Mophasa: It's not like she got born again or something, fornication is not the only sin in life and all sins are equal before God. She still does other stuff too and it's not like I met her a virgin.
But sexual immorality is different from other sins because all other sins are done outside of the body but sexual immorality is a sin you commit against your body. It makes you one with the adulterer and it destroys and mars the temple of God which is supposed to be your body.That's why Paul said you should flee from it. Let that sink in a bit. The same Paul who said fight the good fight of faith and resist the devil is the same one that said when it comes to sexual immorality just RUN! That should show you the severity of this offense.
AbujaBoss: A reception was on Sunday February 26 2017 held for some of the 1,520 couples who were on Friday joined in holy matrimony at mass weddings organised by Kano state government.
The weddings which held in four Juma’at Mosques in Kano metropolis and at the headquarters of the 44 local government areas of the state preceded medical tests conducted on the prospective couples to ascertain their health status.
State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje who spoke at the reception urged the newly-weds to live in peace with one another for their union to last long.
He also noted that joining the couples in suspicious circumstances would make them distrust each other, hence the medical tests that were conducted on them.
Also speaking at the reception, a renowned Islamic Scholar and Commander-General of the State Hisbah board, Sheikh Aminu Daurawa reminded the couples of the need to imbibe the fear of Allah in dealing with their partners.
He also reminded them that they would be made to account for all their deeds in the afterlife.
I think we need to raise the marriage age in Nigeria to 21. This should be an effective way of encouraging girls to go to school instead of getting married right out of college.
The current official car of the President of The United States is a Cadillac. It is the first presidential limousine not to have a specific model name (The previous presidential limousine, used by George W. Bush, was a modified Cadillac D.T.S). It has the call sign, Cadillac One (The presidential plane has the call sign Air-Force One and the presidential helicopter is known as Marine One). It looks so imposing that it has been nicknamed “The Beast” by the Secret Service. It first came into service on January 20th 2009. Like any presidential limousine, the security features are a closely guarded secret, but you can trust us, we’ve been able to unearth them for you.
Cadillac One has eight inches thick armour plated doors that are the weight of the cabin door on a Boeing 757. The door handles incorporate a special system, which can only be opened by trained personnel (secret service). The driver’s window can withstand armour piercing bullets. It is the only window that opens, by just 3 inches, so that the driver can pay tolls or talk with secret service agents. The chauffer is trained by the CIA to cope with the most demanding of circumstances. The driver’s compartment contains a standard steering wheel, but the dash board contains a communications centre and GPS tracking system.
The petrol tank in the beast is armour plated and filled with a specially designed foam that prevents it from exploding if hit. Its bodywork consists of a combination of dual hardness steel, aluminium, titanium and even ceramic to break up possible projectiles. A reinforced five inch steel plate runs under the car for protection in the unlikely event of a bomb being placed underneath. The car is built on the platform of a GMC truck. The tyres are reinforced with Kevlar (the material used in bullet-proof vests) and are shred and puncture resistant, with steel rims underneath, enabling the car to escape at speed, even if the tyres are blasted away. The boot holds oxygen supply and a fire-fighting system. The limousine, like the Cadillac DTS, is equipped with night vision cameras, but the location of the cameras have been moved & are a secret. It is also armed with pump-action shotguns and tear gas cannons. Bottles of blood (the president’s blood type) are kept on board, in case he needs an emergency transfusion. The limousine is environmentally sealed against chemical and biological weapons.
When the president is in the limousine, the presidential seal is affixed to its side and it flies two flags; the U.S flag on the right fender and the presidential flag on the left fender, for domestic trips and the U.S flag on the right fender and the flag of the host country on the left fender for trips abroad. The flags are ventilated and illuminated by High Intensity Discharge (H.I.D) directional flood lights, mounted on the hood.
The limousine is maintained by the Secret Service, which, on delivery, took it apart and swept it for bugs. Two dedicated mechanics travel with the limousine wherever it goes.
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When the president travels out of Washington, Cadillac One is transported by U.S Air-Force C-17 Globemaster III or C-5 Galaxy transport planes to wherever the president is going to.
The president never uses foreign “assets” overseas. He either uses Cadillac One, a Secret Service Chevrolet Suburban (Suburban One), or U.S embassy vehicles (indeed, Marine One, the presidential helicopter, is transported abroad by cargo planes anytime the president needs to use a helicopter overseas). This wasn’t always the case in the past. President Jimmy Carter rode in a Nigerian owned Land Rover when he visited Lagos in 1978.
