₦airaland Forum

Question:

1.
Can a Christian participate in Christmas masquerade activities( called Mmanwu Christmas in the East), or like the Eyo masquerades in Lagos? I don't know what you call them in your locality.

2.
Can a Christian join them as a member or dancer,support them by giving them money when they come to perform in your house,?

3.
Can a Christian WATCH them perform?

4 Can a christian join traditional dance troupes ?

Late celeb's hospice nurse revealed to be an impostor and Nigerian. He name is Taiwo Sobamowo.

One of the nurses charged with treating Kristina Brown in her final days was not a nurse at all, according to cops who arrested the woman for faking her way into the job.

New reports have revealed that the hospice nurse charged with caring for late singer, Whitney Houston's daughter, the late Bobbi Kristina Brown, was actually an impostor as well as Nigerian.

One of the nurses charged with treating Kristina Brown in her final days was not a nurse at all, according to cops who arrested the woman for faking her way into the job.

Taiwo Sobamowo revealed to be an impostor (tmz)
TMZ reports that the Forsyth County Sheriff busted the fake nurse, identified as Taiwo Sobamowo, for identity theft, forgery, and impersonating a nurse.

The Sheriff and police in Duluth, GA believe she used the ID of an actual nurse with a similar name to gain employment as a hospice nurse, and ended up working where Bobbi Kristina was receiving care until her death.

Cops say Sobamowo had recently fled Georgia after she was arrested in North Carolina, and is suspected of previously pulling a similar stunt in the Washington, D.C. area.

FOX5 in Atlanta first reported the arrest but it is unclear if Sobamowo had direct contact with Bobbi Kristina at the hospice.

Investigators don't think she was intentionally trying to get closer to Bobbi Kristina or the Brown and Houston families

You didn't reelect him because you were misled and deceived by the lies and propaganda of the change chanting and broom carrying dirty folks who can't sweep their house.Blame yourself for been gullible.

It is very obvious, what he did such that even PMB acknowledged it. The problems of GEJ was that he wasn't politician enough with use of rhetorics and wasn't firm enough with the corrupt folks around him.

As per achievement, PMB won't rival him in 8 years. Check this post later.

Goke7:
If Jonathan was that good, he would have been re-elected, Abdussalam Abubakar is another great Nigerian we forget too in a hurry, as a military head of state, he successfully handed over to a civilian administration with no bloodshed. He is even the chairman of the so called peace committee that prevailed on Jonathan to behave properly that Murray bruce is hyping all over the place now.

Truth be told, Jonathan is responsible for where PDP find themselves today and Murray bruce should more concerned about reviving a dying PDP than singing the praise of a man who drown his party with almost no remedy.

Please what about Refurbished laptops from eBay or any of those American and UK online shops? How good are those refurbished laptops because I'm considering getting one.

The name of the small cap male Jews wear is called a Kipa (dome or covering) or Yarmulke.

That is what he is wearing maybe as a sign that he is in the holy land.

Is this poster also a graduate?

Most of you guys don't read at all and just keep on ranting off ignorance.
.ifeajuna and his colleagues went to kill M I.Okpara and as they arrived there that night,it happened that a senior Church leader (bishop of Cyprus) was his guest,and to show you how patriotic those coup plotters were,they said that they left him,to come back the next day and finish up when the bishop must have left.They didn't want to kill him in the presence of a foreigner to avoid bad image for the country.

Before they could come back the next day,the coup has been foiled by Ironsi(who was also marked for elimination)

OduaVanguard:
Let's assume am wrong (even though I am correct about zik's affiliation with ifeajuna), what about Michael Okpara the then premier of the Eastern Region ? He was in the country, so why did they spare him while they murdered the Northern and Western premiers?

I Know Courage When I see One.

Who gave him that award sef?

".......that homeless kid,who chose to go to school and do her homework under the streetlight.....now ,that's courage"

That homeless Naija kid I saw on my street,who instead of joining a gang,was out in the fields,trudging for miles through the sun and the rain with his young brother,carrying a heavy sack on his back ,picking aluminum foils and metal scraps to sell and get themselves some of the things other privileged kids had....and maybe give some to their mom....That's courage.

That young girl who,despite her social handicap, refused to sell her body at night along Opebi Allen,Awka Road, Presidential road and ,instead sells micro stuffs to her colleagues on campus to support herself and still maintain the pace with others.....That's called courage.

That poor woman who despite the bad roads,treks for kilometers from the hinterlands to sell her vegetables and other farm products in the city,just to ensure that her two kids left for her by their deceased dad,completed their secondary school...
..I call it courage.

That African speaking up for equal rights for all;that European standing with the oppressed minority people of colour despite threats and insults;that lady battling cancer ,asthma and still living up and impacting others;that person in my neighborhood whose skin is getting depigmented by vitiligo;the young man who's now living with HIV because he dared to help save a life in a ghastly auto crash along a lonely path...As they all smile through the pain,as they look into our eyes and attempt to convey hope......I define it as courage.

