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Has the US ever visited a country without an ulterior motive? They are probably waiting for us to fall into their trap after their 2015 prediction failed. Baba dullard I kuku trust you.

I remain a staunch catholic by birth and till death even though I contemplate sometimes about our doctrine, one of which is heavily centered on the existence of purgatory: a place of temporary punishment after death before making heaven. This has been a generational controversial argument between the catholics and the pentecostals. The latter believes firmly that there are only two eternal destinations: Heaven and Hell, while the former establishes the fact that there are 3: Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. As a born catholic, I never believed in purgatory because I needed strong biblical evidence to prove to whoever doubts its existence, just like the doubting Thomas. I have heard and read different biblical verses by catholics to prove it, but I wasn't satisfied until I stumbled on one very powerful verse that vividly and implicitly describes the existence of purgatory even though the name wasn't mentioned. The book of 1 Peter 3: 18-20 (Good News Bible) says: "For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually, AND IN HIS SPIRITUAL EXISTENCE HE WENT AND PREACHED TO THE IMPRISONED SPIRITS. THESE WERE THE SPIRITS OF THOSE WHO HAD NOT OBEYED GOD WHEN HE AWAITED PATIENTLY DURING THE DAYS THAT NOAH WAS BUILDING HIS BOAT." Who and where were the imprisoned spirits Jesus went to preach to? Please note that I do not intend to raise dust, impose my belief or engage anyone regarding the truth-value of the scriptural words, but I desire to share it for you to ponder on what your faith dictates to you as a christian. Thank you.

Nairalanders are one of the most unstable people: today you love Linda, tomorrow you hate her. Give me a break!

In situations as this, one can only seek Gods intervention to overcome disgrace.

FULL SCALE SHARIA LAW IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM?

I was shocked to watch the live proceedings of the House of Representatives as covered by NTA2 and saw that the bill calling for the criminal aspects of Islamic Sharia law to be implemented in our legal system in Nigeria at the Federal and states passed the second reading today! I was even more shocked because even though there were many Christians in the House no one raised an objection!  The Speaker of the House, Hon Yakubu Dogara, who presided over the proceedings said that what this meant was that it would now move to committee level where it will be discussed fully before the House would decide on it finally, but it is curious that not even one voice of dissent was aired against it! I waited till 9pm to hear what NTA Network news would report about it, but there was a blackout of reportage about it!  Of course, other issues discussed and decided in the House today were reported but not this one!  The bill to amend the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to make provision for the full implementation of Sharia Criminal law at the Federal and states legal system has passed the second reading in the House of Representatives and no one is telling Nigerians what is happening! For all we know, when a bill passes the second reading unchallenged in parliament it is almost as good as passed!
Long before the 2nd Republic, Muslim leaders in Nigeria have always agitated for the full implementation of Sharia in Nigeria.  Nobody has forgotten the hot debates that took place in the Constituent Assembly of 1978 about the place of Sharia in the 1979 Constitution. Christian members kicked against the full implementation of full Sharia because non-Muslims would fall victim of this law.  In the end, a compromise was reached that the Sharia Personal Law be allowed, not the criminal aspects.  It was the same thing that happened in 1988 Constituent Assembly that produced the 1989 Constitution, which never took off.  In fact, in the 1988 Constituent Assembly, General Ibrahim Babangida, then Nigeria’s self- styled military President, had to stop all debates relating to Sharia and other sensitive issues when he saw how inflammable the debates were becoming, and retained the status quo. The 1999 Constitution drew much from both the 1979 and 1989 Constitutions and retained Sharia Personal law.  Now, Muslims, under PMB, have surreptitiously attempted to amend the Constitution to insert the full implementation of Sharia without carrying Nigerians along! Muslim leaders have always argued that Sharia law is meant for Muslims only.  But Christians have always refused to buy the argument because in practice, non- Muslims have often been dragged before Sharia courts and have been adjudicated by a legal system repugnant to their faith.  Several documented cases abound to prove this!  Besides, Christians have always argued why the government that is supposed to be neutral to all religions should uphold the religious laws of one religion with public funds to the harm of the adherents of other faiths!

These are some of the issues that make some of us to take with a pinch of salt the claims that PMB means well for this country!  Our job is to bring these issues to the fore to create awareness of what is happening.  Whatever happens afterwards is beyond our power.  It’s up to you all! Broadcast this information

Pls take all steps available to u to let this be known in higher hierarchy of the church, PFN & CAN. We must not be docile now.

I am not surprised the op is a lady. Ladies never cease to live in a world of fantasy.

Where was the location of d kidnap?

I am a starter interested in studying in Canada. Plls, how do I go about it?

Mesage from Commissioner of Police, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Please this is a true story which happened just few days ago. My friend advertised for sale of a car and put the price at N2,700,000.00 . A prospective customer called and was given direction on how to get to where the car was parked. He observed the car and informed my friend that he was heading to the bank to make payment and that she should assemble the document ready for collection as soon as payment is made. Shortly after that alert came to my friend's phone and few minutes after the alert the customer came and all the paper plus the car was handed over to him and he left. To my friends greatest shock, she went to the bank and could not find any money and the bank said that the alert did not come from them. My friend is planning to go to court with her bank. The advice is that alert is no longer a confirmation of payment. Please let's all be careful when doing transactions especially this season n now in this technology crazy generation. God be with us all. Rebroadcast pls. Cc: lalasticlacla

mascot87:
I just checked out d guy on Facebook at Angel Obrein. For me, not everyone gun down by cultist is a cult. Sometimes hate could make some people kill others cos of various reasons best known to them. The guy is full of life & doesn't deserve to die like this.

