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spectroscopic:
I thank God for them too. But let me ask, using Ebola as a case, what have they done with their billions to TRY to solve the problem? I just read some where that other countries and individuals are donating to an Ebola fund? Where are the African billionaires? http://www.cgdev.org/blog/how-much-actually-being-spent-ebola

@OP, you have articulated your points very well and you're not far from the truth.

Where is ECOWAS and Nigeria on the list of donor countries to help out with curtailing Ebola?

So much for big brother 'giant' of Africa.

Opportunity for the Military Army Chief to resign and contest as a civilian.

Soldier go, soldier come.

Why can't the FG apply the same tenacity and ferocity dealing with Boko Haram, instead of chasing shadows in relation to a 'jumper' from PDP to APC.

As far as I'm concerned, majority of Nigerian politicians are the same jumping from one party to the another when it suits them, only a few can be classified as having sound political ideologies.

It's so true, happens every time we travel.

The NIS, NDLEA and other para-military bodies don't hide it anymore. In other countries, we don't go through such hassle.

A huge orientation have to take place at MMIA.

Beautiful puppies, are they for sale?

The most openingly kept secret.

Agbani Darego

With all the tithes been levied in most churches, only the pastors are living fat of the collections.

The money are thus invested in real estates, shares or other business ventures giving them huge returns afterwards. Yet the average church member is still struggling to make ends meet. Majority of present day pastors are not called, rather they call themselves. If God had called them into full time ministry, he will make enough provisions for them.

Jesus sent out his disciples in Luke 10:1-24, without any financial inducement. Also in Mark 16:15-18, he also gave his disciples the template for spreading the gospel again money wasn't mentioned. So where do our present day churches get the idea that 'money is next to godliness'?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5tPFtbjZ2E


Dr Shammah Womack El

Why do some people still propagate the money religion?

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How or why do you think Christ did not pay tithes?
He received tithes because He is God and tithes and offerings belong to Him. While here on earth, it was the duty of the house of Levi to receive tithes through the temple and law system. Today, tithes can still be given to God's house and we do not need to all go to Jerusalem to get to God's house.
Mal 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Joh 4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

How do you conclude that Christ's followers did not give or receive tithes? As far as i know, some levites and priests were Christ's followers and people were still giving tithes and offerings at the temple in Jerusalem during the period of the early church.
Act 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.


how do you know who stopped what? Paul clearly made an old testament vow and offered offerings in the temple, how do you conclude that all of humanity(Christians) for 1500years, NO Christian gave or received the tithe. Are you God or omniscient? Or you have the database on your computer there?

Care to explain how did Jesus Christ received or paid tithe since he's not from the tribe of Levi and subsequently he's not a farmer or a landowner?

Lausanne, Switzerland, is known for its fine restaurants, terraced vineyards, graceful streets that spill down the mountainside to Lake Geneva -- and, starting Oct. 31, the willingness of at least some citizens to be injected with a piece of the Ebola virus.
The city will host the largest study for the leading experimental vaccine to fight Ebola, a key step in halting the outbreak. Though its sedate streets are far from the contagion in West Africa, the scientist leading the tests says he’s managed to find a first batch of willing participants -- albeit mostly doctors and medical students.
Safe and effective vaccines are seen as vital tools to help curb a disease the World Health Organization says may strike as many as 10,000 people a week by December. The vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc, will be tested in Lausanne on 120 healthy adults. So far, more than 50 people have volunteered, said Blaise Genton, the study’s leader, who has worked on more than 20 vaccine trials.
“This one is very different from all the others, I can tell you, that’s why I am quite optimistic,” Genton, a professor at the University Hospital of Lausanne, said in an interview. “We need to go very fast so that we may have something more than what we have now in terms of preventive measures.”

