Thank you guys for your service to our country. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

It's just a call. It doesn't mean you have to make any commitments. Just hear what she has to say... It should be at your own pace.

Houdegbe North American University, Benin Republic. The lecturers in that school are so randy.

That guy is such a douche bag and irresponsible too. Why will he see your refusal to be intoxicated as not classy. Using the word classy alone in that situation says a lot about him.

I've been watching the series of Political ads' and documentaries on Tv and I've noticed that 90% of the ads placed in the media by the ruling party has a sole purpose - to stir up hatred among Nigerians and also play along ethnic lines and demonise the candidature of General Buhari. The PDP said Buhari promoted post election violence in 2011 yet nothing was done about it, he wasn't charged, arrested, reported to the ICC. An effective govt and Commander-in-Chief would act accordingly. They keep airing documentaries about corrupt people yet they arrest nobody. President Jonathan would go the South West and say Buhari arrested your brother but won't state the offence the person committed. He would also go to the South East and say the same thing...I wonder if the guilty are supposed to be roaming the streets. How can a sitting President gather this intel on Opposition leaders and instead of him to prosecute them, he airs this data on the social media? Doesn't this display the height of cluelessness? It shows that you are either lying or incompetent. How can a man kneel in front of pastors this week and then bows before traditionalists (Yoruba Obas) the next week asking for the same thing? Yet you accuse Buhari of being a religious fanatic.


I am also of the view that the Office of the First Lady should be scrapped because not only is it unconstitutional, Dame Patience Jonathan has abused what that office stands for. She is neither an elected officer nor an official of government but she moves in a convoy of government vehicles, led by a siren-blasting pilot car meandering menacingly through clogged traffic to ensure the smooth passage of Madam's convoy. She has a retinue of aides and press crew and a good number of security details waiting on her in the office and at home, distinct from those of the elected chief executive. She has a knack for demonising her husband's opponents and recently in a Presidential campaign in Kogi State, described GMB in this crude manner. I quote her verbatim...
“Wetin him (Buhari) dey find again? Him dey drag with him pickin mate. Old man wey no get brain, him brain don die pata pata,” she said in pidgin English.
This is a First Lady that said before a crowd that those shouting the mantra of Change are not serious and that as a matter of fact they should be stoned anywhere they shout Change! I thought it was a joke until the video went viral.
The next one was when she spoke dispassionately about how her husband should be praised and thanked for improving the welfare of the menacing Almajiri kids in Northern Nigeria but she then went astray by insensitively and inconsiderately saying that the Northerners are fond of bearing children with reckless abandon and throwing them on the streets to fend for themselves. She went further to say such things don't happen in the part of Nigeria you come from, that was tactless.
This isn't an elegant language to be used by any lady not to mention the First Lady and certainly not about a former Head of State. Perhaps they could stop attacking GMB and give Nigerians concrete reasons why they should be re-elected. #Myhonestopinion.

If OBJ criticises the President, he will say, "he is a frustrated old fool who is only miserable because he can no longer control the President". And I mutter to myself, "so, at least, OBJ is not the cause of the President's cluelesness."

If Buhari talks about change, he will say, "ehhm, how can an old man be talking about change"?

If Oby Ezekwesili berates the President's handling of the Chibok saga, he will shout, "look at her." "See how she goes on low cut like a man." No wonder she can't stay under any man's roof".

If IBB so much as muse about the incompetence of the President, he will claim, "these ex generals, they are only interested in the oil blocks".

If Soludo warns about the financial mismanagement of the Govt, he will allege, "Prof. is only looking for a way to be relevant in Government again".

If Mbaka criticizes the President, he will scream, "how can a priest be partisan"? Then, I asked him, "but when he prayed for Dame, he was being non partisan". Abi?

If Soyinka writes about the flagrant impunity of the executive, he will exclaim, "too much book has affected Wole". "Burden of conscience." "Leap of faith". What's the meaning of all that grammar? Governance is a lot more difficult than literary analysis".

If Osinbajo talks about the manifesto of APC, he will say, "are we even sure he is a real pastor"? How can a pastor follow an Islamist? Haba!

#moral. Criticize us. We are coming for you.

I'm so sorry for your loss! May the good Lord in the spirit of Lent grant him perpetual rest and may the blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit come down and be with your household this trying moment.

Is this lady trying to creep me out or what. I find it totally repulsive, *gross*

Nigerians are so superstitious, they must make a connection to the spiritual realm with everything. When the skelewu dance was trending, some said it was demonic. Dorobucci came out and of course some Nigerians demonised the song. Just when you think they're gonna relent..BAM..they kick it up a notch. Now they're saying Shoki is the name of a Chinese demon god. MC Galaxy should be prepared cos very soon, Sekem will be the next evil thing in Nigeria. Smh.

