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Computers › Re: Major Things To Consider Before Buying A Laptop by Pangea: 9:34pm On Jan 02, 2014
Dell ke?
Avoid that brand at all cost!
Google 7 beeps of death and you will thank me later.
My dell inspiron is gathering dust under my table now!

May I suggest you buy ASUS products,
You will be glad you did!
Christianity Etc › Re: An Experience At Pastor Chris Okotie’s Church In Lagos by Pangea: 8:20pm On Jan 02, 2014
The description above is a classical example of a CULT!
Politics › Re: Awolowo Vs Mandela Who Gave His People More Impact/who Is Greater? by Pangea: 5:21pm On Jan 02, 2014
[quote author=one.east1]Awoh, was it not the same yorobar local champion who committed suicide after being incarcerated by the great Zik for committing treason..?[/quote]Omg!
I give up on these people!
Ignorance makes you an Id.iot!
Politics › Re: Dino Melaye Shows Off New Lover (photos) by Pangea: 3:57pm On Jan 02, 2014
Bro. Dino
Hear me wella!
This right here is a gold digger,
Na ya coffin be this, brother!
Politics › Re: Unknown 'Drone' Crashes In Ibadan (Pictures) by Pangea: 10:08am On Dec 30, 2013
@ mr sidajili
Quite a wonderful works there!
can you advise which one to buy, cos im interested in aerial videos and photography myself
and i hope one is not breaking any law by deploying these kind of hobbyist crafts?
I will be in Nigeria briefly in March, is there any hobbyist club in lagos?
Politics › Re: PARASITES: 35 States Can’t Pay Salaries Without Federal funds by Pangea: 12:47pm On Dec 28, 2013
lorddannie: that theorem wouldn't work with other "highly parasitic" states whose entire existence hinges on the regular dosage of free oil funds.

this same states constitute the major problem to peaceful coexistence. It is either religioni extremism, violence for failing in elections, terrorism, intolerance, unprovoked attacks, ethnic cleansing etc.

It's quite shameful, but withdrawing oil funds from some states would cause total collapse and anarchy and many would degenerate into armlets or autonomous communities with govt.
Nature will always find a way!
Abeg make the free money disappear ojare
Politics › Re: PARASITES: 35 States Can’t Pay Salaries Without Federal funds by Pangea: 7:02am On Dec 28, 2013
On behalf of the Lagosians grin
We have President Obasanjo to thank for this deliverance grin
Baba, we hail you for weaning Lagos off, the addictive oyel largesse that turns arable land to desert, wiped off the groundnut pyramids, removed Nigeria from the list of cocoa exporting nation and single handedly turn the country into a beggar nation grin

Kudos to Tinubu and Obasanjo grin

A lesson to GEJ
Please give the other governors the Obasanjo-Tinubu treatment,
Withdraw this highly addictive and incapacitating drug called OYEL grin
Technology Market › Re: Very Clean Laptops From U.S.A At Discounted Prices!! by Pangea: 8:44pm On Dec 26, 2013
How much is the lenovo t61 last?
How long is the battery backup?
Politics › Re: Egypt Declares Muslim Brotherhood A Terrorist Group by Pangea: 9:25pm On Dec 25, 2013
Long overdue!
Religion and politics are two flammable entities that must never mix.
When mixed?
You get a self sustaining conflagration.
Politics › Re: President Goodluck Jonathan's Reply To Obasanjo's Letter by Pangea: 9:52am On Dec 23, 2013
People dey vex today o!
See curses early mo mo for nairaland

Una dey here dey curse una families, while both OBJ and GEJ are counting their billions.
Smh for una
Politics › Re: ‘i Am A Card Carrying Member Of Pdp’, Obasanjo Tells Apc by Pangea: 12:02am On Dec 22, 2013
I dey laugh o
Politics › Re: Video: Gulma Tactical UAV (nigeria's First Indigenous Drone) by Pangea: 8:47am On Dec 20, 2013
Sidajili: The Airframe and structure was designed by the NAF. The entire aircraft composite was built off the mould in the NAF base. There is a fully functioning composite manufacturing unit in place. There is a wind tunnel which the president & CNC commissioned on same day. No one sold anything structures. Its fully indigenous, by Nigerians on Nigerian soil. Come visit AFIT.
Mr. Sidaji, i like your matured way of responding to our unbelief grin
Please keep it up grin
Politics › Re: Video: Gulma Tactical UAV (nigeria's First Indigenous Drone) by Pangea: 8:34am On Dec 20, 2013
Jakumo: Training for UAV pilots is dirt cheap. A single $200 simulator pakage, which comes with its own dedicated Mode 2 RC hand-held transmitter, can be used to train a dozen pilots without the need to engage in the high cost of sending trainees outside of Nigeria.

