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Dr. Nowa Omogui's article on the events leading up to May 1966 and culminating in the Biafran War are clearly reveals that Ojukwu actually preferred violent confrontation to fulfill his personal ambitions rather than allow dialogue to solve the issues that were burning at that critical time. Read the article below:

"I need not tell you what horror, what devastation and what extreme human suffering will attend the use of force. When it is all over and the smoke and dust have lifted, and the dead are buried, we shall find, as other people have found, that it has all been futile, entirely futile, in solving the problems we set out to solve."
- Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, Military Governor of Western region, May 4, 1967


The month of May 1967 in the affairs of Nigeria was as dynamic and turbulent as any other in our history. It moved with breath taking speed, crystallizing in its wake, the final common pathway of momentous developments that were to culminate in the declaration of Biafra on May 30.

The ill will that gave birth to tensions was always there - depending on one's opinion about events of 1914, or the run down to independence from the British with all the revenue allocation, constitutional and states creation controversies. But it burst out into the open after the first military rebellion of January 15, 1966 during which predominantly northern military and political leaders were killed in a brutal coup staged by mostly eastern officers. This was compounded by the promulgation by the Ironsi regime of the unification decree as well as other alleged provocations viewed by northerners as part of an attempt to subjugate and humiliate them.

In May, July and September, orgies of ethnic killing took place during which civilians, mostly of eastern region were murdered in large numbers - particularly in the north. On July 29, 1966 NCOs and junior officers, predominantly of northern origin carried out a military counter-rebellion killing large numbers of soldiers and officers of predominantly eastern origin including the C-in-C, General Ironsi who was himself an easterner. After a few days without a government Lt. Col Gowon - the most senior northern officer then, came to power. His seniority and government were not recognized by Lt. Col Ojukwu, military governor of the eastern region.

In the atmosphere of recrimination an effort was made to hold political talks in August via an ad-hoc advisory assembly comprised of representatives from all the regions. Recommendations were made at the September 1966 Constitutional conference for the political future of the country. At this conference the Midwest region emerged as the only region in Nigeria to support the preservation of a federal structure. All other regions favored an arrangement closer to a confederacy or perhaps even a complete divorce. Subsequently, in January 1967, military leaders met at Aburi in Ghana and reached a number of agreements designed to guide Nigeria's future and come to terms with the immediate past.

However, the home stretch of the final dash to the tape of eastern secession began on March 17, when Decree No. 8 - also known as the Constitution Suspension and Modification Decree 1967 - was promulgated, ostensibly to implement the Aburi agreements. The decree, for all practical intents and purposes, restored much of the autonomy of Military Governors in their respective regions which had been taken away on January 17, 1966 by Decree No. 1 of 1966.

Consistent with agreements reached between military leaders at Aburi, in Ghana on January 4th and 5th, the title of the 'Supreme Commander' of the Nigerian Armed Forces was changed to "Commander-in-Chief"; the executive authority of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which had been vested in the Head of the Federal Military Government, was now vested in the Supreme Military Council. Indeed the SMC could not make laws on some issues without the approval of not only the C-in-C but also ALL regional governors.

However, section 86 of the Constitution was upheld, to ensure that no region could exercise authority in a manner that placed the corporate integrity of the federal government in jeopardy. Furthermore, sections 70 and 71 of the Constitution were invoked to specify that a state of emergency could be declared all over Nigeria by the SMC; and such laws as would be considered "necessary" or "expedient" for maintenance of law and order could be passed with concurrence of three (3) out of the four (4) governors. During such an emergency the federal government reserved to itself the right to overrule any laws that had hitherto been passed by the military government of the region to which the state of emergency applied.

[b]Citing what he considered a serious violation of the Aburi accord, and the need to have absolute control over the question of safety and security for his people, the Military Governor of the Eastern region (Lt. Col. CO Ojukwu) rejected it. In taking this stance, he overruled the reservations of the Secretary to the Eastern Regional Government (NU Akpan) and a few senior eastern army officers (like Col Hilary Njoku). Ojukwu felt that the decree had the potential to deprive him of having a say in what steps might or might not be acceptable within his own region in the event of a state of emergency being declared. Conceivably such steps might even include replacing him with another Eastern officer.

