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TravelRe: DV 2013 Winners Meet Here by Shine1177: 2:40pm On Dec 21, 2012
[quote author=taiye-shola]I want to thank God for his faithfulness,myself n my husband were granted visa this morning,ouur interview experience will come shortly[/quote]CONGRATS!
PoliticsRe: FG Bans Foreign Cars For Ministries, Departments And Agencies by Shine1177: 12:51pm On Dec 21, 2012
A good one from GEJ.
Car TalkRe: Police Make N.1m From Kano-jigawa Road Checkpoints Daily by Shine1177(op): 12:35pm On Dec 21, 2012
Godjone: nigerians and their wicked hate for her police. Among those egg-head pushing and making such obnoxious headline, who of such animal has ever thought it wise or bring to the front banner the persistent, regular and ceaseless kilings of our galant, able, stern and agile policemen? We only look at the negative side of this men what about their impact to the society? Can u the maker of this headline, go and face terorist in Nigerias north-east and come back alive? Let us stop projecting the image of this galant men in bad light. We shud rather give them the neccesary encouragement that wil galvanize their morale in an objective way.
You make me laugh in French.

So we should encourage corruption in our police force because they are the target of Boko Haram boys abi? Is that how people in civilized nations encourage their police? I thought they signed a contract of life and death to protect the citizens of this land, so when did #20/#50 bribe turn to a form of encouragement?

A proverb in Yoruba land says: "Instead of you to say what the thief did is wrong, you blame the owner for not keeping his property well".

SMH.
Car TalkPolice Make N.1m From Kano-jigawa Road Checkpoints Daily by Shine1177(op): 3:28pm On Dec 20, 2012
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/police-make-n-1m-from-kano-jigawa-road-checkpoints-daily/

Dutse—Each police check point along Kano-Jigawa highway make an average of N100,000 daily from the compulsory N20 ‘toll’ they collect from motorists travelling on the road, which leads to other north eastern states. No fewer than 5,000 vehicles ply the road daily.

Vanguard findings revealed that motorists pay the bribe to avoid being delayed by those manning the checkpoints. Those who fail to pay are delayed until they comply.

The checkpoints, which were re-introduced because of terrorists’ activities, have been turned into fast money-making avenues by the Police officers.

A commercial vehicle driver, Malam Abdullahi, lamented that most drivers were compelled to pay the fee as any attempt to resist the payment could infuriate the policemen into keeping the ‘’culprit’’ for a longer time. He added that commercial drivers spend between N120 and N140 at the various checkpoints on each trip between Jigawa and Kano states.

He said their union leaders once took a decision that drivers should stop paying money at the checkpoint. He said the action could not last more than 48 hours as they had to pay or park by the road side, wasting valuable time.

Vanguard also gathered that the police officers, who perpetrate the act, were posted from other states and were neither under Jigawa nor Kano states police commands.
PoliticsRe: Lagos-Kano Mass Transit & Fuel-Haulage Trains Begins Friday by Shine1177: 9:47am On Dec 20, 2012
Yes GEJ may not be meeting our aspiration but so far so good with the situation of insecurity in the country he's trying his bit.
PoliticsRe: Nairaland: A Land Of Equal Opportunities by Shine1177: 9:23am On Dec 20, 2012
cjrane: Your thinking is just like mine 5 years ago after i had a minor misunderstanding with my bosom yoruba friend who was even a Pastor! Then, he said some really unprintable things about Igbos that shocked me.I wondered where all that came from? I wondered if he said all that in anger or if he always had that in mind while pretending we were bossom friends.
I have seen exactly the same sentiments repeated here on NL by almost every yoruba.So you can see they were actually taught to hate and they believe it completely in their heart. I thank NL for providing an avenue for people to speak their mind.

I have abandoned wishful thinking that some people will ever change their beliefs and Nigeria could become one great people! For so many years i suffered in agony hoping that such an impossible thing will happen.I have since come to realize it was people like me that didn't want to acknowledge the truth about challenges of tribalism,corruption,hatred and jealousy in Nigeria before trying to unite it that were the biggest problem.

