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Apatheist: I don't believe god exists, how can you hate something that doesn't exist? Do you hate Santa Claus?

To me, all the gods -- especially the Abrahamic ones--are psychopathic characters in bronze age novels. Like Voldemort in the Harry Potter series.

A question for apartheist though, if you find a beautifully crafted electronic gadget in a newly discovered planet and someone tells you it got there by accident, will you agree to that assertion? This analogy is same with the creation of human beings with a complex chemistry especially the human brain with 100 billion nerve cells – neurons – in the human brain (more than the number of stars in the Milky Way). Obviously, this cannot happen by accident. You may want to say it is nature. The being behind that nature is GOD.

Math Genius
I do not know if the following is true, but someone attributed this to Hazrat Ali ibn Abi-Taalib (May Allah be pleased with him) as a Math Genius:
One Day a person came to Hazrat Ali (May Allah be pleased with him), thinking that people say "Ali is too smart;" I'll ask him such a tough question that he won't be able to answer and I'll embarrass him in front of all Arabs.

He asked, "Ali, can you tell me a number, that if we divide it by any number from 1-10 the answer will always come in the form of a whole number and not as a fraction." Ali Looked back at him and said, "Take the number of months in a year, multiply it with number of days in a month (30), and multiply that with the number of days in a week and you will have your answer." The person did not believe Ali. He checked the answer and found it was correct. The number was 12 x 30 x 7 = 2520

A person was about to die, and before dying he wrote his Will, "I have 17 Camels, and I have three sons. Divide my Camels in such a way, that My eldest son gets half of them, the second one gets 1/3rd of the total and my youngest son gets 1/9th of the total number of Camels."

After his death when the relatives read his will they got extremely perplexed and said to each other that how can we divide 17 camels like this.

So after a long hard thought they decided that there was only one man in Arabia who could help them: "Ali Ibn Abi- Taalib (May Allah be pleased with him)." So they all came to him and put forward their problem.

Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) said, "Ok. I will divide the camels as per the man's will; I will lend one of my camels to the total which makes it 18; now lets divide as per his will."
The Eldest gets 1/2 of 18 = 9
The second one gets 1/3 of 18 = 6
and The Youngest gets 1/9 of 18 = 2
That distributes 17 camels. Then Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) said, "Now I will take my Camel back."

Source: http://moonsighting.com/math_jokes.html

sokera: How can we identify true man of God? Matthew 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

I totally disagree with you. Committing errors and sins does not disqualify you as a true man of God. Don't you have forgiveness in your own scripture?

The case of Pastor Chris and Rev. Anita needs deep analysis so as to prescribe pragmatic solutions and learn from their situations.
KEY CONCERNS
1. They have been living far apart for 16 years or thereabout and therefore they do not spend quality time as a family.
2. Rev. Anita has advised Pastor Chris to pursue single ladies who flock around in their white house, but he declined.
3. Since Rev. Anita does not reside in Nigeria, her loyalists might have informed her that Pastor Chris is not faithful. This may or may not be true.
4. How does Pastor Chris satisfy his sexual needs? I am sure someone will say that the Holy Spirit will take care of that. In practical terms, it is almost impossible for a man to be with flock of beautiful exotic ladies for years and not backslide. That is why it is advisable that what one will not eat, one should not move near nor smell it.

Even though Pastor Chris and Rev Anita may equally have their blames, more blames should be channelled at those single ladies who are hell-bent on spoiling a happy home. They seduce, entice, cajole and put themselves in a position of pity all in the name of coming for counselling and church-working. I thought the service of a church-worker should be restricted to the church, what are they doing in the pastor's house.
Is there anyone on this forum that can resist these evil ladies? We are talking about georgious, spot-less, exotic, rich and beautiful ladies running after a handsome, eloquent, charismatic, rich, influential and powerful "man of God". It takes the grace of God to swim across the Atlantic ocean.

