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Christianity EtcSpirit Healing by Ify27(op): 11:51am On Nov 27, 2011
My question to any enLIGHTend person who has some knowledge of esoteric texts,
is it possible with the use of this knowledge that one can use "magic'' to sponteaneously heal a sick person as mentioned in the bible, Q'uran, and other
''Religious'' books? if so message me how please, i want to use it for good,

Maybe its my destiny, if not why would i post the question,

~Mind~Body~Soul~
FoodRe: What Are You Eating/Drinking Right Now? by Ify27(m): 10:37pm On Jul 02, 2011
Large box of beef fried rice extra spicy, medium order of crab ragoon, savia aloe vera drink ,peach kind
and deep mango drink!
PoliticsWikileaks Documents Show Shell Oil Domination Of Nigeria by Ify27(op): 9:11pm On Jul 02, 2011
WikiLeaks documents show Shell Oil domination of Nigeria
By Patrick Martin
10 December 2010
Secret diplomatic cables from the US Embassy in Nigeria demonstrate the death-grip that Shell Oil maintains on the most populous African country, and the role of the US State Department as the servant of the giant oil monopoly.
One cable recounts the visit to the embassy by Shell’s executive vice-president for Africa, Ann Pickard, on October 13, 2009, for a meeting with US ambassador Robin Sanders, to discuss the status of the Petroleum Industry Bill then being considered by the Nigerian national assembly. The bill would legalize international joint ventures, further opening the nominally state-owned oil industry to foreign capital.
Pickard discussed the company’s strategy for manipulating the legislature, warning that the Nigerian Senate “will pass a bad bill,” but adding, “we aren’t worried,” although “we need to move quickly.” The company expected to have its way in the lower house, she explained: “We are working with the House and the House appears to want to work with us.”
Asked by Sanders if the industry was united in its approach—i.e., if US-owned companies had differences with Shell, which is British-Dutch owned—Pickard replied that there was “total alignment with the international oil companies at every level.” The ambassador told her that the US, British, Dutch and French embassies had made a joint call on the managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Mohammed Barkindo, in support of the plan for joint ventures.
Pickard then told the ambassador about China’s new interest in bidding on oil blocks in Nigeria, explaining that “Shell had received a copy of the letter that Special Advisor to the President on Petroleum Matters Dr. Emmanuel Egbogah had sent to the Chinese which said that their offer for oil exploration blocks was not good enough.”
Shell had “good sources” on Nigeria’s talks with both China and Russia, because the government of Nigeria “had forgotten that Shell had seconded people to all the relevant ministries and that Shell consequently had access to everything that was being done in those ministries.”
This discussion demonstrates the real relationship between the nominally independent country and the multinational oil company, whose annual gross revenues are comparable to Nigeria’s GDP. The country is sovereign in name only, while Shell, in partnership with other oil giants and US and British imperialism, has the final say on all key decisions.
The discussions between Pickard and the US ambassador went well beyond immediate oil interests. They discussed internal Nigerian politics, including the most recent amnesty offer by the central government to separatist militants in the Niger Delta, the main oil-producing region. Pickard said the situation would remain quiet until the end of the year, but would get “out-of-hand” when state elections began in the New Year.
According to the cable, “She expressed particular concern about Bayelsa State, home to Shell’s 500,000 barrel-per-day capacity Bonny field.” She said that Israeli security experts had been deployed in Bayelsa state, but not in the Delta, and there had been “a big drop in kidnapping” as a result.
At an earlier meeting, on September 18, 2008, Pickard discussed with a US embassy official the aftermath of a violent attack on a Shell facility. According to the cable sent by consul-general Donna Blair, Pickard asked what the US government knew about any interest in Nigeria on the part of the Russian oil monopoly Gazprom, as well the possible shipment of surface-to-air missiles to militant groups in the Niger Delta.
The oil company executive and the embassy official engaged in a detailed discussion of the new military tactics employed by the militants, who attacked from the land rather than from the water, as in previous incidents, and also the political response by the Nigerian authorities. Pickard complained that the Rivers State governor “lacked the connections among Rivers State militant leaders to successfully co-opt them as the governors in Delta and Bayelsa states have done with militants in their states.”
In relation to Gazprom, Pickard said that “contacts in the British government” had told her that Nigeria had promised the Russian company “access to 17 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.” This would require taking concessions currently assigned to other companies, and she assumed Shell would be the “prime target.”