The summation of the equipment needed for this method of training would be one desktop computer, and one RC simulator package, both at a total cost of less than 80 thousand naira.
NAF need to get you for consultancy
And I'm sure you will do it for free for fatherland.
But they will rather hire some shady Lebanese that will charge them millions of dollars for toys-R-us plastic planes!
Politics › Re: Maputo, Mozambique - A City Recovers From 40 Yr Civil War - Pictures by Pangea: 8:08am On Dec 20, 2013
OMG! shocked shocked shocked
Nigeria no even look like these after 3 years civil war, except Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt angry
Politics › Re: Video: Gulma Tactical UAV (nigeria's First Indigenous Drone) by Pangea: 6:21am On Dec 20, 2013
@jakumo
Ol boy, i dey envy you o, you get your own drone? grin
Abeg, you get second hand one you fit dash me?
I wan install my Canon on it to dey take aerial pictures grin grin grin
Politics › Re: Video: Gulma Tactical UAV (nigeria's First Indigenous Drone) by Pangea: 6:17am On Dec 20, 2013
Jakumo: Hello Ktanga, it may interest you to hear that lightweight autopilot modules are already commercially available off-the-shelf for RC aircraft. One of the most advanced versions on the market is capable of flying your bird with NO control inputs from the pilot, such that the aircraft follows up to 100 user-defined sequential GPS waypoints located along a flight path, in a simplified version of the Flight Management Computer installed in multi-million dollar commercial airliners. Full airliner-style auto-land capability is also a feature offered with this autopilot system, along with the capability to interrupt the flight path and circle above any of the waypoints at a user-defined altitude above the ground. This system hit the market just last month, and is available for immediate shipment to buyers as we speak.

The autopilot to which I refer above currently costs just $1,000 USD per module, which is a trivial amount to pay for an entity with deep pockets like the Nigerian government. On my personal surveillance RC plane, I use a far cheaper GPS autopilot, that costs $160 per unit, and is capable of following just 4 waypoints, which is adequate for my short-range purposes.

Initially, during its baby steps, Nigeria's drone program can take advantage of the breath-taking advances in hobbyist-grade electronics, propulsion and auto-flight technology, at least at the start of the program, while the engineers cut their teeth on this exciting new field of inexpensive remote controlled flight.
That is common sense right there?
I expect to see something better than what the Op showed us since its the president that commissioned it, i know outrageous amount would have been awarded for the project, why not go the whole hog and get a better kit?
Politics › Re: Video: Gulma Tactical UAV (nigeria's First Indigenous Drone) by Pangea: 7:58pm On Dec 19, 2013
scipher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq_Xqa3Wg-8



They've provided "BAD BELLES" with a video grin
Can it see anything?
I see no camera anywhere! huh
Politics › Re: Video: Gulma Tactical UAV (nigeria's First Indigenous Drone) by Pangea: 6:41pm On Dec 19, 2013
How much did this hobbyist drone cost?
hope its not another 100billion? grin
Christianity Etc › Re: Orimiri Jordan In Enugu, Heals Mad Man by Pangea: 10:38am On Dec 19, 2013
The water is an epidemic waiting to happen! angry
Politics › Re: Iyabo Obasanjo's Letter To Her Father by Pangea: 9:11am On Dec 18, 2013
bettermike: Great points from Shymexx. Acidosis and Gboss4sure have disapointed on this issue sofar. Honestly, i used to think they were smarter. *Back to your post* Well, despite the Ph.d, i wont be suprised if indeed iyabo wrote it. Dumbness knows no degree or calibre. Why am i sceptical about her, you'll ask? Well, this is the same iyabo that (on camera), in the full view of everyone at a church service years aback; intentionally relocated to sit right behind the then Gov. Gbenga Daniels, just in her bid to attack him from behind (in a church servicewith video cameras o!). Which right thinking politician or phd holder does that? She's just dumb. Simple!
Yeah
She is really a spoilt child and highly uncouth!
Behaving like an agbero in the house of God.

