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chaos mixed with brouhaha

am sure the man would turn around someday saying " he was quoted out of context" ika buruku

inferiority complex. if UK had turn their face the other way am sure these non-sense pple would have done likewise. EFCC should shut up and keep quiet forever Oloshi, Arindin, Ode

Oyel money, NIGER-DELTANS MONEY. it is well sha

boyz don shakara OP before i guess, pele dear

i see him resigning very soon and that might even be a damage control sef

am in love with your brain gogobiri, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL sha

the bible says we should flee from all appearance of Evil.

May the good Lord give the Niger-deltas the fortitude to bear the loss

May the good Lord give the Niger-deltas the fortitude to bear the loss

i am very pleased with my peeps on this forum, they don't have guns or cutlass to make statement but affirms strongly with deep passion of what the know about their way of life"Christianity" and to the guy that says he will denounce his religion if he found out the truth, i must confess you are on the brink of total fall, an half brain can easily pridict your way of life! your statement shows you are only a fan of Jesus and not his child. your likewarm attitude wont let you go far in your false religion, for God will spit you out. the best for you is to ask for forgiveness. See, we should not be surprised, all these are signs of the END TIME!!

wondered how we can defend ourself from bomb, na only God direct our ways from such.

All things are possible with faith in God

60% of these are sure to develop their own wings soonest. oloju kokoro

I want to hear JAILED FOR LIFE

Failed subsidy promises: NLC, others blast Jonathan … ask government to revert petrol price to N65

February 22, 2012 by Niyi Odebode, John Ameh, Olusola Fabiyi, Fidelis Soriwei, Oluwole Josiah and Friday Olokor 97 Comments

THE stage appeared set for another round of showdown between President Goodluck Jonathan and labour unions on the issue of fuel subsidy with labour on Tuesday asking the Federal Government to revert the pump price of petrol to N65 per litre.

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria said the Jonathan administration had no option other than to reverse the price from its present N97 to the old N65 per litre since the President had said he was rethinking the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment programme.

Jonathan on Monday reportedly told chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party at their 58th National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja that implementation of the palliatives to cushion the effects of subsidy removal were no longer feasible.

The President said the palliatives had been based on the 100 per cent removal of subsidy on local consumption of fuel.

“This (SURE) is developed with the expectation that we were going to completely deregulate the Downstream sector of the oil industry, the 100 per cent removal of subsidy… we will still come up with a document based on what we get,” he told the PDP members and ordered them to withdraw the circulated SURE document.

The SURE programme had been hurriedly designed in January to douse the tension generated by the sudden removal of subsidy and consequent jump in the pump price of petrol.

The Senate has said it is backing the action of the President. Leader of the Senate, Victor Ndoma-Egba, said Jonathan made the plans based on zero-subsidy arrangement and for which the 2012 budget was prepared.

“The President said he wanted to remove subsidy, Nigerians said they don’t want it removed. Now that he was not able to realise his plan, where will he get the money to carry out that policy,” Ndoma-Egba said.

He, however, stated that the President would still need to work with the savings made from the partial removal of subsidy.

“The President will have to look at the proceeds from partial deregulation and work with what is saved. That is the reason why the document earlier produced should be revised to reflect the current realities,” he said.

Apart from the NLC and the ASCN, the House of Representatives also on Tuesday took a swipe at the President and said it was vindicated concerning its pessimism over the government palliatives.

The Acting General Secretary of the NLC, Mr. Owei Lakemfa, in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents on Tuesday said the Federal Government had no option but to revert the fuel pump price from the current N97 to the pre-2012 pump price of fuel.

He said that a recent advertisement in a national daily in which the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, claimed that the Federal Government realised N15b allocation from the proposed subsidy savings supported the claim that the Federal Government was making some money from the regime change in the pump price of fuel and that the funds realised from the fuel price increase should be adequately utilised to execute projects.

According to Lakemfa, the Federal Government is only trying to prepare the minds of Nigerians against expecting results from the increase in the pump price of petrol in the country by announcing the withdrawal of the programme.

He urged the government to fulfil its promise to use the proceeds of fuel price increase to construct roads, build a second Niger bridge, and other promises contained in the SURE document.

He said that the Nigerian citizenry was seriously interested in what the Federal Government could do with the proceeds from the increase in the pump price of petroleum products.

He called on the Federal Government to ensure that the Ministries of Petroleum and Finance were cleansed based on the serious discoveries made at the Subsidy Probe by the House of Representatives.