However, those who lobbied that the Eastern region accept Decree No. 8 based their arguments on the fact that the decree gave Ojukwu "over 90%" of what he wanted at Aburi as well as providing a way to avoid the horrors of war. (Col Hilary Njoku's disagreement with Ojukwu on this point cost him the command of the Biafran Army and bagged him a sentence to jail without trial for almost the entire duration of the war. [/b]However, Mr. NU Akpan who was also pro-Decree No. 8 held on to his job as Secretary to the Government of the eastern region (and Biafra) to the very end.) Back on Feb 25, Ojukwu threatened to take unilateral action by March 31 if there were persistent delays in announcing the new decree as he understood it to have been agreed at Aburi. On March 1st Gowon met with the diplomatic corps to discuss the ABuri agreement and reservations the government had about certain implications of the Ojukwu interpretation. On March 10 the SMC met in Lagos without Ojukwu - for reasons of personal safety - in order to discuss the draft text. This was followed on Mar 12 by a meeting in Benin of all Law officers from the different regions - and the subsequent release of the decree.

On March 23 a Ghanaian delegation flew to Enugu for talks. Three days later Ojukwu went to Ghana to meet with General Ankrah over the question of federal debts to the eastern region among other issues. At the same time senior civil servants from all the regions (including the East) were meeting in Benin City to further refine points of disagreement after Aburi.

When Ojukwu returned from Ghana he met with Colonel Adebayo, Commodore Wey and Mr. Tim Omo-Bare at Onitsha. At a follow-up meeting in Benin of the SMC on March 30, Ojukwu was absent - again citing safety - although he showed up in a helicopter at Benin after the meeting to meet with Col. Ejoor. The next day, on March 31, to coincide with the end of the financial year, he issued the Revenue Collection Edict 11 of 1967, which basically took complete control of all revenues from all sources in the eastern region, including Oil ["Resource Control"]. The eastern government rationalized the revenue edict on the arguments that:
• the federal government was in arrears of salaries due to those refugees that had been public servants;
• that it had to look after displaced persons - whose return to the safety of the east was presumably final;
• and that the federal government was also in arrears of monies due to the eastern region by statutory allocation.

Ojukwu followed up by promulgating legal education, statutory bodies council, court of appeal and registration of companies edicts. He seized federal assets and parastatals in the east such as a third of the rolling stock of the Nigerian railways, 115 oil-tankers etc.. All non-Easterners (except Midwest Ibos resident in eastern Nigeria) were expelled from the East. Civil servants and policemen of eastern origin who had not as of then returned were encouraged to return to the East. The authority of the Federal Supreme court was revoked as the final court of appeal for eastern Nigeria. It has recently come to light that at secret meetings with US diplomatic officials Ojukwu sought to establish what the reaction of the US would be if eastern soldiers were to capture Lagos. Records also indicate that Gowon, through intermediaries, flew a kite with British and American officials about possible military intervention by either or both countries to resolve the impasse.

On April 22, after an SMC meeting, Lt. Col. Gowon responded to Lt. Col. Ojukwu by imposing economic sanctions on eastern Nigeria. The SMC also released a programme for return to civilian rule in early 1969. Two days later a Nigeria Airways F-27 plane enroute from Benin to Lagos was hijacked to Enugu ostensibly a reaction to the alleged decision of the federal government to stop Airways flights to the east. At a meeting that day with foreign diplomats in Lagos, Gowon said: "I want to make it abundantly clear that in the event of Lt. Col Ojukwu carrying out his threat to secede, this will be a clear signal in the first place to create a COR-State for the protection of the minorities in Eastern Nigeria whom we know do not want to part from the rest of the country. This action of creating the COR-state will be backed by the use of force if need be." But Gowon did not have the express backing - at that point - of the West, Midwest and Lagos, to use force.

