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Don't be blown away but instead blow GEJ and his croonies from Aso rock.

15 Reasons to vote Buhari

1. A man of principle
2. An honest man. A very rare trait in high demand.
3. A God-fearing man. A devout muslim compared to some others in cults & confraternities
4. A man of intergrity. Lives in a modest house, no foreign bank accounts
5. A Performer because of past actions.
6. He will run a cheaper government e.g GEJs N60b contract=Buhari's N10b for same contract thereby making available resources to pursue other worth while projects.
7. He is not a fanatic as claimed by those that want to embezzle our God given resources. Infact his driver of 10yrs is a christain, his wife is a christain and his running mate Bakare is not just a christain but a pastor of a big congregation.
8. He is a man of humility.
9. After the rot of Shagari's government he was able to payback 50% of our debt only for GEJs mentor and friend IBB to plug us into a messier hole. Restored our National pride, brought about security, law enforcement and order.
10. He isn't surrounded by thieves, psychophants, homosexuals,cultists etc.
11. He can harness our human resources to our benefit.
12. He is trustworthy. His word is his bond. He has promised a referendum, state police, regional development areas(each region controlling its own economy), well-run government institutions, improved security, a transparent government, fight against corruption.
13. He is courageous. Unwavering in the face of threats, blackmail etc. Ready to take on the corrupt establishment.
14. Fights for what is right even if its against popular belief.
Last & not the least he is probably our own Abraham Lincoln.

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Fellow Nigerians the wind of change around the world is here in Nigeria.
Check out these pictures to see the mamoth crowd that Jonathan cannot boast of.
In Kaduna 2million+ turned out for the campaign

We are in support of your rescue mission. It's about time we get out the band of thieves in government. We need credible leaders that have a vision and we can trust in goverment. We need people who can build our institutions to function properly.
The mamoth crowd in Kaduna sends fear down the spine of the PDP. The change blowing around the world is coming to Nigeria.PHCN dead, Customs dead, Police dead. Revival of these institutions is paramount.
Fear not Buhari/Bakare for the Lord is with you and the people are solidly behind you.

Have u all been paid to preach this message for etisalat? From what I understood from their page it is only for calls from your homezone. This deceit is getting me angry. Y can't things be as straight forward as what Airtel is offering.

Hey guys I think we should vote with our heads and not by emotions or sentiments based on ethnicity, religion or looks.
1. Buhari will run a cheaper government & GEJ won't. E.g. GEJs contract N300b while Buharis N20-50b.
2. A leader unafraid to take on d corrupt establishments in Nigeria 2day GEJ doesn't have d balls.
3. With $10b Buhari can do much more infrastructure wise while GEJ can't. We'll b facing bankruptcy in a matter of months going by current statistics.
4. Our institutions will work under Buhari while GEJ will kill our institutions more through his thieving buddies.
5. Nigeria needs a strong president & not a puppet worse than a mamas boy.
6. We can b sure of a turn around under Buhari because he will create a middle class that will spur entrepreneurship, more money in d hands of more as against in a few.
7. He has shown he is principled & fights 4 d common man as against a party and her members without principles. A party of thugs, thieves, psycophants & without a conscience.
8. He has proven he is no religious fanatic or bigot as they claim but a patriot who is fearless & ready to serve.

VOTE WISELY, VOTE WITH YOUR HEADS, VOTE BUHARI/BAKARE FOR THE BIRTH OF A NEW NIGERIA.

This is a simple case. Both parties were selfish.
Man- Wanted his papers
Woman-Wanted a Aristo/Mugu/Mumu/Vegetable.

Perhaps if u guys had stated it as a contract, it mightn't had been so. So choose one my friend. Do you want to sell your soul or have your dignity intact?
My advice to you Mr. is go back home and re-strategize. All you need is N3-10m depending on how u bring your head down. Besides you can get a better educated, better behaved lady back home. A lady that you can trace her roots and probably do a background check before plunging in for a life sentence or a life of bliss. Perhaps one that will support you blindly without asking.
Maybe I should ask you the most important question. Do you know God? Are you considered cursed or blessed by God. God says only his people are free from all the curses in Deuteronomy. Pray and ask God for directions and he'll show you what to do.

