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Used to, when I was a kid with my brothers. My parents did not approve of it. I think some people think it's childish, but man, I enjoyed dipping bread in my tea. Just did not like eating and drinking simultaneously, cos tea was hot, and it's like my tongue was extra-sensitive/prone to being scalded easily.

Yummy!

None of your business. Dont break up someone else's marriage.

Hallelujah!

I know that juju exists, just as the devil exists. There is good and evil in the world, that's it.

What is boggling is this: How come all the money deposited in the banks are never stolen by witches and wizards? Can anybody explain why?

The whole idea appears totally crazy and completely disturbing. Like someone commented, some of them are just regarding their babies as commodities to be bidded and sold to the highest bidder. Now, I gotta ask, "whose eggs are used for conception, they or the men's wife?" If it is their eggs, then these girls are simply abandoning their flesh and blood for money.

I dont think I have. Though I have been embarrased by some of their infamy that's made headlines in the USA. Remember in 95 during the hanging of Saro Wiwa. Gosh, that was a blight on our image and then, when 419 was rearing it's ugly face in the global arena. Someone complained of almost being duped and I was so embarrased. Now, talk about 419 for 24 hours, or let it be beamed live on tv, and truthfully, I wont be bothered by it.

[quote author=the_seeker link=topic=82886.msg4752579#msg4752579 date=1255796379]i do not deny that some of these phophecies apply to him. Nor do i deny his messaniship. My question is, why is the name jesus not mentioned in any of these countless phophecies? Why didnt the jews accept him despite all these phophecies recored in their OT and still call him an imposter till date? Have u ever read the thalmud? I dont dare repeat the filthy things they wrote about him.[/quote]Havent you heard of Jews for Jesus? Jews for Jesus is a group of Jewish people who are perpetuating the Messiaship of Jesus Christ. Who knows if they are the ones to perpetuate the Gospel in the endtimes?

It's surrogacy, commonly practised in the West, like the USA. India too is a hot spot, but the government is against it. I did not know, until today that surrogate motherhood is now practised in Nigeria.

God dey!

About the allegations of the funds 'entrusted' to Abiola by Babangida, I have read of a similar story and according to gist, personal vendetta was the real reason for the annulment of June 12 election. Stories abound that Abiola refused to release the money from his late wife's account to Maryam Babangida and so, June 12 was annulled.

Politics at times can be a very dirty game.

Just this 4 bedroom bungalow in Calabar. The windows or louvres as they call it in Nigeria were, I think, open, so they may have stolen a wristwatch or something, this was long time ago, late seventies, early eighties. There was blood outside. Still remember the shock on my mother's face. I dont want to make accusation, but I wont be surprised if the perpetrator was familiar with the environment we lived in.

Pele@Pokosa, was just commiserating. Must have been touching to you, since the victim was your classmate, hence my sympathies. Have never experienced armed robbery before in my life, except for one peculiar incident when one stole my dad's wristwatch from his bedroom. I think it was stolen, and it was through our window (louvres). Apparently, the windows cut off his hand, because we saw congealed blood outside my father's bedroom.

But after I moved to the USA, my family was attacked by Armed robbers. It was just dreadful reading the letters from my younger brother. God dey!

My sympathies@Posakosa.

God says, Revenge is mine.

faakay:
Well,  I heard from 2 different people that calabar is more organised and better than Lagos,

I believe so cos Lagos is too rough jaree,  I will love to visit calabar in the future.

I remember reading primary 3 English comprehensive book.

[size=14pt]Edet Lives in Calabar[/size]     

Edet is eight years old, he lives in Calabar with his parents, Mr and Mrs Bassey . . .

I wish I can get my hand on that book. Nostalgic and I did like the book. Remember the story of his cousin, Nene getting married?

Cops: African Terror Kills Single Mom In Fit Of Jealous Rage
North Miami Beach detective Tracy Lystad calls it The Nightmare After Christmas.

Otneil Sanon, 4, and Tiatiana Paul, 14, had just spent Christmas with their mother, Coty Paul.  The young family didn't have much that year, but Coty loved her kids more than anything and was a religious woman.

