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its not just moremi, a lot o people on thirdmainland bridge shivers with uncertainties when the storm came this morning. peep, i have not seen such before. cars where shaking, bridge light were removed smashing windscreen and heavy billboard collapsed on car. this looks like a warning of things to come. God Help us

pls let them understand what humans are teaching first

that's very irresponsible

NOPE, this is a way too far!!!

NPF should pls stir clear of this

sum pple's BP would have risen by now, i pray they should not die now until they were disgraced by hanging.

All what are happening in churches today are signs of End time. you can hardly differentiate between children of the church and the world. most of this issue are created by church leaders. it is a common saying to hear"my pastor said" my pastor this, " my pastor that" the leaders enjoyed this as church goers depend on them on physical and spiritual issues instead of God. that is why their eye are closed to the destruction that await them. MY GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD.He is a lamb but also a Lion. He bears not  His sword in vain. God will spit us out cos of our lukewarm attitude. i pray we turn back to him. Amen

kai 2 by 2 plank pple harsh ooo

the second party has offered him more than what he can refuse

@Jeel
point of correction. its 77 virgins untouch!

they might not be expert in writing complete sentences but most are expert in making BOMBS

they are deploying 5000 mumus, not even America can save him when his time to kick bucket is near.

He better pray well well!

this would either make him or mar him. eitherways, bet it, he wont come out clean

I heard Alao Akala imported excess containers of tura creams and soap, hence, demand and supply theory at work.

with the situation we found ourselves in Nigeria, i believe the adult need it more for practice sef!

Charly girl

sure say this one no be Chinese?

clowns , oloshi oloriburuku

in as much as she is due to be whacked ,no senator has the moral justification to ask sum1 to resign!

ok, NEXT PLS

they give you basic amenities, you praise them. why wont they misbehave?

just like when PHCN restore power, everybody shout UP-NEPAAAAA

as if we are still snoring

that's the sin of comparison.

how does that affect voodoo banking and economy?, mitcheeew

you fanatics, pls dispute!

We will strike panic into the disbelievers’ hearts because they attribute partners to God…’ (Sura 3:151)

‘Fight those of the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) who do not truly believe in god and the last day, who do not forbid what god and his messenger (Mohammed) have forbidden…until they pay the tax and agree to submit.’ Sura 9:29

‘Fight’…’Strike panic’… Islam is NOT a religion of peace.

Whoever changes his religion, kill him.’ (Hadith 9:57)

If you do not go out and fight, god will punish you severely…’ Sura 9:39

‘You who believe, fight the disbelievers near you…’ Sura 9:123

‘Fight in god’s cause against those who fight you, but do not overstep the limits…Kill them wherever you encounter them and drive them out from where they drove you out, for persecution is more serious than killing…Fight them until there is no more persecution and worship is devoted to god (Allah).’ Sura 2:190-193

Those who will not fight: ‘…we expect god to inflict punishment on you, either from himself or at our hands…’ Sura 9:52

and ‘they are cowardly’ Sura 9:56

‘He who fights so that Allah’s word (Islam) should be superior, then he fights in Allah’s cause.’ Hadith Vol 1, Book 3, Number 125


If you fear high-handedness from your wives … when you go to bed, then hit them.’ Sura 4:34
Mohammed sanctioned wife beating. Why should any woman ever become a muslim!

people don't respect thieving leaders, if we had been doing the thing right who the hell is Ghana in the affairs of things??

John 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. (KJV)

Have not seen one before but i recently had a powerful dream. Peeps,  lot of things happen around us ooooo. let us be prayerful.
@poster Meditate the book of Daniel very well and you will understands a lot of things about unseen forces.
supported in the Old Testament book of Daniel, chapter 10. Daniel is visited by an angel in response to his prayer to God. This angel, who was sent by God to answer Daniel', s prayer, was delayed for 21 days because of a battle that took place between God's angel and "a prince of the kingdom of Persia."Daniel reveals the angel's message in the following verses:Dan 10:12-13 "Then said he [the angel] unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten [humble] thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia."
he spiritual battle, for this angel, was of such magnitude that Michael, the archangel of God and designated prince of Israel, assisted the angel in battle. Another enemy of God, the prince of Greece, is also mentioned in the verses below.
Dan 10:20-21 "Then said he [the angel], Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince." The book of Daniel gives us an excellent example of how these unseen spiritual entities fight to increase and maintain their realms of influence and control in order to hinder God's purposes. In addition, as previously stated, these princes are named after the nations or rather their principalities in which they rule.
It is Satan's purpose to deceive these nations and to keep them from obtaining a knowledge of God's truth and salvation through His Son Jesus Christ. In the book of Revelation, chapter 20, Satan is depicted as a deceiver of nations. The Greek word for deceive is planaho, and according to Strong's Greek Dictionary, this word means to "cause to roam from safety, truth or virtue, go astray, seduce, wander, and to be out of the way."
Satan's major success, in deceiving a nation, is due to a lack of discernment on the part of the people. The people are blind to the invisible forces of supernatural evil that are operating and influencing their visible human agents of political, social, religious and philosophical programs. Satan's greatest victory would be to convince the world that he just doesn't exist. However, God signifies the devil as the author of sin, sickness and death, and warns us to be alert and vigilant because the devil, as a roaring lion roams about seeking whom he may devour (1 Pet. 5:.
Lets Flee from All Appearance Of Evil, that is where devil start his influence and control!