I want the presidential aspirants to campaign based on their manifestos. What are they bringing to the table. What exactly are we going to score them on.
1. Lets take a look at what they say they will do.
2. Lets analyze each of their intended projects.
3. What is their pedigree?
4. How reliable are they/Can they be trusted?
5. Can they command international respect from world leaders?
6. What exactly are their antecedents on various issues from
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[li]Corruption[/li]
[li]Rule of law[/li]
[li]Reduction of Recurrent Expenditure[/li]
[li]Increment of Capital expenditure[/li]
[li]Improving the per capital income and not deceit of Nigerians with GDP[/li]
[li]Tackling Unemployment[/li]
[li]Security[/li]
[li]Law and Order[/li]
[li]Human Rights[/li]
[li]Improving Infrastructure[/li]
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to many more issues. Lets get them to tell us what they intend to offer. Lets decrease our emotions but rather increase our intellect with an equal measure of rationality.

Well written article.

Prof. Jerry Stove once said there are 3 types of men.

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[li]Intellectual man[/li]
[li]Emotional man[/li]
[li]Common Sense or rational man[/li]
[/list]
So let the debates begin. Where do you belong. I for one will vote for Buhari because I rather tackle corruption than let that scourge take over every fabric of this society. No leader is campaigning on their manifestos yet. Is this the way elections are supposed to be? We should start hearing what each candidate is willing to do to get us out of this mess we find ourselves.

If Buhari gets a nomination he will have my vote. I will vote for him not, like some have averred, because he is a northerner and a Muslim or because I think his candidacy is good for the north and Islam; I will vote for him not because I think he will make a good democrat or that he was not a dictator. I will vote for Buhari as a Nigerian for a leader who restored my pride and dignity and my belief in the motherland. I will vote for the man who made it undesirable for the “Andrews” to “check out” instead of staying to change Nigeria. – Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (2002)

BUHARISM: Economic Theory and Political Economy By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi [LAGOS] July 22,2002

I have followed with more than a little interest the many contributions of commentators on the surprising decision of General Muhammadu Buhari to jump into the murky waters of Nigerian politics. Most of the regular writers in the Trust stable have had something to say on this. The political adviser to a late general has transferred his services to a living one. My dear friend and prolific veterinary doctor, who like me is allegedly an ideologue of Fulani supremacy, has taken a leading emir to the cleaners based on information of suspect authenticity. Another friend has contributed an articulate piece, which for those in the know gives a bird’s eye view into the thinking within the IBB camp. A young northern Turk has made several interventions and given novel expressions to what I call the PTF connection. Some readers and writers alike have done Buhari incalculable damage by viewing his politics through the narrow prism of ethnicity and religion, risking the alienation of whole sections of the Nigerian polity without whose votes their candidate cannot succeed.

With one or two notable exceptions, the various positions for or against Buhari have focused on his personality and continued to reveal a certain aversion or disdain for deeper and more thorough analysis of his regime. The reality, as noted by Tolstoy, is that too often history is erroneously reduced to single individuals. By losing sight of the multiplicity of individuals, events, actions and inactions (deliberate or otherwise) that combine to produce a set of historical circumstances, the historian is able to create a mythical figure and turn him into an everlasting hero (like Lincoln) or a villain (like Hitler). The same is true of Buhari. There seems to be a dangerous trend of competition between two opposing camps aimed at glorifying him beyond his wildest dreams or demonizing him beyond all justifiable limits, through a selective reading of history and opportunistic attribution and misattribution of responsibility.

The discourse has been thus impoverished through personalization and we are no closer at the end of it than at the beginning to a divination of the exact locus or nexus of his administration in the flow of Nigerian history. This is what I seek to achieve in this intervention through an exposition of the theoretical underpinnings of the economic policy of Buharism and the necessary correlation between the economic decisions made and the concomitant legal and political superstructure.

Taxonomy

Let me begin by stating up front the principal thesis that I will propound. Within the schema of discourses on Nigerian history, the most accurate problematization of the Buhari government is one that views it strictly as a regime founded on the ideology of Bourgeois Nationalism. In this sense it was a true off-shoot of the regime of Murtala Mohammed. Buharism was a stage the logical outcome of whose machinations would have been a transcendence of what Marx called the stage of Primitive Accumulation in his Theories of Surplus Value. It was radical, not in the sense of being socialist or left wing, but in the sense of being a progressive move away from a political economy dominated by a parasitic and subservient elite to one in which a nationalist and productive class gains ascendancy. Buharism represented a two-way struggle: with Global capitalism (externally) and with its parasitic and unpatriotic agents and spokespersons (internally).

