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•Policy may now target individuals, not nations

•House committee holds talks with ministry officials


Onwuka Nzeshi in Abuja with agency report

British Prime Minister David Cameron has halted the controversial plan by his country to demand a £3,000 bond from each visa applicant from “high risk countries”.

Under the proposal canvassed by Britain’s Home Secretary, Theresa May, as part of efforts to cut immigration and abuses of the system, first time visitors from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Pakistan and India from November will be required to pay the £3,000 visa bond before they would be allowed to enter Britain.

Any visitor from the targeted countries who overstays in Britain will forfeit the £3,000 bond.

A report in Tuesday’s edition of Financial Times said Cameron had reconsidered the proposal, which has provoked uproar in Delhi and threatened his attempt to boost trade links with India.

Besides Indian, the proposal has also attracted criticisms from Nigerians and the federal government, which on Tuesday summoned the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Andrew Pocock, over the policy.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, who met with Pocock in Abuja, demanded a reversal of the policy, saying that it is inconsistent with the age-long strong relationship between Nigeria and Britain.

He also said the policy could jeopardise the people-to-people relationship between the two nations.

In addition, the Senate also expressed displeasure at the policy, saying Nigeria might be forced to reciprocate.

On its part, the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday summoned officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to brief it on the policy and efforts being made to ensure its reversal.

Pocock, however, assured the minister that if the policy were to go ahead in Nigeria, it would affect only a small number of the high-risk visitors and most applicants would not need to pay the bond.

The Financial Times’ report quoted the prime minister’s allies as saying that Cameron had “not signed off” details of the policy, while Lib Dem and Tory business ministers warned that the idea would be damaging to Britain’s economic interests.
It said Cameron had told May that he would not sanction any policy that undermines his growth agenda or the “open for business” message he delivered on a recent trip to India.

“The prime minister has not cleared this policy,” said one ally. “He doesn’t want to do anything that cuts across the message he took to India.”
Although the Prime Minister’s Office said pilot studies involving the use of migrant bonds – or deposits – for some visitors would go ahead, neither Cameron nor Nick Clegg, his Lib Dem deputy, has agreed the scope of the scheme or the size of the bonds.

Cameron is especially keen that the pilot study targets “high risk” individuals and is not seen as being aimed at any particular country.

Lib Dem Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has expressed concerns about the proposal and his anxiety is shared by Tory Science Minister, David Willetts.

Cable raised the issue in cabinet on Tuesday, saying he was concerned the Home Office was misrepresenting the pilots as a way of bringing down net migration.
The Home Office said on Tuesday the November pilot would be “highly selective”, focusing only on those visitors from India and other countries thought to present a “residual risk” of overstaying.
“Any pilot will not apply to all visitors from the selected countries and the vast majority of visitors will not need to pay a bond,” a spokeswoman said.
It is understood those who have already visited the United Kingdom would not be subject to the levy.

“It is certainly a stupid move, but it is also extremely bad public diplomacy. It will raise a hue and cry here,” Brahma Chellaney, a strategic affairs analyst at New Delhi’s Centre for Policy Research think tank, said.

“It really just doesn’t make any sense. It will have detrimental effect on the UK-India relationship, and it will create a bad image for the UK in India, and also uproar elsewhere in the world.”

However, tour operators were dismayed at the introduction of any type of deposit system and complained they had not been consulted.

“This doesn’t exactly garland the welcome message we are extending to India and other countries,” said Tom Jenkins, chief executive of the European Tour Operators Association. “This really seems disproportionate to the threat. It feels the inbound market is being sacrificed to a domestic political agenda.”

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday summoned officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to brief lawmakers on the visa bond policy and efforts being made to ensure its reversal.

At the interaction between the lawmakers and the ministry officials, led by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Matin Uhumoibhi, the committee urged the ministry to be proactive in resolving the controversy over the visa bond policy.

The committee Chairman, Hon. Nnenna Elendu Ukeje, said after the meeting that Uhumoibhi had told the lawmakers that the ministry had in the wake of the policy summoned Pocock to demand explanations, adding that the ambassador said it was still a policy under consideration.

Meanwhile, the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs has condemned the murder of Mr. Godswill Udechukwu in a prison in Dublin, Ireland last year.
Kennedy Monye, a relative of the deceased, narrated how he (Godswill) was stabbed several times by inmates and subsequently rushed to the Saint James hospital in Dublin where he died.
He urged the Irish government to bring the perpetrators of this heinous act to book.
Udechukwu was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 2006 over the murder of his wife, Natasha. He was murdered in prison on April 6, 2013.