That young girl who was raped by unknown fellow and who despite threats of abandonment from her parents and ridicule from colleagues swore to keep the pregnancy of the young boy who's now in elementary 4....She's the courageous. She's lionhearted.

The Nigerian candidate who was refused admission into the university because she refused to bribe her way through;that student who failed because he refused to buy certain illegal materials from the lecturer,the young girl who repeated a class because she refused to go to that hotel with Mr Professor lecturer......That's courage.

Those youths who refused to bribe their way through and several times lost big opportunities ,and became the object of scorn from family and friends ,still standing for truth and integrity;those folks who have refused to falsify their age,who have refused to swear uncountable affidavits to alter their age and remain in service when their kids and grand kids are out of school,roaming unemployed....I call it courage.

The definition hasn't changed and you can't change it,no matter what you do;no mater what the media do,I'm not changing because I know courage when I see one

Those privileged men and women who leave their families, the comfort and ease and of their country to help the less developed fellows in the third world communities,always battling difficulties, sometimes harsh weather conditions and diseases;I know some of them and have been with them as they try to put a smile on faces....aren't they the courageous?

For a certain group of homosapiens to define as courageous and deserving of a "COURAGEOUS AWARD",a certain Caitlyn man who had married,had kids, grandkids and went for surgery to look like a woman by wearing make ups,and artificial features is a bastardization of that virtue.

Meanwhile,the guy still has his "prick and blokos" completely intact.For what na?(I wonder what he's still gonna do with em.)Do women have it?

As the world continues to legalize illegalities,normalize the abnormal and try to redefine all we ever knew,at least there are still things I hold dear to be true and unalterable, and will stand up for until I die.

This is to all the true courageous men and women all over the world.

My most profound respects.

#DropsMikeOnThePodiumFloor

tundamartin:

Do you think this is open warfare? No, it is being waged underground, hiding among civilians to plant bombs. The Nigeria Army cannot be everywhere at all times!

Really? But they were supposed to be ubiquitous during GEJ time,huh?
Funny his time flies and how things change and how we begin to speak from.both sides of the mouth.

What and who made the Obi of Onitsha the custodian of Igbo culture.? Please do not misinform the people,especially young minds who read nairaland. Thank you.

Dhugal:
*sigh*
I won't even go Igbo-wide,Anambra state alone will suffice.
The Onitsha monarchy,though presiding over a well known city,does not and cannot hold a candle to the Eze Nri and the Igwe Nnewi.
Being popular does not a custodian of culture nor foremost King make.Onitsha monarchy is but a baby placed beside the antiquity of Nri or Nnewi.
If any traditional ruler in Anambra should lay claim to being custodian of Igbo culture,it's the Eze Nri followed by Igwe Nnewi.
Go check how the Traditional Rulers Council in Anambra is ordered,backed by law,before you make more childish show of yourself.
Btw,the Emirship of Kano may be popular,but his overlord still remain the Sultan of Sokoto.
You would educate me over something you know nothing about,smh.
Let's not detract from celebrating a worthy monarch,an awesome heritage.Just cool it with the overly enthusiastic verbiage.

What is FEW for you? What's the statistics,or are you also on the bandwagon of those who claim Nigerian youths aren't ready?
See,what are the opportunities? Where is the inclusion that would help you to cone up? Its non existent. The install their kits and kin ,though unqualified, so no chance yet.

Gbawe:
Bruv, look around you. Do you seriously think Nigerian youths are ready for leadership? Only very few are in an age when the majority are obsessed with bling, social networking, party lifestyle and 'big man thinz'. I interact with a lot of young Nigerians (18-35) and I can say most (90%) are not serious or conscious of what matters in life and how they can contribute towards making their society better. Young people do not automatically deserve anything. They must earn whatever they want in life. If I were Buhari I would ignore Nigerian youths because of what they are. Better to recruit from an era where people were patriotic and were dedicated to serving their nation than enlist irresponsible young people from an era of narcissism and shallowness.

So people really believe this fake news?

So you believe this falsehood by PTs,huh?

You no be am at all if you believed this rubbish

Joniboi:
Where are the wailing wailers? Is this witch hunting again?

Dezaini is so corrupt that she took her tendencies to the UK. After serving her jail term in the UK she will be extradited to Nigeria to face her corruption charges here.

What an end for the one time all powerful petroleum minister.

They just confirmed that bloggers can really get to them.Blogs really have tremendous impact,even though some write nonsense.

They have just lifted this guy to a certain status and its an advert for his blog,if he is smart he can cash on this and explode traffic and cash.

