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A lot of efforts should be put into local intelligence gathering about the plans, whereabouts of BH. The soldiers should show friendship with local people rather than harassing and frightening them from reporting activities of BH. Local leaders should be educated about why so many soldiers on their land, regular security meetings with the military officers is also helpful.amnesty negotiations with BH should continue using a stick and carrot approach. Good discipline and ethical training for our soldiers to respect local traditions and religious restrictions, emphasizing they are a peacekeeping force is vital.

If we miss his kind of approach for this mission, the local guys would be scared and BH would whip up sentiments against the army and this would not benefit the mission. Show of force is good but local reassurance, support, intelligence gathering and education is key to success.

God bless the JTF.

This is really sad. RIP. This BH group sponsored by Buhari and babangida to avenge GEJ and to provoke civil war in Nigeria has become terror to Nigeria. Buhari and co should ask for northern Nigeria country rather than killing innocent people. Southerners if you can, come back south please, and leave the north for them.

But this damned act of BH had sealed any northerner chances of ruling Nigeria for ever.

solomon111: you are a dishonest toad.
The US/UK did not condemn the killings of security operatives.
They were only re-echoing the sentiments of unscrupulous NGOs and human rights group who heat up the polity by promoting propaganda against the military.
The US/UK were asking the govt to probe the deaths of the so-called innocents lives of the baga residents.
Nowhere in the article did the US/UK condemn the murder of security operatives.

That's for the naija govt. GEJ should have addressed the nation quickly. First condemning the barbaric act, showing support and condolence for bereaved family, assuring support, investigation abd justice as well as encouraging NPF to show tolerance and not to go on a revenge mission. Imagine what Obama in United States of America does when these kinds of killings happen.

Omo_Tier1: I do not blame the OP, simply because you cannot get first hand information in the village you live. Human rights have issued statement already condemning the killings of police officers and have also called for a thorough investigation! The US and UK government have also demanded the same.

Some of you rejoice in ignorance

Source please

fork adict: Heard in the news this morning that he led the convoy that wanted 2 go attack the militias and attached to his vehicle was a red sticker to enable the militias recognise him and thus sparing him and the vehicle but they dealt mercilessly with the rest in an ambush. So sadm but my question is what the fork did he stand to gain by doing this? Of course this post presupposes the fact that the police were thorough in their investigations.
Enugu or whatever you call yourself MAY U ROT IN HELL

How can a mere corporal lead a team of officers in such a major operation with the assistant commissioner of police involved. Was he used as a decor to bring out the militia and he turned smart? Whatever the details are, at least he helped his people to survive police brutality.

RuuDie: If this fella is indeed an Eggon-ite, has a car with a conspicuous red sticker, was part of the attack crew and both himself and his car were unscathed at the end of the brouhaha as some reports have hinted; what is there to investigate again!!?

Did he go with his personal car to the operation?

Capnd143: Some of you spewing shit! Didnt you watch on Ait that the were substancial evidence to prove? Abi una wan mek them cary them go court smal time Oga at the top go come bribe the judge to secure his release?
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i trust nigerian police only 4 this one thing: when it comes to terrorist, the dont obey rule of engagement, if them manage catch u? Na don lose one eye be that!

Yes and they paid dearly for their brutality. The police aimed to butcher the Ombatse people but got the same treatment. Some people blame Mr Enugu for exposing the evil plot of the police to massacre the Ombatse. He did the right thing in my view and saved thousands of Eggon people. Imagine 11 truck loads of armed officers given orders to kill and go. Mr Enugu is a hero, though he may be extrajudicially murdered by the police. But he did what any reasonable man in his position should do in the circumstances. The police had failed to justify why such a major operation to arrest one man was planned and incompetently executed.

ikwere militant: pls o can some one clerify me.do they mean they engaged policemen armed with aks with machetes nd knifes nd slughterd 95.meeeen who are this spartians dat means we have spatacus in nija.hey defence headquters don't u tink u have a job for this group as in unleashing them to boko make them test ruggedity

Real Spartans, these Eggonites !! Chemical weapons of high traditional value may have been involved. I guess they have some secret sedative powder which knocked off the officers, then they hacked them to pieces.

