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CelebritiesRe: Waje: Saying I Looked Like A DSTV Remote Control On Social Media, Depressed Me by darrellg9: 2:20pm On Dec 24, 2018
all of una above me

SportsRe: Zinedine Zidane "Contemplating" Manchester United Job Offer! by darrellg9: 4:41pm On Dec 20, 2018
ole will take the team to a great height and possibly retain the job as full time manager.
RomanceRe: Nigerian Slay Queen Twerker Does The Peace Sign With Her Smooth Legs by darrellg9: 3:26pm On Dec 11, 2018
Felixalex:
Naso life be. Armed robbers must de, Doctors, Lawyers, Barrow pushers, gatemen, twerkers, oloshos. People must do these jobs
las las person must do d work
hahahah
smiley
Felixalex:
Naso life be. Armed robbers must de, Doctors, Lawyers, Barrow pushers, gatemen, twerkers, oloshos. People must do these jobs
las las na person must do d work
hahahah
RomanceRe: Nigerian Slay Queen Twerker Does The Peace Sign With Her Smooth Legs by darrellg9: 10:24pm On Dec 08, 2018
so of all the things you can be known for , its twerking

alright continue!!
Christianity EtcRe: Seun Kuti Reacts To Bishop Oyedepo's "Dangerously Wealthy" Statement by darrellg9: 7:44pm On Dec 07, 2018
So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant. The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy (dangerously wealthy). He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
Genesis 24:34‭-‬35 NIV


femi comma see for yourself what the bible says God can do!!
RomanceRe: Nigerian man reacts after seeing photos of a white couple very simple wedding by darrellg9: 3:23pm On Dec 05, 2018
Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Genesis 24:66‭-‬67 NIV
EducationRe: Is This Lady One Of The Reasons Bowen Students Were Afraid Of The Drug Test? by darrellg9: 9:17pm On Dec 04, 2018
pls oo where did she mention weed?
stop destroying people's business biko nu
Christianity EtcRe: Daddy Freeze Criticizes RCCG On Tithe Banner "Don't Be A Robber! Pay Your Tithe" by darrellg9: 5:43pm On Dec 03, 2018
this daddy freeze, with the way you are goin, you may end up very very bad. God cannot be mocked.


meanwhile to all those supporting this freeze guy or sub zero.. well just so you know, nothing in the kingdom of God is mandatory. if you like pay your tithe, if you like don't pay your tithe.

but one thing is sure. God Almighty has already set the principles and laws in place. you can work against it to your demise or be a part of it to your benefit.


nothing is compulsory!!
HealthRe: Generator Fumes Kill Police Sergeant And Her Two Children In Osogbo by darrellg9: 9:01am On Nov 30, 2018
and i have never heard that someone died of generator fumes in the developed country where there is steady electricity...

this country sha
CelebritiesRe: John Dumelo: 'I Give My Tithes To The Needy, They Need It More Than The Church' by darrellg9: 5:29pm On Nov 19, 2018
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GavelSlam:
[b]Where in the bible?
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
Matthew 23:23 NKJV

GavelSlam:
Where in the bible?
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
Matthew 23:23 NKJV

GavelSlam:
Where in the bible?
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
Matthew 23:23 NKJV
RomanceRe: My Girlfriend Is Secretly Dating Married Men by darrellg9: 5:53pm On Nov 18, 2018
doctorkush:
that's just mere suspicion. why not get her red handed. on bed with this said married man or two other men before thinking of breaking up. besides, you should be able to tolerate her for her fails. no one is perfect.


just extend my greetings to her, tell her we will see again at our usual spot. cheesy
hahahahahaha
dis guy
u b fool oo
lolz
PoliticsRe: What Buhari Said While Receiving His WAEC Certificate by darrellg9: 7:16pm On Nov 03, 2018
”Mathematics in the military was necessary, coupled with Geography."



yet there is no mathematics in that certificate.
CrimeRe: Policeman Breaks Driver’s Hand For Resisting Extortion At Wuse Market, Abuja by darrellg9: 9:39pm On Oct 10, 2018
abeg wetin black man do black manhuh??
PoliticsRe: Ambode Accepted Defeat To Avert Impeachment - Punch by darrellg9: 9:06am On Oct 04, 2018
the watchers have determined it so for Ambode...this video states it right..a must watch

