₦airaland Forum

Hazardfan1:
Mercy lambo has also joined the Iconic movement.

Guys vote ooo, I heard Threebear has donated 10m for Ozo already and Dorathy is getting mad love steady.

We can't fail Laycon now, we've come a long way.

federal9:
Nothing like tribalism.
The whole igbos in my compound are supporting laycon.
We are talking about a reality show and your love for a particular housemate.

In Ikeja there is an Igbo woman campaigning for Laycon sef.
I be Igbo too and I am rooting for laycon.
We igbos are not tribalistic. We vote what is right.
We don't support or do evil.
Laycon is loved by every tribe.

Stayed blessed, bro.

Olatara:
I think he wrote, the drummer boy.

Yes, he was the one who wrote "The Drummer Boy".

davodyguy:
Chinua Achebe, Ola Rótìmí (God's are not to blame) and Wole Shoyinka were some of the authors that are popular with us back then based on Literature in English Syllabus for WAEC and GCE.

I also can't forget Elechi Amadi's The Concubine

I think depends on sets of years.

I think WAEC Literature syllabi for prescribed books were always changed every 4 years. I know that JAMB used to change theirs every 3 years.

I think it has been long that any Cyprian Ekwensi's books featured in the syllabus of an examinations board.

The last time I was in Ibadan, I tried getting some of his books from the university library, but couldn't. His books are becoming very scarce just like many of Soyinka's books.

garfield1:
Anytime I read his novels,it is as if I am in a different planet.e dey high me

That man na GOAT for African modern novels.



I don't think any novelist can take his place in my heart.

garfield1:
For him to effortlessly write about Hausa and Yoruba culture and stories,Cyprian is Nigeria's best novelist. I wished he delved into dramas and poems like wole.wole and achebe are somewhat overrated

I am telling you.

Cyprian Ekwensi was/is underrated.

Writers like that come to the world only once in a while.

victorian:
My question to all these new born being thrown away is this


Why would a man or boy have sex Without using condom or insist on condom.

U have sex with the opposite sex and just pour everything in then expect she won't get pregnant

Honestly I wonder how guys think sometimes.

Why are you blaming only the guys?

I have heard stories that it is even the girls who pressurize their guys into having sex without condoms. I want to believe that men (especially the unemployed ones) fear unwanted pregnancy even more than the girls.

Have you not heard the joke of how the girls would sometimes wrap their legs around the guy and thereby forcing him to ejaculate inside them?

The question should be: "Why do girls not like condoms?" And why do they always feel like they know their safest periods. They tell their boyfriends, "Don't worry, I am safe. I will take care of everything" Then they force the poor boy to go raw with dire consequences.

To the guys in the house, never trust a woman when she tells you that she is in her safe period. Many of them don't even keep an ovulation chart. There is a chance (however small) of getting a girl pregnant whenever you have unprotected sex with her, even if she keeps an ovulation chart. If you are not ready to be Baba Johnbull, it is either you zip up or you play safe.

Interesting.

Nodogragra4me:
Perverted truth : iniquity.. Reason god doesn't hear some of us when we call

Tell us why then God gave us teachers, prophets, pastors, apostles, evangelist if we are all knowing and self sufficient in things of the kingdom

Why did God give these people to the Church?


toward the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12)

They were given to the Church to perfect it, make it self-sufficient for the work of ministry.

If you were a teacher, how would you feel if the student you teach refuse to become self-sufficient and independent of you? Won't you feel that you have failed in your responsibility as a teacher?

But, your pastors don't care? Who even called them in the first place?

The Bible said the foundation had already been laid by Christ Himself. There is the Bible which is readily available, and there is the Holy Spirit:


As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him. (1 John 2:27)

What else do you need to become self-sufficient in such a straightforward gospel? You think you people were called to live all your whole life listening to people who claimed to have be called specially?

Everyone has been called. It is not out of place to take some lessons to prepare yourselves, but taking the same lessons over and over again shows a failure.

You don't need everlasting teachers who will teach you every Sunday and then blackmail you into parting with your money.

That is not the essence of a Church.

femi4:
You are wrong
The purpose of the gathering is to
Encourage one another
Edify one another
Give/support one another
Minister to one another

You obviously read this in my post, so why write that I am wrong? Didn't you see encouragement in the very post that you quoted?

he Sunday service doesnt start and ends with Pastor preaching.

Areas where people minister to one another includes Sunday schools, prayer session, Choir ministration etc.

God work in diverse ways, that word you are looking for might be embedded in those sessions and not necessarily when the Pastor is preaching

Well, my brothers and sisters, let’s summarize. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in tongues, and another will interpret what is said. But everything that is done must strengthen all of you. (1 Corinthians 14:26)

That is a conversational gathering, an active Church.

Koginaija:
yes,but don't forsake the assemblies of yourselves together.

The Early Christians gathered mostly in one another's homes. There were also gatherings in public places but this became less common as the persecution of Christians got intense.

And mind you, when the Christians were advised by Paul not to forsake the gathering of the brethren, he said it in the form of advice, and not a law. And there were reasons why he said it.

