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Jesus was a carpenter's son.
He ran the business.
was there ever a time Joseph or Jesus paid in any first fruit?

Jesus was the pastor of the disciples.
They left everything and followed Him.
I don't see where the disciples dependents brought first fruit to Jesus. Wasn't He a man of God?

Why is first fruit now always about money? People offered their produce
For someone that produces Coffins, are pastors willing to receive caskets as first fruit?

Someone should please respond to above questions citing biblical references.

There are strong indications going by the feelers that DSTV is set to reduce subscription fee.
They recently offered a promotion for lower bouquet subscribers to upgrade to premium and get 2 months premium free. This did not seen to drive the push to generate revenue.
The quest for subscription reduction is to enable more subscribers come on board and also get subscribers reactivate their accounts.

Does anyone have more info on this?

NigeriaGIST:
Stray bullet allegedly fired by soldiers penetrates through roof of a house in Maiduguri and hits a sleeping child

A little boy was injured after being struck by a stray bullet in Maiduguri, Borno State.

According to the child's father, Alhaji Mustapha Musty, the bullet was allegedly fired by some soldiers to celebrate the New Year.

Mustapha said the stray bullet penetrated through the roof of his house and hit his son on the foot.

The little boy has been discharged from the hospital and is currently recuperating at home.

see photos below...

Source @ http://www.premiumpaynigeria.com/2018/01/photos-stray-bullet-allegedly-fired-by.html

Is the house underground? Or the room in the ceiling? Please can someone help explain? Or did the soldier climb on the house to shoot?

Aonkuuse:
Hajiya Aisha Wakil, known as Mama Boko Haram because of her closeness to the members of the sect, tells KAYODE IDOWUthat the insurgents are tired of fighting

What is the relationship between you and the Boko Haram members?

People started calling me Mama Boko Haram when insurgency was at its peak in Borno State and the insurgents were bulldozing Maiduguri, killing and maiming everybody in the process. It was during that period that I was invited to a women’s conference where the participants pleaded with the terrorists to stop the bombings. Somewhere along the line, I referred to them as my children, and my sons. I also asked them to see me as their mother. That was how people started calling me Mama Boko Haram.

My relationship with the group started before the insurgency. My husband is from Shehuri North in Maiduguri, which is very close to the house of Mohammed Yusuf (a. k. a Shekau), the founder of the Boko Haram sect. I also had an Islamic teacher who was also my spiritual father known as Baba Fugu. His daughter, Amina, a friend of mine, married Yusuf. So, I was very close to Yusuf because of my friend, Amina, his wife. Yusuf was a young man who was just preaching and encouraging Muslims and non-Muslims to be closer to Allah and live peacefully together.

You were initially not a Muslim and you are also from Enugu State. What can you say about your new found faith and love for the North?

Anybody can come to the northern part of Nigeria and make it his or her home. I got married to a northerner and I have three kids.

Some people allege that you do not have any link to the Shekau’s faction of the Boko Haram sect. What is your reaction?

If those people know the real Boko Haram, they should tell us who they are. Did they ask Shekau and he told them that he did not know me or that he had never heard about me? Or did they ask members of Shekau’s faction and they denied me? Shekau is a kind person, if he does not know me, he would have come out to say it. If he does not have a good relationship with someone, he will come out to deny the person publicly.

What can you say about the fractionalisation of the group now? How many fractions does Boko Haram have?

I really do not know. I know we have Habib’s faction. There is Mamman Nur’s faction. There is Shekau’s faction. There are other smaller groups like Bukar Mainok’s faction, among others.

Do you have a relationship with all these factions? Can you link someone up with them?

I will not answer that question for security reasons.

Do you really think that the Federal Government should hold dialogue with the sect and listen to their agitation?

What are they agitating for? Is it the continued killings or is it their mode of prayer that they want to force on everybody? Is it reasonable? Is there any compulsion in Islam? Do you force someone to be a Christian? Nobody can force anybody to accept any religion, principle or ideology. I don’t know what they are agitating for. If I know clearly, I would probably know what to say.

So what is your understanding of the group then?

