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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oBS9_eJ3RA

The Chicago Police explores the religion of Islam and Muslims living in America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_2dvioIhzM

This is a 12 minutes video recorded by an Indian-German guy. He met a black lady on the street of Berlin, seduced her with words and took her home. The lady in my view sounds like a Nigerian. Unfortunately, the lady had no idea everything was being recorded.

Lesson: Say no to premarital sex no matter how charming the guy may be.

aibee01:
grinded egusi is allowed......

How far with your accommodation and flight arrangement?

obinon:
3rd Aug, I am yet to get mine. Have you done your interview? Have they sent you mail to fund?

Did my interview on 2nd of Sept, got a mail from embassy about funding on 4th Sept.

Where can someone buy winter clothes here in Nigeria?

It seems everybody that submitted application for DB account on the 3rd of August, 2015 has not gotten the account opening notification mail.
If you have gotten yours, please indicate.

waiting for more confirmation. Forensic audit

Their American and Nigerian Counterparts support Israel with all they got, erroneously believing Israel is friendly to the Christians,what an irony?

Dear questioner, thank you very much for having confidence in us, and we hope our efforts, which are purely for His Sake, meet your expectations. Muslims are not allowed by any way to have physical relations with the opposite sex outside marriage. So, it is the duty of the Muslim families and societies to facilitate marriage, especially for those who are getting older than the normal age of marriage. If a man or a woman is forbidden from marriage for any a certain reason, he/she should observe abstinence and have patience asking Allah Almighty to get him/her rid of that obstacle. In his response to the question in point, Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi , former president of the Islamic Society of North America, states the following: It is a very sad thing to see that Muslim women or men suffer unmarried life due to un-Islamic social factors. We must blame our un-Islamic social customs and materialistic outlook that cause some men and women to remain unmarried. Some young people or their parents have very high expectations for their spouses. They set a very difficult standard of education, profession, wealth or physical features for any prospective suitor. The result is that such women remain single because the suitors fail to meet those standards. We, Muslims, must emphasize that the best criterion according to Islam is good character. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is reported to have said, “If someone whose faith and morals you trust makes a proposal of marriage to you then marry him, otherwise there will be trials and much corruption in the land.” (Ibn Majah) As Muslims it is also our duty to help our Muslim brothers and sisters get married. Allah Almighty says in the Qur’an, “And marry such of you as are solitary and the pious of your slaves and maid servants. If they be poor; Allah will enrich them of His bounty. Allah is of ample means, Aware.” (An-Nur 24:32) However, if for any reason men or women are not able to marry, then they must observe abstinence. They have no other way. Allah says in the Qur'an that the believing men and believing women guard their private parts from committing any illicit sexual act. He Almighty says, “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do.” (An-Nur 24:30) He Almighty also says, “ Lo! men who surrender unto Allah, and women who surrender, and men who believe and women who believe, and men who obey and women who obey, and men who speak the truth and women who speak the truth, and men who persevere (in righteousness) and women who persevere, and men who are humble and women who are humble, and men who give alms and women who give alms, and men who fast and women who fast, and men who guard their modesty and women who guard (their modesty), and men who remember Allah much and women who remember Allah hath prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward.” (Al- Ahzab 33:35) Sexual relations are allowed only among the married couples. Sex outside marriage is not allowed in Islam. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is reported to have said, "O young people, whoever among you can afford to marry, let him/her get married, because marriage protects the private parts of the body (i.e. from illicit relations) and it guards the eyes from straying. But those who cannot afford to marry then let them fast, because fasting will curb their sexual urge.” (An-Nasa’i) Allah Almighty knows best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoRiYOplcwY
An man armed with a baseball bat attempted to rob a store in New York. The shop owner pull out a gone to the surprise of the robber who latter started to beg for clemency. The shop owner later gave him $40 and told him never to rob again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IZtCdXk2f8
Over 20,000 American accepts Islam every year

leo2314:
Hello haus! I had my interview @d german consulate on tuesday 1st of sept. For a BSC course, after d whole interview the V/O told me that e ought to conduct an aptitude test for me but time won't allow and that I'll b contacted by the consulate on when to come write the test. So yesterday I got a mail from them that in d a.m matter btw 8-9h of next week I should come to the visa section @d consulate with my passport and a printout of the mail. I hope this mail is for the aptitude test and not something else? So haus what do you think this email is for

