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What is the population of Nigeria and how many are sane enough to understand philosophical, economical, political and spiritual things? If thousands leave their churches today, I can bet you all that another new 10's of thousands will fill their churches.
When people believe that it takes an extra terrestrial power to get them what government is supposed to get for them like we have in developed societies, the Daddies and mums of the spiritual world take over and we are then made to believe that "all impossibilities shall be made possible"

Two Israeli scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year. The Israelis are advancing in science and technology while we are getting foolishly and irreparably inebriated to retrogression with their invented fables via the bible. I wonder when the god of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel) will allow us win the Nobel Prize in Prayers and Miracles? I am impressed with my people!

Senator Femi Okunronmu is the chairman of GEJ newly constituted NATIONAL CONFAB committee. He was until his appointment the Secretary-General of Afenifere and a member of the Yoruba Unity Forum...

In an interview he granted earlier this year (12th February, 2013, National Mirror Newspaper), hear what he said about Jonathan Administration...enjoy it

Q- What is your assessment of the Goodluck Jonathan administration?...

"...The man doesn’t seem to have a clue. First, he has no clue about governance. It appeared as if he does not even have any idea of what he wants to do. He never thought of becoming president and what he would do as president. He was just talking of transformation and I don’t even think he knows the meaning of transformation. The man is just being pushed around everywhere and to anywhere.

The only thing he understands is that he wants to make money and he is making a lot of it. And because he wants to make money, he cannot tell people not to make money when they are making their own. So, a lot of people around him are making money and he cannot do anything. That is why people are stealing with impunity; they are emboldened to be stealing money because they know that nothing will happen to them. His administration is corrupt like the ones before him.

When Yar’Adua was coming in, he did not have money but Obasanjo made all the corrupt people within the party to fund Yar’Adua. That already incapacitated Yar’Adua from fighting corruption. How can you fight corruption when all those who funded your election were the most corrupt people. People like James Ibori and others. These were the people who funded the campaign as directed by Obasanjo when he showed them their files. Those who had wanted to contest, Obasanjo ordered them to give the money to Yar’Adua and so they funded Yar’Adua.

When Yar’Adua got there, he imitated Obasanjo; he was talking beautiful grammar that he would fight corruption but as he was talking the beautiful grammar, he will go back to Aso Rock and dine with Ibori and other corrupt people whom he should put in jail. These were his closest people. Is that how to fight corruption? Again and of course, Jonathan was Yar’Adua’s deputy and he has learnt all the tricks. So, when he got there like a typical Ijaw man, he decided to overdo all of them. He said all of them were jokers; he will beat all of them. So, it’s a competition among them that have been president, everybody trying to steal more money than the last one. So, that is what we have today; governance by stealing, armed robbers in governance..."~ he said

My take: ...Jonathan is still clueless abi? In fact I love Jonathan's political strategists that are spinning for him!

http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/marginalisation-jonathan-has-betrayed-yorubas-goodwill-okunrounmu/

Merging of Schools in Osun State: A call for Tolerance – Bakare Abdul-Aziz Olatunde

While still basking in the euphoria of my recent admission into the Nigerian Law School for the next Academic Session, I woke up to read the Tuesday, 8th October, 2013 edition of Punch Newspapers and to my utter consternation, I was succinctly captivated by the headline that read “Christians Protest Merger of Schools by Aregbesola”.

Reading through the position of the Protesters under the aegis of Osun Baptist Conference and the effort of the Government of the State of Osun to douse the ‘tension’ made me feel very sorry for our existence as a Nation and our inability to see any good in our diversity as a people living together under the name Nigeria.

Religions like ethnicity is a real problem in Nigeria simply because we the people wanted it to be and it has remain a constant factor for the myriad of challenges facing us. We have deliberately decided to attack each other when there are absolutely no reasons to. And where there are reasons we are ultimately blindfolded by our imaginative thought with “This religion wants to dominate us” syndrome. The animosity has eaten deep into our fabric so much so that governmental policies which are hitherto geared towards the betterment of all are immediately seen as an attempt to ‘Christianize’ or ‘Islamize’ the polity. And as followers we are so immersed into the quagmire of religious insensitivity so much so that extrication may force an innocent mind to think we cannot live together as one nation under God.

