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Jobs/Vacancies › Re: NLNG Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship 2017 by blackbriar: 6:30pm On Apr 28, 2017
Garule01:
is there anyone here that has successfully again the NLNG scholarship before that can tell us more about it?
its for genius's ,first class graduates,9A's in WAEC SO MY BRODA,IF U NO GET ALL DIS REQUIREMNETS JUS BONE
Christianity Etc › Re: Pope Francis Asks Catholics To Pray For His Journey To Egypt. by blackbriar(op): 4:12pm On Apr 28, 2017
Christianity Etc › Re: Pope Francis Asks Catholics To Pray For His Journey To Egypt. by blackbriar(op): 12:34pm On Apr 28, 2017
Pope francis landed in cairo 54 mins ago
Christianity Etc › Pope Francis Asks Catholics To Pray For His Journey To Egypt. by blackbriar(op): 12:33pm On Apr 28, 2017
His trip comes just weeks after 45 people killed in Egyptian church bombings
But bold pontiff has turned down use of armoured car despite security risks
His spokesman said terror attacks are part of the world of 'the new normal'


Pope Francis has asked his Christian followers to pray for him as he heads to Egypt as a 'pilgrim of peace' tomorrow.
The head of the Catholic church made the plea on Twitter as a Vatican spokesman confirmed the pontiff would not be using an armoured car as his predecessors did for foreign trips.
His move is especially bold given it comes just weeks after two Palm Sunday suicide bombings on Egyptian churches that killed at least 45 people.

Pope Francis is facing a religious and diplomatic balancing act as he heads to the Middle East, where he is hoping to comfort the Christian community after a spate of Islamic attacks while seeking to improve relations with Muslim leaders.
Security has been tightened, with shops ordered closed and police conducting door-to-door checks in the upscale Cairo neighborhood where Francis will stay Friday night.
His only public Mass is being held at a military-run stadium.
Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said Francis wasn't overly concerned and wouldn't be riding in a protected car.

Francis insisted on going ahead with the trip even after the bombings in Tanta and Alexandria as well as the subsequent attack at the famed St. Catherine's monastery in Sinai.
'We're in the world of "new normal",' Burke said. 'But we go forward with serenity.'
The highlight of the two-day trip will be Francis' visit Friday to Al-Azhar, the revered 1,000-year-old seat of learning in Sunni Islam. There, he will meet privately with grand imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, and participate in an international peace conference.Francis has insisted that Christian-Muslim dialogue is the only way to overcome Islamic extremism of the kind that has targeted Christians and driven them from their 2,000-year-old communities in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East.
While condemning extremist attacks against Christians, he has said he is traveling to Egypt as a messenger of peace at a time when the world is 'torn by blind violence.'
But his message of dialogue and tolerance has been rejected as naive by even some of his fellow Jesuits, for whom Islam remains 'a religion of the sword' that has failed to modernize.
Even ordinary Egyptian Christians see his visit as a nice gesture but one that ultimately won't change their reality.
The pope's visit, following el-Sissi's recent reception at the White House, will crown the time and effort he has invested in shaking off the international isolation he suffered after his 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president.
Egypt's Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the country's 92 million people, have been strong backers of el-Sissi even after the recent attacks and amid mounting international criticism of human rights violations by his government.
Burke, the Vatican spokesman, acknowledged that the pope could be used by leaders for their political ends during his foreign trips. But he insisted Francis has an agenda of his own: to minister to Egypt's tiny Catholic community, express solidarity with the broader Christian community and improve ties with Muslims.