First of all, the Church was still young and needed constant gathering to build it up. If everyone continued to do his own thing by himself, the Church will die.

Second, the Apostles thought that Jesus Christ was coming back in their lifetime, so they decided to stay ever watchful so as not to be caught flat-footed.

And moreover, the purpose of the gathering was not for you to go and sit down and listen to a pastor. It was supposed to be conversational. This means that everyone was supposed to contribute their gifts to the building up of the church.

The verse says we are to encourage one another. Which means, everyone in the church should be active. It is not only the pastors that should be edifying, while the rest of the church members sit down like zombies with their gifts wasting away.

If you want to understand the meaning of conversational, visit a mosque, especially in the evening, and you might find men reasoning among themselves.

Happiestman1:
For your mind the guy Dey do Yahoo Abi.. Poverty stinking Nigerian with low budget outdated brain.

He asked a honest question.

Before I knew that this Jowi guy inherited a large wealth, I always thought he was into shady businesses.

Teymanhenry:
The House of the Lord is the safest place I can ever be. well, I'm in church right now

God does not live in houses made of stones. He lives in your heart.

The safest place you can ever be is in the presence of the Lord, and you can find the Lord even in your homes.

Stay at home and pray.

Church attendance cannot save you from a viral infection. Only Christ can.

And the good thing is that there is nowhere you cannot find Christ. You can find him in your homes.

Amberon11:
You simply don't have sense. Masturbation is a sin whether or not it is done for medical purposes. It is a sin and that is not subject to change because God's word is final.

It is not a sin if sperm is needed for medical purposes.

Tell me, how else do you get your sperm if you are not married?

Please, the Bible is not against common sense.

It is like those fanatical Christians who are totally against abortion. They forget that there are instances where a pregnancy needs to be terminated to save the mother's life and/or preserve her health.

It is a sin to tell a lie, but there are instances where lying might be necessary to save someone's life.

Imagine a doctor who hears that his hypertensive patient had just lost his wife. The patient is barely stable and breaking the news or withholding information might make the man go into a devastating shock.

You don't need the Bible to tell you what to do. God has given you brains for those types of situations.

When Abram told a lie concerning Sarah, he did so to preserve his own life. Nowhere did the Bible condemn that lie.

internationalman:
Masturbation is not a sin he once said.

Which means ever since his wife divorced him he has been masturbating the life out of his dick. No wonder he's getting tinner..

As for the Idahosas, I think the church would have thrived more if the senior pastors to Benson Idahosa were at the helm of affairs...

But all the same I believe the husband would be proud of her for upholding his legacy. Not many wives can uphold their husbands honor by refusing to marry after 22 years of becoming a widow..

A true definition of a virtuous woman.

Only God knows this, though.

She may have remained unmarried, but not necessarily without sexual intercourse.

VirginSearcher:
Makinde! the only politician I see in the whole South West anytime any day, God bless Oyo people for voting him.
Meanwhile Peter Obi/Kwankwaso/Zulum 2023

There is nothing special about him nor is there any extraordinary thing he has done since he came on board.

Just tone down the asslicking.

With all those assets, why was there the need to bleach

NaijaMutant:
Even though I can't confirm the veracity of this news, but if true ; then this is a true test of his faith and ministry



If it turns out true according to his prophecy, then there's no other argument about the genuineness of his call and ministry


But, if it turns out false, then his misery has just begun

This is really a bold step

Great men are born in times of adversity like this

This is the riskiest prophesy he has made in his career.

The other risky one he made about the United States presidential election failed.

However, I must commend his courage. His contemporaries prefer to play safe at all times by dishing out ambiguous prophesies every New Year day.

Emperor2463:
A Chinese restaurant in Lagos has been shut down by the federal government for refusing to allow Nigerians into their restaurant simply because they were blacks.

I think we should applaud the federal government on this because a Nigerian can not be racially abused in his or her own country.



https://mobile.twitter.com/fccpcnigeria/status/1238811189716680705

Nowhere in the original story was this even implicitly stated.

Even the people who had first-hand experience of the issue said they were not sure what informed the decision of the Chinese owners not to provide full services to non-Chinese persons.

I am not saying Chinese are not capable of racist behaviours, but this story did not state that those Nigerians were denied based on their race.

punisha:
If the FG didn't first make them feel like kings, giving them 247 Mopol for security and ass licking them, they won't have had such guts to create rules in our country.

Who told you that it was the FG that gave them Mopol for security?

Was it also FG that gave Jim Iyke Mopol

Egbere TV thought that by spreading the news that their boss had died, people will attack Buhari and accuse him of intolerance.

But alas, no one even gave a damn about the news. They had to quickly come out to pretend to debunk what they now want us to believe to be malicious content.

justtee42k:
MOST POOR PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF COURT THATS WHY I DONT BELIEVE IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM...RICH MEN DONT LIKE GOING TO COURT AGAIN THE POOR MAN COS HE WILL SURELY LOOSE...
HAVE U SEEN WHERE TENANTS TOOK LANDLORDS TO COURT BEFORE, AND HE WILL BE TOLD TO BE IN UR HOUSE AND WOULD BE GIVEN AT LEAST ONE YEAR TO LOOK FOR MONEY.
MAKE LAWYERS UR FRIEND BUT RUN FOR POLICEMEN

Well, my mom was a good lawyer, and then, a fair judge.

