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Abracadabra, all hail the new gabriel Okunzua. Next topic pls

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@mukina2
I share ur sentiments in this matter, but unfortunately we live in a 'dog-eat-dog' world despite our professions of love. Sad.

@mukina2
I share ur sentiments in this matter, but unfortunately we live in a 'dog-eat-dog' world despite our professions of love. Sad.

The Islamists were doing a good job of running the place; now Ethiopia & their backers want 2 send them back 2 the dark days.
Who hv the somalis offended? The folks there are entitled to some peace, no? Kudos 2 the UIC 4 a good job albeit temporary

Somalia is an Islamist country. For decades, the country had no functioning govt- & was a lawless/chaotic place despite the interim govt. The Islamists brought some order & peace out of the confusion. Why shd anybody quarrel with dat?
Let Somalia be pls

Somalia is an Islamist country. For decades, the country had no functioning govt- & was a lawless/chaotic place despite the interim govt. The Islamists brought some order & peace out of the confusion. Why shd anybody quarrel with dat?
Let Somalia be pls

Somalia is an Islamist country. For decades, the country had no functioning govt- & was a lawless/chaotic place despite the interim govt. The Islamists brought some order & peace out of the confusion. Why shd anybody quarrel with dat?
Let Somalia be pls

Somalia is an Islamist country. For decades, the country had on functioning govt- & was a lawless/chaotic place despite the interim govt. The Islamists brought some order & peace out of the confusion. Why shd anybody quarrel with dat?
Let Somalia be pls

@pblessed
Tongues is not a language - rather it is another ( old english) word for language. Acts 2: 1-8 is a clear example that it is discernible/interpreted by one or more of the hearers but not 2 the speaker.
Actually satan uses this 2 deceive many

The essence of Holy Spirit baptism is to embolden and empower a xtian 2 work effectively in God's vineyard & not 2 speak in 'tongues' whenever it catches their fancy.
As stated in an earlier post, this activity only edifies the speaker.

Speaking in tongues is an evidence of Holy Spirit baptism & characterised by a discernible language (tongue) unknown 2 the speaker but recognised/interpreted by others-acts 2:1-8
The gibberish being uttered by many pple gleefully is not biblical

@Afam & twinstaiye
Great posts. Well said. NBA president's interpretation of the constitution is not supported by messrs Gani Fawehinmi & Fred Agbaje - experienced & popular SANs,
Atiku shd hv resigned, afterall Obj brot him on board.
Go Atiku, go

Tufiakwa. Mba mba mba. O tio. No way. Abomination. Inutterable. Wanene? Not my pickin. Traitorous. Who sai. Dat pickin has not been born. Me, Son of my father? Me, a true born? No way. Unthinkable. Impossible. Chukwuaju.
Another topic pls

@odada
Ddnt mean 2 post same thing thrice. Just one of those times I couldnt the hang of posting with my mobile.
Be cool

@Odada
U sure made my day with such a wow story-very interesting. Glad 2 know adventurists still abound in this generation.
God bless u good.
@schibaba
I admire ur spirit & resilience too.
That's d stuff that separate the boys 4rm the men.
Be cool y'all

@Odada
U sure made my day with such a wow story-very interesting. Glad 2 know adventurists still abound in this generation.
God bless u good.
@schibaba
I admire ur spirit & resilience too.
That's d stuff that separate the boys 4rm the men.
Be cool y'all

@Odada
U sure made my day with such a wow story-very interesting. Glad 2 know adventurists still abound in this generation.
God bless u good.
@schibaba
I admire ur spirit & resilience too.
That's d stuff that separate the boys 4rm the men.
Be cool y'all

The Wrong Way

As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang.

Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 77. Please be careful!"

"Heck," said Herman. "It's not just one car. It's hundreds of them!"

Cold Winter

It was October and the Indians on a remote reservation asked their new Chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. He had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like. To be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the
members of the village should collect firewood.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming winter going to be cold"?

"It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold," the meteorologist at the Weather Service responded.

So, the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. "Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter"?

"Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied. "It's going to be a very cold winter."

The Chief again ordered his people to collect every scrap of firewood they could find. Two weeks later, the Chief called the National Weather Service again.

"Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold"?

"Absolutely," the man replied. "It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters ever."

"How can you be so sure"? the Chief asked.