Are you a blogger too?
Just asking o because I saw what you are doing on your blog....smh

elitehowcom:
What! No to Boko Haram In Lagos. we say No! No! No! I'm coming. let me go drive some free traffic to my blog from www.pogster.com

You are scared of the mess ,huh? Did you not read that the GDP was all time high during GEJs rule in the same passage,or did you read it upside down?
Continue deceiving yourself.

Burger01:
Aftermath of Jonathan's reckless rule. Jonathan was indeed a disaster to Nigeria

Check This Out

1. Tallest building in the world(Burj Khalifa,Dubai);
Cost : $1.5billion

Abuja Millennium Tower
Cost : N53Billion

2. Longest bridge in the world: 42.6 KM
Jiaozhou Bay Bridge,a 6-lane,T-shaped road bridge built to withstand Magnitude 8 earthquake, typhoons,or impact of a 300,000-tonne vessel!)

Cost: $2.3 Billion

Lekki-Ikoyi bridge,Lagos: 1.36 KM

Cost: N29 Billion

Niger bridge 2nd(proposed): cost: N108 Billion (Still controversial,inconclusive)


3. Biggest hydroelectric plant in the world(The Three Gorges Dam,China)
Capacity: 22,500MW
Cost: $22.5 Billion

NEPA/PHCN
Capacity: 4,655.2 MW (Highest generated so far as at September 9,2015)

Most parts of the years: Total Darkness

Cost from 1999 till date :
Appx > $24Billion ;

Just wonderful

omenka:
Jeeeeessssuuuussss!!!

Jonathan isn't the only thief we have out there, agreed, but what irks me the most about his case is that he stole Such barbaric and crude manner. How can a president be this dumb!!??

And Dasuki, the ever available accomplice, was on hand to ensure a smooth operation.

Where was the Harvard schooled minister of finance when all these withdrawals were going down?? Can she tell us she was oblivious of these obvious thefts??

This is just too much to bear.



Cc: Gbawe.

so you truly believe this news? Na was o..........

Exactly. Its going to happen but by the time Nigerian become aware of their trick,its gonna be hot for them,including their e-terrorists,like these people already on thus tread

patrick89:
what we have in this country is herdmen method of followership! they follow everything and go against anyone against their believe and opinion in mass!!! they will attack and attack! until people will be afraid to voice out their own idea! they will unleash their media warriors on you! they will attack attack attack and attack until you stop castigating them! that's the method APC media handlers are applying! just watch how they will attack Bruce in their newspapers with no substance!! Even.

just like they did to Bishop kukah!! just wait and see these monsters unleash their dragons on you,,

President Jonathan’s Senator Pens An Article On Why GEJ Bashing Won’t Work [MUST READ]
by Ben Murray-Bruce - Sep 18, 2015
Senator Ben Murray Bruce

I am former President Goodluck Jonathan’s senator. He is my constituent in the Bayelsa East senatorial zone that I represent in the Senate of the National Assembly and I am sufficiently aware of what he did and did not do while he was president of Nigeria.

Former President Jonathan achieved a lot of things for Nigeria during his term and I think it is a revision of history for anyone or institution to propagate the narrative that he set Nigeria back. How could that be the case when under him Nigeria became the leading economy in Africa and our average life expectancy grew from 47 years to 51.7 years which represents the single largest increase in our annals?

Thankfully, these records, especially the one for the increase in life expectancy come from no less a body than the United Nations, so no one can say that Jonathan manipulated these records.

It is not that I have set out to defend Jonathan in this piece, but I think someone has to be responsible enough to say that Jonathan is out of the picture and to continue to blame him and his administration for Nigeria’s current problems betrays a defeatist mentality by those who are engaging in that pastime. This ‘blame it all on Jonathan’ song can sustain those who sing it in the short term, but eventually it will work in Jonathan’s favour. Those in the frontline of the anti-Jonathan chorus are more responsible than anybody else for keeping Jonathan in the consciousness of Nigerians which cannot be good for the present administration.

When you are out of political office, your greatest need shifts from the need to be seen as performing to the need for relevance. It is the government in power that needs to perform. Everybody else only needs to be relevant. And Jonathan’s enemies are making him relevant.

In fact, by blaming Jonathan for all of Nigeria’s problems, his enemies make him the main issue in Nigerian politics which is good for him and not for them.

Let me use an analogy here. In the 80s, reggae music was at the zenith of its popularity and all over the world, from the Caribbean, to Europe to Africa, reggae musicians were singing mostly one song. All their songs centred around freeing Nelson Mandela. However, when Mandela was unexpectedly released in 1991, the popularity of reggae music nosedived because reggae musicians had lost their number one source of inspiration!

So, while Mandela went on to become the most relevant black man of his lifetime, those that sang about his release gradually faded away into obscurity.

Are we seeing a replay of this scenario in Nigeria? Instead of all this Jonathan bashing, should we not be more concerned about the clear and present dangers facing this nation?