I have argued several times that there should be a separation between the Church (Mosque) and the State. A mixture of both is a beautiful recipe for disaster in public policy making and reaction to such policy. We must learn as a Nation to separate religious matter from core public interest especially in matters of Education. It is very important for our religious fathers and leaders to be dispassionate when it comes to matters of equal benefit for all.

The Missionaries may have founded many of these Schools but as of today they are funded and regulated by government and its agencies on education. It suffices to conclude that while they appear to bear Muslim or Christian names, their religious inclination do not go beyond the name. It is illogical, insensible and a flagrant disregard of the fundamental human rights as guaranteed by the 1999 constitution (as amended) for any Christian group to deny a Muslim kid the opportunity to attend a Christian named Government school simply because she uses Hijab. Conversely, it is lugubrious and repugnant to doctrine of natural justice, equity and good conscience for any Muslim group to seek to deny any Christian kid the chance to seek for public education as guaranteed by the law in a Muslim named government school for the unreasonable reason that she has refused to use Hijab or cover her head. We should not reduce our public schools to grounds of intolerance and hatred.

I attended Ansar-ud-Deen Primary School and I was very privileged to have many Christian friends (girls as at then) who never covered their heads and were never chastised as to why they did not. We sat side by side in class, played, joked, ate, drank, fought, studied and learnt together like all kids would do. It was at Ansar-ud-Deen I learnt “The Lord’s Prayer” and “The Grace” and till date I still can recite them in eloquent manner despite being a devout Muslim. We offered both Islamic Religious Knowledge and Christian Religious Knowledge (BK as it was fondly called then) as it was compulsory for all. The general theme of both subjects as we were taught was to inculcate in us the virtues of being good, spirit of brotherhood, neighborliness, love and respect for differences. We underwent examinations on CRK likewise my colleagues as they did on IRK. I grew up to understand the Christian faith, respect and appreciate of the differences. With my friends, we never cared if A was a Christian or a Muslim; we simply enjoyed our friendship and moved on.

Getting to Lagos State University to study Law offers another perfect example. In my 100level days, it was compulsory for all students to offer Islamic Law irrespective of your religious inclinations. In a class of over 350 students with more than 150 Christians, we all offered Islamic Law in a very interesting and competitive atmosphere. It was a beauty to see Christian and Muslim Law Students’ ‘argue’, share and compare knowledge on the verses of the Quran and Hadith taught in class. My Christian friends quoted verses of the Quran and argued with eloquence and precision during tutorial classes. We were not surprised to that when the results were released the ratio of high marks revealed that Christians had better ratios than Muslims. To add to the beauty, the lecturer-in-charge happens to be a very conscious Muslim and one-time leader of Muslims during his time on campus. We all laughed and joked about the result simply because we knew everyone merited the scores they got.

These are the virtues we grew up with. We learnt that in advancing the course of humanity, we only needed to appreciate the difference, learn and respect one another’s belief in an atmosphere filled with love and certainly not the one being promoted in the Nigeria of today by a Muslim towards a Christian and a Christian towards anything that has to do with Muslims. Our country cannot make any meaningful progress if we refuse to eschew this dangerous intolerance and lack of understanding we are deliberately brewing up every now and then.

Private Schools funded from private purses can continue to promote individual religions as they deem fit but government schools should be a platform of togetherness of all faiths in order to appreciate the differences and promote inter-faith relations. After all, government schools irrespective of the names they bear are funded by Taxpayers who are both Christians and Muslims.

We owe the ‘kids’ of today the duty to teach them how to defend, love and respect one another across all ethnic and religious divides after all we are all Nigerians. The government as a matter of urgency should call for dialogue between themselves on one hand and the Christian/Muslim leaders on the other hand on the reason, benefits of the policy and how they intend to keep the ‘beliefs’ of each founders in line with public policy as it demands.