It may sound weird and strange to Christians but I must say this as a Muslim. If Pastor Chris has legally married other wives, there will be no allegation of adultery. There is nothing that says a Christian cannot marry more than one wife if he choses to, it is western orientation that led us into monogamy. Abraham, the father of faith - married three wives and most of the Prophets mentioned in the Bible practice polygamy.
Jesus never married, so there is no practical example of marriage to learn from him.

Until we are reasonable and practical in our judgements, there will always be problem in the society. If there is any section of the bible that forbids polygamy, i will be happy to learn it.

Any info on the cost for postgraduate programmes. Was it reduced also?

We were also told in primary school that removing 9 from 5 was impossible.

May Allah grant you wisdom, sound health, long life and Al-Jannah firdaus for quoting this beautiful hadith.

maclatunji: Islam is a practical religion. Its injunctions exist for the welfare of human beings as a whole. There is a teaching regarding epidemics in Islam:



Narrated Saud:

The Prophet (SAW) said, "If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; but if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place."

Source: Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 71, Number 624:

misterh: Niyat is in the heart. It doesn't have to be uttered. Just have the intention of fasting and you are good to go. Allahu a'lam.

May Allah bless you with this response. Allah knows what is hidden in your hearts whether you say it out or not. It is sufficient to make your intention from the heart without any verbal supplication and Allah knows best.

RAMADHAN MUBARAK

Inna lilahi wa inna illaehi rojiun

sanniemoe: U remind me of some nasty tale.. my gf who resides in d west suddenly stopped picking my calls.dang, I was mad considering d fact I kept my heart for her,hoping someday we'd b together till old age..I cried secretly, I was down for weeks, yet I stood strong all those while.i kept calling, sending sms, begging her to come back.u know what, she gave me cold shoulders, told me so many cruel things bluntly.she mocked me, called me so many unprintable names which i only heard from people around. Not that, im ugly or something but I felt breaking up wasnt worth it.i wanted my relationship to work..now, God made me ways and she acting all nice back..thinking I would just forgive like that..if my parents werent rich, she most likely would have done worse if she could.if I decide to take her back and do d disappearing act, what wld people call that

The eyes that will stay till eternity does not have sediments (rheum). She is probably a double-edged sword and you need to exercise serious caution. If I were you, I will RUN.

Pvin: Yes, I walked out of my last relationship without letting my ex no the reason. The relationship have lasted for 3yrs and she is a perfect gurl for me except her hieght(very shut) and that scares me because it might end in2 marriage and I dnt wanna have Aki nd paw paw as kids because am not tall too.
I hav stoped calling nd seeing her with d reason dt am busy with work until she too gets tired of calling. But honestly, since we stoped d relationship I hav never found anyone to fill her space. I just feels that half of my heart still belongs to her but my fear will not let me take the rest to her. Just confused.

This is not fair. Why did you sniff what you are not willing to eat. Three years is a lot and this is a clear case of disappointing the poor girl. Height is important but it is not a virtue. Isn't it better to have a responsible family that is not so tall than an irresponsible one with height of basketballers - a family of drunkards and never-do-wells who will bring shame and disgrace to the family and the nation. I don't pray you end up with the latter but you need to re-think your decision so as not to regret in the future. Even if you marry a tall girl, who tells you your kids will not have the same type of your height? You never know what you have until you lose them. It is not too late to rethink the situation. Obedience is better than sacrifice.

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I am not a Christian and I know that this is not acceptable by any standard. Common sense requires you to respect elements of other people's religions and belief system. It is more than cursing someone's parents and I believe a sane man will not take to the drums when his family's name is dragged in the mud. The issue here is even beyond that. Why can't people make their points without unnecessary sensationalism. Enough is enough.

Samconquer,
Why must you mention Muslims in a negative manner when responding to a post that has nothing to do with the Muslim religion? I think this is uncivilized, uncultured and lack of respect for other people's belief.

In addition, you referred to people as "bastard" in your concluding line. This is unwarranted as you can make your points without using strong and offensive words.

The judgement appears fair considering the circumstances and the rationale stated by the judge. The keywords here are "deterrent" and "waste of time"". Although the thief has returned the money but he needs to be thought a lesson that stealing is NOT an acceptable behaviour in the society. Moreover, others also need to learn from this and that is one of the benefits of the law.

