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I sometimes wonder why our military are finding it difficult to take the counter terrorism war to boko haram's stronghold. Why are they(Military) waiting for the insurgents to be on the offensive while the military on the defensive?

The truth is that the inability of our military to take the war to boko haram's stronghold and crush them is the MOTIVATION of the insurgents to unleash more deadly attacks on Nigerians. The insurgents are feeling on top of the world knowing that they are on the offensive while the Nigerian troops on the defensive.

Imagine what would have happened if our troops took the war to the insurgents earlier before now; am sure Bama and other towns in the North East would have been enjoying peace in their domain by now.

White House and Aso Rock are promising Nigerians milions of dollars for information about Iman Abubakar S. These people are not serious at all. Where on earth are we to see that guy? In shoprite, bank, public transport or market? I am 100% sure that they knew where he is but have refused to go after him.

Before, our security agencies will go after a criminal in his hideout and arrest him but in the case of boko haram they (military) will rather wait for them at the junction to fight them but refused going after them.

During the civil war, our troops took the war to Biafra. Why can't they do the same now? Is boko haram more equiped than Biafran troops? Ojukwu was tagged a Rebel because they declared a Biafran nation from Nigeria and hell was losed against him until he was defeated. Boko haram is also committing the similar crime committed by capturing Nigerian towns and declaring an islamic state yet nobody wants to take the war to them and crush them?


#NAF-Must-Take-The-War-to-Bokoharam

#NigerianArmedForcesMustTakeTheWarToBokoHaram

Apple unveils smartwatch

9 September 2014

Last updated at 19:41 BST Apple has unveiled its much
anticipated smartwatch - the
Apple Watch - its first new
product line since the first iPad
and the death of Steve Jobs. The device runs apps, acts as a
health and fitness tracker and
communicates with the iPhone.

Although many companies
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What is, "The Anointing? By David A. Depra


Down through the church age many have come claiming to be, "anointed of God." This
is supposed to mean that they are chosen, commissioned, and empowered to do God’s work. Usually going hand and hand
with these claims are
demands that other
Christians submit to them. The verse usually given for this is either Psalm 105:15, which
says, "Touch not mine
anointed, and do my prophets no harm," or David’s refusal to kill Saul is used as an example.

This is an important issue, not only because we need to see what, "the anointing," is NOT,
but because we need to see what it IS.

The Anointing

These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him. (1 John 2:26-27)


According to the apostle John, each believer has THE ANOINTING abiding in them. Sure. This has to be the case, because unlike OT times, each believer has Christ in them – and Christ is, "The Anointed One."

Now, this is SO important to
understand that John tells us that the reason he is writing this is so that, "no man seduce
us." John is trying to show us that we don’t need a guru, a wise old man, or someone who
claims to have a special
anointing from God. We don’t need to partner with a
ministry, or plant a seed into a ministry, or join a movement, in order to, "partake of the anointing." These lies are being taught today! Rather, John
says, "I want to tell you this so that no one will lead to astray by claiming you must follow them if you want the anointing. I want to tell you that if Christ is in you, you
already have it – HE IS THAT ANOINTING."

John was an apostle. But read the above passage again. Does it sound like he was telling his readers to come to HIM as a guru? No. He did what any true minister of God will do – he teaches the believer that they have all they need, as individuals, in Christ. He shows them what Christ means, teaches them how to walk in
Christ, and does all he can to set them free into a personal
relationship with Christ. John knew that he could not, "impart," an anointing, and
wanted to make sure that his readers would not be deceived by anyone claiming they could.

I am hearing more and more on Christian television suggestions to the effect, if not
direct teaching, that there is such a thing as an, "imparted anointing." Ministries are teaching that if you give them money, that their anointing from God – which includes
health and prosperity – will be imparted to you. But this is nothing short of the selling of
indulgences. It is herresy and an abomination in the eyes of God. There is not such thing as an, "imparted anointing."
There aren’t MANY anointings. No. There is only Christ in us.

Christ in each individual believer through the Holy Spirit
is THE ANOINTING. There may be variations as to ministry, as to gifts, and as to function. But
as Paul said, "There are many gifts and functions, but the SAME Spirit." Once we make
the anointing a THING we think God has given us, instead of the Person who dwells in
us, we are on dangerous ground.

>>>>> Jesus is Lord<<<<<<

In the final analysis, there is only one way to come under the fullness of, "the anointing:" To come under the Lordship of
Jesus Christ. Indeed, that is the purpose of the Holy Spirit, to make Jesus Lord of each of
us. But not just as a fact. Rather, the Holy Spirit wants to make Him Lord in practice.

