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Inkling:
Lol

I hope Burantai still dey Bornu

Burantai, dey Bornu....lol. You are counting on his audio message and eye service to APC?

KBdownloads:
you're the only imbec*le here

eeyah! It pains you. Next time use your sense talk.

#BLACKLIVESMATTER has come to stay in respect of all the sentiments.

Anyway, sorry if it pain you. I never meant to insult anyone here.

...see the 2 of them, like ring worm.

KBdownloads:
And so what? Does Burnley FC own the sky??

People should STFU about this BLM crap anyway. In every race there is poverty, lack of jobs, poor education and inequality between classes and the wealth gap doesn't just apply to blacks. If Obama's black life didn't matter how did he become president? Stop spreading this stupid narrative that only blacks are the oppressed group. Thanks to the nonsense media like CNN that keep spreading this narrative

Oponu!

What’s Distracting You?

Tue, 23 Jun 2020

‘Don’t get sidetracked.’ Proverbs 4:27 NLT

Many of us fail, not because we aren’t talented, determined, or passionate, but because we get ‘sidetracked’. God told the prophet Habakkuk, ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.’ (Habakkuk 2:2 NKJV)

Unless you have a clearly defined goal and keep it before you at all times, you won’t run in the direction you should. As motivational speaker Sam Horn said: ‘It’s hard to stay on purpose, if we don’t know what our purpose is.’

In his book One Big Thing, Phil Cooke writes: ‘I’ve never been a fan of the person who invented the “open door policy”. Sure, we want to be accessible to employees and co-workers, but at some point it’s time to shut the door and get to work. After your next interruption by a visitor, make a note of how long it takes to get back to your previous level of intensity and focus. You’ll be shocked at how much time that steals from your day… Too often other people’s needs come before our dream. Obviously we need to care for our children, honour our spouses, and deal with our primary responsibilities around our families or jobs. But the first step in achieving our dream is to take responsibility for it. That means scheduling it, and “unscheduling” the lesser needs of co-workers and friends. These daily commitments chip away at our time, and before long our dream gets lost in the shuffle. Stop doing what other people think is urgent, and start focusing on what matters to you.’

And more importantly, what matters to God!

OZAOEKPE:
It is finished...




He for stay Ibadan for treatment if he build any for four 8 years but he come Lagos for private hospital. He go die like fowl as he no wise build any for Oyo state.




My dad served his nation for 35 years in the force and didn't take bribe, he gave his all for the country and he's living fine. May it not be well with Ajimobi even in death, assuming airport open the idiot for run go abroad to treat himself

It is well my brother. We should just learn to forgive and overlook all their misdeeds. If God can forgive us all of our sins. Who are we not to forgive others. Let's pray for his recovery. I'm pretty sure he & his family would have learn the lesson about the greatness of God.

I sincerely prayed for his healing.

.......their problems not mine. They can only be intimidating Tinubu. Who cares.

Good. We are following.

Turn to God—He will not disappoint you

Mon, 22 Jun 2020

‘I called on the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me.’ Psalm 118:5 NKJV

At age twenty-six, Thomas started a publishing company and founded the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in America. He worked with some of the greatest singers in the history of Gospel music, including Mahalia Jackson.

But one night after singing to a Saint Louis audience, he was handed a telegram that said, ‘Your wife just died.’ She had passed away in childbirth. Thomas hurried back home to Chicago, where his newborn son died the following day. He plunged into depression, avoided people, and grew angry with God. ‘I felt God had done me an injustice. I didn’t want to serve Him anymore or write Gospel songs.’

Then a friend took him to a neighbourhood music school. That evening Thomas sat down at a piano and began to play… and pray. He poured out his heart to God, and what wonderful words they were: ‘Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, let me stand, I am tired, I am weak, I am worn; through the storm, through the night, lead me on to the light: take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.’

Thomas A. Dorsey testified that the Lord healed him that night as he sat at the piano. He went on to pen more than a thousand songs and become one of the most influential Christian songwriters of all time. All because he reached out to God for help. The psalmist did that too: ‘I called on the Lord in distress, and the Lord answered me.’ So the word for today is—turn to God; He will not disappoint you.

She is not a dedicated fan. Either come rain or sun, you should always support yours. Anyway, she's welcome to the blues.

