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Hello gurus, please does anyone has idea/address of where CCTV cameras are been sold in ibadan, preferably in either ibadan North or Ido local government area? Thanks.

Any small scale hotels for lodging throughout the programme and how much are they? Or can people sleep on the camp ground or auditorium?

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Pig farmers in the house, please what makes pregnancy disappears in a pig at a later stage of gestation? the situation looks mysterious to me. a pig was confirmed pregnant in my farm, didn't come to heat for two months only for the pregnancy to disappear later. is there any explanation to this? what causes it and how do I guard against future occurrence?

Dear experts, please which signs should I watch out for when my pig is pregnant. I have put a male pig with my sow for almost two months. they don't cross in my presence and i don't know if she is pregnant. I feel like separating them. are there signs to watch out for to show my pig is pregnant? I have read everything on this forum it seems no one has written about it. awaiting ur responses. thanks

dear nairalander football fan, please which online football free tv can you recommend. mobdro and untv suddenly stopped working. thanks

thanks for your care. I got to the farm this morning I saw that the pig is still alive, I was advised to give B.Co to aid its appetite but the one I could lay my hand upon is the B.Co (injection) used by human being. I don't know if it can also work. I am a learner in this job, your advice is needed please.

20kg but with its inability to eat the weight must have reduced. it has been inactive, I don't know what to do.

I hope I won't kill the pig with 5ml. I read the dosage on the drug.

dear expert in the house. currently I have a sick pig (grower). we have dewormed, given iron and multivitamins. all these were done yesterday. today, when we did not see any improvement, we injected it with oxytetracycline (L.A) 5ml. up till now it is not responding. it's not eating, it's not standing up. please what do i do. I contacted a vet doctor, she's the one who recommended L.A. please help.

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MrDandy:
What do you mean Leaking? Is the hole that big?

that's why I have used the word wet in the first place. in fact anyone close to her can see the wetness on her back cloth. I just want to know if it is normal or seek medical attention.

Kondomatic:
Gets wet or starts leaking?


We are not understanding

the back of her skirt usually wet. or can we call that leaking

hello dear nairalander, please when one's wife gets sexually aroused and gets wet, does the wetness permeates through the back of her skirt? this is a serious concern. the back of her skirt keeps wet. is this normal? thanks.

please what should be the expected weight of a pig of 6 months old. I pray I am not under feeding them. I won't to know if they are gaining weight or not. tganks

they are from the same mother. any risk?

pig farmers in the house, I need your tutorial. I am new in piggery. I got some winners in February this year. They were born in January 10. I am feeding them well. However, I thought by 6 months old they should start showing heat. My question is at what age does a pig start showing heat? There is one male pig with them thinking that will aid the heat. but nothing, though they are of the same age. please your professional tutorial is coveted.1. when will they show heat? 2. should I separate the male from them now or keep them together? thanks.

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Please when will the change of course be out and how does one go about it?

But just as our position as sinners is not based on what we do, but what the first Adam did, in the same way, we are forever righteous today not because of what we do, but because of what Christ, the last Adam, did on the cross.


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President Muhammadu Buhari has written the National Assembly of his desire to extend his vacation citing medical reasons.

The president had gone on a 10-day vacation in the UK which also included medical check-up and was expected back in the country on Monday, January 6.

Since his trip to the UK, there has been runour that the president had passed away although this was refuted by his media aides.
However, in a statement by Mr Femi Adesina who is the special adviser to the president on media and publicity on Sunday, January 5, the president said he had to “complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors.

The President had planned to return to Abuja this evening, but was advised to complete the test cycle before returning. The notice has since been dispatched to the Senate President, and Speaker, House of Representatives.

Mr. President expresses his sincere gratitude to Nigerians for their concern, prayers and kind wishes.

Meanwhile, Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo reacted to the rumour that President Buhari had died describing those peddling the rumour as wicked.

He said the president needed “our prayers and best wishes, which will ginger his morale to come back more stronger and better.”

Obasanjo said the issue needed not be politicised and said it was wrong to wish anyone dead irrespective of differences and recalled he has been the victim of rumoured death while in office.

He said: “If you don’t like him, wait for another election, not going about to say he is dead. No matter his health situation, we should pray for him to recover quick and come back more stronger and better.

“For anyone wishing him dead, such person or group of persons are callous, wicked and treacherous."


we still dey wait. we will give him all the time. but when we are tired we will revolt.

happy birthday

SalamRushdie:
10 working days not 10 days

we dey wait!

it is more than ten days now that the president left this country. When he was going the presidency told us he was going for a ten day leave and within this ten days he would have a check up. it is more than ten days now nobody has come out to tell us what is happening to our president. what we are seeing are just pictures which we don't know when and where they were taken. is this another hide and seek game? isn't the presidency playing on our intelligence? can't somebody come out and tell us that the president is increasing his leave because he has not fully enjoyed himself? we need to know we want to know. where is our president?