So we have this: "The anointing," is CHRIST IN US through the Holy Spirit. Each believer therefore has this
anointing. However, to truly come under the fullness of this
anointing, we must come under the Lordship of Jesus
Christ. We must be subject to the Holy Spirit.

Have we recognized that the purpose of the Holy Spirit in us is to make Jesus our Lord,
and thus, formed us
together with Him as
witnesses unto God? Have we realized that when Jesus ascended to heaven and was
seated as Lord of all that He sent His Spirit to bring all things under His Lordship?

The outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 did not usher in signs and wonders. There
were plenty of those before Acts 2, even through the OT. The outpouring of the Spirit in Acts 2 ushered in JESUS AS LORD – not just TO us, but IN US

So after the defeat of boko haram by Nigerians troops in Bama on monday; who stopped the troops from going after bh when they fled Bama?

Who withdraw the troops from Bama that made Bama vulnerable to bh when they returned and captured the town?

Shebi na Ihejirika?


All those who didnt get promotion under Ihejirika due to their inability to pass promotion test are the once spewing this crap

Dear Brothers and Sisters, I
mentioned in my earlier post
that I because of the message
of Pastor Anita at the BLW
International Pastors
Conference in November 2013 and the recent happenings in
the ministry, I believe this truly
are the last days.

Pastor Anita seemed to be
warning us in her message
that we should know the God
of the bible and maintain our
faith on His Word and not the
words of others who may be leading us astray. Barely one
month after her message, she
has left the ministry.

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OrlandoOwoh: Have you sat and pondered on the implication of exonerating Ihejirika on Ndigbo in the north, in the face of:
1. The letter of Nyako to Northern Governors' Forum alleging that Jonathan was carrying out a genocide in the north?
2. Some northerners calling for the trial of Ihejirika in the ICC immediately he was dismissed as the COAS?

Its clear that those noethern elders who are against Ihejirika are still the same people who went to Aso Rock to protest against the deployment of foreign troops to North East. They claim that using force against the sect might rain calamity on the nation. Now that the sect has gone mad without the any foreign troops, what are the Northern elders saying or doing about it?

Boko haram leaders and their sponsors are mad at Ihejirika because what he did against them. So, they named Ihejirika as their sponsors knowing that the Igbos won't agree to the allegation which will in turn cause division between the North and the Igbos.

Am sure u know what that division will cause,, which is dividing the nation so that boko haram can achieve their desire of an islamic state.

Any reasonable Igboman is not supposed to be in any part of the North by now.

raumdeuter: BokoHaram mention their sponsor you say na false

Henry Okah mentioned Jonathan/MEND as the sponsors of Abuja bombing you say na false

Thats what happens when you have a pre conceived answer in your mind already

Henry Okah's case complicated because as an enemy of GEJ who was aware of the planned bomb attack, why didn't he exposed him before the blast? Why wait until he was arrested b4 saying what he knew aboit the blast?

CyberWolf: OP get your fact right..The Aussie did not specifically mention anybody's name..he said one former COAS,one former Gov in NE,former CBN governor.etc....I don't know why you people are throwing names up and down...

Yes Mr Davis didn't mentioned names but he was specific aboit the people he was refering to. He said, a former COAS that was sacked this january and a former governor of Brono state.

So why wasn't he specific about the CBN official? Like mentioning his department and position to enable us identify the person.

Had it been he just said A FORMER MILITARY OFFICER & A FORMER GOVT OFFICIAL IN BRONO STATE: do u think we'll know he was refering to Ihejirika and Sherif?

Who are the politicians he mentioned.

egift: Everyone is asking him to arrest, investigate and prosecute. Buhari ones ask him to do the same and seek the maximum punishment the law can offer irrespective of their ethnic group, religion or other affiliation.

But till date nothing is happening he is wining and dining with known criminals.

@Bold: Why after elections?

Yes i know everyone is asking mr president to arrest, investigate and prosecute those found guilty but till date nothing has been done. In Nigeria over leaders thinks aboit their political career first b4 the well being of the masses.

egift: I don't understand what you are arguing for. The question is why is Jonathan not arresting, investigating and prosecuting the Sponsors of Boko Haram? (The police and other security agencies are under his command).

Hmmm maybe GEJ will start arresting them after 2015 general elections or never. All the sponsors of boko haram are highly placed politicians, so investigating them could crash the govt

egift: @Bold 1: How did you know the names are false?

@Bold 2: You dismiss again any effort to find out the truth, yet you said you are not suppressing the allegations.

