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he misconceptions around abortion need deconstruction. First is that women who seek abortion are promiscuous. Aside the subjectivity of the term “promiscuous,” studies show many married women seek abortion, too. Second is that children are generally a blessing. Well, not in all cases especially if we go by Nigeria’s 52,000 annual incidence of maternal mortality. Third, all children come from God and deserve to be born. Not at all children are a biological reaction; God does not make them, regardless of what miracle preachers say. Children are born because people have sex. And to those who make the banal argument of if-your-parents-did-not-give-birth-to-you-would-you-be-here, I ask in return, “Since your birth, what good have you done the planet?”

One thing conservatives should note is this: most women would rather avoid abortion altogether. I once attended a conference where a doctor who runs an abortion clinic read from the logbook her patrons filled after the process. It was agonising to listen. The women, one could tell, suffered guilty consciences. If the conservatives add to this the economics of abortion, they will get a picture of what the decision is really like for women who have to procure it. Others who trump up the argument of infanticide need to understand that matters of sex have many grey areas and there cannot be an umbrella definition of virtue to cover everyone sufficiently.

Issues around abortion are tense everywhere, even in the so-called liberal societies. Nevertheless, countries legalise the practice for pragmatic purposes as women who want an abortion will procure it regardless of risk to their health and, even, life. For all it’s worth, such women deserve support, legal and social.

Abortion legalisation does not mean women would start trooping to hospitals through the front door. Abortion is hugely stigmatising in many societies and the impact of this law will only be marginal for a while. The poor and working-class women will most likely continue patronising quacks. It will take time before society fully reconciles itself to certain realities.

Those who use religious precepts to counter arguments on abortion should understand that not all women are religious; some of us don’t want our choices decided by the injunctions in someone else’s religion. I am a non-theist; there is no rationale why my choices should be regulated by Roman Catholic principles. There are even multiple studies that show that on issues like contraceptives, Catholics are already ahead of the Vatican dictates, so why not let us be realistic?

The culturalist position on the issue is not more tenable either. Culture is not immutable; otherwise Nigerians would still be killing twins. And let’s not get started on the myth of superior African values. Cultural values are relative and Africans have no more mores that trump other places in the world where abortion is legalised. That we are more pretentious or too coy to deal with certain subjects is not superiority.

Let’s note: Abortion is never compulsory, either for the doctor or the woman involved. It is an alternative for those who exhaust their options. Nobody should therefore use their influence on political institutions to impose their position on everyone (otherwise, why resist Boko Haram?) That Imo State is Catholic-dominated does not make it a religious state. Okorocha should allow this law as a test of strength and virtues of those who preach love and tolerance on Sunday but live otherwise during the week.

Finally, I want to preempt those who will ask if I have any value for life at all. The answer is yes, I do. But I am also a realist so like Bill Clinton, I believe abortion should be safe, legal and rare. What our conservatives should debate is “rare,” not total suppression. It is delusional to assume people will always want every child when we know that mistakes do happen; people miscalculate. Nature itself is inconsistent and so folks find themselves with children they do not want.

When that happens, every woman should be left to consult her conscience and arrive at her own decision. Not everyone woman will choose an abortion anyway. The Igbo have a saying, “Egbe belu, ugo belu.” It roughly translates as live and let live. I read that in Chinua Achebe’s book.

ADELAKUN ADUNNI ABIMBOLA

The civil resistance to Christianity in China, India and Japan says something about the differential resilience and tenacity of different cultures and peoples to resist foreign assaults on the integrity of their essences.The resistance is of course through the agency of the people and community who protect their institutions.This tenacity of other people's resistance to foreign imposition,no matter how well packaged,contrasts the case of black humanity globally.African communities have proven to be the least loyal to their corporate essences-the integrity of culture,including religion.Africans,both at home and in diaspora,may thus be said to have a high gullibility quotient.We are willing clients to every nonsensical garbage from abroad sold to us.

What do you think?

The Joint Tax Board (JTB) has formally laid to rest speculations about the extension or otherwise of the expiry date for the renewal of the driver’s licence and Vehicle number plates currently in use in the country.
A press release signed by the Secretary of JTB, ML Abubakar stated that the new expiry date for the renewal process is 30th June 2014 instead of 1st October 2013 it earlier gave.
“The re-validation exercise in respect of these items will continue till 30th June, 2014. The Federal Road Safety Corps, the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) and the State Board of Internal Revenue are putting all necessary arrangements in place to ensure ease of the process,” the statement said.

http://transformationwatch.com/2013/09/17/joint-tax-board-extends-expiring-date-for-licence-renewal/

The answer is the trite saying:CUT YOUR COAT ACCORDING TO YOUR MATERIAL.

There was a man named Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Whose well-documented life, times and tragic passing is legendary. His works live on and his music, Afrobeat, which he created ranks sacred as the classics of Mozart and Bach. His message was of activism and the path he towed was against the ruling force of his time. So the propaganda went out and his iconic status was distorted by the state-controlled media, but what they didn’t tell you was

1. He Was Super Smart

A genius for all time, Fela was born into a family where intelligence reigned supreme. It was in his DNA. His mother Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a leading activist in the anti-colonial movement. And his father Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, apart from his divine calling as a Protestant Clergyman and school principal, he had the distinction of being the first president of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT). The intellectual distinction flowed down and wide as his brothers Olikoye Ransom-Kuti (Former Health Ministers) and Beko Ransome-Kuti were both distinguished in the field of medicine. He also had a relation who won the Nobel Prize. Yes! You heard me right, Prof. Wole Soyinka was his first cousin.

Away from clan Kuti, the maestro Fela was a phenomenon. Guess you didn’t know that in 1967, he took a soul-searching trip to Ghana and returned with revolutionary music. Afrobeat was his gift to humanity. He spent time in medicine, and also as a radio producer.

His music which smacked of genius was an original potent mix of Funk, Jazz, Salsa and Calypso with Juju, Highlife and African percussive patterns delivered to the people in the endearing pidgin English. He intelligently shunned all the grandiose verbiage that schooling in the UK gave him and connected on a basic scale with his worldwide audience. His song titles ranged from the poetic to the hilarious allegory.

Finally, whoever shared a stage with Bono, The Neville Brothers, Carlos Santana, and also had in excess of a million people weeping at his burial had to either be Einstein or Fela Anikulapo Kuti.