My understanding of the group is that they are young people who claimed that they were provoked. They said nobody listened to them and that they had to transfer their anger and vent it on innocent people. That is the only thing I can say about them. They were angry. When I heard the rumour about their intention to revolt, I called Mohammed Yusuf. He told me that they were betrayed. Up till now, I do not know what the betrayal was all about. He said they were angry because somebody made them angry and they wanted an apology. They said the trouble started when security operatives shot their members because they did not wear crash helmets. As if that was not enough, they said some security personnel shot at them during the funeral procession of one of their members killed by police bullets.

How exactly are you mediating between the sect and the government?

I am still appealing to them, telling them to embrace dialogue because there is no way they can stay inside the bush and expect anybody to listen to their request. It is when they come out of the bush and sit face to face with the government that we can iron out the contentious issues.

You were once declared wanted by the Department of State Services. Why and how was it resolved?

They said I knew where Shekau was and that they wanted to get the Chibok girls out and resolve the whole issue and that I was not releasing the information at my disposal. I was not arrested; I went on my own to meet them. They heard me, I told them that I was not hiding and that I wasn’t hoarding information in my quest for peace. I also told them that even when I went to the bush to meet with those guys and someone asked me about the trip, I always revealed the details of our interaction. But if you ask me where they were, I will not tell you that; I will tell you I do not know. Actually, I do not know because they usually take me there in a blindfold inside a car with strict instructions that I should bow down my head throughout the trip.

How?

They would deliberately drive round for hours until they are sure that I have become drowsy and possibly slept off. How do you expect me to know where they had taken me? It is also the same process when they are bringing me back. As a matter of fact, what is the purpose of telling the DSS where they are? Can’t they go and look for them? Sometimes, when I go to them in the bush, I spend about three days, and at times, a week. It is a pathetic situation. You see them sometimes shedding tears, anxious to be reunited with the society. They usually confess that they are tired of the life they are living. Anybody who knows my history will know that the boys, when things were still good, were staying in my house. In those days, if you came to my house, the gate was always opened to everybody. I never discriminated against anyone. We were living together, and even whenever I was going somewhere around in Shehuri North then, they would carry my handbag and call me mummy and asked what I had for them.

They would tell me what they wanted to eat and I would give them money to go to the market. We would prepare the food and eat. They were like kids to me. Some of them, I did their circumcision when they were boys of just seven years old. So they grew up seeing me as a mother.

How come you were doing circumcision?

It is not that I was the one cutting their foreskin. They used to bring the person doing the circumcision but I would carry the children while the pain lasted. And when they removed the foreskin, we would slaughter a chicken for the boy in order to calm him down. I assisted in the healing process too.

What was the relationship between you, Ahmad Salkida and the third person declared wanted with you?

Salkida was a friend to Mohammed Yusuf. Though I never knew him, I heard from Mohammed Yusuf that he had a journalist friend and that, one day, he would introduce me to him. I was then looking forward to the day that the meeting would take place. He (Salkida) used to follow him around. They were really close.

I have never met with Salkida but shortly before they declared us wanted, I spoke to him on the telephone. I drew his attention to what was happening to his friend’s group made up of young men who I refer to as my children and I asked him how we could resolve the problem.

He expressed his dissatisfaction with how the whole thing was handled by the security personnel. I told him that we cannot just give up like that. I then advised that we do something. That was all. We did not speak again until we were declared wanted and we met at the DSS headquarters. I also visited him when he returned from Dubai. That was the first day we actually had an opportunity to discuss. Bolori, who was also declared wanted, is a poor Kanuri boy. I engaged him to help me interpret whatever people say in Kanuri language. I used to take him along whenever I want to talk to the Boko Haram boys. That was the relationship between us. When we went to meet the Chief of Staff (to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari), I went with him and that was it.

Do you think that a peaceful resolution of the Boko Haram war is still feasible?