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 12:16pm On Apr 28, 2017
Joshmedia1:
Hi, What If I Haven't Be Offered Admission?
its a required document since its a blocked account
Politics › Re: The Bravest Recorded Act Of Valour In Most Recent Military Times By A So Far by blackbriar(op): 8:14pm On Apr 27, 2017
PaulKillerman:
. wow!!!/this is chilling., real bravery; if this isn't, then I don't know what is... cry sad
thanks for your input
Crime › Was Hitler Really That Evil? by blackbriar(op): 3:34pm On Apr 27, 2017
going through history,everyone tags hitler as he embodiment of all that is evil,but looking at it,minus the holocaust,adolf did what every other european leader would have done,only hitler was better prepared.
Stalin purged his army and was purged the polish army and was a stone cold communist to his people
or was it gen. francisco franco and his leftist purge after the spanish civil war or even almighty napoleon bonaparte.
yes...the NAZI were power drunk sycophant(i personally dislike himmler and goring),but hitler was a genius in a way,dis was the same german in 1914 that suffered the massively in WW1, and had to pay the debt for the entire war,the economy was so bad that to buy a loaf of bread,one needed a wheel barrow of deutschemark fast forward to 1939, and you had the most sophisticated army in der welt.....unterboats,panzers,jerrycan,fanta,enigma,even HUGO BOSS designed the uniforms for the wehrmacht...am not in any way justify the holocaust,i guess the world was just amazed that nazi germany was just too sophisticated for the war,but the holocaust was a terrible crime

so my verdict......guilty but was he ever the worst of them all?

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 3:20pm On Apr 27, 2017
gracious136:
Good afternoon house,
Please can someone book for the visa interview if the blocked account has not been funded.
I await your response.
Thanks
YES ,
Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 3:19pm On Apr 27, 2017
Fikky2016:
Hello all, how can I get form A, so that I can fund my account ?
GO TO REGIONAL HQ OR HQ OF BANKS IN UR STATE
IF IN LAG ENTER MARINA OR VI
Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 3:18pm On Apr 27, 2017
chidi4eze:
please for how much?
Is it Schneider institute?
YES ,JA
Politics › Re: The Bravest Recorded Act Of Valour In Most Recent Military Times By A So Far by blackbriar(op): 2:53pm On Apr 27, 2017

Politics › The Bravest Recorded Act Of Valour In Most Recent Military Times By A So Far by blackbriar(op): 2:04pm On Apr 27, 2017
On 17 March 2016, senior lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko of the Russian Spetsnaz was surrounded by the ISIS terrorists. He called in an airstrike on his coordinates and took out about 50 terrorists with himself.

Sr. Lt. Prokhorenko was performing the task behind the enemy lines in Palmyra, Syria of designating the vital targets for airstrikes. After a week of staying hidden, he was spotted by the ISIS terrorists who tried to capture him. For the entire day he was evading them. He called for an extraction that was sent from the Russian base, but it would take 15 minutes for them to reach him. Not having more ammunition to resist and knowing he would endanger the extraction party, he called his CO and demanded to cancel the extraction and deliver an airstrike on his coordinates

Here is the radio communication transcript with Alexander’s last words:
[b]Prokhorenko: Command, I am surrounded, I am surrounded again.
Command: Please repeat and confirm.
Prokhorenko: They have spotted me, they are shooting everywhere, I am pinned, requesting evacuation immediately.
Command: Evacuation request acknowledged.
Prokhorenko: Please hurry, I am low on ammo, they are coming from everywhere, I can't hold them for too long, please hurry.
Command: Evacuation is coming, hold them off, keep returning fire, go to safe position. Air support is on its way, give your coordinates.
Prokhorenko gives the coordinates.
Command repeats the coordinates: Confirm.
Prokhorenko: Confirmed, please hurry, I am low on ammo, they are surrounding me, bastards.
Command: 12 minutes until evacuation, return to cover, I repeat, return to cover.
Prokhorenko: They are close, I am surrounded, this may be the end, tell my family I love them.
Command: Return to green line, keep returning fire, help is on the way, wait for air support.
Prokhorenko: Negative, I am surrounded, there are so many of these bastards.
Command: 10 minutes, return to green line.
Prokhorenko: I can't, they have surrounded me and are closing in, please hurry.
Command: Move to green line, repeat, move to green line.
Prokhorenko: They are coming, conduct the airstrike now, please hurry, this is the end, tell my family I love them and I died fighting for my country.
Command: Negative, return to green line.
Prokhorenko: I can't, command, I am surrounded, they are coming, I don’t want them to take me. Conduct the airstrike, they will make a mockery of me and the uniform. I want to die with dignity and take all these bastards with me. Fulfill my last wish, conduct the airstrike, they will kill me either way.
Command: Please confirm your request
Prokhorenko: They are here, this is the end commander, thank you. Tell my family and my country I love them, tell them I was brave and I fought until I could no longer. Please take care of my family, avenge my death. Good bye commander, tell my family I love them.
Command doesn't respond, orders the airstrike.[/b]
Politics › Why Is Hand To Hand Combat Not Valued By The Military? by blackbriar(op): 7:21pm On Apr 26, 2017
There is a russian joke about the subject, that for a soldier to apply the knowledge of unarmed combat on the battlefield:

