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noetic2:
why should I produce a surah when the koran itself is a plagiarised LIE from allah through mohammed to muslims. If not, whats the meaning of this verse:
koran 19:33-34  records Jesus as saying:
[b]Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!
[/b]

And the same koran disputes the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross. What a contradiction! Thanks Noetic for pointing that out.

I'd say one has to call off the relationship. Or, would you imagine, if your potential mother in-law, gets married to your father, has a son for your father, so that means, the boy will be you and your wife's half-brother, as well as brother in-law.

Too much wahala.

ifyalways:
LOL @Thread.
NPF. . .My first experience with the 9ja Police was when i was abt 6 or so.My dad flogged me cos i did something wrong and i decided to run to my grannies place which happens to be quite close to our house.I somehow missed my way,was picked by a good samaritan and was taken to the police station.I told the man(my name and our house address but he was just bent on taking me to the police station. . .prolly cos i was crying)
well i was taken to the police station,one fat woman officer took me to her office,gave me kpof-kpof and coke.lol.They later got my dad and made him pay thrice for the kpof-kpof and coke. 
9ja police Rocks ! ! !

Naija police!

SeanT21:
I just pray that ebony and essence dont follow!!

Essence magazine is no longer black-owned, but Ebony magazine, a black-owned magazine, according to articles, is struggling greatly.

Jesus Christ.

http://www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/psalm110_1.htm

Imagine this: You live abroad, and are engaged to a girl. But upon visiting your widowed father in Nigeria to inform him of the good news, you realize that his fiancee is your girlfriend's mother and that they are also planning on getting married.

What do you do? Call off the relationship, or have a double wedding?

Babies, nature.

For an Ibibio man I think that Ubong (for males) and Enobong (for females) are two of the most popular names. But then it may be disputable.

What about your tribe?

Ubong means honor

Enobong means gift

It depends, but dont be surprise if she chooses either her first child or last child.

Sometimes, we tend to overdo, critiquing people for their mastery of a foreign language, when the natives sometimes make mistakes when expressing themselves.

Still, your brother should have fought for His right! Invite the elders from your village, like the village chief. Best wishes.

Poster, abeg relax, hope you dont become paranoid and take your innocent baby to this pseudo organization who might then brand him a . . . and attempt to alienate you from him. Have you been reading reports on childwitches in Nigeria? Please relax, the baby is trying to get acquainted with his environment.

@poster, you are not yet ready for marriage if you are seeking the approval of others over your choice of a mate.

Na wao! Poster, what are you upt? Babies are just fun to be with and are probably getting acquainted with environment, hence their constant immersion at objects. Let me ask you this: Why do babies get attached to certain individuals they come in contact with regularly over others?

Not all are appalling, there are some Nigerians with almost perfect lingo.

janetjane:
i am sad to call myself a calabar guy ,cos my fathers people did something i can never forget.    as at 2007,my father was the oldest  deputy superintendent of prisons.   after his demise on earth, his family drove away my brothers and sold his house.  so now my brothers are scattered.   

              i am an efik from akpabuyo in cross river state.

                 what i want to know is , why do they do that

Sorry, it happened to you. But how come your brothers did not put up a fight over their own inheritance? How old are they, and how old are you?

Hey, did you know this girl, Azuna, at Wudil Camp? She was one of the food vendors. Very nice girl.

captured:
It is no more news that Nollywood and Bollywood have given HollyWood a run for thier money, but how will people especially nigerians respond to shows, movies and such projects between Nollywood and Bollywood.
Would we get the response level we get when you mention Hollywood stars?
For example: If Bollywood living legends like Anil Kappor of Slumdog Millionaire,  Dharmendra and Hemamalini were to come to Nigeria on a tour or something like that?

Funny comment in a while. Like Hollywood titans like Spielberg and George Lucas and the rest are so Worried that Hollywood would be overshadowed by Nollywood and Bollywood.