2. He Was A Philosopher

There are no huge dusty intelligent volumes and books sitting in great libraries with Felaism as their subject, but whoever listened to his music and had a passing interest in his lifestyle would feel a subtle, but abrasive philosophy hitting at your subconscious core.

The world Fela had his existence, and the world as Fela saw it, where in reality never going to move in sync. Fela’s innate philosophy was a novel variant of Utilitarianism (For the greater good), interspersed with domestic Hedonism (Pleasure). This unlikely blend of ideals was a core operational theme evident in his legacy to posterity.

His Utilitarian persona was expressive in his music and activism. A man for the people, who always was in identification with the underdogs of the Nigerian society. Well-documented was his vocal stance that less-privileged prostitutes should be pitied, and afforded ample legal protection.

He was inconsistent, but dogmatic. Believing in a free world of love, mutual sharing and sacrifice. A blatant lack of those lofty ideals in a Nigeria wallowing in poverty, strife and endemic corruption led him onto a path of activism which gave him a tale of brutal police beatings, near-death encounters with the military, and victimization by the flawed court system.



3. He Deeply Was Religious

Though not in the way you’ve been brought up to agree with. Throwing off the shackles of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic-Arab belief systems, Fela took up a Promethean religion to which he gave no name.

His religion was one in tune with the natural cravings of the flesh, and a bit of the Yoruba traditional religion. He created a commune, Kalakuta Republic, themed by music and spirituality and declared them independent from Nigeria, the flawed sovereign entity.

His faith was mercurial and accommodating. Self-indulgence and uncompromising love was a central cornerstone. So was honour and the principle of equality. His religion was of the tenet that the natural and basic cravings of man, including carnality is not to be repressed. And it expressed itself in his life.



4. He Had A Large Bleeding Heart

Fela was not the best candidate for sainthood, but his message was love. Love to one, love to all, and love for nature.

His large heart, stirred by the torturous suffering and lack affecting the masses, in a land of financial and mineral abundance, set him on his activism. Activism was evident in his music, glaring in his lifestyle, and shocking in some forms of its manifestation.

Love, intrinsically is an emotion that bestows might, and Fela had that in abundance. Power, founded on love. Mixing that with a will of steel, Fela’s large heart bled and fought for the trampled. A huge career of confrontation took a nasty turn in 1977. Fela and his band, Afrika’ 70 released an album titled Zombie. The moniker Zombie was a direct reference to the deadly operational ways of the military. So they responded with brute force and savagery. A thousand soldiers attacked the commune, mobbed Fela, threw out his aged mother from a window which caused her fatal injuries that led to her death, burnt the Kalakuta Republic, the studios, and musical instruments. But Fela cowered not. He marched on in belief. A bastion of hope and defiance.



And on the home front, the large heart created a large family. I bet you saw this coming. Ladies flocked around the enigma that Fela was. Something about his appetite for life and his celebrity status made women all over battle for a piece of him. And there was enough of Fela to go round. 27 women once graced his bed, followed by another simultaneous 12. And he delivered the goods. Fela, an inspiration to 2face.



5. Fela Loved Politics

Fela was a follower of Pan-Africanism and Socialism. He was a champion for the sanctity of human rights. A staunch supporter of traditional religion and lifestyle, Kuti abhorred colonialism. A striking feature of his life was his refusal to adapt to the Western ways. He bled Africa. Polygyny was his way, and so was his love for the truly African beauty which he fondly referred to as ‘Market Woman’. (Remember the ‘Lady’ song?).

Not content with fighting from his studio, Fela took it to the media. He bought spaces in the Daily Times and The Punch, two influential national tabloids on which he ran outspoken political columns throughout the 1970’s and the early 1980’s. He titled the columns ‘The Chief Priest Say’.

He formed his political party, Movement of the People, and in 1979, he put himself forward for President, but his candidature was refused.



http://pulse.ng/2013/04/05/five-things-the-government-didnt-tell-us-about-fela-anikulapo-kuti/

At about 8:15pm on 8 September, Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, alias Winners’ Chapel, was in Abeokuta to meet with Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State. The meeting was facilitated by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, whom Oyedepo contacted to reach out to Amosun. The governor was said to be seething over the latest controversy involving Oyedepo and his church.

Two days earlier, some members of the church assaulted a team of officials of the Ogun State Ministry Of Urban and Physical Planning, who had gone to the church’s headquarters in Ota to serve building inspection notices, as well as two journalists attached to Ogun State Television.

Peter Falomo, a reporter, and Lekan Egunjobi, a cameraman, were the worst hit. A statement issued by Yusuph Olaniyonu, Ogun State Commisioner for Information and Strategy, said the journalists were savagely beaten, their camera seized, the recording deleted and the camera damaged before it was released. Olaniyonu alleged that Oyedepo was present, watching the assault as though it was a spectator sport. “The assault was witnessed by the Head Pastor of the Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, who equally was visibly angry at the decision of the officials to attempt to carry out their statutory duties in his church premises,” said Olaniyonu. The commissioner added that Oyedepo repeatedly spewed insults at the officials and asked why they imagined they had the licence to regulate building of structures for commercial purposes in his church premises.

Aside from the journalists, two officials of the ministry were also wounded by church members, who denied the team access to the church premises. The victims were taken to the General Hospital in Ota, where they were treated and subsequently discharged. The church authorities are said to have severally ignored invitations to meetings of the Stakeholders Forum, set up by the government, for organisations in the state to discuss with the government issues like physical planning and taxation regulations.

General Manager, Ogun State Urban and Physical Planning Board, Mr. Stephen Adewolu, who led the team of officials, accused the church authorities of acting as though they were above the law. “No organisation can carry on as if it is above the law. We have information that the people in that church are just building structures indiscriminately without building approval, without necessary environmental impact assessment reports and they are violating planning laws and regulations,” Adewolu said.

It was the second assault on government officials by Oyedepo’s followers in as many days. A day before, officials of the Ogun State Internal Revenue Service, OGIRS, who visited the church premises to effect the payment of outstanding taxes were similarly attacked. According to officials of the agency, the outstanding taxes, which cover a seven-year period, are owed by Kingdom Heritage Nursery School, owned by Oyedepo’s church and located within its headquarters. The tax owed is put at less than N2 million. “What they owe is below two million naira. It is from 2003 to 2010. We have sent several notices to them. The first one was in 2010, followed by that of 2011 and the last was in May 2013. Our men were explaining to them when some personnel, including their legal officer and accountant, came out and in the course of discussion, our men were beaten blue black and our equipment were destroyed,” explained OGIRS Chairman, Mr. Jide Odubanjo.

