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Why should you read/take personal posts, that are offensive to you? I just deal with them or shrug them of
This thread should be tagged. . . "please fart here if you have some gas".
Most are not complaints about the problems in the political section. . . but idle rants.
If people have such issues on the net, one can only imagine what their lives are like off line.

_*shudders*

Enjoying them any hau.



Now a real complaint. . .

I have finally suffered the sting of the 'spambots'. . . for the third time in less than one month.
What measures are being taken to prevent such from happening. . .in the future(assuming there is one)?

Is it an offence to cut and paste or to quote portions of a poster's write-up to address some points within?

Or is the software just plainly outdated and needs a-fixin'?

Wharrrup?

Re: Breaking[b] New[/b]: Tony Enahoro Finally[b] Pass-on[/b]

Hmm!

This is dangerous.

Actually, she is very smart.
This is her crowing glory.
I think she will make a fine senator.

Talk less. . . chop more.
Way to go D.N.A.(Dora Nkem Akunyili)

If you can't beat them, join them.
Glad you finally understand Nigerian politics.

She sure did. . .

@Becomrich2

Is everything airight? I could not make any heads or tails from your write-up.
You know 'Yoruba' and anything 'Yoruba' requires a 'handle with care approach'.
What is that picture you posted up there about?
We should support DM just as the 'Yoruba' peeps support their leaders? Just out of 'sheer' love and 'nepotism'?
Is that what you made reference to here?

What is my point. It is not money , that wins you election. It is iyi or honour. this is how they do politics in Yorubaland.

Oh. . .I think NOT!  Has that worked for your Yoruba peeps?. . . . . You can't be serious.

Blazay, most nigerian who lived abroad dont build thier house in your home village.

Errrm. . . never mind. If you call living in Ghana 'abroad'. . .

@silami

No, it is not his time. . . Just like Jonathan "ill-luck". . . Ribadu 'the hypocrite'. . .is not quite experienced in the 'teifing' arena. Only 'poor' people can dream of voting for Ribadu.
He represents the hungry masses who can't wait to get themselves into the corrupt engine of Nigeria. The problem with Nigerians is that they love to associate with poverty in politics except in religion. . .where others would bleed them dry. I will not pitch my tent with any poverty-stricken politician in Nigeria. . . .for they are indigent crooks. Pick a wealthy crook who has 'touched' money in his life and he may just perhaps. . .spare you the disappointment of being that humble messiah/dog in a manger turned OBJ after 8 years of nothingness.

Pappij:
, geez man, very funny although contestable!

Well, look at him.

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@ only 50. . . The Decagenerian Robert Mugabe looks a whole lot healthier. One would think that After Yaradua, Nigerians would be able to make better decisions and recognize one physically 'unfit' for any office in Nigeria. I am not sure when last he had a physical exam. . .but me thinks the results are not going to be good in the cardiovascular department
One stress test might just do him in and bang. . . .his VP. . .becomes the next president. You don't even need help from Okija.

Oh dear. . .what a first lady that would have been too.

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Now look at one of their sons too. . . .?   What does he eat every morning for chrissakes. . . 2 live goats?

I hope this is no longer 'contestable'?

For a man with young children. . . he needs to take care of himself first.

She must have lived a hard life to look like that after 40 years married to one man.

She looks 90.


Wow. What a story.

http://www.divorcesaloon.com/2009/11/03/london-nigerian-woman-left-destitute-by-her-nigerian-barrister-husband-in-nigeria-appeals-to-british-court/

LONDON: Nigerian woman left destitute by her Nigerian barrister husband in NIGERIA; appeals to British court

https://www.divorcesaloon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nigerian-2-213x300.jpg

Sikirat Agbaje, 68, is a British citizen of Nigerian heritage who got completely cremed by her husband Olusola, 71, when the barrister filed for divorce against his wife in Nigeria. In the outcome, Olusola received upwards of £600,000 and gave her a paltry £7,000 after 40 years of marriage and five children.  Not surprisingly, the Nigerian Courts somehow thought that was equitable for this stand up guy of a husband (and barrister!) [size=16pt]to leave his wife destitute and practically penniless after 40 years of marriage and five kids.[/size] Big surprise.

Anyway, to make a long story short, Sikirat brought suit in England, I guess to try to set aside the Nigerian judgment and re-open the divorce case so that she could revisit the issue of equitable distribution. It has been a circuitous journey through the London courts for the Nigerian senior citizen to say the least. Says the Times Online:

She was successful in the High Court in London, where she was awarded £275,000, only for her former husband to take the case to the Court of Appeal, which to ruled that the original Nigerian award should stand.

Now, after several court hearings and rulings by six senior judges in London, at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds’ legal aid, the case is going before the Supreme Court.

I find myself with a million questions. For example, I ask myself:

SHOULD SHE BE ALLOWED TO FORUM SHOP and ENGAGE IN THIS DIVORCE TOURISM? But then again, how can it be tourism when she is British?