My man put your mind at rest. The invitation is for your aptitude test, that is the reasoning you have been given a specific time( 8-9am, next week). If you compare your mail with that of futurewise brother, you will notice a lot of differences in the two mails.
For instance
1. Nothing was mentioned about the completion of your application process unlike futurewise brother.
2. You got a week to come to the embassy unlike futurewise brother who was given an infinite date.
3. The time frame (8-9) you got indicates the embassy want to engage you in a serious business unlike the other guy who was give a wide range of time (8-11am).

Hope this helps. Have a wonderful day.

A step mum question-How to Deal with Over Dramatic Stepdaughters?

I have two stepdaughters who live with me. Both are adolescents, and sometimes I just want to leave the whole situation. They are full of drama 24/7. They are constantly whining, bitching and complaining. Also, they use my stuff and never return them. To the top of it, they are also spoiled; even the family counselor confirmed it. Their mother lives only 20 miles away and sees them maybe once a week. I wish I could see them only once a week. I will be so glad when they are gone. My biggest fear is that they will never move out of the house. I wish they would move back in with their mom, because I feel like I married them, and not their dad.



Counselor's response-
I want to say that you did marry them as well as they are your husband’s daughters, and both of you accepted for your stepdaughters to be raised with you. The problem has arisen because you have to cope with the legacy of how they were raised before you.

Young girls will moan, and whine, and bitch as long as there is someone to listen to them, and as long as there is room for their "maneuvers". OK, they are not your daughters, but you are more or less responsible for them now until such time the domestic situation changes in a halal way. By this it means that they have to live with a mahram. So the question is: how are you going to live with each other in the meantime?

Firstly, you have to accept that you are responsible for them, and therefore you have the right to set limits. The first limit you must set is to no longer listen to their whining and their complaints. Inform your husband that this is what you are going to do and why, and that you expect his support, otherwise all hell will break loose as the girls are more likely to play one person off against the other. If your husband really cares for his daughters, he will support you in this.

Becoming an adult takes longer nowadays, and the way forward from adolescence to adulthood is rife with ambiguities. Richard Settersten, co-director of the Schubert Center for Child Development makes us aware of the following:

Adolescents need greater support and guidance from their family and social support systems in navigating their way through to adulthood

“Adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends,” Settersten said, especially where the “big five” traditional markers of adulthood are concerned—leaving home, finishing school, starting a job, getting married and having children. In prior generations, these transitions were completed by the mid-20s.

Today, this set of transitions is often not completed until well into the early or late 30s for many people. And what we might think about as a neat “three-box model” of life—with education up front, work in the middle and retirement or leisure at the end—is crumbling.

“A brand new challenge to understanding this period is how individuals develop a sense of autonomy amidst increasingly long periods of dependence on others, without strong or clear scripts to guide them, and when the institutions through which they move are based on models of early adulthood that no longer reflect the realities of the modern world,” he said.

Because this is a period of “sink or swim” for American kids, those who manage to swim often do so only because they receive a great deal of family support or have other informal safety nets to prop them up as they make their way.

“These circumstances put young people in a position where they now are more attached to their parents than ever before,” Settersten noted.

So basically, your over dramatic teenage step daughters still need you. To foster a sense of interdependence and independence mutually:



Set your limits as to what they can and cannot do by sitting down and explaining it to them.

Post reminders around the house, including a scheduled family conference, once a week whereby "issues" can be thrashed out. Everyone including your husband should be present.