The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like crazy

ok, joke is eons ahead, eh? Bp = Bee Pee(as in piss, ie urine)
The car stopped, needed some gas (petrol). BP (that is British Petroleum)
is a gas supplier, but when bees gathered and 'peed' in the tank, that qualified
for a kind of BP, no? Hope u got it now? If no, then bust it and pls enjoy other
jokes. Next time I will carefully consider my audience b4 posting jokes

Christians facing increasing persecution in Iran
Iran (MNN) -- Iranian secret police arrested house church leaders in four cities in what many are calling a crackdown on the house church movement in that Islamic nation. Evangelist Sammy Tippit beams Christian television programming into Iran via satellite. "We estimate that there's probably been, this year, 100 people who have been arrested, who've been interrogated and released. Just in the last week or so it has increased even more." Tippit believes the government's trying to figure out how big it is and what to do about it. Tippit tells us why so many people are coming to Christ. "One Iranian told me, 'Here in the Persian world, we've had a form of Islam forced on us. We know what Islam really is and we've rejected it. And so, our people are saying, 'what is the answer?' And, they're looking for an alternative. And, many of them are turning to Christ.'" Pray for safety and that more will turn to Christ.

Full story: http://www.MNNonline.org/article/9397

Helper Bee

A man was driving down the road and ran out of gas. Just at that moment, a bee flew in his window.

The bee said, "What seems to be the problem"?

"I'm out of gas."

The bee told the man to wait right there and flew away. Minutes later, the man watched as an entire swarm of bees flew to his car and into his gas tank. After a few minutes, the bees flew out.

"Try it now," said one bee.

The man turned the ignition key and the car started right up.

"Wow!" the man exclaimed. "What did you put in my gas tank"?

The bee answered, "BP."

School Subjects

Tiring of the same old buzz cut from the base barber at Fort Dix, New Jersey, I went into town to get my haircut. The hairdresser noticed my accent and asked where I was from.

"Trinidad," I said.

"Is that in Arabia"?

"The Caribbean."

She laughed, "Sorry, I never was very good at Geometry

@Analytical
Great posts/advise. Very biblical. Too true.God bless you good

@Ronkebaby
Perhaps you made a mistake in interpreting the will of God for your marriage, don't regret please.You can still
have a great marriage. Please don't accuse yourself; Love your husband and tell the Lord to help you, by His grace,
as you work on and nurture your marriage. God's blessings for a wonderful and joyful union shall be yours to the eternal
glory of our Gracious God. Your testimony is sure. God bless you really good.

NO NO NO

Is marriage Not Boring? At times it is and many times , it is fun - just like any other relationship or
social entity. Even life at times could be boring, and that doesn't mean you'd want to leave it( except of
course, you are a loonie, suicide bomber or deceived/misinformed religious zealot)

Staying with the same spouse for many years brings about a special bond you cannot get anywhere else.
That's why you find a spouse who has lost a partner they've shared decades together not quite remaining
the same afterwards. I love my marriage and would go through the same again if that were possible.

The beauty of marriage takes an even more significant part when the children have grown and left to start their own lives.
Then, a couple are back alone and begin to rediscover themselves.

But then, if you are a boring person yourself and you have a gloomy outlook of life, then I feel sorry for your spouse.
Marriage is an adventure with a lot of treasures not yet discovered. It gets better as it ages just like wine. Those who 'resent'
it or don't wanna be a part of it don't know what they are missing. Ask those who have lost their spouses or separated from
loved ones.

Marriages where there are physical abuses of the weaker are aberrations - one or both of the folks must have lost it at one point.
They should never be the example, just as armed robbers shouldn't be an example.

Aahh, Marriage, THANK GOD FOR MARRIAGE!!!Hi, Millie if by any chance you come across this thread, I use this opportunity to
say what you've always known: I LOVE YOU AND THANKS FOR MAKING OUR UNION WHAT IT IS - REALLY COOL ESPECIALLY IN THIS
WORLD OF CONTRADICTIONS.

@ALL
May your marriage be a blessing to you, your family, the society and to all who will have the privilege of getting to know you. May it turn out
better than ours and that of your progenitors. Remain blessed and JUST FEEL GOOD!

A young man went to his father one day to tell him that he wanted to get married. His father was happy for him. He asked his son who the girl was, and the he told him that it was Samantha a girl from the neighborhood. With a sad face the old man said to his son, "I'm sorry to say this son but I have to. The girl you want to marry is your sister, but please don't tell your mother." The young man again brought 3 more names to his father but ended up frustrated cause the response was still the same. So he decides to go to his mother. "Mama I want to get married but all the girls that I love, dad said they are my sisters and I mustn't tell you." His mother smiling said to him," Don't worry my son, you can marry any of those girls. You're not his son anyway, but please don't tell your father."

@schibaba
For suffering folks you guys sure look well fed Talking seriously,after going through the various posts of woe (with the exception of Alheri),
I couldnt help but laugh. However, I suppose we had particular mindsets about what the service year should be and where they were not
met, disappointment set in. Perhaps, if we but had a paradigm shift (apologies to Stephen Covey), it could have been fun.

