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No, they're hog plum in English

Spondias mombin in scientific name

Some Igbo dialects call them "ijikara" or "ijikala"

Mariangeles:
I think the fruits are loquats.

They're rare, because I've never seen them before, not to talk of tasting them.
[Only got to know about them when I was researching fruits that can thrive in hot climates]

Omo! There are so many varieties of fruit that can grow in Nigeria, that we have not even explored.

Op, your parents are rich and living the best life.
Agriculture is life.

Are you ready to stop masturbating?

JagaLove:
My name is XYZ I graduated from secondary school at 15 in year 2010. That was the same year I first masturbated; I was in my room one day and all of a sudden I started stroking my genitals; after a little while I felt the release of semen. The feeling was enjoyable and soothing or so I thought not knowing the Devil had crept into my life. I curse the day I got to do this first.

I was staying alone with my dad in a single room apartment and dad would always leave early for work and return late. Immediately dad leaves for work I start masturbating. Sometimes once in a day, sometimes twice, even thrice at most.

I got admission into the university and this didn't stop. It was easier for me since I stayed off campus. Sometimes I masturbate before going to class and feel dizzy when in class through out my stay in the university I was masturbating. I started developing negative consequences like anxiety, guilt, tiredness and weakness, I thought some of these things were normal or so inability to associate with people especially ladies. I could just see a girl then and I want to have sex with her and sunce i can't I'd wait till my spare time and do the deed. I would think people were seeing through me that I masturbate. I had this false confidence like I was the man.

I moved in to the school hostel in my third year and that didn't stop. I masturbated in my hostel room and even in the open field in school. Just trying to skip a lot of details. There's no place of family or friend I've visited where I did not masturbate. Even during my NYSC in year 2022 I masturbated all through the scheme.

I try to stop and can go off for I week or three days and i'd be back to it. I masturbate with my productive time and It has been 15 years now since I started masturbating I don't have good social skills, my relationship with people is faint, i don't have a job and its even a scandal now. People around me say it because I don't have a girlfriend I don't have friends and I don't talk to anybody. Not having a girlfriend is not my problem Worst of it all is I missed my purpose. I can't say it to anybody cause I'm ashamed of it so I came here to pour my heart and advice anyone who is tempted. I t ruins life. I'm supposed to be a role model but I'm the opposite. I used to have high hopes but now my intelligence level has dwindled.

Masturbation is a demon and an evil spirit. I just pray God helps and heal me and restore me. Praise God.

If you've lost sensation there, you should visit a hospital. I'll advise you go to a teaching hospital or a federal medical center where you can see a urologist.

Then, do you want to stop masturbating?

Amna1:
Good day fellow nairalanders its finally time i spoke out before i Bleep up for lie.

I started masturbating since i was at the age of 14 years and i have done it through different methods over the course of 4 years like fu..cking my mattress, soapy, with my hands e.t.c. it was during one of my solo sessions whilst fuc...king my mattress, then i felt like i tore one of my testicles but i didn't bother cause there was no pain.

Over the remaining 3rd of the decade i felt and confirmed one of my balls is getting dry and weightless by the day and the whole side is getting less sensitive than the other(side)*
And right now my left testicles is getting drier and becoming insensitive (no sensation at all) and i have confirmed it's no longer painful as it's before-no pain from the same left testicle.


Please tell me what to do .......It's not something I'm proud of! but i was addicted- i thank God I'm ready to quit by force

Please insults are welcome too

May God help you fulfill your assignment without falling.

However, there are things you can do to prevent yourself from coming into such tempting situations. You can speak to other pastors with many years of experience handling such issues to know the steps they've taken to limit such occurrences. In addition to that, I think you should also do the following:

1. Avoid counselling the opposite gender at odd hours of the day such as the night. At least, it's not an emergency that can't be rescheduled. You can choose to counsel during the day.

2. When counselling the opposite gender, ensure you're in an open place where people can see both of you. For example, you can use the church hall instead of a private space.

3. If you must use your office (if you have one), ensure the day is open and someone is waiting outside your office.

I believe these things will not just limit the kind of temptation you experienced, but will also prevent allegations of sexual harassment or rape.

May God give you further wisdom on how to work in His vineyard, overcoming the attacks of the enemy.