VastFinder:
People born between the 60’s and 80’s would definitely know the value of cocoa production in Nigeria. Cocoa is a crop Nigeria once banked on as its major exported cash crops before the oil boom.

Nigeria was the biggest exporter of cocoa in Africa and one of the biggest in the world. The Oil came and poor agricultural management set in, costing us badly and allowing us to lose the prestigious spot to a fellow African country – Cote d’Ivoire, who are now the largest cocoa producer in the world, followed by Indonesia.

When cocoa production and export is concerned, Nigeria only lives in past glory and if care is not taken, Nigeria might end up losing all it has gained from the export of what is touted as some farmers as the ‘Wealth Seed’.

The demand for Cocoa now, is not even the same, but higher than what the demand was, back then. When the agricultural spotlight is focused on Nigeria, foreign countries can vividly see the potentials in Nigeria and would quickly act fast in taking advantage of it, while Nigeria (rather, we Nigerians) sit on a goldmine and yet we can’t see it but only look forward to foreign aid and investments.

Cocoa Production in Nigeria: Overview
For a long time, Cocoa has been and would for a really long (and I mean very long) time still be one of the fastest selling agricultural products in both the international market and the local market.

Although Cocoa is not the easiest of crops to manage, but once you can sacrifice the time and the effort to have it planted, groomed and nurtured to its full maturity, you can keep getting attractive returns on it for a time as long as decades.

Truth be told, cocoa production in Nigeria is one very under-exploited and under-utilized sector and Nigeria still needs as many farmers in the cocoa production section as possible, since demand continues to outweigh supply. There are still thousands of acres of fertile lands that can still be used for the planting and cultivation of cocoa, and as a cocoa production enthusiast, you could consider this post as a form of ‘How to Start’ guide to your prospective cocoa production business.

Starting the cocoa farming and production business in Nigeria isn’t as hard as it seems, especially if you can endeavour to gather the right information and not just hold onto the knowledge you have about the biz. Rather, if you take action on the knowledge gathered, you might soon become a big player in the cocoa production business.

As we disclose to you, what you need to know on how to successfully kick-start a cocoa business in Nigeria, bear in mind that returns on cocoa starts small but grows on bigger and bigger with time (and effort).

Some important questions to ask before embarking on the cocoa production business in Nigeria are:
• How much capital can I afford to start the business? (Capital would determine your starting scale – Small Scale or Large Scale.)

• How many cocoa farmers are in my vicinity? (Two reasons why you need to know these are:
1. Attachment for training.
2. Awareness on your potential competition)

• Can I have the time to oversee the cocoa cultivation and production or do I need to employ the services of a cocoa farmer? (You need to know for proper budgeting.)

• What is the ROI on cocoa production?

Cocoa Production in Nigeria: Required Facilities
There has been, there is, and there would continue to be opportunities all around the cocoa production business.

Unlike some agricultural products, it doesn’t need much advertising and convincing to sell-out. More so, those who buy cocoa oftentimes buy it in bulk (Bags and heavy duty sacks).

Below are some of the things you’ll need when starting out your business.
Piece of Land: If you want to see through your business from start to finish, you would unavoidably need an area of land to start your cocoa business, but it all depends on what you can afford. For a small scale business, you don’t necessarily have to get a farm land, as you can simply buy fresh cocoa seeds from farmers who’ll sell it at a much lesser price.

Storage and Drying Space: You would inevitably need to have a store or warehouse, secure enough to give your business (the cocoa seeds) the required safekeeping it needs. Your business is your cocoa seeds, as you have no business with the pods. Also, the store needs to have enough space outdoors for you to spread your seeds. Cocoa seeds need to be dried in the sun for it to be usable. The drying period normally takes a period of two weeks.

Relevant Equipments: You would need equipments like the scale for weighing the bags, normal sacks and heavy duty sacks,for conveying the seeds from one place to another, and a wide water-proof material that can be used in drying the seeds in open air.

Cocoa Seeds: There goes the tiny but most integral part of your business. The cocoa seeds can either be bought from cocoa farmers or harvested, if you have a cocoa farm – an option which is advisable later in your business when you have the money.

Knowledge: You might not see someone who’ll pay you for gaining knowledge from them, but whatever the case may be. It is very important you get trained for at least four to six months before setting up your cocoa production business. That’s if you’re really serious about taking your business ahead of surrounding competition.

Cocoa Production in Nigeria: Feasibility Study
The feasibility study included in this guide is for a medium cocoa production business, from the start to the sale of 500 bags of cocoa. The Capital covers from store set-up, land acquisition, seed purchase, production, and marketing.

