₦airaland Forum

takizo:
my fellow nairalanders pls b very careful when dealin with all dis gadget sellers, especially d ones dat say dey deliver nationwide thru dhl, abc, fedex e.t.c. They are all scams n watch out for any1 dat claims 2 b in port harcourt, dey scammed me of over 65 thousand naira yesterday, Pls wen buyin anytin make sure u c d guds b4 paying or sndin money 2 anybody. Dey wil tel u 2 pay part payment 4 a gadget b4 dey deliver it 2 u n give u d waybill number, dey dnt snd anyfin dey wil jus take your money n off dere fones, dnt agree Dats d new scammin technic nw. Beware nairalanders, boys are not smiling, Yahoo yahoo don upgrade

I'm actually in Port Harcourt. Guess that makes me a scammer. Yippee!

beknown:
@texazzpete, I am very disappointed that all your 'legal' knowledge can only produce argument without any solution to the problem.

I've told you, stop giving these kids money. Stop making begging lucrative for their parents. Simple as that. The OP talked about what we as individuals can do, any solution i will bring up is tied to what the average joe on the street can do. Talking about NGOs and Government laws is off topic, sorry.

Also, i've given you sound advice on how to avoid being arrested (or mobbed and burnt on the streets of Lagos) for kidnapping. Show some gratitude, willya?

See these people blaming INEC!

Dr Know:
Oh yes, a laptop that cost $1771 (N282250) each and freezes at the touch of a key!

That's Zinox for you!
Later people will start playing the 'patriotism' card. Instead of getting the best IT input for the job, we're using 'local content' to short-change ourselves. Zinox has long been known for inferior, overpriced hardware. What a shame.

[quote author=na_so link=topic=580205.msg7510640#msg7510640 date=1294772151]I no wan shout, but discerning minds know what i mean. [/quote]No be wetin the bank go report to the outside world dem go take judge them?
Oceanic Bank and its ilk were presenting a very rosy picture to the outside world, concealing all the rot hiding underneath. Hence the awards. Even Enron was able to bamboozle Wall Street for many years.
Poetic justice that the 2010 Award winner was the one that exposed the 2007 award winner

beknown:
It is not kidnapping if done sensibly and with authorisation. This is why a registered NGO volunteers/personnel is required, not ordinary people. It is done with the support of local Police. Any child collected from the streets will automatically be recorded with the local Police in case they have been reported missing.

This is illegal as heck. You have to inform the parents FIRST. Either you obtain their consent or legally take the child away to a better home. Until you have the appropriate laws in place, any 'NGO' that just goes out and picks up a child from the streets is kidnapping.
Remember also that the kids have grown up with begging as a profession. They may very well love their families. At the least, most of the kids you pick up will be unwilling to leave.

Blazing99:
For those against Falana's suit, please tell me if the children affected would be registering for votes.
I wonder why the DUMBEST things happen in Nigeria

Well, from the sheer silliness of your comment, i'd say you were one of the dumb things to happen to Nigeria too. We'll get to you in due time, don't worry.

beknown:
3. The next step is to collect these children every day/night and take them to their nearest orphanage with vacancy.

Do you realize this is kidnapping?
Abeg, don't go and take a child from his/her parents without their consent. They'll skin you alive. Let's keep contributions sensible, please.

twinskenny:
haters


in the whole world apart from Barca which team is playing a better and attacking football?

Good thing the football history books remember EFFECTIVE football.

the OP is totally naive.

The children are sent out by their parents for the sole purpose of begging. The more you give, the more lucrative the begging profession is seen to be, and the more they will beg. There's no 'emotional trauma' when you turn them down.

The blame rests 100% on the parents. Many people here can testify to having offered some of these Niger and Chad kids some little jobs (wash clothes, cut grass etc) to make some money. They've all been turned down.

The only thing the Government can do is to punish the parents and take the kids away to orphanages. But that is a dangerous path to take and will most likely traumatise the kids.

I'm not going on a guilt trip over these, sorry.

What Falana is doing is called 'crying over spilt milk'.
We're already running behind schedule and the voters register needs to be renewed fast. At least we all heard the bitter tales of many Delta indigenes who could not vote due to a poor voters register.

What cowards like Falana do is to heap blame but shy away from proffering any solution. Instead of telling us what he would have done if he was faced with the scenario of a june voters registration, he's looking for who to put blame on.