When I did my service (in 1980) it was fun. It's not as if there was regular power, clean water, etc. Many of us were posted to the villages
where cars only come around once in a week (meaning you cannot go anywhere except you timed your movement to when the vehicle
would be around in the week). For my primary assignment, I was initially rejected and had to make do with teaching mathematics in a 'local'
school.

But then, our expectations were not high - we knew our country - and we were only too glad to be part of serving the community and 'tasting'
first hand, what others were going through. That made me appreciate life better. Perhaps our easy adaptability was helped in no small measure by
the fave attitude in those times, Socialism. Which many of us read, talked about and wanted to 'foist' on our society. ('Comrades ' loved to mix(?)
with the proletariat, etc).

What are you expecting from the NYSC assignment? The easy life? 'Juicy' posting? opportunity to showcase your 'engineering skills'?
Make a paradigm shift. Prepare for the worst. Expect nothing. See yourself as a peace corps member (set up by John F Kennedy) to
reach out to the lowly of the world. These li'l folks have nothing and live in worse conditions than what many of the posters enumerated.
And that doesnt make them any less humans or think yourself better than them. Living among them, would actually make you appreciate life better.
DIDN'T MISSIONARIES OF YORE LEAVE THEIR FINE ENVIRONMENTS TO BRING CHRISTIANITY TO MOSQUITO INFESTED AND DISEASE RIDDEN AREAS?
WE ARE NO BETTER THAN THE MISSIONARIES. WHAT'S MORE? IT IS MY COUNTRY FOR GOODNESS SAKE!!

In 1983 , I had an opportunity to visit for 3 weeks, a corper in Joinkrama-Isua (a.k.a JK 2) in the then, but now Bayelsa State. There was no water or electricity in the 4 villages that make up Joinkrama. Yet, oil was being pumped from that place and the oil company was flaring gas and polluting their
environment. Everyone took his bath, eased themselves, washed their clothes and fetched drinking water from the same river running through
the villages. Were the corpers suffering? They didn't see it that way. What they saw was a folksy people that needed to be enlightened
about hygiene, education, etc. That fired them up. Their specialist qualifications were set aside as they responded to the challenges facing
them and the community. I had completed my service years earlier but I joined in. Three weeks after, when I had to leave for my place of work in Lagos
(yes, I was on leave), I had made numerous friends from the village and among the corpers - and I was teary eyed when I was leaving them.

The National Youth Service Scheme - what a great time for fun and adventure for young ones wanting to get away from stereotypes and experience
the real life. It's for those that have a spirit of adventure and ready to conquert the world. No doubt, there are crooks among the officials and
favouritism abound. It's no different in the larger society. But as a youth, where are your dreams? Iniquity and shady deals should not dampen them!
We didnt allow such to discourage us in our time. It actually emboldened us the more to change the system. I admit it appears we didnt quite succeed
in our enterprise. BUT WE TRIED RATHER THAN GRIPE.

Oh, by the way, I served in Kano and in my time, we were caught up in the Maitatsine riots. That didn't stop me. If cannibals in Africa didnt
stop the missionaries, some miseducated folks couldn't with us.

@topic. Look away from others' mindset and put yourself in the shoes of a peace corpsman of the 60s - hope you've heard of them of old (that's wot you
really are) and prepare for a wonderful and missionary experience in the service of your fatherland. But if you are not cut out for stuff like that, stay where you are.

God bless you all

Pay Day

One day, an employee received an unusually large paycheck. She decided not to say anything about it.

The following week, her check was for less that the normal amount and she confronted her boss.

"How come," the supervisor inquired, "you didn't say anything when you were overpaid"?

Unperturbed, the employee replied, "One mistake I can overlook, but not two in a row!

You're Buying What?

Two young boys walked into a pharmacy one day, picked out a box of Tampax and proceeded to the checkout counter.

The man at the counter asked the older boy, "Son, how old are you"?

"Eight," the boy replied.

The man continued, "Do you know how these are used"?

The boy replied, "Not exactly, but they aren't for me. They are for him."

"He's my little brother. He's four. We saw on TV that if you use these, you would be able to swim and ride a bike. He can't do either one

You're Buying What?

Two young boys walked into a pharmacy one day, picked out a box of Tampax and proceeded to the checkout counter.

The man at the counter asked the older boy, "Son, how old are you"?

"Eight," the boy replied.

The man continued, "Do you know how these are used"?

The boy replied, "Not exactly, but they aren't for me. They are for him."

"He's my little brother. He's four. We saw on TV that if you use these, you would be able to swim and ride a bike. He can't do either one