Last month,Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom made a passionate plea that Nigeria should revert to our national anthem at independence because we still had not overcome the issues our founding fathers faced, and he was insulted and called a tribalist! Now, Akpabio is the last man that deserves that adjective because he is a true Nigerian based on how he has treated non-indigenes in his state. I listened to that anthem again and realized the man was right! Nigeria must acknowledge our differences first before emphasizing the brotherhood we need to prosper.
As much as i will not want to derail this beautiful thread i think the responsibility falls on me to correct your assertion about Yorubas.

Please change your notion about Yoruba nation, you said they were taught to hate. How do you mean? Taught by who? To hate who?

If Yorubas were taught as you assert then every other tribes in Yorubaland will have experience one attack or destruction of their interest in our land as seen up North, ask Fulanis, Igbos, Ebiras, Nupe, Hause, Tivs, etc that live in our land. Yorubas are the most accommodating tribe in Nigeria take it or leave it.
PoliticsRe: Is GEJ A Satanist ??? by Shine1177: 8:51am On Dec 20, 2012
Nigerians get problem no be small.

OBJ wore multiple colour dresses as president for 8 year and nearly 400 souls perished in Sosoliso & Bellview air crash, Nigerians say OBJ nah cultist.

Dimeji Bankole wore all white attire for almost 4 years that he spent at Speaker House of Reps. Nigerians say it has spiritual undertone that is why his colleagues could not impeach him.

Now GEJ wears all black attire you come here to say he's a satanist because top people are dying in his regime.

Let another president come after GEJ and decide to wear Green-White-Green I belief some Nigerians will say he's using their destiny.

What can a man do to please you? Nigeria I bow.
PoliticsRe: North Set To Shoot Down New Petroleum Industry Bill by Shine1177: 12:14pm On Dec 19, 2012
The Governors and other leaders in Northern region should also go back to agriculture in full scale to boost the economy of Northern states for the betterment of their large population who are majorly poor.

This over dependence on oil revenue alone can never guarantee the expected development of all sectors in Northern Nigeria.

The Niger Delta region should be allowed to benefit more from the endowment of oil and gas efforts to tap other natural resources abound in their land too.
TravelRe: DV 2013 Winners Meet Here by Shine1177: 11:13am On Dec 19, 2012
alex4money: I was selected by october.
Hello, do you mean there was selection in October 2012? I thought the October date was not real.
PoliticsRe: Chime Shakes-Off Death Rumour, Condoles With Yakowa, Azazi’s Families by Shine1177: 9:39am On Dec 19, 2012
Why this deceit? Chime sent his condolence from his holiday/vacation? But Rev. Father Mbaka in Enugu just declared a 6-day fasting and prayer for the speedy recovery of this guy. Why not call a spade a spade?

Nigeria I hail thee!
PoliticsRe: Yakowa's Corpse Being Transported From Bayelsa To Kaduna This Morning by Shine1177: 8:46am On Dec 19, 2012
Rest in Peace.
TravelRe: Lt. Sowoye: co-Pilot Of Crashed Helicopter by Shine1177: 8:43am On Dec 19, 2012
Rest in Peace.
PoliticsRe: Drop A Comment For Jonathan For His 2012 Performance. by Shine1177: 2:23pm On Dec 18, 2012
Mr. President you have tried your possible best despite the huge challenges. I hope you perform better come 2013.
BusinessRe: FG To Ban Packaged Sugar Importation In January by Shine1177: 1:11pm On Dec 18, 2012
When will Nigerians be ever contented with government policy?

Previous government encouraged sugar importation people shouted "our locals are losing jobs".

GEJ ban importation of brown sugar people shout "na for Dangote".