God bless you.

kai, see finish oooooo. now that Nigerians are fully awake, it's only Jonathan that still believe we are still snoring!

There is nothing more frustrating for Nigerians right now than watching President Goodluck Jonathan make a hash of the national security situation, especially with his handling of the Boko Haram insurgency. His latest gimmick of declaring a state of emergency in parts of some states in the North is another shambolic response to a situation demanding more robust, honest and well-considered action. It would seem that all we’ve got after the latest round of bloodletting is another emission of hot fumes from the presidential Olympus!



First, the President declares a state of emergency in 15 Local Government Areas across 4 states. Why such piecemeal approach this late in the day? Why, when these are not the only Local Government Areas or States where there have been incidences of violence and terrorist activities? What criteria did the President adopt to make this declaration?

Secondly, what does this declaration mean in concrete terms? I mean, this is the first time the President would be making a declaration that isn’t state-wide in each case, so what happens to civil administrations and civil liberties in these Local Government Areas, especially as it would seem the declaration makes no provision for any type of change in civil administration? Does the declaration only mean the deployment of law enforcement agencies in these areas? If so, what has prevented the deployment before now? In essence, what is the purpose of the declaration of a state of emergency if all it means is the deployment of law enforcement agents?

Thirdly, the President says the temporary closure of the borders between Nigeria, Niger and Chad is “part of the overall strategy to overcome the current security challenges”, but how? If the idea is to stop terrorists crisscrossing borders, it does not help that not all the Local Government Areas affected contiguous to the land borders with these countries are under the state of emergency, thus still giving terrorists free movement across borders elsewhere. Or does singling out of Local Government Areas in Bornu, Yobe, Plateau and Niger while ignoring the fact that Bauchi, Jigawa, Gombe, Adamawa, Kaduna and Kano have been hotbeds of terrorism as well not undermine the whole strategy?

What this type of piecemeal and half-hearted declaration of state of emergency does is to disperse and germinate the rebellion further and make it difficult for newly affected areas to cope with it, especially as there is an obvious lack of overarching security strategy. I mean, telling Nigerians on the last day of 2011 that the presidency is only now just thinking of setting up “a special force unit within the Armed Forces, with dedicated counter terrorism responsibilities” is alarming! Why has this not been done all these years considering we have had problems with terrorism, even long before the Boko Haram insurgency reared its head?

Lastly, the President’s declaration may have breached the provisions of Section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) dealing with procedure for a declaration of a state of emergency. The President says he is issuing the proclamation under Section 305 (1) of the Constitution which states: “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the President may by instrument published in the Official Gazette of the Government of the Federation issue a Proclamation of a state of emergency in the Federation or any part thereof”. This means the President cannot just wake up and declare a state of emergency based on this provision as President Jonathan has done, because activating this provision is subject to other provisions of the Constitution, all of which are clearly stated in Section 305. Section 305 (2) makes clear that an announcement isn’t the first part of the process, instead the President will first have to publish this in the Official Gazette of the Government of the Federation, which then becomes the instrument of the Proclamation. The Constitution did not say a mere announcement is sufficient.

Again, the President does not just get to gazette this and proclaim, except certain conditions are met. In other words, there must be a condition precedent. Section 305 (3)(a) –(g) lists these conditions, any of which would be sufficient to give the President a reason to begin the process of the declaration of a state of emergency:

The President shall have power to issue a Proclamation of a state of emergency only when -
(a) the Federation is at war;
(b) the Federation is in imminent danger of invasion or involvement in a state of war;
(c) there is actual breakdown of public order and public safety in the Federation or any part thereof to such extent as to require extraordinary measures to restore peace and security;
(d) there is a clear and present danger of an actual breakdown of public order and public safety in the Federation or any part thereof requiring extraordinary measures to avert such danger;
(e) there is an occurrence or imminent danger, or the occurrence of any disaster or natural calamity, affecting the community or a section of the community in the Federation;
(f) there is any other public danger which clearly constitutes a threat to the existence of the Federation; or
(g) the President receives a request to do so in accordance with the provisions of subsection (4) of this section.

