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If the man is dat intelligent he should come home and contribute towards d growth of the software industry. Nigerians generally are one of d smartest people in d world. This man with what he said he has Achieved in computers, a good tuteledge & mentoring Nigerian youths, they can end being one d net exporter of software in d world just like d Indias.

Names of Churches in Nigeria



• Jesus Of God Mission ( Imo State )

• God's Mennonite Church

• Guided Missiles Church

• Jesus In The Now Global Ministry'

• Healing Has Begun Ministry

• God's Own Ministry

• The True Assemblies Of God Church

• Jehova Sharp Sharp (Festac)

• Hurricane Miracle Ministry

• Healing Tsunami Ministry

• Satan In Trouble Ministry

• Fire For Fire Ministry

• Guided Missiles Church

• Fist Of Fury (Nta Road, Port Harcourt )

• Run For Your Life Ministry

• The Yoke Must Broke Ministry

• Jesus Heal Ministry

• Face To Face Ministry

• Angels On Fire Chapel Of Peace

• Liquid Fire Ministries ( Suleja , Niger State)

• By Fire By Fire Ministry

• Holyfire Overflow Ministries

• David Killed Goliath Ministry ( Kaduna )

• House Of Jehova's Padawans (Transamadi, Ph)

• Jesus In His Mightiness Global Ministry

• OPM - Other People's Money (Ph)

• God In Action Ministries

• Moving Mountain Gospel Church

• My Brother Is A Christian Church Of God

• Fellowship Of The Wings - Ajah (Lamgasa)

• Power Foundation Ministries, Aba
• The Pastor's Maiden Crusade Was Titled: "Your Money Is Looking For You"

• Holy Ghost On Fire Ministry ( Abuja )

• High Tension Ministry

• Jesus Never Bleep Up Ministry ( Benin )

• Devil Go Hear Am Jesus Ministry

• Accredited Church Of God

• Chukwudi & Son Evangelical Ministry, Aba

• Power Pass Power Church Of The Mountain Ministry Incorporated

• Ministry Of The Naked Wire - Bayelsa State

• Laboratory Church Of God

• Go And Tell Ahab That Elijah Is Here Ministries - Benin

God Is Real Ministry. Motto: "Jesus No Get Muscle But He Get Power"

• Fire Burn Ministries

• Jesus The Landlord, We The Relaxing Pew Ministry - Portharcourt

• Happy Go Lucky Church Of God Almighty In Jesus Name Amen - Abeokuta

• Old Time Religion Ministry

• Strong Hand Of God Ministry

• Best Spot In The Land Of God Church - Apapa.

Trigger Happy Ministry. Motto- Always Firing The Devil

• Kasabubu Church Of God - Ibadan

• Jesus Knows His Children Ministry - Benin

• Seven Thunders Of Jesus

• Perfect Christianity Ministry

• Elshaddai Shall Not Die Ministries

[size=14pt]It is high time Abubakar Saraki allies himself with the Middle Belters and the Yorubas, the alignment with the far North was Olusola Saraki's thing, but today any wise and educated Kwaran should see themselves as a middle belter and a northern Yoruba after all the old Oyo Empire extended to as far as Abuja. If some Republic of Benin indigenes are proud of their Yoruba heritage why are Kwarans behaving like " omo Ale" - bastards [/size]

[size=28pt]No to rigging otherwise you would get the obj treatment or even worse[/size]

inside job, do some water boarding on the basta*d he would starting singing like a yo-yo.

[size=14pt]With what happened to OBJ, when a lunatic or maybe a disgruntled Nigerian jump into his car to vent his anger at him should be expected from any ballot snatching head of state and politician. If you are a popular president this kind of misadventure by a member of the public would be remote from you.

Jonathan Goodluck it is clear he has so many Enemies, why contest for the Presidency with such a baggage, A President whose arse is not even safe in Bayelsa why put your name forward or where you sleep-walking when you picked up the nomination form. 