RIP anyway

. So, how does his fb page prove his innocence? Abeg, the fact that a pix of him holding a gun was posted and his wearing a red cap seem glaring that he was a cultist.

magicminister:
that was a tough call. I don't ever wanna be in such situation.
I would want my wife to rescue me first so i guess i would have to also rescue my wife and Children before my mom.
Its my dad's duty to rescue my mom.
I would also try to rescue my mom no matter how difficult it gets but my wife and children comes first.

As a child, i don't think i would ever forgive my dad if he rescued my grandmother instead of my mother.

. The only condition in which you ignore a mother for a wife is if the latter is undeserving of your love or else you are not being sincere.

iebanehita:
Lord have mercy!
And I travelled same route to Ib from lagos today...
Only God protects those who are his..

. How can you say 'Only God protects those who are His?' Everyone lives by His grace and mercy. The reason why we pray before leaving home is not only to ask for His protection, but also commit our souls to Him in case the worst happens. Have you thought of the woman who was killed while preaching or the Rev. Pastor killed in his farm? Please, don't live with such thoughts.

Ejemehn:
For the sake of your younger siblings and the sake of the unity of the whole family you have to forget your age in this issue and handle it like the man you'll one day be proud of.

There's a reason why God has let you in on all this.

On a wonderful night while everyone is asleep, call your mum to the sitting room and talk to her. Let her know the imminent danger she's putting you, your dad, your siblings and the family at large. See, there's no good in infidelity. The Bible says there's a way that seemeth right unto man but the end thereof is destruction, and one of such ways is infidelity. Let her know she'll only tear the family apart with her current ways. Whether she's had sex with the man or not she erred big time. Going to a place and lying. Not to mention she went their without informing your father.

On another night. Call your dad and also talk to him too. Tell him to work on himself. Probably there are things he might need to work on.

After sometime, on another night call the two of them and sit them down and talk to them pointing out reasons why the family must stay together.

I tell you the truth. Your parents will never see you like a 20 year old again.

A broken home is not the best. Do your best to mend this crack.

God shall strengthen you. Go to him for wisdom.

Wish you the best of luck

. This remains the best advice so far!

As usual, most men will condemn the wife, while the women crucify the husband. Both were wrong first with the husband. But the wife handled it badly. What excuse have you 4 starving your family for 3 days. Gush, that's irresponsible! Sometimes, women need to activate that which melts the heart of men. It works! The husband self should simply apologise. But why do we also poke nose on things as this?

general111:
Pls modify for better comprehension.it is not too proper for your sister to refuse cooking for her husband just because she needed apologies.

Women of nowadays know nothing about handling men but they want a man to be able to read their minds.. Mtchhwwwww....tell your sister to go and cook for her husband,and later use her charms to make her husband apologise... She shouldn't break her home and blame it on dp..

. It is as simple as that!

dauntless15:
honesty is a very good trait, atleast i said my mind am not a pretender and i dont lie thats what my parents inculcated in me, so keep showing Nairaland you're a good guy meanwhile you know deep down in you that you're not

. Yes, I can see that trait in you. Good luck!

Stay there and believe teaching jobs don't pay well with your low-level thinking. I am a living testimony.

kingsman66:
my brother the heart of man is evil,thinking about what will happen to your account if you die is very annoying and devish.........please I advise you stop thinking towards that direction, you will live long and see your children children say Amen to that

. Didn't you clearly read what he said. Didn't he denounce what he said? Wasn't he presuming a situation everyone is bound to experience? He was simply being hypothetical. Religion is truly the opium of the masses.

dauntless15:
What the fuq? He returned such amount willingly? Maybe he's under some juju spell or he doesn't know its equivalent in naira

. And you would have done the opposite, ruining the image of your family in the process, mbok?

musty001:
What about students that are awaiting results?
How is there points gonna be calculated?
Since points are been allocated to the O level results

. There is no admission for those with awaiting results.

Warnings as this should be taken very serious!

ODVanguard:
Na those Ipob, scAvengers and other fellow gang of Niger Delta terrorists of course. Even the U.S don already label them as such -- we all know they promised to blow-up Third Mainland bridge amongst other targets. Watch them invade this thread with their empty denials. Na Ogun go punish all of Una wey dey plan evil against Yorubaland. Ko Ni better fun all of you. Nonsense!

. It seems you have some touches in your brain. Why the ranting and barking? And yet you can't stand a cockroach.

iykekelvins:
[color=#099999]You need to see a pastor[/color]

. Pastor? It seems you haven't experienced this before.

oloworulz:
there is no alternative. let the Igbo boys pack their load and return to their state

. Oh my, so you reason with your ass? Smh

This is just one out of tens of murder cases reported. How about others that occurred unnoticed? God protect us!

WifeMaterial:
This world is getting worse everyday

. The world or naija?

ijustdey:
why would these people wants to embark on strike at this period we are still enjoying the availability of petroleum products









why would they believe that strike action is the only solution to meet their demands

. Is it their fault, mbok?