“Right from the onset, organised labour believed that the Federal Government was not sincere with this programme but the government claimed that we were going to get results in six months. What government is saying now is that we should not expect results,” the NLC scribe said.

Also, the House of Representatives said that it was not surprised that the President withdrew its promised fuel subsidy removal palliatives.

The House noted that the development vindicated its opposition to the SURE programme, particularly the “hurried manner” the executive introduced the document without consulting the National Assembly.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, explained that the legislature had consistently held the view that Nigerians needed to be consulted on the programme.

He added, “We have been vindicated because we had initially opposed the hurried manner the SURE document was put together.

“We were saying that the funds for this programme needed to be properly appropriated by the National Assembly and more so that we needed to have the details of the programme.”

Mohammed, however, commended Jonathan for realising that something went wrong and retracing his steps.

The Minority Leader of the House, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, who shared the same view, told THE PUNCH in Abuja that the palliatives were a “dummy right from the start.”

He argued that the President was merely attempting to “pull the wool” over the faces of Nigerians by promising palliatives that were theirs by right.

Gbajabiamila stated, “Under Section 17 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), government is mandated to provide the same services it has promised as palliatives.

“The issues of health, transport and all that; these are the fundamental duties that government owes the citizenry.

“You cannot give me what rightly belongs to me in the guise of palliatives, while taking away the subsidy that I ought to enjoy.

“So, I am not surprised that they have decided to withdraw it; it was a dummy that I never ever bought.”

Criticising the President, the National Publicity Secretary of the CPC, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, said the administration was not committed to responsible governance.

“All along, as a party, we knew the idea of SURE was a knee-jerk response to the people’s protest and not a well thought-out intervention to stymie the dire impoverishment of the people,” Fashakin said.

President, Campaign for Democracy, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, said it was evident from the outset that Jonathan was not committed to the implementation of the SURE programme.

“They never meant it (SURE). It was just propaganda to make people swallow poison. Corruption still persists so how can anyone trust the regime to implement SURE. Cosmetic palliatives can never cushion any effect,” she said.

The Secretary-General of ASCSN and founding Secretary-General of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Solomon Onaghinon, in an interview with one of our correspondents said, “There is social crisis in Nigeria.”

He said, “There were no palliatives in the first place; I have always said that those palliatives do not make sense because government said they would be paying salaries on the 20th of every month but have they paid? There is no palliative.

“For those people who really listened carefully, they would have known that there was no palliative. If the President said the palliatives are no longer feasible, let him bring the fuel price back to N65 per litre.”

JESUS IS GOD
Throughout the Scriptures Jesus Christ is not only referred to as the Son of God, but also is clearly shown to be God Himself.

   I Am 


(Exodus 3:14)

God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM' has sent me to you. "
(John 8:58)

"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid Himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.
 
Mighty/Almighty 


(Isaiah 9:6)

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
(Isaiah 10:21)

A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God.
(Matthew 28:18)

"All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me."
(Revelation 1:

I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
 
King of kings and Lord of lords 


(1 Timothy 6:13-15)

In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time - God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. (for further reference to God as King of kings, see Ps 136:3 and Deut 10:17)
(Revelation 17:14)

They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings - and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers."
Alpha and Omega / First and Last



(Revelation 1:7-

Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. "I am the Alpha and Omega," says the Lord God, " who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
(Revelation1:17-18)

,  "I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One, I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!
(Revelation 22:12-13)

"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
(Revelation 22:20)

He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
(Revelation 2:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.
Isaiah 48:12)

"Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last."
(Isaiah 44:6)

"This is what the Lord says - Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God."
(Isaiah 43:10-11)

"You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior."


In Revelation 1:7-8, the Lord God (Jehovah) states He is the Alpha and Omega. Yet in that same verse the speaker, God (Jehovah), says He was pierced. Who was it that was actually pierced? Jesus. In Revelation 22:12-20 it is Jesus who claims He is the Alpha and Omega. In Isaiah 48:12 and 44:6 God, Jehovah says He is the first and the last. Yet again in Revelation 2:8, Jesus says He is the first and the last. Finally, Both God, Jehovah, and Jesus are described as "coming soon".



   The Scriptures Confirm 


(John 5:39-40)

"You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
(John 5:46)

If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.
In the old testament, Moses was clearly writing about The Lord God (Jehovah). Yet Jesus clearly states Moses was writing about himself.

