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Save Nigeria Group invites all Nigerians to a Mass Rally on Thursday, the 21st of January 2010, commencing at 10.00 a.m. We will assemble at or before 10.00 a.m. at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Open Ground, former Sky Power Ground, G.R.A., Ikeja, Lagos, where we will be addressed by Credible Agents of Change in our country before marching to the Lagos State Governor’s office. Let us join forces together to destroy the shackles of oppression, subjugation and corruption in our land. Let us all rise in one accord to say to our oppressors, “Enough Is Enough”. (Ezekiel 45:9) God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

[quote author=Ben-10 link=topic=383220.msg5340995#msg5340995 date=1263829420]These pastors make use of the airing opportunity they have to make critics of the whole nation and its government.

If possible, let NBC ban live messages on television and radio. . . .let them preach their sermons in their "private" churches.

I wonder if some were really called by GOD. [/quote]BETTER NOT TO WRITE AND BE THOUGHT OF AS A FOOL THAN WRITE AND REMOVE ALL DOUBTS.

the best dreams come to pass while awake

EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN MEN OF GOODWILL KEEP QUIET IN TIMES OF CRISES,EDMUND BURKE,ONCE OBSERVED.

THE PARTICIPATION OF CLERGYMEN  IN PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATION IS NOT NOVEL IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD WHERE THE STRUGGLE FOR EMACIPATION REACHED ITS CRESCENDO.FEW EXAMPLES WILL SUFFICE HERE:MARTIN LUTHER KING ,JESSE JACKSON IN AMERICA,JANAN LUWUM IN UGANDA DURING IDI-AMIN'S DESPOTIC REGIME,JAIME SIN IN THE PHILIPINES,DESMOND TUTU OF SOUTH AFICA,SO MUCH SO HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE IN 1984 WHEN APARTHEID WAS THE ORDER OF THE DAY.

On a final note,I think Bakare should be commended for his efforts because he can choose to stay in his[b] COMFORT ZONE.[/b]

Nigerians in the United States of America have risen to mobilise suppopt for Haiti that was devastated on Tuesday by earthquake,Empowired Newswire reports.

Those leading the pack are members and leadership of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in North America where the General Overseer,Pastor E.A Adeboye is reported to have approved a sum of $50,000 to be released from the North America arm of the church to help Haiti in these trying times.

Already senior Pastor of the RCCG in North America is also the Chairman of the Church's Board of coordinators in North America,Pastor James Fadele,has directed all the parishes in the continent to take a special offering on Sunday to replace the $50,000 donated by the church.

SOURCE:SATURDAY PUNCH JANUARY 16 2010 PAGE 9

At a time when officials of the Nigerian Football Federation(NFF),the Presidential Tsak Force on Super Eagles are pleading with Nigerians not to lose confidence in the team after the unexpected 1-3 loss to Egypt in the on-going African Cup of Nations,the coach Shuaibu Amodu,seems not bothered on the feelings of his countrymen.

While returning to the hotel after yesterday's morning training,Amodu threw decorum to the wind shouting on the Nigerian journalists in Benguela to continue "with your bad reports".

With a bottle of water in his hand in the midst of some secretariat staff of the NFF,Amodu turned to the journalists and said: "I won't say anything to you people but continue with your bad reports" before he walked away.

Though the utterances by Amodu shocked the NFF officials around,none of them could caution him.One of the staff shook his head repeatedly as he walked towards the hotel which was beside the training ground.

SOURCE:GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER,FRIDAY JANUARY 15 2010 PAGE 61

A diamond earring belonging to Diego Maradona has sold for 25,000 euros (£22,268) at auction to help pay off the football legend's mammoth Italian tax bill. Skip related content
Related photos / videos Enlarge photo Argentina's national team coach owes the tax authorities more than 30m euros from his time as a player with Italy's Serie A team Napoli.

Giovanni Lombardo of auction organiser Equitalia agency said an unidentified woman purchased the earring, which was valued at 5,500 euros.

Italian tax police seized the item in September when Maradona was in northern Italy while being treated for weight gain and stress.

Lombardo called the sale price in Bolzano a "drop in the bucket" of the football star's debts but said it sent a message that even celebrities have to pay taxes.

Maradona, 48, played with Napoli from 1984 to 1991, evading taxes of 37m euros (£32m).

