₦airaland Forum

ijawkid: The lOve of Christ is hate what is bad and Love what is GOOD.........

The moment u start loving child molesters and child molestation,raping and rapists then I'll start loving unrepentant gays and homosexual practicers and the act of homosexuality.............

there is no hypocrisy here....you are just the hypocrite that has his eyes blind folded with gay acts.......

True, hate what is bad but hate someone that's doing something you think is wrong? Is that part of the love of Christ?

barcanista: Quick answer, YES, i'm a christian BUT that is my religious belief. The Greater Interest of Nigeria State is more of importance to my personal religious views. The Nigeria People clearly says NO TO HOMOSEXUALITY, as a law abiding citizen, i'll do anything and everything within my powers to make sure that all known homosexuals are eliminated from Nigeria's soil. Whether they practice abroad or in the closet is not my business, but once it becomes public, ALL HELL SHALL BE LET LOOSED

And you are the law enforcement agency tasked with doing such. What happened to Jesus first and other things next? And when the bible said "Love your neighbour as yourself", was it a conditional statement. Love your neighbour as yourself only if they're straight?

barcanista: I don't know why heterosexuals are wasting their time responding to jargons from homos. It's very simple, COME practice your disgusting act in Nigeria openly or in my Street and See what happens next. I guarantee you that you'd be lucky to spend 14 years in Jail-that is if my ANGRY street boys don't lynch you and burn you till that. Assuredly, i'll personally provide the petrol and matches.

quick question, are you a christian?

Okay, lemme try to have a balanced view here. I don't personally have an opinion about homosexuality because, quite frankly, none of us knows for sure if we are right on that issue. Biblically it's wrong, which for religious folks, should be where the matter ends. Scientifically, well, it's said to be a normal sexual orientation. But that's not my focus here.

On wether they should be allowed marriage. Well, I have nothing at all against gay people and if they want to spend the rest of their lives together, why not? Doesn't affect anybody except themselves.

I see the bone of contention here is the adoption of kids. Personally, I dunno if there's anything wrong with gay guys adopting kids. I mean, isn't it about the love and care? There are too many abandoned kids out there and too few heterosexual families to take them in. Infact, most heterosexual couples would rather have their own kids. The government cannot pass a law asking heterosexual parents to adopt at least a kid because, quite frankly, it is not government's job to determine who your kids are. It would be easy to say the children should be raised in a heterosexual setting but where are the people to adopt them. If gay people would offer these kids the same love and care their own parents denied them, why should they be denied adoption as an option?

Besides, the argument that raising children in gay settings would make them gay is rather moot. A huge majority of gay people were born and raised in heterosexual settings. How come they ended up gay? Where I have a problem is when the kids start wondering why their friends have a dad and a mum and why they have two dads or two mums. But then kids would also wonder why their friend has just a mum or just a dad to so....

I dunno, my personal take is live and let live. As far as your personal rights aren't being infringed upon, enjoy your life and leave the rest to God or whoever you worship.

Wow. Just wow. I can't believe you guys are actually discussing this issue in a civilized manner. Usually, once this issue is raised, senseless comments come up from both sides but I can't believe Nairalanders are actully discussing a sensitive issue in a sensible manner.

Is Nigeria really changing for the better or has Seun's rules instilled a sense of discipline across the board?

Say, for instance, the application deadline for a job you want to apply for online is about to expire. You have to scan and submit your CV and passport and post it. Going to a cybercafe/business center would take too much time or cost you money or there's none close to you. What to do? How about using your phone as a mobile scanner.



No, I don't mean just snapping a picture of your CV and Passport with a camera (we've all tried that before. never comes out clear enough). No I mean, a mobile app that turns your phone into a mobile scanner! Camscanner is a powerful android app that enables you scan documents, pictures....pretty much anything you want to using nothing but your mobile phone! Camscanner not only scans documents, it also optimizes the scanned results, can create pdf files from scanned material, has tools for resizing and reshaping scanned pictures/documents and even has options for setting the quality of the scanned items. Awesome or what? Here are a few items I scanned with camscanner (pictures on the actual blog post)

And the best part of it all? It's toally free. Camscanner is available on the Google Play Store for free download without paying a cent. Sometimes, it boggles my mind that apps these powerful are free. One of the many joys of being an android user/lover.