Set the basic rule for the "meeting" that each person is allowed to speak and have their say without being interrupted or any undermining comments. This will help to teach patience, how to listen to what the other person has to say, as well as how to be a part of the decision making process.

Let the girls speak first, then you, and then your husband, because this will alow him to come to terms with a decision making process. Let the meeting include activities that can be done together, chores in the house, study time, etc.

Learn to listen to the girls so that you can differentiate between what is reasonable, and what is unreasonable. With what is unreasonable, help them to see why it is unreasonable, and ask them what the solution could be.


Once they can see that you are establishing and intend to maintain a new rule of domestic law, so to speak, in which they are parties to the decision making process, the whining, bitching, and complaining will subside. Frankly, it is media hype that contributes and promotes the idea of reckless and lawless youth. Yes, they are going through hormonal changes, but their ability to navigate those changes is strongly influenced by the emotional stability of their environment. For example, aggression is linked to high testosterone levels, but testosterone level is also influenced by the environment, hence interdependent, otherwise all teenagers worldwide would go through the same turmoil, anxieties, carelessness etc., and as we can see, that is not the case. Make regular dua`aa' for your family in order to give you strength and sense of purpose, in sha 'Allah.

http://www.onislam.net/english/ask-about-parenting/step-parenting/179937-how-to-deal-with-over-dramatic-stepdaughters.html

http://www.onislam.net/english/news/middle-east/493025-in-2015-1450-revert-to-islam-in-dubai.html

CAIRO – More than one thousand Dubai residents of different nationalities have reverted to Islam this year at the Islamic Information Centre of the Dubai government-run Dar Al Ber Society, hundreds of who took the decision during Ramadan.

"The centre ran 6,100 free Iftar meals, held 17 functions and activities, and distributed 76,100 brochures during the holy month," Rashid Al Junaibi, manager of the Islamic Information Centre, told Khaleej Times on Wednesday, September 2.

According to figures released by the Islamic Information Centre of Dar Al Ber Society (Dabs), 1460 people from across different nationalities reverted to Islam this year.

Al Junaibi said that the Dabs will introduce genuine teachings of Islam through an array of 2,213 lectures and 729,689 CDs on Islam.

Moreover, the society has successfully ran 223 lectures and classes for visitors while hundreds of truth seekers flock to the centre on a daily basis.

"The centre has also issued 767 conversion certificates attested by the Dubai Courts and the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department in Dubai, and organized many courses for new Muslims planning to get married," Al Junaibi said.

Welcoming interested visitors on a daily basis, the Islamic Information Centre runs a variety of activities and courses to new Muslims and foreign community children as advised in the Qur'an.

"They also distribute simplified books, cassettes, CDs on Islam, Quran, Sunnah, and Arabic language to visitors, non-Muslims, and fresh Muslims, and run advanced courses for prospective scholars," he added.

Established more than 20 years ago, Dar Al Ber Society centre has witnessed the reversion of 20,000 from 200 different nationalities to Islam.

According to Dar Al Ber Society, about 2,115 people reverted to Islam in 2013.

The number, compared to about 1,907 in 2012, showed an increase by about 10%, according to Aljunaibi.

The number was much less in 2011 as only 1,380 were reportedly converted to Islam, while 1,500 joined Islam in 2010 and about 1,059 in 2009.

[quote author=bolabae post=37682919][/quote]Well, you booked rather too late. Since your university insisted they don't shift enrollment deadline you MAY want to write the embassy and plead for review of your appointment time on the basis of your enrollment deadline. I am not sure anybody has done this before but you never can tell. Please do include that your mail doesn't in any way indicate a cancellation of your earlier appointment.

Should the embassy reply not favorable, you may need to start calling the alien office consistently even before your interview to tell them your situation. This may make them expedite action on your application once it is received.

If you have already received DB notification, please fund your account as soon as possible.

I hope this helps. Others can contribute.

May God in His infinite mercy assist you.

Futurewiser:
Who knows if this is good news or not? It was sent to my Brother this Morning.

