sunnysunny69: I hope mummy and daddy let you know the importance of giving out to the needy, but enjoy your money .
I don't know how I feel about this (not my business really). But her buying out the "whole cinema for the culture" while an excited crowd was outside cos they were told those two highly dreaded words that have come to be synonymous with the movie, "Sold Out".
Well their money, their life. Just another hour won't kill the Wakanda fans I guess.
dopemama: God has failed to answer me! It's well all the same
What did you ask of him? A pastor once said, God doesn't make Chairs and Tables, He makes Trees. It is us (people) who make Chairs and Tables from the Trees. Perhaps you need to ask for what God does, not what you can do for yourself. Get it?
This cracked me up cos I had a deeper expectation but really it's a profound revelation. The message is God answers prayers, the flogging was quite a big challenge for you and God seeing you engage him in your affairs and your repentance, answered your prayer. It might seem trivial but it's still the same principle which God applies for our so called "bigger" challenges be it for repentance, healing, project, etc.
Thanks OP. This just gave me more confidence and faith. I hope you still apply it as an adult.
Thoniameek: " I want a real man , a strong man " "A man crying is not sexy" "Real men don't show weakness " "I want a man who can control me and call me to order"
Calling men who side women "pussies"
And much more , and all these I've heard from women themselves.
Maybe I have it all wrong but I don't want to be with a brick wall and I'm sure most women don't. When you begin to require all that from another human being you're most likely setting yourself up with either someone without conscience, without emotions and is most likely to abuse you one way or the other
Men are humans first before being men, why then aren't they allowed to show emotions like a 'normal' human being would?
We make our boys bottle up things they are suppose to share all in the name of being a man! They're just children for crying out loud!
Being a man is simply knowing your responsibilities and handling them. Is a crying man not able to handle his responsibilities?
I've resolved in my mind that; as a guy if there's nothing in this world that can make you shed a tear then you're dead ead ed ed ed to me
Please let me know if I'm getting it all wrong because it's really getting me infuriated
Being emotional as a man isn't weakness for me, just human. A man should be in touch with his emotions esp with his woman. He might have to be tough outside but in private with his life partner, he should be able to open up, well up if need be, but not like a child but as a man.
Thoniameek: Op I think all the people you mentioned up there have features that are very pleasant to the eyes. That being said...
There’s something about a not so very looking guy with confidence - he becomes very attractive
That’s what up with all the people op mentioned. They’re good looking already and with the talent and confidence it gives it the extra extra which I think comes off as an “exaggeration” by other people to the op
kingsleyugo41: I am a member of Anglican church, traveled to a place where i decided to worship with an Anglican church, when the holy communion was going on i decided to go and receive holy communion on getting there, I was asked to go back because i didn't put on white shirt or a card to show.
pls, my follow Aglicans is it right?
Hope you're Nairaland intelligent enough to know how to filter out silly comments and sift out intelligent ones. Truth is this question is better posted in a Christian forum clearly NL is not one.
That said I hope comments here don't add to your confusion. The issue of communion and its eligibility is a foggy one for me but I don't think it's right to disqualify anyone for administrative reasons. I don't think cards and receipts are even scriptural. But do not let it anger you but let it motivate and direct you to seek adequate knowledge about communion and other church practices.
FarahAideed: You need productive thinkers yet you still maintain we continue with a shallow short sighted Buhari with the IQ of a flea and vision of a wombat ...Uncle are you sure your brain is not doing you one kind
Where did you get an impression of my future vote? Why the need to refer to my brain? Why must every one be insulting and experts at mudslingling? I hope you read again with an open mind.
We should learn to think/write/comment positively not with an intent to pull down and undermine just for Likes and shares? Positive intelligent comments get likes and shares too, just give a try for a change.
Those jubilating are sic. Such devilry just to spite Buhari voters. Those who voted for Buhari didn't do it to gloat, it was to salvage Nigeria. But their gloating now is to what end? So many educated idiots among the youth and it's just sad. To have a phobia for reading online comments cos I cringe at the level of decadence and retrogression we're plummeting to as a country, it's an eyesore.
What we need is productive thinkers and solution providers to take proactive measures to secure our next elections. We need to find solution not revel in gloating while watching Nigeria's future ebb away.