Our diversity should be a blessing geared towards developmental strides for our Nation and not a reason for disintegration. May God bless all our Children and make them great personalities for the benefit of Nigeria and humanity as a whole.

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A typical Nigerian who is quick to identify problems without proferring solutions.Cuddling is the appropriate word and not romancing.

No wonder most Chelsea and Man U fans are quiet today hahaha

Op,Are you a church owner?Is the account of your church being depleted without inflows from your members?I do not understand your lamentations.

Below are the list of reports in the waste bin basket of Aso Rock and the report of the committee on National conference and the recommendation of the National conference will soon join the others in the waste bin

(1) Committee on Nigeria's inclusion in FATF list –
(2) 26-member amnesty implementation committee to engage Boko Haram
(3) Flood fund raising committee -
(4) Committee for Abuja Park and Zoo -
(5) Committee to pay electricity workers
(6) Oronsaye committee
(7) Fuel subsidy scam: Presidential committee
( Presidential committee on SURE-P
(9) Presidential Committee on reform of government agencies
(10) Committee to review ICJ judgement on Bakassi
(11) Committee to solve frequent health workers face off
(12) PDP reconciliation committee -
(13) Committee to resolve FAAC crisis
(14) Ribadu committee report-
(15) Subsidy reinvestment board
(16) Committee on post-election violence
(17) Committee to identify leakages and waste in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies
(18) Committee for airport upgrading
(19) Justice Alfa Belgore committee
(20) Presidential Committee on Award of Post-Graduate Scholar-ship to first class graduates
(21) Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies
(22) Committee to negotiate with the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram
(23) Committee to ratify FG contracts and procurements
(24) Pensions Reform Task Force
(25) Committee on transparency in the oil sector
(26) Committee set up to decongest the ports
(27) Committee to monitor oil exports
(28) Committee saddled with the responsibility of expelling all unqualified students from the school
(29) inter-ministerial committee to work out modalities for University lecturers to have a minimum PhD qualification
(30) NDDC fact- finding committee
(31) Presidential committee on road infrastructure
(32) Presidential committee on restructuring and rationalisation of the Federal Civil Service

Source: Premium Times

moscobabs: thanks bro.....sorri for this next question
u know...1.Adefarati buried Ajasin,

2. Agagu buried Adefarati

3. Mimiko will now bury Agagu.
do u really think Mimiko will like to bury This man because of the misery surrounds his death??(I mean died after Dead)

Why all of una dey copy and paste lies.Na Navy Commander Anthony Onyeagulem bury Ajasin in 1996.

Naija we like drama sha... many of us wey no shake body when Boko Harem kill those students for Borno don dey begin live commentary on Agagu crash.... not that one is asking that we do not mourn the departed in the unfortunate accident, and indeed my thoughts and prayers had gone out to them even before I knew their identities.........but the way some of us react to depending on who is involved makes me agree with the comment courtesy of Kayode Ogundamisi
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Kayode Ogundamisi wrote
Sorry it sounds insensitive but Nigerians dying from an plane crash are not more important than countless poor folks slayed daily by Boko Haram so let the outrage be equal or lets just admit dying cheaply is another Nigerian way of life and move on as usual.

Naija we like drama sha... many of us wey no shake body when Boko Harem kill those students for Borno don dey begin live commentary on Agagu crash.... not that one is asking that we do not mourn the departed in the unfortunate accident, and indeed my thoughts and prayers had gone out to them even before I knew their identities.........but the way some of us react to depending on who is involved makes me agree with the comment courtesy of Kayode Ogundamisi
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Kayode Ogundamisi wrote
Sorry it sounds insensitive but Nigerians dying from an plane crash are not more important than countless poor folks slayed daily by Boko Haram so let the outrage be equal or lets just admit dying cheaply is another Nigerian way of life and move on as usual.

76Naira: Adefarati buried Ajasin, Agagu buried Adefarati, Mimiko set to bury Agagu. Mimiko's birthday is today 3rd October......today.