For instance, Nigeria has the fastest growing population in the world. While the population of Europe is projected to shrink by 2050, Nigeria’s population is expected to surpass that of the United States and by 2100 it is projected that we will rival China’s population.

Yet, as the population of Nigeria is exploding right before our eyes, some people are talking about dismantling the Jonathan era policies that were actually preparing us for the dramatic increase in our population without themselves coming up with alternative solutions. The new song is to jettison the National Conference report which made progressive suggestions on how to make our economy and polity less dependent on oil which is a diminishing resource.

The agricultural policies of Akinwumi Adesina while he was minister of agriculture are being pooh poohed for political reasons instead of celebrating and continuing with them. The man led changes that reduced our food import bill by over $4 billion and increased our ability to feed ourselves yet we do not want to recognise that because it is a fruit from the Jonathan tree.

The Jonathan administration weeded out 50,000 ghost workers from the federal civil service through the introduction and strict compliance with the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), yet instead of applauding Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for this feat, we are instead bailing out states that cannot pay workers’ salaries precisely because many of those workers are ghost workers!

Tell me who will feed us in 2050 when we have more mouths to feed than the entire populations of those countries to whom we would be looking for help? Jonathan was building schools for Almajiris and there are those insulting him for that and calling it a misplaced priority forgetting that if we do not educate the 10 million out-of-school children that the United Nations estimate exists in Northern Nigeria, a day will come when the population of out-of-school Nigerian children will be more than in-school children and the resultant effect on our national security will be nothing short of catastrophe!

Nigeria’s politics has to mature. We have to realise that once elections are over, we must all accept the outcome and learn to work with each other. It is a big, big misconception that you have to like people to work with them or to build upon what they started. If man had kept reinventing the wheel, we would never have invented the plane.

Every generation must build upon where the previous generation stopped from. That is the story of human progress since the fall of man in Eden to the Internet age of today. If Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone, we would not have the Internet today. If we had complained about the complication associated with the land line and jettisoned the idea of a telephone, we would not have made progress in telephony to the point where we have mobile phones!

If every new administration keeps starting from the scratch and wastes its honeymoon period demonising its predecessor, both Nigeria and the administration may find it difficult to fulfil their potential.

Enough of this rear view mirror focus we have been regaled with these past few months. It is time to man up and take responsibility for the way things are and take action to make progress. Thankfully, not everyone has been caught up in the ‘blame it all on Jonathan’ frenzy.

Of all the present office holders, the only person that seems to have come to grips with the economic reality Nigeria finds itself in is the current Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. His idea of introducing home grown pragmatic policies to curtail what we spend our foreign exchange on is the only saving grace that has kept the naira at the level it is in.

If not for Emefiele’s decision to stop the sale of foreign exchange for the importation of 40 items, we would have been experiencing perhaps a rate of 500 to $1.

By this action, Emefiele has shut out those who previously wasted our foreign exchange importing luxury or non-essential commodities such as toothpicks, glass and glassware, kitchen utensils, tables, textiles, woven fabrics, clothes, plastic and rubber products, soap and cosmetic, tomatoes/tomato paste, margarine, palm kernel/palm oil products/vegetable oil, meat and processed meat products, vegetable and processed vegetable products, poultry — chicken, eggs, turkey — private airplanes/jet and Indian incense.

Can you imagine that the CBN had been subsidising the importation of toothpicks, wheel barrows and palm oil which are products that we can conveniently produce in Nigeria? Are we going to die if we do not import Indian incense? What is that even used for in the first place? Or that at a time Nigeria had become a net exporter of cement we were still allowing people to import cement with our scarce foreign exchange?

We have millions of youths looking for jobs, yet, we were allowing people import chicken and eggs instead of financing our small and medium scale enterprises to go into such ventures which will meet our needs while providing jobs for our youths. These are the types of things that deserve our attention and I thank God Nigeria has people like Emefiele who has not allowed himself to be distracted by all the Jonathan bashing such that he is providing a steady hand at a time when other hands are unsteady.

Hopefully, those engaged in this conduct will come back to reality and stop their blame-shifting dance. If there is ever any man to blame for your present condition, it is never the man that sat in the seat you now seat on. It is always the man in the mirror!

My name is Ben Murray Bruce and I just want to make commonsense!

Senator Ben Murray Bruce is the senator representing Bayelsa East in the National Assembly and is Chairman of the Silverbird Group. He tweets from @BenMurrayBruce.
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Source: http://www.thetrentonline.com/president-jonathans-senator-pens-an-article-on-why-gej-bashing-wont-work-must-read/

President Jonathan’s Senator Pens An Article On Why GEJ Bashing Won’t Work [MUST READ]
by Ben Murray-Bruce - Sep 18, 2015
Senator Ben Murray Bruce

I am former President Goodluck Jonathan’s senator. He is my constituent in the Bayelsa East senatorial zone that I represent in the Senate of the National Assembly and I am sufficiently aware of what he did and did not do while he was president of Nigeria.

