It's so sad we lost more than 30 pages of valuable information to the nairaland meltdown.
If anyone by chance has a saved copy or a pdf copy of the thread just before the attack, you could pls be kind enough to share with us all.
We'd be grateful

hi fnk,

fnk:

I am still queuing up for this odor elimination system, though I am only focusing on broilers at the moment but I will like to also go into layers, but why I haven't done it is the odor palaver, I have enough space on my land to do layers, but my concern is that I don't want to be a nuisance to my neighbors, so with this system and if it works, I won't have to go buy another land in the boonies somewhere just to do layers. So I will get with you as time goes on to inspect experimental farm you talked about and we go from there.

sir, if you'd be kind enough to allow me, I'd really like to visit your farm
I really would love to learn from your broiler farm if I can get an appointment with you

If you are not in the country, you could facilitate the visit for me with your men on the farm.

Hoping to hear from you.

Thanks and God bless.

SMH....

a wife comes to a public forum to report her husband and seek advice...

and with no chance of hearing (knowing) the other party's side of the story...

everyone goes out calling the man all sorts of names...

insecure, foolish, wicked, childish, tribalist, even monkey..... the OP must be happy now!

it would seem the op is not letting out everything, and maybe rightly so...

but then it would be unfair to give advice and pass judgments in matters we don't have all the facts and details of...

and worse still to 'crucify' a party whose side of the story we don't have.

@OP I wish you the best of advice. May God help you and your spouse.

hmmm....

great plan

but can someone tell us how reliable and fast the mtn internet service really is?

yeah, i know the effectiveness is location dependent, but what is the general average performance esp as compared to etisalat and say, glo?

anyone...?

why is it that almost every post on this thread that supports the F.G's threat are by posters who can barely write intelligible English?

Is it that they were hired hurriedly without literacy screening just to defend this proposition?

or is it that they can't appreciate what standard in education is about b'cos they are barely educated?

or is it just me?

5. no 5 in other words...

'the day you are born, you cry while people laugh and rejoice; live life to reverse the order the day you die: so you'd rejoice while people cry'

Brimmie: I 'ld like my Muslim brovas to answer this question..

Are we going to sit down or stand while projecting the Video on Plasma

Everyone will stand before their Lord on the day of reckoning. Thos much is made clear in the message of Islaam as delivered by the last messenger of the Creator to man, Muhammad (saw).

Everyone will be made to see a record of his deeds with every other person present but they will be preoccupied with their own situation and the prevailing conditions of the day, so much they can't be bothered with or even see the record of the other persons.

In fact, the Messenger of Allah (saw) in the hadith of A'isha told us everyone will be raised up naked but no one will even see that the other person is naked.

The details of the events of the Last Day is given to us in the Qur'an and the ahaadith of the Messenger of Allah (saw).

pls someone help me with the unlock code for my glo huawei modem:

model: E303s-1
imei: 867648012622880
S/N: U9CBYA9280705115

thanks and god bless you.

the opinions some folks on here hold on issues, whether political, social, economic or humanitarian shall never surprise me anymore.

they even have the temerity to call others hypocrites for calling their attention to the cruelty of setting animals against one another and not caring the enormous pains they feel while you laugh and entertain yourselves!

i believe if you can tolerate this, then it will only take a little push for you to do and enjoy similar bloody harm to humans.

some of them even argued since we slaughter them for food, why not make them hurt one another and derive pleasure!

you are using a privilege and maybe a concession given you by the creators of these animals to justify your wicked pursuit of pleasure.

using your logic: since your wives go through so much bodily and bloody pain while giving birth to your children, if (God forbid) she's made to undergo similar or even less bodily pain by an overpowering aggressor, it would be hypocrisy to complain, afterall she goes through worse pain while delivering a baby

so it happens in spain and america with bulls and cocks, so what? that makes it right? pathetic!

i wish peace on whoever heeds admonition and follows sincere advice/guidance.

pls someone help me with the unlock code for my glo modem:

model: E303s-1
imei: 867648012622880
S/N: U9CBYA9280705115

thanks and god bless you.

