tears. I just lay there and cried. I was crying to God because I already told him that I would not die but live. It took me five minutes to shed the tears and afterwards, I wiped my tears. One of the doctors came in to tell me that my results were not clear to them. She said the results were bulky; that was the language she used and that they could not understand it. In other words, I wasn’t meant to be there. So they took me back to the ‘suspects’ ward and said they would rerun the tests. That was on Wednesday. They reran the tests and the results came out on Thursday afternoon. It was positive. So they asked me to go back to the ‘confirmed’ ward. I told them I was not sick. They said that I was positive but I insisted that I didn’t have Ebola. We quarrelled for sometime so it took me time to go back to the ‘confirmed’ ward. It was after much pleading and also because they said I was a risk to others in the ‘suspects’ ward. So I went back to the ‘confirmed’ ward but I was still saying I was not sick. I was still taking my holy communion and doing feet washing and praying. I slept thereon Thursday night and then they came again to take my blood samples. I was there on Friday too. I was doing my regular exercise- press up and everything. Then on Saturday night, they called me that I had been discharged. I had even forgotten that my blood samples were taken for a test. They said my results came out negative. In that case, I didn’t have any business there anymore.

How did you feel when you were told you could leave the centre?

The first thing I did was to go back to my closet, knelt down and thanked God. I felt happy because I knew it was not just an ordinary miracle. When I was there, I posted on my Facebook wall that my case would defy all medical terminologies and theories. And a lot of people wrote ‘Amen’ to it. But some of them may not understand but I had this belief in myself and in the God that I serve. A lot of people were also strongly supporting me with their prayers. I will encourage people having health challenges or suffering from terminal illnesses not to keep silent, they should tell others. I had friends and relatives praying and fasting on my behalf. On Facebook, my Whatsapp group, they were praying for me and sending me messages and Bible portions on what to read and declare. Those things helped me to boost my faith.

How have your friends, relatives and neighbours been relating with you since you returned from the isolation centre?

The stigma will always be there and it will take some time for it to phase out. It happened when HIV and Lassa fever came out. So this is not the first and it won’t be the last. But I know that with time, it will phase out. I faced a lot of stigmatisation on my street.

Can you recall specific instances?

Yes. When I was symptomatic, because I had bushy hair, I went to a salon to have a haircut. Somebody who knew what happened to my fiancée ran away from the salon. Also, I went somewhere to buy toothpaste and the mallam (Hausa man) refused to sell to me. He said he was not selling. I said but you have toothpaste, he said yes, but that he was not selling. And where I worked as a marketing officer, it happened. I got a job this same month Justina got a job at the hospital (where Patrick Sawyer visited). Mine was an oil and gas company. Indirectly, I experienced it there. I no longer work there.

Were you told to stop coming?

They did it indirectly. It will be shameful for me to go back there. After I left the isolation centre, I said no, I won’t go back there. God has a reason for everything. A lot of people have told me to protest but I said no. For God to bring me out of this, He has very big plans for my life. The communication was no longer there; I was calling (the office) and they stopped picking my calls. So I didn’t bother to go to the office. It got to an extent that even after I came out, my mum travelled to the east (my hometown) for an August meeting and as soon as she got to the venue, everyone ran away. They were like, since your son had Ebola, then you will definitely have Ebola. That was the extent of the stigmatisation.

What was the quarantine centre where Justina was kept like when you got there?

As I said, Lagos State government didn’t expect it. So the environment wasn’t that conducive. The place she was, was a different facility from where I was. It was the same hospital environment but not the same facility. Justina and others were put there while government was preparing a better place for them. She was already there before some others were moved to the other facility. There was no water or oxygen where she was, and the environment wasn’t okay. Lagos State government tried and did its best to make sure that they improve the facilities later and I can testify to that.

Were you disappointed that there was no water or oxygen?

It still boils down to the fact that it was not expected. There was no oxygen available when she needed oxygen but one thing about her was that she lived a good life and was very friendly. She was loved by people and had good friends, so when she needed oxygen, her group of friends rallied round and came up with oxygen that day. In fact, they said they would provide more if she needed more. The situation took government unawares but those things are there now. I was there and I can testify to it. The facilities are superb and the environment is nice. There are a lot of volunteers now.

