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PoliticsRe: Uche Ogah Builds A Church In Uturu, Abia (Photos) by costandi(m): 6:49pm On Nov 15, 2016
martineverest:
unfortunately,dat wont guarantee him 'coner D' space in heaven.
Thumbs up,tho
Who told you that his motive was a space in heaven?
Was you mind fabricated to think in the negative direction?
Christianity EtcRe: 'My View Regarding The Election (US)'- TB Joshua Replies Critics by costandi(op): 11:29pm On Nov 13, 2016
babeface3:
OP and wrong caption and they will readily yank olit to the fp unedited. The man of God only commented on US election, didn't say anything about his critics as claimed. Na wa oh
Sticking to this opinion after reading the quoted below will be sheer proof that you are deliberately being sentimental. By the way, by applying common literary sense, you'd conclude that this is a reply in disguise, judging by the language and timing
I see many people trying to interpret prophets on the basis of their own minds and ideas. The prophecy seems to cause uproar, to many who gave it different meaning and interpretation.
Christianity EtcRe: 'My View Regarding The Election (US)'- TB Joshua Replies Critics by costandi(op):
FTC finally!
Christianity Etc'My View Regarding The Election (US)'- TB Joshua Replies Critics by costandi(op): 6:47pm On Nov 13, 2016
Upon release of the US general election results, criticisms have littered the social media over the failed prophecy by TB Joshua, which stated that Hillary Clinton Would win the election. However, the cleric has taken to his facebook page to express his view concerning the matter, here's what he has to say; (Pictures Below)

MY VIEW REGARDING THE ELECTION (US)

We have seen the outcome of the election in America. Having read, you will notice that it is all about the popular vote, the vote of the majority of Americans.

In this case, we need the Spirit of a Prophet to recognize or to know a Prophet. Our levels are different. We are not on the same level.

We might have great cathedrals, huge bells, and all kinds of activities that are good by human standards but human point of view is limited.

1 Corinthians 1:25. The foolishness of God is wiser than that of men and the weakness of God is stronger than that of men. There is no shortcut to spiritual maturity unless earthly understanding gives way to spiritual enlightenment.

I see many people trying to interpret prophets on the basis of their own minds and ideas. The prophecy seems to cause uproar, to many who gave it different meaning and interpretation.

Finally, campaigns and elections in any democratic country in the world are never about one person, it is about the country we care and love. Whichever way it happens, we must accept the outcome and then look to the future (God), the Author and Finisher.

Democracy is all about accommodation. All democrats must value the process of democracy more than the product.

God bless the United States of America.
Source: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1271239246330182&substory_index=0&id=103470916440360

PoliticsRe: Emmanuel Udom And Akpabio Visit Super Eagles by costandi(m): 6:01pm On Nov 12, 2016
UrennaNkoli:
Nigeria 0-2 Algeria

Nigeria has done no good thing for me to wish them good. We are not going to world cup come 2018. Mark my word.
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PoliticsRe: Emmanuel Udom And Akpabio Visit Super Eagles by costandi(m): 2:46pm On Nov 12, 2016
UrennaNkoli:
Nigeria 0-2 Algeria

Nigeria has done no good thing for me to wish them good. We are not going to world cup come 2018. Mark my word.
What good have you done for Nigeria? Think about the answer sincerely within yourself, and be sincere to ascertain that you deserve no good from Nigeria.
Foreign AffairsRe: 7 Things You Should Know About TRUMP Now That He Is President-Elect by costandi(m): 12:30am On Nov 10, 2016
Thisis2raw:
6. He is a clean freak

The 45th president-elect is a clean freak and hates shaking hands.

