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dru23:
This has been a very expensive week for me ..... Most of the parts that I bought were very much needed for the "ringing". Of 07 elantra engine, such parts has rings, pistons, seals ,timing engine and alternator belt. The timing belt and alternator belt were not really needed.. But through research those belts do have a life span, so it is better to change them now than later.

So when these items were given to the mechanic, he was highly impressed.. He stated that those items I bought were original parts ,and that it will hard to get them in Ladipo .after taken down the engine apart, you can tell that the pistons will need to replace, the 16valves that looks like a huge needle, will be properly wash with soap and water or kersone . So no need to replace them. The only items the mechanic needed was gaskets and some minor things that cost 10k naira
I spoke to the mechanic on the coz of the oil shortage, he stated that the rings were worn out ,and also poor maintenance and bad oil will coz the oil to short.. He stated that even after rebuilt ,the car can last up to eight months. This will depend on how the car is taken care of after the " ringing" . We both concluded that once it gets to the point you are ringing engine it is time to sell the car or buy new engine. But the point here is even if you buy tokunbo engine, you don't really know the exact milage that engine has done. You taking a gamble here.
The cost of ringing the engine is 50k and the cost of the parts that I bought is about $200 . Now once the ringing is done ,the car has to driven slowly for two days ,so that the new parts can adjust properly..

MY LESSON LEARNED... Now from this experience, what I learn is that a lot of people on uber thread have no clue on car maintenance. If you have a car and you continue to rebuilt the engine, you are wasting your time.. Sell the car and move on even if you are using the car for uber. Most of the tokunbo cars that are been sold all over at least 100k miles... so with proper care, which of coz it will not happen in Nigeria. Those cars should last a good three years.. The reason is that a car engine has roughly about 300k miles life span ,if it is taken care of Anything after that, you start to rebuilt engine and waste money . With good oil change coolant etc you can push it up few more years or miles. My experience with elantra has also been very good. Those cars are rugged and are has good has a corolla. I will reccomend elantra 07 to 10 to anyone with confidence.. Just make sure you use proper oil ,coolant etc ..now the importance of full synthetic oil for these cars ,is due to high milage.. Most of the cars on uber are high milage cars . The only wish I had knew was to have taken care of the car from day one. Now am spending 100k to fix it . At the same time the car really tried .the milage on that car is 194k miles and I bought it
tokunbo when the car was 147k miles .. At that high milage timing belt and alternator belt will need to changed... so people out there take care of your cars. So that you can avoid bleeding your wallet red .if you like continue to rebuilt engine ,the engine is 90k and body of car is 200k plus.. The engine is new, but the body is old smh ...rebuilt don't last forever.. This is my hands on experience... #team elantra for uber # I have a new level of respect for the car . Thank

ChangeIsCostant:
An unidentified lady was reportedly killed at the early hours of today by a high tension cable that fell off from the Ikeja Electric Pole along Iju road close to Agege Pen-cinema round about in Lagos. 

According to an eyewitness, the sad incident could have been averted had it been the Electricity distributing company had responded swiftly after several calls were made to their office by residents of the Lagos State Housing Estate close to the spot were the cable fell.

It was gathered that the Electric Cable actually fell since yesterday and till the early hours of this morning, no effort was made by the concerned authority only for this lady to fall victim and paid the ultimate price with her life.

This is not a new occurrence said one Mrs Edun, the Power Company are fond of not responding to emergency issues like this when it happened. It's a pity this innocent woman had to die in this manner on her way to work at the early hours of today.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/11/lady-electrocuted-to-death-by-high-tension-cable-in-lagos-photos.html

AGNESikpuNNU:

NLC leaders pockets greased ... back to status quo.
When they need more money, they'll disturb our peace again with very loud threats of indefinite abi inconclusive strike.
Thieves in both Govt and NLC.

vewater:
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ceefrost:
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BabaAduras:
I am in the labour force, so do not term my submission as a support for the Employers.
I am not too keen on salary increase across board as the effect of these salary increases have always been short-lived as inflation and increase in the price of goods and service will also increase. Worse in Nigeria is these price increases have always been geometrical.
I was a kid when FG gave the ‘Udoji Allowance” to workers, Nigeria has not been the same since then ( I mean in terms of hyper inflation. Same has happened to all the major salary increase to date.
What we need to to cut the take-homes of political office holders and direct the savings from the cut to infrastructure development the will generate economic growth and jobs.
If there are more high end jobs, then take-homes will be adjusted by employers to attract the best. This will tricke down to adjustment of the low end salary earners. This is what happens in developed settings. They do not have salary increases across board all the time, yet they do have salary increases.
I am a seasoned Mech Engineer employed from Nigeria to work in the US. I just moved from a job to another that gave me a salary increase of about $150k pa. This is bc there are shortages of my type of experience due increase productivity and development.
I think this should our target for salary increases not increase across board that will drive hyper inflation.

LucemFerre:
Heh! You know what's funny? These same people shouting Atikulated and all sorts of rubbish, shouted the same thing when Buhari was about to enter.

Most Nigerians are sheeps. Follow the herd, easily forget, and foolish.
Your government is a scam it's just 2 sides of the same coin recycling since democracy came in. Stay there and be shouting nonesense.

Minimum wage isn't even our problem in this country. This is just chasing after the wind.

