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finally, Nigeria going in the right direction

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I want to change this world because in this world nothing is going right.

by deepeshbhandari1



the world is going to pot.
theres no equality
theres always gunna be people whop are upset.
theres always gunna be people who cant accept that some people are the way they are
some people are racist and theres no need.
only a minute amount of the muslim population are actually suicide bombers.
thats dosent mean everyone is.
OH i hate people sometimes.
and why are people racist about illegal immigrants, what if they need fucking aid.
i dont get it,.
:’( the world is a cruel, poluted place.
i wish i could chance the world
but i cant
not on my own
i cant change peoples views
im one tiny tiny person in a very big world with little or no power.
i just wish
man i wish there were other people out there who knew what i was on about and maybe just maybe we could do something.
but thats a big wihs
ill do it one day, ill change something.

by sophcakes


I look around my people and see tears streaming down the eyes of many
I look at the African child and though there may be external smiles… I see a more deep feeling inside
I turn my head in another direction and I see refugees…I see those who hunger and thirst
I see my fellow men who have nothing to eat neither drink…Engulfed completely by poverty
My heart is pained and my strength begins to fail me
I feel the pain of those who beg on the streets and yet, get nothing to go home with
I feel the pain of those who get treated unjustly, those who get punished for crimes they didn’t commit
Those who seem to have what it takes to be there yet do not have that one person or that one thing to turn things around
Those who cry day after day and night after night
Those who feel they have no reason to live, no reason to live life to the fullest
Those who have never heard the true sound of laughter nor really felt the aura of joy
Those who have lost hope in HOPE
People who have lost everything that ever mattered to them…those who have been drained from within
, I feel their pain
I look at myself and right beside me is my fellow man begging for alms under the sun
Suddenly, all my wealth,my achievements,my successes disgust me…and all I own loses it’s value
I actually own nothing.
I vow to all who get bruised by harsh actions,injustice,poverty,diseases…,
Till I can no longer think for myself, I’ll keep turning the steering wheel right round…
And I can’t do it on my own… Almighty one, be infront of me to lead me
Behind me to guide me, beside me to accompany me, and within me to fill me with what I need to carry on.

by slywriter1

i love this lyrics.

its has alot of meaning depending in the listener

if u wanna buy this album, u must release 1000 naira.

no, u can past here

lol

Kwara state captivity by Dr Olusola Saraki.

My People,

I am writting for the world to know,how Saraki has hold my people (Kwara State) in captivity.I am an indigene of offa town.This guy and many more had taken Nigerians for a ride for a long winding ride.The feat performed by Oloye, as Dr. Saraki is better known in the Kwara state is daunting,
For more than 26 years one person determines who will be the Governor and state officials and if that is not a crime,come to Kwara state and see for your self what development has occur over the 26 years
Saraki in about a month ago boasted that ‘God will show him the next Governor of Kwara state in Mecca and he will name the person and install him shortly’.(As if He is trully religious,Which religion support inequality) .
Prior to the emergence of Bukola as the governor of the state in 2003, his father, Dr. Olusola Saraki had explored his intimidating political prowess to catapault many to the seat of power in Kwara State.

Among the beneficiaries of the political wizadry of Saraki, were the following former governors of the state, the late Adamu Attah (1979-1983), Cornelius Adebayo (1983-1984), Shaaba Lafiaji (1991- 1992), the late Mohammed Alabi Lawal (1993- 2007) and the incumbent governor his son, Bukola.

Besides installing people into the number one position in the state, the Senior Saraki had also used his political influence to produce Senators like Suleiman Salawu, Senator Suleiman Ajadi Makanjuola, Ishaq Salman, S.S Ajibola, Ahmed Ahmed, and daughter, Gbemisola Saraki, among others.

In Kwara state we have;
GOV SARAKI,
SEN SARAKI,
REP SARAKI,In addition to installing Bukola as Lawal's successor, Oloye literally moved up his daughter, Gbemisola, from the House of Representatives where she served a term from 1999 to the Senate in the 2003 elections to boot.
GODFATHER DR SARAKI.
NEXT GOVERNOR:MOST LIKELY DAUGHTER SARAKI.