He reportedly refers to shaking hands as ‘one of the curses of American society’.
Yet he prefers to grab women by the pussy.
FashionRe: African Contestants For The 2016 Miss World by costandi(m): 8:53pm On Nov 09, 2016
Yeah, Africas official delegates to watch the Miss World!
RomanceRe: Even With My Kingsize Cassava, You Stayed Back - Nigerian Designer Tells Fiancee by costandi(m): 12:10pm On Nov 08, 2016
LePrezident:
Now let me tell you why this gentleman is so conceited and so much into humself:



You don't have to tell your significant other that you bring out the best in the person... Who even does that... if you do bring out the best in your partner, you will not need to blow the horn, your partner will tell you. same goes with loving someone unconditionally. people will point it out to you not you praising yourself. It didn't sound like a proposal to me, sounded like self-praise.

And in proposal picture was 'not not'. Of all the pictures he could post or angle he could capture, he captured the one showing his face whiles the lady's back is turned towards us (the viewers). It shows conceit, the proposal is about the lady and not you gentleman, so let's see her face not yours.
Don't mind the narcissistic fellow.
CrimeRe: Pastor Arrested In Ogun For ‘raping’ And Impregnating Lover’s Daughter (pic) by costandi(m): 10:26pm On Nov 06, 2016
Name Checked.

The rapists are at it again!
EducationRe: 13 Everyday Things You’ve Been Doing Wrong All Your Life (see Photos) by costandi(m): 10:00pm On Nov 06, 2016
DifferentBoy1:
2. The right way to eat an apple is from top to bottom not biting into the sides
So that the spur will be busy chooking me!
CelebritiesRe: 2face, Annie Idibia And Their Daughter, Isabella Step Out In Style by costandi(m):
Very good bad guy!
PropertiesRe: How Much To Plaster This Bungalow by costandi(m): 10:56am On Nov 05, 2016
TVTKOKO:
Nigga,,, fuuuuck you.!
Wait wait, so you want to tell me that those that builded that house hav no idea of how much plastering would cost except you bring it on here to show undecided undecided undecided undecided
Lyk i said,,, fuuuuck you and fuuuuck the mod that brought this trash to the front page
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CelebritiesRe: Tiwa Savage In The Studio With Stargate, Rihanna's Producer by costandi(m): 9:14am On Nov 05, 2016
adonbilivit:
focus on your African sound please. you will end up loosing your local stage while chasing after international stage. at the end of the day you may never get that international stage. and by the time u come back ur true African fans would have moved on.

phyno explained this in his new song "best rapper". wizkid and davido should listen to that song. it would do them a lot of good.
Guy that song is effing dope
CelebritiesRe: Binta Diamond Diallo: I Am A Not A Babymama, I'm A Mother by costandi(m): 1:02pm On Nov 04, 2016
McBrooklyn:
Lol, I'm straight as figure one, Bruh cheesy cheesy


The (f) beside my moniker was just a decoy tongue tongue
Hahaha, niggga! You made me waste time typing ish in this recession. gods will judge you!
CelebritiesRe: Binta Diamond Diallo: I Am A Not A Babymama, I'm A Mother by costandi(m): 10:45am On Nov 04, 2016
McBrooklyn:
You met Wizkid balling, he chyked you, you're blushing, he took you to the other room, you open your two legs widely, dude disposed some fluids there, you born pikin after 9 months, no strings attached . . . undecided
And you're claiming you're not his Baby Mama. Baby mama is even an understatement sef angry
Can someone just tell this fûcking baby mama to STFU and accept things as they are meant to be?? undecided
You're the one to STFU! I know one dude is pouring fluid into you too. And, one day you'd not be called a 'Baby Mama' rather, you'd be said to have 'Carry Belle', cos you'd be impregnated by an irrelevant dude. Judgemental Biaatch!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester City Vs Barcelona : UCL (3 - 1) On 1st November 2016 by costandi(m): 9:38pm On Nov 01, 2016
franchizy:
Pep should immediately replace YayaToure and Sagna.

They are a big flop. Why bench kompany and Aguero in a tough match like this.

