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MaxInDHouse:
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You don't understand the rule, love your neighbour like yourself is exactly what you have included in your own rule.

Would you appreciate if someone comes to your rescue after escaping from the same trouble in which you are?

Of course the one helping must have helped himself FIRST before coming to your rescue.

That's the practical application of the rule!

You don't understand. I love myself more than other people. Not equally

renderme:
Are u mad? Which yorubas have lower skilled jobs in Abuja. When every Yoruba person I know in Abuja owns their home. It is in gwagwalada u even find plenty igbos.

See this weyre o!

Driving or motor mechanic is not even a low skilled job. A driver in Abuja should be able to make 300k to 500k per month if driving his own car while an auto mechanic will make money save and invest to secure passive income

preciousee17:
Yh, I agreed with you up to the point of 'hell fire'

Let me paraphrase your religion... "Love your neighbor as yourself". That's from the Bible.
And yes, that was what Christianity was meant to be, before all these corrupt practices of our times.
That was the one specific Law that out Jesus Christ gave us... The other laws will automatically fall in place when you do that.

Sadly, hell fire was created for the devil and his angels...
You act like the devil, you end up with him... You act like your God ("God is love" ), you end up with Him. It's pretty straightforward.
And somehow, I don't think hell fire is a place of eternal burning forever and ever and ever... It's just a place where you "receive punishments according to the sins you committed", cos obviously, we Christians weren't meant to be the ones who punish our wrongdoers

See how you just phrased the true version of Christianity unknowingly... Too bad people accept to see the corrupt part of things, without checking to see what the original should have looked like.

So my conclusion, Christianity is just common sense (I've always said this). Forget the people that try to make it seem like 'religious rites'.

I can't love anybody like myself. Bi Ina ba gbon Jo ni to gbon Jo omo Eni ti Ara Eni la Koko gbon

advocatejare:
Don’t forget that your JW cult excommunicates any member that decides to leave the cult. Why is that so?


Even his immediate family members who are members of the JW cult won’t have anything to do with their relative that leaves the cult..

Whenever you’re trying to fool people to join you, always tell them that they would suffer rejection from their so called brethren in the event that they leave the cult.

The JW don't know they are practicing cultism and it is sad

vdestro:
After all the murders you say islam is non invasive? Na wa o

What I meant is Islam and Christianity are the only know it all invasive religions that are not coherent among themselves while wanting to convert the whole world and threatening unbelievers with hell. Do you now understand?

vdestro:
And you want them to choose hell? Now you show that Satan has brainwashed and contolled you.

You don't get it. If a Christian is given a choice abandon Jesus or get thrown in hell fire, they will choose Jesus. It is mind programming

vdestro:
So the earth is a cult because when you commit a crime, you shall be punished.

Punishment of criminals is not wrong but threat of hell fire as obtainable in Islam and Christianity is wrong

Odibembem:
While I agree with u that d Igbos are only grandstanding in demanding Biafra, never u believe d outlandish claims of the fringe lunatic called Nnamdi Kanu. So cos he claimed he was told to go with d 5 SE states, u really believe? Who offered him d 5 states? Who has d power to give Nnamdi Kanu 5 federating states out of Nigeria? That's high treason which even a president dare not commit. Not even d President then (Buhari) or any president has such powers. Nnamdi Kanu granted an interview after taking d white thing he normally takes and then started bragging he was given 5 states and u believe him. No one offered him shishi, it's his usual propaganda to look bigger than he really is before his akamu brain followers

If Nigeria is not broken up then the only structure that can work and guarantee prosperity for all will be an EU like structure with more nations coming in later and people given states on demand and with states free to merge. Of course such an arrangement will also have a chairman or President

The only valid religion

If people want a religion then there can be a religion as rigid and ridiculous as it can get but with only one rule. 'Never treat a human being the way you will not like to be treated and if you see anybody breaking this rule, try your best to make them pay to thesame degree by which they erred'. This is the only valid religion. IFA is not a religion as it is not rigid and ridiculous and if you ask one question two times you will not get the same answer just as is the case with anybody using language. Any other religion following rules different from what I have stated are bad religions especially if they are threatening unbelievers with hell fire.