AS A BRITISH CITIZEN, DOESN’T THE BRITISH COURT HAVE JURISDICTION TO VACATE THE SETTLEMENT FOR LACK OF FAIRNESS? In other words, do the British courts have no  “discretion” whatsoever in this matter? Are they bound to give this ridiculous settlement “full faith and credit” with no authority whatsoever to set it aside?

CAN’T SHE BRING A SEPARATE FAMILY COURT ACTION TO GET SUPPORT FOR THE CHILDREN which would pretty much be a round about way of getting her some funds she should have gotten anyway from the Nigerian judgment?

CAN’T SHE MODIFY THE JUDGMENT BASED ON CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES or newly discovered evidence?

WHAT ABOUT A CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST ARGUMENT? http://www.divorcesaloon.com/is-ruth-madoff-shopping-for-a-divorce-lawyer This case would seem to me to be a ripe one for constructive trust, all other options being off the table. Forget setting aside the judgment, and just bring a separate civil action for constructive trust for one of those properties in England that they owned as husband and wife on the basis that the husband has been “unjustly enriched?” I mean, why can’t her lawyers try that argument? Is there no mechanism for constructive trust in British law?  Is that the problem? Or am I missing the forest here?

I think I would just argue constructive trust and the heck with whatever settlement they had, and get one of those properties.

But yea. What a stand up guy that Olusola is, leaving his senior citizen wife destitute like that at 68. What a stand up guy. He deserves a medal for being such a stand up guy. Somebody give this stand up guy a medal! And put him on a throne while you’re giving it to him.

Just wondering why 'spambot' does not get to people like you?
How many times will you post this?

^
Not desperate, just plain mischief. A lot of mind games. Nothing genuine or well-intentioned. The reason I feel only psychos would roam around there.
I saw all the privacy options and all but just plainly lost interest after getting messages in my mail box like 'aki and paw-paw are now connected'.

Do I know aki? No.
Do I know paw paw? No.
My business with one or both? Nada.

Why inform me?
1,500 friends tweeting and updating everything going on in their lives? Well, God bless them.
Yup, to each his own.  . . . 'lump of fufu, amala, akpu, eba or iyan'. . .
Not in the cards for me. I like to fight with fstranger online without getting anywhere close to him. . .

Frankly, I am waaay past the age and stage of making new friends or hooking up with old ones.  I could use my brains and resources for more productive things.

Besides, I don't like 'changes' or dealing with 'new' issues in old 'skins'.

People generally do not interest me. . .unless they have productive lives. . .so count meeting single people OUT!

Oh, well. Spambot  has freed my original handle. . .let me go in search of fstranger and co.

^^^

Oh lord. . .fstranger. Can't wait to get rid of him too. He is in my dreams I tellya. The one reason I really have to get off NL after the holidays. What a pest!

You don't agree totally? Ok. If anyone can get the least of satisfaction from FBK why not. It did nothing for me I tellya.

When I started getting unclothed pictures of old girlfriends in my mail box, I knew it was time to get the heck out of dodge.

Not a saint by anymeans. . . but not my standards.

As for connecting with old school mates and relatives. . . I don't need those either. Not socially gregarious by any means. Too busy anyway.

Depends on the degree and the parties involved.

Positive envy like from a loved one, friend or accquaintance(healthy). . . encourage, share and motivate.
Negative envy(from the wickedly jealous people of the world). . .avoid such people entirely, they can kill you.

How do you manage the feeling of people around you who feel threaten by your personality?

I avoid them like the devil himself. They are enemies of progress. The reason they are still where they are. . .always stuck in the mud with both feet.

Yes. I would.

The only option for me really if I were single.

No more kids.

Even if I were not. . . this would not be a problem.

I know in the US, where I lived for over 15 years, stuff like this flies easily, but here in 9ja, society still frowns on that.

The way you present your family is the way the world would take them. Live your life and don't let the world live it for you.

You can never go wrong with your own choice. . . . on the long run, your mistakes will be yours and less regretable if things do not work out.

Like anything else Nigerian. . . it has gotten worse.
No maintenance culture.

Anyone seen my man Atiku lately?

He has been quiet lately.

Not that I am worried. . .

Just miss his educated write-ups.

Goooooooooooooooooooo "Tikkkkkku"!!!

*yawns*

Anyone seen my good man Atiku lately?
He must not let me daaan o.

Goooooo "Tikkkkku!!!"

I dey ya side oooo.

A statement by the British High Commissioner on Tuesday said husband and wife,[size=16pt] Tiamiyu and Christiana Bello, aged 75 and 67,[/size] were arrested following a raid on a property on New Cross Road in south London in July 2007.

Olurun [size=15pt]Oba[/size] [size=20pt]ooooo![/size]



These must be Adedibu's children.
All these agberos living in Idumota London.

Good.

Save your depleting "ovation" account for your old age and go and build a house in your village first before running for any government office.

You need to start with the local government chairmanship first of all in your locality.

He does not even live in Nigeria.

I was shocked to find out that the man did not have even a boys' 'squatters' in his home town. . . if he cannot manage his money as a businessmen with an editorial magazine empire. . . how do we expect him to run a complex country like Nigeria when allowed a free hand in the Nigerian coffers?