Dear Sir,

Your visa application was received and is currently being processed by our consular staff. In order to complete the application please come to the Consulate any day during the week between 8-11 a.m. to counter six and bring along a printout of this email as well as your passport.

Sincerely yours,

Visa Section (Pol)

(Please state reference in reply)

Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Lagos

15, Walter Carrington Crescent

Victoria Island, Lagos

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Tel.: +234-1-280 99 66

Fax: +49 30 1817 67232

Tell your brother to be hopeful and at the same time prepare for the worst.

is currently being processed and In order to complete the application. These two phrases could mean his presentation of passport would complete (close) the application procedure. At a risk of being tagged a pessimist, I smell rejection.....

bolabae:
Hello house, my interview is on the 15th of October and my enrolment deadline is 30th of October and my skul said they can't do extension of date. Please what are my chances coz I am really scared and worried if my visa can be processed and available within 15 days.
Please advice a sista on what to do

There are many questions that need to be answered by you.
1. When did you do your booking?
2. Did the embassy advised you (sent you a mail) before giving you the October 15 date?
3. Did you explain your situation to your school before they insisted their deadline cannot change?
4. Have you funded your account?

Your answers to the above questions will give more insight to the kind of advice you will get from fellow nairalanders

I was at the embassy for my interview today. It went well. The man at the gate was in good mood today. He allowed a guy who came for the opening of blocked to come back in after going out for something, maybe photocopy. This happened while I was anxiously waiting for my interview.

JUST GET THE JOB DONE
You set out to buy a used car. Your expectation is that the owner will allow for a test drive and an assessment of the vehicle you are about to buy. However, due to some inexplicable reasons, you were unable to check out the vehicle before purchase. Being your first car, you were not even bothered at all at the state of the engine seeing the glimmering metallic body and neat upholstery of the interior in addition to the well fitted front and rear lights as well as the alloy reams. Deep down in your heart, you are convinced that the engine must be in perfect condition with all the effort that have been put into taking care of the physical state of the car. After all, seeing is believing!
So you just cashed the cheque, pay for the car and in ecstasy drove away. Alas unknowingly, you have just bought a car with a faulty engine. The gravity of the engine fault became glaring when it was opened up by the mechanic. All of a sudden, you knew you have been scammed by the salesman. You are angry, annoyed at your stupidity in not checking the state of the engine.
You are distraught by your discovery. This was your first car and a type of car you have dreamed of for long, you have become emotionally entangled with it. Then the verdict from the mechanic, the engine could be fixed but it will take a while. It will take more money than you previously anticipated but worst of all it will take you some time before you can cruise round town in this dream automobile of yours as a car owner. In other words, you will still have to make do with the unreliable public transport for a while.
Your anger and temper were however moderated by the fact that your car is in the hand of the best available mechanic in town and that
if he promised he will fix the car, you can sleep on it. You then grudgingly draw another cheque, pay the mechanic and whistle away into the night with a smile on your face with the inner joy that, your car will be back within a time frame, then everyone in town will know you have arrived!
Does this story sound familiar? Yes but today, I am not talking about any used car. I am referring to our dear Nation Nigeria and the current management under PMB. The APC in the euphoria of an approaching electoral victory going by all permutations were busy preparing a grand arrival in the corridor of power. They thought they were taking over a nation that could be fixed in a jiffy. But they got the shock of their lives when they took over. The previous managers have wrecked the country without any remorse. The previous manager had hoped they will still come back but the people will have none of it.
Unfortunately for the new mangers, the people are in a hurry to have things changed for the better. So they are now in a panic. What do we tell these people who handed over the management of this vast estate called Nigeria to us, they queried? They have shouted themselves hoarse that the previous management had pilfered everything. They are shouting that they will need time to reverse the trend. Some believe some do not. What a dilemma indeed.
To the people I have these to say. If you had voted in this new management on the basis of quick fixes promised in the campaign, sorry you will be disappointed. If you voted for this team based on sentiments that your tribesmen will be appointed to serve in the new government, sorry you will be disappointed. If you had voted in this government on the basis that it is your turn to “eat”, using the Nigerian parlance, sorry you will be disappointed.
There is a new order in town. I want thinkers to arise and educate those still stuck in the past to wake up to the new reality. A quiet revolution, unprecedented in the history of Nigeria is unfolding right before us. Only keen observers will take note.
This is the first time that Non-professional politicians as we know in Nigeria are actually the dominant force in a Federal government Kitchen cabinet. I am excited that the President had tactically reclined from appointing any exposed politician to be among his immediate staff. Either you appreciate it or not, that signals the beginning of things to come. This tells me that I have a man who has an agenda and does not want that agenda diluted by unnecessary political considerations. This tells me that I have a competent mechanic fixing my country.
I am daily laughing at the mystery and gloom that pervade the courts of the professional politicians in the country. I am glad that God had answered my prayers. I am excited that the elites who had hunted Nigerians and plundered our patrimony for a very long time are having sleepless nights just as many hapless Nigerians have had in the past. I am excited that even the so-called power drunk elites are living in trepidations. Am I dreaming? Is this the Nigeria of the past? Thank God for these beautiful dreams indeed.
I don’t care who PMB choses to serve in his cabinet as long as the goodies are delivered. Just as I don’t care where or what the mechanic does to fix my car as long as it is fixed on time. I don’t care where the persons that will fix Nigeria comes from. I don’t want to know where they worship as long as the job is done. After four years only one man will take credit or condemnation for his actions and that is PMB. At the end of competition, the coach takes the blame if the team fails and takes the commendation if the team succeeds.
I look forward to taking out my refurbished car on a majestic drive soon. I look forward to getting back a Nigeria that I will be proud of. I voted to have Nigeria fixed. That remains my objective and my eyes are firmly glued to the goal.
Once more to those thinking about who or where the appointees are coming from sorry, you have more disappointments coming your ways.
To PMB, I entrust into your hands my country, Nigeria, go ahead and fix it, I don’t mind whichever or whatever team you assemble.
Just get the Job done.

