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T9ksy:
Op, the above recommendations are all one sided stories from the biafranns' perspective. These ones will not provide you with a full and uunbiased account of the nigerian civil war.

I'd like to read both from perspectives. Do you know any book by any northerner on the war?

OkCornel:
Could you help me with an e-copy of The Lumumba plot?

Thanks

Sure. Send me your email and I'd mail it to you

Hello. I recently read Chigozie Obioma's The Road To The Country which is a fictional story set during the Biafran War, and I've been hooked.

I'm a young guy, born many years after the war, and I don't know much about it. I didn't do history in secondary school, and the only mention of the war was that Ojukwu wanted to separate Nigeria, but Gowon wanted Nigeria to remain one.

Could you please recommend books for me to read to understand more about this war? I have read a lot of history books sha but it's surprising I haven't read anything about my country's civil War.

If you know Dictatorland by Paul Kenyon. Or The Lumumba Plot by Stuart Reid. Or Dancing In The Glory Of Monsters by Jason someguy (I can't remember his surname). Or We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (I've forgotten the author of this one but it was about the Rwandan Genocide), that's the style of history storytelling I like to read. If you can recommend books with similar styles, I'd appreciate you. Thank you.

MrPresidon:
I SWALLOWED A FULL BUNCH OF KEYS

up till this day, I've been wondering how this was possible without having any damaging effect to my stomach or body.

Yes. I was around 4 or 5 yrs old at the time I swallowed a full bunch of keys. Nothing less than about 10 different keys in a bunch with a key holder.

Here's how it happened. I was lying down face upwards playing with the keys in my mouth when I accidentally gulped them; the whole damn keys. I was alone, so no one saw it happen. I was scared as he'll to tell my mom, she would have freaked the hell out and probably given me a whopping of my life (the main reason why I didn't tell her )

Later that evening she was looking for the keys and asked me if I saw them and I said no, knowing fully well they were being warmed up in my stomach . She finally assumed she had misplaced them.

Fast forward to when I became an adult, I would tell my friends and none would belive me. It was strange to me how nothing bad happened to me. I sha thank God

Bro did you go for scan as you have grown now? 😂

My brother told me his friend used to watch plenty Nollywood and he did not understand how people will die by hanging themselves.

Mumu child decided to test it to see if he will actually die.

This guy tied rope on the fan, tied it like noose (I don't know how he figured it out sha, but I'm sure it wasn't a proper noose), put the chair and climb.

Then he was standing there, thinking "How will this thing kill anybody"

And then he mistakenly kicked the Chair down. Baba start to struggle. He struggle until his grandmother came into the kitchen by grace and found him.

Una go laugh me die sha but thank God say nobody know me for real life. Worst part be say my own happen as a full adult. No be child.

So when I was in Year 3, this lecturer vowed that if I come late to his next class, I will carry over his course because I had been coming late and he had marked my face.

So I prepared very well to come early that day. I even fetched water and kept in case there was no light to pump water. When I woke up, I found out my roommate had used the water to flush in the night when I was sleeping and there was no water.

I tried my best to find water and rush to school before the time for the lecture.

Omo, my plan no dey work again. Before I could even find a bus sef, time for the class had almost reached. After I rushed to go and finally found a bus, in the bus going to the university park, I remembered how one guy that was late for his exam jumped out of the bus one day. Na so I jump my own come land for ground.

At first, I think say I succeed. The driver park come dey ask whether I craze. Other drivers too park come dey reason wetin dey work me.

I scattered my phone screen. Tore my fine clothes. Injured myself. I was limping to class. At the end of the day, the lecturer came late for the class. God damn.

Later I come dey reason what if I broke my head.

Edipet:
ntor oooo. i received the insult of my life when i told one girl it was a scam.

Bro... I feel you.

Some info here is untrue. There was no news about COZA pastor this year. Why you too dey lie like this? Just to trend?

I have lived in PH City all my life. You can check out the rural PH places. Rent is somehow cheaper there, but the problem will be power. For example, a house in Rumukalagbor area can go for ₦300k for self con. I heard someone pay ₦600k for 2 rooms sef.

Or you can go to Diobu. You can get a relatively cheap house there, but the problem will be security and power. That area can be very rough, but you'd be very close to the market.

To be frank with you, your ₦2M will not last long here. I don't know how true, but I saw a stat once that PH is the most expensive city to live in (I don't think they counted FCT sha). Food and rent alone can remove a substantial part of your money.

And you want to start a business. If I were to advise you, I'd tell you to move around Uniport (that's the Choba) area. Business will boom there because of the student population. But then that area is expensive sha. Very expensive.

Bro... Why you wan move sef? Where are you coming from?

Hello! Please forgive me if this is the wrong platform for this, but I don't think I'm allowed to post in the music section.

I've been playing the guitar off and on since 2021. Sometimes I get serious, and other times (like now), I don't touch my guitar in weeks. I play an acoustic guitar and I know how to play the major, minor, major and minor pentatonic scales (although only in one position --- I can play the major scale in 5 positions sha). I can play chords anywhere. Open chords (major and minor). Barre chords. Major and Minor 7th chords. Dominant 7 chords. Suspended 2 and 4 chords. I can follow chord progressions. I know rhythm (although it kinda needs more work). I can even hear a song for the first time, find the key on the guitar, and figure out the chord progression (sha it will only use major and minor. I have not yet figured out how to add all the other fancy chords).

My problem is I cannot still play at church or at occasions. I watch guitarists improvise there and I wonder how they do it. Could you please give me advice? It will also help me if I can get a list of concepts I should cover one by one as I am kinda in a learning rut at the moment (I don't know what to learn or practice). Thank you for your time.

Ibrahim8258:
Oui,mon ami.

Merci. Tu me peux donner le link de groupe? Ou peut-être je te donne mon numéro ? 08064598957 😅

Je n'utilise pas Telegram. Il y a une groupe de WhatsApp s'il vous plait?

It’s quite possible she created the impression that she was single, keeping everyone in the office unaware of her marriage. So nobody felt the need to tell her husband and they probably thought she and the colleague were legit engaged or something.

Ynix:
You aren't reading your Bible well. To start with there are 4 categories of Apostles in the Bible. If the word Apostle means messenger or sent how can it just end? The one you are referring to has ended is what is called Foundational Apostles which are the 12 and a couple of others that lay the foundational and doctrinal template of the church of Christ, Christ being the foundation and the chief cornerstone.

Also, could you point out the role and function of an apostle, so we can see which apostle is carrying out the role today?

I believe Apostles have ceased to exist, and some people who claim to be apostles function more as pastors, teachers and evangelists than apostles.

Well, I could be wrong though, but can I get a convincing argument as to why?

The New Testament was written by apostles for example. Nobody's writing an additional book to the Bible today so why are we still saying that apostles exist? That's just one example sha.

The apostles are the foundation on which the rest of the church is built on. After the foundation was finished, they ceased. The other offices are building on what they have already done.

Ynix:
You aren't reading your Bible well. To start with there are 4 categories of Apostles in the Bible. If the word Apostle means messenger or sent how can it just end. The one you are referring to have end is what is called Foundational Apostles which are the 12 and a couple of others that layed the foundational and doctrinal template of the church of christ, Christ being the foundation and the chief cornerstone.

Could you give me some examples of the other types of apostles that weren't foundational to the spread and development of the Christian faith?

So this guy and his wife had been married for about 10 years with two children: a 5-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl. He thought the relationship was going great and all, and they weren't having any kind of disagreements.

One day, he noticed his wife would lock her phone whenever he would come close to her. Like, she had been doing it, but he just noticed it all of a sudden. So when she went to sleep one night, he checked her phone.

He found out she had been cheating with one of her co-workers. There were explicit messages and pictures sent between them, and he found out that they had been sleeping together all the times she told him she was going to be working overtime.

He confronted her, and she denied it at first, claiming he was reading meaning to what was just an ordinary text between friends until he began to read some of the texts aloud. She admitted her crime and apologized, but claimed she did it because he was distant and all.

This guy couldn't take it. He starts stalking her and finds out that she and the co-worker even have a rented house where they go to stay sometimes, and in fact, the whole office knows they are in a relationship.

So he packs all her things, goes to her office when everybody is there, drops everything right there and tells her not to come back to his house again.

His friends think he should have just divorced her quietly and not have embarrassed her publicly like that.

What do you think?

I saw this story on Reddit and I thought I could share it! 😅

kushercain:
You are so confused. In case you don't know, in the realm of the Spirit there is no man or woman, there is only the Spirit man.
You're like the pharisees in the Bible that asked Jesus if a woman married five siblings which of them she would be with in the afterlife and he told them they don't know scripture. There is no man and woman, only the Spirit man!

God created the Spirit man, and then created man and woman in the flesh. A woman can be called to be an apostle, a reverend, a prophet or even the pope because God is a Spirit and those that worship Him must do so in spirit and in truth.

While I agree with you that there is no gender in the spirit, the verse Paul was not referring to spiritual gender when he made his pronouncement about women in ministry; he was talking about physical creation. Here's the full verse in its context

11 Women should learn quietly and submissively. 12 I do not let women teach men or have authority over them.b Let them listen quietly. 13[b]For God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve. 14And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result.[/b] 15But women will be saved through childbearing,c assuming they continue to live in faith, love, holiness, and modesty.

Reading this without any bias, do you think Paul was referring to spiritual gender here? Does that "there is no male or female count in this case?" Wasn't Paul using the concept of creation to prove his statement by saying the reason for this is because ADAM WAS CREATED FIRST? I mean, he could have said "Yes, Adam was created first but we have been saved by Christ so all these things don't matter" but he didn't.

I personally believe that the office of the apostles have ceased. Apostles were only for the Bible days; not for today. What was the criteria for picking an Apostle according to the Bible?
1. He must have been around when Jesus was there and was a physical witness to the happenings.
2. He must have the signs of the apostle to confirm his apostleship in signs and wonders and diverse strange miracles.
3. His words form major doctrine like Paul's writings and stuff.

Nobody here was around when Jesus was alive (Paul's case was special as he said he was separated in his mother's womb). The signs of an apostle were unquestionable miracles. A lame man that the whole Jerusalem knew was lame was made to walk by Peter and John, I don't see those kinds of miracles in today's church. Nobody can add to the Bible anymore, and any new doctrine coming today is most likely false.

This is why I believe there can be no apostles today. Only pastors, prophets, teachers and evangelists. The apostles have laid the foundation for us like Paul said when he talked about the household of God in Ephesians, BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES...

I would have provided verses to prove my point, but I don't have time to search them out now.

Who else is waiting for Daddy Freeze to make him assistant GO of the Free Nation In Christ YouTube and Facebook Ministries 😂

Please the batch that just went to camp is Batch C1 right? Will there be C2 this year? Will they cancel Batch C2 because of the holidays and postpone everything to A1 next year?
I just did the mobilization in my school. I filled one form like that, paid some money and they wrote my name in one book. As I've done that, will I be eligible to join the next batch?
Thank you for the information.

No loss pained me more than the loss to Argentina at the 2018 World Cup. My late bro cried that day. Like we had so much hope. We were like "Today would finally be the day we beat Messi at the World Cup."

Then the second most painful loss was the AFCON 2019 Semi-finals to Algeria. That Mahrez freekick still haunts me to this day. In fact, as soon as they gave the direct free-kick minutes till the end of the game, everybody just had a bad feeling that it was the end. And the commentator "The Mind-blowing Mahrez..." Kai.

Then the 2024 AFCON finals against Côte d'Ivoire. My guy was like "If Nigeria wins this match, the Naira will gain value. Boko Haram will go to extinction. Fuel price will come down." My mum, for the first time since the 2018 World Cup, decided to watch with us. And then we go useless.

The worst part about all these losses is that Nigeria cannot just lose heavily, or make it very certain. They'd be giving you stupid hope, and then they'd concede at like last minute to break your heart.

Damn... I saw this on another forum 🥲

I don't know if you follow Cruise on YouTube and their split or steal program. See how it works in case you don't know about it...

They'd bring a group of people who claim to need money and offer them money. The highest they have given is ₦1Million. Then they give them the chance to vote people out to reduce the amount of people they'd have to share the money with (in case they choose to share). And then finally, if there are only 2 left, they give them buttons to press to determine if they'd share, or one person take all, or they both go home with nothing (which happens when the two both choose to take all).

I've noticed that EVERY SINGLE TIME the girls in the team would work together to eliminate all the men, and then share the money amongst themselves. The men have never worked together, and no man has won so far. There was even an episode (although this was a Jubilee episode, not Cruise), where the man made it to the finals with this lady, and after the lady and he agreed to share, she double-crossed him and stole everything for herself. He was too trusting.

Why do you think this happens? Is it that men just trust women too much?

justlaw:
This is not true.

It is only when there is a spelling that it might be an issue. But, name re-arrangment does not matter so far all the names appear in all your documents.

I actually plan on going abroad. Sha... I'll do the affidavit just in case. I hope it doesn't affect me during NYSC registrations.

Kingju:
Are you still a student after you've graduated

I just finished my clearance this week and collected my certificate. I have finished since March but my department released the graduation list in mid-November.

lonelydora:
Within Nigeria, it will not affect you. But once you want to do anything abroad with those certificates, it will affect you.

Go and get a National Population Commission Birth Certificate. Oyibos don't honour Sworn Affidavit. Forget all these Court affidavit

I have a similar issue with my names. Some certificates have "chukwu" added to it while others has just the name without "chukwu". Mine affected when I was looking for admission abroad, it was the NPC birth certificate that solved it.

In other words I should do a new birth certificate with the new name arrangement?

ejimatic:
. Two individuals are in your picture. 1. James Chica Johnson 2. Chica James Johnson

The no 2 is the person in the university .The no 1 did not go to any university .
Your NYSC letter will come with Chica James Johnson .
I will be factual with you.Yiu are too tardy on this matter. How could you be bearing a wrong name order throught university?
In fact like other persons I am suspecting you for a foul play.
If this is indeed a mistake as you want us to believe which I am still doubting , it will affect you because people will still ask you questions on it always . You are hereby advised to make an avidivat on this.Yet be prepared to answer questions on your double identity. Don't change any name ; just make an affidavit claiming the naming mistake was at the JAMB registration point .
I still doubt your story anyway.

Like I said, I was 16 then and I thought it didn't matter. I didn't tell anybody because I thought it was not an issue.
In my school, there's this certificate verification they do where you submit your original JAMB and SSCE results to the council for verification. My JAMB bears my middle name as my first name, while my SSCE is the normal first name, middle and surname arrangement. Since they did not flag it there, I didn't think it would matter. Like, they could have asked me to swear an affidavit, but they didn't.

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WilsonBright935:
With the information he provided up there, all I see is name arrangements and nothing more. In as much as all the names are present in all documents. He's fine.

Thank you. I plan to do my international passport next year, so I could just use the name arrangement on my university certificate from now on.

2special:
I only read the first 3 lines..

It will definitely affect you

Please what can I do?

Hello! Please I need advice. My name on my birth certificate and other documents is James Chika Johnson. James is my first name, Chika my second and Johnson my last name.

When I was registering for the JAMB UTME exams, a mistake was made in the order of my name and Chika was my first name and James my middle. I was like 16 then, and I didn't think it would matter.

Now, because JAMB would send the same name format to the schools during admission and all, I've been like that all these years.

I just received my certificate yesterday, and it bears Chika as my first name and James as my last.

My National ID card, Voters card and all other documents, including my SSCE results are James as my first and Chika as my last name.

This has never been a problem for me. In fact, during our Certificate Verification at school, the council did not bring up any issue because my name in the school was Chika James Johnson, but on my SSCE certificate was James Chika Johnson.

On the school notice board, there was a note that the Student would bear all responsibility for any error once they leave the issuing room if they don't point it out there. But this is not technically an error because I've been going through my university education with this name order. All my tests, exams, and registrations in school.

Please will this affect me later? Like during NYSC registration or something? What can I do?

Could someone please explain the difference between defamation and libel? Does this fall into any of the two categories?