As someone said before, schools provide a wide open, relatively conducive location for the registration process. Of course there's no question of using the schools while students are in session. That's just wrong. So what would you complaining lot have done differently?

For those people who say its by choice, what choice do you really have when your beloved pastor makes it clear that if you don't pay up these monies, you are destined for failure and eternal damnation?

If you're a Redeemed member and you're not too comfortable with handing over a tithe to the church every month, how much choice do you really have when your G.O tells you that if you do not pay tithes in the church, you're as good as a pariah?


Jesus Christ devoted several parables to people caring for the poor and the needy. He showed the rich blessings for those who involve themselves in Charity and charitable works. Yet pastors will much rather preach old testament doctrine on 'first fruits' than dwell on Charity.

saintdipo1:
My beloved brethren, do not be ignorant, it is written in the bible to pay first fruit, God can not force you to pay your first fruit, he just wants to use the avenue to bless his children. You can give your first-fruit in faith to any bible believing church and you will experience unprecedented changes in your finances, too much of cynicism has kept alot of people in Bondage, most of these pastors we are talking about, they are practicing what they are teaching and besides they have their own business they are running. So it is wrong for anyone for anyone to think all these pastors need money, although there are alot of wolves in the church, but you must open spiritual eyes to recognize them.

Where is the first fruit written in the new testament?

It is also written in the old testament that we should make burnt offerings to the Lord. When last did you build an altar and sacrifice a lamb?

All you gullible heathens!

[quote author=bk.babe97y link=topic=582709.msg7500718#msg7500718 date=1294662065]ROFLMAO @ TITLE:

"79.6% Students FAILS Again In Waec Exams".[/quote]He even spelt 'culled' as 'curled'! I dey laugh

@mannygee
I do not think the average student spends more than 4 hours a week watching EPL matches, sorry. I know you people love to trot this out as an excuse for failure, but it isn't.

one mopol:
EPL, UCL  facebook and DSTV are responsible for all these nonsense.  

The poor are watching and discussing EPL, UCL.

The comfortable and rich are on facebook,twitter, silverbird or watching these 50-hour films like LOST.

Summary: NO TIME TO READ.

I agree with the 'No time to read' part. But not your reasons. You guys seem to project your own distractions on all the WAEC level students in Nigeria, forgetting that the bulk of these kids come from rural areas with limited access to these things.

blacksta:
It is time we ban Premier league, Smartphones and other entertainment avenues cause it is more of distraction rather than assistance. In my days In Nija in the Mid 90's students did well in respective of whether it is gce, waec, ssce or jamb.


what has happened  - or it that everyone wants to become a musician.

Wrong. We had super nintendo and 'late night movie' in our days and we never had this mass failure.
Many of these students failing are from educationally disadvantaged areas with poor teachers, abysmal learning environment etc. Some of the blame can be placed on their parents that overload them with work after school, or fail to encourage or spur their kids on to read. I served in a village in Abia state and the average girl in my class would go home to tasks like sweeping, cooking dinner, bathing babies etc. most of these girls go straight to the market from school to sell goods!
This scenario is rampant in many rural areas in Nigeria, places where they don't use smartphones or blackberries, places where watching more than 2 EPL games a week is a luxury.

Of course, you have the really dumb ones who aren't smart enough to pass. We can't fix that.

otumfour:
pete, we 'r all Iphone users here (btw, I juz got me a 32giggy in addition to ma already 16giggy )
came accross tha vid (while searching for some news on the Iphone 5) and thought it wuz mad funny and decided to share and u call this trolling?
btw, why shud 1 be so sensitive to an iphone joke?
Steve Jobs lives on Nairaland thru u pete

Apologies, didn't see the video so i thought u were trolling. Sill haven't seen it.

Stop searching for info on the iPhone 5, there's none. The rumour mongers are too busy trying to predict the iPad 2.
The only buzz at the moment is on the upcoming iPhone for Verizon network.

otumfour:
^^^ ;d ;d ;d

So you've transformed into a troll now?

Nobody will buy it for that price. A Galaxy S is 75k in Lagos and the HD7 is nowhere near as good a value as the SGS. A desire HD is even cheaper at 72k!

Price it at 70k or less or this will gather dust in your house.

Fortissimo:
I saw some of your earlier posts that u where selling a kindle dx.
This prs 900, how well used is it? Did it have to be unlocked? I knw some stuff bought from the US r not able to be used here.