If Nigeria continue to import brown sugar our farmers will not do well but the ban will encourage large scale sugar plantations, which will create more jobs and any Nigerian businessman that is worth the calling will invest in sugar refinery, mind you we only have two sugar refineries in Nigeria serving 160 million people - BUA Sugar Refinery and Dangote Sugar Refinery - you too can join the league.
TravelRe: DV 2013 Winners Meet Here by Shine1177: 3:07pm On Dec 17, 2012
I.T.K [I Too Know] dey kill!

Dis guy irritate.
Christianity EtcRe: Is It Right For Jonathan To Kneel At Redeemed Camp by Shine1177: 12:59pm On Dec 17, 2012
So when our past presidents went to the mosque to pray and put their forehead on the ground even on national telly does that make them a lesser president?

Why do Nigerians always find fault in GEJ practicing the dictate of his religion? President Jacob Zuma of S/Africa went to the shrine the other day to offer prayers and he scarified 10 cows to his gods, South African didn't insult him for that act and it was everywhere on the internet. Why always Nigeria?

I think last year when Obama went to Korea and bow when shaking their political leader Americans make a graffiti of him but does that make him a lesser American president?

Let drop sentiment and face reality.
EducationRe: Pastor Ashimolowo Completes KICC University. by Shine1177:
Old boy: Sharrrapp!!!!! Am scared!!
U think say you can understand what the bible says after going to babalawo and you carry bible enter church...
It's people like you that bring confusion in christian kingdom in Nigeria.
Is it not that same bible that tells you to love your neighbour as you love yourself and give to the poor as god loves a cheerful giver.
If a politician or an ordinary business man builds a school and place the school fees @ N1m per semester, nobody will complain because he is doing his business, he might not know god or know what the bible says.
Here we are talking about MOGs who are suppose to lead by examples by teaching all and sundry how to love and give to the poor, letting people know that we should be more concernd about life after death not the amount of wealth you can acquire in this world. There are so many villages in this country that don't even have portble water,common scondary school, food, and other little things that help life, why do those MOGs don't like building schools there?
I wish not to join issues with you.

If a businessman charge #1million in his school so a mission university that employ lecturers/professors from the same labour market will have to consult you to fix her school tuition fee? SMH!

If you know all those places where there is need of schools, portable water and what have you. May i ask you this simple question? What effort have you make to cushion those needs? Haven't you read about children whose parent are rich that solicited for fund from their parents and friends to build schools and provide amenities or NYSC members that provide pipe-borne water from their stipends.

Must people raise the issue of the poor anytime a Servant of God build a university or buy a jet? I belief people like you would have accuse Father Abraham, Isaac or Jacob because of there wealth and say they are not heaven conscious while God is happy with them for being His good representative on earth. Noah in the Bible was the richest man in the whole East yet he feared God and God boast of him. Poverty living is not the same as holiness. My God is a rich God if not He wouldn't have pave the roads in heaven with gold. A lion begat a lion, so a Rich God begat me - a rich son!

Stop complaining about these rich MOG.

Please brush yourself up and drop sentiment.
TravelRe: DV 2013 Winners Meet Here by Shine1177: 6:12pm On Dec 14, 2012
Adufesco: Wow! MY God is so great, had my interview about few minutes ago Na dis black Angel 4 window 13 again o 4 Question under 20 sec. Pls am coming back! Lol!
Adufesco,congratulation.

You see how Baba God dey do Him work?

Congrats.
PoliticsRe: Jonathan Continues To Impress!! by Shine1177: 5:40pm On Dec 14, 2012
No one has come out to disprove the links provided by the OP so why cry loud than the bereaved?

GEJ may not be the best president Nigeria ever had but he is working, he just need a bit of our support.

God bless Nigeria.
Crime16 Yr-old Cable Vandal Survives Electrocution by Shine1177(op): 5:26pm On Dec 14, 2012
MAKURDI — A 16-year-old boy, Terseer Iorparegh, was yesterday caught stuck in a high tension cable while attempting to vandalize the PHCN cable along Naka road in Makurdi.

