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Nice review OP. I think you should also add the blogger app. even though with its own flaws, anyone on the blogger.com platform can easily create, edit and view blog posts right from the app. I use the app a lot and it saves me the stress of getting my laptop before blogging. Plus, it also allows me to view all the blogs connected to my gmail account.

1. Get a lawyer 2. Inform the police 3. File for divorce 4. Continuous efforts on prayers 5. Resettle in another town.

Sit him down and talk. if that doesn't work, then trust me, the food thing would. but please get your husband's consent before you do.

Help! NDLEA come and arrest my cousin!

Next time please make a hypothetical story, don't bring your family affair to public.

NBA 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF SHOWCASE SESSION
(WEDNESDAY, August 2
SETTING STANDARDS: THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION

SESSION CHAIR - T. J. O. Okpoko SAN, Past President, Nigerian Bar Association

LEAD PRESENTER - A. B. Mahmoud SAN, President-Elect, Nigerian Bar Association

SPEAKERS -
1. Dr. Koyinsola Ajayi SAN, Olaniwun Ajayi Law Practitioners
2. Muhammed Hassan Liman SAN, Hassan Liman & Co
3. Barbara Omosun, Paul Erokoro & Co
4. Onyechi Ikpeazu SAN, Onyechi Ikpeazu& Co
5. Layi Babatunde SAN, Layi Babatunde & Co
6. Andrew Odum, NBA, Asaba Branch
7. Ope Olugasa, Managing Director, GIT-LawPavilion

SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR - His Excellency, Nyesom Wike, Governor, Rivers State

The Chairman, Chief Okpoko SAN started the session by welcoming the distinguished Speakers and other Conferees and called to the mind of everyone the essentials of the topic at hand which centres on the future and development of the legal profession. In his modulation, he introduced the speakers in no particular order.

A. B. MAHMOUD SAN

He expressed his gratitude to all members of the Bar for being given the opportunity to share his thought on the topic aforementioned. He started by highlighting important sub-topics with respect to the day’s session discourse, these were;
1. The historical evolution of the legal profession
2. The current trends/challenges facing the legal profession
3. The external threats
4. The challenges facing the Nigerian Nation
5. The failure of the legal profession
6. The vision of #ABraveNewBar

The Historical Evolution of the Bar

He ran a brief chronicle on the evolution of the legal profession which dates back to the 19th century particularly in 1862 when the British introduced the court system in England. With respect to Nigeria, what could be deduced from the historical trace were;

• That the 1st indigenous Nigerian lawyer called to the English bar in 1879 was Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams

• That Court system in this country was introduced pursuant to the 1876 Supreme Court Ordinance and amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorate

• That the first Faculty of Law in Nigeria was first built in the University of Ibadan

Accordingly, he stated that presently, we have 40 Law Faculties in Federal Universities, 20 in State Universities and 10 in private Universities. It is important to know that Nigeria produces 6000-7000 Lawyers annually who are trained in these tertiary institutions.

Challenges Facing the Legal Profession

The relative challenges as mentioned are:

Declining ethical and professional standard
Declining quality of legal education
Growing number of lawyers
Loss of confidence in the legal profession

External Threats
Globalization
Increasing inter-connectedness
Intrusion into the Nigerian legal market (directly and indirectly by foreign law firms) which has posed a major challenge for lawyers in the country
The obligation of Nigeria as a member of the World Trade organisation (WTO)
New technologies and New knowledge and skills
Disruptive legal innovations - Most Universities in Nigeria still do orthodox and less important courses while in other parts of the world, there are new models of legal education and courses
Disruptive legal innovation in legal services delivery
Automation
Challenges facing the Nigerian legal profession
Poverty
Corruption
Over population compared to productivity and GDP reduction
Inequality
Youth unemployment
Internal conflicts (for instance, the insurgency in the North East region, Niger-Delta clash)

Failure of the Legal order

The Nigerian Legal Profession has made huge contributions to national development but failed to achieve basic goals.

The vision of “A BRAVE NEW BAR”

He stated that the vision of the ‘brave new bar’ is basically to create a legal order that will guarantee the right to development for Nigerians. The creation of the brave new bar will be focused on key areas;

• Regulation: In the aspect of regulation, the question to be asked is whether we need a new model of regulation or whether we could modify the already existent regulation model. Thus there is need to interrogate the regulatory architecture of the legal profession to ensure that the required changes are made for the legal profession to move forward.

• Representation: Here, he stated that our focus should be on what the NBA needs to do to ensure that the legal profession is well and adequately represented. He added that the representative role of the NBA needs to be re-engineered in order to bring it up to date with new innovations.

• Public Interest: This entails the need for the NBA to remain courageous in speaking out on national issues and also having a clean judiciary. He finally advised all lawyers especially the senior lawyers to remove the notion that they can get richer in an ailing economy.

MR. OPE OLUGASA

He re-established the need for immediate adoption of ICT as the world has gone global and Nigerian lawyers ought to be attuned to modern technology devices and migrate from the tunnel of analogue modus operandi. His points are presented as follows;

• That LawPavilion is the official ICT partner of the NBA

• That by virtue of LawPavilion’s ICT services there is the introduction of the NBA mobile App available on android devices, which can be used for the following; Conference Management, Payment of Bar Fees, Download Conference Papers, Manage Conference Sessions, Questions and Polls, Capture Contact Details, Get in touch with other lawyers and much more

• He traced the history of law which dates back to the time where there was inscription of laws on tablet of stones, then to scrolls, books afterwards before the introduction of the computers

• Since inception of the computer, lawyers across the globe have tried to make legal practice easy and fast by putting those legal authorities in electronic form

• That with the invention of LawPavilion Prime, legal research and law reporting has become much easier and our judgments more predictable by the introduction of "Legal Analytics" which the product, Law Pavilion Prime is all about. Hence, it cannot be said to be overstretched that LawPavilion Prime is geared towards assisting the Bench and the Bar to meet up with the evolution of legal practice in the digital world

• That the LawPavilion Prime is launched today and is available at the LawPavilion exhibition stand in the Civic Centre

BARBARA OMOSUN

She spoke from the young lawyers’ perspective on the future of young lawyers. She stated that young lawyers need to have the consciousness to thrive in the legal world in order to stay relevant. She advised young lawyers to engage in a lot of pro-bono services required to build up the necessary experience and skills and in addition to this she encouraged the need for mentorship and support for young lawyers.

In conclusion, she stated that the graduation of lawyers need to be strictly scrutinized in order to reduce the over-population of lawyers which has posed a threat to their employments and welfare. Lastly, she was of the view that young lawyers need to be respected and well remunerated because they have needs to cater to.