The very next day, Coty was in a neighbor's apartment, watching her favorite preacher on television.

Police say while watching the show, Coty's boyfriend, Abraham Mpaka, came into the neighbor's home and tried to talk to Coty, who was engrossed in the sermon.

A witness said the next thing she knew, Mpaka was standing over Coty, pulling a large knife out of her chest.

Mpaka then fled the scene. The witness, who only speaks Creole, ran out of the house and got Coty's daughter, Tatiana.  The 14-year-old girl called 9-1-1 and was trying to save her dying mother's life, applying pressure to the wound.

But before Coty could reach the hospital, she was dead, leaving her teenage daughter and young son without a mother.

"It was just an awful scene for the mother and her two children," Det. Lystad said.


Mpaka has made claims that he is a doctor, an FBI agent, and has attended the prestigious Université de Paris.
A Brutal Murder, With A Surprising Twist
As North Miami Beach Police detectives began investigating the case, Det. Lystad thought it was "an open-and-shut case."

But within hours, she learned about Mpaka's sordid story, and realized the case wasn't going to be so easy.

Police learned that Mpaka had robbed a bank in Adventura, in South Florida on December 10, 2008, just two weeks before the murder.

They said, Mpaka, wearing phony reading glasses and a brown baseball cap, entered the bank and gave a teller a note stating, "I have a grenade, if you scream you're dead, give me $3,500."

Detectives say a witness got the license plate number from his car and tracked Mpaka down. He was arrested the next day, and told detectives he needed the cash to pay for his mother's funeral in Africa.

Cops believe he paid his rent, and Coty's as well.

A week later, Coty bailed him out; it's a decision her family regrets she made.

As Lystad dug deeper into Mpaka's past, she learned that he had allegedly vandalized Coty's car to make it look like another neighbor had done it.

Friends told police that Mpaka was extremely jealous, and was often possessive of Coty.  Following the vandalism, police say Mpaka allegedly set her car on fire while she was out of town visiting a relative.

Friends said that Coty had tried to break up with Mpaka, but wasn't able to get him to let go.

Det. Lystad said she doesn't think Coty feared Mpaka, but just wanted to separate from him.

"I don't know exactly what the motive was in her murder," she says, "but it could have been Mpaka caught on that she was trying to break up with him."

Lystad also uncovered that Mpaka authored his own autobiography, "The Nigerian 419 Scams: A Disgrace to Western Civilization."

In the book, he claims he was a victim of a Nigerian scam and left the country out of fear.
Mpaka has made claims that he is a doctor, an FBI agent, and has attended the prestigious Université de Paris. Det. Lystad is sorting through the claims trying to determine what is fact, and what is fiction.

One thing Lystad does know is that she is going to get justice for the little boy and the teenage girl who have been left without a mother.

"It's heartbreaking that I don't have this guy in custody yet," she said. "But, I will."

"This was a cold, calculated murder and I need to stop him and make him pay for his crime," Lystad said.


http://www.flipkart.com/nigerian-419-scams-disgrace-western/1425792359-jox3fwofqd


http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=62452

Rilema:
The robbery I can remember is when assisin came to our street with comfirm guns and bullet.They were shooting everybody,the reason is because they have come about a week ago.And we catch three of them and injure the rest,the three were killed(we burn them to death)so they came back for revenge.That day they killed 29 people in our street and 10 people in the other street.They were entering into our houses killing people.That was the saddess day of my life though we manage to escape unkilled but that day I was badly shot.The must funny part of the issue was that they were killing the boiz and the first born of each family.That was my experience[/color] [color=#990000]

What's funny about this tragic experience of killing "the boiz and the first born of each family?"

