Setaje:



You are the only person and the op that has written something reasonable. I see the bible app as something you use when u are not in church. I see the church as a sacred place. Phones and whatever gadgets u carry are a no no for me. I can use the bible app at home, in a bus, anywhere but when I go to church, the traditional way still stands.

Sister, a church is not the building but the collection of saints. Once two or three are gathered in His name, He is there. So what you cant use in the Church building shouldn't be used anywhere else. If you really want to go 'traditional' - whatever that means - then the scrolls, or engraved tablets would be more appropriate.

To those claiming its show off, how exactly? If I can drive 1m car, will be unusual to see me with a tablet costing just about 20k?

hassymo5:
I DONT KNOW WHY WE KEEP THINKING THAT CARRYING BIBLE IS WAT MATTERS..HAVING THE SPIRIT IS WAT MATTERS..CARRYING BIBLE WITHOUT DOING WAT THE BIBLE SAYS IS PURE HYPOCRITICAL...
FOR ME SHOWING THE WORLD U ARE A CHRISTIAN IS NOT IT..BUT DOING WAT THE BIBLE TELLS US TO DO IS BETTER..
U CAN DEFECT THE DEVIL EVEN WITHOUT A BIBLE IN UR HANDS because THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN YOU CAN MAKE U DEFECT D DEVIL NOT BY HOLDING BIBLE...NEVA DID Jesus HOLD BIBLE WHILE DEFECTING THE DEVIL ,HE DEFECTED THE DEVIL because THE POWER OF GOD WAS IN HIM..
SO WE SHOULD STOP THINKING THAT CARRYING THE BIBLE IS ENUF..
A CHRISTIAN LIVE BY EXAMPLES ...UR WAY OF LIFE EVEN WITHOUT BIBLE TELL ALOT.
because I HAVE SEEN CHRISTIANS WHO CARRY BIBLE EVERY DAY AND EVERYWHERE YET VERY WICKED...
FINALLY DOERS OF THE WORD IS WAT GOD IS AFTER NOT HEARERS OR HOLDING THE BIBLE JUST TO SHOW U ARE A CHRISTAIN

Finally something sensible.It is truly a sad reality seeing the calibre of Christians we have who believe that putting a "Bible under my pillow" will protect from danger.

The words mean nothing, whether from scrolls or paper-printed Bibles or IPADS is TOTALLY IRRELEVANT!! IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT COUNT!!

kekakuz:
yes I agree with you
what if the devil comes to attack you at night.
will point you phone to him
the same phone where u have pornn and davidos music
Christians of nowadays

what exactly is pointing the Bible suposed to achieve? Please don't be deceived by what you see in Nollywood. Its the Spirit that gives life, not the letters.

A mind that is full of porrrn yet attempts to "point" the Bible at the enemy is only deceiving himself

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fulanigirl:
For everyone saying she should foot the bill, that's not how it works here. If I and a friend go out for a meal, we each pay for our own meal!!!

If I wanted to treat my friend to a meal, I would let them know that is the case, but they would not automatically expect me to do that.

She also mentioned he ordered the most expensive thing on the menu. Only a person hoping to take advantage would do that and then expect the other person to pay.

well this is naija, not the UK. Over here, you invite someone on a date, the implicit idea is that you foot the bill, unless the date, man or woman, is magnanimous enough to take care of his/her bill.

you'll agree this is almost always the case when a guy takes a lady out.

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RevDesmondJuju:


And when Jonathan asked for a billion dollars not only to fight boko haram but to modernise our military you guys screamed no.
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Here is Buhari spending $30million to build a command centre in Tchad.

I pity the janjawiid for his brain is turned off!

modernize ko ancientnize ni. even if PMB were to ask for double that amount, I would have no fears at all.

as for his predecessor, we all know half if the money will end up. . .

persius555:
A saudi oil minister last month on bloomberg insisted they would hold it out until shale producers cant finance their expensive shale production. Quoting him, If they cut production and prices go up, guess who would step in and fill the gap? Saudi has enough to fund its budget deficit for four years, cant say the same for nigeria. PMB just has to summon courage, diversify our economy. Manufacturing, steel production, mining, power sector revitalization, agriculture, refinery. Revitalising these sectors is key to economic development. Many third world countries are doing well without oil, we should get our acts together, its time nigeria invoke that industrial spirit that we are known for. Who needs china or USA, India is walking this path, its time we follow suit.

Thankfully a sensible post. I really wonder why people are trembling over China's decision. I say it without any apology, Oil has been a curse to us!!