LAYI BABATUNDE SAN

He stressed on the fact that our well being is based on the well-being of the society and that as legal practitioners we cannot live in isolation. He furthermore added that;

• Friendship needs to be restored in all sectors of the legal profession
• There should be synergy between the elected officials of the NBA and the people who work with them.
• The NBA officials should be accountable

MR. ANDREW ODUM

His focus was on the regulatory bodies of the legal profession and urged the NBA to help fight corruption in this profession. He made it clear that the provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which spells out the ethics of the profession, needs to be highly complied with. He expressed his dissatisfaction towards the Legal Practitioners Remuneration Committee (LPRC) whose activities in the country cannot be boasted about.

QUESTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
We need a department in our Association called the research and development department which should contain full time staff.
Young lawyers need job security
There should be a static vision of our bar and should not depend on the new president elected
There should be a breakdown of our regulations into manual for compliance
Pupillage is a means of slavery and should be scrapped
What about law clinics in our Law schools
Mr Layi’s reaction was that young lawyers need to be patient for he was once a young lawyer before he became a SAN.

NBA President-Elect reacted to some of the contributions as he stated that there are very good law clinics in our schools but they need to be improved and well equipped. He also explained that the vision of a brand new bar is not set to upturn the vision of the NBA but it is the vision of his campaign which tends to drive his ideas to the mind’s eyes of all legal colleagues.

NBA 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF PARALLEL SESSION - VIP HALL, CIVIC CENTRE
(WEDNESDAY, August 24, 2016).


A CONVERSATION WITH THE CONTROLLER-GENERAL OF PRISONS

LEAD PRESENTER - Alhaji Jafaru Ahmed, Controller-General Nigerian Prisons Service

SESSION CO-CHAIRS -

1. Hon. Justice Adamu Turaki, Federal High Court, Abeokuta
2. Chief Honourable B. M. Wifa, B.M. Wifa Chambers

SPEAKERS -
1. Tony Ojukwu, National Human Rights Commission
2. Uju Agomoh, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action
3. Theresa Eghe-Abe, NBA Benin Branch
4. Nathaniel Ngwu, Legal Resources Consortium

The comptroller General of Nigeria Prisons was duly represented by Dr. Ifediora Orakwe; while Hon. Justice Adamu Turaki was duly represented by Mr Ibrahim Mukhtar.

The session began with a presentation by Chief Hon. B.M wifa, he gave his introductory remarks and called the representative of the Controller General of Prisons to make his presentation.

DR. IFEDIORA ORAKWE

Dr. Orakwe gave his presentation on the nitty-gritty of the Nigeria Criminal Justice of Nigeria. He began by speaking on the inevitability of crime in every society. According to him imperfection in the society makes crime inevitable but the defence between one society and another is not on the quantum of crime committed but the way and manner the crime is handled.

He stressed the fact there is an inter relationship between the police that effects the arrest, the judiciary and the prisons as they all make up the criminal Justice system.

When convicts are brought into the prisons they are classified and subjected to the various treatments for their reforms.

He stated that in the prisons there are so many accused awaiting trials. He stressed on the need for classification in the prison system e.g minor, Major and provincial.

Another challenge faced by the prisons is congestion, so many awaiting trial. He concluded by stating that the major role of lawyers is to ensure that awaiting trial inmates are not kept in the prisons. He also stated that it bestows on the Bar and Bench to champion the restoration of the criminal justice system so that we can have sanity in the society.

MRS. UJU AGOMOH

She began by stating that there was a time we did not have prisons in the African Criminal Justice System. She took our minds to the Rwandan Society where the “Gachacha system” was employed. She explained that it aided the fastracking of prisoners who had pleaded guilty and within 3 years the Rwandan society was able to reduce the number of awaiting trial inmates drastically.

She stressed the fact that the cost of the prison system includes more than the cost of maintenance of the inmates and the prison staff.

She asked a salient question “Does everyone who commits an offence deserve to be in prison?”

She concluded by saying that the time has come where lawyers and other law enforcement agencies invest in the rehabilitation of prisoners.

THERESA EGHE-ABE

She started her presentation by lamenting on the welfare of the Nigerian prisoners. The stressed the fact that our prisons harden criminals instead of changing or rehabilitating them.

She focused on youth empowerment scheme in the country. With this scheme, youths will be gainfully employed.

She concluded by urging lawyers to take on Pro Bono cases to reduce the number of inmates in our prisons.

NATHANIEL NGWU

He stressed on the need of the Nigerian prison system. He stated the need to build up the prisons to international standards.

He also stressed the need to reform the Prison Service Commission. He condemned the phrase “imprisonment with hard labour” stating that it goes against the ethics of the prison system.

MR. IBRAHIM MUKHTAR

Representing the Hon Justice Turaki, Mr. Muhktar stated over congestion as the problem of our prison system which is caused by the police force and the Judiciary.

He condemned the nonchalant attitude of some prosecutors who prosecute their case without due diligence. He also, gave an opinion on "if corruption eliminated from criminal justice system, the system will function as it ought to.

NBA 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF SHOWCASE SESSION
(TUESDAY, August 23, 2016).


STATE OF ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN NIGERIA: ACTION NO MORE WORDS

SESSION CHAIR - Hon. Justice Ishaq Bello, Chief Judge FCT High Court

SPEAKERS -
1. Sanni Garun Garbas, Attorney General of Jigawa State
2. Solomon Arase, Fmr. Inspector General of Police
3. Dr. Ifediora Orakwe, Comptroller-General of Prisons
4. Chukwuma Machukwu-Ume SAN
5. Sen. Umaru David, Chairman, Senate Committee on Justice and Human Right
6. Chief Magistrate Victoria Isiguzo

HON. CHIEF JUDGE OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY

The Chief Judge of the FCT introduced the speakers and reminded everyone in the plenary session that they are on a course for action and not mere words regarding administration of criminal justice in Nigeria. According to him, successful regimes have taken steps towards reforming various systems in this country and the criminal justice system is not an exemption to these reforms. In 2015, the bill for the Administration of Criminal Justice Act was passed into law and this has been tagged to be revolutionary, however, there are various elements which tend to be draw backs to the possibility of best practices in administration of criminal justice in Nigeria, hence the discourse.