I pray for sense for my generation and next, starting with me.
fattbabakay: So, I’m just feeling jobless today and I feel like summarizing the experience I had with Sars some days back. It’s nothing serious, I just feel like writing. Sit back, it’s going to be a very long and boring (ironical) epistle.
Disclaimer: This is a true-life experience, no fiction. Ignore the comic relief that might make it seem unserious, it’s just my style of writing.
Nevertheless, I had my SARS experience, want to know how it went down? Grab popcorn. Read along.
It was a sunny afternoon filled with loads of unreasonable news, monkey swallowed money yen yen yen, a bunch of weed smokers feeding the nation with fantasies. I was just thumbing through the ridiculous news when she said: “Where can we go today?” (You don’t need to worry about “she”).
As Lagos is a city with many interesting places, a couple of ideas flashed through my head, well, Lekki Conservation Centre doesn't sound like a bad place to have a whale of time, I concluded. I ran to the bathroom.
Fast forward to few minutes after, I was Dressed to a tea, dressed for a tea or dressed to go to a tea, whichever!
I fired up my uber app and the request went through. The app showed that the driver was 2 minutes away. I stayed outside for several minutes for the uber driver who claimed he was outside but was on the third street, damn! He was stuffed in the estate.
You know how frustrating it is when you order an Uber driver that doesn’t know how to easily navigate through google maps. He got lost like 3 times before God finally tapped him like “son, stop wandering, that is the way”.
I bounced into the Toyota Camry with my cold Smirnoff, it was such a nice car with probably a newly refilled air condition cos the car was too damn cold.
Can I start the trip now? The UBER driver asked. Yes sure, I replied. I wonder why they ask that question anyway, sey you won’t start trip before?
It was barely 5 minutes into the trip, just along Lekki-Epe Expressway, right after Jakande, that ShopRite side. A bus careened passed my car, like police pursuing thief, loaded with 7 well-dressed men, all waving at my driver to pull over. Poor driver, he gave in too fast, not even some fast and furious moves to make it adventurous . He packed.
SARS? How did you know? The writing is on the wall! My sixth sense yelled at me.
But they said they don’t visit this part of Lagos? But why would they stop mine out of 100s of cars flying along this path? What an unlucky day!
I was literally caught between Scylla and Charybdis as loads of thoughts flashed through my mind. A knock on the window brought me back to reality.
Who are you? A question directed at my driver. He innocently replied, “I am an uber driver”. The SARS officer moved away from him with that “I have no business with you” look and then turned to me. “Young man, kindly step down”, he said.
Prior to this day, I’ve heard a lot about SARS, all of which were bad testimonies, but I never had an encounter with them. Even though there’s no skeleton in my cupboard, but the fear of the testimonies those Twitter users summarised wouldn’t just make me think straight.
And the way Gebu, my talkative friend, summarised the slap they gave him when they caught him, I wouldn’t imagine it. One Twitter user even said they bundled him like rice into their car without asking any question. Another one said they gave him 12 slaps on his left cheek and 5 on his right cheek, I was now wondering, who counted the slaps?
They should sha not slap me on my right cheek, cos the big pimple there is just getting ripe and I don’t want any SARS slap to burst pimple for me. I thought to myself.
I stepped out of the car, with anxiety, coupled with my dear Smirnoff as I sipped some drops just to feign confidence. You know if you are sipping Smirnoff and talking to them it’ll give them that “e sure for me” and “I don’t care” impression.
He led me towards their bus, I saw 5 men standing in front, waiting for me. At this point, my eyes were bigger than my mouth! Why so many of you bruh? Just one man is enough to handle me, why so much stress, I’m harmless! I cried inside as I played MI - Action Film in my head. I could feel my spirit consoling me already like “bro, we gonn be alright, whatever happens, I’m gonn be with you, stay strong”.
I adjusted my saggy trouser as I charged forward. SARS OFFICER: Hello gentleman, I am officer ********* (He showed his ID), how are you doing?
Shocked! The SARS I heard about don’t greet politely like this, I was thinking they greet with slaps and aggression. I wondered.
ME: I’m good thanks.
SARS OFFICER: Sorry for stopping you. You understand what is going on in the country now. Crimes, cultism and all. And we are trying our best to put an end to that. Can you spare few minutes of your time, please?
ME: Yea sure, I understand.
*Sips Smirnoff to catch my breath*
SARS OFFICER: We saw you making a call while in the car, can you tell us who you were calling?