The Shell vice president also told the US consul that the oil company had “intelligence” about the shipment of surface-to-air missiles, but was unsure of its reliability. The cable continues: “When asked what aviation security steps Shell was taking, Pickard said Shell helicopters generally fly above the effective range of the small and medium caliber weapons used by militants.”
At another meeting on January 27, 2009, Pickard complained about the level of corruption in the Nigerian government, saying that oil buyers had to pay large bribes to the managing director of the NNPC, the government’s chief economic adviser and even the first lady, Turai Yar’Adua. “Pickard also reported an instance of the Attorney General Aondoakaa allegedly soliciting a $20 million bribe to sign a document,” the cable reads.
The immediate reason for this visit was an attack by militants on a tanker loading at the Shell platform in Bonny, the 15th such attack on an oil company in the first month of 2009, part of a general breakdown of security in the country.
According to the cable, “The Ambassador asked what Shell’s thoughts were on any potential for a coup. Pickard answered that there is little intellectual capital to plan and execute a coup and Shell sees little potential for one.”
The two then discussed the precarious state of health of President Yar’Adua. He was to die the next year, and has been succeeded by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.
Another embassy cable notes unconfirmed reports of bribery, smuggling and other forms of corruption linked to Yar’Adua’s wife, who had purchased a $10 million house in central London. One contact told embassy officials that while Yar’Adua was not taking bribes himself, “his wife siphoned off millions in public funds for private use.”
The cable reported an interview with a Yar’Adua crony, Dahiru Mangal, who had just been named a special adviser to the president. According to the cable, “Yar’Adua instructed Mangal to cease any illicit activity if Mangal wished to enjoy official recognition by the President. The contact implied this may connote, inter alia, that Yar'Adua desires to maintain at least the appearance of respect for rule of law, and thus, does not want any of his close advisors openly involved in suspect activity.”
The most recent cable from Nigeria released by WikiLeaks describes a meeting February 26, 2010 between Ambassador Sanders and Goodluck Jonathan, then the acting president. The meeting was triggered by the sudden and unexpected return of Yar’Adua to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia, where he had been near death at a medical facility.
Jonathan gave the US representative a complete account of his political plans to force Yar’Adua’s resignation, become interim president, dissolve the cabinet and hold new elections. He described his consultations with former presidents and military rulers over how to convince Yar’Adua to step down.
The ambassador encouraged the acting president to go ahead with these plans despite the danger of regional tensions or a north-south split within the country’s ruling elite, since Yar’Adua, a northerner, would be replaced by a southerner, Jonathan.
The acting president then agreed to allow the United States and Britain to provide “technical assistance” for the proposed election in 2011—in other words, the transition would be supervised by the former colonial master and the new neo-colonial boss.
To underscore the actual power relationship, Ambassador Sanders demanded assurances that the current head of the election commission would be removed, and Jonathan pledged to “have him out as soon as next month.”
Overall, the cables from Nigeria give a picture of the relations between Shell, the US embassy and the Nigerian government that could hardly be done justice by a John LeCarré novel or a Hollywood spy film.
The above account summarizes only a half dozen of the numerous cables released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday evening. Among the other revelations, which deserve considerable further analysis:
The US government is paying considerable attention to the deteriorating relationship between President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador, and the nationalist FMLN, which backed Funes in the presidential election and controls a majority in the national legislature. Funes is regarded (in February 2010) as a bulwark against the growth of influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the Central American country. Funes has placed pro-American figures in charge of economic policy and the military, and seeks to align his foreign policy with Brazil rather than Venezuela.
International oil companies are exerting considerable pressure on Venezuela and have succeeded in damaging the country’ s economic prospects, according to US embassy cables sent in the past year. Chevron and the Italian firm ENI were among the firms named. The US ambassador reported that actual oil production was barely 2.3 million barrels a day, well below the official claim of 3.3 million.
US officials exerted heavy pressure on Germany in 2007 not to press charges against CIA operatives who kidnapped a German citizen of Lebanese descent, Khaled el-Masri, took him to a US prison in Afghanistan and tortured him. El-Masri was eventually released, with US sources claiming it was a case of mistaken identity. US Deputy Chief of Mission John Koenig warned German officials to “weigh carefully at every step of the way the implications for relations with the US” if they pushed forward in the el-Masri case.