See above post in which it was reported they made soldiers sleep off in an earlier invasion.

larez: Side view of my dream home. (rendering)

Looks like a cathedral to me! Laugh out loud

Damitism: i was too shock when i saw my result. It was then i started hating this country as a whole. And the sad thing is that no one believe me when i said what gave me isn't my score. God is alive!

So sad eh....

The jamb is a total mess. If your parents got some money pls consider any other country eg Ghana or South Africa, but try again. Take heart.

gboss4sure: They should all go and sit down de don fail be de don fail. Na wetin 2go, whatapps and bbm dey cause. I hope apc and co won't find ways to blame GEJ for this issue.

Do not let your emotion rule your mind. The protest is against blanket seizure and possible cancellation of results by jamb. U would expect most protesters are expecting to pass.

We blame students for fraud but jamb's inefficiency at preventing this needs to be assessed. Jamb really need to come up with more secure fraud- preventative methods in conducting these exams. Rather than addressing this the Unis started post- utme exams but these can be fraught with graft, impersonations favoritism etc.

librangyps: Bad press on Jonathan have truly overshadowed his major achievements. I must confess, I never knew d ore road has been completed.

Repairs still ongoing after three contract awards of 300 billion naira each time.

ehispapa: they didnt say you being safe, its a general statement and if you have never been out .you will never understand the mess nigerians have turned there country into...of a truth i have travelled so many cities in the world and yet to find any as disorganised,dirty, with no simple basic amenities,smelly and ransacked like any of naija cities...lagos is actually my worst city in naija. planning to see Bangladesh cos i have a friend here from there and its kinda close

To be fair there are some parts of Lagos that look like any developed country eg VI, LEKKI, Ikeja, Ikoyi and so on but you have poor electricity no pipe borne water unless provided by individuals for themselves. The big lesson in naija is how u can individually provide public utility services for yourself eg borehole, generator/solar. But can you make roads, mass transits, parks and medical emergency service for yourself?

DoctorMcgruff: SO...

Mogadishu,Baghdad,Kabul, Damascus,Karachi,Juarez,Tijuana are better than us??

hmmm,dont believe everything you read people

You maybe surprised they are better than us. I got the shock of my life when I went to work in Maseru Lesotho in 2000 to 2004 and it found maseru to be better than any city in Nigeria. Then they had 24/7 electricity, Internet access, ATMs and sewage and regular water supply as well as a rudimentary medical emergency service and a Lesotho flying doctors service to reach rural areas by air. . They have an MOU with south Africa to provide highly specialized medical care eg heart surgery, renal transplants, all expenses paid by the govt of Lesotho. Lesotho, no bigger than Edo state is one of the poorest countries in the world that relies heavily on donations to survive.

My medical colleagues and I published their medical service structure in a journal in 2004 to illustrate how poor nations can strive in the face of challenges to assist their people.

Neo-XVI:
Why are you attacking the op? Is he the one that came up with the rankings?

As per the rankings, I don't see what temperature is doing there as a criteria. It's not like any city can do anything about it's weather conditions.

This should be taken with a grain of salt, but it should indicate to us that we still have a long way to go and should not rest on our oars. All praise singers need to calm down

Well said! The temperature issue is relevant not just what the environmental temperature is like per se, but the availability of reliable means of temperature control eg, fans a/c , heaters etc.

slimming: it cannot happen

I think Nigeria would get partial access from RIM and the blackberry would be saved in naija, because the children of the ogas at the top love bb

They ought to have waived this requirement on the basis of disability and used fotos, eye scans etc. I wonder if the consular officer whom processed his visa application sought advice from a senior colleague before rejecting the request. Maybe Britain don't like his stand against nuclear tests?

berem: If you got nothing to say, just shut the hell up. This is a sensitive topic and only intellectuals are allowed to make comments. now ,run along to the viewer's corner where you have always been and keep quiet!

The very title of the post smacks tribalism. If u support this u are a bloody tribalist!

[quote author=opeshe2]Abeg go learn how to write proper english, ur written English aint encouraging at all. #hideyourself#[/quot

I guessed he made his point clear enough. This is not an english grammar class

CFCfan: That's disrespectful to the President.

