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Markenny:
till Friday, hang on. guys. i will still lets y'all kwn if there is a new development.
thanks all

may you find peace, strength and grace

[quote author=Aloy.Emeka link=topic=277141.msg3934008#msg3934008 date=1243442663]U.S. embassy moves to end Nigerians' ordeal over visa
70,000 residents seek U.S. visa in Nigeria
From Oghogho Obayuwana, Abuja

THE United States (U.S.) Embassy in Nigeria has started a series of physical and regulatory measures to bring about the level of dignity craved by Nigerians seeking American visas and other services at its embassy.



http://odili.net/news/source/2009/may/27/30.html

This may be an apparent bid to stem criticisms of discriminatory profiling and consequent unfair treatment of Nigerians applying for visas at U.S. mission in the country

But even as the measures are meant to ensure that Nigerian applicants are treated with dignity and respect in the visa application procedures, they are nevertheless an open sesame to visa grants as the American immigration laws must take effect in the process, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Robin RenŽe Sanders, has said.

Sanders spoke yesterday at a media briefing and tour of the U.S. Consular Section for media representatives and Nigerian government officials to highlight steps the U.S. Mission in Nigeria has taken to ensure the best possible experience for Nigerian applying for U.S. visas.

Also at the briefing were VFS Global officials who handle the Abuja and Lagos visa appointment system for the U.S. Embassy and two Consular chiefs - Victoria Coffineau, Abuja; and Richard Walsh, Lagos.

Sanders said: "We welcome visitors to the United States and we want your experience to be positive from the day you apply for your visa. However, applicants must also appreciate the rules of our immigration laws and understand that visa issuance is not an entitlement." this is where the problem lies. most people think it is a right with all the prayer and baba serri visit they should get it without proper documents

A part of the new measures, a protective canopy to shield applicants from the elements has been erected at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja. These have been complemented with speed breakers on the road to increase pedestrian safety. Jumbo umbrellas and comfortable seating arrangements in enlarged pavilion areas have also been provided by the Mission.

Disclosing that the same measures had been put in place at the Mission's Lagos office, Walsh added that apart from the covered entrance pavilion, a major renovation work was ongoing to build two storey buildings in addition to the new waiting room, which will be ready in 12 months with the entire project taking about two years to complete.

Sanders also disclosed that 70,000 Nigerians applied for U.S. visas last year, out of which 58,000 were granted. by any standard this is good.

Stressing the need for Nigerians to distinguish between visa processing and issuance, Sanders said: "Do not confuse the processing and our new efforts to make better the process. Visa issuance is something else. That's where the law comes in and we respect the U.S. immigration laws."

However, she stressed: "Even if you do not receive a visa, we want you to have a comfortable experience through the process. Therefore, we have partnered with VFS in a programme to improve the on-line visa application process. And we continue to train our staff to maintain the highest levels of customer service. This is our commitment to you."

Apart from fielding questions on the problems encountered by Nigerians trying to log on to the website provided by VFS Global, details on U.S. immigration law and the visa application process were also provided at yesterday's briefing.[/quote]even if they do these interviews in the middle of maroko gutters naija people will go

[quote author=$osisi link=topic=277129.msg3933902#msg3933902 date=1243441778]I didn't know a woman or anybody could do this for so long and not be caught.
35 years?
The man was married too.
How did they hide the affair that long ?[/quote]you see why we thank God for Godly women like you.
una still get another ada for house

no worry we go pay asking price no bargain. she has to be yellow with open teeth and probably bow leg to match too

sistawoman:
1. more likely to cheat than Nigerian women (maybe), this really cant be determined for fact because women are far more cleaver when cheating then men, esp. Nigerian men who feel it is thier birth right to cheat and therefore dont hide it.  But Nigerian woman are all but taken in the street and stoned to dealth if caught cheating so alot of it is underground.  IMHO

good you said IYHO.  it is not true women are taken in the street for stoning.  you may have seen one questionable pics which i doubt.  if truth be known you will have more cheaters in naija than america.  fair enough you see the west flaunt theirs openly in nigeria because of religion and society.

you will have to be between the bed and the sheet to catch the nigeria woman at it.  when people say nigerian men cheat ( most  of whom i hold no breif for) my question is are they cheating with ghanaians or cameroonians?  work your maths. from secondary school level to the working class they are almost all at it. dare i say shamelessly at it for that matter.

i wish we had cheap access to DNA testing facilities in that country

[quote author=$osisi link=topic=277129.msg3933813#msg3933813 date=1243441144]Man jailed for attacking unfaithful wife

By John-Paul Ford Rojas, Press Association

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Source =======>

A mild-mannered grandfather was today jailed for attacking his wife after learning of her 30-year affair with his best man.