Former President Jonathan achieved a lot of things for Nigeria during his term and I think it is a revision of history for anyone or institution to propagate the narrative that he set Nigeria back. How could that be the case when under him Nigeria became the leading economy in Africa and our average life expectancy grew from 47 years to 51.7 years which represents the single largest increase in our annals?

Thankfully, these records, especially the one for the increase in life expectancy come from no less a body than the United Nations, so no one can say that Jonathan manipulated these records.

It is not that I have set out to defend Jonathan in this piece, but I think someone has to be responsible enough to say that Jonathan is out of the picture and to continue to blame him and his administration for Nigeria’s current problems betrays a defeatist mentality by those who are engaging in that pastime. This ‘blame it all on Jonathan’ song can sustain those who sing it in the short term, but eventually it will work in Jonathan’s favour. Those in the frontline of the anti-Jonathan chorus are more responsible than anybody else for keeping Jonathan in the consciousness of Nigerians which cannot be good for the present administration.

When you are out of political office, your greatest need shifts from the need to be seen as performing to the need for relevance. It is the government in power that needs to perform. Everybody else only needs to be relevant. And Jonathan’s enemies are making him relevant.

In fact, by blaming Jonathan for all of Nigeria’s problems, his enemies make him the main issue in Nigerian politics which is good for him and not for them.

Let me use an analogy here. In the 80s, reggae music was at the zenith of its popularity and all over the world, from the Caribbean, to Europe to Africa, reggae musicians were singing mostly one song. All their songs centred around freeing Nelson Mandela. However, when Mandela was unexpectedly released in 1991, the popularity of reggae music nosedived because reggae musicians had lost their number one source of inspiration!

So, while Mandela went on to become the most relevant black man of his lifetime, those that sang about his release gradually faded away into obscurity.

Are we seeing a replay of this scenario in Nigeria? Instead of all this Jonathan bashing, should we not be more concerned about the clear and present dangers facing this nation?

For instance, Nigeria has the fastest growing population in the world. While the population of Europe is projected to shrink by 2050, Nigeria’s population is expected to surpass that of the United States and by 2100 it is projected that we will rival China’s population.

Yet, as the population of Nigeria is exploding right before our eyes, some people are talking about dismantling the Jonathan era policies that were actually preparing us for the dramatic increase in our population without themselves coming up with alternative solutions. The new song is to jettison the National Conference report which made progressive suggestions on how to make our economy and polity less dependent on oil which is a diminishing resource.

The agricultural policies of Akinwumi Adesina while he was minister of agriculture are being pooh poohed for political reasons instead of celebrating and continuing with them. The man led changes that reduced our food import bill by over $4 billion and increased our ability to feed ourselves yet we do not want to recognise that because it is a fruit from the Jonathan tree.

The Jonathan administration weeded out 50,000 ghost workers from the federal civil service through the introduction and strict compliance with the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), yet instead of applauding Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for this feat, we are instead bailing out states that cannot pay workers’ salaries precisely because many of those workers are ghost workers!

Tell me who will feed us in 2050 when we have more mouths to feed than the entire populations of those countries to whom we would be looking for help? Jonathan was building schools for Almajiris and there are those insulting him for that and calling it a misplaced priority forgetting that if we do not educate the 10 million out-of-school children that the United Nations estimate exists in Northern Nigeria, a day will come when the population of out-of-school Nigerian children will be more than in-school children and the resultant effect on our national security will be nothing short of catastrophe!

Nigeria’s politics has to mature. We have to realise that once elections are over, we must all accept the outcome and learn to work with each other. It is a big, big misconception that you have to like people to work with them or to build upon what they started. If man had kept reinventing the wheel, we would never have invented the plane.

Every generation must build upon where the previous generation stopped from. That is the story of human progress since the fall of man in Eden to the Internet age of today. If Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone, we would not have the Internet today. If we had complained about the complication associated with the land line and jettisoned the idea of a telephone, we would not have made progress in telephony to the point where we have mobile phones!

If every new administration keeps starting from the scratch and wastes its honeymoon period demonising its predecessor, both Nigeria and the administration may find it difficult to fulfil their potential.

Enough of this rear view mirror focus we have been regaled with these past few months. It is time to man up and take responsibility for the way things are and take action to make progress. Thankfully, not everyone has been caught up in the ‘blame it all on Jonathan’ frenzy.

Of all the present office holders, the only person that seems to have come to grips with the economic reality Nigeria finds itself in is the current Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. His idea of introducing home grown pragmatic policies to curtail what we spend our foreign exchange on is the only saving grace that has kept the naira at the level it is in.

