₦airaland Forum

PrinceAsanike:
They forced it on us. Everything about Christianity is a force. The colonial masters came to steal our resources and their missionaries could not preach against it to them, rather they joined hands to enslave our forefathers. Colonial masters abbeted the Christian missionaries to get lands by force and dominance, and helped them built churches and schools with proceeds from exploration of African colonies. They forced many Africans who were majorly Muslims into Christianity by making conversion into their religion as a means to enrol into their schools that were built by their monies on their lands.

They preach peace while they are wicked.
Till today,

Atleast they did not force the thread in you

Davetuzy:
Memories ••• Church Hymnaries

Around the Throne of God in Heaven,
Thousands of Children Stands, Children Whose Sin's are all Forgiven .... My Only Happy Home.

Only happy home keh?

Bro has forgotten. Making me laugh seriously

Rindo69:
You cannot suffer as a Nigerian then come and suffer in the afterlife. God sent to churches to us to make sure that in the afterlife, Nigerians can enjoy what they missed from their leaders!

Dont mind that the pastors are enjoying opulence here; you are not them and you aren't to touch not your anointed or say anything about them else you will miss the enjoyment in the afterlife.

You must also give away the little you have on earth to them for them to be comfortable so you can book your space in the afterlife enjoyment!

If you like, dont get sense! I was at the airport a few days ago to see a crowd waiting to welcome Dag Heward Mills to Abuja in orange tshirts. They looked like lost brainwashed people waiting for their pseudo messiah

The Anointing restrains... You can only do good with the anointing of God. A fake pastor must be called out.

You do not miss the afterlife's good for speaking against evil.

Paul called them out
The Cretes did not hide the gluttons in their midst whose God is their belly.

DoWhatThouWilt:
Here’s a 10-point summary of the write-up for those who find it unbearably difficult to read long posts.

1. The church is Nigeria’s most profitable “industry” — more lucrative than oil, telecoms, or banking.

2. Faith is free, but salvation is monetized — offerings and tithes fuel tax-free empires of private jets, estates, and megachurches.

3. The nation suffers while pulpits flourish — hospitals lack drugs, schools collapse, yet churches shine with marble halls and AC-powered auditoriums.

4. Pastors live like kings, while the people remain poor — congregations fund luxury lifestyles they will never share in.

5. Churches offer a guaranteed market — every Sunday, millions give without advertising or subsidies, buying hope in a broken nation.

6. The pulpit has become a boardroom — pastors act as CEOs, churches as franchises, and faith as a branded business model.

7. Complicity sustains the system — Nigerians cheer pastors’ wealth, applaud cathedrals, and keep giving despite their own poverty.

8. The church economy is massive — estimated at $9 billion annually (₦14 trillion+), bigger than the GDP of 30+ African countries.

9. Religion launders corruption — politicians donate looted money for prestige, forgiveness, and influence, making the altar a vault.

10. The tragedy is systemic — hope is sold, poverty recycled, progress postponed, while Nigeria mistakes noise for revival and wealth for holiness.

Thanks for the summary.

It is called the RELIGION SECTOR!

Give to God as much as you can... Directly pick up Church projects , even the least things as buying bulbs, fueling power plants etc... help the needy.
From Your heart, you can also give to genuine pastors.

Go to Church to see God alone
Ignore the Money driven GOs, they have no conscience.
Do not even give to them...

Skeyskey:
Without Caicedo Chelsea could have lost the game. Imagine what will happen if he is injured.

We all know Caicedo's quality.
One of our very bests,

Spot lighting Enzo, not for his frequent brilliance, but for his frequent involvements.

We value that.

GoodSerpent:
Enzo is just using Caicedo to work... Make he Sha no over work the man

Hope you also look at his stats.

Football is a team sport. The ability to understand and work with and through others is an important aspect of the game. The ability to create and use chances is also very important. Mentality... set pièce...

Enzo has all of these. Top player? No!
But certainly more than average.

I just weak!!!

Do not forget the malpractice issue they cited. Criticize WAEC for their many years of careless oversight. Criticize the system that produces batches of candidates with over 70% unable to solve a simple equation more less write a formal letter.

The System is not just the government.

Jaymats:
Because evil people are everywhere here doing horrible destiny damage control using innocent God crated animals to wreck havoc.

Do you think they don't know?
Pretence is our biggest problem.