Brian Gibbs, 63, pushed wife Catherine, 55, down the stairs and stabbed her in the neck with a pair of hairdressing scissors in a "moment of madness".

Mrs Gibbs, a martial arts instructor, had told him two days earlier that she was leaving him for his former best friend Ron Mynott, who was also married.

His worst fears came true when she revealed they had been seeing each other behind his back on and off for the best part of their 35-year marriage.

Mr Mynott had been best man at the wedding in 1973.

Gibbs at first kept a lid on his emotional turmoil and he and his wife began to make "civilised" arrangements to divide up their home and belongings.

But at around 6am on 12 November last year, after letting the dog out and making his wife a cup of tea, he finally snapped and attacked her.

Gibbs, a self-employed builder of South Drive, Banstead, Surrey, admitted wounding with intent and was jailed for four-and-a-half years at the Old Bailey.

Judge Peter Thornton told him: "This attack, however inexplicable in its ferocity, did have an explanation.

"Your anger and your jealousy at her infidelity and your fear of losing her no doubt caused acute stress for you and led you to committing this offence.

"You are normally a quiet, non-violent, hard-working family man. This is a sad case and you acted completely out of character."

Gibbs, who wiped tears from his eyes during the hearing, was supported by family members in the public gallery but his wife was not there. The court heard that the couple had two grown-up sons together.

Richard Atchley, defending, said Mr Mynott had since left her - but that Gibbs's reaction was "to feel sorry for her".

"He is basically an amicable, gentle man," Mr Atchley said.[/quote]before the akward brigade comes to spoil this place can i say thank God they were found out. i am generally anti violence but they should have spared him going to jail. he is been let down.

Good Girl:
@ Poster,

You sound really Kenyan. That's the talk of a Kenyan man. "LIPUKA": That is Swahili for "BLUBBER" or "BLOW UP".

@ topic,

A good wife is what you make out of the woman you meet. Treat her like a lady and she will be good to you. Do the opposite and you'll make a good girl crazy.

meaning if she was an accident waiting to happen she ould be changed just by being nice to her?

sopesupi:
Hi all,
just wanted you to realise that the job of a marketer is no rose in the garden at all especially for someone who i repeat doesn't have the flair for it esp. In this recession period,
hear me out on these few line


1. Every month you are expected to draw up a call plan with a list of places and people you intend to market for new accounts( note this is when you realise that no wealth family of yours would want to render any assistance in opening an account with you because you now work in a bank)

2. You are expected to bring in money(a.k.a year end target) that you will never earn till you leave that bank(talking about from 300million to 2billion!!!

3. No achievement no promotion(despite the fact that we all know that there is no liquidity in the country due to the recession)

4. It will really shock you to realise that some people working in units that what they really have to do is show up at work and represent the bank at social functions also earn what you earn with little pecks here and there due to the flexible of the function unlike yours.

5. Shocking truth is that no one cares to know if you have been to and have been turned down by all the companies and individuals in the whole world , all the bank cares about is that you just bring in that money, even if it means doing jazz to obtain it.

6. Realise that most customers are interested in loans which we know the bank isn't ready to give out!!!

7. There is no fresh funds in the country all we do is lend money from other banks and institutions and keep in trust for a short period of time so f you hear any marketer say he/she brought in 100million- 1billion just say to them that am sure it is aka f.i funds and you will see that person give you a second look!!1

wish you guys are the best,
cheers

you work for bank and they give you targets you think that is wrong.

MRbrownJAY:
you quoted me, so you better read what I SAID.