Did you see the president's name there?

iykak47: Bros that's Naija for you, where even those that have not achieved anything in their lives can open rotten mouths to insult the president, a man their fathers would stand on their toes to have a glimpse of. The same people won't tolerate others to insult their own parents.

Respect is earned not imposed on people.

solomon111: Is Suit the apparrels of your fore-fathers?
Mumu.

Well the apparels of our forebears was just a loin cloth and bare chest with no shoes. Mumu!

aanumama: This man sef! is he trying to kiss another man
he's so dump

looks cool though in other pix

I think GEJ was trying to do the customary double cheek kisses heads of states do when they visit. But he got too shy to do so. Funny man!!

effisyman: But really, is it safe studying on that thing?

whirlwind nko?

This was not the defense raised by the govt. By the way, did govt provide a better alternative?

Femi Aribisala is at it again. He asserts that tithe collecting pastors are thieves. Clearly no New Testament injunction to Christians to pay tithes but some say it is justified old abrahamic culture which pleases God.

Please read the full article and say where you stand below,

Moderator, front page please to enable wide readership and opinion poll on this topic. Thank you.




Every Pastor Who Collects Tithes Is A Thief

Monday, May 06, 2013


As far as many pastors are concerned, the most important scripture of all is not to be found in the word of Jesus. Neither is it even in the New Testament.




That scripture says: “‘Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.’” (Malachi 3:10).

This scripture is drummed repeatedly into Christians on Sundays. However, the only time Jesus mentioned tithing in scripture, he pointed out that it was not a weighty matter of the law. (Matthew 23:23). Hebrews says people only receive tithes “according to the law.” (Hebrews 7:5). It then insists tithing (and everything else under the law) has been annulled: “The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless.” (Hebrews 7:18-19). Nevertheless, mercenary pastors continue to insist on the payment of tithes.

Latter-day Pharisees

Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for keeping part instead of the whole law. (Matthew 23:23). That is what tithe-collecting pastors do today. If we insist our congregants must pay tithes, we must also insist that they keep the rest of the law. James says: “Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.” (James 2:10). Therefore, if we insist on tithing, we should also refrain from eating pork. We should stone adulterers, execute homosexuals, kill Sabbath violators and restore blood-sacrifices.

Tithe-collecting pastors counter this by maintaining the payment of tithes pre-dated the law. Here Abraham is cited as the cardinal example of someone who paid tithes before the promulgation of the Law of Moses, as did Jacob, his grandson. However, such arguments are disingenuous.

Before the law, tithing was at best an example but not a commandment. Moreover, pastors fail to mention that Abraham only tithed once in his lifetime. When he did, he did not even tithe his own money: he tithed the spoils of war. He gave ten percent of the plunder he took when he rescued Lot to Melchisedec, king of Salem. But then he did not even keep the rest but returned it (all ninety percent) to the king of Sodom.

For his part, Jacob also tithed only once. He did this in a “let’s make a deal” arrangement he offered to God: “Jacob made a vow, saying, ‘If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God. And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will surely give a tenth to you.’” (Genesis 28:20-22). This kind of deal about accepting God only under certain self-serving conditions should certainly not be a term of reference for any serious believer.

Lies upon lies

The first lie pastors tell Christians is what some have referred to as “the eleventh commandment:” “Thou shalt pay thy tithes to thy local church.” But the bible says no such thing. The storehouse of Malachi was not a church. It was a place where food was kept.

Pastors hide from church-members the fact that money was not acceptable as tithe. The tithe was a tenth of the seed and fruit of the land and of the animals which ate of the land. (Leviticus 27:30-32). That is why God says: “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be FOOD in my house.” (Malachi 3:10). He does not say “that there may be MONEY in my house.” The food was used to feed the Levites, the poor, widows, orphans and strangers.

Pastors also conveniently fail to teach the biblical tithe. The principles of tithing were not laid down by Malachi. They were laid down by Moses. The study of Moses’ guidelines quickly reveals that the biblical tithe has no application whatsoever to Christians and is mischievously violated by tithe-collecting pastors today.

According to the Law of Moses, the tithe was divided into three allocations. The first year, it was given to the Levite. The second year, it was given to widows, orphans and the poor. The third year, it was eaten in the company of the faithful before the Lord as thanksgiving for his faithfulness. (Deuteronomy 14:22-28). In the seventh year, there was no planting and no reaping and therefore no tithing.