The kindle is long gone.
The sony reader is brand new, just opened and used for demo purposes.
It doesn't need any form of unlocking.

alj harem1:
The ACF specifically pointed fingers at President Goodluck Jonathan and alleged that “Federal Government’s refusal to address the problem of economic, political and social injustices in Nigeria has heightened the level of insecurity in the nation.”

Let this half-wit tell us how well the myriad of accursed Northern leaders we've had have tackled the illiteracy and educational standards in the North. What did IBB, Abacha, Gowon et al do to get those murderous almajiri off the streets.

See him talking about 'economic injustice' while the Niger Delta that produces most of nigeria's wealth is left to rot while Northern bigwigs cart away our money.

bibikate:
well i saw the iphones today and i got one face t face u know so i dont think there cause you alarm

This is another one of the scammers. Buyers beware!

aieromon:
Nope

Lol.
Sorry, i've been very busy. I've just sent you an email.

No one?
BUMP!

Yep, still available.

Hi
I need this device
http://www.pricecheck.co.za/offers/15799156/DSTV+Drifta+Mobile+Decoder/

It's the DSTV Drifta mobile decoder, and its only on sale in South Africa. Unfortunately, i have no way of ordering this.

If there's anyone with the links to order stuff from SA, please contact me here or my email priyeandroid@googlemail.com

I'm willing to pay a reasonable premium over the sale price so it's profitable for anyone who can help me grab this.

lemur:
I think people need to keep an open mind on this issue. What is fundamentally wrong with paying for a seat at a Christian event? The only trouble is that Nigerians want everything free of charge: free bibles, free attendance at conferences that are expensive to put together etc. The truth is that someone pays for those things -often people making sacrifices themselves because they believe in a cause. So if you don't care enough to attend the programme or to pay for it, then stay away and by all means shut your mouth on an issue that doesn't concern you!

In other countries of the world (US, UK, South Africa), Christain events are not always free. Conferences, conventions etc often require a registration fee. The poverty of our nation and indeed the poor mindsets of people (in addition to the need to provide maximum opportunity for impact) is the reason many religious organisations don't charge a fee, but there's nothing fundamentally wrong with this in my view. I am not a member of Christ Embassy or even a fan of Pastor Chris, but I don't have to be to know what's not right.

Plus a word of advise to those who have been talking anyhow on this post about men of God: better to shut up than get on God's wrong side. He still means it when he says 'touch not my anointed'. Even when they go wrong, He can deal with them. God doesn't allow anyone mess with His anointed ones. If you don't agree with a man of God's practise, don't attend his church but by all means don't get yourself involved in what frankly doesn't concern you. It not worth crossing God over.

it was supposed to be a church service, not a conference or show. what kind of zombie mentality is this? I wonder if you'd be pleased paying an entrance fee to attend your friend's wedding.
It pains me to see people so mentally enslaved over the 'touch not my anointed' thingy.

PS: who ever insisted that Bibles must be free?

mystikal:
What is diabolic in donating a token to a Church to cover the cost it incurs in broadcasting.

See this semi-literate fellow. How is a MANDATORY fee of N1000 a DONATION?

CGKing:
Its purely a crowd control strategy. Iv tried to read thru the thread and cant find a single alternative suggestion for controling the crowd at the center only useless criticisms.

Then you're not very intelligent. Simple allow only 25,000 people to enter, then turn back the rest politely. what's so hard about this? Even ordinary boys scouts can do this.

Uyi Iredia:
posted the following so people can get facts right b4 throwing insults

I wonder if you guys truly consider yourselves Christians?

So your logic is, if people can pay money for musical shows, why can't they pay for a Church service?
So what of those who can't afford the musical service and were looking forward to a church service with their beloved pastor?
You zombies amuse me.

osaxx:
[b][b]WOW! SO MUCH HAS BEEN SPOKEN AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAS SPOKEN OUT OF IGNORANCE AND I HAVE BEEN READING WITH EXCITMENT AND WONDER,

THERE IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT CHRIST EMBASSY, IT IS NOT ANOTHER NIGERIAN CHURCH, THINGS ARE DONE DIFFERENTLY THERE ,because IT IS AN INTERNAIONAL MINISTRY FROM NIGERIAN TO THE WORLD, HERALDING GODS DIVINE PRESENCE TO THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.THAT 25,000 SEATER AUDITORIUM IS A GODS STUDIO.WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE TO GO OUT THAT IT HAS EXCEEDED ITS CAPACITY.THEN NIGERIAN PRESS WILL GO AGAIN. EVEN THE SENIOR PASTORS STAYED BACK IN THERE DIFFERENT CHURCHES, OK.LAGOS CROWD IS DIFFICULT, I TELL YOU. THE 1,000 HAS REALLY HELPED.