Why do Nigerians delight in copy,pasting and propagating lies.Ajasin died in October 1996 while Navy Commander Anthony Onyeagbulam was the governor of Ondo State.

Tzulu: Has anyone observed these facts
before now? Ondo incumbent
Governors always bury their
predecessors.
1. Adefarati buried Ajasin
2. Agagu buried Adefarati
3. Mimiko will now bury
Agagu.
Ain't that a mystery?

You try small but no be Adefarati bury Ajasin.Na one Navy Commander Anthony Onyeagbulam be governor when Ajasin die for October 1996.

If the black box flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of the stuff?

If the black box flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of the stuff?

Lovexme: Didn't a famous pastor warned of such happening?

Una don start again.

RELIGION and the JAPANESE SOCIETY:

Religion ceased to be what it used to be in Japan after the Second World War. The Japanese before WW2 believed strongly in their religion to help defend their territory in war and peace. The Shinto god was obviously no match for science which was made obvious by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. People lost faith in their religion and uniquely they dint run to adopt another man's religion. Obviously they re nt as foolish as some Africans who in the face of staggering evidence that god can do nothing for them wld still go ahead to enrich conmen/pastors.

I say Nigerians are excessively gullible for a reason--I didn't just make it up.

There is no agreed measure of gullibility but I think it is fair to use the percentage of Christians who are CERTAIN God exists. The absence of doubt makes people vulnerable to every scammer who can give a good show of having special access to God.

In Nigeria 94% of Christians are certain that God is real. Only one African country has a higher percentage; in Kenya it is 95%.

Two countries tie with Nigeria in second place: Ghana and Tanzania both at 94%.

Other countries are rather lower. For example Chad has 82% and Mozambique has 77%. For comparison, Japan has 4.2%--the lowest in the world although many European countries are not far behind Japan.

That's why I say, if Gullibility was an Olympic sport, Nigeria would be on the winners' podium.

Data from PEW FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE
TOLERANCE AND TENSION:
ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

I posted a similar topic on October 22 2012.

https://www.nairaland.com/1082012/10-signs-job-dissatisfaction

10 SIGNS OF JOB DISSATISFACTION

1. Dread Mondays or going to work on any day.
2. Can’t wait for Friday.
3. Are often bored at work.
4. Feel tired or chronically fatigued.
5. Avoid your boss and dread meetings.
6. Have no enthusiasm or sense of self-worth.
7. Feel like you are getting nowhere in your job.
8. Frequently take work stress home.
9. Question your choice of industry or occupation.
10. Can’t think of a way out.

youngchopper: no be to dey make mouth dey blow onyibo man's grammer! Watz ur problem with tb joshua? Even if the man is fake u will neva mark ma word NEVER be half a philantropist and good as to this man! When things dont work ur way u start crying there is no God! Go and watch discovery channel (psychic investigation) and see that life is beyond the physical.

Well, I came to realise long time ago that, there are two types of religious folks: 1. The Idiots 2. The Hypocrites .However, the two of them are dangerous to humanity. Because, they both suffer from a fallacious hallucination phenomenon of all kind of religiosities that usually makes them to indulge in all kind of fantastic fatalism most often times.

Take it from me, I respect TB Joshua for his magnanimity and generousity to ordinary folks, despite the fact that I don't share the same religion sentiment with him. The man has a very good heart. I have seen this attribute of him in many instances, apart from what they show on TV. For instance, a Zimbabwean guy, his wife and two young kids got stranded in Nigeria sometime ago, their conditions were so terrible, and I could not do much to help them. Then I directed them to TB Joshua, and the "man of god" really assisted them with more than enough cash, enough material and bought a first class flight tickets for the guy and his family to return back to Zimbabwe. You see, I will always respect TB Joshua as a human being, and as a human being that has good heart regardless of his religion belief.

