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Religion / Re: Any "True" Muslim Should Please Attempt This by smada13(m): 1:17pm On Dec 30, 2014 |
domack99: the copy of the Quran I have was downloaded 2 days ago myself.... what is in mine that makes it different to the several copies you have. you can check the verses i posted if they tally with yours ...... |
Religion / Re: Any "True" Muslim Should Please Attempt This by smada13(m): 9:04am On Dec 30, 2014 |
domack99: OK boss
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Religion / Re: Any "True" Muslim Should Please Attempt This by smada13(m): 6:24am On Dec 30, 2014 |
gatiano: Bro, you tried with the first verse but with the others, you made the same mistake a Muslim friend made on my Facebook page by substituting verse 88 for 89, 137 for 138 and 213 for 214...... you need to supply the verse before those verses..... I have a minor question though..... is my own version of Quran not properly numbered or you people decided to bypass those verses intentionally or they have been omitted completely from the "real" Quran? We will go into other details after this question is answered cuz that my friend has absconded..... without giving me reply..... Thanks a million 1 Like |
Religion / Re: Any "True" Muslim Should Please Attempt This by smada13(m): 8:52pm On Dec 29, 2014 |
Ifeann: waoh! that's a total disgrace to them.... |
Religion / Re: Any "True" Muslim Should Please Attempt This by smada13(m): 6:49pm On Dec 29, 2014 |
tonybosses: I'll be so disappointed in them.... 1 Like |
Religion / Any "True" Muslim Should Please Attempt This by smada13(m): 5:45pm On Dec 29, 2014 |
Any good muslim should please read these verses and tell me how best he/she understands it, i just researched it out myself...... Quran 2:62,88,137,213,254 and 3:36-64. I'm waiting..... |
Politics / Why I Withdrew From Vicepresidential Race- Bola Tinubu by smada13(m): 6:21am On Dec 18, 2014 |
I am a Nigerian who loves his country and am hopeful about what it can become. I have seen and conducted myself as a patriot long before I thought of myself as a politician. I shall always walk this line and no other. After all the political calculations are made and the dust of competition has settled, it must be this nation and its people who stand first and foremost. The question becomes whether we stand strong, able to shape ourselves into our best future or will we stand frail and trembling, burdened by the abject failure to surmount the multiple problems confronting us. It against this backdrop that I assess any action I take. Here I come to my name being placed in consideration as the Vice Presidential candidate for our party, the APC. I have labored hard to move this party from being merely an idea in the minds of a few into being a political organization that might win this election and govern the nation in way that gives the people the hope and opportunity they seek. Nothing is more important to me than to realize this dream not for myself but for the people of this land I so love. I helped to build this party, giving no thought to seeking an elected office because of it. My contribution to the party was never based on the expectation of a later political handout. Nigeria is in trouble and we are well past the moment for such narrow, selfish games. There came a time during the course of the events when our Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari offered the Vice Presidential slot to me. Being a normal human being, I was deeply moved and honored that he would consider me for the position. Being a patriot, I had to weigh my potential candidacy in all of its dimensions. I have concluded that the interest of the party, our campaign and of the nation are better served if I retain my position as the National leader of the APC, allowing me to be a bridge builder across all divides. Although, I declined the position, I want to thank General Buhari for extending the honor to me. Despite all the noise and opposition around my possible selection, he stood firm and steadfast. He showed the traits of a leader in holding to a decision he believed was right despite the errant plots against it. When my name was raised, the political hatchet men tried to chop it down with rumor and lies. Over the years, I have developed a thick skin. The personal attacks did not bother me. I am used to them. While I have a thick skin, I don’t have a thick mind. There has been one form of attack that has troubled me. That is the attack based on religion. The PDP and others have stoked fear of a Muslim- Muslim ticket. I have removed myself from consideration so what I now say cannot be seen as self-serving. I plead with the people of this nation to never allow the power lust of cynical politicians to set brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor. If you look at those politicians who raise this issue the most, they are the least devout and faithful to any religion other their self-interests. Nigeria has too many secular problems – insecurity, economic collapse, poverty , corruption and misgovernance – to allow inept people to use religion to keep us from solving these challenges for the benefit of all. Those who exploit religion should be wary. For there really is a God and he does not like it when you play with his people or use His name to do the opposite of what He intends. I ask the people to remove religion from the electoral equation now that the tickets of both parties are mixed. I ask you to select the ticket best able to end the downward slide that Nigeria has endured since this government took over. I ask you to remember that too many Christians and Muslims are poor. Most of all, I ask you to remember that the true religion of the PDP is poverty, APC come to bring prosperity to the people. Please vote for that. The Nigeria I see is a nation that shall overcome. The Nigeria I see is a nation ready to sweep aside the broken ways of our recent past and the government and politicians who impose distress upon us. The Nigeria I see and seek is one where each person, every man, woman and child may live free of terrorism, free of the despair of poverty and free of the fear that the government meant to serve and protect them has turned its back to them in cold and utter indifference. I see and seek a Nigeria where progressive democratic governance creates the political and economic space needed for each of us to contribute to rescuing and retooling this nation. And, in the process of this benign endeavor, may each and every one of us share in the sound promise and good prosperity that shall describe the architecture of our national revival. However, not everyone that shouts the name of Nigeria believes in this vision. There are many who would have you laid low and our future tossed asunder that they may persist in reaping the unjust reward of their selfish ways. There are wolves in sheep clothing and even jackals in wolf’s clothing. I have seen them but not as residents in some strange zoo. They populate the halls of this diminished government and the party from which this government was born. We have come to the field of fateful choice. We have been brought to test the scales of weighty decision. Shall we lift this nation upward so that from its higher vantage point we may clearly see the road to our better destiny? Or shall we continue to march the march of fools into the dark of darkness. The current path has but one end. It shall take us into the den of national collapse. We have gone far enough down this wicked avenue to be aware of what its continuance portends. We must awaken of our own accord, my dear people, before the bell of doom rings upon us. If we wait until that moment, we would have waited too long. Our future, our fate, our destiny would have been cast into the snare of utter misfortune. This is not the song of greatness. It is the poetics of ruin. For me, political ambition will never triumph over patriotic conviction. This delicate moment affords no space for emotion to intrude to blind us from what is best. The APC is the best and only vehicle to enact the progressive and broad change this nation cries for. I eagerly lend myself to this fine cause without me having to be on the ticket. This is a time for cohesion and an overriding sense of mission. We must defeat the foe before us and resist all temptations intended to entice us to fight among ourselves. I sincerely commit myself to the rescue agenda of General Buhari and Professor Osinbajo. I declare to you, I will work and dedicate myself so that our ticket succeeds and wins the 2015 election -- not for his good, not for my good, not even for the party’s good but for the good of the nation we inhabit. Some may call what I have done a sacrifice. I call it otherwise. It is my patriotic contribution and duty. I do so with a happy and uplifted heart and clear conscience because I have committed myself to seeking the best for this nation before seeking what is good for myself. This is the creed of statesmanship I chose to follow. May this be the creed of our party as General Buhari leads us to historic victory in the 2015 elections. May the light of a bright future always shine on you and on our beloved nation, the Federal Republic of Nigeria. -Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu December 17th, 2014 http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/17/why-i-withdrew-vice-presidential-race-bola-tinubu#.VJGxrpB_SBU.facebook |
Politics / Re: "Why We Could Not Defeat Boko Haram"- Army Commander Writes A Letter To Jonathan by smada13(m): 5:48am On Dec 16, 2014 |
