Congratulations to him.

ChizzyBuna:
This boy will become the Future Governor of Enugu State

Mark my words..

I second this.

GeneralKoko:
I have been a victim of disrespect over the years from mainly my friends. I don't know if it is because I'm too free or too playful but I hardly gain the respect of people.

Please I need tips on how to gain the respect and loyalty of my friends.
Thanks

Light do not seek for respect in darkness, salt do not seek for respect in the food, a city built upon the hills do not seek to be seen. You cannot answer a question of "Who" with "How".

musicwriter:


No, your question is not punishable by any God. If God gave you a brain, why will he not want you to use it to think about something that you don't understand?

Well, I am only interested in answering the above because the rest of the question you asked looks very childish.

Having said that, let me proceed.

The story in the bible book of Genesis is not a literal event, rather it's an allegory used to explain principles that has no simpler way to explain it to a kid. It's the same as the wise tortoise you hear about in African mythologies. In African myths a tortoise is said to always trick other animals to win an award. In some tales, the tortoise is said to marry the beautiful daughter of a wealthy king.

But it doesn't mean there was ever a tortoise or daughter or a king or a place. Rather, it's just a story used to teach something.

So is the Genesis story and most stories in the bible.

There was no Adam.

There was no Eve.

There was no garden.

There was no God.

There was no Satan.

All of them are principles. Adam and Eve represent the duality in nature, such as good and bad, right or left, up or down, joy or sadness, God or Satan, hevean and hell, etc. Non of them is tangible.

God, Satan, Adam, Eve, garden, fruit, are all principles used in telling a story just like the tortoise, daughter, king in African legends.

Satan means potential- something like potential energy or energy at rest. It means something that has the potential to change something. In other words, it's something that has the potential to bring the type of new information or knowledge that has been lacking. So, there's nothing bad or evil about Satan.

Those who are into science knows that potential energy is represented as folded spring. And that's why the ancient people represent Satan as snake because the snake is at its full potential to strike when folded not when crawling. Go to Google image and search "potential energy" and you'll see it's repented by folded spring. Any representation with battery is modern

In ancient times (before Europeans) arrived to partake in learning and sharing knowledge with the rest of the world, everything was well understood. Misunderstanding about these things began when the Greeks sojourned in Africa and our African ancestors explained the stories to them like children (as seen in Genesis) but sadly they took it literally and when they assumed power, they imposed this literal interpretation on many other lands they conquered. That's why you, your church and pastors take it literally

The whole purpose of the Genesis story is exactly what happened. The story was told to make you realize that you must always choose knowledge and change at all times. You must not choose ignorance and placidity. The garden of Eden represent placidity and ignorance. That's why the Genesis God indeed allowed Eve to choose knowledge and change. In other words, Satan actually saved humanity first from ignorance and placidity in the garden of Eden (metaphorically speaking) and the second saving happened as Jesus (metaphorically speaking because Jesus is also a principle not a person). When properly understood, you'll realize that Satan and Jesus are one and the same person!

Sorry, but you may not handle this information because it's "satanic", it's radical information, and that's exactly why the story was simplified in the Genesis version.

I laughed when I read this,I realize you tried really hard to make a simple subject more complex. I agree with you, it is satanic and full of facts that are lesser than the truth.

Sorry that's not the reason the story was told.

udoji2021:
I have been thinking about this lately and decide to share it here. Don't get me fellas, I'm a Christian and believe in God and his son Jesus Christ

BUT

It is believe that God created the world and knows what happened before, what is happening presently and what will happen later till the end of time. This brings me question on why he allowed Satan to decieve man, why was he also angry since He knew beforehand of what will happen? Then the consequent punishment, was it really justified?

The most confusing part to me now is life after death. I personally believe that there is heaven and hell right from my childhood days until one guy (Jehovah witness) told me that there is nothing like hell, he went on that even heaven is for a specific number of choose people and not for everyone, above all, he said that when one dies, your own is finished and you are not gonna go anywhere. Simply put, your body and spirit will die.

I nearly insulted him for spewing such rubbish but many years after, I'm beginning to think think twice about this issue.
Now, imagine suffering in this life for all the days of your life only to meet death (body and spirit),

My question is;

1) why not just enjoy your life even if it means doing bad things to enjoy life?
If you can't enjoy life, why not kill yourself and rest to avoid the sufferings?