In 2007, revenue police confiscated 3m euros (£2.6m) that the Italian state television was to pay him for his appearance in a series of television shows.

A year earlier, officers seized two wristwatches worth 10,000 euros (£8,900) after a benefit game he played near Naples.

As a player, Maradona - who scored an infamous 'Hand of God' handballed goal against England - led Argentina to a World Cup win in 1986.

He also helped Napoli take their only Italian league titles, in 1987 and 1990.

But his career went into decline in 1991 when he was suspended for 15 months following a positive test for cocaine while playing for Napoli.

Angry Haitians set up roadblocks with corpses in Port-au-Prince to protest at the delay in emergency aid reaching them after a devastating earthquake, an eyewitness said, Skip related content

Shaul Schwarz, a photographer for TIME magazine, said he saw at least two downtown roadblocks formed with bodies of earthquake victims and rocks.

"They are starting to block the roads with bodies, it's getting ugly out there, people are fed up with getting no help," he told Reuters.

(Reporting by Andrew Cawthorne

The self styled Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly,Pastor Tunde Bakare has declared that the North and south of Nigeria are inseparable and that neither i.e North and South will survive if they are separated.

The Legal Practitioner turned Pastor made this known in a message titled:THE TRUE CHURCH IS COMING OUT OF  THE CLOSET which he preached to his congregation on Sunday 10th January 2010.

Bakare in the course of the message recounted two(2) dreams he had recently on the 23rd December 2009 and 2nd January 2010.

In the first dream,he saw a conjoined male twins,both having one of their ears longer than normal which they covered with a baseball cap.They spoke at the same time saying:do not separate us or else we wil die.At the point of uttering those words,Bakare woke up and started praying and while praying he i.e Bakare said God put it in his heart that the conjoined twins represents the North and South of Nigeria of Nigeria which must not be separated and if they are separated neither the North or South will survive the break-up.

In the second dream which he gave the same interpretation,the fiery preacher disclosed that he saw two girls who were sisters of about the age of 10 and 8 respectively and that it had been confirmed that the younger sister had renal failure and the elder sister was so concerned about the predicament of her sister and volunteered to give her kidney to her younger sister saying she would not let her sister die.The two sisters were thereafter rolled into the theatre for an operation and after a while the doctor came out with blood stained gloves in his hand saying that the operation was successful.According to Bakare,he woke up and God told him once again that the two sisters are the North and South of Nigeria.

SOURCE:DVD OF THE MESSAGE PREACHED BY PASTOR TUNDE BAKARE TITLED THE TRUE CHURCH IS COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET ON SUNDAY 10TH JANUARY 2010

signs of the end-times

there is no place like home

THE GOONS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF FORGING HIS SIGNATURE ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF VOICE FORGERY.

ZAMFARA State may be bracing up as an exporter of solid minerals, following discovery of commercial quantity of the subterranean wealth in the area.

Specifically, an exploration exercise revealed occurance of high grade gold and some other precious metals in the state, with the governor, Alhaji Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi affirming the discoveries as potential big foreign exchange earners.

Shinkafi told reporters yesterday in Gusau, the state capital that the discovery of abundant solid mineral deposits in the state would not only bring development to the state but also make it become a major contributor to the nation's wealth as the country seeks other sources of revenue generation, to reduce the country sole dependence on oil revenue.

SOURCE:GUARDIAN TUESDAY JANUARY 12 2010

In a statement signed by Senate's spokesman,Ayogu Eze,yesterday,the upper legislative chamber denied media reports that it had given US a seven day ultimatum to reverse the classification.

The statement entitled:"The Senate did not issue a seven-day ultimatum" read:"We have followed with interest the misrepresentations in the media regarding our comments in rejecting the classification of Nigeria as a nation to be kept under watch in America"s fight against terrorism.

"At no point did the Senate give a seven -day ultimatum.What I said at the press briefing and this is verifiable from the bodies of the stories with the misleading headlines was that we rejected the classification and demanded that our name be taken off that list.

"I followed up by stating that when the Senate resumes next,it will engage all its diplomativ and legislative gears to bring about the reversal.

"It was therefore surprising that well-meaning Nigerians for whom the Senate has so much respect would be misled by these screaming headlines to make comments on the matter without first of all acquainting themselves with facts of the case.