On May 1st, for example, Chief Awolowo, in an address to western leaders of thought dissociated the west from any imposed military solution to the crisis and insisted that the east be kept within the federation (even if it meant looser constitutional arrangements as recommended on August 9, 1966 and reaffirmed at Aburi). He also declared that "if the eastern region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then the Western region and Lagos must also stay out of the federation." He went further to say that in any adhoc committees that might be formed for the purpose of finding a peaceful solution, the West and Lagos would participate only on condition of equality with other regions.

The position of the North was also clarified at a meeting of northern leaders of thought on May 1st in Kaduna. At this meeting the commitment of the North to the creation of more states (irrespective of location) and support for the return to civil rule in 1969 were declared. The turn around of the north to accept states creation was a significant departure from past attitudes. But the North also criticized what it felt was the weak response of the federal government to what it felt was "defiance" on the part of Ojukwu.

Some members of the SMC, - notably Colonel Adeyinka Adebayo in a subsequent speech on May 4 - also felt (like Awolowo) that force should not be used to resolve the impasse, as had indeed been pledged at Aburi. But moves were already afoot for what seemed to be the inevitable. Ojukwu publicly declared that force would be met with force. Since the early months of the year, certain diplomats of eastern origin had already been procuring weapons abroad using Nigerian diplomatic passports. Certain businessmen of far northern origin were also making private arrangements to ship weapons into the country too.

Nonetheless on May 4th the National reconciliation committee sent a delegation led by Chief Awolowo to Enugu to find ways to defuse the situation. Among terms given to the committee (by Ojukwu) for the participation of the East in peace talks were that there should be 'an agreed agenda', 'an acceptable venue', a defined 'time limit', as well as the termination of economic sanctions against the east and withdrawal of northern troops from Lagos. When Chief Awolowo asked Ojukwu about the attitude of Eastern Leaders to the North and the question of secession, Ojukwu's response was "on the specific question of whether there is a possibility of contact with the North, the answer is at the battlefield."

In any case, on May 17, in an effort to create conditions for a venue that would be safe enough to meet, the federal government sent a secret message to all governors stating that it had sent tentative feelers for a small British force to provide security for a meeting either at the National Institute for Oil Palm research (NIFOR) in Benin or on a British Aircraft Carrier or Frigate off the shores of Lagos. Unfortunately, some information media immediately went public to say that arrangements were being made for the British to send troops to crush the East. Thus, this initiative died.

A few days later on May 20, Gowon accepted the recommendations of the National Reconciliation Committee. Although Ojukwu said he did not recognize the group as constituted, members passed along his demands to the federal government. After consultations, therefore, Gowon announced on May 25, that the SMC had agreed to withdraw non-Yoruba troops from Abeokuta and Ibadan and establish a crash training program to increase the Yoruba representation in the Army. This had always been a key demand of Ojukwu but was also later echoed by Yoruba leaders. To ease the process and avoid apprehension among the mostly northern soldiery, Lt. Col Hassan Katsina (Northern governor), Lt. Col Joe Akahan (Chief of Staff, Army) along with the Battalion Commander, Major Sotomi addressed the troops at Ibadan. The plan was that they would mostly have departed Ibadan and Abeokuta by May 31, some to Apapa and Ikeja in the Lagos area, while others were to be transferred to the Jebba and Ilorin garrisons by train. The SMC, citing the status of the city as the federal capital, had rejected the suggestion that northern soldiers be removed from Lagos as well. However, events quickly spiraled out of control and none of this came to pass.

On May 26, one day after Gowon announced the withdrawal of northern troops from the west, the Eastern Consultative Assembly met in Enugu. On May 27 it issued a seven point resolution mandating Ojukwu (among other things) to declare "at the earliest practicable date, Eastern Nigeria as a free sovereign and independent State by the name of the Republic of Biafra." Later that night (shortly after 9pm) Gowon declared a state of emergency in the country, assumed full powers as C-in-C and announced what later came to be known as Decree No. 14 of 1967 - States (Creation and Transitional Provisions). The four regions became 12 states in what was described as a move to solve the problem of domination of minorites by ethnic majorities "as a basis for stability". The eastern region was broken up into East Central, South Eastern, and Rivers states - but Gowon made no move to change Ojukwu as the Military Governor of the Central eastern Igbo speaking state.