kestolove95: are u discrediting that? |
Politics / "Why We Could Not Defeat Boko Haram"- Army Commander Writes A Letter To Jonathan by smada13(m): 11:02pm On Dec 15, 2014 |
In a desperate letter to President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President David Mark leaked to SaharaReporters this past weekend, a commanding officer stationed in Nigeria's northeast details several troubling issues plaguing troops combatting Islamist terror group Boko Haram in the region. The officer stated that, corruption, maladministration, lack of resources and troops motivation has militated against a successful campaign to end Boko Haram's deadly reign of terror in the northeast. The officer's lengthy complaint which he claims would lead to a threat to his life forewarns that if his pleas continue to be ignored by the country's leadership that both the Nigerian Army and the country will crumble under the insurgency. "If all issues raised in this letter are not urgently addressed, the Nigerian Army will soon be history and by implication there will be no country called Nigeria," the officer gravely states. "No country without a strong army will survive." Below is the full text of the officer's letter addressed to President Goodluck Jonathan PLEASE MR PRESIDENT SAVE THE MILITARY AND NIGERIA FROM COLLAPSING 1. Sir, I am constrain to write you this letter which I consider it a matter of more than great importance for me to inform you and put to record issues that are happening in the North East (Operation Zaman Lafiya). I choose this medium to write you this open letter because I have written similar letter but no action was taking which I believe some forces have blocked it are now after my life. Sir I have served in 7 Division as staff officer and presently I am the commanding officer of 103Bn in the field. My combined wealth of experience as a staff officer and now commanding officer are the disturbing fact that necessitated me to write you this letter. While as a staff officer, I was among those who believed that the commanders in the field are not doing well. But presently, as a commander in the field, I found out that it is not the fault of any commander that the defeat of the so called BOKO HARAM (BH) has not been achieved. 2. First and foremost sir, the Nigerian Army is poorly equipped in the North East, if all the battalions are well-equipped as required; it will not take the Army more than two weeks to flush out the BH. Presently there are four units in my location here in KONDUGA including 21 Armoured Brigade HQ. If all the units are provided with all their requirements, we can advance and flush out BH out of North East. Mr. President sir, the Nigerian Army is well-trained and capable of defending our nation. It has demonstrated the capacity to even successfully enforce peace in other nations. Why not in our own country Nigeria? 3. The fact about NE operation is that we are poorly equipped, understaffed, high corruption from Army Headquarters down to battalion level. Commanders see it as opportunity to make money. My predecessor has complained of the same problem. Instead of ASA addressing the issue raised by him, the army authorities decided to Court Martialled him. All the units in NE are understaffed, but on payroll their strength are complete just to collect more allowances than what each unit is supposed to. The commanders see it as a personal money making venture rather than taking care of men and equipment. This ugly trend led to loss of many officers and soldiers and thereby having adverse effect on the moral (sic) of troops. Majority of soldiers in the operation area wear mufti (civil cloths) under their military uniforms in case there is an attack and the troops cannot withstand the BH, they found it easy to disguise as civilians to enable them escape. This is not the traditional practice in the NA. Though it is lack of adequate equipment and poor administration from the higher authority that resulted to this ugly trend by our troops 4. Sir, another bad and unprofessional act is that soldiers don’t take to orders from their superior officers because they have lost confidence/trust from them. The case of former General Officer Commanding 7 Division Major General A. Mohammed is enough evidence to show that all is not well in the Nigerian Army. It will interest you to note that worse cases has been recorded before that of the former GOC and more are still happening, but nobody is ready to investigate the root cause of problems facing the troops in the field. 