MRbrownJAY:
but of course (yeah right!!!!!!!)

stop trying to put the blame on others for your own problems and face reality!!!!
whats next?! blaming the person who invented the internet for the reason nigerians are doing 419?!

get real!!!! people make their own choices in life, good or bad and THEY have to be blamed, NO OTHERS!!!!

wasnt blaming them i am only asking if he thought AA were responsible for the manifestation of the things listed in naija. i wasnt blaming.

MRbrownJAY:
but of course (yeah right!!!!!!!)

stop trying to put the blame on others for your own problems and face reality!!!!
whats next?! blaming the person who invented the internet for the reason nigerians are doing 419?!

get real!!!! people make their own choices in life, good or bad and THEY have to be blamed, NO OTHERS!!!!

o boy read what i ssaid again.

MRbrownJAY:
you mean YOUR truth?!

you didnt know the AA are responsible for the manifestations of the listed traits in nigeria.

Afribiz:
I don't like judging anyone, & I don't interfere in marital matters cos, the root of the problem is only known by just the man and the wife., so judging from one side of the story is simply unfair.

@OP
One thing I'll like you to be sure of is if that child is actually yours. Anything is possible, and it is said that "it is only the woman that knows the father of her child".

Try everything possible to settle scores with ur mother in-law if that's the only way to have access to your dear daughter. You have to swallow ur pride for her sake. "When you want to catch a goat, you have to behave like a goat". If you eventually succeed, don't hesitate to take her for a DNA test. If she happens to be ur child, then you seek a lawyer's advice on how to go about the issue. If on the other hand, your wife played a fast one on you, then you simply forget you once had a wife and daughter, and move on with ur life.
My 2 kobo

BB Anne:
well, i have and idea, if u are the type that knows your wife's menstrual cycle and can follow it to when she is most fertile, this should be a piece of cake
now read very carefully,

, agree to what ever she says, dont argue, and since obviously she doesnt want babies yet, tell her u understand how she feels. take her out to a spectacular dinner,smooch, kiss do whatever it is you do, then when you start feeling the heat, take her to a pharmacy, but a pack of very gooood condoms in front her, and then go home and before u start having a go at it, make sure she is comfortable in bed, excuse yourself with the pack of condoms, make sure she doesnt notice, go into your bathroom and punch as many holes in the thing as possible,
return to ur bedroom, turn the light down low and get it on!,
by the time you do this 3 to 4 times, i'm pretty sure you will score you mark, but be careful, make sure u dont get caught!

good people still dey amongst us. thank you

anne, this your method na wao

there must be loads online probably not properly tagged.  i know for sure the mrs have about  2/3 makeup artiste/ wedding photos people  on her FB.  you may have to go through those kind of people.

where are the good ladies of naija fashion. help your sister plssssssss

bindex:
You are the greatest hypocrite on Nairaland. Its funny how you you pretend not to care about Allah but you are always on the Islamic thread invading one thread or the other.  I personally do not care about any god because i know non of the gods talked about in the bible or koran exist. I only care about why people believe in such fairy tales with NO evidence what so ever and disparage others for not believing in them.

i know seun dont charge to come in here but you have to be carefull the way you talk about God.  the pharoahs of this world used words like you used there we know the history go ask the egyptians.  you want to be like pharoah?  be carefull.  we are just one breathe away from being dust like mere men. dont talk above yourself.

davidylan:
I think you're getting your politics confused. There is no separating the palestinian problem from the Iran-USA conundrum. That is the basic crux of the matter, forget about the Shah in 1979. As long as the US supports Israel's right to exist, no arab nation will regard the US as an ally even though they pretend.

You think Ahmedinejad hates the USA because the Shah was deposed? Nah . . . its those weapons and funds that flow to Israel that is the main axe to grind.

you do know you are right my brother

davidylan:
huh? What is this man saying?

Kissinger started the "mess" in 1973? Are you daft?

"Palestinian" arabs celebrate the nakba as the 1948 creation of Israel. 6 arab nations declared war on Israel in 1948, Egypt, Jordan and Syria surrounded Israel in 1967 and the PLO (FATAH) was created in 1964.