Rilema:
The robbery I can remember is when assisin came to our street with comfirm guns and bullet.They were shooting everybody,the reason is because they have come about a week ago.And we catch three of them and injure the rest,the three were killed(we burn them to death)so they came back for revenge.That day they killed 29 people in our street and 10 people in the other street.They were entering into our houses killing people.That was the saddess day of my life though we manage to escape unkilled but that day I was badly shot.The must funny part of the issue was that they were killing the boiz and the first born of each family.That was my experience[/color] [color=#990000]

What's funny about this tragic experience of killing "the boiz and the first born of each family?"

ifyalways:
. . .its not wrong but something is definitely wrong.
What is wrong is this;A total stranger and an outsider to think/imagine/question a parents choice of names for their kids considering the fact that they neither aided procreation nor abetted delivery or gestation period,that my friend is very very wrong.

Applause. Some people will like to pokenose into other people's business, like what difference would it make to their existence if a couple chooses to name their first or tenth daughter ADA?

That the statehood of Nigeria is still around despite skirmishes, a civilwar and periodic outbreak of riots in the country. That's all I can think of.

Gambia: Dr Lenrie Peters Passes Away
Musa Ndow
28 May 2009

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Lenrie Peters, aged 76, a veteran surgeon cum writer, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, at Hopital Dentec in Dakar, Senegal, Daily Observer can reveal. The late Lenrie Peters was reported to have succumbed to heart failure.

When contacted, Bijou Peters, sister to the late Dr Peters, confirmed her brother's death. She said that Dr Peters had been admitted at Westfield Clinic for a week before being moved to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, from where he was later referred to Hopital Dentec in Dakar, Senegal.

Dr Peters, a well known surgeon got his qualification in England where he had his training during which he specialised in Surgery. He was also a member of Fellow Royal College of Surgeon (FRCS) in UK. Dr Peters had his career training as a surgeon in England before he returned home to serve his country. He also worked at the RVTH and Bansang Hospital before he met his death while serving at a private clinic, (Westfield Clinic). The late Dr Peters was also a philanthropist. He had also been awarding a scholarship to the best medical students at the University of The Gambia, initiated some three years back.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200905280398.html

Fashola is the kind of leader we need in Nigeria. He is one of the best governors to have ruled any state in Nigeria.

Friday, September 18, 2009
Guilty plea entered in assault near Ryan Seacrest of 'Idol'
Lakewood man is sentenced to 15 days in jail after incident outside Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
BY DENISSE SALAZAR and RACHANEE SRISAVASDI
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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SANTA ANA – A man was sentenced to 15 days in jail today after admitting to assaulting a security guard who stopped him from getting into a car with “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest after a fundraising event at Children's Hospital of Orange County.

Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr., 25, of Lakewood, pleaded guilty in Orange County Superior Court to three misdemeanors: assault, battery and possession of a switchblade knife 2 or more inches long.

Superior Court Judge Walter Schwarm sentenced him to 15 days in jail and three years probation and ordered to stay away from CHOC and Ryan Seacrest.

The incident started to unfold around 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday, after Seacrest had been at the hospital broadcasting his KIISfm morning radio show as part of a fundraiser.

Seacrest signed autographs for fans who had gathered outside the hospital, including one to Uzomah, said Orange Police Sgt. Dan Adams.

As Seacrest got into a car, Uzomah tried to get past security guards to get to the car, Adams said, adding that the guards told him to leave the area.

“As that was happening, Seacrest pulled away in the vehicle,” Adams said. “He was not even aware of the disturbance or the subsequent assault on the security guard or the arrest.”

Uzomah refused to comply and put his arm around the security officer’s neck and started choking him, Adams said. Guards helped subdued Uzomah until police officers arrived.

Uzomah was accused of choking the security guard to the point where he nearly became unconscious, Adams said.

Uzomah was carrying an illegal switchblade knife at the time of the arrest, police said.

“The knife was not brandished or used during the incident,” Adams said.

“He didn’t give any motive or idea for why he tried to get past security and into Ryan Seacrest’s car,” Adams said.

Schwarm ordered that Uzomah’s knife be destroyed by Orange police.

Schwarm gave Uzomah sentencing credit of four days for time spent in custody since his arrest.