Another notable exception was when President Richard Nixon visited China for the first time in 1972. The U.S sought permission to fly in their presidential limousine, but Mao Zedong said that there was no need for that, because there were vehicles in China that were good enough to transport Nixon. Nixon agreed, because of the historic nature of the visit. He used Chinese made Red Flag limousines during his trip, though the limousine was taken apart by the U.S secret service and swept for bugs and other dangerous materials. Presidents Kennedy and Clinton used a white U.S embassy Rolls Royce, when they visited Northern Ireland.
The length of the U.S. president’s motorcade varies, depending on the threat level and nature of his trip. It could vary from ten vehicles to forty vehicles (wonder what the POTUS’ carbon footprint is like). When the president is out of Washington, his motorcade usually consists of about thirty-five vehicles. Approximately the first half of the motorcade is known as the “secure package” and contains the presidential limousines, police cars and essential secret service vehicles. The “secure package” breaks away from the rest of the motorcade in the event of an attack. There are usually 2 or 3 identical limousines in the motorcade, one of these limousines carries the president, while the other acts as backup. The second limousine also serves as a decoy and it flies the two flags and carries the presidential seal, just like the limousine carrying the president. The two limousines usually switch positions several times during a journey.
The route the president takes is usually cleared of traffic by local police lining the route. About 6 – 10 local policemen on motorcycles ride ahead of the motorcade to ensure that no other cars are on the route (this is very dangerous work and some policemen have been killed in accidents, while performing this duty). A local police car also drives ahead of the convoy to do a bomb sweep (equally very dangerous work). The local police play a very important part in planning the route, because they know the area, control traffic lights and are better able to plan against traffic jams and assist the secret service in planning escape routes and alternative routes.
Some of the main vehicles that travel with the president are: -
(1) Chevrolet Suburban (The War Truck): - Several Chevrolet Suburbans are in the motorcade and some of them carry the Secret Service Counter Assault Team (C.A.T), whose members are mostly ex-marines. They are well trained and well armed. Under U.S law, the secret service can request for the latest training techniques and weapons from any branch of the military and the military must comply with such request.
There was a proposal that some of the SUVs (particularly the SUV behind the President's limo) should carry the Dillon Aero Mini Gun. It is not known if the proposal was accepted. Some secret service agents expressed concern over possible collateral damage. The Dillon Aero Minigun is a gatling gun that fires 3,000 rounds a minute (50 rounds a second). The SUV is known as “The War Truck”. Its roof opens up (much like a sunroof) and a secret service agent, wielding the gatling gun, pops up on a revolving gun turret. The agent is protected on his left and right flank by the doors of the “sunroof”. The Suburbans will surround Cadillac One if there is an attack on it.
2)Frequency Jamming Vehicles: - There is usually a vehicle (sometimes a suburban, sometimes a van) which sends out jamming signals across different frequencies. This is to prevent the detonation of road side bombs using mobile phones, remote controls, garage openers and other devices that emit radio waves. Sometimes, a helicopter, which flies over the motorcade, is used to jam frequencies.
3)Mobile Intensive Care Unit: - An ambulance (Mobile Intensive Care Unit) is always in the motorcade. It is equipped to handle surgeries and carries bottles of the president’s blood type in case an emergency transfusion is required. It is usually a big black armoured truck in the middle of the motorcade, though there are sometimes decoy white ambulances, which are usually full of secret service agents, at the rear of the motorcade.
President William McKinley was the first to ride in an automobile, but it wasn’t until the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt that the first government owned car was used.
The first car specially built for presidential use was the 1939 Lincoln V12 convertible, called the “Sunshine Special”, used by Franklin Roosevelt. The Ford Motor Company leased the car to the office of the President for $500 a year. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the secret service became concerned about potential assassination attempts. The following day, 8th Dec 1941, a heavily armoured 1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan was used to transport the president to the Capitol for the famous “infamy” speech. Originally belonging to Al Capone, the car was confiscated by the treasury department following Capone’s arrest and stored in a government impound lot until its ironic final duty. Roosevelt used the car until his “Sunshine Special” was modified to be bullet-proof.