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. employees work in a research and development facility in Nashik, India. The vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc, will be tested in Lausanne on 120 healthy adults.
A shipment of 101 vials of the vaccine will arrive today or Thursday from the U.S., enabling inoculations to begin this week, Genton said. Glaxo (GSK)’s experimental shot is based on a live version of a genetically modified chimpanzee virus that contains an Ebola gene. A Glaxo representative declined to comment.
While Genton says he’s found plenty of colleagues and medical students willing to volunteer, recruiting participants from the broader community may be more difficult. People who are randomized to receive either the experimental shot or a placebo receive 800 Swiss francs ($845) as reimbursement for their time and travel expenses.
A walk along the lake, the train station and the corridors of the hospital conducting the experiment found that locals were wary at best.
“I really don’t want to have an animal virus injected in my body,” said Sebastien Charpie, a public accountant from Neuchatel, an hour and a half away. “The disease comes from another continent, maybe that’s why I feel less concerned.” Also, Charpie said: “The remuneration is low for the risk you’re taking.”

Side Effects
At the Beau Rivage Palace, where manicured lawns slope toward the lake and a cappuccino costs 10 francs, Charpie and six other people interviewed said they wouldn’t enroll for the study. Likewise, five hospital workers and two taxi drivers weren’t willing to volunteer, citing suspicion about the motivations of the pharmaceutical industry as well as safety concerns. Even a pharmacist at Lausanne’s central station, Hicham Tayebi, cited health concerns.
“You could offer me a thousand times that amount being paid and I’d still say no,” said Kabongo Mlamba, a local taxi driver who was born in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Ebola emerged in 1976. “The side effects could be concerning,” the father of six added.
Participants will be monitored for side effects and their blood will be screened for evidence of an immune response.
Tests this month at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the University of Oxford and in Mali involving dozens of people have so far identified no serious side effects, Genton told reporters in Lausanne today. Minor symptoms have included soreness at the point of injection, a mild fever and headaches, he said.

Immune System
The reactions to the vaccine may reflect the immune system’s response to the vaccine, said Marie-Paule Kieny, the WHO’s assistant director-general for health systems and innovation, in an interview at the agency’s Geneva headquarters.
The tests in Lausanne are the largest in the series of studies under way, according to the WHO, which is coordinating the research. The United Nations health agency is also coordinating a trial of a second experimental vaccine running concurrently at Geneva University Hospital.
“If shown to be safe and effective, either of the vaccines could be scaled up for production during the first quarter of next year, with millions of doses produced for wide distribution in high-risk countries,” Kieny said in a statement today.
Chimpanzee Adenovirus
Initial results are due in mid-December, Kieny said in the interview. A similar approach using a chimpanzee adenovirus as a vector for an immunization against HIV and tuberculosis wasn’t successful, she said.
“It’s new territory,” said Kieny, who has agreed to participate in the Geneva trial. “These are completely new vaccines.”
Two doses of vaccine will be tested. The lowest dose found to provoke a sufficient immune response will be used, said Genton, who has spent 25 years working on vaccines, including malaria in Africa.
“We don’t know the level of antibodies needed to protect, or even if these antibodies protect,” he said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-28/volunteers-will-test-ebola-virus-in-switzerland-for-845.html

Nigerian Politicians are just too feckle, they are not sound nor do they initiate expansive ideologies.

Like kindergartens, they hop from one playhouse to the next as it suits them.

When will Nigerians realise that our politicians are only looking after themselves and not the population.

A special adviser to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has revealed that elections in the People's Democratic Party (PDP) both at national, state and local levels are determined at night. Ighoyota Amori who was addressing a PDP gathering in delta State was secretly filmed while bragging that candidates have always emerged by hook and crook. He said when they go to Abuja to elect their leaders candidates emerge even when they can't hear what their party leaders. He boasted that the October 25th local government election will be the worst abacadabra the state will witness.


http://saharareporters.com/2014/10/28/caught-tape-coming-election-isthe-worst-abracadabra-youre-going-see-delta-state-pdp

How many times will the girls be released, since last week when the 'organised' ceasefire was declared, nothing has happened.
They have turned releasing the Chibok girls to mere jingles.
Rubbish.