No second chance please. One month orientation at Wudil camp, in Kano state was enough. Yeah, I did have fun interacting with different faces from different universities, at the end of the period, I just wanted to move home. I fell ill in camp, survived boot camp, and the quality of the food was poor. But I did enjoy the night out at the local stalls in camp, playing draught, staying up late and all that. I truly miss my mates, we even exchanged addresses, but unfortunately, did not keep in touch with them.

Were you also in Wudil camp?

BAC:
My dear Tenants. We landLord are very sorry oooo.  Cement cost too much, Iron rod, Made in Nigeria Sand is even costly, C of O, Survey etc,  Omo - onile show us pepper too, When the mega city project is achieved you guys have to leave lagos ooo.

Not the landlords be problem na Government. And forget about prices going down. I suggest if you have the opportunity, just build. Anything will do, Even if it is only land in a remote location you can afford just try something, 
Lagos will become one of the most expensive cities in Africa,

Isnt it already?

I am just shocked by the swindling acts at changing currency. This is an eyeopener! Not worth the risk, especially at night. For daytime, maybe. I might as well hold onto my money till I get to my hometown.

With cashew nuts. I love it here in the USA

yoruba:

I dont understand da hype around A VISIT, I think africans have now portray'd him(Obama) as a god. I live in southern africa but I know he might never come to this area but it doesnt mean that the area is a disaster(except zim potentially), I respect Nigeria but shouldnt nigerians have better things to worry about than a visit?

I wonder what the whole hype is about Obama not visiting Nigeria or visiting Ghana first. I mean, what difference would his visit make in our lives, or the lives of ordinary Nigerians who are trying to eke out a living for survival?

lastpage:
@NdipeYes, its is. Means "my dear" in Ibibio.

Ma'abasi, l served my NYSC there, one whole good year so, l know what l am saying,
" Tan'kikor Ibibio, n'kopo m'akara!" 
U dig that?

@Larez,
Ameey'an! ?(Greetings)
no problem with your suggestion.
if it helps a bruvda to advance his good course, the pleasure is mine then.
Cheers.

Anwan mi is "My wife"

Beaf:
Why the culture of "shout negativity loudest"? This problem to me is worse than corruption because we shout and hurl abuse at each other without trying and cooperating to address ways to sort the country out.

Yes things are bad and government is corrupt and lethargic. But how can we get changes if we are all fighting each other?

There are a lot of us in foreign lands with so much to contribute to the country in terms of science and high tech. We are doing things here that we would rather be doing at home. This thing just drives us mad.

I am Nigerian, but not negative, so dont assume that all Nigerians are negative. Even if they were, their criticism is valid, because the country has been descending downhill in each successive year.

Sweet T:
I don't think this democracy thing is for everybody. Some nations has too many sub-human residence. They only do the right thing by force.

Granted, it's not a one size fit all, but Tunku rightly stated that it helps prevent dictatorship that could occur when the incumbent leader dies with no heir apparent. And if its practise is enshrined in Nigeria, it will go a long way in ensuring transparency and accountability.

tunku:
The problem is one of institutions versus personalities. Military rule devolves into nothing but a personal fiefdom for whoever is ruling it, but what happens when that leader dies and he was running the state on a whim rather than building institutions that can survive bad leadership. I'd rather have the option of voting out bad leaders every four years rather than praying that colonell izzi is a kind leader. If you want to see the failure of military rule even when it is good just look towards Yugoslavia after Tito's death. Why do you think that Nigeria is in such a bind anyways if not for the misrule of military government? Democracies aren't perfect and occasionally you get very bad leadership but in the end it is a better system because it doesn't saddle you with people like IBB, Abacha, Obasanjo, and yes even Yar'dua for a lifetime.

Excellent point!

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On this page you will be able to read the stories of some of the children at the camp,



Mary's head shows scars from hot caustic soda burn





Mary's Story


Mary Sunday Dan, 11 years, hails from Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. She is the only child in the camp whose parents are living together. Her father is an Evangelist in a Pentecostal church and the mother is a Deconess.