Download camscanner from the Play Store by following this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intsig.camscanner&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5pbnRzaWcuY2Ftc2Nhbm5lciJd



Want to see more? Then check out this promotional video about camscanner. If that doesn't convince you, go back under the rock you came out from!!! (video on the actual blog post)

http://gidirecommends.com/index.php/specials/nnandez-s-tech-and-gadgetz/item/76-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-scanner-get-camscanner#.UZJL1rU-YXE

salt 1: The Bible cautions us against judging other people's servant but when it comes to the issue of faith, Jesus himself said by their fruits you shall know them.
There are real pastors who're weeping over the sheep, nurturing them and guiding them They may not be popular or well-known but heaven knows them. I listened to one sister who God showed heaven and hell talk of how some pastors go to India, Ghana and Ijebu-Ode to acquire power to attract and retain a large congregation.

But every person is ultimately accountable and responsible for his own actions or inactions. You can't blame your pastor if you fail to please God and not make heaven. The bible is an open book and is so cheap that anybody can buy and read for himself. We have also been given the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth.
Instead of seeking for true pastors, let's seek for Him who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. A personal intimate relationship with Him will guide us from error.
Many people lived god-pleasing lives even when there were no Bibles and no pastors. The Bible says we should look up to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, not a fallible pastor.

This has been my advocacy in part, though not completely. i believe everybody has been created by God to connect in a special specific way with him. It could be in prayer, singing, solving problems......you'll find that there are certain things you do that makes you feel like you've been elevated to another plane, like you're fulfilling a purpose you were specially made for.

I believe in being spiritual, not religious. Religiousness, if i can use such a word, has given us a lot of the problems we have today. It's wat makes some people feel entitled over other people, to make other people their business instead of focusing on themselves first. It's also what makes people feel they can take decisions for God and decide what is right and what isn't, instead of leaving issues for God to handle his own way and pray for his will to be done.

Well, sometimes it's not so much that the pastors brazenly fleece their flock.....sometimes it's just an issue of self deception and self justification. They might say to themselves "if there is no money in the house of God, how is the house of God supposed to take care of its flock?" Good question at face value, but when you realize that there are some "houses of God" that are practically rolling in money and yet do nothing about the suffering quarter of their congregation. Where then lies their previous justification if they now have the money, but do next to nothing for the people that, out of the little they earn monthly, ensure they don't default on their tithes?

The Downside



Cost. Seriously, have you checked out the cost of clothes on Jumia and Konga? It's almost prohibitive and you wonder just how many clothes you can buy with that same amount of money if you took the stress of bussing it to Balogun market. I understand that they want to sell quality but i'm sure there's something like affordable quality. Except they're trying to target the rich and famous with their clothes, they might just want to cut down the prices of some clothes. Haba, shey the clothes were sewn with silver or gold thread ni?



Still on cost is the fact that out in the market, you can actually haggle the price of an item you want to buy to suit your pocket. As you are physically there with the seller to purchase the product, you can try to reason with them to consider you and you can even get discounts for purchasing several items at once.



There's also the variety factor. If one store doesn't have the item you want to buy or the price is not favourable, you can simply move on to the next one and purchase your item there. However, when you think of the number of online stores that you can actually trust, you come up with a pretty limited shortlist. Infact, right now in Naija, online shopping is limited to Jumia and Konga....I heard of one named Kaymu but I think it's affiliated to Jumia. Asides the store variety factor, there's the item variety to think of as well. Say you want to buy a pair of jeans or chinos,,,fact is, it's less likely that an online store would have a wide range of choices as compared with an actual store....and even if the store doesn't have what you want, again, store variety, you move on to another. Between 3-4 stores, you'll find what you want.



And say okay, you don't want to haggle over prices and don't want to have to wash off the finger stains that you get from people pulling you towards their stores. Or you really don't want to undergo the stress of meandering through a crowded market to purchase just a scarf or a pair of jeans. Well, there's a solution for that too: offline stores at shopping malls. I'm sure the name "Mr Price" is no longer news to anybody's ears that have been to any of the major shopping malls across Lagos (and the rest of the country). Then there's Peps, a store I only recently cam across in Surulere, Lagos and got to learn that they have branches across the city. Stores like this offer the stress free experience of online shopping while you can actually get to see and even test the item you are about to buy. Which brings us to another issue: fitting.