@Bold 3: Why Jonathan has not arrested Senator Ndume and other folks Mr Davis mentioned is the question on every Nigerians lips.

Bros in real life do u expect boko haram to name their sponsors so that they'll be arrested by the govt and the funds stop flowing?

Mr Davis never mentioned Senator Ndume as boko haram sponsor. He only mentioned Gen. Ihejirika and Sen. Sherrif.

Senator Ndume have been confirmed since last year or so of having contacts with the sect and yet has been done about him

egift: OP, why are you fighting tooth and nail to prevent security agencies to call these people in and question them and find out what they know and if there is any truth in the allegations? Why are you against investigation, interrogation and truth of the matter?

Why are you suppressing Mr. Davis allegation?

Pls don't get me wrong. I am not suppressing Mr Davis Allegation in any way but am sure those names boko haram gave him as their sponsors are false.

In the case of our security agencies arresting n questioning them, i doubt if anything can come out of it.

What have done about Senator Ndume whom they confirmed his link with the sect?

We need to know the truth and boko haram sect will be the last people to tell us that truth.

I've thinking about the allegation against Gen. Ihejirika and Senator Sheriff as boko haram sponsors for some times now and there are certain questions are seriously begging for answers.

I am very much sure that boko haram leader who spoke with the negotiator is that foolish to sell out their means of survival.
The following questions are seriously begging for answers.

1) How could anyone expect those terrorists to unmask their sponsors when they are not sure of wining the war?

2) Why did the sect's leader mentioned Gen. Ihejirika and Sen. Sheriff as their sponsors but refused giving the name of the CBN official whom they claimed is also sponsored them?

3) Does it means that boko haram no longer need money from their sponsors or are they trying to divert attention from the real sponsors of terror?

4) In the case of Gen. Ihejirika, if he was really a sponsor of terrorism, why was he accused of war crimes and the criticized Army chief because of his fight against boko haram by Northern Elders?

To me, boko haram is only saying the opposite. They are smart enough not to sell out their hopes for survival.

Of course it has to be zmapp or nothing else. Every effort to get d cure from Africa was killed just to enthrone the west (zmapp) over Africa.

I pity Africa

I weep for Nigeria

tonytony208: what is the link now btw my comment and all the stvpid nonsense you wrote? Do you know me? Have u read any where on internet where i posted things to tarnish nigeria's image? What is bitting you? What has gotten into your stvpid and pompous head? because you dreamt you sent mail to western union and then WU accept nigeria to send money ( by mere coincidence), your stvpid eediotic self now see urself as a messiah-like-none-other. Do u know how many nigerians that have mailed moneygram, WU, paypal, et al in an attempt to make the business world easier for all nigerians? They are unaccountable. Do you know how many signatures were collected in nigeria and sent to paypal b4 approval could be given for paypal in nigeria ? Innumerable. If those great pple get stvpidly blouthed with unreasonable ego like your self-praising self and decide to open thread to sing their own praises, nairaland would have become boringland! Get this into your stvpid thoughtles, sawdust-filled brain. You have done nothing special. Many have done same but are not here praising themselves.
Your mail to WU has no link with their approval the money-sending service. It is just ordinary coincidence. Mr Self-Seeker!

Coincidence? I don't think so bro. Although i couldn't provide the link of the previous conversation between Wu n i, but the truth remains that WU was okay with the limited services they were operating in Nigeria as a result of the policy which they operated with aa mentioned above.

They even apologized to me that they can't do anything since the decision was taken by Nigerian govt. But when i told them about Paypal and adviced them to renegotiate the policy. They promised to act on the info i gave them

1stCitizen: Why are you bothering yourself to reply the hare brained dimwit. Western Union clearly stated in the past that CBN regulations forbade them from offering outbound services from a lucrative Nigerian market.

You can call me watever u want but on d contrary its just d opposite. So who then asked them to go back and renegotiate the policy? Can u understand simple english? WU said that CBN stopped them in d past; just d same thing they told me when i demanded to know why Nigerians cant send money abroad via WU. I simply gave them a useful information when i told them about paypal and they promised to act on d info i gave them

tonytony208: a yoruba adage says "omo iná l'à ún rán s'íná". I am now sending you to paypal to make them allow nigerians to receive money through their paypal account. Just remember to take the magic wand you used for western union along. I expect result 2 days from now. Thank you in advance because you will do it.

What do u mean? Don't tell me u are one of d reasons paypal shortlisted Nigeria from receiving funds.

People like u only uses the social media to abuse our cointry and govt so when others used the platform to do something good in the country u call it magic.

Why not click the link and ask western union if i was the only who adviced them to renegotiate with our govt to allow Nigerians transfer funds abroad via western union.