http://www.wsws.org
BusinessRe: Walmart In Nigeria by Ify27(m): 7:46pm On Jun 30, 2011
Make walmart build 6 hospitals and 6 schools for every walmart they open.
BusinessRe: Walmart In Nigeria by Ify27(m): 6:05pm On Jun 30, 2011
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE DONT DO IT TO NIGERIA PLEASE OOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

WALMART IS EVIL, PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO MADE FROM THE EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS OF LARGER US. CITIES LIKE CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON, LA, BOYCOTTING WALMART AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, DONT JUMP FORR JOY JUST YET BECAUSE YOUR JUST JUMPING IN THEIR TRAPS, ONCE WALMART GETS SETTLED THEYLL NEVER GO AWAY,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMYZwL8sPA
FamilyRe: F.q1 - What Will You Do If Your Child Is A "yahoo-yahoo" Person? by Ify27(m): 6:13am On Jun 30, 2011
what iis "yahoo-yahoo" cool huh
FoodRe: What Are You Eating/Drinking Right Now? by Ify27(m): 5:21pm On Jun 29, 2011
Parle-G cookies and Newport Ciggs
PoliticsRe: If You Became The President Of Nigeria For A Day: by Ify27(m): 1:24am On Jun 29, 2011
MEhuh

i would TRY to expel all USA, GREAT BRITAIN, companies, politician, out of my damn country,
Then put a tax embargo on all imports from western countries,
build school, to educate the youngsters that your country is bleeped up because of white people and are using your leaders as slaves for the global domination, then get better relations with countries in southamerica,and the carrebeincause they also hate america,  start CLEANING nigeria.

but a boy can only dream ,



Im in there like booty hair!!!!
PoliticsRe: If You Became The President Of Nigeria For A Day: by Ify27(m): 1:11am On Jun 29, 2011
Lanray09
Re: If You Became The President Of Nigeria For A Day:
« #1 on: Yesterday at 01:43:27 PM »

If i were made President of this country for a day, all i would do is to quickly go into contract with foreign expatriates on fixing electricity problems so that we could have a better economy and consequently a better standard of living.''

Just replace ''electricity'' with oil and this is what nigeria is doing today,

Just give out all your reasorces away to benefit companies( under 500 people)
so your whole country (well over 150 million)  can suffer?

ive got a better idea for presidency

#1: bring in foreign expatriates who dont give a shit about nigeria and give them jobs to control your oil,
#2: Let them suck your oil dry, export it to europe, after they refine the oil
#3:buy back your oil from the same people who you let steal it
#4:get terrified of militants fighting the people who is raping nigeria alive for the oil back
#5: Log in to Nairaland and complain about the declination of your country and gas prices
PropertiesRe: Block Of 4 Flat+pent House @ Obanikoro 55m by Ify27(m): 6:24pm On Jun 23, 2011
i bet if you show de piks
you will sell faster
FamilyRe: Police Arrest, Detain 'miracle Child-birth' Woman by Ify27(m): 7:42pm On Jun 22, 2011
tony_450:
Yes it is absolutely scientifically/medically impossible for a woman to seperately conceive seven different children and give birth to them in a yr. The only way that can happen is if she had septuplets and then had proceeded to have the longest delivery ever known to man. Otherwise both her and her children will have to have had genetic mutations to the point where each kid grew to term in less than 9 months.