At a press conference a day after the assault, the state government showed a video of the attack on OGIRS officials and subsequent detention of journalists for three hours by staff of the school. The video was recorded on the sly by a government official with a mobile phone and later downloaded on DVD. The detained staff were released following the intervention of the Divisional Police Officer of Onipanu in Ota Division. Odubanjo said the service is legally empowered to access and inspect financial records in the premises of any business located within the state. He explained that the recent inspection was part of the government’s drive to ensure compliance with tax laws and enforcement efforts. Odubanjo added that the visit to the church’s headquarters became necessary in view of the fact that the authorities of the church had ignored reminders to pay up.

Muyiwa Adejobi, Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, said the matter will be investigated. Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mrs. Abimbola Akeredolu, said her ministry is studying the facts on the two incidents with a view to fashioning an appropriate legal response.

Before the meeting with Oyedepo, Amosun was said to have met with some key officials of his government, including heads of law enforcement agencies, and taken a decision to seal off the premises of the church last Monday. The decision was, however, leaked to the church, a development that pushed Oyedepo to seek Obasanjo’s assistance in getting through to the governor.

At the meeting with Oyedepo, said sources, Amosun did not conceal his disgust at the conduct of Oyedepo’s followers. A source at the meeting said Oyedepo pleaded for leniency, but the governor said the church must pick the hospital bills of the victims and replace all the damaged equipment. The governor was also said to have insisted that law must take its course in the matter.

Sources told TheNEWS that five of those involved in the attack on government officials have been arrested by the police and may be slammed with charges based on their statements to the police.

“Without prejudice to the facts on ground and with the video evidence we have just watched, they may likely be charged for false imprisonment and assault,” said Akeredolu, Commissioner for Justice.

When TheNEWS visited the church’s headquarters, a pastor that refused to give his name confirmed that Oyedepo met with the governor. He explained that the preacher agreed to pick the medical bills of the victims and pay for the damaged equipment. He also said church officials involved in the violence will be sanctioned on release from police detention. The pastor, however, denied the government’s claim that Oyedepo was present when government officials were being molested and branded the authors of such claim as mischievous.

But a regional pastor, who prefers to be anonymous, told this medium that church officials that attacked OGIRS officials did so based on the conviction that the church has been sensitive to the needs of its host community and is thus entitled to a tax-exempt status. He said this was conveyed to OGIRS officials who, rightly, were unimpressed.

Just like the Ogun State government, the British authorities have also developed an interest in Oyedepo, whose church in Britain has received an estimated £16 million in tithes from followers between 2008 and 2013. Of this sum, according to a recent report in The Guardian of London, over £1 million has been funnelled into the church’s operation in Nigeria, the reason for which the Charity Commission of England and Wales is scrutinising the church’s finances. The commission is a non-ministerial department that functions as the regulator and registrar of charities in England and Wales. Last month, The Guardian reported that the Charity Commission was investigating allegations that charitable funds that accrued to Oyedepo’s church have been misapplied.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/09/17/oyedepo-in-fresh-storm-of-controvery/

Ogling at women's boobs leads to Parkinson Disease.

If Friday the 13th is a bad luck day, shouldn't Friday the 26th be twice as bad luck?

Abeg guys make una dey try wear clean socks not all those ones wey go dey smell like fish if u commot shoe haba

Stories of Catholic priests sexually molesting male and female children have been on the increase in recent years. Sometimes, such inappropriate sexual acts are not with children but with adults. A few weeks ago, a Catholic cardinal, Keith O’Brien – the head of the Catholic Church in Scotland and the most senior prelate in all Britain – resigned after admitting to having had sexual relations with some priests. Ironically, O’Brien had been a vociferous voice against homosexuality in the United Kingdom.

It is not that such stories are not heard among other Christian denominations now and then, but they are on a large and recurring scale in the Catholic Church. It is not because Catholic priests have a higher libido than other priests and pastors or that they are worse in morals. The only reason for it is the compulsory celibacy enforced among the Catholic clergy.

Such sexual molestation stories are not rife in Nigeria. But it is not because they don’t occur – for Nigerian priests are as human as their European and American counterparts – but because of two main reasons: 1. There is still a deep stigma for rape – victims prefer to keep silent to avoid being stigmatised; 2. since most victims are usually Catholics, they and their families would prefer not to tarnish the image of their beloved church by going public – they would prefer to bear the trauma for life than be pointed to as the “enemies” that wanted to drag the name of the Catholic Church through the mud. So, the silence continues, and everybody pretends that nothing untoward goes on in Nigeria. That I dared to write this at all will be considered sacrilegious by many.

Has the priestly celibacy worked for the Catholic Church? Yes and no. Yes, because it has helped to portray the Catholic Church as different from other Christian denominations, and therefore unique. It has helped to portray the priests as different from the laity, thereby strengthening their power over the laity and increasing their aura in their eyes too. It has helped to sustain the image of the Catholic Church as an institution with a great tradition. In addition, it has helped it to a large extent to have priests that are not ruled by inordinate acquisition of wealth as well as priests that are not too afraid to die in the line of duty.

But celibacy has not worked and will never work for the Catholic Church, because it is against natural law. Only VERY FEW men and women can be truly celibate for decades. And those who want to be truly celibate do so without any compulsion. Some would say that the Catholic priests are not forced to be celibate. That is true, but a man who passionately wants to serve the Lord as a priest in the Catholic Church MUST take an oath to be celibate, even if he earnestly does not want to be one.

Celibacy was an introduction into the church. The church was over a thousand years old when it took a definite stand in 1139, at the Second Lateran Council, forbidding priests to marry. In 1563, the Council of Trent re-affirmed that celibacy policy.

Curiously, celibacy is not a biblical injunction. It is not in the Old Testament, neither is it in the New Testament. It is not ordered by Jesus Christ or His apostles as a condition for one to inherit the kingdom of God. Christ made it clear that in heaven, there is no husband or wife, while St Paul said that whether one marries or does not marry does not matter. In 1st Timothy 3, Paul listed the qualities of a bishop or overseer, and said inter alia: “A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, hospitable, an apt teacher, no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money.”

