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If 1 day can equal 1000 years, what stops it from equating to 10,000 or even 100,000 years?
I mean, maybe the rapture you seek will be in 30,000... why arbitrarily 1000 years and not 100?

It's likely 1000 used to mean "A LOT", in the way we use "millions" or "billions" today, i.e. figurative, not literal.

If we lived on Mars, a year would take twice as long... we need prophecies to be less vague about time.

It's not inconceivable that humans (and some Christians) are living on Mars by the end of this century. Why should their calendar and prophesies remain tied to Earth times?

Opexzy:
Died in active service... His manhood lives on.
He died on top single mom matter.

But wait, what will he tell his creator

He will say: "I died in the process of fulfilling your mandate to be fruitful and multiply, oh Lord"

Nonetheless, I hope I die from something mundane in old age... not while trying to reach higher heights

Beautiful! I hope 2020 will be the year Isi Agu bridal gown takes off.
Very proud of this!

Lordapson23:
Are you saying people that ran part time programs can't get jobs?

I'm saying, if one want to be eligible for careers and promotions in many (if not most) organizations - in private sector and government - one will have to do NYSC. Those who don't do NYSC are practically relegated to the informal sector (or having to be create their own business); at any rate, it's much harder for the average person to secure employment without that service.

One's career prospects, potential earnings, and political appointments can be negatively impacted because of not doing NYSC. Based on that, I think it's unfair to call NYSC a "voluntary service".

Davash222:
How a group of frustrated feminists would wake up one morning and decide to go against a Law that has been in existence even before they were born is what I don’t understand. Nobody force you to serve, if you’re not comfortable with their rules, GTFO!!

Ashawos!!!!

The irony for me is that at the time the dress code was made in 70s, it was frowned upon for women to wear trousers in this country, so initially women wore skirts for NYSC. How times change. Now it's frowned upon if you insist on wearing skirts in some organizations. Humans are funny sha.

Nonetheless, to address this post:

1 - To get a job, or political appointment, you virtually have to serve. Serving is all but compulsory, not a practical choice anymore.
2 - The dress code for trousers has merit: hard to run, or perform certain activities with a long skirt.
3 - Some women prefer to wear skirts (or are compelled by their religion, culture, etc) to do so.

Since trousers are more practical for the kind of duties/activities NYSC requires, yet the country virtually compels one to serve, this issue needs to be resolved. Not by abusing people, but by considering all variables with sincerity.

Uniforms requirements are made by committee, and can be modified by the same committee to accommodate changing times.

Are people driving on the green? Or how is the statue disturbing traffic? Are they planning to increase lanes or something?

The arrests are misguided. The issue is with the top levels of government, not with the poor saps who had to make the quick choice between blowing up (or being blown up by) what could have been an American missile, drone, or fighter in those tense moments.

It's a tragedy, what happened, but the fault is not with the little people - unfortunately they will bear the brunt.

DexterousOne:
If u are saying this
Then you have no idea of our predicament in Nigeria
You think those Chinese and Indians are just coming like that?
Man

I don't understand.

People say there's no job or opportunities, and I'm saying that young Nigerians, in Nigeria, are starting up businesses - some started during recession and have thrived in the Buhari era.

Packaging food (reelfoods, maiyaki's); farming (https://theculturetrip.com/africa/nigeria/articles/the-top-10-agricultural-start-ups-in-nigeria/); tech companies (paystack, hotels.ng, max.ng, paga); solar cold storage for agriculture (coldhubs.com); solar solutions (solynta, blue camel); waste management (wecyclers, pearl recyclers). These are the few that I personally aware of, and each employs 10+ people.

Are these enough? No way... we need many many more. But my point is: if these people just said "look at our predicament", they won't have started. After all there are no jobs.

Times are hard, for sure, but new businesses by young people are thriving. These are both facts. I'm encouraging people to see both sides.

But to answer your question: if there were no opportunities to make money, why would Chinese and Indians come? We're also seeing an influx of Nigerians from the diaspora starting up businesses here. It's hard to accept that "there's no opportunities" in the face of what I'm seeing.

GOFRONT:
Chaiii....Hanan Buhariiii

This girl go sweet sha!!!

Abeg who get her phone number??

The last guy that had her (old) phone number got detained by DSS for 10 weeks. Are you wishing the same on yourself?

Personally, any Buhari family number, past present of future, I no want. Unnecessary bad luck.

MOnkeyBabe:
Out where pls?