*At this point I got to know it was the sight of iPhone X through the window while I was making call that made them follow my car, nice*
ME: Yea right. I saw a missed call on my device and I tried dialling the number but I later realized the number was that of the uber driver.
SARS OFFICER: How do I believe that? Can I have your phone to confirm?
*Hmmm. Nice gimmick to get hold of my phone and search through. That’s smart and creative. I’m impressed. Unlike the ones that use slaps and John Cena smackdown to collect phone from boys.*
ME: Sure. Have it.
*I handed my phone over with humility. Probably just trying to avoid that pimple-bursting slap*
He gave the phone to another officer deep inside the bus to do his work (search thoroughly) and dragged me away from the bus for some time-wasting questions. So at this point, he started asking me loads of friendly questions while giving the other officer enough time to take my phone to the moon for an x-ray scan and come back.
The conversation goes thus:
SARS OFFICER: Where are you from?
[b]ME: **** State
SARS OFFICER: Where in **** state?
ME: I don’t know. I’ve never been there. Cos there’s actually nothing to do there.
SARS OFFICER: What does your dad do? What does your mum do?
ME: Dad is a *****. Mum is a ******.
SARS OFFICER: What do you do?
As an internet marketer, this is a very trickish question as things we do are somewhat difficult to explain to a layman. How do you explain that you work on Fiverr, you are into freelancing, you work for white people, but you have no office. Or tell them you’re into importation so they can ask if you pay custom duties. Or tell them you trade bitcoins so the argument of whether bitcoin is legal in Nigeria or not can begin.
It might actually lead to no harm but would rather prolong the matter and lead to more questions. So in order to beat this, I decided to avoid my major work (freelancing) and gave them an easier option that was easier to comprehend.
ME: I am a blogger. And a web developer.
SARS OFFICER: Web developer? Can you design phishing sites? And bank clones?
*Lol. Trying to put words in my mouth.*
ME: I’ve not done such before. Designing those kind of sites is morally questionable. But there’s no kind of site that I can’t design, technically speaking.
SARS OFFICER: Do you have any ID? To justify your work?
ME: I only have a school ID. I’m a student. But I don’t even have the ID here with me. But I can show you a scanned copy of my company registration document.
SARS OFFICER: Anyone can have a scanned copy. How do you want to prove what you do for a living?
ME: I own a couple of websites, like 4. I can give you the links so you can check, you’ll see my name right in the footer.
SARS OFFICER: How do we believe the name is yours since you have no ID?
ME: Google the name, you’ll see my face and phone number, call the number, my phone will ring.
SARS OFFICER: Okay let’s check!
*He gave me his phone and he discovered I wasn’t reluctant to google it, so he told me to bother not*
He looked at the other officer on the bus and it was obvious he was still busy with my phone. My heart cut a bit as I took few seconds to think of “what might be incriminating on my device”, I couldn’t think of any. Plus, if he had found anything he would have called my attention.
To buy the phone searcher more time, he continued.. SARS OFFICER: So, have you been to Malaysia before?
ME: No. At all.
SARS OFFICER: But the chain on your neck is Malaysian gold.
ME: *Which Malaysian chain, I thought* Noo. Chain that in my hometown from local aboki.
SARS OFFICER: How many carat is it?
ME: I have no idea. *I don’t fight kungfu*
SARS OFFICER: Where do you stay?
ME: Lekki here. Just at the next junction.
SARS OFFICER: Do you know ********** ?
He mentioned a name. I’ve heard the name a couple of times. It’s the name of a popular G boy in Lekki.
ME: No. Where is that?
SARS OFFICER: Never mind.
Probably getting tired at this point, he went back to the bus to ask the other officer what’s the update.
He told me to enter the bus and sit in a strategic position that makes me face 3 of them. Then he started his own interview.
SARS OFFICER: What are international numbers doing on your WhatsApp?
*Sebi it was call log you wanted to confirm, how did it get to WhatsApp again. I thought. So I finally have to explain the freelancing I didn’t want to explain*.
ME: Oh okay. I work as a digital marketer online on freelance sites like Fiverr (Looking lost, they probably didn’t know the meaning. I knew it would be hard to explain). So I write contents and develop websites for white people. If you go through our WhatsApp conversation you’ll notice it was all about strange web technology terms and SEO content delivery, nothing more.
