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If the opposition has infiltrated the union in order to discredit government, then government should pull the rug from under their feet by implementing the said agreement. By so doing, there will be no more grounds for the purported alliance between ASUU and the opposition. But if the FG is unwilling to do the needful, then it should not try to hoodwink the public with red herrings and conspiracy theories. The fact is that the FG is solely responsible for this crisis. It precipitated the strike by reneging on an agreement it voluntarily signed in 2009.

"Despite Governor Amaechi's near excellent performance in office..."

What a blatant case of journalistic bias! Is this what you were taught in your journalism class? Who assessed Amaechi's performance and declared it "near-excellent"? You or an independent body? Go and find out the meaning of editorialising in news story writing. Professionally speaking, this is one of the most poorly written news stories I have read in a long while. Thoroughly partisan and almost entirely conjectural!

Gboliwe: Imagine! The students go to school free of charge on fg expense, then the parents are also paid! Can you imagine?! I also live in the same state but I am from Delta state, to go to school, I pay my way through, my parents see to this. Yet we are both Nigerian students. Too much injustice

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That is the type of warped federalism that Nigeria practises. Even within the same state, you cannot aspire for any elective public post outside your LGA of origin. It is a very unfortunate state of affairs. Heck, within Nigeria you can even be deported if you are not residing in your state of origin!

As for the scheme by which the state government plans to pay the parents of school children, I only hope that the devilish Boko Haram insurgents will allow it to succeed.

I can't understand the way some people are reacting to this strike issue. I think the questions we should be asking ourselves are: Did the FG enter into an agreement with the lecturers in 2009? Did the same FG sign an MOU with the lecturers in 2012? If the answers to these questions are affirmative, is the FG therefore not in breach of the said agreement? Instead of calling on the lecturers to end their strike, souldn't we therefore be calling on the FG to honour its part of the bargain?

Apart from the legalistic arguments that are clearly in favour of ASUU, the point can also be made that our universities are in dire need of urgent intervention and that no responsible government would wait for a strike before doing something to salvage them. This argument is even more cogent when one considers how much this same government is spending frivolously, unconscionably, on presidential jets, legislators' allowances, foreign junkets, etc. Are we really satisfied that the FG could contemplate building a multi-billion naira first ladies' secretariat when no Nigerian university is ranked among the first 1000 in the world? Or do we really believe, as some have argued, that if the lecturers need good wages they should resign and contest for political offices?

As for those who have asked the FG to sack all the lecturers and recruit new ones (somebody even suggested bringing in Ghanaians), I would pose the following questions: How many foreigners can you find among the ranks of our university lecturers today? Why do you think they find teaching here so unattractive? Why do you think so many of our young people - about 75,000 as at the last count - are flocking to Ghana for tertiary education?

Let's not delude ourselves: Our tertiary education system is in tatters and if the FG had signed an agreement to tackle the myriad challenges that beset this all-important sector, we should insist that it honours that agreement. In fact, I believe that honouring the said agreement will only be a first step towards reversing the decay in our public universities. Much more will have to be done in due course if our universities are to be really universities.

I've visited at least six Nigerian embassies in Europe and the Americas. In each of them my experience was very unpleasant, to say the least. From resentful and discourteous staff to interminably long waiting hours to subtle demands for gratification, our foreign missions are in every sense undiplomatic. What is it about some of us Nigerians that makes us so uncivil and so repulsive in our social manners? Is it our DNA?

However hard Nigerians try to justify Keshi's slur against the Malawi coach, one thing is certain: our man has commited a major rhetorical gaffe. In today's politically correct world of football, you simply can't tell "black" or "white dudes" to "go home." We can shout ourselves hoarse or troll insult-ridden posts on Nairaland until our fingers become numb, but we will never change the fact that FIFA abhors the kind of race-tinged tirade that Keshi released against Saintfeit. I suspect that the NFF knows this, which is probably why no senior official has yet jumped to Keshi's defence.