The Pilot newspaper's banner headline for that day was:

"ACN GOVS ARE CORRUPT - BUHARI"

what does the above mean?

now Odumakin would rather attack the CPC for disowning the statement incorrectly/mischieviously credited to their party leader WHILE making excuses for the unprofessional junk journalists who intentionally made Yinka's statement someone else's

does it smell like a hatchet job! smh.

hi farmafric,

thanks for the information.
i can see there seems to be no indication of interest from chaps here.
keep the awareness going nevertheless
your resolve would soon be rewarded
thanks again.

Paschal007: No disrespect to the literary icon but i doN't think his knowledge of islam is that great. Is he not an atheist or sango worshiper? Something like that? He better stick to his sango gods.

Lilimax: This is not true at all.Boko Haram members carry out their suicide misson based on the promises of 72 virgins in Al-janah. This is what they are thought in their religion. Afterall 99.9% of Boko Harams are Moslems.

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Bobandgreat: Soyinka, u r an etheist. No need to b diplomatic here. Boko Haram have indepth knowledge of Islam thats y they kill and maim. Those muslims who r not violent yet have not attained that level of understanding of the Koran. They are like a dormant volcano, at the right chemical and physical condition it will explode.

You'all and your ilk must be sad!

The label of 'Islam = violence' is sticking and this old prof is trying to wash it off!

Soyinka must be a closet muslim!

by the way...

He traced the high percentage failure recorded in the past at the West Africa School Certificate Examination to a weak foundation at the primary level, adding also that the shaky foundation was also behind poor quality graduates being shunned out by universities in the country.



this newspaper indeed should be reporting failing education system! They appear working hard to make themselves poster-boys of that system. shunning out!

smh for vanguard.

Islam gives some guidance concerning this:

1. the friends and neighbours of the bereaved should give food to the bereaved for three days.

2. there should be no other gathering whatsoever (talkless partying) after the deceased is interred. (and the deceased is to be interred as soon as a few hours after being certified dead)

3. the children / relatives of the deceased are encouraged to spend whatever they can afford to donate to a community project (a borehole, library stocking, scholarship, even tree planting, etc) in his/her name. For as long as living people benefit from this project, more peace is added to the soul of the deceased.

This is the recommendation of Islam.

It is however common to see many misguided and ignorant muslims also part-take in this despicable, shameful and wasteful so-called cultural practice.

deols: 「「itikaf means seclusion and if u wld only take some time out 2 observe those acts of worship in a mosque,u shld call it somefn else. the least itikaf u can avis a night wv d intention. going and coming like some people do,I dont think is what itikaf is about. waAllahu a'lam

@op I am not observing Itikaf yet. my schedule isnt allowing it but my peeps ar doin it somewhere in Ibadan

May Allah accept everyone's Ibadah. amin

Hi deols,

The intention is key. Even a couple of hours in the masjid with no going about, with the intention to devote those hours in worship to Allah would be good. The key things are: 1. You must be in the masjid; Allah ta'ala says Laa tubaashiru unna wa antum 'aakifuna fili masaajid. 2. You must have in the intention to devote those hours to Allah.

W'Allahu a'alam.

how sad!
but why is that so?
you can take out a couple of hours everyday, esp. at nights to stay in the masjid with the intention of itikaf, making devotion (ibadaat) to Allah (swt).
that might be better than not doing at all

Are you observing the full seclusion or have to go out to work?
Where are you observing yours?
Whats the experience like thus far?

Ramadan Mubaarak!

bump

A CT scan machine costs approximately 2m usd. one hundred (100) machines would cost less than 30b naira. A ventilator most likely costs far less than that. Nigeria could afford 100 CT scanners and 100 ventilators with less than 50b naira. Some of our rulers have been accused of stealing amounts in excess of 50b - and that's one person.