Mary was found alongside five other children searching for food from a stinking garbage mount in a market. On interviewing her, she voluntarily told CRARN the following story:

" My parents took me to the church for a Tarry Night (Watch and Pray Night) in January 2003. It was here that one of the prophetess pronounced that I was a witch, along with two other children. Since then my parents began to hate and kept a close watch on me. They accused me and my brother, Elijah of spiritually destabilising their economic progress and killing our 3 month old sister. Elijah was later forced to drink caustic soda. He became ill and vomited blood and died later.

They also forced me to drink hot soda one midnight but I refused. They poured it on my head and body instead. I started screaming and crying. My father at once took me on a motor bike claiming we were going to the hospital. He rather dropped me in a far away forest. After 4 days, a man found me and took back home. The villagers who saw my situation became alarmed. They forced my parents out of the village accusing them of practising real witchcraft. My father took me on a bike and dropped me in a distant city where I roamed the street and met many other street children in a big market.

Every day at midnight a gang of boys would come and rape us several times and ask our boys to enter people's stores to steal for them.




Udoh, showing brocken arm with open wound emitting maggots





Helen 5 and Precilia 3 are sisters found in the bush




Friday, February 22, 2008
Pictures & Stories of the Children



Rev Mrs Philis Sortor of the Free Methodist Church, USA, presenting a wheel chair to Akpan Samuel who was picked by the Nigeria Navy, Ibaka Mbo, Oron Axis having been dropped by fleeing traffickers, but now in the CRARN Children Center.

Akpan Samuel who is undergoing TB treatment, in his new wheel chair donated by Rev Mrs Philis Sortor of the free Methodist Church, USA.



150 kids in the CRARN CHILDREN CENTER






CRARN's Children's Academy






Miss Enobong Samuel Charles Presenting a petition signed by more than 1000 people and more than 30 countries to Governor Godswill Akpabio to stop the stigmatisation and killing of children as witches. This petition was put up by Kelli Stowe, Califonia, USA.




Jane Ikpe Essien whose mother used saw to cut her face then bannished her to live and fed by a mad woman, having been identified as witch. She is expressing her joy and bitterness at the UNICEF/NAPTIP workshop at Uyo-Nigeria.






'Reunification of children with family' shows Mr Sam Ikpe Itauma President of CRARN paying an unscheduled visit to a family at Oron to ascertain the fate of a reunited child, Good news.




Children protesting to the Governor: Almost 200 stigmatised children prosting their innocence as witches to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio and demanding the Childs Right Act to be passed into law.





These are some of the many street children yet to be rescured from the streets. They are currently camping at the Eket Sport Stadium and the Mobil Petrol Station (Mobil Mart)



Comfort Bassey who was burnt by the Brother using petrol.



Uduak Eyo who never new her father from Adam and the mother travelled to Lagos while she was 7. She was taken care of the grand mother. Uduak aunt, Rachael was seek, got swollen stomach; a witch child (Abednego) was brought to screen Uduak if she was a witch. He confirmed Uduak a witch. Since then Uduak began to face torture. She was 'tied with rope on her leg and hanged upside down for weeks in Bible Believers Church in Esit Eket, ' where the rope injured her severely.


Jane Ikpe whom the mother used saw and cut her claiming for making her to lost her husband and causing the poverty in the house. She was abandoned at 6.


A child who was attacked and ran to CRARN. And the resurrected Michael who was beaten to a state of coma in Eyobia, Oron, bundled and dumped at Ikot Ubo, Nsit Ubium when presuming him death.


Children who escaped death and took refuge at the Forward Operation Base (FOB) Nigerian Navy, Ibaka Mbo LGA - Oron axis having watched as their colleagues were pierced hot pokers into their anus by adults and they died.


A girl (Happiness),9, opposite Exxon-Mobil Terminal Ibeno, soothing her broken bones. She was picked to the CRARN Centre through a distress call from one passionate Capt Nat Ovuerherhe of the Mobil Aviation Dept who started, and was willing to fund her medical bill. She was later taken to the Commissioner of Women Affairs & Social Welfare, Akwa Ibom State at the instance of Dr Eleanor Nwadinobi, a UNICEF Consultant who visited CRARN on the way forward of these children's issue.
And the other picture is Edidiong Affia, still in CRARN who was tortured by the father and step-mother claiming she has taken all their belongings to witcraft coven and caused them to poor.



