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From descending order to d earth:

3rd heaven: Cherubims of glory(sons of d morning) dwell here

2nd heaven: Seraphims(realm of d burning ones/sons of fire)

1st heaven(warrior angels: Principalities and powers,might and Dominion)

Note:description of faces of these beings doesn't mean that's how their face looks like... IT IS ACTUALLY AN OPERATION IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT!HOW THEY OPERATE.

Angels are creatures of God....op,wen saying angels,pls distinguish.Either Angels of God or dat of Satan...dat apart

I won't reveal much: Angels are into 3 categories and can b sub divided in some these categories

1. Cherubims

2. Seraphims(d burning ones or Host)

3.Stars of God(warrior angels)

Old convenant started with Abraham via circumcision.. new convenant with Yeshua: shedding His blood as atonement for sin

End of discussion

Pope Francis’ crusade against corruption in the Catholic Church, including an overhaul of the scandal-scarred Vatican Bank,has put the new pontiff in the Italian mafia’s crosshairs, according to two organized crime experts.

“The strong will of Pope Francis, aiming to
disrupt the gangrene power centers, puts him at
risk. He disturbs the mafia very much,” Nicola
Gratteri, a top anti-mafia prosecutor in Italy, told
CNN on Thursday.

“I don’t have precise information about a plan of
the mafia against Pope Francis,” Gratteri
continued. “But if I did, I wouldn’t say.”
Gratteri, a deputy prosecutor in Reggio Calabria,
a city in southern Italy, is a well-known foe of
Calabria’s notorious mafia, known as
‘Ndrangheta.

The mob’s anger with the Pope centers on the
Vatican Bank, which the new pontiff has tried to
reform, according to experts on the Italian
underworld.

Pope Francis won the Internet Literally.

Vatican officials were not immediately available
for comment. Earlier on Thursday, a Vatican
spokesperson strongly denied any concerns
about the Pope’s safety.
“The Holy See is not at all worried,” the Rev.
Federico Lombardi told the French wire service
Agence I.Media . ”These are the usual
inventions.”
In May, the Vatican Bank, officially known as the
Institute for Religious Works, issued its first-ever
report on money laundering, an apparent attempt
to improve its financial transparency.
The 64-page report details the Vatican’s efforts
to crack down on money laundering in particular,
though it made no mention of mafia connections.
The report found six charges of “suspicious
activity” within the past year.
In June, the Pope established a five-person
papal commission to investigate the activities of
the Vatican Bank, which has been under pressure
from international finance authorities to clean up
its murky business practices.
A month later, Italian prosecutors arrested a
priest who worked as a financial analyst for the
Vatican, accusing him of trying to help smuggle
tens of millions of euros across Europe using a
private plane in July 2012. That same month,
two top officials at the Vatican Bank resigned ,
as Italian prosecutors continued their three-year
investigation into the bank.
The Catholic Church and the Italian mafia have a
long and complicated history, said Antonio
Nicaso, an expert on organized crime in Italy and
co-author with Gratteri of a new book called
“Holy Water,” which explores the relationship
between mobsters and the church.
Underworld gangsters often paid for local church
repairs or bankrolled feast day celebrations for
Catholic saints, Nicaso told CNN. In exchange,
Catholic officials kept silent about their illicit
deeds.
“The church never raised the issue,” he said.
“The church has never excommunicated a
mobster.”
More recently, the mafia used the Vatican Bank
to smuggle money, Nicaso said, though he
offered no specific evidence. The Pope’s reforms
threaten that arrangement and will anger
organized crime, he added.
“We believe that this is an unprecedented
challenge to the economic power center of the
Vatican, and for that reason he may face some
kind of risk,” Nicaso said.
The Vatican has strongly denied any ties to the
Italian mafia.

Even atheists love this Pope

The Pope’s penchant for wading into the
massive crowds who attend his speeches and
events poses a particular security risk, Nicaso
said.
“He has to be more cautious. He can’t go walk
around Vatican Square anymore like he’s a
normal person.”
Asked if the mafia would dare try to assassinate
such a popular figure, Nicaso said, “There are so
many ways to kill a pope. They have to be
careful. But in the history of organized crime,
whenever they had to remove an obstacle, they
never thought about the consequences.”
In addition to the Vatican reforms, Francis in his
speeches has taken aim at corruption, saying on
Monday, for example, that a Christian “who gives
to the church with one hand but steals from the
other hand from the country, from the poor, is
unjust.”
The Pope then paraphrased Jesus, saying that it
would be better for a corrupt person “if
a millstone were put around his neck and he be
thrown into the sea.”
“He is changing the church,” Nicaso said. “It is
not a church of power and luxury anymore, and
his promise to restructure [the Vatican Bank] is
like a Copernican revolution.”