At offline stores, you can actually size and even try out clothes you want to buy, so when you leave, you're sure you have something that actually fits you and if it doesn't you know where to go back to. Just imagine you purchase a shirt online and it's delivered to your home, only to find out it's two sizes too big and would more likely to fit that your fat cousin and not you. Now you certainly wouldn't want to give out a shirt you bought for thousands of naira to your cousin...you have to return it. Returning it would take time and even if you don't want the item again, getting a refund is another issue entirely.



Our Verdict



Balogun market, all the way!!!! (ehn, maybe Mr Price too)

http://gidirecommends.com/index.php/specials/shopping-tinz-by-adriatico/item/72-clothes-shopping-in-naija-online-or-offline#.UY4Kx7XP2j8

Since the advent of online stores in Nigeria, it seems like you can buy pretty much anything online:electronics, kitchenware, household aplliances...you name it. But just exactly how much has online shopping helped those that need to buy clothes and accesories?



The Up Side:



That shopping online has it's advantages is no lie at all. The convenience of shopping from your bedroom/sitting room/dining table/toilet seat is a huge incentive for ditching the waka-waka round Balogun market or Mandilas where you'll constantly get tugged and pulled by traders insisting that all their ware fit you perfectly. You just boot up your computer/mobile phone, go online, make an order and bam-voila! you have it delivered to you at home without having to tell Chukwudi and Iya Ramota that you really don't want to see where their stores are.



Asides that is the fact that shopping online for clothes usually means you get original items; usually, not always. When purchasing goods from reputable online retailers like Konga.com or , they would feel a bit compelled to give you the best of quality clothes so that you don't tarnish their image on twitter after that shirt you bought two days ago ends up with a long slit down the middle where it got hooked while you were trying to get off a Danfo bus. Most times, you find brand names such as Nike, Addidas, Longines (for lovers of wristwatches) and the like online and these top class online retailers do sometimes deal direcly with the brand. You'll be more hard put to find such in the market where the likes of "Kine", "Aioiads", "Guggi" and the likes of them stare down at you from the rafters of roadside stalls.

solomon111: Attack what points?
Are you telling me fashola is above an EFCC Probe?
Who cares if it is PDP that is instigating it.
Was alams not a PDP governor?
If fashola needs to be probed then he should be probed and thrown into jail if found guilty.
Afterall,a guiltless man has nothing to hide.

you do realize that alams' activities were exposed by the british police while he was on the lam and not by the efcc who only took up the case when it couldn't be hushed up anymore?

The second one *(i used a different camera this time so the picture quality isn't so good as the previous set

Here are some more....i made these two yesterday....

onnari :
I love these! N even more so, ur a guy!don't get t c 'crafty' guys out there. Cool colour combo
www.thatssewnaija..com

awww, thanks! lolz, i can get pretty creative with this kinda stuff.....once i have the idea in my head, i've got to make it happen. still working on some....will post pictures when i'm done

Heree are pics of me wearing them....what do you guys think of the combinations?

So I recently made these and I want to know what you guys think about them.

God for the molue. However, my fear is that once it catches on again and people begin to patronise molues again, it will be corrupted and return to the days of old, a scenario we clearly do not want. Unlike the BRT which is moderated by governemnt, molues are only looked at by the NURTW, who themselves are also a ragtag lot. Maybe it's better if the molues stay out because if they return to the way they were before, Lagos will probably return to the way it was before.

Elueme: If I may ask, what use will this be? Governance isn't all about speaking vocabulary or oratorical. Thread like this is a direct product of idleness by some youths. Smh for OP

Just listen to yourself. If you cannot articulate your vision as a leader, then it's very likely that you are not a leader at all. The people will have faith in your ability if you can convince them that your vision and plans for them are feasible and how else would you achieve that other than by talking? If your teacher couldn't speak properly, do you think you would have learnt anything? Yet it wouldn't mean the teacher doesn't know anything either, just that he/she can't articulate what they know.