FreeSpirited:
You will never understand what it means to fall into grave sexual temptation until you start living a sexually pure life or until you decide to work for God.
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I'm not yet a pastor in full time ministry but I can tell you the truth based on series of temptation I get these days, the work of a pastor is one of the hardest when it comes to standing against sexual temptation.
Yesterday I also perfectly understood why pastors fall for married women or ladies whose marriage or relationship is in crises during counseling.
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The truth is counselling a heart broken woman is a big trap. A big trap that can only take God and courage to not fall into. You will be shocked that the person you are counseling is so vulnerable and sexually primed that the greatest emotions flowing through her at that time is a urge to be touched, cuddled, caressed and knacked. I saw everything last night, and my defence began to crack, wane, weakened and almost dissolved completely while the lady was begging time for me to touch her.
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It was yesterday I realized that deciding to live a holy life or deciding to be a pastor means that you have only signed yourself into continuous sexual temptation. No wonder most pastors fail! I thought I had won the demon of temptation until I experienced the dimension of counseling a broken married lady.
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I won't go into the story. It's a long crazy one. But pastors will understand what I'm saying .... And if you have not counselled a heartbroken woman either married or single... You can never understand. How I escaped without crashing totally is a mystery.

dona4real:
May Holy Spirit deliver us all,not even me is a saint,all hv Fallen short.

I don't know why people keep using "all have fallen short" to console themselves sometimes. The scripture that mentioned that all have fallen short was referring to the state of man before Jesus came. Not all are still in their fallen state; people have risen from their fallen state into a life of righteousness.

If you notice you're struggling with something, it's advisable to seek help and overcome it. The Lord will not look at anyone at judgement and tell you, "I understand because all have fallen short".

Scriptures say clearly that Jesus will present a church that's blameless and without wrinkle to His Father.

Please, let's not be deceived by the lies of the enemy.

bdon123:
Nothing wrong in masturbation,better than raping someone daughter

Yes, I agree it's better than raping someone's daughter.
However, when you see people that masturbation has wrecked their lives, you won't be saying nothing is wrong with it.

Roycemadeit:
The church finds it challenging to truly advocate for the people because, at its core, it is a construct shaped by governing authorities. It operates in a way that often aligns with the interests of those in power rather than the interests of the people it claims to serve. Through the framework of sin and morality, the church imposes limitations on the human experience, subtly guiding and restricting individuals' choices and behaviors. This influence is not just about spiritual guidance; it becomes a means of social control, shaping what people perceive as acceptable or forbidden, often diverting them from questioning broader systems of power. In doing so, the church may inadvertently serve as an instrument for maintaining established order rather than liberating the human spirit.

I guess you're referring to the church of Satan, because it cannot be the church of God that you're referring to.

treatise:
People should Google meaning, benefits and side effects of masturbation rather than only giving it religious pigmentation.

There is no benefit to masturbation. Forget about the lies the internet is selling to people.

Winnin009:
God Bless You Sir. Can you kindly suggest bible verses to help a strugling individual? As a reference in prayer points and for meditation.

If you've prayed about it and it's still a struggle, then, it means you need more than prayers to overcome it. You'll need to take practical steps to help you overcome it.

Yes, there are people that overcame by prayers especially those whose struggles were purely as a result of demonization.

However, there are a thousand and one other people who overcame by a combination of prayers, scriptures, and other practical steps.

It's usually advisable to talk to someone who can help you identify the triggers in your life and guide you on how to handle them.

Talking about scriptural passages, if you are using a concordance or Bible app, type in words such as "impurity" and "sexual immorality" and you'll see scriptures that you can use for study, meditation, and prayers.

Lalami3232:
You see this masturbation of a thing, na one of the world's strongest and most dogged addiction. Between masturbation and betting, I no know which one dey stronger because I don do both. White betting go give you the illusion say you go become millionaire one day if you dey forecast right, masturbation go give you the impression say you no dey fornicate, r*p*e or sleep around. Both of dem na from the bottomless pit of hell. If you decide to quit at a point and you mistakenly go relapse, you go come back worse than previously. But one good thing be say, both can be overcome if you get a very strong will. As for masturbation, no go porn sites and try to dey with people or dey busy. But how can a tech guy like some of us wey always dey alone with laptop wan take overcome? Laslas sha, we all go dey alright. Forget whatever the media paints to you, masturbation no good, bros. You feel so so so so weak after ejaculation, unlike when you get normal sex. Laslas, we all go dey alright
What do I even know sef aside enlightening my fellow men nationwide with the good news

There's always a way irrespective of one's nature of job. There are tech guys that were once in this situation and are free now. If you want to be free from it, just ask for help and you'll get it.

stonemasonn:
I won't say Masturbation is natural, but it is a reaction to lack of sexual intimacy.