In any case, we will all agree that had Keshi not uttered his rather rash comments, the issue of match venue would almost certainly have passed off as the trifling issue that it is. So should we then congratulate Keshi for his faux pas? Is it ingenious to antagonise your prospective opponents - and possibly the FIFA match officials - in a match you are likely to win? Of what practical usefulness are Keshi's comments other than perhaps to make heroes of the Malawians and to elicit sympathy for their expatriate Belgian coach?

Let's call a spade a spade: Keshi could have spoken his mind in a better, more civilised, way.

Keshi's comment's, if confirmed, are unacceptable. The Malawi FA and coach expressed fears about the safety of the match venue, which is quite reasonable in the context of football politics and is perfectly understandable given the challenges of terrorism that our nation faces. Irrespective of the fact that Calabar is remote from the epicentre of Boko Haram's attacks and that it has a recent history of successfully hosting international matches, anyone in the shoes of the Malawians would have raised the same fears for whatever it is worth. Part of what makes a good national coach is knowledge of the rhetorical etiquette of global football. Keshi may have won the AFCON, but he stills speaks and acts rather uncouthly. For that reason, some prospective future employers might consider him a risk factor. In the immediate future, however, he may have to contend with the small matter of a FIFA match ban. Quite regrettable, if you ask me.

Mikebis: Actually wen i heard ASUU president talkn on superscreen news last 9t,i was xo chockd nd i had pity on dem,because wat he is sayn is totally truth,d government does nt want our educatn sector shld imprv at all,in other 2 fight against dis tin they mst work in hand 2gether 2 neva allow d fg 2 let d educatn sector down..i totally suport ASUU strike,even if it last 4 a yr no wahala,its 4 our gud nd d nxt coming generatn

Your comments suggest that you are a highly intelligent person. You can reason. Unfortunately, not many Nigerians are like you. Many of your compatriots are spineless imbecilic sycophants. It's so tragic.

Reyginus: The way you guys talk. As though 'continuity' for the sake of itself and not for the good in what it is tasked to continue, a good thing.
Like continuity is a good thing. You are trying to convince us that anything, so long it was agreed upon by the previous state of a system must be implemented by a current system, even when the current system find loopholes in it.
Dude, I wonder how you want me to agree.
Please bro, is continuity by the virtue of continuing, no matter what, a good thing?

Have you studied the said agreement? Personally, I can tell you that I have. I possess both a hard and a soft copy of the agreement and I can assure you that I have devoted hours - and I mean hours - to a meticulous perusal of that agreement. For that reason, I can confidently and solemnly aver that it is a sensible, even modest, proposal for rescuing our universities from the doldrums. Believe it or not, there are no "loopholes" - as you prefer to call them - in that document. The only loophole I see is the insincerity of a government which prefers to acquire additional presidential jets rather than fund education, something which even the most affluent countries, such as the US and UK, would not do and which our neighbours in Ghana would dare not contemplate.

eddiebruk: You are very funny to have believed her, 92B or 87B, really...so tell me Mr were was the 400B coming from, and the money that they are Budgeting for 2016 Census where is it coming from, wow..i cant even believe that someone is saying that Nigeria doesn't have that money or will bend on her knees if they provide that...PLEASE you need more education on Nigeria and its lifestyle..i don't think you are a Nigerian...prove me wrong, extra allowance to improve the Nations educational system, to provide more standardize learning environment, for God sake how long will Nigeria University keep looking like primary schools with no Labs, Test rooms, well stocked libraries, ICT Centers, Centers of Research, Study Guides, imagine tourism students going to Ghana for field trip when their mates are going to Rome, Vatican city to see more historic places, the money they are demanding for is not just for their own allowance, it is for the whole Government owned Uni betterness, if it was just for their own allowance they would have accepted the 30B offered to them.

My brother, may you live long and may your days be peaceful. Thank God that there are still some sensible people left in this country. For God's sake, tertiary education in Nigeria is a standing joke! At UNIBEN, some students stand for lectures, while others use the backs of their colleagues as desks for their note taking. At UNIUYO, the continuing education lecture hall looks more like a cowshed. At ABU Zaria, the FG NEEDS Assessment Team discovered that one toilet serves more than 500 students! Today, no professor in a federal university, no matter how senior, earns up to 600,000 naira monthly. As a result, no Nigerian university can attract foreign professors - or even students - as opposed to what was the case in the 70s and 80s. I challenge anyone to dispute the veracity of these statements. For heaven's sake, what do Nigerians really want? Is it until our graduates can barely spell their names that we will realise that something is seriously wrong with our educational system?

