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MyPWisINCORRECT:
The Igbo ethnic group must be reminded that Port Harcourt City is no longer a district in the old eastern region but a city in South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria (take note: not Biafra)

We the good people of Port Harcourt on this day, distance ourselves from the planned IPOB-Trump solidarity protest slated to hold in Port Harcourt on Friday, 20th January, 2017.

We advise our Igbo brethrens to organize such protests in any of the following Igbo state-capital cities of Abakaliki, Enugu, Awka, Owerri or Umuahia.

We also call on every relevant security apparatus to clamp down on any protester and the full weight of the law should be meted on such persons.

I must reiterate that the good people of Port Harcourt and Rivers State at large are not part of this protest and no part of our territory will be ceded to the Igbos for any reason whatsoever.

Thank you.
Who is this? No identity, in other words a nonentity.

alienvirus:
God bless NA. Be focused. No publication by badbellers will ruin your fight against insurgents.

CoolFreeday:
is it by professor, or is it by waec, neco n jamb, even at that, ekiti still leads in terms of professors.
Do you know that they're more Igbo outside east than in east? if they return home, where are you going to keep them? what happened to the investment they have built outside?

UzuegbuProsper:
Imo State is already better under the impressive leadership of His Excellency, Owelle (Dr.)Rochas Anayo Ethelbert Okorocha.


Rochas Is Working.


Imo Is Better.

LoveMachine:
Their beef is their beef. I don't care if they wanna play Nintendo for mouthpiece supremacy. But they both seem to have a monopoly on stupidity. Why do they keep bringing up Trump? He has no love for Africans! Stop making us look like fools! All you have to do is a quick web search to see his history of bigotry towards Black people.

CoolFreeday:
OK, wish them happy rallying.


#Make PMB allow them go self. They properties and stuffs that they'll leave behind will help a lot and their leaving will create enough space for others to strive. I want to see what they will do if they leave as they will be surrounded by Nigeria and how their 5 states will contain all of them aside the fact that they are predominantly traders. Or do they think other part of Nigeria will follow them?

#PMB, Allow them to go please.

CoolFreeday:
OK, wish them happy rallying.


#Make PMB allow them go self. They properties and stuffs that they'll leave behind will help a lot and their leaving will create enough space for others to strive. I want to see what they will do if they leave as they will be surrounded by Nigeria and how their 5 states will contain all of them aside the fact that they are predominantly traders. Or do they think other part of Nigeria will follow them?

#PMB, Allow them to go please.

CoolFreeday:
OK, wish them happy rallying.


#Make PMB allow them go self. They properties and stuffs that they'll leave behind will help a lot and their leaving will create enough space for others to strive. I want to see what they will do if they leave as they will be surrounded by Nigeria and how their 5 states will contain all of them aside the fact that they are predominantly traders. Or do they think other part of Nigeria will follow them?

#PMB, Allow them to go please.

engineerboat:
Earlier today a nairalander made a Post as showned below.

https://www.nairaland.com/3571229/inciteful-statement-bishop-david-oyedepo

various opinions and views of backlash followed on by nairalnaders on the OP, and many of who profess to be Christians, normally i don't want to get involved, but reading the various comments i was forced to voice out this, that

"Paul, Jesus Christ, Elijah, Daniel, et.al will be weeping for many Christians today"

why did i say this:

1. Daniel 6: 10:
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

even in the face of death, Daniel open his mouth and widow and prayed to God, never once was it heard that Daniel called the three Hebrew Children and ask them to take Gun and face the king and his men, he did what he needed to do and God gave him the Victory.


2. The 3 Hebrew Children: Daniel 3: 18

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. 17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.


what happen at the end of the day, God gave them the Victory that they desire, they did not take up arms to fight the king.

3. Jesus Christ: Matthew 26: 51 - 53

And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

This is the saviour of the Christian and the world. are we saying we are more churchly that Christ the owner of the church? Capital NO!!

4. Stephen: Act 7: 54 - 58

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

This is our early church martyr, an examples and companion in the faith.

4. Paul Apostles and the early church.

was summed up from wikkipedia.

Persecution of Christians can be traced historically based on the biblical account of Jesus in the first century of the Christian era to the present time. Early Christians were persecuted for their faith at the hands of both Jews from whose religion Christianity arose and the Romans who controlled much of the land across which early Christianity was distributed. Early in the fourth century, the religion was legalized by the Edict of Milan, and it eventually became the State church of the Roman Empire.
Christian missionaries as well as converts to Christianity have been the targets of persecution ever since the emergence of Christianity, sometimes to the point of being martyred for their faith.