P.S If this isn't in the right section, may the mods do the honours.

The time has now come in the Church year for the solemn
observance of the great central act of history, the redemption of
the human race by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the
Roman Rite, the beginning of the forty days of penance is marked
with the austere symbol of ashes which is used in today's liturgy.
The use of ashes is a survival from an ancient rite according to
which converted sinners submitted themselves
to canonical penance. The Alleluia and the Gloria are suppressed
until Easter.
Abstinence from eating meat is to be observed on all Fridays
during Lent. This applies to all persons 14 and older. The law of
fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday applies to all
Catholics from age 18 through age 59.
During a normal Ash Wednesday mass you will hear the words
—‘dust you are, and to dust you shall return’ or even ‘ashes to
ashes, dust to dust’. These words are also part of the funeral
ritual. Why this somber reminder about our mortality? Well for
the very good reason that we will one day go to meet our Maker,
ready or not, and it would be better to be ready, than not! The
reminder of our mortality is meant to help us renounce our
immorality, to repent of our sins, and as the old Southern sign
bluntly said—‘Get right with God, or get left by God’.
Unfortunately, in our current culture we would like short-cut
salvation--- forgiveness without repentance, salvation without a
change of life, grace without gratitude or a change in attitude. In
a God-forsaken life, there may even be an attempt to atone for
one’s own sins. We like to say “let me make it up to you”, but
alas that is seldom possible, even with ordinary mistakes, and
totally impossible if we are talking about sin. One of the most
powerful movies I have seen in years is the Oscar nominated film
-‘Atonement’. It is a truly post-modern film, all about a young girl
with a vivid imagination who is rather jealous of her elder sister
and her relationship with her boyfriend who works on the English
estate where the girls live, but who is ‘beneath the station of the
girl’s family’.
It is a typical class clash English drama in some ways, but there is
much more too it. For the younger sister Briony would like to
have this young man for herself, but when she is spurned,
and something goes terribly wrong on the estate (a teenage girl is
raped) Briony imagines that she saw the young lad doing it, she
accuses him, and he is carted off to jail, ruining her elder sister’s
relationship and hopes. The rest of the movie is consumed with
the tale of atonement, or shall we say attempted do it yourself
atonement. Briony
becomes a nurse during WWI, thinking she can work her sin off
by good deeds. She attempts reconciliation with her sister, but this
does not work. She attempts to wash her hands of the affair, but
this does not work. She writes a clever novel in which there is a
happier ending to the story than there was in real life, ‘to make
amends’ ‘to make it better’ as she says, but alas, the sin is still not
atoned for. Like Lady MacBeth trying to get the blood off her
hands from a murder and crying out in the night ‘out out darn
spot’, there is, and can be no self-atonement!
Let me be perfectly clear---neither good intentions, nor good
efforts, nor good deeds can atone for sin—only repenting, turning
to God who has atoned for sin in the death of his Son
Jesus, and receiving forgiveness from Him can break the endless
cycle of futile and fatal attempts at self-justification and self-
atonement.
It is more than fitting that at the beginning of Lent we would
repent, in reminder that at the end of Lent our means of
forgiveness shows up in the person of Jesus, and through his
atoning death on the cross. Only God in Christ can not merely
forgive sins, but make the sinner whole. Only he has the grace
which can change a sinner into a saint. So as we have the ashes
imposed we remember our mortality and our immorality and
realize that ‘tempus fugit’ and there is need that we get right with
God before we go ‘gentle into that good night’ as Dylan Thomas
put it.
In the ancient church, Lent was a time for new
converts to be instructed for baptism and for
believers caught in sin to focus on repentance. In
time, all Christians came to see Lent as a season to be reminded of
their need for penitence and to
prepare spiritually for the celebration of Easter.
Part of this preparation involved the Lenten “fast,” giving up
something special during the six weeks of Lent (but not on
Sundays, in some traditions.)
Historically, many Protestants rejected the practice of Lent,
pointing out, truly, that it was nowhere required in Scripture.
Some of these Protestants were also the ones who refused to
celebrate Christmas, by the way. They wanted to avoid some of
the excessive aspects of Catholic
penitence that tended to obscure the gospel of
grace. These Protestants saw Lent, at best, as
something completely optional for believers, and,
at worst, as a superfluous Catholic practice that
true believers should avoid altogether.
N/B Let me note, at this point, that if you think of
Lent as a season to earn God’s favor by your good intentions or
good works, then you’ve got a theological problem. God’s grace
has been fully given to us in Christ. We can’t earn it by doing
extra things or by giving up certain other things in fasting. If you
see Lent as a time to make yourself more worthy for celebrating
Good Friday and Easter, then perhaps you shouldn’t
keep the season until you’ve grown in your understanding of
grace. If, on the contrary, you see Lent as a time to grow more
deeply in God’s grace, then you’re approaching Lent from a
proper perspective.
Some segments of Protestantism did continue to recognize a
season of preparation for Easter, however. Their emphasis was
not so much on penitence and fasting as an intentional devotion to
God.
I can’t claim to have had any mystical
experiences during Lent, but I have found that fasting from
something has helped me focus on God. It has also helped me to
look ahead to Good Friday and Easter, thus appreciating more
deeply the meaning of the cross and the victory of the
resurrection. Before I began honoring Lent, Good Friday and
Easter always seemed to rush by before I could give them the
attention they deserved. Now I find myself much more ready to
meditate upon the depth of Christ’s sacrifice and to celebrate his
victory over sin and death on Easter.
So, as we enter the season of Lent, I am grateful for the saints
who have gone before me, some of whom discovered the
blessings of giving up something in Lent, while others grew in
their faith by adding a Lenten discipline. No matter what you do
during this Lenten season, I pray that God will draw us closer to
him, and prepare us for a fresh experience of Good Friday and
Easter. May the peace and blessings of our Lord, be with You!