The Chinese rejected western culture and religion, but accepted their education, which engendered technology. Since technology is derivable through education, then we can say that the only thing the Chinese and the Indians took away from the West is education. So, why should we reject our culture in the name of western religions? China has a population of about 1.6 billion people, while India has about 1.3 billion people, out of the 7 billion people who make up the entire world. But it is a known fact that about 75 per cent of Indians practice Hinduism, while their Muslim and Christian populations are about 15 and 7 per cent. But we know where India is today when it comes to technology.

In China, 98 per cent practice Buddhism, while about 75 per cent of Japanese do the same, yet the two countries are successful in technology and development. Look at Chinese influence in America, Europe and, now, Africa. You can learn technology through our traditional religion, because the 16 Ifa keys of Odu Ifa are the same with the computer, and each of the 16 Ifa keys can be translated into millions of ways and things in research. So there is no way we can be successful if we neglect our tradition and and cultures. If you do not believe in your culture and tradition, there is no way you can liberate your race. If you don't have an identity, then you cannot achieve unity, and when there is no unity, then you cannot fight a cause successfully. That is why we believe that cultural revolution is the key and part of our revolution.

I have held exactly this thesis for a long time now - that religion is one the major reasons we're underdeveloped and will remain so for a long time. The two so-called monotheistic religions are the cause of so much strife in our society, so much disunity, so much disruption. They're also the cause of corruption, because while the Muslims and the Christians often wait for the day of resurrection/judgement to face the consequences of their misdeeds, in Yoruba religions, judgement can be instant. If you swear by Ogun, you may not have a safe trip in a vehicle built with iron; if you swear by Sango, thunder may strike you dead etc. Let's think about this folks.

I am so pissed off... watching this Jim Iyke stuff.. so annoying... where are all the atheists, freethinkers. rationalist etc? where una dey oo? Me I want to dare TB Joshua to deliver me... I know I have a demon in me.... so I am daring him to try the same stunt he has been pulling with these nollywood charlatans with me....He will fail woefully!
If there is anybody with access to TB Joshua reading this... the person should tell him hat there someone possessed with a demon of logical thinking and naturalism who is challenging him to a fuel... what kind of idiots will believe this puerile and absurd display of undiluted chicanery? Shaking my head in disgust...

I am so pissed off... watching this Jim Iyke stuff.. so annoying... where are all the atheists, freethinkers. rationalist etc? where una dey oo? Me I want to dare TB Joshua to deliver me... I know I have a demon in me.... so I am daring him to try the same stunt he has been pulling with these nollywood charlatans with me....He will fail woefully!
If there is anybody with access to TB Joshua reading this... the person should tell him hat there someone possessed with a demon of logical thinking and naturalism who is challenging him to a duel... what kind of idiots will believe this puerile and absurd display of undiluted chicanery? Shaking my head in disgust...

Farts are caused by trapped air, which can come from many sources. Some of it is air that we have swallowed while chewing or drinking and some gas is produced by chemical reactions in our intestines or bacteria living in our guts.

A typical fart is composed of about 59 percent nitrogen, 21 percent hydrogen, 9 percent carbon dioxide, 7 percent methane and 4 percent oxygen. Only about one percent of a fart contains hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans, which contain sulfur, and the sulfur is what makes farts stink.

#Why farts make sound ?

Farts make a sound when they escape due to the vibrations of the rectum. The loudness may vary depending on how much pressure is behind the gas, as well as the tightness of the sphincter muscles .

#Why Do Farts Smell Bad?

Hydrogen sulfide is compound in farts that made them stink. The more sulfur-rich your diet is, the more terrible your farts will smell. Some foods contain more sulfur than others, like beans, cabbage, cheese and eggs can cause gas that will blow your nose.

#average person fart About 14 Times Per Day.

The average person produces about half a liter of farts every single day. In a study has proven that when men and women eat the exact same food, woman tend to have even more concentrated gas than men. If a person were to fart continuously for 6 years and 9 months, they would produce gas with the equivalent energy of an atomic bomb.

#Farts Have Been Clocked At A Speed Of 7 mph.