Uzomah, who had faced a maximum of a year in jail on the misdemeanors, negotiated his plea with prosecutors.

http://www.ocregister.com/photos/orange-uzomah-adams-2571907-arrest-police

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/entertainment/dpg_Ryan_Seacrest_Car_Man_Arrested_fc_20090918_3571059

Adam lost his divinity? Some people, in the quest of ethnocentrism and possibly to make money will write delusional and bizzare stuff to further their needs in the society. The Holy Bible clearly states that Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Edem due to disobedience and the same Holy Bible is clear about that and used in the Roman Catholic Church which Dr. Acholonu admits to being a member. So, it's quite puzzling and bizarre that she is floating this unfounded and absurd ideas about Adam losing his divinity, evolution (contrary to Biblical writings) and . . . Besides, Ikom the birth-center of these ideas of Dr. Acholonu is actually in Cross River State, inhabited by the Ejagham (or Atam people as we call them in Ibibio) not the Igbos, so how can she reconcile those two, including the so called divinity of Adam, evolution and the Holy Bible.

shilling:
Happy for her. That church isn't cute one bit, by the way., can't imagine me getting married in a place like that.

Very superficial and vain comment.

9jaganja:
That was funny.

To be honest prof Acholonu, you didn't have to use Adam as a subject because you are dealing with science here and science doesn't buy too much into the creationist's story if at all they bought into it a bit. However, about Africans having writing system B.C.E, that has been discovered earlier on but not something discovery channel will show. There was a cult in what is now Cross Rivers state that uses written codes to communicate with members. Good work though and more grease to your elbow. When you are done let us know what your conclusion is.


I'm tired of hearing about Aristotle this and that in Philosophy classes when the truth is right there in Timbuktu and Egypt. Yes it's a fact that Greek philosophers were only teaching what they learned and elaborating and that the Africans already laid the grand work and foundations of philosophy.
Whoever said ancient Egypt (Kemet) wasn't a black empire is really sleeping cause it's there in the name the Greeks gave it. Also, when Alexandra came to Egypt, what was the first letter he wrote to his mom? He said mother, I have found where the Gods began their journey! Na we open their eyes!!!!!!!

It's the Ekpe cult of Cross River State that used the Nsibidi to communicate with members. I have no idea about the Nsibidi written code, but I think it still exists.

@Dr. Acholonu,

Evolution runs contrary to the doctrines of the Holy Bible that God created Man in His Image. Evolution states that humans evolved from, (what is it again, animals?) Incredible!

Different days for different occasions.

Perrito4u:
AT MATTHEW 4:1, Jesus is spoken of as being "tempted by the Devil." After showing Jesus "all the kingdoms of the world and their glory," Satan said: "All these things I will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me." (Matthew 4:8, 9) Satan was trying to cause Jesus to be disloyal to God.

But what test of loyalty would that be if Jesus were God? Could God rebel against himself? No, but angels and humans could rebel against God and did. The temptation of Jesus would make sense only if he was, not God, but a separate individual who had his own free will, one who could have been disloyal had he chosen to be, such as an angel or a human.

On the other hand, it is unimaginable that God could sin and be disloyal to himself. "Perfect is his activity . . . A God of faithfulness, . . . righteous and upright is he." (Deuteronomy 32:4) So if Jesus had been God, he could not have been tempted.—James 1:13.

Not being God, Jesus could have been disloyal. But he remained faithful, saying: "Go away, Satan! For it is written, 'It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.'"—Matthew 4:10.

Jesus Christ had the full nature of man and God when He was on earth. So the temptation He experienced was a normal experience for Him due to His earthly nature. There is a verse in the Holy Bible that says that we have a sympathetic High Priest who understands our struggles on earth due to His own experiences. Read Hebrews 4:15

Nah, dont do it, celebrate the occasion on a different day.

Bobbyaf, May God Almighty bless your soul for this answers that you have given. Honestly, (apart from the 'persons') your answers are on point and even educated me. Cos, JW have been trying to confuse some people into believing (and thereby twisting the scriptures to their benefit) that Jesus Christ was created by God. How you explained the answer about the beginning of the creation of God totally proves them wrong.

God bless!