The 12 states and their governors follows:

Benue-Plateau Mr. JD Gomwalk (Police)

North-Western Mr. M. Faruk (Police)

North-Central Major Abba Kyari

Kano Mr. Audu Bako (Police)

North-Eastern Major Musa Usman (NAF)

West Central Major David Bamigboye

Rivers Lt. Cdr. Alfred Diette Spiff (Navy)

South-Eastern Major UJ Esuene (NAF)

East-Central Lt. Col CO Ojukwu

Western Col. RA Adebayo

Mid-Western Lt. Col D Ejoor

Lagos Major M Johnson

While Ejoor and Adebayo retained their governorships, Ojukwu got his pruned, and Hassan Katsina was appointed Chairman of the Northern Council of States to oversee the transition to new states in the north.The reaction of the East was swift in rejecting the new arrangement.

At about 5am on May 30, Lt. Col CO Ojukwu declared secession and proclaimed the Republic of Biafra. Tracing a diary of events in 1966, Ojukwu stated (among other things) that: "The widespread nature of the massacre and its periodicity May 29, July 29, and September 29 show first, that they were premeditated and planned, and second that Eastern Nigerians are no longer wanted as equal partners in the Federation of Nigeria."

Gowon did not accept the proclamation. On June 1st, 1967, he was promoted Major-General, finally resolving an undercurrent of regimental issues emanating from his rank and seniority. By June 3, a total naval blockade of the bights of Benin and Biafra (later renamed 'Bonny') had been ordered. Oil tankers and other ships heading for Bonny and Calabar were intercepted and diverted. Ojukwu declared a state of emergency in Biafra while Gowon brought prominent politicians into his cabinet.

Ojukwu was formally dismissed from the Nigerian Army on July 1st. He, however, became a General in the Biafran army. The 'police action' land phase of what is now referred to by most as the Nigerian Civil War subsequently began in earnest at 0530 hrs on July 6, 1967. Troops concentrated at Vanderkya [in Benue State] under the command of Major Martin Adamu opened a barrage of fire in support of an assault on Garkem and Obudu in the Ogoja sector. A few hours' later troops under Major Sule Apollo opened up a second front from Ankpa and Idah toward Enugu Ezike and Okutu in the Nsukka sector.

The war was to last 30 months (until January 15, 1970) and claim perhaps 1 million lives. In the dying days of Biafran resistance Ojukwu departed for exile in Cote d'Ivoire.

To this day, Decree No. 8 has not been heard about. But it is interesting that much of the current agitation for resource control and local autonomy in the country is based on concepts which that decree (with its imperfections) sought to address. Had it been accepted then and the war avoided and the transition to civil rule in 1969 implemented, what would present day Nigeria have been like? Hard to know.

This type of occurrence is not peculiar to Alaba International. Go to Ladipo and other igbo-populated markets, there you will find an ibo man or two oppressing the other traders. When their fights erupts and the markets get closed, the ignorant outsiders and keyboard warriors will cone here to cry marginalization, or accuse the Lagos state government of selective victimization.

Be careful what you say. Buhari is not the Messiah, neither will he bring succour to all sectors of the Nation. But the purpose for which God has raised him will be fulfilled. There's no Ruler that ascends a throne without God's knowledge. If you speak ill of him rather than make your points and argue your position without vindictive vulgarity, God might punish you.

READ Jeremaiah 25:8, 27:1-8

oblak00:
Nothing good can come out from this woman and her dullard husband. They are just as illiterate as their fellow herdsmen and that's what that particular region is known for. They know themselves

I smell a bloody Islamic fundamentalist and religious bigot.
A covered with scarf and a beautiful jacket and skirt is disgracing Islam Gimme a break!!!

I bet you are one of the "Poverty-stricken" Religious fanatics who are so soaked in the practice of religion but whose character and lives don' reflect what they preach.

mukhcech:
Both your brain and the brain of the person you quoted is fried. no it didn't stop there. You two then exchanged the burnt matter and eat.

Your head dey dis.
Shebi you saw Emir Sanusi's wives and daughters on vacation. Were they on cover all hijabs? Abi Sultan of Sokoto and Dangote's daughters are fully veiled? Even Buhari's son, Yusuf is not a tebliq, neither is Kwankwaso or Atiku Abubakar's. It's always the very poor ones that are chained by Religion.