It is illogical for the judge to say that "after all there are corrupt government officials who have not being prosecuted, let this man go away". This will only compound our problem and "legalize" stealing. In addition, sending him to jail over that small amount of money will sound like using a sledge hammer to kill a fly.

God is the best of all judges and I do not say that this judgement is perfect but it appears to be fair and correctional in nature.

I am disappointed with the fact that the OP inadvertently or deliberately twisted the news just to cause confusion amongst the audience of this post. I did a little research and found out that this sentence has been quoted differently by the OP and therefore has affected the interpretation of the incidence.

In the research piece, I found out this sentence:
Blasphemous acts against any of the five officially recognized religions in Indonesia carry a maximum jail time of five years. Minors usually face half the adult sentence and are placed in juvenile detention, Al Arabiya reports.
You can read more on:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/indonesian-teens-face-blasphemy-charges-dance-moves-article-1.1328397


The OP's version is this:
Blasphemy in Indonesia carries a maximum sentence of five years, though minors usually face half the adult sentence and are locked up in juvenile detention facilities.


My opinion
It is important for us to indicate the source of our information so that we can balance our thoughts on a particular topic and this does not have to be limited to religious posts.

Secondly, a law is a law and must be respected and obeyed. Not all laws may be reasonable to the entire world. For instance, the guy involved in the Colorado shooting in US is currently pleading insanity and may be allowed to go scot free after causing grief and sadness in a lot of families. But that is the law. Whereas, a Nigeria judge just ordered 8 murderers to be hanged to death for killing of one soul. That is the Nigerian law also.

Let us respect people, their laws and their religion because that is they way they have chosen for themselves. Whether you agree or not is not relevant. There is a Yoruba proverb that says that "You call a man's calabash the name he has given to it".

I see a lot of sentiments in the OP's question and these will not enable development of Lagos. He is calling to religious intolerance, favoritism, subjective politicking and nepotism. Why should everything have religious colorations? Why? I doubt if the OP will ever employ a non-Christian if he is in a capacity to employ. He may be one of the people who adds religion in their résumé just to create a religio-sympathy for consideration regardless of professional competence. This MUST stop if we crave for growth, development and positive transformation of our society.

Who cares about your religion? That is your personal baggage. What we should be concerned about is electing the man who can deliver. Pure and simple.

Being a paper presented at the Island Club, Lagos Business Session, on Wednesday, April 9, 2013.

THE Island Club has created a niche for itself as a platform for the generation of great ideas which have helped to foster national unity and development.

Therefore, I feel highly honoured to be considered worthy of delivering this lecture which dwells on a topic that is dear to us all as citizens of this great country, Nigeria.

It is my pleasure to speak on the challenges of state development within the context of Nigeria’s federal system.

Let me begin this section by relaying a recent experience of mine. I was at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently to speak on the investment opportunities in Oyo State. The Chairman of the occasion was a former Secretary of the Commonwealth Business Council. He provided an insight that many critics of the investment drive of State Governments hardly think about. He said Nigeria, with its 36-state structure, presents 37 different opportunities for investments in Nigeria. These are the opportunities offered by the Federal Government and the 36 States. The moral in this is that, as a federal entity, the 36 States have individual and peculiar needs, challenges and opportunities. For too long, many of us had placed the onus of the development of Nigeria on the Federal Government. My personal experience as a senator at the federal level and Governor at the state level is that the state shares as much, if not more, of this burden of development as the Federal Government.

One major lesson that the democratic dispensation has brought into bold relief is that the state, as a tier of government, has a duty to develop its own vision and mission and design strategies to advance its development, within the context of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The days that the vision and mission of state governments were espoused in the national budget as it was under the military government are gone for good. Every state has a responsibility to work for its development within the confines of the national policy for development.