MR. OLAWALE

According to him, since 1999, there were no fewer than 19 committees that have been set up to review the state of our criminal systems but all the efforts proved fruitless and were like an innocuous mamba because they led to nothing; however, during the administration of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, there has been a great reform which led to the enactment of the Administration of Criminal Justice ACT (ACJA). He praised the latest development emanating from the enactment of the Act, especially in the area of anti-graft war and security, however, he criticized the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria with regards to certain fundamental areas. In summary, he stressed the following exhaustively;

1. That the presumption of innocence needs to be strictly complied to

2. That the judiciary has some scrutiny to do in the area of appointment of competent judges and justices and the propriety of judgments (lately there have been various conflicting decisions from court of co-ordinate jurisdiction)

3. That the issue of Federal or State police is not the basic problem of Nigeria, rather Nigerians need an effective Nigerian Police Force that serve the interest of Nigerians

4. The prison institution is decaying as most of the prisons are filled with inmates who have not been convicted but are awaiting trial (hence jail break is the direct consequence of prison congestion)

5. That our Prison Act needs a reform

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF JIGAWA STATE

According to him, The Administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria is a very difficult exercise because AG of States cannot prosecute federal offences that occurs in their State. He urged that the AG Federation should give an automatic fiat to AG of State to prosecute all federal offences emanating from the State.

MR. SOLOMON ARASE

He stated that the Nigerian Police Force has had series of Police reforms since the dispensation of President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to him, the 2012 Police reforms raised salient issues such as:

Privatization Capitalization Management

Here he explained that there is need for intelligent officers to adopt international best practice. In elaborating this point, he mentioned the case of Jeffrey Azuka who on the 1st of August 2009, murdered a Ghanaian in UK. On the 17th of August, he changed his identity, took his brother’s passport and came back to Nigeria. By March 2014, the metropolitan police in the UK called the FG informing the Nigerian Police about Jeffrey’s presence in Nigeria. An extradition order was given and he was sent back to the UK for trial, there he was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment.

However, in Nigeria, the case is always different; Chief Olu Falae’s kidnappers were charged on the 17th of October 2015 at the High Court in Akure and till now nothing has happened.

He stressed that there should be synergy between investigation and judicial decisions because if the people kept in prison are on the increase without any judgment, then jail break cannot be avoided.

Community Partnership between the Police and Enforcement Agencies

The police should endeavour to win the minds and trust of the people so that they can co-operate with them.

Disintegration

There should be unity and co-operation among the members of the police force irrespective of their division or grade, hence, a non-sentimental and unbiased succession policy should be put in place.

Extra-Judicial Killing

Every Police Officer should know that since they cannot produce life they have no right to take the life of anyone in unreasonable circumstances and if done they would be prosecuted and jailed with immediate effect.

In conclusion, he stated that the appointment of any police officer must be duly scrutinized and all officers must have good academic background and not just mere education background, they should have fair knowledge of the law (at least a diploma in Law), for one cannot enforce a law he knows nothing about. This is why during his tenure he formed allegiance with NBA to create orientation programmes on law related matters to Police officers and also a legal building was set up at the national level to ensure that the Police are properly trained.

DR. ORAKWE

He adopted the views of Mr. Olawale with respect to the state of Nigerian Prisons. He further explained that one of the problems pertaining to criminal justice in Nigeria is the Prison system. He stressed that the reason for this problem is not farfetched as our constitution which happens to be the grud-norm of the law in the land fails to recognize the importance of the prison institution in the country, that is why there have never been a successful reform in this part and this issue was neglected in the last modification of the constitution.
According to him, the prison is meant to be a barometer for measuring the health of the criminal justice system of a country, but in our case the issue of prison congestion arising from inmates who are awaiting trial have really made our criminal system worse (in Namibia, no one stays on awaiting trial for more than three months, the law automatically acquits you). He cited references to the Port-Harcourt Prisons which has a capacity of 804 inmates but houses 3,842 inmates out of which 3,409 are awaiting trials and no fewer than 400 are convicts. The prison is meant to be an institution that tends to guarantee public safety by separating the ‘poison from the innocent ones’, but sadly that is not quite the case.

Contributions of Dr. Orakwe

1. The prisons should be part of the constitution;
2. They should be properly funded
3. The powers of the Comptroller-General should be spelt out

COMMENTS

Yusuf Ali SAN suggested that those that want to lead should undergo the following:

1. They should undergo psychiatric test
2. They should be made to spend few days in the prison because he who knows it, feels it.

Mr Ken SAN made it known that what causes awaiting trial is the Police. The Police most times maliciously put people in custody so that they can meet up with their selfish demands for bail. Once they cannot meet up with the requirements for bail they stay in custody awaiting trial.

Prof. Utuama SAN, former Attorney General and Deputy Governor of Delta State suggested that fiat should be given to Attorney General of the State to prosecute federal offences.

A former Attorney of Ekiti State Mr. Obafemi wants action to be taken on all the suggestions made at the Conference.

Also, the Police should be conversant with the ethics and language of the state before been deployed to that state.

Lawyers should be recruited to all Security Agencies in the country.

Events for today

NBA 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF SHOWCASE SESSION

(MONDAY, August 22, 2016).



GROWING NIGERIA'S ECONOMY: BEYOND OIL AND GAS


SESSION CHAIR - Olisa Agbakoba SAN


SPEAKERS - 

1. Hon. Bawa Bwari Abubakar (Hon. Minister of State, Solid Minerals Development); 

2. Christopher Nonyelum Okeke

3. Richard Mofe-Damijo (Fmr. Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Delta State);

4. Chief David Serena Dokubo Spiff (Secretary, Bayelsa State Governement)

5. Hon. Emmanuel C. Aguma SAN (Hon. Attorney General of Rivers State)


Olisa Agbakoba started the plenary by bringing the issue to the table of discussion before the various panelist and they sequentially in their perspectives made the following analysis.


HON. BAWA BWARI ABUBAKAR


Being a former Senator, he recalled his experience while at the national assembly and also made salient issues with respect to the issue, namely;

1. that demoracy and development is a gradual process


2. that Nigeria is not representing true democracy, in the sense that the electorates will only vote candidates presented by the parties whether good or bad


3. that people lobby to voted in the National Assembly


4. that in the past, mining, solid minerals were abandoned for the oil sector, and now that the world price of oil has fallen, solid minerals are now being looked into.


5. more so, concerning the indigenisation programme (which was about employing or making use of people that had the technical know how) left Nigeria


6. that we have more than 44 minerals in the country; different local governments have specific solid minerals yet Nigeria is not seen as a mining nation but more focused on oil and gas. What needs to be done now is to attract investors for solid minerals. For instance, if we can think properly on the production of steel, we can make N6 Trillion in a year from that.