     Cannot see God's face and live



(Exodus 33:20)

"But", he said (God speaking to Moses), "You cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live."
(Numbers 12:6-

(God speaking to Aaron and Miriam)
"When a prophet of the Lord is among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord.
God says no one may see His face and live. Yet He also says He speaks to Moses "face to face". How can this be? We cannot see God the father but we can see God the son, Jesus, God manifested in flesh. Jesus said Moses wrote about Him, Moses saw Him, Moses talked to Him.

     Glory of the Lord



(Isaiah 42:

"I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols."
(Isaiah 40:5)

"And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
   Jesus was in the wilderness with the Israelites



(1 Corinthians 10:1-4)

For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
(Hebrews 11:24-26)

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.
(Jude 1:5)

Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.
     The one they pierced 


(Zechariah 12:10)

"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son."
     30 pieces of silver 


(Zechariah 11:12-13)

I told them, "if you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said to me, "Throw it to the potter" - the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord to the potter.
(Matthew 26:14)

Then one of the Twelve - the one called Judas Iscariot - went to the chief priests and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.
      Salvation 


(Isaiah 43:11)

"I, even I, am the Lord Jehovah, and apart from me there is no Savior."
(Acts 4:12)

Salvation is found in no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
This Scripture is referring to Jesus, even though in Isaiah Scriptures clearly say no other name but Jehovah God can save us.

     Forgiveness of Sin 


(Isaiah 43:25)

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.
(Mark 2:5-7)

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven". Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves "Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
      God says it was His blood that was shed 


(Acts 20:28)

Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
(2 Peter 2:1)

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them - bringing swift destruction on themselves.
     Jesus claims Himself to be God. 


When Philip asked Jesus, "show us the Father, " Jesus replied, 

(John 14:9)

"Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father."
(John 20:28)

Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus did not rebuke him.
     Jesus is the Creator (the beginning) 


(Colossians 1:15-17)

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
(Isaiah 44:24)

"This is what the Lord says - your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb; I am the Lord, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself, 
(Genesis 1:1)

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Clearly in Genesis, we are told God is the Creator. However in Colossians, clearly Jesus is identified as the Creator. Also note in Gen. 1:26, God refers to us.

(John 1:1)

In the beginning was the Word, 
The Greek word used in both Genesis and John is en arche.

      Eternal 


(Micah 5:2)

"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose going forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity."
The Hebrew word here for "eternity" is owlam. No creature is ever described with this word - only God. It is used of YHWH in Psalm 90:2. Yet here it is being used in a passage clearly referring to Jesus. Jesus is eternal.

     Full Deity 


(Colossians 2:9)

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.
(1 Timothy 1:15-17)

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
In Timothy 1:15-17, Paul is speaking of Jesus. Since he continues in the very next sentence in the same paragraph "Now to the King, , it stands to reason Paul is still speaking of Jesus.

     Worship 


(Matthew 28:17)

And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshipped Him.
(Philippians 2:5-11)

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus very knee should bow, in heaven and on earth tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
(Isaiah 45:22-23)

"Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked; Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear."
 

Thomas said to Him" my Lord and my God"

Peter said to Him.", You know ALL THINGS"

.Heb. 1:8 - "But of the Son He says, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions."

me and you knows that churches and mosques are guilty of such offences. He should have done compressive research on such buildings and close them ALL, but see, the man is foolish enough not to use his native intelligence in his decision making

it is very clear peeps that the signs of end times is right before our eyes(mathew 24), i am very happy that my God will not lie nor is He a son of man that will change His word. let the person that have ears understand that the spirit is say. but they will not hear cos thier place is not with God.

2 thesslonians 5:12 said it all.

5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

we get law before?

of course this cant happen in a more civilized environment like southwest

i go lovuuuuuuuu ooooooooo

very nigerian!

its not about a regional thing or politics, the man wont just stopped getting people angry easily

not all Africans ooo. lots of Ghana cabinet members resigns recently for same scandal. Nigeria is very unique!

its good o, but i have this feelings that sumtin is not so right!

no body listen to him again, NEXT!

these guyz are crime addicts, their bosses/supervisors should also be dismissed too!

its not about extending his donations, its about the capacity to do it

@moremi. it may and may not be a sign of Jesus, but what of the state readiness for disaster management if a deadlier storm hit Lagos. then will it be close to your type big deal?