Some people do not know their 'levels' I tellya.

He needs a dietician if you ask me. I don't think he is healthy enough to run for 4 years.

This dude would need to shell some 100 pounds before climbing unto "Aso Rock". . . might just drop dead during the campaign season.

Good lord! Very amorphous.


Ribadu should please do himself the honor too.

jumobi1:
Why do they always kill them? Can't they stand trial?
This is a cover up.

Nigerians are savages I tellya.
Ok, you catch a kidnapper.
The best thing to do is to kill him like we are under military rule?
That country called Nigeria makes me sick.

Very disgusting. No trial. . . no day in court.
What if. . . just what if they have a wrong man?

The so-called girlfriend's face says it all. . . Life is meaningless for the poor and unknown in Nigeria.

I wish they would kill looters of Nigeria like this without trial. . .starting from OBJ, the Osisi Kan Nkwu of Western Nigeria.

What a tragic nation.

Let God's will be done. Amen.

http://stempublishing.com/magazines/bt/BT10/1875_232_Ritualism_Christianity.html


Ritualism and Christianity.

1874 232 etc. The epistle to the Hebrews throws great light on the question of ritualism so rife in our days. In the first epistle to the Corinthians is found the christian man's directory for public worship, and the second chapter of the first epistle to Timothy contains apostolic instructions for those who meet together for prayer.

No thought have we in the word that assemblies, or churches, have power to decree rites and ceremonies in connection with public worship, nor are individuals at liberty to choose for themselves how they will approach their God. What might be wrong at one time may be right at another. What is suited for a former dispensation may not, in God's mind, be in harmony with the character of a later one. It was wrong for Cain to draw near with the fruits of the ground and not with a lamb like his brother Abel. Yet in after ages the children of Israel were enjoined to present their basket of first-fruits. (Deut. xxvi.) An offering of the fruits of the ground was not wrong in itself, else Israel never would have been commanded to present it; but of the time, and the occasion for its presentation God, not man, was to be the only judge. Again, before the giving of the law there was no distinction, that we read of, between a burnt-offering and a sin-offering; but after God had communicated to Moses that elaborate ritual, which is often called by the lawgiver's name, no one in Israel would have ventured to follow the example of Job by offering a burnt-offering on behalf of those who had sinned. The sole authority however for this change from patriarchal practices was the Lord's revelation to Moses. (Lev. iv. 1.) It was right of Job to offer burnt-offerings for his sons, when he thought they had sinned. It would have been utterly wrong in an Israelite thus to have acted. Job too was free to offer for his children; but each one in Israel had to bring his offering for his own sin, when the law enjoined it, if divine forgiveness was to be assured to him. So what Cain ought not to have brought certainly without a lamb, the children of Israel were commanded to put in a basket, that it might be set by the priest, unaccompanied by any sacrifice, before the altar of the Lord their God. On the other hand, what Job was free to do, would have been disobedience if attempted by any of the children of Israel; and no plea, based on the antiquity of the custom, nor urged on the ground of patriarchal usage, would have availed before God, when once the different laws as regards sin-offerings and burnt-offerings had been communicated to His people. For God was the sole judge of what was fitting for His creatures to do in connection with worshipping Him.

http://www.babylon.com/definition/Ritualism/

Ritualism

This article focuses on a ceremonial aspect of the Anglican church, and on the Anglican church in particular. See orthopraxis for ritualism in general. Ritualism, in the history of Christianity, refers to an emphasis on the rituals and liturgical ceremony of the church, in particular of Holy Communion. In the Anglican church in the nineteenth century, the role of ritual became a subject of great, often heated, debate. The debate was also associated with struggles for influence between High Church and Low Church movements.


Opponents of ritualism have often argued that it privileged the actions of the ritual over the meanings that are meant to be conveyed by it.


Supporters have sometimes maintained that a renewed emphasis on ritual and liturgy was necessary to counter the increasing secularisation of the church and laity.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Ritualism

–noun
1. adherence to or insistence on ritual.
2. the study of ritual practices or religious rites.
3. excessive fondness for ritual.

I googled this subject via the Nairaland search engine and did not come up with an appropraite section to post this under an existing thread. If it does, it can be redirected there without qualms.

No, I am not a 'practicing' Christian.

This discussion is not meant for just for Christians, but for all faith as can be used to elaborate on, interprete and analyze the presence or the absence of ritualism in Christianity. This is not meant to be insultive but informative. My main focus is the holy communion as the main ritualistic tenet of Christianity and how the members of the Christian faith apply this kind of ritual to in their daily lives. How beneficial is the object of ritualism to Christianity?

Is the element of ritualism a hindrance or a succor to the Christian faith?  I do not mean paganism or idolatry.

Intelligent contributions only. No abusive language.

Thanks in advance.

What is ritualism?

Ok. . .


Goooooooooooo "Tikkkkkkkkkkkkku"!

Fast forward to May 2011 please.

Fame: Sanusi.

He sure tells it like it is.

Only a Northerner can have such a BIG liver.

Julian Julian.
Na you biko o. . .

He the man awwwwrite!