Christianity does not force its adherents to kill their libido. Sex drive is a natural and healthy thing that cannot be subdued by force. If it is subdued forcefully, it brews like a latent volcano, exploding one day in a destructive and embarrassing manner. It is a force that needs to be channelled to fruitful ventures, not caged. It is like hunger and thirst. One can control how much one eats or drinks, but one should not be forced to abstain from food and water. Even animals are not taught by anyone to engage in sex. In matters of sex, the difference between animals and human beings is that unlike human beings, they don’t have the capacity to manage and channel their sex drive properly.

Before becoming priests, many men would be convinced of their ability to be celibate all their lives. They start off well. But maybe a decade later, when the spiritual fire wanes or burns out, they see that they cannot control the sexual urge that rears its head in them regularly. And since they are not married and cannot resign as priests and face the odium of such an action, they look for the safest outlets: masturbation, paedophilia, homosexuality, and fornication. Children are naturally the easiest targets. Children are easier to deceive; children are easier to keep silent. CNN reported that a priest told a 12-year-old girl he wanted to defile who told him that such an act was a sin: “I am your priest. What I say is sin is sin. What I say is not sin is not sin!” And with such superior and fear-inducing arguments, he was able to disarm the girl, defile her and keep her silent until she became an adult and went public with her story.

Revolutionary men change things. Pope Francis can change this policy if he wants to. Luckily, clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church is not a dogma, but a regulation. A dogma like male-only priesthood is a Catholic dogma, irreversible by a Pope. But the ban on priestly marriage is a regulation, which can be changed by a pope overnight if he wishes.

Mandatory celibacy in the Catholic Church is an ill-wind that blows no-one any good. Just like the football ruling body, FIFA, saw reason after fighting against goal-line technology for many years for no other meaningful reason but to avoid change and maintain tradition, Pope Francis has the opportunity to be the pope that abolished compulsory celibacy in the Catholic priesthood. Every Catholic who truly loves his church should be on the campaign for the Catholic Church to discontinue that policy and save millions of children from sexual exploitation by the priests they trust and venerate, and also save the Church the embarrassment of constantly being bombarded with such unpalatable news from different parishes and dioceses.

Any time the story of sexual exploitation of children by a Catholic priest is aired or published anywhere in the world, it is not just the Catholic Church that is adversely affected by such news. The entire Christendom is affected and smeared too.

When a policy is not working, history makers face reality and change such a policy, thereby writing their names in gold in the process, while others prefer not to rock the boat and just continue to go with the tide, whatever the unsavoury consequences.

Is GEJ still a trainee President?

Gov Sule Lamido of Jigawa nominated Prof Rufai Ruqqayatu

Gov Kwankwaso of Kano nominated Shamsudeen Usman

Zainab Kutchi who is from Niger State was nominated by Babangida Aliyu

If Diezani is still there then any cabinet reshuffle is insincere!!!

Bisi put on her pants and was fixing her brassiere. “Hope you’re not travelling anytime soon?” she asked. “I missed you like mad. Couldn’t stop thinking of you.” When she didn’t get a response, she turned to face him. “Didn’t you hear what I said?” she asked. Again he didn’t reply, just kept typing on his phone.

From experience, she knew that when he kept quiet like that, he was most likely angry. She couldn’t think what it was that she had done wrong in just five minutes. Or was it something he saw on his phone? She thought. “Zino darling, what is the matter? Why are you quiet?” she walked over to the bed and laid on top of him. He turned his head to the side and kept on looking at his phone.

Now, she suspected that it must have been something she did. “Stop this now… what did I do?” she mewed and kissed him. “You know I’ve missed you so much and you’re already making me feel bad.”

He turned to her, “Why did you come if you were not going to spend the night? I thought you said you missed me? Then why are you running off as if…”

“Ahn-ahn,” she protested. “But that’s not fair. You know that I don’t have sex on Sundays. But even if I wanted to stay, I told you that I’ll be leading praise session tomorrow in church. I need to get prepared. And besides I didn’t even tell my mum that I’ll not come home tonight. I really want to stay but-”

“You’ve not said anything. If you really want to stay, you’ll figure a way. But if you want to go, you’re free,” he turned again to his phone and continued surfing the net on it.

She rolled off him and sat on the edge of the bed. She was clearly in a fix. What should she do? She glanced at him. He didn’t even seem to know or care that she was still in the room. He was ignoring her. She came to a decision. She picked up her own phone and dialled a number.

“Hello mommy… Ek’ale ma… mommy, shey I told you that I’m leading praise worship tomorrow in church? I will be sleeping at my friend’s place this night so I can rehearse… no, I did not even know that I will stay… no, I said-… you will not know her, she’s a new member of the choir… she’s not here, she went out to buy something… ahn-ahn mommy, why should I lie? If I tell you the truth will you beat me?… I was joking o, mommy… yes, I’ll be coming home very early tomorrow so that I’ll pick my dress… no! Don’t bother o! Her place is far, you don’t know it… I said don’t worry… hello- hello- hello mommy, I can’t hear you- hello- the network is bad- hello…” she hurriedly cut the call with a sigh and switched off the phone. Then she turned to him.

“I’ve settled that. Are you okay now? Hmmm…?” she pecked him on the cheek.

He dropped the phone and kissed her, “That’s my girl,” he muttered again and kissed her, unhooking her brassiere from behind.

She giggled. “You bad boy…”

Very early the next morning, she woke up early, and hurriedly washed up and started getting dressed. He was still sleeping. When she was fully dressed, she tapped him to wake him up. “I’m going,” she whispered.

Zino squinted his eye open, “What time is it?”

“5:30” she answered.

“It’s still early, wait a little,” he grabbed her hand and started pulling her down.

She hit his hand playfully and wriggled free, “Don’t even start! I’ll still go home and get prepared. In fact, I’m already late. And are you not tired? Throughout the night and you still want to do!”

He laughed and pointed to his trousers hanging neatly on a hanger. “Check the right pocket.”

She went to the trousers and dug in the pocket. She fished out a full bundle of N 200 notes and a Blackberry Bold 9900 completely identical to his own. She let out a small yelp of excitement and ran to kiss him. But she stopped midway. “I don’t trust you. You will just drag me down” she laughed.

“So not even a thank-you kiss?” he said, laughing.

“When we see, I’ll give you a thank-you kiss. I’ll give you even more,” she winked. “For now, let me go and praise my God. And you better start getting prepared for church, you sinner.” She chuckled and ran excitedly out of the room. “Bye!”

In the cab, on her way home, she updated her Facebook status, “My God is a great God! He is Jehovah Jireh! Always providing. Type amen and click like if you want him to provide for you. He has done it for me this morning. Hallelujah!”