9japride:
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Though being former capital help also, but I can't really say what made Lagos so great like that.
The state just too tiny. That's what they call small but might. I didn't know Lagos have that amount of civil servants. Anyway, they are capable. The state is just too rich, but I belive a lot money is being wasted too.

After reflection, I think it is IGR. A government becomes powerful with IGR and power attracts everything. Any state could have done it

CodeTemplar:
you mixing it up. More money resulted in inflation but not directly. Currency rebasing is what leads to instantaneous appearance of inflation.

I am a rice farmer and seller and do sell 3600 bags a year. Along the line rice becomes less available and I have just 1000 bags for this year. I know if I go at the old price I will run out of stock by April so I adjust a little by jerking prices up until demand returns to a level my 1000 bags can last me through the year.
Now govt prints more money, paid workers in civil service and contractors handling constructions but I got no part of it. Well I won't seat down and allow people who couldn't afforded my harvest before suddenly exhaust it by June with govt printed cash in their hands. I have to readjust to the new level of money in the system. Thus a price increase.

Now such readjustment comes with speculation. The printer of cash will always lag behind the producers of things when it comes to increases thus inflation.

You are wrong. The printer of cash is at a high advantage. Losers are fixed wage earners and people with money in bank accounts. People with means of production lose nothing. Their power to generate wealth remains thesame

If people are allowed to have only one passport then passports will be more equal than they currently are.

In any business the main beneficiaries are the workers then government that take income tax, dividends for investors is marginal. Someone doing business on your land is helping you and the only thing that is permissible to do is compete

IamtheTruth1:
I’m not sure that you have been to SE. please mention one state or even town that you can compare with Ekiti?

Ado Ekiti is at least in the category of any SE capital. It is like a smaller Ibadan

Rolings:
BIG FAT LIES

It's only those that have not been to Abuja that will swallow your lies .
Northerners are the biggest Landlords in Abuja
Infact igbos are nowhere to be found in the highbrow city centre except in government owned properties (estate) that they bought during monetization of Obj. You find igbos mainly in satellite towns of Mararaba Nyanya....Suleja....Gwagwalada....kuje etc.

Yes igbos own a lot of shops in Dei dei and Zuba markets and all building material markets. A few igbomen own hotels..... South south even have investments more than igbos

You know that some SS are considered Igbos and their properties are considered as Igbo owned, if not it will always be apparent that SS is second only to the SW in almost everything and it is because of population

IamtheTruth1:
You no go kill me. Is it the local yarn and beans dey farm to eat that you are counting? Most of the beans consumed in Nigeria, comes from Kano, sokoto, boron and Gombe.


Most of the yams consumed in Nigeria comes from Taraba and Abuja environs.

Yes, I do agree that Ekiti produces cocoa.

Ekiti is a poor state man. Just facts.

Anything you produce in excess gives you disposable income and Ekiti does yams and rice in excess, cocoa and others too. They have big towns more than most states but what they lack is big population on overall. Ado ekiti is an above average capital city. They are not poor at all by Nigerian standards. Not having big cities don't mean you are poor. SE too don't have big cities

That kind of statement by El Rufai is very strange. If Igbos can't prosper in London or New York than Yoruba how then can it be possible for them to do so in Abuja?. It is simple mathematics

MaxInDHouse:
Because most of you don't know the purpose of religion. The true religion is about a global family of peace loving people where love is the main goal among worshipers who must treat themselves like brothers and sisters.
The true religion must serve as a refuge from man-made disasters like wars fueled by racism and politics so that adherents of true religion won't be lured into hating others in the face of politics and racism.
That's what religion supposed to do but since false religions are everywhere most of you that have not come across true religion feel there's no true religion.

You can liken true religion to FIRE while false religion is like it's SMOKE, FIRE could serve as light in the dark, heat for cooking your food and warming your body in times of cold but the SMOKE can't do any of these yet whenever you see the SMOKE you can't say there's no FIRE close by.

So just as there can't be SMOKE without FIRE there can never be false religions everywhere without the original somewhere all you need to figure out:
Where is the FIRE? True religion!

