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Politics › Re: NigeriaElections2023: ICPC Arrests Nine Vote-buyers In Three States by mikeapollo: 10:50pm On Feb 25, 2023

Petersonblog:
President Buhari mean well for Nigeria in this election

Foolish talk!
Why didn't Buhari do same in 2019 when he was countering? Does it mean he too bought votes in2019 ? Foolish reasoning.
How could he inflict such pain on Nigeria s and destroy people's business and you say he loves Nigerians because he wants somebody to lose an election?

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Politics › Re: Buhari Says Old ₦‎200 Note Will Remain Legal Tender Till April 10 by mikeapollo: 8:31am On Feb 16, 2023

A confused and incompetent government

Christianity Etc › Re: Dolly Parton & Dionne Warwick Team Up For New Gospel Song 'Peace Like A River' by mikeapollo: 11:42am On Feb 12, 2023

uncleck:
Dolly parton, Celine Dion, Don Williams and Lucky Dube are my MOST favorites

Add Bob Marley and Kenny Rogers to the list and you make heaven!

Romance › Re: I Hate My Sister by mikeapollo: 1:27pm On Feb 11, 2023

1Battery:
Ever since we have been growing as kids and now into adults we have known no peace because of my sister, she has been a torn to everyone's flesh we don't know peace because of this lad.

Her marriage couldn't last because of her attitude, can you imagine it lasted for a year the husband can't afford to take her back because of her way world life style she attacks the man with any available weapon around, the man couldn't take it anymore he had to throw her things out of the house.

Since then she has been in our house fighting every one ,the other time she wanted to fight my mom telling her that if time is not taking she will be in the hospital treating her self,
Plus so many other things

Most times I just wish I never had a sister. This lady has caused us so much troubles in life, at every small thing she blows the families secret to everyone's ear and the worst part she is a single mother of two boys.

We are just tired of her on a serious note, I have decided to get her arrested and sent to prison if she continues.

I don't know if this is what having a sister means. in my next life I don't wish to have any
I will commit murder if her nonsense continues.

You are not alone. I have a sister who is probably worse than yours. Mist of these things are not ordinary, but spiritual.
I will advise you take your sister to SCOAN or any other chur h you know for deliverance. I have seen thousands of such cases in SCOAN!
That is my plan for my sister.

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Romance › Re: I Hate My Sister by mikeapollo: 10:34am On Feb 11, 2023

1Battery:
Ever since we have been growing as kids and now into adults we have known no peace because of my sister, she has been a torn to everyone's flesh we don't know peace because of this lad.

Her marriage couldn't last because of her attitude, can you imagine it lasted for a year the husband can't afford to take her back because of her way world life style she attacks the man with any available weapon around, the man couldn't take it anymore he had to throw her things out of the house.

Since then she has been in our house fighting every one ,the other time she wanted to fight my mom telling her that if time is not taking she will be in the hospital treating her self,
Plus so many other things

Most times I just wish I never had a sister. This lady has caused us so much troubles in life, at every small thing she blows the families secret to everyone's ear and the worst part she is a single mother of two boys.

We are just tired of her on a serious note, I have decided to get her arrested and sent to prison if she continues.

I don't know if this is what having a sister means. in my next life I don't wish to have any
I will commit murder if her nonsense continues.

You are not alone. I have a sister who is probably worse than yours. Most of these things are not ordinary, but spiritual.
I will advise you take your sister to SCOAN or any other chur h you know for deliverance. I have seen thousands of such cases in SCOAN!
That is my plan for my sister.

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Business › Re: Naira Redesign: ICPC Busts Sterling Bank, Discovers N258m, Makes Arrests by mikeapollo: 6:09am On Feb 08, 2023

chisomkachy:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0iBdZmekGHCkuC8SNG7JZphzq767uivQoiVAdiRpfqDjFHHc7CWeGeG6HnmqyC4o9l&id=100068873333950&mibextid=Nif5oz

N258m cash in the headquarters of a bank is nothing to make headlinea about!
That money is too small for even just 1000 customers

Politics › Re: I Paid WAEC Fees For Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba Students In Lagos — Tinubu by mikeapollo: 10:08am On Feb 01, 2023

Ezeama400:
This man matter don tire me..Always talking rubbish..