Lol

Pray With Confidence

Sun, 21 Jun 2020

‘This is the confidence we have in approaching God.’ 1 John 5:14 NIV

Sometimes we pray ‘Just’ prayers. We say, ‘Lord, we just ask you to protect us, or provide for us… If you’d just help us in this situation, we’d be so thankful.’

It’s as if we are saying, ‘Lord, I hate to bother You with this, but…’ It sounds humble, but in reality it demonstrates a lack of faith and confidence in approaching God. Plus it’s not Scriptural.

The Bible says, ‘Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.’ (Hebrews 4:16 NIV) ‘If our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from Him anything we ask, because we keep His commands and do what pleases Him.’ (1 John 3:21–22 NIV)
‘This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of Him.’ (1 John 5:14–15 NIV)

‘Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory… forever and ever.’ (Ephesians 3:20–21 NKJV)

‘If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him!’ (Matthew 7:11 NIV)

As a redeemed child of God, you can approach your loving heavenly Father with confidence, knowing that whatever you need, He will provide it—and much more!

Eran de..... (meat don land)

........and is he (Bode George, the ex-convict) a lagosian?

.......hummmmm. If only people can go back into history, they will be able to know the future.

Learning The Hard Way (4)

Sat, 20 Jun 2020

‘The hair of his head began to grow again.’ Judges 16:22 NKJV

With regard to Samson, the Bible tells us, ‘The hair of his head began to grow again.’ The process of renewal was starting. Samson repented, God gave him back his strength, and he ended his life with an act of heroism.

Maybe you feel like you’ve messed up so badly that God will never love you and use you again—but remember Samson! God never gave up on him, and He hasn’t given up on you. He sees your potential and remembers why He made you: you were created for great things. It’s only as you move into the centre of God’s will that you discover why you were made. When you do, things will begin to fall back into place.

There is something very encouraging about Samson. He’s included in God’s hall of fame—the panorama of people of great faith detailed in Hebrews 11. Why? Because God can take a person who seems like a total failure and use them to accomplish great things. If He only used people who were perfect, nothing would ever get done. Instead, He uses ordinary people with weaknesses, who sometimes fail in big ways.

So what should you do if you’re a Samson? Turn your life over to the Lord. Give Him all the pieces and let Him put them together. He can give you the power to break loose from the things that are tying you down and preventing Him from working in your life. Only God knows your potential, and you will never bring it out on your own. He must do it in His strength— so let Him start today!

Learning The Hard Way (3)

Fri, 19 Jun 2020

‘The child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’ Judges 13:7 NKJV

You’re asking for trouble when you refuse to take God seriously. The angel who announced Samson’s birth said he was to ‘be a Nazirite’, indicating that he was to be dedicated to doing God’s will. But Samson was careless about his spiritual life. He prayed only when he was in trouble. He was impulsive; he did whatever he felt like doing.

The truth is, we’d save ourselves so many problems and spare ourselves so much pain if we’d just stop and ask God for direction. Samson turned to God only when he got into a jam. It’s what we call ‘foxhole Christianity’. We pray, ‘Lord, if You get me out of this dilemma, I promise I’ll live for You from now on.’

But here’s the question: is God just an afterthought, a convenience to you? When things get tough and you’re in a tight spot you turn to Him in desperation, but when everything’s alright you ignore Him? Only when Samson was captured by the Philistines, his eyes gouged out, and he was grinding grain at a mill like an ox, do we read that he genuinely turned to God in prayer. What kind of history might Samson have had if he’d prayed right from the beginning? Why did he wait until everything fell apart before turning to God?

It doesn’t have to be that way in your life! The psalmist said, ‘Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to Him. You will eat the fruit of your labour; blessings and prosperity will be yours.’ (Psalm 128:1–2 NIV)

orisa37:
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They're:-

1, NIGERIA! WAKE UP-by Btruth.

2, 2015 'll be BLOODY if..... BUHARI.

3, ORIGIN OF BANDITRY AND MURDEROUS HERDSMEN-by Nuhu Ribadu.

4, Now The North bleeds(Daily Trust)-by Paperwhite.

5, U.S Authorities open INVESTIGATIONS into Financial Crimes of Buhari's Cabal. I really don't know if this fifth Article is true.

From Orunto27.

Thanks @orisa37.

Jephyard:
Why can't we just develop a motor sport in this state with the sand dunes like the way they do in Dubai and Co. So many potentials but many empty head. For those talking about side business by the road abeg no be all business go dey by the road side.

I need to do alot of traveling soon. Nigeria is one big beautiful land wasting away.