Vanguard gathered from the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Gabriel Suswam on Public Utilities, Mr. Gaddafi Asemanya who was at the scene said residents of the area were woken up by shout of help from the young man around 2.am on Thursday only to behold the teenager hanging between the high tension cable after he had suffered shock and first degree burns

Asemanya said the teenager who had removed the lower cable climbed the PHCN pole to vandalize the upper cable when his leg touched a line which caused a spark and fire which spread over his body while he persistently shouted for help.

According to the governor’s aide, “vandalism of PHCN property has become a serious issue in Benue State, in the last one year. I have apprehended over 30 vandals, while some were prosecuted many of these persons were set free because PHCH has no legal team to ensure the prosecution of these suspects”, he said.

He explained that the residents had wanted to lynch the vandal but for his quick intervention and assistance by men of the fire service, the police and officers and men of the civil defence corps who were on hand to assist recover the vandal.

The Special Assitant further disclosed that the suspect was receiving medical attention at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi where he lied critically ill with no one coming to identify him.

Reacting, PHCN spokesman, Uche Oranya who appreciated the prompt action of the residents of the area, as well as that of the governor’s aide called on security operatives to ensure adequate safeguard of PHCN facilities in the state.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/16-yr-old-cable-vandal-survives-electrocution/

PoliticsRe: Completed Projects In Abia State by Shine1177: 10:00am On Dec 14, 2012
jp philips: someone who won election in prison, what do you expect??
But i think Abians voted this guy from prison for his 1st term and voted him for a 2nd term despite his failed 1st term. I think if every Abian here had mobilize against his 2nd term i belief he wouldn't have being there now. No offense please i am just curious!
Christianity EtcRe: Pastors Will Buy More Jets – Bishop Francis Oke by Shine1177: 4:05pm On Dec 13, 2012
Pharisees, Judas and private jets!

A generous lady, stricken in her heart by the weight of her sins which Jesus wrote off, broke an alabaster jar of an expensive ointment and poured it all at the head and feet of Jesus, oiling and wiping out the dirt with her lush hair. Hey! What’s going on?

The Pharisees who knew the cost of such ointment raised a hubbub. Why waste so much money on a prophet—if Jesus was truly one! Didn’t Jesus know the value of such ointment, that it could employ over a dozen graduates for a year? Was Jesus not aware of the unemployment situation in Israel, the roaring poverty ravaging the land with many of the poor going hungry?

What kind of insensitivity is this—for a man who claimed to be the son of God? If this wayward woman had so much money, why not direct it to the temple where proper religious leaders would know what to do with such a large sum of money? Even Jesus’ close disciples were clearly aghast and grumbled aloud. Judas, the treasurer, not one to condone waste if he had nothing to do with it, pulled Jesus aside for remonstrations.

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied, unmoved by their hypocrisy. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want…She poured the perfume on my body before hand to prepare for my burial.” Well, it will appear that these days, there are still so many Pharisees and Judases around the town.

The hullabaloo over the gift of private jet to the President of Christian Council of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor on his 70th birthday attests to that. Well, what do you expect? Oritsejafor is both the President of CAN and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, two powerful umbrella groups that encompass political and religious leadership of probably over 70 million Christians in Nigeria.

In a manner of speaking, Oritsejafor, like him or hate him—notwithstanding—is leading more flock even if vicariously, than so many African heads of states. On pure logistic terms, his activities are not any less hectic than that of even the busiest head of corporation anywhere in the world or the more busy state governors in Nigeria. The last I checked, nobody went on strike or called for a revolution when many of the state governors we hired with our tax payers money, started acquiring private jets to move around. In fact, even the governor of relatively obscure Taraba State acquired a private jet and a helicopter not so much because his state is in acute need of such luxury, but perhaps more as training toys to sharpen his flying skills!