Chairperson, House Committee on Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, condemned the murder of the Nigerian and urged the Irish government to investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to book.

“We will not rush into judgment on this matter because this is not the first time such an issue has been brought to our notice. But as a people, we cannot sit and watch people being killed without seeking justice; we will see how the case can be re-visited,” she said


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/britain-reconsiders-163-3-000-visa-bond/151674/

MODS abeg make una update score na!

Na Brazil 1 - Uruguay 1

"Nigeria To..." 'nuff said.

"FG To..." We are on a looooong thing again!

I'm in love with Mama G.

Omo, I fear dis masquerade when I small.

We shouldn't be too quick to judge until we know what actually transpired between both parties. While not holding brief for Mr Tade Ogidan, we should put into consideration what the woman have said or done to provoke him. I say this, because some women can be very rude and can say anything to provoke you to do your worst. While some men will walk away or simply ignore such provoking talk, others may not have that self control and will succumb to their raging tempers.

alexleo: And again I say to you STOP YOUR STU.PID TALK. I don't call somebody somewhere names like you. I only face whoever am dealing with. If you meet a pastor one on one and discuss an issue with him and from his submissions you find him fraudulent and you call him a fraud before him then that's understandable. Not the height of foolishness you display here by calling somebody who is not here with you all sorts of useless names because he is teaching what you don't agree with. Who told you that you are right in your teaching than him? Face me and leave people out there alone. The ones you have been calling me have I complained. Carry your foolish judgment out of my way.

Here was I thinking you turned a new leaf.

Image123: page 1, pragress.

Omolor

^^^ Thirded

MASSIVE FAIL

alexleo: Yeah, not angry though. Just making an observation. Thanks.

You know, with this new attitude and approach, I think we can become friends and objectively explore and debate various controversial Bible teachings without resorting to insults.

You are very much welcome.

Policewoman: This may soon be moved to the Muslims section. Make una dey watch una tongue o! Anyways, na dem sabi. I no dey even watch that miss world kini.

Hi, how are you doing?

alexleo: He is lying as usual. Don't believe him. Tribulation is still coming as written in the scriptures. At least am glad that you people are begining to say no to some of his false teachings rather than the usual follow follow. Keep it up. Nobody is perfect in bible knowledge.

Oh dear. Not again.

LOL @ "our strong African morals and values"

See where such strong morals and values has taken us to as a nation. Wicked and corrupt leaders, snake oil salesmen masquerading as religious leaders, kidnapping on the rise, ritual killings, girls hawking their bodies to the highest bidder for the sake of Brazilian hair and the latest blackberry phone, lack of welfare for the disabled and weak in society, 'bigmanism' and oppression, religious intolerance and bigotry, ethnicism, nepotism and jingoism. The list is endless.

"strong African morals and values" Abeg nor make me laff piss for bodi.

OmoEziokwu: I don't think the Super Eagles are underestimating them. It is just that the Namibians have come out to get a draw and are defending with all they've got, and the Nigerian strikers are not lethal enough.

I agree with you to an extent. However, if our strikers had put in more bite and focus from the first blast of the whistle, I don't think the Namibian defence could have stopped them.

This type of performance is very typical of the Super Eagles any time they face an opposition they perceive is weaker than them. It's the same "Shebi na Namibia. Make we just use dem show skill" attitude. It's psychological. I must confess I'm guilty of this when playing against a weaker team on PlayStation or in real life.

This approach to a game makes it hard for the superior team to play their best as the weaker team comes out with all guns blazing, hoping to prove something at least.

For more biblical insights visit http://www.bible-truths.com/

Image123: The same way prayer, faith, God's promises, and God's Word works.

Hahahahhahahahahahaha. *falls from maggi cube*

shdemidemi: A believer of the gospel goes to heaven

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

No more, no less.

If thou shall not believe and go to church from now till eternity, you are condemned.

Thank you for your answer.

From the answer given above, I can deduce these things:

1. A believer of the gospel of Jesus Christ goes to heaven.

2. If you are not a believer of the gospel of Jesus Christ, you will be condemned to a place of eternal torment. Right?


You quoted Romans 10:9

"...if you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" Romans 10:9 NIV

If I may ask, what is the believer saved from? The Bible doesn't expressly say what the believer is saved from. Did Jesus teach this?
What is the unbeliever condemned to? Condemned to what exactly? Did Jesus teach this?