He didn’t argue. Definitely went through the chats himself.
SARS OFFICER: I saw a complaint from a white man on your Facebook, saying he paid for a book and you scammed him.
ME: No, it was just a misunderstanding. He paid for one of my books, but the payment was via PayPal. Due to PayPal issues, payment was delayed and didn’t get to me for a couple of days for whatever reason, but he had no chill. I didn’t reply him on Facebook cos he sent the same message to my mail and we settled it there.
SARS OFFICER: What book do you sell?
ME: I have written like 4 books on various subjects that I sell.
SARS OFFICER: What are you doing with roughly 15 emails on one device?
ME: I create them for different purposes. No blackhat intention. You can just go through the inbox.
Okay. They looked at each others’ eyes, nothing more. For my mind, I was like “can i leave now? Chop buster”...
The officer at the entrance of the bus signalled a “come out of the bus” as the driver fires up the engine.
“Thanks for your time. Don’t join them o”... The officer said as I bounced out of the bus with relief, I cut the mustard!
It was at this point I realized I’ve been unconsciously holdiSmirnoffar smirnoff since. Ooops, the right time to take a deep gulp. I threw away the can.
It was a sugar-sweet experience that changed my mentality. Leaving aside the fact that they wasted 20 minutes of my life.
I’m having the feeling that I came across the lenient SARS, not the ones I’ve been hearing of. Probably because it was on the island and they know they have to be careful on there as most people on the island are elites.
Or is it safe to say if you don’t have any skeleton in your cupboard, you are always free? Or I was just lucky to have escaped at least one slap?
Nice writ. Most people who have bad experience with SARS either have skeletons in their closet (remember about 50% of our youth are iG-boys or roll with them) or they find it rude/annoying when stopped for questioning which sets a bad tone for the interview to go south fast.
All the questioning and collecting your phone would have made some others go ballistic on them and in turn they would have get "slapistic".
sexybbstar: I don't see anything wrong with his words. People just misconstrued the meaning of the statement.
They didn't misconstrue nothing, they just have self esteem issues. There's nothing you say that would ever go down well with some people. Feminists don't want to be seen different from men but want to be treated special than men. Is it not obvious that a man and a woman are not the same? Should he teach his son how to use tampoons and teach his niece how to pee standing?
Can people just learn to mind their business? Cos not even every lady wants all that feminism in her life. So what happens to those who want to live their lives enjoying the perks of being a lady and be treated special? Feminists need to get one thing straight, You don't speak for everyone.
The truth be told, There'd be less sexual offences if more people masturbated.
I tell people, Conji is not a bastard. The person who refuses to masturbate when conjified is!!
Temporary solution that creates and degenerates into chronic mariral problems. While masturbation helps douse the embers of sexual explosions and also stops you from being a mere puppet aka mumu in the hands of your sexual mumu button, it however becomes itself a problem that could deny you of finding sexual fulfilment in your future significant other.
The solution hence is to learn Self control and Discipline. The type that only derives from a Purpose higher than you.
Really? No pressure then. She should try living single the rest of her life while watching all her siblings and peers marry and start their own families.
Psychologists say comedians are suicidal, now you know why. Unlike others they know how to turn their depression around resorting to humour as an outlet to deal with their harsh realities. Take away the humour what you're left with is a sad depressed person. So in truth, you think they're a bunch of happy-go-lucky people making the world a happy place when really they have to be happy in order not to be depressed.
In essence every one needs some level of sense of humour to confront whatever challenges you're dealing with.
IkeBuya: It is just a movie. The people that are saying it's overhyped, what did they expect??
. To call Black panther over hyped is not lost on the movie but more the person. Like you said it's just a movie, perhaps freeze and xclusive got the ticket with the expectation that the vibranium will solve their personal issues.
So you see It's not the fault of the movie, they both need a shrink.
He said it all, this is what 100k can do. It can make a bishop renege his life long calling.
Truth be told though, other religions are more united than Christianity. Perhaps cos thr devil has subtly and strategically planted an apple of discord literally in our midst.
The big problem is most Christians are converts because of their problems not because they seek to actually know God. Which is the foundation of Christ. "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and all things will be added on to you. "
Vero ko, Caro ni. (sorry it was an easy shot to pass) lol Nigerian App developers are the laziest bunch. With our population and youth SM savvy, we should be running the social media world.