A REPRESENTATIVE FROM NIGER DELTA

He was of the view that Nigeria should not depend solely on oil production in order to develop the country (other sectors need to be focused on). He added that there are key sectors the country should look into that can astronomically develop the country if much infrastructures and compliance are put in place, such as Nollywood and Tax.


Nollywood, as he stated, adds up to more than 5% to the GDP of the economy, while for tax gathering; he mentioned that there should be due compliance for payment of tax from private companies and individuals.


However Mr. Agbakoba was of the view that the political structures have not allowed these ways to be explored. He added that our politicians since the '60s have slow paced the growth of the country. For instance, he mentioned his disappointment towards the CBN's 14% lending rate (an entrepreneur will not have the stomach to seek loan hence their dependence on oil can not be avoided); "all politicians know how to do is swerving from one political party to another because these parties have no ideologies."


Mr. Agbakoba later threw a question at the Attorney General of Rivers State on what happens to the 13% of the oil money allocated to the Niger Delta region.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF RIVERS STATE

He stated that right from the onset, Niger Delta has been developing even without the 13%; that asides Lagos state, Niger Delta has the best roads, schools and infrastructures, and even built the Civic Centre in 1973 long before the country’s dependence on oil.


He added that the question posed to him only elaborates the impression that the citizenry depends on oil. He made mention of commercial hubs like Ariaria market in Abia, Ochancha market of Onitsha and urged people to wonder how businesses boom there without the thoughts of oil.


He urged everyone to stop bothering about how the 13% oil money is spent but to look at how the infrastructures are managed and the negative effects of oil in the states (it has led to acid rain, bad water and even cancer has increased at recent times due to the effect of gas flaring).


In response to Mr. Agbakoba’s question, Hon. Bwari was of the view that whatever politicians do is a true reflection from the residue of the society. In other words, it is the way we see ourselves that affects us as a nation (as rephrased by him). He advised that we have to change the way we do things. "Things could get worse," he added that the infrastructures in the country needs to be well managed.


CHIEF DAVID SPIFF


He was of the view that the country must exercise retrospective glances to check where we got it wrong so that we can ameliorate where we got it wrong. He further stated that we must go to the fundamentals and entrench the rule of law on issues appertaining to Bayelsa state; he informed that 30% of oil and 40% of the gas in Nigeria is produced in Bayelsa but yet (as used by him) the state is adjudged"not fit to produce one of the 44 ambassadors in this country, ambassadors whose income is generated from the income of their under bellies."


YUNUS USMAN USTAZ SAN

He was of the view that diversification is not an issue but the problem is whether we would not go back to a position worse than this. He beckoned on the politicians to bring back the looted money.


MR. CHRIS OKEKE

  
He particularly made a clarion call for encouragement and growth of the agricultural sector and he urged Nigerians to be innovative and not just talk about diversification.


MR ZIK

He urged our leaders to stop the ‘corruption’ mantra and start to profess positive things for and about the country for no investor will be ready to invest in a corrupt society.


YUSUF ALI


He stated that impunity should not be encouraged and the rule of law should be precise and not be treated as the rule of convenience (a leader should not set the law for his selfish interest) further more he concluded that Nigerian leaders are bent on being loyal to those that sponsored them and this must stop for the the economy to develop.



Culled from Law pavilion mail update

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Opening Ceremony live at the Civic Centre, Port Harcourt. Rivers and Sokoto State Governors in attendance.

Opening Ceremony live at the Civic Centre, Port Harcourt. Rivers State Gverni

This is to notify you of today's activities (Sunday, August 21, 2016) as follows;

1. Thanksgiving Service at Christ Church, Opposite Port Harcourt Mall at 10 am.

2. Pre-Conference NEC at the Chief Judge's Ceremonial Court, High Court, Port Harcourt from 1pm - 3pm.

3. Welcome Cocktail at the Chief Judge's Ceremonial Court, High Court, Port Harcourt from 3pm - 4:30pm.

4. Opening Ceremony at the Main Auditorium, Civic Centre from 5pm - 7pm.

5. Opening of Friendship Centre and Presidents' Night with Lawyers (featuring Timaya) at the Friendship Centre, Civic Centre from 7:30pm till late

Welcome!

This is NOT an official thread for the Annual General Conference. I just noticed that things have been very quiet from the organizers and thought I should create this thread.

Are you going for the event? kindly help by sharing updates here.

less sugar intake, more exercise (go jogging with him every morning.... this is to control his breathing and tiredness), mental control, tell him to forget about his orgasm and focus on you, just you alone. Lastly, a trick that has worked for some folks is taking a shower after each round.

For he that is dead may never die again...

Having a gun or firearm is legal in Nigeria, it is only difficult to secure one for use. I do not think making it easily accessible to everyone like the right to bear arms in the US will help. Most especially in Nigeria here where trivial issues lead to arguments and cultists activities are on the rise. I think we should rather have an overhaul of our security system in the country. Most of our laws are obsolete and ineffective. One other issue is that we should begin a disarmament programme to mop up arms and be responsible to our international obligations under the Arms Trade Treaty we signed.

Descartes:
That's the euphoria that comes with political office position trying to impress the powers that be . We know how the election was rigged in his favour.

So lawyers rig elections too? How? I thought I read somewhere that it was online....

I am very sorry for your loss OP. Try setting up your new phone on Android Device Manager with your google account. Go online immediately and block it or even get the location of the device. You can also ring it. Also install anti an theft app next time. i use Avast anti theft. it may be annoying at times, but anytime i swap sim cards, it automatically sends sms and email to the set addresses.

Approaching the bank for a print out of your statement of account is the best way of getting your client's details. If you use a mobile app or receive email alerts too, transaction details can be displayed on the app or sent to mails by some banks. You can start digging from there. even if its her name, Facebook comes handy.

I am not a saint, and I do not claim to be a genius, but it is very sad reading this post. What baffles me more are the comments that followed and the fact that it made front page. Perhaps one day, smoking weed will be celebrated on nairaland. To all those who believe their posts are just for the fun of it, others will come and read in the future. Your dad was a cheat. your mum was a half baked graduate.... the whole world is reading, stop this nonsense please! Your future employment could be decided on what you do online.

Aisha96:
[b]I am a proud muslima, a devoted one at that. But I also like being honest at all times.

Nonetheless, I think I may be forced to have a rethink and retrace my steps regarding the darkly controversial nature of the religion I believe.

A separate section was created for the mulims so that they wil be able to discuss better and have their thoughts well organised, but why can't same be said for the Christians?

Is Nairaland actively upholding tribalism/favouritism, or what? The same Nairaland that included in its laws that we should not disregard people's race, tribe, religion?