I totally disagree that it's a reaction to lack of sexual intimacy.
I have seen multiple cases of married people suffering from masturbation.
When asked if they're being intimacy by their partner, their response is "No".

Don't even tell me they're not satisfied by their partners because that's not the case as has been confirmed.

Instead, it has become a hook and a stronghold they find it difficult to be freed from.

However, the good thing is that the Lord Jesus Christ always free them from the stronghold. If I tell you the number of people (male and female, married and single) that I know personally that has been freed from this by the power of Jesus, you will be shocked. In fact, I am one of them.

If you're struggling with masturbation or any addiction whatsoever, please don't let anyone deceive you that it's normal. There's nothing normal about it. Instead, seek help and I'm sure you will be free from it.

Infants are children between 0–1 year. They don't 'anything' and can't intelligible sounds. So, they can't know God at that age.

For other children above one year, there's no general rule on this. They can be made to know God at any age that's possible per child.

God2man2again:
Luke 18:16-17 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

In my own opinion and in consent with the above scriptural verses, children or infants should be allowed to know Christ at any age.

What do you think?

I am interested, sir.

epainos:
You are the one getting it wrong. Go back to the writer that s(he) is just a writer who has successfully written rubbish. Always try to understand a subject before embarrassing yourself. And OP...stop reposting everything. Ha ba!


You failed to mention OPV (open pollinated varieties), which are heritage seeds. Hybrid or no hybrid... GMO or no GMO....seeds are supposed to be cheap. NGOs and governments are supposed to make it almost free all over the world. But businessmen have successfully succeeded in monetizing them. Please, go research OPV. Stop justifying nonsense.

If you want the world to not go on hunger, seeds should be almost free. Go check out the coats of these hybrids and GMOs. Lol. Anyway, only farmers who don't know about natural farming will keep buying hybrids and GMOs.



If it's not a corporate plot, why are seeds out of the reach of farmers? You try to divert the story that Africans are only victims. You aren't smart, na. Na corporate plot to remove gardening and farming from common men. Only billionaries will soon be farmers. This is the game...amd.they can control the world. But they will fail. Let them stop using you to write what is going to destroy the world. And OP...stop reposting everything because of the front page. Ha ba!


While they are resistance to certain diseases, they aren't to many others. I am a farmer, and I can tell you that you can not successfully cultivate seeds these days without spraying chemicals if you dont know about natural farming. So, stop playing. Resistant seeds dont mean reduced pesticides spraying. In fact, from our experience, it is more spraying.


That's the idea. They started by saying they are for industrial usage so as to get acceptance. Now that they have gotten that, they are already using writers and poster like you like to promote seeds for human consumption. Lol..


Give us proofs and references for this. I can supply you many evidences of GMOs and pesticides causing cancer.


Lol. Dey play. You know zero about farming. Farmers till because of soil compaction and not pest issues. So, how does this come into play. You are just writing rubbish. Instead of this useless writer to do what is right and talk to farmers....nope. he don collect money to promote GMOs..lol


Which clean track record? Should we start posting references of GMOs and cancers? Lol. Dey play.


As long as it is extraction of gene, it is unnatural. Period. Stop promoting death. Breeding without extraction is OK...that's hybrid. Like a black and white sleep together and produce a kid with both genes. That's naturally made. But when you extract gene...dey play. Even artificial insemination, though artificially done, but there is no extration...so, there is no danger. But when you go inside and pull out a gene and then insert in another...that is where the wahala is. So, get it right before you write nonsense.


Stop playing smart. You also dont know it, too. OPV is what you should use here. OPV vs. GMO vs Hybrid. Stop playing smart.


Lol. Smartie. When we restore our climate... When we stop burning carbon into the air, we will have 10 to 100 times more harvest from every plot of land we use. So, we will be able to feed the world. Period.


Note
GMO is a term used for extracting genes, which is bad. These people are already aware that it is bad...so, they have gone back to the drawing board. Now, we have a new method of transferring genes from one place to another without extraction. This is how HIV is said will be cured. This tech is used in Agric and medicine. It is changing everything. Many natural seed producers are already adopting it.

