₦airaland Forum

soulpeppersoup:
What are you saved from and into?

Interpreting the scripture privately puts you in greater ignorance than you were before it.

"Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?" (James 2:5-6 NKJV).

Our Salvation

"Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:" (Colossians 1:13-14).

soulpeppersoup:
If you don't believe what Jesus said that the gospel is preached to the poor mean you see Jesus as a liar basically because of circumstances around you.

The word don't adjusr to circumstances, circumstances adjust to the word.

Am talking of Jesus and your talking of moses. Am speaking of grace and your talking of the law. What you see is your reality not mine.

Who told Satan is ruling the world? And who even told you a Christian lives in the world?

Go and read your bible to be free from religion.

You are not a Christian - Fact. The bible said: By their fruits, we shall know them. The use of gutter languages in replying your audience is a testament to who you are.

Secondly, there is a great difference from Christian Stewardship and Religious Salesmanship. A Steward owns nothing but Christ.

To disprove your fallacy, I've always try to backup my comments with bible quotations hence stop alluding those comments to me.

The poor are stackholder in the kingdom of heaven where being pure in heart (holiness) made possible through Christ is one of the criteria to see God.

"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." (1 Corinthians 15:19 KJV).

"And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition." (1 Timothy 6:8-9 NKJV).

soulpeppersoup:
What is salvation? And why is it necessary?

Salvation is to save man from sin. It is necessary to restore his lost glory of which poverty, sickness are are part of.

Say the word as raw as it is. You can't save a soul, that is God's job.

Salvation is not hinged on earthly possession or being economically/financially comfortable here on earth and can never be according to our gospel.

"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." (1 Corinthians 15:19 KJV).

"And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition." (1 Timothy 6:8-9 NKJV).

modath:
[s]I believe you are only asking a rhetorical question cos you will wait till chicken grow wisdom tooth if you are expecting any real response from ngwakwe.. (aka ladyexcellency )

Whatever suits their narrative (he & his co travellers), they go to town with it, that they can not substantiate it with any kind of evidence matters less.. There are impressionable minds to confuse, Rabble rousing must happen.. [/s]

Madam "US Government is always right", we've seen how you convicted our Legislators as rapist after calling me names and today, I stand vindicated. As I said before, I am a Princess, nurtured and socialised to give sound judgment on issues pertaining to life, people and conscience hence I debate with conscience as against your sycophantic political persuasion and tribal induced megalomania.

sweetgala:
When did the sultan ever make such a statement. The same sultan that was one of the first to openly condem BH and was attacked for his position on BH

Stop arguing what you don't know. The google is there to help you out.

As for the bigoted self-acclaimed Iyadoja of Nairaland who keeps feeding her audience half truth and outright lies, I leave our post history to vindicate us.
Sycophancy is now a trademark she parades and shouts Ngwakwe at a sight of my comment as if I am her nemesis.

Back to the topic, the sultan asked Jonathan to declare "total amnesty for Bokoharam" without the President thinking twice as he presumably calls them militants.

Nigerian Sultan Demands Amnesty for Boko Haram Terrorists

March 7, 2013 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - Boko Haram [ Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad - Al-Sunna

For Preaching and Jihad] Nigeria's primary violent jihadist entity is obtaining support from an Islamic religious authority, the Sultan of Sokoto who is demanding amnesty for the group.

Sokoto is an Islamist caliphate, located in Northern Nigeria [note, a caliphate is an Islamic governing structure operating under the strictures of the Shari'a, Islamic law].

"The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to grant amnesty to all the armed groups operating in Nigeria..." [source, [url=Sultan of Sokoto seeks amnesty for armed groups Premium Times]www.premiumtimesng.com/news/123173-sultan-of-sokoto-seeks-amnesty-for-armed-groups.html[/url]

https://www.pipelinenews.org/2013/mar/07/Nigerian-Sultan-Demands-Amnesty-for-Boko-Haram-Terrorists.html

From the same people who never believed that Bokoharam is a terrorist organisation.


Hypocrites.

soulpeppersoup:
You should be a shame of yourself. You should hid your ignorance over what is beyond you.

It is in Nigeria that a medical doctor give instructions to a mechanic.

You just showed the world your shallow mentality. Can you tell how a native doctor gets his message?

Anywhere envy is your problem.

If you wish so much it was you, why not start building your church, mosque or shrine.

Is not too late if you start now

With such gutter languages above, I bet you are not even a Christ-like (Christian)

Stop twisting the gospel as regarding the passage that said "the gospel preached to the poor"

The bible specifically taught us something from these verses:

"Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches - Feed me with the food allotted to me; Lest I be full and deny You, And say, "Who is the LORD?" Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God." (Proverbs 30:8-9 NKJV).


"For the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, "You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.'" (Deuteronomy 15:11 NKJV).