Talk about blatant hypocrisy. Honestly, I find it very irksome that I'm first required to accept the "islamic proclamation of allah being the only true sovereign presiding over the whole universe", each time I want to drop a comment on an islamic thread.

Please, Seun needs to look into this matter, and see to it that it is appropriately resolved.

However, I don't honestly care much though, because this one-sided system only stands to prove that Islams are afraid of their vague, sphinx-like beliefs being subjected under the powerful lens of thorough scrutiny and questioning and being brought into the glory of light. Their greatest fear is that once rational people begin to invade their threads unrestrained, then gradually, their lies will be pointed out, one by one, in the glaring eyes of all.[/b]

create a different thread for your post, so we can have it fully discussed. Have Christians, Jews or other religious groups asked for their own fora? Is the owner of nairaland a Muslim? Do you understand the concept of pedagogy in religious teachings?

I see more positives in these episodes of political/legal tussles. Before now, we hardly debate or make comments on issues on politics and governance but the awareness level is very high nowadays. I am much happier in knowing that politics is no more a game of death but more of seeking the instrumentality of the law to bring down opponents. I believe it is the masses that will benefit from these processes. We will be able to decide in the end if these series of legal battles developed our laws and strengthened our democracy.

Ifeann:
lol.. how old are you?? really, u believe the crap you just said. your imam has your brain in his pocket.

by the way verses like this-
[b]Qur'an (4:74)-"Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of
this world for the other. Whoso FIGHTETH IN THE WAY OF Allah, BE HE
SLAIN or be he victorious, on him WE SHALL BESTOW A VAST REWARD"

Qur'an (17:33)"And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, EXCEPT BY RIGHT"
An important verse that is used by Muslims to not only justify their own deaths, but that of other bystanders who might be believers as well. Like we saw 2days ago when the Muslims in Paris killed a muslim police officer in their quest to avenge their prophet. The end justifies the means, with the goal being the defeat of the kafir, their submission and finally the establishment of Islamic rule.

Qur'an 3:151
Soon shall we cast TERROR into the hearts of the unbelievers, for that they joined companion with Allah...


Qur'an (9:111)-"Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and
their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they
fight in His cause, AND SLAY AND ARE SLAIN: a promise binding on Him
in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? then
rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement
supreme."[/b]
-caused the crusades

the middle-east is bathed in jihadist muslim blood by the cannons of the God-sent Russians, Israelis and USA as they prevent jihad after jihad as any sane society (including the crusaders ) have done for centuries.

I honestly thought you only suffered from myopia, but I now know that it has downgraded to half education syndrome :-)
Did you study history at all? Stop forming local champion on nairaland and feel like you know it all.

1. The crusades was a planned attempt to "retake the holy land from the Muslims"
2. The Inquisitions (Particularly the Spanish one) which followed the brutal crusades was a well plan, structured attempt to either convert Muslims and Jews or kill them, whom according to the Catholics were infidels. there are many reports Even by Christians of the accounts.
3. Russia invaded Afghanistan to protect an interest and was purely out of political considerations.... what happened in the end? alliance tussles and the population turned a fighting one. Have you read about the Soviet-Afghan war? I guess not. millions of Muslims died all in the name of political considerations of the West.
4.Ifeann... go and read books, how old are you?
5. Reply so I can recommend good books for you, and if you're lazy, there are links online.
6. Don't spread falsehood and distort facts just to win cheap points on nairaland. more generations will come and read what you have written while you're no more here. They won't forgive you for that.
7. I may not particularly reply your posts again, I find them awful and lacking in depth.
8. Anyone who is in this forum and who honestly wants us to find solutions instead of doing the blame game should create another thread. I am very ready to accept criticisms that are honest.
9. Instead of blaming another person's belief, look inwards to your own and find solace, don't judge people when your own house stinks..... how many people in Italy of all places in Europe go to church anymore? Can I talk of France and the UK? How many Nigerian pastors are true with their words? and how many biblical teachings have Christians abused?
10. Call a criminal a criminal, don't do the stereotype thing on all. We are Muslims, and there are bad Muslims but not all of us are terrorists.


peace be on to you!

Annunaki:
Al taquiya nonsense, wife beating is also very common amongst the arabs who have the benefit of reading and understanding the quoran in their native language and thus are not subject to translation errors. Also it's on record that mohammed beat his wife(aisha) on at least one occasion so wife beating is compatible with the sunnah of mohammed who is your pathetic 'perfect' example. Why do you muslims tell so many glaring lies to defend islam That you have to lie so much to defend your religion should tell you that your religion is fake and you are clearly on the wrong path.

The truth is bitter I know, and very hard to swallow. We are not here to play to your common sense, neither are we here to defend Islam at all cost. I appreciate cogent, constructive and evidence based criticism. Arabs are Arabs, Muslims are Muslims. At-taqiyya? I am way better than that. like I once advised the OP, seek and you shall find. The truth in the Quran is not hidden, and the misconceptions you harbour in your minds have already been foretold. let us work together to fight terrorism in our societies and stop the blame game. I will belly your anger only if you feel its normal for a white man to kill blacks

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/06/18/white-man-opens-fire-on-black-church-in-south-carolina-killing-nine.html

otherwise.... stop the blame game and let's work together to defeat the criminals.

analice107:
oh God, Muslims...
Satan has a very strong grip on these people.
You actually think that the evil you people perpetrate will go unpunished?

Satan is quite free to afflict anyone. He doesn't care about race or religious affiliation. the evils that Muslims and Christians do will and can never go unpunished.

quickly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odTyzaKYYd8


if your a nigerian muslim u need to watch this video

Same misconception about Suratul Tawbah, and a Christian convert too. Same thing he has to say about good Muslims too. and if you get the clue, same argument that some people use that same misconstrued verses to get to the ignorant among the Muslims.

quickly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LvqRHBChRY

This giuy claims ppl incite koran as they like and the koran incites ppl to kill innocent.

Are you sure you finished the clip? please watch again and modify your comment to " This guy claims Islam incites people but realized his misconceptions and got angry... then agreed that Muslims are good people but terrorists are bad"

There are criminals everywhere. I don't get why people try to make it a thing of Islam when people commit crimes in the name of Islam but take a different view when the criminal is not a Muslim. Where do we place for instance the white man that opened fire in a black church in the US? I think we should deal with criminals, not religion.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/06/18/white-man-opens-fire-on-black-church-in-south-carolina-killing-nine.html

Ifeann:
He was an unrepentant wife beater.