[flash=600,450]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwqNmeWKbJs?fs=1&hl=en[/flash]

Watch the video from 6:10
Politics › Re: Iyabo Obasanjo's Letter To Her Father by Pangea: 7:40am On Dec 18, 2013
lastpage: At the bolded:

Par-adventure you would have noticed, since 1978, after the first Shagari govt, everyone including myself has always 'cursed' the government of the day .........as the worst govt TO DATE!
Ironically, if you think the last govt was bad, the current one seems to turn the previous one into a beacon of good governance! angry angry

We said the 1979 NPN government was bad but when Buhari Idiagbon took over, Nigerians were praying that they die the next day. They killed and whipped and jailed anyone and everyone! shocked shocked

When he was eventually toppled, the following years of "dribble and Maradona" was so bad that people wished Idiagbon would come back from the grave! Maradona was so evil he should be credited with destroying the moral fiber of this country!
That gap-toothed "Evil genius" started a revolution of moral decay (operation SETTLEMENT) in this country.

But "Step aside" and what you get is the "Dark Goggled" master killer called Abacha! This one was nothing short of a mad man from Hell and Nigerians paid the price because he killed them unrelentlessly! Some wished "Maradona" would come back, at least he would let his filthy corrupt money go around. But abacha died phucking some Indian ashawo or eating their punanny! grin

We have not even buried the Goggled-one when we were saddled with another flat-headed donkey called Abdusallami! Well, having gone through Abacha, you would think we've reached rock bottom but Abdusallami simply but quietly, stole us dry. His one year in office did nothing except allocate all our Oil Blocks to himself and his cronies in the Army and up North. Then some people reminded me that Abacha did not steal so brazenly like this now? We all prayed he would just fall down and die like Abacha! and maybe Abacha can come back to rule us "better". Abacha suddenly seems a good President. huh huh

Well, enter Mr. "second-chance OBJ", a product of some divine intervention ........and you would expect that he will show gratitude to God for sparing his life but this egocentric baboon was all about fuel increases and personal aggrandisement!
He was a Kleptomaniac, a notorious womanizer and very very wicked + unforgiving! Now l was wondering, how did we end up with this retired general for God's sake. For eight years he stole every penny we could have used to build Power stations, sold Nigerian patrimony in form of Govt Companies to his cronies via an "El Rufai Privatisation Program"! (the same foolish El rufai tweeting about everything that could get him noticed!).
From Transcorp, to Obj's library, to our Steel Corporations and Refineries, OBJ sold everything at cheap value to himself and cronies and even stole the little proceeds of the sale! Now, which of the previous Govt we have been complaining about was that bad? Suddenly, flat head Abdusallami looked like an Angel and Evil genius looked like a blessing!

But faith is not done with us yet. We heaved a sigh of relief for having the first graduate President in form of Yar Ardua. That one was either too senile to know what was going on around him or his cronies, especially his wife Turai, have taken over the rulership of this country and the way they looted it with careless abandon, you would think looting was going to be abolished the next day! At that point Nigerians were thinking hey, we thought Obj was bad, now we got a worse one! Maybe we should have allowed this third term nonsense? A stealing president like OBJ would at least be better than a Zombie! shocked

When Yar Ardua died (and the day of his death and where he died still remains debatable, if not that some highly (dis)respected Clergy men saw him doing 90-Push-ups per minute and running faster than Hussein Bolt, l would have said he died long before it was announced ); we all thought at least OBJ was alive and stealing, this one was "dead and still stealing through his aides and wife grin )

Anyways, enter the "shoeless one" and we thought "Aaah, anyone who had suffered before will know how to treat poor people" but in all honesty, if you put that criminal called OBJ down on one side and the current thieving mo.r.on on the other side, 90% of Nigerians, (except people from Niger delta who think the only yardstick to chose a President is if he comes from the Creeks) will prefer OBJ! These Shoeless one was just too dumb to steal discretely like the Evil genius. he was too spineless to be brash and decisive like an OBJ. he was always too drunk, he appeared dead, even more than Yar Ardua! Like a creek snake, he is very dangerous and deceitful. He is just too overwhelmed with "doing nothing" and yet he wants to rule us forever!
I dont mind a performing President ruling some full term but pleeeaasssse, this one is a joke, a bad "fresh" joke!

That is how bad, successive governments have been in Nigeria!
The worst one is ALWAYS better than the current one! Its not amnesia, REALITY!