He needs to lose his unit.
He needs to lose his firearm.
He needs to lose his knife.
He needs to lose his spade, his belt, his armour, his helmet, and everything else he could use as a makeshift weapon.
He needs to find himself on a plain open area without any rock, wooden stick, metal shard or anything alike.
He needs to meet there another useless idiot like himself.
And only after all these conditions are met they can finally engage in a fair and square hand-to-hand.

culled form quora
Christianity Etc › Re: Were The Early Christians Roman Catholics? by blackbriar: 3:00pm On Apr 26, 2017
easymancfc:
The Early Church fathers were Catholic in their beliefs... the Councils you mentioned were called by either the Pope or a Christian leader through the Pope...
They didn't have different beliefs either, that's why councils were called to define a belief binding on the universal church and condemn all heresy and heresy promulgators contrary to the Universal Christian belief

Council of Nicea... Called against Arianism (that Jesus is subordinate to the father).. the divinity of Jesus was defined here.. the Catholic deacon Athanasius who later became Bishop of Alexandria defend that belief...

Council of Hippo (393).... for scripture canon attended by Catholics like St Augustine among others

Council of Carthage (397) for scripture canon again which contains the deuterocanonical books to confirm hippo

Council of Ephesus (431) .... was called against nestoranism (belief that Jesus has separate human and separate divine nature).. the theotokos (Mother of God) doctrine was defined here because Jesus is God, and the Council was held in Ephesus because Mary lived there after Jesus's death

Council of Chalcedon (451).. against marcionism.. which says Christ has only one nature.. The doctrine of hypostasis was defined here...

MAYBE "ROMAN CATHOLIC" MAY BE A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW... THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS NOT JUST ROMAN, THERE ARE ALSO BYZANTINE CATHOLICS, ARMENIAN CATHOLICS ,
COPTIC CATHOLICS , ETHIOPIAN CATHOLICS , EAST SYRIAN CATHOLICS (CHALDEAN), WEST SYRIAN CATHOLICS

A DISCIPLE OF THE APOSTLE JOHN (IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH) WAS CREDITED WITH THE FIRST KNOWN USED OF THE GREEK WORD TO DESCRIBE THE CHURCH..
Ignatius of Antioch in about 107AD on his way to Rome to be killed for his faith.. used the Greek word katholikos (καθολικός),
meaning "universal", "complete" and "whole" to describe the church, writing:
"Wherever the bishop appears,
there let the people be; as
wherever Jesus Christ is, there
is the Catholic Church. It is not
lawful to baptize or give
communion without the
consent of the bishop. On the
other hand, whatever has his
approval is pleasing to God.
Thus, whatever is done will be
safe and valid. — Letter to the
Smyrnaeans 8, J.R. Willis translation.
"
It is from the word katholikos ("according to the whole"wink that the word catholic comes.
When Ignatius wrote the Letter to the
Smyrnaeans in about the year 107 and used the word catholic , he used it as if it were a word already in use to describe the Church.

