₦airaland Forum

It's a goof.

That language na die. I wonder who invented the terrible language that breaks heads.

Comedian, Basketmouth’s wife, Elsie, took to Snapchat to heap curses on all side chicks waiting to celebrate the breakdown of a marriage, in order take over a position that isn’t rightfully theirs.

See what she posted below:

The Federal Government has called on Nigerians in the Diaspora to return home and seize the various economic opportunities to make billions of naira.

The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, made the call at an investment forum organised in New York by his ministry for Nigerians in the U.S.

Mr. Onu explained that various investment opportunities currently existed and were waiting for them at home, challenging them to take it before they were given to foreigners.

The former governor of Abia from 1992 to 1993, informed the Diaspora Nigerians that various research products with opportunities to yield billions of naira, were waiting for them at home.

“We are asking you to come and be billionaires. That is what we are asking you, not millionaires. Come and make billions.

“We will give you products of research at nothing or little cost to you because it would be nice for the agency that has done this research to get some little returns.

“It would also be nice for the scientists, engineers who were involved in doing this research just to get something, that’s all but it would be very small.

“So, we give it (research products) to you, knowing that you will keep the money in Nigeria, you will help employ Nigerians and you will help to grow our Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

“That is our interest; that is the reason why we are here,” the minister said.

Mr. Onu explained that the agencies under the ministry had already developed the research products through various stages of tests and trials.

We are asking Nigerians in the Diaspora that, think home, come and take the researches that we have done, he said.

“We have taken them to a level where you can now immediately convert them into products, make money out of it; that is the message.”

The minister, who returned to Nigeria from the U.S. in 1981, said as a policy, researchers would not be involved in the commercialisation of the research products to enable them concentrate on innovation rather than money.

He said that one of the agencies under the ministry was already working on a cure for epilepsy and was only awaiting the final stages of trials by the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC.

“We are working on a cure for epilepsy; there is a drug that one of our agencies is working on, it is being tested now.

“And we know that epilepsy is a disease that is worldwide and this agency will not on its own commercialise this drug.

“For NAFDAC to give its approval, there are so many stages of trials and tests that the drug has to pass through.

“But at the time that it must have satisfied all these conditions, we don’t want our researchers to go into commercialisation.

“Because if we do that, they would no longer continue with research; everybody would prefer to go and make money,” he said.


http://www..ng/news/come-home-billionaires-nigerian-govt-tells-diaspora-citizens

For NDDC things right?

I find that very hard to believe.

I tire ooooo

Pastor, you're lucky," they'll say. "You only have to work on Sundays. What do you do for a living?"

I don't take it personally any more. Most people really don't know. Just what is a pastor anyway? What does a pastor do?
Shepherd

"Pastor" is a Latin word that means "shepherd." The ancient Hebrews--Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob--were a sheep and goat herding people who moved from place to place to find fresh pasture. Consequently, the Israelites understood responsibility for sheep. They called their leaders "shepherds of the nation."

Shepherds are a flock's first line of defense against danger. David in the Bible once risked his life by taking on a lion and a bear single-handed to protect his sheep--and won. When a sheep gets lost, the shepherd will scour the hills to find it. Shepherds care for the injured, assist at lambing, and constantly watch for strays. Shepherds lead their flocks to fresh grasslands and water to keep them well nourished.

David, whom God promoted from hillside flocks to Israel's throne, applied this image to God himself.

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want, He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul.... Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, For You are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.[1]

Jesus said, "I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."[2] That's what the cross is all about.

Local church pastors are under-shepherds of God's smaller flocks, but you can see they have pretty big shoes to fill. Just what do pastors do in today's world?
Worship

The most visible part of a pastor's job is leading the church in worship on Sunday mornings. Designing worship that lifts people towards God involves several hours each week. To give a provocative and helpful message entails another six to ten hours of careful preparation; if preaching looks easy it's due to long hours spent in study. The typical pastor is called on to preach or teach at least twice more each week, with several hours needed to prepare each time. Unlike school teachers who can reuse lesson plans year after year, a pastor's material has to be fresh, up-to-date, and tailored for the particular needs of people. No repeating.
Counseling

You've seen pastors conduct weddings. While the service may last twenty minutes, the pre-marital counseling takes a minimum of four to six hours. Funerals often involve lots of time in comforting and counseling the bereaved.