2) Even if there is life after death, what if there is no suffering cos God may decide to give everyone peace after death.

3) Those that didn't hear anything about God, what is their fate?

4) which of the scriptures is to be trusted?

May God forgive my ignorance if what I just wrote is bad and punishable.

There is raw passion for the Holy Spirit burning inside of your heart, all of the question you ask are quite genuine and deserve an answer, however, the Truth that is trying to grow in your heart cannot be reveal by mere carnal mind or mere teaching from other individuals, it can only be discovered.

Yes, God's word is the truth, and He himself is the Light, in other to discover the treasures of the truth (Which is hidden in the secret places) then you first need the Light, and thereafter, the truth will strike your innermost part and be with you forever.

That will be a brief explanation of your journey.

Accept the Holy Ghost into your Spirit, speak in the other tongue, pursue fellowship with God fervently, acknowledge His presence in you, then you will become the truth yourself.

doggedfighter:
The two things confusing you are imaginary hence the confusion.

God is not an author of confusion, tell the OP to immerse himself in the Holy Spirit if he wants to get out of his state of confusion and understand the things of the Spirit.

Workch:
First of all, I will address your topic. Is it not laughable to think that an omniscient being gives freewill?
How can freewill and omniscience be compatible?
In reality, there’s no evidence for spirits, it’s a lie that dogmatists hold on to even when they cannot prove it.

Your religion is a function of mainly where you were born, how you were bred and the kind of people that influenced your life. There’s nothing divine about it.

We have more than 4,000 religions and every single one of them think theirs is the truth. For someone who was born in IRaq, he thinks that someone born in southeast Nigeria, who’s most likely going to be a Christian will go to hell. It’s vice-versa.

And the lies goes on, we that are irreligious see all these and just allow you people paddle your boats of self-deceit and delusion.

You have spoken out of flesh, you have eyes but you do not use them to see, you have hears yet you act like a deaf. You cannot explain Spiritual things with your carnal mind, its the opposite of different frequency.

udoji2021:


Hmmmmm

But we all use to see some signs of spiritual powers and miracles which means to me that there is God.

Or is it a coincidence or better still, should we attribute those things to nature?

God is Nature.
What you dont understand is termed as mystery or miracle, there is actually a spiritual explanation to every mystery or miracle.

Workch:
The Christian concept of a god has failed all test and if everyone should be sincere, we know he doesn’t exist. They are just trying hard to hold on to the lies in the stories by concocting more lies.

People will always feel threatened when you tell them their god doesn’t exist even when you present overwhelming evidence. That’s how dogmatism work.

The Christian description of a god is laughable, illogical, ridiculous and overwhelmingly irrational. It doesn’t agree with anything in reality.

Ashiwere sowipe kosi Olorun

johnmartus:
Ah this woman. All the Dss in Aso rock would be investigate and redeploy. Who is dating this woman self

I swear if they give me free I will reject her.

Lol, calm down. It's just a controversial headline and its purpose is to get attention.

Bigflamie:
And where is Ebonyi state?

North is using fake poverty statistics to garner these country's resources to themselves. Trust these evil people at your own peril.

They are the richest in this country and still want us to believe their conspiracy.

Same old crippled analysis, say something new abeg.
You do not have any real source of data to stand against this one, so you just decide to elaborate what you hear your neighbor say about the North using fake data.

Shame on you.

Hoephase:
If this is true then the future is scarier than we imagined.

Kill fear !!

ursullalinda:
What baffled me was that the government agencies that were supposed to protect his life were those that enforced the unconstitutional act.....we are primitive here.....very primitive.

In the north.

Davash222:
This is how proposal should be. The lady must kneel to collect the ring.
Kelly handsome, nice one. Na man you be.

Òbo she is sitting.

Okada and keke restriction is still not enough, Lagos government need to restrict old danfos from some certain road and replace them with new buses.