Permit me to confess that you will never know the depth of the rot in a government until you get in there. On assumption of office on May 29, 2011, I found out that the rot I had complained about in the government we inherited was a tip of the iceberg. It also soon became clearer that the speed at which we could pursue our vision for Oyo State also depended, to a great extent, on the constraints of the federal system of government in place in the country. It is against the background of the inherited ruins in government and the limitations of the federal system that we embarked on the project to Tranform, Restore And Reposition Oyo State.

The adoption of the federal system of government, as enshrined in the Lyttleton Constitution of Nigeria in 1954, was borne out of the conviction of the founding fathers of Nigeria that, as a country of about 350 ethnic nationalities, the federal system is the best form of government that will allow our peoples to protect their peculiar cultural identities and develop at their respective paces. However, the trajectory of Nigerian federal setup has altered the vision. The consequence is a federal system that has become a burden on the Federal Government and a drag on the development of the constituting units.

The core element of federalism is the existence of a system based on the sharing of power between at least two levels of government (federal and state) that allows each level to make final decisions on matters concurrently and exclusively. The core federal principle has the following core characteristics : No level of government is subordinate to the other; The two or more levels of government operate directly and simultaneously upon the citizens; There is a written constitution which is supreme – amendments, especially on matters related to the formal division of power should not be the exclusive preserve of one level of government; There is an independent and supreme court which serves as final arbiter in constitutional disputes; The levels of government, especially state governments, should have reasonable levels of viability and relative economic autonomy both to ensure that they are able to perform their constitutionally assigned functions and that they are not subordinate to the other level; and the constitution does not contain a secession clause that allows federating units to secede at will and does not also grant the Federal Government emergency powers that can make the states subordinate when used.



These features cannot be said to exit in contemporary federal system in Nigeria. I will highlight three areas in which our contemporary federal practice hampers, rather than advance, development in the States as a tier of government.

The first is the revenue allocation formula. As you are all aware, Nigeria’s federal structure comprises the federal government and the 36 state governments. There are also 774 local government areas which serve as the third tier of government. The federal government takes 52.8 percent of all federally collected revenue. The 36 States share 26.72 percent while the 774 local councils share 20 percent.

The implication of this is that the Federal Government is surfeit with resources while state governments face serious financial challenges. This is in spite of the fact that the states are responsible for basic needs that impact on the social well-being of the citizens and the development of the states.

For instance, the issues of education, health, infrastructure and even security, at the state level, are borne more by the states rather than the federal government. I give you an instance. The federal government caters for about 50 Secondary Schools and 40 Universities. Oyo State alone caters for over 2,000 Primary Schools, over 700 Secondary Schools, one (1) College of Education, one (1) College of Agriculture, one (1) Polytechnic and one (1) University. The State also shares responsibility with Osun State for the finance of the Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso.

This responsibility for hundreds of educational institutions, especially at the primary and secondary school levels, is replicated in the states. For the development that we seek as a nation, we need to put more resources in primary and secondary education than the states can afford to do at present.

The second feature of our federal system that hampers the speed of development in the States is the constitutional delineation of power between the Federal Government and states governments. At present, the Federal Government controls 68 legislative items under the exclusive list and shares 24 with state governments on the concurrent list. Apart from the fact that the long legislative list raises issues of effectiveness at the federal level, given the expansive nature of the country, many of the items could be better executed by the States, rather than the Federal Government. Such matters include education, health, and even provision of public infrastructure within the States. For instance, rather than appropriate funds to the Federal Government to provide township roads, would it not be better for such monies to be appropriated to states that are in daily contact with the townships and their needs?

Finally, security. The foundation of all development is peace and security. This in essence puts the burden of security on any state government in search of development. But security has been made the exclusive responsibility of the federal government. The states face enormous security challenges but are armstrung by present constitutional provisions. We need to rethink the constitutional provisions on security for efficiency and effectiveness.

In general, the anti-federal provisions in Nigeria’s federal system include Large number of matters on the exclusive legislative list; Limitations to the competence of States in matters on the concurrent list (by which state laws are constitutionally rendered null and void to the extent of their inconsistencies with federal laws); Provision of emergency powers that allow the Federal Government to take over the affairs of states; Over-centralization of control of the Police; Provisions on local government that allow federal interference.