With the 1.7 trillion subsidy scam, we could afford to put 10 scanners and ventilators in every single public hospital in Nigeria.

I wonder how some people get a good sleep at night.

God help Member.
God help us.

2 days and this topic has got only 7 posts. allow a couple of bigots in and watch it grow to 7 pages in two hours.
This kind of sermon needs to be read by more Nigerians.

Good viewpoint, Bishop.
But goodness me! why is it topics like this never get viewership and response like many silly topics here!
I challenge the mods to put this on the front page in the spirit of helping peaceful co-existence.

Again, great effort, Bishop.

This sort of proposal need to be discussed more vigorously and more openly.

cola: Each semi-nation will be free to make laws that will take care of its religious, cultural, educational and social needs. The indigenous languages will become official languages within the semi-nations. For example, even though Igbo or Yoruba each has up to 20 million speakers, none of them is as globally popular as Afrikaans (with about the same number of global speakers), or Swedish with 10 million speakers

But in a semi-nation like Yorubaland or Igboland, the indigenous language will be used as the official language in the legislature, law courts, universities, offices, etc. Each semi-nation will be free to promote its indigenous languages as it deems fit.

What about regions, North Central for example where there are several indigenous languages. Or the South-South where you have Izon, Urhobo. Ibiobio, Edo, Calabari etc spoken by the people all within the region and with about no clear commomnly-spoken indigenous language?

cola: Each zone will be entitled to create zones/administrative divisions, but will not be funded even by a kobo from the central government. The resources derived from each zone will be owned hundred per cent by the particular zone, with an agreed percentage of tax paid to the centre. Despite the discovery of oil in the 1960s and its massive exploration from the early 1970s till date, it is crystal clear that even though Nigeria of the oil era is richer than the Nigeria of the agricultural era, Nigerians of the oil era are much more poorer than Nigerians of the agricultural era, because of the massive looting that has been going on in the nation by public office holders. The sharing of proceeds from oil has made the states lazy and politicians' appetite for graft even sharper. The money that comes from oil seems too easy that there is no need among the states to make any serious efforts to generate revenue through any other source. There is a title of a book that is Come Easy, Go Easy. In addition, the zones will pay handsome taxes to the centre for the maintenance of the military and other central institutions.

In sports, we could copy the UK example by allowing each zone to participate in the African Nations Cup and the World Cup, but participate at the Olympics as one body. But whether this aspect is upheld or not, there must be various sports championships among the six semi-nations. Each zone will run its own football league. To determine the team that will represent Nigeria at the African Champions League, the top team from each semi-nation will compete in a mini tournament. Each semi-nation will also maintain a national football team. Every two years, a Nigerian Nations Cup will be played among them to determine the champion. There will be other competitions in education, technology, sports, entertainment etc, among the semi-nations.

The reason for these competitions is to engender a spirit of healthy rivalry among the various semi-nations, so as to make each of them vibrant and strong. Such vibrancy will uplift each zone and also Nigeria at large.

And suppose I'm the Prime Minister for a region, say Richland and I refuse to remit my zone's tax to the central govt? What happens to me or my zone?

In the final analysis, the semi-nations will attract tourists, investors, skilled professionals and foreign investment based on their ability to make their areas habitable and hospitable.

I believe that if this proposal is accepted and adopted by Nigeria, the United Nations of Nigeria will be the biggest economy in Africa and one of the top 10 economies of the world in ten years, the most attractive place to visit or do business in Africa and the pride of the black race and Africa. It is possible. We can do it if we choose to.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/is-the-united-nations-of-nigeria-our-answer-/112366/

Each semi-nation will be free to make laws that will take care of its religious, cultural, educational and social needs. The indigenous languages will become official languages within the semi-nations. For example, even though Igbo or Yoruba each has up to 20 million speakers, none of them is as globally popular as Afrikaans (with about the same number of global speakers), or Swedish with 10 million speakers, because our indigenous languages are currently subdued under English as a result of a need to make compatriots who can't speak the same indigenous feel at home. But in a semi-nation like Yorubaland or Igboland, the indigenous language will be used as the official language in the legislature, law courts, universities, offices, etc. Each semi-nation will be free to promote its indigenous languages as it deems fit. Locals will stop feeling disadvantaged because of lack of knowledge of the English language. Non-locals who want to live and do business in such areas will be encouraged to learn the regional language. But that does not mean that English will die in Nigeria, as it will still be the means of communication on the national level or within the semi-nations whenever necessary.

