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hope most of the money wont end up in private pockets

Won't that be better? Bush gave every American resident $600 this year just to stimulate the US economy. Why not share every Nigerian N50K each to stimulate our economy?

@deepzone,
Very healthy halal meat, no runny stomach or associated issues. Feel free to ask if you want too!

I'm not interested in your meat or your ceremony abeg. Olabowale is almost stalking me with invitations but I'm not COMING.

you people as still arguing here. If i am offered Salah meat i will gladly bless it and eat.

Please go and marry ms oyniye joo and stop looking for free unclean meat.

I am happy to fellowship with christians with whom I feel a commonality, however [b]I am not ready to enter any ol' jekuredi church to start worshipping some unknown entities with armed robbers and murderers[/b]. So please don't invite me to your church (that is a general request to everybody, not just DeepZone).

@Pastor AIO,

So your church is filled with only saints even the new converts?

Their foods and women, regardless of the scent, aroma and beautity, respectively are forbidden! And we do not worship their deity. We worship our own Deity, The deity whose personal name is Allah!

@Olabowale,

Assuming you are looking for a wife and lo, you met this preety Indian woman who is Hindu. Are you telling me that you will never be intimate with her or marry her because she's of the devil?

What if BY mistake you get her pregnant, are you going to reject that child because devil created him or her?

what does removing shoes have to do with your religious belief?

Don't we have our individual religious beliefs? Mine may be different to yours but it should remain personal. I will never remove my shoe in order to enter a sanctuary, be it ogboni or Gurumaharaji or eckanckar or new yam festival sanctuary. That kin islamochristianity beats me.

Me personally, I've got to the point that I do not even want to pray with other so called christians because I very much doubt that we are praying to the same God. And that is even before we get to the point of sharing communion or any other meal with them.

na waaah; Are a Guru maharaji or Olumba Olumba?

@Deepzone: What are saying? Thats some new speech? You need to make it clear for not very hipp people like me to get what you are saying.

Whats belle and long throat, in that sentence? Real what does the sentence mean?

belle go run you means you'll get runny stomach.
Long throat means a glutton.

Thats moderation, a middle course that Allah, the Almighty permits for muslims. I will say Bismillah on it. That also include any food prepared by Muslims.[b] But I will not eat from those others; atheists, buhhdists, etc. [/b]It is not permissable, while the foods of jews and christians are! It is in there in Surah Al Maidah. So are their women as wives for muslim men

Atheists apart, why reject the food from a Buddhist or Hindu? Are we not worshiping the same God(according to you guys) from different media?
Again, will you attend a christian wedding in a church and partake in the church service for just an hour because the groom is a good friend of yours?
I'm asking you this because I know a muslim brother here who will not relent to invite you for any Islamic thing but can never ever enter the church or attend any christian feast. Invite him to your home on a christmas or easter and see him come up with a very sorry excuse to avoid it.

What are the banks going to do with N900 billion naira fresh funds? What have they done with the ones they had before?

which one? Did you give them any money?

Please what is NCC doing with N27.8 billion naira?

Logistics costs money na.

@post
Can't vote. My status is not there na

Lol, what's your status? sugar mummy or sugar mistress?

When we said no they got angry, so we had to collect the food, but they've stopped now

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@bold, roflmao

how can i glorify something abstract, again u are not an active participant in the sallah celebration, are u claiming not to have eaten beef in naija. u think the hausa cattle rearer didn't pray over his cattle or sule the butcher didn't do some prayers before cutting up the beef. there is no big deal.

But I don't have to partake in the prayers. I ask again, will you attend an ogboni ceremony assuming a friend who's a member invited you for their special occasion that includes eating, drinking and spiritual exercises?

At least our govt can still remember us.

Senate moves to cut GSM tariff
Written by Emmanuel Aziken and Inalegwu Shuaibu
Friday, September 19, 2008
, approves N27.8bn 2008 budget for NCC




The Senate has initiated moves to force the reduction of tariff by 10 peer cent by all Global System of Mobile Communications (GSM) operators in the country before the end of the year.

Besides, the Senate working through its Committee on Communication is also making moves to ensure that GSM phone customers do not pay for failed calls through the adoption of a new mechanism that would see all operators sending text messages to their customers at the end of every initiated call.


The Chairman Senate Committee on Communications Senator Sylvester Anyanwu disclosed this yesterday minutes after the Senate passed a N27.8 billion budget for the National Communications Commission (NCC) for 2008.


