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Politics › Re: Beware Of Another Civil War – Ohanaeze Ndigbo Warns Nigerians by Sconty09(m): 5:01pm On Jun 15, 2019

wink2015:
BY THE TIME THE NIGER DELTA REGION TAKE AWAY THEIR CRUDE OIL MONEY FROM THE REPUBLIC THAT WILL BRING AN END TO THIS MINDLESS AND SENSELESS RAPE OF THE MINORITY BY THE THREE MAJORITY REGION.

There is really nothing about Nigeria.

No true love !

No oneness !

No love to live as one country !

It is the minority people of the Niger delta region that is keeping the country together with their CRUDE OIL MONEY.

If not for the Niger delta region the WHOLE FAKE PROJECT CALLED NIGERIA that was inherited from the British via a lopsided Independence handover would have been a thing of the past.

WE NEED RESOURCE CONTROL, TRUE FEDERALISM, FISCAL FEDERALISM AND RESTRUCTURING OF THE COUNTRY MILITARISED FEDERAL STRUCTURE.

This turn by turn rape by the majority tribe is simply unacceptable if we one to have a true country called Nigeria.

Wow��, good write up. What happened when the minority and the Igbos are leading the nation for 6yrs? Then, we dont need resource control, true federalism, fiscal federalism and restructuring. Fellow, enjoy this current system till it lasts and dont mess it up with calls for war now. The Yeebos were all over and controlling the nation, no part of the nation threatened or called for war. Just for 4yrs ,you want war or calamity on your people in this sophisticated time of precision. Ejebure ooo.

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Politics › Re: Why Is Jubril/buhari Not Invited To The US Africa Summit In Mozambique? by Sconty09(m): 10:12pm On Jun 13, 2019

radadada:
12 African Presidents To Headline US-Africa Business Summit, Buhari Not On List

The summit will bring together more than 1,000 American and African private sector executives, international investors, senior government officials, and multilateral stakeholders. President Muhammadu Buhari is not included in the list of the heads of state.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/06/10/12-african-presidents-headline-us-africa-business-summit-buhari-not-list

Because, it's unnecessary for Nigeria. USA is playing politics to annihilate and force Nigeria to sign the African trade agreement that will make African countries dumping sites. These African countries are not only poor but lack basic infrastructures and quality controls mechanism, so industrialised nations are happy they formed a single trade platform to make them dependent on foreign goods 100%. Bear in mind, Nigeria is their main target because of our desire for foreign goods and booming population. Even, USA is tearing down agreements that doesn't suits the nation and UK is exiting Brexit just to be free to have independent trade agreements without the influence of EU.

What we need to do is to secure our body fiercely and not allow our neighbouring countries to be used against us. There is urgent need to create a strong border force to reduce dumping of foreign goods through our borders while we are growing our industrial bases for local consumption. Advance technology and Iteration processes have created cheaper cost of mass production, we need to choose what products we should allowed in our country where we don't have competitive advantage. Simple.

Politics › Re: June 12 Presidential Election Result And Why IBB Annulled It by Sconty09(m): 5:45am On Jun 13, 2019

QueenSekxy:
Shut up and face the people that annulled your son's presidential election. Why facing Igbos. They really tried by giving you betrayals half of the votes after what the coward did to Igbos.

Igbos are very stupid for giving such votes to your region even after the role awo played.
Face your masters and don't ever drift the attention towards Igbos. They didn't annul the result, northerners did.

Bravo, you just spitted out your snake venom. I don't have a problem with Northerners because they're predictable and not pretending to be friends. But you cannot be migrating in drove to my region to make a living and a better life and still be my enemy. You're lucky to have these weak leaders we have now in southwest who are pampering your likes. Tell me how many self made billionaires in the entire South-East that make their money living In Igbo land? They trooped to Southwest where they're accommodated and allowed to flourish with their dreams.

Politics › Re: June 12 Presidential Election Result And Why IBB Annulled It by Sconty09(m): 5:10am On Jun 13, 2019

bobochem:
Uhmm.y did igbo voted against mko?

I noticed that too. The Igbos never liked the Yoruba from genesis but they are all over our region feasting and showing fake love. Until we understand their mindset, deal with them appropriately based on their affinity and loyalty to us, we will continue to be backstabbed by people we accommodate like brothers. There's a solution when time comes. They gave the NRC over 50% over their SDP southern brother. I'm not asking them to not exercising their rights but don't seek loyalty and friendship from me when you don't give one. I hate fake people with fake love.

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Politics › Re: LG Funds: Banks Reject Cheques Issued By Govs, Says NFIU by Sconty09(m): 8:46pm On Jun 07, 2019

Flyingngel:
Sconty09 post:

Why I will support any efforts to reduce corruption in our nation, be it in the state level or federal level. But, my concern is that we wither down the true federalism we craved for real developments. All democratic nations in the world devolved power to their states to create local authorities as they deem fit based on growing population and other demographics. It ensures bottom-up approach of governance that enables access to their governments and developments to majority of their led. However, because we never nurture true federalism or democratic norms in Nigeria and we pretend to practiced democracy. Different laws for different parts of the country. In addition, the Northerners are smart thinkers they strengthened local governments system instead of state governments for strategic reasons.

1. To keep hold of the country from fragmented and they are never going to adopt any good approach to allow each region develop on its own.
2. They make more revenue from the national treasury through local government than the south.
3. The powerful the states (especially the south) with capability to create more local govts, the more closer to true federalism and more closer to resource control agitations.
4. The only way the South can peacefully separates is when they become stronger economically by entrenching true federalism where state controls the local governments.(I know there are risks of powerful governors but can be tamed by independent state legislatures and civil organisations).

We don't need to invent new ideas for governance and developments, and the Northerners don't want changes in our laws as it currently favoured them. They earned more than the South laying the eggs, they control the nation by their overestimated population while they want to keep the resources in their region to themselves and feast on the South. Our problem is not giving the local government autonomy as the governors can always find alternative route to that local government treasury, so we are not solving any problem. Give each state the powers to create and manage local government affairs for even development and allow true federalism, you will see the North burns because they depend on the money coming to the centre from South. Otherwise, the current situation will continue and the south suffers setbacks waiting for the North to get it right.

Your statement is good but you knw how '' fantastically corrupt'' our politicians are interms of independent state legislature and civil organization.
In a nutshell independent state legislature will be a bit difficult to achieve in Nigeria.
My former governor once said that '' who money cannot buy more money can buy''.

Ask yourself, Do you want freedom from uncontrollable and far away Northern led government OR a government close to you and led by your people that you can reign in with massive protest or through elections. The closer your government or representatives the better for you.

Politics › Re: LG Funds: Banks Reject Cheques Issued By Govs, Says NFIU by Sconty09(m): 11:30am On Jun 07, 2019

Flyingngel:
seunfly post:

FG needs to reduce the power of governors on appointment and sacking of LG chairman otherwise this gain will soon be eroded.

I agree with you but i think federal government shld sent a bill to the National Assembly to amend the constitution such that INEC will have sole responsibility of conducting Local government elections and also their tenure shld be 4 years like others.

[b]Why I will support any efforts to reduce corruption in our nation, be it in the state level or federal level. But, my concern is that we wither down the true federalism we craved for real developments. All democratic nations in the world devolved power to their states to create local authorities as they deem fit based on growing population and other demographics. It ensures bottom-up approach of governance that enables access to their governments and developments to majority of their led. However, because we never nurture true federalism or democratic norms in Nigeria and we pretend to practiced democracy. Different laws for different parts of the country. In addition, the Northerners are smart thinkers they strengthened local governments system instead of state governments for strategic reasons.

1. To keep hold of the country from fragmented and they are never going to adopt any good approach to allow each region develop on its own.
2. They make more revenue from the national treasury through local government than the south.
3. The powerful the states (especially the south) with capability to create more local govts, the more closer to true federalism and more closer to resource control agitations.
4. The only way the South can peacefully separates is when they become stronger economically by entrenching true federalism where state controls the local governments.(I know there are risks of powerful governors but can be tamed by independent state legislatures and civil organisations).