As it wa said,when He was told that the son is not doing well,He told the people to be patient,that the boy's tenure will soon be over and that His sister(Gbemisola Saraki) will do better as a Governor .

Time there was that two incumbent governors - Alhaji Adamu Atta in 1983 and the late retired Rear Admiral Muhammed Alabi Lawal in 2003 - kissed the dust after fierce electoral battles with this "god father" of Kwara politics, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. They were both epic battles that will not be forgotten in a hurry.

The Intelligence of the people of Kwara state has far been insulted.

Wa lahi ,this is too much.

http://www..com/ng/states-and-lgda-specific-talks/103-kwara-state-captivity.html

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If we are looking for quality leaders in Nigeria, then i think we need search for people like this.

he has got all the qualities for a quality leader and call on all kwarans and nigerian entirely, to vote for him if he contest.

Gbenga Toyosi Olawepo (born 28 June, 1965) is a Nigerian  politician.

The name Olawepo first made the headlines when as an anti-apartheid activist he and three other students’ leaders of the University of Lagos were clamped into the over-crowded Nigeria Police cell in April 1989 after an anti apartheid protest. The military regime that was growing increasingly repressive and intolerant of freedom of expression in Nigeria then ordered the detention of the student activist. The Education Editor of Guardian Express – Joe Idika- published an exclusive report on the plight of the quartet -Olawepo, Oyerinde, Akhaine and Ewebiyi- in what was an expose on the deplorable condition under which detainees are held in the Nigerian Police facilities. The report was also a story of the extraordinary courage of the quartet displayed during the visit of Mrs. Margaret Thatcher over her government’s pro-apartheid policy, which the student-labour protest was all about.

Early Years

Olawepo was born in Yelwa, Yauri, present Kebbi State located in Northern Nigeria, on 28 June, 1965.[1]

Olawepo started exhibiting leadership qualities in the high school. In 1984, he was elected President of the Dramatic Society and later appointed Health Prefect at the Cherubim and Seraphim College, Ilorin. In 1986 at Kwara College of Technology, he was elected General-Secretary of the Youth Solidarity on Southern Africa in Nigeria (YUSSAN) and was active in the anti-apartheid movement. He organised film shows, signature collection to mobilise local and international support against the apartheid regime in South Africa and solidarity support for the courses of the people of Angola, Mozambique and Namibia. He was a member of the Local Organising Committee of the ‘’Massive Freedom at 70 Nelson Mandela Concert’’ held at the University Lagos Nigeria. His involvement in the radical movement became deepened when he was elected Public Relations Officer of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in July 1988. This was at a time when the student organisation was defying its ban by the military government. As the spokesperson of the Nigerian student body he was at the frontline of confrontation with the military authorities. He spoke about “freedom of association being inalienable and which no military decree can take away,” he spoke of the people’s right to education and campaigned for return to democratic rule via the constitution of a democratically-elected constituent assembly.[citation needed]

In May-June 1989, he was part of the leadership of the anti-SAP and pro-democracy uprising organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students [www.whirledbank.org/development/sap]. This revolt was nationwide and gained support across regional and ethnic boundaries; it also received international attention as it went simultaneously with the student protest at Tiananmen Square, Beijing and the pro-democracy revolt in Eastern Europe. The military regime dubbed it a ‘’civilian coup’’ and reacted to it with an admixture of palliative concession and brutal force. In order to suppress the protest, the military government deployed riot tanks, police helicopters and riot mobile policemen shooting life ammunition against protesters.[citation needed]
[edit] Detention

