₦airaland Forum

OlogoJ:
Animal talk. Which hell? The one here on earth or the imaginary one una dey use hoodwink una mugus?

Winners spotted.

Kriss216:
Please, pardon my ignorance... what's the economic importance of the certificate?

Exchange for suya or groundnut.

Ezeama400:
The Ogun Police Command said on Thursday that it arrested a 38-year-old man, Adelani Ayomide, for being in possession of a bag containing 18 human skulls.

A statement by the command’s spokesperson, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, issued in Abeokuta said Ayomide was arrested on Thursday along the Ado-Odo-Owode road at about 6.48 a.m. during a routine police stop-and-search operation.


He said that the case would be transferred to the command’s headquarters in Abeokuta for further investigation.

Adejobi gave assurance that every person involved in the crime would be arrested and arraigned after investigation. (NAN)

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/03/police-arrest-man-18-human-skulls-ogun/

Make I run use mirrow check if my head still dey intact coz I dey ogun state right now


You never can't tell maybe my head no they there again

Those I.diots that do advertise sure 2odds are not needed on this trend ooo. Take your business elsewhere Biko.

By Donald Mark C. Ude

LET me begin by shocking you: In the entire Gospels, there is not a single place Jesus clearly commands us to pay tithes! I shock you the more: In the only two places Jesus mentions tithes, he is discernibly cynical about it!

Admittedly, he never tells us not to pay tithes, either. However, from the Gospels, it could be deduced that his overall attitude towards tithes is that of cynicism and ambivalence.

I think this point is very important because it brings you (the reader) face-to-face to the fact that this whole ado about tithes is actually about something our Lord treats with so much cynicism and ambivalence.

So, one begins to wonder why the fuss about something Christ himself didn’t consider worthy of attention. If it weren’t for ideological and financial interests, the people emphasising tithes today would have been the same people who would ask their typical question: “Where did Christ say it?”

Now, let’s check out those two places in the Gospels. (As a matter of fact, Jesus uttered the word “tithe” only three times, but one is essentially a synoptic version of the other – so we are basically left with only two). The first: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith.

It is these you ought to have practised without neglecting the others” (RSV. Matt 23: 23; cf. Lk 11: 42). The second: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus: ‘God I thank you that I am not like other people … I tithe a tenth of all my income.’” (Lk 18: 10-12).

These two passages buttress my argument to the effect that Jesus’ overall disposition towards tithes is that of cynicism and ambivalence. In the first passage, Jesus clearly indicates that the concern about truth, justice, fairness, mercy, love, etc. is “weightier” than, and therefore preferable to, tithe-paying. Tithe-paying is secondary and must take a subsidiary position.

If one must pay tithes, one must not do like Pharisees, but should first and foremost take care to fulfill those “weightier” matters. I live in Europe. The first thing that confronts me each time I step my feet on Nigeria, right from the airport, is unimaginable wickedness, extortion at every turn, bribery, lies, dishonesty, fraud, violence, brigandage, brutality, rascality, filthiest forms of indiscipline, etc.

I think any evil that is not yet practised in Nigeria has not crossed the mind of mortals. Yet this is supposed to be a nation of ‘tithe-payers’! The second passage is placed in the context of the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, where the former brags about being a tithe-payer, while the latter humbles himself before God and eventually goes home fulfilled.

I’m aware that we Nigerians have been so ‘terrorised’ and benumbed by religion that we hardly pause to think. But I repeat the question I mooted earlier: Does it not strike you that each time Jesus mentions tithe, it is always associated with hypocrisy and Phariseeism?

Isn’t this already a red flag vis-a-vis tithes/tithing?

Now, what are the “weightier” parts of the law in our Nigerian context (that your priest/pastor/GO has refused to draw your attention to)? No doubt, honesty and self-discipline with regard to money must count. You must reject bribery and corruption in your workplaces.

It is difficult, but it is an act of faith. Nigerians like to talk of ‘challenging’ God; here is a fine opportunity to ‘challenge’ God by rejecting bribes and acting with integrity – to see if He wouldn’t bless your life! You are being told that you “rob” God when you don’t pay your tithes, but you aren’t told that you also rob your fellow humans when you pocket the funds meant for them.

You are not told that you might be the major cause of accidents, malnutrition, infrastructural deficit and avoidable deaths in Nigeria when you steal the money meant to forestall them, using the position you occupy.

You pay your tithes in the cities but allow your poor parents and relatives in the village to suffer – perhaps because you have been told they are witches and wizards waiting to kill your destiny. Integrity, solidarity, solicitude, self-control, faith and charity are the “weightier” part of the law that Jesus refers to.