You are absolutely right. If not for the security challenges in the country, I've always told peers that northern parts of Nigeria is not moinmoin for business opportunities. But unfortunately, northern leaders out of their selfish interest only gave exposure to their children & wards, and den guns to the Almajiris.

Imagine those sandy area pictures? What better area for a motor sports?

I'm impressed by the OP. Kudos!

.......has expressed sadness not shocked this time around.

Thank God.

Learning The Hard Way (2)

Thu, 18 Jun 2020

‘If sinners entice you, do not consent.’ Proverbs 1:10 NKJV

You’re asking for trouble when you choose the wrong friends. Somebody wisely said, ‘If you want to soar with eagles, you can’t run around with turkeys.’ Eventually you become like the people you spend the most time with; that’s why it’s so important to choose your friends wisely.

The psalmist said, ‘Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take.’ (Psalm 1:1 NIV)

Samson developed unhealthy relationships and they led him astray. So here’s the question: are your friends keeping you from living 100% for God? Do they tear you down or build you up? When you’re with them, do you find yourself conforming to things that violate your convictions and your conscience—things you don’t feel good about doing? The book of Proverbs warns us repeatedly about negative associations: ‘If sinners entice you, do not consent.’ Constant exposure to wrong attitudes and values will eventually take its toll on your life. It is always easier to pull someone down than it is to lift them up.

So, what kind of friends should you keep? The kind who bring out the best in you, who lift you up, who encourage you, and make you a better person. ‘But aren’t we supposed to love everybody?’ you ask. Yes, but you’re not supposed to lean on them, listen to them, learn their wrong ways, and become like them.

When it comes to choosing your friends, here’s the Scriptural rule you should live by: Lord, ‘I am a friend to anyone who fears [respects] You—anyone who obeys Your commandments.’ (Psalm 119:63 NLT)

.....at the first intro.

Oya, take your broom, I no do again.

Celebration for ex-convict? Nigeria is really in trouble.

BlowYourMind:
congratulations from the Jew lost tribe of criminals, scammers and swindlers, we are of you Allen Onyema Invictus Obinwanne Okeke bishop Ozulubu

here we go again....

Babanah:
In addition I suggest Lagos (Eko Atlantic) be converted to a special administrative region/free trade area.
There will be liberal immigration rule for this SAR.This will encourage Nigerians in diaspora to work live and invest in this SAR. Of course this will include foreigners as well.
This SAR will have its own executive, legislature and judiciary. However defence matters will be the responsibility of the federal government of Nigeria.

The official currency in this SAR will be the US dollar and Naira. The territory will have its own financial regulatory authority. Banks and financial institutions will be encouraged to set up in this territory but Nigerian and foreign. We may have local Naira lending rate vs offshore rate to further galvanise the Nigerian economy.

Local income tax will be paid to the local authority within the SAR but corporation tax will be paid to Abuja for distribution among the states and federal government in US dollars.

Anyone how owns a property or has lived in the SAR for over 2 years would be eligible to vote including foreign residents. Corporations will also be granted special voting rights.

Give this SAR one decade an the world will see what the Blackman is capable of achieving.

Excellent idea. But will our lawmakers buy into this?

California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It's economy is larger than that of France or Brazil and that of over 50 combined African Countries’ economies. The little problem is that California is not a country. It is a State in the United States of America. It has little offshore oil, yet its economy is larger than States in the US that are famous for their oil reserves, like Texas. California generates much of its revenue from non-oil products. It found a way to absorb and domesticate much of the intellectual output from its premier university, Stanford University, into saleable products within its economy.

As a matter of fact, much of California's economy is built around Stanford University. So with this, Silicon valley developed. I'm sure you've heard of Silicon Valley at least once in your life. Now with Silicon Valley came companies like Apple, eBay, Cisco, Lockheed, Hewlett Packard (HP), Google, Netflix, Facebook, Oracle, Tesla...and the list goes on and on ad infinitum.These are multibillion-dollar companies. The yearly budget of any one of these companies might be larger than the entire yearly budget of, say for example, Akwa Ibom State. I'm taking about companies that are richer than countries. They are all in California. But that is just in the technology industry where the technologies and inventions spewing out of Stanford are caught midair and converted to money spinning enterprises.