We don't need to invent new ideas for governance and developments, and the Northerners don't want changes in our laws as it currently favoured them. They earned more than the South laying the eggs, they control the nation by their overestimated population while they want to keep the resources in their region to themselves and feast on the South. Our problem is not giving the local government autonomy as the governors can always find alternative route to that local government treasury, so we are not solving any problem. Give each state the powers to create and manage local government affairs for even development and allow true federalism, you will see the North burns because they depend on the money coming to the centre from South. Otherwise, the current situation will continue and the south suffers setbacks waiting for the North to get it right. [/b][color=#550000][/color]

Politics › Re: Lagos-Airport Road: A Look At Akinwunmi Ambode's Landmark On Roads - Photos by Sconty09(m): 5:28pm On Jun 06, 2019

dadavivo:
Lagos would have been like Kampala, Cape Town or Johannesburg but criminal cabal wants to continue to suck lagos dry with his daughter.

I know some Yorubas are waiting for thiefnubuu to drop dead so that they will tell his family enough is enough. You people met lagos in 1999. Not 1812

Rochas wanted to follow that pact but we served him a bitter taste of his own medicine. I guess he can now go back to Northern part of the country where his father is from, to form godfatherism.

We are Yorubas and quite different from you and your race. We are not daft and stupid to throw away what we have and become a race without leaders. Tinubu is not perfect but show me someone to compare with him in entire Igbo states. Just one politician from 1999 of Igbo extraction that could be compare with him especially in human development and entrenching consistent development of Lagos. They all stolen from their state treasuries but failed to show a semblance of development. We are keeping what we have till we get a better person of his calibre and his fighting spirit. I wondered why you don't talk about your leaders in Yeast side but dying on Western issues. Time will come for your likes.[color=#550000][/color]

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Politics › Re: Tinubu’s Misdirected Anger And Obasanjo’s Bravery by Sconty09(m): 1:41pm On May 26, 2019

TANTUMERGO007:
Why does Asiwaju Bola Tinubu want to learn from a mistake instead of learning from history? History does not repeat itself. Men repeat history and that is a mistake. How can Tinubu be so naive to expect that even if the All Progressives Congress gives him its ticket in 2023 (possible, but iffy) that Northerners will leave prominent Northerners in the Peoples Democratic Party, like Atiku Abubakar, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Aminu Tambuwal and Sule Lamido to vote for him?

If Tinubu thinks that what happened to the late chief MKO Abiola will happen to him, then he is allowing hubris blind his judgment.
I recommend to him the biography of Shehu Musa Yar’adua, titled ‘A Life of Service’, and written by Miss Jacqueline Farris.

In that book, he will read that the late Chief MKO Abiola was a political sacrifice by the Northern political elite of the Social Democratic Party, led by the late Tafida of Katsina (Shehu Musa Yar’adua) who knew beforehand (from intuition, not conspiracy) that General Babangida was going to annul the June 12, 1993 elections and only decided to support Chief MKO Abiola so that they could use Babangida to destroy Abiola and use Abiola to destroy Babangida, leaving the coast clear for them.

As a matter of fact, when prominent politicians asked Shehu Yar’adua why he was supporting Chief Abiola, he responded by saying that if he supported a Northerner, the Northerner would win, but Babangida would annul the election and the North would accept it because they were both Northerners. But if he supported a Southerner, like Abiola, when Babangida annulled the election, the South would rise up against him and he (Shehu Yar’adua) and his movement, will support the South and in one fell swoop, they will be rid of both Babangida and Abiola.

Let us face the truth, the North is by far more politically sophisticated than the South of Nigeria. Only one Southerner, to my knowledge, has been able to outflank the North, and that is former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Bola Tinubu does not have what it takes. He is being led by the nose, hopefully, not to his doom, but to his disgrace.

Recently, Nasir El-Rufai was in Lagos at the behest of the Bridge Club, which put up a hastily arranged, and probably custom-designed occasion tagged, “An evening with His Excellency Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.
It was a moment where El-Rufai delivered the general thinking of the Northern elite as regards Bola Tinubu.
At that event, El-Rufai, who had once knelt down for Tinubu, flippantly remarked “Godfatherism. This is Lagos. Let me tell you something sir; you know, Kaduna State used to be like that. There were three or four politicians in Kaduna that you could not become anything unless you had them on your side. Those were the godfathers of Kaduna politics and you had to carry them along and you know, the three words, ‘carry them along’ mean paying them regularly. “But we chose a different path and the long and short of it now is that after this election in 2019, we have retired all of them; we had to.”
Mr. El-Rufai then went on to give Lagosians tutorials on how to defeat their own ‘godfather’

Defeat, is what the North has planned for Bola Tinubu!
And the problem with Bola Tinubu is that, unlike Obasanjo, he is a coward. The North knows that they have finished using Tinubu. After Buhari’s re-election, they see him as being as useful as a used sanitary pad. In their eye, he is only as relevant as the ‘p’ in psychology. They also know that he is too cowardly to stand up to them and so they are toying with him and disrobing him before his own people. They intend the complete and total demystification of the bullion van-loving lion of Bourdillon.

The drama between El-Rufai and Bola Tinubu just serves to expose the servile and bootlicking nature of Bola Tinubu. It is almost like an episode of Game of Thrones. In this episode, Nasir El-Rufai insulted Bola Tinubu. But rather than face his SLAVE MASTER, who insulted him, Bola Tinubu rather PROJECTED his anger in an UNPROVOKED attack on the Peoples Democratic Party, calling them all sorts of names.

This is what they call TRANSFERENCE in psychology, where a PSYCHOLOGICAL PATIENT transfers his aggression on another person because he is too COWARDLY to face the real object of his anger!
I urge the leaders of the Southwest to look at the man who parades himself as their leader. Surely, they cannot trust the fate of 40 million Yoruba to such an anodyne creature!

A man that can be insulted so irreverently by Nasir El-Rufai and just takes it. Say what you will about Olusegun Obasanjo, but this could never have happened to him.
Bola Tinubu once said this about Obasanjo in a March 25, 2012 interview with Vanguard newspapers:
“If you underestimate Obasanjo, it is at your own peril because he has the character, strategy and will to destabilize you and you are gone to the bush, you are gone to the rubble. Very deceitful.”
The above assessment is very correct. This is the type of leader the Southwest needs to plot their political ascendancy post 2019, not a servile bootlicker that can be toyed with by Nasir El-Rufai. Not at all.

Bola Tinubu is nothing but a Quisling. He is not fit to stand beside Olusegun Obasanjo, perhaps the greatest leader to have come out of Africa. It is just a pity, that it is the North that knows this man’s worth more than the South and more than his own people.
But in an attempt to make them appreciate the blessing that God gave them, let me just talk a little about Obasanjo.

Before Olusegun Obasanjo became Nigeria’s military head of state in 1976, Nigeria had had four previous leaders. They were Prime Minister Abubakar Tarawa Balewa, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, General Yakubu Gowon and General Murtala Mohammed.

Of the four, three were murdered. The one who was not murdered (Yakubu Gowon), was overthrown.
Olusegun Obasanjo is the first Nigerian leader to have had a natural tenure uninterrupted by coups, death or tragedy. Think about that.
And then between 1979, when he handed power to President Shehu Shagari, and 1999, when he returned as a democratically elected President, Nigeria had six leaders.
They are the late President Shehu Shagari, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, General Ibrahim Babangida, Chief Ernest Shonekan, General Sani Abacha and General Abdulsalami Abubakar.

Of these six leaders, four of them were removed either by a coup, civil unrest or with a gun pointed to their head. One of them died as a victim of a conspiracy whose plotters we still do not know. And the last one, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, hurriedly hashed over before the fate of his predecessors befell him.
Olusegun Obasanjo, who returned as a democratically elected President on May 29, 1999, is the second Nigerian leader to have a natural tenure, uninterrupted by coups, death or tragedy. Think about that again.

He is the author of six books. Is an intellectual. Is able to speak truth to power and go to prison for doing so.
This man was so courageous that when he was informed in Copenhagen by then US ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, that General Sani Abacha would arrest him if he returned home, he chose to return home. This is even where he had been offered asylum by the West.

But let us come back to reality. Let us face the present. All over Nigeria, and also in the Southwest, herdsmen of Fulani heritage have been killing Nigerians without the Buhari administration doing anything tangible to stop them or bring them to justice.