The Kennedy White House purchased a Lincoln Continental convertible, which was stretched into a limousine for the president by Hess and Eisenhart. It was the car President Kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. It had a plexi-glass “bubble” top in case of inclement weather, but this was often removed (as was the case on the day Kennedy was assassinated) because the air-conditioner was not strong enough to deal with the heat in the vehicle.
George Bush’s modified Cadillac DTS (Deville Touring Sedan) once broke down in Rome, Italy, when the president was being driven back to the U.S embassy. Surprised Italians could be heard giggling as the driver tried in vain to restart the car. Bush’s embarrassment was compounded when his back up Suburban was too wide to pass through the embassy gates, so he had to walk into the compound.
NnamdiN: I still do not get the logic behind tagging american presidents "most powerful men in the world" like seriously no other president can challenge him/them?
It's because they are the most powerful nation on earth.
omenkaLives: Lalasticlala, if i may ask, why exactly has this thread not made fp? Is it that it is of less importance than that of a picture of Tinto Dike breastfeeding her child??
Seun, you guys are really discouraging us from contributing substance to this forum.
Don't mind them jare. It's all about traffic to them.
omenkaLives: Where are the FREEDOM OF THE PRESS and FREEDOM OF SPEECH Chanters? Come enlighten us more while Lalasticlala and Mynd44 or Seun do the needful.
omohayek: Wow! This is the first time I'm seeing someone on Nairaland expressing a crucial point all the separatist agitators and "let the youth rule" types never acknowledge: that all the best intentions in the world are worthless without well-thought through, empirically grounded ideas for realizing them. It's not enough to agitate for power without a coherent body of ideas as to how to use that power when you get it.
Unfortunately, intellectual laziness seems to be nearly universal with Nairalanders, so I doubt your wise words will have much of an impact. Well said, all the same.
No mind den jare. They are just emotional and impulsive. All I read on this website is mostly shallow thoughts.
You are insulting him because he didn't know that there was a beer brand names 33 and I responded that not everybody is going to know that because not everyone drinks.
I am laughing at the fact that you have the guts to defend Alex Jones and co when even most Americans in the mainstream don't even regard them as credible
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Dude, it's good to be passionate but the question you should ask is what are you going to do when you get into a position of power.
What we've learned from the past is that revolution is the easy part what comes next: governance is the truly hard part. Just go to Libya, Egypt and other countries that faced a revolutions. Revolutions need to have thinkers and people blessed with administrative skills (trust me this are not easy to find).
Just look at Buhari, this man sought power for years but did not prepare himself now look where we are today. The man is very passionate to do good and he has excellent intentions but unfortunately he is not qualified for the job.
So the question you should ask is how are you preparing for a career in govt? Are you pursuing a master's or Ph.D in public administration or public policy? Are you reading books and if you are how many books in economic development or politics? What of philosophy? What's your philosophy on the free market system? Management style nko? What's your management philosophy? This are things you should be doing to prep yourself because anyone can criticize but very few people have ideas or the problem solving skills to be an excellent technocrat. If not y'all would just end up like the people you are replacing. Passion and dedication is not the same thing as know-how. So start getting prepared. Best of luck.
Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare today. - Malcolm X
hemartins: Have you ever wondered why great men were friends when they were younger? The type of friends you have is a reflection of you. Like minds move together. Now if your friend doesn't share the same aspirations with you, you got to move. If you have no aspirations of being great, then I have no business with you.
Actually this is an indictment of our political system that only a small number of people keep winning elections time and again. It shows that the system is rigged to benefit the wealthy and politically connected.
A truly Democratic system is when a son of nobody can come out of nowhere and won elections not a small number of people.
dudebuck: I did not reply this moronic post because the anti spam bot banned me till now, I still don't know what is bad about my recent posts till now, maybe because they also gulp down the falsehood from the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. Sorry, But how about Brexit and US DT election victory which even the Big British Crap and the Counterfeit News Network said categorically said will never happen? Those are true abi? EVERYTHING DT said is exactly what he is doing, how can I fulfill my promises to you which YOU yourself leaped up with joy when I made them, then you hate me for fulfilling the very same promises? It is beyond every imaginable logic. These people were the very same people who voted him in, so how can they hate him for fulfilling the very same promises he made to them.
Dude! Over here this guys are not even considered real journalists. They are conspiracy theorists. They are not even regarded as credible news sources but I guess you guys in naija know better.
Story highlights The woman had her first child six years ago at the age of 58 Fertility treatments, life choices have led to an increase in later pregnancies
(CNN)No, this isn't ripped from the headlines of the National Enquirer. According to a hospital in Spain, a woman really did give birth to twins at the age of 64.
