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When does voting end? I don't know all the candidates or what this is about. . .

MrCork, who you voting for?

Hey! Where's the poll up top?

P.S. Not voting. Wouldn't be fair. Best wishes to all the candidates.

PAGAN9JA:
even the muslim one.

The Muslim God is not human, therefore takes not human form.

P.S. Whattheheck? What section is this?

Ishilove:
Why is it that 90% of the posters on this thread are men?

Men ehn, una no dey use eye see boobs. Una must vibrate. Mscheeeew.

Is the estimated 90 percent male participation greater than on any other threads in the Politics section?

Switching topic for a moment, I would like a response to the question I asked here. (Link below.) Seun or the responsible person can respond there, please and thanks.

https://www.nairaland.com/2277548/how-does-technology-work-nairaland#33635404

P.S. Are you trying to give mrcork lbp on acct he liked ur other profile pic nau? PPS. I love mrcork.

UrennaNkoli:
http://www.punchng.com/news/benin-police-arrest-14-jss-students-for-alleged-cultism/

The police in Edo State have arrested 14 Junior Secondary School students over their alleged involvement in cult-related activities in Benin, the state capital.
It was learnt that the students, aged between 12 and 15, were nabbed when a crack team of policemen stormed Oguola Secondary School at Saint Saviour in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state last Thursday.
No fewer then 56 persons had been arrested by the Nigeria Police for cult-related activities ‎in the state.
According to a source in the school, eight of the suspects were apprehended at flash spots within the school compound.

Their arrest, it was learnt, had prompted the police to conduct a search on some students in the classrooms, where items believed to be emblems of notorious cult groups were recovered from them.

It was also learnt that reports made against the students by some parents may have been responsible for the arrest.
However, the Principal of school has appealed to the police command to release those found to be innocent at the end of their investigations.
Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Stephen Onwochei, ‎on the arrest were unsuccessful.
It was, however, learnt that 14 suspects were undergoing questioning at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Benin.

Nonsense! What is their crime? I see nothing in the write-up pointing to any ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. What is the charge against them? Whatthefuck is "Cultism"? Before long, they'll be attacking and burning innocent people again without specifying what they did wrong. "14 suspects (adolescents) were undergoing questioning" for possessing paraphernalia deemed related to some unnamed cults? "Notorious Cult Groups" that do what? Kill people? Rob people? Play violent video games? Believe differently from the busybodies that went and reported to the jobless policemen? They don't have any more crimes in that town, huh? Rubbish paranoia!

Fraternities and sororities are part and parcel of American universities, by the way. Though they never interested me. They're not illegal.

Godisnear:
Nairalanders come and rejoice with me, i just received my employment letter after years of searching for a good job. Surviving all thr stages including the medicals wey my blood pressure high like something else. I cant even count the number of jobs(Fed & Private) i've applied for and regret mails that followed but today God has done it.

. . . I bless the name of the Lord for my days of job hunt are over. I'm officially going to stop visiting job sites. Bye bye to job section in nairaland. Porting to Romanceland.lol....

Happy for you, bro. Don't put all your egg in one basket ooo. Stay on your toes, and watch out for the probation period since it's a new job. But, I trust God you will do well.

madri4u:
Congrats!..bt bro dont forget to pay ur tithe n giving of offering to Almighty God who has elevated u frm poverty to a well living person nw..

Not too much tithe right away though. Most of that'll end up in the pastors' bank statement. OP was unemployed for five long years! He should take care of all his debts, his personal person, his family, etc., first.

Thrilled for you, OP. Best wishes.

lalasticlala:
Lagos lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegoruwa has threatened to drag president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari to court, for asking Nigerians to stop calling him “General” from May 29.

http://dailypost.ng/2015/05/19/lawyer-threatens-to-sue-buhari-for-dropping-general-title-from-name/

Dude is no Gani Fawehinmi, that's for sure. Attention-seeking flunky.