[url][/url] http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/14/prosecutor-pope-faces-mafia-threat/?sr=fb111413popmafia930p

The United States has declared her interests in
the Niger Delta region ahead of the 2015 general
elections.
A statement issued by Mr. Daniel Iworiso-
Markson, the Chief Press Secretary to Bayelsa
State Governor, said the US Consular-General,
Mr. Jeffrey Hawkins, spoke in Yenagoa, the state
capital.
Hawkins insisted that America had rekindled
interest in the oil-rich region ahead of the 2015
elections.
He described the region as the economic nerve
centre of the country and said his country would
focus more on Niger Delta than other parts of the
country.
Hawkins was said to be in the state for a one-
day official visit.
He begged Dickson for his assistance in realising
America’s interests in the region.
He said: “As we move closer to the big show in
2015 i.e. the general election, we definitely want
to be in touch with you. The United States is
really focusing on the Niger Delta again in a lot
of ways that will be very positive.
“I really want to get your advice on our
engagements in the Niger Delta on our efforts to
support what government is doing.
“We are very interested in supporting a dialogue
between the people of this region who are so
important for the future of this country and the
leadership of the region.”
In his remarks, Dickson said his administration
was prepared to partner with the U.S in the
areas of security, environment and other issues
militating against the development of the state.
He lauded America’s efforts in re-establishing
and deepening its bilateral relationship with
Nigeria.

[url][/url] http://thenationonlineng.net/new/2015-u-s-declares-interest-niger-delta/

“well lets think about this: if i was a mermaid and i could hide any where in the ocean; i bet i could go undetected for thousands of years. if they are real and they have intelligence similar to ours and have seen what we do to things we don't know, i bet i would hide and not allow myself to be detected either. i understand there is no hard evidence but it wouldn't surprise me if they are real. 100s of creatures are discovered every year. we know more about our solar system than our ocean and why are mermaids brought up in many cultures over thousands of years because they could be real. we may have seen them, we just all refuse to believe they are and call the people who do see them crazy."---- Michael Shane Lewis

“well lets think about this: if i was a mermaid and i could hide any where in the ocean; i bet i could go undetected for thousands of years. if they are real and they have intelligence similar to ours and have seen what we do to things we don't know, i bet i would hide and not allow myself to be detected either. i understand their is no hard evidence but it wouldn't surprise me if they are real. 100s of creatures are discovered every year. we know more about our solar system than our ocean and why are mermaids brought up in many cultures over thousands of years because they could be real. we may have seen them, we just all refuse to believe they are and call the people who do see them crazy."---- Michael Shane Lewis

More recently, David Cameron, Prime-Minister of
Great Britain, is reported to have asked President
Goodluck Jonathan what happened to the $100
billion dollars Nigeria made from oil and gas
exports in 2012, insisting that “lack of
accountability and transparency is a big problem in
Nigerian oil and gas industry.”