According to a news release from Hospital Recoletas Burgos, a hospital in Burgos, Spain, the sextagenarian gave birth via C-section to a boy and a girl, and all three patients are in perfect health. The woman, who is being identified by her initials, had undergone IVF treatment in the United States before returning to Spain.
Recoletas says this isn't the first time the woman has given birth there. Six years ago, she had her first child at the hospital at the tender, fecund age of 58.
Fertility over 50 is a rare but clearly not impossible feat. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PDF) show that 600 babies were born to women between 50 and 54 years old in 2012. By comparison, there were only 144 such births in 1997. Celebrities like Janet Jackson are also increasing the visibility of later-in-life pregnancies. Jackson gave birth to her first child in January at the age of 50.
Still, even though fertility treatments have changed the game for older moms, experts say there are risks, both for the birth and for the difficulties of motherhood that follow. Dr. Mark Sauer, vice chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University Medical Center, told CNN in January that the harder chapters of late pregnancies often go untold. "What never gets picked up in these stories ... is there's a lot of women doing this stuff that doesn't work for them. They don't get pregnant, or they miscarry, or God forbid, they have a disabled child, and now they're maybe 50, 55, and they've got to deal with it," Sauer said. "They have to be prepared for that."
BLoomfrancs: Mr man you don't know what you are saying. According to you, the girl is not beautiful buh I beg to differ. Whether light or dark the girl would be beautiful. This girl is not beautiful because she's light so stop saying that garbage that she's seen as a beauty cos she's light-skinned.
FYI, black beauties appeal to me as much as fair beauties. The only thing there is that some black girls suffering from inferiority complex have come to envy fair girls maybe because society present light-skinned girls as the more beautiful ones.
I guess this is where you and I differ. If I would rate her beauty on a scale of 1 to 10, she would be a 4 for me that's why I am surprised at the guys gushing over her by worshipping her skin tone.
sevantex: Sumbodi who was askin u out nd u weren't interested in, u still went on a date wit him and went wit a friend so u culd exploit. No wonder u kept highlighting all d amount he spent on u in ur post. Stop d chop nd run mentality and u won't get embarassed. And also, stop generalising, all guys aren't dogs. Ur date misbehaved but he isn't all guys. Be careful cos ur next chop nd run venture mite end up worse. Adios!
vani86: I admit. The dudes behaviour was appalling.
But OP a guy invited you out on a date, you went with a friend , you guys have planned to drain him dry shey.
He was even patient enough to entertain d 2 of you, if it was me, would have stood up and left.
Did not know girls still do that sh.it. yes some dudes are dogs while some girls are bi.tches
Man, that naija mentality is surprising man. The purpose of a date is to find out if you guys have chemistry. If there is none then you don't ask her out on a second date. You both go your separate ways.
That's why in my opinion, the ideal first date shouldnt be going out to eat. It should be something like getting a cup of coffee, Ice cream or soft drinks. It gives you guys time to talk a lot and see if you have much in common.
kelish: got d bigest embarrassmnt of life yestaday, i happen to met a guy in my friend's lodge last friday afta beggin i desided 2 gv him my phn no he started callin evryday to woo me he comes 2 my hotel evtyday 2 see me we againd dat he s goin 2 tak me out on thursdy by 4 ,d day came i woke up vry weak i til manage 2 go wit my frnd wen we got dere he orderd a bottle of 33 beer for himself nd 2 bottles of soft for me nd my frnd we didnt evn chat well he leta got fish for 400 evrytin he sent on urs was nt up to 1000 wen we finishd he said we should go 2 his house nd dat my frnd should go i told him i wsnt going anywere ,dats were d trouble startd he said he was not goin 2 let me go evn wit d intervention of ppl we refuse 2 let me go. he disgraced me bcus of #700 he spent on me it took d intervention of his frndz to resuce me GOD forbid dat i will go bk 2 him.some guys r stupid
How could you bring someone else along on a date doesn't that defeat the purpose of a date in the first place? Kai! Naija mentality self. O ga o.
Romance › Re: My Fiancée Wants To Break Up With Me Because She Doesn't Want Sex Anymore by davidif: 6:33pm On Feb 27, 2017
like seriously no other president can challenge him/them? 
, you guys have planned to drain him dry shey. 