Pastors are no strangers to hospital rooms and intensive care units. We spend a good deal of time with those facing surgery or serious illnesses. Pastors are representatives of the God who says, "I will never leave your or forsake you."

Pastors are sometimes called the "poor man's psychiatrist." Counseling is part of our professional training, and we get plenty of practice, though we don't charge $60 to $90 per fifty minutes. In fact, we don't charge at all. We're called on to help wives and husbands patch together troubled marriages, and to counsel families whose children are in trouble. We do a good bit of career and job counseling for people between positions and we're often used as a sounding board when people are trying to sort through a particularly tough decision.
Developers

Pastors are organizers, too, especially when a new church starts from scratch. We're entrepreneurs for God, if you will. If you've ever managed a business or been president of an organization, you have some idea of what's involved. Groups accomplish a lot more with a structure of tasks and responsibilities--and careful planning. Pastors attend lots of team meetings.

But our role doesn't stop at organizational management. Pastors seek to discover the unique and special gifts of each member, and then endeavor to help that person recognize and develop these gifts. We see you as God's minister; it's as if we're working ourselves out of a job. Teaching, coaching, modeling, and on-the- job training are all part of this. Corporations call it human resources development.

As churches grow, they add staff--both volunteer and paid--to meet the increasing needs of the congregation: custodians, secretaries, youth ministers, music directors, childcare workers. Then we're involved in the personnel functions of interviewing, hiring, supervising, etc.
Administration

In some churches a pastor will wear a few more hats still, until members of the congregation step up to assume their own ministries. Writing, editing, typing, copying, labeling, bundling, and mailing a church newsletter, for example, takes hours and hours. Then there's a bulletin to prepare each week, numerous letters to send, and correspondence to answer. Since a church is a corporation, there are legal and tax forms to file. Though there's a treasurer, the pastor may have to help decide which bills to pay and which to hold until enough money comes in. Fund raising usually falls on our shoulders, too. Administration is invisible but indispensable.
Called To Serve

High-living televangelists to the contrary, pastors aren't in it for the money. Not hardly. Many pastors start by paying off the debts of four years of college and three years of graduate school. With the kind of education and the skills pastors possess, in secular work they might double or triple the salary they earn in a church. Yet many choose to take second and third jobs to subsidize their salary so they can continue to follow God's call--to care for His sheep, for you. Pastors typically put in 60 to 70 hours per week. For money? No. Because God has called them to serve.
Spiritual Leader

I've left the most important until last: a pastor's primary role is as a "spiritual coach" to help each member to develop a personal relationship with God and learn how to serve God in his or her own personal ministry.

All this takes place behind the scenes--in living rooms and restaurants, at workplaces and backyard BBQs--amidst life's routines and its most grueling crises. "Why did this happen to me, pastor?" "I'm afraid, what should I do?" "How can I become a real Christian?" "How can Justin and I stay together after this?"

We pray for you, for each member of our flock, and God answers us.

Pastors are not off in some ivory tower. We are with you on the front lines of life, grappling with the core issues of our common existence.

I know that Hollywood depicts pastors as wimps, as losers. But I can tell you we partake of a satisfaction and joy that far outweighs the glitz and glitter of an executive suite or a red Porsche in the driveway.

What do pastors do on days other than Sunday? Look for sheep who are wandering. Sheep who live as if to say, "Our family is too busy for God." Sheep who are too dull to know that God is for real and that life only comes by once. Sheep who don't know that the Good Shepherd poured out his lifeblood to rescue them. Sheep who are lying lost and hurting, waiting for someone to care, to notice, to bring them wholeness, to find them before they die alone.

That's what pastors do. Care for sheep.


http://www.joyfulheart.com/church/pastor.htm

Chai

Glo is on recession at last.