Almost everyone has been afraid to speak up and hold the Buhari government to account. That is until Obasanjo spoke on the matter on May 19, 2019 when he slammed the Buhari administration and said that the herdsmen and Boko Haram killings are “no longer an issue of lack of education and lack of employment for our youths in Nigeria which it began as, it is now West African fulanization, African Islamization”.

Four days later, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, put aside his well-known animus for former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to agree with him on his comments on herdsmen and Boko Haram and their Islamisation agenda, and condemned the Buhari government.
That took courage! The type of courage that Bola Tinubu, sadly, does not have. What is Tinubu doing as herdsmen kill his people? He is licking the boots of the Grand Patron. Igbo man say tufiakwa!

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/26/tinubus-misdirected-anger-and-obasanjos-bravery/?amp

Why are the ibos looking for validation from the Yoruba? There's something strategic about the Yoruba plans but the Ibos having tasted defeat for the first time and not being in federal government maligning the Southwest to follow their paths. LIVE TINUBU and fight for your selfish regional interests. One thing is sure, either Tinubu becomes asa president or not the landscape of the southwest will never be the same in terms of development unlike 16yrs of PDP.

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Celebrities › Re: "Legend" - Davido Reacts To Ubi Franklin Expecting His 4th Child by Sconty09(m): 2:15pm On May 24, 2019

luminouz:
U said ur talking from experience... Ur last line reads 'what do I know sef'?
Which one do we believe naaaa?

This is a forum for saying or making contribution to individual or national discourse, which I did. The last statement was just comical. I hope you get it and move on. ##imtoogrowntofight##

Celebrities › Re: "Legend" - Davido Reacts To Ubi Franklin Expecting His 4th Child by Sconty09(m): 11:11am On May 24, 2019

Amagite2:
Triple MG boss, Ubi Franklin, is expecting his fourth child with the fourth woman, a U.S-based Nigerian business woman, Sandra Iheuwa.
The baby is expected to arrive anytime soon.

SInger Davido reacted to the news calling Ubi a 'Legend'.

Last month, he welcomed his 3rd child with his South African former staff, Nicola Siyo.

Ubi has a child with his ex-wife, actress Lilian Esoro, and another with a U.S. based lady, who has his first daughter.

http://www.amagitesblog.com/2019/05/legend-davido-reacts-to-ubi-franklin-expecting-his-4th-child-with-the-4th-woman.html

No matter how much wealth he has, he will look back and regret all his actions in few years. You can quote me, this is from experience. He doesn't make sense. This is one of Nigerian elites who are positioning themselves as youth leaders and role models for others. I cry for Nigeria, typically Nigerian mentality. I'm not against having lot of children but don't have them scattered with multiple women and divided around the world, out of your reach. What do I know sef?

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Politics › Time To End The “nigeria Is Rich” Myth by Sconty09(op): 8:15pm On May 18, 2019

[color=#000000] Nigeria has a smaller national budget than Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and South Africa. All these countries have fewer citizens, yet significantly more money to spend on them. While Nigeria’s 2019 budget amounts to $29 billion, South Africa, with a population almost 4 times smaller, will spend $130 billion. Egypt has a $90 billion budget with 100 million people. Elsewhere, countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam have larger budgets than Nigeria. No one considers these nations “rich”. Yet, among Nigerians, there persists a stubborn myth that Nigeria is a wealthy country. Who planted this idea and why does it survive?

It started with Nigeria’s 1950s pro-independence leaders who needed to mobilize popular opinion against colonialism to push the British out. So, they regularly emphasized Nigeria possessed abundant economic resources being carted away by the British. “Help us drive them out and we will use these vast resources to transform your lives”, was their essential message.

Many Nigerians believed these often exaggerated claims of abundant wealth awaiting distribution and duly mobilized for independence. By 1960, then Governor-General Nnamdi Azikiwe was constructing national pride on the idea that thanks to her resources and population size, Nigeria was already an “African power.” And this was before crude-oil exports really took off in the mid-1960s. By the 1970s, General Yakubu Gowon was telling Nigerians their country’s problem was not money, but “how to spend it”.

Whatever Gowon’s intentions, his words were interpreted by many Nigerians to mean theirs was a rich country, period. Over 20 years later, during my secondary school days, we would often recall Gowon’s famous statement. Anytime someone brought it up, we would all laugh with some delight. It made us feel like part of an exclusive members-only club; the club of rich nations. Sorry, no poor countries allowed.

It also gave us a sense of hope and relief because it meant that all the problems we observed around us – no water, no light, new slums everyday – these were all easily solvable. Nigeria had the money to make all these disappear fast. The minute an honest government took over, it would be farewell problems, hello prosperity. There is great comfort in believing solutions to your problems are within arm’s reach. That all it takes is for X to happen. That’s why demagogues and charlatans will always have followers.

The first time someone challenged my belief I was from a rich country I became agitated. It was a girlfriend of mine who wasn’t Nigerian, one of those annoying types who know things they have no business knowing. I mentioned Nigeria was rich. “No, it isn’t. I checked. It has a smaller economy than some countries with just 5-10 million people like Sweden or Norway and a lower GDP per capita than the likes of Albania, Guatemala or Mongolia which are all considered poor countries,” she retorted. I struggled to contain my anger. What kind of rubbish was this girl telling me? That my entire national self-concept was wrong? Impossible!

I think many Nigerians are still psychologically reluctant to accept Nigeria’s true position in the global pecking order today. Our sense of national self is largely built around the notion that we are a country very rich in natural and human resources, just one good government away from greatness. Some optic illusions further render this belief hard to shake.

In every state, there are a few dozen people (usually involved in politics) who possess such visibly stupendous wealth, we can be forgiven for assuming there is a lot more where that came from. Thing is, there isn’t. If you shared Nigeria’s 8.83 trillion naira national budget equally among Nigerians, each citizen would receive a paltry 45,000 naira or so; hardly enough to keep you in Panadol for the year.

Of course, states have budgets too, but even Lagos, by far Nigeria’s richest city, has a modest 852 billion naira ($2.4 billion) to spend on 15 to 20 million residents this year. For comparison, Johannesburg has double that budget for fewer than 5 million people. And it still struggles to provide basic social services. What we have in Nigeria is a few hundred people looting and squandering such a disproportionate amount of Nigeria’s modest resources that an illusion of plenty is sustained among the populace.

Another factor fuelling this “there is money in Nigeria” belief is that many people pretend to have more of it than they actually do. My friend who runs a crèche in one of the most expensive neighbourhoods in Lagos says she has lost count of the number of parents who drive the most expensive Range Rovers yet struggle to pay their children’s nursery fees on time. Of course, aspirational Nigerians don’t live above their means just because, they do so in response to societal pressure for them to prove they are “somebodies”; worth talking business to, hanging out with and treating respectfully. Raise your hand if you have ever pretended to have more money than you really do so as to be treated respectfully somewhere in Nigeria (my hand is raised high).

But the end result is that when you combine the authentic and visible wealth of a few hundred Nigerians living off the state with the lifestyles of all those trying hard to appear rich, the rest of society can be forgiven for believing there must be a lot of money in Nigeria.

This is bad because it encourages many intelligent people to focus not on thinking of how to create wealth, but on how to corner their own “share” of this fabulous national cake. Either by getting into government or by winning a government contract and then behaving as though the pockets of the state are bottomless.

Another consequence of this illusion is that it diminishes the sense of urgency required to tackle the existential threats Nigeria faces, ranging from mass poverty and unemployment to uncontrolled population growth and growing insecurity. At the back of many minds seems to be the implicit assumption one needn’t worry too much. Things will sort themselves out. There is money in Nigeria.

But Nigeria is not rich. And with its rapidly-expanding population leading to ever scarcer resources, only a furious national focus on wealth-creation can save the country. The Nigerian state, currently viewed by many as a fat cash-cow, is actually a very skinny cow in desperate need of some serious grass in order to stay alive. Else, one day, it will simply stop breathing.

By Remi Adekoya

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Celebrities › Re: Jim Iyke Weeps As He Parts With His New Baby by Sconty09(m): 5:44pm On May 05, 2019

damiloladuke:
Nigerian actor and entrepreneur Jim Iyke, who just welcomed a new baby, has written on how emotional he got when he was about parting with the baby and his mother at the airport.