I believe in God and I pray a lot. I believe in prayers. If we pray, these kids are not more powerful than God. I do encourage people to also pray about it. There is one adage in Igbo that says if you drag a stick and the stick drags you, you leave the stick and run for your life. They (Federal Government) keep telling me that they have dragged the stick (Boko Haram insurgents) and that the stick has dragged them and it is now for them to leave the stick. But I keep telling them that this is not a stick but human beings and we have to continue to drag them. These are Nigerians, our children, our brothers and sons. We cannot just leave them like that, because leaving them like that would create more problems. I believe it (the insurgency) will end; they (the insurgents) wanted it to end. Anytime I talk to them, they always ask me when the war would end and would also seek to know how it would end.

Are you advocating an end to this military solution?

The shootings and killings have never solved any problem. Very soon, it will be 10 years since the war started. Scores of soldiers have died in the process. I had to involve myself in the peace process when I saw people coming from all over the country and even white men to fight war. Some say only a fierce battle could end the war but I am of the opinion that we should not continue because of our kids.

They planned to bomb St. Augustine’s Church on December 24 last year. One of them called me on that day to find out whether I had travelled. There was a pickup van loaded with explosives in front of the church. I told the caller that I had not travelled and I immediately rushed out and saw the boy that was to carry out the suicide mission. They had already prepared him for the exercise. He had already been given the injection and prepared him for burial. The boy was just moving and murmuring. I quickly called the (Boko Haram) boys and told them that I can see a vehicle parked and that a boy was moving towards it. They told me that the boy was the suicide bomber. They asked why I did not travel again and I told them that my brother, a reverend father, visited Maiduguri and that we would be travelling together after Christmas.

I instantly told him that I was right inside the church (targeted for bombing) with my brother because I brought food for him. I told them that I was not ready to leave the church, daring them to do their worse. They were then confused and asked what I wanted to become of the boy they had prepared for the suicide mission, and I asked them to send the boy away to the nearby bush; after all, he had taken the oath to die, so he should go and die alone. They asked me to leave the church premises but I told them that I wouldn’t go until they had diverted the boy away. After some time, they told me the boy had left and one of them said, ‘I can see your car driving out’ but I didn’t go with my car. This is to show how God works. God planned this. I do not know where a black car came out from that made them to believe I was around the place. So they drove the pickup van away. When I did a follow-up, I learnt that the boy had died because he had taken an oath and they had given him an injection preparing him for death. If you take the injection, you can never be yourself again. I then warned them that on no account should they target places of worship for bombing again.

Do you agree that the Boko Haram has been technically defeated?

They do not have that energy anymore. If you look very well, that energy is no longer there. They are gasping for breath and looking for a way out. They are always asking for the road. They are looking for the road to come out. They want trusted roads and not betrayal. If you sit with them and talk, they will tell you. They hardly trust anyone and they say they do not want further betrayal and are willing to remain where they are until they get Allah’s help. They have, however, told me that they trusted me because I meant well. I have taken some of those that were declared wanted to certain quarters to negotiate and the outcome of the negotiation was good.

Why do you think there are still bombings in the North-East?

Maiduguri in particular has become what they call Makkah, the headquarters of the North-East, and that is why we are experiencing bombings unlike Bauchi, Adamawa and Yobe, where there are pockets of bombings.

I have always told them to come down and look for their mallams for peace. They have mallams; they have elders in the area that can talk to them. They have women and other individuals who can talk to them. There are even wheelbarrow pushers that can talk to them. Government officials should come down and meet them. They are ready for dialogue but they want sincere persons, not betrayers, to lead the dialogue.

Some government officials are saying Shekau is hardened. Is he not a human being? Shekau is a human being, and if you watch him, he is always calling Allah and believes he is fighting for Allah and this Allah will touch him. Government should follow the right way and the battle will be over.

Do you think Nigerians’ condemnation of the $1bn to fight insurgency is justifiable?

If government can put any amount into the insurgency war, they should go ahead and do just that. It is important that this insurgency ends because it is affecting everybody and once this thing is brought under control, you will see things becoming normal.

What is your assessment of the insurgency war under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration?