Swiftlee:
Monitor Lizard Jesu!!! That meat can sweet oo. It is just delicious when you eat it. Just put your water on fire and let it boil very well then put the thing in a big bowl and pour the water on it. Remove from the bowl and place on a tray and peel the scale from the body. It will have smooth and bright colour after you the procedure. Just take a sharp knife and dissect its anatomical structure and try to segregate them into portable and platable sizes. Just remove all the interior intestines and throw them away dont eat them cos I dont eat them either . My guy, put your pot on fire and erm gannish it with all pepper soup orishishi, and prepare it as you prepare your normal pepper soup but leave it on fire for like 1hour cos it usually have tough skin. My guy drop that thing and serve with chilled Chivita or Origin. Enjoy it and you will leave important classes to hunt it I promise you Thank me lerra

That is absolutely revolting! Eat a lizard? <looking for the retching smiley>

DoctorAshley:
Hi everyone,
its simple i will name NINE qualities and you are only allowed to choose four

GOOD-LOOKING
GOD FEARING
TRUSTWORTHY
FAMOUS
FUNNY
MORALLY-UPRIGHT
GOAL-ORIENTED
RICH
choose carefully

That's Eight. Unless "Choosing Carefully" is the ninth.

haibe:
what is this one saying

Means you iz a brat, son.

haibe:
when am not in the mood.. leave me, I will greet u some other time

haibe:
whats ur point sir

haibe:
oga try to comprehend the post.. I cant reply everyone

haibe:
b
before I continue and address ur relevant points

Show me where I said you shouldn't respect your elder..

Seems comprehension is a proble here

haibe:
You are not being pragmatic at all... if you are in a bad mood, you are usually not in the mood to talk at all.. this is normal, stop talking theory

I bet you were the kinda kid that got a lot ikanko and abara up till adolescence.

karkel:
Yoruba no greet pass Edo

Really?

I really enjoyed reading the posts. I appreciate your time and dedication to share your knowledge. And doing so with maturity, despite negative feedback and outright insults often thrown your way.

Even if I do not share your views on something, I can still give you credit for your effort.

There is so much. . . here. lol.

One thing I have run across, but not often, is the belief amongst some segment of American Muslims who say that Wallace Fard is God. I think this is fundamentally a problem. Few Muslims will even consider anything you say after equating anyone/thing with Allah. I'm not even sure Fard himself made such a claim. The man was obviously very inspired and did some wonderful things with Elijah Muhammed, but most assuredly any discussant (amongst Muslims) claiming he is God will run into an obstacle.

About Bilal, I can see where this man may have also inspired Prophet Muhammed, and I will keep learning more about him.

gatiano:
Who is Bilal whose full name is Bilal Ibn Rabah?
The non-black arabs had made us believe that Bilal was born in Mecca and was a slave which Abu Bakr or Prophet Muhammad freed, He was the first to perform the Muezzine, He was said according to the non-black sources to have died at the age of about 57/58 in Syria, where He was buried and the tomb was unkept until Louis Farakhan spoke up about the condition of The said Tomb.

That was all a fabrication! except that Bilal was a Blackman from Albysinia or Al-Habasha. Bilal was never a slave, He was much respected.
As John the baptist herald the coming of Jesus/Yeshua/Isa, So was Bilal herald the coming of Prophet Muhammad.

To be contd....

Okay. Good point. Bilal was undoubtedly very close to the Prophet. Of course, once the Prophet passed away, Bilal had to deal with the Sahabahs and the other Muslims. Anything is possible, and we can't blame Prophet Muhammad for any of the behaviours of his survivors. Interesting viewpoint.

gatiano:
23. About 22 years before Muhammad’s birth, a pink/white arab boy was born in the same region, named Musaylimat. This Musaylimat was to become the anti-christ to Muhammad. When his time came, he changed his name to Muhammad, which means prophecy fulfilled, and he destroyed copies of the Koran and replaced them with his own koran. He also created the shariya, which are oppressive man-made laws added to the Koran, just like the jews made up the Talmud and added it to the Tanakh.

Never heard of Musaylimat until now. I searched for info on him and. . .it is very interesting. So, while he was switching the Qur'an, what were Abu Bakr, Umar and all the others doing?

26.
Musaylimat, with the help of a man called Abu Bakr, who was then ruling, collected all the copies of the real Koran after Muhammad’s death and burned them. They killed the seven men who had memorized the Koran. Then they replaced it with copies of their own which they distributed throughout the Moslem world. It is the same koran used by moslems today.
The original Koran, which was written on dried animal skins, was taken by the family of Muhammad to Sudan, where it remains today.

So Abu Bakr helped him? What of the widow, Aisha, etc.?

After dethroning and murdering Ali, Bilal refused to obey the lies perpertrated by these people, Thus you get the reason why he is made to look like a slave, and his name removed from most of the texts. The fact that He was the first to make the "call to prayer" was the reason why he isn't completely forgotten amongst other crucial duties which would be discussed further.