With all the tithes and offerings that are collected at every service, why would Bishop Noel Jones (from Preachers of LA show) as taped in the audio link below be requesting from his members to contribute towards the payment of the church's IRS tax bill of $300k.

A far as I know a church is normally registered as a non-profit establishment and hence exempted from taxes. Where is the church's accountability. I guess if members should ask for how all their collections are been appropriated, the church will tell them to get lost. Little wonder people now view most churches as business for profit organisations.

It's so sad there is no longer accountability in our churches anymore.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFkR3HY6Iu0

“Oga, wetin you chop remain now, big bros your boys dey here o’’

It was a hot October in Lagos. Even with a weather that was threatening a downpour on a cloudy afternoon, the heat still made life uncomfortable. On a day that I had already become edgy not just for the scorching heat, the long line of traffic stretching several kilometres also added to my misery. I had left home that morning skipping breakfast.

In a city where a minute lateness can sentence one to a lifetime in traffic, I had rushed out hoping to have lunch in an eatery. After much struggle to find a parking space among the maze of vehicles, that was when I noticed him. He was a dishevelled looking middle aged man dressed in a faded blue private security uniform with a pair of boots. With the way he loitered around the park, it appeared his job was to help customers navigate their way as they park their vehicles. But on that afternoon, it seemed doing his job was the last thing on his mind.

As I made to exit the car, I looked up to see a terse sign that announced ‘’Cars parked at owners risk’’. The security guard approached me. Fawning and too obsequious, he assured me the car would be safe. I ignored him wondering why I needed to be assured of the safety of my car. Was his job not to protect customers’ vehicles? But it was ironical that the management of the eatery would deploy security and yet warn customers that they would not be responsible for stolen vehicles. He came after me, ignoring my petulance. “Please, Sir, just find me anything. Your car will be safe by the time you come back”. As I made to enter the building, I saw him follow a couple who had just exited the building. Now, fawning and even more obsequious, he held the car door open for them like a practised chauffeur. The couple threw a crumpled note at him as they drove away. He grabbed it, quickly tucked it into his pocket and continued his hustle.

Welcome to the world of Nigeria’s corporate beggars. Indeed, we have become a nation of beggars. From the lowly man on the street to the greedy politicians jostling for a piece of national cake, and to the well-heeled, everybody seems to have mastered the act of begging. How many times have you been harassed to part with your hard-earned money by those who feel a sense of entitlement? How many times have you cursed under your breath when able-bodied individuals casually walk up to you as if they had something important to say only to beg? Isn’t it annoying to be harassed for money as if you are being asked to pay a debt? Why have we become so shameless as to brazenly ask for underserved favours? Is it a sign of the times or a manifestation of the culture of entitlement that has come to define this generation?

Really, being stalked for money appears to have become a regular feature of Lagos and other parts of the country. At our airports, immigration officials hold on to your travelling documents while they subtly demand their palm to be greased. One incident was instructive. While travelling recently, a man presented his passport for checks. The immigration official took a long curious look at the visa and pronounced it was a fake. Just like that, without running it through a scanner. After a long delay, he demanded money. “Oga, find me something now, I take dollars or pound”. How low have we sunk as a people when people cite the most ridiculous of reasons to fleece money off others. One day when I went out in Lagos, I was harassed by countless number of people asking for or demanding money. Sometimes, the level of desperation is shocking. Some people even feign being terminally ill to make easy money.

At the eatery, when the guy who opened the door for me smiled so widely that it almost became a smirk, I knew something was not right. I was soon proved right. As I sat to enjoy my meal, he left his place by the door and sauntered to my side. Barely inaudible, he demanded to be tipped. But why harass people for tips? Are tips not meant to be voluntary? In Lagos, instead, the idea is to force a tip out of you? You could even be threatened by street urchins or “area boys” who want to get paid by force. As I made my way to the restroom after my meal, I was confronted by another uniformed young man who offered the toilet paper smiling. I ignored him. I asked myself why he must be the one to issue toilet paper when I could simply take it myself.