PROPHESY ON AMBODE

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EducationRe: ASUU May Join NLC Strike by darrellg9: 11:22pm On Sep 26, 2018
listening to 'they don't care about us' by Michael Jackson
TravelRe: The Cost Of Fueling A Plane From Lagos To London by darrellg9: 8:44pm On Sep 13, 2018
fuel usage in lifting and stable flight mode are not the same consumption!!
PoliticsRe: The Nigeria Police: 1947 Vs 2018 by darrellg9: 9:52pm On Aug 28, 2018
gallant 1947 nigerian police men no sars den...c hw agile n gud to go dey are!! not dis pot belle baba ijebu 2018 breed

RomanceRe: Lady Demands N20k From Her Toaster To Prove That He Likes Her. He Does This by darrellg9: 9:29pm On Aug 17, 2018
Preshy561:
don't go about telling girls that are far beyond your class to date you.

know your size and level.
you really do have a small mind and a chinch in your thought line.
CelebritiesRe: Kelvin Igwe Slams Ubi Franklin For 'Stealing His Business Ideas' by darrellg9: 7:02pm On Aug 16, 2018
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eyah....too bad, first get a lawyer and sue his ass.

but next time, always arm yourself with an NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) which wil safe guard you..ask him to sign it before discussion commences and should incase you suspect that he uses a third party to start up the business idea, then he is in soup.
of course that should be contained in the NDA
CrimeRe: Man Resists Police Arrest In Lagos. Photos by darrellg9: 9:52pm On Aug 15, 2018
my point is, if they knew they were right, they would't have relented in arresting him. stupid men in black on black with blank brains!!
PoliticsRe: INEC Wants N6bn To Feed Policemen During 2019 Elections by darrellg9: 6:14pm On Aug 15, 2018
this should be enough to call for a protest if approved!!
which way Nigeriahuhhuhhuh??
PoliticsRe: Osinbajo Orders Complete Overhaul Of SARS by darrellg9: 5:45pm On Aug 14, 2018
OSINBAJO FOR PRESIDENT
PoliticsRe: 2019: EU, US, UK & Saudi Arabia Ask Buhari Not To Contest; APC Considers Kingibe by darrellg9: 9:35am On Aug 14, 2018
why not just ask osinbajo to run in his place...osinbajo is the best man for APC dis time around. Osinbajo for president 2019[b]why not just ask osinbajo to run in his place...osinbajo is the best man for APC dis time around.

Osinbajo for president
TravelRe: Tragedy As Tanker Ram Into A Beer Palour In PH, 4 Persons Crushed To Death(p by darrellg9: 2:46pm On Aug 05, 2018
[quote author=dkronicle post=69

997557]I saw this news yesterday and it says the tanker ran into a school building ans no one died. Today thesame building is beer palour and 4died. Who i go believe?[/quote]my broda me sef tire nah
ystday d same picture but na for ekpoma for edo state......nah d same picture again today n port harcourt
Christianity EtcRe: Female Pastor Lifts Catholic Blessed Sacrament. See Reactions (Photos) by darrellg9: 12:15am On Jun 03, 2018
the people shouting blessed sacrament are as dull as anything.
you say blessed sacrament is the 'body and blood of Jesus Christ'... pure lack of knowledge: hence you people perish.
FamilyDowry And Bride Price Are Not The Same Thing by darrellg9(op): 5:46pm On May 20, 2018
Dowry and Bride Price Are Not the Same Thing

An old song randomly came up on my iPhone the other day that brought my attention to an extremely common mistake, one I have heard repeated even by those who should know better: the idea of a “dowry” as a price paid by the bridegroom (groom/husband to be) in order to acquire his wife. This error can lead alternately to a misunderstanding of older cultures as overly misogynistic (“buying” women like chattel) or to romantic notions of an older time when all husbands-to-be would purchase their brides at great price, with the parents overseeing the transaction. The lyrics were as follows (from the perspective of the bride):

Like the color that comes creeping to my face
It is such sweet embarrassment to see the dowry that you paid for my cold embrace