IN 1987, at a reception in honour of President
Ibrahim Babangida at the Waldorf Astoria, New
York during his visit to the United States, I had an
interesting conversation with Alhaji Abubakar
Alhaji, then Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry
of Finance.
He said he had just been to the World Bank
where he was asked what happened to the $12.8
billion Nigeria had made from windfalls in the oil
market as a result of the Iran-Iraq war. I said to
him: “What did you tell them, Sir.” Alhaji Alhaji is
a naturally blunt no-nonsense man. He replied: “I
told them to ask the military.”
More recently, David Cameron, Prime-Minister of
Great Britain, is reported to have asked President
Goodluck Jonathan what happened to the $100
billion dollars Nigeria made from oil and gas
exports in 2012, insisting that “lack of
accountability and transparency is a big problem
in Nigerian oil and gas industry.”
Before you ask what business is it of David
Cameron’s how we spend our money in Nigeria,
let me point out that the question apparently
came up because President Jonathan went cap-
in-hand to the Group of Eight industrial countries
(G8) to solicit loans in international multilateral
institutions for unspecified infrastructural
industrial restructuring in Nigeria. The fact that
his request was rejected outright tells me our
President could not give satisfactory explanation
to the G8. Why give aid to Nigeria when it is
clear the money would largely be pocketed by
strategically-placed pen-robbers within the
Nigerian government?
Questions without answers: These questions
about the routine disappearance of Nigeria’s
billions just won’t go away, even though the
presidency provides no satisfactory answer.
When I heard of David Cameron’s query, the first
question I asked was whether Nigeria actually
made that kind of money in 2012. Who knew?
Not too long ago, our total income was not more
than $5 billion a year. I phoned a financial expert
who confirmed that, based on the number of
barrels of oil Nigeria was selling at the general
market prices of 2012, that amount was very
likely.
So we are back to the question; what happened
to the money? What did we do with it? I live in
Nigeria. If we made that kind of money in 2012, I
should know about it. I should be able to point
to one or two things done with the money. But I
cannot. In 2012, to all intents and purposes, the
Nigerian economy was in some kind of recession.
The business climate was dull. Unemployment
was high. Yes, the economy grew statistically by
7.1 percent. But statistics often have little
relationship with the actual situation on the
ground.
The nagging questions about the theft and
squandering of Nigeria’s patrimony do not let up,
and they are not only being asked by foreigners.
Oby Ezekwesili, a former World bank Director,
stirred up the hornet’s nest by declaring that the
combined administrations of Musa Yar’Adua and
Goodluck Jonathan misappropriated literally
billions of dollars. She pointed out that Obasanjo
left $45 billion in Nigeria’s foreign reserve
account and another $22 billion in the excess
crude account when he left office in 2007; being
direct savings from increased earnings from oil
under his administration. These savings have
completely disappeared without trace. Where did
these monies go?
The government has no explanation and would
not accept Ezekwesili’s challenge to engage in a
public debate on the matter. The answer to such
questions as these must remain relevant in the
so-called democratic election of our next
president.
Capital of money-laundering: As a country,
Nigeria has a tendency to excel in the negatives.
One of these is in the league of international
money-launderers. Indeed, Nigeria is the money-
laundering capital of Africa. According to Global
Financial Integrity, GFI, a WashingtonD.C. based
research and advocacy organisation, Nigeria
comes first among the African countries that have
suffered from massive outflows of illegal funds
between 1970 and 2008. In a study entitled:
“Illicit Financial Flows from Africa: Hidden
Resource for Development,” GFI maintains Nigeria
lost $165 billion, nearly 19 percent of the total
$854 billion outflows from Africa, to the
developed market-economy countries. GFI also
placed Nigeria seventh out of the 20 largest
exporters of illicit funds worldwide, with a total
figure $129 billion from 2001 to 2010.
With the exit of General Sani Abacha, the former
Nigerian head of state from 1993-1998 who died
in office, we suddenly discovered that money was
looted directly from the Central Bank and
transferred into secret bank accounts abroad. In
all, Abacha alone reportedly looted and laundered
over $4 billion.
What this means is that a considerable amount of
Nigeria’s income is round-robined back to our
trading partners. They get back part of what they
pay us for our exports as our officials steal the
money and funnel it back to them. That means a
significant amount of Nigeria’s earnings never
benefits Nigeria or Nigerians. Nigeria’s oil and
gas income is used to develop further our trade
partners in the developed market economy
countries.
This money laundering puts pressure on money
markets as corrupt Nigerian officials buy up
foreign-exchange for export. The Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, revealed that as
much as $14 billion in cash was taken out of
Nigeria from January to August, 2012 through the
nation’s airports. This was corroborated by the
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi, who puts his own estimates at
about $11 billion.
Diminished value
If some of these monies happen to come back, it
is with diminished value. They are not used to
create real wealth or to enhance job
opportunities. They are not, in any case, in the
hands of the industrious or the enterprising.
Instead they are laundered back into the less
productive sectors of the economy, such as the
overvalued real estate sector. Little wonder then
that some houses in Lagos and Abuja are as
expensive as those in New York.
Money launderers import goods at sub-market
prices. Since it is stolen money and their primary
objective is to re-integrate their ill-gotten wealth
stealthily back into the national economy, they
don’t care if the goods are sold at a loss.
Therefore, their activities hinder domestic
production because local producers cannot
compete with the depressed prices of money-
laundered imports.
Western double-dealing: Grandstanding Western
moralists like David Cameron who lecture Nigeria
about the corruption of our leaders are
themselves inherently corrupt. If they were really
against theft by government officials in
developing countries, they would not readily
accept stolen money in their countries. However,
while they rail against corruption, they create
frameworks which permit them to receive stolen
money with thanks.
Massive outflows
Some of this money ends up in choice real
estate. Others are hidden in fake offshore
companies and investments entities whose
ownerships are suitably disguised. This makes it
very difficult, if not impossible, for investigators to
trace the monies, let alone recover them. The GFI
report said the massive outflows of illicit money
out of Africa to the West was facilitated by “a
global shadow financial system comprising tax
havens, secret jurisdictions, disguised
corporations, anonymous trust accounts, fake
foundations, trade pricing, and money laundering
techniques.”
In a series of articles, the Financial Times of
London revealed that much of the money stolen
by corrupt soldier-politicians of Nigeria’s past
military regimes ended up in British banks. In an
article entitled “Money laundering probe targets
London” it said: “Banks in London played a key
role in enabling former Nigerian dictator Sani
Abacha to launder more than $4bn (£2.76bn)
looted from the country during his four and a half
year rule. The trail has led to accounts at London
offices of 15 banks.” It is estimated that over
£1.5 billion looted from the Nigerian treasury is
currently being kept in British banks.
The British have imposed no sanctions on these
banks for laundering “lucrative” stolen money.
They are not even that enthusiastic about
facilitating the return of the monies to Nigeria.
Rowan Bosworth-Davies, a former Fraud Squad
officer, is quoted as saying that a lot of people in
the City of London are convinced that if proper
legislation is enforced to facilitate the recovery
and return of stolen money: “It will be bad for UK
Plc.”
In short, Nigerian money-laundering has been
good for Western economies, funneling funds for
them through back-doors deliberately opened to
attract those funds. Abacha’s loot did not only
go to Britain. It also went to banks in the United
States, Germany and especially Switzerland,
without any intervention from financial regulators
in those countries.
Financial regulators
Some of these countries are now concerned that
those same backdoors may be used to finance
terrorist activities. But, at the same time, they
are mindful that concern for terrorism should not
militate against their status as citadels of
international finance, be it legal or illicit.
The way forward: Money-laundering is a major
problem for the Nigerian economy, especially
because a lot of the money ends up abroad and
those that return are used unproductively. With a
population of 170 million, Nigeria can hardly be
described as a rich country. If the modest
earnings of the country over the years had
remained in Nigeria, it would have made a
considerable difference to the economy. But
looting has now reached epidemic proportions. If
millions were being stolen before, billions are
being stolen now. This portends a bleak
economic future for Nigeria.
It is naive to expect the Western nations to help
us to police the theft of our patrimony. In many
ways, they benefit from our corruption. It is also
not possible to expect the Nigerian government to
police itself. The government itself is the
problem. Nigerian politicians, both military and
civilian, capture government with the intention to
prepare for their personal futures while
mortgaging Nigeria’s future. Therefore, there is
need for Nigerians ourselves, through public
enlightenment processes and through insistence
on accountability by Nigerian officialdom, to grab
the bull by the horns. These issues must be at
the forefront of any democratic election campaign
and those involved must be brought to the book.