Now, a culture of begging appears to have been ingrained in our national character. In traffic, scores of beggars – both physically challenged and able-bodied – converge on cars. A man in Ojuelegba who claimed to have had kidney problems is still begging for help. He is still on the same spot many years after. While I admit that the socio-economic system has pushed people to the margins of poverty, it is unfortunate that some people are just too lazy to do any meaningful work to earn a decent living. What kind of culture encourages people to live on alms?

I am not unaware that the religions teach us about free-giving. But isn’t it plainly absurd to give one’s hard-earned money to street urchins who spend the money on hard drugs? At parties, a bizarre culture of begging has since evolved. In the past, people used to attend parties and even buy gifts for the host. Not anymore; now, people attend parties to eat, drink and take away. On the streets, individuals use infants to extort money from people. The sight of babies exposed to the elements often induces sympathy.

In Nigeria, the saying that “nothing goes for nothing” has become the parameter for social interaction. How often have you been in a distress and you expect people to help you only to be told that nothing goes for nothing or money for hand back for ground? Nigerians used to be very courteous, kind and helpful. But that was in the years gone past. In the past, people valued a simple ‘thank you’ gesture.
For example, they would offer to help push your broken down vehicle off the road or change a flat tyre and walk away. Not anymore. Once, my car stopped in the middle of the road and those who pushed it to a lay-by held me hostage. They wanted money. The culture of begging transcends social divide. Why have we become a nation of beggars? Is it the poverty or have we lost the capacity to be our brothers’ keepers? Is it the poverty that has numbed our senses to attach monetary value to simple acts of kindness?
As I got into my car to leave the eatery, the guard rushed to tell me how he had watched over my car. Amused, I pointed out the sign that read, “Cars are parked at owners’ risk”. He sauntered off to the next customer.

http://www.punchng.com/opinion/a-nation-of-beggars-2/

A true story.

A group of wealthy people from Lebanon approached a Nigerian pastor based in London. They said to him they will support his ministry financially, provided he makes a percentage of tithes, offerings and all other donations via monthly returns to them. Well, the Nigerian pastor declined their offer.

After hearing this story, it got me thinking that our Christian faith has really been made to be a joke. No wonder there are so many churches teaching half-baked, man-made doctrines and turning these churches to business centres/empires. No wonder the members are not developing spiritually and believing more in their demi-godlike men, rather than in Almighty God.

I thought a ceasefire between the FG and BH was declared last week, or it is all a big hoax?

Let the movies begin...guguru, epa and shandy on the table for maximum enjoyment.

New 'gomina' go show them pepper...

BabaGnoni:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEgS2uDMEF4
pickabeau1, this one is for you bro.
Enjoy watching Leroy Thompson and Creflo Dollar or throw up
- Now you know why he couldn't muster strength to turn up at Hagin's called meeting

My goodness...this is pure and undiluted idolatry.

God and mammon (money) should not be mixed together.

It's beyond grief that only the 'prosperity preachers' are richly blessed, whilst their members keep floating their business empires.
Why is that their members are not living large in mansions, driving bentley cars, no private jets, shopping in exclusive boutiques and such likes..is our God a partial God?

Here's another link to one of them, http://www.bishopjordan.com/

Comedy Central

I saw the video link from 2008 and I'm not surprised with the level of deception going on within the pentecostal churches.

It was about the ordination of Apostle Fredrick K.C. Price. What is being done in the video, is it biblical?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnwtxWLa5oo#t=61

It's a very good development for Nigeria.

At least the stigma from other countries will stop immediately.