Unfortunately, such an expensive executive indulgence not only turned tragic but nearly fatal to his life and that of four others. Now, that state is picking the expensive medical bills of the accident victims lying critically ill in hospital in Germany. Yes, somebody might well argue, might such money spent on expensive air misadventure not have been used to upgrade hospital facilities in Taraba State, home of one of Africa’s richest men, General Theophilus Danjuma, according to the latest Forbes list of the world’s richest persons?

The print, electronic and online media are awash with furious attacks on church leaders that acquired private jets. Who are they? Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church who built his church from less than a thousand membership to many millions of membership with thousands of branches in Nigeria and many countries of the world. Adeboye’s church had also invested heavily not only in building a new city out of the jungle, they also own their primary, secondary and private university, the Redeemers University, open to all Nigerians.

Next is Bishop David Oyedepo, the apostle of faith gospel and General Overseer of Winners Chapel. Not only has he built what is described as the largest church auditorium in the world, his two private universities, Covenant University and Landmark University are usually rated as number one among private universities by the National University Commission.

There is Pastor Sam Adeyemi, pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, a very unassuming fellow, who has probably done more than anyone else I know to motivate and build the leaders of tomorrow. It is of course, possible that Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is in this list of private jet owners. Ecclesiastical maverick, Pastor Tunde Bakare, is calling for a revolution to sweep away spiritual leaders who own private jets.

Some critics link the affluence of these prelates which led to their acquiring private jets to the unholy alliance between some church leaders and the corrupt government officials, including especially the oil subsidy rogues who had milked the nation dry.

Many critics talk glibly about how these men are exploiting their gullible flock to milk them of millions in order to aggrandize themselves, a fact which the acquisition of private jets seem to illustrate. But of course, you cannot rule out the issue of exploitation of gullible flock either by these men or pastors generally.

But, even if these were so, is it any different from the exploitation of consumers in all facets of national life by many corporate sharks with their own private jets whom we lionize and celebrate?

Those of us who know how utterly difficult it is to build a ministry to success can equally attest that on the empirical evidence of what these men have achieved as pastors, they are people who could have made it as billionaires even in secular circumstance if they had not been called to the ministry. Otherwise, if running a church is as easy as many seem to suggest, many more Nigerians would have flocked into it to buy their own jets.

But the truth is that so many people indeed flocked into ministry expecting a pot of gold only to hit the sand. As Jesus once said, wisdom is justified by her children. So many of the criticisms are borne more out of frustration than any clear righteous indignation of the type Bakare who is successful on his own, is expressing—wrongly in my view.

A Sunday Punch investigation, for instance, revealed that over N5 trillion had been stolen since President Goodluck Jonathan took over power in May 29, 2010. That amount is more than enough to finance Nigeria’s annual budget for one year and three months without a deficit!

In fact, the Nuhu Ribadu-led Petroleum Task Force reports that 250,000 barrels of crude oil worth about $6.3million are stolen daily—enough money every day to buy a private jet! Rather than wail over such unprecedented national calamity, our critics prefer to turn their guns at church leaders who had private jets.

Since the last dispensation to date, almost all the bank managing directors have private jets at their disposal, ostensibly to aid them in running a bank in Nigeria with thousands of staff and customers.

[b]But some of the pastors who have private jets have thousands of branches with several million members. The fact is that it is not so much that Nigerians are against private persons owning private jets as pastors owning them. Why should pastors, men of God called to piety, own private jets, something that ought to be the exclusive preserve of the world’s affluent private members.

This is a throwback to the old theology that equates piety with poverty; that throws up Lazarus who made it to heaven with his putrefying sores as a model of Christian virtues while his rich and uncaring neighbor ended up in hell. But the gospel of Christ is good news and from the beginning, poverty was not part of God’s agenda for man—until Satan showed up, marketing sin to man. From the beginning, God has always argued that the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness therefore (Psalm 24, 50 etc).