If not for Emefiele’s decision to stop the sale of foreign exchange for the importation of 40 items, we would have been experiencing perhaps a rate of 500 to $1. By this action, Emefiele has shut out those who previously wasted our foreign exchange importing luxury or non-essential commodities such as toothpicks, glass and glassware, kitchen utensils, tables, textiles, woven fabrics, clothes, plastic and rubber products, soap and cosmetic, tomatoes/tomato paste, margarine, palm kernel/palm oil products/vegetable oil, meat and processed meat products, vegetable and processed vegetable products, poultry — chicken, eggs, turkey — private airplanes/jet and Indian incense.

Can you imagine that the CBN had been subsidising the importation of toothpicks, wheel barrows and palm oil which are products that we can conveniently produce in Nigeria? Are we going to die if we do not import Indian incense? What is that even used for in the first place? Or that at a time Nigeria had become a net exporter of cement we were still allowing people to import cement with our scarce foreign exchange?

We have millions of youths looking for jobs, yet, we were allowing people import chicken and eggs instead of financing our small and medium scale enterprises to go into such ventures which will meet our needs while providing jobs for our youths. These are the types of things that deserve our attention and I thank God Nigeria has people like Emefiele who has not allowed himself to be distracted by all the Jonathan bashing such that he is providing a steady hand at a time when other hands are unsteady.

Hopefully, those engaged in this conduct will come back to reality and stop their blame-shifting dance. If there is ever any man to blame for your present condition, it is never the man that sat in the seat you now seat on. It is always the man in the mirror!

My name is Ben Murray Bruce and I just want to make commonsense!

Senator Ben Murray Bruce is the senator representing Bayelsa East in the National Assembly and is Chairman of the Silverbird Group. He tweets from @BenMurrayBruce.

Source:thetrentonline

ChurchLeaders.com

Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, violated the Supreme Court order and refused to give homosexual couples marriage licenses. She has been found in contempt of court and has been sent to jail until she agrees to comply.

Over 100 protesters and demonstrators lined the street with opposing views, shouts, signs, religious rants and calls for marriage equality. For conservatives, fear has struck a nerve. For supporters of marriage equality, this has hit close to home.

One man shouted with a microphone, “If we want to live like Sodom and Gomorrah, God will punish us like Sodom and Gomorrah,” he said, referencing Genesis 19:23-26.

USA Today writes, “Ashley Hogue, a secretary from Ashland held a sign outside the courthouse that read, ‘Kim Davis does not speak for my religious beliefs. This is so ugly,’ she said, wiping away tears. ‘I was unprepared for all the hate.'”


A courtroom of 300 seats was full for the hearing.

So you are among these guys that sing.....?

I Hope your lyrics make sense

Airforce1:
I want to use this opportunity to remind you guys that my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th singles drops on the 28th of October 2015 same day same time.


song n tha mix.. photo below..

*I'm third (3rd) from the right after korede bello*

Thanks guys for so much.

Can A Christian Listen To Secular Songs?

Many Christians struggle with this question. Many secular musicians are immensely talented. Secular music can be very entertaining. There are many secular songs that have catchy melodies, thoughtful insights, and positive messages. In determining whether or not to listen to secular music, there are three primary factors to consider: 1) the purpose of music, 2) the style of music, and 3) the content of the lyrics.

1) The purpose of music.

Is music designed solely for worship, or did God also intend music to be soothing and/or entertaining? The most famous musician in the Bible, King David, primarily used music for the purpose of worshipping God (see Psalm 4:1; 6:1, 54, 55; 61:1; 67:1; 76:1). However, when King Saul was tormented by evil spirits, he would call on David to play the harp in order to soothe him (1 Samuel 16:14-23). The Israelites also used musical instruments to warn of danger (Nehemiah 4:20) and to surprise their enemies (Judges 7:16-22). In the New Testament, the apostle Paul instructs Christians to encourage one another with music: “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs” (Ephesians 5:19). So, while the primary purpose of music does seem to be worship, the Bible definitely allows for other uses of music.

2) The style of music.

Sadly, the issue of music styles can be very divisive among Christians. There are Christians who adamantly demand that no musical instruments be used. There are Christians who only desire to sing the “old faithful” hymns. There are Christians who want more upbeat and contemporary music. There are Christians who claim to worship best in a “rock concert” type of environment. Instead of recognizing these differences as personal preferences and cultural distinctions, some Christians declare their preferred style of music to be the only “biblical” one and declare all other forms of music to be unwholesome, ungodly, or even satanic.

The Bible nowhere condemns any particular style of music. The Bible nowhere declares any particular musical instrument to be ungodly. The Bible mentions numerous kinds of string instruments and wind instruments. While the Bible does not specifically mention drums, it does mention other percussion instruments (Psalm 68:25; Ezra 3:10).