At the end of the uprising, over two hundred people were estimated to have been killed by the police, a huge number wounded and some student activists detained. Olawepo was clamped into detention for four months in solitary confinement under the Detention of Persons Decree No. 2 of 1984 as amended. It was detention without trial. He was released after an epic legal battle led by his counsel, the late President of the Nigeria Bar Association Alao Aka-Bashorun, and an international campaign co-ordinated by the International Union of Students, World Federation of Democratic Youth, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. The Amnesty International declared him a ‘’Prisoner of Conscience’’ in 1989. His case and that of Gbenga Komolafe adjudicated on by Justice Tajudeen Odunowo became the Loco classicos in Nigeria’s legal history as it was the first time a court would order the release of a detainee under the draconian Detention of Persons Security Decree No.2.[citation needed]

After his release from detention in December 1989 and graduation from the University of Lagos, he continued to be active in national and international affairs. In 1990, he was appointed National Administrative-Secretary of the Committee for Defence of Human Rights where he worked briefly and doubled in the same role for the National Consultative Forum-a group founded by human rights activists led by Aka-Bashorun and nationalist politicians like late RBK Okafor, Kola Balogun, late Mbadiwe, Mahmoud Waziri and Alhaji Tanko Yakassai. The group, National Consultative Forum (NCF), set for itself the objective of organising a national conference as a platform to democratize and restructure the Nigerian federation. The NCF attracted a section of former Nigerian ‘’Super Permanent Secretaries’’ into its rank led by Alison Ayida and Tayo Akpata. Olawepo, who succeeded Femi Ojudu now Managing Director of ‘’The News magazine,’’ who had come on sabbatical from his African Concord job, worked effectively with the General-Secretary, late Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, in manning the secretariat.[citation needed]
[edit] Transforming Obstacle to Opportunity-Business Life

After Olawepo graduated from the University of Lagos, he was confronted by an immediate problem: what to do with his future. The university authorities under the influence of the military authorities who were seeking to frustrate him had seized his certificate. The implication of this in a society that placed great premium on certificates rather than skills was that he could neither find a job as a graduate in the private sector nor in the public sector. This also meant he could not seek post-graduate studies.[citation needed]

The above challenge forced Olawepo into private business in 1991 after the stint at CDHR. He was interested in putting his skills as a trained mass-communicator to trade but he again had to dance round the provision of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relation decree and the Advertising Practitioners Council- both required his certificate to qualify for registration in order to practice advertising or public relation. The former student activist was now under intense pressure to beg the authorities by family members and relations who feel his future is now ruined especially when he is out of office and no one now seem to be speaking about his case.[citation needed]

However, Gbenga refused to beg his tormentors but took it in his strides. He saw an opportunity out of the obstacle after reading a thousand page books on political communication in America and the United Kingdom. He arrived at a decision to establish a pioneer outfit in political communications, thus circumventing the limitation imposed by the Advertising and Public Relation Law. After a faltering start with the incorporation of Prompt Link Ltd., his political communication initiative properly took off with the incorporation of ‘’Setandsell Ltd’’. He positioned his company against the traditional advertising agencies who he dismissed as mere product advertisers. He would say “you cannot package human beings like chocolate”. He created a market for himself where he quietly became a czar in his field; he transformed obstacles into great opportunities and transcended major barriers making huge returns on his investment. He also has wide ranging interests in the energy sector in Europe, America, and other African countries.[citation needed]
[edit] Partisan Politics

The former student union leader has distinguished himself in partisan politics. The Nigerian Tribune, a newspaper founded by the late Nigerian Nationalist leader, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, captured this properly. The newspaper sometimes ago wrote: “In the political firmament of Nigeria, there are young Saraki’s, young Azikiwe’s, young Adedoyin’s who are children of established political and financial magnates but there are few names that have made it on their own to the political centre stage like Gbenga Olawepo, a rising star with no fall back platform or push of any godfather or back up of any financial empire. Talking of emerging political leaders this is a true discovery’’ (29 April 2005).[citation needed]