Spirituality is a cultural construct. Even some logic- themed aspects of science, psychology and social dynamics are not universal but culturally modified to atune to localized conditions.

In the end, debates don't erase facts. You can't tell me the zodiac-signs believing whites are any less spiritual than us.

Visit India, China and even the American states of dense indigeneous populations and see for yourself what power mass consent has given to spirituality.

To be factual about it, chances the bird isn't evil is still less than 100%.

chiagozien:
My comment is not about you but about your Nigeria government and majority of your Nigerians.



You may be different but you can't make a change in this.

Bro, I understand.

Nobody dies

E will just squart
D will not be hurt because the weight on the other side of the toothed see-saw is bigger than the one rolling down. Both will descend to the left hand side.

A and B stand no risk of dying at all.

chiagozien:
You frown at it when those that committed those crimes are your heroes in Nigeria?

You frown when you guys still boosted about it and most of you still use pictures of starving igbo kids to mock Igbos.


You people frown at it when your war crim!!inal gowon shows no remorse, instead boosted he will do it again and again if in the same position.

About two months ago he said he didn't kill millions of Igbos because of hatred for anyone but for Nigeria unity.no regret in his actions.


You frown at it when your Nigeria is are still fighting the war in East?
Between 2015 till now your Nigeria government have killed over six hundred innocent igbo

And what do you mean by new generation?
Millions of those that survived Nigeria genocide against Igbos are still alive,My mother and her siblings are still alive.



Your Nigeria can never escape their bad past by hiding the truth, removing history in school to cover their atrocities in East, intimidating and killing any igbo that speaks up.

Nigeria will keep going down.

It is painful but learn to understand and appreciate sincere empathy.

chiagozien:
As if your Nigeria have not done worst.




What genocide is more than the one Nigeria government committed, starved 3 million Igbo kids to death?

Terrible they did that!
But your figures aren't right. Plus, it is totally a new generation.

We frown at what was done to the igbos but we are also commited to seeing the Nigeria of our time escapes her bad past to truly become a better place.

I wish I could defend Fubara. Painful how his misdeeds allowed a foreigner rule over his people.

Also, it is derogatory to say Rivers citizens are divided over the return of a son of the soil as governor. Wondering what texture of propaganda you are instigating.

Fubara is leaving by 2027. It is sad, but he needs to call time on this journey. Rivers state will come out of it in the end.

helinues:
Pray and if possible add fasting join if you are having issue with me talking about one sky God

Wise and strong man!

That preacher clearly did not know what he was saying.
But next time, choose your words! Ignorance won't exempt you from bearing certain consequences.

Why didn't you do same in 2023?
See why Wike went flaring against them.
Their plans to deny the south of presidency in 2023 was a gross disaster.

Wondering what they are trying to do.
Is it to field Wike against his boss in 2027 or try to maintain party presence?

Wondering what Wike is also trying to do with them.

Next time, they'd learn to put Atiku and the entire north where they belong.

There is nothing more inexplicable as a party fielding a northern candidate in an election to replace Buhari, a northerner in a country with many other regions and tribes.

As a PDP member, I want things to work, but we certainly need to purge our house of sentiments and tribalism.

Keep this zoning till 2031... for we shall surely return if we should.
Meanwhile, APC is not a good idea but definitely, Tinubu is still our president.

Maxymilliano:
What has his salary at club level had to do with the NFF not doing enough for ex players who fought to put the country name on global list ?

And can we see what Rufai salary was as at then

Nigeria only owes them what it owes the common man bro. Did Rufai deserve help? Yes! So does any other Nigerian.

Why make it sound like playing for Nigeria wasn't beneficial to those players?

Pathetic
I'm pained for many reasons.
May God help us become the country we'd be proud of.

The man is obviously choosing his words carefully. Pathetic!

I'm convinced of how fake they are

Look unto Jesus... The love of money above God and man isn't a little cause to contend with.

Eriokanmi:
Buhari's pro masses legacies are gradually being eroded by this administration. When we say vote wisely, we have a million reasons for saying so. This is just one.

This administration only lifted the ban to alleviate the suffering of the poor masses due to the ill-pricing schemes of the rice manufacturers.

If it were beneficial to Nigerians in the first place, then we'd say this administration has cooked a wicked fault.

Have you forgotten how hunger dealt with us? We were willing to bear the initial effect of the ban hoping our local producers would make things easier on the long run... for wia?