"The comment by Prof. Wole Soyinka referring to the Senate position as being absurd is most unfortunate because I had expected that being one of the captains of the literary ship in Nigeria,he should have read the entire comment from the Senate before casting aspersion on the institution for something that did not happen at all.

"It is wrong for those the Senate holds in high esteem to attack its reputation and seek to rubbish its actions without justification.I am constrained to observe that Prof. Soyinka is gradually falling into this group of Nigerians who offer opinions hastily without first obtaining all sides to an issue.

"I wish to restate that the Senate rejects the obnoxious classification which was done without due consultation with relevant authorities in Nigeria.

"We also want to use this opportunity to restate our opposition to terrorism in any form from any quarters.

SOURCE :GUARDIAN MONDAY 11 JANUARY 2010

But the embattled former CEO claims that he acquired the assets with his salaries and allowances and requested the Federal High Court to set aside its earlier decision ordering the freezing of his worldwide assets[b][/b]

I AM SPEECHLESS

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo recently declined comments on the health condition of the President Umar Yar"Adua.At the airport on his return from Ghana,Obasanjo in his characteristic manner engaged journalists in a barrage of jokes and taunts.

Asked what he felt about the worsening state of things in the country due to the absence of the ailing President Yar"Adua,Obasanjo responded by clapping.

On what he felt on the recent blacklisting of Nigeria by United States,he also responded by clapping.

However,Obasanjo later jokingly asked the unrelenting journalists what they had for him as new year gift.

SOURCE:GUARDIAN THURSDAY JANUARY 7 2010

THERE ARE THREE(3) THINGS IN LIFE YOU CANNOT DETERMINE AND THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:YOUR GENDER,THE FAMILY YOU WERE BORN INTO AND YOUR NATIONALITY.

MY CANDID ADVICE TO YOU IS TO STOP CRYING OVER SPILLED MILK.

All To Be Addressed Simply As PastorRegional Pastors To Be Posted To Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan For Evangelism
From Martins Oloja, Abuja Bureau Chief at Redemption Camp
"THERE will be some changes in the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Many of us have become hungry for titles: Regional Pastor, Special Assistant to the G.O, Mummy S.A, Provincial Pastor, Assistant Provincial Pastor, Zonal Pastor, Area Pastor, etc. From now on, that must cease, Now, every one of us will become Pastor in charge of Region, Province, Zone and all that, You are now simply Pastor in charge of, No more Regional Pastor, Provincial Pastor, S.A to G.O, !"

With these words yesterday, at the Ministers Annual Thanksgiving at the Redemption Camp along the Lagos Ibadan Expressway, the General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye abolished all the big titles that ministers strive to attain in one of the world's largest church mission.

The General Overseer, who took the church hierarchy by surprise with the announcement, did not give reasons for the abolition of the titles. He said the present holders will still function but will not go about with titles that are now been scrambled for by ministers in the church.

Following the announcement, which was greeted with measured applause, the G.O hinted that "all those that have been successfully in charge of provinces and regions, must be ready to go to missions in Africa, Middle East, Iran Iraq, etc."

Pastor Adeboye who expatiated on the prophecy he released to the Church on December 31, 2009, gave spiritual explanation for the scrapping of big titles in the RCCG.

His words: "In the Bible, you never find titles such as Prophet Elijah. It is Elijah the Prophet. You never find Evangelist Philip but Philip the Evangelist. , When you meet him and ask: what do you do? He tells you I am an evangelist. That is not a title, "

The Guardian was told by close associates that the G.O who was, last year, recognised by Newsweek as one of the world's 50 most influential persons had been frustrated by the way ministers emphasise titles more than the Lord's commission to preach to the world.

African Cup of Nations - Confusion over Togo death toll[/b]Confusion reigned following the deadly gun attack on the Togo national team's bus, with conflicting reports over the fate of [b]goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale.
There had been widespread reports that Obilale had died after being shot in the chest and stomach in the brutal ambush on the Togo squad as they travelled to the African Cup of Nations, bringing the death toll from the attack to four.

Two members of Togo's national team delegation and a driver also died following an ambush on the team's bus as it travelled to the African Cup of Nations.

Striker Jonathan Ayite told RMC radio: "Yes, he is dead, as well as our assistant coach (Amalete Abalo) and our press officer (Stanislas Ocloo). All three are dead."