Akinade Olatunji is a Lecturer at the Department of Geology, University of Ibadan

akinadeshadrach@yahoo.com

victz:
We are just trying to minimise cost. Lufthanza is good but expensive. We all know that European airlines such as Lufthanza, KLM, British Airways, Air France, Iberia etc are the best. But we are looking for the best possible means of boarding cheaper flights.

I have had the privilege of flying Arik, Ethiopia, Emirate, Egypt, Saudi and KLM. As far as I am concern, Emirate is still the best seconded by KLM. the fact that those European airlines are expensive does not make them better. I was embarrassed by the hostesses in KLM, every time I requested for something especially water, they made me look like a 'beggar'

Good for them

cynosure489:
Anyone has info if the immigrations now have the less-paged passports?

I am aware that the Immigration office at Abeokuta has started producing the 32-page passport since Thursday last week.

[quote author=cynosure489 post=37547429][/quote]I am aware that the Immigration office at Abeokuta has started producing the 32-page passport since Thursday last week.

leo2314:
Good morning nairalanders, am at the consulate now waiting to go in, mr paulinus is yet to resume the gate but anyways I'm calm and patiently waiting. My questions are 1: does the application form carry a bar code and 2: my copy of data page is not coloured hope it doesn't matter?

@5.37am you are already at the embassy, good of you. Application form has no bar code. Photocopies are not necessarily meant to be colored.
If I may ask, where did you sleep?

kuthvic:
Hello my e-family

My flight is scheduled for 6:30 am and I am supposed 2 be @ the airport 3 hrs b4 departure time. I don confuse as per how 2 pass the night. I intend getting 2 lagos a day to. But do not know if I will be allowed 2 crash @ the airport or any cheap option for the night.