But perhaps the best advantage of having the United Nations of Nigeria is that the feeling of marginalization, domination, and subjugation that has led to constant strife, suspicion, uneasiness, violence and deaths of millions of Nigeria in the last 50 years will be eliminated. Each semi-nation will feel happy that it has control over its lands and resources and that it is living the type of life it desires without constantly trying to live the way other compatriots want just for the sake of peace. Any Nigerian who desires to live in any part of Nigeria will be aware that even though he is a Nigerian, he must subject himself to the laws that govern his area of residence.

If it is also acceptable, each zone should be known by a peculiar name like Yorubaland (O'odualand), Igboland, Kanuriland, Deltaland, Hausaland, Richland, etc. Even though some may fear that this will bring about a rise in ethnic nationalism, yet such ethnic nationalism will be to the advantage of Nigeria, because it will increase the patriotism of the citizens to their fatherland.

There are many advantages that a United Nations of Nigeria will bring. First of all, the reason why the embezzlement of public funds is on the increase is because there is a strong conviction among Nigerians that the money of the nation belongs to nobody: "public funds." But could you imagine a man embezzling the hard-earned money of the Yorubaland or Hausaland? Such a person will either run away from the nation or commit suicide, because he will be made to feel so much shame that he will be better dead than alive, unlike now when such a person is celebrated with chieftaincy titles for going to Abuja to get "our share of the national cake." If Richland (Middlebelt) uses its hard-earned money to put street light in Gboko or Lokoja, I pity the thief that will ever contemplate stealing those street lights. Everything within each semi-nation will no longer be "their own" but "our own" and it is the absence of that spirit of "our own" that has been our greatest undoing as a nation.

Another advantage is that it will make skilled Nigerians who were frustrated out of Nigeria by misrule and retrogression to return in droves to help build their respective semi-nations and by extension the country. Rather than only a handful of cities developing as is obtainable now, all the parts of Nigeria will experience massive and simultaneous development. The country's economy will grow and expatriate skilled people and investors will be attracted to the different sections of the country.

Each zone will be entitled to create zones/administrative divisions, but will not be funded even by a kobo from the central government. The resources derived from each zone will be owned hundred per cent by the particular zone, with an agreed percentage of tax paid to the centre. Despite the discovery of oil in the 1960s and its massive exploration from the early 1970s till date, it is crystal clear that even though Nigeria of the oil era is richer than the Nigeria of the agricultural era, Nigerians of the oil era are much more poorer than Nigerians of the agricultural era, because of the massive looting that has been going on in the nation by public office holders. The sharing of proceeds from oil has made the states lazy and politicians' appetite for graft even sharper. The money that comes from oil seems too easy that there is no need among the states to make any serious efforts to generate revenue through any other source. There is a title of a book that is Come Easy, Go Easy. In addition, the zones will pay handsome taxes to the centre for the maintenance of the military and other central institutions.

In sports, we could copy the UK example by allowing each zone to participate in the African Nations Cup and the World Cup, but participate at the Olympics as one body. But whether this aspect is upheld or not, there must be various sports championships among the six semi-nations. Each zone will run its own football league. To determine the team that will represent Nigeria at the African Champions League, the top team from each semi-nation will compete in a mini tournament. Each semi-nation will also maintain a national football team. Every two years, a Nigerian Nations Cup will be played among them to determine the champion. There will be other competitions in education, technology, sports, entertainment etc, among the semi-nations.