If they would rebuild our economy such that dollar to naira is like 50:1, rice comes down to 5k per bag, garri 30 bucks/mudu, government build project houses (self contain) and rent them like 50-60k per year and create a regulatory body to force property owners to build houses for rent for the common man (every rich man should build for himself) and regulate the prices of rent for people who already own estates etc. Review their salaries and cut down the sh!t, review and fix power once and for all, probably start producing toothpicks, have more responsible and sensible leaders etc.

If all this things improve, seriously one would even go to amusement park with his family with 15k as minimum wage. It won't be easy and won't happen in 4 years but, it seems like a better cause to fight for. If they increase minimum wage to 100k and our economy keeps going backwards, 10 years from now you people will be having this same conversation.

And for all the fools shouting " NLC should cripple the country" Na you go still suffer after. That phone you're using to type nonsense, you'd sell it and buy food.
Those people have stack wealth for themselves that would last 'em till their 3rd generation. And that includes the NLC administration too. Mumu Nigerians

lalasticlala:
Here is touching story of Blessing Okoedion.



Source: https://qz.com/africa/1224108/recruited-from-nigeria-to-be-a-computer-technician-then-forced-into-prostitution-in-italy/



https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/guardian.ng/life/blessing-okoedion-who-is-the-nigerian-woman-honoured-in-usa/amp

ManirBK:
https://leadership.ng/2018/10/25/vote-for-buhari-to-return-power-to-south-west-in-2023-fashola/?

rosebowl01:
Muslims in Ekiti are less than 8%, and they are mainly migrants from neighboring states.

Ebullience:
The Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has given reasons why Mr. Peter Obi was picked as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar.

The 57-year-old Obi was a former governor of Anambra State and a former Chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc.

In a statement on Friday, Daniel said Mr. Obi’s choice was largely influenced by his youthfulness, vast knowledge of global and local economics as well as being a financial expert, all experience which Nigeria is in great need at this point in time.

“This ticket will be able to steer our nation back on the path of progress, economic prosperity and unity”, Daniel said.

Born 19th July, 1961, Obi attended the Christ the King College, Onitsha and later proceeded to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.

The statement continued, “He is also a graduate of several international and national institutions such as the Lagos Business School, Harvard Business School, London School of Economics, Columbia Business School, Institute of Management, Switzerland, Kellogg Graduate School, Oxford University and Cambridge University.

“In public service, he has led various divisions some of which includes: Member, Presidential Economic Management Team; Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum; Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum, and the Governor of Anambra State.

“Peter Obi is an astute professional who has laid his footprints across the corporate world. He was the Chairman, Board of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC); former Chairman, Fidelity Bank PLC; former Chairman, Guardian Express Mortgage Bank; former Chairman, Future Views Securities; former Chairman, Paymaster Nigeria; former Chairman, Next International Nigeria; former Director, Guardian Express Bank PLC; former Director, Chams Nigeria PLC; former Director, Emerging Capital: former Director, Card Centre PLC.

“He is a member of the British Institute of Directors (IOD), Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers and Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).

http://thenationonlineng.net/why-atiku-picked-peter-obi-as-running-mate-daniel/

LordofNaija:
Young Engineers program. I had wanted to apply but when I saw the pictures of retirees used in the advert that are portraying themselves as young ones I don give up already. The biggest scam in Nigeria is the privatisation of NEPA second only to the Buhari presidency

Midas02:
oh boy, this thing is not as complex as some will have you believe. You do not need a degree in mechatronics and electromechanical engineering, nor do you need an Einstein to propound the theory of kinematic velocity and all kinds of useless gibberish!.

It is tooo much work to write, I am feeling lazy, however my advice:
Listen to Sultaan, listen to Siena, listen to Promise72 and the guys who concur with them and you will be fine.
Most new cars and cars after 2000 use the thinner grade of oil which is 5W-30 or 0W-40 (depending on recommendation)
However cars before this mainly used 10W-30 (recommended)
When the car gets to be over 100K - 120k miles you may move to 10W-40
If your car is really advanced in use and age and has started to exhibit signs of wear/loss of compression/smoke, then you should use 20W/50 to reduce its inevitable decline in performance and blow-by.
The most important thing is to change your oil regularly (every 3 months or use mileage) and make sure you change your oil filter too, otherwise the purpose is defeated!

I believe either the mechanics messed your engine up by forgetting to do something vital or they used adulterated oil and not the original. Cos even if you use oil that is not recommended, it shouldn't mess your engine up (especially over such a short term), it usually only affects the performance, response and long term durability of an engine. As long as your engine has some oil lubrication (whether recommended or not) it should not knock. Period!

Lovelash:
I am certain that if those who committed suicide in the past one year were asked a few years ago whether they could ever commit suicide, their answers would be "Never!" Pathetically, they carried out the act. This was because in the course of their living, they were caught in life’s storms such as illness, persecution, unfulfilled dreams or desires, failures, rape, damaged reputations, bankruptcy, loneliness, debt, hardship, misfortune, bullying, lack, death of a loved one, injustice, false accusation, pressure from loved ones and peers, losses amongst others that overwhelmed them and made them give up on life. What a pity!

Life’s storms and challenges are real. However, there is nothing anyone can do concerning because they are a part and parcel of life and we must come across them. Nonetheless, there are things individuals could do to stay strong, safe and victorious in the times of storm.
In the next postings I shall be dealing with the various ways we can avoid falling victims of suicide. The Scripture warns: "He who thinks he stands should watch less he falls”. 1 Corinthians 10:12

DON'T FALL OUT WITH GOD
There are accounts of certain individuals in the Bible who committed suicide: Those who no one would have envisaged could do so based on their personalities, positions, achievements, endowments, and several other qualities. Yet, when they fell under certain situations, they couldn't stand and gave up on life. Some of these individuals include Samson, King Saul, Ahithophel and Judas just to mention a few.