The struggle against global capital as represented by the unholy trinity of the IMF, the World Bank and multilateral “trade” organizations as well that against the entrenched domestic class of contractors, commission agents and corrupt public officers were vicious and thus required extreme measures. Draconian policies were a necessary component of this struggle for transformation and this has been the case with all such epochs in history. The Meiji restoration in Japan was not conducted in a liberal environment. The Industrial Revolution in Europe and the great economic progress of the empires were not attained in the same liberal atmosphere of the 21st Century. The “tiger economies” of Asia such as Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand are not exactly models of democratic freedom. To this extent Buharism was a despotic regime but its despotism was historically determined, necessitated by the historical task of dismantling the structures of dependency and launching the nation on to a path beyond primitive accumulation. At his best Buhari may have been a Bonaparte or a Bismarck. At his worst he may have been a Hitler or a Mussolini. In either case Buharism drawn to its logical conclusion would have provided the bedrock for a new society and its overthrow marked a relapse, a step backward into that era from which we sought escape and in which, sadly for all of us we remain embedded and enslaved. I will now proceed with an elaboration of Buharism as a manifestation of bourgeois economics and political economy.

The Economic Theory of Buharism

One of the greatest myths spun around Buharism was that it lacked a sound basis in economic theory. As evidence of this, the regime that succeeded Buhari employed the services of economic “gurus” of “international standard” as the architects of fiscal and monetary policy. These were IMF and World Bank economists like Dr. Chu Okongwu and Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, as well as Mr SAP himself, Chief Olu Falae (an economist trained at Yale). At the time Buhari’s Finance Minister, Dr Onaolapo Soleye (who was not a trained economist) was debating with the pro-IMF lobby and explaining why the naira would not be devalued I was teaching economics at the Ahmadu Bello University. I had no doubt in my mind that the position of Buharism was based on a sound understanding of neo-classical economics and that those who were pushing for devaluation either did not understand their subject or were acting deliberately as agents of international capital in its rampage against all barriers set up by sovereign states to protect the integrity of the domestic economy. I still believe some of the key economic policy experts of the IBB administration were economic saboteurs who should be tried for treason.

When the IMF recently owned up to “mistakes” in its policy prescriptions all patriotic economists saw it for what it was: A hypocritical statement of remorse after attaining set objectives. Let me explain, briefly, the economic theory underlying Buhari’s refusal to devalue the naira and then show how the policy merely served the interest of global capitalism and its domestic agents. This will be the principal building block of our taxonomy.

In brief, neo-classical theory holds that a country can, under certain conditions, expect to improve its Balance of Payments through devaluation of its currency. The IMF believed that given the pressure on the country’s foreign reserves and its adverse balance of payments situation Nigeria must devalue its currency. Buharism held otherwise and insisted that the conditions for improving Balance of Payments through devaluation did not exist and that there were alternate and superior approaches to the problem. Let me explain.

The first condition that must exist is that the price of every country’s export is denominated in its currency. If Nigeria’s exports are priced in naira and its imports from the US in dollars then, ceteris paribus, a devaluation of the naira makes imports dearer to Nigerians and makes Nigerian goods cheaper to Americans. This would then lead to an increase in the quantum of exports to the US and a reduction in the quantum of imports from there per unit of time. But while this is a necessary condition, it is not a sufficient one. For a positive change in the balance of payments the increase in the quantum of exports must be substantial enough to outweigh the revenue lost through a reduction in price. In other words the quantity exported must increase at a rate faster than the rate of decrease in its price. Similarly imports must fall faster than their price is increasing. Otherwise the nation may be devoting more of its wealth to importing less and receiving less of the wealth of foreigners for exporting more! In consequence, devaluation by a country whose exports and imports are not price elastic leads to the continued impoverishment of the nation vis a vis its trading partners. The second, and sufficient, condition is therefore that the combined price elasticity of demand for exports and imports must exceed unity.