The actor who apparently was on his way to Paris, as deduced from his post, mentioned that though it was hard to let go, he had to get back to business and will be back in few months.

He then chipped in that he would surely cry for some moments, while enmeshed in the thought of the love he has for his family.

“A man is not supposed to cry. I believe it principally. Kids know with a certain primordial instinct beyond logic when there’s a parting. My guy started bawling for no apparent reason. I gave him a warm bottle at the airport, kissed him and his mama and walked away abruptly.

I’m gon hold myself together till I’m in the comfort of my seat then I’ll cry quietly for 20 mins. I hv my oversized shades to obscure suspicions, no worries…..Then I’ll order a stiff gin and tonic and mentally calm down as I’ve trained myself to do.

See u in a couple of months my guy. Apparently, Papa is not as strong as he deemed this particular principle.

Love is stronger.
Back to work. Back to my regiment to get rid of the daddy weight …
Wish me safe flight guys.
God bless.” Jim Iyke wrote

https://lailasnews.com/jim-iyke-weeps-as-he-parts-with-his-new-baby/

lalasticlala

Sometimes I wondered how Nigeria got to this state of despair ,then I realized it's a collective contribution from all of her citizens. We deviated from the core values and guiding principles that our ancestors hold very dear in the name of civilization. Why having baby when you will be absent in his life and posting pic of you sobering over your deliberate action.

Politics › Re: Saraki Attends NGF’s Dinner For New, Returning Governors by Sconty09(m): 12:25pm On Apr 29, 2019

lekanolas:
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Sunday night attended a dinner organized for newly-elected and returning governors .

The event, which was held at Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. was organised by the secretariat of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF).

The dinner is part of the induction programme organised for the newly elected governors.

Governorship elections were held in 29 states.

There were no governorship elections in Edo, Ondo, Ekiti, Bayelsa, Kogi, Anambra and Osun because the tenures of their governors are yet to expire.

Sunday’s event was also used as a send forth for the outgoing governors.

Aside Saraki, who was a former governor of Kwara State, serving and former governors also attended the dinner.

Former governors that attended included Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State, Ibrahim Shema of Katsina and Adamu Muazu of Bauch State.

Sunday’s dinner is a prelude to the induction programme which starts on Monday.

The programme will formerly start with an opening remark by the Chairman of the NGF, Abdulaziz Yari, at 10:00 a.m.

The objectives of the event include exposing governors to relevant contemporary national priorities in critical sectors of the economy and driving consensus on opportunities to achieve desired outcomes.
http://newsday.com.ng/saraki-attends-ngfs-dinner-for-new-returning-governors/

How do we get here as a people? Who would imagined this is a country that birthed many geniuses. What has come over us and is it true that black men lack capacity to think right and govern themselves. Why and What are we celebrating in NGF? From 1999, what have we benefitted from these chalantants and fraudsters who never meant well for common man in Nigeria? Oh God of creation direct our noble cause. They are not even ashamed until we will give them, the Sudanese treatment. [color=#550000][/color]

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Politics › What We Need To Actualize Biafra – APGA Chieftain by Sconty09(op): 3:19pm On Apr 20, 2019

A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka has urged the Igbos to think home in terms of their investments to actualise the Biafran dream.

He said mere agitations for state of Biafra would not bring about Biafra, rather it will come through direct investments into Igbo land.

Chief Ezeonwuka, a Board of Trustee members of APGA, who spoke to newsmen in Rojeny game village Oba, Anambra State, on Saturday, said that it was disheartened that the Igbos preferred developing other cities and ignoring their homes.

According to him, the igbo’s lack of “think-home philosophy” and their continued building of mansions and factories in diaspora without recourse to invest in their homelands was disheartening.

The Igbos asking for Biafra at the same time not investing in the land was a wishful thinking, he said.

“Why do we continued to invest heavily outside igbo land when such investments could have been enough to give the Igbo political and economic independence without agitation,” he queried.

“Nobody should give Ndigbo Biafra. We already have Biafra here with us and Biafra belongs to us as was declared on May 30, 1967. It is an act of stupidity to ask anybody to give us Biafra. The land of Biafra is crying because our people in diaspora have abandoned it to develop other areas like Abuja, Lagos and other places and you are here telling them to give you Biafra, that is stupidity in the highest order,” he said.

Travel › Re: An Overview Of The 10 Lane Oshodi-Murtala Muhammed International Airport - Pics by Sconty09(m): 11:31am On Apr 14, 2019

[quote author=9jaRealist post=77526716]Bros, when (admittedly before you and I were born) Egbon Femi Okunnu as Federal Commissioner for Works for 8 years under General Gowon used “oil boom” money from the Niger Delta to build Eko Bridge, rebuild Carter Bridge, modernize/expand Apapa Port, embarked on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Badagry Expressway, Tin Can Island Port, and dredged most of Victoria Island, or when the Babangida government used oil funds from the exploitation and despoliation of the Niger Delta to build/finish Egbin Power plant and the Third Mainland Bridge, among other national infrastructure projects in Lagos (and the SW), your kind was NOT forming “Yoruba man .

I actually don't want to dignify you with a response but I thought otherwise. In United Kingdom, they have the Wales, the Irish and the Scottish and they still love UK as a country but never forget their origins. They are nations in a nation. Before your oil booms, our ancestors have been living a royal life and we have our source of income or revenue. Those infrastructure projects you mentioned dont just exist, but our Yoruba ancestors chatted the paths to what you now see. You can use google to check how we lived before your oil boom.

Travel › Re: An Overview Of The 10 Lane Oshodi-Murtala Muhammed International Airport - Pics by Sconty09(m): 5:56am On Apr 14, 2019

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My brother, I wish to let you know you're the one more reason I come to Nairaland. You bring authentic and real updates to this platform with evidence and that's why I like you. I can't wait to see Lagos and the whole Yoruba region developed If Nigeria keeps wanting to be stagnant. I love my country but I'm Yoruba man before Nigeria, No deception.

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Celebrities › Re: Uju Obi Twerking And Dancing Braless, Fans React by Sconty09(m): 5:25pm On Apr 13, 2019

Hunger in the land. Wetin poverty go show Nigeria no go get comma and full stop.

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Celebrities › Re: Dharmierichie Accuses Hushpuppi Of Assault In Dubai (Photos) by Sconty09(m): 7:08pm On Apr 12, 2019

SarkinYarki:
Baba those guys make all their money from West Africa they are only hiding out there ...You are right they are scammers but their scams are very clean and above the law for now ...I know what Hush does but I will be quiet

I respect your opinion but could you explain to me what is clean and legal scams?

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Celebrities › Re: Dharmierichie Accuses Hushpuppi Of Assault In Dubai (Photos) by Sconty09(m): 6:32pm On Apr 12, 2019

These guys are all criminals or living fake lives. If what you see online about them freaks you and make you break laws, you're on your own way to jail. I live and work here in Abu Dhabi, and I daily imagine where they get all the money they flaunt on IG. In addition, I know you can live a sane and comfortable life if you get a good job or dealing in a business of shipping between Nigeria and UAE.

But, getting a good job for Nigerians is difficult here because we are low in the ranking of their job prescriptions that usually based on nationality. Even Indians are better placed than Nigerians except that Nigerian is western trained and has dual citizenship and he can get the job using the second passport like we have so many here. While on business, you can make it because of the high volumes of trading (clothing, textiles, gold) and visiting (visa, tourism and safari booking) between Nigeria and UAE if your target market is Nigerian traders.

I have lived here as a US expat for more than 8yrs with my wife (both working) and working with the same American Company. It's impossible for these guys to earn such amount of money and daily shopping luxuriously in cars, gold, and others with legal earnings unless they're into laundering or illegal source of incomes. I'm a professional here and I have so many high ranking clan of Emiratis as friends, even they have to borrow to buy their cars and houses. It's only about 2% of the locals that flaunts riches online, the country is broadly developed in all aspect, so don't be deceived by these Nigerians. Soon they will be flush out of the country and all their atrocities will be revealed.

Obviously, there are good Nigerian companies here and doing well like the bowler, the designer who just opened a Dubai office but he never gets 2 Bentley cars and buying luxurious clothes and shoes daily.