I still have faith City will carry the day.
Are you okay?
InvestmentRe: MMM Perpetrated One Of The World's Largest Ponzi Schemes Of All Time - Wikipedia by costandi(op): 4:10pm On Nov 01, 2016
Sergey Panteleevich Mavrodi (Russian: Серге́й Пантелеевич Мавроди; born August 11, 1955) is a Russian criminal and a former deputy of the State Duma. He is the founder of the МММ series of pyramid schemes. In 2007 Sergei Mavrodi was found guilty in a Russian court of defrauding 10,000 investors out of 110 million rubles ($4.3 million).https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eGGCEZ3x2kI/hqdefault.jpghttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Mavrodi
InvestmentMMM Perpetrated One Of The World's Largest Ponzi Schemes Of All Time - Wikipedia by costandi(op):
Okay, I'm an MMM member and have been payed by the system. Upon being paid, I advocated the authenticity of the system in various fora where it's authenticity was being questioned. However, even with my not so good economics background, I knew that MMM was truly a ponzi scheme. In that, for one to be paid another has to be owed. Meaning that for MMM to exist, people must be owed. Hence, MMM cannot fold up without people's money getting stuck. Prior to this time, I never knew that MMM had a long history of fraud, and is even regarded as one of the greatest ponzi schemes in history. Mavro, the founder of the system is an ex-con who was in prison for the massive fraud he commited with MMM in the 90s and early 2000s using MMM and other ponzi pyramid schemes created by him. MMM Nigeria is obviously another well crafted scam by Mavro to make people commit suicide as he did in the 90s in Russia. Wikipedia's article below on MMM is a must read.
МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time, in the 1990s.[ By different estimates from 5 to 40 million people lost up to $10 billion. The exact figures are not known even to the founders.

History

MMM was established in 1989 by Sergei Mavrodi, his brother Vyacheslav Mavrodi, and Olga Melnikova. The name of the company was taken from the first letters of the three founders' surnames.

Initially, the company imported computers and office equipment. In January 1992, tax police accused MMM of tax evasion, leading to the collapse of MMM-bank, and causing the company to have difficulty obtaining financing to support its operations. Faced with difficulties in funding its foreign trade, the company switched to the financial sector. It offered American stocks to Russian investors, but met with little success. Later, MMM-Invest was created for the purpose of collecting vouchers during privatisation. This effort was similarly unsuccessful.

MMM created its successful Ponzi scheme in 1994. The company started attracting money from private investors, promising annual returns of up to one thousand percent. It is unclear whether a Ponzi scheme was Mavrodi's initial intention, inasmuch as such extravagant returns might have been possible during the Russian hyperinflation in such commerce as import-export.

MMM grew rapidly. In February 1994, the company reported dividends of 1,000%, and started an aggressive TV ad campaign. Since the shares were not quoted on any stock exchange and the company itself determined the share price, it maintained a steady price growth of thousands of percent annually, leading the public to believe its shares were a safe and profitable investment.

An important factor in the scheme's success was word of mouth, but most of the company's success came from its extremely aggressive ad campaign, which appealed to the general public by using "ordinary" characters that viewers could identify with. The most famous of them, a "folk hero" of early 1994, was Lyonya Golubkov. Another notable marketing effort was a giveaway of free Metro trips to all Moscow citizens on a particular day. MMM also was one of the first well-known companies in Russia with a logotype and slogans ("Flying from shadow to the light" and others).

At its peak the company was taking in more than 100 billion rubles (about 50 million USD) each day from the sale of its shares to the public. Thus, the cashflow turnover at the MMM central office in Moscow was so high that it could not be estimated. The management started to count money in roomfuls (1 roomful of money, 2 roomfuls of money, etc.).

Regular publication in the media of the rising MMM share price led President Boris Yeltsin to issue a decree in June 1994 prohibiting financial institutions from publicising their expected income.

The success of MMM in attracting investors led to the creation of other similar companies, including Tibet, Chara, Khoper-Invest, Selenga, Telemarket, and Germes. All of these companies were characterised by aggressive television advertising and extremely high promised rates of return. One company promised annual returns of 30,000%.