The argument of Buharism, for which it was castigated by global capital and its domestic agents, was that these conditions did not exist clearly enough for Nigeria to take the gamble. First our major export, oil, was priced in dollars and the volume exported was determined ab initio by the quota set by OPEC, a cartel to which we belonged. Neither the price nor the volume of our exports would be affected by a devaluation of the naira. As for imports, indeed they would become dearer. However the manufacturing base depended on imported raw materials. Also many essential food items were imported. The demand for imports was therefore inelastic. We would end up spending more of our national income to import less, in the process fuelling inflation, creating excess capacity and unemployment, wiping out the production base of the real sector and causing hardship to the consumer through the erosion of real disposable incomes. Given the structural dislocations in income distribution in Nigeria the only groups who would benefit from devaluation were the rich parasites who had enough liquidity to continue with their conspicuous consumption, the large multi-national corporations with an unlimited access to loanable funds and the foreign “investor” who can now purchase our grossly cheapened and undervalued domestic assets.

In one stroke we would wipe out the middle class, destroy indigenous manufacturing, undervalue the national wealth and create inflation and unemployment. This is standard economic theory and it is exactly what happened to Nigeria after it went through the hands of our IMF economists under IBB. The decision not to devalue set Buharism on a collision course with those who wanted devaluation and would profit from it-namely global capitalism, the so-called “captains of industry” (an acronym for the errand boys of multinational corporations), the nouveaux-riches parasites who had naira and dollars waiting to be spent, the rump elements of feudalism and so on. Buharism therefore was a crisis in the dominant class, a fracturing of its members into a patriotic, nationalist group and a dependent, parasitic and corrupt one. It was not a struggle between classes but within the same class. A victory for Buharism would be a victory for the more progressive elements of the national bourgeoisie. Unfortunately the fifth columnists within the military establishment were allied to the backward and retrogressive elements and succeeded in defeating Buharism before it took firm root. But I digress.

Having decided not to devalue or to rush into privatization and liberalization Buharism still faced an economic crisis it must address. There was pressure on foreign reserves, mounting foreign debt and a Balance of Payments crisis. Clearly the demand for foreign exchange outstripped its supply. The government therefore adopted demand management measures. The basic principle was that we did not really need all that we imported and if we could ensure that our scarce foreign exchange was only allocated to what we really needed we would be able to pay our debts and lay the foundations for economic stability. But this line of action also has its drawbacks.

First, there are political costs to be borne in terms of opposition from those who feel unfairly excluded from the allocation process and who do not share the government’s sense of priorities. Muslims for example cursed Buhari’s government for restricting the number of pilgrims in order to conserve foreign exchange.

Second, in all attempts to manage demand through quotas and quantitative restrictions there is room for abuse because there is always the incentive of a premium to be earned through circumvention of due process. Import licenses become “hot cake” and the black market for foreign exchange highly lucrative. This policy can only succeed if backed by strong deterrent laws and strict and enforcible exchange rules. Again it is trite micro-economic theory that where price is fixed below equilibrium the market is only cleared through quotas and the potential exists for round tripping as there will be a minority willing and able to offer a very high price for the “artificially scarce” product. So again we see that the harsh exchange control and economic sabotage laws of Buharism were a necessary and logical fallout of its economic theory.

Conclusion

I have tried to show in this intervention what I consider to be the principal building blocks of the military government of Muhammadu Buhari and the logical connection between its ideology, its economic theory and the legal and political superstructure that characterized it. My objective is to raise the intellectual profile of discourse beyond its present focus on personalities by letting readers see the intricate links between disparate and seemingly unrelated aspects of that government, thus contextualizing the actions of Buharism in its specific historical and ideological milieu. I have tried to review its treatment of politicians as part of a general struggle against primitive accumulation and its harsh laws on exchange and economic crimes as a necessary fallout of economic policy options. Similarly its treatment of drug pushers reflected the patriotic zeal of a bourgeois nationalist establishment.

As happens in all such cases a number of innocent people become victims of draconian laws, such as a few honest leaders like Shehu Shagari and Balarabe Musa who were improperly detained. The reality however is that many of those claiming to be victims today were looters who deserved to go to jail but who would like to hide under the cover of a few glaring errors. The failure of key members of the Buhari administration to tender public and unreserved apology to those who may have been improperly detained has not helped matters in this regard.