And Kissinger started the whole mess?

Dude its not compulsory to speak if you are thus ignorant.

you dont have to rob it this hard young man. i wonder why som people hate USA so much as to blatantly tell lies

ttalks:
When it comes to giving or helping the poor, it is both believers and the others.
But there is always priority in everything.
When the "specially to those of the household of faith" was used, it implies that one's priorities when it comes to helping lies with those that are believers before any other person.

It's just like what is being portrayed in 1 Timothy 5:8:

1Timothy 5:8
(  But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

As 1 Timothy implies, one must make sure his immediate family is taken care of before he tries to help any other person.
So it is as regards helping the poor and needy in relation to those who are believers and those who aren't.
The believers can be considered as the family and the unbelievers as the others.
There is always priority in everything.

the scripture some read said get the cameras rolling call the people line them up and shout see me i am giving. 
when you give alms dont let the right hand see what the left hand is doing.

KunleOshob:
On the contrary i am a very radical and uncoventional christain who is very unlike most christians in Nigeria, i have nothing against anybody being rich but i beleive in working hard for my money an not deceiving others to make money. My understandingof the bible goes beyond what you and other indoctrinated church goers understand, you only understand know what "pastor" told you, some of us have done a lot of research and also have the benefit of the holy spirit to minister to us the true gospel of christ. The fact that you cannot commprehend my level of understanding of the scriptures does not give you the liberty to make baseless judements and i as i see you are still very curious as per my age let me give you a hint: i finished my first degree in the 1994[you were probably still in primary school then] you have often displayed very ill manners and poor up bringing on this thread and that is why several times i choose to ignore your rants which is often a display of Juvenile Deliquency.

you are still manifesting the nauseating graceless, tasteless, loveless form of religion you have come to personify on NL.

commprehend my level of understanding of the scriptures

herein lies your problem.   you have a warped understanding of the scriptures.  last time i checked God dont have executive secretaries approving of one actions over the other. 

the oyedepos of this world are going to hell cos they dont tell kunle graduate of 1994 they help the poor so what you?     

you have often displayed very ill manners and poor up bringing on this thread

if you checked my previous posts i have never hidden the fact i came from a very poor home. to help you calling us poor is to call us posh.  we were poo all brought up in a bedroom seperated by curtain but praise God we aren't poor no more not by any standards. 

the grace of God demands that we be thankfull and humble so i exit here thankfull that you dont have the keys to anybody life. continue your ranting on NL. goodluck mr 1994 graduate

kalmebad:
Girls with attitude

Fake girls, esp I[b] WANT TO BELONG KIND[/b]

Girls without manners of all kind


Girls that also bleach not toning

THEY ARE GETTING TOO MANY

Markenny:
the game is still on,

this really strange,me and James are talking about the same girl here.
James told me that he has a girl friend back home but nerve intend to marry black.
i told him about the sweet heart in his phone.he laugh and rename it immediately,today is a week
James is coming from home,so he said his girl friend save the name by her self.i tell him i need
a girl too from Delta state that he should call  her girl friend so that she will arrange one for me.he said OK, but it should be
on Friday@ the club, cos he dint have that time now. i now ask him to show me some of her picture@ his camera phone,so i will kwn if she is gud,he open it up,

:i have confirm it,it her:  what next guys?

marry her before he does.

run now

KunleOshob:
The greatest christian commandment in the bible is to love others, how do you practise this love if you don't assist the poor and the afflicted around you. This commandment was repeated several times in the new testament and was demonstrated thru charitable works by the apostles and the early church and we were asked to exemplify this.

The passage below further butresses my point:

King James Version (KJV)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13:


   1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

   2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not[b] charity[/b], I am nothing.

   3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

   4[b]Charity [/b]suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

   5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

   6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

   7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

   8[b]Charity[/b] never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

   9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

   10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

   11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

   12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

   13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.



In other translations the word charity was substitued with the word love which goes further to prove my point that love was demonstrated through charitable works or by the term love in the scriptures charitable works was implied.

New Living Translation (NLT)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13:

Love Is the Greatest
1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love [/b]others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t [b]love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t[b] love [/b]others, I would have gained nothing.