Please your advice will be appreciated

My sincere advise is this.Since you are coming from outside Lagos, plan your arrival in Lagos to the evening before your flight.Go to the departure area in the airport and find somewhere to put your neck. its always a busy area and you will not get harassed since you have your traveling documents with you. But be careful with your luggage.
You can also do online check in to save you the hassle of a long queue.

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A NHS hospital failed to chase up a bill of £145,000 it should have charged a Nigerian woman who had quintuplets after travelling to Britain.

Bimbo .............., 37, underwent a complex caesarean section in 2011 but did not pay any of the cost of the operation and neo-natal care for her five babies.

But it has now emerged that Homerton University Hospital, in east London, will not pursue her for the outstanding bill.

The hospital involved has admitted it sent only one request for payment, more than six months after Miss ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, left the hospital – and had failed to take any further action when it was returned unpaid.

Miss .............. has since returned to her home city of Lagos, where she is a successful make-up artist.

She said: “I have never received my bill. If I had it, I would pay it.”

It follows claims by NHS whistleblowers that managers are instructing them to turn a blind eye to health tourists because it is ‘too much trouble’ to chase them for money.

According to NHS estimates, only around 16 per cent of the cost of treating foreigners who travel to Britain to receive treatment is ever recouped.

London's Homerton HospitalLondon's Homerton Hospital Photo: Alamy

Miss ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, obtained a visitor’s visa soon after discovering she was pregnant in 2010, travelling to the UK to stay with her younger sister, Stella, early in her pregnancy.

She gave birth to two boys and three identical girls at Homerton Hospital in Hackney, in April 2011 – seven weeks premature. She had a complex caesarean and remained in hospital for almost two weeks after the birth at a cost of £145,000 to UK taxpayers.

Although her visa expired, Miss ................ continued living in her sister’s flat in Poplar, east London, after the births and did not return home until February 2013.

Miss ............... children are now four years old and attending a private school.

She told the Mail: “What is it that’s my fault? I don’t understand.

“They blamed me that I came to the UK and I just came to use the system, which I did not do.

“If it (health tourism) is a problem in the UK, you should talk to the NHS. I have never received my bill. If I had it, I would pay it.”

She said that she was allowed to stay in the UK without needing to ask and without having to apply.

“I did not want to stay... it was just my situation,” Miss ..................... added.

It is understood Miss .................. is separated from her wealthy husband, ......................., but he is still involved in the children’s lives and is believed to pay for their education.

Miss ............. is understood to have left the UK voluntarily in February 2013, following contact with the Home Office. It is believed she has been banned from returning to Britain for five years.

In the UK hospitals try to claw back the cost of treating foreign patients after they are discharged.

In France, Germany and Scandinavia, patients must pay in advance.

Official estimates of the cost to the NHS range up to £2billion but some commentators say the true figure is likely to be far higher because there is no proper recording system in place.

Homerton Hospital said it would not be contacting Miss ...................for the payment, despite her assertion that she would pay up if she received a bill.

A spokesman said: “If she wishes to contact us, we would urge her to do so…. But we will not be contacting her.”

He added that Miss ................ received a bill more than six months after she was discharged in 2011, which was returned to the hospital unopened. No further attempts were made to bill her, it is understood.

A spokesman for Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust added: "We hope the five children have prospered and are healthy. We would be pleased to reopen dialogue with Miss ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, about her outstanding bill."

A Department of Health spokesman said: "It is completely unacceptable that people living outside the UK think they can abuse our NHS. We expect and are supporting the NHS to make every effort to reclaim money owed to it."

seek4yemi1:
House som1 whose visa was rejected and want to re apply there is a question at the last page of the visa application form which say ''Have you ever been expelled or deported from the Federal Republic of Germany, had an application for a residence permit rejected, or been refused entry
into the Federal Republic of Germany?'' SHOULD I PUT NO, OR YES THEN EXPLAIN THAT MY VISA APPLICATION WAS REJECTED.

your application was rejected, so your answer should be YES. Put Yes in the box and explain that your application for a national visa was denied.