Stelvin101:
I have come to realize one thing lately. Poor people who are Christians and Muslims are the diehard religionists. Rich people don't give a fvck about religion. If you think am lying ask that man who said All wives should pray for 2 hours or that one who only prophesy Financial Breakthrough

Anonimi, is it government that will compel the private sector to set up development infrastructures in places other than where these individuals desire?

In spite of several incentives, waivers and amenities, the availability of a ready market to sell and distribute their products still determines where they take their businesses to.

Rather than blame the federal government only (which is trying it's best to create more interconnectivity between cities through good roads and railway) we all can stimulate the development of value chain for different products, so as to reduce urban migration trends and make other cities and towns grown

anonimi:
Thank you so much.
What modath has used is plainly reverse psychology.
Many of the developed countries that we are aiming to PROGRESS to their level have viable towns and cities APART from their capitals that are linked by efficient railways etc. Not so?
Is it not MYOPIC to simply want to concentrate all development in Lagos yet these same HYPOCRITES will be complaining that non-Yoruba people are claiming Lagos as their own.
Is there any way to satisfy these type of perpetual complainants
Reminds me of Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey's song about the horse, the man and his son.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPlk0WIlrgI

The very exact thing Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels succeeded in doing to the innocent German people. You know what happened thereafter.

Igboid:
" The day I unfollowed the Radio Biafra page on Facebook was when i read a comment from an IPOB requesting that they all should be supplied arms and he is willing to kill anyone around him even his parents if they dont support Biafra. I saw the comment weeks before Nnamdi Kanu was arrested.
I just couldn't believe how such a large number of industrious Igbos I have come to love could easily be instigated and brainwashed to hate their fellow Nigerians and even wish death on their perceived enemies.
It was really disappointing and heartbreaking. You can go about your agitation, but abusing people from your own tribe who dont support your agitation, calling them sabos, is just not the way to go"

And what do you have to say about your fellow Nigerians ( read Yorubas and Northerners) who cheer over the news of murder of innocent unarmed MASSOB and IPOB members by Nigerian security personnels since 1999 till date?

No Igbo need to be brainwashed to hate Nigeria. All you need do is tell them the history of Biafra and how Nigerian military with the support of the Nigerian people( Yorubas and North) massacred all over Nigeria their people and bombed their lands. Show them documentaries of starving Biafran children, the bombing of innocent Biafran children and women in market places by the Egyptian airplanes hired by the British for Nigeria. Tell them the history of 20 pounds policy and the indigenization policy that followed it, tell them about the boundary adjustment programmes aimed at stripping their region of sea access and Igbo speaking crude Oil rich lands, etc.

From my experience, before you are through with these, you must have created a Bia*** with a rabid hatred for Nigeria and Nigerians out of the average innocent Igbo man.

This is not brainwashing, this is exposing them to their history that the Nigerian education system attempted to keep away from them, this is awakening the Igbo in them, this is connecting their past with their present, above all, this is filling a vacuum in them they never knew existed, this is giving them an identity.

This was exactly what Nnamdi Kanu did with Radio Bia***.

Eboski:
APC see una life............
We need good governance not this drama week after week.....
when will APC wake up from there dreams that Nigerians are suffering?
DINO and TINUBU drama as ended in Senate..
Now is the turn of HOR......
2019 isn't far............................... kwattinew





APC shame....

Read the piece again and you won't have to blame it on APC. When it comes to looting and sharing our commonwealth, there is no party discrimination. Dogara, Ogor, Ado-Doguwa and Jibrin himself are all suspect irrespective of party affiliations

sammydemperor:
Mind you I never claimed I know so much, am a certified hybrid systems engineer both in training and practice, and am into power systems and power electronics now, am just telling you the little I know, if there's something you know that I don't, feel free to share, you don't need to make it seem like am competing with you... Thanks

A few more Dumbo engineers likes you and we will never ever come ut of our power troubles. With all you think you know, you are still not well informed. Your arrogant air also makes you act more duller than you really are

sammydemperor:
What was I expecting from youths who only read PDFs and have never practiced shit

I feel sorry for your thought process though...