Do you and anybody think that pink people of that time would allow A Black person, get on top of the kabba to get the first muezzin? With the white muslims that i have met either arabs, pakistanis or east europeans, they won't allow you such a great honour.

You have a point there. The fact he was able to be the "First Muezzin" shows he had clout, at least while Prophet Muhammad was still alive.

This reminds me of the story of one of the first Black Mormons. I recently read some history of their founder Joseph Smith, and about what happened after his death - his successors proceeded to strip powers and Latter Day Church membership from an Black American man who had been a loyal and visionary leader in their early days. Simply because the man stood his ground and refused to be treated like a sub-human by the LDS hierarchy.

gatiano:
Bilaal was born on 555 A.D, from the portion of the tribe of Judah , which came to be know as the Daanakiyl or Dongolawy residing in the land of Al-Habasha or Abysinia.
His duty was to pass the Scepter or staff (The same which Abraham carried, Ismael , Moses, Bilaal's father Rabah) and it was passed to Bilaal. Bilaal passed the scepter/Staff from the Israelite unto the Ishmaelites, to Prophet Muhammad.
Ishmael was the son of Abraham from Haggai who was a daughter of Imhotep. Haggai was not a slave either.
Bilaal was also a distant relative of Prophet Muhammad.

Bilaal passed away in 641 A.D at the age of 90 contuary to 58 on google or by the white-arabs, He was buried in Syria. His descendants went on to create the malian empire which extended to Morocco. Malian empire was vast. There are Black people still in those area of Morocco, and across North Africa up on to Israel and Arabia.

Thank you for taking the time. Interesting information, and definitely a unique viewpoint in many aspects. Quite divergent from the "mainstream." It should just lead to a lively and spirited debate.

gatiano:
Anytime brother.

-Sister Isalegangan

JackBizzle:
When did you become an Arab history remixer/romanticist like Tbaba?

Arab/Islamic slavery of Africans was worse!

-Many of the slaves were killed. (how many slave descendants do you see in Arab lands?)
-Castration
-Walking across deserts to death
-Forced conversion
-Denial

The last one is the most painful...the Arabs never apologised and the Nigerian muslim keeps denying islamic involvement in slavery.

You need to separate Arab from Islam/Qur'an. The Arabs had slaves, but Islam rejects slavery, burial of live female children, and other atrocities practiced by Arabs (at the time). These are the things Prophet Muhammed preached against and was persecuted for, by his own people. Muhammed, the Qur'an, Muslims, are not responsible for slavery or for Arabs' long-held tradition. Muhammed himself was against tribalism and racism, and fought against his own people's ignorance for decades, and his successors continued to fight for centuries afterwards. Learn that!

The Bible (version that I've read) tells slaves to obey their owners/masters and not fight for their freedom. Instead, they are to wait for freedom in the "next life," after they're already dead. Of course, reformers dismiss that, and it didn't stop Martin Luther King, Jr., from becoming one of the greatest Christian freedom-fighters ever. To some, it is about interpretation. People pick and choose different passages to justify their evil deeds, including enslavement and other injustice.

Ultimately, the goal is for Africans to put their Africanness before any foreign beliefs that seek to oppress them, debase their humanity or devalue their contribution to the world.

Amin Ashe!

phemmyutd:
Explaining the reasons why Mrs Buhari cannot take over from her, an aide to Dame Jonathan, Mr. Ayo Adewuyi told PUNCH that Mrs. Jonathan was elected President in July 2012 and was meant to serve for two years, according to the group’s internal regulation. He further said that while her tenure ought to have ended in 2014, when a fresh election should have held, the President’s wife drew the attention of her colleagues to the then forthcoming election in Nigeria, which preparation would not enable her host the summit.

http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/aisha-buhari-cannot-become-president-of-african-first-ladies-patience-jonathan.111699/

So, if voting was postponed since July 2014, did they eventually have one? How is she still president of the group? You mean Mrs. Jonathan has delayed the process until now?

Corky resurrecting his own threads. There must be some deeeeep meanings in there.

gatiano:
Anytime brother. feel free to correct anything wrong on the topic. And He was not a slave. As John the baptist was to Jesus, so was Bilal to Prophet Muhammad.