At the peak of the oil boom, when it hovered around 15o/barrel, what difference did it make? is it not for politicians to arrogate to themselves stupendous perks? or engage in unbridled stealing?

let all buyers abandon us or better still let the reserves dry up. perhaps then we will be forced to get our lazy asss up, look inwards and diversify

Ben Bruce go siddon ur own too much

honeric01:


APC actually allowed it happen knowing fully well that they are in the majority. for not bringing up any other name should give you an idea that they came to a undisputed decision.

if this is true, then I'm impressed with APC. one can only imagine d crisis if APC had insisted on his candidate.

how come unopposed? what happened to akume

rita25:
INSULTING MY FAMILY OR MYSELF WONT HELP YOU.AM SURE YOU ARE FROM BENUE AND YOU JUST SHOWED YOUR MYOPIC DISPOSITION TO A THREAD.WELL GET A LIFE AND TAKE THE WARNINGS OF THE GOV SERIOUSLY..NO ROOM FOR TOUTS IN BENUE STATE NO MORE SO GET A LIFE AND TAKE THE RULES OF NAIRALAND SERIOUS NO INSULTS OR RUDE COMMENTS.....AM A PROUD BENUE GIRL AND I SUPPORT THE WARNINGS MY GOV HAS GIVEN HIS PPLE.GYOR LIKE U..........YISH ANKPATUMA.

my friend keep quiet and stop making excessive noise. if ur truly from Benue, then you'd have known the advice was mainly !meant for his predecessor who was a known womaniser and party Popper.

making blanket generalizations about a tribe is very bad

Kentrasso:
I had empathy while reading this story until the writer got to the point where she says you have to sleep with almost every lecturer in a public school to get good grades. All my sympathy for this sob story vanished.
From what I know about universities, considering that I actually attended one, NO lecturer will force a lady to sleep with him. None. The people who fall for this are the desperate, lazy scumbags who allow themselves to be slept with in exchange for grades.
Nobody who studies hard and stays away from inappropriate behaviour with their lecturer will fail. It's a fact

my exact sentiments. of course, we have such morally bankrupt randy iidiots in our public unis, but I've come to realise they choose their victims carefully. A hardworking, diligent girl is very unlikely to fall prey.

further more the kind of harassment witnessed by OP, especially on such a scale, is also extremely unlikely in a public school mainly because of the structure. there is no 'auntie' as far as I know

A lot of ignorance flowing on this thread.

get it right: Both frogs AND toads have their poisonous and edible species. the distinctive marker is the poisonous ones will have very BRIGHTLY COLOURED skin to ward off potential hunters.

however, I should add that most of the species consumeed are the toads (speaking from experience

I thot glo owned by IBB.

Arik just postponed my flight till 5pm!! this is ridiculous. I thought they've called off the strike?

Dana Abuja to Lagos are about to board. arik to Lagos hss been cancelled

sademola:


Local flights too boarded, in fact my Lagos bound plane was announced and I boarded, stayed in the plane for 3hrs before been asked to disembark!

lolzzz!! over here in Abuja dem don dey cancel flights. arik just announced cancellation of uyo and yola route

vanagon99:
lots of delay this morning
but as at 15minutes ago i think they started to board
hope the matter is resolved as quick as possible.
one nation
Nigeria

ur also at Abuja? the flights do far announced have been international ones. no local flight has left today

been here since 9am. my flight was due for 930am. tempers don't dey flare

I am at NA airport Abuja departure lounge. the place be like market place

absolutely revolting.

Lol! see as they tie their hands.

Honestly this silliness is getting out of hand.

It is obscenely funny hearing Adiche pontificate when she knows, deep down, that the average Nigerian is inherently tribalistic.

Go to Onitsha and you'll see Igbos are no different from other tribes when it comes to tribalistic proclivities. Are the likes of Ngige and Rochas not violently detested in their domains, in spite of their stellar performances, for no other reason than belonging to what is perceived as a 'Yoruba' party? So What are talking about??

You find the statement of Oba shocking? Please spare me that concentrated BS. Statements like the one he made abound in all over our dear country. NORTH, WEST, SOUTH. FACT. Anyone thinking otherwise is simply being mischievous.

We hate ourselves and love ourselves at the same time. Such lingering paradoxes have become part and parcel of our psyche, and there's not much to do about it.

Am I trying to absolve the Obas action? Not by any means. He has nonetheless expressed regret, so we should all move on, because I honestly think some of you guys are taking this too far.

The worst part is that it has nothing to do with the alleged threat to Ndigbo in Lagos (only an aaaa will believe such a threat exists); its all about political gains.

Its really pathetic.

EroticAngelina:
bros e don do! don't blame them, blame the stoopid thing called love. love can make u fall in luv with a 2mnths old baby sef. (for the ones who truly love the underage girls)
for those who just wanna play them... ur the next problem we have in this country after corruption.

theres a difference between loving some1 and falling in love (ie the sexual kind) No sane-note the word-man can 'fall in love' with a 2months old baby. it is a sick, twisted, demon-inspired, unspeakably revolting predisposition.

thankfully the medical world has recognized that those having such feelings are actually sick and in need of treatment - or perhaps spiritual help.