1995 was his initial entrance into partisan politics when he became National Publicity secretary of the National Democratic Labour Party (NDLP) in the transition programme announced by the Abacha regime. Eventually his party and that of some politicians like Solomon Lar, Alhaji Rimi’s SPP, Ciroma and Bamanga Tukur’s ANC were denied registration. Rather than find accommodation in the military founded parties, Olawepo found association with principled politicians who opposed the late Nigerian military dictator Sani Abacha. This group of politicians first organised around the Institute for Civil Society and G-34 and later pioneered the formation of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).[citation needed]

Olawepo played a very active role in the formation of the PDP. He along with two others, Dahiru Awesu Kuta and Dubem Onyia, assisted Prof. Jerry Gana, Secretary of the formative process of the party. He also made generous material contributions to the party apart from intellectual contributions which earned him the respect of more senior citizens in the party. Of this, Prof. Gana said: “When the restoration process to democracy came in 1998/1999, he was one of the young people who stood with us so that we may allow the genuine process of democracy take place. He was one of those who came to us even when we were being harassed by the regime that time in G-34, one man who stood out any day, any time was Gbenga. I was the first secretary of the PDP transforming from G-34, the constitution and manifesto of the party were produced within 24 hours in my office and in Gbenga‘s press’’ . And talking of courage, it does appear it is innate in him. He has such an uncommon ability to make enormous sacrifice for whatever he believes in. For instance, after the Anti-SAP protest when he left Nigeria en-route Ghana to represent ‘’The All African Student Union’’ at the 13th Festival of youth and Students held in Korea, he was offered the opportunity to stay in Europe on exile since the military authorities were hunting for him in Nigeria. However, he offered to return home, saying, ‘’we have job to do in Nigeria’’.[citation needed]

Olawepo again displayed courage when General Abacha suddenly died in 1998, on the eve of the consummation of his planned transmutation into a civilian dictator. The duo of Olawepo and Dan Nwanyawu, now National Chairman of Labour Party, co-ordinating with Jerry Gana, moved into Fort IBB- a military barrack in Abuja, which housed the then Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Ishaya Bamayi -a key member of the military high command, to deliver a memorandum suggesting some direction for the transition to democracy. Interestingly, the final programme of transition reflected substantially their input. But it was a risky venture done when the destiny of the nation was hanging in the balance and when there was massive troop movement. Olawepo played prominent role in the transition process. In 1998/1999, he was the Secretary of the Women and Youth Development Committee of the Transition committee established by the then President-elect, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. He also assisted the then PDP Chief spokesperson – Senator Anietie Okon- in running the party’s vast information machinery at the period of campaign and during the transition.[citation needed]

At the first PDP elected convention in August 1999, the businessman come politician, Olawepo, was elected Deputy National Publicity Secretary. As a member of the National Executive Committee of the ruling party, he acquired the reputation of being a fearless and honest leader who spoke the truth to power. He advocated for adherence to party constitution and internal democracy in party administration, transparency and accountability in governance. In an administration that was initially distracted by executive- legislative squabbles, though he was close to the President, he publicly upbraided his dictatorial tendencies while supporting his anti-corruption crusade. He was also on top of efforts to make the leadership of the National Assembly accountable. He was committed to a set of ideals no matter whose horse was gored. ‘’His tenure in that capacity is easily remembered for the principled stand he took at a time when individual selfish interests constituted the looming albatross of the PDP. He personally fought against a ploy hatched by top national officials of the party to extend the tenure of party officers in contravention of the party statutes. The interesting irony in his position is that he would have been one of the beneficiaries had it succeeded. The furore and dust which that incident generated can be said to have contributed to his ouster from office and the eventual travails he suffered in PDP; such rare triumph of personal principle over a tempting political opportunism marked him out as a politician for the future’’.[citation needed]