I bet you, the next one after the daft one will be worse than OBJ, BAbangida, Abacha and Jonathan rolled into one. grin

But l agree with you. The problem is not the crazy Presidents we have been having, the Problem lies with we Nigerians because we are actually not fit for this country. We will end up like Yemen or Somalia very soon, the way we are going.

***Singing Nigeria jaga-jaga, ...Nigeria scatter-scatter.... Gbosaa-Gbosaa*******
..........ducks to avoid an Obasanjo E-slap.......

Lastpage!
I endorse this post! grin
Politics › Re: Iyabo Obasanjo's Letter To Her Father by Pangea: 7:32am On Dec 18, 2013
Celebrities › Re: Senator Yerima Divorces 17-year-old Wife, Marries Another 15-yr-old by Pangea: 5:49pm On Dec 16, 2013
Shameless Goat
An unrepentant craddle-robber who is not fit to live with human!
I am ashamed that i share a country with this lunatik angry
Politics › Re: Senator Yerima Divorces 17-year-old Egyptian Wife, Marries Another 15-yr-old by Pangea: 5:45pm On Dec 16, 2013
Shameless Goat
An unrepentant pedophile who is not fit to live with human!
I am ashamed that i share a country with this lunatik angry
Politics › Re: Removal Of A President From Office (impeachment) - Nigerian Constitution by Pangea: 5:19pm On Dec 16, 2013
Ngwakwe: Then why is Obama still the president of USA after all these scandals listed below

1. IRS targets Obama’s enemies: The IRS
targeted conservative and pro-Israel groups prior to the 2012 election. Questions are being raised about why this occurred, who ordered it, whether there was any White House involvement and whether there was an initial effort to hide who knew about the targeting and when.

2. Benghazi: This is actually three scandals
in one: The failure of administration to protect the Benghazi mission. The changes made to the talking points in order to suggest the attack was motivated by an anti-Muslim video The refusal of the White House to say what President Obama did the night of the
attack

3. Watching the AP: The Justice
Department performed a massive cull of
Associated Press reporters’ phone records
as part of a leak investigation.

4. Rosengate: The Justice Department
suggested that Fox News reporter James
Rosen is a criminal for reporting about
classified information and subsequently
monitored his phones and emails.

5. Potential Holder perjury I: Attorney
General Eric Holder told Congress he had
never been associated with “potential
prosecution” of a journalist for perjury
when in fact he signed the affidavit that
termed Rosen a potential criminal.

6. The ATF “Fast and Furious”
scheme: Allowed weapons from the U.S. to
“walk” across the border into the hands of
Mexican drug dealers. The ATF lost track
of hundreds of firearms, many of which
were used in crimes, including the December 2010 killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

7. Potential Holder Perjury II: Holder
told Congress in May 2011 that he had just
recently heard about the Fast and Furious
gun walking scheme when there is evidence
he may have known much earlier.

8. Sebelius demands payment: HHS
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius solicited
donations from companies HHS might
regulate. The money would be used to help
her sign up uninsured Americans for
ObamaCare.

9. The Pigford scandal: An Agriculture
Department effort that started as an
attempt to compensate black farmers who
had been discriminated against by the
agency but evolved into a gravy train
delivering several billion dollars in cash to
thousands of additional minority and female farmers who probably didn’t face
discrimination.

10. GSA gone wild: The General Services
Administration in 2010 held an $823,000
training conference in Las Vegas, featuring
a clown and a mind readers. Resulted in the resignation of the GSA administrator.

11. Veterans Affairs in Disney
World: The agency wasted more than $6
million on two conferences in Orlando. An
assistant secretary was fired.

12. Sebelius violates the Hatch Act: A
U.S. special counsel determined that
Sebelius violated the Hatch Act when she
made “extemporaneous partisan remarks”
during a speech in her official capacity last
year. During the remarks, Sebelius called
for the election of the Democratic
candidate for governor of North Carolina.

13. Solyndra: Republicans charged the
Obama administration funded and promoted its poster boy for green energy despite warning signs the company was headed for bankruptcy. The administration also allegedly pressed Solyndra to delay layoff announcements until after the 2010 midterm elections.

14. AKA Lisa Jackson: Former EPA
Administrator Lisa Jackson used the name
“Richard Windsor” when corresponding by
email with other government officials,
drawing charges she was trying to evade
scrutiny.