How's that an achievement ?.. You want the world to worship you because of Waec payment you didn't pay with your money ?

Peter Obi paid millions to northern schools and even to some countries like Haiti when they had earthquake as far back as 2010 when he was a governor and when he was out office as a governor, he never used such to campaign because it's his personal humanitarian service which is left between him and his God, yet Bola Tinubu is here boasting because of Waec..

Shame !!!

Stop talking out of context. I am a fan of Tinubu, but let us appreciate good gestures. How many other governors did what he did with the money if the state?
It is not about whether the money was his personal money. It is about having the idea to use the money of the state in a way that benefits the people, and doing it in a way that ensures that every tribe benefits and no-one is discriminated against.

Politics › Re: Nigerian Remanded Over Attack On Guyana President's Residence by mikeapollo: 11:54pm On Jan 20, 2023

Corrinthians:
Say no to tribalism bro. We are all one irrespective of our tribes.

God bless Obidients worldwide.

This notion is one of the reasons why people travel out and hide behind the rotten name "Nigeria" to commit crime and atrocities.
It is now tine to name and shame each person that commits crime abroad. Call out his name, tribe, family, village, town, state . This way, you make people identified and embarrassed so they can warn their kinsmen to desist from crime when they travel abroad.

Travel › Re: Launch Of The First Beam Of The Opebi-Mende Link Bridge (Photos) by mikeapollo: 9:49am On Jan 20, 2023

Why do we celebrate everything, including mediocre and ordinary things in this country?
What is ''iconic'' about this bridge?

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Christianity Etc › Re: RCCG Prophecies For Year 2023 By Pastor E. A. Adeboye by mikeapollo: 12:17pm On Jan 01, 2023

Is E.A. Adeboye a prophet??
Why is everybody trying to prophesy?

The true prophet that I know has gone to be with the Lord - Senior Prophet TB Joshua!

Family › Re: My Mother Threatens To Commit Suicide If I Don't Leave The House by mikeapollo: 11:12pm On Dec 31, 2022

CoronaVirusRelo:
The mother wants the best for him!

At 25! The mum already feeling he is a deadbeat and wants him to go face life!

She wants the best for him by driving him out in this harsh economic times? Wouid she drive him out if the dad was alive? What nonsense is that! All the mum wants is privacy to enjoy sex with her new lover, nothing more,! There are a lot if 25 years old male students in the universities, how many of them have been chased out their father's houses by their mum because they want the best for their sons

Family › Re: My Mother Threatens To Commit Suicide If I Don't Leave The House by mikeapollo: 9:33pm On Dec 31, 2022*

Greattestman:
My mother has been threatening to commit suicide if I won't leave the house for her and her husband to be (my step-father to be). She gave me ultimatum of some days so I decided to call my uncle in the US and told him what was happening, he advised me to leave and get another house and he promised to pay my rent.

Two days ago he sent me 300, 000 Naira and I paid my rent 50, 000. I packed in today but my mother doesn't know my house and I'm planning to cut my mother off my life.

I seriously miss my father.

My candid advice is this;
Please do not leave or abandon the house for your mother and her new lover if you are very sure the house was built by your father! You would regret if you abandon that house
Explain to you mother that you are not against her remarrying or dating someone else after dad's death. But tell her you will never leave your Dad's house for her lover!
Meanwhile, find another apartment elsewhere where you can stay on your own, but always come to your father's house daily and whenever you feel like without giving her any notice. But that is temporary because your uncle cannot be paying for your rent permanently.
Make sure you take charge of affairs in that house
Your mother wants to sell your birthrights away. Imagine what would happen if/when she gives birth;, that means your inheritance will be transfered to the new siblings! This is your fight for you inheritance and indignity.
Don't fall for her blackmail. Stand your ground.
Avoid having any word/exchanges with the man. But face your mother squarely and be bold and firm ! Otherwise you will lose everything and be called a bastard!

Travel › Re: Mass Deportation Of Nigerians From India by mikeapollo: 9:30pm On Dec 28, 2022

ednut1:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmrPfT1DMms/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Hmmm

According to the person recording ,some of the children being deported have their parents are in jail.