I cannot but clap for him. At least in Borno, we are sleeping very well. If you had come to Borno when this thing started, you would not be here by now (3pm). Everywhere would be vibrating. But since (President Muhammadu) Buhari took over, we have been sleeping soundly. We are now moving around up till 10pm. We now do our shopping in the night; unlike before that everywhere would be closed by 4pm. Buhari has really tried.

A report claims Buhari paid €3m for the release of the Chibok girls. Were you privy to the arrangement?

I do not know.

source :http://punchng.com/i-stopped-insurgents-from-bombing-a-church-on-christmas-eve-mama-bharam/

Just curious about the injection that once you are given, you carry out an act. Is it science? or beyond science?

sassyqueen1:
awww,this is why people should Humble themselves sometimes....me too I'm broke

send your account number

bilms:
Another Female law graduate vow to attend call to bar with hijab next year
http://mrrightsng..com.ng/2017/12/another-female-law-graduate-vow-to.html

Following the refusal of Nigeria Law School to call Miss Firdaus Amasa to bar for refusing to take off her hijab last week, another female law graduate from University of Ilorin, Laylah Al-Mubarakah has vow to attend the same programme next year with her hijab on.
The father of the lady, Alhaji Abubakar Aliagan, a lecturer in the university of Ilorin went to social media to announce the resolve of his daughter in solidarity with Firdaus. He stated that, ''MY DAUGHTER, EVEN IF AM NOT ALIVE AND THE MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED........YOU RECEIVE MY BLESSINGS........IN THE LIKE MANNER THE FATHER OF FIRDAUS IS NOT DISTURBED''

Alhaji ABubakar Aliagan wrote on his facebook page as follows:

Firdaus Amasa is a daughter of a dear friend. She was not call to bar because she was adamant on her Islamic mode of dress. She was a year ahead of my daughter at the Faculty of law, University of Ilorin. When her courageous father, Mallam Oba Amasa, came to my house ( he sometimes pray the SALAT in my mosque) to break the news to me, my only regret is that Firdaus was left alone in this struggle. How I wish my daughter is there this year to stand behind her.

Whether this matter is settled amicably in the court or not, my daughter, LAYLAH AL-MUBARAKÀH, has vowed to be the next victim. She wrote the following lines in her blog.................

Reading the news that our courageous sister, Amasa Al jannah Fidaos was not called to the Nigerian bar because she refused to remove her hijab brought tears to my eyes. Is Fidaos the only muslim lawyer out there? Others should have joined her. I wish there were more muslim females like her. To some you may think what she has done is rebellious. But to me it is courageous and she has maintained her stand as a muslim.

Imagine this, A girl has been brought up in the way ordained by Allah right from her birth, she has been wearing the hijab from then, She has never for once remove her hijab just for the sake of being called to bar she has to remove it. Removing the Hijab is being naked.

I have been asked several times that will i remove my hijab when i am to be called to Nigerian Bar? I always answer that I dont know. But Now, I have my answer, Amasa al jannah firdaos has provided the answer.

The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria particularly Chapter 4, Section 38 (1) of the 1999 constitution and Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Right, provide:“Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.” Is denying her entrance in to the hall because she is wearing the hijab not an infringement on her right to practise her religion?

To Firdaos, you were our Ameerah in National Association of Muslim Law Students Unilorin Chapter and you led us well, When you were the Ameerah, through your humility and selflessness you inspired me to be like you . Now you have laid the foundation to justice and i pray and hope your efforts will be acknowledged. I celebrate you and to me you are a Legend.

This is a wake up call to every muslim in Nigeria, to fight for this injustice and use the position and power the Almighty has bestowed on you all to fight for this injustice.

MY DAUGHTER, EVEN IF AM NOT ALIVE AND THE MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED........YOU RECEIVE MY BLESSINGS........IN THE LIKE MANNER THE FATHER OF FIRDAUS IS NOT DISTURBED ........

http://mrrightsng..com.ng/2017/12/another-female-law-graduate-vow-to.html

Every institution has its rules and regulations. You can impose your personal belief on any institution. If the rules and regulations of any institution is not in line with your personal belief, leave the institution alone and do something else. Nigeria is a secular nation and does not do the bidding of individuals.