Schisms of the Middle Ages and especially the Protestant Reformation, provoked severe conflicts between Christian denominations persecuting each other.

In the 20th century, Christians have been persecuted by various groups, including the Islamic Ottoman Empire in the form of the Armenian Genocide, Assyrian Genocide and Greek Genocide, as well as atheistic states such as the Soviet Union and North Korea. During World War II members of some Christian churches were persecuted in Nazi Germany for resisting Nazi ideology.

In more recent times the persecution of Christians has increased in India according to International Christian Concern.[1][2] The Christian missionary organization Open Doors (UK) estimates 100 million Christians face persecution, particularly in Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians

what are we then saying,

1. Is the killing appropriate: NO
2. Is the Government doing enough to curb the situation: NO
3. Should Christian Retaliate: NO
4. Should we be more careful: YES
5. Should we defend Ourself: YES

Now to the 5th Point: Defending oneself which many have taken to another level, by calling on christian to take guns, clubs, stone, e.t.c and defend themselves.

Christ in all His teaching did not teach us this method of defend in Christianity.

on personal ground you can decide to defend yourselve with anything, but when Religious leaders start making INCITEFUL STATEMENT, and UNGUARDED UTTERANCES, it brings about utterance.

Can I ask my fellow Christians this Questions.

Do you fight the devil with his own tool.?

I need an answer to this.

Christian today, arise go on your knees and pray unto your God, People are not ready to pray, in the Scripture, People of God praise, pray and won the victory.

1. Jehoshaphat and the Israelites:
[b]2 Chronicles 20: 21: And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. 22And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. 24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.[/b]

2: Paul and silas, "They prayed, they sang, and the Holy Ghost came down"; that popular songs, how many are singing it today.

Be reminded therefore that this are not:
A. Takasufe kind of songs.
B. Snailike kind of prayer.
C. Spinelike kind of lifestyle.

I will sum it up by saying that.

"Oh Christian, do not behave like the sons and daughters of the devil, Go back to your God, prayed to your God, live the type of life God wants your to live and watch how God will give your Dominion, Victory over all that seek your life.

You can defend yourself with whatevet means applicable to you, but dont mix it up with Religion

Good evening.

I like ur analysis but can u explain where Jesus told his disciples to sell their garments and buy swords. Before u tell me that the sword is the Bible please note, 1. There was no complete bible then, no new testament yet. 2. The Bible is called the Sword of the Spirit, take note, Sword of the Spirit. 3. Jesus spoke against defending him, saying He himself could have done it better but then His purpose of coming would have been defeated. So am waiting for ur interpretation.

SultanYoung:
hmmmm
Allah have mercy

Sibrah:
By agbada wearing men?

No such thing as too much arrest if a crime is involved bro.

Dictatorship doesn't exist here. These people sat down to share money not bothering to award inflated contracts as is the norm with them.

aresssa:
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Not interested in your ignorant nonsense. Be like me, show us proof like I did or keep quiet.

fiizznation:
Sorry to burst your bubble lad, boko haram and their sympathizers are already hanging on the gallows waiting for the last 'sharp pain of the butcher's knife'. Your avengers time will come. Be patient my friend. You know everything in this life is one step at a time.

aresssa:
The Twitter nuisance asking the President of Nigerian to go and learn from some state governor in Anambra was a sad and pathetic reflection of his own idiocy, shallow and unintelligent reasoning that has nothing to do with Anambra since there is nothing in Anambra to emulate.

Even you his supporter can not articulate or list more than 4 major projects he's started and commissioned so what's there to emulate especially when other states have way way more to show.

And about salaries, many states are comfortably paying salaries so what's so special about Anambra paying salary?

Even sef, Anambra is one of the many poor States that can not pay full N18,000 minimum wage and have refused to pay minimum wage so what's there to emulate?

And I'm sure you'll come back with some more rubbish, but make sure are ready to list his achievements including commissioned projects since assuming office.


Beats me why the bayelsa senator who's backyard is getting blown to pieces care less about his own state and the poor workers yet to get paid their salaries. Shouldn't the clueless zero common sense man save his laughable advise for his own state governor?

bkool7:
Are you for real?
When it was N50 was it sold at N50?
Now that the subsidy has been removed you now want to buy it at N50.
You no try at all

I voted APC but I won't return ur curse simply cause I'm civil and also a Christian

fastest007:
The Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdul-Mumuni Kabir has faulted critics for blaming Nigeria's present economic woes on President Muhammadu Buhari. The Emir spoke during the inauguration of a book written on the family history of late chief Imam of Kano, Muhammad Zaharaddeen, today in Katsina.