When you saw that the place was untidy, did you approach the health workers and what did they say?

Nigeria as a whole, we didn’t t expect this. It was not expected. So it took time for people to start volunteering to come and work. So those people who were there were scared so I didn’t blame them. Nobody wanted to take the risk of being infected. It was not until after a lot of awareness had been done that people understood more and started coming to volunteer to work there.

Do you think that the government could have saved her life if the facilities were better?

Well, I really don’t know. God knows best. I was discussing with someone recently and I said she shouldn’t have died. The person asked why and I said I saw a portion in the Bible where God said He would satisfy us with long life. She had not even lived up to 50 when she passed on. The person told me that a new born child that dies within a week has lived a long life. I wondered how and he said the day we die is the day our lives end which means we have lived a long life and have fulfilled our purpose. I’m still pondering over that but I came to a conclusion that God wasn’t sleeping so He must know about everything that happened. As much as people were praying for me when I was there, people were praying for her also.

So what are your plans now that you’re fine, but out of job?

I intend to look for another job. If it’s the will of God for me to work, I will get another job. Aside from that, I made Justina a promise. I spoke with her the night she passed on but I had to go there to confirm the next morning. I had to go inside there after wearing the kits. I was led in and I held her hands, I just wanted to know if she was truly dead. At that time, she was already dead. I told her that I would make sure I pursued those things she could not achieve that I knew about, in my own little way and with the help of individuals. I would make sure she fulfils the dreams. Before her death, she had a vision of a project that I don’t want to share here. If that is what will keep me busy for the rest of my life, I don’t mind to keep her memory alive. I wrote the plan and we were just waiting to complete our marriage plans before proceeding with the project. After her death, I had to go back to my system (laptop) to fetch out those things and start reworking them. I’m done with writing the plan and the next step is to register the business. Private individuals who may want to support the cause since she died while trying to save lives, are welcome. I don’t mind since it will be in memory of Justina Obioma Ejelonu. Yes, a lot of people have been asking me, after now, what next? You have lost a loved one, you’ve lost your job and you’ve come out negative, what next and I tell them that it boils down to God.

You said you held her hand after she had died. But can you recall the last time you saw her alive and what she said to you?

The last day I saw her alive was three weeks today because she died on a Thursday morning. She requested to see me and I went inside to see her, cleaned her and made sure her surroundings were clean and okay. She was on drips and I spoke with her. She requested for tea, hot or cold. There was no way I could get hot water around so I went to get beverage and two bottles of table water to prepare the tea (beverage) for her. I also bought bread for her. That was the last thing I bought for her. I remember she said she loved me; that was the last thing she told me. After cleaning her up, she called on one of the doctors, a WHO doctor, Dr. David. She said softly to the doctor, did I not tell you? The doctor asked what. She said did I not tell you that if my husband comes here, a miracle would happen. I laughed and the doctor said yes. I had to clean her up that day.

You took some risks taking Justina to the hospital and cleaning her up, didn’t you know the risks involved?

You see, if you love someone, you will do those things, except you don’t genuinely love the person. If you genuinely love someone, you can do anything for the person. I genuinely loved her; she was supposed to be my wife. And at that point in time, I saw no reason why I should abandon her. I know most men would do that but my conscience would judge me for the rest of my life if I had run away. So I had to stand by her. I took the risks because I loved her and at a point, I started being careful at the same time. The Bible says wisdom is profitable to direct. But I had been 100 per cent exposed already even before I started taking precautions. I started using polythene bags as gloves, which was not even safe. Not that I didn’t think of the risks, but love is a very powerful thing. I know she would have done the same thing for me. So why would I want to run away?

How did you receive news of her death?

Normally, I call her every morning but that morning , I called and called and she didn’t pick up. So I went to the hospital and I was supposed to get some things for her anyway. So I got the news when I got there. It was painful for me. Have you lost a loved one before? At that moment, I felt like going with her. I felt that I couldn’t stay behind (on earth). I felt like dying so that it would be like we both died, although it was not possible (for me to kill myself). But that was how I felt.

Did you receive government visits at home?