And secondly, this polluted world where Satan rules is not and will never be heaven according to our (Christ) gospel.

Thank you.

soulpeppersoup:
Since you can't say it. Let me help you. Jesus commanded,"go and preach to all creature all the words of this book". It is not some but all.

I made reference to what he told john disciplines," the poor has the message preached unto them". This show that principally the message of the kingdom is for the poor. As it is to the blind. Remember, he that is healthy has no need of a doctor - Jesus..

What is salvation? Freedom from whatever is holding you. If poverty is holding you down, you need salvation. He became poor that you might be rich-this is salvation paying for your poverty with his wealth.

To have asked what manner of life Jesus lived show you don't read your bible. The people of his time called him glutton. Go check out the meaning. He had supper in the best houses in his time. He had a treasurer as a thief and he never felt the impact. When he died, the soldiers could not part his garment because the class was beyond what they were used to.

Bros, recreate your mentality with the word. God can only give you what you believe. As he told Cain, poverty is at the door. Don't let it rule you.

Stop deceiving yourself and your audience. The message to Christians is first salvation and then to be content with basic needs of life.

"And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition." (1 Timothy 6:8-9 NKJV).

banki:
the problem is that some of us just come here and talk all because we dislike the president

okonjo iweala under the government of obasanjo.....Nigeria got all our debts free

How come we started owing so much under Jonathan? and yet we call buhari names
buhari wanted to sell national assets we refused
buhari wants to borrow we are angry
we support people that loot funds
we support people that blow pipelines
we see faults in everything
all because we lost an election
are we doing buhari or doing ourselves

You are a liar.

Jonathan only incurred an external debt of $3.7 billion out of $9.7 billion of which 33% was incurred by States.
While he has a domestic debt of N2.7 trillion

Yar'dua administration had a domestic debt of N2.6 trillion.

Why will a colleague of these dead DSS Officers reject N100,000,000 bribe to subvert justice since their lives worth nothing?

Where is the honour or the regards reserved for the fallen soldiers, Our Heroes past?

Bokoharam uses Solar Panels while majority of Nigerians are in darkness

To reciprocate this gesture, the NASS should never approve any Executive bill again with exception of the routine annual budget.

No passage of long-term expenditure framework. No licence to borrow even a penny until 2019.

The Executive should be forced to work on a balanced budget.

Tolexander:
What about Lamido Sanusi and Rotimi Amechi?

Do you really mean to say that Sanusi and Amaechi were prisoners under GEJ's watch?

You know Amaechi was free, throwing dollars around to get Buhari elected without any DSS/EFCC tracking down the movement of his Cash, you still see him as being haunted?

You talk about Sanusi that was indicted by Audit Commission after finding irregularities with CBN spendings before Sanusi started raising pretentious alarm of $49 billion missing?


Sometimes, it's better to keep quiet.

Oche211:
I thought jonathan fixed all the roads.
He was the messiah, wasn't he to u again?

What actually did Fashola do in Lagos State that Ambode is still busy with construction and rehabilitation of roads.

Even this week, Ambode kick started 114 roads, what road is still without a pot hole that Fashola did?

Amaechi did wonders in road construction yet Wike is engaging Julius Berger to start afresh on what Amaechi was praised for.

Jonathan administration closed the FG Colleges because of insufficient security and WAEC advised the State Government against going on with the Exams but Shettima insisted and planned and executed the Chibok girls kidnap in collaboration with the School Principal, who worked as a middle-man between the Governor and Bokoharam in order to attract international sympathy and mock the State of Emergency declared in northeast Nigeria.

Human lives should not be a bait for politics.

sarrki:
Obiano

Funny dude

I thought he said the ugwu can sustain the state

Abi na political statement?

If Buhari has done this, will this be your comment. I can understand that bigotry has eaten you up.

He is subsidising the expenditures incurred by families, companies and business community not the government.

The question you should ask is, where is he getting the money from by giving away most internally generated revenues of the State?

May be, it's just possible that Ugu exportation is the magic.

Even when those assets are put up for sales, who among Nigerians will buy them and not be accused of corruption?

The fact remains, unless the FG will sell to foreigners, Dangote and the cronies of Buhari's kitchen cabinet, it wouldn't work.

What happened to being the first three foreign investors destination Buhari inherited?

We have a problem with Buhari continuing as a President if has no plan B without oil.

They should simply exhume the corpse for proper reburial.

Princess Oduah took this disagreement to far thereby disrespecting his father's heritage and what the throne stands for among our people.

The Princess has spoken and I endorse this article.

sonofluc1fer:
Madam, you are too intelligent for hatred to be doing this to your mind.

Please, define what hatred you meant or put it the context that I can understand because I see none.

What does Jibrin expect when Buhari spent Nigeria's scarce resources on air travelling across the world and de-marketing Nigeria as a country not worth foreign investment because 98% of its population are corrupt?

