₦airaland Forum

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." -Booker Washington

@REALITY 101 what I am trying to infer is that corruption is so endemic in the country that you can hardly see a Saint to cast the stone. You will agree with me that where justice prevails, a corrupt person should not be asked to stone a person found guilty of corruption. The problem with us is that we are always glad to point an accusing finger to others whereas the other four fingers unfortunately point to ourselves.

When will Free Health Services be practicable throughout the length and breath of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them". -G. B. Shaw

@Newnikol grateful for your nice and thought provoking Quote. But please stop weeping. Start praying. Let us contribute our own quota positively to make Nigeria better.

@adroitp thanks for your patriotic post. Will be happy to see the tag soonest. At least, it will enable me take census of patriotic ones among over 590,000 registered Nairalanders!

MY MIND TODAY: Why are liars so plenty in Nigeria? They are here and there, even among our religious leaders!

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph W. Emerson

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."                    --JIM ELLIOT

@REALITY 101 Thank you for your post. Will you still consider your self worthy to fling the stone after reading favouredjb's post?

TODAY'S QUOTABLE QUOTE: "He who sleeps on the floor will not fall off the bed." -ROBERT GRONOCK

MY MIND TODAY It is in my mind today to urge the Federal Government to ensure that all unemployed graduates from our tertiary institutions start receiving upkeep allowances before the end of May, 2011. What however crosses my mind is how to ensure that workers who will illegally benefit from the Scheme would not be far above the unemployed graduates! - OMOKEMESI

@adagz 01, GOD forbids bad thing. We are one. I am sure as we begin another fifty years we need to keep those in government informed regularly of what should be done at the appropriate time and also assist them in our daily prayers. Thank you.

Thank you fellow Nairalanders. I appreciate you all. From all indications, inter-tribal marriage has come to stay in Nigeria. It appears the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. But if I may ask, who benefits more from inter-tribal marriage - the wife or the husband?  Why?

QUOTABLE QUOTE Today's Daily Tonic From George Bernard Shaw: "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." * * * your comment, experience or contributions welcome. -OMOKEMESI

When John Wesley admonished us to "do all the good we can", what did he mean?

How can we ensure Nigeria does not repeat the same mistakes made during our 50 years of self rule?

TODAY'S QUOTABLE QUOTE From MARTIN LUTHER "A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing is worth nothing." HAPPY SUNDAY TO YOU ALL. May this week be a week of blessing to all of us. - OMOKEMESI

QUOTABLE QUOTE  OF          NEIL ESKELIN:                                                     "Every farmer knows that you can't sow and reap on the same day.  There is a timetable for your harvest that requires both working and waiting. Patience is a small price to pay for what you will receive."                                                              *****Post Your Comment, if Any. -OMOKEMESI

For years, I have been nursing the ambition to marry at least three wives. Lack of enough fund has all along been the block between me and polygamy. When I revealed my age-long desire to one of my friends recently, he asked: "Do you think money is the source of peace in the homes of polygamists that have no problems in their families?" He bluntly refused to elaborate. As luck would have it, and to my suprise, a Pastor who was passing by saw me yesterday and predicted that God would open the gate of blessing for me come 2011. I am in a fix. -OMOKEMESI

MY MIND TODAY: I salute Nigeria and Nigerians as we celebrate the 50th year of Independence today. How many Families can afford to celebrate this Anniversary with joy, pomp and pageantry?

CONGRATULATIONS !!!      NIGERIA IS 50 AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION.                                        As we rejoice today, Nigerians should always remember       THE GOLDEN ADVICE OF     That Great English             Evangelist,                   JOHN WESLEY:                                               "DO all the GOOD you   can, By all the means     you can, In all the        ways you can, In all     the places you can,      At all the times you           can, To all the             people you can,             As long as ever                you can."                                                       May God bless Nigeria and Nigerians!                                         From OMOKEMESI