1. "INEC declares Buhari President-Elect with 26.4 million votes!
PDP rejects result" - VANGUARD!

2. "Buhari declared winner!". "This is the worst election in
Nigeria's history" (Olisa Metuh) - PUNCH!

3. "APC in a historic victory!". "Godswill Akpabio flee to Ghana, begs for forgiveness". - PM NEWS!

4. "This is the most rigged election in the world, Jega must be arrested and imprisoned immediately. We are heading to court" (Ruben Abati) - DAILY INDEPENDENT!

5. "South-South boils as INEC declares Buhari winner, Militants threaten war." - NIGERIAN TRIBUNE!

6. "APC wins Aso Rock, 70 Senate seats and 65% House of Reps. We are studying the results" (Mimiko) - SUN
NEWSPAPER!

7. "Militants Protests Buhari's Victory, Demands Cancellation Of Polls In 21 States" - TRIUMPH NEWSPAPER!

8. "How Jega Rigged The Polls In Favour Of Buhari" - Premium time

9. "Obama, Cameroon, Hollande, Ban Ki Moon, World Leaders congratulate Buhari" - THE NATION!

10. "I Will Finish All The Gambaris In Niger Delta Before May 29" (Asari Dokubo) - SAHARAREPORTERS!

11. "Jega Rigged For The Opposition, We Will Obtain A Court Order And Arrest Him" (SSS spokeswoman, Marylin Ogar) - LEADERSHIP!

12. "It Can Never Be Possible, It Is Either Jonathan Or No
Nigeria" (Ayo Fayose) - DAILY TRUST

13. "Senate President, David Mark In A Secret Meeting With The Military To Stop May, 29 Handing Over to Buhari" - THISDAY NEWSPAPER

14. "No President That Has His People At Heart Will Hand Over Power To Someone Who Doesn't Care About The
Masses" (Doyin Okupe) - NTA NEWS

15. "Nigeria Will Be Better Without Jonathan" (United Nation) - NEW YORK TIMES

I only eat Basmati rice.

The media has been awash with the news that the Vatican has finally legalised the homosexual union at the Synod. I want to clarify some issues here.
First of all, The Synod of Bishops, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an advisory body for the Pope. It is "a group of bishops who have been chosen from different regions of the world and meet together at fixed times to foster closer unity between the Roman Pontiff and bishops, to assist the Roman Pontiff with their counsel in the preservation and growth of faith and morals and in the observance and strengthening of ecclesiastical discipline, and to consider questions pertaining to the activity of the Church in the world".
A preliminary report written by bishops during a Vatican synod said homosexuals had "gifts and qualities to offer" and this has been miscontrued by our protestants and gullible catholics to mean that the Church has finally moved on with the times.
The report does not challenge the Church's long-held opposition to same-sex marriage, but some gay rights groups hailed it as a breakthrough.
More than 200 bishops have been taking part in the synod since 5th October. It was convened by Pope Francis to debate controversial issues such as abortion, contraception, homosexuality and divorce.
Monday's report, issued half-way through the two-week meeting, said: "Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community and everyone is chanting the usual “Anti-Christ ish”.
The Catholic
Church doesn't condemn or discriminate against
people who are gay or experiencing same sex
attraction. They do have gifts and qualities to offer to
the Christian community. Homosexuals are
encouraged and advised to live a life of chastity and
abstinence....which is what all unmarried people are
called to do regardless of their sexual orientation. If someone is attracted to someone else and doesn't act on the feelings, it's not a sin. If a guy is attracted to
another guy but he doesn't act on his feelings, he's
still Homosexual but he hasn't committed any sin or
done anything wrong. The Catechism of the Catholic
Church states that Homosexuality is a cross that
some must bear (CCC, 2357-2359). The bible explains in details about Jeaus Christ reminding his disciples that he did not come for the righteous but the sinners. Jesus Christ himself showed us many examples when he refused to condemn Mary Magdalene, dined with the tax collectors, and even extended his friendship to the Samaritans (Be reminded that Jesus was a Jew) Funny enough, I hear fornicators, adulterers, thieves, cohabiting couples (who occupy our hostels and homes) and all sorts of sinners judge homosexuals and I wonder why they pick on gay people. If I die fornicating with someone I'm not married to, won't I end up in hell? We are all
sinners and we are all called for a daily
repentance likewise the gays and that is the
church's stand. The church will never accept or
support gay practice or marriage but will
always give room for repentance and not
judgement and which is solely GOD's responsibility. If Pope Francis has found himself unworthy to judge the sexual orientation of some people, who am I?