Reyginus: What's all these talk of lawmakers? Is that it?
You are beginning to sound like one whose member of the family is a lecturer.
And then you ask, who made this agreement with them? Is it this govt?
Why is it non-negotiatable?
And now, how am I sounding selfish?

Perhaps things are done differently in Mars where you live, but down here on earth government is a continuum and agreements are meant to be honoured. Have you ever wondered why Goodluck Jonathan did not repudiate the agreement by which Obasanjo's government ceded Bakassi to Cameroun? It is called continuity, my dear. As an elected government, you inherent the assets and liabilities left by the preceeding administration. By the way, find out who was Nigeria's vice president when the ASUU/FGN Agreement was signed in 2009.

ladeski: This issue is a long standing one and I blame the Fed Govt fully. Despite the fact that UN recommends you spending 27% of your annual budget on education, Nigeria spends a paltry 7%. Shows you the sincerity of the Fed Govt towards education.

My brother, God will bless you. It is only in Nigeria that citizens applaud a government that reneges on agreements and jeopardises the future of its young people..

theoctopus: What nonsense rant is this? Are they underpaid? You guys have gone on this your fight government no matter what campaign that you dont even know when you are fighting yourselves anymore. Nigeria's budget is 4 trillion. Why would any sensible government pay ASUU 92 billion as allowances? That is not even their salaries. So how much will the government now allocate to the university infrastructure? Ignorance is indeed a disease

Apparently, a sensible government can spend 1 billion naira yearly to feed the president and more than 1 trillion to maintain federal legislators in a period of eight years. Excellent logic!

[quote author=israel ben-zion]Must everyone earn like a senator? Does d lecturer contest elections? Does he spend money on campaigns? Does he have a constituency to cater to? Does he maintain staff? Is his tenure just 4 yrs? If he so desires a senator's pay, y doesn't he join a party and contest elections as a senator?[/quote]It baffles me that someone could actually write down this imbecilic drivel. This is exactly the same aberrant mindset that has brought our nation to this sorry state. How daft can Nigerians really be? It is indeed a tragically flawed society that thinks politicians are more important for the development of the nation than are professors. In other words, by our own unique reasoning in Nigeria, our country needs more senators than it needs teachers. Some of us will remain eternally backward because of our retrogessive mentality. Tufiakwa!

Another name for Nigeria is Corruption Incorporated. This is the same benighted country where the president gulps 1 billion naira as yearly feeding allowance and where legislators have managed to allocate themselves the modest sum of 1 trillion naira as wages, whereas the majority continue to wallow in the most abject poverty. Meanwhile, the government cannot afford to pay the earned allowances of university lecturers and public health institutions have since become a standing joke. Knowing our political system, I expect the LG chairman to organise a thanksgiving service immediately he returns from the US, after which he will be garlanded with various national awards.

The hour is soon coming when the garrulous mouths of these thieving politicians will be permanently shut. These are the same parasites who for donkey's years now have been sucking the nation's lifeblood, emasculating the economy, and rendering the younger generations hopeless. The grand denouement of this political farce cannot be far away. The milk cow is almost lifeless now and the milking cannot long continue. Something has to happen, and that "happening" will not spare any political leeches, regardless of partisan affiliation.

From an African point of view, rainmaking is one of the magico-religious powers supposedly possessed by certain practitioners of shamanism, fetishism, spiritism, totemism, and some of the varied traditions that come under the rubric of African Traditional Religion. The idea is that a human being, by relying on some spiritual agency or other extra-mundane means such as "the gods" or spirits of ancestors, can gain momentary control of the elements and so produce sunshine or rainfall as he deems fit.