Extant laws that are anti-federal include the Land Use Act; the Laws on Petroleum and Gas that give these resources to the Federal Government; the Federal Inland Revenue Act of 2007 which empowers the Federal Inland Revenue Service to collect revenue for the three tiers of government, the Monitoring of Revenue Allocation to Local Government Act of 2005, which compels states to set up joint local government account committees and empowers the federal government to deduct from funds allocated to States money they failed to pay to local governments in the previous year.

The Experience in Oyo State:

The vision of our administration, despite these constitutional constraints, is to create a society in which everyone can be the best he legitimately desires to be. Our focus is the provision of an efficient public infrastructure and urban renewal; human capital development through education, skill acquisition and efficient healthcare delivery; development of value-chain agriculture and agro-allied industry; improved security and peace as well as good and transparent governance.

It is my pleasure to acknowledge that even our worst critics have admitted that we have done well in the delivery of our promises in these areas.

Let me use this platform to acknowledge the commendations we have received from far and near for the successful urban renewal initiative in Ibadan and other parts of Oyo State. Let me state with all emphasis at my disposal that we are just beginning. We are determined to make Ibadan and Oyo State in general attractive and inviting to investors and tourists. Next month, we are going to commission the first indigenous flyover in the ancient city of Ibadan. We are at present dualizing all the major entry points to Ibadan and other notable towns like Oyo, Ogbomoso and Iseyin. In 22 months, we have rehabilitated over 250 roads across the length and breadth of the State. We are still counting.

When this administration came into office, Oyo State was number one in the league of states afflicted by the menace of insecurity and violence. In 22 months, through the engagement of stakeholders, the establishment of the State Security Trust Fund and firm refusal to encourage the politics of brigandage that defined our predecessor administrations, we have established Oyo State as one of the most peaceful states in the country.

Our administration also identified the major challenges in the education sector as infrastructure decay, personnel inadequacies and monitoring needs. We have embarked on a massive rehabilitation of classrooms to make our classrooms comfortable for our children. At the last count, we have provided additional 67,000 pairs of furniture to cater for 134,000 pupils in our secondary schools. We have trained over 6,500 teachers and promoted 12,076 teaching and non-teaching staff in public secondary schools in the state. We have also entered into a partnership with the University of Ibadan to provide efficient monitoring and supervision of personnel in our schools.

We have paid N350 million each year in 2012 and 2013 as WAEC fees for our students. We introduced extra-mural classes for our final year students. In the last WAEC examination, Oyo State moved from the 34th position of 2011 to 24th position. We are determined to put Oyo State in the first 3 positions in WAEC examination.

Beyond secondary school education, we have provided the necessary facilities and secured the accreditation for the Oyo State College of Agriculture to offer Higher National Diploma programmes.

We also established the Technical University, Ibadan to offer courses that are at present not offered in Nigeria like Robotic Engineering, Underwater Engineering, etc.

Next week, we shall be signing an agreement with the University of Texas, United States of America on the programmes of the university. In the scheme, our students will share their four years in the university by spending two years in Ibadan and two years in Texas, the United States.

We have provided 20,000 youths with intervention employment. We are also exposing them to leadership and entrepreneurship training to equip them for the contemporary challenges of the economy. About 500 of the youths are being exposed to training under our Young Farmers Scheme, through which we are encouraging our youths to take advantage of the business opportunities in Agriculture. Still on agriculture, about four weeks ago, we made history by providing 320 tractors to our farming population in the quest to take advantage of our 38,000 square kilometers arable land.

We have constructed seven new earth dams across the state; rehabilitated three existing earth dams and provided agriculture loans to thousands of farmers.

Our women have received special attention of this administration. Two of the three arms of government in the state —- that is the legislature and the judiciary —- are led by women. We have seven women in our cabinet and 10 female Permanent Secretaries. In the area of empowerment, 396 grassroots women have received financial support for their businesses. Sixty-six women from the rural areas have been trained in Bee-keeping while 120 indigent women were trained in locust beans processing. About 400 women have received training in modern catering and 200 of them were given sundry business equipment to set up small scale businesses.