[b]Samson'[/b]s birth was spectacular and divine (Judges Chapter 13). He was the only child of his parents and a Nazarine. He was blessed by God and empowered with the Holy Spirit which made him very strong and powerful with which he fought and did great exploits against the Philistines. He was a judge in Israel for twenty years. He first fell out with God in the wrong choices of the heathen women he fell in love which was against God’s-given instructions for him (Judges13:5, 8, 18, 34-35). He disobeyed God's command concerning mixed marriage (Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3). Mingling with idol worshipers and immoral people opened his life to satanic powers, delusion and to defeat (Judges16:19-21). His sacred hair locks were shaven and his eyes plucked out by the Philistines. He was rendered powerless and useless. Samson killed himself along with all the Philistines in the temple of Dagon (Judges16: 28-30).
King Saul was the first anointed king chosen by God to rule over Israel. He was a man of great physique and beauty and also a warrior (1 Samuel 9:2; 10: 23-24). He was anointed and empowered by the Holy Spirit to carry out his God-given assignment (1 Samuel 10:1, 9). He led the Israelites in many battles against their enemies and they won (1 Samuel 14: 47-49). His problem started when just two years of his reign, he disobeyed God despite Samuel's warnings and the Spirit of God left him (1 Samuel 13: 13-14; 15:2-3, 18-19). He disobeyed God because he failed to acknowledge the Almighty God who put Him on the throne as the Great One who must be revered. He failed because he couldn't see himself as the Lord sees him - His anointed one. He indirectly was fighting against God when he started fighting King David who was to succeed him. His consultations with the witch at Endor to call up the spirit of late Prophet Samuel showed how far he had wandered away from the Living God. And what he was told left him devastated. With this condition of heart, he went to battle where he was grievously wounded and also witnessed the death of his three sons. He killed himself by falling upon his own sword rather than allow himself to be taken as prisoner by the Philistines (1 Chronicles 31:1-4).

Ahitophel was a powerful counselor to King David and Absalom. He was so good at counseling that his counsel was said "to be as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God" (2 Samuel 16:23). However, he parted ways with King David and took side with Absalom against who was rebelling against God's anointed King David his father. This was an indication of his fall out with God and when he saw that one of his counsels to Absalom was not followed, “he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself and died” (2 Samuel 17:24).

Judas Iscariot was among the twelve disciples of Jesus and went places with Him for close to three years. He was the keeper of the group's purse. He betrayed Jesus Christ on whom he collected twenty pieces of silver from the scribes and got Jesus Christ crucified! He later killed himself by hanging (Matthew 27:5).
How are the mighty fallen! It is tragic to see great men of wisdom and might, men who fought and won great physical battles loose to life’s battles by committing suicide.

From the above examples, we can see that staying strong and courageous in times of storms and coming out victorious is not dependent on having a godly family background. If it were, all those who committed suicide above would not have done so since they are all Israelites, God's chosen people! They were believers in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Physical human strength, power, beauty, experience or skill is not it either; if it were to so, Samson and King Saul's wouldn't have committed suicide. Overcoming life's battles is not also depended on anointing, spiritual gifts, empowerment and the service one renders to God, if it were King Saul, Samson and Judas wouldn't have committed suicide. Neither is it by old age, wisdom, position, and attainment in life, if it were to so Ahithophel and King Saul wouldn't have committed suicide. If life’s battles could be fought and won with man-made weapons of war and human war strategies, then King Saul would have had victory over his life's challenges! (Psalm 33: 16-19).

Accounts of People who overcame Life’s Challenges as seen in the Bible:
In the Bible also, are accounts of certain individuals who faced great challenges, difficulties, pains, and sufferings. These people weathered through them all and came out strong and victorious and lived to old age. Such people include Joseph, Job, King David, and Apostle Paul.

Joseph was from Jacob's polygamous home of four wives and many children of whom twelve were males. Joseph was the eleventh son and his own mother died when he was very young. He was a good son and the father's favorite. He must have learned about the God of Israel, the only true God of the whole universe from the mouth of Jacob his father. He was a dreamer whose dreams revealed he had a great future. He was greatly envied and hated by 10 of his brothers (Genesis 37:2-11). He was greatly antagonized by them and they eventually conspired against him and sold him into slavery as a seventeen-year old teenager (Genesis 37:4, 8, 18). He was taken to Egypt and was bought by Potiphar and served for thirteen years. While at Potiphar's house, his master's wife framed him up and was sent to prison unjustly (Genesis39: 9-12, 20). It was mentioned four times in Genesis 39: 2, 3, 21, 23 that God was with him. He languished in prison for three years until he was sent for by Pharaoh to come and interpret the dreams he had. Pharaoh made him Egypt's prime minister. In all his challenges he remained steadfast and faithful to his God as seen in the names he gave his two children (Genesis 41:51-52). He believed God was in it all (Genesis 45:5-8; 50:20).