If you neglect them, even though you pay N1billion as tithe, you are a hypocrite and a Pharisee by Jesus’ standards!

How about the bogus relationship being established between tithing and being blessed/favoured? Now let me make this clear: One of the most blasphemous lies being peddled in the name of God in recent times is that God needs your tithes in order to bless you.

It is blasphemy because it is an insult on the holy and unfathomably righteous God. I do think that the dynamics of God’s blessings are too complex and mysterious to be reduced to monetary handouts or ‘bribery’ given to His supposed ‘representative.’

It is even more scandalous and laughable to see pastors threaten people with hellfire should they not pay their tithes. Many were appalled and disappointed upon seeing a video-clip, where a general overseer threatened – and I quote – that members would “miss heaven” if they did not pay their tithes.

Another implication of our Lord’s cynical disposition towards tithes is that it should occupy little (if any) space in the preaching and sermons of all true ministers of the Word. I might even recommend that the attention given to it should not exceed a total of five minutes in an entire calendar year.

The reason is that, if tithes were an essential element of the message of salvation our Lord Jesus came to preach, He would have surely included it in the Beatitudes or even dedicated an entire discourse to it.

For instance, Jesus took time to teach us how to pray, how to fast and so on and so forth. But this isn’t the case with tithes; it simply didn’t worth His attention. As it were, He may have seen it as a distraction, perhaps one of those annoying traditions that could have stymied the New Message He came to proclaim.

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At this point, let us address one of the most notorious passages being cited in support of tithes – the “robbing God” mantra. Malachi 3:8-12 suggests that abdicating from tithes might be tantamount to “robbing” God. How do we interpret this? The passage specifically states: “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house” (v. 10).

As I see it, this points more to material food and less to monetary donations to seemingly insatiable and bottomless church coffers. It refers to a practice of bringing a tenth of one’s harvest to the priest/Levite who then went ahead to share it to the poor among the people of God to ensure that no one starved.

In other words, the focus was basically on the poor, and “robbing” God in this respect is squarely robbing the poor.

Therefore, the ugly scenario in Nigerian churches where so-called ‘top’ tithe-payers owe their workers but are quick to impress the pastor/priest with their tithes is actually tantamount to “robbing” God. This is the true interpretation of that passage! The average Nigerian priest/pastor/GO isn’t worried about this and is even scared to say it the way I do because they fear it might come with dire financial implications.

Meanwhile, they are the same that would be quick to ask “Is it in the Bible?” if monetary tithing weren’t in their favour. Once again, I make bold to say that the form of tithing that is OT-supported is tithing in kind and not by cash.

Well, I do not think this is a big issue because a few things have to change with time, otherwise Christianity becomes mere casuistry. I only brought it up to expose the hypocrisy of those who are quick to ask “is it in the Bible?” when it serves their interest.

The mention of priests/Levites calls to mind what I consider an important dimension of the debate on tithes – namely, the question of who a priest really is in ourpresent context.

The Bible recounts that Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek, the priest-king of Salem (Gen 14:18-20; Heb. 7: 1-2). That passage is a bit shrouded in mystery, given that it is merely mentioned in passing.

Since there is hardly any further clue, its interpretation becomes a lot more complicated. Yet I suspect it must have been the practice in ancient Mesopotamia that a tenth of one’s harvest, including war booties (in Abraham’s case), was given to such an exalted priest-king figure.

This practice was then appropriated by Judaism when it became systematised as a religion, probably facilitated by the institutionalisation of the Levitical priesthood.

Now, let’s return to the question: who is a priest (who should receive tithes) in our contemporary context? Does it include the young pastor who was fired – and so ‘de-ordained’ – by his bishop some months ago because he wasn’t ‘doing well’ (‘doing well’ in this case being nothing but making much more money for his church)?

If this is so, then priesthood would be no less than a precarious and temporary position where the priest/pastor could be ‘un-priested’ according to the whims and caprices of his bishop.

Does it include the young man who, having failed in all previous endeavors,worst of all in academics, decided to convert a warehouse near Onitsha Main Market to a church to hoodwink unsuspecting traders?

Does it include the young man from a neighboring village to mine who, for no fault of his (i.e., given the general unemployment in the country), began to feel ‘called’; and so, submitted himself after some weeks of training to be ordained by a self-acclaimed bishop who pays himN30k per month to lead a branch of his church?