To add salt to injury, Buhari hates Nigeria's Business community, employers of labour and entrepreneurs hence no synergy.

This is a government that came with a vindictive mindset sacking everyone in government employment under two years because Jonathan's administration employed them.

What does Jibrin expect when Buhari spent Nigeria's scarce resources on air travelling across the world and de-marketing Nigeria as a country not worth foreign investment because 98% of its population are corrupt?

To add salt to injury, Buhari hates Nigeria's Business community, employers of labour and entrepreneurs hence no synergy.

This is a government that came with a vindictive mindset sacking everyone in government employment under two years because Jonathan's administration employed them.

TonyeBarcanista:
Makarfi led National caretaker Committee

Noted

@tonyebarcanista
Which faction of PDP issued this statement?

Rednaxelot:
in the post you quoted, it was stated that they were tried.
Under GEJ, were they tried?

Moreover, all forms of corruption including handing over to the insurgents were taking place under GEJ!

Clap for yourself.

Nigeria Army Confirms The Pardon, Reinstatement Of 3,032 Convicted Soldiers

Pressed by the need to ensure the urgent conquest of the Boko Haram insurgents, the Nigerian Army has pardoned and reinstated 3,032 out of 5000 soldiers, convicted of various disciplinary offences through series of General Court-Martial (GCM) set up by the immediate past Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah (rtd).

The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman announced the reinstatement thursday during a press conference to inform members of the public of the activities of the Nigerian Army within the period under review.

Usman recalled that the Nigerian Army some time ago instituted a committee to review the recent disciplinary cases in the service especially of those soldiers in the defunct Operation Zaman Lafiya with a view to ensuring discipline, regimentation and justice in the system.

He said: “The Committee has concluded its sitting last week and has made certain recommendations that led to the reinstatement of 3,032 soldiers into the Nigerian Army out of 5,000 cases that were reviewed.


President Muhammadu Buhari had given the Nigerian military a marching order, mid August, to ensure that the Boko Haram terrorists are crushed in three months.

The DAPR however, clarified “that not all the dismissed soldiers were granted pardon and recalled”, adding that “those with criminal cases for instance, have their sentences upheld”.

Speaking further, Usman said that the Nigerian Army and the military in general are working towards meeting the presidential directive during the decoration ceremony of the Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs with their new badges of rank on August 13, 2015, to end the activities of Boko Haram terrorists in the North Eastern part of our country in 3 months.

Therefore, he said, I want to assure the public that in line with our procedures, we are taking appropriate measures to prevent such happenings and sanction all those involved.

Source:http://monitor9ja.com/2015/09/nigerian-army-confirms-the-pardon-reinstatement-of-3032-convicted-soldiers/

obailala:
See all these mumus who some months ago were celebrating the blowing up of pipelines delivering crude to the refineries and in your minds "anyi n'emegbu buhari." Today dollar don reach N500, fuel price is about to skyrocket again and the hediots are calling buhari's name.

What are you trying to prove? Jonathan had it worse but managed the circumstances as a leader.

https://cdn.akamai.thisdaylive.com/0bef99d6-acf5-4e2c-9779-8fa02ba3fcd4/assets/4454-Joseph-Dawha.jpg?maxwidth=400&maxheight=540
Group Managing Director (GMD) of the NNPC, Dr. Joseph Dawha

1.3mt of crude lost to pipeline vandalism
Chika Amanze-Nwachuku

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that about 34,047 cases of pipeline vandalism were recorded in parts of the country between 1999 and 2013. Also, about 1.3 million metric tonnes of crude oil was said to have been lost to the illicit act between 2009 and 2012.

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the NNPC, Dr. Joseph Dawha, stated this yesterday at the annual NAEC conference with a theme: ‘Pipeline Vandalism and its Socio economic Impact on the Nation.’

Providing details of how incessant pipeline vandalism have hampered supply and distribution of crude oil and refined petroleum products, the GMD, who was represented by the Managing Director of Pipeline Product and Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of NNPC, Mr. Haruna Momoh, said these heinous acts not only adversely affected the capacity of Nigeria’s oil and gas assets to function optimally, but have resulted in colossal product losses and cost of repairs of damaged pipelines.

Given the breakdown, he said, these over 34,047 breaks/ruptures were recorded in its pipeline networks in Gombe, Kaduna, Mosimi in Ogun State and Warri.

He said in 1999, when activities of vandals became noticeable in the PPMC operations, a total of 497 incidents were recorded.

The act, he said began progressively from Port Harcourt and Warri areas of PPMC operations and spread to every part of the corporation’s network, resulting in 999 cases in 2000.

