₦airaland Forum

Kobojunkie:
Dating or courtship or whatever you chose to call it is not sin this since Jesus Christ never gave any commandments depicting it as sin so let no man delude you with their lies.

What is sin is as given by Jesus Christ, the one who is God's New Covenant Law and Truth in the Kingdom of God, what we call the Gospel. None of the almost 100 commandments depicts dating as sin. So focus on obeying that which is commanded and not that which is not.

"Whoever lusts after a woman commits fornication with her", those were the exact words of Jesus. Jesus' specification of what is sin is even deeper than the specification of the Law. While Jesus didn't address courtship or dating we can infer from what he addressed, what He will say for the case of dating.

Can you tell me, you can engage in dating without succumbing to lust? Which according to Jesus is equal to fornication. Mind you we are not even talking about fornication which appears to be commonplace among people dating. Today fornication is justified in the name of dating even among believers.

@Fumisko, Though this is a 5 year old long post. What did you eventually arrived at about this topic?

The fact that he believes Buhari has done anything good worth consolidating means he is a lost case.

[quote author=QuinModah post=111579233][/quote]They can try online dating.

SilentQueen:
I find this funny

African men n white old women are like 5&6

Disgusting

Why do you think it is disgusting? They are both adults and not related.

Nigerians will remain gullible to the narrative of "we vs them". If you think because you share the same religion or come from the same geopolitical region you are " we" then you are most deluded. There is only the politicians vs the masses. And if you're not a politician with vested interest in a political party with confirmation of political appointment and favour coming your way if your preferred candidate were to win then stop being deceived.

We may later come to find out it was only a skit. There is nothing content creators will not act. If this was real, she wouldn't be unzipping the gown while people were still pleading on her behalf.

Kooldon:
True, but don't be surprised if you notice her sudden change in attitude as she experience city life We will all be here to advice you when that time arises

City girl don't be jealous.

TheTrueSeeker2:
*What Does Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022 Provide?

Section 84(12)
“No political appointee at any level shall be voting delegates or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election”.

This clause is very ambiguous.

"Jesus is a Messenger of God" So he believes there is a God but doesn't believe there is a heaven and hell. This is exactly proof of his delusion.

When people who are in authority make these kind of statements, then you know that Nigeria's situation is utterly hopeless if these crop of people remain in charge.

janvier27:
I still don't understand why it's cheaper to fly to east African countries which are farther away than to Gambia.

East Africa is not much cheaper though.

The biggest problem with power in Nigeria is the Discos not the Gencos. And the worst part is that the Discos have monopoly over states/districts they supply power.

L1TTLE:
Come to God? Lol, I'm talking of serious issues here, you're saying come to God.

Sadly, you have not yet realized how serious the issue is.

qekng40:
Damn, the funniest thing is Russia hasn't even declared war on Ukraine. what if they do?

So what they are doing now is picnic?

Wallteck:
For been naive, nice and kind. I have being a victim of bully because I can't defend myself. Have lose a lot of respect. I wish God can recreate me to be a tough guy. Have been call fool for my behaviour.

I just wish people can understand. This world we live people are just too ruthless. The moment they see a weak guy they will start using and riding him anyhow. If I decide to change my ways I swear I will be so Wicked to the extent I won't have love for humanity.

Right now, I don't make friends too much because I know my weakness. I just want to be a lonely and marry a lady who understands me. People are just too Wicked.

Respect to those tough guys out there. I will make sure all my child not suffer the same faith I suffer. People are just too wicked.

I don't know the peculiarities of your story and what you deem as weakness. But I sense that what you need is wisdom and not strength.

Even with physical and cognitive decline Buhari still "rigged" his way in. Nigerians are more obsessed with politics of "Us vs Them" to realize that there is nothing like that, it is the coinage of the ruling class to keep you in the cage. I'm not a northerner but I'll vote an "Umaru Musa Yaradua" over any southern politician today.

PALAPALA02:
These Russians are really shameless oh

You dey invade another person peaceful country unprovoked and still wan dey live una own life as normal as if nothing happened

You wan dey play ball while your soldiers are invading and killing / bombing innocent citizens of ukraine.

You can’t eat your cake and have it

Ukraine ain't playing any football right now because you declared war on them. But you want to continue playing football. Do you see idiocy and selfishness at display.

KingEverest:
I taught it was too much too if they put up a good case they may win

I strongly doubt that. FIFA and UEFA would have carefully thought out the ban.