From South Africa to Cyprus to China to Cambodia to Turkey to Ethiopia to Ghana to Kenya to Malaysia to UAE too Italy to Thailand to Indonesia to India. What exactly is wrong with some Nigerians

The whole world would soon start deporting Nigerians because we have become shameless disgusting criminal nuisance to every host nation.
Yet, some idiots would say it is because some countries are jealous of Nigerians!

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Romance › Re: I Caught My Boyfriend Cheating by mikeapollo: 3:52pm On Dec 26, 2022

Karen2024:
I've always suspected my boyfriend cheating on me with a lady he claim to be his casual friend and I told him I don't like how the girl flirt around him but he said nothing was going on between them.

Yesterday I returned from work and my friend called me on phone and asked me to go to my boyfriend's house immediately. Without hesitation I drove to his house and caught him with a lady on his bed. I'te dumped him.

Sorry for what happened!
You dumped him for what virtually every other man does?
How are you sure the person you date next would not be with another lady?

This may sound crude or rude but it is the truth! Men are polygamous by nature but they always know and respect a good, faithful and submissive woman.
If you love him and would like to marry him, better talk to him and pray that he stops.
The next guy in your life may be worse or better than him but know that most men are polygamous by nature.
Don't ask me why.

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Career › Re: Tax In A Big Four Audit Firm Or Investment Banking by mikeapollo: 2:09pm On Dec 19, 2022

lajid:
Pls I need opinions on the above subject matter.

I want to choose a career path...

I would advise you go for a Big 4 firm.
The knowledge and exposure you will get is far better than what an investment bank would offer you.
Remember that the Big 4 have clients in different sectors and cities across Nigeria. The pay may not be fantastic, but the long-term benefit is great. But you have to be ready to write and pass either ICAN or ACCA.
A 5-10 years experience in a Big 4 could catapult you to work anywhere in the world.
I know about 10 people from Big 4 firms who now live and work abroad, and were employed directly from Nigeria.

Investment banking would be great if only you write and pass the CFA exams. But Nigerian banks are never reliable so you still have to work and pray that you don't get retrenched and laid off.

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Politics › Re: FG Developed Lagos, Not Tinubu - Atiku by mikeapollo: 11:18am On Dec 06, 2022

Rilwayne001:
lol. Why didn't FG develop other states the way they developed Lagos too?

Why did he develop Adamawa State like Lagos when he was the number 2 man in the FG?

Do you have brains at all?
Lagos was the federal capital, hence the FG developed it.
Was Admawa or any other state the federal capital when Lagos was ?

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Sports › Re: South Korea Vs Ghana: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: (2 - 3) On 28th Nov 2022 by mikeapollo: 11:02am On Nov 29, 2022

NwaIdeato:
Lots of exaggerations and falsehoods in your opinion, the only points I agree with from your post is that Ghanaians are more patriotic than Nigerians in the football sense and perhaps in other aspects because of the Nkrumah factor. But as regards to your submission about Ghana being better than Nigeria in hogwash, I call that a bunch of hogwash. Yes, maybe Ghana have had the better of the encounters between both nations (at least recently), but prior to Ghana beating Nigeria for the first time in the thr 1992 AFCON, the Brentford friendly game and the two AFCONs that followed (2008 and 2010 AFCON), Nigeria always beat Ghana in previous encounters when we had a much more better team. Ghana wasn't that good in the early 2000's when they suffered a decline. Remember Ghana only qualified for their first ever world cup in 2006, meanwhile Nigeria had been to more world cups since 1994 (only next to Cameroon). But I do agree that Ghana had somewhat of a better head-start and foundation in football ahead of Nigeria right before their independence.

Nigeria has won several international and continental trophies at all levels of football perhaps more than Ghana, but considering our population and pedigree, I'll admit that Nigeria has massively underachieved compared to Ghana.