Nearly all of the forms of modern music are variations and/or combinations of the same types of musical instruments, played at different speeds or with heightened emphasis. There is no biblical basis to declare any particular style of music to be ungodly or outside of God’s will.

3) The content of the lyrics.

Since neither the purpose of music nor the style of music determines whether a Christian should listen to secular music, the content of the lyrics must be considered. While not specifically speaking of music, Philippians 4:8 is an excellent guide for musical lyrics: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

If we should be thinking about such things, surely those are the things we should invite into our minds through music and lyrics.

Can the lyrics in a secular song be true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy? If so, then there is nothing wrong with a Christian listening to a secular song of that nature.

However, much of secular music does not meet the standard of Philippians 4:8. Secular music often promotes immorality and violence while belittling purity and integrity. If a song glorifies what opposes God, a Christian should not listen to it.

However, there are many secular songs with no mention of God that still uphold godly values such as honesty, purity, and integrity. If a love song promotes the sanctity of marriage and/or the purity of true love—even if it does not mention God or the Bible—it can still be listened to and enjoyed.

Whatever a person allows to occupy his mind will sooner or later determine his speech and his actions. This is the premise behind Philippians 4:8 and Colossians 3:2, 5: establishing wholesome thought patterns. Second Corinthians 10:5 says we should “take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ.” These Scriptures give a clear picture of the kind of music we should not listen to.

Obviously, the best kind of music is that which praises and glorifies God. Talented Christian musicians work in nearly every musical genre, ranging from classical to rock, rap, and reggae. There is nothing inherently wrong with any particular style of music.

It is the lyrics that determine whether a song is “acceptable” for a Christian to listen to. If anything leads you to think about or get involved in something that does not glorify God, it should be avoided.

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http://www.gotquestions.org/secular-music.html

tobtap:
the OP is clearly CLUELESS

@Tobtap,you are in love with that word such that you even CAPITALISED it.

I'm sure you didn't read both the original article and the countering piece posted there by Mynd44.

You simply registered you presence. Clap for yourself

asha80:
something does not sound right here though..nkwelle ezunaka is oyi local govt..owerri Onitsha express does not cut through there unless they are talking about Onitsha Enugu express

What has local government got to do with this.Have you been to these areas and seen how connected they are.

@Mynd44 please take note of the above.That's why it'll be that long,if you knew the places mentioned .

At 44km,it'll be the longest bridge in the world!
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This is to clear the air about all the falsehood flying around,peddled by liars including their blind Igbo stooges who are ignorant of what's happening in their domain.
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The truth is that the bridge does not serve the South-East more than it serves the South-South and South-West that have direct link to it. I am afraid that if this bridge is branded an Igbo project, it would be treated like everything belonging to the Igbo. The bridge should be left to the Federal Government and the international investors to realise the project.

The first Onitsha-Asaba Niger Bridge was completed in December 1965. Built by the French construction giant Dumez, the bridge linked the defunct Eastern and Western regions of Nigeria. Today, it is the major corridor of trade between the South-East, South-South, South-West and North-Central zones. At the time the bridge was conceived, Nigeria was mainly an agrarian economy. Thus, the bridge served as the avenue for transporting different agricultural products – palm produce, timber, rubber, etc. Prior to the construction of the bridge, these commodities were ferried across the River Niger between Onitsha and Asaba using canoes.

Owing to rapid economic development and population growth, pressure began to mount on the bridge, especially during festive periods. The bridge has been overstretched beyond its capacity. There is apprehension that the bridge might collapse with catastrophic consequences to lives and property. To forestall such disaster, the idea of a Second Niger Bridge was conceived.

The Second Niger Bridge was on the drawing board for many decades. Successive administrations in the country paid lip service to its construction. It was President Goodluck Jonathan that flagged off the construction of the bridge and actual work started. To that extent, it is wrong to accuse Jonathan of lying to Ndigbo about the bridge. Jonathan thought that he would win a second term during which he could complete the bridge. But he lost the election. The history of the bridge cannot be written without mentioning him.

The truth is that work has commenced on the Second Niger Bridge and is progressing. The project, which is divided into three phases, will bypass Onitsha and Asaba to connect the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway at Nkwerre-Ezunaka, and then cross Atani to the Asaba-Benin Expressway at Okpanam with a total length of 44 kilometres. With this length, the Second Niger Bridge will surpass the world’s longest bridge in China (42.4km), to become the world’s longest bridge!

The project is being constructed under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme. A Consortium JB-NSIA, is working on the project on the basis of Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT), at a total cost of N108 billion. The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) reviewed the concessionaire’s cost of N138 billion down to N108 billion. The project phases will be constructed under Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts awarded by the Federal Ministry of Works (FMW).