Although he was returned to his office after a protracted court battle, a long bitter struggle over constitutionalism internal democracy and due process has been ignited in the party leading to the resignation of a number of founding fathers including Olawepo from the party as it grew increasingly anti-democratic with its officials acting increasingly with impunity. The crises in the PDP, however, brought to fore the best of Olawepo, which could not be ignored by his critics. Speaking about Olawepo, the present Foreign Minister of Nigeria and former National Secretary of the PDP, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, notes, ‘’the lives of people like Olawepo should inspire us to speak well of ourselves. Gbenga is an inner driven person not afraid to stand alone, not afraid to be unpopular, not afraid to hold a view. A man who is inner driven listens to the music of his own universe, listens to the applause of the spirit inside that have etched out an horizon, which he must conquer and moving in that direction, he takes the lead and others follow who can see the horizon with him, of such is the stuff of history, of such is the stuff of greatness.”[citation needed]

After quitting the PDP, which he helped to form, the politician businessman continued his partisan political career in the opposition. In April 2007, he ran as governorship candidate of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) in Kwara State and was declared first runner-up in an election many believed he won. International observers ruled the 2007 general elections as fraud. He contested the election result unsuccessfully to the appeal court. With the heat and tribunal processes over, Olawepo returned to school in the University of Buckingham to “cool off and catch up”. It was almost twenty years after he left University of Lagos where his hope of pursuing an immediate post-graduate programme was punctuated by the university withholding his certificate for six years after graduation during the era of military dictatorship.[citation needed]
[edit] Awards

He has won many recognitions and honours which include: The Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership Award conferred by the continental student body -All African Student Union- at Accra, Ghana in 2003; The Veteran Award-in 2005 at Caracas, Venezuela by the International Union of Students and World Federation of Democratic Youths, (WFDY). He also received the 2000 Nigerian Union of Journalist Award for Professional Excellence.[citation needed] In 2008 he was awarded the Max Bellof Scholarship for best performance in the first term's examinations on the MA in Global Affairs programme by the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom.[2] He has presented papers on ‘’African Two-Fold Misery- Aids and Wars, African Challenges of Democratization.’’ He has also written many academic papers. He has handled many challenging assignments nationally and internationally. He was Nigeria’s delegate to the funeral of Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria in 2001. At home, he served as a member of the PDP Constitutional Review Committee in year 2000 and member of the Democratic People’s Party Electoral Reform Committee set up after the 2007 election. He is well travelled and has visited over 27 countries. He has global business interest in the energy sector and is also given to charity works. He is a Christian and married with children. His early marriage was troubled leading to a divorce.[citation needed]
[edit] Criticisms

He has been criticized by his former colleagues in the radical movement over his association with his ex-jailer military ruler, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Some political observers have also criticized him for being too idealistic when he needed to be pragmatic, costing him political grounds in the slippery Nigerian terrain

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FROM THE GREATEST NIGERIAN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

THE NIGERIAN CURRENT PROBLEM IS YOUR FAULT.