I'm learning. lol. I really know very little about Bilal, so I don't see any correcting in the offing at this time. (May not be back until tomorrow. Thanks again.)

cc: lagosshia . . . because I did not know Bilal was Shia (per Wikipedia), and not sure if he is considered Shia by most.


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kakakibuy:
Cost of clearing doesn't depend on the declared value of product shipped but on the set values Nigerian Customs have for each model. Nairalander Adexfem handles clearing and he is in the best position to give exact clearing cost.

I'll estimate 380k.

Shey you no get a 3rd-hand ride I can just gee you 380k for, huh?

Okay, I kid I jest. When I get big boys kinda bread, I will holla at ya.

More sales to your elbow, sir. Amin.

Remembering him. Especially with all these news about Adebayor and his family.


https://www.nairaland.com/2307109/yekinis-family-members-still-fighting#33625387

https://www.nairaland.com/930325/rashidi-yekini-dead/2

Brother Gatiano,

Thank you for this. I know I asked for the thread, but I was too slow in creating it. I didn't realise until now that you already did. Since Sunday, May 10? My apologies. Thank you. Shukran!

I will read the whole thread, but I wanted to quickly summarise my limited knowledge of Bilal before I asked you for the thread.

I knew he was a Black or African man who may have been a slave, who liked the teachings of The Prophet (SAW), was a loyal companion and Muslim, and most verifiably, was the first Muezzin - making the call to prayer for the believers/followers in Mecca/Medina.

Then some years ago, an African-American acquaintance who was also a Muslim made some comments which I dismissed as another one of the many claims of White Jesus this. . .Black Cleopatra or Queen of Sheeba that. . .type movements.

Essentially, she gave Bilal credit for the Islamic Prayer( Adhan and Salat). The story she told me was, Bilal was a Black African man in Arabia, praying to his God/gods in his African way; the Prophet (SWT) liked the sounds of it and asked Bilal to recite his prayer (Adhan) again for him to hear and the movements/postures (Salat), which were all incorporated into the 5 daily prayers Muslims do. I'm sure she had a lot more to say, but we never had the chance again and I really wasn't buying it at the time.

But over time, I've wondered about it, and have always wanted to delve deeper into Bilal's true contribution to Islam.

After I made my request to you, before I created the thread, I went to do a little research (Wikipedia only. lol.) and found that (1) Bilal is considered by some to be a Shia(?) because he was one of the Sahabahs who refused to pledge for Abu Bakr. (2) some of his descendants settled in Mali and are the family called Keita(?).

I'll read your posts now, and come back to participate when time permits.

Salam.

kakakibuy:
2005 Mercedes-Benz C 320 4Matic Elegance

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Contact: kakakibuy@hotmail.com

WhatsApp: +36705369050

Total Landing Cost in Naira: ₦2.076M

Total Landing Cost means total price without clearing. The above amount lands the car at the Lagos port.

What are costs associated with clearing? Is it based on declared value of product shipped? Approximate range for this vehicle, if know, please and thanks.

cbrass:
Post the link

Not necessary. He knows it was there. I just want to know how it got to home page.

SEUN,

How did a thread on bestiality, complete with picture, get on the Nairaland homepage?

It was at page 10 when I saw it around late afternoon/evening of Sunday, May 10. And I did not have to be logged in to view it.

I await your response.

Murder. Involuntary maybe. But, it ended in murder. Not to talk of the iron-clad kidnapping and false imprisonment leading up to it.

Tragic.

Someone should be in prison!

gatiano:
This is a very educative video brother, Thankyou. It explains the tribalism across the southern africa(subsahara).
I have posted here many times that in truth we are all from north-africa(which include israel,arabia, yemen, dubai, turkey, qatar etc), infact, we are from everywhere. . .

Brother Gatiano, I'd like to talk about The First Muezzin, Bilal. Curious about what you know or believe about him. Let me know if it's alright to make a thread in the Islam section or elsewhere. Much obliged.

Nowenuse:
Here's a very realistic list of the likely 3 Most influential Nigerian women that ever lived, in no particular order.

I'd also like Nairalanders to tell between these 3 women who inspires you more and who is deserving of the tag of the Most influential Nigerian woman that ever lived.

Hard to pick one - at the moment. My most admired or influential wouldn't be any of your three. But, amongst your 3, I am most interested in the potter, Mrs. Kwali. I hadn't heard much about her so far.