Should we focus onthe priest/pastor/venerable of more traditional churches that have existed for a couple of centuries? Or should we limit the term ‘priest’ to the Church that has had an unbroken chain of succession from the Seat of St. Peter, spanning over 2 millennia, and possessing a self-understanding of the priesthood the considers it an indelible character, quite immune to the vicissitudes of life?

Dear reader, your guess is as good as mine. But irrespective of what you consider priesthood and who you consider your priest, the point is that tithe is epiphenomenal (i.e. of little importance) to Christianity. Indeed, for Christ, the “weightier” part of the law is summed up in the four-letter word, LOVE.

What is more, the key significance of the Melchizedek imagery for our purposes, as invoked in the Letter to the Hebrews, is that Christ is our eternal High Priest, who has offered the one single efficacious Sacrifice for our sins. The import is that you don’t need to pay tithes to be blessed by God.

The one single Sacrifice – Christ – is enough blessing for you. I’m aware Nigerians are crazy about ‘favors’; then know it today that Christ and Christ alone is your Favor! And, certainly, you will not “miss heaven” if you don’t pay your tithes, quite contrary to the GO’s threat I referred to above.

I wish to remain true to my promise not to interfere with your decision and to even suggest ways in which one could be supportive to the church outside the ‘tithe’ framework. In a place like Germany, where I spend most of my Summers, there is an organized system whereby willing members part with some portion of their monthly incomes for the support of the Church.

The priest/pastor does not even know how it is administered; all he knows is that he receives his salaries promptly, the church is well-maintained, the secretary, cook (if he has any) and other functionaries are paid.Well, our people may not be as disciplined and advanced as Germans –and, if you think about it, it’s all a symptom of a culture whereby the priest/pastor wants to control everything.

Yet something could still be done.

For instance, Nigerians are some of the most generous people I have seen on the planet when it comes to giving to the church. Therefore, occasional but prudent fundraising, offering and free-will donations could be organized to address specific needs.

As has been established earlier, the poor is the ‘God’ that is being directly robbed in matters of tithes. Hence, beyond being used for the normal functioning of the Church, such fundraising, offering, and donations should also benefit the poor. Nigeria is not in short supply of the poor. If the singer,Davido, could put up a well-organized nation-wide outreach to the poor, the Church could do even better.

We can begin with our immediate neighborhoods, the hospitals and orphanages nearby.The New testament is replete with examples where Christians made collections for the poor.There are examples where richer churches contributed to poorer ones. We find a good example in Rom. 15: 28 (also see 2 Cor. 9: 6-10).

In fact, if one reads the Letter to the Romans properly, it becomes clear that the letter was primarily occasioned by such instances of richer churches contributing to help poorer ones (see Rom. 15:28).

The early Church demonstrated so much solidarity that there “was not a needy person among them” (Acts 4:34). This is the true meaning of tithe! We should therefore put an end to the culture wherein tithes are collected from poor members to erect universities and institutions that are not accessible to the children of the same poor tithe-payers.

“But the hour is coming,” says Jesus, “when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth” (John 4.23). If you want to really serve God in “spirit and truth,” devoid of hypocrisy, you must choose today if tithing would play any role in this regard. You may also opt for more robust ways of being supportive to the church and the poor.

TITHES: TO PAY or NOT TO PAY? That’s the question. Dear Christian, the choice is yours.


Vanguard.

PetroDolla2020:
Nigerians like you should stop spreading lies about Ghana, huh. I don’t know what you Nigerians gain by spreading malicious gossip and falsehoods.

If Nigerians don’t like the way they are being treated, then they just stop coming to Ghana now. Is it by force to come to Ghana?

I also have a few questions. Is it only Nigerians that are made to pay this amount?

People should have right to live anywhere in the world. Biko.



Foreigners from other countries live in Ghana, but you hardly hear them being talked about. It’s always nigerians! Haba

you said am spreading falsehood bah? Didn't you see Sahara reporter there ni?

I don't really stay in Ghana pls, I come and return.

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Travellers In Ghana Forced To Pay $100 Per Night To Isolate At Hotel That Offers No Water, Food After Testing Positive For COVID

The amount does not give the affected person access to water or food at the hotel.

Aviation authorities in Ghana have heightened their clampdown on Nigerians who test positive for Coronavirus while travelling through any of their airports.

Officials of the West African nation move affected Nigerian travellers to M Plaza Hotel in Accra, the country’s capital, and force them to pay $100 (N56,000) per night to isolate themselves at the place.


Sahara reporter.

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Travellers In Ghana Forced To Pay $100 Per Night To Isolate At Hotel That Offers No Water, Food After Testing Positive For COVID

The amount does not give the affected person access to water or food at the hotel.