Did a device not go off during his visit to Bayelsa State,  a State that should have been his safest heaven in the land or better still the “safest heaven in the contraption called Nigeria” let me borrow a more plausible phrase made popular by my Igbo brethrens, if such can happen where he comes from,  Mr President I am seriously  struggling to know where you are popular and revered or am I missing something here.   

I can remember when the great “Awo” came on a rabid campaign trail in Ibadan in 1983, he flew into town in  an helicopter, kids, adults, market women ran following the flight path of the Helicopter all the way from Ibadan Toll Gate to liberty stadium, a distance of a good 10 km,  that is a popular candidate, why should the high roads and major avenues in our cities be closed because Mr President is coming to town. 

Let the popular candidates run, I am happy with the likes of Fashola, Oshiemole, Mimiko, these guys can work the street of their cities and towns without any fear or favour, they no their mandate is genuine and there is no reason why any politician that is popular should run from his / her own shadow except of course that shadow did not vote for you,  in any case  such a candidate, Governor, Senator or President is occupying an illegal and alien sit and should do the honourable thing,  bite the bullet and resign b4 he gets ejected by the people by force. (illegal Gov Oni can give us a feeler and a proper insight of how it feels to be at the recieving end of justice and the people).

I am fed up of these IIP- Impostors In Power, a word they say is enough for the wise, I hope Messer’s Jonathan is taking this message on board and other IIP’s. Jonathan’s case can be forgiven, that is because we all know by the virtue of his position, when his Boss died he had the statutory right to ascend to the post of the Presidency but thinking of running next year is pushing ones luck too far, a man who cannot take the heat in Bayelsa is now prepared to take the heat from 35 other hostile commuinities, na wa oh Mr President.  [/size]

You can't get away with making such unguarded statements. He actually was so idealistic as not to have any true conception of what he was doing.

What corruption are we talking about anyway at that time?

LOL   , Fela sang a song " for England oh Army no fit take over" but our friend cap28 believe that it is within the remit of screwed head Nzeogwu to unleash the bullets in his gun to all asundry most especially the civilians in other to effect some change. I think Nzeogwu got carreid away by the revolution in Cuba and the Che Guvera thing

Did Nzeogwu really know what he was doing? No
Did he have real understanding of the Nigerian polity? No.
Was he even aware of the deep rooted tribalism of his accomplices? No

At the end of the day he was just another reactionary military officer without the self- knowledge and vision that it would take decades of education, Godliness and enlightenment to turn Nigeria towards the path of development.

However the selected killings did trigger a wave of revulsion and anger that only abated with the the flight of Ojukwu to Abidjan in 1970

Fortunately for me and unfrotunately for Nzeogwu, I can benefit from hindsight and have a bird's view eye of the events of the 1960's, which you also can benefit from except if you choose otherwise.

The childish bravado of Nzeogwu and the stubborness of not losing face to a perceived inferior officer in the person of Gowon made Ojukwu to go the long haul to wage a war which was not only suciadal but futile and avoidable. This singular event open the ugly sore's insurgency and counter- insurgency in the Miliatary, I would like to believe this cancer has finally been exorcized from our polity.  

[size=14pt]Ojukwu gave miscreants like IBB and Abacha the balls to grasp power. The Seed of discontent was first planted by Nzeogwu, but Ojukwu made it a currency where every cattle rearer with a gun would aspire to be head of state.

Thank God for the death of Yaradua, sanity has been bestowed in the polity.[/size]

That is a bubu by Jega, in most countries especially in d UK VAT would be paid back to if d items u are buying are exported out of the UK. The man is lying they should hold him.

[size=14pt]A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere has ruled that it would visit the proposed toll-gate to be constructed at Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos before determining a suit challenging its construction. The court made the decision to determine if it infringes on the movement of a legal practitioner, Ebun-Olu Adegoruwa, who had instituted the suit against the state government and four others over construction of the proposed toll gate.