Though farts come out with varying velocities, we don’t typically smell them for about 10-15 seconds after letting them rip. This is because it takes that long for the odor to reach your nostrils.

#Farts Are Flammable

the methane and hydrogen in bacteria-produced farts make your gas highly flammable. This is why some people think it’s a funy trick to hold a lighter up to their bums and then produces a big burst of flame, but it is very dangerous.

#If You Hold Them In, They’ll Just Come Out When You Sleep.

Even if you clenched your butt and held them in all day, the gas will escape once you relax. What’s more relaxing than sleep?

#People Even Fart After Death.

Gasses will continue to escape from a body after death of person , this is due to the contracting and expanding of the muscles, which do not necessarily shut down immediately after death.

honey001: See our leaders of tomorrow......

Are The leaders of today any better?

God didn't need money while humans were being created so he does not need money to bless anybody.Only lazy pastors emphasise tithing.

"Every great truth begins as a blasphemy."- George Bernard Shaw.

September 30th is International Blasphemy Rights Day. It is a day set aside by atheists, freethinkers, skeptics and others interested in freedom of expression to celebrate and promote the right to criticize religious beliefs without fear of being stoned to death, bombed, tortured or thrown in jail. Protect and promote the Right to Freedom of Speech, even if criticism hurts your feelings or perceived feelings of your Prophet or SkyDaddy, don't go on a violent spree, do not take away the right of another to express their opinions. Religion is not above criticism or satire. Happy Blasphemy Rights Day!

Once upon a time, a man named Tai Solarin founded the Mayflower School in Ikenne,Ogun State. The Late Tai Solarin was an unrepentant 'atheist'. Yet, christians, muslims, traditional worshippers sent their kids to the school because of the quality of education. The school flourished and produced some of the best brains in Nigeria of today. In spite of the quality, the school fees wasn't out reach of the average Nigerian family. Tai Solarin, though an atheist, his legacy forever lives on. Now the question is, how many 'Christian' families can afford to send their kids to the current 'Christian' private school founded by popular pentecostal movements? Moral of the story, you need not to wear a white collar or grow long beard to impact on humanity. Service to humanity is not a religious matter.

Let us go there!

In science class, you probably learned that a woman can only get pregnant by one man at once. That’s typically true, but if a woman is sleeping with more than one man at one time, things can sometimes happen in ways you might not expect.

The case of Mia Washington was national news after it was reported that the woman was impregnated by two men at once. Even more interesting is that the babies were twins. Yes, you got that right: Twins with two different dads.

According to The Today Show, the woman’s ovaries released two eggs to be fertilized instead of just one. So, after sleeping with her 44-year old boyfriend, the 20-year old woman unknowingly got pregnant by another man in the same week.

According to Dr. Hilda Hutcherson, a Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University, sperm can stay alive for up to five days in the reproductive tract. So, the sp*erm can, “just kind of hang out there waiting for the egg to be released,” according to Dr. Hutcherson.

The situation began to unravel when her 44-year old partner, James Harrison, couldn’t understand why the second baby looked so much different from the first.

These outcomes are one in a million. But Dr. Hutcherson says that 1 – 2 percent of all fraternal twins have different fathers. In one case, a white woman slept with both a black man and a white one and had twins of different races.

So, maybe this says that you want to clean yourself out after sleeping with a man to ensure that extra eggs don’t become fertilized by sperm that’s just “hanging around inside your v@gina.” You might also want to sleep with just one person, but that part is up to you.

http://www.techyville.com/2013/09/news/how-did-this-woman-get-pregnant-by-two-men-at-the-same-time-she-released-two-eggs-at-once/

Pastors Adeboye and Bakare flanked by their spouses,Folu Adeboye and Layide Bakare before Pastor Bakare's exit from RCCG.Uncomfirmed reports has it that the picture was taken in 1988/1989 at the 1st Model Parish of RCCG at Ladipo Oluwole Street off Oba -Akran Avenue Ikeja which Pastor Bakare pastored before starting Latter Rain Assembly in April 1989.