   4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

   8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when full understanding comes, these partial things will become useless.

   11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

   13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

loving your brethren is a must for the christian person dont you think?  it is so easy to pour graceless and lifeless scriptures withour loving the brethren.

it is good to see you talk about love. hope you look for how to apply it to the pastors you so much hate becos they dont give to people on tele.  i hate your form of i, me and myself christianity.

you are a typical example of what is wrong with the nigerian form of christianity.  when i was in deeper life. i spent my years trying to understand people like you who make people feel guilty for having money or any good thing becos we were supposed to give it all away yet have no qualms asking monetary help from the same person they critisize.  
most of you come here telling how christianity is stronger in naija becos you sleeep and breathe christianity sadly you dont produce the fruits becos you hate, lie and beg for money just like your typical godless nigerian.

over and over you come across childish in your understanding of the bible.  you may know the letters but you dont have the spirit of Christ at least in  your criticism of people you hardly know.

the word says the letter killeth, the spirit maketh alive. didnt paul tell you if have all these your descernment to fish out the oyedepo's as phonies but dont have love your religion is nothing

u are both from different worlds. walk away if you need to change church so be it. dont get pressured into things you cant afford now

Big twist in missing girl’s tale
By TESSY IGOMU
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Eberechukwu

The agony of not setting eyes on his daughter for the past two years gave him a permanent stoop and a distant look. As he stepped into the Daily Sun newsroom that fateful day clutching the picture of his missing 23-year-old daughter, it was obvious that his soul harboured much turmoil.

The sudden disappearance of Mr. Okonkwo’s daughter, Eberechukwu, on her way to work at Sunrise Bus-stop, along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, the family’s fruitless search, accusation and counter accusations were published in the Daily Sun of May 6, 2009.

As soon as the story hit the newsstands, it set off a chain reactions that led Daily Sun on the trail of suspected kidnappers in the oil rich city of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
On May 12, 2009, the phone rang in the wee hours of the morning and on the line was the Daily Sun Editor, Mr. Steve Nwosu. His tone was very purposeful.

“One Matilda has been calling from Port Harcourt in respect of a story that we did on one Eberechukwu that has been missing. The lady said Eberechukwu is with them and would like the father to come and get her released before she is transferred to prison.”

Calls were immediately made to Mr. Okonkwo to intimate him about the development. Though he had been briefed about the development on phone and given the caller’s number, the frail looking man was among the early callers at The Sun office in Lagos. Accompanied by an apparently worried man who turned out to be the elder brother of the missing lady, Pa Okonkwo’s anxiety was palpable as he fired questions at the reporter.

“You sey somebody call because of my daughter. She dey alive? Where she dey”, were questions that stumbled out of his mouth in smattering English.

After efforts were made to answer their questions, several calls were made to Matilda to authenticate her claims and also find out where Eberechukwu was being held in Port- Harcourt.
After days of interaction with Matilda on the phone, the reporter, alongside Okonkwo, headed to the Riverine area of Port Harcourt, the agreed meeting point with Matilda.

In Port-Harcourt, the reporter sought audience with the Police Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Mrs. Rita Inoma-Abbey to discuss the development. After a lengthy strategizing, a plan was hatched on how to get to the Riverine area to apprehend the caller in case she actually turned out to be fronting for suspected kidnappers.

The reporter was later instructed to call Matilda, pretending to be Mr. Okonkwo’s niece from Benin City, who had come with him to identify Eberechukwu and possibly negotiate for her release.
The following conversation ensued during the phone call, within which time the reporter had to practically speak like an illiterate. Matilda later changed the venue, asking the reporter and the old man to take a taxi to an address on Hospital Road.

With a change of venue, it was back to the drawing board. Daily Sun discovered that Hospital Road was just behind the Rivers State Police Command and leaving for the place immediately might arouse suspicion. It was then suggested that it was wise to bid for time while plain clothes policemen moved ahead to mount surveillance in the area.