As she absently refreshed the page and saw the ‘likes’ mounting and several of her friends type ‘Amen’ in the comment section, she made a mental note to call her doctor to fix an appointment for this week. The abortion needed to be done quickly. Thank God, she had gotten the money she needed.

Later that morning, as she led the 2000-member church in praise and worship, everyone thought they felt the Holy Spirit minister powerfully through her.

Bisi put on her pants and was fixing her brassiere. “Hope you’re not travelling anytime soon?” she asked. “I missed you like mad. Couldn’t stop thinking of you.” When she didn’t get a response, she turned to face him. “Didn’t you hear what I said?” she asked. Again he didn’t reply, just kept typing on his phone.

From experience, she knew that when he kept quiet like that, he was most likely angry. She couldn’t think what it was that she had done wrong in just five minutes. Or was it something he saw on his phone? She thought. “Zino darling, what is the matter? Why are you quiet?” she walked over to the bed and laid on top of him. He turned his head to the side and kept on looking at his phone.

Now, she suspected that it must have been something she did. “Stop this now… what did I do?” she mewed and kissed him. “You know I’ve missed you so much and you’re already making me feel bad.”

He turned to her, “Why did you come if you were not going to spend the night? I thought you said you missed me? Then why are you running off as if…”

“Ahn-ahn,” she protested. “But that’s not fair. You know that I don’t have sex on Sundays. But even if I wanted to stay, I told you that I’ll be leading praise session tomorrow in church. I need to get prepared. And besides I didn’t even tell my mum that I’ll not come home tonight. I really want to stay but-”

“You’ve not said anything. If you really want to stay, you’ll figure a way. But if you want to go, you’re free,” he turned again to his phone and continued surfing the net on it.

She rolled off him and sat on the edge of the bed. She was clearly in a fix. What should she do? She glanced at him. He didn’t even seem to know or care that she was still in the room. He was ignoring her. She came to a decision. She picked up her own phone and dialled a number.

“Hello mommy… Ek’ale ma… mommy, shey I told you that I’m leading praise worship tomorrow in church? I will be sleeping at my friend’s place this night so I can rehearse… no, I did not even know that I will stay… no, I said-… you will not know her, she’s a new member of the choir… she’s not here, she went out to buy something… ahn-ahn mommy, why should I lie? If I tell you the truth will you beat me?… I was joking o, mommy… yes, I’ll be coming home very early tomorrow so that I’ll pick my dress… no! Don’t bother o! Her place is far, you don’t know it… I said don’t worry… hello- hello- hello mommy, I can’t hear you- hello- the network is bad- hello…” she hurriedly cut the call with a sigh and switched off the phone. Then she turned to him.

“I’ve settled that. Are you okay now? Hmmm…?” she pecked him on the cheek.

He dropped the phone and kissed her, “That’s my girl,” he muttered again and kissed her, unhooking her brassiere from behind.

She giggled. “You bad boy…”

Very early the next morning, she woke up early, and hurriedly washed up and started getting dressed. He was still sleeping. When she was fully dressed, she tapped him to wake him up. “I’m going,” she whispered.

Zino squinted his eye open, “What time is it?”

“5:30” she answered.

“It’s still early, wait a little,” he grabbed her hand and started pulling her down.

She hit his hand playfully and wriggled free, “Don’t even start! I’ll still go home and get prepared. In fact, I’m already late. And are you not tired? Throughout the night and you still want to do!”

He laughed and pointed to his trousers hanging neatly on a hanger. “Check the right pocket.”

She went to the trousers and dug in the pocket. She fished out a full bundle of N 200 notes and a Blackberry Bold 9900 completely identical to his own. She let out a small yelp of excitement and ran to kiss him. But she stopped midway. “I don’t trust you. You will just drag me down” she laughed.

“So not even a thank-you kiss?” he said, laughing.

“When we see, I’ll give you a thank-you kiss. I’ll give you even more,” she winked. “For now, let me go and praise my God. And you better start getting prepared for church, you sinner.” She chuckled and ran excitedly out of the room. “Bye!”

In the cab, on her way home, she updated her Facebook status, “My God is a great God! He is Jehovah Jireh! Always providing. Type amen and click like if you want him to provide for you. He has done it for me this morning. Hallelujah!”

As she absently refreshed the page and saw the ‘likes’ mounting and several of her friends type ‘Amen’ in the comment section, she made a mental note to call her doctor to fix an appointment for this week. The abortion needed to be done quickly. Thank God, she had gotten the money she needed.

Later that morning, as she led the 2000-member church in praise and worship, everyone thought they felt the Holy Spirit minister powerfully through her.