There is nothing to be afraid of in the court. Yes, lawyers may charge exorbitant fees, but there are human rights lawyers who will take up a poor man's case for free if it has merits.

Another problem is that when we go to court, we don't go with enough evidence. Emotions don't win cases in court.

If you are being mistreated by your landlord, you should save all these evidences. You should get a diary, for instance, and document these incidents.

This are the things that favor your case. But I have seen people lose in court and then blame the judge for being partial, instead of blaming themselves or their lawyers for not tidying up the case well.

Look at the case of Atiku Abubakar. His case was so watery and was sure to be easily crushed, but instead of blaming his lawyers, he was busy blaming the executive.

Judges are human beings, not God. It is how you present your case with the attached verifiable and verified evidences that makes them gravitate towards you.

This is not to say that the judiciary is incorruptible. But only people who had strong cases and still lost should be criticizing. Those who went to court with watery cases should not be blaming their losses on the judges.

Wiseandtrue:
So those saying surviving in Nigeria is man know man weren't wrong in their assertion

If it were to be a poor man, will he get such prompt response

Will he get justice

It is everywhere in Nigeria, my sister, not just among the rich.

At least, in the case of Sanusi, he is a very brilliant man, and would merit any position given to him that involves politics and economics.

What about people who favor their friends even when they don't merit it? Someone handed state power assets to friends who knew nothing about electricity.

Karac:
I hear you sir... You cover your eyes, nose and mouth to have sex right. Then use hand sanitizer before and after the do, then avoid touching or better still use hand gloves abi? Lol

I used that as a way to tell you that the disease is not sexually transmitted.

You can get it through contact, but not through sex.

If a person gets it after having sex with a prostitute, it is not through the sexual intercourse that it was contracted.

The virus is only found in fluids like saliva and mucus, and not in semens or vaginal discharge. That is why you can contract it through kissing or hugging where there is a chance of respiratory droplets getting into you through your eyes, nose or mouth.

Karac:
Mumu if you have sex with someone who has it that's close contact already ode.

You people like arguing blindly sha.

Do you know what it means for a disease to be sexually transmitted?

Coronavirus is a respiratory disease. If you cover your eyes, nose and mouth, you can have sex with someone who has it without contracting it.

worworbabe:
Yeah true. But when they have a reason to believe there's something more spiritual to this particular behaviour, there's no reason for you to call them out.
Obviously there is a verse to that effect posted in the first page -
Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth glorifies Allah. His is the dominion, and to Him belong all the praises and thanks, and He is Able to do all things. Qur'an 64:1

Every living thing glorifies God in their own way. Even vultures when they circle dead animals. We can see the beauty of God in biological diversity, phenotypic variations, and even in behavioral differences.

But you people don't see these things until a bird circles a sacred place. That is when you start reading signs into a purely natural behavior of a species. Those birds are just doing their own thing. Some of them may be looking for potential mates, and if they find, they may even mate on the Kaaba.

worworbabe:
Have you died from the circumambulating?
One thing I have noticed about religious people and those who claim not to be religious is the same. Fanaticism.

You could have kept quiet and moved on but you chose to attack what they believe in. At least they have a reason, what is yours?

Birds circle objects all the time. They circle prey, they circle dead bodies, they circle buildings. They do this for many reasons which are perfectly normal.

For instance, at sunset (as is evident in that video), birds can circle to raise their body temperature in preparation for roosting.

Religion is not against knowledge but it has the capacity to cripple knowledge.

Religion is worse than any pandemic.

SMH...

philip0906:
Abeg slow down with the doomsday theory.

Atleast 97% of those who have the virus will weather it like they'll with any flu (no matter how severe).

The fatality rate globally is just about 3.5% while in Italy, it is higher at about 5% and majorly because of the high old population with the highest hit been those with already compromised immune systems and the vulnerable.

In Nigeria, we have a median age of about 21 years which means that yhe mortality rate won't be anything more than 1% if I compare with a South Korea. Even in China, outside Wuhan, mortality rate hovered around 1%.

We have had Lassa fever in this part of the world for a few years now and Lassa fever has a way higher double digit mortality rate of about 20%... Yet, we are want to loose sleep over Coronavirus?

What are the symptoms of Corona virus? There are absolutely no alien symptoms for corona virus...The same symptoms you have when you have flu + - malaria and with our propensity to these already and our very young population, we'll definitely ride through corona without any hassles and mortality rate won't be anything near the figures reeled out in Italy and co.

The virus is definitely in Nigeria and spreading too but ofcourse with our very inefficient healthcare plus people who already have mild symptoms will treat it just as they'll treat flu or malaria and will ride through the virus without any troubles.

While I understand that there's a lot of sensationalism about the virus, let's slow down on the panic button.

I don't know what to make of the sensationalism.

This virus is not anywhere as deadly as the Lassa virus, let alone the ebolavirus. And yet they are making it seem like it has come to put an end to the world as we know it.