Job was a man who held God in the highest esteem as testified of God in Job 1:1. He was a wealthy man with seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yokes of oxen, five hundred she-asses and many servants. He had several children - seven sons and three daughters. Storms of life came and he lost everything in one day as revealed in Job 1:13-19.
His body was also under serious affliction (Job 2:7-. He suffered greatly as he narrated in Job 7:3-6. As if all these were not enough, his wife came to taunt him be bitter and curse God (Job 2:9-10). His three friends too came and heaped blames and accusations on him. But in all, Job remained strong, bold, calm, committed, submissive and dependent on God. His statements in Job 13:15 and Job 19:25-27) revealed his steadfastness.
As a result of unwavering faith in God, he waited patiently until God restored unto him more than what he had lost (Job 42: 12-13).
This is an affirmation of God's faithfulness to those who hold unto Him in faith "But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them because they trust in him" (Psalm 37:39-40).

David was the youngest child of a large family. He was a shepherd. He probably was led to the Living God by his mother at a very tender age as he revealed in Psalm 22;9-10; 86: 16;116: 16. His Psalms revealed he made the Living God his personal God (Psalm 16:5; 73:26; 142:5). He could therefore refer to God with such sweet words as my God, my Shepherd, my Light, my Rock, my Strength, my Deliverer, my Fortress and much more. He most likely suffered neglect by his parents as a youth (Psalm 27:10). He narrated his near-death experiences while keeping his animals to King Saul to prove he could kill Goliath and attributed his ability to kill the animals to God's help (1 Samuel 17: 34-37). His battle with Goliath was a miniature of his lifelong battle. He faced many battles and troubles in the hand of King Saul. Of his sufferings, he said "For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning" (Psalm 73:14). While waiting, with the help of God he slew Goliath and he became the darling of the people. Unfortunately, his fame brought him trouble with the king who became envious of him and wanted to kill him by all means. For nine years he passed through series of troubles, persecutions, and perils in the hands of King Saul and had to run away for his dear life. He became a fugitive, a wanted man and a wanderer. He suffered a lot yet he persevered in following God. After several years, King Saul his enemy died, and David was made king over Israel and became well renown. Many great nations fought against him in battle but he prevailed over them. However, his joy of ascension to the throne was short-lived for his own son Absalom overthrew his government. So, he had to hurriedly flee from the throne to save his life. He was later reinstated to the throne after the death of Absalom. Apart from all these, he was in many sore troubles, but in the face of it all, he endured and remained firm with God. Despite being surrounded by heathen nations and kings, not for once was he ever tempted to worship idols, not even mentioning their names with his mouth (Psalm 16:4). He was hopeful and at peace knowing only God's purpose would prevail (Psalm 3 1-3). He knew of God's great love and that God being a living God would hear and answer him when he calls so he prayed and waited patiently on God. Also known unto him was the fact that God maintains the cause and right of those who fear Him. God also shields, protects and vindicates those who trust Him. He is their refuge in times of trouble. Psalm 63:8; 56:3, "My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me."
Knowing that many are the afflictions of the righteous but that the Lord delivers them from all and he was delivered as he testified in Psalm 55:18. He was not a super-man though as some of his Psalm revealed that at certain times, he was weak and weary too (Psalm 55:2-5 and Psalm 20; 1-2).
He came out of them all because his heart and focus was on his God (Psalm 16:8-11, Psalm 25:15, Psalm 123:1-2)
"I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore, I shall not slide. For the lovingkindness is before mine eye: and I have walked in thy truth (Psalm 26: 1b & 3)
He had an unshaken trust in God (Psalm 16:8-11, Psalm 25:15, Psalm 123:1-2). He made the Almighty God his focus. He made an irreversible choice to live in the consciousness of God's presence always. (Psalm 62:5-7, Psalm 119:112).
To him, God is everything "He is the God of his life" (Psalm 42:8c).
Anyway, one does not expect anything short from a man who knew and trusted His God as seen in Psalm 46:1-3, Psalm 23:1&4 and Psalm 138:7-8. His statements showed that he had sound faith and knowledge of God and left his time in God’s hands because he was persuaded that God was capable of managing it well for him, Psalm 31:12(a) "My times are in thy hand".
The strategy he used in maintaining a fixed heart and not allowing any situation or circumstances to destabilize him, was to seek the face of God in prayers. To worship God with thanksgiving and praises several times a day; to delight in the laws of God and to study God’s word.
Apostle Paul, more than any of the apostles had a hard and rough time in life after he had given his life to Christ. Some of the things he went through are written in 2 Corinthians 11:23-27.
He went further with his ordeals "we are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed (2 Corinthians 4: . Is it not a wonder that He could refer to all his sufferings as light afflictions in verse 17?
He however remained steadfast to the end because he knew whom he believed (2 Timothy 1:12 and 2 Timothy 4:16-18).
To Him nothing can be compared to the knowledge of Jesus, our faithful Savior as Paul said in Philippians 3:8. He could, therefore, advise us to keep Jesus always as our focus in Hebrews 12:2.
From the lives of these latter set of people studied above, we see that they all had a personal relationship with God because they were Israelites and they were used by God. However, the former set of people who committed suicide fell out with God at one time or the other due to sins in their lives especially the sin of disobedience and greed. This happened because their hearts were not totally dependent and they were not intimate with Him and they didn't know Him well enough.
Meanwhile, those who came out victorious over many life's battles, staying strong and courageous remained abiding in God and had an intimate personal faith relationship with Him. They were committed, dedicated, trusting, determined, obedient, focused and worshiped God in all circumstances.