Qur'an - 4:34 Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allâh has made one of them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient (to Allâh and to their husbands), and guard in the husband's absence what Allâh orders them to guard (e.g. their chastity, their husband's property, etc.).
As to those women on whose part you see ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, beat them , but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means (of annoyance). Surely, Allâh is Ever Most High, Most Great.


[size=16pt]Ex-wife of suspected Orlando shooter: ‘He beat me’[/size]

The ex-wife of the 29-year-old man suspected of killing 50 people in a Orlando nightclub early Sunday said that he was violent and mentally unstable and beat her repeatedly while they were married.

The ex-wife said she met Omar Mateen online about eight years ago and decided to move to Florida and marry him.

At first, the marriage was normal, she said, but then he became abusive.

“He was not a stable person,” said the ex-wife, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety in the wake of the mass shooting. “He beat me. He would just come home and start beating me up because the laundry wasn’t finished or something like that.”

While the FBI has not identified Mateen publicly, U.S. law enforcement officials said his identification was found on the body of the killer, who was armed with a handgun and an assault rifle.

Authorities think he used those weapons to kill 50 people and injure dozens more in the attack on the gay nightclub that began just after 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Mateen was killed in a shootout with police three hours later after a SWAT team assaulted a section of the club where Mateen was holed up with hostages.

Mateen’s ex-wife said his family was from Afghanistan, but her ex-husband was born in New York. His family later moved to Florida. In 2007, Mateen graduated with an associate degree of science from Indian River State College.

In a series of Myspace photos, Mateen is seen taking selfies and wearing New York Police Department shirts in a couple of the shots. His ex-wife identified him as the man in the Myspace photos.

Mateen’s ex-wife said she was having a difficult time when she first met him and decided to move to Florida to be with him. The two married in March 2009 and moved into a two-bedroom condominium in Fort Pierce, Fla., that Mateen’s family owned.

“He seemed like a normal human being,” she said, adding that he wasn’t very religious and often worked out at the gym. She said in the few months they were married he gave no signs of having fallen under the sway of radical Islam. She said he owned a small-caliber handgun.

“He was a very private person,” she said.
Police say approximately 50 people have been killed inside a Florida nightclub, and dozens more wounded after a gunman opened fire early Sunday, June 12. Eye witnesses explain what they saw. (Reuters, AP)

According to public records, he had a permit to carry a concealed weapon and was a licensed security guard. He had worked for G4S, a security company. His ex-wife said that at one point Mateen worked as a guard at a nearby facility for juvenile delinquents.

The ex-wife said her parents intervened when they learned Mateen had assaulted her. Her father confirmed the account and said that the marriage lasted only a few months.

Her parents flew to Fort Pierce and pulled her out of the house, leaving all her belongings behind. The ex-wife she said never had contact with Mateen again despite attempts by him to reach her.

“They literally saved my life,” she said of her parents.

According to Florida court records, the two formally divorced in 2011.

After learning about what happened in Orlando, she said: “I am still processing. I am definitely lucky.”

After the couple split, a friend of Mateen’s said the young man became steadily more religious. The friend, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Mateen several years ago went on the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia known as the umrah.

“He was quite religious,” the friend said.

He said Mateen had hoped to become a law enforcement officer but that plan never panned out.

The last time he spoke with Mateen was about three weeks ago. There was no indication when they talked that Mateen intended to carry out the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The friend said that if Mateen had sympathies for the Islamic State or other terrorist groups, he kept that to himself.

“He never spoke about that stuff,” the friend said.

Dartevious Parker, a neighbor who lived near Mateen, said Mateen had a 3-year-old son. The neighbor had also seen a woman living with Mateen and the boy. Parker said he never spoke to her, and she did not wear any religious garb.

“This is a shocker,” he said. “I was surprised someone from here would do something like that.”

Brian E. Crowley and Steve Friess contributed to this report from Fort Pierce, Fla.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ex-wife-of-suspected-orlando-shooter-he-beat-me/2016/06/12/8a1963b4-30b8-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?postshare=7921465748801168

Dear OP... I thought you would have gone for some Arabic lessons before doing tafsir. at least quite a number of Western orientalist did before launching their attacks on Islam. your vigour is quite commendable, but I will suggest that you do a balanced research for your teeming audience so we can learn. You will not only confuse non Muslims the more, you'll equally ruin their yearn for scholarship if you continue like this. We may not have the time to reply all your misconceptions and vile efforts to tag Islam as bad, so kindly help in doing justice by striking a balance with the two aspects, and leave the reader with the mind of choosing the correct one. that to me is scholarly criticism, but yours, I am afraid is too myopic.
I will not for once associate the killing with Islam. The perpetrator is clearly not a Muslim but a terrorist and a criminal. If he beat his wife, that makes my case simpler, my prophet never beat his own wife.


Misconception: Wife beating is allowed in The Quran
Background: This topic is one of the most controversial regarding The Quran. The mainstream teaching is that it allows a husband to hit his wife as a last resort in specific circumstances. Some have argued that this means it sanctions domestic violence against women. Whilst this is the prevalent view, even amongst Muslims, it is mired in many flaws, which will be discussed below.
The first and perhaps most important point to mention is that this view is based only upon the use of one word in chapter 4, verse 34 of The Quran shown below:
The men are supporters/maintainers of the women with what God preferred/bestowed on some of them over others and with what they spent of their money, so the righteous women are dutiful/obedient; guardians/protectors to the unseen with what God guarded/protected. And as for those women you fear their uprising/disloyalty, then you shall advise them, and (then) abandon them in the bed, and (then) idriboo them. If they obeyed you, then seek not against them a way; Truly, God is High, Great. [4:34]
And if you (authority) feared a rift between them two, then appoint a judge from his family and a judge from hers. If they both want to reconcile, then God will bring agreement between them. God is Knowledgeable, Expert. [4:35]
The Arabic word idriboo is commonly translated as hit/beat/strike, however the flaws with this understanding are as follows:
The derivative idriboo is formed from one of the most multiple meaning and diversely used words (DaRaBa) in the Arabic language, and is used in several ways in The Quran itself.
There is not one clear occurrence of this word meaning "beat" anywhere else in The Quran, and in almost all cases, this meaning is problematic or would not make sense.
No Classical Arabic (the language The Quran is written in) dictionary gives the meaning of "beat" in a comparable example and none reference 4:34 at all.
When The Quran uses this word to mean a literal/physical strike/hit, the preposition "bi" (with/by) is always used, but there is no such use in 4:34.
This understanding causes internal contradictions within The Quran, and this is also probably why no commentator, past or present, uses The Quran itself to justify this view.
There is no consensus amongst traditional commentators on the origin and interpretation of this verse, except on perhaps the basic points.
If "beat/strike" is chosen, it would cause inconsistencies amongst Traditional Hadith (narrations) and Classical Arabic dictionaries, which show a variance in view.
It contradicts the alleged reaction of prophet Muhammad to wife beating, in which he is reportedly to have found it unjust and said woman have the right to retaliate. The traditional story goes that he was over ruled by 4:34, apparently.
The evidence from The Quran suggests the correct meaning of the word in this case would be "cite" or "indicate" them to the authority, hence authority involvement in 4:35. This also fits in with its usage elsewhere with direct objects.
It is strongly recommended to weigh and consider the following study which presents a very detailed and comprehensive analysis of the claim of
wife beating and domestic violence in Islam