In modern times, scientists have sometimes attempted to induce or increase rainfall, usually to stave off drought. Known as artificial precipitation, it is usually done using airplanes or rockets to sow clouds with catalysts such as dry ice, silver iodide and salt powder, to make clouds rain or increase precipitation. But as is obvious from the wild fires raging in some parts of the US, artificial precipitation seldom yields lasting or satisfactory results. In fact, it is rather expensive and rarely cost-effective. That accounts for its extremely minimal use around the world.

Although many in Africa still believe in rainmaking as a spiritual art, it is interesting that in the US the practice began as a kind of circus stunt by which showmen attempted to entertain audiences. In other words, it was a trick performed by entertainers! In any case, attempts to bring rain directly have waned with the development of the science of meteorology, the advent of laws against fraud in developed countries, and advancements in communication technology.

However, Christians, Jews, and adherrents of other monotheistic religions still believe that God reserves absolute control of the elements, although they concede that human factors are at least partly to blame for global climate change. Christians, in particular, believe that fervent prayer, as demonstrated by Elijah the Prophet, can induce beneficial weather changes (James 5:16).

The God whom I know is more interested in mercy than in silver and gold (Matt.9:13). Jesus did not come to give us dos and don'ts; He came to make us free (John8:36).

lawanson44: @Abes or whatever u call urself...you were fast enough to start putting up scriptures from the bible in order to prove a point...thanks to Google using the search string "Parts where the bible says christians should kill" but let me bring to your notice or rather ask you and other "Christian haterz" here who applaud you for your "copy and paste" rhetorics a question...
All the parts of the bible you posted were all in the OLD TESTAMENT...Why was there none in the new testament?...hang on to that thought yet...

Secondly, how many present day christians have you seen, witnessed or even heard of practicing these things? It is uncommon to hear that some teenager was killed because he/she slapped the father...et al

Thirdly, doesn't it occur to you that these are mosaic laws of Moses which are practised mostly by some religions such as Judaism and OH...ISLAM ITSELF?

My conclusion: These laws were of the old testament and that is why God sent his son Jesus Christ to save us from the bondage of these laws as stated in Galatians chapter 3 v13 (A part of the bible which you overlooked) and it says according to the New Translated Version (NTV): "But Christ has rescued us from the curse
pronounced by the law. When he was hung on
the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our
wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures,
"Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
That means that prior to the coming of Jesus, we were accountable to and bonded by those laws but when Jesus came, he decided to save us and heap those laws on himself whereby paying the ultimate price with his life.

That was why he said, "IT IS FINISHED"...which means no more atonement by animal sacrifice, no more being stoned to death for adultery (ponder on that as a muslim) cos he CHRIST came to save and not to condemn like Mohammed came to do. Remember what he told the woman who was caught in the act of adultery where he asked her, "Woman where are those who condemn you?" And when she said, they have all left, he said, "Neither will i condemn you also; Go and sin no more." That woman was lucky to be in the right place at the right time cos if it was "the other guy" (we all know who i am talking about) i'm sure she would have been pelted with stones till she becomes nothing but tomato paste.

So Mr Abes, before casting aspertions and shooting yourself on the foot, ponder over that part of the Bible that is if the mold will be removed from your eyes for you to understand cos it only takes those who see the light to understand it but unfortunately, you are in darkness! Come to the light...Receive Jesus now!

Brilliantly stated! A very inspiring post indeed, especially when you referred to the fate that would have befallen that adulterous woman. Thank God for mercy! She would have been stoned to pulp. Even now the tears are welling up in my eyes.

Let me pause and thank the Messiah, the Saviour of mankind: I bless your name, Lord Jesus. You are the solution to humanity's conundrums, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. You knew beforehand all the trials we sinners would undergo and you chose to become the propitiation for our sins. May your name be glorified for ever and ever. Amen.

That reminds me. The Bible expresses the greatness of God's mercy so well: "O, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out"(Rom.11:33).

To those who (mis)quote scriptural verses to prove that one religion is intrinsically more violent than the other, I would say there is no need to do so. To find out which religion is truly the religion of peace and vice versa, we simply need to read the newspapers, browse the Net or watch TV news bulletins. All the world's media cannot be wrong. All over the world today, a preponderance of suicide attacks, violent acts of religious extremism, and holy wars emanate from people who claim allegiance to a particular religion. And there are no prizes for guessing which religion I'm referring to.