I didn’t encourage visitors; I didn’t want anyone to visit me. The only people that were visiting me were Lagos State government officials but they were not coming to my house. They would get to my street and call me to come out. They were only coming to monitor my temperature. I was given a digital thermometer to check my temperature and I would tell them the readings. I checked it every morning and I would meet them outside and tell them. They were the only people coming everyday until when they came to pick me; every other person had indirectly run away. They took me away when my temperature showed that it had risen.

Did they show up immediately Justina was confirmed to have had Ebola?

Normally, they were suppose to come and fumigate my house on that day but they didn’t come; they came two weeks after. I had already done it myself. I bought three bottles of JIK and mixed it water. I did the disinfection and cleaned my house by myself before they came.

Why did it take them two weeks to show up?

Well, I don’t know. I think maybe it was due to logistics. It’s none of my business.

McWhillion: I'm enjoying the hols bro, hope you're already preparing for your Common Entrance Exams? Like I always told you, you've to make me proud.

.. ure talking to ur future father in law son. Be careful

McWhillion: Why not, my wife to be is still in junior secondary school

Urs is still better, considering d fact that ure still in SS1. Hope you are enjoying the holiday boy?

4C2215131: You mean to say constructive Criticism, not outright witch-hunting.

It depends on how u see it, probably, u might even be d one witch hunting.

bbpreye: And how does this affected the price of GARRI on the market?

Must u quote all just to make ur point? And @d end, u still end up throwing bomb ' on the market'!

Cwaya: Who told you they arent theirselves??
Who told you they are not going places

Name Nigeria artists whose album has sold upto 8million copies??
Remind me the artist please, coz i can only remember Psquare (Game Over)...

They are simply Good.

So game over sold 8 million copies!!! One day someone will tell u ur mum is not ur mother and u'll believe without processing it with ur brain.

bigass: Its funny you Judged and condemned Psquare on just one song. To you because of this song Psquare's carrier finished and can never make it again. funnily, i like the song.

please do me a favour whenever you go to a club and they are playing chop my money, alingo, personally, testimony etc please sit down, dont dance just say in your mind its over for Psquare.

Im sure if you release a song, your father wont even listen

It's unfair for u to take it too personal by involving his father, Dats unfeminine of u. Perhaps everybody is entitled to his or her own opinion same as RedEboe. We all can't sleep and face d same direction, d moment we all agree on something means we are not relevant again.

I have not listened/watch d song, majority of people I knew already critised d song and am not in d mood for it again.

Critisizing is good, it helps keep that person on his or her toes.

maestroferddi: You remain ignored.

Reason: Unconscionably low IQ level.

Mumu

NickiRoman: She looks beautiful ,Most. Nigerians are naturally negative am not surprised with comments above me.

I don't get how you can hate someone you don't know personally. SMH.

They are not hating her personality, they are hating on her fashon sense. Try understand people b4 u judge.

teeo:
Clearly differentiate between a fat and a chubby Lady, nonsense

I hate when slim things try so hard to make it seem like been fleshy is not fashionable, forcing young girls to become anorexic.

We are all made in different ways, my advice to chubby ladies, eat good hygienic meals and do some exercise to keep fit. Have some self esteem and confidence. Believe in who you are and don't look down on yourself.

You're beautiful the way you are.

God forbid I date a toothpick. Chubby babes Na them sure pass.

Brother, there is difference btw being skinny, chubby and fat(obese) na English language dey cause problem now, I bet u don't want to have anything with obese ladies.

maestroferddi: So the opposition in your book is the one that sets out if i' sabotage public interest by criticising every policy of government no matter how good?

Let's rise above pecuniary interest and begin to view things from a dispassionate perspective.

If you think you are better than the PDP, then demonstrably show how...

U just kept quoting everybody, and ure d dumb one if am to judge u with ur comments. It's obvious u know nothing abt politics. Am not going to make u see reasons as dey've said it all in d comments above u. So Dats ur problem if ur brain RAM is too low to process it.

Hugo70: wat is dat talking well dat you cannot talk on this thread. I don't kw y ppl like to take simple info personal. Some else many even advice u better.

Well, I know what I want to say and @my age I know what to discuss openly and what not. Thia is a social network and u don't expect me to pour out my personal info on d net just like dat.
Thanks for ur observation, but always know ure not d wiset on dis forum and learn to respect oda people views.
Thanks u