Section 305(4) referred to above makes clear that the process of declaration begins democratically in the State with the Governor putting this before the House of Assembly, which must sanction it with a two-thirds majority vote. According to the provision: “The Governor of a State may, with the sanction of a resolution supported by two-thirds majority of the House of Assembly, request the President to issue a Proclamation of a state of emergency in the State when there is in existence within the State any of the situations specified in subsection (3) (c), (d) and (e) of this section and such situation does not extend beyond the boundaries of the State”. To make it clear that the President cannot just act on his own without the process of Section 305(4) having been first explored, Section 305(5) declares: “The President shall not issue a Proclamation of a state of emergency in any case to which the provisions of subsection (4) of this section apply unless the Governor of the State fails within a reasonable time to make a request to the President to issue such Proclamation”.

However, there are those who would argue that Section 305 (4) & (5) cannot apply here, because the situation has extended beyond the boundaries of one state. Even if we concede that (because the Constitution is silent in a situation where the problem is in more than one state), we are still left with the considerable problem of the unconstitutionality of a mere announcement masquerading as a Proclamation when this is yet to be in the Official Gazette or passed by a resolution of the National Assembly. So, in essence what the President has done now is effectively a nullity until the National Assembly reconvenes on 3 January, 2012 and by virtue of Section 305(6)(b), if they reconvene then, they will have to pass a resolution approving the Proclamation within two days. If they fail to do this, this proclamation will have no effect.

Personally, I wouldn’t want to make too much of an issue of these procedural failings by the President. He can quickly get these corrected before the National Assembly reconvenes by putting this in the Official Gazette and passing it to the National Assembly as required by the Constitution. Of course, there are those who would argue that the President hasn’t said his Proclamation is effective yet and that I may be jumping the gun by accusing him of unconstitutionality. To these persons, I once again direct to the provisions of Section 305 (1) & (2). The Constitution is clear under what instrument and through what publication this type of news ought to reach the National Assembly and Nigerians. It is not only by a mere announcement. The Constitution is also clear that the President should “immediately after the publication, transmit copies of the Official -Gazette of the Government of the Federation containing the proclamation including the details of the emergency to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, each of whom shall forthwith convene or arrange for a meeting of the House of which he is President or Speaker, as the case may be, to consider the situation and decide whether or not to pass a resolution approving the Proclamation”. Making such a Proclamation when the National Assembly is on recess means they cannot be dealing with this immediately, which calls to question why such a Proclamation is being made now. Why didn’t the President wait until 3 January, 2012 and simply follow the Constitution and pass it to the National Assembly? What exactly does he aim to achieve by proclaiming it now?

At any rate, I find all of this a charade. In July 2011, some of us got together and sent a Petition to the President, making certain proposals to deal with the issue.

http://www.petitions24.com/petition_by_concerned_nigerians_to_the_presid,

The President, as usual, ignored this and carried on as though we have no problem. We have since had the bombing of the UN offices and the escalation of terrorist activities of Boko Haram, culminating in the Christmas day bombing of a church in Abuja. This response by the President will not do.

Of course, we will patiently wait to hear the details of the Proclamation to be transmitted to the National Assembly, but it is obvious that what the President is calling “decisive measures necessary to restore normalcy in the country especially within the affected communities” do not look adequate. Also, treating this now as only affecting some communities would be minimalist. The whole of the country is affected and a nationwide security overhaul is what is needed. The President must know that the counterterrorism unit of the Armed Forces he is just trying to put in place now will take quite sometime to be deployable, as officers will need to be chosen, trained (some of them abroad) before being deployed. The unit itself will, apart from operationally getting itself prepared as soon as possible, be administratively astute enough to meet the challenges of new security demands without being unduly bogged down by bureaucracy, even as its actions must be seen not to be against the rule of law. Yet, all this is still sort of long-term.

What the President ought to be looking at right now is how to effectively checkmate the activities of terrorists by using the people they are terrorising against them, including establishing a fast-track judicial process that must still meet the standards of the rule of law. Nigerians are yet to be convinced that the administration at any level is committed to dealing with the problem of security holistically and genuinely. This mere declaration of a state of emergency in some Local Government Areas isn’t going to convince them. I urge the President to once again look at our July proposals. They are still valid for these times and when the counterterrorism unit is up and running it can only make things better.


Kennedy Emetulu

http://saharareporters.com/article/it’s-security-silly