You want to argue about footballing prowess between Ghana and Nigeria?
Do you know when Ghana defeated Nigeria 7-0?! Ghana had won 4 Africa Nations Cup as far back as 1982 when Nigeria had only 1! Ghana has beaten Nigeria more than any other team in the world!
Ghana went down in the 1980s because of economic and political downturns and had even withdrawn from the Libya 1982 Nations Cup. The govt of Libya (under Gaddafi) had to sponsor them and catered for their expenses. Ghana eventually beat Libya in the final to win their 4th Nations Cup. Again, they pulled out after the 1984 edition and only reappeared in 1992.
They have been to the final of the Nations Cup on about 9 occasions, more than Nigeria.
On several occasions, Ghana used their local homebased players to play against Nigeria's best foreign based professionals in Lagos in Nations Cup qualifiers and we could not beat them. Even at Tunisia 1994, Nigerians were praying for Cote de'voire to beat them so we could avoid them in the semi-final, because we were scared of them. The fear of Abedi Pele was the beginning of wisdom for Nigerian defenders!

Nigeria was very successful between 1994-2000, but football encounters between the 2 countries started long before then. Go and ask people like Segun Odegbami, Christian Chukwu, etc. who played against Ghana....they would tell you about Ghana. You can even google some of Odegbami's articles about football between Ghana and Nigeria

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Sports › Re: South Korea Vs Ghana: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: (2 - 3) On 28th Nov 2022 by mikeapollo: 8:31pm On Nov 28, 2022*

NwaIdeato:
How come the Hausas in Ghana are so good at football with the likes of Kudus, Salisu, Muntari, Baba Rahman etc but the ones we have here in Nigeria just don't excel in football save for a few like Babangida? same thing for the fulani players in Mali, Guinea, Senegal etc that produce some really good footballers...but the ones here in Nigeria, the fulani we have choose to live in bushes like wild animals and kill people at will. Honestly, we really got the wrong end of the bargain as a nation, if Igbos had their own country, we should be competing with some of the best teams in the world considering how most of Nigerias best players have typically come from the East- Kanu, Okocha, Mikel Obi, Amunike, Celestine Nwoha (Babayaro) etc, we need to divide Nigeria honestly.

It is because Ghana is generally a better footballing nation than Nigeria.
They get to learn football techniques very early in age because of the street football (which they call gutter-to-gutter_ and monkey post football where the emphasis is more on how to out manouvre your opponent. So they grow up being more skillful. and it shows in their ability on the ball. Ghanaians are also more patriotic and passionate about their country because of the influence of Kwame Nkrumah.
In the past, many Ghanaians came from Ghana to play for the Green Eagles in the 1980s. e.g Leotis Boateng and Sam Benson. There wer also Nigerians that played for the Black Stars but they were born and bred in Ghana e.g the Olabode brothers and Kayode brothers

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Travel › Re: My Wife Is Travelling To Canada Should I Be Worried? by mikeapollo: 11:45am On Nov 18, 2022

teamc:
Got married 2yrs ago and we have a beautiful daughter, she has this dream of studying in Canada and I support her dream.

Our immigration consultant recommend she apply alone to increase chances that i and our daughter can join her later.

Now visa is out and she will be travelling next month. I have read numerous stories about how women change when they travel out.

Should I be worried?

It is dicey, but I wish you best of luck.
Please impregnate her again, immediately. That could be a way to keep a tab on her at least for the next 9 months. If she tells you stories (e.g. losing the pregnancy after she gets to Canada), then you know she is up to something.

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Politics › Re: Lagos State Red Line Train Arrives NRC Yard, Alagomeji (Pictures) by mikeapollo: 8:49am On Nov 09, 2022

idealogical:
Seems both the red and blue lines will be ready around the same time.

This is huge for Lagos and Lagosians..

It is not the acquisition of machines that is the main deal. The main deal is long-term maintenance!
Can we maintain these for the next 30-50 years time? Where are the expert engineers to maintain these things!
Any country can mobilize finance to acquire any machine or equipment in this world. But it takes consistency in good systems, attitude, discipline, planning, political stability, competence, management etc to maintain such -this is where no one has been able to convince me.
But it is a good step!