However, a statement from his club, French team GSI Pontivy, read: "According to news given by coach Alain Le Dour and GSI Pontivy president Philippe Le Mestre, Kodjovi Obilale is not dead, despite the news reported on the internet, radio and television, and has been moved to South Africa."

Friday's attack, in which seven others were injured, took place in Cabinda, a province where guerrillas have fought a secession campaign for decades.

"We lost the assistant coach and the press officer," said Messan Attelou, chief spokesman for Togo's federation.

Reflecting the uncertainty, Togo player Guillaume Brenner told RMC : "We've heard everything. That he is dead, that he was transported to south Africa. We don't know exactly. But we decided to go home anyway."

However, there is also confusion over Togo's participation in the tournament. Several players have said they had withdrawn, and captain Emmanuel Adebayor has flown out of Angola, yet officials insist no official decision has been made.

Attelou said a decision would be made after consultation with players, while an Angolan government source said they had agreed to remain in the competition.

However, Adebayor's club Manchester City said the striker had already returned home and Togo had withdrawn - a scenario that appears inevitable even if it has not been officially announced.

The attack came five months before neighbouring South Africa hosts the World Cup, the first African nation to hold the world's biggest single sport event.

Virgilio Santos, an official with the African Cup of Nations local organising committee COCAN, said teams had been told explicitly not to travel to the tournament by road."We asked that all delegations inform us when they would arrive and provide the passport number of their players," he told the sports weekly A Bola.

"Togo was the only team not to respond and did not inform COCAN it was coming by bus , The rules are clear: No team should travel by bus. I don't know what led them to do this." The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda claimed responsibility for the attack.

Cabinda, the scene of attacks by separatists even after Angola's 27-year civil war ended in 2002, is responsible for half of oil production in Angola, which rivals Nigeria as Africa's biggest producer.

The Togo team bus, travelling from its training ground in the Republic of Congo, had just entered the enclave, geographically cut off from the rest of Angola, when it came under heavy gunfire.

A crisis meeting was expected to take place in the Angolan capital Luanda between local officials and the Confederation of African Football over tournament security.

Former Togo coach Otto Pfister said the assault would cast a shadow over the World Cup.

"This is a real blow for Africa. It will obviously be linked directly with the World Cup now," he told the German sports news agency SID.

"And it will give the critics a boost."

South Africa has spent at least 13 billion rand (£1.2bn) on new stadiums and infrastructure for the World Cup.

Rich Mkhondo, chief spokesman for the World Cup organising committee, said the attack had no relevance to the World Cup.

"We remain confident that everyone coming to South Africa will have a safe and secure experience in our country," he said.

South African President Jacob Zuma will attend Sunday's opening ceremony despite the attack, his spokesman said. CAF has said the Nations Cup, which ends on January 31, will go ahead and the Angolan government said all teams would still take part.

There has been no official suggestion that matches will be pulled from Cabinda, wedged between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo and due to host seven matches.

The first games in Cabinda are due to be played on Monday, with Togo taking on Ghana and Ivory Coast facing Burkina Faso.

Ivory Coast general manager Kaba Kone said: "We have not considered leaving the tournament. Organisers and CAF must improve safety. The party is not ruined, we can still have a great party if safety is guaranteed. We did not come here to play with death but to play football."

The FLEC was not thought to be a serious risk in Cabinda, despite claiming to have kidnapped a Chinese oil worker and killed government soldiers last year.

[b]In December, Angolan minister without portfolio Antonio Bento Bembe, a former FLEC leader, dismissed the claims and said the group no longer existed.[/b]Source:Reuters

PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE OF THE OPINION THAT DREAM IS A CONTINUATION OF IMAGINATION,THOUGHT AND ACTIONS
ONE HAD WHILE AWAKE.

THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS THREAD HAD BEEN IMAGINING AND THINKING OF WHAT HE DREAMT.QED

Horus:
Something is wrong in the organisation, the football players should have traveled by plane instead of bus.

Togo's national soccer team, which was ambushed by gunmen on its way to the African Nations Cup in Angola on Friday, was told not to travel by bus to the separatist area of Cabinda, a soccer official said on Saturday

Virgilio Santos, an official with African Nations Cup local organising committee COCAN, was cited by weekly sports newspaper A Bola as saying no team should have travelled by bus through Angola.