I don't need to prophesy, but it appears to me that you may not amount to much in this life and thereafter. After all the explanations that some posters have lent you, that even myself had learned a lot from, you are still arrogant and noisy, not ready to admit that your idea doesn't fit into current and future power programs.

A proud and arrogant person doesn't achieve much in life

See pictures of Amawbia Road that a friend uploaded after the rain today. I guess the Media Team of Obiano are careful to avoid some areas when their show runs.

Ilovemystate will never show you these whenever he beats his chest about Awka and it's Pseudo-suspension bridge pictures he has now trademarked


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mynd44
Ilovemystate

Dear Mr Azuka Onwuka,
The Strange happenings in the South East has not abated still and have not been adressed

1) 9.5 in every other drug-related crime is committed by a southeasterner
2) Baby factories and child trafficking is a cool business in the region
3) ill-gotten wealth is still an ambition for a great majority
4) Robbery, Kidnapping has already become a sector in the region's economy
5) Hatred-mongering and infection, especially for the Yorubas is on the high side
6) Mass Exodus to other regions to 'develop' and occupy without recourse to investing at home or patronizing their own
...

Shouldn't the South East Elders speak to this issues? Something is definitely wrong with this region

The Writer of this piece and all those ignoramuses lending their voice in support are all just seething with Hatred towards the Yoruba tribe.

As someone had posted, Yorubas are a very civil and Urbane group, the most culturally rich and sophisticated tribe in Africa. When your fathers were still living in clans and tiny hamlets, Yoruba City States were already so large transcending present day Benin Rep., Togo and Ghana with a well developed societal system that respected institutions and promoted the dignity of man.

That we are very patient and civil enough to allow Law enforcement take control and not resort to mere noise making or violent protests that will get poor youths killed, doesn't mean that we will not fight back when we are pushed to the wall.

Don't forget that the unending violence in the Western Region was one of the causative factors of the first coup d'etat in Nigeria. It was the dogged fight of mainly Yoruba opposition groups that put up a good fight against Abacha's government.

Where other tribes were quick to pally with the repressive government because of their belly, we stood against any government that had pushed us to the wall.

We are always the bride to be 'wooed' if any government will make sense.
When we are poised for a retaliation, NO ONE CAN STOP US., Not even Muhammadu Buhari!

Buhari's government will still be good to go as long as the Yorubas are behind him, irrespective of the number of IPOD protests, NDA bombings or Boko Haram Strikes. But the day Yorubas arise in anger, Buhari's government will go down

Anita Oyakhilome, former wife of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has warned Christians to be wary of aggressive soul-winning pastors. In a letter to her church members, Anita, who is also a pastor, described aggressive soul winner as a “hungry like a hunter,” who uses every technique to capture his prey. Anita’s former husband, Chris, is regarded in wider Christian circles as a fake preacher, who is in the game for the money

Read the letter:

When people talk about winning souls these days, I feel absolutely concerned for the so-called souls. It looks to me like a lion on a breakfast mission, in search for his hunt; he hides behind the grass for an unwise lamb that would wander away from the herd in search of fresh grass. This will be an easy catch and good feast for the lion’s plate.

When I hear these people talk about winning souls, I feel sorry for the souls who have no idea of what they are getting into. It sometimes sounds to me like blood-thirty people desperate to count the number of innocent, ignorant people who will give their blood to be sucked. These souls are classified, as those who are needy, can undoubtedly gullible in their search for solutions and wanting to identify or belong to a community.

These souls are caught when they are most vulnerable maybe they have lost a loved one, in a bad relationship with their parents or family, in need of healing or desperate for a change. At this point they will give anything and do anything without a second thought.

When caught by the wrong hands, they will start running in a wheel. Initially, the souls will be treated with some measure of care, so they do not detach. This will be short lived to prepare them to be trained as unconscious servants. Once the attachment is built, they would start attending endless meetings till they begin to be unavailable for their loved ones and disassociate from their families over time. These souls will eventually give their energy away and with time they begin to feel tired, unhappy, sick, financially drained and depleted. Unknown to them, this new community and friends maybe superficial. The souls might observe that sweet and bitter method of sucking their blood has gradually robbed them of their self worth. They might realize they have given their energy to somebody else and they are now hanging in the spider’s web.