SMH for you.

Demdem: What exactly are u saying? or what do u mean?
Is it that u feel he is daft or he is mad?
Which of the two

lolz, u no serious o

i am still looking for my name on that list

Lol, una no serious o. but seriously, is that sweat?

and that tummy could give a beer drinker a run for his paunch

AjanleKoko: If we all felt he wasn't the right fit for the job, why the f%$&#k did people vote for him?
I think the request is petulant. Why should we run to Hardtalk when our own local media can ask the same questions? Neocolonialist nonsense, I say.

Awww, c'mon, stop talking like you don't know that our local media would defer to GEJ and avoid asking him questions that he might not be able to answer properly. I read someone suggest that local stations conduct such an interview and the person mentioned NTA. Are you serious? NTA? That is permanently biased in favour of the president and ALWAYS tries to launder his image?

As for it being Neocolonialist, give us all a break! If Nigerians want him to appear on Hardtalk because they know that local media cannot put GEJ on the spot like Hardtalk can, then it's Nigerians' decisiobn and should be respected. If you are a GEJ supporter and don't want to sign the the petitin, good for you. Just don't go spouting off at others that want to.

I put up an honest post and got banned by the anti spam bot. Please unban me, mods. My moniker is senbonzakura_kageyoshi

(and why doesn't this board have an unban requests board like the webmasters board? Would make things easier)

Ha, sue all you want. Nobody's holding you back, go ahead. Lemme just make it clear that you don't have a case especially as you've got no proof as regards your accusation. It is ridiculous that you claim to feel so strongly about those that have been killed in the violence that erupted in the north after the elections, but tell me, why haven't you been as interested in the wider and more gruesome cases of violence in the same north. The Jos Crises, the Boko Haram killings, the prophet muhammad cartoon inspired violence; were you asleep when all these happened? Are there not people culpable in all these instances, people that would be much easier to convict if sued? How come you had to wait till after the presidential elections to pick interest in violence in the north.

PapaBrowne, you are a liar, a horrible one at that. You are politicizing the deaths of innocent souls, trying to score points with the demise of unknowing people. It is infinitely telling that you only take special interest in the deaths of people in the North due to violence because Buhari and Bakare are involved. Pray tell, why haven't you sued the FG, the NPF, all the other security outfits responsible for safeguarding the lives and properties of Nigerians for, not just failing miserably in their duties, but being lackadaiscal in the aftermath of violence. Theirs is a far more open and shut case, a case that certain lawyer cum social activists will take pro bono. But instead, you are willing to spend money on a case that you have an 85% chance of losing in a competent court of jurisdiction. Anyway, i'm not bothering myself because i know that this is one thing, like so many other things you've posted on Nairaland, that you claim you'll do just to get people riled up but you'll never get around to doing.

Just listen to yourself saying "if I can get proof", so you don't have proof, no basis for your accusation and yet you want to sue? My brother please ride on, it seems like you have much money to throw around.Seems like your patrons have paid and are ready to pay more for your volunteer work. If you need a lawyer, my cousin is available, you'll have to pay his humongous fees though but I know the money is not an issue with you. You are simply pursuing justice. L freaking OL.

It is infinitely telling that you and Beaf choose to continue mud slinging and are now the ones inciting people to hatred even after the elections are one week past. What do you stand to gain from continually tarnishing the image of two men wh haven't done anything personally against you. I'm getting the impression now that you're a paid PDP stooge.

I've decided to keep silent here on Nairaland since the elections began, hoping that after the presidential elections, all the hullabaloo would come to an end and people would stop trading insults over presidential candidates but alas, its not so. Its a real pity that the trend has continued with no signs of a let up and its really troubling to the mind.

I dont know why Beaf and PapaBrowne and their cohorts just can't let things be. GEJ has won, Buhari didn't, why not just let Buhari and Bakare be? Why continually hound them, especially as they've decided to kepp a low profile since the announcement of the results of the elections instead of making a media racket like so many others would have. If they can show me a video or an audio clip of Bakare inciting people to violence, then i would back down and keep quiet. Why jubilate over someone else's misfortune just because they don't like the person? It is obvious now that their dogged criticism and mud slinging of BB was not because they didn't think they're competent or that GEJ was actually a better person but because they just don't like the Buhari and Bakare. If that wasn't the case, then i'm sure all the insults and everything would have ended after the announcement of the election results.