Wikipedia link for you
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Antioch
The word ROMAN CATHOLIC is a derogatory term used by the protestants on the LATIN CHURCH,THE largest of the CATHOLIC CHURCH
Christianity Etc › Re: Were The Early Christians Roman Catholics? by blackbriar: 5:04pm On Apr 25, 2017
easymancfc:
Do you know any early Church fathers?? Ignatius of Antioch maybehuh
eusebius and tertullian
Celebrities › Re: Daddy Freeze Reacts To Apostle Suleman's "David's Mother Was A Harlot" Comment by blackbriar: 3:19pm On Apr 25, 2017
oruma19:
pls where did u get this story from? Certainly not the Bible we read every dat. I am interested in such a book . How do I get such book pls . I keep saying it that there's so much about the Jewish history and Bible characters that we don't know about. I am tired of being deceived by these "tithe promoters" we call pastors. I need to knw more and knowing requires studying books that are relevant to the scriptures. Pls do recommend the book I will do everything to get it. Thanks
the jewish kabbalah
Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 7:37pm On Apr 24, 2017
Henry85:
Ok, Thanks so much. I am trying to know all the required documents for scanning, so that I can get the missing ones ready. if you have opened the account with Fintiba, kindly let me know all the documents you scanned... Thanks
Admission letter and intl passport
U wuld take a pix of u holding ur passport to ur face with ur passport details clearly seen
Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 6:54pm On Apr 24, 2017
Henry85:
Ok dear, am sorry about that... Thanks. I actually wanted to know which documents are to be scanned and uploaded when filling the form online..
your intl passport
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Job Vacancy For Contact Centre At Vic Lawrence And Associates by blackbriar(op): 5:05pm On Apr 24, 2017
Please note that there be interview for this process and it is for candidates based in lagos
thanks
Jobs/Vacancies › Job Vacancy For Contact Centre At Vic Lawrence And Associates by blackbriar(op): 4:45pm On Apr 24, 2017
are u a graduate,finished nysc,28 years or below and very pretty or handsome and speak hausa fluently
VLA is recruiting for contact centre for a top bank in Nigeria.
come with your cv,credentials and passport photograph to VLA HOUSE,PLOT 1690B BURAIMOH KENKU STREET,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS
TOMORROW TUESDAY 25/04/2017 AT 8.00 AM
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Christianity Etc › Re: Were The Early Christians Roman Catholics? by blackbriar: 11:43am On Apr 22, 2017
DoctorAlien:
The apocryphal books were not canon before 397 A.D. going by concensus of use. And since the catholic church only gathered in the council of Carthage simply to recognize as canon those books which were already canon by concensus of use, we know then that the apocryphal books were not even thought of in that council.

I know. I know. I know how the catholic church can manufacture forged documents as evidence to support their lies. So, don't even bother showing me any evidence of the council of Carthage listing the apocryphal books as canon.
What do you mean by "you know the church can manufacture forged documents",you guys are just anti-catholic fanatics.
Have you ever worked with the church in any means( diocesan or vatican) and they gave you forged documents? Have you?Going by your argument that means the Bible is a forged document . Is it?
Christianity Etc › Re: Is There An Archangel Named Uriel? by blackbriar: 9:14am On Apr 22, 2017
He isn't mentioned in the bible but in the jewish kabbalah,he is mentioned as an archangel,he is venearted in eastern europe as an archangel
Christianity Etc › Re: Were The Early Christians Roman Catholics? by blackbriar: 8:57am On Apr 22, 2017
The early christians were christians(although they were numerous xtian sects),but the church was catholic(Universal),a single community professing same faith.
The term Roman catholic is a derogatory term used by protestants towards the latin church.
The catholic church has 12 churches with the latin church(wat u called roman catholics) been the biggest.
There are byzantine catholics,coptic catholics etc
Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 9:15am On Apr 21, 2017
juniorbeard:
You do well blackbriar. I just wish I could get a link or something to educate me more on these figures. Coz I saw info that it would be enough but I also need a sponsor or company with at least N10m. I just hope the N10m is only for proof and not for use.
Once u get admission d school go even tell u home much u need base on the state economic prowress.