On July 22, 1994, the police closed the offices of MMM for tax evasion. For a few days the company attempted to continue the scheme, but soon ceased operations. At that point, Invest-Consulting, one of the company's subsidiaries, owed more than 50 billion rubles in taxes (USD 26 million), and MMM itself owed between 100 billion and 3 trillion rubles to the investors (from USD 50 million to USD 1.5 billion). In the aftermath at least 50 investors, having lost all of their money, committed suicide.

Several organisations of "deceived investors" made efforts to recover their lost investments, but Sergei Mavrodi manipulated their indignation and directed it at the government. In August 1994 Mavrodi was arrested for tax evasion. However, he was soon elected to the Russian State Duma, with the support of the "deceived investors". He argued that the government, not MMM, was responsible for people losing their money, and promised to initiate a pay-back program. The amount ultimately paid back was minuscule compared to the amount owed.

In October 1995, the Duma cancelled Mavrodi's right to immunity as a deputy. In 1996, he tried to run for Russia's presidency, but most of the signatures he received were rejected. MMM declared bankruptcy on September 22, 1997.

While it was believed that Sergei Mavrodi left Russia and moved to the United States, it is possible that he stayed in Moscow, using his money to change apartments regularly and employ a group of former special agents. With the help of a distant relative he started Stock Generation Ltd., another pyramid scheme based around trading non-existent companies' stocks in a form of the "stock exchange game" on the company's site, stockgeneration.com. Despite a bold-letter warning on the main page that the site was not a real stock exchange, between 20,000 and 275,000 people, according to various estimates, fell for the promised 200% returns and lost their money. According to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, losses of victims were at least USD 5.5 million.

Mavrodi was found and arrested in 2003. While in custody, Mavrodi was given until January 31, 2006 to read the documents in his fraud case against him (The criminal case consisted of 650 volumes, each 250-270 pages long). At the end of April 2007, Mavrodi was convicted of fraud, and given a sentence of four and a half years. Since he had already spent over four years in custody, he was released less than a month later, on May 22, 2007. He later went on to creating yet another pyramid scheme called MMM-2011.

The MMM scandal led to increased regulation of the Russian stock market, but the legacy of the fraud led many to become extremely suspicious of any joint stock companies.

In 2015 MMM began operating in South Africa with the same business model as MMM-2011, claiming a "30% per month" return through a "social financial network". The group was identified as a possible pyramid scheme by the National Consumer Commission and accounts of clients were later frozen by Capitec Bank. In response to mounting criticism and official investigations by state authorities in 2016 supporters of the South African MMM scheme staged a protest march in Johannesburg.

In 2016, MMM launched a website targeting the Nigerian audience.

In January 2016 the Chinese government banned MMM on the grounds that it is a pyramid scheme, (Ponzi scheme), and it is not registered in the country (and as a fraudulent scheme cannot be registered)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMM_(Ponzi_scheme_company)

cc Lalasticlala, Mynd44, Ishilove, Seun
CelebritiesRe: Dija On Set With Mercy Johnson, Queen Nwokoye, Bimbo Akintola & KOK by costandi(m): 2:04pm On Nov 01, 2016
Okpara Square.
Christianity EtcRe: I Think I'm Losing My Belief by costandi(m):
Akdegreat:
As a kid, I asked several questions;
"Since God created everything that exist, what if God never existed, and hence nothing whatsoever exists? I often tried to picture a dark and void space remaining that way for all of eternity!! Whenever I did, I got lost in my wild imaginations"
"How did God come to be? Who created him?"
"What if God never created life? How would the earth be then? I often repeated same imaginations again but this time with planets, asteroids and other heavenly bodies. Of course I got lost again, severally"
God doesn't exist, he is existence. Cos, in him does everything consist. Meaning that nothing could have created him. If anything would have created him, that thing already exists inside him. God doesn't live in eternity, eternity lives in him. Time exists for man and not for him. Therefore, there doesn't have to be a beginning or an end. In trying to explain this to us for our mind to catch a glimpse of his nature, he said, 'I am the beginning and the end'. God didn't plan for man to believe in him through reasoning, he planned for that through faith.
Imagine creating a robot and installing some program to serve as it's intelligence, omitting in the program the ability to recognize you. That robot would disbelieve to the utmost, your existence because he doesn't have the capability to recognize your existence.
You were planned for before hand. He planned for you to exist in him and for him. These facts on ground have made me loose sight of these kind of vague thoughts that this human mind can wander into.
FamilyRe: Beautiful Pictures Of My 80year Old Grandmother by costandi(m): 11:21pm On Oct 29, 2016
Am I the only one seeing the tattoo on her wrist? Hmmm..
PoliticsRe: Fayose: "Am Like Jesus, They Are After Me Because They Have Seen My Tomorrow" by costandi(m): 10:17am On Oct 27, 2016
Smellymouth:
Comparing yourself to Jesus? shocked

