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How do Nigerians abroad obtain NIN, e-ID card, BVN and the likes?

I am speechless, can't imagine this how wide this song has circulated by now! Lawd a mercy!

The current paradigm of boy meets girl (or girl meets boy), fall in love, marry and hopefully live happily ever after is greatly flawed.
First, it is not our African culture. Second, the people we took the model from fare no better with their love relationships (they have up to 50% failed relationships).
I believe the safest course especially for ladies is to fall in love with your husband, not your boyfriend.
How do you then marry you may ask? If possible get your parents to help you with a choice, or other trusted elders. Let it not be based on your emotions. Being in love does not work a marriage- if in doubt ask your parents.
What you need in a partner primarily is not "being in love" but a set of desirable but reasonable qualities. For example, a decent man will keep his words, not hit a woman, look after his family etc.
This is still the model in most of South East Asia where they have more stable relationships compared to the western model.
This may sound old fashioned but it works and will save our young people from these kind of stories.
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Does anyone have experience of building a house in Accra our other city in Ghana? What is the process for foreigners/Nigerian to legally acquire property in Ghana? What will be the cost of say a 3 bedroom bungalow?

Are there not enough schools of Nursing in Nigeria?

Unaccompanied minor. No biggie. Very safe.

Thats what a lot of fasting does- scientifically proven. If you fast a lot, you'll look young, plus the grace of God too...

Is this legal?

Like someone mentioned earlier, it still baffles the mind why anyone in this day and age will keep ANY running gasoline engine near their home in an enclosed space. Carbon Monoxide is odourless and colourless. Some people feel they will perceive the fume before it kills them No you wont! You become unconscious quite quickly without warning. Please, please, let us all learn. Too many of these episodes. And it is not just generators, motorcycles, cars in enclosed garages etc are dangerous too!

Just to add to this as it is a very important topic. While there are other haemoglobinopathies (abnormal haemoglobins) apart from the well known and most common sickle haemoglobinopathies, these other types are not common among black Africans. Haemoglobin S and C are the types commonly found among black Africans. So it will still be VERY unusual for a purely Nigerian couple AA + AS to have an 'SS' child and should be investigated further if it happens.

Thanks guys, got it! Mr Jeje.

Heard a song played on wazobia fm yesterday, fast paced, the chorus was something like omo yeri e, oko yeri e, with some English lyrics too. Please what's the song and who sang it? Is it available for download?

There is a small tribe in Nigeria whose members mostly do not have a sense of smell genetically. And for those born with one, it is actually very easy to lose sense of smell e.g. After a cold.

Shabbat Shalom!

And just to add, consulting colleagues is not a sign of incompetence. Infact, in advanced centres, it will be inconceivable not to consult colleagues- junior, senior or contemporary, if you have a ''serious'' case. Many times you actually hold case conferences to decide the best course of action. Medical knowledge is so vast that now that no one person can claim to 'know it all'. Severe sepsis still carries a high mortality. Of course where facilities are available chances are better, but it is still a serious illness. I would have expected that lady to have gone to the ICU, placed on life support etc.

My dear young lady and junior colleague (if indeed you are a medical student), this is a blessing. There is no rhyme or reason why 2 people both AS, with full knowledge of their genotype status, on this God's own earth should marry and attribute it to some divine arrangement. It is bad enough if there is ignorance. It will be double tragedy to bring children into this world who potentially may be sicklers when you know this may happen. The man has ruled his heart with his head- that is wisdom. You be wise too. Your real partner will come. God bless you!

My take on a matter like this is that the act was put up by what you may refer to as ''familiar spirit''. It is not the actual spirit or ghost of the woman, for ''it is appointed once for man to die..''. However there are familiar spirits that follow people all their lives and are often trans-generational. The matter of familiar spirits is a separate discussion on its own.
Now, as to whether this young doctor experienced a paranormal phenomenon, I think yes, he did. Such experiences are quite common, especially in environments where there is a lot of deaths. In one of the hospitals I worked in the UK, stories were rife about several ghosts- including a man certified dead, who got up, went to the bathroom, returned to his bed, event was witnessed by a nurse who was scared to death.
In that same city, a big naval city in South West UK, the city council at a point had to hire ghostbusters because ghosts were apparently harassing military personnel in the naval base. Presumably there was a lot of action in the area during WWII and the whole phenomenon attributed to ghosts still hanging around.

If this story is indeed true, hmmm. Reminds me of a certain character in the Bible and her husband. It didn't end well for them. I really hope this is not true.

"...husband of one wife..."can also be translated " husband of a wife..." which will then mean a single man should not be a deacon/bishop. The Greek word is mia and it can be translated as "a". E.g a boy= one boy. I'm not endorsing polygamy but I thought this should be mentioned.

I think what the op means is ''...my wife is sleeping around...''. Actually, if the account is accurate (and not just Nollywood tales), then you really don't have a wife. It's one thing for the rare slip that can be forgiven, its another thing if its callously habitual. Sorry!

elbukaze:
God emphasized in his commandment that though should not commit adultery, Sex before marriage is quite different from Adultery, the Bible said and I quote Deutoronomy 22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 22:29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. But if they are not found Brother the Bible is not against it

In the context of the culture of the day, the woman will be found out eventually. So the better interpretation will be - you have to marry EVERY woman you have sex with, and ''you may not put them away ALL the days of your life''. If you're prepared for that, then I suppose you can have the willy nilly, free for all sex you're proposing!

News just in. His demise was earlier rumored. (Post modified)

She probably has a condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or one of the other connective tissue disorders. While her recreational contortion may be entertaining, she should go for genetic testing if she can.

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There are more questions than answers about this subject, but even mainstream scientist agree the earth is not truly spherical.
Here are a few posers why the earth may not be spherical like we have always been taught in school geography:

1. For a sphere 25000km diameter, there should be a drop of several inches for every 6miles due to curvature- this does not happen
2. Till date , no one has been able to reproduce the model of the earth to scale (oceans and all)
3. The centrifugal force of a spinning globe at 25000km/hr should dissipate the waters of the ocean into space or at least result in a bulge at the equator- this has not been observed
4. The Antarctica- they sell it as a mere continent, yet there is a treaty no private individual can visit the place, unless approved by some govt agency, unlike the North pole that you can visit at will, provided you have a visa of course.

There are other dilemmas, but want to keep the post short. So yes, it is by no means clear at all that the earth is a sphere!

Could be natural harmless mutation, but there is a condition known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta that is genetic and can be serious, the family need to be sure it's not that.

15mls (approx 1 mouthful) each time. Dilute to 1.5%. Usually comes as 3%, 6%, 9%. So if you buy 3%, dilute it by half etc. Each gargle session lasts approx 2 mins. Gargle 3 to 4 times daily. Try not to swallow but at 1.5%, no harm should come if you swallow a little. Get well soon!

IVF a reasonable option.

It is good he stuck to his principles, he would not have known otherwise the kid wasn't his. He shouldn't have gone on with the wedding though, since he had suspicions.

This is more a proverbial type saying. What I think the Man of God means is not to rely entirely on social media as a means of finding your spouse. Even if the initial interest came via social media, you need to follow appropriate wisdom steps to ensure you are marrying who you think you are marrying. Getting married is way more that chats and heavily edited pictures.

I am very sure most married folks will agree, and if you are single and you think married folks don't know what they are saying, good luck! It better to learn the soft (not hard) way. A word is enough for the wise.

Truth is polygamy is very Nigerian/African. I don't think it matters if he married them same day or one year apart. I don't understand the surprise being expressed here. There is no indication the women were coerced into the marriage either. Strangers must not weep louder than the bereaved!