TAKE HOME
Dear Friend, how is your personal walk, dedication, and commitment with Jesus? How much of God do you know? How is your personal devotion, prayer and fasting life? Are you still in Faith? A lot of people confuse having a personal relationship with God with belonging to a church denomination, maintaining a relationship with their Pastors, church attendance, giving offerings and tithes, serving in one unit of the church and others. All these are good but having and maintaining a personal relationship with God goes beyond all these.

One enters into a personal relationship with God on repentance and embracing God's gracious salvation through His son Jesus Christ. This is being born again. Maintaining a personal relationship with God implies developing in faith after being born again and remaining rooted and steadfast till the end of one's life on earth as revealed in Colossians 2:6-7. To achieve this involves spending quality time alone in daily personal reading of the Bible, seeking His face in prayers, meditation and fasting. It also involves spending time in personal devotional worship in thanksgiving and praises and living in the consciousness of His presence every moment.
Not developing one’s faith and remaining steadfast is where many have missed it and have fallen out with God. Many, instead of holding onto God are holding to their pastors, parents, church building, academic/professional achievements, spiritual gift, physical and spiritual endowments, wealth and many others. All these are sinking grounds and cannot sustain in times of life's storms and challenges.
Anyone that has embraced God's salvation through Jesus is expected to remain abiding, be rooted, build up in Him, and be stabilized in faith in Him alone. Faith is the lifeline by which the saved persons, holds unto God under all conditions of life. Any departure from this is sin. God is the source and owner of life and it is expected of all to be totally depended on Him. This dependence on God is called faith. When Adam sinned, he stepped out of faith in God (God-dependence) into self-dependence (in-dependence) which is unbelief and they missed out of all the beautiful things of life. Faith is the way we come back into relationship with God through Jesus Christ and it is also the way we are to continue living till eternity. Having faith in God involves an exchange of self-trust for God-trust, that is we stop trusting in ourselves or others and trust Him alone totally.

God's gracious salvation through His son Jesus Christ has given us victory over the world, Satan and the flesh. However, only those who abide in Him will continue to enjoy all of Jesus. It is very important we abide in Jesus the captain of our lives always as confirmed by Him in John 15:4-6.
All God's promises of provision, protection, deliverance, long life, grace, and many others are only for those who remain abiding in God as Psalm 91 clearly reveals.

From the two groups studied above, we observe that those who remained abiding in God held on to life and continued receiving grace, help, strength and many others from God in times of trouble. To remain relevant and victorious we must remain with Jesus without letting go off Him. To remain with Jesus is to keep hanging on life's line because Jesus is life and the source of Life. He is the reason for living. Without Jesus, life is stressful, meaningless, tiring, frustrating and hopeless. Don't fall out with God.
If you have wandered away from God, it is never too late to return back to him. No matter how messed up your life is, come back to God your father as the prodigal son who wandered away from his father because of worldly pleasure did. God is calling you (Isaiah 1: 18-19).
Forsake everything that led to the former situations you were. "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let them return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon" (Isaiah 55:7).

ACTION STEPS:
If you are you have not yet come to God's gracious salvation through Jesus Christ, come to Him now by taking these steps:
1) Admit you are a sinner. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus our Lord" (Romans 3:23; 6:23).
2) Repent of all sins. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord" (Acts 3:19). "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
3) Believe that God loves you and that Jesus His Only Son died for you. "But God commendeth His love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners. Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8, Acts 10; 40&43)
4) Invite Jesus into your heart "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come unto him and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelations 3:20).
LIFE IS VERY COMPLEX. YOU CANNOT MANAGE IT ALL BY YOURSELF. GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS SO THAT HE WOULD HELP YOU LIVE WELL!

God loves you and so do I.

BigSarah:
If you are an atheist stay off, if you don't believe in metaphysical powers stay off too.

So many things have been going on In my church lately, I'm beginning to believe that the church is plagued with occultism a lot of events led to this my assertion ,it'll be too lengthy to share here.
I just wanna know is it possible?

Optimisticgondy:
See Mr Man, I'm not new to all these things you're showing and talking about...these are what I've done most of them myself because my forefathers and grandpa practised them. I was close to my grandpa when he was alive and he taught me these things anytime I had challenges. Your shrine is not even frightening enough.

In my secondary school days, I liked going to night parties and I used to do Okigbe(fortification again cutlass and related objects), Okigo, Aluwo (beat and collapse), Alusare (beat and run ring) myself, I used to do rings with which I could slap any offender 21 times without retaliating, even if he's a giant and a lot of fortifying magicks I can't mention here cos I'm not like you that make noise, so spare me all those stories.

For your info, my surname starts with Ogun, Yoruba god of iron and this is to let you know where I am from.

As regards sweeping the floor, I witnessed that myself when some thieves came to my grandpa's farm in Ekiti. They swept till we got to thw farm.

Noone is saying magick doesn't exist, but what most of you now do is magic tricks to scam people. Most of you do these tricks with the aid of Abamoda. Even your magic tricks here on NL are ridiculous, and that alone portrays you as a scammer.

And also, most of you believe so much in threatening with FEAR, and these your empty threats can't work for everyone, including me cos you will just be wasting your time..you can try it, you can find my picture in my profile.

My grandpa once commanded a snake tht ran into a hole out and use his hand to tear it apart. There was also a time I mistakenly hit one of his labourers on the head with cutlass in his farm and the wound was deep while the blood was flowing out excessively, he just said some words, and the blood stopped.
I was so close to him that I've seen and known things beyond my age. So, I don't need you to tell me all these things cos I can tell you as many I have witnessed right from my primary school days.