As stated above, the problem is that the song confuses the dowry with a wholly other concept and transaction—that of the bride price. This is an easy mistake to make, given that Westerners no longer practice either transactional tradition; most folks today think that men “bought” their wives in the past but that we’ve gotten beyond such patriarchal and misogynistic practices. Popular though it may be, this conception is quite simply false.
**Now I’m not suggesting that women have never been purchased or treated as chattel; unfortunately, that still happens (and with shocking frequency) today. What I am suggesting, however, is that most of the actual legal paradigms we find from the ancient world put things like the bride price and the dowry into place as protection for women , to ensure that they were taken care of rather than taken advantage of. (And yes, I just dangled two prepositions. So shoot me. It’s an artificial grammatical rule that doesn’t work for English anyway.) And before anyone protests, there is no question that women have always needed (and continue to need) special legal status and protection—the simple fact that women can get pregnant and men can’t puts women in a far more vulnerable social position than men. It’s an unavoidable biological reality, so any cries for “equal treatment” or resistance of such legal “favoritism” are simply the result of willful ignorance. But any suggestion that past civilizations were systemically misogynistic and hostile towards women but that we have grown past such things is wrong on both counts. In reality, most societies of the past typically did their best to protect female citizens, and modern society—for all its best efforts—has most certainly not eliminated major (and large-scale) abuses of women (as the link above makes painfully clear).**
Before I continue, I should also add the disclaimer that these practices have by no means been universal or uniform across cultures throughout history. Some cultures have practiced one and not the other, many cultures have practiced both, and some (like today) practice neither. This post merely seeks to show the difference between the two and address a few issues related to each.

Dowry vs. Bride Price

Bride Price (or Bridewealth)
So what is the difference between the dowry and the bride price? The bride price is what it sounds like—a specific price (property, money, etc.) paid by the bridegroom (or his family) to the bride’s parents. Depending on the society and the period, this could be either a set price for all brides (virgins having a higher price) or a negotiated price based on the perceived worth of the girl (beautiful or especially industrious women being more highly valued). In the biblical Torah, the former (a set price) seems to be assumed (cf. Ex 22:16–17; Deut 22:28–29), though this certainly does not rule out negotiation. In Classical Greece, it appears to have been a matter of negotiation, as indicated in the Odyssey . The practice continues today in various forms in many (usually Eastern) countries. (EDIT: As a commenter below who knows more than I do about this pointed out, I should probably have mentioned that the common anthropological term for this is “bridewealth,” not “bride price,”which was abandoned some time ago in the scholarly literature due to its implication of “buying a bride.” I chose instead to stick with the more common popular term for simplicity’s sake, while pointing out that it didn’t equate to buying a bride as chattel.)
In a large amount of anthropological and feminist literature, the bride price has been interpreted as a “market transaction,” recouping the woman’s family/kin group for the loss of her fertility and ability to work within the family unit, but I think this interpretation is significantly flawed in most cases (especially in societies that practice the dowry, as will be explained below). A better interpretation of the bride price is that it is a means for the bridegroom to prove his worthiness as a suitor, that he is capable of adequately providing for his bride. This is especially the case in those societies that practice a set bride price—often a nominal, quite attainable price. (Given that most Western women are expected to be capable of providing for themselves, this explanation also accounts for why the practice would be unnecessary in the West.) So, in effect, the bride price is the groom’s way of demonstrating his suitability as a provider for his wife. In modern (but still relatively conservative) terms, this would be the equivalent of a young woman’s family requesting that a young man get a job and have some financial stability before marrying their daughter—the bride price would be an agreed-upon attainable sum (perhaps a few thousand dollars) to be presented to the young woman’s family as a demonstration of this financial stability.
(A few problems have crept up with the institution of the bride price in some cultures over the years. On the one hand, some, usually poorer, parents have exploited the bride price as a means to attain wealth, asking for astronomical sums. An additional problem has been that as young men are not able to provide the bride price, it has often led to “marriage by abduction,” in which the girl/woman is kidnapped and sometimes raped in an attempt to force the parents to reduce the bride price and agree to the marriage—incidentally, this is one of the very problems Deut 22:28–29 attempts to address. Another problem is that women can come to be treated as “merchandise” to be bought or sold; this is not necessarily an inherent problem, but it can certainly accompany the practice.)
Ironically, for all the criticism the practice of the bride price receives from many modern people who regard it as a misogynistic practice, the now nearly ubiquitous Western practice of buying a woman an expensive diamond engagement ring serves as the modern equivalent to the bride price—only the money goes to De Beers instead of to the parents. So instead of “keeping it in the family,” the money is paid to the gods of consumer culture. Which practice is better, again?