Supposing it was maybe GEJ's house that went up in flames, i'm sure the anti BB train would show up with its "Buhari at his evil scheme" mantra. Now its Bakare's house that's burnt and its justice. The way you guys sing discordant tunes with different ends of the same mouth is amusing and annoying. Whatever is not good is not good, regardless of whom it happens to. And I can't see how Bakare is deserving of such misfortunes. Beaf, you are one ungrateful mofo. This same Bakare and his SNG campaigned, rallied and marched in the streets for justice to prevail, for your much beloved Jona to be sworn in as acting president because the presidency abhors a vacuum. So this is his reward for doing what many other Nigerians, what you, Beaf, you PapaBrowne, and all of you castigating Bakare here couldn't do. But am I surprised? On the internet we are all warriors and champions. On ground what are we? Everyone of us human beings has done something wrong to someone else at one point in time or another. Does that mean we are deserving of every misfortune that comes our way, that anything bad that happens to us is a good thing? And again, i reitirate that i can't see what Bakare has done wrong to deserve, not just his house being burnt but this mud being slung at him by certain Nairalanders.

As regards pastors and clergy being in politics, well it is simply silly to dissociate religion and politics completely. Have you ever seen a state (as in a country or nation) where there's a disharmony between the religion of the people and its government existing without conflict? Is Bakare eligible to contest a position in the land or not. Stop deceiving yourselves that clergy shouldn't be in government, if they should not, who should? Should we leave politics to the Akalas, the Daniels, the OBJs, the IBBs and the Abachas? Tell me how you expect Nigeria to be any better if government is left to these people. Yes, clergy should act like Christ but in attitude and behaviour not in ambition. Jesus had a direct mission on earth, a mission he knew the end of before he started. If Jesus had gone into politics, would he have been crucified? Would he have been seen as the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world? Even if he had gone into politics and still ended up dead, he would have just been considered a crusader and nothing more. That said, matthew, a tax collector, was one of Jesus' disciples. Jesus went to dine with Zacchaeus and important member of the society in his time, Jesus condemned the Pharisees who were both religious and pseudo political leaders in his time. SO Jesus was no stranger to politics.

Y'know, you get what you give in good measure. If you feel that castigating Bakare and hoping bad things happen to him is right and deserving, give it in good measure. So when someone rejoices at your misfortune, you'll have no qualms about it.

Its about time the anti BB train gave up its dogged crusade. You guys have won, what more d'you want? There's something called grace in victory, something Beaf, PapaBrowne and their ilk completely lack.

@ Beaf, your man has won. Why are you still hounding BB's supporters. What d'you want them to do for you now, leave the country?

@ superboi, word. Why ask Buhari to come and cool things off, when there are law enforcement agencies in the country. Simply arrest and prosecute anybody found guilty of electoral violence. I thought we were all eager to see the back of "the tyrant", Buhari. Why turn around now t ask him t grace our TVs with his presence?

we don't need Buhari, If we needed him he would have been voted president.

I couldn't have said it better

@jmaine, that people will vote GEJ is not because they support PDP, but because they like or support the man. Don't confuse the two.

aletheia, you're obviously not arguing this with an open mind and there's nothing the buhari supporters will tell you that will convince you to openly admit anything other than that which you already believe. the buhari supporters have made some concessions here, you've made none. at this point, it would be better for both sides to agree to disagree and let the matter die.

nevertheless, i am really surprised at this. is mohammed abacha corrupt? most likely, yes. did buhari bring him to the cpc? no. does buhari support his candidature? no. what d'you want buhari to do, single handedly expel him from the cpc? even if he somehow manages to achieve that, what will you guys call him? a dictator and trampler of human rights, isn't it? now that he has publicly registered his displeasure at abacha's candidature, the best thing to do in this situation, you're calling him weak. what exactly do you want of him? let the matter just die, leta forget about it please.