I say this not knowing what the womans story is. If its the first scenario then maybe, just maybe.
This is impossible but you believe the birth of Jesus correct??, or is that one is scientifically and medically possiblehuh
HealthRe: How Do You Feel After Smoking Weed by Ify27(m): 9:40pm On Jun 17, 2011
man after i get done smoking an L , i feel like preaching lol, alot of things just start going through your head and you focus on things more, thing slowdown a little, if im at school, i pay more attention to the teacher, when im high, talking to women becomes easier, i can hold very intellectual conversations and , and then when it comes to bed, you have so much stamina its riduculous, and after the sex come the best part, THE BEST SLEEP OF YOUR LIFE!!!

for those of you who smoke weed, smoke one for me today, lets not become like these non smokers (pussies)(drunks)(wife beaters)
who think they know everything about it but never smoked it,

smoke green, not white,

ps. alchohol is worst than marijuana *FACT
alchohol makes you want to fight, and beat your wife and kids *fact i had to fight my dad of my mum at a young age , the bastard was always drunk, weed doesnt *FACT
alchohol kills people every day*FACT
there has never been a record of anyone dieing because of smoking weed *FACT
TravelAnybody Been To Port Harcourt? by Ify27(op): 4:15am On Jun 05, 2011
Post your pictures of Ph and where ever else in Naija
Travel**top Ten Items You Must Bring With You To Naija** by Ify27(op): 7:55pm On May 31, 2011
THIS IS IT, WHAT ARE THOSE THING YOU CANT FORGET AT HOME WHEN BOARDING FLIGHT BACK HOME FROM WERE EVER YOU ARE NOW, MINE ARE,

1:Iphone 4
2: Macbook
3:Sun Glasses
4:Cash!!!!
5:Good Camera
6:Sandals!
7:Good Running Shoes!
8:CONDOMS!!
9:calling card
10: Gatorade
FashionRe: Does Anybody Know Where To Do Dreads In Ph? by Ify27(op): 5:47pm On May 28, 2011
about how much do you think it wil cost strating them from afro hair?
FashionDoes Anybody Know Where To Do Dreads In Ph? by Ify27(op): 7:06am On May 24, 2011
I want to get my hair twisted for ice dreads in PH but where?
TravelPortharcourt Nigeria= What To Do In P.h.? by Ify27(op): 7:07am On May 16, 2011
WHAT ARE SOME FUN THINGS TO DO WHILE IN PORTHARCOURT?

WHERE ARE THE WOMEN @??

WHERE ARE THE MOVIE THEATHERS?

ANY NICE RESTURANTS?

JUST TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT P.H.
FashionRe: I Wanna Get Dread Locs, Whats The Big Deal Against It In Naija? by Ify27(op): 11:25pm On Apr 30, 2011
thanks
Jobs/VacanciesRe: What Types Of Jobs Can I Get With An American Highschool Diploma In Nigeria? by Ify27(op): 11:22pm On Apr 30, 2011
where is the job site at?
FashionRe: I Wanna Get Dread Locs, Whats The Big Deal Against It In Naija? by Ify27(op): 11:21pm On Apr 30, 2011
oh ok thanks for all the info
Greatly appreciated
FashionRe: I Wanna Get Dread Locs, Whats The Big Deal Against It In Naija? by Ify27(op): 10:52pm On Apr 30, 2011
hen i dont know if they will let me fly international with it, the airports in America a crazy these days
and thier banning everything
FashionRe: I Wanna Get Dread Locs, Whats The Big Deal Against It In Naija? by Ify27(op): 10:22pm On Apr 30, 2011
oh ok lol you dont owe me an explanation but thanks, and yeah ill retwist the new growth every 3 weeks, i jus dont know what kind of locking gel are available in the port harcourt area, i just want them to be very neat so they can grow long fast
FashionRe: I Wanna Get Dread Locs, Whats The Big Deal Against It In Naija? by Ify27(op): 9:41pm On Apr 30, 2011
whats wrong with being born in the states?? shocked and ill be in naija for like 5 months
FashionRe: I Wanna Get Dread Locs, Whats The Big Deal Against It In Naija? by Ify27(op): 9:18pm On Apr 30, 2011
Yeah I was born in Chicago, but i havent been to naija since a baby in the 90's, and i dont have my hair twitsed yet
would it be better to go to a loctition here then during the summer have an aunt or somebody to follow up with the retwisting?
Jobs/VacanciesWhat Types Of Jobs Can I Get With An American Highschool Diploma In Nigeria? by Ify27(op): 7:54pm On Apr 30, 2011
i need a job, just graduated highschool in USA
and going to nigeria before college starts in the spring, and im broke who will hire me?
FashionI Wanna Get Dread Locs, Whats The Big Deal Against It In Naija? by Ify27(op): 7:51pm On Apr 30, 2011
i live in the states right now, but im vacationing back home for a few months and my hair is in an afro and is about
3 or 4 inches, i have ''good'' hair and sported natural waves when i get a low cut, and its naturally curly like i have somalian blood in me lol, but i was wondering how easy it will be when i go to naija to have someone keep re twisting it until it hangs on its own?? and why my mom doesnt want me to go to naija with locs? im so confused but im getting ready to blow up arrrhghgh!!!
TravelRe: Over 293 Reasons To Remain In Nigeria by Ify27(m): 8:38pm On Mar 19, 2011
Thats because tourists come to nigeria with more money in their ''budget'' than the average Nigerian can make in a year when you exchange the currencies,and because hospitals in nigeria are the worst, police force is a joke,the military is taking advantage of the citizens, England is in control of our oil fields making petrol expensive when it comes from our own country, our leaders are trying to assassinate each other and stealing our money,
ARM ROBBERS ARE A SERIOUS THREAT