I keep wondering when we abuse our leaders or accuse them of bad leadership, I wonder when we blame all the current crisis to bad governance, yet we are the cause. I am the cause of our bad situation currently in Nigeria, likewise you. When I hear about politics, the first thing I say is that it is a dirty game. For this reason, I have decided to stay away from a dirty game. But our country can’t do without politics. Most of the dirty people amongst us embrace politics and they remain our leaders. Despite seeing the corrupt and bad people leading us, we have failed to wake up and see the reason why we need to embrace politics and change politics from being a dirty game to a way of life. I want us to know that everything the politicians do affect us directly or indirectly and there is no way we can avoid politics. So how can we stay away from politics in the real sense? A man who concur his problems is a man that face it, if you run away from your problems, you can never concur. Why run away from politics? Why say let them do it the way they like? Why say Nigerian can never be good again? Why say we can’t change? Some people even pray for the country, but how can your prayers bring about the change when we have looters as leaders? How will your prayers be effective when we fail to question how our resources are been used? The truth is, God will never come down to help us, it his we that need to wakeup and insist on change and then God will assist us on it. If all the good people say no I can’t do politics, and all the bad people dominated our political setting just as we have in Nigerian currently then the future is at stake. Please I beg of you the good people in Nigeria, wake up and save us, because we are the future. When one good person says no, we must stop the corrupt politician, and others embrace it too, it won’t be long before we get to the promise land. When a politician loot our money to his personal account, we show less or no concern about it and looting ( stealing) became something of pride in this part of the world. When we see our looters we call leaders, we show them unnecessary respect, and we praise them for looting our resources, what a country. Is that how our prayers will be answered? When a Governor or president implement a project worth of N200million, He or she see it as an automatic means of stealing N2billion, but we the people instead of questioning his account, we will come out to the public and start praising his achievement. But I ask what achievement has such leader achieved? Some among us will even argue that he tried his best because there are others who did not do anything, yes there are others, but they are all the same. The little he did was with our resources not his. Reasons why I said we are the cause of our current situation is tfor example In a department of 200 students with one president, a sum of N1m was donated to this department. Assuming the president is a corrupt president, but only 5-10 students’ show concern about this money, don’t you think this is an avenue for the president to use his skills to loot huge part of this money? When the president loot N500k, it is easy for him or her to convince the few little students who show concern about the money to take there own part of the money and the issue will die. But when the total 200 or 150 students show much concern about it, that they want to know what was done with the N1m donated to the department not by simple talking but by making proper search about everything about the money, they keep pressing without relenting, Don’t you think it will be difficult for the president or any body to loot such money? That is why we are at fault; we need to show more concern on the decision of our leaders. Another example is in the bank. Every banker has access to money and I tell you most of them are willing to embezzle if they have a chance to do so. I am not saying bankers don’t embezzle, but it is limited. Why because the bankers were always placed on a constant security to monitor there activities and this will make it difficult for any banker to do such without notice.

Lets be the watch dog of our leaders.

I call on youths all over Nigeria, this is the time for change, let’s stand up and preach it.

I have wakened up and ready to save the nation.
You wake up; tell your friends and families too.
Tell the world, Nigeria must change.
Do your part.

From Abdulrazaq O Hamzat
The Greatest Nigerian Future Development


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Well this is getting interesting. IBB says the youths can't rule because he wants to rule while Obj says the youths can rule because he has ruled. Who is right? I want your opinion.

pat

after defeating the likes of Man U home and away,Arsenal Home and away,and Liverpool at the bridge, it will be easy for chelsea just like others

nice one

hey guys

which of these tracks do u think is the best?

i have been tryin to sort it out but i just keep changing my mind.

what do u think?\

anyone can past the lyrics here.

go to burundi, thats where u belong.

whats ur problem with my comment?

i bet 5000

, whats up man

Hello House members,
I stumbled upon this site www.elasira.com ,which is the first online Islamic sex shop and i found it a little interesting and more concentrated on erotic items as the owner said, "I wanted something different more than the usual all naked stuff,which is forbidden according to his religion"

After the site went online it recorded a huge traffic from all over the world and recorded in the first seven day 70,000 unique visitors alone.
Abdelaziz Aouragh (29), the owner of the site is a practicing Muslim and understand,what his fellow Muslims would like and among products featured in his site are Creams, Oil, that contain no alcohol in the production process.

Items such as Love Machine, Vibrator and items containing pornography are not found on this site because such are "Haram" according to Islam.

I would give a big thumbs up to Abdelaziz for this great idea and hope many young people around the world would take this as an example.

Eddy

cheers

i wish him well in is persuit

alabi for real

I can bet with anyone that inter will defeat Barca at home.

i believe pasuma is creative ever since, but still saheed did contribute to his change of genry i think

Hey guys.

i am used to creating fuji thread which i think is a way of promoting our indigenous music.

everyone keep talking abut hip hop here, and i think it will be cool if i talk about Fuji since its a genry on its own.

from my previous post,

i have been outlining the cause of the war of word between King Saheed osupa and Otunba Alabi Pasuma.

now to me, i think the result of Saheed osupa's dominance in the fuji house since 2008 till date has lead pasuma to a change in genry.