A child rescued by the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operation Based (FOB) Ibaka Mbo L.G.A and issue a distress call to CRARN.





Richard who is bleeding profusely from injury deliberately inflicted on him by a colleague in their carpentry workshop outside CRARN.






A child who suffered assault on the street now receive treatment at the Immanuuel General hospital Eket.



A child of about 12 years lying down in her urine at Ibaka Market in Mbo L.G.A. She sub-conscious at the moment I (Sam Ikpe-Itauma, President of CRARN) just picked her to the hospital. A Naval Officer at forward Operation Base Ibaka yester sent a distress called on her behalf for CRARN to come and rescue. She has wounds all over her body and cannot eat solid food at the moment.




Arrival of Sam Ikpe-Itauma, President of CRARN
and the yet-to-be identified child from Ibaka Market
Beach, Mbo to the CRARN Children Camp.






UNICEF Chief, 'A' Field Office, Enugu Zone
Mrs Pelucy Ntambirweki presenting food items,
TV, DVD and other items to the CRARN children she is in
company of Mrs Nneka Oguagha and other staff.






UNICEF crew and the CRARN children
and some members and volunteers.





UNICEF AND CRARN








Twin boys Itohowo and Kufre stand surrounded by angry villagers who believe they are bringing evil to their lives

Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observer





Eleven-year-old Mbet was abandoned by her mother when she was six after being accused of being a witch



Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observer

Mary Sudnad is 10. She was seven when her mother poured scalding water and caustic soda over her in a bid to cleanse her of witchcraft

Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observer





A large nail was driven into this girl’s head. Nwaeka is about 16, and now badly brain damaged

Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observer

Gerry is eight. His father spat petrol over him and set him alight - he blamed Gerry’s sorcery for the loss of his job

Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observer


Angry villagers set upon Udo, 12, with a machete, accusing him of being a witch. His arm was nearly severed

Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observer

Ekemini Abia is 13. Her father tied her to a tree by her ankles and left her there. She was found, half-starved, over a week later

Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observer


Nails were driven in around the top of Etido’s head - he is about nine and rarely speaks




Sisters Victoria, four, and Helen, seven. They were left alone in an old shack and survived by eating leaves and grass


Photograph: The Observer



Twin brothers Utomobong and Mbotidem are 11. They were blamed for their parents' separation, beaten and thrown out of their home

Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observer



Siblings Samuel, 11, Esther, 14, and Sarah, 10, were all abandoned by their parents to a life on the streets after a ‘prophetess’ - female preacher - said they were witches

Photograph: Robin Hammond /The Observer




Twelve-year-old William was abandoned after being labeled a witch

Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observe



Twelve-year-old William was abandoned after being labeled a witch

Photograph: Robin Hammond/The Observe

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bbysunnyD said,
WOW,,
This old world, can be cruel sometimes,when your looking for ans you can't seem to find,No one understands, what your going through, but you just have to be strong,i know it may be hard to believe, but it gets better, Have faith kids. If i could i would take you ALL in. Trust me. juust have faith. I love you all! <3

October 21, 2008 7:38 AM
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WRITTEN BY:
EJIRO OTIVE-IGBUZOR, COUNTRY DIRECTOR, CEDPA, NIGERIA
Senator Emem Ekaette Must Hear This!
Published in July 28th, 2008
Posted by admin in Uncategorized


While conducting a Needs Assessment in Akwa Ibom State two years ago, my team stumbled on a group of marginalized people. Thrown out by their families and rejected by society, they roam the streets during the day half-naked or clad in dirty, smelly clothes, living as scavengers – searching through waste bins and drinking from pools of water by the roadside, for they have no one to provide food or clean water for them. They sleep on bare floor at fuel stations at night because they dare not go anywhere near home. Many are sent to untimely graves by cold, hunger or disease. Some are simply washed away in the gutters when it rains heavily. Meet the Street Children!