The Senate’s consideration of the budget followed the submission of same to the Senate by President Umaru Yar‘Adua vide a letter dated July 29, 2008.

It was the opinion of several Senators that the delayed submission of the budget proposals for the


commission was a violation of the NCC Establishment Act requiring the President to submit the budget by September of the preceding year.


Disclosing the Committee’s plans for the sector at his briefing with newsmen Senator Anyanwu said: “We are also working towards the reduction of tariffs for calls. We want to reduce tariffs by 10 percent before the end of the year.”


“Some of the actions we have taken following the public hearing was to review the Acts establishing the NCC.


“Another action we have taken is a directive to network operators that when people make calls, they should send text massages back to the caller telling him the duration of the call he has made, his charges and his balance. In this way, they can stop charging for calls that did not get through.


Senator Anyanwu also disclosed the Senate’s concern on the alarming increase in the wave of crime through the use of handsets and said the Senate has moved to curb the menace by directing that all new purchase of SIM cards must be registered by GSM operators.


“We have also given directives to all network operators that further purchase of SIM cards have to be registered because of the level of crimes committed using mobile phones. People who used SIM cards to commit crimes and then throw it away to avoid being caught can be traced if they are registered,” he added.


The NCC budget was nearly thrown out by the Senate on account of the violation of section 17 of the NCC Act 2003 which stipulated that the President should have submitted the 2008 NCC budget proposal before 30th September, 2007.


Senator Andrew Babalola who drew the attention of the Senate to the Act argued whether it was proper for the Senate to pass the budget submitted in 2008 when the Act says it should have been submitted on September 30th, 2007.


The Senate however waved his objection aside following an overwhelming support from members stating the need to approve the budget the enable NCC carry out its statutory functions for the year 2008.


Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) in stating his support of the approval of the budget said, “It will be unlawful for any organ of government to operate without budget."


If we did not pass the budget, we are compounding illegality.”

Following the debate, the Senate then passed the budget with strong warning that it would not condone late submission of budgetary proposals from NCC in future.


Following conclusion of deliberations, the Senate adjourned for a short break to enable Moslem Senators conclude the rituals of the Ramadan fast.

The Senate is to resume on October 7.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/sep/19/301.html

Fresh move against illegal auto sales in Lagos
By Victor Ebimomi, Snr Reporter, Lagos

Imagine paying a fortune for a vehicle after years of tolling only to be arrested few weeks later by the police and accused of being in possession of a stolen vehicle? This is a common thing in Lagos, nay Nigeria. Several people have fallen victims to the antics of criminals who pass off stolen vehicles as theirs and the innocent buyers only suffer and in some cases end up in prison. This trend, among other nasty experiences in auto dealing, is what the Lagos State Government is now set out to contain.




Towards this end, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA), a parastatal under the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, convened a stakeholders' meeting with motor vehicle dealers to brainstorm and in the main to inform the stakeholders of the government's resolve to stamp out unwholesome acts in the sector. Specifically, the stakeholders were informed that the 2004 law providing for registration and regulation of the activities of motor vehicles and motor vehicle spare parts dealers within the state is now to be implemented to the letter.


The implementation, according to the Commissioner for Transportation, Professor Bamidele Badejo, is to ensure adherence to the environmental and safety law of the state. Besides, it is essentially to bring dignity to the trade and protect innocent buyers from falling victims to people with dubious character.


"You will realise that a lot of innocent citizens have found themselves in trouble buying stolen vehicles from unregistered premises and faceless sellers. Such buyers are often left to face the music. This is certainly not good for the consumer or the image of your trade. A lot of stolen vehicles have been discovered through autoreg system; it is the buyer that is arrested and in most cases investigation may be inconclusive, as the seller must have disappeared. We must protect those unsuspecting citizens as well as genuine dealers who are here present," said Badejo in his keynote address at the meeting.


He lamented that today in the state, all sorts of people just wake up and establish auto mart shops indiscriminately regardless of the provision of the law regulating such activities. He warned that the state is now all out to protect the consumers, stressing that another law in that regard is already in the making at the House of Assembly. Individuals who are also in the habit of pasting 'for sale' on their vehicles when they want to dispose them may also run foul of the law.