I was not fully interested cos I believed in using my mind for magick than using charms/amulet/talisman.

Your shrine being a registered one doesn't make you legit..there's freedom of religion in Nigeria, you can even pracrise wiccan and satanism here, and the government will register you if you have your money.
There are many registered "guy man" herbalists out there...so spare me the rubbish

And let me advise you to mind your utterances cos juju,no matter the materials, efforts and what you spend on it, won't work on some beings, and these beings will ridicule the hell out of your life.
If you don't know this, you're on your own.

Belafonte:
You can have peace in poverty, but not with a bad wife. A bad wife will suck the life out of you.

jeeqaa7:
this is absolute fallacy..
i will tell you ... to grow you need your friends
either actively or passively you need them
all you need do is expect nothing from them
they owe you nothing .. absolutely nothing
and the day you realise it... that day
you solve 90% of your problems .. your best friend is yourself..
believe me

THEY WILL COME ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xucVmbXIy0k

BiafranBushBoy:
Do you feel stagnated in life? Or you feel you aren’t moving at the speed you should move, I will show you some possible reasons why you aren’t making progress in life the way you should.

If you believe that life is in stages, then you should also know that there are strategies and principles that should be applied. Making progress in life is a function of determination, zeal, and the right attitude. They should all function at the right amount, which triggers success.

The purpose of this post is to allow you search inwards for what might be a hindrance in making progress in life.

Before you blame the country, president, senators and governors as one of the reasons you aren’t making progress in life, you should take out time to examine inwards what might be the cause aside external forces.

Making progress doesn’t boil down to financials alone, it might be your career, relationship or any other place you expect growth.

What might be some of the reasons you are making progress in life yet?

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Laziness

This is the foundation of all the possible cause why you aren’t making progress yet in life. This is the biggest enemy you would ever have in life. It will be the reason others are striving hard and working hard to achieve a lot, and you sit in the corner of your room daydreaming.

It is the bedrock of other progress killers like procrastination, excuse making, and etc.

The issue with laziness is that it makes you believe that you aren’t lazy, while it eats deep into your life and affects your progress in life.

There are other products of laziness, and it would be used as other points to explain the possible reasons why you aren’t making progress in life.

Lack of Discipline

To discipline ones-self is one of the recipes for success. Many successful people have attributed the secret of their success to self-discipline. It can never be overemphasized. This is one life skill that helps you become focused, active, and get things done.

This is one factor that others judge you with. Talent alone isn’t enough, discipline is the watchword. It extends to your personal life, work, career, lifestyle and finances.

Once discipline is gone, you are gonna watch how scattered you become in life. In the long-run, you might just implode and tip the f*ck off – which is the worst you’d ever want to experience.

No Self-Improvement

Self-improvement is all about adding value to yourself. Two years should not pass you by without you improving your self-worth.

In some other thread, I wrote about the top skills that would give you a job and also enhance your career. Most people viewed it and just left. You have to continually add value to yourself, and the outcomes are very great.

When you prefer the latest fashion trends or latest technology gadgets to skills that would open doors for you, how do you intend to start making progress in life?

No Clear Cut Goals

90% of people wake up every morning without any plan of what to achieve for that day. They spend time on time killers (Social Media, Gossips, and TV). You need to set goals every night before the next day. It helps you achieve so much.

These are the Goal setting exercise you should consider

Make a list of 10 goals to achieve
Select the most important
Set a deadline
Talk about it all day till you achieve it
Focus on it (Excellence orientation)

Lack of Optimism

Optimistic people are happy people. They believe that things would be alright and they work hard towards it. They talk about what they want, how they want it, and how they are going to get it.

Non-optimistic people are very unhappy. They are not happy with themselves, their life, the country, everything around them. Their unhappiness prevents them from looking at the brighter side of life. They only talk about what they don’t want and blame other people for their own misfortunes.

Lack of optimism could be one of the reasons why you aren’t making progress in life yet This is because it makes you miss opportunities when they present themselves – because you assume nothing good would come out of it.

How to become an optimist

Think about what you want to achieve and how to get it
Look out for good in every situation
Seek the valuable lesson in every situation
Feed your mind with good kinds of stuff
Try more things; even if you fail, keep trying
Keep being persistent

Other Reason might involve the following;

Procrastination
No Plans
Blame Game
Giving Excuses, etc.
When you work on the above points in your life, you become more productive and happy with yourself. But above all, cultivate discipline and work hard towards achieving your goals, and success would chase you down your pants.

I hope to write more of this next time. If you really love this post, do well to click the link below and subscribe for more posts like this to your mailbox.

source: http://topwritersden.com/making-progress-in-life/

BiafranBushBoy:
Nobody owes you anything, it is up to you to fight for yourself in life. Depending on people all the time would eventually make you to be seen as a pest. Self-dependent people are respected people in the society. Not only that, being self-dependent is an important factor that helps to make a relationship stronger. In fact, self-dependent people live happily and survive in any society they find themselves compared to those that depend on others for a living.

However, some people find it difficult to live alone without their parents, spouse, family, friends. In this case, it is not only based on financial dependency alone, decision making is not excluded. There are several challenges that are faced by those that are dependent. The major challenge is that they have no full control of their life.