So the next time your pastor asks you to pay tithe, ask him about the seventh-year reprieve. Also ask him if you can give your tithe to the orphanage, or bring it as food items to be eaten in church. Believe me; he will not agree with you because it is your money he is after.

Inapplicability of tithes

Tithing was only applicable to Jews and to the land of Israel. When large populations of Jews lived in Babylon, Ammon, Moab, Egypt, and Syria, these lands became tithe-able lands. However, tithes were not acceptable from strictly Gentile lands. So you need to ask your pastor how come he is collecting tithes in Nigeria.

Servants or slaves who worked on the land did not tithe because the land did not belong to them. Since only agricultural and animal resources were included, a fisherman gave no tithe of his fisheries. Neither did a miner or a carpenter pay tithes, nor anyone from the various professional occupations. So if you are not a farmer or a keeper of livestock, tell your 419 pastor tithing is biblically inapplicable to you.

Moreover, the only people authorised to receive tithes were the Levites. (Hebrews 7:5). So if your Pastor is a “tithe-collector,” ask him if he happens to be a Jew. Remind him that, even though a Jew, Jesus could not receive the tithe because he was not from the tribe of Levi but from that of Judah.

The trick, of course, is for pastors today to claim we are “Levites.” If your pastor is one such dissembler, ask him if he lives as a Levite. Remind him that Levites had no land and did not have private property. Ask him also how he knows he is from the tribe of Levi, which happens to be one of the lost tribes of Israel. Point out to him that even Jewish rabbis don’t claim to be Levites today because all Jewish genealogical records were lost with the destruction of the Temple in AD 70, ensuring that it is no longer possible to ascertain the true identity of Levites.

Therefore, if Jews no longer tithe because the Levites are a lost tribe, how can Christian pastors collect tithes when we are not even Jewish, how much more Levites? If Jewish rabbis, whose terms of reference remain the Old Testament no longer collect tithes, then pastors who insist Christians are under a New Testament have no business doing so.

The conclusion then is inescapable. Every pastor who collects tithes is nothing but “a thief and a robber.” (John 10:1).

By Femi Aribisala
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source: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2013/05/every-pastor-who-collects-tithes-is.html

Looks nice. However most are not tropicalised - wide h, big windows, tree shades etc

Cokeroo: Hmmmn***sighs*** nostalgia... The good ol' days of innocence and pure unbridlef fun!

What programs did you watch with this TELEVISION set?

Gun smoke, Zorro, The Saint

Akpan107: This is one of the reason why i love GEJ so much... He still remain the best thing that has happened to Nigeria and Nigerians. Atleast, he refused to use the power of his seat to give his wife the Land...

Lets see what will happen to justice Affren's job within the next 18 months

ebamma: ini edo's breast is growing bigger, abi na too much garri dey cause am?

...antigravity bra effect

Seun: Actors have much brighter minds than musicians because they have to read, understand, & judge dozens to hundreds of scripts (which are modern works of literature, really) over the course of their careers. They also have to understand, memorise and convincingly perform thousands of lines of dialog over and over again. All that exposure to the intelligence of a wide variety of writers makes actors have brighter minds.

Musicians, on the other hand, don't have to read anything to be successful. Fantasia Barrino won American idol as an illiterate. Performing musicians spend most of the time practising dance moves, and performing the same handful of meaningless songs over and over and over again while inappropriately dressed. Singer-songwriters are a wee bit smarter, but even they don't have to read much; songs don't have to make sense anymore as long as they sound nice and come with sufficiently gratifying videos.

As a result, the mind of even a great musician is darker and dustier than the mind of an average actor or actress. That is why I can confidently assert that Beyonce's mind is darker and dustier than Gwyneth Palthrow's mind. Gwyneth Paltrow has to read and understand and help to dramatise great or above average scripts covering a wide variety of issues regularly. Beyonce does not. That is all.

It takes a huge intelligence to be a great musician. Your mind, ears, hands and feet need to be well coordinated. You need to judge the mood of a song to get your voice along the rythym. But your mind's dustiness is affected more by your personality, life experiences an moral integrity than your profession.