Romangalactic:
I'll try to keep my predicament short. I registered a new account for this purpose but I'm sure many of you will understand that sterility is not something to be announced which is exactly how I got myself in this situation. I am 35 and engaged to a beautiful woman who completes me in every way. As much as it hurts me to say this, I have not been totally honest with her about everything.
Just yesterday while we were home together, she told me that she is pregnant . I asked her how sure she is, she said she had done the pee test and that she knows how she is feeling. The issue here is that I am sterile but I have not told her this before so it is impossible that I am responsible.

Please before anyone tells me I deserve this for not opening up to her, I have been undergoing treatment secretly and they say I will be able to father children when it's done so of course, I am hopeful and have not bothered to inform her about any of this. I can't stand losing her for any reason. My issue right now is that I asked my endocrinologist this morning if it's possible that the treatment is already working and he said we have not gone far enough to see any results yet. This means I am definitely not the father of the child she is carrying.

Only one other person in this world knows about my health challenge and that is my cousin. I told him and he told me to break up with my fiancée, someone I have already done introduction with and families are involved. I told him I cannot and that he must take the secret to the grave, he thinks I am making the biggest mistake of my life.
Well I told him my plan is to accept the pregnancy and continue to make her think I don't know she cheated on me. I am doing this with the hope that after we get married, my treatment will be completed and everything will be back to normal. But at the same time, I still can't shake the feeling that I am about to marry someone who cheated and is passing off another man's child as mine, I feel cheated and it hurts.

Can anyone else please tell me what to do about this situation I have found myself? Please I just need to hear from other people besides my cousin. Another thing, he has never really liked my fiancée so I feel that also may be his motivation.
I need neutral opinions please

I can imagine how horrible you must have felt when she informed you about the pregnancy, you are definitely going to get over this in no time.

Without passing judgment on you both, considering you are trying to have control of the situation, i want you to know that this is now beyond what you should manage, and the best way to go about this is to escalate the matter.

It is high time you let her know of your predicaments and ask her if she still want the relationship with you, in this case, she will be pushed to tell you if she had cheated on you or not. In all of this, i want to plead with you to come out of your shell and not allow your sterility make you less of a man that you are, ask your lady boldly on what she want to do after she had found out about your issue, put all of the decisions into her hands.

If she decide to leave, that lady never loved you, but if her confession is that she cheat on you and still want to stay then forgive her and reach an agreement to carry out a DNA on that child when it arrives.

Lamasta:
What is now the difference between LAGBRT and commercial bus cos tje prices are the same to me if not more self...

Obalende - Ajah and CMS - Ajah is usually #300, LAGBRT is offering #250.

Daumandu:
Can This Lead To The Downfall Of Someone?

I just moved in to a bigger city and a better and bigger apartment. I co-rented a flat with a middle aged man.

Now here is the problem, in my business at least in a week, I attend to nothing less than 20 clients but since one month I moved to this apartment I have not seen a single client.

Any day I do my digital marketing I am sure to see at least 10 to 20 enquires but since a month I moved to the apartment no body ever chatted me up for business.

Today I had to withdraw the last 5k in my account. The least amount I ever had in my account was 20k now I only have 500. I am someone that always enjoy the grace of God in my business but now its as if heaven has turned it's back against me. I am seriously thinking of leaving the apartment.

Any Advice?

I felt you are making a case out of a mere coincidence, which is very likely to an average African.

There are about five planes of existence which may correlate or have influence on your business turnover, I realize you only focus on just one.

Why don't you seek solution to your current state from a holistic perspective?
No doubt, prayer is good and some landlord may be terrible, but I will advice that you should not really join this religious rat race happening here in Africa.

You will be surprise at what you might discover.

Ustec:

You're right,
The constitution will surely be amended or restructured by 2023(might even be part of the campaign strategies that APC will use to win the heart of the Easterners)
It will be operation restructure or no elections from the East.
Everybody don wise.!

This is the best time for my Eastern brothers to see the need to stay put and play the cards they have, they have a lot of cards to play with the Federal but to be sincere greed and dishonesty is a big issue over there.

If Amotekun were to be an initiative from East, it's first failure would have been internal issue caused by dispute among the pioneers on resources control.

It is high time SE and SS brothers see that their enemies are within and internal harmony is non-negotiable.