Matilda called back several times to find out if Mr. Okonkwo was already on his way. During the calls, she sounded quite impatient. That further fired the suspicion that she could be involved with a kidnapping ring.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, the team was ready to meet Matilda. Just then, the PPRO, on a second thought, asked for the name of the missing lady and the actual circumstances surrounding her disappearance.

“She is actually in our custody,” she told the team. “We have one Eberechukwu that was brought to the station by the woman she was working for.”

Based on this revelation, the alert level was lowered and the idea to involve security operatives dropped. With the trail of suspected kidnappers dissolving into the air like mist in the face of sunshine, the reporter chartered a taxi with Mr. Okonkwo and they immediately headed for Hospital Road.

At the address, a fair complexioned lady immediately walked towards the reporter and introduced herself as Matilda. She then launched into a long narration of how she employed Eberechukwu who gave her name as Ngozi in 2008. She disclosed that she pitied her because she claimed to be an orphan. “I was surprised, however, when my attention was drawn to a publication in Daily Sun about Eberechukwu’s alleged involvement in theft.

Trying desperately to defend her action for handing over Eberechukwu to the police, she said: “I employed her as a sales girl when she told me she had lost her parents. When my friend told me about seeing one of my girls in a publication and it turned out to be Ngozi, I immediately called in the police. I did not want a situation whereby she would be traced to my shop and I would get arrested for what don’t know”.

Not withstanding being responsible for her arrest, Matilda confessed that Eberechukwu has been of good conduct and judiciously carried out her duties without prompting since she was employed.
“Though, she admitted stealing from her former employer, she has a long story to tell about the stolen money. But in all fairness, I must admit that she has never stolen any of my things. She has been very sincere in dealing with my customers”, she quipped.

Matilda offered the reporter and Mr. Okonkwo a ride to the Area Command Police Headquarters where Eberechukwu was being held. An attempt to ascertain if the lady in detention was actually Eberechukwu was abruptly turned down by the station officer, who demanded to see the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in charge of the case. The train was thereafter referred to the Area Command to get clearance from any senior officer who might be aware of the case. At the Area Command, a senior police officer who pleaded anonymity offered to go to the station to make the identification process easy.
When Eberechukwu was brought out, she looked horrified with her dishevelled hair weaved into three lines. Silence pervaded the place as she was ushered to the counter by a policeman. Suddenly, a shriek escaped her mouth as she saw her father.

“Ah my daddy! I’m dead! Daddy please take me away from here”, escaped her mouth as she made to lunge at him from across the counter. It took two officers and a sharp rebuke to quieten her. For Mr. Okonkwo, it was obviously the most despairing moment of his life as he watched with disbelief his long lost daughter. An alarming sigh escaped from his mouth as he stared at her with bloodshot eyes.

When the reporter spoke with Eberechukwu, she went into vivid details of her encounter with fraudsters and how she eventually ended up in Port-Harcourt. Throughout the time she spoke with Daily Sun, she deliberately avoided her father’s sad look, while her scared eyes darted round the room.

According to her, when she set out for work that morning and met four men who introduced themselves as pastors, she never imagined that the encounter would eventually alter the cause of her life.
She recalled that the men who alighted from a private car called her name and introduced themselves as men of God.

“They told me everything about my family history and how we have been struggling to survive. They knew everything about me and said that I possessed mermaid spirit.”
The pastors, Eberechukwu noted, told her to bring money for the spirit to be exorcised or she would lose her life.

In her words: I was afraid and asked them what to do because I did not want to die. They said that they would have to travel to Jerusalem to buy the materials needed for my deliverance. They told me to bring my father’s money. But I told them that my father did not have money. They then said that since I work with Mr. Igbanugo, I should know where he keeps his money. They then instructed me to go to the office and bring money for them. I went to the office and brought the money I saw in a nylon bag to them. They took it and showed me a charm, warning me not to tell anybody what had happened. They promised to give me back the money.”

Contrary to the allegation by her former employer that she stole close to two million from the office, Eberechukwu claimed to have taken only N500, 000.

She recalled that the men, who later ordered her into a car, drove to a house in Oshodi area of Lagos where they kept her for some days. After that, they jumped on the road again.