5. This brings me to a recent occurrence which is my main purpose of writing this letter. As I mentioned earlier, due to the failure of the authority to address issues that I made mentioned, when a unit is attacked and overran by the BH not because the soldiers are unable to fight, but lack of weapons, ammunitions and communications equipment, the soldiers on many occasions will ran away, and a commander cannot stand and fight alone as a result of this. Presently seventy percent of commanders in the NE are facing Court Martial due to the reasons mentioned. We the commanding officers are very worried over this development. This is because we many soon find our self as victims of this maladministration from our higher authorities. 6. There is no sincerity in this operation; this is because the present acting GOC has never visited any location outside Maiduguri town not to talk of principal staff officers in Army Headquarters or even the COAS. But we keep on hearing all sorts of lies that Generals are leading the fight against BH. These are facts that can be confirmed from officers and soldiers in this operation including those in the 7 Division Headquarters. The GOC is so afraid that even with the Divisional Headquarters; he doesn’t go out and always locked himself inside his office. Infact it is a common knowledge among officers and soldiers in this operation that the acting GOC is here to make his money and earn his promotion to the detriment of the operation. The completion of his mansion at No 8 Gwamna Road in Kaduna which the GOC ignorantly disclosed that when he completed it, will be among the best houses in Kaduna, has turned to be a subject of discussion among troops. 7. The former 21 Armored Brigade commander is facing Court Martial today because the acting GOC does not want to see him and his garrision in Maiduguri town simply because of the huge monthly allocations from the Borno State government to the brigade garrision. He wanted to be collecting his money by using 7 Div Garrison, but in reality 7 Div Garrision does not have troops to claim such money. It is worthy to note that the GOC received 33,000litres of AGO and PMS each, 600 bags of rice monthly from Borno State government. All these items are diverted for his personal use. 8. Recently the newly appointed 21 Brigade commander lead 3 units to flush out the BH, that operation was successful, almost 300 BH were killed, weapons and vehicles were recovered from them, in the process the troops exhausted their ammunitions from the Div, the GOC simply replied that there was no ammunition this made all the troops to withdraw back to KONDUGA. 9. Presently more than 3000 officers and soldiers are either killed in action, deserted, captured as POW or on AWOL. But due to lack of proper administration the army directed that their salary should be stopped. This affect the families of those that are either genuinely killed in action or captured as Prisoners of War. It has also affected some of the troops that are still participating in this operation. 10. Mr. President sir, if all issues raised in this letter are not urgently address, the Nigerian Army will soon be history and by implication there will be no country called Nigeria. No country without strong army will survive. I decided to write you this letter because the life of officers and soldiers trusted in my care are no longer save. My life is also at the stake because the NA authority as usual will say I have communicated directly to you as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and may sanction me. As a citizen of this country and a commander in the operational area, with all the points I have mentioned in this letter, it is clearly that the Military authorities have failed the country, as such they should be held liable for their misdeeds. I have consulted seasonal constitutional lawyers if writing you this letter will be an offence, but they said it is my constitutional right to inform the C in C about what is happening in the NE and within the military which if not address will affect the survival of Nigeria. source: http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/15/why-we-could-not-defeat-boko-haram-army-commander-writes-powerful-letter-president#.VI82_X3iksY.facebook |
Politics / Re: Jimi Agbaje And Bode George Rubbished In Lagos-island by smada13(m): 4:41pm On Dec 15, 2014 |
adadadon: whatever happens to "show me your friend and I'll tell you who you are" statement.. for him to dine with the devil means he is a devil himself 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Jimi Agbaje And Bode George Rubbished In Lagos-island by smada13(m): 2:29pm On Dec 15, 2014 |
politifact: Can u pls ask a close friend please, I can't just give myself away like abeg......tnx for the understanding |
Politics / Re: Jimi Agbaje And Bode George Rubbished In Lagos-island by smada13(m): 9:15am On Dec 15, 2014 |