In life, some stories are simply unbelievable. This couldn’t be happening in 21st century Nigeria. I am familiar with the plight of Street Kids in Northern Nigeria but this is a different kind of situation. I’m told that the street kids of Eket cannot mix with real people. Some parents threatened to withdraw their children from school when a kind-hearted proprietor mentioned that he would give the street kids scholarship. Are they lepers, HIV infected or crazy? No! This time, it is a different kind of stigma – these children are perceived as witches and wizards! Some of them were accused in church. How ridiculous! If indeed these children are witches, whose job is it to deliver them from the stronghold of satan? Can’t these parents see that the so-called ministers of God have failed in their duties? Oh! The things that people do in the Name of Christ!



My curiosity took me to a place called IKot Afaha in Eket LGA where a group of young people under the auspices of an NGO called Child’s Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) are providing shelter for these kids. As we drive into the premises, a multitude of bright eyed, beautiful and lively children – numbering about a hundred, troop out excitedly and surround us. The younger ones (some less than 3 years old), hungry for a mother’s love hold my hands and my legs and smile lovingly into my eyes. Those tiny beautiful eyes bear a passionate plea. Love me. I deserve some love, they seem to be saying. I fight back the tears. Ejiro, be strong! You have not come to increase their sorrows. Some of my team members hide their faces. We can’t afford to let these children see us cry. CRARN has given them hope. So we put up a bold face.



Ifiok is a handsome, intelligent boy of about 9. I’m told that this boy can draw anything and everything. According to Sam, the CRARN coordinator, his mother, a graduate of English Language abandoned him because there was a prophecy in church that the child was a wizard. Listening to the mother’s recorded voice, I felt a sharp pain in my heart. I have tolerated him enough! I don’t ever want him again in Jesus Name!! She screamed. Even as I write this, the tears are welling up again.



Denis is a handsome boy of about 8. When we met him, he was well dressed in jeans and boots. He looked really auspicious compared with the other kids. I suspect that he is from a rich background. Why would anyone abandon this lovely boy? His father had brought

him to CRARN on one fateful day and signed that he never wanted this boy again. The boy’s offence? He is a wizard! How did the father confirm this? Cockroaches and spiders have invaded his home and the man thinks that Dennis is responsible for it. Hmm! Clean up your house man!!



Eti was picked up from the street. He had a nail as well as several cuts. In addition, he had burns on his leg and had been in the gutters for two weeks without food. Someone dragged him out and left him on the roadside opposite Mobil Housing Estate, Marina Road, Eket.



Inyang is mentally ill. A young man was clearing the gutter and he made an accidental discovery. It was a boy’s head covered with grass. On pulling him out, he was found to be alive. This boy needs medical attention urgently.



Inyang is not the only mentally sick child in the home. Nwaeka was picked with a nail in her head. Her body was covered with a church banner bearing the inscription – I am safe! The point where the nail was taken off healed badly, leaving keloids. This girl of 16 is mentally ill. Here is a typical case of man’s inhumanity to man. She badly needs a psychiatrist.



Another little girl, May had also suffered a similar fate. She had deep scars on her face. Her mother poured hot caustic soda on her and threw her into the bush to perish. A hunter found her and brought her back to the village. The villagers at Efoi frowned at the assault and banished her parents from the village.



Two sisters, Abi and Ela (5 and 3 respectively) were abandoned by their father. They were picked by CRARN and now live at the home. Priscilla is 3 and half years old. She and her sister were abandoned at the market in Esit Eket. They previously lived in Cameroon where their father died.



Upon relocation to Nigeria, their mother married another man. This man did not want the children and so they were thrown out to perish.



Listen dear friend, these are not tales from Nollywood. I would never have believed that such cruelty existed anywhere in Nigeria had I not gone to Itok Afaha to see for myself. With a sharp pain in my heart, I summoned courage to ask Mary and Magdalene if they would love to be re-united with their families.



May: [immediately becomes jittery] No. They will kill me! I had to reassure her that I hadn’t come to take her home.



Meg: [Eyes lowered] No. They will pursue me!