The reason for these competitions is to engender a spirit of healthy rivalry among the various semi-nations, so as to make each of them vibrant and strong. Such vibrancy will uplift each zone and also Nigeria at large.

A similar political scenario was obtainable in Nigeria before the first military coup on January 29, 1966. The four regions (East, Mid-West, North and West) had a high degree of autonomy. Each region focused on areas that interested it and retained as much as 50 per cent of the revenue from its natural resources. There was healthy rivalry among the regions, with each region trying to beat the other in all spheres of development. But the proposed United Nations of Nigeria would be different from what obtained in Nigeria's First Republic or what obtains in the UK or the US. I propose that the current six regions of Nigeria (North-Central, North-East, North-West, South-East, South-South and South-West) be transformed into six semi-nations or semi-countries. The details of their structure can be agreed upon but I will suggest a few of the details (which are not sacrosanct in any way).

The six semi-nations will each be run by a Vice President or Prime Minister. A rotational presidential arrangement among the six zones will ensure that each zone will present the President for a single term of 5 years. To prevent the loss of presidency by any zone because of death, impeachment or resignation (reminiscent of what happened during the President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua presidency), the Vice President or Prime Minister of the zone of the President will take over the presidency in the event of the President not completing his term.

Each zone will be run virtually as a separate nation with its own police, legislature, ministers, civil service, etc. The central government will be in charge of the military, a national intelligence/investigative unit, immigration, currency, Supreme Court, etc. The central government will have a legislature (perhaps on a part-time basis) that is made up of about six people from each zone and they will be concerned with only issues that concern the central government. The bottom line is to make political offices within the zones more attractive and prestigious than those in the centre to avoid the mad rush to the centre.

Even though so many parts of Nigeria are disgruntled and disenchanted with what Nigeria has increasingly become, it is not in doubt that most Nigerians have a special attachment to the country Nigeria. It is also clear that most parts of Nigeria are frustrated that Nigeria is suffocating them by preventing them to fully explore their technological and industrial potential, or by dragging them backwards, or by bringing shame and disrepute to them through citizens' acts of criminality and violence like kidnapping, internet fraud, drug-trafficking and terrorism, or by preventing them from practising their religion the way they want to because of the demands of multiplicity of religion or secularism.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has four countries inside it: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. They participate in the Olympics as the United Kingdom, but participate at the World Cup and UEFA Cup as four countries. The United States of America participates in all competitions as one country but each state lives almost like a mini-country within the US, moving at its own pace and focusing on those things that interest it. For example, even though gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts and New York, it is outlawed in California and Alaska; death penalty is practised in Nevada, while it is outlawed in New Jersey. That way, people who hate gay marriage, for instance, are not made to subdue their personal and religious preferences by tolerating the sight of a man kissing another man whom he calls his "wife", neither will those who believe in the sanctity of life have to bear the news of living in a state where the life of an offender could be terminated.

The fundamental problem with Nigeria, which has been the cause of the worsening leadership in the nation, is a lack of belief in the nation. Nigeria literally belongs to no-one. Nigerians are not Nigerians first. Nigerians love Nigeria but they place their ethnic groups above their nationality. Issues concerning the nation are first viewed from ethnic standpoint before the national perspective. Nigerians are ready to fight and die for their ethnic group, but they sneer at anyone who wants to die for Nigeria or someone who wants to show integrity on issues regarding Nigeria.

However, the good news is that despite the various seemingly intractable and irreconcilable differences of the several ethno-religious groups in Nigeria, the proclivity of Nigerians to cling to their ethnic groups can be exploited to the advantage of the entire nation. Nigeria can therefore reap the benefits of having one country as well as the benefits of giving the various parts of the nation the opportunity to fully explore their peculiarities and diversities: a classical case of eating our cake and having it. How is this achievable? By having the United Nations of Nigeria.