They are tied up with daily and weekly responsibilities but if you look closely, their main leader is seating in a place of convenience by handling brief monthly meetings (not weekly) or occasional gatherings.

When I hear about souls, I have sympathy for those who give their blood to be sucked. They are simply prey to be used as objects in some people’s game. Incidentally, some of these souls have become wiser in seeking the opportunity to reap the reaper in his own game, like the buffalo who challenges the tiger.

Mt 7:21-23

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

An aggressive soul winner is hungry like a hunter; he goes with all manner of tools and uses different technique to capture his prey.

An aggressive soul winner is like a fisherman who uses a net. This method of fishing is solely for material or commercial purposes. On the other hand a fish can also be caught by using a fishing rod with baits or lures impaled on the hooks to entice any fish that venture near to bite off the attractive bait. Unfortunately, if caught by a commercial fisherman the fish is not going anywhere after all that effort, it must be eaten. However, if caught by a hobbyist, he will admire the fish and put it back where it belongs, in its natural habitat. Thank God for regulatory organizations helping to stop brutal killings of animals whether on land or sea.

Soul winning alone will not take you to heaven; you win a soul by living the God life and your personal interest in bringing somebody to the knowledge of Christ. You have to be in a good frame of mind first, not under fear or compulsion that if you do not win souls you will go to hell. There should be no ulterior motives like getting the soul’s money eventually, you want a position or seeking to be rewarded with treats or awards. There are people who reach out to others daily not for any earthly reward or to direct the souls to their own churches, for benefits or for any selfish reason. These people recommend and make available other authors, ministers and local assemblies for the interest of the soul alone.

Every man should learn to take care of himself first. He should learn to use his initiative and study for himself otherwise he might become somebody’s big catch or ‘meat’. At that point he would have no one to blame.

I have written this for those who have asked me questions on soul winning and their fears.

“And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” Mat 24:11-14

“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.”

2 Tim3:1-5


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lalasticlala

Sometimes, One can't help it. I hope you don't report this

mizzbouqui:
You are violating rule no 22

mizzbouqui:
I don't understand too

Mizzbouqui please can I have your phone number? Whatsapp number if preferable.
Kindly PM me.

tuniski:
E pain you jagabandit is relegated to defender of buhari while the show is run in Aso Rock without him!

Why Una no just get sense at all like this? Right from appointing Osinbajo as VP, Jagaban has had more nominations to parastatals and agencies than any other person. Fowler, Akabueze, Banire, Akinyelure, Babachir, Dabiri-Eruwa etc.

You and all the expired politicians you root for can never come near the achievements of Asiwaju BAT, Jagaban Borgu, The Lion of Bourdillon.

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But what kind of people are we?

The same Nyong that is still on trial for the collapse of one of his estate buildings and that has been called out severally for the poor standards of his buildings is now commissioning another set of these type of buildings when he should be in incarceration awaiting the hammer of the law.

I hope we won't come back here to share any bad news from this issue again

End time things. Catholic Church (The end-time Babylon) is girding her loins to reveal her true nature. Many will be drunk from the dregs of her lawlessness and harlotry.

The pope is only acting out what has been foretold. He is the harbinger of all that the AntiChrist will be.

Be sensitive. Don't let your ignorance lead you to eternal damnation

Like play, like play, The pope is ushering in the reign of the antichrist. If you understand the book of Revelations you will know that the pope, sitting atop Babylon (The Catholic Church) has quite a role to play in the end time events. He is coming into it gradually.

Sit down there and be defending what is sinful and its condoning. I hope you don't allow your ignorance lead you to destruction. Go and search the scriptures yourself, don't wait on any man to teach you or interpret it wrongly to you. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth to you

For those of you shouting witch hunt, please be informed that whenever such big loans are collected and not serviced or paid, it is the depositors' (me and you) funds in these banks that will be used to shore up the liquidity. And if these banks fail, it is our money that will be trapped and,not these big thieves. So calm down,and stop speaking from a heart of unfounded hatred

Oya Joel Okei Odumakin, Kate Henshaw, wetin Una go talk for this one.