"Without mincing words, it will become practically impossible for an unregistered auto dealer to operate in the state from now on. It is to be noted also that with this law fully operational, it will become illegal for anybody to personally dispose off vehicles without going through a registered dealer. It will be illegal for anybody to display vehicles on road side for sale as such act runs contrary to the town and physical planning as well as environmental rules," he stated.


Going through registered dealer, he added, will give members of the public willing to buy a car confidence that he or she is buying a problem-free product, as the dealer will be operating under the stipulated law.


The commissioner pointed out that to make registration easy, the MVAA has created 13 zonal offices across the state where interested person could process the registration form and make all necessary enquiries on the processes of opening spare parts shops.


Also speaking at the event, the Permanent Secretary of the MVAA, Mr. Akin Hanson, stated that as from January 2009, the agency would stop issuance of change of ownership on any car except it is certified through registered motor dealer. He disclosed that the agency would have gone on full throttle in enforcing the laws if not for the word of advice of the state's helmsman that the agency should rub minds with the stakeholders.


"We were about to start the implementation of the law immediately but Governor Babatunde Fashola decided that we should talk about this law with motor dealers first," he said.


The law, which came into effect on August 18, 2004, stipulates, among others, that any person who sells, leases or otherwise deals in motor vehicles shall within 30 days register with the Ministry of Transportation; the operation of motor vehicle business shall be restricted only to areas designated as commercial or industrial layout by the town and country planning enactment in the state; no building in and around any residential area shall be used for carrying on any business relating to motor vehicles as referred to in the law. Punishments for defaulters are also clearly spelt out.


But as is common with Lagos residents, most of the laws are observed in the breach and this has pitched the MVAA with some auto dealers on several occasions, leading to the sealing up of their business premises. At this point, because of the level of violation and its concomitant negative effect on the state master plan, the state government is planning to create an expansive auto market at Mowo on the outskirts of Badagry for dealers.


The dealers have maintained that more than before they are willing to abide by the law guiding their businesses. They have however appealed to the state government that dislodging them from the metropolis would have negative impact on their businesses. They suggested that rather than move them, Mowo should be developed as a special auto centre where auto dealers can converge on a specific day of the week or month to showcase their products.


The governor is said to have given his nod that the law should go into operation fully from January 1, 2009. Some Lagos residents, who reacted to this new addition to the consumers' protection moves of the state government, have hailed it but they cautioned that the law should also spell in clear terms how much a dealer ought to charge an individual wanting to dispose off his vehicle under his dealership to avoid exploitation.


"It is a good thing because truly many people have run into problem because they unknowingly bought stolen vehicles or spare parts. But at the same time it could serve as an opportunity for the dealers to exploit any individual who wants to sell his vehicle. So government should try to specify how much they must charge in that case," said one of them who gave his name as Niyi Joshiah, a company executive, in Apapa.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/sep/19/714.html

Won't this move trigger inflation?

CBN injects N1tr into economy
By Mojeed Jamiu, Deputy Editor (Daily)and Tom Chiahemen, Asst Editor, Abuja

Central Banks all over the world yesterday moved to stabilise the ailing global economy with an injection of about $247 billion as well as other monetary policy measures aimed at stabilising the global markets.



In Nigeria, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)met in Abuja on Thursday and announced a reduction in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR)from 10.25 to 9.75 per cent and Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR)from four to two per cent with immediate effect. The MPR is the nominal anchor for the apex bank's interest rates.


This development will see an immediate injection of about N1 trillion into the economy. A reduction in the CRR will see about N150 billion excess funds available to the banks while the new 30 per cent liquidity ratio will make available at least N900 billion fresh funds to the banks.


CBN Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, who announced the decisions of the special meeting of the MPC, which was convened essentially to review the stance of monetary policy in the light of evolving economic and financial developments in the domestic and international economies, said the impact of the global financial crisis on the nation was expected to be limited as the country's economic fundamentals remain very strong.


There is also an arrangement for onward lending on a long term basis over a 360 day period from the banks; this is another first in the annals of the nation's financial system.


Among other measures adopted by the committee "in order to lubricate the system" is the reduction of liquidity ratio from 40 to 30 per cent.


Analysing the unfolding economic and financial situation, Soludo noted that the international financial markets were currently marked by a high degree of uncertainty. "The financial stress and weakness of a number of financial institutions in the US. and European economies have highlighted the need to look into the financial soundness of financial institutions all over the world," he said.