Nigerians are very hardworking people with values but few are trying to portray us differently. Nigerians living here are less than citizens of the US, UK, France, Canada. These are guys working in oil companies, shipping companies, Teaching in their colleges and Universities, Entrepreneurs in IT, banking and so on but they don't buy two to three luxury cars, watches and shop luxurious designers on daily basis. We all know that Davido and Wizkid are entertainers and they can afford their luxury lifestyles. But when you see these other guys, ask them their source of incoming, you will become their haters online.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Ogun ‘church’ Where Satan Is A ‘brother’, Worshippers Are Served Alcohol by Sconty09(op): 11:24am On Apr 10, 2019

Igbo has an agenda to destroy the Yoruba cities internally. Though, we do have traditionalists in almost our families in Southwest but we never have this kind of devilish churches, Mushroom churches in all beer corners shops and the increase in Ashewo trooping to Lagos from the East. Look at their posts online, they have relocated to aah and Osapa Lekki from the our inner cities (Ikeja) corrupting our young women and disrobing them of their cultural morality the Yoruba are known for. Ashewo work is a stigma in Southwest to the clans of the propagator. We need to do something quickly before we become same ol same.

Christianity Etc › Ogun ‘church’ Where Satan Is A ‘brother’, Worshippers Are Served Alcohol by Sconty09(op): 11:14am On Apr 10, 2019

Without doubt, churches have denominations and patterns of worship differ, but when you stumble on one, where weird activities are the order of the day and alcohol, animal sacrifices and biblical villains like Nebuchadnezzar, Ahab and even Satan are deified, then you’ve just encountered worship redefined. Tabitha Pearl writes.

A Christian worship centre or church is a place where you expect everything but the absurd and the weird. But this was precisely what this reporter beheld few weeks back when she went snooping at “As God said, It Must Be Done, The temple of the Most High God,’ located in Oke-Aro in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

A mere N100 bus ride from the popular Agege/Pen Cinema Bus-Stop, took this reporter to As God Said Street – the street is named after the church. A short commercial motorcycle ride took this reporter to the church’s doorstep.

The temple is flanked on one side by what used to be a mosque and the other by a Celestial Church of Christ, which, strangely, wasn’t holding any service this Sunday. This reporter was, however, to soon discover during the nearly 10-hour-long service, that the mosque and the Celestial church had to evacuate their locations because of the new “Sheriff” in town.

The first thing that catches your attention as you walk into the church premises, depending on your keenness of sight, would either be the rather heavy use of the colours red and white; or the slaughter slab on the far right corner, though carefully concealed by the gigantic red gate. Beside the slab, this fateful Sunday was a black goat waiting to be slaughtered and served to worshippers. Makes some sense though. If worshippers have to stay in church up to 10 hours or more, it just might be normal to consider feeding them.

Inside the temple, the love for red is even more pronounced. The floor has a fading red colour, which tells you it had originally been painted with glossy red paint; even the choir and a few members bear a touches of red on their dresses. No usher is seen ushering people in; there actually is no need for one, as the sitting arrangement is glaring enough, even to a first timer. Male worshippers sit to the right while female worshippers sit to the left.

Another thing you cannot miss as you walk into the temple is the altar. It is divided into two sections: a very high one, probably the holy of holies, reserved for the Most High, should he come visiting; and then a lower one, possibly where the seer, fondly called Papa, preaches from, whenever he returns from a visit to the Most High, which he claims he does often.

“I still communed with the Most High last month. I sit and discuss with Him often. I know his form. Who says we can’t see God?” he boasted amidst wild cheers from his followers.

On the higher altar is a massive chair, the type you find in kings’ palaces. That’s probably where the Most High sits when he visits. On the lower altar is a replica of that same seat, possibly for the Papa. On the far left of the lower altar is a seat like the earlier ones, only smaller in size. This is where the wife of the seer sits during service, albeit only on the invitation of her husband.

Right above the higher altar or holy of holies, is a line-up of some relics, the sort you’re only likely to find in a herbalist’s shrine. The most conspicuous of these would be an elaborate form of a skull, placed in the middle of two crossed bone-shaped pieces of woods – pretty much like the familiar skull and bones image, used to depict danger and death. There is also something like a big calabash, placed in the middle, leaving a first-timer wondering if this is a shine or a temple where God is worshipped.

Sunday Nation’s visit coincided with the 6th Anniversary Celebration of the worship centre. It was with great excitement that the seer, Blessed Dike-Oji-Ofo Chukwu announced to the dance-intoxicated congregation that, “Today, we are celebrating our sixth year of moving to this temple.”

This announcement was followed by an excited cheer from the worshippers.

The service, which was said to have begun at 8:30 am, ran for hours unending, with more than half the time spent singing and dancing, and – wait for this – spraying those perceived by the seer to have danced best with money. Interestingly, the children seemed to be more favoured in the money rain, above the adults. In order to be sure if this was the general mode of worship or just a one-off thing to commemorate the anniversary celebration, our reporter sought the opinion of a female congregant.

Her excited response was, “When we come to the temple on Sundays, we are not in a hurry. We close when the seer says we will close, even until night, if that’s what he wants.”

After hours of singing, dancing and collecting contributions (tithe of the most high, answered prayer offering, temple offering, Caesar’s offering, offering of the earth altar – Exodus 20:24) from the congregants, this reporter was almost giving up on the hope of seeing the seer come out to deliver his sermon, when, to the relief of all members, he emerged at exactly 2:00pm – six whole hours into the service.

After speaking elaborately about the 6th anniversary and outlining the achievements the church has accomplished in the last six months, part of which, according to him, includes having the street where the temple is located named after it, the evacuation of the mosque and celestial church in the neighbourhood, amongst others; he pronounced many blessings on the worshippers and began the day’s sermon.

“In just six years of our moving to this place, the street has been named after us; the mosque and Celestial church that we met here have left for us; no member of this temple has died; I have been made the Mayegun of Fakile land… I prophesy to you, you will not fail, you will succeed, you will prosper; old and young will take risk for you to succeed; big and small will swear an oath for you to rise up and shine. In the name of the ancient of the days, I bless every one of you… In your marriages, you will succeed in the name of the living God. The sun will not smote you by the day, neither will the moon smote you by the night; you will be protected. So shall it be in the name of the king of kings, in the name of the lord of hosts. In the name of the ‘God’ of “Nebuchadneze,” I bless thee. The ‘God’ of my ancestors, “Nebuchadnezzar” will change your story. As you have been serving “Nebuchadnezzar”, on this first day in the month of September 2017, “Nebuchadnezzar” is your ancestor and he will reward you; Pharaoh will reward you, Ahab will reward you. In the name of the living God I bless thee.”

After the prayer rain, the seer bellowed, “You’re free to ask me any kind of question after the teaching this afternoon. We are not operating the way other men of God operate; we operate by the inspiration of the living God.”

After this announcement, the sermon began without any introduction. The seer spoke about bishop and pope, how they are titles given by men not God. “Bishop and Pope is not recommended by God. Check from Genesis to Revelation, you can never see the title of Pope. If you check in the book of Titus, you will see a bishop is a man who is up and doing. All our deacon and deaconesses here, you are the same rank with bishop, there is no special title in that name, bishop. They can deceive men, not somebody like me.”

Quoting a passage in Titus, the seer asked the congregation to open their Bibles, so they could read together what the bible says about bishops. After searching the book of Titus without success, the seer’s reader came to the congregation’s rescue. The passage was actually in 1Timothy 3:1, not Titus. After the reading, he began another talk about Moses and Zippo rah. Soon, it was question time.

“Before I open the floor for questions, I want to appreciate one of my sons. I was in my palace when he called to say he had a gift for the temple. It was surprising what he brought; three cartons of big stout, one carton of ’33 Larger and one carton of Captain Black. We will soon share the drinks, but before then, come forward, my son, let me bless you.”

After praying to the Most High to bless the young man and prosper his business, the seer called forward a lady whose face betrayed no emotion. It was hard to tell if she was happy, sad or just didn’t care. By virtue of marriage, she had just become a new member of the church and was given a special seat among the women who sat in front row.

Soon, it was question time. The first question came from a boy, who was home for the long vacation. He wanted to know why the seer preaches that Jesus is not the saviour of the world and why they don’t pray in the name of Jesus. Indeed, this reporter had noticed all along that they weren’t praying in the name of Jesus, neither was the name mentioned throughout the service. In fact, songs that had the name in the name of Jesus were carefully edited and replaced with Saviour, Lord or Most High.