Other books written a while back are:

'The Disease of the Health and Wealth Gospels' - written by Gordon D. Fee

'In Pursuit of the Almighty's Dollar: A History of Money and American Protestanism' - written by James Hudnut-Beumler

An opportunity for Mr Fayose to budget for a new government house in the 2015 budgetary plan for Ekiti State.
What happened to the government house built by him during his own tenure?

We like to waste too much resources in this country.

But GEJ and his media spokesmen said many times they won't negotiate with Boko Haram.
Also it has been peddled several times that Boko Haram is APC, does that mean the government will provide the names of the Boko Haram sponsors?

Why the sudden change of action?

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency has officially declared an end to the Ebola outbreak in Senegal.

The World Health Organization says it commends the country for its diligence in putting a stop to the transmission of the virus.

In a statement Friday the WHO said the sole introduced case was confirmed Aug. 29 in a young man who had travelled to Dakar, by road, from Guinea, where he had had direct contact with an Ebola patient.

The statement called Senegal's response "a good example of what to do when faced with an imported case of Ebola."

It said Senegal government's response included identifying and monitoring 74 close contacts of the patient, prompt testing of all suspected cases, stepped-up surveillance at many entry points and public awareness campaigns.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/17/ebola-senegal-over_n_6003056.html

christemmbassey:
what they preach is fraud, it can not stand d test of time. Why their Nigerian counterparts appears to be succeeding is bc naija sustains fraud, but its a matter of time.

Thank you. Exactly my thoughts.

Most of the reports I have read about 'prosperity preachers' have shown that majority of them are not good steward of money. They spend money lavishingly on baseless things, yet they continue to teach their members to 'sow' in order to be debt free. Whilst they are been declared bankrupt and yet some people will see all these atrocities and still accept 'prosperity gospel'.

No wonder their ministeries cannot provide analysis of how the various contributions they received are accounted for - their favorite slogan is always, "the money belongs to God".

Why is it that only the 'prosperity preachers' and their few cronies get all the prosperity and wealth, whilst their members are still struggling to make ends meet? Does this mean that the members don't have enough faith to 'name it and claim it' to get the desired wealth.

laykorn:
An Air France plane was isolated at Madrid's airport on Thursday because of a suspected Ebola case after a passenger was reported to have a fever and shivers, officials said.

The passenger, who had traveled from Lagos, Nigeria, was taken by ambulance to an unspecified hospital in Madrid but the rest of the passengers were allowed to leave the plane as normal, Air France said in a statement.

The flight, carrying 163 people, arrived in Madrid from Paris, the company said. The plane was taken to a special area of the airport.

A Spanish Health Ministry spokeswoman said authorities were treating it as a suspected Ebola case. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with the regulations of her office.

Earlier, a Health Ministry official said the condition of the Spanish nursing assistant with Ebola appeared to be improving but a person who came into contact with her before she was hospitalized Oct. 6 has a fever and will be hospitalized and tested for the virus.

Teresa Romero, 44, is in stable condition at Madrid's Carlos III hospital and the level of Ebola virus in her body was declining, ministry spokesman Fernando Simon said. Romero has been hospitalized for 10 days.

Meanwhile, Danish authorities were also testing a medical worker for Ebola from Doctors Without Borders who had been in West Africa.

Sweden said it would give an additional 100 million kronor ($14 million) in humanitarian aid to support efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak. That was in addition to $140 million ($19 million) pledged previously.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/plane-isolated-madrid-airport-ebola-check-26235970

The passenger, who had traveled from Lagos, Nigeria, was taken by ambulance to an unspecified hospital in Madrid but the rest of the passengers were allowed to leave the plane as normal, Air France said in a statement.

Passenger arrived from Lagos, but the plane arrived in Madrid from Paris.
So did the plane left Lagos to Paris, or Paris en-route Lagos?
How is this possible, or am I reading the article wrongly?

Prevention is better than cure

Lol... whose idea was that?

A big thank you and job well done to all the relevant agencies and individuals who made the eradication a success.

This shows we Nigerians can achieve lots if we are determined.