This raises a question I have often been asked. Do I support Buhari’s decision to contest for the presidency of Nigeria? My answer is no. And I will explain.

First, I believe Buhari played a creditable role in a particular historical epoch but like Tolstoy and Marx I do not believe he can re-enact that role at will. Men do not make history exactly as they please but, as Marx wrote in the 18th Brumaire, “in circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past.” Muhammadu Buhari as a military general had more room for manoevre than he can ever hope for in Nigerian Politics.

Second, I am convinced that the situation of Nigeria and its elite today is worse than it was in 1983.Compared to the politicians who populate the PDP, ANPP and AD today, second republic politicians were angels. Buhari waged a battle against second republic politicians, but he is joining this generation. Anyone who rides a tiger ends up in its belly and one man cannot change the system from within. A number of those Buhari jailed for theft later became ministers and many of those who hold key offices in all tiers of government and the legislature were made by the very system he sought to destroy. My view is that Nigeria needs people like Buhari in politics but not to contest elections. Buhari should be in politics to develop Civil Society and strengthen the conscience of the nation. He should try to develop many Buharis who will continue to challenge the elements that have hijacked the nation.

Third, I do not think Nigerians today are ready for Buhari. Everywhere you turn you see thieves who have amassed wealth in the last four years, be they legislators, Local Government chairmen and councilors, or governors and ministers. But these are the heroes in their societies. They are the religious leaders and ethnic champions and Nigerians, especially northerners, will castigate and discredit anyone who challenges them. Unless we start by educating our people and changing their value system, people like Buhari will remain the victims of their own love for Nigeria.

Fourth, and on a lighter note, I am opposed to recycled material. In a nation of 120million people we can do better than restrict our leadership to a small group. I think Buhari, Babangida and yes Obasanjo should simply allow others try their hand instead of believing they have the monopoly of wisdom.

Having said all this let me conclude by saying that if Buhari gets a nomination he will have my vote (for what it is worth). I will vote for him not, like some have averred, because he is a northerner and a Muslim or because I think his candidacy is good for the north and Islam; I will vote for him not because I think he will make a good democrat or that he was not a dictator. I will vote for Buhari as a Nigerian for a leader who restored my pride and dignity and my belief in the motherland. I will vote for the man who made it undesirable for the “Andrews” to “check out” instead of staying to change Nigeria. I will vote for Buhari to say thank you for the world view of Buharism, a truly nationalist ideology for all Nigerians. I do not know if Buhari is still a nationalist or a closet bigot and fanatic, or if he was the spirit and not just the face of Buharism. My vote for him is not based on a divination of what he is or may be, but a celebration of what his government was and what it gave to the nation.

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I have read most of the posts here by different posters and I must say this. You must choose what side you want to be. If you condone this because you were ill-advised to go back home and suck up stuff as if nothing happened you my friend is going to take most of the curses. In Africa when you wed traditionally there are curses that follow when d 'contract' is broken. So If understand this case very well I'll say is something along this line.

- Misunderstanding with MIL
- Wife is cheating on you.
- Wife has MILs backing. (Part 1 curse)
- You are about to condone (Part 2 curse & worse (could be fatal))

For your info curses most often affect the men or their children and seldomly affect the actual culprit(woman). Please take this matter very seriously. When someone is a christian and does something bad BABA upstairs shuts his eyes to that person and then the forces of darkness can come into your home and have a field day.

My Advice.

Return home ASAP and make WAR. Your wife and her mother must leave. Throw their things out and shut your door towards them. Take no calls from anyone. If anyone is interested in settling you guys they must come personally and not over the phone. Jesus is the head of your home and Jesus has made u the physical head of your home so your wife comes under you. If she is really interested in you she'll come begging. She can't come begging alone or with friends. She must come with a couple of male family members from both sides. (Your side and that of your wife). After you have seen true remorse and repentance from her. You take her to the church for repentance, cleansing and thanksgiving. You must show no signs of weakness from the period u throw out her things and that of her mum to the time they come begging. When neigbhours come around to settle you guys or ask what happened do not divulge any information. Just stay quiet and let it be a family matter. I can't emphasize enough that neighbours must be kept guessing what's going on. Only immediate family elders must be aware of your travails. The family elders or your family on both sides must not know of what happened from you. Let your wife be the one to tell them what happened. Never go to visit your in-laws or speak with them on phone while all this is going on. Visit when you have settled. Give a time frame of 2 weeks for your wife to come begging and if she doesn't setup a far prettier lady with better education and wealth to come around the house to spend time and just make sure you do your thing in front of prying eyes. I'm sure you'll keep your dignity and get faster results this way. May God be with you.