In the suit before the state high court, the claimant had stated that the toll-gate if constructed would violate his fundamental rights to freedom of movement as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution of 1999.
He is contending that Lagos State government along with Lekki Concession Company Limited, Lagos State Works and Management Board, Attorney-General of Lagos State and Eti-Osa Local Government Council are not entitled to charge or collect any toll, money, fee or tariff on any road built in Lagos.

The trial judge, Justice Candido-Johnson, made the ruling to visit the site after listening to counsels on both sides. Adedoruwa had urged the court to grant his application seeking a referral to the Appeal Court to determine whether he had the right to challenge the defendants over the toll-gate before returning to the High Court for continuation of proceedings. The defence had, however, urged the court to see the site of the proposed toll-gate before proceeding on the matter.

The claimant is asking the court to declare as illegal, the construction and collection of toll at the Lekki-Epe Expressway by the Lekki Concession Company and the state’s concession to the company as illegal and a hindrance to mobility of Lagosians.

He is also praying the court to order the removal and dismantling of those toll points on the expressway. Specifically, the lawyer is urging the court to make an injunction restraining the defendants and their agents from collecting money from him or any member of the public for using that road.[/size]


This is a good case, we shall see how it goes ?

The word Naija aptly captures the variety of emotions I feel for my country, especially as it celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence.

We Nigerians are confident people - proud of our culture and identity, industrious, hard-working, ingenious and great survivors.

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The word was coined by the country's youth as a way of distancing themselves from the old guard”
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BBC's Peter Okwoche
Let's face it, we need to be resilient - Nigeria can be extremely frustrating, annoying and inefficient.

But an optimistic outlook on life makes it a place where anything and everything is possible.

No wonder a survey once found that Nigerians are the happiest people in the world - we have a great capacity for laughing at ourselves.

Whether things are going well or whether it seems the world is about to come to an end, "Naija!" -also written 9ja - expresses it all.

It is about the food, the flamboyant dressing, the mannerisms, the boisterous - some say loud - interaction among complete strangers who on meeting immediately feel bonded by their "Naija-ness".

Like your family, you love them and you hate them at the same time.

You love them so much you would die for them, and yet you get so exasperated at the way they drive you up the wall.

And for the young, the word has entered their slang - spreading rapidly through social networking sites and through music.

'A hook and a jab'

My Nigerian colleague Peter Okwoche says this is because Naija denotes a new beginning or dawn for Nigeria.

Naija must be pronounced with attitude "The word was coined by the country's youth as a way of distancing themselves from the old guard who they blame for Nigeria's woes," he says.

"Nigeria has a bad image abroad but the youth want the world to know that change is happening from inside the country."

And Naija is a word we Nigerians guard jealously.

We are most particular about its pronunciation.

It must be punchy - both syllables should be emphasised but with a hook for the "Nai" and jab for the "ja".

Then you know you are in with the crowd. You are accepted. You are trusted.

Bilkisu Labaran and Peter Okwoche are presenting a two-hour BBC Focus on Africa special on Nigeria's 50th anniversary on Africa on Friday 1 October at 1600 GMT.

Here is a selection of your comments:

What Naija means to me is: Nai - the old Nigeria with a bad image because of corrupt ex-leaders and Ja - a slang for disappear. So when we say Naija, it means that we, the youth, are determined to cleanse the country and show the world the true colour of this great nation. Naija for real! Simon, Enugu, Nigeria


Naija means a lot to me - it is my home and it is where I will die. There is no place like home and that place is Naija. Even with the corrupt practices and the kidnappings, it is only we Nigerians who can solve our problems. I do not think there is any need for us to run somewhere else, instead it is better we sit down and and resolve this issue. After all, other countries have their problems to solve, so let's stay and solve ours. I love my country, my father's land and my home. Naija - what a place to be. Obireh Erhuvwu, Kaduna, Nigeria



Naija is a word that depicts the conditions and the aspirations of the average citizen. Everything is possible in Naija, even when things are tough, really tough.