@ Jakumo, i used to respect you a lot but your recent posts are bitterly dissappointing. please, i know you are much better than this.





peace

Bluelabs can be sued for libel if they can't prove any of the following;

1) that Buhari himself downloaded their original version of the song, edited it himself, then reuploaded and distributed it himself as his campaign song.

2) that buhari himself commisioned the cpc version of the song himself for use in his campaign

3) that Buhari and CPC are one and the same legal entity and therefore, anything that applies legally to CPC as a party, applies to Buhari

4) that when bluelabs made correspondence with the CPC, it was Buhari himself they communicated with and not someone else.


If they can prove none of these, then they are liable to be sued for slandering Buhari, seeing as their inability to prove any of the above indicates Buhari was not privy to what has been going on as regards the campaign ad. If they do get sued for slander, they will definitely lose because from all i've gathered, they have not been able to prove that Buhari himself infringed on their copyrights. The CPC may have but as I gather, the CPC and Buhari are not one and the same legal entity. If Buhari, for some legal reason, is disqualified from participating in the elections, it doesn't mean the CPC cannot present another candidate. So they are different legal entities and should be regarded and treated as such.

Some may ask how bluelabs have accused buhari and not CPC, well, isn't the name of their alarm raising site buharistoleouridea.com? Any cpc in that? Isn't it Buhari's pic that is conspicuosly displayed as the site'd icon? What more does buhari's lawyer need to file a slander suit against bluelabs?

This entire thing has a seriously political undertone. If this thing drags till after the elections, you'll be suprised to see how suddenly the whole thing will dissappear if buhari does not win. Even if bluelabs sue and win the case, it is CPC that will take responsibilty for the copyright infringement not Buhari. And by the way, don't we gather that it was a cpc fan that made and uploaded the ad initially, and the party saw it, liked it and made use of it? Why haven't bluelabs made any mention of the originator of the video, the real breacher of the copyrights? Why have they gone straight for Buhari's throat? This thing smacks of political blackmail. Bluelabs have lost any form of credibilty with the process they have followed. If it was truly justice they were after, they would have first instituted court proceedings against the CPC and allow the media to spread the news. Instead they opened a website and blew online trumpets. But i give up on convincing those who have blocked their eyes, ears and mind to reason that this thing has a seriously and poorly hidden political undertone.

He who has ears, let him hear what the spirit say. Peace.

seun, you are a nigerian, you have every right to hold an opinion or support a candidate but as much as possible keep it non partisan. if you had posted an article on gej commisioning a school somewhere, i would have no qualms with that, it's just you supporting your candidate. but what you've just done is smear another candidate, not put yours in a better light. let's look at it like this, you're the person in charge of nta, you're a nigerian, you have every right to support who you want. however, it does not mean that you should use nta, something for the public, to pull down someone that you don't support (who is also a member of the public). please, becaus, as you can see, some here alreadyfeel you've accepted a bribe. i believe you're beyond that.
peace.

I am hugely dissappointed in both sides; the pro gej and the pro buhari parties. You guys have failed to act with maturity and civilization. What makes us different from children is how we resolve our problems differences but some here have acted worse than two year olds. All these insults flying about, for whose benefit are they? The candidates, we Nairalanders, Nigeria's progress, who? Come May, this election would have been won by one and lost by others. They, the candidates would move on. We the populace would be left with burnt bridges and bad blood. In recent times here on Nairaland, I have not seen much real campaigning. What i've been coming across regularly are smear campaigns and insults, things that benefit noone. Is it by insulting the skeptic that you intend to convince him/her to vote for your candidate? I am truly apalled and have had cause to write beaf an open letter on this issue (at which I was promptly insulted). I am a big fan of cracked.com and though they really spend more time being funny than anything else, they do make some good points. A quote from cracked reads and i paraphrase:
great people become great because of three things
1) talent
2) hard work
3) not pissing off the right people.

You just don't know who you might be pissing off. Its not impossible to keep things civil. These elections will come and go and we will be left with ourselves. Let us debate real issues, not side attractions and smear campaigns. All that has been said on this thread has not made the allegation true or false, it has only served to make some Nairalanders hate some other Nairalanders more. I may still create a thread on this if necessary. I'm not a mod but i have to say this: Please keep things civil.