They instead made it totally unbearable.
Same Buhari's administration ought to have tegulated the prices whilst carefully monitoring the grants disbursement.

The loss in investment is 65% Nigeria's money.

One evidence stands against all if these cunning claims: When you had your chance, you made many innocent citizens fraternize with starvation.

Lifting the importation ban was the heart cry of the people.
Tinubu could still have been able to afford your 'gold-price' paddy at whatever cost.

Present your justifiable action points besides grants and loans to the government.

Think of reduced taxation rate, infrastructural support and probably, a deconcenteration agency to watch your production and financial operations.

H

JoeEeL:
See how I missed something so basic. Chai, shame catch me small. It's well though.

I understand my bro. Your analysis still stood out

JoeEeL:
And Fela, the founder of Afrobeats, has no songs in here?

Where is Zombie? Beast of a Nation?

=====================

Don't you guys think its time to draw the line between African songs and Afrobeats? Most of these songs here are simply African songs? 2face and Psquare's style were mostly Reggae. PSquare was doing some Pop & RnB. Abdelkareem was pure rap.

Only Wizkid's Ojuelegba is pure and refined Afrobeats. Fela and Tony Allen were the pioneers of this genre. There's a special african drum that goes with it, some percussions and usually a slow-type of beat with this special trumpet sound, and usually with some Yoruba lyrics to boot. It should be said that afrobeats lyrics tend to be socially conscious or afro-lifting.

Another pure trendy and modern afrobeat song you would find is Wande Coal's "So mi so".

Other sensational pure afrobeats songs are

Teni - "Askamaya" (extremely melodious beatz. I think Dr. Dolor or Spellz. Unbelievable beatz)
L.A.X - "Sempe" (Afrobeats on fire! Somehow underrated)
Tiwa Savage ft Wizkid - "Ma lo" (One of the most unforgettable Afrobeats collabo)
Runtown - "Energy" (Great. Some elements of Afrobeats)
Tiwa Savage - "49-99" (Traditional afrobeats)
Tiwa Savage ft Naira Marley - "Ole" - (Pure afrobeats)
Simi ft Adekunle Gold - "No forget" (Excellent afrobeats)

Wizkid ft Kuti - "Jaye Jaye"
Wizkid - "Ojuelegba" (One of the grandest)
Simi - "Joromi" (Classic afrobeats)
Fireboy - "Jealous" (Modern afrobeats)

Honourable mentions:

Skibii - "Sensima" (Experimental afrobeats)
Burna boy - "Anybody" (The intro of the song alone na afrobeats "

Please list more if I forgot. Thanks guys

Past 25 years he said. Good analysis though

Why the lecture? Is it out of pity?

Teaching the people how not to give you money is both suspicious and malicious.

He traded twice
He made 10 dollars profit from the first

He also made 10 dollars from the second
TOTAL PURCHASE 60 & 80 -- 140
TOTAL SALES 70 & 90 -- 160

Net profit 160 - 140 ---- 20 dollars


Seperate transactions, seperate profits. No confusion!

Christ never held an anointing service

The Apostles never did

The first century to eighteenth century church never did.

The only time the scripture mentioned the use of anointing oil was when it spoke of using it on the sick.



Mark it the anointing oil referred to here wasn't a substitute for prayers but to indicate a switch of stance from sick to healthy as everyone sick may not be able to attain to issues of hygiene and outlook.

Christ taught us to pray to secure favour, provisions, protection and power from God.

The practice of use of anointing oil and holding of anointing services, where did it come from?

The Bible is clear about the stance of God on alcoholism " Instead of being filled with wine, be ye filled with the Holy ghost"

Apostle Paul taught Timothy to live his life when he restrained him from alcoholism. He nevertheless prescribed alcohol as a means to manage his frequent illness. It means Paul himself abstained from alcoholism.

The Lord Jesus Himself at the Cross spat the drips of Vinegar that the soldiers served Him. Obviously revealing His personal view on this subject.

The Last supper was a feast of great significance - instituting the Holy communion. The practice itself is never contradictory but the type of wine served is a permanent hatchet to what the scripture teaches.
I am certain the drink served at the Lord's table that night was non-alcoholic.
Some denominations rightly serve this type but a lot do serve alcoholic drinks.

Ofcourse the Holy ghost does not co-operate with alcoholism.