Lol

Resign ni, line by line kor.........
Nothing dey happen.

Budget of witchcraft

ajalawole:
for ur mind abi . Na Manchester derby . If sir Alex wrote such book with same title can't imagine how interesting it would be. I respect sir Alex, tho am a die hard chelsea fan

Good for you my Bro

Federal character or not, Nigeria is a failed state. Let's do something about our weak constitution.

Hmmmm

When I first saw the title of the book,"Against the run of play", I thought it was describing another El Classico

greenermodels:
she warned the governors but amaechi lead them to court, to demand that the sovereign wealth fund be shared. the news is fake right from the source. don't quote me again.

It's normal for Amechi to react when he saw that Oga Jona wasn't willing to save our external reserves.

Death sentence straight

Lol

Richard Quest has left mainstream economics which is why he came to Nigeria to discussing whose Jollof rice taste better.

Na wao ooooo.

When I go to US, I shall discuss which state has the sweetest chics.

Truth be said.

The Jonathan's administration was a curse. He was indeed the most wasteful wreck I had ever seen. He and his cronies milked Nigeria dry. I guess he used most of his loot to buy new shoes since he had none in 2011 when he took over the realm of power. Shame on him for being clueless.

Lol

Patience made him change his gentleman's mind.

JONATHAN

He had badluck at the end.

Let’s just say that I am still smarting from Malam Salisu  Mogaji’s torture of his seven month old step-daughter and last week’s article. Something however keeps me going back to us as women and the need to take motherhood more seriously. A woman I’d been acquainted with for over four years shared her story growing up with me last Mothering Day (Mother’s day to some), and I walked away almost in tears after our long discussion. “Ma, is it right for a mother who abandoned a child at a tender age to expect that the child will love and care for her in her old age? Is that type of mother worth celebrating today?” she’d asked. We have been talking ever since and I am trying to get her to let go of her pain. Her story is summarised below. Do have a wonderful weekend!

I hold my mother responsible for my situation and I will never forgive her. I have vowed never to have anything to do with her until she departs this world. If they are calling for mothers, my own mother does not qualify to answer to that title.

I was a little girl when my mother left me and my two younger brothers with our father. She left to marry another man. Before she married my father, she had been married to another man and had two children for him. Making a total of five children and two fathers.    She left them to marry our own father too. It was after our mother left us that our father began telling us about all her bad behaviours and how she loves money and men so much she would never be able to take care of her children.

He told us that he met her through one of his friends who is also a cousin to my mother. He had accompanied his friend to a party in their village where he met my mother. Though she was married, his friend told him that my mother had been forced to marry the old man because she got pregnant by him. The man was said to be a farmer with two other wives and my mother became the third. My mother told my father that she did not love the man and that he was also not taking care of her. If he really meant to marry her, she would not hesitate to leave her husband and two children to marry him. At that time, my father had no woman living with him as his wife had died during child birth. So, one thing led to another and my mother came from the village to live with my father, leaving her two children with their father. She never bothered to imagine the kind of suffering those children would be exposed to.

All my mother cares about is her own enjoyment and happiness. According to my father,    she began fighting with him after the birth of my brother.

Everything went well between them at the beginning, especially after she gave birth to me. This was because everyone was happy that she had finally made him a father after many years of living without a child and wife. But their happiness did not last long because my father could not provide my mother with all that she wanted. Maybe Lagos life opened her eyes to the good things that she did not know were possible. But my father always blamed it on the women’s club that she joined. She would leave the house almost every weekend on the pretence that they were following one of their members to a function somewhere. I remember that she would always ask my father, who would accompany her to her own village or attend her own party when she had one, if she refused to attend other people’s parties.

They also fought about money all the time. It took me a long time to realise that she was just being wicked. My father was a vulcanizer when they met, so, how could he have so much money to lavish on her especially with the kind of lifestyle she wanted to live? After my birth, he assisted her to start a trade selling, Ponmo (cow hide). But my father said she would always complain about the smoke from the fire and the hot water and she was very scared that an accident on the job could leave her permanently scared. So she decided to move to selling vegetables. My father said she was doing well from his own appraisal and had even started buying straight from the farmers. Still, money was never enough for my mother. Her women’s club provided her all the excuse she needed and maybe through her parties she met the man she left us for.