HAVING A RAMADAN-FRIENDLY SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE

As Salam Alaykum wa Rahmatullah Wabarakatuhu. As we begin this year's fasting in the Holy Month of Ramadan, we pray to Almighty Allah to grant us good health and give us the opportunity to reap from the immense benefits of the month and accept our acts as ibadah. Ameen.
I felt like writing this short post to give tips on some of the ways we could interact with social media during the Holy Month of Ramadan. The teaching about the Holy month of Ramadan is to abstain from things that may vitiate the fast, either by sight, words or even thoughts. We are supposed to keep not only our mouths, but our minds, ears and eyes as well away from impurities. The last aspect which deals with sightseeing is particularly discussed in this post. I believe it would have been easier to just abandon social media for one month…. But some people (myself inclusive) may find it very hard to do. Therefore I have made this post in order to have a more Ramadan friendly social media experience.
I should however give the precaution however that this does not in any way constitute any legal authority at all concerning Islamic teachings. The reader should take these as my opinion and my opinion alone. I do not claim any knowledge or authority for that matter and these tips do not constitute fatwa, and where any of these tips run contrary to the teachings of Islam, kindly point it out using the comment section below. Wa Allahu a'alam. One other thing is that these opinions may seem like sad Dharria (cutting it from the source) in a way of preventing a greater harm, it is best to abstain from some things as the Prophet SAW teaches us about the Shubuhaat and how it is best we refrain from grey areas.
I have given my opinions below in line with my own understanding of various apps on our phones and tablets and websites which are popular and which enjoy high ratings all over the world. The order of arrangement has nothing to do with priority.

1. Web browsers: I have decided to start with web browsers (either on your phone or tablet or laptop) as they are gateways to websites and where we get information at our grasp. It ranges from your favourite opera mini on your devices, google chrome, internet explorer, uc browser, Mozilla firefox….. you can go on. The internet today is filled with the good, the bad and the ugly and the ways of avoiding seeing obscene images or videos are as follows;
i. Set your browser settings not to display images: this is available in all browsers. Scroll to the settings menu and deselect the option to load images. This will help you avoid seeing obscene pictures which can pop up on your screen unknowingly
ii. Remove extensions which may pop up unwanted adds. This is applicable to browsers usually on laptops or tablets. These extensions are installed sometimes without even you knowing that you have installed them and the next thing you know is that once you open a page, an image springs up on your screen.
iii. Refrain from clicking links that you cant read…. This is pretty simple. If Mr. A shares a link to you via sms, whatsapp, bbm etc… and you cannot read the link, please don’t click on it. For instance a link like ">http://www.fake.com/nudity-see-this-unclad-pictures Will clearly tell you that the link is definitely taking you to doom. But the problem is that the same link can be shortened to http://dhe95458497gt and you are asked to click. Then you end up opening the bad page. So it is always good to avoid clicking any link you cant read.
iv. Don’t follow articles, posts or write up that may have obscene contents
v. Spend less time on the internet…. More time for Ibadah.
2. Facebook: Well, the best way to get round this one is to delete the facebook app on your phone/tablet and use the web version instead. It will do you much good…. Trust me. It saves battery to delete the facebook app and you don’t get notifications! On a more serious note, one can unfollow or leave groups that have obscene contents, unfollow or unfriend people that post nudity, set your browser not to display images and also go to your privacy settings to avoid a lot of anomalies that may come. Most people do not go to the privacy settings…. Please do today. You can disable a lot of content related issues as pictures, posts you do not want to see, etc.
3. Whatsapp: This should perhaps come as number one in priority.
i. You can start by blocking some friends who share obscene contents, and remove yourself from groups that you know deep down will either take your time or end up sharing information which may probably lead you to abnormal media
ii. Go to settings and disable media autoload on both wifi and mobile data. Unfortunately, you cannot disable audio messages… but please just exercise restraint before you open it. If you are not sure of the video or picture that is being shared, please don’t download.
iii. Don’t share Islamic teachings which you have not verified as true, accurate and correct by yourself. If you are not learned in Islamic studies or Islamic Law, please do not forward any message to people. There are non muslims putting non Islamic content in Islamic content and this is very bad. There are verses of the Bible for instance attributed to the prophet… how would you know? The best idea is simply to avoid forwarding messages which you cannot tell the source. Spreading lies is not simple in the sight of Allah, spreading religious ignorance is even worse!
iv. Refrain from sharing jokes, un-educative videos and pictures

4. BBM: The same issues under whatsapp above apply. However, here are some peculiarities:
i. Disable "show display pictures in chats"
ii. Delete Channels that propagate obscene contents
iii. As you are aware that your BBM feeds contain adds, updates from groups and channels, be careful when you scroll… some of the BBM adds click to links automatically.
iv. You can disable notifications if you cant afford to see the blackberry logo with red dot without checking
5. Twitter: Go to settings under the twitter app, check under Display and Sound to disable images and sound and also check Privacy and Contents tab to disable "Show me sensitive Media". You can also turn off "Who can tag me in photos" and more importantly, under the Data tab in Settings, disable "images preview in timeline". This will not allow your followers or people you follow display contents that are not Ramadan compliant on your Timeline.
6. Instagram…. Here is a tough one…. Instagram is mainly for short videos and pictures…. I wonder the work through for this one… but hey, privacy options are there under settings… plus, you can always unfollow anyone!
7. Snapchat, IMO, 2go etc… All these apps have privacy settings, just go in and change or you can delete the app and reinstall.
8. Phone: Generally, we are very attached to our phones…. But…
i. We should give more time to ibadaah and recitation of the Quran.
ii. If you read your quran on your phone or listen to the audio on it, I suggest you get rid of the music on your phone. This suggestion is not passing a fatwa on music, please don’t get me wrong. But it would be very absurd after listening to a surah of the quran and your next track is a hip hop song! A tech savvy person may create playlists… but these devices can play up anytime.
iii. Your gallery may contain images and pictures you've downloaded long time ago without remembering or things that automatically downloaded from whatsapp or bbm etc…. if you can go through it, then please do and delete the not so good content.
iv. Games take time and some of them are very very addictive…. If you play Clash of clans like I do, tell your clan mates its Ramadan and delete the app, and if it is Candy Crush, please delete the app for now… Remember, you can always reinstall it after and continue.
Overall, I did not intend this post to be this bulky, Just wanted my opinions to be out there. Again, please do not take my opinions as high as a ruling on the use of your devices, they are just simple tips that you might not have noticed. May Allah SWT accept our fasting as act of Ibadah. Ameen. Feel free to drop your suggestions and advice in the comment below.