The seer’s response to the boy’s question however, was, “God is the Saviour of the whole world, not Jesus. It is the gospel of John that claims Jesus died for the sins of man; but let me tell you, the New Testament is a lie. The original word of God is the Old Testament; the New Testament is the gospel of men, and untrue.”

The obviously dissatisfied questioner, was, however, soon silenced with a promise of scholarship for an academic session, for exhibiting great intelligence. The worshippers also went wild with joy at this pronouncement, and everyone soon forgot that the boy’s question wasn’t quite answered.

Next, a man who spoke impeccable English, took the mic and asked, “Do you believe in life after life?” The seer’s response was affirmative. “Of course, there is life after life. Every time we say somebody died, what happened is that the person just changed address. Maybe the person closed his eyes (not died) in Oke-aro, he may wake up in Cotonou as a foreigner; or somebody else may sleep in Oke-aro and wake up in Ibadan. That is life after life, continuation of life. That is why the Most High gave everyone 1,000 years to live in this life. When you’ve lived up to 1,000 years, you’d have completed your sojourn in this life, you will now become among the ancestors.”

The idea of becoming one of the ancestors pleased the worshippers and got them cheering again, loudly.

Another worshiper, a lady, asked what this reporter considered a very important question: “Why do you say that our ancestors are Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh, Ahab? In other churches, they pray against these names.”

The seer’s response was, “They lack knowledge. Nebuchadnezzar is my ancestors. Satan is my elder brother. See, that name Nebuchadnezzar is not a personality but a phenomenon. It means the wrath of God upon his children. But all those churches that pray against these names don’t understand. Is it possible to have the goodness of God and not have his wrath? That’s Nebuchadnezzar. My daughter, do you understand?” This was followed by a nod from the worshipper and a loud cheer from the congregation.

At this point, this reporter burned with curiousity and wanted to ask several questions: “Can they call themselves Christians if they don’t believe in Jesus Christ? Why do they still perform animal sacrifices? Why is the altar divided into two sections and what do the relics on it symbolize? Why do men cover their head while praying? Is it true they drink alcohol during service and why?

But it was another female member, who got the mic to ask her question. She began by introducing herself as a first-timer, but the seer counseled her not to call herself a first-timer. “Don’t call yourself a first-timer. There are no first-timers in the presence of the Most High. You are just a lost child, who has found her way home, and the Most High is always ready to receive you.

Her question was, “Why did you direct us to read from the New Testament this morning, even though you said it’s all a lie?” That was to be the last question of the day, because the seer was obviously thrown off balance and events soon overtook the question time.

“This lady you are seeing is a very intelligent lady;” the seer began. Pointing to the male section, he continued, “That’s her husband over there and it is whatever she says that happens in her marriage.” Soon, the question was left unanswered and a prayer and thanksgiving session began for the supposed couple, whom the seer said was believing God for the fruit of the womb. It turns out that this assertion was false, as this reporter had met the couple on their way out and they revealed that they were not even engaged, much less married, and neither had they need for children as the seer had declared.

But, why didn’t they refute what he said since it wasn’t true? The guy, who gave his name as Ade, said, “We were directed by a friend to consult the seer to see if we are destined for each other. But with that false prophecy, we know better than to believe anything he says.”

Drinking time

After praying for the couple, the seer asked for the drinks offered by the male worshipper to be brought in. After taking two bottles himself, he opened one bottle each for the women occupying the special seat in front, after taking a swig from each bottle. Children and adults who do not take alcohol were served 7’UP.

Amidst the drinking, one lady began staggering for nearly 15 minutes. An easy guess would be that it was the effect of the wine, but she soon steadied herself and requested for the mic. She had a testimony. According to her, her menstrual flow had ceased for about three months, but when she ate kolanut in church the previous Sunday, her menses began to flow again. The seer took time to explain that in the early days of his ministry, he used to serve his members the emblem used in other assemblies (unleavened bread and fruit of the vine) but after a while, the Most High warned him not to give the bread and fruit of the vine to his sons and daughter or else he will slay them. Now, their emblem for communion is kolanut and blended alligator pepper.

In a bid to prove his position on the regular emblems, the seer went to his ‘palace’ to produce the unleavened bread, which he ordered them pass round for the congregants to see. A few of them, who had at one time or the other taken the bread, requested to have a taste of it. He obliged them, while announcing, “I know that I said the most high asked me not to give you people this thing, but don’t worry, this one you are eating will not kill you.”

As at 5;00pm when this reporter quietly left the temple, the service had yet ended. Kolanut was about to be served and they still awaited the meal that was being prepared with the goat that was slaughtered earlier on.

Travel › Re: Why The Free Lagos-Ibadan Train Ride Is Yet To Commence (PHOTOS) by Sconty09(m): 7:59pm On Apr 09, 2019

Sconty09:
I understood your trying to get the full picture but business doenst work that way. First, identify the potentials and opportunities. Secondly,do your business research to identify your value proposition and define yourlr business model based on market research and market segment chosen. I can target holiday goers or families who just want to get away with reasonable price from the busy life of Lagos without the driving their cars. My market offerings will provide their needs and derive value from them. Do think about profitability in the first two years but after the brand becomes known and talk of the town, you will be swimming in money. Create Avenue for to take pictures, monuments of past Nigeria heroes like Okorocha in Imo. See, I can go on and on to tell you how I can make money from the business. Curently, I dont reside in Nigeria but I know there're risks like crimes but I'm assuring you that area will be fully developed in 5yrs.

Travel › Re: Why The Free Lagos-Ibadan Train Ride Is Yet To Commence (PHOTOS) by Sconty09(m): 7:59pm On Apr 09, 2019

Sconty09:
I understood your trying to get the full picture but business doenst work that way. First, identify the potentials and opportunities. Secondly,do your business research to identify your value proposition and define yourlr business model based on market research and market segment chosen. I can target holiday goers or families who just want to get away with reasonable price from the busy life of Lagos without the driving their cars. My market offerings will provide their needs and derive value from them. Do think about profitability in the first two years but after the brand becomes known and talk of the town, you will be swimming in money. Create Avenue for to take pictures, monuments of past Nigeria heroes like Okorocha in Imo. See, I can go on and on to tell you how I can make money from the business. Curently, I dont reside in Nigeria but I know there're risks like crimes but I'm assuring you that area will be fully developed in 5yrs.

Nigerians are frustrated with traffic and the effects on their lives. Soon, you will see apartment springing up around there to commute from where they work in Lagos or Abeokuta to Ibadan. The frustration of Lagos/Ibadan expressway will drives people to reside their and the more people relocates there ,the more business opportunities that will reduce risks or threats to business success. Take for instance, how high cost of rent drives people to mowe and ibafo. You see the level of investment in that axis as a result of trying to avoid high cost of living and traffic.

Travel › Re: Why The Free Lagos-Ibadan Train Ride Is Yet To Commence (PHOTOS) by Sconty09(m): 7:53pm On Apr 09, 2019

MyGeneration:
If you were an investor trying to convince a venture capitalist and get funding, telling them this is your solution to the transport problem would really get you a thumbs down. Goodluck though sorry for the nigha tag. Just trying to bring the discussion down to social level.

I understood your trying to get the full picture but business doenst work that way. First, identify the potentials and opportunities. Secondly,do your business research to identify your value proposition and define yourlr business model based on market research and market segment chosen. I can target holiday goers or families who just want to get away with reasonable price from the busy life of Lagos without the driving their cars. My market offerings will provide their needs and derive value from them. Do think about profitability in the first two years but after the brand becomes known and talk of the town, you will be swimming in money. Create Avenue for to take pictures, monuments of past Nigeria heroes like Okorocha in Imo. See, I can go on and on to tell you how I can make money from the business. Curently, I dont reside in Nigeria but I know there're risks like crimes but I'm assuring you that area will be fully developed in 5yrs.