Abraham was exceedingly rich in his time; his son Isaac was richer than his host nation; his grandson Jacob was even more abundantly rich; indeed, even the biblical Job had more trailers (camels) for instance than Aliko Dangote, etc. From the beginning, God never wanted the church to be poor. Out of the twelve tribes of Israel, the Levites were not to be given any inheritance when the land was being shared, but then each of the eleven tribes were to pay them 10% of their income as tithes, meaning that in the end, each tribe retains 90% and Levites are left with 110%! The Levites of old are today’s pastors!

How are the pastors getting so rich? From tithes and offerings which are clearly scriptural teachings of the Bible. Of course, tithing and offerings are matters of faith. If you don’t like it, don’t go to churches which teach people to pay tithe. The matter is so simply that it is stupid for anybody to bellyache about churches collecting tithes and offerings. I will probably not consider acquiring a private jet any priority even if I have the money, but that is a matter of choice rather than a doctrine. Of course, there are church leaders who are probably no better than scoundrels, but who is to judge such ones?
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Those who want to judge them by sheer force of activism and revolutions are probably indirectly losing faith in the capacity of God to punish those who desecrate his temple. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s move on to more important things!

Source: http://sunnewsonline.com/new/columns/pharisees-judas-and-private-jets/
EducationRe: Pastor Ashimolowo Completes KICC University. by Shine1177: 2:31pm On Dec 13, 2012
ojotask: The only person in the Bible that complained when an Expensive Perfume was poured on Jesus was Judas Iscariot. Just like a lot of you do, he asked why the money was not given to the poor . . .

Your problem is ignorance of scriptures . . . My people perish for lack of knowledge...

For your Info . . . am a full citizen Of the Kingdom of heaven . . . am blessed beyond measure and i am Sweatlessly Suceeding, d devil can not come near my dwelling cos am not his mate . . .

My Advice . . . instead of murmuring, ask God to open your eyes you so you can also possess all dats urs. #itsuptoyou

Watch out!!! Very soon we will be taking Over the Banking Industry. . . cool cool cool

#takeovergeneration
I just love you for your stand on Kingdom prosperity.

If you know who you are in Christ you will not join issues with poor, haters and people with less or no vision of what today or tomorrow have in stock for them.

Only haters of good things see nothing good in people prospering but complaining of the poor and most, i mean to say majority of the people online complaining about Servants of God prospering and not giving to charity (without facts to prove it) have never given to the poor folks around them once instead they always find a way defrauding them.

The Church of Christ is taking over all the sector of human endeavor. Haters why not drop that garb of poverty.
EducationRe: Pastor Ashimolowo Completes KICC University. by Shine1177: 2:13pm On Dec 13, 2012
Old boy: Just hear yourself(the poor will ever remain here on earth) and you are the rich abi?
Don't say what will make poverty finish your entire generation..
... and what bring about this curse? Well for your information I'm blessed!

I did not curse anyone but was just saying what the Bible says about the poor. Even in America, which virtually all Nigerian want to kill themselves at the US embassy to get her Visa still have poor and homeless people. So no-where is free just brush yourself up and free yourself from sentiment.

MIND YOU I CARRY A MARK OF TOUCH NOT ...IF I PRONOUNCE A CURSE ON YOU ...

BE WARNED!!!
EducationRe: Pastor Ashimolowo Completes KICC University. by Shine1177: 2:06pm On Dec 13, 2012
Old boy: In the olden days, the missionaries built schools for pupils to attend free or pay a little. Even those of them that you'll have to pay, they were cheaper than government schools.
Now missionary schools are the most expensive schools whatsoever.

Can someone tell me in one sentence why these men of god make their schools very expensive beyond the reach of average parents in Nigeria...
Your assertion is wrong.

Find out what student pay at ABTI (AUN) Abubakar Atiku owned University in the bush of Yola.

Why do people to love to criticize anything that come from the church of Christ?

Ain't there primary and secondary schools that pay #1 million per term i.e. #3 million per year and haters are not shouting?