The term GMO must be stopped. This is the ONLY way out. This writer has just complicated this issue. Period.

I will not want to mention the tech here cos it is another story for another day. If this thread makes the front page, I am sure someone will write about it.

My Recommendation
Start a garden. Produce your veggies. Sure, you will have to buy expensive seeds cos there aren't no cheap seeds any longer, but it may be the first and last time you buy them. Even if you buy later, you will still be saving a lot of money. Produce your tomatoes, cucumbers, pepper, sweet corn, ugu, green vegetables, and fruits....like pineapple, pawpaw, watermelon, etc. Also, raise grass-fed meat, eggs, and milk. You can do it....you can produce 10 eggs for your family daily without stress...what about working out feeding your family 3 to 4 chickens weekly instead of buying frozen meat from the market. You can do it. Go learn this.

I used to have a group where I do free training on this stuff. I think I need to do it again to help a lot of people. If you are interested in this....just let me know.....I my consider teaching people again.

This is my quota to help Nigerians during this food shortage crisis.

Doceinstein:
Please I need advice.
I am an mbbs aspirants who scored 339 with 4B3 and 1 A1 currently running JUPEB in unilorin.
But I have an uncle telling me to pick Unilag.But I am scared due to the fact that Unilag mbbs cut off mark was around 86 in 2022,84 in 2023.
And I don't know what it might be in 2024 considering the fact that a lot of people scored 300+ this year.
Unilorin on the other hand has a very slow academic calendar to the extent that the 2023/2024 aspirants haven't been admitted.
I need advice because I don't want to waste 339 this year🙏🙏

You can consider UNIUYO. The school uses only UTME scores to admit, provided you have a minimum of credit in the 5 O'level subjects for medicine.
The cut-off mark has never gotten to 320 before. Also, with the increase in quota to 300, with your score, you can be sure of getting medicine.

xtivin:
An Experienced HR once told me she does it to get ideas from those interviewed. They seem to ask questions like "what will you do different to improve the role". Naija my country

Naija my country!
Please how is this a Nigerian thing?

wittywriter:
Saw your email request please what's it for? Kindly hint me so I'll know how we can be of help to each other.
Regards.

Wittyness

You dropped a comment about learning how to build and sell an online community under a particular post.

I quoted your comment asking how I could reach you concerning that, but someone with the username 'Kassywealth' responded.

So, I decided to send you an email request instead.

wittywriter:
Learn how to build and sell an online community...you can earn @least $50 monthly with this skill.
Wittyness.

Please, I would like to learn this.
How can I contact you?

Seeing Staphylococcus aureus in an m/c/s test does not necessarily mean what you're suffering from is caused by it.

Staph is a part of the common flora on the human skin. In other words, it is usually found in urine m/c/s especially if the urine was not properly collected. Also yeasts cells are usually found in urine m/c/s if the urine was not properly collected.

Sincere med lab scientists know when what they're seeing is a possible contamination of the sample used. Even when they don't, your doctor is trained to match the lab result with the clinical signs and symptoms he/she is seeing. This helps him/her know when the sample could have been possibly contaminated or when there could have been a mistake from the lab.

Personally, I feel the Staph and yeast cells are contaminations from wrong collection of your urine sample.

My advice: Don't waste your 25k with the pharmacist. Go back to the teaching hospital and inform the doctor that you're still having the symptoms. Ensure the person you're seeing is a dermatologist. There are many things the dermatologist knows that any other professional might not know. There are already reported cases of scabies that were difficult to treat. The difficulty could be as a result of different reasons such as resistance to the drug, Norwegian scabies which is seen in people that are immunocompromised, etc.

Let me not go into the things that can cause the immune system to be compromised.

In simple terms, the most trusted and safest person to manage this case is a dermatologist, but if you want, you can waste your 25k.

Hungrychicken:
Good morning good people of Nairaland, I want to share my own experience with itching and bumps on my private part. I want to share this so that any one having similar issues would have a better understanding of the problem. Because, I also read a few posts from other people here too that helped me.

It started around mid February, I was having eczema on my back and little bit of itching on my penis. So, I got some anti-fungal and tropical drugs for the itching and eczema that had started to spread on my body. After a while the eczema cleared but the itching continued. I spent so much already on the itching so I just ignored it. Since I wasn’t sexually active.