Please see this my reply on this thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/5627471/nigerian-asylum-seeker-spent-21/3#85737419

Basically, I gave examples of people starting companies to package dried fruit and kuli kuli. Most people didn't consider it as a viable business, but those that saw the opportunity are now smiling to the bank as their products are in stores, restaurants, and airlines. It's just an example of the different opportunities that abound.

The irony is the average Nigerian will say there are no jobs or opportunities, yet the average Chinese, Indian, Lebanese, comes here and exploits those same opportunities that we don't see - hiding in plain sight.

Lesbianism has existed in human societies way before humans invented God and demons.

I'm not gay, so don't start jumping on my ass. I'm just pointing out that natural phenomena like sex (and attraction) existed before Homo sapiens (or Homo Erectus) had the ability to conceptualize about abstract agents of good and evil.

Seyibayo:
He did since 2014

And like most prophets stating the obvious, is eventually right with the passing of time.

I hereby prophesy that Nigeria will have a new president come 2023. Please remember this date.

The move comes in confirmation of the prophetic message Prophet TB Joshua gave for 2020 regarding United Kingdom.

“There will be agitation from a section that wants to leave; that will become an issue,” he said in the prophecy released on December 28th 2019.

But which year has Scotland not been agitating for leaving? Was it not 2014 they voted? How about when UK refused the demand for a vote in 2017, 2019? I mean, I could predict the same agitation for 2021, and it will come true.

Please let him prophesy important things for us jare. His sheeple are not paying tithes to hear the obvious.

Jgoldie:
I am not familiar with the Igbo culture but of what significance is the nose mask??

Very colorful event I must say

Someone pls explain?

It's just that the place is just dusty. This dry season, any small thing, dust will scatter and cause catarrh. But what was on my mind (as per correct Igbo guy) is: how can I start importing or making this type mask? It looks like it will sell well this season.

As long as there's 4 people gathered in Igbo land, a cow must be killed. Ogbuefi to my people.

People say: we are suffering. But the roads are clogged with cars. The clubs are clogged with merry makers. Estates are popping up all over the country. All kinds of phones are everywhere. People have enough money to post videos on social media. People are flying all over the country and in/out. Dubai is like Oshodi bus stop. All kinds of good movies are being made. New private universities are coming up (and people are paying).

I'm fully convinced that this poverty is of the mind. Yes there are people suffering, but there are so many more not suffering that I cannot accept that there are no opportunities.

greenprince:
You are not thinking holistically. How many of us ca ne Wizkid and Burna boy? How many people can the entertainment and comedy circle accommodate? We're talking opportunities available for millions and not a select few. Ask yourself where all your high school or college graduates are today. How many are feeding off what they studied?

30 years ago (1990), I could count on two hands the number of popular artists we had.
in 2000, that number was probably around 20-30
2010, more like 50 or so.
2020, judge for yourself.
Multiply by the number of producers, song writers, etc in the music industry. It's exploding.
Do the same thing for our video industry. Have you seen the latest Hollywood movies (Wedding Party, King of Boys, Makete Must Sell, just to mention some of my recent favs). Most of the faces in these movies were not around 10 years ago. The space is expanding. Then think of the increase in the number of people (camera, gaffer, director, costuming, planning, editing, etc) being employed.

If in 1990 everybody said the space for comedians, musicians, factories, farms, etc is too small, we won't be where we are today. In the same way, people shouldn't really say the space is too small now.

OK, take factories. Let me not even talk about the large ones. Every small estate these days has several factory of sorts: if it's not pure water, it's soap, or toilet tissue, or windows, or shoe, sachet making, plastic chair, etc.

Have you seen the packaging on kuli kuli these days? Most people didn't think about it, but there were a handful who said: "let's package this stuff and sell it upscale". So some started factories to make the plastic package, some to print, and some to put kuli kuli in the package for retail. Right now I have Maiyaki's (Niger State) and MarySoph (Lagos) kuli kuli in my kitchen. See https://kuli-and-kilishi-hub.business.site
Somebody else started selling dried mangoes in upscale packaging from her bungalow in Surulere and is now a force http://reelfruit.com/about-us/

These are small businesses started by people who saw opportunity.

I realize a lot of people aren't meant to go out and be entrepreneurs, but in order for there to be jobs, there need to be entrepreneurs, and I'm encouraging people to see that the sky is still very very wide. We are no way near saturation.