If you care to start your own university with less fee then Nigerians will beg you to be their President.
EducationRe: Pastor Ashimolowo Completes KICC University. by Shine1177: 1:54pm On Dec 13, 2012
God bless you pastor Mathew.

Most people are commenting out of self pity and poverty.

Is it the Church of God on earth that will end poverty here? When God Himself said to the Israelite to always remember the poor among them when they get to the promise-land.

Sorry to disappoint you folks, the poor will ever remain here on earth, so leave the church out of all these "he should've use the money to start a factory to employ people" or "how many of his church members can afford the school" thing.

If everyone crying wolf online can give back, even a little to their society then the poor would have reduced and you will not have to heap the stress of poverty in the nation at the doorstep of the church.

God bless His church. May haters repent and receive the light.
CrimeNigerian Kills Ex-lover In UK Over Child’s Religious Faith by Shine1177(op): 11:34am On Dec 13, 2012
Source: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigerian-kills-ex-lover-in-uk-over-child-s-religious-faith/133418/
It had started with the blazing fire of new-found lovers. Consumed by their passion, and determined to share love and emotional affinity, neither Esther Arogundade, 32, nor Shola Adebiyi, both Nigerians, cared a hoot about their religious differences. They found love between themselves, and religion was not going to be a barrier. Or so they thought. While Arogundade was a devout Christian, Adebiyi was a committed Muslim.

Between them, they could handle their religious differences. But a third member, their daughter, soon joined to change their calculation. The faith to be practised by the two-year-old daughter became an issue. Should she be allowed to be a Muslim like the father or should she, like the mother, be a Christian? Neither parent accepted to bulge. And that began to generate tension and create rift between the erstwhile lovers.

The disagreement between them strained their relationship and that drove Arogundade into the arms of another man.

Unable to stand being ditched by her, Adebiyi plotted his revenge. One day, Adebiyi, a kitchen porter, attacked Arogundade, a worker with KFC, with a kitchen knife in her home and stabbed her 13 times.

He also drank oven cleaner in an attempt to kill himself and phoned Arogundade's new lover to say he would never see her again before confessing to the killing to a friend.

Police broke into the mother-of-two's home in Salford, Greater Manchester, and found Arogundade lying dead on the kitchen floor with multiple stab wounds to her back and front.

Adebiyi was jailed at Manchester Crown Court for a minimum of 20-and-a-half years after admitting killing her.

The court heard how Arogundade began dating Adebiyi in 2007 and that they later had a daughter now aged two but split up last year after a series of rows.

Rob Hall prosecuting said: 'These arguments were ignited by differences of opinion over the religion of their daughter - the defendant wanted her to convert from Christian to Islam, but Esther was a church goer.
'There were arguments about expenses, bills and childcare.'
Last March, Arogundade who also had a nine-year-old daughter living in Nigeria from a previous relationship, began a friendship with another man named in court as Mr. Alabi.

While visiting family in Africa, Alabi received a sinister phone call from Adebiyi, claiming he would be killed if he returned to the UK.
Alabi told Arogundade about the call and she spoke to Adebiyi but he initially denied it.

Hall added: 'Mr. Alabi returned to the UK and the relationship took the next step and it turned into a sexual relationship.

'They spent a great deal of time talking and texting on their mobile phones - it may well be that it came to the attention of the defendant.'
On June 26, Adebiyi cleared out his locker at work at a conference centre in Manchester then left armed with a large kitchen knife and waited for Arogundade and their daughter to come home.

Throughout that evening, there were phone calls between Alabi and Arogundade and also a child minder who was booked for the next day.
But the following morning, Adebiyi was said to have made 'frantic arrangements' to get child care for his daughter and handed her over at 9.50 am along with her birth certificate and left in her push chair.

He then called Alabi, who asked about the whereabouts and welfare of Arogundade only to be told he would never see her again.
He then called a friend and confessed he had killed her, claiming it had happened during a fight.

The friend went to the house and saw Adebiyi come out wearing a blood-stained T-shirt and holding a large black-handled knife.
He saw him throw the knife into nearby bushes.