After a month, it developed into bumps around my scrotum, gland and buttocks.
This bumps would later itch like hell, and very sweet sensation, not painful no pus. Just sweet itchiness. The sweetest part of the itching was on the bumps.

I searched on Nairaland and started to hear similar stories and thought maybe it was scabies. I went to a Teaching hospital , and had a clinical diagnosis of scabies. Treated with ivec, benzoyl, etc but the itching and bumps were still not cleared.

I decided to go for a lab test 2 days ago, urine m/c/s. The result came out as Staph Aureus and yeast infection or so.
The pharmacist says 25,000 naira for treatment, injection, and drugs with cream.
I pray this get treated ones and for all.

This is for someone going through a similar problem. It might not be scabies or it could be. But First, get tested at the Laboratory to be sure. To avoid spending on whatnot.

I also need your thoughts in the comment section. And the test result interpretation. Thank you! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

A photo of a similar situation is below for better understanding. Also, my test result.

prinsam30:
I don't even know wen last I go to church and I don't av a reason for that

Would you like to go back?

10mobile:
In my immaturity, I once stopped going to church. The temptation still returns from time to time. My reason was/is that church started looking like a scam. They seem to be far more interested in money than what the Bible says.

Have you started going again?

EreluRoz:
I used to be a staunch church goer but gradually lost interest and always find one excuse or the other not to attend church service.

I actually lost interest when a certain young pastor was on my neck to date him, so it got to a point I had to stop attending service and ever since I've not been able to pick up.

How do I reawaken the zeal?

Hello! Could it be a coincidence that I discussed this with someone after church meeting today, only to meet the same thing on Nairaland?

There are different things that can cause this. Nevertheless, I believe there are already a lot of suggestions by others on what you can do.

However, if you're yet to find something that works for you, feel free to message me on WhatsApp (zero eight one, six eight seven seven, eight two nine three).

We'll have a call to discuss this and find the solution to it.

I wish you the best.

Home94:
I need comments in other to continue with the story

We're with you. Continue

ToksZee:
Guys!!!
I just talked with an uncle of mine (I wanted to study medicine) so I told him about it and my fears abt going into it due to different people experience whereby some burnout, some dropout,some regrets and I dont want things like that so I told him and he told me "MEDICINE ISNT ACTUALLY HARD THE ONLY HARD ASPECT IS "GETTING IN" ONCE YOU'VE GET IT U JUST NEED TO STUDY HARD "
is that really true?

I believe your uncle advised you based on the available information at his disposal.

However, the truth of the matter is that it is easier getting the admission to study medicine in Nigeria than remaining a medical student or graduating a physician in Nigeria.

This is the very clear truth in Nigeria, especially with government-owned institutions. The reverse may be the case in other parts of the world.

However, people still take up seemingly difficult tasks/projects and succeed in it.

As a medical student, you need more than academic intelligence to scale through medical school. You also need to understand yourself (your strengths and weaknesses), discipline, support system, etc. to successfully go through medical school.

It is not to discourage you at all from studying medicine. In fact, if it's TRULY your PASSION, I strongly encourage you to go for it. You will be glad you did. Nothing good in life comes easy.

I speak from my experience as a science laboratory technician and currently a medical student in a federal government-owned institution in Nigeria.

ProphetM0hammad:
Take it from me, staying in is harder than getting in 100 times over.

Please tell her.

samuelpeters:
Yes. Microbiology and biochemistry. I don't know about zoology or botany.

Alright

Xandre:
Yes they are.

Oh! That's great.

Michealjamal:
First degrees accepted for MBBS D.e
Anatomy
Physiology
Plant biology or botany
Zoology
Medical laboratory science
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Biological sciences
Pharmacy (not sure)

I guess it all depends on the school in question. I know some schools only consider some of these but not all.

Anyway, thank you for expanding the list.

Xandre:
No,not possible.
Only a first degree in any of the Biological Sciences is accepted.

Not really Biological Sciences but Basic Medical Sciences
OR
Are degree holders in Biological Sciences accepted in your school?

singlemoma:
Pls, can someone with national diploma in science laboratory technology do direct entry to study medicine and which university accept such. Thanks

No, but first degree in Basic Medical Sciences — Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry.

I'm yet to see degree holders in other science-related disciplines accepted through DE.