On the day she was leaving, she did not pack much. It became obvious that she must have been packing her things long before then, only we never suspected. She just told me that she would not be coming back that day.

That I was old enough to take care of myself and my brothers. That I should make sure to prepare food for them and that my father would be giving us money. Though she said she would be back soon, something told me she would not. And that was what my father confirmed to us when he returned home that night. I was just a child of about 10 years at the time. I remember that my father went to her village to report her. Her cousin who is his friend also came around several times. He spoke with their club president and everyone he could. He told us he even promised her that he would not disturb her or expect too much from her as a wife but that she should just stay to help him take care of us. But she did not change her mind. Later we learnt that she was living in Mushin area with one Alhaji who already had two other wives. That the man was rich and already had two children living abroad and that he was taking care of her better than our father would ever be able to do in two life times. Already, the Alhaji owned his own house and had set my mother up in a room and parlour apartment. My father did not own a house, we lived in a rented one room. That was how my mother left us, began a new life with her new, rich Alhaji and forgot about us. She went on to have two boys for the old man and was his last wife before he died.

I can’t recall us having any problem until my father married another woman. Though the woman was nice to us before she eventually moved in, she made life really difficult for me especially. She would force me to do all her work and still have something to say against me to my father. That one would beat us mercilessly for her sake. After she had a child, a boy for him, we moved into a room and parlour and by then I had started secondary school. I was the boy’s mother for everything except to breast feed him. Even when he cried in the middle of the night, she would wake me to back him while she slept with my father who saw nothing wrong with all the bad treatment his wife was giving us. It was only natural that I would become rebellious. I started hanging out with some girls and with their help, I first travelled from Agege to Mushin to see my mother after almost five years. She was no longer selling vegetables. The Alhaji had opened a shop for her in front of the house where she sold cold drinks and provision, like a mini neighbourhood supermarket.    I will never forget that day for as long as I live. My mother who had not set eyes on me and my brothers for several years just sent me off as if I was a ghost or something terrible from her past that had come to disturb her. She just started shouting “ta le le yi”? meaning, who is this? “Ki lo fe? Ki lo nwa? Ki lo de?” (What do you want). Many questions all at once. She was shaking with anger as she fiddled through her purse, threw some money at me and shooed me away. It was N200,00. The girl that accompanied me there was worried and kept asking if she was really my mother.

I had thought that my coming to look for her would be an indication to her that something was wrong with us and she would come to check on us. But I was wrong. She was not moved. Life at home became more difficult for my brothers and I. I started following one boy, a conductor on my route to school. Shortly after, I discovered I was pregnant and my father sent me out. That was how I began struggling to stay alive. I went with the boy to live in a room he shared with another boy. The boy was the owner of the room, I later learnt. Life was difficult and he would beat me and throw my things out too. One day, his friend raped me and when I informed him, he threw me out instead of fighting with his friend for my honour. I later went to my mother’s cousin’s house and they took me in and cared for me till I had my baby. Whatever I am today, I owe it to that man.

My mother at the end of it all did not get the kind of life she probably thought she would. She had two male children for Alhaji but Alhaji died when they were young.    My mother got the least from the man’s estate as she had only two children for him. She ended up practically raising them alone. Neither of them made it abroad and even one of them who turned out a thug died last year. Two of my other brothers are dead too meaning that three of her seven children are dead. I am the only female of the seven and here I am. I have disowned her and will only see her when she is dead.

Last year after one of her precious sons died and she was sick, she connived with some people to come and inform me that she had died. I went there only to discover that it was a lie. I left there in anger warning them never to call me again until she dies.    A mother is supposed to be a care giver. She is supposed to stand by her children no matter the situation. No matter the circumstances surrounding the birth of her child, the fact that she bore that child in her body for nine months and went through great pain during labour to give birth to the child should count for something. This separates her from the father. A father is merely a donor of the seed of life, a mother is the one that gives life to the seed by nurturing it. Her place in the life of the child is different from that of the father.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/dont-call-dies-woman-says-mother/

Hmmmm

Impressive

Foxyn:
me that am waiting to step my feet in NEW JERUSALEM

Hahahahahaha

That's where Kim will throw the 3rd atomic bomb of mass destruction since that region is an ally to US.