I have read most of the posts here by different posters and I must say this. You must choose what side you want to be. If you condone this because you were ill-advised to go back home and suck up stuff as if nothing happened you my friend is going to take most of the curses. In Africa when you wed traditionally there are curses that follow when d 'contract' is broken. So If understand this case very well I'll say is something along this line.

- Misunderstanding with MIL
- Wife is cheating on you.
- Wife has MILs backing. (Part 1 curse)
- You are about to condone (Part 2 curse & worse (could be fatal))

For your info curses most often affect the men or their children and seldomly affect the actual culprit(woman). Please take this matter very seriously. When someone is a christian and does something bad BABA upstairs shuts his eyes to that person and then the forces of darkness can come into your home and have a field day.

My Advice.

Return home ASAP and make WAR. Your wife and her mother must leave. Throw their things out and shut your door towards them. Take no calls from anyone. If anyone is interested in settling you guys they must come personally and not over the phone. Jesus is the head of your home and Jesus has made u the physical head of your home so your wife comes under you. If she is really interested in you she'll come begging. She can't come begging alone or with friends. She must come with a couple of male family members from both sides. (Your side and that of your wife). After you have seen true remorse and repentance from her. You take her to the church for repentance, cleansing and thanksgiving. You must show no signs of weakness from the period u throw out her things and that of her mum to the time they come begging. When neigbhours come around to settle you guys or ask what happened do not divulge any information. Just stay quiet and let it be a family matter. I can't emphasize enough that neighbours must be kept guessing what's going on. Only immediate family elders must be aware of your travails. The family elders or your family on both sides must not know of what happened from you. Let your wife be the one to tell them what happened. Never go to visit your in-laws or speak with them on phone while all this is going on. Visit when you have settled. Give a time frame of 2 weeks for your wife to come begging and if she doesn't setup a far prettier lady with better education and wealth to come around the house to spend time and just make sure you do your thing in front of prying eyes. I'm sure you'll keep your dignity and get faster results this way. May God be with you.

Most of d posts here are hitting d nail on d head. If u can't be submissive then break up and go for a guy that is moreorless aloof. I know most 9ja men want d submissive woman. Alternatively u can learn to be submissive. By fasting & praying u can do just that. Fasting will deal with d flesh to be in tune with d spirit thereby realising ur objective.
Women are meant to be smarter than their men but d interesting thing is d smarter ones don't rub it in their man's face dat they are smarter, Infact they behave 'Mumuishly' because they know in d end 60-100% of their suggestion will be taken. Most times they cunningly bring it up in such a way that makes their man think they suggested or tot about it.

For a man to go this far means that the woman cheated on him. Lets wait and hear out the full story

Finally GEJ is showing he is no walk over. Nice move GEJ. Please stamp your authority on these assholes from hell. Anyone that carries AK47's, grenades etc. are no longer petty criminals they have become internal enemy combatants and should be treated as threatening the internal security of the nation. Please flush them out wherever they are. Besides it will also be a good excuse to deal with this Boko Haram menace once and for all. I'm seeing a peaceful election after all.

Sanusi has the power to sack any bank MD period.

when did chuk/chook become an English word. Naija una wan write una own dictionary?