Pasuma is set to give hiphop album a trial after much collaboration with other hiphop artist.

but i said to myself, why at this point after celebrating his 25 years on fuji stage.

why will he dumb a genry that has shown him to the world and gave him lots of fans home and abroad.

despite saheed's dominance in the fuji house, there are some fans that will fight for pasuma with d last drop of there blood.

Why can't pasuma step up his game and give saheed a good run for his talent so as to stay on top again.


he has done lots of collabo's with hiphop artist which is good, but that those not mean switching.


i fear that this switch might affect his career and even fuji music its self.

what do you guys think?

or do you think am wrong to assume that saheed osupa contributed to pasuma change of mind?

I say kudos to pasuma for this wonderful innovation.

But i want you guys to know that pasuma is not the first fuji artist to wish for such diversion, Abass Akande A.k.a Obesere has done the same.


But i will say,i agree with you.

Redman44:
Pasuma has collaborated with Nigerian Hip-Hop artistes in the past. It could be the motivation for his decision to release a Hip-Hop album.  However, I don't think he has what it takes to evolve into a thorough Hip-Hop artiste. I'm not against innovation, but Pasuma should stick to Fuji Music and make it more international. Pasuma only needs to work on his music and make it more acceptable to Foreigners. He has what it takes to succeed where Kollington Ayinla and Sikiru Ayinde Barrister failed. Lets take a look at Femi Kuti. He's evolving and innovating constantly with Afro-beat music. He did not attempt to delve into Hip-Hop music but he has worked with Mos Def and Common [ American Rappers ] on some of his tracks. Femi Anikulapo Kuti will be performing at Glastonbury Festival in England this year. Any artist who performs at Glastonbury Festival is highly regarded.

Wasiu Alabi Pasuma needs to push Fuji music into the consciousness of International music lovers. We've got enough Hip-hop artists in Nigeria already. Cheers.


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these fuji artists should work on promoting fuji music instead of diverting to hip hop.

They should add flavour to it so as to attract the world.

I think King Saheed osupa A.k.a Saridon P is on the right direction

will get back to you soon

King Saheed Osupa ( Saridon P)

Ahmadiya is a mis- guided sect although not in all its teachings.

but any sect that some of its belief are mis - guidance to the people should be considered a misguided sect.


i have an uncle who is a member of Ahmadiyya, he has been a member for over 20 year now.

I know them very well, \


i have prayed in there mosque before and i saw some questionable acts.

and mostly an Ahmadiyy member don't usually pray in any other mosque, even if they traveled to some places. they will make sure they look for Ahmadiyya mosque around.

and if they didn't find any, huh

Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Qul Huw-Allahu Ahad
Allah-us-Samad
Lam yalid wl lam yulad
Wa lam yakul lahu kufuwan ahad

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
Say: He is Allah, the One!
Allah, the eternally Besought of all!
He begetteth not nor was begotten.
And there is none comparable unto Him



Suratul al-Ikhlâs - The Purity




In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Say: He is Allah, the One and Only!
Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
He begetteth not nor is He begotten.
And there is none like unto Him.

- translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



Al-Ikhlâs is sûrah (chapter) 112 of the Qur'ân, and is said to be one of the earliest revelations that the Prophet Muhammad received from archangel Gabriel.

The Arabic root of the word ikhlâs is kh-l-s which means to be purified or refined. The very concept of refining and purifying signifies the burning away of all impurities, leaving nothing but the very essence of that which was sought, which, in this case, is Allah.

Such a purification is the burning away of all of the worldly misunderstandings, concerns and desires that separate us from the One; the One and Only upon whom we depend, the One and Only who is our foundation rock, the Eternal One and Only.

As a further testimony to the unity of the One who has created all of mankind, note the striking similarity in the Bhagavad-Gita written in India a thousand years earlier:

You are the One Creator of all the worlds,
and of that which moves and that which does not move,
You alone are fit for worship, You are the highest Teacher,
In all the worlds there is none equal to You.

