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Obiagelli:
Lanre Ajakaiye @ LanreAA 31m
Shame on APC for such a boring and unnigerian
convention. No tear gas? No shenanigans? Epic
fail!



Abeg what next on schedule

That's true...did the national convention actually took place or just an anointing service?
Too quiet for me as no dramas...

In our culture, taking 2nd place is a criminal offence.

We lead, others follow.

Sambest2:
Atiku 954
Buhari 3430
Rabiu 974
Sam Nda-Isiah 10
Rochas 624

Mallam Atiku with his all 'benjamins' still came out in a distant third position.
Peoples eyes have shined now, collect the money and vote with their conscience.

Let the Presidential campaign start in earnest.

Just two months to go for the election.

I will give kudos to the APC Organising Committee for the primaries, excellent job well done.

Yes there might be little hiccups here and there, still all the primaries went peacefully with every contestant given a level playing field.

The two women in GEJ's life.

The real president and vice president of Nigeria.

Officials, touts and beggars at the nation’s international airports will soon face arrest and prosecution.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ( ICPC) and the ministry of aviation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MO ) to develop synergy towards fighting acts of corruption at the nation’s airports.
The initiative, signed on Monday, means any airport official caught soliciting gratification or tip from travellers risks a seven-year jail term. Those who give will also face similar charges.

Ekpo Nta, ICPC chairman, said: “It is important to note that the Aviation Sector’s stature as a gate way for investments and tourism in the country is sharply diminished by the corrupt and unethical practices of officials who serve at the nation’s airports.
“Reports have been made to ICPC of airport users being constantly confronted by demands for bribes and gratification at various points of interface with agencies, as well as deliberate operational bottlenecks created to induce pecuniary responses.
“It is also evident to anyone who uses the airports how courtesies and normal social greetings have been degraded to blatant and crass tactics of soliciting tips. These repugnant practices, many of which are punishable by law, tarnish the image of the country and in consequence cause many foreigners to divert business and pleasure pursuit to other countries!”

Osita Chidoka, the aviation minister, described corruption as a roadblock to national economic development vowed that the aviation ministry would spearhead the battle to rid the Nigeria’s entry and exit ports of corruption by way of correcting the wrong perception which outsiders have been having about Nigeria.


http://www.thecable.ng/airport-touts-beggars-official-face-prosecution

Hopefully this will work well!!!

From Yobe State, incumbent Governor Ibrahim Geidam has been named the winner.

Bishop TD Jakes' daughter Sarah has announced her engagement to Pastor Touré Roberts.
The pair are reportedly set to marry later this month but they've been tight lipped about the exact details of their wedding since making their engagement public.

They are both divorcees but are looking forward to building a new future together and according to Smooth R&B 105.7, they hit it off while Jakes was promoting her book "Lost and Found: Finding hope in the detours of life".
The book is an honest account of how she became a teen mother at the age of just 14 and went on to experience the breakdown of her marriage to NFL player Robert Henson after four years.

The engagement was announced at a special service at the church led by Pastor Roberts, One Church International in LA.
Roberts is a father-of-three and Jakes said their children "instantly clicked" with each other.
She added: "Every disagreement that we've had, we've always come out on the other side with a better understanding of how to love one another, and how to communicate more effectively with one another."

An engagement had been hinted at before the official announcement, with Pastor Roberts sharing a picture of the pair in a tender embrace on his Instagram.

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/td.jakes.daughter.sarah.engaged.to.pastor.toure.roberts/42842.htm


But now according to the Instagram link, they are now married: http://instagram.com/sarahdjakes

Taken from his latest convention invitation:

Greetings In the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!


Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to join me for the 2014 Father’s House Retreat in Las Vegas, NV. I am looking forward to spending this time with you as we fellowship and relax with one another.

We have taken great strides to ensure that you will have an enjoyable stay in Las Vegas while you take the time to relax, refresh and be renewed. Spend time with your spouse taking in a live show, touring the Hoover Dam or be adventurous and enjoy a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon.

I am honored to serve and pour into you as you give so much to the ministry and others. I am also excited about what God will have me to share as we continue in a new dimension of the Supernatural.

This year we are extending an invitation to your leadership teams. Share this information with them so that they may also be enriched and take part in this wonderful time of refreshing.

I will see you in Las Vegas, November 13-16, 2014.

Amazed by His Grace,


Apostle Eddie L. Long

Founder, The Father’s House Ministry

http://www.fathershouseretreat.com/

Everyone including most Pastors want to be called with bogus titles. I came across the article below highlighting how some pastors go to any length to earn or perhaps buy a 'doctorate degree' to flaunt it in the face of their church members.
Why do some people including pastors who are not specialized in a particular field, go about with such doctorate degrees?[i][/i]


I believe phony doctorates are a moral scandal in the church today. Many ministers are deliberately misrepresenting their academic qualifications with fake degrees.

There are two sources for these illegitimate titles: honorary doctorates and diploma mills. Honorary doctorates may be a nice gesture toward a respected person (as well as a good way to get donations), but these gestures are abused when recipients subsequently call themselves "Dr.", implying they have done the necessary academic work to receive such a title and that the quality of such work was verified by authorities in that field.