Maxymilliano:
I see lot of fools here rallying behind Russia, you can't justify the killing of innocent people just because US did the same thing. Glad you don't have the say in all this sanctions, so continue barking

Exactly. That US supposedly did the same thing and went scot free doesn't mean that it is an acceptable thing to do. Justifying Russia because US did the same thing is akin to justifying a thief who stole your money because he saw Nigerian politicians go scot free with looting. Moreover what US did with Iraq is remotely close to what Russia is doing with Ukraine.

Dorad:
Of course, they would tag him as mad

I have a deep sense of loyalty to Putin especially after I watch clips of him on Youtube last year. When he was talking to a boy who just had a kidney transplant. He made me cried and laugh that day. The baby boy was also so jovial and was asking questions.... He was so polite to the boy's parent and he asked his mother" Can I touch him". When he was leaving, he kissed the boy.

No matter how hard the western media are trying hard to paint Putin bad.... That man will be a hero to me....

I bet you also tear up when you see Nigerian politicians visit the sick and disabled especially when elections draw near.

Suarez - Sturridge.

PlayMaker14:
It may seem as though UEFA wants to receive the “Ukraine Treatment” from Dr. Vladimir Putin.... Na only time E go take.
Gazprom Company, which happens to be one of the leading sponsors of the UCL might just withdraw their sponsorship.

The UCL is not begging for sponsors, sponsors beg to sponsor the UCL.

How would he feel if the Russian military overthrows him. Don't dish what you can't take.

Born2conquer:
20$? UBA should come out straight if they're not interested in international transactions.

Its funny how official financial institutions can't provide USD but black markets can provide as much as 20k$ daily.

Guess the people supplying the black markets?

CBN and Emefiele is the most useless governor there could ever be.
CBN sells to BDC's, and BDC's hoards the dollars inflate the demand supply ration and what do we get, a daily devaluation of the Naira. I fear that before the year ends $1 might cost for as much as 1000 Naira in the black market.

Ammishaddai:
Fraudulent activities and illegal money laundering schemes. That's why PayPal and other payment methods don't operate in Nigeria anymore. It's also one of the reasons why your spending is limited on International transactions with all banks nationwide

Limitations are implemented because the dollar is scarce and demand for it far outweighs the supply. Fraudulent activities like Yahoo crimes rather get a supply of dollars. So if there is anything the Yahoo frauds improve the value of Naira. Does that justify Yahoo fraud? "Hell! No".

Yes, you might be correct about the Paypal issue. As to operate in Nigeria, Paypal might be inundated with multiple fraud reports and claims for fund reversals and that might be too much for them to handle. But don't confuse this with banks limiting foreign currency use on your Naira domiciled card.

AliseKazah:
Igbo kwenu

You couldn't hide your tribal bigotry. Shame.

Something is wrong with that "Apst Major Sunday Dada". So you asked her not to marry the guy and she refused your advice, well she is dead. She is not dead because she made a wrong decision to marry against your counsel. She is dead because he killed her, it is as simple as that.

Guyman02:
China
India
UAE
Abstained

Russia used it's veto and case closed.

The supporters are African puppet reps supporting the same way Goodluck Jonathan voted for No Fly Zone in Libya which was used as a pretext by America to destroy Libya which effects we are still suffering today.

In essence Russia has the Arabs, Chinese and Indians on their side and is in no way "isolated" contrary to CNN claims. These are the most populated countries in the world.
See those that voted in favour, they are NATO countries or a NATO created country like Albania after the fall of Yugoslavia.
Mexico which borders America and the African puppets who are just there to fill in the gaps

Abstaining is not the same thing as voting "Yes". China will always be neutral when it comes to matters like this, check the history of UN resolution votes. India of course has personal issues with Ukraine. So you are clearly mistaken if you think those two are in support of Putin.

What kind of doctor is he, the article did not say? Anyway, there is a lot of information missing, just a couple of eyewitness accounts. Howbeit what would be his motivation for allegedly battering the patient. If the patient is faking from his medical opinion (for whatever reason) why not document it and request a consult from psychiatry for the patient?

However, this could be a setup and the guy is just being blackmailed by a couple of people who hate him for being black and African.

BabaO2:
NERC is loaded with incompetent people. They have silently been increasing it more than four times. It is a big shame, no ome is defending the masses in this government since fashola left as power minister, the new northern person that assumed the position has been conniving with his northern cronies to silently increase power rate more than four times now and no one is talking

Add corruption to incompetence and you have tragedy.

Megabig:
Hello Nairalanders,

I once said I will be giving a brief summary of my journey so far living with HIV. I made an initial post but deleted most of it because it was too long. I’ll try run through my journey here, the difference between Naija and the US (which is where I reside) and maybe things I would have done differently back home.