“I did not know where I was because they blindfolded me. The only thing I remember was that they drove for a long time till we got to a place known as Isialla Ngwa in Imo State. One of the pastors warned me not to go home because policemen were looking for me. He told me the lord directed them to take me to the wilderness. They then gave me incense and coloured candles to burn in the room that they kept me.”

After some days, she said the same pastor told her to go to Port-Harcourt because he wanted to travel to Jerusalem to procure the items for her purported deliverance.

“I told them that I don’t know anybody in Port Harcourt but they told me that the spirit of the lord would direct me. They dropped me by the Presidential Road in Port Harcourt and told me to join some prostitutes by the road side. They drove off, giving me a new phone with a sim card. As I was walking on, crying on the road, I met a security man who took me to where he stays with his wife and three children. He also got me a job in a restaurant. It was while working there that I met aunty Chinasa who told me to come and live with her.

Asked how she has been surviving in an expensive city like Port Harcourt and why she said her parents were dead, she answered: “I worked in a restaurant before getting my present job. I lied that my parents were dead because that is the only way people can help me. I did not mean it.”

When confronted with the gravity of the offence hanging on her neck, the thoroughly-frightened Eberechukwu told Daily Sun that the pastors warned her against divulging any information about their business. “They said I would vomit blood and die immediately I tell anybody about it”, she quavered.
Her naivety came to the fore with her defensive outburst when told that she had been defrauded.
“They still call me and promised to bring back the money. They would bring the money. They still warned me not to return to Lagos.”

Policemen and other people listening to her encounter shook their heads, wondering whether Eberechukwu believed the ‘pastors’ who were obviously fraudsters.
“I know they would come. They have been calling me” she answered with a benign look.
Before the reporter left Port Harcourt for Lagos, plans were underway to release Eberechukwu to her father. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/citysun/2009/may/27/citysun-27-05-2009-001.htm is this real?

luxoire:
get the test done

you said she was cheating on you right up when you 2 made love - was it a sexual thing with this other guy? or was there more?
i know she was not supposed to - but if you can look beyond this and forgive her then find out why she did it. it may help in yourr/ship or the next one you get into

good luck

some women too dey try ohh~~

you see wetin recharge card and mr biggs and all the "tranquilizers" dey do our people?

tribalist are mostly ugly people.

God help us

KunleOshob:
@solosimple
Whilst you are right in your submissions that it is not the duty of pastors to develop their communities, it is the duty of the church to help and assist the poor and the needy. in fact if you study your bible well you would discover that church offerings and collections is meant to help the needy[acts 4:32-35]. The church is meant to help people live better lives and that is why churches are registered as charities becoas that is what they are meant to be however this charitable roll of the church as been relegated to the back ground cos those leading the church today have no genuine love for the people they are ministering to. the church is not just about spreading the gospel but also about helping others. Here is what James the brother of Jesus as to say about being a christian;

James 1:27: True and undefiled religion[worship] in the sight of God the father is taking care of the widow and the needy in their affliction and keeping your self uncorrupted from the world.

There are several scriptures in the new testament that directs the church to give to the needy, i would be glad to point them out to you if you want further clarification on what i have posted.

Acts 4:32-35 (King James Version)

32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

33And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

34Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

35And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

where in these scriptures were christians told to make this into law?

some one please tell me how helen ukpabio made this list?

add emirs, igwes, ezes, obongs, obis, obas and thieves or are the chiefs?

joy1225:
I HEARD THESE PEOPLE MAKE BEAUTIFUL BRIDAL HAIR
THEO
KEMI
DEBBIE
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND HOW TO CONTACT THEM?


OR DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY GREAT BRIDAL HAIR PROFESSIONAL??


THANK YOU

did u invite us?
congrats. why not google it and see what comes up

you have to pay for most good pics

very funny people

$30k what are u trying to power

Ulamaster:
@ ALL

Does any body know someone who is ALREADY using this energy technology
successfully in Nigeria ? Can we have some firsthand testimonials of effectiveness ?

? my dad does and it is brilliant. i will add that if you live in the Uk maplin does small ones about £120 you can easily power a room or 2 successfully. someone i know mum use this in the village and it works well