BeachLife:
Is there a possibility of revisiting the Bakassi case? All lands are valuable,and that land is a valuable piece of Calabar(Akwacross).
In this day and age where countries like Singapore and the likes are doing all they can to reclaim hectares of land from the ocean and rivers, why should Nigeria so easily forfeit that land to Cameroon? And now that peninsular actually falls under the now secessionist Ambazonia . And in fact,I just discovered there's a Bakassi secessionist movement either from Cameroon or Ambazonia (if successful) . All street and town names on the island are Calabarian names ,plus a few other historical artifacts and events . The judgement surrounding the forfeiture of the land to Cameroon remains sketchy .
Do you think there may be a possibility of ever retrieving Bakassi based on factual and reasonable evidence ? I think it can be retrieved, though It remains to be seen.

Let's spend our efforts fully developing the 99.999% we have, before going to spend energy claiming that 0.001% so we can add it back to the under-developed.

What are we finding there? Can't we let our brothers in Cameroun enjoy some oil too? Haba. If both countries can use their resources well, while we establish good relationships, we'd have more prosperity to go around.

It added that the British ceded Bakassi to Germany through the Anglo-German agreement of 1913 and that Germany ceded it to France and then France ceded same to it (Cameroon).

You see... we're even arguing about land that the British ceded of their own volition back in 1913. We didn't make the borders of Nigeria, so we can't complain when our oga cuts a bit and gives it to another oga.

Chaleeee:
Where are people making it big all over the country? Abeg show me the place. Where are the opportunities? Or you mean opportunity to commit suicide?

Who owns the thousands of factories in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Anambra? No be human being? What about all the large farms sprouting about, being done by youths? Those new tech startups that we were were just boasting about yesterday (which are more than in South Africa)? All those established, new, upcoming artists? Have you seen the level of construction around the country? Estates, country homes, business offices, hospitals? By private individuals.

I can point to several Instagram ladies making good money selling hair, shoes, bags. Comedians nko? Bloggers nko? This nairaland? Travel agency owners? Record labels? Movie industry? These are all things being done by relatively young Nigerians.

Youthleader22:
Everyone saying he wasted his youthful years are ignorant of who human are. Not everyone wants to be very rich and popular. I'm sure what he wanted was to live a simple life and the love of the city of London gave him that idea of staying back.

I have uncles and also know of so many people living in UK and USA doing very well but they never step thier foot in Nigeria. So what are we talking about?

Emphasis on the bolded. Nobody would complain if the guy was being successful. It's the 21 years sleeping on buses with no tangible assets, home, business, or means of support in retirement age - that's what's making us shake our heads.

Again, I don't know what brutal military he has been avoiding since 1999 (2020-21 years)

21 years ago was 1999. Which military regime kept him from coming back since then?
His peers are DGs, managers, business owners in all kinds of fields now. Is it now he will start building towards retirement?

My people, please don't go and waste your life in obodo oyinbo. The best situation is those who hustle and make it here, and can visit that side any bloody time they want.

People say no jobs, no opportunities... There are tons of people making it big in legitimate businesses, so unless you're waiting for a job to land in your lap, you need to go out and seize the multitude of opportunities out there.

Litmus:
Ironically, the future of power supply worldwide may be as it is now in Nigeria, which is in self-sufficiency instead of national provisions. I mean individuals, communities, estates and cooperatives supplying power to their own homes outside of any national grid architecture. Perhaps if Nigerians began embracing what most do now, such as powering their own homes, but looking to modern, better and more efficient generators, technology, alternatives like solar and windmills, cooperating in the neighbourhood to buy larger generators to power all homes along their street etc, government and power companies would sit up and start trying to win back public confidence by providing the regular and constant power that they fail now in doing.

In the same way government won back public confidence with potable water, sewer, and trash services abi? Truth is we are OYO. The moment solar homes + electric cars are a viable (not so expensive) alternative, we won't need to worry about relying on government for light and petrol. Coupled with the fact that we provide pretty much every other service ourselves, we can just go ahead and dissolve government.

Roadtorecovery:
I have struggled with sex addiction for the past 10 years with out permanent success especially with regards to visiting and sleeping with prostitutes and keeping my mind off sex.
I also confessed to my lady about my relapse and strong determination to quit and she is helpful and supportive but with the condition that she may not cope if I should suffer another relapse.

What I'm going to say is bound to raise eyebrows.

You like sex. We all do. Some have higher drives than others, and that's natural. Does the male dog, gorilla or rabbit try to avoid sex? No!
Is a dog bad for wanting to bang all the time? No!
What about the rooster? No!
Why then should the human be made to feel bad? "Sexual addiction" or the theory that it's bad is a construct born of human society (arguably by sexless monks and psychologists) that ignores the facts of nature.