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lots of bigots on dis thread .only few spake something reasonable....@Op,if u meet a xtian guy that is nice,loving and most importantly,God fearing... marry him...so also if he is a muslim like u with those qualities

@Op,if Funkybaby catch u eehn...u won't like urself ooo

Marthakings: I need a browser I can rely on anytime, anywhere. i already have opera and uc browser but they kindda suck. when m using opera and i minimize to use another application; like maybe whatsapp, it says "opera mini has stopped" when I try to go back and continue using the opera. Uc browser doesnt quit on it's own like opera does but it is damn slow. especially in loading pictures; even on 3G. i have heard of chrome and fire fox browsers but I havent downloaded them yet. to th0se using fire fox and chr0me, are they reliable? is there any other browser better than them?

if UC browser, go to d right hand corner or its setting and turn On d speed mode..it will b pretty fast and consumes less data

Magic Bishop: Nah small pikin full this thread sha.

dem won phuck free t0t0 b4 dem marry

just keep quiet...reading ur posts so far...u are a kid ,not yet a man u are fighting for to b recognize has on dis forum.. u gave urself away kid

Maga+Mugun....which kain gf be dat

Live from Ekiti.. it has started already!! d weather has changed to something like 6pm

Even Moses d Prince of Egypt didn't show d trait of becoming one of d most powerful prophet dat have ever walked on dis earth.U can't tell.God can catch up with anybody at anytime.He may turn out later to be....u may b a man of God and yet not b a pastor.... pls we have Five fold ministry jare. Let her pray to God herself.. if God gives go ahead, she shld go with d guy....wat happens to her tongue for praying

Welcome to my world Chicolee....I have this introvertic nature also...u have to explain to him abt ur nature....what is good for the goose may not neccessarily be good for d gander (my take)...And if he decides 2 stick with u despite pressures,fine.If not,move on ooo and 4get abt pleasing those who can't be pleased....sooner or later dem go frustrate ur life ehnn

youngprof2n: Pls nairalanders i need ur advice.Here is dis girl dt am dating for a month nw.Dis girl is nice nd very good in all aspects.I asked her 2day 2 tell me abt her previous relationship nd she told me dt she is dating one guy bt right nw dt d boy is nt in nigeria bt they are still communicating via facebook then.She also told me dt they do nt dated 2 long before he travelled outside d country.PLS ADVICE ME IF TO CONTINUE D RELATIONSHIP OR TO BREAKUP WIT HER.