Judging by the 2013 budget, Nigeria spends about 2.7 million naira every day to feed its President. This figure is only for feeding and excludes any other aspect of the President's upkeep. The Senate President, on his part, earns as much as 88 million naira monthly (Sunday Punch, August 4, 2013, page 16). This is the same government that claims it cannot afford 92 billion naira to pay the entitlements of all lecturers in federal universities whose unpaid allowances have accumulated since 2009, when the same government voluntarily signed an agreement to pay the said wages. Imagine the hypocrisy!

Peterjosh: Yet another promising trophyless season for my beloved ARSENAL, ::::COYG::::

As an Arsenal supporter, I wish my team the best of luck. But I fear that good wishes might not be enough. My fear stems from the exasperating miserliness of a manager who has succeeded in recruiting only one unknown rookie (and that for free) while his opponents are strengthening their teams with marquee signings. Arsene Wenger's stinginess would have been appreciated if he were Chief Economist at the World Bank; perhaps he would have helped save Greece from its economic woes. But Wenger is a football manager, which is why I think his talents are wasted.

owobokiri: This guy should have been in one dingy EFCC cell by now explaining how he went about buying a 50 million dollar jet when folks live like rats in PH. But GEJ will never be decisive untill they rip off his skull from his neck.. Pretty unfortunate how we support this corrupt egomanaic. He is the main reason the sovereign wealth fund is running with k legs today. He and his gang of looters insisted that Jonathan share the billions that were left in the excess crude account instead of opening the SWF with that. Their argeument? They needed that to biuld roads, bridges bla bla bla... With threats of going to court, Jonathan was forced to share that and what happened? Private jets and Dubai beach front homes for governors and their henchmen. How did that action favour the common man? Take a look at Singarpore, Malaysia, China and all the Asian tigers and see how the utilized the SWF to kickstart their investment drives abroad. With the kind of skilled hands managing the Nigerian SWF and her meager 3 billion dollars today, is it not obvious that AmAechi and his gang were/are only interested in siphoning funds for only themselsves? So why are people still castigating GEJ for wranckling Amechis chain? Amechi has been in government since 1999 and has presided over budgets bigger than that of some west African states for years and we just have some poorly done roads and some shoddy schools to show for it. He is nothing but a mafia attack dog fighting for the cabal that contrived to impose him on Rivers people using one of the most absurd court rullings in Nigerias history. That is what this is all about. An intra elite war at the detriment of the common man. This guy should be thrown into a lions den. Thats where he rightly belongs.

This is one of the most sensible and insightful comments I have read on this forum today. In a sane country, crooks like Amaechi would be rotting in jail serving long prison terms. How dumb do these politicians think we are? Imagine: You steal our money and ask us again to help you fight for the Governors' Forum chairmanship!

[quote author=P.Stacks]Amechi My Man..
Just do your thing man!

Many are the Afflictions of the Righteous.

If it is true David Dropped Goliath,
Then You shall over come.[/quote]Your David-and-Goliath analogy is so ill-fitting and out of place that I think one should not dignify it with a response. But for the avoidance of doubt, I suggest you read up the relevant portions of scripture again. You will discover that that inspiring account of an underdog's victory does not apply to the self-imposed travails of an iniquitous, arrogant, obstinate, corrupt and hypocritical politician.

duality: Oh Pleeeas.... We all know that house is an appendage of Amaechi led executive arm of Govt. Was it not that house that approved Billions for amaechi to spend, without it being questioned, was it not that house that approved a 50 million dollar jet for amechi without it being registered with the name of Rivers state Govt? was it not that same house that approved houses for amaechi in PH and Abuja with vehicles to be changed every year as his retirement benefit? apart from budget, that house have not passed any law that directly affects the common man in Rivers State. That house will not suspend any LGA chairman without Amaechi's approval. How come no one is challenging the Speaker on the issue of LGA chairmen.


Only people suffering from self imposed ignorance will maintain that The house and not Amaechi sanctioned the Chairmen.