I guess u can't do that cos all u knw is tarnishing nigeria's image on the internet

First i want everyone to know that i am a true son of ikwerre land.

Bit i really can't explain why my fellow ikwerre people forget this Benin issue and face reality. In Igboland places like Arochikwu, ohafia etc i read that they also migrated from Benin but they see themselves as 100% igbos today.

History also indicated that Aro and Ikwerre had alot in common. Akalaka wasn't the only one who migrated from Benin.

Jasper14: Op...What is the exchange rate of naira to dollar via western union.....

I really can't tell for now cos am yet to use the service. But am sure it will be the same as CBN exchange rate

1stCitizen: Op

You are joking, right?

Yes i am joking because in ur mentality i must be a president, minister, senator, rep member, governor, commissioner or top director in the financial industry b4 i can do any meaningful thing for my country.

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blamed the State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, for the spread of the deadly Ebola virus disease to the state.

According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the State Chairman of the party, Mr. Jerry Needam, the opposition party in Rivers State stated that Amaechi’s insensitivity was responsible for the Ebola virus that claimed the life of a medical doctor, Iyke Enemuo.

The state PDP pointed out that Amaechi and the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samson Parker, were not proactive in providing facilities that would have prevented the spread of the disease to Rivers.

It would be recalled that Nigeria’s Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu had earlier on Thursday confirmed the first recorded death from Ebola in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State.

According to the minister, the late Dr. Emenuo contracted the deadly disease after he secretly treated a Liberian diplomat who had contacted the first Ebola victim in Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer.

Chukwu also confirmed that the deseased’s wife and 70 other people have been placed under surveillance for the dreaded disease in Rivers.

Accusing Governor Amaechi of insensitivity, the PDP statement read: “The PDP says carelessness and insensitivity on the part of the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samson Parker, are responsible for the unfortunate spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease to the state, with a confirmed death incident of an innocent doctor, Ike Samuel Elemo, as the first victim. “

The PDP notes that Governor Amaechi’s laxity and his Health Commissioner not been proactive in putting in place necessary facilities and modalities in preventing the Ebola outbreak or tackling it to avoid spread in the event of any reported case is consequently regrettable as the Rivers State situation might be more severe than that of Lagos State, in which case the (Lagos) State Government at least showed some form of seriousness by cooperating with the Federal Government prompt responses. “

The PDP expresses astonishment while reacting to the death of the medical doctor in Port Harcourt, who had contact with an Ebola patient, and whose wife and over 200 persons are reportedly being infected with the Ebola virus in Port Harcourt.

The opposition party also claimed that efforts made by the Federal Government to contain the spread of Ebola to
Rivers State were rejected by Amaechi.

It added that the governor shunned a meeting presided by President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on the prevention of the spread of Ebola to other states.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers state chapter has dismissed PDP’s claim, describing it as being out of tune with the realities on the ground.

Mr. Chris Fynebone, the Publicity Secretary of APC in Rivers, while speaking on the allegation on Amaechi in a chat with Punchonline, accused PDP of politicising the Ebola scourge.

He added that contrary to the position of the opposition party, the governor and the commissioner for Health had been proactive in preventing the spread of the disease. “

It is wrong for the state PDP to make such a statement. I have seen the statement and it is clear that it is not in line with the realities on the ground about the Ebola virus. The state government brought in experts to train medical personnel in Rivers. “

There have been plans to prevent the disease from spreading into the state. Remember that a nurse travelled from Lagos to Enugu with the disease and she was taken back to Lagos, but nobody politicised it in Enugu. It is clear that somebody wants to deliberately politicise Ebola disease in the state,” Fybone said.

The deadly Ebola virus
currently ravaging West
Africa has already claimed no
fewer than six lives in
Nigeria and nearly 1,500 of
lives in the West African region.
Nigeria’s first Ebola patient
came from Liberia into Lagos,
the commercial hub of the
country, on July 20. Since
then , the Federal
Government has mobilised enormous resources to
reduce the possibility of
epidemic.

According to the federal
health authorities, twelve
people who contacted
Sawyer have been tested
positive for the virus, six of
them died, while 7 have successfully recovered and
sent home.

www.informationng.com/2014/08/pdp-accuses-amaechi-over-ebola.html

redcliff: Sorry dont get me wrong.. what i just wanted to say is that it could not have taken that short while between when you notified them and when you saw the post on frontpage for them to overturn a policy that have been in place for years. It would have been under the table before then .it was just a co-incidence in my opinion.