The selling price of cocoa is the same almost everywhere. Each bag (A standard of 50 Kg) is being sold for about N55,000.

For a start, all the materials needed (Renting a store depends on location, purchase of needed equipments, planting and tendering, and so on, is approximately N3,500,000)

If you start harvesting after 18 months, (you can start harvesting as soon as that if you’ve planted the early-maturing, high-yielding and disease resistant cocoa beans seed to boost your farm’s production in a short period of time).

N55,000 X 500 = N27,500,000ROI = N27,500,000 – N3,500,000 After 18 months of cultivation, the gain was a staggering N24,000,000; which isn't bad at all especially since selling cocoa beans seed doesn’t take much marketing. In fact, you can sell all off in less than one month.

Cocoa Production: Risks Involved
• Managing a cocoa farm takes time, effort, patience and energy.

• Constant guard and protective measure against rodents and infectious parasites.

• Setting up a cocoa production plant is very capital intensive.

Cocoa Production: Advantages
• Cocoa sells faster than almost every other agricultural produce.

• You would inadvertently be contributing to the nations GDP.

• A lot of beverage companies rely on cocoa for the production, making it very profitable.

• As a young person, you can leave the circle of the unemployed.

• The ROI from cocoa and production is very attractive and is enough compensation for your time, energy and money.

Source: http://vastfinder..in/2017/01/cocoa-production-in-nigeria-how-to_4.html

how many plots of land will a beginner need and what is the planting distance?