My question: Is the alcoholic communion wine an exemption?


If not, shouldn' t we call it heresy and stamp it out by resorting to non-alcoholic options?

Celestialsword:
witchcraft and occult practices abounds in all countries of the world.

This doesn't propel or down play development and progress of a people or nation

You are being so realistic brother.

Hard work, leadership and selfless citizens with the right mindsets and acquisitions are the things needed to develop.

Christianity is real
Our Problem is deception!

Most revivals we acknowledge were staged and sponsored by several spirits besides that of God.

Most Pastors revered and most celebrated are false! The worst is they fight the true ones and promote their kinds.

For me, everybody knows where or she stands. No long talk... I only go to Church to honour God. I don't miss a sunday Service
I do my personal prayers everyday and anytime. Public religion without a personal relationship with God is the real hoax!

Some even worship their Pastors above God!


I don retire from Religion tey tey! My Pastors are not happy I have become a private Christian. They are not comfortable I am sincere about my availabilty. I nor dey do Anything to please or impress anyone!

I have been Living like this for the past 5 years and believe me, I have seen better results.

To stop witches? Very possible
But when you start, you don't go on breaks.

Can a nation grow just because witches were stopped for one day? No!

A nation grows when more than a few people decide to stop living in pretence and selfishness!

Good post! I hope it gets to the target audience.

If it eventually does, it will then zero down to whoever finds it relevant.

To some, First class na choice... To others, it is stress... To others, it is destiny... Then To many others, nothing...

Shedrack777:
. I disagree, when you have faith, no devil can stop your prayer(s) from reaching God. It's not by shouting speaking tongues, but by faith.

True
But you can't have faith for what you do not know how to pray for. Praying in the spirit takes care of faith and wisdom as faith is a prerequisite to please God (the Holy Spirit) into helping you pray.

So while the devil may not stop your faith backed prayers, he could hinder your answers for lack of prayers. Through hindering the knowledge of what to pray and have faith for.

"....Forbid not to speak in tongues."
1corinth14:39

I have had experiences that convincingly taught me that unknown tongues are real and affordable only in the spirit.


Please, seek to receive the Holy Spirit as that's the only way to receive this basic gift of the Spirit.
Yes, you can't say you have the Spirit and can't speak the language of the Spirit.

Remember, at the upper room, everyone that received spoke in unknown tongues. Act2:4

But then, the Spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. You can choose to OR not to Speak in tongues as Paul asserts in 1Corinth15: 18-19 only if given the utterance.

But the point of edification or building up is true. Tongues do edify. Spiritual songs as well edify psalms also edify. Ephesians 5:19
Speaking in tongues is special for this reason : It is the spirit that gives these utterances and not necessarily because one is speaking unknown tongues. Meaning
If I combine the French, Swahili, English and Mandarin languages I had learned to pray out of my own will, that doesn't make it a language of the Spirit.


The Spirit can as well give songs and words of praise, revelations and supplications as Psalms.
It is this utterance that builds and he that is faithful in little utterance much utterance is given and he is built up the more. The faithfulness here is speaking what was given to be spoken.

Edification is literally building up by knowledge. Knowledge of the truth is what brings freedom. When the truth is brought to the fore by dint of the spoken tongue, it brings freedom. Yes, by knowledge solutions are conceived and applied.

The Spirit as well helps us pray when we know not to pray.This happens when we yield to him by opening our mouth to utter out his utterances for with the mouth alone can one confess unto salvation Romans 10:10
Speaking is giving the spirit the proxy to pray for us.

Meaning the Spirit still needs your mouth to pray even without knowledge of what is being uttered.

For instance, one could communicate an order he received even though he doesn't understands it to an executioner who understands it and the job gets done. Hence the spirit gives utterance, God who executes understands even when the middle man had no idea.

Now, without the understanding, the middle man is still useful hence value and power is accorded to him. That is how he remains alive in the spirit.

More so, when he understands, that knowledge is added to the benefits he gets. That's what gives him more life.
So even when not understood, speaking in tongues gives power to the man with the mouth.
When understood, more power is derived from the knowledge he gets.
Others who hear him interpret those utterances only benefit from the power of knowledge. He benefits more for usefulness and knowledge

'He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifies himself but he that prophesieth(tongues +interpretation) edifieth the church '

1corinthians 14:4


Only to they that believe. God bless us!