15. The New Black Panthers: The Justice
Department was accused of using a racial
double standard in failing to pursue a voter
intimidation case against Black Panthers
who appeared to be menacing voters at a
polling place in 2008 in Philadelphia.

16. Waging war all by myself: Obama may
have violated the Constitution and both the
letter and the spirit of the War Powers
Resolution by attacking Libya without
Congressional approval.

17. Biden bullies the press: Vice President
Biden’s office has repeatedly interfered
with coverage, including forcing a reporter
to wait in a closet, making a reporter delete photos, and editing pool reports.

18. AKPD not A-OK: The administration
paid millions to the former firm of then-
White House adviser David Axelrod, AKPD
Message and Media, to promote passage of
Obamacare. Some questioned whether the
firm was hired to help pay Axelrod $2
million AKPD owed him.

19. Sestak, we’ll take care of
you: Former White House Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel used Bill Clinton as an
intermediary to probe whether former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) would accept a
prominent, unpaid White House advisory
position in exchange for dropping out of the 2010 primary against former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.).

20. I’ll pass my own laws: Obama has
repeatedly been accused of making end runs around Congress by deciding which laws to enforce, including the decision not to deport illegal immigrants who may have been allowed to stay in the United States had Congress passed the “Dream Act.”

21. The hacking of Sharyl Attkisson’s
computer: It’s not clear who hacked the
CBS reporter’s computer as she investigated the Benghazi scandal, but the
Obama administration and its allies had
both the motive and the means to do it.

22. An American Political Prisoner: The
sudden decision to arrest Nakoula Basseley Nakoula on unrelated charges after protests in the Arab world over his anti- Muslim video is an extraordinarily suspicious coincidence. “We’re going to go out and we’re going to prosecute the person that made that video,” Hillary Clinton allegedly told the father of one of the ex-SEALs killed in Banghazi.

23. Get rid of inconvenient IGs: Corporation for National and Community Service Inspector General Gerald Walpin was fired in 2009 as he fought wasteful spending and investigated a friend of Obama’s, Sacramento Mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson. The White House says Walpin was incompetent.

24. Influence peddling: An investigation is
underway of Alejandro Mayorkas, director
of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services, who has been nominated by
Obama for the number two post at the
Department of Homeland Security.
Mayorkas may have used his position to
unfairly obtain U.S. visas for foreign
investors in company run by Hillary Clinton’s brother, Anthony Rodman.
In all you wrote above,
Was Obama and his handlers shouting treason against their detractors?
They rose up to defend themselves but unfortunately our own oga can not even put up a sensible defence to save his face.
Properties › Re: Police Demolish 500 Houses In Lagos by Pangea:
[quote author=Sunny_bobo]Fashola, the elite governor.

APC = Anti Poor Congress[/quote]Walahi
Some people here just hate fashola!
Even if fuel finish for their generator, fashola is to be blamed huh

@OP
IG no try at all o
500 houses? shocked
Christianity Etc › Re: Greedy Pastors, God’s Endtime Generals And The Nigerian Church, By FFK by Pangea(op): 7:21am On Dec 16, 2013
Afam4eva: Rubbish article by a deranged fellow. I stopped reading when he started naming pastors who were different from what his article was trying to convey.
Me too,
I tire o!
Most of the names he mentioned are actually guilty of the writeup allegation,
But I believe he was actually targeting the CAN president lipsrsealed
Christianity Etc › Greedy Pastors, God’s Endtime Generals And The Nigerian Church, By FFK by Pangea(op): 7:13am On Dec 16, 2013
The Lord Himself said ”I shall build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail”. Nothing gives the believer greater strength and comfort than these beautiful and prophetic words. It speaks of our ultimate victory over satan and the inevitable triumph of light over darkness. Whatever may be happening in our lives or in our nation the Church is constant and true and she is always there for us. And what a joy it is to know this and to appreciate the fact that in the Lord and in His bride, we have a blessed assurance of salvation, deliverance, peace, joy and fullness of life. I love the Church. Yet the truth must be told. That truth is unpleasant and bitter and it is as follows.

https://media.premiumtimesng.com/dev/wp-content/files/2012/11/Femi-Fani-Kayode1-450x300.jpg

The Church in Nigeria today is like the Laodicean Church as described by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Himself in the Book of Revelations, ”they are rich, they are wealthy but they have nothing” and ”they blow neither hot nor cold”. They are weak and they are afflicted with a love for money and material things. The bible tells us that when God’s judgement falls upon a nation it falls on the church leadership of that country before anyone else. The leadership of the Church in Nigeria is in danger of facing God’s judgement and wrath because they have failed the followership and membership woefully. There are a few noble and identifiable exceptions but most of these leaders are self-seeking, self-serving, judgmental and timid. They remind me of the Pharisees and Sadducees of the old testament- always judging others and never resisting evil but rather espousing and encouraging it. They are also mainly worshippers of mammon and not of God.