Oral Roberts University has been especially liberal in handing out honorary doctorates throughout the charismatic world and many recipients use the title as though it were an earned one.
Honorary doctorates have been given to such esteemed recipients as Kermit the Frog, whose "doctorate" was bestowed upon him by Southampton College in New York. "Dr." Kermit delivered the commencement address, passing along the bit of swamp-wisdom
Kermit has the very same academic qualifications as many notables in the church, including the late "Dr." Jerry Falwell, whose formal education after high school was limited to an undergraduate degree at an unaccredited Bible College.

One can be a very good pastor or evangelist without having a doctorate. I am not demeaning those who do not have such a degree, nor am I trying to imply that self-education is invalid. Still, "Dr." is supposed to mean something commonly understood.
I consider it unethical to treat an honorary title as though it were a legitimate one. If someone is given a "key to the city," they are not thereby authorized to enter any building they choose whenever they want. Honorary doctorates do not qualify recipients to work in the field designated on the diploma. No one wants an honorary doctor to perform heart surgery on them. Diploma mills, the other source of phony degrees, usually have small campuses but impressive websites.

They always lack respectable accreditation. Legitimate seminaries maintain rigid standards for awarding a doctoral degree and these standards are confirmed by respected accrediting agencies. These agencies are private corporations even though they are responsible to government agencies themselves. The government does not dictate what courses should be taught in a properly accredited seminary.

The diploma mill typically awards its degrees to people who complete a token of easy coursework (one diploma mill reportedly hands out "doctorates" in exchange for the reading of one book and the payment of $600). The mill's overhead is minimal as those who run it do not have to maintain the kind of facilities or qualified staff real schools do. They consequently charge the "student" a small fee for their "course work."
There are phony accrediting agencies that these unethical organizations use, so a "schools" "accreditation" may be as phony as their degrees. There are many diploma mills churning out degrees to undeserving ministers in a practice Christian author Steve Levicoff has referred to as "name it and frame it."

"Dr. Dino," (Kent Hovind), spoke in many churches, always calling himself "Dr.," though his formal education past high school consisted of an undergraduate degree from an unaccredited Bible College, and a "doctorate" from a diploma mill run out of the modest home of a man named Lonnie Skinner. Since awarding Hovind's "doctorate," Skinner has named his business "Patriot Bible University," and relocated to a small but separate building. Unfortunately for Hovind, he used similar ethics in paying his taxes and is now in prison for tax evasion.

One, prominent diploma mill for ministers is "Friends International Christian University." This "school" awards doctorates to candidates who, after completing very minimal prerequisites, finish eight, easy correspondence classes. A diligent high school graduate can have his or her "doctorate" in less than a year.

The average, real, earned doctorate takes over eight years to obtain after earning a bachelors and then a master's degree. Doctorates from Friends International Christian University have been awarded to ministers such as "Dr." Fred Price, "Dr." T. D. Jakes, "Dr." Ron Kenoly, and "Dr." Stephen Wiley.

Perhaps no diploma mill has been more successful than "Life Christian University," which consists of a group of people with mostly phony degrees who have awarded "doctorates" to dignitaries such as “Dr.” Rodney Howard-Browne, “Dr.” Joyce Meyer, “Dr.” Kenneth Copeland, “Dr.” Norvel Hayes, “Dr.” Kevin McNulty, "Dr. Billye Brim, and “Dr.” Benny Hinn. Whether these "doctorates" are "earned" or honorary is not clear -- though the difference would be little more than a technicality.

Some diploma mills for ministers make no pretense to legitimacy. American Fellowship Church sells an honorary "Doctorate of Divinity degree" for $50. The Universal Life Church offers a free "Doctorate of Divinity degree" for anyone who receives their rubber-stamp ordination. "Cambridge Theological Seminary," also offers "free" doctorates" but if one wishes to have an actual diploma, fees will be assessed, including ones for "transcripted application," “permanent records," and “state-approved institutional registration." This mill casts aspersions on competing mills and titillates potential clients with the promise of the added prestige one will have using their phony title:

The above quote from this "seminary" website appeals to the apparent motive behind the purchase of fake degrees -- the desire to have an undeserved air of academic respectability. Labeling oneself with a phony doctorate is dishonest. I am convinced that deceiving the church about one's academic credentials in this way is a form of lying to the Holy Spirit.
Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit...?" (Acts 5:3 NASB)
Ananias had "exaggerated" about the percentage of his income he had given, and this deception was less serious than that of most modern, academic, "exaggeration."
"...These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless." (Revelation 14:4-5 NASB).

by David Kowalski
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2794-name-it-and-frame-it-phony-doctorates-in-the-church

I thought the story from the 'ex-Dame of Aviation' was that there will be a functional national airline by end of this year.

News but no quantifiable results.

Has he sorted out the recent BH issues in the North Eastern part of the country, instead of meddling in another country's issues?

In layman's understanding, why do people always believe that they must receive instant harvest or increase when they 'sow a seed'.

In my study of agricultural science, there is always a time to sow or plant certain crops and equally a time for the harvest, hence reason why crops have different germination and harvesting seasons - some annually, bi-annually and perennially. So where do our 'prosperity pastors' see anywhere in the bible that sowing a seed will bring instant harvest or increase or instant debt cancellation.

I believe that when God wants to set a person free, he will give them the tools and the faith to overcome in every area of their lives.

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...