The Amasa lady in question attended the call to bar dinner without Hijab. Why is she insisting on attending the swearing in with Hijab if she has no motive.

The regulation involving dressing in the law school is clear about Hijab. The law school is not against wearing it or did Amasa complain that she was not allowed to wear Hijab while in the school? The law school demands that the ears must be visible for the ceremony. Put on your Hijab but your ears must be visible.

There are sessions that require certain dress codes which am sure the lady knows. Why did she have to wait for the D day before beginning her protest? Are there write ups or petitions she has presented to the law school? Didn't she sign agreeing to abide by the rules and regulations of the law school?

For the Lady preparing to do hers next year, she should please begin testing her might at bar dinner.

WotzupNG:
https://www.facebook.com/femifanikayode/posts/10209410179000860


Former Minister of Aviation, Olufemi Olukayode has taken to Facebook to buttress Nnamdi Kanu's claim of President Buhari being substituted with a double who now parades himself as the President.

He highlighted some observations to support the claim.

See the observations below.




https://www.wotzup.ng/ffk-president-buhari-replaced-double/

How can a full grown and exposed adult even think like this?

IYANGBALI:
yes now. Do you want to join them?you have the facial requirement

You seem the preferred candidate

Wait oh. why are all the badoo members looking ugly?
Is it the requirement?

TANTUMERGO007:
A FULANI MAN, NO WONDER BUHARI WANTS HIM TO BE PRESIDENT BY FORCE

And Yahya Jammeh is Yoruba shey?

TippyTop:
By the time Dr Jonathan was handing over power, the Nigerian Army had Sambisa surrounded.
The first thing dullard did on becoming president was removing the army from all road blocks giving his garrison in Sambisa ample time to relocate to neighboring countries.

So someone actually thinks like this? and even putting the thoughts in writing?
haaaa!

Vanillaskin:
I ain't a bro or your bro
I guess you are dummer than I thought to think you were capable of running a simple Google search to enlighten your pea brain. Well here are the specs for your delight

Teclast TBook 10 Tablet Specification:
Released May 2016
OS: Android 5.1 + Windows 10 (If you need Win 10 Pro,you need buy license key from Mircosoft)
CPU: Intel X5 Z8300
RAM: 4GB
ROM: 64GB
Screen: IPS touch screen
Size: 10.1 Inch
Resolution: 1920*1200 (16:10)
Visible Angle: 178°
Camera: Support 2MP front camera
Extend Card: Support TF up to 128GB
Gravity Sensor: Yes
Multi-Touch: Yes, 10 points touch
WIFI: Yes, 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth: V4.0
Micro HDMI: Yes
WIDI: Yes
OTG: Yes
GPS: No
Loudspeaker: Support
Earphone Interface: 3.5mm
Docking: support
Google Play Store: Android system support
Language: Windows OS is built-in Chinese and English, and other languages need to be downloaded by WiFi. Android OS supports multi-language
Battery: 6500mAh
Ports: 1 x Micro USB port, 1 x TF Card slot, 1 x Mini HDMI port, 1 x 3.5mm Earphone port, 1 x 2.5mm DC port

Now go compare with the Tecno

You will know what comparison means when the screen cracks. Where is Teclast office in Naija?

Guys,
You cannot institute reforms in Nigeria f you are not clean.
Buhari is succeeding because no corruption has been seen on him.

Guys,
What she is doing is part of her thesis for Phd.
Cant you see?
She doing her Phd in psychology.

PDP is just making unnecessary noise while no one is even answering them.
PMB has completely ignored from Fayose to now a small newt Adeyanju.

I think PDP's plan is to do the harm to Adeyanju then slam it on this present govt.
Adeyanju, if I were you I would be more careful with PDP. Buhari does not even know of your existence. You are inconsequential.

So you came all the way to Nairaland to talk about something you are not sure of. You are even asking if you could trust the God in her.

Do you know what the Bible says about gossip? Gossip is just what you did here. You have just proven that you cannot be trusted. What took you through her song list? I am damn sure you went through text messages and her social media apps. Is that part of the job you were given?

if there is someone that needs to repent because the God in him cannot be trusted is you.