Our Lord God wiped out an entire generation of Israelites through jealousy. It was simple they bowed before idols. Jealousy is a tool that is lurking at the stupid partners door. When u know dat eating meat will cause ur brother to stumble we've been advised to refrain from eating meat. When u know ur partner doesn't like certain actions u stop it or @ least try to. Jealousy for me is an indicator to show love, possessiveness, stupidity, understanding & above all maturity.
Jealousy has nothing to do with control. If a man or lady can't control his or her impulses that person for isn't mature enuf. Everyone is weak at something. Might be alcohol, loose tongue, drugs, impulsive sex, over-working. There is always something within U u can't control. A mature person seeks to control his or her impulses towards weakness and seeks to be a better person. Knowing ur partners weakness & knowing he or she is doing something about it improves the relationship

If Forbes says Dangote is the richest black man I'll believe that because I have checked up the criteria with which they make their measurements. They basically do old school accounting which is Capital = Assets + Liability meaning his worth is equal to his assets minus his debt. Shikena. As for an article on wikipedia I wouldn't take that because anyone can create an un-cited work and put up there.

Dangote claimed to be a billionaire to boost his credit rating amongst the international financial community. He needed cheaper funds and going to Forbes was the best strategy for that. Does that say that he is illiterate? I leave that for you to answer. Oxford's definition of an illiterate is 1. Unable to read and write 2. Having little or no education. Pls tell me If Femi or Dangote falls under these? This reminds me of 2 people fighting and while fighting one of them realises that the other is stronger so he changes tactics in order to be at par or subdue the other. It is no doubt that Jimoh is more literate in the pack but then probably weighs low in the cash category.

I have a different theory as to how it is possible for people to loose money through ATMs. These ATMs are computers with a machine attached to them to dispense money so I believe the guys from the technical department install trojans/viruses to capture your card details anytime you go to cash money at the ATMs. My advice to anyone will be

1.to make sure withdrawals are only made at ATMs situated at banks.
2. Create 2 accounts e.g. Current & savings or savings/current hybrid & savings. Tie the ATM card  to your current or hybrid accounts and not your savings account. Leave little money in ur ATM account and transfer most of it to ur savings.
3. Use at least 3 debit cards tied to 3 different banks and leave small sums in them.
4. Save the number/s of ur bank branch, accounts officer, debit card company e.g. Interswitch, Visa, mastercard in ur phone. Have them on speed dial if possible.

I am of  the opinion that the card companies should operate an SMS service using an SMS code that enables a cardholder to self destruct his card or temporarily disable his card until he directs otherwise.

Wish us all luck.

Womenu, Womenu equal rights, equal rights have entered una brain. Have u forgotten it is d holy book that says be submissive to ur husbands. Is it not God himself, dat cursed both man, woman & serpent? Woman u don forget ur curse? If u have let me remind u. Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee. Those who have ear let them hear. So if ur husband wants u to greet him, u must greet automatic because BABA has said so. If e no send greeting U are lucky.

Whoever posted this knutsford university college thing is an information alteration disseminator. The school is $800/semester & the school operates a 3 semester/session calendar. Pls Nigerians or probably a Ghanian please give accurate info.

Forex brokerage. I can guarantee 3% a month and 30%/yr because I trade 10months a year. Call me 08038383232

I'm a Forex trader. I can guarantee 3% a month. 30% a year because I trade only 10months in a year.

As for me the worst bank is UBA. If u use best banking practices to measure their performance then I'll say GTB will come out tops.
-Best buildings
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I got tired of reading some of the bad advises proffered here. Lady, do you actually think life will be back to normal if you leave? I'm trying to see things from your husbands perspective. Firstly you seem to have Everything going for you. Seems you have no use for his money, no use for him on bed, you Require no emotional support, he basically has nothing to look forward to from you. It seems you bring him into the picture when you have already decided on what to do.
He doesn't feel like a man because it seems you are the man. Why would he want to bring you down if you don't rub it in his face? Your marital problems seem big an insurmountable when it basically boils down to respect. Smart women know what they want and know how to make it look like their husband brought up the idea, money, whatever. You just haven't made your husband feel like he rules over you & until you do these problems of your wouldn't go away. Trust me its going to be more difficult out there without your husband. Why would your husband want your downfall? Does he feel what is yours is his or he feels you're trying to be the boss? You're stepping on his ego so he is on self destruct button. He like you knows what he wants but I think you're too busy and too self centered to see that. If you show him that he and all that is his is your main priority you probably will see the change you crave. Above all you need to fast & pray. Probably in hitting the self destruct key he brings home powers & principalities from the pits of hell all in the name of pleasure seeking. Lay hold to your husband probably as a child that's the only way he can get your attention. May the grace of the Lord be with you. Amen.