He noted that stock markets in all the continents have reacted strongly with equity prices drifting downwards and trading volumes falling, adding that a number of existing financial institutions have also come under intense public scrutiny.


According to him, credit crunch continues to persist in most industrialised economies, forcing central banks in these countries to provide substantial financial support.


He added that the financial crisis had slowed down industrialised economies. "Reflecting the sharp fall in demand, crude oil prices have been softening in the international markets in recent weeks (below $100 per barrel), even as consumer inflation continues to be relatively high in relation to target levels," he noted.


As a result of the intervention, markets regained some stability in Thursday's trading all over the world. Gingered by news that six of the world's top central banks have taken steps to calm credit markets, the amount of credit available is expected to rise.


US. stocks opened higher, echoing gains in Europe. Lloyds TSB's takeover of UK lender HBOS also dispelled some of the gloom hanging over the financial world.


But markets are expected to stay volatile due to fears that more firms could succumb to the financial crisis.


US. President, George W. Bush. said he was closely monitoring the situation on financial markets and the recent actions taken by the Federal Reserve and other regulators were "necessary and important".


"We will continue to act to strengthen and stabilise our financial markets and improve investor confidence," he said.


In view of the growing financial and real linkages with the rest of the world, Soludo said Nigeria cannot afford to be unmindful of the international financial developments.


He, however, assured that the nation's foreign exchange reserves are high at $63.0 billion, representing about 16 months of total foreign exchange disbursements. "Inflow of foreign investment remained strong at about $8.5 billion by the end of August 2008, compared to $5.8 billion for the corresponding period of 2007," the CBN governor said.


According to him, the committee noted that while headline inflation and food prices had been on the increase, core inflation had been in single digit. "The outlook on output for 2008 is strong, with non-oil GDP growing at over eight per cent," he stated.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/sep/19/708.html

@poster:

Is Sallah similiar to Christmas/Easter celebration? If yes, I see no reason for a christian to attend.

Jesus associated himself with people from all walks of life (sinners and prostitutes, regular Jews who didn't believe in him). He knew that we are all equally sinners and no one was any better than another. Christ had enough love in his heart to find even the down-and-out types to be worthy of dining with.

So, yeah, dinning with the sinners might seem "wrong" to you and me, but the Lord made no distinction among sins or sinners and came to save all mankind.

Peace

What if the celebration entails attending their place of worship and worshiping with them? I was once invited to a naming ceremony service in a celestial church that will require me to pull off my shoes and I passed because i'm not ready yet to compromise my religious belief just to please anyone. Will you attend a veneration ceremony performed by freemasons or the ogboni fraternity?

Dodge is the most stupid and useless American car made. It wouldn't last a year before developing electrical faults.

How much is 2007 accord in Nigeria?

Correction: It's 84 Miles and not kilometrers.

I don't think this poster is serious. With that kind of ID sef, one would think. . . . nvm sha

Lol, Obasexy!!!

1 Cor 8 is your answer.

thanks

why not, what's the big deal. most butchers in nigeria are muslims and usually perform muslim prayers on the beef before they cut it up. does that mean u should avoid beef? aren't muslims praying to one God just through a different medium. you could be a spectator at the event without actively participating. people and their holy holy attitude

When you eat and drink with them, does that not glorify their very god you do not believe in?

1 Corinthians 8 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society



1 Corinthians 8
Food Sacrificed to Idols
1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge.[a] Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. 3But the man who loves God is known by God.
4So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. 5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords", 6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

7But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. 8But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

9Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. 10For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol's temple, won't he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols? 11So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. 12[b]When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall.[/b]

I read a thread in the islamic section where someone who is supposedly a christian asked for an invitation for sallah celebrations and it hit me. I remember our pastor use to tell us that a christian should not participate in any celebration that is against the teachings of christ like town festivals that is related to traditional worship, non christian gatherings etc. Will it not be a sin for a christian to attend an islamic festival knowing full well it's not giving Christ any glory? How will you deal with such situation as a born again christian if your co worker that is very close to you extend such an invitation?

Belle go run some people for here because of long throat.

men!! the may think their vote is attached to their user name so that those orishirishi girls they chase around here won't know they are married.

Yea and deepzone has disappeared.

Shebi them don apologize to you guys? wetin do you want again?

Nna mechonu dia!

Onye juro no gi

The least you can do is to speak english abeg.
Are you happy now after causing trouble here? oniranu .