Madubuike Ezekwe Thywill, Isuikwuato LGA , Abia state, Nigeria



The word Naija for me means the entire people of Nigeria wherever they are. And it's also uniting the Nigerians, making them proud of themselves as one nation. Bulama Musa, Lagos, Nigeria


The word Naija is a term used to describe the land which we all strive to create for the future generation. It is the true Nigeria that we hope to build. A Nigeria that's different from the past, which we all agree has not gone as well as we had hoped.

Ikechukwu Richard Ogbowu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria


Naija is a word coined by Nigeria's youth from the local English language spoken mainly in the southern part of the country. You put a lot of stress when pronouncing it to show your love for the country. I love the word Naija
.Abdulmuminu, Kano, Nigeria



The word Naija to me means something new and quite different from a past which we all agree has not been as perfect as we would have wanted. It represents the new Nigeria, the true Nigeria that we are all striving to build.Ikecukwu
Richard Ogbowu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria



Naija simply means "The New Nigeria" - one the average Naija youth is proud to be associated with. The name gives me a sense of belonging. I love Naija. Buchy, Nigeria



When I was young, the word was in common use by adults as an exclamation word. One would have used it to express surprise or amazement at the end of someone else's comment on the country's state of affairs. It probably didn't have a spelling then, and I even thought it was a Yoruba variant of "Nigeria" at that time too. I would estimate that the word is as old as Nigeria herself. The word has re-emerged among youths within the last decade with a new meaning, most times effusing patriotism. The recent popularity of the word may have come about because of its frequent use in a syndicated 30-minute show hosted by one Kwame where it was used for praising the good qualities of Nigeria and Nigerians.
Seyi Olakulehin, Lagos, Nigeria



Naija means people with different talents, people who are loving, people who believe in faith and do not worry what they'll eat the next day. People who see joy as their birth right, people with so many cultures and traditions, people full of life, people with strength and loyalty and people of character. That's the meaning of Naija.
Chituga, Rumuobiokani, Nigeria


Naija means a new beginning. It is the hope for the future. Nigeria may be dying but out of its ashes rises a generation determined to be truly different, truly great, truly NAIJA!
Dehl Umobio, Abuja, Nigeria



What does Niaja mean to you, to me it means


1. No to IBB, Buhari, Guseua,

2. Yes to the yonger generation - Jonathan, Saraki, Ribadu, Shekarau, Fashola, and Duke.

3.  it means we are all one, it amazes me,  Naijas in London when they are going home or about to go home they tell their friends " I dey go naija" not I am going to Lagos, Abuja, Enugu OR Portharcourt. The word Naija has made the multiplicity which is Nigeria to become a unified heaven in a way never been seen. That is a  good thing.

4. Naija is a good brand, it is the bling-bling of Nigeria, it means all the good things about Nigeria that makes the country tick, Nollywood, Naija tunes, Fashion,  Abuja, Dangote, and "Eko Atlantic City"  even though it is still an illusion, and a dyanmic leader.

What does Naija mean to you? 

I hope the Hausas are reading this story u can master both the Quran and the English language without been a blood thirsty fundamentalist like the Boko Harams.

This is a clear case of mixing religion with mainstream education, another thumbs up to the Yorubas for leading the way.[b][/b]

Perhaps if Jonathan partners Fashola in making the 4th Mainland Bridge a reality, Jonathan would have surpassed his rival IBB in putting down a structure that would stand the test of time, so far his dalliance with power seems to be hitting a brick wall.

Nigerians are still perpetually in the dark.

http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=14926&rog3=NI

Never knew an ethnic Arab tribe is indigenious to Nigeria, how come they are relegated to the backgound both in their state of origin and in the FG.

intresting I hope we see more of them in our national conscieness in the next 50 years than the last 50 years. Do they have any celebretity be it poltician, elder states men or religious cleric.?