Where all dem feminist and domestic-violence-against-women campaigners? Let's examine this one from the other side of the argument.

LieDetector:
Some other traditional ruler would have budgeted that money for a US tour and the impoverished subjects would hail him to high heaven....

Nice one Obi

Senior Mumu. You should rather thank the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II for blazing the rail and helping to redefine what responsibility royalty should take in the society. Not just sitting in the palace waiting for subjects to bring victuals or under the vain toga of "Oba no dey go transfer". In the face of the challenging situation out there now, Our royal fathers too should arise and move around not just to empower their subjects but to go and bring in investments to their land and and take initiatives to better the lot of their people. Ooni has set the pace with his several empowerment projects including 1 million cocoa trees and 1 million cashew trees planting initiatives, ile-fiesta to boost tourism, hospitality project in progress etc... Other royal fathers should get down to work as the Obi of Onitsha has also taken the initiative

All I read here are just comments from people who have refused to be educated. Before you throw thrash around on any topic. Should you go on google and do a quick background check before you comment. There's a dearth of sensible commentators on NL nowadays, just kids filled with hatred.

Shouldn't we first ask who the proprietors of these DISCOS are? GEJ privatized these companies and many of them have not invested much in distribution facilities. The people who bought these co.panies have just turned them into ATMs to collect money from poor citizens

There's also the case that these discos are rejecting supplies from TRANSCOS. The result is that they still billing the customers for the little power they supply while they are paying the transcos less since they are not taking much supply.

This must be the work of Southwest mercenaries in Rivers state, according to Sen Akpabio

The problem of this Nation is not the current power outages, high inflation or corruption. It is the dearth of intelligent, patriotic, well-educated and driven youth, the power base of any Nation. I see a reflection of the type of future we face in the posts, responses and reasoning of the youth here on Nairaland.

See as this Nigerian man was being battered by Chinese men while his fellow blacks were helpless.

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True, that's why the bible referred to the church as Babylon, the harlot that rides on the beast and gives the nations of the world to drink of her abominations. Her end is coming soon.

tankara1010:
Na so it start...Cardinal Onaiykan will soon join IPOB. Foolish army...you dare not shoot people in the church. Go and read about the Catholic church and power. There is a reason why Vatican is an autonomous country in Italy....They also run this world. I keep telling Buhari...there is a big trap being set for you and you have taken the bait. ICC awaits you walahi!

People want to gather or even protest...whats the big deal for heaven sake? Simply ask the police to provide escort...stay in their front, sides and back as done in virtually every country in the world. After 1 hour or 2, they are done, and everybody goes home. Case closed...why complicate things by shooting them? Why does ours have to be different and savage? I don't know wants wrong with black people.

Rather than say it's APC, let's join ourselves together as a common bloc of the masses to call out corrupt politicians, APC, PDP and every other one that brings up bullsh*t

ScamChange:
It's APC... Nothing good can come out of them. Instead of presenting facts to counter what the journalist is saying, he's just bearing around the bush...
No hope for naija...not under this administration at least. I'll be surprised if it happens...

This is what we all as citizens ought to be doing as you have correctly said. Let's call them out for accountability, Buhari, Fayose and all

Standing5:
Nice opposition politics. If only PDP and the 40-man crew will play opposition like this, they will be just as impactful as the ruling party in changing Nigeria.
This is what Nigerians all over should be involved in and not how to run down the ruling govt at all cost.

Fayose has been a liar all along. He has continued to lie about the savings from what Fayemi used to pay out to thousands of Adult citizens monthly and the monthly salary of several Youth empowerment schemes (ranging from environmental vanguards to Traffic management wardens). I wonder how he managed the bailout he got. In Feb 2016, Ekiti got N1.2b from FAAC while Osun got just N6m. Today we can see the difference between the two states. Shameful that the same Fayose joined Aregbesola in inspecting a project @ Gbongan.

Ekiti is in big BS!