Ustec:

You're right,
The constitution will surely be amended or restructured by 2023(might even be part of the campaign strategies that APC will use to win the heart of the Easterners)
It will be operation restructure or no elections from the East.
Everybody don wise.!

This is the best time for my Eastern brothers to see the need to stay put and play the cards they have, they have a lot of cards to play with the Federal but to be sincere greed and dishonesty is a big issue over there.

If Amotekun were to be an initiative from East, it's first failure would have been internal issue caused by dispute among the pioneer on resources control

Ustec:


Checkmate
FG finally agrees to the formalization of amotekun,
Pure politics being played by the FG and the jagaban himself,
Just to douse the tension in southeast.
Ipobians will start reacting soon,
Just watch

LoL.
I actually saw that coming, something kept telling me that this must be the game of Chess.

It's a Mini-Checkmate anyway, the major one will be played by 2023, Yorubas had mastered the Nigerian politics, we don't use threat, weapons or hate speech, we only use pure diplomacy and common sense.

festacman:
One of our problems as people of Nigeria is taking things for granted. We are often driven by emotion rather that rationality and logic. Even our intellectuals are also guilty of this.

Unlike developed nations, we seem to commence action based on mere ideas and then come back midway to work on methology and strategies. Most of our actions and reactions including policies and projects conceptualization are never given both short-term and long-term sustainability consideration. This is case from Federal to State levels.

The current Amotekun controversy is also another big illustration. Until Jagaban insisted that it is active dialogue on areas of conflict rather that emotional grandstanding that engender spirit of federalism, many people including those who should know better were busy senselessly fanning embers of ethnic suspicion rather demand for clearly articulated operational framework that will ensure effectiveness and sustainability.

We need to change!

I agree !

somehow:
The man is a wise man.

There is no regional law
no regional parliament
No regional constitutional power
So making Amotekun a regional security apparatus will fail once it's tested with the constitution.

But there are state laws
there are state parliaments
There are state constitutional powers that are legal.

Even in America, each state has its own local police, this is the closest to local police in Nigeria if done on a state level backed by state laws.

Let each state set theirs up backed by law, then share intelligence with each other periodically, once the parliaments pass Amotekun into law in various southwestern states, no governor can scrap them nor renege from using them but in a regional system, you only need to have 1 or 2 traitors in the region and Amotekun will fall flat.

Make the youth of this country dey think and stop being too sentimental and emotional!

That is the case BAT is describing in the statement.

The level of sentiment I see in this youth is just too disgusting.

NGpatriot:



It's just sad that our so called youths and leaders of tomorrow are too tribal and mentally challenged to understand and process the kind of sane and rational thoughts Tinubu just proffered.

They are not interested in Amotekun, they just want to see conflicts and confrontation between the SW and the North, they also expect Tinubu to come out swinging against the FG and the president basically for their own tribal satisfaction.

I understand their disappointment.

Such disappointment is coming from a point of over expectation and heavy weight of ignorance, their opinion is rarely recognized.

And as you say they only want to see conflict breakout which therefore put your word that they are mentally challenged as an understatement, in the real sense, they have no to zero mental capabilities.

Alanwalker:
so how did the majority see this message now sir?

Go and check the first post where his statement were published here on Nairaland, the statement was published today and people hailed and support him not until the topic "Tinubu faults Southwest Governors and Malami" came out again and because of the negative tone of the headings, people begin to criticize.

Our people are double mouthed, even some people that hailed him on the first statement now come out to criticize him on this negative titled post.

And if you say majority, do you have the data to support your say or is it some uneducated Nairaland fellow you speak of?

Ustec:

And of what benefit is it to you and your ipobians fellow,
I guess Atiku would have granted all your agitations by now,
Make una dey fool una self dea o,
You guys know nothing about politics.

And for you to think the APC governors did not consult tinubu before coming up with amotekun shows you are still a novice in the game of politics.

I like your reasoning on the fact that you recognize that its possible the governors consulted Tinubu before they took the step, its not possible for such thing to happen without his consent, all I see is wise politics been played here.

If it were to be Ipobians, they would have announced right from the first day of the meeting.