Aviation authorities in Ghana have heightened their clampdown on Nigerians who test positive for Coronavirus while travelling through any of their airports.

Officials of the West African nation move affected Nigerian travellers to M Plaza Hotel in Accra, the country’s capital, and force them to pay $100 (N56,000) per night to isolate themselves at the place.


Sahara reporter.

Swanzi:
Isn’t it surprising that with all the personalities you mentioned here you still chose a certificate-less cow herder to be ur president ..??!!clap for urself hahahahaha

Buhari is bigger than akufa@addo.

Go and check your short president's achievements on his facebook page then you will realize that that shortest thing called president is still sucking his mama's breast

Swanzi:
Look at this F00L which western country are u people competing with mumu boy hahaha you can’t tell those lies to ur ignorant folks not me ofuii..!!!

Can u even compare urself to South Africa not to even talk of North Africa ID✔OT

I can't descend too low to your standard.
Am done with you Jimmy.

Swanzi:
Hahaha the irony is that we are pursuing u back to Nigeria in 2020…!!
We are locking up ur shops beating u chasing you with cutlasses but u still no gree come Nigeria…. Hahahaha

Foolish you.

And we are accommodating you here in Nigeria, giving you food and free shelter. So pathetic.

Come to osun and ogun state here in Nigeria, your people are littered all around the street selling puff-puff,shoe-maker, mechanic etc. They can't hustle in Lagos cos they don't have both the capacity and capability to hustle in Lagos. Lazy country that the youth only know how to do drug, sarkawa, galamsy and petty stealing.

Mad people everywhere in the street of Ghana.

Why are you not chasing wizkid, burna boy, patoranking out of Ghana?

Nigeria is too big to be compare to ghana, we are competing with western world. We are busy winning Grammy award (wizkid, burna, fela, etc)

, okonjo iweala controlling world trade organization,

Amina J. Mohammed – Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations,

Akinwunmi adesina- president African development bank,

Mohammed sanusi-secretary OPEC

Bukar tijani-food and agriculture organization

bola adesola-united nation global impact,

samalia-african finance cooperation,

Kingsley-special envoy on COVID development finance for Africa and the list go on and on.

How much is minimum wage in Ghana? Hungry country.

Fio-ko (gerrout)

Swanzi:
What u posted proves nothing u ret☻rded 1mp it still shows you my interest here is Ghana and Ghanaians only…


Poverty capital of The world Who is ur big brother hahahaha …!!!

Have u finished paying common salaries..
Stop deluding urself ur just a common developing nation sh1thole country for that matter,who happened to have stumbled on oil keep deluding urself even the oil wealth doesn’t even transcend to the common man on the streets pathetic hahaha…

This idiot is at it again.


Can you still relate to these images below?

Ghana must go.

Swanzi:
Just shut up you empty bragat you are inconsequential in the scheme of affair’s keep
Mute…!

Scumbag, gerrout

Swanzi:
Then simply ban anything Ghanaian here don’t discuss or bring up any news on Ghana.
If you do we will come and there’s nothing u can do..!!

Even if you are over there killing my innocent brothers and sisters in your land, we shouldn't discuss it here on nairaland bah. That's why I said your level of thinking is very low.

For your information, we have high personalities here on nairaland and are reading.

Go to ghana boarder right now, their immigration officers are busy extorting Nigerians of their hard earned money.

Hungry mofos

Think is high seun start asking for verification to screen out these ingrate ghanians on nairaland.

dawndeal:
Your right, but isn't it hypocrisy to like the celebrities of the country men you hate with passion?

Their level of reasoning is very low.

Chijeep:
We were on bike when I told my friend to park because I wanted to unirate. So he parked and to my surprise I saw this very big and weak python moving very slow inside a dry gutter. I was so afraid because I hate seeing snakes and I shouted and my friend jump up from the bike to see the snake then he smashed a bottle on it body and started stoning it head.

Then a young bike man came up and use a big stick to bring it out of the gutter and cut off it head with a cutlass which he took from his bike then he asked us what I and my brother will do with the snake but I told him that we don't need it but my brother told him we want to sell it and he agree to buy it but I told my brother to allow him to go with it that it's nothing.

THIS IS THE BIGGEST SNAKE I'VE SEEN IN MY LIFE.

Two of ona no know better meat. Snake taste just like fish. Very sweet and nutritious.

Gee64:
I don't blame you. I blame the greedy Nigerians who leave a better life here to that poverty-stricken country. I remember I use to house and feed more than six Ghanaians in Nigeria.