- Bhagavad-Gita 11:43


A deeper look into al-Ikhlâs:


The following is al-Ikhlâs, line-by-line in Arabic, followed by a simple transliteration, and four well-known English translations.

(Pronunciation guide: i as in sit, a as in bat, u as in put, â as the a in father, î as the ee in reel, û as the oo in moot.)



bismillâh ir-rahmân ir-rahîm

Yusuf Ali: In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Pickthall: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Shakir: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Muhammed Ali: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.



Qul huwa Allâhu ahad

Yusuf Ali: Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;
Pickthal: Say: He is Allah, the One!
Shakir: Say: He, Allah, is One.
Muhammed Ali: Say: He, Allah, is One.



Allâh s-samad

Yusuf Ali: Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
Pickthal: Allah, the eternally Besought of all!
Shakir: Allah is He on Whom all depend.
Muhammed Ali: Allah is He on whom all depend.



Lam yalid wa lam yûlad

Yusuf Ali: He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;
Pickthal: He begetteth not nor was begotten.
Shakir: He begets not, nor is He begotten.
Muhammed Ali: He begets not, nor is He begotten;



wa lam yakul-la-hû kufu-wan ahad

Yusuf Ali: And there is none like unto Him.
Pickthal: And there is none comparable unto Him.
Shakir: And none is like Him.
Muhammed Ali: And none is like Him.



Going even deeper into al-Ikhlâs:


No simple literal translation can capture the magnificence or the delicate nuances of these Arabic verses. Every word has multiple levels of meaning, and each line brings new insights and inspirations with every reading. To begin to discover the deeper meanings of these verses, let's look at the deeper meanings of the words, line by line:

(Pronunciation guide: i as in sit, a as in bat, u as in put, â as the a in father, î as the ee in reel, û as the oo in moot. )



Qul huwa Allâhu ahad

qul = say, teach, tell
root q-w-l , to speak, say, inspire, point out, tell, relate, teach, assert

huwa = he
pronoun, 3rd person, masc, nominative

Allahu = Allah
the u at the end indicates that Allah is the subject

ahad = the one, the only one, one without any partner, one without a second



Allâh s-samad

Allah = Allah

s-samad = eternal, absolute, one whom all need, one who is the foundation of all, solid, independent



Lam yalid wa lam yûlad

lam = (particle) did not, was not

yalid = give birth to, generate, produce, sire, beget
ya is an imperfect prefix, the root is w-l-d

wa = and, and also

lam = (particle) not, did not, was not

yulad = birthed, born, generated, produced, sired, begotten
yu is imperfect prefix, the root is w-l-d



wa lam yaku llahû kufuwan ahad

wa = and, and also

lam = (particle) was not, did not

yaku(n) = is, was
ya is an imperfect prefix, root k-w-n, ( note: the n is not pronounced in this phrase)

llahu = unto Him, with Him

kufuwan = equal, like, comparable, matching, corresponding
root k-f- ' meaning to be comparable, like, similar to

ahad = the One, the only One, the One without any partner, the One without a second



Interpretation:

Armed with these definitions and your own inner guidance, you can create your own poetic rendering of al-Ikhlâs, just go through al-Ikhlâs word-by-word, inserting the definition of each word that seems to speak to you. For example, here is a poetic rendering that I enjoy:

For the glory of Allah, the Merciful One Who is endlessly Beneficent, and Who Graciously rewards those who live in Divine harmony,

1) (Muhammad,) teach them: He, Allah, is the Only One;
2) Allah is the Eternal One upon Whom all depend
3) He Who creates without a partner, and Who was not created
4) and there is none comparable to the One.


Hadith relating to the importance of al-Ikhlâs:

According to al-Bukhari, Abu Sa`id narrated that the Messenger of Allah said to his Companions:

Is one of you not able to recite a third of the Qur'an in a single night?

This was something that was difficult for them and they said, "Which of us is able to do that, O Messenger of Allah?''

To which he replied,



Allah al-Wahid as-Samad is a third of the Qur'an.