If we had a truly strong, bold, disciplined and dedicated church leadership in our country today we would not be in the mess that we are in and the horrendous demons that hold sway in our land would have been prayed out long ago. The leadership of the Church did that successfully in numerous other countries through the ages and consequently God cleansed the land but it has never happened here. Where are our own Thomas Moore’s, Martin Luther’s, Thomas Beckett’s, John Knox’s, Thomas Cranmer’s, Ian Paisly’s and Smith Wiggleworth’s? Why do our church leaders find it so difficult to stand up against tyranny and ”fight the power” as others from other countries and continents have done throughout the last 2000 years of church history? Why do most church leaders in our country find it so easy to collude and collaborate with wicked, incompetent and tyrannical rulers that are feeding fat off the blood of the people rather than bravely confront them with the bitter truth?

Why are they so reluctant to sacrifice their lives, or even the size of their offerings, for the propagation of the gospel and in defence of their flock? Was the Church of Christ not spread by the blood of the martyrs? Has the fear of death and persecution reduced them to a shell of what they were meant to be? Is the first calling of every man and woman of God not to spread the gospel, show love to all, defend and protect the weak and vulnerable and to ”resist evil” as the bible says? Have the Church leaders in Nigeria resisted the evil that exists at the highest level of governance in our country enough today? Why do they find it so easy to turn a blind eye to the injustice in our land and to collaborate or, at the very least, maintain a conspiratorial silence with governments and Presidents that are cold, uncaring, unfeeling, vicious, ungodly, incompetent and corrupt. Where and when did the Nigerian Church go so badly wrong? It has not always been like this but sadly today most of our ”men and women of God” are more interested in the size of the church offering than they are in the number of souls that they are bringing into God’s Kingdom. Their ambition is to own a private jet or to own the largest and most luxurious church building in the land and not the propagation of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Yet it is not for us to reprimand or scrutinise them. God alone can judge them and He surely will. It is just a matter of time.

Many church leaders have committed all manner of atrocities and abuse as a consequence of the deep reverence that we give to them but God is not mocked. He sees their hearts and knows their deeds. Remember what happened to the sons of Eli? Whatever they reap, they shall surely sow. I wager that if our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ were to secretly appear in Nigeria today as an ordinary man and if he went to one of our numerous churches on a sunday morning he may not even be allowed to sit anywhere near the front row simply because he would have arrived on foot, without a long convoy of flashy cars and without an escort of black-suited armed bodyguards. The ushers would have regarded Him as being ”nothing” because He would not have worn fine clothes, the most expensive shoes and the most extravagant watch. That is how misguided and degenerate some within the leadership of the Nigerian church have now become today.

Yet the madness and sheer greed is not limited to Nigerian pastors. Permit me to share a shocking story about a ”great” man of God who is based in Ghana and who is revered and loved by many. As a matter of fact some regard him as the ”father of the Pentecostal Church” in Ghana because he was one of the first to establish an evangelical church in that country. His congregation is huge and he has branches of his church spread all over Ghana, the west African sub-region and indeed all over the world. He is flamboyant, wealthy, outspoken, gifted and loved by millions all over the world and he often appears on the American-based international Trinity Broadcasting Network television show.

The man is a Bishop, he is very powerful and in his country he has immense influence in the political arena and in the world of commerce by virtue of having so many sons and daughters in high places. Each of them are, of course, expected to make hefty ”returns” to him on a regular basis for the rest of their lives on account of the prayers that he offers to God on their behalf. If they refuse to do so he threatens them with the ugly prospect of raining curses on their head and causing them to lose ”everything that they hold dear”. I shall not name this man here but I will do so at the appropriate time. I will also send him a copy of this essay immediately after it is published and I hope and pray that he will learn a few lessons from it before it is too late.