Celebrities › Re: Davido And Chioma’s Son, Ifeanyi Is Dead; Drowns In A Swimming Pool by mikeapollo: 9:33am On Nov 01, 2022

People should learn. Money makes people to take things for granted.
It s not everything that one could afford, that is desirable. And if you must do it, do it with great caution!
Swimming pool in a house should not be something that everybody should have easy access to, especially kids.
The pool area should have a barricade / mini fence that is high enough to prevent kids from accessing the place.
People want to live like Europeans and American, but forget that most of these westerners do not live with many kids in their homes.
D'Banj, Sammy Kuffour (former Ghanaian footballer) also lost their kids to swimming pools in their houses!

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Health › Re: Lagos Assembly Moves To Upgrade 3 General Hospitals To Tertiary Hospital Status by mikeapollo: 8:34am On Sep 20, 2022

The important thing is to equip the hospital with sufficient modern medical equipment, gadgets. and motivated personnel . Upgrading on paper without the right equipment and well motivated doctors, nurses , paramedics etc would mean nothing but mediocrity.

Celebrities › Re: Wendy Shay: Let's Swallow Our Pride And Ask Nigerians To Show Us The Way by mikeapollo: 2:43pm On Sep 14, 2022

CSTRR:
What is the population of Jamaica.?

Are they as populous as Ghana?

How many Ghana songs is world class?

You first produce quality, before talking about market ,e.t.c.

Ghana does not have it.

That is the bitter truth.

Ghana does not have it but Nigeriacpied their Highlife music. Fela went there to learn Highlife/Afrobeat in the 1960s. Current Nigerian musicians including Mr. Eazi, Wande Coal, PSquare, Wizkid, Davido, Olamide, Smi, Tiwa, Yemi Alade, etc. all have been copying Ghanaian rap, highlife, hiplife and Azonto beats like crazy.

Celebrities › Re: Wendy Shay: Let's Swallow Our Pride And Ask Nigerians To Show Us The Way by mikeapollo: 11:23am On Sep 14, 2022

mrvitalis:
Funny thing is Ghana was on it way around 2010 to 2013 when they had their dancehall beats in all Nigerians parties then they had inferiority complex and started to copy Nigeria

For years Nigerians tried to sound like black Americans in music blacky , rugged man , mode 9 , Sasha p , style plus ...but we never made any headway ...till be stock to what we liked and made it popular

Look at south Africa amapiano today ...you can't go to Nigerian night clubs without hearing it

That's how you grow stick to what you enjoy sooner or later people would understand why you enjoy it then join you

Big ups to you for your comments.
The truth is, Ghana has had the biggest influence on Nigeria music, right from the days of highlife to the current, so called''Afrobeats''.
Fela Kuti traveled to go and live in Ghana for 2 years so he could join a band called Hedzolleh and learn Afrobeats. He became the most successful because he stuck to it while most others experimented with it.
The biggest Afro band from Africa is a Ghanaian band called Osibiasa.

Most of the sounds, rhythms, melodies and beats/progressions in most of the so-called Afrobeats nowadays are copied from Ghana Highlife, Hiplife, Azonto, Alkaeda etc. They are the originators of putting rap over highlife tunes, which is dominant today in Afrobeats. Many Nigerian musicians have acknowledged that.
But Nigeria has the population numbers and the market which are important for promotion, so we can push our songs farther and in mush bigger . Nigerian musicians also sing in English/pidgin which helps to promote their songs, while Ghanaians sing more in their local dialects.

Education › Re: Scrap The Useless ASUU - Bashir, El-Rufai’s Son by mikeapollo: 10:03am On Aug 30, 2022

Zonefree:
My question remains, are there no other ways ASUU can get their money from FG apart from striking?

Most of our politician children don't school in Nigeria. They don't even care about us. Na average people dey suffer for this strike not government. Buhari no send anybody papa.

ASUU should go and lock National Assembly complex instead of locking schools for average Nigerians. They've been going on strike for decades yet nothing is happening. It's only a fool that will be doing same thing every time and expect different result.