But for our incompetent leaders, I remember Nigeria was your USA. We clothed and feed many Ghanaians here in Nigeria. And most of your young women 'serviced' our groins.

Ghanaians are angry because the Federal DrGovernment imposed trade restrictions on them. Ghana is now facing a hard time. Nigerians still living there are either married to Ghanaian women or are criminals who fled Nigeria or those who have established businesses there. It is only under these condition that any sane Nigerian would want to live in such an impoverished country. The whole of Ghana is like one State in Nigeria.

I personally can't feel comfortable living in Ghana.

you have nailed it

God bless you sir.

dawndeal:
Throw the bagger out to the streets,these fools deserve no mercy.....If you see the the hatred these fools fools exhibit towards Nigerians in Ghana. You will show no mercy to these baggers

I know I frequent Ghana at least once a week. I own an apartment at ACHIMOTA overhead in accra.

I only pipe in and run one or two things and return.

They hate Nigerians with passion.

The only Nigerians they love na our movie and music celebrities.

dawndeal:
Throw the bagger out to the streets,these fools deserve no mercy.....If you see the the hatred these fools fools exhibit towards Nigerians in Ghana. You will show no mercy to these baggers

No bro. He is a nice guy. The only issue I have with him is that he womanize and drink alot.

Before God and man, he have swear never go go back to Ghana again.

He drive my family to the village during festive seasons.

PetroDolla2020:
Stop spreading fake news. Some Nigerians living in Ghaba are always complaining about the way Ghanians treat them. The question I want to ask them is simple. Why don’t you go back to your country if you don’t like the way Ghana and Ghanaians treat you in their country?

I once lived in Nigeria, I didn’t like the way they treated Ghanians so I returned to Ghana. And I’m very happy I did so.

So, my advice to you nigerians is that you go back to your country if you are not happy in Ghana, and stop disturbing our ears. It is by force to stay in Ghana?

you are a big fooool charlie

I mean a big fool bossu.


Jealousy kill you there

Wasia

Your brother a Ghanaian is living in a free room at my place here in Nigeria, he have a hand work (mechanic) but still feed him morning, noon and night. Treat him like a king.

If you insist, I will make a video of him and post him on nairaland. I love him so much coz he is loyal to me, that is why I wouldn't put up his identity here.

A study done by a German scientist, Dr Karen Weatherby, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has revealed that staring at women’s breasts is healthy and also elongates the life span of men.

The study, which was carried out over a period of five years, involved 500 men, half of whom were instructed to stare at women’s breasts in a lustful manner for no less than 10 minutes every day.

The other half were instructed to abstain from doing such.


It concluded that men who stared at breasts, more often, showed lower rates of heart problems, slower resting heart rate and lower blood pressure, all of which enable a healthy living and long life.

The study said men should stare at breasts for 10 minutes a day to improve the wellness of their hearts and live longer.

“Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female every day is roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out,” the study revealed.

When the two groups of men were tested, men that stared at breasts daily had lower blood pressure, slower resting pulse rates, as well as fewer instances of coronary artery disease

“Sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves blood circulation. Gazing at breasts makes men healthier and engaging in this activity a few minutes daily cuts the risk of stroke and heart attack by half.

“We believe that by doing so consistently, the average man can extend his life for four to five years,’’ he added.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/touching-staring-at-womens-breasts-makes-men-live-longer-healthier-study/amp/

wonderr:
Big boobs are overrated u see those ones like mango they make man live longer

Naturally, man looking at breast make him live longer.
Sure but not bbnaija- angel kind of breast pop.

That slippers can't make you live long oo

Validated:
Just to follow up on the thread that asks Nigerians who would they vote for among the trio of Atiku, Tinubu and Osinbajo. I feel it would also be wise to discuss who of the three is the biggest thief and scammer.
In employment screening, you would refer to an individual's antecedebts and past behaviour to predict his future behaviour. What do we know of these men? What are their level of crookedness in the past that can be referred to to predict the future, if voted to the highest office in the land? If a man has lived his life as a thief, scammer or crook, there is every tendency that he would continue in that line. So opening the Nigerian treasury to such an individual would open Nigeria to more depletion of scarce resources.
So, the question is who amongst these three is the biggest thief?
Please, may I implore the mod that pushed the first thread to front page to be bold enough to oush this to front page also. What is good for the goose should also favour the ganders.

they are the same.

Thiefnity (Trinity)

Prime4life:
But senior man you sef you come to look the boobs na, if not wetin you they find for this trend.

no bro. I just came to see how those small boiz go take dey excited. Nothing more.

Nairaland small boiz no dey take ear hear butt and boob.