My major concern about Nairaland is people just comment anyhow based on only one part of a story. We need to hear the full story or rather the other story too.

Dear Nairanlanders,
With the current revelations of how our nation was ravaged by corruption where everyone did what was right to his pockets, plunging our nation on a trajectory of self destruct, do you still wish president Jonathan won the 2015 general elections and why?

Mature minds only.

please can the admin or whoever correct this advert.
which one is mens, womens etc.

Clerverly:
When Will Buhari Stop all these political witch hunting and face governance? The international price of Crude is on a free fall because he is yet to put in place a cabinet but he is busy witch hunting Deziani Madueke. Between how much did she even steal? This government is a Scam!

So international price of crude oil is on free fall because there is no cabinet yet?
Who has done this to you?
Sense go fit you sha.

Diamondqueen:
I don't think I understand you. Brush it off, I don't need your advice anymore. Thanks.

Girlie, with this kinda outburst, you aren't ready to have a boyfriend yet.
If I were you, I will face my studies and what I intend to be in life. Real guys will chase you then. But any guy coming close to you now or you are getting close to now is just for statistics.

Senate President, Saraki to demonstrate his respect for the rule of law and show himself a man of honour is set to resign his office when plenary resumes tuesday 29th.

More details later. . .

Francis5:
Buhari is an illiterate and an undemocratic bigot. In a non zoological society his likes can never be a local govt chairman, let alone a president. There is nothing to envy about him

Unfortunately for you he is your president. You are the greatest illiterate if governed by an illiterate. So which sad and illiterate animal are you?

chymystique:
PMB is a two-tongued hypocrite, a bigot and a dictator who has no integrity whatsoever

Females dont talk like this. Are you trans?

The writer obviously does not know the meaning of "failure"
The writer is the obvious failure here.

Too many olodos here.
A mad man is giving you directions and you are following.
How can you read a sourceless info obviously concocted to cause mischief and you are agreeing with it without reasoning.

Please someone should tell Gov Fayose he should focus on what he has control over. Nigeria is too busy abeg. No time for frivolities.
He appears to be jobless. He should give us his scorecard so far.

I respected this Shehu Sani guy but now he lost my respect.
He should better face his constituency and deliver his own promises.
How can a senator be comparing himself with a Governor? He's only responsible in actual sense to a constituency while a Governor the whole state.
How much is his annual budget?
See this guy oh!
Am actually disappointed in him.

The question here is looking out for
1. Your level of diplomacy
2. Your on the spot decision
3. Your personal resolve

The answer that really fits here when asked if you can lie to save the company is

I will never do anything to the detriment of the company.

However it is interpreted, you have nailed it!

You guys are just making noise over PMB and DSS.
You dont go after the likes of a former NSA based on suspicion. For DSS to go in the open after an immediate former NSA, then there are confirmed allegations on him of either aiding or abetting.
Everything will soon be in the open.
They said PMB is not working but I ask when last were highly placed govt officials and individuals made to answer for their crimes?
How is it possible that Nig couldnt surmount a group as Boko Haram for six whole years even if they use suicide bombers and locals as cover?
What has happened to our intelligence unit?

In the coming weeks and months, Nigerians should be ready for the shocker of their lives. I hope we can bear the expos'e.

Sorry to ask but how old are you and your husband? How did your family discussion get to your inlaws? The only person's decision that matter here is that of your husband. When you prayed, what did God tell you?
You and your husband better wake up and run your family and dont allow any third party force their opinions on you.
Wake up!!!

I am really surprised at some responses here.
What Wike did is 100% wrong even if it is that she went with government vehicles.
If Wike felt that she left with government vehicle, a simple letter telling her to return all government item in her possession would do.
Obviously, nothing like that was done. Wike is on a vendetta and whats worse he is yet to return his own official vehicle as chief of staff during Amaechi.
I wonder why he had to go through this but I hope his records as chief of staff during Amaechi and Minister of education under Goodluck Jonathan are clean. Expect some expose' on Wike in the coming days. He just activated a process.