Travel › Re: Why The Free Lagos-Ibadan Train Ride Is Yet To Commence (PHOTOS) by Sconty09(m): 7:36pm On Apr 09, 2019

MyGeneration:
nigga u have no argument here coz that's the fact. Or are you expecting the train passengers to also travel with vehicles? Site your hotel far from the station and transportation to the station might be a hindrance

I'm not your Nigga bruh and I know what I'm talking about. 5-7mins is not far away. There's going to be hotel support service like shuttle ( okada or cab) depends on your business model. The problem with Nigerians is that were not used to being served right. Learn not to use the word NIGGA for everyone you meet because not everyone wants to be tagged Nigga.

Travel › Re: Why The Free Lagos-Ibadan Train Ride Is Yet To Commence (PHOTOS) by Sconty09(m): 7:13pm On Apr 09, 2019

MyGeneration:
Me I would like to o. If noise is the criteria to judge citing a hotel.

Naturally the noise of the train coming into the town from a distance is enough to wake all traveler's lodged around the hotels in the area so they won't miss there train. Imagine paying 50naira to your hotel far from the station and you get info that the train has arrived, you run out just to gate to the hotel gate and can't find a bike and then have to trek. Do the math on your train ride...

That actually depends on your business model and the kind of customer segment you want to attract.

Travel › Re: Why The Free Lagos-Ibadan Train Ride Is Yet To Commence (PHOTOS) by Sconty09(m): 7:03pm On Apr 09, 2019

MyGeneration:
They can stay over night yes. Where?

In a hotel close to the station.

Not at the rail corridor.

I dont have to explain that to you bruh. Of course where would you expect them to stay? When I said corridors, I'm talking about all the opportunities each corridor provides. Not just train stations, even near the stations. I wouldn't like to build a relaxation center close the train stations because of the noise and activities. But, I will not be far away, may be 5-7mins away from the noise to provide my customers enriching experience.

Travel › Re: Why The Free Lagos-Ibadan Train Ride Is Yet To Commence (PHOTOS) by Sconty09(m): 6:48pm On Apr 09, 2019

Sconty09:
You're wrong. Businesses dont have to be at the train stations alone, though they are to be given first priority. All you need to do is to create business around the towns along the corridors and visitors will stop over to patronize you. Few minutes away from the stations with a thriving and cheap okada or taxi business. Create amusement park people will come from Lagos and Ogun state to enjoy as long there is fast and comfortable metro train to and fro.

The train stations are timed for arrival and departure so visitors can plan themselves or stay overnight if there are services that could give them reasons to stay.

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Travel › Re: Why The Free Lagos-Ibadan Train Ride Is Yet To Commence (PHOTOS) by Sconty09(m): 6:45pm On Apr 09, 2019

MyGeneration:
Its not as you think though, trains don't stop like taxis. A whole lot of lands along the tracks might not be viable for investment like that any time soon. But those at the stations is where you should be targeting at. Most businesses would want there warehouses around there. Do the math

You're wrong. Businesses dont have to be at the train stations alone, though they are to be given first priority. All you need to do is to create business around the towns along the corridors and visitors will stop over to patronize you. Few minutes away from the stations with a thriving and cheap okada or taxi business. Create amusement park people will come from Lagos and Ogun state to enjoy as long there is fast and comfortable metro train to and fro.

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Travel › Re: Why The Free Lagos-Ibadan Train Ride Is Yet To Commence (PHOTOS) by Sconty09(m): 6:33pm On Apr 09, 2019

This train corridors present great business opportunities for business minded people. I will love to have two plots of land situated for service ventures such as restaurants, hotels, relaxation center of attractions, gaming, online ticketing office and others. Our state governments are dead brained people. Govts should have spotted a revenue generating opportunities along this corridors but all they want is the monthly allocations.

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Politics › Christian Theologian Argues That Prophetmuhammed(pbuh)was Predicted In The Bible by Sconty09(op): 3:37am On May 11, 2016

Article originally appeared on the Huffington Post 25th April 2016
Did Jesus Predict Muhammad? A Biblical Portal Between Christianity and Islam
by Dr Ian Mevroach
Part 1:
The time has come for Christians and Muslims to make peace between our communities. Christians and Muslims already make up more than half of the global population, and these numbers are expected to grow in the coming decades; according to the Pew Research Center, by 2050, two thirds of humanity, some 5.7 billion people, will be either Christian or Muslim.
Our planet simply cannot afford another century of misunderstanding and violence between these two communities. The challenges we face as a global human family are profound: ongoing warfare and nuclear proliferation, global poverty and economic inequality, climate change and ecological degradation. How will humanity handle these crises and others if our two largest religious communities are embroiled in constant conflict, if misunderstanding defines our relationship? As contemporary theologian Hans Kung has argued for decades, there will be no peace between our nations without peace between our religions. Now is the time to transform the way Christians and Muslims see and relate to each other.
In an earlier blog on the Huffington Post about the problem of Christian Islamophobia, I argue that Christians have the opportunity to transform the way we see Islam and Muslims by accepting Muhammad as “Spirit of Truth.”

Historically, most Christian theologians—including John of Damascus, Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Nicholas of Cusa, and Martin Luther—have seen Muhammad not as a “Spirit of Truth” but as a “Spirit of Error,” a false prophet or heretic. There are many Christians today who respect the Islamic tradition and would never make such an offensive statement about Muhammad.

However, the majority of Christians still maintain a fundamentally Islamophobic position on Muhammad. So I believe that the time has come for peacemaking Christians to contradict this position directly. Changing our view of Muhammad—so that we recognize him as a true prophet rather than discredit him as a false prophet—would effectively inoculate Christians against Islamophobia and would help to establish a new paradigm of cooperative Christian-Muslim relations.

In Jesus’ farewell discourse in the Gospel of John (chapters 14 to 16), Jesus speaks about the coming of the “Spirit of Truth” or “Advocate” (in Greek,parakletos). For centuries Muslim interpreters have seen Muhammad as this “Advocate,” based on Qur’an 61:6, a verse in which Jesus predicts the coming of a future prophet named Ahmad: “O Children of Israel! Truly I am the Messenger of God unto you, confirming that which came before me in the Torah and bearing glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me whose name is Ahmad” (61:6, The Study Quran). Ahmad, which is another name for Muhammad, is very close etymologically to the Greek word, parakletos, so it is likely that the Qur’an is claiming that Jesus’ farewell discourse in the Gospel of John predicts Muhammad. The major objection to applying these predictions to Muhammad or any other prophet is that Christians normally read them as part and parcel of Jesus’ promise of the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus’s promise of the Holy Spirit is an essential part of the Christian faith and my interpretation of Muhammad as Spirit of Truth affirms this. John 14:16-17 and 14:26 are clearly about the promise of the Holy Spirit: in John 14:16-17, the Advocate or Spirit of Truth is spoken of as an everlasting, invisible, abiding, inner presence; in most manuscripts, this Advocate is even directly called “the Holy Spirit” in John 14:26. But as Jesus’ farewell discourse proceeds these titles become multivalent and, in John 15:26-27 and 16:7-15, they begin to refer more to a future prophet than to the Holy Spirit. Some Muslim interpreters who identify Muhammad with the Advocate argue that this title does not refer to the Holy Spirit at all—and that the text of John has been corrupted so as to obfuscate its direct link to Muhammad. But I believe that the titles Spirit of Truth and Advocate are used in the Gospel of John, first of all, to speak about the promise of the Holy Spirit—and I do not believe that the text has been changed to hide anything. This interpretation of John opens us up to Muhammad as Spirit of Truth in a way that affirms the integrity of the Christian tradition. But before I explain the fine details of my exegesis I want to speak briefly to the big picture of why the Gospel of John, in particular, tells us that Jesus predicts a future prophet.

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The Gospel of John is the latest canonical version of the Gospel—it was written at least a generation after the synoptic gospels and probably two generations or more after Paul’s letters. The author of the Gospel of John, often called the beloved disciple, claims to be the last living witness to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In a passage at the end of the Gospel he tells a story about an encounter with the risen Jesus that made him and others believe that he would live to see Jesus’ second coming.

Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; he was the one who had reclined next to Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!” So the rumor spread in the community that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?” This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true. (John 21:20-24, NRSV)

This passage shows us that the author of the Gospel of John is in a different paradigm than earlier New Testament authors insofar as he no longer expects Jesus’ imminent second coming. Paul, for example, who wrote in the decades immediately following Jesus’ death and resurrection, believed that Jesus would return while most of the people he was preaching to were still alive. The author of the Gospel of John looks for new meaning in Jesus’ promise of the Spirit of Truth or Advocate because he realizes he will die before Jesus returns. When his Gospel was published he was likely already dead and his community was looking forward into a longer and more complicated future than originally expected.