This administration has paid workers full 13th month salary for two consecutive years since coming into office. We have also trained over 15,000 public servants in two years. We have increased housing loan to civil servants by 100%. We have increased car loan to civil servants by 100%. We have increased pension by 142% and have paid backlog of pension accumulated for five years by predecessor administrations. We have introduced free transport services for workers in the state and removed the barrier on the path of Chief Typists who can now rise to level 12 by virtue of exposure to ICT training. We have also introduced life Insurance Policy for our civil servants.

On health, we have commenced the rehabilitation of our general hospitals and the provision of medical equipment in them. Only last week, we approved the procurement of hospital equipment worth N604m for Adeoyo General Hospital, Ibadan. We have also introduced the public-private partnership in the provision of some services in the hospitals to enhance efficiency. We have introduced periodic health outreach missions through which we take healthcare delivery to the doorsteps of our people. Over half a million patients have been treated under this scheme. We have also introduced 34 ambulances at critical points across the state to help in the evacuation of emergencies cases to our hospitals. Finally, we have rehabilitated 66 primary health centres to give life to our vision of taking healthcare delivery to the grassroots.

Conclusion:

We can do more than we have done if the constraints put on states’ capabilities in the federal provisions of our Constitution are removed.

In summary, we need to review our Constitution to grant responsibilities that are best performed at State level to the States. This should be complemented with concomitant amendment to the revenue allocation formula to free more resources for the states to discharge their responsibilities.



Source:
http://ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=119366:the-challenge-of-state-development-in-federal-nigeria&catid=72:focus&Itemid=598

Inspiring topic.

In addition, it is important to always be in the company of people that are conscious of their solat (when practicable). The question we should ask ourself is "How many Muslims that pray regularly do you have as close friends". A man adapts to acts and religions of people he chooses as close friends - Hadith of Prophet (not quoting verbatim).

baby_123: There is such a thing as Estate tax. However, i am not too sure what is going on here. If the judge wants to steal something that he should not be stealing, that is sheer wickedness and the judge should be sacked. Besides, why are you in court over your brother's estate? I dont think Estate tax applies to his widow though. Was he married His wife should be claiming the money, tax free.

The guy was not married before his death.

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I need a practical advice on this. My friend is planning to claim money left from his deceased brother's bank account and the Bank to him to bring a statement (i.e. affidavit) from the court, amongst other requirements (death certificate, ID card etc).

To his amazement, the court said it is their procedure to claim 10% of the deceased's account balance if they will issue out the requested affidavit.

Is this the normal practice? Is it even right? Anyone have a similar experience? Please, let me know if there are suggestions from any Nairalander on this.

May Allah bless the OP and the audience of this message. Although miracles exists, the primary focus should be on the fundamentals - five pillars of Islam, righteous deeds, love for one another, reciting/memorizing the Qur'an, etc.

Most of us are guilty of this and may Allah direct our affairs rightly. Ameen.

May Allah bless the author of this write-up and the audience.
Lots of lessons from the book of Allah - Al Quran Kareem.

We need constant reminders like this as assurance that Allah's laws reign supreme over all other things.

Jazakumullahu khayran.

This is what I can call a 'DILEMMA' and the concerns I have is that how many bachelors (even widowers) will be willing to marry a widow of 5 children? Even widowers are looking for spinsters (or at best virgins). It is not funny, it is reality. In Islam, it is totally ACCEPTABLE to marry your late brother's wife and we are not apologetic about this in as much as there is mutual consent.

Just as Maclatunji advised, one of the options would have been for you to marry her but this has pros and cons which needs to be carefully weighed before diving into.

Because, you are a Christian, I guess the practice is monogamy and therefore you must leave her to get another person to marry so you are out of her re-marriage equation.