You will agree with me that taking full control of your life is as a result of you become a self-dependent. It doesn’t only give you total control of your life but also make you become a happier person in the society. I will explain 5 ways on how you can become self-dependent. In a relationship, you don’t need to depend fully on your partner for a living. In fact, it is not reasonable to keep requesting for money, what-to-do, help from your partner every time you are in need of it. You just need to read this and practice it for you to become self-dependent within some months.

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The following are ways to become self-dependent.

1. Acquire a high paying skill

The first way to become self-dependent is to acquire high paying skill. With no doubt, it is difficult to see someone with high paying skills to be dependent on somebody else. However, for you to be able to become self-dependent; you need to get yourself a job. If you find it difficult to buy something on your own, it simply means you are financially dependent. Nevertheless, you need to work on yourself by learning skills that pay you high. Truth be told, you need to further your education or better still learn skills that are lucrative. If you don’t, there is no how you won’t be relying on your parents, partners, friends for money.

This is one of the best place to learn a skill in Nigeria that would shape your life forever.

Leave Your Comfort Zone

You need to leave your comfort zone if you want to become self-dependent. There are some people that are still leaving with their parent, they fully depend on them for a living. You need to struggle with others in the labour market by leaving your comfort zone. This is another way to be self-dependent.

Meet people of like minds

The people you meet with can also determine either you will be self-dependent or not. However, for you to be self-dependent you need to surround yourself with people that motivate you. In fact, for you to become self-dependent you need motivation from serious-minded people. The type of friends you are moving with can also influence your lifestyle. Take for instance, if your friends keep giving you all that you need without teaching you how to become self-dependent. Hence, you need to meet with friends that motivate you to be independent.



Learn every day and be informative

Truth be told, if you get the rightful information it will be difficult for you to be dependent on other people. Information is known to be powerful. However, information equipped you with the ability to make to decide on your own and also exercise your self-dependent. Always endeavour to get the information and be updated on what is new.



Make decisions yourself

Another way to make yourself to be independent is to learn how to make a decision by yourself. Take a bold step to decide on what you want and try to solve any problem on your own without any assistant. There are times that you will need assistance but don’t let that stop your decision making.

To become self-dependent in life is a choice. Unless you want to continue begging for crumbs from people who have established themselves, you have to take charge of your life now!

Source: http://topwritersden.com/5-ways-to-become-self-dependent-in-life/

sophsia62:
Regret is simply something you wish you knew earlier in life. Tallulah Bankhead said: “If I had my life to live over again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.”The main difference between successful people and others is that successful people get to know very early in life what others know later.

1.Greatest Hindrance To Success Is Not Failure, But Previous Success

Our previous success can hinder us from moving to the next level when we become so full of them. Don’t build your future on your previous successes; rather, let them give you more impetus to be more successful.

2.Education Without Discovery Of Your Gift Won’t Take You Far In Life

Your education is not your secret to wealth and fulfilment; the discovery of your gift is. The core purpose of the education should be discovering one’s gift as early as possible.


Any education that does not teach us to discover, nurture and develop our gifting and uniqueness is a waste. There is no man that is as poor and miserable as the one that carries all his gifts, talents and potentials to the grave. Real wealth is discovering your gifts and talents and making the world a better place through it.

3.Rejection Is Often Redirection

Sometimes, the greatest thing that will ever happen to some of us is rejection. The reason has been that most times, rejection is simply redirection. When people continually reject you, it is because God is redirecting you. One of the core secrets of great people is in their ability to handle and overcome rejection without harbouring any form of bitterness. Don’t ever give in to people’s rejection; rather, ask God to redirect you to your place of destiny fulfilment.

Alexander Graham Bell said: “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.God sometimes allow men to reject us so that we don’t settle for less than what he has for us, because those that settle for less don’t get the best out of life. Whether in relationships or career, we must have a healthy approach to rejection, which is to see it as redirection.

4.Your Words Matter

John C. Maxwell said: “A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach his/her potential.”It is not what you are going through that defines you, but what you say in what you are going through. If God cannot change your word, he cannot change your life. What you are going through is temporal, but what you say in what you are going through is permanent. Be wise with words. Be mindful of your words. No matter what any prophet says about you, you always have the final say.

5.Your Value Does Not Decrease Based On Someone’s Inability To See Your Worth

I have often said that when you learn how much you are worth, you will stop giving people discounts. Tim Fargo: “If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.” We must believe totally that we carry within us a special form of “currency” that cannot be devalued. In order to maintain a healthy self-image, there are three things that must be vehemently resisted in life: “Don’t ever look down on yourself,” “Don’t ever allow anyone to look down on you” and “Don’t ever look down on anyone.”Nobody, I repeat, nobody, can make you inferior without your own consent. An internal security will always produce an outward stability.

6.Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken

Myles Munroe said: “Most people don’t know who they are, so they die as someone else.” The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. Until you live a life that is truly yours, you have not lived.Many people live a larger part of their life wanting to be someone else. For all the time you work hard to being someone else, they are wasted years.

7.Stop Asking For Permission

If you live on people’s acceptance, you will die from their rejection. Madonna Ciccone said: “Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.”I have observed that the greatest hindrance to living a fulfilling life is being ‘stuck’ on other people’s opinion and permission. There are two things that we can perpetually live on: ‘Permission’ or ‘Conviction.’ Great people live on the latter, while the former is meant for lesser souls. Live on conviction and stop asking for permission. Make no apologies for following your heart; a man on a mission needs no permission.