The story is as follows- a prominent member of the Bishop’s church, who was not a Ghanaian and who was a very vocal and powerful member of government in another African country, was arrested and detained on a set of spurious and baseless allegations and charged by the new in-coming government after he left office. The man’s wife, who was a Ghanaian, went running to the Bishop for help and told him that her husband had done nothing wrong and that the charges that were preferred against him were politically-motivated. She also reminded him that she and her husband had not only regularly paid their tithe to the church but that they had also ”blessed” him and his entire church and family members on numerous occasions over the years.

She made it clear that this was their time of need and that she expected the Bishop to do all he could by raising a team of powerful prayer warriors and praying to God for help on their behalf and to use his proximity to God and his ”special grace” and ”anointing” to help them move God’s heart and get the man freed from detention and delivered from the hands of his tormentors and persecutors. The Bishop listened in complete silence and after a few minutes he first asked her exactly how much she was prepared to pay for this great service. He also made the following proposition to the wife of the detained church member. He told her to go and find a way of gaining access to all the husbands bank accounts and money and that she should empty the accounts and send ALL the money that she found in them to him.

He also suggested that she should sell all her husbands properties and cars and again bring all the money to him. He said that he would ”invest the money” wisely in numerous business ventures in Ghana and abroad for her and that since ”God had told” him that the man would never make bail and that he would stay in jail for many years thereafter that the woman should divorce him and just forget about him. It did not stop there. He also told her to call him for prayers at midnight every night for the next seven days whilst she was lying down on the bed in the nude with her legs wide open and that he would then tell her exactly where she should ”apply” the anointing oil on her body as he prayed for her over over the phone.

He said that they would do this for seven nights after which she should leave Nigeria and fly back to Ghana and then they could do the same thing all over again in the flesh. Finally he told her that under no circumstances should she tell anyone what he had said or about the course of action that he was proposing. He said that it all had to be done under the cover of secrecy otherwise the prayers would not work. The woman was utterly shocked by all this but said nothing. She went back to her husband, who was still in prison, and reported the whole thing to him. He was broken hearted because he loved and trusted the ”man of God” and in fact often referred to him as his ”father”. Yet he remained strong and told his wife not to give up but rather to pray to God for him and their entire family. He also told her not to tell anyone else about what he had said so as not to bring ”shame and ridicule” to the church of God. He believed that their prayers alone would get him out of detention and that his innocence would keep him out of prison. And that is exactly what happened.

Despite the fact that the so-called ”man of God” had said that the man would ”never make bail” and that he would ”stay in prison for the rest of his life”, the man was not only granted bail but God also raised people that he had never met or spoken to before in his life to raise the bail bond of 200 million naira for him and to put down the title deeds of their homes on his behalf as security to the court. The man has not been jailed and it is clear to all that his innocence is not only speaking for him but that God is, and has been, fighting for him ever since as all manner of terrible misfortunes have stalked all those that had a hand in his persecution. Some have died, others have been jailed themselves and others were retired without notice and publicly humiliated and thrown out of their powerful jobs in government in disgraceful circumstances. All this without the prayers or support of the so-called ”Bishop”.

The morale of the tale is simple- we must not rely on a man or a woman for anything, even if that man is a ”man of God”. We must rely on God and on His Holy Spirit alone. Not only was this Bishop desperately wicked but he was also prepared to destroy the family of a loyal member of his congregation and an adoring ”spiritual son” whom he had benefitted from immensely, in order to feed his greed and to satisfy his insatiable love and lust for money. This is surely not a man of God but rather the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing. This is a monster that hides behind the gospel and feeds on the misery and misfortune of his flock. This is not one of God’s generals but a son of Eli. This is not a shepherd but a heartless and callous butcher that slaughters, carves up, roasts and eats the flesh of his sheep. He set himself up as god and sought to use the name of the one true and Living God to accumulate the hard earned wealth of others. Worse still he sought to take advantage of an innocent man’s ugly plight and to steal his money and his wife. What an utter shame and one wonders just how widespread this type of abuse of power is within the church.

Yet let me make this clear- it is not every man of God that behaves in this way. As a matter of fact the likelihood is that very few have degenerated to that level. But the point is that it happens and that even worse has happened. It is also important to note that I do not seek to in any way bring the church or it’s leaders into disrepute by sharing my views here or by bringing some of these matters to the public realm. As a matter of fact the contrary is the case- my intention is to strengthen the church by exposing the charlatans within her ranks that breach the trust given to them by genuine and committed church members, that seek to take advantage of the ignorance, frustrations and naivety of others and that thrive and flourish from the misery and misfortunes of members of their congregation.