Don't mind them. Some people think that all Nigerians are fools. How can one seriously claim that Amaechi knew nothing about the suspension of the LG chairmen? What a laughable and utterly disingenuous argument! In any case, I am totally fed up with Amaechi's perennial foibles. Mark my words: This man's insolence will soon attract its fitting recompence. My people have this proverb: When a sane man acts like a lunatic in the marketplace, the spirits of insanity that inhabit the market might take possession of him, mistaking him for one of their own. Those who love Amaechi should advise him. If he cannot tolerate the slightest dissent on the part of his LG chairmen, why should he expect the President to tolerate his insubordination and insults?

Dbeliever: I reserve no appologise to say that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala must be stupid for her utterance in respect to the ASUU demands. I don't even care to know how much she pay for her children at Harvard University. What about the Trillions that come from the Nigerian Stock exchange market on daily basis? Or is she trying to say that Nigeria is bankrupt?! When the presidential jet developed a minor fault some times in 2011, it was it was immediately replaced with two jets worth N12trillion, a thing the was never planned for. The finance minister should tell Nigerian the truth rather than making a mockery of Nigeria including herself. Tsehemba Christian- Benue state.

My brother, God will bless you. This is the only country where a Senate President legitimately earns as much as N88 million a month (Sunday Punch, August 4, 2013, page 16), whereas the government cannot afford N92 billion, representing lecturers' cumulative earned allowances in ALL the federal universities in the country FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. And yet we want to become a developed nation. What a shame!

Wonders will never end! Soon enough they will change their story and say the lad was too tall or that he spoke too much grammar. Is it not Nigeria? Is this not the same country where people steal the gratuities of poor aged pensioners and throw lavish parties to celebrate their "breakthroughs"? Madam, you are even lucky that the police did not detain you and your son on the charge of "age falsification with intent to deceive a public officer." The fee for bail would have been astronomical. You'd better go home to the US and rest. This is not America. When we need young players, we will go and invite Okocha, Kanu, and Osaze to play for us.

frosbel: Can Adeboye ensure that there is not ONE needy person among his church members before he embarks on this multi-billion naira project to build a 3-km Long Church Auditorium.

This is madness, building more and more edifices while our people are almost dying of hunger, a classical case of taking money from the needy and using it to build babels to the glory of MAN. Reminds me of India who are investing in more weapons of mass destruction when 60% of their people starve, talk of misplaced priorities.

Do not give a penny to this project , pay your rent, bills , feed your children and then give to the poor and needy around you. Go to the Lord in prayer before you donate a penny, I am sure there are worthier causes all around us.

People, it is time you follow JESUS and stop enriching MEN and their dreams. You do not need to go to a specific place to find Jesus, if we have the Spirit , he is always present for he has said " I will never leave you or forsake you ".

Free yourselves from MEN, follow JESUS, on judgement day Adeboye will not save you or stand in for you, on judgement day RCCG will not save you, now is the time to do the right thing and go back to new testament Christianity.

My brother, I don't understand the philosophy behind some of these acts of devotion. Believe me: Anyone who visits the present Redemption Camp will agree that it is by all means a gargantuan complex that must have cost mind-boggling sums to erect. And there is ample room for expansion on that site. To propose, then, that the church should acquire more land for a similar purpose smacks of either a psychosis of grandeur or a misplacement of priorities. Please, let RCCG devote some of its immense wealth and human resources to industrial and enterpreneural ventures that wiill help ameliorate Nigeria's chronic problem of unemployment. Youths are dying of frustration! I also beg the leaders of all religious bodies, social groups, and our political elites: Instead of lavishing your fortunes on grandiose edifices, invest them in helping the poor. God Himself will reward you.

McLuhan: Nairalanders, the following are some of the events that have occurred in the world in the past three days. Please confirm if the following facts are true or if they are just fabrications:

AUGUST 12, 2013: In Balad, Iraq, 16 people at a crowded cafe were torn to shreds by an attacker wearing a suicide vest.

AUGUST 12, 2013: In Muqdadiyah, Iraq, children were among the casualties of a terrorist bomb blast at a playground and football field.