https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/bewerbung/en/9199-visa-application/
Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 8:29am On Apr 20, 2017
Danny4show:
sorry boss you mean the minimum amount one must have in the block account is 2.7m now?
thought it was 3m..
If u use form A at banks, at parallel rate its 2.7milla
Celebrities › Re: Ikoyi $50m: Mo Abudu "I Have Never Received Any Apartment From Rotimi Amaechi" by blackbriar: 8:16am On Apr 20, 2017
hedonistic:
Accomplished indeed. Perhaps it's by runzing men like Amaechi and channeling the money she gets from them into so-called visible (but not necessarily profitable) ventures that she can lay claim to being "accomplished".
She owns the first ever hotel in lekki region,that chevron was using back then.
Moments with month(first ever syndicate show in africa)
Inspire Africa
Ebony life TV(first ever naija satellite tv station)
Movie producer(50 and the wedding party that broke all cinema records in naija)
And some other coys
Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 8:11am On Apr 20, 2017
juniorbeard:
Hello Nigermans,
I intend to apply for a M.Eng/M.Sc Civil Engineering admission at a couple of German universities. I should have applied earlier but have been trying to save up to N8m to avoid stories that touch. So far I have about N4m. I know the German university search sites recommend a total of about E8000 for a year bla bla bla undecided. But as an original Naija guy wey know wetin him dey find, I'm not interested in flamboyance and excesses. I wish to cut all unnecessary spending. So, I need to know if I can make do with N4m for four semesters (for all expense) otherwise what figure can I consider. of course I intend to work while studying. I also need to know what amount the authorities want to see as financial capacity proof. Abeg make una epp a brother.
4m is more than enuf,ryt now with form A,its about 2.7 mil,its rent and health insurance dat chop money pass,food is cheap,so with 4m,thhats 1 and half year funds
Politics › Re: Ikoyi $43 Million: Rivers State Government Claims Ownership by blackbriar: 10:35am On Apr 15, 2017
IVORY2009:
[s][/s]

Nonsense shocked
But bros seriously,do states sell oil blocs?
Christianity Etc › Re: Is Roman Catholism A False Gospel? by blackbriar: 9:47am On Apr 15, 2017
luckyCO:
1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God(KJV).
No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.(NIV)

If it is by catholic doctrine you are right, infact I have thought like that before but by the bible see my submission;

If you need indulgence it means you are not under blood and there is no way your sins can be remitted or taken away.
Anybody who continued to sin, it mean the love of the Father is not in him, he is by and large a child of the devil, by so you don't need your sins to be forgiven nor indulgence because you don't see anything wrong in them.

If pope has power to give you indulgence then you will have larger % of the member do whatever they need on the next papal mass you receive indulgence, then you don't need Christ. Pope will not be there when you are committing the said sin, so if you have more dependent of pope it is another form of idolatry. If you know that right there in your bedroom/market/heart etc Christ is there watching you, you will be very afraid to do anyhow talk more of intentional sin. Just like you cannot do anyhow before your fearful/lovable earthly father. That is how Holy Ghost works with believer.


Just like the way we think when we were small, "Let us finished and go to confession". And when we finish priest will give us say 3 hail Mary that is all, while some rev fr will warn you. But that act of confession to priest cannot remit your sins.
Many charismatic don't go to confession because they know it is anti-bible.
Like I said ,indulgence isn't for forgiveness of sins,the sacrament of penance is
Politics › Re: Ikoyi $43 Million: Rivers State Government Claims Ownership by blackbriar: 8:53am On Apr 15, 2017
That cash belongs to Anambra state,Peter Obi stays in that building
Politics › Re: Ikoyi $43 Million: Rivers State Government Claims Ownership by blackbriar: 8:45am On Apr 15, 2017
wink2015:
Nigerian politician with drama!

Ibori $15 bribe to Malam Ribadu was seized by the federal government and lodge in the Central Bank and the Delta state government is laying claim to the money.

Now, Ameachi $43 million naira being alleged that was found in Ikoyi and seized by EFCC and lodged in the Central Bank and the Rivers state government is laying claim to the money.

History seems to be repeating itself.

But why is Governor Ameachi keeping silence on all this allegation against him.

If this allegation is proven to be true, then Ameachi could be kicked out of the Buhari Administration and prosecuted for money laundering.

That huge amount can fix our epileptic power sector but one greedy rat kept that money all for himself probably waiting for 2019 to be used in contesting election.
He is keeping quiet so that he can tear a big hole in all dis allegations,first una say na muazu house,dat d md nnpc brings cash there,which the oocupants of that apartment have agreed to her sightints, d md quickly refuted d claims tru her lawyers and threatened to release sms from top govt officials(nobody see dis one discuss), then wike says its apc stunt,dat d cash aint real, den same wike says its amechis loot then lere says its amechi loots that he used to buy a floor for his babe......pls which is the truth
Has effcc made any official announcements abt the ownership?
Very soon we will hear that its sai baba loots from ptdf days

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