Why ask people to go out? The easiest thing to do was to allow people in until the venue was full, then politely refuse any new entrant. I wonder if you are even using your brain at all, what if 50,000 people had paid the N1,000. What would Christ Embassy people have done?

By introducing a fee, you're deliberately restricting access to the venue to less privileged members of the society. What you're indirectly saying is that poor people should know their level and not enter the hallowed presence of Pastor Chris.

Show me anywhere Jesus or the Apostles charged people to hear the word of God.

osaxx:
[b][b][b]WOW! SO MUCH HAS BEEN SPOKEN AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAS SPOKEN OUT OF IGNORANCE AND I HAVE BEEN READING WITH EXCITMENT AND WONDER,

2. THERE IS A SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE IN EVERY MEETING BY PASTOR CHRIS, AND IT IS BEEN AIRED WORLDWIDE, YOU DO NOT EXPECT THE CAMERAS TO SHOW PEOPLE ON THE ROOF OF THE AUDITORIUM, PREVIOUS MEETINGS HAS PROVED THAT WHICH ARE ALL FREE OF CHARGE AND PEOPLE COME FROM ALL MINISTRIES, FAITH, RELIGION TO EXPERIENCE GODS PRESENCE ,YOU KNOW NIGERIANS , NO BODY WILL LIKE TO STAY OUT AND THAT WILL DEFINATELY BE A STAMPEDE, THEY WILL EVEN OVER-POWER THE SECURITY AGENTS, USHERS, CROWD CONTROL.


3.I TELL YOU THE 1,000 HELPED A WHOLE LOT IT WAS PEACE AND WORK WAS EASIER FOR THE OFFICIALS.RIGHT NOW I TELL YOU ALL TESTIMONIES ARE ALREADY COMING IIN BOTH FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE THE MAIN AUDITORIUM.

4.HOW I WISH YOUR CHURCH IS HEADED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD YOU WILL UNDERSTAND  WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT AND STOP CRITICISING, BECAUSE IT IS NOT PASTOR CHRIS DECISION, BUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD, AND IT WAS AN EXCELLENCE OUTCOME. PASTOR CHRIS WILL BE THE LAST PEROSN TO WANT TO COLLECT MONEY FROM YOU TO ATTEND GODS KINGDOM, BELIEVE ME.
[/b]

So what you're saying is that the presence of God is somewhat exclusive to Pastor Chris.
Shebi people were climbing trees to see Jesus. Shebi the crowds were pressing all around him. Suddenly now it's all a photo shoot for people like you.
Some of your statements border on blasphemy and that troubles me.

osaxx:
[b][b]WOW! SO MUCH HAS BEEN SPOKEN AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAS SPOKEN OUT OF IGNORANCE AND I HAVE BEEN READING WITH EXCITMENT AND WONDER,

THERE ARE MANY MORE BIGGER MEETINGS WITH PASTOR CHRIS IN THE COMING MONTHS ,, HOW COME THEY ARE FREE OF CHARGE, AM EVEN SURPRISE AT A PASTORS COMMENT IN THIS WALL. YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR INDIVIDUAL GRUDGE AGAINST A PERSON WITHOUT CONSIDERING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS OR WITHOUT PRAYING FOR THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD BEFORE REGISTERING YOU NAME IN THE HELLS GATE, TONITE AM GOING DOWN ON MY KNEE FOR ALL OF YOU , SO GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU FOR YOU KNOW NOT WHAT YOU DO,

You may as well declare Pastor Chris as your god, the way you're going.

redsun:
Nigeria is a crazy country.I wonder why we complain about bombs when we have certified thugs as leaders.

The leaders aren't the ones snatching ballot boxes or beating up voters. it's the ordinary people.

This is why i've always classified people that blame all our woes on our leaders as fools.

arsenal4va:
Hi all

anyone know of an app which can be used on the ipad (4.2.1) in order for it to be used like a phone ?

not VOIP apps like skype

thx

Nope. And why exactly do you want to use a 10 inch device as a phone?