AUGUST 11, 2013: In Ngom, Nigeria, at least a dozen villagers were massacred by Boko Haram terrorists.

AUGUST 11, 2013: In Uruzgan, Afghanistan, three women and a child were among the five civilians exterminated by Taliban bombers.

AUGUST 11, 2013: In Karachi, Pakistan, a 12-year-old girl was among the Shiites shot to death on the basis of their sectarian status.

AUGUST 10, 2013: In Madaen, Iraq, fundamentalists detonated a bomb at a video arcade, killing an 8-year-old boy, among other casualties.

Consider the following statistics too and conduct your research to find out if the figures are correct:

In the first seven months of 2013, various persons and groups, all claiming allegiance to a certain religion, have carried out some 310 terror attacks and about 28 suicide bombings, leaving a trail of more than 1651 corpses and 3048 wounded persons around the world.

With all due respect, I would like anyone to dispute these facts . Please let's reason maturely. Thank you.

My question is: What motivates people like Shekau to murder innocent children and women? Why is it that one particular religion tends to account for these atrocities more than any other? Or am I the only one thinking in this direction?

Nairalanders, the following are some of the events that have occurred in the world in the past three days. Please confirm if the following facts are true or if they are just fabrications:

AUGUST 12, 2013: In Balad, Iraq, 16 people at a crowded cafe were torn to shreds by an attacker wearing a suicide vest.

AUGUST 12, 2013: In Muqdadiyah, Iraq, children were among the casualties of a terrorist bomb blast at a playground and football field.

AUGUST 11, 2013: In Ngom, Nigeria, at least a dozen villagers were massacred by Boko Haram terrorists.

AUGUST 11, 2013: In Uruzgan, Afghanistan, three women and a child were among the five civilians exterminated by Taliban bombers.

AUGUST 11, 2013: In Karachi, Pakistan, a 12-year-old girl was among the Shiites shot to death on the basis of their sectarian status.

AUGUST 10, 2013: In Madaen, Iraq, fundamentalists detonated a bomb at a video arcade, killing an 8-year-old boy, among other casualties.

Consider the following statistics too and conduct your research to find out if the figures are correct:

In the first seven months of 2013, various persons and groups, all claiming allegiance to a certain religion, have carried out some 310 terror attacks and about 28 suicide bombings, leaving a trail of more than 1651 corpses and 3048 wounded persons around the world.

With all due respect, I would like anyone to dispute these facts. Please let's reason maturely. Thank you.

Eureka007: Am confused,why would some people through the media claim that tb joshua is a satanist,a cultist and yet this man is the most humanitarian,most caring,he practicalise the love of jesus by giving to the poor and the needy,sometime ago, i was washing a program and i saw this pastor with a bag of rice on is head,doing service to the poor.how many other pastor can do this....i pray o

"Take care not to do your good deeds publicly or before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you will have no reward" (Matthew 6:1).

[quote author=12 inches!]You pple are just being naïve. Go on youtube and check out the many interviews of "converted" po.rn stars. It happens all the time. They all claim they were molested and maltreated by pple they trusted and were driven to prostitution and p.orn acting by this. In reality, what drove them in po.rn acting is their greed and love of money and living big as well as fame. Most po.rn actresses start their career from exotic dancing? What turns one into a strip club dancer? Is it not greed? There are many less paying honest work around. I have a very close friend who was molested in her teens. She even got pregnant and has a child from this! She didn't turn into prostitution or po.rn acting for that reason. She is a graduate now and even into jewelry making to support her and her kid. Many po.rn stars after living the life now tell us they've found God as a means of RETIREMENT. I'm not buying it. Later Jada fire will come out too and say she has found God. Why didn't she find God 2yrs into her po.rn acting?[/quote]Let us be careful that we don't speak presumptuously. Who are we to judge whether someone is saved? Are we God? Or are we doubting God's saving grace? If God wishes to turn this former sex worker into another Mother Teresa, can our displeasure stop Him from doing so? It is before her Maker that she stands or falls(Romans 14:4). But let those of us who think we are standing take heed lest we fall(1 Cor. 10:12).