Albeit though, there are some things that you MUST take caution over, if you don't want to regret.
1. Do not be intimate with this woman because she may be desperate to have you. I don't know how decent she is and at the same time I don't know what her melting point is because she is not used to being lonely and she is in love with your family. Remember "ADULTERY is EVIL which open doors to greater EVILS";
2. Don't abandon the responsibility of providing for her and her children;
3. Visit her only in company of your wife as this will create a shield to avoid any unholy/ugly scene; and
4. Pray and fast for God's guidance.

All the best.

daontop: dis is d reason y mst govt of other countries separatd religion frm govt.... public skul is a skul for.d.whole public ie both muslims, christians, atheist, jews, traditnalist nd.oda riligions which has a common goal ie to hold d common.interest of evry group without prejudice.... so if u allow a muslim.gal to wear her hijab *sorry if my speln.is wrng* to skul al because her religion said so, den u r also teln d pupil frm d traditnal relign 2also wear his fathers masquerade to skul since d muslim.gal can wear hers 2skul. pls thr r limits 2evrytin nd dis is d limit.. so.of d lady wnts 2b wearn dat 2skul, Thr r sevral islamic skuls in lagos nd beyond whr she can be enrolld nd allowd 2wear dat with being questnd or stopd bt nt in Govt or public skul....

You are missing a vital point here. The issue at hand relate to a public school funded by the taxpayers irrespective of religion. Why will you deny any religion the benefit of attending a public school. Muslims are saying that hijab is a fundamental component of their religious belief and this is supported by the country's constitution. Any dress code that violates a constitutional right should be revisited. Again, dialogue with key stakeholders appears to be the best way out of this imbroglio.

This is an ugly development and it requires immediate intervention whether by the government or by the citizens. It appears devil has signed a contract with these crooked (unstraight) people. My fear is that whenever the wrath of God descends as a result of a devilish act, it may spread to non-participants of the act because of their indifference and complacency.

We need strong legislative backing to deal with these kind of people at all levels (local, state and federal). It is an act that contradicts all laws of nature and the collective essence of our existence.

If this stupid guy and his members actually believe in what they are doing, let them come out boldly and tell the whole of Lagos that they are not straight and Lagosians will straighten them up.

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May Allah bless the author of this thread.
I think it is important to state scriptural evidences on the rights and responsibilities of the husband and the wife. These two elements are combined in the quranic and biblical verses below:

“Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth.” (An-Nisa’: 34).
"Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord" Ephesians 5 v 22.

It is not uncommon that women of this generation find it difficult to obey their husbands all in the name of civilization and gender equality. This is one of the key reasons why divorce rate is higher in recent times.
I heard some people say "he cannot command me but he can lead me with care and love". This is all syntactic gymnastics. I disagree that husbands cannot command the wife but my question is this "Can the husband instruct/lead/direct/oversee the affairs of the wife?. If the answer is yes, then it means the same thing as command. In trying to balance the view of the womenfolk, the word "command" could also connote "being authoritative" and "dictatorial". As we know that some men also misuse this God-given right. A good husband communicates, listens and deliberates with his wife. However, this does not take away his right as the head and leader of the family affairs. The important thing is that women should be obedient and submissive to their husbands. They should not display arrogance where submission is required. In as much as your husband does not instruct you to go against the will of Almighty Allah.

In the same vein, the husband is responsible for the provision of food, clothing and shelter for the family. This is the way of the Lord. If a man is not capable of supporting his family, he should pray to God for sustenance as it will greatly affect his right to lead the house as the two goes parri-passu. Little wonder why some financially buoyant wives choose not to submit to their husbands, afterall he does not provide for their material needs. This is not the way of the Lord as we have read from history very rich women who submittted to their husbands despite their financial status.

This case is not as difficult as it seems but it can be very tricky because of the personalities involved. Applying the wisdom of King Solomon will help the determination of this case. If it is true that Patience's rep offered Turai a replacement for this piece of land, then the land belongs to Madam Turai irrespective of whatever revocation of C of O has been done by the irresponsible Government officials.

Some extrapolation here: the lady appears to know the killer of her sister and she needs to be convicted. For her to be so sure that the convicted guy is innocent, the burden of proof lies with her to provide the killer. Just plain logic.