Alright bro but u have understand that western union was already operating in Nigeria so upgrading their services shouldn't take enternity to achieve.

barnabas91: Bro thanks ƒoŗ ţђę move, I bliv thr āŗę many nigerians studyin oversees dt thr parents ђāvę bin lukin ƒoŗ an easier way of sendn thr kids money and somebody įş here criticizing u... keep up ţђę gud work man

My dear, people will always criticize any good things but especially if they were unable to do the same.

Nigerians are too hard to deal with.

Instead insulting GEJ, PDP or APC on facebook, i chose to do something more meaningful to our country and yet people are accusing me of overturning govt policies.

In PEJ's voice There is God oooo

redcliff: Op stop deceiving yourself.. you think it just takes 2days to overturn a government policy? It was mere coincidence..

How did i overturned or intend to overturn govt policy? Western union was already in Nigeria with limited services which wasn't the policy of our present govt.

When the present govt allowed paypal to operate in Nigeria, i only adviced western union to renegotiate the policy with our govt knowing fully well that if Nigerians are allowed to send money abroad via paypal, why won't the same govt allow western union to do interntational transfer?

Are u doubting me cos am not a politician or because i was not rewarded with cash?

My greatest reward is that all Nigerians can now send money abroad without going to aboki or bank to buy dollar.

toydee: Interesting. .I just cald ECOBANK but they don't do it yet.i want to send money to the US, where can I do it in lagos pls?

I don't think Ecobank has joined the service yet. Currently western union has just 5,000 centers across the country. Check the link to see if any of these centers are near u
www.nigeriainfonet.com/western_union_locations_in_nija.htm

biafranqueen: Chukwu Dalu let GEJ at least let Rivers people get something. Don't forget my erased thread showed 15 pages of Obi's work. My current Governor has done more than Rotten Amechi

Yaba left patient detected!

hardywaltz: This is the Elelenwo Bridge in Port Harcourt which was awarded less than 5 months ago currently under construction by Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to be commissioned soon...

This bridge was awarded after the Second Niger bridge by PGEJ pls kindly produced any evidence of work going on in the Second Niger Bridge...

When that bridge was awarded there was no ground breaking ceremony, no noise making and yet look at how fast d work has gone.

ahaika23: Your lion abi squirrel of ubima who could not stand a common Ikwerre man (Wike) but ran with the speed of light outta PDP when even as a governor and number one citizen of the state he was relegated to the back seat. If he had his onus why run away, why not be the master and chase Wike out? Squirrel of the tribe of ubima.

Hahaha Ameachi can run Wike anytime any day. Remove the presidential support from Wike and lets see what his end will look like.

Yes Ameachi left the PDP because Wike and d presidency hijacked RS pdp illegally and sealed it with a court ruling. How can someone who never picked a form or contested for d party chairmanship position, infact he wasn't in Nigeria when d election took place yet he bcame d party chairman?

Can u now tell why RS pdp chairman and his exco were absent during the swearing in of Pdp South south zonal vice chairman in ph?

Hahahahaha when the hunter becomes the hunted its always painful.

Ameachi is smiling while RS pdp excos are having a hard time with party @ d national level.

ahaika23: Lolzzzz. You dreamers baffle me. Lost like CRA. My uncle was one of his Commissioners who resigned the shit job after the loner left the PDP. Keep drowning in self-deceit. I ask again, was CRA asked not to step foot in communities in the state? You all are refusing to answer. Every true Rivers man have nothing to do with that man except his few friends who are benefiting from the "egunje". Why do we have over 10 aspirants jostling for the pdp gov ticket while no one is bothered about your CRA's apc gov ticket? The guy is drowning in his folly and ya'll with him. Go to Wike's compound you will find both APC anr PDP banners no doubt, my brother banners don't give people. Those few communities where your arrogant CRA went to had people who were paid to come stay with him. Is it not a shame? The people you govern wanna have nothing to do with you. Demdem, kindly learn spellings correctly, it will help you. If you still wanna know more on his travels, I will lecture you. My govanor (in the voice of hon Patrick) is in a state of pisma pisma. We the indigens of the state are proud of our brother GEJ. Are have long forgotten we have a governor due to his injustices on us but we cannot fight him, only posterity will judge him. May we all live and see how far his evil and arrogance will take him. Like I said, if you need more info about his deep moments, ask me. I have someone very close to him who does not feel happy any day.

You are d drowning one here. Who are those that asked Ameachi not to step foot into their communities? They are PDP/GDI members. Can't u see the real owners of the communities gathered around Ameachi?

Wether APC or PDP both are the same set of politicians. So i don't need to fight for any party but i stand for fairness