Cant a Nigerian come up with a social networking App? Are we so cursed with Consumer mentality we can't think to support our own
This should not be misconstrued as an insult but a challenge biko.
It's funny how Nigerians can't see beyond seeking attention and getting likes. Must these guys escalate our national embarrassment to international level? Now when they think of Monkeys, Nigerians come to mind. When that time comes you start threatening hell brimstone forgetting you brought it on yourselves.
Skiibii is so desperate for attention though, we understand his situation. His career could use some likes.
Good initiative. The drug dependence and abuse especially among out youth is getting out of hand. The video theme though, A bit too dark. And Unlimited LA could have been more creative, some times less is more. Too much was going on at the same time it was hard to figure out. Also the Thriller/Coming To America inspired dance break could have been way better. If that was Kaffy then I expected more. All in all a nice concept cos Olamide wields a strong influence on the youths, hopefully the Say No To Drugs Campaign makes some effect.
Really, you just need to find a passion or find Christ and you'll realise drug was never a true high.
hedonistic: They always wax philosophical to save face, when caught in their worthlessness with a rich or socially valuable man.
If it's a struggling or regular dude, this same girl would have been defiant that "God forbids I can never be a baby mama for any man... I can never tolerate a cheating husband, I can never this and I can never that". Only for broke ass guys. When it's a deep pocketed guy who knows the power of his money and status, their loud mouths instantly lose volume and they all become worthless bitches who fall in line. Shameless and unprincipled double standards. It's laughable, really.
If you're a well to do guy who takes these deceitful hypocrites seriously and places them on a pedestal, the joke is on you. Use your money and status wisely. Don't cast your pearls before swines.
your truth is a very bitter pill to swallow. But really tho, several baby mamas hanging on to broke brothas everyday too maybe cos they got no choice or cos of love whatever. What am saying is people make mistakes and we can't stay judging them by it, cos life goes on.
Pls let her draw strength from whatever gives her strength. Cos truth is so many baby mamas ouchea bro, should they live in regret then? Nah, they have to stay strong if not for anything, as she said, for their sons/daughters.
Mothers are heaven's gift to man. Mothers not women oh cos some women are plain evil but mothers (most mothers) turn 180 just to live and provide a good life for their kids.
invisikay: In Today's service in daystar, Pastor Sam Adeyemi shared his view on tithe, he says that tithe as paid in the old Testament as a law with curses attached has expired, and no Christian should be pressured or forced to pay tithe, he also said that not paying tithe does not attract a curse for a Christian, since we are under a new covenant, he however stated that giving is a choice, everyone should decide the percentage they want to pay with the knowledge that you will be blessed based on how you give. You can watch the video on the church YouTube Channel, Facebook page or website today
This is a milestone in Christiandom. A lifting of yoke and curse from the body of christ. Great to see true servants of God rise above the material things and demands of the church and focus on the true interpretation of the God's Word concerning Tithing as ontained in the New testament established through Christ and his disciples.
Truth be told, DaddyFreeze actually shook the church to reality and woke Christians up by raising questions and challenging tithing.
That said, while tithes have been abolished, giving and contributing generously and cheerfully is encouraged. The best investment (besides one self) is in the church. But give cheerfully. May God bless us and enrich us with more wisdom and true insights on His Word. Kudos to Pastor Sam Adeyemi.
JESUSBOIY: Why wouldn't he feel that way when you have refused to openly addressed why you protect Muslims from criticism. Instead you keep closing threads and deleting their comments.
Is that how you treat peace loving and tolerant people? Is it fair?
sonofluc1fer: 99.9% of Nigerian Christians are more ungodly than godly. 99.9% of Nigerian Christians will go to hell fire. 99.9% of Nigerian Christisns are not real Christians.
The other 0.1% I have never met them.
You are confused. You don't believe in religion yet you believe in hell. Do you not see that you only succeeded in wriggling free from the ozone layer shielding you from hell's fury?
You may be right, most Nigerians are not real Christians but at least you admit there are real Christians.
Christianity Etc › Re: Charley Boy Testifies Of His Salvation At Christ Embassy Abuja Today(Photos) by pressplay411(m): 9:32pm On Mar 04, 2018
your truth is a very bitter pill to swallow.