I realized I was positive in 2008. That was while still in 2nd year in the university, I won’t go into details how I felt, but what led to me privately going for a HIV test was because I had chronic headaches while in campus, infact I went home and told my parents I had migraine, we went to different hospitals and of course paid bills and got pills for migraine, when I went back to school, it continued. I tried with several pills to sure that but on doing a couple of research, I thought I should go for a hiv test, I went and then was positive. I informed my parents immediately that my migraine is gone (lol) because they kept asking how I was doing, they thought I should return maybe after 3 months to go for another general examination but because I now know what’s up, I told them I’m good.

I went to one Catholic confession because I was not sure who to tell, I don’t trust anyone including my sisters, that means I had all the secret myself. When I told the priest, he then asked me to wait after and directed me to a clinic at FMC Umuahia. My first visit there, I was not asked to start Antiretrovirals because my viral load is still above 500, what I was given was just septrin (I learnt it’s mostly to prevent cough, that’s the most deadly thing that can reduce positive person instantly).

I managed my viral load for almost 2 years until I moved from Abia to Abuja. In Abj, every positive person have to start taking Antiretroviral so I started taking that (one pill a day). Even at that time, I never told anyone, I fought and got a visa to move out of Naija and it’s been stressless all these years in the states.
Here are the disadvantages:

1. Visiting FMC Umuahia was horrible, there is confidentiality in terms of files and others. The nurses are terrible, once I get there on my scheduled appointment (of course with maybe 70-100 other people), I’ll sit at the back and they have to scream when they are calling names and everyone will turn to see who the person is. I know we all there are positive but at least respect me for once.

2. Because I wanted to be discreet which eventually paid off (please tell people you trust if you have to, me being discreet was tasking, I wish I had the courage to talk but sadly I don’t trust anyone), I had to hide my drugs, I haven’t seen something so hard in my life, because I have to take it daily, I usually have a cup for a month and then hide the other two months surplus. At the same time, I was scared someone may see it.

3. Even when I became undetectable (can’t transmit HIV), I was still too careful when dealing with people, it took me time to finally loosen up. A lot changed about me, I became very quiet most times, lost interest in a lot of things and questioned certain things as well.

4. Relationships became a huge task for me, infact I stop wooing babes, I’ve always wanted to date so as to lead to something but again I thought of a time I have to have this conversation on me being positive, that discouraged me a lot. Even though I can’t transmit, my mental state still shielded me from it all.

4. I hated taking pills but because I need to make sure I stay undetectable, it’s now a norm for me, one pill a day and that’s it. But this only happened because of my first visit to Umuahia, I thought I will see a few people there, but I was wrong. I saw people living with HIV for almost 40 years, people come with old family members to pick their pills and infact the look on their faces too seem like nothing is wrong, l loud and happy while I sat in the corner filled with thought. Again I saw people too who never took either never took their drugs or didn’t find out early they are positive therefore have very low viral load and have been attacked my illnesses or have lost so much weight. They are there to pick drugs too and keep trying. I learnt in most cases, some survive as well but sadly others won’t make it. After my second visit and research, I knew it nothing at all if I take my pill.

A different world Living in US:
1. Drugs remain free and infact delivered to my address once in 3 months.

2. I still continued my routine test free of charge to ensure I remain undetectable.

3. The amount of confidentiality is second to none (OMG), any health practitioner dealing with you is very careful to ensure he/she or the organisation don’t get sued so you are covered. Infact you come to the hospital like others and mixed with other people who came for different things (unlike Umuahia) where anyone walking into that part of the building is already known to be positive.

4. People are very open with being positive in US, people are well learned about HIV and already aware all they need is to be undetectable and that’s it unlike back home where majority will stigmatize when they hear “he/she has hiv” when it takes them just 10 seconds to google and learn more about it (knowledge is power).

Finally, since the 14 years (from the time I knew I was positive), I’ve only lost one girl I met at the clinic, I confirmed this from her Facebook account, I knew she probably will not find it funny because at the time I started conversing with her and others, she works for a firm in PH and lived with her Uncle who had kids, so she sometimes leaves her pills (so they won’t know) and can go weeks without taking it. I was scared for her because what anyone wouldn’t want to do is to have a “hiv drug resistance”.

Stop stigmatization, if someone is able to inform you about their status, let them know you are educated about this and inform them to stay undetectable.

Alert: I have never had fever or any serious health related issue since those years and I’m glad I pulled through this. Till date, no family or friend is aware.

I will finally start informing my siblings soon, at least telling them then will be a shock to them because we’ve all lived those years and they didn’t notice a thing and I’m already in control of my life.

HIV is not death sentence.

Be kind and Be blessed once again…. peace

If you discreetly need to speak to me, send an email to kelvinscottndu@gmail.com

You used viral load instead of CD4 count in your writeup.