But there is also the entertainment industry in California. Yes, Hollywood is in California. The US movies industry contributes about $504Billion to USA's GDP. Hollywood, as you know, contributes over 70% of that figure. Most iconic movie studios are in Hollywood. As a matter of fact, the "Big Eight" consisting of 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, United Artists, Universal Studios and Warner Bros are, or were, all in Hollywood. These again, are multi-billion dollar companies generating revenue for California.

Despite the above, California also thrives on agriculture. As at 2014, California had nothing less than 77,000 farms and ranches raking in about $55Billion in revenue yearly. It produces over 400 agricultural commodities, a large chunk of which it exports. It is the leader in producing exotic fruits in America. Its wine industry is unique. California wine is drunk with relish the world over. I used to drink some too.

This is just one State in America. You see, California actually had a choice of sitting back and striving to get a piece of the revenue generated from Texas' oil. It could have depended solely on Federal allocation to survive so that every month end, it will send its Commissioner of Finance to Washington DC to receive monthly allocation so that it can barely pay salaries of its workers and nothing more. Then San Francisco would resemble Ajegunle in Lagos. And there certainly would not be those beautiful sights and sounds that make California what it is today. But No, not California. Not America. California gives to the center and, because of its wealth, despises the idea of depending on it for survival. The Federal Government actually needs California to survive, not the other way round.

You see, America is structured in such a way that States must look inwards to exploit their wealth for the good of its citizens. There is no free lunch for the lazy States. There certainly is no commonwealth. But there is your wealth, if you can create it. Under American Federalism, you are the captain of your ship. But again, you are also the waves upon which the ship will sail. That is America. The local government, the government closest to the grassroot, is deliberately made the strongest level of government. Items like Variances (adaptation of state law to local conditions,) Public works (yes, public works!!), Contracts for public works, Licensing of public accommodations, Assessable improvements, Basic public services are all left for local county governments to handle. The State handles weightier matters like Property law, Education,Commerce laws of ownership and exchange, Banking and credit laws, Labour law and professional licensure, Insurance laws, and Electoral laws, including parties and Civil service laws. Items that the Federal Government, the center, handles affecting the States, are actually very negligible.

Nigeria on the contrary will never do well unless we restructure. We pretend to have a Federal system but we are actually operating a unique form of unitary government, and it is weighing the polity down. Can you imagine a country where the school curriculum is regulated by a national central body and states have no powers to vary or amend their curriculum? So, if the rest of the developed world is light years ahead in what they teach their children from primary schools, and our Minister of Education has absolutely no clue, the States must be burdened with antiquated school curriculum until such a time (if we are lucky, before rapture perhaps!!) that we have an Education Minister who would realise how far behind we are and bring the curriculum up to date. Just take a look at the science curriculum for grade students in advanced countries and you would cry for Nigeria. I recently read of a high school in Japan which has amended its curriculum to include robotics and drones technology. IN HIGH SCHOOL!! But our Professors here don't have a hang on Robotics even! Students are still taught the very prehistoric rudiments of physics and chemistry in our schools. And this is even in the few schools that teachers and students still meet in the classrooms! For the few public schools that are lucky to have labs, all you see are miserable nameless creatures trapped in formalin, to which nobody ever pays attention. These creatures suffer a double jeopardy having suffered the first misfortune of being caught and preserved in formalin in Nigeria, and then thereafter completely ignored, even in death! And because the control of our curriculum is central, there is nothing States can do about this.

You would think this is not a problem until you understand that Nigerians spend over ONE TRILLION NAIRA every year to study abroad. You see, the reason why you have Cambridge, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Oxford, etc is not only for academic excellence of the citizens of the countries which have these schools. No. They invest in their institutions so that they can earn revenue from foreign students from countries like Nigeria which has destroyed its educational system. Abroad, schools are so important to society that the economy, business and lifestyle of whole cities and even States completely depend on or revolve around schools. What would the city of cambridge be without Cambridge University. Or Cambridge, Massachusett without Harvard University. These cities depend on these universities to survive. And imagine that Nigeria had invested in its universities and was earning $1billion dollars a year from foreign students seeking to study here, who would be fighting over oil in the Niger Delta? How many car manufacturing companies would we have in Owerri near FUTO where students are constantly doing and selling their research products to burgeoning engineering and manufacturing companies? Recently, three students in Sweden conducted research and came up with a product that could improve wear and tear on tyres. The product became so successful that Volvo had to partner with these students to patent the product. Now when this product hit world stage, can you imagine how much revenue sweden would earn from these product? Do your research, most of the world-class products we buy today off the shelf, at great cost, were invented by university students. As you are reading this, do not forget that without Harvard University, there would not have been facebook, and this our interface would have been impossible.