Further breakdown showed that between 2001 and 2004, the corporation recorded over 2,473 breaks across its pipeline networks, while 2,258 cases were recorded in 2005 alone.
The GMD also noted that 3,674 cases were recorded in 2006; 3,258 other cases in 2007 and 2,318 incidents in 2008.

According to him, the year 2010 recorded the highest incidents of acts of vandalism as 5,518 cases of pipeline breaks/ruptures were reported across the NNPC pipeline networks nationwide, as against the 1,305 cases recorded in 2009. In 2011, 2012 and 2013, the corporation recorded 4,468, 3,708 and 3, 571 cases respectively.

In terms of products losses, he said, a total of 712,776 metric tonnes (MTs) of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) were lost to act of vandalism between 2009 and 20012. During the period under review, the nation also lost about 9,548, MTs of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), 37,054 MTs of Automotive Gas Oil (Ago) and 1,310,130 MTs to act of vandalism.

The GMD said, aside from products losses and colossal cost of repairing the damaged pipelines, pipeline vandalism is harmful to our environmental and results in loss of human lives.

He explained that the corporation resorted to the use of marine vessels for crude oil deliveries to the refineries due to heightened incidents of pipeline vandalism, adding that the Port Harcourt Refinery operated for only 82 days in 2013 due to pipeline vandalism. 

The NNPC boss urged the federal government to develop a national plan for critical infrastructure and key resources protection similar to the United States’ National Infrastructure protection Plan (NIPP), pointing out that the US government recognised the critical nature of pipelines to national security and treats them as strategic national assets.

“The federal government should likewise declare the pipelines as strategic national assets and set up a special force to protect them”, he said.
As at 2010, the NNPC said it lost N174.57 billion in product losses and repairs of products pipelines within the last 10 years.

Source: Thisdaylive News

We heard Factory Factory Factory but saw hotels

Toks2008:
Lwkmd!

They are more like Balak and Balaam

These same duo that campaigned for true Federalism and devolution of power to the federating unit suddenly sit tight amid calls to start the process of bringing into reality the most foundational change the country needs.

Achorise:
why is he that nobody is hearing about his children ??

Says who? His son was once a defense Minister during Obasanjo's administration.

Thomas "Tom" Aguiyi-Ironsi is a former Minister of Defence of Nigeria. He is the son of former military leader Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, and was the ambassador to Togo before former President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed him to succeed Roland Oritsejafor as Defence Minister. Aguiyi-Ironsi is from Umuahia, Abia State.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aguiyi-Ironsi

RZArecta:
APC used a very sharp machete to divide this country along ethnic, religious and political lines. If they're not careful, their idiocy will backfire.

Ps; what does one mean by "unnecessary wealth" ?

APC and Buhari's Government have openly accused the past government of ushering Nigerians into unrealistic and unsustainable social and economic status hence they are there to reconfigure Nigerians to a life of poverty, want and despondency.

Any decent home owner in Nigeria is now a suspected criminal except Burutai.

The problem Nigeria will have in the future as it relates to this government will not be scarcity of resources but envy and suspicion on why millions and billions should be given to a company for award of contract which will definitely make some rich against their policy of enslavement hence most contracts in the budget wouldn't be awarded even when the money is there.

Buhari may follow Yar'dua footsteps who saved money for Nigeria by implementing average of 25% yearly budget during his three years in Aso Rock.

fasbat:
it seems u don't get it at all,d rule book is d guiding rules for d senate,with how d President of d Senate will be elected,mode of election,composition of committees,and d general principles therein,NO amendment can be DONE without d agreement of d Majority in d 109 senate. Your daily meal roster is ur personal discretion,but no single person can AMEND dt book ! I am wrting with all sense of conviction,so I'm not blabbing as u alluded or implied to in ur comment,any alterations to official documents is called FORGERY! Try and erase ur grade in ur WASC certificate and u will see police by ur doorstep!

You mean the same 2015 senate rules used by the Senate is illegal? Stop this nonsense.

Stop comparing apple and orange by bringing external examiner "WASC" in this debate.

Constitution gave Senate independence from Executive interference - Fact

The Executive is not a Senator hence should be aggrieved by their protocols.

The Internal rules of daily business of the Senate is non of the Executive concern hence the obsession by the Executive into organizational structures and protocols is illegal.

fasbat:
so u can forged ur own university certificate and not rot in jail for 15 yrs Don't fight for these people in power,if NIG's law is applied across board without segregation,NIG will become a better place overnight,but it is d ravaged,impoverished,mentally tortured,deprived compatriots hailing d political class. How many of our fellow compatriots in jail for some lesser crime? Forgery is a serious case if u don't know,go ask lawyer,15 yrs in jail!!

What is this one saying?

I can't imagine my neighbours taking me to court for adjustments or violations of dayly/weekly meals timetable if any.

Do you know that the rules are still being used as at yesterday and will be functional until the lifespan of the 8th National Assembly? Use your head