In mitigation, defence counsel, Michael Lavery, said his client had made a 'very genuine' attempt to take his own life by drinking oven cleaner.
He added: “He took the knife to kill himself and his partner. He's lost his daughter as well as a consequence of his own actions.

“Many men and women have to endure the discovery that the husband, wife or partner is no longer content with the relationship they have. What the law cannot permit is the use of violence, which is what you used.
“It is tragic for the victim of this murder and a tragedy for the daughter and for the father too. It is his own fault, I know, but that is not going to make it easier for her.”

Passing sentence, Judge Andrew Gilbart QC told Adebiyi it was not clear exactly when he had killed Arogundade.

He added: “Your relationship had come to an end with frequent disagreements and rows between the two of you.
“She formed a relationship with another man. You resented it, and tried to warn him off with threats.

“She let you know that she no longer wanted to be with you and wanted to pursue a relationship with another man.
“You were most upset at that prospect. She sought friendship elsewhere, including in an affair with another man. You were understandably upset but let me be clear about this.

“Many men and women have to endure the discovery that the husband, wife or partner is no longer content with the relationship they have.
“Many are jealous or unhappy. But what the law cannot and will not permit is the use of violence, which is what you used.

“I am prepared to accept that you were very upset - and indeed distraught - at what was happening to your relationship.
“'When you acted as you did you were under considerable emotional strain.”
After the case, Senior Investigator Andrew Tattersall of Greater Manchester Police said: “The biggest tragedy here is that a young girl has now been deprived of both her parents.

“Her mother was taken from her in a vengeful, violent attack and no sentence today can bring her back.”

TravelRe: DV 2013 Winners Meet Here by Shine1177: 11:52am On Dec 12, 2012
addsam: PLEASE HOUSE I NEED A PROPER CLEARIFICATION.FOR A MARRIED COUPLE WHO WON DV LOTTERY AND THE WIFE BEEN THE WINNER.DURING THEIR INTERVIEW IS IT ONLY THE WIFE THAT WILL SUBMIT HER DOCUMENT OR BOTH.PLEASE I REPLY
Let the winner have all her document & photocopies with her since she is the principal applicant you don't need to bother yourself but to be on a safer side hold your documents also though not necessary.
LiteratureRe: TWO MAN BUSINESS - (The Complete Series) by Shine1177: 3:34pm On Dec 11, 2012
Well done.
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TravelRe: Diversity Visa Immigrant? Welcome To America by Shine1177: 11:03am On Dec 11, 2012
sigma seller: @ adesoji nd odas. I really wanna leave dis motherF country (nig) pls aw do I go about it nd get started. I dnt knw anythn abt dis DV visa blah blah blah. Urgent reply pls. Tnks
DV Visa is a yearly Diversity Visa Lottery open to certain nations of the world - Nigeria - inclusive. You simply enter/play the Visa lottery between 30 day (always Oct. to Nov. every year so this year own don pass till next year) if you are selected among the lucky winner of the DV Visa, you go for further processing and interview, if successful, you will be issued a Visa to enter America and get your Social Security Number [SSN] & GREENCARD [GC]'pali'. Pronto! You don become an American be dat ooo.
TravelRe: Diversity Visa Immigrant? Welcome To America by Shine1177: 11:02am On Dec 11, 2012
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Christianity EtcRe: Mayan Apocalypse: Panic Spreads As December 21 Nears by Shine1177: 9:45am On Dec 11, 2012
Any Christian that believe this trash still have a long way to go in knowing what he/she belief (Faith), for Christ Jesus himself the son of God said do not panic when men says 'yea he is here or there, for no man or angle knows the day but the father (God Almighty) alone' Mathew 24:36.

Mayan or no Mayan, December 22nd we are all here life and direct but the wicked and ungodly souls will be put to shame.

Nairalanders remember JESUS IS COMING BACK AGAIN!!!

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