I think people have given the answer. addition of three odd numbers can NEVEr give an even number.

since odd no=even no+1, so adding together an odd number of odd numbers will always give an odd number ( the +1 will always give 3 or multiple of 3, which is odd.) similarly, adding even numbers of odd nos will always give even nos.

wow! Lexus with fabric seats? very rare, but I love it! I hate leather seats!

mubaarraq:
before you start quoting the Holy Qur'an you have to know that it was not written at once some where written in diff circumstances ... most of the one you quoted are revealed when the jew and Christians were killing the Muslim they had to fight back... but that is over now since nobody is stopping the Muslims from worship... so we don't need to kill innocent people anymore we are already liberated.... see you really have to understand Islam and Qur'an you need wisdom, patience ..I no it can be contradicting to you. but if you can put more time you will understand.. you don't use a part to judge a whole just because you don't understand that part..... so I don't hate Christians ..... don't let a man pull you so low to hate him.... please i beg on behalf of all true Islamist... please LET TOGETHER PUT AN END TO EXTREMISM... COS IF WE KEEP DOING THIS STUFF IT NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT HAND. those killings hurt us the most because they are doing more harm to Islam.. please don't be selfish ISLAMIST ARE NOT EXTREMIST

Mr Mubaaraq, for what is worth, I commend you coming out like this. But I think your fellow Muslims, I say with all due respect.

The problem I have is that those with the influence eg religious leaders, Imams, etc don't come also in strong terms to denounce these extremists? Likewise we don't see your brothers taking to the streets to reject the extremists.

Suppose one idiiot somewhere decides to make a caricature of your prophet, what would have been the reaction?

Who do you suppose has done greater damage to Islam, the cartoon of the Prophet or the senseless, utterly barbaric cold-blooded butchering of unarmed students?

If indeed "they don't represent Islam", I'm just wondering why the Islamic leaders and those with the clout haven't come out in strong, unequivocal terms to denounce this senseless and barbaric killing? Why haven't Muslims taken to the streets to curse the useless killers? Why the curious silence?

JahzaraAde:


YESSSSSSS!!! Someone who understands that the practice of screaming random words whilst having an epileptic-like seizure on the floor is NOT a work of the Spirit. It's heretical to brand such behaviour as a working of the spirit. Tongues refer to actual LANGUAGES, and in Acts 2, it was a means to spread the gospel, and it edified the church too.

Now, I'm not a cessationalist (one who believes the gift of the tongues ceases to exist due to the closing of the canon), however I do believe that this gift is HORRIBLY ABUSED in many modern day churches, especially in and within Pentecostal gatherings.

Pls let us take the workings and authenticity of the Holy Spirit without levity and with the upmost reverence. The Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity and so therefore is God.

1Cor 14:2 For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth [him]; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

There's a difference between speaking in another tongue and speaking in an unknown tongue. The latter is for self edification (see verse 4 of the same chapter), not necessarily for the Church.

Edit:
What you call heretical may actually be direct communication with God. Lets be careful how we make conclusions especially those of spiritual importance.

Beamborla:
Maybe we should consider the topic; PRE-MARITAL SEX. forget all these God will punish him and home videos that always tell us lies. Let's be realistic and logical all emotions and sentiments aside. God is not a hypocrite... he already told us not to fornicate for reasons of this nature.

Crucify me if you want to, they would both be punished by God unless they accept and recognize their sin and ask for forgiveness. And I'm sure he would ;comfort her and give a new beginning... him as well

We go and mess up ourselves and start shouting God will punish... he won't! Except it was a rape.

I think it's time we start practicing if you want IT as badly as you claim to, put a ring on IT.

Now the real women are talking. May God bless you and your generations. May He bless you with virtuous, godly daughters who will always abstain till the right time. Amen.

Its shocking reading the comments here, especially from the ladies.

I wonder the venom the female posters here are all heaping on the man. Is it that many of such ladies are in similar positions, regularly servicing the sexual needs of their man despite the fact that the relationship is nothing more than boyfriend-girlfriend?

If I understand their argument correctly, the fact that he has tasted her fruits makes him obliged to marry her. That they BOTH committed FORNICATION REPEATEDLY is evidently not too important. And they have the audacity to claim the moral high-ground

Honestly some ladies are so egregiously morally bankrupt they should be shot on sight.

Do I pity the lady? Definitely not. Both the man and lady should face the consequences of their actions. simple.

The Biblical standard on the undefiled bed remains. Once your flout it, man or woman, consequences may follow.

ladies, please, KEEP YOUR F**KING LEGS CLOSED UNTIL THE MAN PUTS A F((KING RING ON YOUR FINGER, DAMMIT!!