http://touchedbyapen./2013/09/11/jehovah-jireh/

Lagos lawyer and public interest litigation activist, Jiti Ogunye, has filed an action challenging the constitutionality and the legality of the plan of the Federal Road Safety Commission to embark on the issuance of new vehicle plate numbers and drivers’ license exercise all over the Country. The FRSC’s new National Driver’s Licensing Scheme (NDLS), and National Vehicle Identification Scheme (NVIS) is purportedly endorsed by the Joint Tax Board of the Federation and the National Economic Council of the Federation.
In an Originating Summons filed at the Federal High Court, Ikeja Division against the FRSC, the National Assembly, Attorney-General of the Federation, Attorney-General of Lagos State, and the National Identity Management Commission, Jiti Ogunye claims that the Federal Road Safety Commission (Establishment) Act, 2007, published as Act No 22 in Government Notice No 58 in the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No 89, Vol.94 issued in Lagos on 13th July 2007, which makes the FRSC the sole designer and producer of driver’s license and vehicle number plates, is, in whole or parts, not a validly passed and enacted Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, due to the breach of the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 ( as amended) and the respective Rules of the House of Representatives and Senate whilst the Bill for the enactment of the Act was being considered and passed in the National Assembly; and that even if theFederal Road Safety Commission (Establishment) Act, No 22 of 2007, published as aforesaid is held to have been validly enacted, Section 5 (g) and Section 10(3)(d & f) thereof are null and void for having been passed, made and enacted in excess of the legislative powers of the National Assembly under the provisions of Section 4, and Items 63 and 68 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999
Ogunye also claims that the actual or envisaged implementation (execution and enforcement) of the provisions of the said sections of the Act, generally by the Defendants, by virtue of its commencement, and in particular the intended or actual exercise of the powers in the said sections by the FRSC, including the plan to generate biometrics identity data for purpose of issuance of driver’s license and vehicle license, and the plan to centrally re-design, reproduce and reissue vehicle licenses and vehicle number plates in Nigeria, which proposal was purportedly approved by the National Economic Council of the Federation in December, 2010, are unconstitutional, illegal, null and void.
In the Summons, Ogunye submitted five questions for the determination of the Court, and sought ten reliefs or orders. The questions are whether the FRSC Commission (Establishment) Act, No 22 of 2007 is, in whole or parts, a validly passed and enacted Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, having regard to the breach of the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 ( as amended) and the respective Rules of the House of Representatives and Senate whilst the Bill for the enactment of the Act was being considered in and passed by the National Assembly?; whether Section 5 (g) and Section 10(3)(d & f) Federal Road Safety Commission (Establishment) Act, No 22 of 2007 vesting in the Federal Road Safety Commission and/or the Federal Road Safety Corps the power to make regulations relating to “designing and producing driver’s license and vehicle number plates to be used by various categories of vehicle” and the functions of “designing and producing the driver’s license to be used by various categories of vehicles operators” and “ designing and producing vehicle number plates” , were not made and enacted in excess of the legislative powers of the National Assembly under the provisions of Section 4, and Items 63 and 68 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, and if so, are not null and void and of no effect whatsoever, even if the Federal Road Safety Commission (Establishment) Act, No 22 of 2007, as a whole, is held to have been validly enacted ?; whether the intended or actual exercise of the powers conferred by the said Section 5 (g) and Section 10(3)(d & f) of the Federal Road Safety Commission (Establishment) Act, No 22 of 2007 by the Federal Road Safety Commission or Federal Road Safety Corps, especially the plan to centrally design, re-design, produce or reproduce and re-issue vehicle licenses and vehicle number plates all over Nigeria, which proposal has purportedly been approved by the National Economic Council of the Federation, are not unconstitutional, illegal, null and void? Whether the Ist-3rd Defendants, can lawfully, through the Federal Road Safety Commission, the Lagos State Number Plates Production Authority, and/or the Lagos State Driver’s License Production/Issuance Authority demand for, generate, store and deploy biometric identity data of Applicants for driver’s license or vehicle number plates, at all or without the permission or authorisation of the National Identity Management Commission, having regards to the provisions of Sections 5, 14 and 15 of the National Identity Management Commission Act, No 23 of 2007, published as Government Notice No.59 in the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No 90, Vol. 94, issued in Lagos on 14th July, 2007; and whether the said plan to centrally design, re-design, produce or reproduce and re-issue vehicle licenses and vehicle number plates all over Nigeria, which proposal has been approved by the Executive Council of the Federation, is not contrary to public policy, illegal null and void?
Ogunye then sought declarative and injunctive reliefs, including an Order of Injunction, restraining the FRSC and the other Defendants, either by themselves, or by their agents, from implementing, enforcing or in any way or manner whatsoever and howsoever operating the said provisions of Section 5 (g) and Section 10(3)(d & f) of the Federal Road Safety Commission (Establishment) Act, No 22 of 2007, especially in relation to the power therein to make regulations on and to produce driver’s license and vehicle number plates, and generating, storing and warehousing the said identity biometric data;
In the Suit, Ogunye traced the evolution of the FRSC, contending that although from its inception in 1988 and by law in 1992, up to 2007, the FRSC was only vested with the power of “ designing the driver’s license to be used by various categories of vehicle operators”; and “ designing vehicle plate identification numbers and controlling the use of speed limiting devices”, for the sake of uniformity in form and appearance of the number plates and licenses, the FRSC was, through a newlaw- Federal Road Safety Commission (Establishment) Act, 2007, published as Act No 22 in Government Notice No 58 in the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No 89, Vol.94 issued in Lagos on 13th July 2007-, unconstitutionally empowered to make regulations relating to “designing and producing driver’s license and vehicle number plates to be used by various categories of vehicle” and the actual functions of “designing and producing the driver’s license to be used by various categories of vehicles operators” and “ designing and producing vehicle number plates”
The power granted the FRSC to produce driver’s license and vehicle number plates under the Act violates the right of the States to produce driver’s license and vehicle number plates and generate revenue for themselves. It is against the principle of federalism that underpins the relationship between the States and the central government in Nigeria . Apart from the issue of federalism, FRSC’s intention to redesign and reproduce driver’s license and vehicle plates all over the Country, thereby subjecting Nigerians to a needless but costly plate number and license renewal exercise is goaded by selfish interests to generate revenue like other government agencies, and use or misuse same, without probity, and without recourse to appropriation accountability through the National Assembly,
The FRSC has agreed with the States, through the Joint Tax Board that it will share the revenue generated with the States. It is the boost of the Internally Generated Revenue dimension or perspective that is used as a bait, ploy or incentive by the FRSC and the Federal Government to compromise the State Governments who are now willing to surrender their hitherto principled opposition to the unlawful and unconstitutional usurpation of power by the FRSC and the Federal Government over the driver’s license and vehicle plate number production issue; and who are now colluding with the FRSC to escalate the cost of obtaining driver’s license and vehicle plate numbers to the detriment of the driving public.
Hearing of the Motion on Notice for Interlocutory Injunction seeking to restrain the FRSC from embarking on the exercise, pending the hearing of the substantive Suit came up before Hon. Justice S.J Adah of the Federal High Court, Ikeja on Monday, the 9th of May, 2011. The case could not proceed and was adjourned to 19th of May for continuation because of the conflicting appearances or legal representation entered for the Defendants by the law firms of two senior advocates of Nigeria. While C.A Candide Johnson Esq, SAN, told the Court that he had the instructions of the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke,SAN to represent all the Defendants, Dr. Alex A Izinyon, SAN maintained that he was briefed by the FRSC to represent it. Consequently the Court directed the Defendants' Counsel to sort out the issue of representation before the next date of hearing.

Remembering the "horror film" called 9/11, directed by a terror merchant called Osama, who was eventually killed by a man called Obama. May the souls of those who were murdered in that attack continue to rest in peace.

If there was one disease the human race ought to dread most, it is the twin-disease of arrogance and ignorance spurn from knowing one is famous and wrapping outright falsehood in finely crafted language. Unfortunately, people infected with the diisease are so sure many would not take the pains to research their assertions and authenticate what they put forth what with the excruciating economic conditions many a Nigerian contends with on a daily basis – too busy seeking a means of self-sustenance to have time for academic research and critical thinking.