Soteriahascome:
I'm porting to Canada soonest...

Lol, hope you have enough dollars to carry you through?

Foxyn:
can't wait to watch it live

Lol

When it unfortunately starts live, I pray you are still on planet earth to watch it live.

Choosing a country to move abroad can be a daunting task. There are many variables to consider such as cost of living, climate, employment opportunities, visa requirements, language barriers, and foreign taxes. Day-to-day expenses can be a shock for many expats. By knowing which countries are the most costly, expats can prepare accordingly before arrival. Here is a list of the 10 most expensive countries when factoring in the cost of rent, groceries, restaurants, and other living expenses.

Switzerland

As a country in the middle of the EU but not a part of it, Switzerland is a sort of island. This increases the cost of importing and exporting as VAT must be applied. The higher cost of living – as well as a higher minimum wage – lead to higher rents in the nation.


Norway

Oil in Norway has made the country very wealthy, trickling down to the cost of everyday items. Foreigners may be surprised to see the relatively high cost of basic goods in the country.


Bermuda

As an island with a primary industry of tourism to wealthy travelers, Bermuda's cost of living is shockingly more than triple of U.S. and 280% more than Canada, and 200% more than UK. Real estate and clothing are very expensive in Bermuda.

Australia

Almost two-thirds of Aussies live in cities of one million residents or more, housing is expensive. Australians also pay much more for electronics and digital goods because of policies that restrict access to digital content based on location. Expensive transportation costs get passed on to the consumer for imported goods. Higher wages also translate to a higher cost of living in Australia.

Denmark

Denmark’s high tax rates – often 41 percent of an item’s price will go to the Danish government through sales tax and corporate tax. In order for businesses to pay their expenses, such as employee wages, the government must charge a higher price on Danish goods.

Sweden

Housing is particularly expensive in Sweden. Many recommend putting aside at least 30% of your income for housing. The standards of living are high in and around Stockholm, one of the primary expat destinations. Groceries and restaurants are somewhat expensive, as is clothing. Alcohol is sold by a government-run monopoly, making it more expensive than other countries.

Japan

Japan has over 127 million people living in an area that’s smaller than California. This leads to predictably high housing prices. A complex distribution system for goods, as well as the cultural acceptance of high prices, can shock expats living in Japan. Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world – an average price for a loaf of bread is $9.06. Other Japanese cities are similarly expensive.


Finland

The cost of living in Finland depends greatly on whether you live in Helsinki or not. Helsinki is one of the world’s most expensive cities. Because Finland is geographically isolated, food is very expensive, too.


Luxembourg

Many expats report groceries to be very expensive in Luxembourg. Housing prices are also high, though living outside the city is more affordable. Private schools are very expensive, adding to the cost of having a family.


Canada

Surprising to some, Canada has a higher cost of living than Britain and is about 18% higher than the United States. This is because Canada has one of the most overvalued real estate markets in the world. Canadian government policies have helped reduce credit card and personal debt, allowing Canadians to afford housing, even if it is overvalued.

https://www.clements.com/resources/articles/The-10-Most-Expensive-Countries-for-Expats

Ah
Food Don come again oooo

FP dear lalasticlala

Hmmmm

Impressive.

Jakama90:
At least Goodluck Jonathan was not a rapist, so its you that should buy your head in shame..mpoko.

He was a rapist. He raped us and milked us dry of our common wealth. Are u waiting to be personally raped in your smelling anus before you cry wolf?

Hmmmm

Interesting
Enough drama already.

If I were Jonathan, I will shut my mouth and bow my head in shame forever. Deep down I know that he knows that he messed up big time but that devil in his mind keeps deceiving him about the realities of his awful performance.