I say give in to your urges and enjoy sex with others to your heart's content, just be sure to use protection. If it means losing this lady, then so be it. Better now than later when you're married with kids and your "demon" resurfaces.

I believe if you do so, you will eventually get it out of your system. It's fun and exciting but even cake starts to lose its sweetness after too much. When later you've got it out of your system, and lady is still willing to have you, then continue your relationship.

On the other hand, I believe if you fight it, or pray on it, or try to mask it with other addictions (work, prayer, church, sports, gambling) you will continue to crave it and it will control your mind... even now, you use words like "relapse", which indicates it has a greater hold on you. If you fight it, it will simply hide in the recess of your mind, taunting you, waiting to be unleashed at some later date.

Please "mind over body", "prayer warrior" crowd, hold your peace. Same to those who would take my words of "give in to your urges" and use that as a suggestion that I might condone murder... don't be silly.

What makes me so scared is that this can happen to anybody. One can be working hard, staying on the right path, avoiding trouble, and trouble will just find somebody randomly. And the bitter part is you can just disappear without even knowing why. After you're venerated and released (if lucky), there's no apology, compensation, amends. Just "take it in your stride".

In custody for 10 weeks, and they even temporarily forgot about him?

Shame.

"Damning"? This is just accurate reporting of facts. Those people getting upset should vote wisely and recall as needed.

bluefilm:
If that is what makes you happy, then I think it is safe to say that your brain has completely melted into oblivion.

Nonsense.

Yes oh... his presence has not helped Nigeria in any way: economically, diplomatically, socially. Even youths from North are calling him names for deceiving them that things would get better with him at the helm.

What makes me happy is that we can stop looking for "saviors" from this or that part of the country, and realize this country will get better only with collective effort and strong institutions. We are slowly maturing.

StrikeBack:
Nonsense!!!

No movies on Corruption
No movies on Hunger
No movies on Terrorism
No movies Education

Just the same bullshit year in year out.

Same as Hollywood. 50% guns (mostly cops and robbers), 10% thrillers (haunted house or serial killer), 30% romantic rubbish (my boyfriend didn't propose, or my boyfriend proposed), and maybe 10% autobiography (small town lawyer against large corporation). Tell me the name of a new Hollywood movie, I can probably predict the script for you.

We all just want to forget our troubles and escape into fantasy.

Onnasucs1:
ECONOMY- Nigerians want the economy to boom so that there will be money available to everyone.

UNEMPLOYMENT- Nigerians want to get jobs so that they will earn money.

We prioritize our finances more than our safety. That's why ECONOMY and UNEMPLOYMENT tops the list and security is at the bottom. This poll shows that we are really really poor in Nigeria.

But unemployment directly influences safety. The increase in insecurity is because people are turning to crime to survive. If there were enough real jobs, you'll see crime decrease significantly.

The one thing I'm happy about this PMB administration is that we can rest from the people who used to say: "if only Buhari was president, Nigeria would become a paradise"

Which Nigerians are they asking? Because for my side, no be here. We're just waiting for Buhari to finish his term and leave the stage.

Amadioha02:
police of poor nations you mean? They don't do that in Europe, Russia,China,and other developed nations.

That's because the leaders of developed nations have demonstrated that they can meet all the requirements for safety using their own technology, their own experts, and have enough love for their own people to not cut corners. There was a time Japan and Korea were not as developed. Same with China. When Nigeria gets its act together, we won't need to be policed.

A country that cannot keep cows and robbers off its own runways, is that the one you want direct flights from?

shakmati:
Lol. So Igbo people are the slaves of Nigeria? Unable to lead!

Guy, he said that they should pair to make a good ticket, and I agree - they are both promising, and a likely win.
Didn't we just have Atiku+Obi ticket a few months ago? We can have other tickets, just that Nigerian's don't seem to want good people.

Instead of shouting about marginalization, Igbos should imbibe the same political savvy that the Yorubas and Hausa/Fulani appear to have. Nobody on this planet "deserves" anything - you get what you fight, organize, and unite for.

But personally, more and more I'm in favor of Biafra. This farce called Nigeria is holding us back.

IgbosforTrumpUS:
Are you from US or BIAFRA?? What's your own cup of tea?
Why don't you focus on your afonja land and leave us the fvck alone, we are not terrorist sympathizers down here so face front and stop ranting.

Well, I'm from Asaba. Some people insist we're Biafra, some people insist we're not. Depends on who created the map, the resources they want to get from SS, and if there's a political appointment coming up