Alanwalker:
you people should put tribalisms aside and start reasoning like human beings
No body stands on the fence in this matter
It's the educated elders that speaks and the educated youths follow
He did not try at all
People expected better and he let them down
Not just yorubas but well meaning Nigerians that care about this country

You are making conclusions for a man who has earned himself a broad range of support and respect in every Nigerian family.

Right before you say we should put tribalism aside, I knew you were tribal with your conclusions and I also assume you are a Yoruba person (which also I am).

So what you mean to say is that you want an elderly statesman to subscribe to public opinion just because it is public opinion?? Even when some mistakes stand to be corrected??

This is no child's play. A true Federalist (Tinubu) don't do tribal politics, they imply internationally recognized approach in order to make decisions and contribute to matters that affect their people.

Let's be logical here.

Alanwalker:
sir, we have two sides here Good and Evil if he can't support either Good or Evil then he is a bad leader
Is either a leader chooses to do good or evil
And then face it's repercussions

It is you who should state the good and the evil in this topic. This is not a religious matter and you are only taking it out of context.
Is it the AGF who illegalize an idea he is not aware of that is good or is it the Governors forum who didn't take the proper protocol ??

Amotekun is not legal until its constitutionally conditioned and you all should get that into your thin skull.

Anyway, good luck on your good and evil conquest.

aribs:
This may be an unpopular view but I actually agree with Tinubu on this. There is quite a lot of needless confusion on this amotekun issue. I would urge the governors to pay attention to the points as formulated by Tinubu. This goes beyond theatrics and emotion. What I would have expected the governors to do would be a) release formal operational guidelines that are clear on what this regional watch is to do. This is not a banana republic. There is a constitution which vests security matters in the federal govt. Just like any other agency, the regional watch ought to have clear guidelines with respect to its mandate. Secondly, this regional watch needs to be recognized in law. I cant believe a team of governors with an SAN in there would goof on this. How then do you make it legal if there is no statute supporting the creation of this watch? Is this concept only for the tenures of the serving governors or would future governors be able to use this if such a crisis ever rears its head again? Let the governors go back to the drawing board and perfect this. The idea is welcome but needs to be worked on. As for malami, if he is so aggrieved, he can go to court to restrain the governors or whatever....not his purview to declare anything illegal. On the basis of what?

This wisdom you carry will not go down the drain. You will live to your full life potentials.

googi:
No matter how you try, Tinubu supporters cannot winggle their way out of this.

Anyone that can throw his own mother under the bus to capture Lagos, would drive a hot shaft through his mother.

He worked with Igbo to sell out the Speaker to Tambuwal.

He sent Dawudu to his grave in regret for supporting him instead of Funso Williams.

Just wait, you have not seen the last of Yekini Amoda Ogunlere from Iragbiji, Osun State.

The sound from the statement of a bitter person cannot be hidden in the clove of sand. You presumably don't understand the man called Tinubu. This mindset will never make you to, never!

You are busy blabbing accusations on an unconvicted fellow, stating unproved cases and following hearsay. You are nothing but a taunted and myopic individual.

souljaslim:



He already to sides by trying to be neutral on the matter....his friends in 2015 said (if any yoruba vote for GEJ; they would be bastards).
Today we know who the bastards are

I will assume you are like a 16year old boy that need not to be argued with but rather be enlightened.

In other to get over this with you, kindly go through my first message for a proper understanding.

jayfolarin:
Tinubu disappoints me sha. He really isn't coming across as progressive as I had been led to believe.

He was a different guy in nadeco. Now he just wants to be politically correct.

Dissapointing

This is still the Tinubu of Nadeco, straight to the point and never taking sides because of considerably flaws in human nature.

A good leader don't blindly take sides, they address what's wrong and approve what's right. In the statement, Tinubu proposed a better system for the operation Amotekun, he said instead of regional control, it should be state control.

As a politician and a Political leader, you should expect him to be an internal operator rather than a public one. There is still an iota of posibility that he was fully aware of Amotekun before the launching, but only playing the game of politics with the north on this matter, a person who has a presidential ambition is expected to be like that.

Nonetheless, your expectations of him to take sides in support of Amotekun is presumably ethnical in nature and needs to be checked.

As far as I'm concerned, the approach he took is the best a wise leader should take.