Understanding Prophetic Fulfillment (All quoted scripture comes from the New American Standard Bible [NASB]) Thomas S. Gibson Students of prophecy, both modern and Biblical, watch for the fulfillment of the various prophecies of God. But do we really understand how these prophecies are fulfilled? What I wish to do in this article is to look at the Biblical fulfillment of prophecies, including what the Word says about conditional prophecies , to gain a full understanding from God’s perspective. Since I have used the term “ conditional prophecies ” in the last paragraph I need to explain what I mean by it. A conditional prophecy simply does not happen unless certain conditions apply; or will only happen if certain circumstances occur. For example, if a prophecy stated that a certain judgment would occur if the people do not repent, and then repentance takes place, then this prophecy would not happen. This would not mean a failure of the prophecy, but rather that the conditions for the fulfillment were not met. There is another aspect of the fulfillment that also needs to be addressed. It is this that I wish to look at first. After which I will come back to deal with the conditional type of prophecy. When a prophecy is fulfilled in front of our eyes would we recognized it? Would we be able to say, “Yes, I can see this prophecy being fulfilled now?” Of course, there are many circumstances in which we would be able to say this. But I wish to point out that many prophecies are not fulfilled in such a simple context. Many are fulfilled in strange and unpredictable ways. Indeed, as I will point out below, the revealed prophecies of God rarely give us enough information to understand the circumstances of how it will be fulfilled. Look first at these Messianic prophecies from the Old Testament Scriptures and compare them to how they were fulfilled in the New Testament. 3 A voice is called, “Clear the Way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 ----- 1 Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 2 “Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’” Matthew 3:1-3 Now we understand that the quote from Isaiah is a reference to John the Baptist preparing the way for the Messiah. However, if you did not have the New Testament to confirm that this indeed referred to John the Baptist and Jesus, how would you understand the way in which it would be fulfilled? It is very clear that until it is quoted in the New Testament people did not have an understanding of what it meant or how it would come to pass. Another example from Jeremiah: 15 Thus says the Lord, “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refused to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.” Jeremiah 31:15 ----- 16 Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and went and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its environs, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the magi. 17 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, 18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great morning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she refused to be comforted, Because they were no more .” Matthew 2:16-18 The circumstances that surrounded this sad fulfillment were not clear until it actually took place. While we can determine that the children were killed, we cannot know how or when this would come to pass. Another example from the prophet Isaiah makes the difficultly in understanding prophetic fulfillment even more clear. 1 But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. 2 The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. Isaiah 9:1-2 ----- 12 Now when He [Jesus] heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee; 13 and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet saying, 15 “The Land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, By way of the sea, Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles–– 16 “The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great light, And to those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death, Upon them a light dawned. Matthew 4:12-16 As we look at the prophecy in Isaiah it is beyond the understanding provided to see the meaning of the passage. It would be impossible for someone who was not familiar with the fulfillment in the New Testament to explain what the meaning is, or under what circumstances it would be fulfilled. There is no indication that this is a reference to the movements of the Messiah. One last example that I will use is found in Psalms. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, Psalms 78:2 ----- 34 All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable, 35 so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.” Matthew 13:34-35 We find this prophecy in Psalms does not mention the Messiah. Indeed there is no indication that this is even a prophecy. The statement in Psalms leaves the reader with no clue as to its meaning. Such is the situation with respect to many of the various prophecies concerning Jesus’ first coming. They are fulfilled in every way. But they also give only part of the facts of their fulfillment. They are a small part of the overall view. When we read a prophecy it is dangerous to assume that we can understand exactly how it will be fulfilled and the facts that may surround it. Many prophecies in the Word of God are similar to this. Even prophecy today has this aspect to it. God reveals only parts of the picture of what is to come. It is only by perfect hindsight that we can properly understand the full meaning of any given prophecy. Much of the reason for this lies in the fact that we are to walk by faith, not by sight (II Corinthians 5:7). If we were to know all the facts of what is to come, we would try and figure out how to walk through the circumstances with our own flesh; rather than to walk by faith, by the leading of the Holy Spirit , and in the protection of our God. To understand prophetic fulfillment even more completely we need to look at conditional prophecies. 10 “Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus you have spoken, saying, “Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we survive?”’ 11 “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live . Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’ 12 “And you, son of man, say to your fellow citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’ 13 “ When I say to the righteous he will surely live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but in that same iniquity of his which he has committed he will die . 14 “But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness , 15 if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he will surely live; he shall not die . 16 “None of his sins that he has committed will be remember against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he will surely live. Ezekiel 33:10-16 This is quite a passage of Scripture! The prophet Ezekiel has had God outline to him the method in which He handles judgmental prophecies and whether they will be fulfilled or not . That is correct! Not all judgments of God are carried out . There are always conditions even if it is not specifically stated within the prophecy. If a man or a nation repents, the judgments that God has proclaimed against them will not be carried out. This is an important revelation of how fair God is, and even more important to understanding why some judgments of God are not carried out when there is true repentance from the heart. We find an example of this in the book of Jonah. 1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days walk. 4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “ Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown .” 5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them . 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. 8 “But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. 9 “Who knows, God may turn and relent, and withdraw His burning anger so that we shall not perish?” 10 When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And he did not do it . Jonah 3:1-10 As we look at the prophecy found in verse 4 we see that there are no conditions stated where this would not occur. But even though there were no conditions within the prophecy for them to repent of their sins and God would spare them; they nevertheless went ahead with repentance because they had nothing to lose. They clearly believed the prophecy and wanted to turn back to God no matter what would happen. Remember what was stated in Ezekiel: 14 “But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness, 15 if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he will surely live; he shall not die . 16 “None of his sins that he has committed will be remember against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he will surely live. Ezekiel 33:14-16 So, therefore, no one who has committed evil, when he repents, can be judged. God therefore, turned away from the judgments that He had prophesied on Nineveh because they repented from the heart and turned away from the sin which they had committed. In understanding the fulfillment of any given prophecy we must take into account that we will not be able to have knowledge of all the facts concerning its completion. It is only in hindsight that we gain full knowledge to its meaning. Remember that judgmental prophecies have for their purpose to bring people to repentance. Once that repentance comes there is no need for the judgments. Even when the judgments do come they tend to be drawn out over time by God to give the people more time to repent. God is slow to anger. But it is sure that the anger will come if the sin is continued . It is only when repentance does not come that the judgments will be brought down upon us from on high. Before we claim to understand what God is saying we need to realize that God sees this from an entirely different view that we do. He sometimes deliberately holds back information so that we do not have all the facts. This results in our having to live by faith and in daily direction from the Holy Spirit , rather than our attempting to understand a few words from God and live according to our mental capacity. It is sure that our own designs in living will result in trouble; but God’s direction will always be correct!

120 kph is okay on naija road. any speed beyond this is to meet the Lord by the riverside

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I did this several years back, but what I tore then is what I am carrying around today preaching. his salvation is closer than he expects. Mark my words and put the date down. no one can battle with the Lord.

topdee:
According to the Bible, luxury is ungodly. Read the whole of Matthew 6, especially verse 24. Though I'm not a believer, I believe any Pastor who embraces wealth is a hypocrite.
The true Christians are some of those missionaries who brought Christianity to Africa, they sacrificed everything they got and had. Go and read the Bible these pastors use in getting followers well; the be a man of God, you have to sacrifice everything worldly, even the ones which are gift, it is all about humility, doesn't mean they should live a wretched life. Besides, it's not every gift one should accept.
You cannot be wealthy and make heaven too, they are mutually exclusive.

I believe most of these so-called Pastors don't even believe in the Bible they use in preaching, cos if they do they won't dare practice and acknowledge some of the worldly things they do, it's obvious they have no fear of God and they know religion isn't sacred.

go and read the bible and stop been ignorant here. the fathers of Faith, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon and lots more were stunningly rich and they made it to heaven with their wealth. they even controlled their generations. go to the bible and read if you 've one. no portion of the bible goes against a christian/pastor being rich. read 2 Corinthians 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich