₦airaland Forum

I will be there! Obere
After that am heading to Blaze Blast Oraifite on 30th-31st.
So much flexing this xmas!

afam4eva: People use the term alone when they have nothing to add to it..."ta" on it's own also mean get out.

Hmmm... Which dialect is dat??

Ricky_Ross: Its quite strange that the fattest, ugliest, dirtiest, darkest and dumbest tribe in Nigeria is the one always creating negetive threads against the Igbos. What do they stand go gain from all these online propaganda? Even if Enugu population is only 200 people what do these dirty rorrobba people stand to gain?

These appees needs to go and find a way to remove those tiger marks their parents used to destroy their faces because it makes them dumb and subhuman. They also need to stop shiitting in nylon bags coz we are in the 21st century for Gods sake.

hahaha.. I like using that word apes to qualify Yorrobas!

Eze Promoe: The word 'ukwu' can be used when refering to the whole leg but 'okpa' can be used when refering to it in parts e.g mkpisi okpa (toe), mbo okpa (toe nail) etc.

So are you saying that mkpisi ukwu or mbo okpa is wrong Igbo?

Eze Promoe: You fit poison person with this your mouth o. No be say im no know am but the signs na there im get the problem.

no mind her jare! Na dat sign dey hard buh am learnin it small small

Idowuogbo: Jus 4? As d guy dey blow dey go, I was thinking d bros go bag 8 o! Bros torchlight, sorry hen! U need to visit ur village more u hia?

lol.. Eze promoe said dat i tried na! It is not easy oo!

Eze Promoe: Your score is 4/10. You tried but you substituted 1 for 4 and vice versa, you sub 5 for 6 and vice versa. The answer you put in number 8 suppose to be in number 7. Then the one you said you don't know, i actually meant 'fowl' as we have oke okpa as 'cock'.

chaai... See failure! Dis thing dey confuse oo!

Eze Promoe: Now if you all have understood this, then see this words and tell me the meaning:
1. Ígwê
2. Ìgwè
3. Ígwè
4. Ígwé
5. Àkàrà
6. Ákàrà
7. Ókpà
8. Òkpà
9. Ézê
10. Ézè

These questions are open question anyone can answer, Ezenwanyi inclusive.

1. Ígwê sky
2. Ìgwè - crowd
3. Ígwè - iron
4. Ígwé - king
5. Àkàrà - mark
6. Ákàrà - beans cake
7. Ókpà - i dnt knw d oyibo name
8. Òkpà - leg
9. Ézê - teeth
10. Ézè - king

DeCleff: It will be deducted from d affected states allocation

yeah! I think so!

ABUJA—As the controversy over the ownership of some wells between Rivers and Bayelsa States, continues unabated, seven states have been ordered by the Federal Government to refund N17.5 billion to Rivers State.

The amount, it was learnt, represents the sum the affected states, namely Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Imo, Edo, Abia and Ondo had received as part of their 13 percent derivation revenue from two oil wells, which the Rivers State Government had successfully proved belong to it.

The Federal Government ordered the refund to Rivers State, following a protest by the state that its revenue from the affected oil wells located in respect of Nda and Okwori oil fields with effect from 2007 had been shared to oil producing states by the Federal Government.

In response to the directive, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, wrote the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr.J.O Otunla on January 17, 2012, to effect the reduction of the money from the allocations of the seven states with immediate effect.

The letter reads: “I write to inform you that the Rivers State Government in a letter Ref. No. COM/FIN/T/01 of October 3,2011 requested for the payment of all the 13 per cent derivation revenue due to the state from Nda and Okwori oil fields from 2007 till date.

“The commission examined the request and confirmed that Okwori and Nda oil fields belong to Rivers State based on thereport of the Inter-Agency Committee on the attribution of offshore oilfields to Littoral states, 2008 and submissions by National Boundary Commission, NBC and Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation, OSGF.

“Furthermore, the 13 per cent derivation proceed from the two oil fields were shared amongst all the oil producing states from April 2009 to June 2010, while Akwa Ibom State exclusively enjoyed the proceed from Okwori oil field from July to August, 2010 and from July 2010 to January 2011 in the case of Nda oil field.

“It is to be noted that the Rivers State Government had since September 2010 and February 2011 been receiving its due share of 13 per cent derivation proceed from Okwori and Nda fields respectively.

“Consequently, the commission after considering the request from the Rivers State Government and the submission from both the NBC and OSGF, approved that Rivers State should be refunded the sum of ₦17.566bn by all the oil producing states being accrued 13 per cent derivation fund from April 2009 to January 2011.

“The amount to be refunded by each state is as follows: Abia, N226.25million; Akwa Ibom, N9. 567bn; Bayelsa, N2.071bn; Delta, N4.142bn; Edo, N305.69million; Imo, N260.73million; Ondo, N952.54million.”

The letter was by Chairman of RMAFC, Eng. Elias Mbam.
On the strength of the letter, a group in Rivers State, known as Rivers Truth Option, has asked the governor of the state to address the people of the state on the true position of the oil wells and revenue accruing from same.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/oil-wells-seven-states-to-refund-n17-5-billion-to-rivers/

odumchi: What about Eke?
Certain groups in Imo state call God "Eke kere uwa" meaning "the creature/being that created the world".

Eke is derived from Chin'EKE'? Okwa ya?

Pls someone translate being to Igbo language for me.

People who oppose religious statuary forget about the many passages where the Lord commands the making of statues.

For example: [b]"And you shall make two cherubim of gold [i.e., two gold statues of angels]; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherubon the one end, and one cherub on the other end; of one piece of the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward themercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be"(Ex. 25:18–20).
David gave Solomon the plan "for the altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. All this he made clear by the writing of the hand of the Lord concerning it all, all the work to be done according to the plan" (1 Chr. 28:18–19). David’s plan for the temple, which the biblical author tells us was "by the writing of the hand of the Lord concerning it all," included statues of angels.

Similarly Ezekiel 41:17–18 describes graven (carved) images in the idealized temple he was shown in a vision, for he writes, "On the walls round about in the inner room and [on]the nave were carved likenesses of cherubim."
The Religious Uses of Images
During a plague of serpents sent to punish the Israelites during the exodus, God told Moses to "make [a statue of] a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it shall live. So Moses made a bronze serpent, and set it on a pole; and if a serpent bit any man, he would look atthe bronze serpent and live" (Num. 21:8–9).[/b]

One had to look at the bronze statue of the serpent to be healed, which shows that statues could be used ritually, not merely as religious decorations.
Catholics use statues, paintings, and other artistic devices to recall the person or thing depicted. Just as it helps to remember one’s mother by looking at her photograph, so it helps to recall the example of the saints by looking at pictures of them.

Catholics also use statues as teaching tools. In the early Church they were especially useful for the instructionof the illiterate. Many Protestants have pictures of Jesus and other Bible pictures in Sunday school for teaching children. Catholics also use statues to commemorate certain people and events, much as Protestant churches have three-dimensional nativity scenes at Christmas.
If one measured Protestants by the same rule, then by using these "graven" images, they would be practicing the "idolatry" of which they accuse Catholics. But there’s no idolatry going on in these situations. God forbids the worship of images as gods, but he doesn’t ban the making of images. If he had, religious movies, videos, photographs, paintings, and all similar things would be banned. But, as the case of the bronze serpent shows, God does not even forbid the ritual use of religious images.
It is when people begin to adore a statue as a god that the Lord becomes angry. Thus when people did start to worship the bronze serpent as a snake-god (whom they named"Nehushtan", the righteous king Hezekiah had it destroyed (2 Kgs. 18:4).

What About Bowing?

Sometimes anti-Catholics cite Deuteronomy 5:9, where God said concerning idols, "You shall not bow down to them." Since many Catholics sometimes bow or kneel in front of statues of Jesus and the saints, anti-Catholics confuse the legitimate veneration of a sacred image with the sin of idolatry.
Though bowing can be used as a posture in worship, not all bowing is worship. In Japan, people show respect by bowing in greeting (the equivalent of the Western handshake). Similarly, a person can kneel before a king without worshipping him as a god. In the same way, a Catholic who may kneel in front of a statue while praying isn’t worshipping the statue or even praying to it , any more than the Protestant who kneels with a Bible in his hands when praying is worshipping the Bible or praying to it .

People still make this ridiculous claim. Because Catholics have statues in their churches, goes the accusation, they are violating God’s commandment: "You shall not make for yourself a graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow down to them or serve them" (Ex. 20:4–5); "Alas, this people have sinned a great sin; they have made for themselves gods of gold" (Ex. 32:31).

It is right to warn people against the sin of idolatry when they are committing it. But calling Catholics idolaters because they have images of Christ and the saints is based on misunderstanding or ignorance of what the Bible says about the purpose and uses (both good and bad) of statues.

Anti-Catholic writer Loraine Boettner, in his book Roman Catholicism , makes the blanket statement, "God has forbidden the use of images in worship" (281). Yet if people were to "search the scriptures" (cf. John 5:39), they would find the opposite is true. God forbade the worship of statues, but he did not forbid the religious use of statues. Instead, he actually commanded their use in religious contexts!

Everybody hates Onions and yet it has become very costly lately in d market.
Nigerians and hypocrisy! Una too much!

@Op.. I only pick mushroon, any other thing na "pia ta pia" for my stomach becoz i no even send...

I just hope Andre Santos will not play tonight match.
He is too lazy! Damn!

What happened to Jekinson He is better/faster than Santos.

I also wish that Wenger will leave Arsenal for good, am tired of watching Arsenal and their dull game.
Arsene Wenger should learn from Swansea City players. Those boys are gud.

Abeg make dis match end fast...
Am tired of Arsenal and this their to and fro.

Nonsense Wenger!

50calibre: Guy is right! Igbos make up majority of the middle class. Yorubas are afflicted with unimaginable poverty, that is if you see malnourished yoruba kids queing up for beans you will cry.

And please don't mention Adenuga or Otedola, they are the 0.5%

chaai.. See smacking.. Easy guys! Abeg!

Mr. Globe:
Yoruba wariors are opc/nurtw amala warriors, unfortunately those kind of warriors are not what the US is looking for

hahahaha... Lmao!
I swear una no fit kill me wit laff 4 dis nairaland.

More pictures... Biko!

tobtap: yorubas- education, industrialization of nigeria,entertainment,human right,and owanbe things
igbos- commerce,shipping industry,innovative peeps,they own 46% of bank deposits,and they are not united
hausas- agriculture,bokoharam,federal civil service bureaucracies,domination of the north, illiteracy and poverty
igalas- gud on bed,airforce
calabar peeps...we all know
kanuris- been relegated beneath the hausas

tobtap- ape

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief

Kalabari National Forum, yesterday, protested alleged moves to excise 5 oil producing Kalabari communities of Rivers States to Bayelsa and urged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop those behind the move in the interest of peace.

Addressing journalists after submitting petitions to the National Boundary Commission, NBC, and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, in Abuja, the Forum alleged surreptitious moves by some federal government officials to take away the affected communities from Rivers State and give them to Bayelsa State for political reasons.

Communities in dispute
The very rich oil communities in dispute are Kula, Soku, Elem-Sangama, Idama andAbissa. The communities which host the Soku Oil Fields/Oil Wells produce about 300, 000 barrels of crude oil per day, making them one of the richest areas in the Niger Delta.

Reasons

Chairman of Akukutoru Local Government Area Traditional Council of Rivers State, Mr. Emmanuel Awoyesuau-Jack, who spoke for the forum, said the protests became necessary because of the unwillingness of federal government functionaries to ensure justice in the matter which had been before relevant federal government agencies for several years.

The agencies involved included the Officeof the Suveyor-General of the Federation,the NBC, RMAFC and the Supreme Court.
He added that from available information, the correction to the 11th edition of the Nigerian Administrative Map which gave the communities to Bayelsa, might not be effected in the 12th edition of the map being expected without President Jonathan’s intervention.

Provocation

Awoyesuau-Jack said: “The self-explanatory effort was perceived to assuage the initial provocation of Rivers State Government. While the government patiently awaited the promised correction of the error laden 11th edition of the Administrative map of Nigeria, which ordinarily should have redressed the acknowledged fundamental misrepresentations, the RMAFC surreptitiously released all revenue accruing from Soku Fields and Wells, previously kept in an Escrow Account, to Bayelsa State without recourse to Rivers State.

“In spite of every meaningful effort by Rivers State Government to seek justice in this extremely provocative matter, no progress from the NBC has been made todate. It was however, rumoured that, the assurances given disappointingly, will not reflect the promised correction but rather the provisional 12th Administrative Map said to be under production will nakedly usurp 80 per cent of Akuku Toru LGA in Rivers State byfurther shifting the boundary line from SAN BARTHOLOMEW River SOMBEREIRO River.

“Let us, in the light of the above, state without mincing words, as inhabitants of the area under reference, that this position is totally unacceptable as it is a clear manifestation of political manipulation intent on balkanizing Kalabari territory and ceding same to Bayelsa State.

“This premeditated and strategically executed action is intended to sustain and legitimize the injustice and brazen act of aggression meted out to the Kalabari Kingdom and Rivers State, with the connivance of various federal government agencies, under the watchful eyes and supervision of His Excellency, Mr. President, whose home state, most ingloriously, is the direct beneficiary”.

The group warned that the matter could shatter the peace in the area if President Jonathan failed to intervene and ensure that officials concerned did the right thing.
“This matter we must say, is explosively provocative and has far reaching security implications.

Let us also state, inthe strongest terms, that our resolve to remain one indivisible Kalabari people with our kith and kin in the old Degema Division in the present Rivers State is unshakable and inalienable.

“We, therefore, unequivocally, demand that whatever administrative maps that had been issued that do not reflect the 10th Edition of the Administrative Map of Nigeria as it affects us, be withdrawn forthwith and status quo maintained as our known historical boundary with Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State is the Santa Barbara River,” the spokesman added.

Former Minister of Tourism, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, who also later joined the briefing, urged President Jonathan tohalt the interests working to upset the stability of the region.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/kalabari-protest-alleged-moves-to-cede-5-rivers-oil-communities-to-bayelsa/

BAPTISM, THE FIRST SACRAMENT OF FORGIVENESS

1. Jesus united the forgiveness of sins to faith and Baptism when He said, "Go into allthe world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved." [Mark. 16:15-6] Baptism is the first and most important Sacrament of forgiveness because it unites us with Christ who died for our sins and rose so we may be made just in the eyes ofGod that "we too might walk in newness of life."[Rom. 6:4] (C.C.C. # 977)

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SACRAMENTS

2. Keeping with the teachings of the Holy Scriptures, the apostolic Traditions in accord with the beliefs of the early Church Father, the Holy Catholic Church professes that all the Sacraments were instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord. (C.C.C. # 1114; Council of Trent, 1547 A.D.)

3. "On the evening of that day, the first day of the week," Jesus showed himself to his apostles. "He breathed on them, and said to them: 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If youforgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained"' (C.C.C. # 1485) [Jn 20:19, 22-23]

ATTAINING THE GRACE OF JUSTIFICATION

4. Jesus established the Sacrament of Confession for all the members of the Catholic Church who are sinners. Most important of all, it is for those who have lost the grace of God originally received from the Sacrament of Baptism, this damaging their perfect union with the Church. For them, the Sacrament of Confession provides the opportunity to convert and to regain the grace of justification. (C.C.C. # 1446)

THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION

5. Christ placed the administration of the Sacrament of Confession in the hands of Hisapostles. Based on this truth, the Catholic Church Bishops who are the successors of the apostles and the priests who are unitedin cooperation with the Bishops, are the administrators of this ministry. As such, the Bishops and the priests have the power to forgive all sins "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." (C.C.C. 1461)

6. Only the priests who have received the power of forgiving sins from the authority of the Church are permitted to forgive sins in the name of Christ. (C.C.C. 1495)

honeric01: Who does the priest confess his own sins to?

They confess to their fellow priest.

Game Over!
Thanks to Arteta, no thanks to Carzola!

This boyz are determine to equalise dis match..

OMG! Arshavin!

Julious Ceasar chop winch! Kai..

Gooooalllll! Thanks Arteta!

*Faints*

Carzolah don kill me!
What a miss! Chineke God!