The Federal Government committed to contribute N30 billion (28%) of the project cost. The remaining 72% will be raised by the Consortium under a 25-year concession. The Federal Government has so far committed N18.31billion. Out of this, N10.4 billion has been disbursed leaving a balance of N7.94 billion. A team of local and international consultants was engaged through a rigorous and competitive procurement process. The NSIA has spent the sum of $2.21 million on consultancy and another $247,586 on due diligence to determine project viability. The first-class advisory services are required to enable the project reach financial close – the point at which private capital is successfully raised.

Based on reliable information, work has not stopped on the bridge. It could be said that work has slowed down because of the rainy season that naturally stalls engineering construction work. Preliminary physical works have been completed. By December 2015, the final phase of the early works will be completed. The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) is being done to meet the highest international standards to make the project eligible for long-term financing by local and international financial institutions. The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) is reviewing the Full Business Case (FBC) and Draft Concession Agreement (CA). Once the ICRC approves the FBC, the CA will be signed and the Consortium will then raise the remainder of the project capital.

President Buhari has stopped work on the project. It is in the country’s interest to hold onto this project because any review will definitely raise the cost owing to the depreciation of the naira. The cost of the project was reached at the exchange of N154/$. Now the naira exchanges at N197/$. I can appreciate that Nigerians want to see a second bridge across the River Niger. People should calm down. The bridge project has a development and completion time-frame four years from financial close – point at which private capital is successfully raised. This point has not reached, meaning that count down for the bridge is yet to
start.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/09/the-second-niger-bridge-facts-and-figures/

Thanks much for the enlightenment.

saaedlee:

alcmene:
If you are expecting any meaningful outcome of this government, then am afraid you have to wait for donkey years

Bro,I'm really scared to say the least.Its not about performance but about what this country might turn to in a couple of months due to the type of government we have now.How can a certain region ONLY be publicly declared unfit and only one region very qualified to govern a country as diverse as Nigeria?

I pity all these educated illiterates and kids who are ranting about merit and competence. It will soon be clear to me and everyone that Nigeria doesn't belongbto all of us.

P.R.O.B.E.Aganda

Are we going forward or backwards abeg?

Enough of excuses and blame game.

Please get to work;Nigerians are already seeing through the lies and propaganda and it might not be good by the time they reach the elastic limits of their patience .

They voted for change and not excuses.

How come all the heartless abominations ever committed by past leaders,which translated to this legacy of moribund institutions, infrastructure and systems suddenly got dumped on s certain Goodluck Jonathan,- who has now become the reason for any hitch or inability of the present govt to keep campaign promises.

What has happened to those human moths,weevils and locusts that brought us to this sorry state? All the folks who robbed us in broad daylight,institutionalized corruption,sold all our national structures to themselves and their cronies; all have suddenly become saints and ambassadors of righteousness- and are even joining the crowd of finger pointers- all at GEJ.

Stop telling us that the last administration stole all the money in the CBN and all the foreign reserves,while you still have billions to share among the legislators and almost all the time ,we hear about billions of dollars projects about to be done or ongoing.

These lies and propaganda won't go too far; it won't last too long because Nigerians are already seeing through everything you guys are doing.

Stop blaming anybody for your ineptitude. Stop telling us that billions were stolen; get your facts and figures well arranged and charge these guys to court,then get to work.

Time adiro bikonu

Your situation may not be the same.I'm aware u may not know what their A& E unit looks like,and if what u are saying is even possible considering space.Do u stabilize on the air? I have experience d what the op stated above and also the Op hasn't said or condemned the girl because of likely causes of her collapse, which you know are all true.

Assuming it was an ectopic pregnancy, how do you operate and how about lab results,grouping and cross matching and possible securing of blood? Is it available under such circumstance?

Please let's all push for normalized healthcare system; it takes nothing if the govt is serious,else we are all vulnerable.

EVILFOREST:
I see PEOPLE commend him for his ? NICE WRITE UP.

I am also a Medical DOCTOR, what ever may be the CAUSE matters only in history taking.

No matter what the YOUNG LADY did that may have led to her death, she still deserves RIGHT TO LIVE.

After all, I have treated CONVICTED ARMED ROBBERS and KIDNAPPERS who were bought to us by the NAVY, despite passing through MAYHEM in the hands Of armed robbers.

I have treated PROSTITUTES, when they were rushed into the A and E by hoterliers.
So OP whether she did ABORTION or not doesn't matter, that's why you are there

IF what I heard is in accordance with what happened then it is highly CONDEMNABLE.

When I was in F. M. C. OWERRI, we ran out Of BED SPACES, yet we disobeyed the hospital ethics, and admitted ALVAN STUDENTS on the BARE FLOOR... though we got PUNISHED for it.

Am saying this because, ALMIGHTY GOD can bear me witness this hour.
I have done so much and I will do more to preserve the sanctity Of LIFE.

As a DOCTOR, please do the LITTLE you can AND REFER as fast as possible after due explanations

Everywhere u go, u see laxity.
Who is this LAXITY.. ..?