https://zikoko.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/you-must-be-very-mad.gif
He didn't compare himself with Jesus. He likened himself to Jesus.
SportsRe: Odion Ighalo May Be Jailed In Spain For Bribing To Get Drivers License by costandi(m): 10:51am On Oct 26, 2016
His not going to any jail. I bet you! The rich always find their way. Doubt me? Mention me when he is sentenced!
EducationRe: How To Attain Good Grades In Your First Year At The University by costandi(m): 7:21am On Oct 26, 2016
Past questions and revising what was done daily, that's all you need.
Christianity EtcRe: I Think I'm Losing My Belief by costandi(m): 10:09pm On Oct 25, 2016
Raydos:
i want to ask three questions!


(1) how often do you fast?


(2) do you pray at least 10times a day?


(3) do you distance yourself from sin?


you don't do all these things and you expect GOD to show itself to you! - scientists have tried their best to find where GOD is really is but all to no avail so they conclude that there's no GOD!


just because people Don't see GOD Face to face so they have a mere intuition that GOD Doesn't exist - but funny enough you people have never seen devil in person yet you believe he exist, every bad thing that happen to you, you believe its always the handiwork of devil.

try to do all those 3 aforementioned list up there, and i asure you that GOD will see you in spirit and he will make you understand everything.

i am a living testimony
Pray atleast ten times a day, plus you need to fast for God to reveal himself to you? Men! that's religion.
PoliticsRe: Goodluck Jonathan Lists Out His Achievements In Office During Speech At Oxford by costandi(m): 3:12pm On Oct 25, 2016
HtwoOw:
If you were able to see beyond your nose you would know I meant "are the beneficiaries" but then not every student passes
Just edit it and stop spewing twadddle.
PoliticsRe: Goodluck Jonathan Lists Out His Achievements In Office During Speech At Oxford by costandi(m): 1:30pm On Oct 25, 2016
HtwoOw:
He didn't come to spread poverty


He came to spread riches


That's true grin Dasuki, Metuah, Fayose, patience, koro a[b]te all beneficiaries [/b]


Give speech,not account or autobiography lipsrsealed
Never knew they were cannibals, nice.
CelebritiesRe: A Nairalander Sammy Gyang & Ice Prince Receive Award From Indomie - Photos by costandi(m): 7:57pm On Oct 20, 2016
Sha, when I saw sammy gyang, I remembered Whisky by iceprince. Congratulations man.
NYSCRe: NYSC 2016 Batch B Corps Members House by costandi(m): 6:12pm On Oct 17, 2016
guruvivicawelt:
no o.. payment z like d last tin..
So, one can choose states without payment?
NYSCRe: NYSC 2016 Batch B Corps Members House by costandi(m): 5:54pm On Oct 17, 2016
guruvivicawelt:
uniqueness i hope yall were able to register.... i heard pages arnt loading fast as before... thank God i did my own as early as 8am and it dint take more than 30mins b4 i completed d stuff.. and guys from other skuls chill, notin to panic.. your names will b uploaded
Emmmm.... must the payment be made before registration?
NYSCRe: NYSC 2016 Batch B Corps Members House by costandi(m): 2:39pm On Oct 17, 2016
WilsonMayowa:
You can't use a mobile
Alright, I figured that out, but, they won't send me a confirmation email upon registration. I donno y

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