What is the gospel of Jesus Christ?

What happens to people who never had the opportunity to hear and believe this gospel? What happens to people who lived in ancient civilizations and who practiced different religions? What happens to good people who are adherents of other religions?

What happens to Jews in Old Testament who worshiped God but never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ?

Thank you.

shdemidemi: Anyway, I was not talking about this particular wrath here, but in Romans 1
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

Paul was talking to a predominant gentile church, he was making them understand the effect of not accepting God.

26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error

He explained that unnatural things would seem natural to such people. This has nothing to do with the eternal wrath I am talking about.


I will ignore this cos your Adamic nature is fully in control of you, you need to get to a place in your christian walk where your mind will be renewed. You can't achieve that by reading to make an argument or counter argument. Read to understand the attribute and nature of God with an open mind.

I would be very grateful if you can provide an answer to this question with relevant (contextual) Bible passages.

Who goes to heaven and who goes to hell?

Thank you.

Someone is beginning to sound like a spurned lover. The oft repeated lines are becoming boring and quite predictable. *yawns*

I've got bigger fish to fry.

The uncouth and uncultured language of someone who claims to be a Christian and has the Holy Spirit is really worrisome. It's quite unfortunate to see a grown man throwing childish tantrums in what should be an intelligent debate. By displaying such shameful behavior, he has unmasked himself as a hypocrite and a petty, spiteful lilliputian. He should be reminded that those who can't engage in cerebral discourses should give way to those who possess such intellectual dexterity.

We understand the frustration of someone who has been roundly pummeled by people more knowledgeable than himself, especially in matters concerning the Bible. However, such frustration doesn't give him the licence to spew insults and cast aspersions. We ignore an annoying, buzzing fly for a while hoping it would go away after it has buzzed to exhaustion. If the fly wants the attention it so seeks, we will not be hesitant to deal with it ruthlessly.

Eleven accounts of resurrection are recorded in the Bible. None of the resurrected people claimed to have gone to heaven or hell. So where are these people getting their information of heaven and hell from?

OLD TESTAMENT

1. Elijah resurrects the son of Zarephath's widow. 1 Kings 17:17-24.

The boy makes no mention of going to heaven or hell.


2. Elisha resurrects the son of the great Shunnamite woman. 2 Kings 4:35

Again, the boy makes no mention of heaven or hell. Maybe he forgot.


3. A dead man comes back to life when he touches Elisha's bones. 2 Kings 13:21

The resurrected man makes no mention of streets laid with gold or a fiery furnace.


NEW TESTAMENT

4. Jesus resurrects the widow's son at Nain. Luke 7:13-15

Notice in verse 15, the dead man spoke after he was raised from the dead. Again, no mention of heaven or hell.

"... The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother." Luke 7:15 NIV


5. Jesus raises Jarius' daughter from the dead. Matthew 9:25

Your guess is as good as mine.


6. Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. John 11:43-44

Lazarus says nothing about going to heaven or seeing a fiery burning furnace.


7. Many saints resurrected at Jesus's crucifixion. Matthew 27:52-53

in verse 53, the saints went into the holy city and appeared unto many. It's surprising there was no talk of the saints seeing heaven or hell.

8. Christ's resurrection. Matthew 28:5-7

He would have said.

9. Peter raises a female disciple named Tabitha from the dead. Acts 9:36-42

Why didn't she tell fellow believers of her experience in heaven or seeing hell. Why is the Bible silent on this?

10. Paul raises Eutychus from the dead. Acts 20:9-12

The young man is silent on the subject of heaven or hell.

11. A strong possibility Paul was raised from the dead. Acts 14:19-20

If Paul went to heaven or saw hell, he would have said.


Why is there no first hand description of heaven or hell from these people. How come dubious elements are claiming to have been to heaven or seen hell? Are they more righteous or holy than people in the Old and New Testament?

So I ask again. Who goes to heaven and who goes to hell?

oloriooko: yea

Thank you.

The team lacked technical depth. The Flying Eaglets played like high school kids. Even high school kids don't play football like this anymore. Lack of creativity from the midfield, defense was caught napping on a number of occasions, the wing play was not impressive. The team deserved their loss.

Does this mean Nigeria is out of the competition?

NIGERIA 1 - PORTUGAL 2

Can the Mods please update the scores. It's NIGERIA 0 - PORTUGAL 2