If necessary I would lay my very life down in defence of the gospel of Jesus, for the Church of God and for the Bride Christ but I would also resist and fight, with every fibre of my being, the abuse of power, the shameless corruption and the breach of trust that some pastors regularly indulge in. I am a christian fundamentalist and for the last twenty three years of my life I have lived for Christ and by His grace and power alone. I love God deeply and I owe Him everything that I am today. Without Him and without His Church I would have been dead long ago or, at the very least, my numerous detractors would have had their wicked ways with me.

Yet the truth must be spoken- within the ranks of the leadership of the Nigerian Church since the amalgamation of 1914, there have been great and courageous men and women of God with a genuine calling and a heart for God like Archbishop Samuel Ajayi-Crowther, Archbishop Benson Idahosa, Archbishop Jasper Akinola, Prophet T.O. Obadare, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adegboye, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, Bishop David Oyedepo, Bishop Mike Okonkwo, Dr. B.O.Ezekiel, Dr. I.K.U Ibeneme, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Dr. W.F. Kumuyi, Bishop Fred Addo, Pastor Emmanuel Kure, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, Pastor Wale Adefarasin, Dr. Tony Rapu, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, Bishop Elkanah Hanson, Pastor Sarah Omakwu, Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, Prophet Abiara and a handful of others. Truly annointed, disciplined, committed and respected ”end-time” generals of that sort, some of whom are still with us and some of whom have passed on to eternity, are not many in our clime.

I have nothing but contempt for those that call themselves Church leaders but who use the gospel to line their own pockets and who manipulate the elect by indulging in charismatic witchcraft, deceit, hypocrisy and profiteering. The truth is that God is love and His grace abounds and extends to all. No man or woman is free of sin and the sooner we appreciate the fact that we christians are no better than anyone else when it comes to misbehaving, the better. I have been a Pentecostal christian for 23 years, I attended the Bible Seminary for two hard years and I know the Word of God and the Church inside out. As individuals the most important thing that we can do is to maintain a personal relationship with God Himself through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit and to read the scriptures morning, day and night ourselves.

We must not rely on the pastor for absolutely everything because, like us, he or she is human and the bible says ”cursed is he who relies on the arm of flesh”. As things stand today, the Nigerian Church needs plenty of prayers and we as a people need a few more of those that I would describe as God’s ”end-time” generals to lead it. And when we find those ”generals” we must encourage, bless and support them in their work and ministry. Let those that have ears hear what the Spirit of God is saying. Shalom.

http://premiumtimesng.com/opinion/151469-greedy-pastors-gods-endtime-generals-and-the-nigerian-church-by-femi-fani-kayode.html
Politics › Re: Jonathan’s Attack Dogs And Repression Of Free Speech In Nigeria-victoria Ohaeri by Pangea: 6:51am On Dec 16, 2013
Madam!
I doff my cap,
You are candle in the darkness of the East,
I never knew there are still people with their heads screwed on tight in that neck of woods
Politics › Re: Removal Of A President From Office (impeachment) - Nigerian Constitution by Pangea: 6:39am On Dec 16, 2013
bloggernaija: Gross misconduct

Includes -

Abdication of duty -Boko haram
Shielding and encouraging corruption - oduah
Incompetence- all the above and below
Corruption. - Malabo ,50 billion
Misuse of state property.
Abuse of power- amaechi
Dereliction of duty .

Fact is that there are many grounds to take down jonathan if the forces who put him there are ready.
But my guess is that they will allow him to complete his term but if he insist on contesting for 2015,then they will put him in his proper place.
Infact, in a saner clime, he would have been bundled in jail by now, with the keys put on the next spaceship to mars!
But here is a banana republic, where anything goes. angry
Politics › Re: Removal Of A President From Office (impeachment) - Nigerian Constitution by Pangea: 6:37am On Dec 16, 2013
Why are these people afraid of impeachment call?
Do you all know how many times such calls was made against Obama?
Why are they afraid if they have no skeletons in their cupboard?
Christianity Etc › Re: Bizzare! Unclad Bath In ‘pool Of Bethesda WARNING: VIEWER'S DISCRETION IS ADV ’ by Pangea: 7:25am On Dec 14, 2013
This is just WRONG! angry

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