Professor Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, grandson of the Rev. Canon J. J. Ransome-Kuti, his maternal grandfather, was dead wrong on so many counts in his essay on Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

Please, do not get it wrong. I have utmost respect for the Nobel Laureate, a playwright and prolific author of “The Interpreters”, “You Must Set Forth at Dawn”, “The Swamp Dwellers”, “The Lion and the Jewel” and so many more classical works and one of the leading lights of Nigerian authors of the second generation of the nation’s literary giants.

I feel so pained one with such outstanding achievements on many fronts would fail to research what he puts forth in the public domain, knowing many would run with it without verifying the issues raised therein. I admit though that man, in his present fallen state, is subject to making mistakes – sometimes very costly ones too and our illustrious professor is not immune.

Soyinka is not in a position to castigate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. While he talks about alleged human rights abuses, he plays the blind man to the excesses of the present civilian administration. Soyinka made no comment when a governor whipped a PHCN official in this dispensation. He made no comment when a critic of the Bauchi State Governor was hounded into detention for speaking the truth. Soyinka was so audibly silent when a governor summoned a Reverend Father to Government House and flogged him mercilessly. I can go on and on. All over the world leaders, in their zeal to deliver on their mandates, might commit one infraction or the other and they do step on toes. It does not make sense to play down on the weight of circumstantial evidence at the time and to seek to malign Gen. Buhari, even when the same respected professor demonstrated in his treatise that he does not know the reasons for the decisions or he chose to feign ignorance.

Let us examine for ourselves the veracity of the professor’s claims. You have a right to know the truth and many alive today will testify to the facts that I present herein. I focus on three major outright false allegations leveled by Professor Wole Soyinka against Gen. Buhari.


A Mere Hoax: The 53 Suitcases
It is obvious that Prof. Wole Soyinka chose to pander to baseless sentiments founded on outright lies. First, Atiku Abubakar whom he had referred to as the Customs Officer in question is still alive and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari had since asked Atiku to speak up. For the records, Buhari was not at the airport. What was reported to the then Head of State was that an Emir had returned to the country with his retinue of 15 wives and so many children and someone had mischievously counted all the luggage they had returned with, claiming they had contained foreign currencies. One of the Emirs that returned was the father of then Major Jokolo. Courtesy demands that he goes to welcome his father and he had gone there to do so. Even Atiku Abubakar never reported seeing foreign currencies in any of the luggage. He is still alive and I believe Professor Wole Soyinka could so easily have reached him. I still want to throw the challenge to any journalist who had seen foreign currencies in any of the luggage should step forward and say so. It is interesting that none of the media outfits that spread the rumors reported sighting even a cent. If, as Atiku Abubakar claims, the military boys rudely whisked the items away, how then did he or anyone see foreign currencies in the suitcases?

Buhari’s Refusal to Appear before The Oputa Panel
The Oputa Panel set up by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was not a constitutional body neither could its findings be said to be binding on anyone. It is critical to note that the Oputa Panel never indicted Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. It did not even have the mandate to do so. What Gen. Obasanjo tried to do with the Oputa Panel was akin to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa with a view to calming frayed nerves and to foster unity what with the pent up anger built up over the botched June 12, 1993 Presidential Election won by Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola a free and fair process that was scuttled by Prof. Wole Soyinka’s friend whose evil action he did not condemn: Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. The only straw Prof. Wole Soyinka could clutch onto in a sea of lies he amazingly peddles is that the former Head of State did not appear before the panel, forgetting that the Head of State had immunity for his actions while in office and as at the time the panel was set up and until this very second, the immunity clause has not been expunged from our laws. Legally, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was under no obligation to appear before the panel. I really would not know why the renowned professor would overlook these established facts and run to the public with half-truths and outright lies. Until this day, I have not heard or seen Prof. Wole Soyinka clamour for the removal of that vexatious clause from our laws.

Alleged Human Rights Abuses
Professor Wole Soyinka was already an elder states man when Gen. Muhammadu Buhari became Head of State. He, therefore, cannot feign ignorance of the compelling circumstances that brought in the military. Those circumstances required drastic measures to tackle with a view to lifting off the nation her pariah status in the comity of nations. The prevalent circumstances at the time include:
Widespread corruption that crippled the economy;
Nigeria had assumed the notorious status of a major drug trafficking hub;
Excessive violence due to irresponsible politics on the part of the civilians who had held sway leading to unprecedented carnage and wanton bloodshed and we witness a repeat of it right now;
Hoarding of essential food items, petroleum products and the essentials for daily living by an unscrupulous few who created artificial scarcity to sell their stock at cut-throat prices;
Excessive dependence on import and abuse of foreign exchange allocations as well as import licensing in such a manner that encouraged nepotism, tribalism and excessive fraud;
All of the foregoing put excessive pressure on the economy and created galloping inflation and the Naira began to be worthless in terms of its exchange value with other major world currencies;
There was a general abysmal slide in the educational sector and the nation experienced the horror of unbridled examination malpractices and our institutions were producing some idiots and imbeciles who presently ruin everything in the nation;
Workers were receiving wages for work not done; Public servants stayed away from their work places for days and would come to work late; Head teachers and principals in schools introduced all sorts of illegal levies on students; Students were found loitering aimlessly on the streets during school hours and indulging in all forms of crime;
The nation was generating a lot of revenues from various sources that were not judiciously and productively managed and public infrastructure were in a state of total disrepair while state funds that could have been properly channeled by vision went into private pockets; and
There are many more.

It is obvious from all the foregoing that drastic measures were required to restore the image of Nigeria and to put her on the path of true growth and development on all fronts. Though some measures were truly drastic, they were inevitable. They were simply sine qua non to turning around the fortunes of the nation for the good of all. There were instantaneous results in economic rebound from a comatose state to a healthy status. The nation made massive savings. Inflationary pressure ebbed. Nigerians learned to do things in an orderly fashion. The state of heightened insecurity was managed competently and with drastic measures and the unending violence was curbed. Nigerians caught on with the can – do spirit. The exchange rate of the Naira to international currencies improved. There were massive investments in infrastructure within a short time. The country’s image improved instantly and we did not borrow a dime to do any of those things. Is Prof. Wole Soyinka feigning ignorance of those things? He obviously is doing so for reasons best known to him. He was a living witness at the time. Let his conscience be his judge.