"We asked that all delegations inform us when they would arrive and provide the passport number of their players. Togo was the only team not to respond and did not inform COCAN it was coming by bus," Santos told the newspaper.

"The rules are clear: no team should travel by bus. I don't know what led them to do this

Source: Matthew Jones; Jon Boyle for REUTERS

Fant:
Guys, it's very obvious that most of you don't realy understand what the word of God is. The word of God is not something you read just because you feel like reading stories, rather you study the word trusting the spirit of God for deeper revelations {john 14:26}, i also think that you should know that the bible is not something you interprete according to the letters or else you may be calling death by yourselves because the letters of the bible can kill but the spirit of God in it is what gives life {2cor 3:6, John 6:63}. Therefore, by this understanding, if BISHOP {Dr} DAVID OYEDEPO says the anointing oil is the spirit of God in bottle, he said it by reason of the revelation which Bakare could'nt get. For instance, in the bible, any where the anointing oil was used, it is always preceded by the manifestation of the spirit of God {1sam 10:1&9, isaah 61:1 etc} so if then the anointing engages the spirit of God,how then will someone be wrong to describe it as THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN BOTTLE knowing that it is only light that gives light, so spirit gives spirit. If you don't yet understand, it means you are still canal and a canal man can't understand the things of the spirit{1cor 2:14}. Finally guys, i think as christians, it makes no sense to argue on this rather let everyone abide by his own calling and serve God there {1cor 7:24} knowing that we have a divine injunction not to touch God's anointed and prophets {psalm 105:15}. He that has an ear to hear, let him hear {mark 4:9}, FELIX E-mail: salisfelix@yahoo.com. If u have questions post to the e-mail above. [color=#000099][/color]

MAY I REMIND YOU THAT SOME OF THESE ANOINTING OIL"S" WERE PRODUCED IN ASIAN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY PRACTICE HINDUISM,BUDHISM,CONFUCIANISM,SHINTO, E.T.C

knowing that we have a divine injunction not to touch God's anointed and prophets {psalm 105:15}. He that has an ear to hear

NA WA FOR THIS SPIRITUAL IMMUNITY

CNN: "Thank you Mr. Ogundamisi; can you confirm that the suspected terrorist is from Nigeria?"

OGUNDAMISI: "No. He is not from Nigeria. He is from Katsina. Nigerian people don't live in £4 million family homes in a choice part of London."

CNN:"But President Yar'adua is from Katsina".

OGUNDAMISI: "No. Yar'adua is from Jeddah close to Saudi Arabia. Nigerians go to 'General hospitals' , leave me alone, I am looking for fuel for my car". J



Mutallab’s effect on Nigerians….



MUTALLAB OOOOOOOO Chei!!!

CNN: "Thank you Mr. Ogundamisi; can you confirm that the suspected terrorist is from Nigeria?"

OGUNDAMISI: "No. He is not from Nigeria. He is from Katsina. Nigerian people don't live in £4 million family homes in a choice part of London."

CNN:"But President Yar'adua is from Katsina".

OGUNDAMISI: "No. Yar'adua is from Jeddah close to Saudi Arabia. Nigerians go to 'General hospitals' , leave me alone, I am looking for fuel for my car". J



Mutallab’s effect on Nigerians….



MUTALLAB OOOOOOOO Chei!!!

texasguy1:
Forged by an Ibo guy called Aadooaka. poo, I hate his name. Makes me hurt my fingers while I type it.

BETTER NOT TO WRITE AND BE THOUGHT OF AS A FOOL THAN WRITE AND REMOVE ALL DOUBTS.

AODOAKAA IS FROM BENUE STATE.

The spoken written English of many people making suggestions on this thread is atrocious to say the least.[i][/i]

PLEASE GIVE EXAMPLES OF MURDERERS OF ENGLISH

A RIGHT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.WALK THE TALK

IT IS NOW GLARING TO ALL WHOSE INTERESTS THOSE GANG OF LAW BREAKERS HAVE.THEY JUST REALISED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THE LILY-LIVERED ULTIMATUM THEY ISSUED IN FORM OF VISA RESTRICTION/CANCELLATION WHICH FORCED THEM TO TAKE A SOMMERSAULT FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

asha 80:
And what is the source?

RITUAL KILLINGS E.G CHILDREN KILING PARENTS AND VICE-VERSA

OTOKOTO THAT HAPPENED IN IMO STATE IN 1996.