His words:
"It has come to our knowledge that some disgruntled people are castigating President Buhari and blaming the economic problems of the country on him. The President cannot solve the economic blunder committed in 16 years within one year.

"President Buhari needs some time to marshal plans that will solve the several challenges facing the country.

"The President needs the support and prayers of his brothers and sisters from the North to overcome the several problems facing the North and the country."
Source: http://www.somtoo.com/2016/08/you-cant-blame-buhari-for-hunger-in.html

rummeh:
Witches get association


What of wizards Association??

The country hard for everybody including for witches

Nothern:
Why not?

now that they are the source of food that we eat didnt Nigeria still remain one?

DeleteNonsense:
Don't we deserve the insult?

Progressive01:
Hahaha.

Trouble in the camp of enemies of state.

Like Boko Haram, like NDA.

Now, just to digress:

A lot of folks were apparently angry at my submission on my last thread arguing I have no idea how badly the economy would suffer under such policies.

Whether people want to admit it or not, the most vicious opposition voices to what the CBN did are the same people that have been cheering the NDA's acts of economic terrorism on!!

They are the ones that insist Nigeria's economy must be grounded. They are the ones that get supper excited with every act of pipeline bombing by rogue elements in the ND!!.

When people raise their voices of consern againt those acts of sabotage, they mock them calling them Afonja Environmental Impact Assessors!!

Those same people would be the ones to come here and still show the NDA support!

Why, one would then ask, do these people chose to be "favourably disposed" to the good of the Nigerian economy sometime and at other times chose not to??

Only one answer resolves that query- religious bigotry!

Look at them up there already shamelessly doing so. Then they turn around to tell someone crap about the economy as though they care.

Nonsense.

Jirate:
Nigerians know the true meaning of APC already, All Promises Cancelled, so Oga, we are not expecting any Change. At least not good Changes.
You met the $ at 280, today it now 400 to a $. Bubu, wetin we do you?.

mrkayusfit:
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Useless man whipping up religious sentiments as usual. Muslims and Christians are brothers and we serve one God. We will not allow politicians to divide us any further

ItzChinnex:
According to his Facebook Post:



https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154358709217210&id=62188827209&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.10154358709217210%3Atl_objid.10154358709217210%3Athid.62188827209%3A306061129499414%3A2%3A0%3A1472713199%3A2725516832512277494&__tn__=%2As

xprezboy:
this is not an issue of policy. ,you cannot give what u don't have.
Nig is a consuming nation, we love imported things more than our soul , dz government can't provide for the forex need of Nigerian.
it will be a miracle if $ do not reach N400. b4 Dec.

AbuMaryam1:
Thank God we still have foreign reserve, I thought it has gone like PDP. Baba will fix it don't worry.

oyinkinola:
op better wake up, those that calling for true federalism know they have lost everything in the political dispensation of nigeria politics today, many didn't have good reputation, many were doing it working towards their agenda of division of nigeria, they know it can't work so if failed they will say why not divide it?
those are the motive of claiming true federalism, how manage true federalism in the hand of looters, changing constitution or all sort of reform without a dedicated leader is nonsense!
look back to where we are coming from, ojukwu headed region, only to cut away his region from nigeria, we all know the aftermath of it, why still heading towards the same error?

Longman6:
We thought obasanjo was the guy,many gave Good luck Jonathan the benefit of doubt to rule Nigeria while Yaradua was seen as a clear case of imposition,at last we had Buhari who promised to change the whole system,a year into governance the misery continues,my subjective opinion is that Nigerians deserve the leaders they get,how can a president promise to deliver positive results by just listing his intentions,without explaining how he intends to go about it, why didn't we ask the governor who promised to deliver the dividends of democracy how he intends to go about it asides funds from the federation account? What kind of electorate are we,??

oyinkinola:
....for those who still beleive that igbo is fighting for their right must think deeply, because igbo had their own agenda apart, if not why always attacking west...lagos, ogun, ore, killing innocent people, had west ever attack east before? igbo only preach peace with west when their interest is threat, even back in 1967 biafran attacked west, and they yet to say why?.... they attacked west? wereas they were fighting north, I think igbo should come-out and say why west is always victim when they agreived with north, we have our own militants have they ever cross border to igbo land to attack them? but when there interest is threat they then say the westerner is their brother. I think enough is enough, if igbo have anything against nigeria nation or north, they must know how they should handled their agreive next time, we accomodate you, rehabilitate you after the war, return your assets back to you ,what then the offence of the west to merit been killed in our home!
a friend indeed is a friend in need!
this must be stopped!