You have a point because people who do right against all odds are also practicing a sort of religion but presently you can't use the same word to describe Christianity/Islam and other theologies that are non invasive because if you do that you will never be able to separate the wheat from the chaff. You will be confusing yourself unwittingly while allowing those dangerous theologies to fester. That is the issue

9japride:
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Though government could have supported each region massively.
I heard in those days before oil, cocoa was the main thing then in the west. I the eastern and south region, they have palm oil.
I was only referring to the massive untapped wealth in the north.
Oil/gas have a lot of people lazy. Other countries are doing fine with oil/gas.

West African Produce board was buying cocoa and etc from farmers to sell abroad at a profit then give farmers a predetermined portion of negotiated price and the gain for government was a major source of revenue but there was also a taxable minimum wage and investments by their WNDC that became Oodua group. I don't know their revenue profile but there was head tax, personal income tax, produce board revenue, dividends from WNDC and etc. The population was not more than around ten million

9japride:
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I don't think so. Lagos state population is too much. Due to the various facilities in Lagos state a lot of Nigerians are going there steadily. Anambra state has population, but Lagos na baba. In government can connect railway line from major sea ports to eastern region, things will be good. But due to the fear of the progressive nature of the Igbos, bigots who found themselves in power will not let the east to develop.
If you check the map of Lagos state, you will pity the state. It's just too tiny to accommodate everyone. We are not even talking of other African countries citizens hustling in Lagos. Eh go choke one day.
If the federal government where wise they would have spread infrastructures to other southern states close to the e Atlantic Ocean such as Ondo, Delta, Rivers, Edo etc.
That mentality of winner takes it all kind of politics will not help anyone.

Things happen how they are destined to happen. It is not easy to explain what caused the population explosion in Lagos because not the ports as Cotonou is the busiest in West Africa and Cotonou is not up to Ogbomosho in population. However one thing is crowd attracts crowd and once you kick off a city then it will keep growing on auto like a living thing throughout it's life span. With conscious effort and plan you can build a five million population city in Kwara state or Kogi state easily within ten years. One thing that may have caused the situation in Lagos maybe the seriousness of the LASG and their revenue. They have 500k civil servants. If any state have a big spender government they should also be able to attract crowd.

9japride:
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Yes that's true, money can be made from anywhere. For me I envy northern region. Those guys are so blessed. They have a lot of tourism sites like wild life, sandy desert like those found in United Arab Emirates and so on.
Though the bad blood among the major tribes in the country is mainly caused by politicians. They are just fighting for survival especially when they all depend on national cake.
Outside government, they are empty.

Don't envy anywhere because everywhere has advantage. Yoruba have two maize seasons in a year but they have one reducing their land by half as far maize is concerned then cheapest staple which is cassava is produced in the south etc etc

zangaozanga:
religous people don't understand that,remove the threat of hell fire and the reward of heaven and see how many of them will still love their GOD

It is not threat of hell fire. It is brainwashing. Faced with hell they will still choose Jesus. It is programming. That is why they are hooked in the cult

9japride:
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What I know presently, Peter Obi has the zeal to effect change in this country. Things have really changed and presently due to much awareness, Peter Obi was willing to make use of the intelligent youths in he's government.
He may not have done perfectly well, but he created the foundation for good governance in Anambra. If Anambra state had the kind of money Lagos state had, the state could have developed rapidly.
The Obidients people are all hard working guys and not thugs like other political parties supporters that love stomach infrastructure.

Anambra has more than one quarter of Lagos population and can make more than one third of Lagos IGR

Jozibrainz99:
Always think before u quote....
Or u think am from south South??
Hell NO...
Aside Lagos, Mention any other south western state with higher IGR than Rivers....
OGUN state comes close but Ondo, Ekiti and Oyo are way behind Akwa Ibom and Delta.

Rivers has a high population is why but the second state with population after Lagos is Kaduna and they can do higher IGR than Rivers if they tried

If you are in a group or association in which you will be killed if you leave or you are being threatened of hell fire if you leave, then you are in a cult group. It does not matter if they are non violent. Threatening people with hell fire is enough. When you remain in such a group Oyeku meji is cast for you and you need to watch it.

IamtheTruth1:
Clown! Which South West? Ondo? Ekiti? Oyo?

Reno must be clown. Go to Ondo state, Ekiti and Even Kwara…. and see poverty man.