Well! Well!! Well!!! This is what I call the shame of a nation. That nation comprises you and me who pretend that nothing is wrong. It is indeed by a stroke of luck that we were not born to such wicked parents. Can you imagine seeing cockroaches and claiming that a child is responsible for that?



It is painful that while these children are dying, plus the fact that Nigeria has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world, a Senator from this same Akwa Ibom State is more concerned about legislating on dress code. Madam Senator, could you please channel your energy towards saving these children from the grips of death?



Sam Ikpe Itotuma is the coordinator of the Child’s Rights Rehabilitation Network (CRARN). He, along with two other friends founded the centre 3 years ago. They now have 15 members. The government donated buildings to them to house these children. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has donated a Girls’ Hostel for which the Church paid a three-year rent and provided 15 double bunks, mattresses, blankets and bedsheets. An NGO – Stepping Stones picks almost 50% of CRARN’s bills. Private individuals also donate food and money. There is no sustained funding and they sometimes run out of food. Sam says it costs N150, 000.00 (One Hundred and fifty Thousand naira) to feed the children every month. This may be a lot of money to CRARN but chicken feet if we all join hands to give these children a future. Do you want to write your name in gold by making a commitment to CRARN? Call Sam Itauma on +2348026693099 or +248050547730.

"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:14"


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tunku:
not even close, democracy hands down. When Nigerians wake up they will appreciate the institutes of democracy that they have if they choose to stick with it. Look at India, Brazil and (America in the late 19th century) All of these places don't  have the best democracies but they've been strengthened over the years. Nigeria's democracy will get stronger if allowed to grow and mature. Military rule and top-down rule in General is bound for failure.

Bound for failure? To me, I'd rather be governed by a caring leader, irrespective of whether he is a military or civilian leader. I am sure that most people would agree with me. Of what point would it be to elect a democratic president and he proves to be a disappointment, unlike, lets assume a military leader, who has the welfare of the masses at heart?

lastpage:
Larez nwanmi (as we say in Akwa-ibom!)
You have gone far and above my expectation. I am not disappointed neither am l surprised.

I wondered aloud in another forum-topic, when l asked whether it would be correct to say "Nigerians are the most selfish people around"?

You mentioned Iranians taking their destiny into their hands, and for an Islamic Republic, thats quite a challenge!
What excuze do we Nigerians have for suffering under these yokes placed on us?

The only answer l could come up with, is that it has to do with the cliche that says "everyone wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die" , an impossibility that explains the cycle of suffering in Nigeria.

, and our "self-centered-ness"  reminds me of Fela Anikulapo Kuti when he sang that Nigerians are always ready with loads  of excuzes NOT to "protest injustice" (as Iranians are doing today) when meted-out to them by saying "Mama dey for house, pickin dey for school, l never marry, l never build house, l still wan go school, e.t.c" , just to avoid doing what is necessary, to safeguard our future!

Doing away with advance rent is very desirable but it has to be well-planned, methodical and in consonance with infrastructural development in other facets of our economy. Remember "files" do get lost and do get burnt at EFCC, as secure as that place is, so says the chairperson!!

What you experienced at the Quarry replicates right across our National life, Mafia Generator sellers that would ensure Nepa does not function, Mafia PMS Marketers that would ensure unending increase in fuel price, without commensurate development of local content and refineries, Mafia borehole water sellers that will ensure the state Water Works pipe gets broken regularly, Mafia boss that fix commuter bus price at Bus stops, Mafia Pepper Grinders that would say you cant grind less than ten pieces of pepper at less than #20, even if you felt like doing so and many more!

Everywhere, its "organized crime" and we know them, we see them yet we remain hapless and allow a few band of cabals to hold about 140million intelligent people to ransom!
My prayer is that we would put things in perspective and order our priorities. Policies have to be focused and articulate in implementation, not just populist.
A reference to Abraham Maslow's Hierarchical Pyramid of human needs might do our policy makers some good.
The Guv'nor is not doing badly but like Oliver Twist, l think he can still do more and do better.

Peace & luv (you remember that, dont you?)

That's not Akwa Ibom.