It is, however, not surprising that those who were the major beneficiaries of the rot prior to the Buhari administration and whose nefarious activities were cut short in the interest of all Nigerians are not happy and still have an axe to grind with the man who was fair, just and impartial who also chose to channel the nation’s wealth towards productive ends to oil the engine of growth and true development, rather than participate in cornering the nation’s wealth. Quite a number of them infused massive funds into some media houses and dictate to the editors what to write and whose image to destroy. Their common enemy is Gen. Muhammadu Buhari who stands with the people anytime and all the time in an unflinching manner and no matter whose Ox was gored.

It beats me that Prof Wole Soyinka could ignore all these facts that were extant at the time to play on the English Language to tell polished lies which remain what they are no matter the finesse that went into crafting them: pure and unadulterated and highly concentrated lies from the pits of hell.

What the professor did not tell us is that he was also ashamed of the status of Nigeria in the comity of nations at the time. He did not tell us that he was disappointed at the turn of events years after a hard-won independence from the nation’s colonial master. He did not mention salient piercing questions his peers asked about the state of affairs in his country and how ashamed he was.

It is also significant that Prof. Wole Soyinka did not tell us what he would have done if he were in Gen. Buhari’s shoes at the time. There was this urgency to stem the tide of gross indiscipline on all fronts that made the nation a laughing stock.

I also find it hard to believe that Prof. Wole Soyinka chose to ignore the roles of civilians who were always serving in every shade of government who added the negative image to various administrations with their notorious activities.

It is also shocking that he chose to ignore the realities of the working of the military administration under the leadership of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. The decisions were jointly made at the Supreme Military Council with many civilians as advisers at federal and state levels. He also forgot or he deliberately chose to ignore the fact that the laws that were termed draconian, though necessary at the time, were all drafted by civilians who were lawyers some of whom are Senior Advocates of Nigeria today with inputs from civilian directors and heads of MDAs. There was no time we really ran a pure military government in Nigeria. Civilians ran the business as Permanent Secretaries and advisers and offered their services as drafts men to the soldiers.

It is interesting – quite interesting – that Prof. Wole Soyinka who believes everything military was evil accepted to serve in the most corrupt of all the military regimes in Nigeria headed by Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. He was the pioneer Chairman of the Federal Roads Safety Commission. I had actually thought that a man of principle should never have accepted to serve under such a government. Could that be the reason he was silent at the atrocities of his good friend and benefactor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida?

I can go on and on. The father of secret cults on Nigerian campuses goofed in so many ways in that cheap essay written in fine English. It is so unfortunate that he succeeded in convincing anyone at all who also runs with unfounded rumors just because a revered Professor of Letters uttered them.

Facts are truly sacred and even lies told in the finest language cannot become truth. It will be announced from the rooftop.

By:Segun Melchizedek Edward 11

Remembering the "horror film" called 9/11, directed by a terror merchant called Osama, who was eventually killed by a man called Obama. May the souls of those who were murdered in that attack continue to rest in peace.

In raw and unadulterated Yoruba:Won ti lu Segilola ni jibiti obo ni ilu ibadan!

Segilola,not to worry,there are fake hymens in the market to "restore" your virginity.

lakhadimar: END TIME THINGS

I am angry with you because you said end time things before me!

One of the couched objectives of NYSC has been achieved.

I don' t want to see any end times things on this thread.

But lets read from the Bible (The word of God) on this issue:
1 Corinthians 14: 34-35 " Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church". Also 1 Corinthians 11: 8-9 "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man".
The Bible clearly exposes itself against women equality with men and as such it is not the will of the biblical God for an egalitarian gender society and world. As a matter of fact it states that women were made for the enjoyment of men. Anyone who subscribes to the women equality and also subscribes to the bible is going against the Word of God in the bible. The bible says you can't save two masters at the same time. Like I always say; religion is a menace to the society and of course anti-civilization

Fhemmmy: In what way, please explain

If i was the one that said self-service is not wrong, i know by now my family would have been calling me to warn me and my holy friends would have all deleted or avoid me as they do, but if It's pastor Chris then it's the wisdom from the man of God so no big deal.

If i was the one that say "GOD IS A GAME" My very righteous friends would have long ago blocked me and carry their long faces and accuse me of blasphemy but if it's Pastor Fireman, it's ok!! dare not question the man of God.

If i was the one that publicly slapped a teen by accusing her to be a witch for anything and threaten to slap more, most of my religious and friends would have made the teen's picture their profile pictures demanding for justices but if it's Bishop David, it's the hand of God(maradonna), it's the Holy Ghost slap.

If i demand for 50 million to provide free safe drinkable water in some rural communities, i know most of my Nigerians friends will raise alarm on “fraudsters going on nairaland demanding for money in the name of community service but if our dadddy g.o adeboye asks for 35 billion to build an auditorium that will be used on rare special occasions, it's the holy inspiration and God's project and no one dare questions.

If i keep posting about helping the masses, sharing part of their pain but then i happen to support an anti-masses decision, i know by now i will be the clown of the century, but when Daddy Ayo supported fuel subsidy removal which is anti masses, everyone kept quiet and even the masses, offcourse do you want to attract generational curses by questioning the man of God?...gbosa!!

If i'm claiming to be a humble servant of God but flaunt with my designers glasses, escorts, Louis Vuitton bible, expensive dresses, 3 golden chains on my neck, and private jet to escape traffic jam and enhance comfort, I know most of you would have staged a protest, but the moment i edit my name and add Pastor that solves the trick i become untouchable, unquestionable and unspeakable.

Fhemmmy: In what way, please explain

"Nigerian pastors are hypocrites. They give pple holy water 4 treatment of cancer yet seek orthodox medical care for their wives and wards abroad. Look at church posters and wives of pastors, they are beauties to behold, no cleft palate, but sister spinster is there nearing menopause because pastors' sons have be warned to choose 'carefully'. Pastors' sons will marry with limosine, members sons will marry with okada. Pastors' mission house with light and state of the art equipments, members house with atupa. Pastors will collect tithe from cleaners earning 5k per month, use it to build universities with 850k per session.
The list of the deeds of these wayo pastors na endless.
No difference btw them and politicians"

Do not be magalized again

Abuja Tax Officials, BEWARE!

However long we may live,we never forget the time when we were young.Memory is like a film which we alone can watch.For me,childhood is the best of that film:time and again my thoughts returns to my experiences,the innocence and mischief of that time,and the dreams and nightmares too.