I like your initiative. Nice topic for discussion, OP. I hope you won't be offended by a little honest assessment. (Of course, you don't need anyone's opinion; only because of so much unwarranted negative feedback on a very good thread - at least based on your opening posts; haven't read every single post here - someone said your subsequent comments betray tribalism. Dunno.)

You overreached a little when you described it as "a very realistic list." Whose realism? Whose objective research? What criteria? You also limited it to women who all lived in the same century. Maybe going back a little in time would have enlightened some and broadened the history to show women were doing great things before colonisation. Ultimately, I see it is a good thread of "Nowenuse's 3 most admired women."

Overall, A2.

Women Rule; Black Girls Rock!

Thanks for playing.

UnimkeAk:
Juju no dey smell !

Sorry, ogbeni/nna.

I dey confuse "real" juju with Hollywood (movies) juju.

Look what I found when I search "juju." I kid I jest. I think it was potion or garlic or something.

https://www.artfire.com/uploads/product/0/520/45520/4945520/4945520/large/very_powerful_ward_off_all_evil_banish_demons_triple_cast_spell_4ac42e2c.jpg
This one will cast a spell to ward off evil

https://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/29/4f/e1/294fe14138c3f57e86eab5bdc941e309.jpg
The items on this list will ward off specific bad things

https://ih.constantcontact.com/fs140/1103945268107/img/198.jpg?a=1115091123128
The "evil eye garlic was often hung in a baby's room to keep evil away"

MrCork:
....ok....so are they gonnno face fireing squad ther in Nigeria for stealin yam??... YOU HOMEBASE PEOPLE MENNNNNNN!!! (no ofeinse)

MrCork making sense in his own way.

Very bad things indeed. Hunger is painful o. That's what we learn during Ramadan. Help a brother out. No one should have to go hungry. I could never support prosecution of someone for stealing food to eat. As long as it's just for them and their children and not for resale.

Hand them over. What's with the "torture" in the story?

MrCork:
....ok....so are they gonnno face fireing squad ther in Nigeria for stealin yam??... YOU HOMEBASE PEOPLE MENNNNNNN!!! (no ofeinse)

Very bad things indeed. Hunger is painful o. That's what we learn during Ramadan. Help a brother out. No one should have to go hungry. I could never support prosecution of someone for stealing food to eat. As long as it's just for them and their children and not for resale.

MrCork making sense in his own way.

igbo2011:
The new child will be the new face of imperialism for Europeans to Africa. The goal is to be an African without any African in it. To permanently take our lands and have us living in reservations like Native Americans or Aboriginals. Africans need to wake up, these are not our friends. They want us dead look what they are doing to African Americans in America. Wake up to the world we live in stop being so naive.

http://www.houseofknowledge.org.uk/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48

They'll fawn all over Kate, a girl that was jumping from one nightclub to another half-clothed, until the 2nd-dumbass-in-waiting made her a princess without portfolio.

[img]http://metrouk2.files./2011/03/article-1300394103687-0c198763000005dc-969858_466x497.jpg[/img]

But, let someone post pictures of our own princesses and queens, and most of them will start insulting these decent women for nothing other than they are children or wives of an African king.

https://www.nairaland.com/2195209/alaafin-oyo-2-many-wives

Stockholm Syndrome it is! They were able to colonise us - I guess to many, that means they're better.

(BTW, This is not directed at anyone in this thread. I'm just concurring with my bro Igbo2011, on what I myself have noticed on NL.)

jaybee3:
Why you dey laff me na?

I just never knew your ashewo reach this level nah. Oga moderator OAM4allWomenOfTheWorldJ - him, I been knowing is, I mean, was, a notorious skirtchaser of the highest order. Must be somfin in the moderators' pledge.

Buy the car for the lady ooo. That's how awon big big boys dey do am. I will dance at your traditional wedding.

onatisi:
this is almost exactly the case of the 63yrs old british grandmother lindsay sandiford who is due to be executed in indonesia shortly. Her children were kidnapped and would be killed if she didn't take the drug to indonesia . She had no choice and when caught ,she cooperated fully with the indonesia police and they got the drug barons arrested only for the police to release the barons and the court sentence her to death.

Bros, please! I'm talking about my vulnerabe abandoned people, you're talking about some crafty well-cared for oyinbo with massive competent legal representation.

Anyway, I ain't mad at ya. If she wins, another condemned Naija can benefit in the future. Though I doubt they treat the green passport holder the same as one of her majesty's subjects.