I just gave you 9 very important reasons why we shouldn't leave or country but to kick everyone and ideas that not going towards peace, unity,education, regaining control of our oil fields and to insure better safety to ,ALL the tribes and people of nigeria, HEAVILY TAX British and other white importers to create jobs for our people, that will put us on top for exporting around the world, strengthen Nigeria image around the world, SET an example for other struggling African nations and spread our arms to them, invest in our own market to better our economy, any treaties signed anywhere must put the betterment for our country 1st.


but who is going to listen to me, i am calling for peace in 9ja between all races and religion, PEACE IN 9JA, PEACE IN 9JA
SPREAD THE WORD, IT IS FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR ALL PEOPLE, THE GOVERMENT OR ANY GOVERMENT OFFICIAL IS AGAISNT YOU NOT FOR YOU,
THAT IS WHY NIGERIA IS IN THE STATE ITS IN NOW, VIOLENCE, BOMBING, KILLING, OFFICIALS BASHING EACHOTHER IN THE MEDIA, YOU SHOULD WATCH THE NEW IN AMERICA ABOUT NIGERIA, THEY MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT THE NEW IRAQ!!!!
WE. THE PEOPLE NEED TO STOP DEBATING WHAT WONT AND WILL HAPPEN AND CALL FOR PEACE, IF WE HAVE PEACE WE HAVE TIME, TIME TO RECONSTRUCT NIGERIA FOR THE PEOPLE NOT FOR BRITISH AND THE NIGERIAN GOVERMENT BETTERMENT"POCKET MONEY"!!!


PEACE IN 9jA FOR ALL PEOPLE, UNITY IN 9JA FOR OUR PEOPLE, WE ARE THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT IS THE CHANT, POST IT ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK GOOGLE, EVERYWHERE OUR VOICE MUST BE HEARD!!!!!!!!!!!
EntertainmentRe: Yo! How Is The Ganja In Naija Like? by Ify27(op): 5:42am On Mar 04, 2011
i hate smoking joints or rizglas as you would say i like swisher sweets and whiteowls
look that up on google and tell me the naija equivelant of it please
EntertainmentRe: Yo! How Is The Ganja In Naija Like? by Ify27(op): 8:06pm On Feb 28, 2011
Genuflect:
They don't sell it by the pound unless you want to buy it in bulk or something
then how do they sell ithuh, and around what price
HealthHelp! How Can I Get My Teeth Whiter by Ify27(op): 8:59pm On Feb 26, 2011
I brush but still no luck, somebody told me to use a chewing stick, i dont know if that helps any ideas??
EntertainmentRe: Yo! How Is The Ganja In Naija Like? by Ify27(op): 1:57am On Feb 26, 2011
lol thats what we call purp in the US ''purp''= purple stuff lol

but how much does an lb of god usually run for so i can be prepared??

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