What kind of analogy or comparison is this?
How do you expect ASUU to go and lock National Assembly complex?
Did you see ASUU members holding padlocks to lock schools? They only withdrew their services.
ASUU is not blocking anybody from walking into the universities to read on your, play sports games or organize prayer camps! You are free to walk into any university campus in Nigeria

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Crime › Re: Three Nigerians Jailed In Ireland For Defrauding 66-yr-old Woman Of €282k (pics) by mikeapollo: 9:47am On Jul 30, 2022

Useless generation of greedy bastards!
They go about engaging in crime but when they are driven out or dealts with, they claim that other countries are jea;lous of their countrymen!
From Ghana, to UK, US, Ireland, India, China, S/Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Italy, UAE, and all over the worl, they are known as criminals!
Shameless people who deceive themselves by calling themselves giant of Africa.
In reality, they have become the Nuisance of Africa

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Properties › Re: Corps Member Confirmed Dead As Death Toll From Lagos Collapsed Building Rises by mikeapollo: 6:07pm On May 03, 2022

Was there a building permit for the structure?

Sports › Re: Ghana’s Plot To Destabilise Eagles With COVID-19 Uncovered by mikeapollo: 9:28am On Mar 24, 2022

abc115:
https://punchng.com/ghanas-plot-to-destabilise-eagles-with-covid-19-uncovered/

Nigerians and false alarm!
Is Ghana a new team to Nigeria and vice versa?
This is football and the match can go either ways.
We should stop the hypocrisy of thinking that these Super Eagles are so super, invincible and unbeatable.

Politics › Re: Nigerian Flags Sell For €7 In Poland As Others Try To Identify As Nigerians by mikeapollo: 9:27am On Feb 28, 2022

BleedTears:
A lot of people where making negative comments about Nigerians who were reporting the unjust treatment of the Blacks/Africans in the ongoing war between the Russians and Ukrainians.

No matter how you look at it or how you think it, Nigerians are not the only Africans in Ukraine. But Nigerians are the only ones calling and they're not just calling for themselves alone, because if you watch the video you see everything they're saying is about the blacks/African unjust treatment.

Now their voices have been heard and other Africans from Ukraine are buying the Nigerian flag in Poland for €7 in order to identify as Nigerians.

Remember. Those who has someone to call unto, in time of distress call for help. And those who do not have anybody to call, never bother to call because no one will hear them.

God Bless Nigeria

Don't get it twisted!
The stranded immigrants wanted anything that would enable them have safe passage and escape from being caught in the war.
Rather, the Nigerian flag was available and Nigerians used the opportunity to exploit other Nigerians and non-Nigerians by selling the flag to make money.
Any other country's flag e.g. Kenya, S/Africa, etc. would have been rushed for the same purpose if available..

https://mobile.twitter.com/Abatam01/status/1497931933157892098

Sports › Re: My No. 10 – Drogba Hails Jay-Jay Okocha by mikeapollo: 7:57pm On Feb 24, 2022

Afam4eva:
Eto'o actually had the stats that Okocha did not have. Yes, Okocha is a better footballer but it did not yield as much results as the other guys that were scoring goals and giving assists.

You cannot be a better footballer if you could not yield as much results by scoring goals and giving assists, especially for an attacking midfielder.
If football were to be standing in one place and joggling with the ball, there are a million people who could do that better than Okocha.
Maradona, Messi, Ronaldinho, Abedi Pele, etc. were very good play-makers and goal scorers.

Sports › Re: My No. 10 – Drogba Hails Jay-Jay Okocha by mikeapollo: 7:52pm On Feb 24, 2022

paulolee:
sure..he was the most creative midfielder dt av seen from.Africa

Nonsense!
Keep deceiving yourselves.
Any little praise that they shower on Okocha, people want to over-stretch it!
The guy was barely above average, nothing extra-ordinary about him.

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Christianity Etc › Re: David Ibiyeomie: Two Plots Of Land Not Enough For Me, My Cars, Entourage by mikeapollo: 12:34pm On Jan 20, 2022

Michelle70:
For the past 5years, I am yet to see any pastor except Late Prophet TB Joshua that emphasize on giving to orphanage, prisoners and the needy as much as they talk about giving to churches.

Prophet TB Joshua preached and lived by giving to the poor for the whole 35years that God used him in Ministry. His preaching and giving only became known by the public because it was broadcast on TV after the church established Emmanuel TV.
Prophet TB Joshua is unmatched in the annals of practical Christianity in Nigeria.

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