Dowry
The dowry, on the other hand, is the wealth a woman brings to her husband as a part of the marriage. The dowry has usually been provided by the woman’s family at the time of the marriage; the idea behind the dowry is to aid the beginning of the new household, aiding the new husband in the provision for his wife. Interestingly, the dowry has usually been greater than the bride price in those cultures practicing both traditions, suggesting that the concept of “buying” a wife misunderstands the reasoning behind such transactional marriages. Consider the following scenario: a young man must pay a bride price of $10,000 to the bride’s parents before he marries his choice of a bride. When he marries her, she brings a dowry of $25,000 from her parents as “seed money” for the new marriage. How exactly would this work as “buying a wife”? That would certainly be the best mail-in rebate I’ve ever seen!
In addition to helping the young marriage start off well, the dowry also aimed to provide for a young woman in the event of her husband’s untimely death or a divorce (generally the dowry would need to be returned by the husband, making it financially difficult to divorce—modern “alimony” payments derive from this concept and the related concept of the “dower,” which was sort of like an ancient pre-nuptial agreement). Also, since in many past societies, women did not receive an inheritance from their parents, the dowry served as a substitute for the woman’s inheritance. Upon the death of a woman, the value of her dowry was to be divided only among her children—it was not to go to any of her husband’s other children, if he had any.
The practice of the dowry continued in Western culture significantly longer than the bride price, continuing until around the dawn of the Industrial Age. It features prominently in the novels of Jane Austen, for example; in Pride and Prejudice , the Bennet girls’ small dowries make them less attractive to suitors, while Darcy’s young sister is nearly the victim of an insincere and profligate suitor who wants access to her substantial dowry. In more modern times, at least in the USA, the wedding registry has taken the functional place of the dowry, with the friends and family of both bride and groom providing gifts to help better establish the new home.
(As with nearly any legal or traditional practice I can think of, dispensation of the dowry has also led to some abuses, such as bride burning and dowry death .)
Conclusion
So, let no reader of this blog make this mistake again: the dowry and the bride price are entirely different things, though each has an eye toward improving the success of the fledgling marriage. The bride price was paid by the groom to the bride’s parents, while the dowry was brought into the marriage by the woman, usually through the provision of her parents.
Christianity EtcRe: Isaiah 4:1, 7 Women Begging A Man To Marry Them - Sets Facebook On Fire by darrellg9: 5:38pm On May 16, 2018
thats not a prophecy for today but about what happened to jerusalem and judah long ago.. God was not happy with the children of jerusalem and judah and hence his judgement came upon them. so their warrior and men were dying in battle and otherwise....and there was a short fall in men. so the women left at the time would approach a man or one man as the case may be and ask that he marries them just to have children or offsprings. hence they opted that they would cater for themselves and do everyother thing; that the man should just have make them bear children.

read the whole of isaiah 3 and 4 to have a clearer picture of what happened.
CelebritiesRe: Linda Ikeji And Uti Nwachukwu: Caption Photo by darrellg9: 9:23am On May 04, 2018
naija is just so casted....especially the girls.

all they know is the fast life where everything is all ready made and the guyz are now dancing to this tune.

with all this kind of pretentious and fake life style, i wonder what kind of a country this wil be come 2030!!
PoliticsRe: Court Delivers Judgement On Buhari’s UK Medical Trip June 5 by darrellg9: 8:55pm On Apr 17, 2018
i will like to know the end of this case.....and they better give the final judgement before the end of buhari's tenure oo!
Foreign AffairsRe: Brazilian Ex-President, Lula, Surrenders To Police, Begins 12-year Jail Term by darrellg9: 10:03pm On Apr 08, 2018
its as though the court or judical system in nigeria is way too weak...its high tine we adopt another method...maybe a open public lie detector tesr machine will do the trick for our past and present nigerian leaders handled by a total neutral foreigner.

i bet all the office holders from .great to small will all go to jail.
RomanceRe: "I Don't Go Through My Girl's Phone, It's Called Maturity And Trust" by darrellg9: 3:07pm On Apr 01, 2018
if my girl wants, she can check or go through my phone all she wants....it does not move me one bit. going through or not going through your partner's phone does not change anything!!
PoliticsRe: N13.5M Monthly Allowance: Lawmakers Angry, Plot Against Shehu Sani by darrellg9: 2:35pm On Mar 11, 2018
seriously speaking, does this not call for a mass revolution n protest across all the constituencies?

how can they be recieving this much and yet NASU salaries cannot be paid up to date.. how can they be receiving this much and the country is still a pit. its so terrible...this is the time that the civil society needs to come out and force this people to step down. they are totally worthless and useless!!

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