They still have mud houses in upstairs at Ondo oo. Especially that Ikare Akoko side. I was supposed to serve in at Ondo, Omo, I ran. Civilization never reach some sides. Is it Ekiti? Federal government suppose dey share palliatives for Ekiti people. The poverty there for bolt tie

They have what they produce in excess in Ekiti like rice, yams, cocoa etc and they have a few industries as well. They are not poorer than any part of Nigeria

DeadCountry:
Any one that think getting Biafra is not through violence should have his ewedu, gbegiri and amala skull mining head examined. We are going to get Biafra restored by fire by force and it have already started.

In this modern world no one would allow you murder people over such an issue

gidgiddy:
Keep Lagos out of this, it was federal capital territory over 70 years

What economic power is in the South West did not allow them to develop any area except Ibadan to appreciable standards

If not for Nigeria, Ibadan today will be like New York. Before Nigeria no place in the East was as urbanised as Ilesa. In the North, you can only find a few places as urbanized as Ilesa back then

9japride:
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Peter doesn't need to boost, he's a simple man. Just like late Ojukwu he's father was a very wealthy man. Traders are really making money.
For example those selling spare parts can never be poor because equipment/engines will always need services.
Don't say so, you need to travel to the east and see things for yourself. Nnewi is small China. They produce a lot of things there. Don't joke with those business men, these days most of the traders are graduate. After schooling they take over from their family business.
The west can take advantage of Lagos especially Ogun state to become a mega city. But our politicians are not serious.
Due to Lagos as former capital and the influence of businesses in Lagos, a lot South westerners became very rich.
Majority of people making it big from farming are those who got funds from government illegally through corruption and invested it in large scale farms. Using mechanised system of agriculture. The common man are still doing local farming.
The west I believe are making millions codely from agriculture.
If we can have a sincere leader that can encourage every zone to be useful, this country will be great.

Somebody contesting elections should have answered clearly that question posed on air by Reuben Abati.
Yes there is a big market in Anambra but I may also be able to list ten multi million dollar industries in Osun that are much larger than what can be found in that sector in Anambra. That is the beauty of specialization. There is money to be made everywhere.

Two nations having a similar population size and a similar average age will also have a similar GDP size if the cost of living is the same. This is because people consume basically the same things in the economy, they eat inside the economy basically the same things. Take states in Nigeria for example say Anambra and Osun with similar population size, these states will also have similar GDP despite the fact that the economies may be specialized in different directions. There are industries in Osun which are virtually non existent in Anambra and vice versa and as it is between Anambra and Osun, it also is between any two entities. Therefore if the Earth is evenly organized with a uniform cost of living and similar tax regimes, it will immediately become clear that population is the only power a nation has.

9japride:
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Peter Obi comes from a wealthy family. Majority of the traders in Onitsha are very wealthy and you need to travel to their various villages and see the massive buildings they all have. Them no dey depend on government or civil service money.
It's unfortunate we missed the opportunity to have someone like Peter Obi.
1999/2000 era of 9ja politics was terrible and now they are all regrouping to come back to government. Is that how a nation can grow? Even if Peter Obi was directly sent from heaven a lot of bigots will never vote for him because of the hatred they have towards south east.
Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria, yet they want to choke it with a lot of infrastructure. More people will keep trooping in to Lagos.
Kaduna state has more federal government presence than most south eastern states combined due to northern politics.
Africa is still the way it is due to funny way of reasoning. How can political leaders be moving comfortable in dusty and archaic looking communities?
Don't they travel abroad and see how a modern society should look like. Having a responsible leader goes a long way in changing any society positively. Nigerians should continuing based on tribes and religion. But when it comes to oil money they are friends to those they hate.

If he got seed capital from his family, why not say so on TV or what is the big deal in that?. Trading is competitive and the margin is always very low. Real wealth is made from production and in Onitsha, mass producers of clothes and etc will be among the most well to do and those ones are not doing buying and selling, they are adding value. Traders will see one hundred million with 500k profit inside it while a farmer will see 5 million with 4.7 million profit inside. As Anambra has big markets, the place is not richer than Osun state of a similar population

Ttipsy:
so what is the point

The point is no need to say the oil is helping any part of the country. It could have made the country richer but it is not necessary to make the country prosperous as shown by my observation. It should be taken by the UN