Ebiskem is the best. I bought the 1gb data not long ago via Zenith Bank eazy money app and I got the data in a minute. That was so fast. Ebiskem is officially the best. Thanks once again.

The real scoop on the ATM charges re-introduction: The charges were never stopped, just transferred to your ATM card issuing bank. If you use another bank's ATM, your bank pays. If you use it 10 times in a month your bank pays the other bank N1000 for your use alone! So the Bankers committee decided (after considering all the costs they incur on this plus cost of maintaining ATMs etc.) that a N65 charge will apply to the customer if s/he uses the ATM of another bank MORE THAN 3 TIMES IN A MONTH. There is no charge if use is thrice or less. Now i can already see how our naija folks will beat this charge...

bigfred: Glory to Jesus! Honour to mary! what about (Joseph Mary's husband) don't he deserve any honour,praise etc.

Joseph was the foster father of Jesus and is duly honoured but Mary is full of grace. Read your bible to acknowledge the importance of Mary....all generations shall call me (Mary) blessed.

RoyalRoy: I do not do confessions the usual way.....non at all. My confession goes straight to God.

Purgatory is an idea that is subject ti debate... just as the existence of heaven and hell too.

To each his or her own.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines purgatory as a "purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven," which is experienced by those "who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified" (CCC 1030). It notes that "this final purification of the elect . . . is entirely different from the punishment of the damned" (CCC 1031).

The purification is necessary because, as Scripture teaches, nothing unclean will enter the presence of God in heaven (Rev. 21:27) and, while we may die with our mortal sins forgiven, there can still be many impurities in us, specifically venial sins and the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven.



Two Judgments

When we die, we undergo what is called the particular, or individual, judgment. Scripture says that "it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment" (Heb. 9:27). We are judged instantly and receive our reward, for good or ill. We know at once what our final destiny will be. At the end of time, when Jesus returns, there will come the general judgment to which the Bible refers, for example, in Matthew 25:31-32: "When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats." In this general judgment all our sins will be publicly revealed (Luke 12:2–5).

Augustine said, in The City of God, that "temporary punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by others after death, by others both now and then; but all of them before that last and strictest judgment" (21:13). It is between the particular and general judgments, then, that the soul is purified of the remaining consequences of sin: "I tell you, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper" (Luke 12:59).

guess uh once lived in dubai....
?
Yep. Totally rocked dubai

Peter's faith was so steadfast that Jesus called Peter “the rock”, the unwavering disciple on whose shoulders Jesus would build his church. On this very location - Vatican Hill, Peter had been crucified and buried. The early christians built a small shrine over his tomb. As Christianity spread, the shrine got bigger, layer upon layer, culminating in this colossal basilica. The entire Catholic Church had been built literally upon Saint Peter's tomb. #‎EPIC‬

Mine is stagger911. It was given to me by my lodge mates back in my 1st Year in the University. It just kinda stuck since then. I still love it though.

kennygee: This is why issues like Acid baths and murders happen. How can you use a woman like that and toss her away only to marry someone else? Hell knows no fury like a woman scorned. Trust me, if the lady kills the guy, she will willingly and happily go to prison and serve what ever sentence she has to. If you have no honourable intentions for a woman, leave her the hell alone.

My dear, there will be no prison sentence. The punishment of murder is the death penalty in pursuance to section 319(1) of the Criminal Code.

claremont: I couldn't read the mass of unedited text, but based on the title alone. . .

She did NOT commit those alleged abortions for him, she did it out of her own freewill. She wasn't forced at gun point to commit an abortion, the blame rests squarely with her alone. She is a matured adult responsible for her own decisions, the worst kind of people are those who commit evil acts and shift the responsibility to someone else.

She deserves no pity whatsoever.

nicely written