But our students In Nigeria are not entirely without inventions. We invented the Pyrates Confraternity, the , the Eiye, the Vikings and what not!! Students resume school with guns and bullets, rather than books and scholastic ideas, as though academic institutions were a war college. Lecturers fly colors as do students. And when the turf war begins, people die in droves. But States can do nothing about this because some of these institutions are controlled by the Federal Government. Even for the ones controlled by States, you still can't do much because the security apparatus is controlled by the Federal Government. The Federal Government will provide or withdraw security from the State, depending on whether it is happy with the sitting Governor. So every year, all sorts of characters are vomited from Nigerian Universities to take their place in Nigerian society. So you have Judges, Lawyers, Engineers, Doctors and so forth whose first and primary allegiance is to their cult group, before the Country. The multiplier effect of this, is a treatise for another day.

But suffice to say that as long as this problem persist, let's forget about Silicon Valley in Nigeria, because there will never be a Stanford University here to provide an infinite supply of ideas and prodigies to feed the invention value-chain!

Nigeria cannot wake up from its slumber today because it cannot lift its head. The entire weight of its existence is concentrated in its head. From the viewpoint of government, the weight is In Abuja. From the viewpoint of revenue source, the weight is in the Niger-Delta. We need to urgently restructure and evenly distribute this pressure points and weights to diffuse tension in Nigeria.

We need to revisit the exclusive legislative list in the constitution and systematically reduce the responsibilities of the Federal Government vis-a-vis the States. Resources have to be handed back to the States that generated them but place an obligation on each States to contribute an agreed percentage to the common federal purse to service obligations of the Federal Government. There is no reason Education, Policing, Prisons (only people convicted of federal offenses should go to federal prisons!!), Ports, Inland waterways, natural minerals, even marriage (yes, english form of marriage!!) and so many other items should be the concern of the Federal Government. We will never develop with such weight that weigh us down at the center. Nigeria can never raise its head in the comity of nations because of the sheer weight of the head.

There is more to say, but scarcely any time. But to emphasis the point i've been laboring to make, shall i say again that there is absolutely no reason or need to fight for oil in the Niger-Delta. There are so many things that can bring more revenue to States in Nigeria than oil. South Africa has no oil, but it has Gold, and is richer than Nigeria. Singapore and Japan has no oil, good, etc, but their economic success are driven by their Human Resources . Let us fight for a system that will promote both equality and equity. Let us restructure Nigeria. Let each federating Unit be free to chart their our developmental course and not weighed down.... Let there be healthy competition amongst federating units.

Fidel Albert

copied.

Oga oooo. Hunter became hunted....

Learning The Hard Way (1)

Wed, 17 Jun 2020

‘For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson.’ Hebrews 11:32 ESV

Samson had incredible potential, but he threw it all away. Why? For several reasons.

He failed to control his impulses. He was physically strong, but morally weak. He deliberately ignored God’s principles, and his life became a pathetic cycle of failures. He never learned; he kept making the same mistakes over and over. For him it was a kind of game: ‘How close can I get to the fire without getting burned?’

Delilah, a Philistine woman, kept nagging him about the source of his strength, and each time she got a little closer to the truth. Samson was playing with temptation by toying with her, and eventually he fell into the trap. And we do the same thing when we say things like: ‘It can’t hurt… just this one time.’

The truth is, not one of us plans to be a failure. It comes naturally—and gradually. It’s a step-by-step process, as little by little we become weakened. Our whole lives don’t fall apart in one day. Problems build up over a period of time, because we refuse to learn from our mistakes.

Maybe you’re thinking, ‘But this is an area of my life I have no control over. It’s just the way I am.’ That’s the wrong answer.

Here’s the right one: ‘He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.’ (Isaiah 40:29 NKJV)

When Samson finally faced the truth, God broke his cycle of failure and gave him the power to do what he should do, and made him victorious. And God will do the same for you when you turn to Him!

If only the NASS will remember Senator Adebayo Oshinowo for this:


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inoki247:
Dem change d name for them ... I don't know why everyone in this Thread dey pour out dere frustration on d boy shey na him b ur Politician ni all d politicians av bin Flying to Abuja without no issues. Why are you guys now crying like say na him b d cause of ur frustration...

I wonder oooo. After all, it's not as if they flew him and his crew for free.