I intend to make another blog post soon for some apps that can assist you during Ramadan.



http://opinionsallowed..com.ng/2016/06/having-ramadan-friendly-social-media.html

buharifraud:
Utter nonsense. Fictitious figures splashed on the pages of newspapers with no real evidence. This government thinks every nigerian is a phool. You have recovered this much money, and yet you were going from country to country to beg like a dog. And after they all turned you down, you then placed a fuel tax on Nigerians. Keep on fooling yourselves and the pathetic Yorubas. In 2019, you will see wehn.

I think it would be much appreciated if you get a record book, make entries for budget and recovered fund as the Government provided. then keep it, wait till the end of the year, reassess the figures and challenge the government...... my point is, don't criticise just for blaming the government. I feel the pain buying fuel at 145 but biko, its more like fresh air with the recovery news. I've seen a positive change!

I still don't get why your first idea of reporting your ordeal has to be on nairaland instead of a law office. Suing the officers in court would have been a better idea. The more we continue to pay them bribe and thank our stars for getting off their hooks, the more "powerful" they get. If you really want to avoid another embarrassment, get a lawyer.... there should be one in your family.

oluwafreshkid:
http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/android-versions-comparison

OP, someone has solved it for you. Can we get something better on FP? I found the responses on candy very amusing anyway. Perfect answers for the OP. Maybe I'll go get a lollipop too and compare it with kitkat. http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/android-versions-comparison

Well said. I totally agree with the writer. We can help by making it a habit to write proper English on social media. Although a platform like twitter makes it extremely difficult to express oneself with 140 characters, I still believe we can save English grammar. People like Ruben Abati should also organize essay writing competitions for school children yo encourage them.

promise101:
Please, can you quietly point out any inconsistency in the NT, if you don't want to look like a fool.

1)How many generations were there between Abraham to David? Matthew 1:17 lists fourteen generations. Matthew 1:12-16 lists thirteen generations.
2)Who approached Jesus? (Matthew 8:5-7) The Centurion approached Jesus, beseeching help for a sick servant. (Luke 7:3 & 7:6-7) The Centurion did not approach Jesus. He sent friends and elders of the Jews.
3) Paul’s attendants heard the miraculous voice and stood speechless. Acts 9:7 Paul’s attendants did not hear the voice and were prostrate. Acts 22:9 & 26:14
For a detailed regarding this issue, read
http://www.infidels.org/library/magazines/tsr/1994/1/1voice94.html
4) Was she dead or just dying? (Matthew 9:18) He asked for help, saying his daughter was already dead. (Luke 8:41-42) Jairus approached Jesus for help, because his daughter was dying.
5) Just what did Jesus instruct them to take? (Matthew 10:10) Jesus instructed them not to take a staff, not to wear sandals. (Mark 6:8-9) Jesus instructed his disciples to wear sandals and take a staff on their journey.
6) When did the fig tree hear of its doom? (Matthew 21:17-19) Jesus cursed the fig tree after purging the temple. (Mark 11:14-15 & 20) He cursed it before the purging.
7) Was John the Baptist Elias? "This is Elias which was to come." Matthew 11:14 "And they asked him, what then? Art thou Elias? And he said I am not." John l:21
Matthew 2:15, 19 & 21-23 The infant Christ was taken into Egypt. Luke 2:22 & 39 The infant Christ was NOT taken to Egypt.
9) Matthew 5:1-2 Christ preached his first sermon on the mount. Luke 6:17 & 20 Christ preached his first sermon in the plain.
10) Where did the devil take Jesus first? (Matthew 4:5- The Devil took Jesus first to the parapet of the temple, then to a high place to view all the Kingdoms of the world. (Luke 4:5-9) The Devil took Jesus first to a high place to view the kingdoms, then to the parapet of the temple.
11) What color was the robe the blessed Jesus was put in? And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him. (Matthew 27:28). And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe. (John 19:2)
12) In 1 Corinthians 1:17 ("For Christ sent me [Paul] not to baptize but to preach the gospel" Paul said Jesus was wrong when he said in Matthew 28:19 "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them…" Clearly one of these people is wrong, either way, it’s a contradiction. On top of that even Peter taught it, 1 Pet. 3:21, "and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also -- not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
13) Has anyone ascended up to heaven? Elijah went up to heaven: "And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." 2 Kings 2:11 "No man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man." John 3:13
14) How many angels were within the sepulcher? John 20:11-12 two, Mark 16:5 one. Just incase that they are not mutually exclusive then say that in Mark 16:6 it shows that one person was talking but in John 20:13 it shows two people talking. Now that is mutually exclusive.
15) Where did Jesus first appear to the eleven disciples? In a room in Jerusalem. Luke 24:32-37 On a mountain in Galilee. Matthew 28:15-17
16) Where did Christ ascend from? From Mount Olives. Acts 1:9-12 From Bethany. Luke 24:50-51
17) The Elijah mystery: (Malachi 4:5) Elijah must return before the final days of the world. (Matthew 11:12-14) Jesus said that John the Baptist was Elijah. (Matthew 17:12- 13) Jesus insists that Elijah has already come, and everyone understood him to mean John the Baptist. (Mark 9:13) Jesus insists that Elijah has already come. (John 1:21) John the Baptist maintained that he was not Elijah.
18) Jesus took Peter, James and John up the mountain six days (Matthew 17:1) or eight days (Luke 9:7) after he told them that they will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
19 Matthew 4:18-20 shows that Jesus talked to Peter and Andrew together and they both followed him together but John 1:40-42, shows Andrew followed Jesus first and then he went and informed Peter.
20) Who bought the Sepulcher? Jacob, Josh 24:32 Abraham, Acts 7:16
21) Are we saved by works as well as faith? Ephesians 2:8-9 says no and James 2:24 says yes.
22) James 1:13 says God tempts no man but Genesis 22:1 says that God tempted Abraham.