8.Making Mistakes Is An Integral Part Of Success

Tony Robbins said: “No matter how many mistakes you make, you’re still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” In life, the fellow who never makes a mistake takes his order from the one who does. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. When we were in school, the smartest people were always those that didn’t make mistakes in class. I am sure you remember them; they always get the good grades and sometimes even 100 per cent. As time went on, you suddenly realised that the real smart people were actually those that made enough mistakes and learned from them. Mistakes are integral parts of the learning process. Any learning process that does not accommodate making mistakes will always short-circuit learners’ capacity for innovation. Abraham Lincoln said: “The man who is incapable of making mistakes is incapable of anything.”

9.The World Owes You Nothing

[/b]The worst form of mentality to carry around is ‘entitlement mentality.’ Next to it is ‘victim’s mentality.’ All you will ever get from life are the things you demand from it. No one will give you what you deserve; you are the only one that can create the life that you want. The worst thing that can happen to you as a young person is to refuse to grow up. You refuse to grow up when you believe that someone else must take responsibility for your life and life circumstances. John Wooden said: “You can make mistakes, but you aren’t a failure until you start blaming others for those mistakes.”

[b]10.Failure Is Feedback

The only thing worse than failure is our wrong approach to it. Our approach to failure will determine how long we stay in it. The acclaimed father of modern automobile, Henry Ford, forgot to put a reverse gear in his first car. It was a massive error for a car that was much awaited by many. When Ford was asked to say something about his global blunder, he ended up redefining the erroneous interpretation of failure. He said: “Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”Many people fail continuously simply because they do not learn from the previous failure. Nelson Mandela said: “I never lose; I either win or learn.”Don’t see failure as setback; see failure as feedback.


11.There Is Nothing That Is Ready-Made

There is nothing that is ready-made; all you need has been given, the challenge is just that they might not be in the form that you need it. The reason why there is scarcity in your life is not because you don’t have what you need; it is simply because what you need is in a form that you are too lazy to work upon. The liberating truth against scarcity is to believe that you already have what you need, but not necessarily in the form that you needed it. You need to work on what you have presently to get what you need out of life. Nobody gets the best out of life automatically; the best comes as we work on the good that we have presently.

Truth is, no relationship is perfect. We can, however, make our relationship more fulfilling and exciting. A good relationship requires effort, hardwork and dedication from both partners. The wife or husband that you want does not exist; you may need to work on the lady or man in your life presently to get what you want.

12.Value Family And Relationships More Than Money

Family is everything; you must never sacrifice family for business. Those that succeed at home will eventually employ those that struggle at home. Walt Disney said: “A man should never neglect his family for business.”I have come a long way in life to realise that the only resources that is inexhaustible in life is relationship. This doesn’t suggest that we shouldn’t make money, but rather, we must not prioritise it above relationship.

https://www.akelicious.net/2018/09/12-things-you-will-always-wish-you-knew.html

Olori:
This is another side to the story which they wont tell you.
They came to our house and dropped a hand written note with a number to call if we are interested. Additionally they told my wife we need to pay 100k per household ( we are 5 flats).
The prepaid meter is 25k and the other 75k is supposedly to load your card when the meter is supplied.
In Buharis’ Nigeria a landlord to cough out 500k for 5 prepaid meter..

ikorodureporta:
Source: www.thecable.ng/Ikorodu-abule-egba-oshodi-ikeja-electric-deploys-85000-prepaid-meters-across-lagos

babaolofin:
Nigeria is not a wonderful country but it is like a Zoo where so many wonderful creatures live.
Nigeria does not need intelligent & hardworking person. Nigeria is like a Casino where gamblers, mafia, touts & area boys hold sway.

NYSC certificate that people without service possess. Many people registered for it but only show face on POP day. Many people work their postings to States of their preference. Many people work postings to their fiance or parents companies . Only the poor people without option served wherever they are posted. Many northerners from rich background that attended institutions abroad are posted to North. Most of them never served.

In Nigeria, things can never get better. It is bad beyond redemption. Nigeria is a Casino. You must be smart and bold. Intelligence & hardworking have no place in Nigeria. It is in Nigeria a President can give exemption order to override constitution when it is not a case of prerogative of mercy. It is only in Nigeria a requirement for elected position does not require particular certificate despite the fact that the politician submitted it as part of his resume.

BluntBoy:
This matter is simple. The man has served his country and that should cover up for NYSC.

If servicemen can be exempted, why not political appointees? Shey service no be service? After all, NYSC service and political service are both services to Nigeria.

udokpuenyi:
To some extent your post is correct, but when someone of us who are insiders in the market try to explain this to most customers, they (customers) think that you are trying to to extort money from them.

I can tag a particular spare the average market cost and another person tells you half the price and the customer buy the one with lower price tag without thorough check, at the end he might not use that spare because it has been tampered with.

The worst is the some mechanics are also part of the scheme.

The rule: Just try to get one reliable contact in the market, let him source for your parts, afterall" snake no dey chop snake"

Another dimension to it, some creativity in the auto market also make certain things possible, imagine looking for a broken formica of your car and you can't get the spare , The boys in the market can replicate your original formica, this is just one in hundreds of examples.
Go and look for GOLF 5 complete wiper in the market and see how easily to get it if at all you can, in that case you need their services to get a matching wiper that will work in your car. It is a two way traffic thing both positve and negative

PRINCEVICKEY:
depend on ur location ...i have a graduate friend in ekiti wt 35k salary....he called me last year that he just finish roofing his house ...while i collect *3 of his own in lagos ... my brother my land never get foundation....