politifact: why should I? you want to track me with my number I'm way smarter bro 4 Likes |
Politics / Jimi Agbaje And Bode George Rubbished In Lagos-island by smada13(m): 7:42am On Dec 15, 2014 |
Saw this poster on the island on Saturday that mocked the gubernatorial candidate of PDP, Jimi Agbaje together with the south west leader cum ex-convict Bode George.... what's your view about this and its effect on the coming election? 15 Likes 3 Shares
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Politics / Check Out The Poster That Rubbished Jimi Agbaje And Bode George by smada13(m): 7:54pm On Dec 13, 2014 |
With this, PDP winning next year's gubernatorial election is so uncertain.... 1 Like |
Politics / Re: How The Bigwigs Describe Jonathan's Presidency by smada13(m): 7:36am On Dec 12, 2014 |
dunkem21: hey bro, that was before the last election o |
Politics / Re: How The Bigwigs Describe Jonathan's Presidency by smada13(m): 7:35am On Dec 12, 2014 |
brainpower: its obvious you are good with the level of corruption in this country with Jonathan in charge.... youths getting paid without working? that was the beginning of the end of Libya...an idle hands they say....... I was opportuned to be the Efcc President during my service year....and during our advocacies, I do tell the students that corruption starts from stealing only for our President to come out and say stealing is not corruption... ain't that insane? 1 Like |
Politics / Re: How The Bigwigs Describe Jonathan's Presidency by smada13(m): 7:28am On Dec 12, 2014 |
dunkem21: so he should not bother about the environment and society his flocks are in ehn? you are really sensible.... by the way, you seem not to know what the cardinal is referring to |
Politics / Re: How The Bigwigs Describe Jonathan's Presidency by smada13(m): 6:45am On Dec 12, 2014 |
temitemi1: its obvious u are not tired of this miserable life, you can ho with him to his village after February for all I care....but for Jonathan to rule again? Jesus had rather come!!!! |
Politics / Re: How The Bigwigs Describe Jonathan's Presidency by smada13(m): 6:12am On Dec 12, 2014 |
dunkem21: Including the cardinal? you need to get yourself re-examined......all of them cannot be wrong at the same time! 5 Likes |
Politics / Re: How The Bigwigs Describe Jonathan's Presidency by smada13(m): 6:10am On Dec 12, 2014 |
IKJ66: it does bro! the future of our country and children unborn beckons! posterity asks! Nigerians are suffering! there seem not to be light at the end of the tunnel with this present government! the atmosphere is too harsh for people to survive! Are you not concerned with those 2 Likes |
Politics / How The Bigwigs Describe Jonathan's Presidency by smada13(m): 5:56am On Dec 12, 2014 |
Cardinal Okojie: You will become President but will not be the one ruling OBJ: He performed below expectations, his government is evil. Prof Tam David West: Jonathan is too inexperienced to be president Chief Bisi Akande: Jonathan's is a Kindergarten Presidency Prof. Oyebode of Unilag: He is an embarrassment to PhD holders. Chief Christopher Kolade: He is a Kano dancer. He is not a good leader. Prof. Wole Soyinka: He is King Nebuchadnezzar (destroyer of Jerusalem). Pastor Tunde Bakare: Nebuchadnezzar is too mild. He is King Jeroboam. Gov. Obiano: His tenure is bad. He is not the right person for this country. Don Jazzy: I Regret Campaigning and Voting for Goodluck Jonathan Lagbaja: For Electing Jonathan Nigeria is a Country of 100 Million Mumus If You Think All These People are Wrong You Need a Mental Overhaul !!! 24 Likes 7 Shares |
Politics / Re: Obasanjo Releases Gov Fayose's 2012 Apology Letter ...... by smada13(m): 10:37am On Dec 07, 2014 |
This man is a genius... I just love OBJ with his wise actions and that his PA..... Fayose, over to you....what do you have to say about this |
Education / Re: I Know 98% Will Still Fail This Simple Mathematics [see Question] by smada13(m): 8:06pm On Dec 06, 2014 |
That question is very wrong.... the question stands logic on its head if 01=02, then 02=01 and 02 is not equal to 05.... |
Politics / Re: Fight For Nigeria’s Survival, Obasanjo Tells Youths by smada13(m): 7:36pm On Dec 03, 2014 |
noblezone: read that gibberish all what? maybe you are the one to read what you wrote again |
Politics / Re: Fight For Nigeria’s Survival, Obasanjo Tells Youths by smada13(m): 7:35pm On Dec 03, 2014 |
olalekan1: fine, you have talked well right? now does what you said solve the whole carnage? how does that place Nigeria in the proper place. OBJ has done his own, good or bad, we have to leave him and move on....at least his time is not as worse as this... |
Politics / Re: Fight For Nigeria’s Survival, Obasanjo Tells Youths by smada13(m): 7:26pm On Dec 03, 2014 |
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