The Gospel of John plays a similar role for the New Testament as Deuteronomy does for the Torah. Deuteronomy is the latest text of the Torah—it reiterates the Law of Moses as told in the four earlier books—and like the Gospel of John it predicts a future prophet:

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will put my words in the mouth of the prophet, who shall speak to them everything that I command.(Deut 18:18-19, NRSV)

Both Deuteronomy and the Gospel of John are reflections on specific revelations—the Torah and Gospel—and both indicate that there is more revelation to come. The Gospel of John’s language for the Spirit of Truth or Advocate is strikingly similar to Deuteronomy’s: “he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come” (John 16:13, NRSV).

Like Deuteronomy, the Gospel of John opens up an expectation for future revelation. John’s prophecy is not so specific that it must apply to Muhammad and only Muhammad. But insofar as the Qur’an makes the claim that Muhammad is the Spirit of Truth or Advocate that Jesus foretold, a strong interpretive option emerges for Christians to receive Muhammad as a prophet that Jesus predicts when he says:

I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. (John 16:12-15, NRSV)

In this passage, the description of the Advocate or Spirit of Truth is qualitatively different than earlier mentions. Here we see the Spirit of Truth speaking not through the disciples but to them. Earlier, in John 14:17, Jesus says that this Spirit of Truth will abide with his followers and be in them; throughout the Gospel of John the Holy Spirit is spoken of as an abiding, inner presence. Again, in 14:26, Jesus says that the Advocate will “remind you of all that I have said to you.” In these passages, Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit who helps his followers understand what he has said. Essentially, this would have been the experience of the beloved disciple, the author of the Gospel of John, who was guided by the presence of the Spirit in remembering and interpreting Jesus’ words and deeds (which he does spiritually rather than literally). However, in John 16:12-15, Jesus is talking about a Spirit of Truth who will bring forth new revelations, who will say the “many things” that Jesus does not say because his followers “cannot bear them now.”

The clear distinction is that the Spirit of Truth in John 16 is predicted to declare new revelations not merely remind Jesus’ disciples of what he already said, as in John 14. The idea that he will “declare to you the things that are to come” is especially important because it acknowledges the uncertainty about the future that Jesus’ followers faced, given the fact that he had not returned as soon as expected. Jesus asserts that this future prophet will glorify him by declaring a new revelation that will come from the same source as his message: God. This discourse is designed to open the minds of Christians to receive a future revelation not as something that competes with or diminishes the Gospel, but rather as something that glorifies Jesus. Unfortunately, these words in the Gospel of John have been totally missed by Christians who reject and belittle the Qur’an; we have for the most part completely ignored the unity of the Gospel and the Qur’an in terms of their common revelatory source. However, if we take Jesus’ words seriously, we have the opportunity to receive the Word of God in the Qur’an in accordance with Jesus’ promise that the Spirit of Truth “will take what is mine and declare it to you.” We can accept the Qur’an as a revelation, not in opposition to the Gospel, but in unity with the Gospel and the will of Jesus.

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In the First Letter of John, which was written after the Gospel of John and is very similar to it, we find a continuation of the Gospel of John’s multivalent way of speaking about the Spirit as applying to the Holy Spirit as well as to prophets inspired by the Spirit. In 1 John 3:24 and 1 John 4:13, the author speaks about the gift of the Holy Spirit and how it abides in Jesus’ followers. But in 1 John 4:1-6, in between these mentions of the Holy Spirit, the author speaks at length about testing the spirits. In these verses the word “Spirit” is used to talk about prophets and how to tell whether they are true or false:

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. (1 John 4:2, NRSV)

The author contrasts “the Spirit of God” with the “Spirit of Anti-Christ,” those who are “from God” with those who are “from the world,” and “the Spirit of Truth” with “the Spirit of Error.” This discourse, again, is strikingly similar to the discourse in Deuteronomy about future prophets that I quoted above.

In Deuteronomy 18:20-22, after the promise of a future prophet in 18:18 and the commandment to listen to that prophet in 18:19, criteria are laid out to distinguish a true from a false prophet. Deuteronomy threatens that a prophet who speaks for another god or who falsely speaks on God’s behalf “shall die” (18:20). It also advises the Israelites to ignore prophets who prophecy falsely:

If a prophet speaks in the name of the Eternal but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the Eternal has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it. (18:22, NRSV)

In the same way, but using different criteria, the author of 1 John defines true prophets and false prophets relative to their allegiance to Jesus, God, and the early followers of Jesus. Part of the dynamic of the early community of Jesus’ followers was that many claimed the inspiration of the Spirit and prophesied. The author of 1 John is especially worried about Docetic versions of Christianity that had developed denying that Jesus “came in the flesh”; in these versions of Christianity Jesus was not an actual human being but rather an angelic being that only appeared to be human. Such a version of Christianity, obviously, would have been quite disconnected from the actual teachings and values of Jesus of Nazareth and his earliest followers, who knew him as a real human being. It is worth noting that Muhammad meets these criteria insofar as the Qur’an affirms that Jesus is the Messiah and that he “came in the flesh.”

In the history of Christianity, all of the negative terms in 1 John 4:1-6 have been used against Muhammad. He has been identified with “the Spirit of Anti-Christ” and the “Spirit of Error.” However, the time has come for Christians to recognize how wrong we have been in these assessments and to correct the record by affirmatively identifying Muhammad with “the Spirit of Truth.”

When we look at Islam as a world religion, and see that 1.6 billion people and growing are following in the way of Muhammad, the time has surely come to recognize him as a prophet. If Muhammad is not a prophet, who is? It is understandable, really, that so many Christians have been defensive and have reacted negatively to Islam. That kind of group-ego, fear-based response is part of human nature. However, it is absurd for us to continue to see Muhammad as a heretical Christian or false prophet given that Islam has lasted for nearly 1,400 years, has supported monumental cultural, spiritual, artistic, political, moral, and intellectual achievements, and has a tremendous and vibrant global following.

There is no better candidate than Muhammad, no one in fact that comes even close, in terms of fulfilling Jesus’s promise of the Spirit of Truth who would bring forth a new revelation from God. I do not have space in this article to explore the many Qur’anic verses directly addressed to Christians, but if we were to receive them our religion would be transformed for the better and would come into balance with Judaism and Islam.

Jesus knew it would be difficult for us to accept his guidance from another source. But he did not want our fear of the apparent otherness of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an to separate us from the Way, the Truth, and the Life; that is, the Word of God. This is why he spoke to the disciples reassuringly about the Spirit of Truth, saying, “he will glorify me”; and, for the same reason, he emphasized the unity of his teaching with the revelations to come, twice repeating the promise, “he will take what is mine and declare it to you” (John 16:14-15, NRSV). Based on the promises of Jesus, Christians can encounter the Qur’an without fear, knowing that it is a revelation which glorifies Jesus and, in a spiritual sense, is from him.

What we have in the Gospel of John is a biblical portal between Christianity and Islam. If we choose to walk through it in faith we will discover that our religions issue from the same divine source; we will discover that we are siblings in faith, meant to bear witness to the truth side by side (John 15:26-27) and collaborate in manifesting God’s will on Earth as it is in Heaven. I invite Christians everywhere to look carefully at our scriptures, search our souls, consider our history, and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit in answering this question: “Has the time come for Christians to see Muhammad as Spirit of Truth?”

Christian minister and Theologian, reverend Ian Mevorach writes an interesting article about how Christians reading their scriptures can come to the conclusion that the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) may have been predicted as a coming Prophet sent by God in the Jewish and Christian scriptures. He has argued previously that Islamophobia in the U.S.A may be reduced if Christians learn to accept the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) as a prophet of God.
Reverend Dr. Ian Mevorach, holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Middlebury College, an M.Div. from Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH), and a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics and Constructive Theology from BUSTH. He is the co-founder and spiritual leader of the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA (www.commonstreet.org). He is the co-founder of the American Baptist Churches Creation Justice Network and represents the American Baptist Churches USA on the board of Creation Justice Ministries, a national, multi-denominational environmental justice coalition.

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