Better ask her if she stands with u!Choose ye dis day whom ye shall love....Youngprof or Americaguy.....not dat d guy will be back in Nigeria Mayb after studies and in a sweet voice she will tell u on phone dat it is over.And u will come here on Nairaland to say ladies are wicked.....
Mayb she is just using u as emotional warm up....who knows
I done tell u my own!!

Magic Bishop: This is how you guys will relegate yourself with this false equality and modernistic views on how gender roles are expected to fade.

A man provides for a woman.
No wonder there are so many lesbos and feminists dykes these days.

And for your information, when a man truly loves a woman , the world is too small to give to her.


you guys wont commit but want to have fun without even at least taking care of the girl materially.

which mumu girl go gree that won?

SHARRAP

The Maga of d year goes to u..muhehehehe
What shld we now do...console u?..nah
Be patient and u will find ur ruby.....dat gal....she is bad news man....flee!!

yhomz093: the liquid was clear and transparent, it doesn't look like sperm according to him

whatever, either s.emen or sperm...if fate is not with ur friend, his dad shld be ready to b a grandfather. ..
Mayb u don't know dat s.emen contains a little amount of sperm too...and u knw dat little are in millions....

yhomz093: pls what is the solution, it's up to3 days now

u let it got to dat? Haba....I don't knw if there is medicine after death.. mayb gynaecologist can help Us out...can contraceptive still work like 3days after c.o.pulation
..
Shldnt it b 42hrs or so....can't remember jare....wey my book

50-50 chance. ....she may conceive, she may not. ..depends if she is fertile at d moment...dat ur guy no take reproduction class.....wat are contraceptive pills for after sex....which he can get at pharmaceutical shops...cant believe some still don't know some basics in medical knowledge....concerning different cases

Looks like op is tempted!!

StephenAyo: If you can afford 2 transcripts, then apply for two. If you don't have the means, then a copy 'l do for the dept. Ensure the original is submitted to PG because that is where it's most important.

Thanks....am highly grateful!!

Choi.....dis na meat ooo...make I come put am on top vegetable with pounded yam....while I use palm wine to step down

9jafetish: Ever since i have dumped my stupid juju making degrading bf, i have been having trouble with getting other guys. Every guy i meet always walks away from me without asking for my number, and i have never had this problem in my life before,also i have been falling in love with ppl who wouldn't date me like my cousin, men 10 years older than me ,and men who already have a wife and kids.How i think this is connected to my ex is that strangely i am always bumping into him whenever i am sad or lonely.

Also my ex has told me he has done juju b4 on many ppl.

should i call the cops on him, confront him, or tell my pastor that my bf has cursed me.

Op,now am interested in u....so no juju dey work.....shld I begin my Paris and Helen of Troy romance with u...? ......just saying

ABUJA -THE Federal Government insisted,
Tuesday that Nigeria was not broke even as it
said the country was cash trapped.
Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Jonah
Otunla and the Director-General of Budget Office,
Mr. Bright Okogwu, stated this while answering
questions from members of the Senate and House
of Representatives Joint Committee on
Appropriation and Finance.
Both explained that unlike certain countries with
similar experience which had started borrowing
monies to pay salaries of their workers, Nigeria
was not yet doing that.
Mr Okogwu said the country was still financially
buoyant and had been meeting all its obligations,
adding that the economy of the country was
normal except what he described as “inadequate
funds in circulation.”
He stressed that there was no cause for alarm, as
according to him, the government was on top of
the situation.
The government representatives who were at the
meeting held to consider the 2012-2014 Medium
Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, earlier
forwarded to the National Assembly by President
Jonathan preparatory to the 2014 budget
presentation in November, insisted that Nigeria
was financially firmed.
“Nigeria is not broke but it is currently having
cash flow problems”, Otunla responded to
question thrown at him by Senator Ahmed
Makarfi.
On his part, Okogwu said though, the nation
currently experiences cash flow problems from
time to time; it does not suggest that it is broke.
Jonathan and Okonjo-Iweala
“Nigeria is not broke. We may have cash flow
problem. But countries like Greek and Spain are
broke. They are now approaching their
international neighbours for bail out but Nigeria
has not done that and we are nowhere near that
situation at all”, he assured.
Mrs Maria Alade, Deputy Governor, Central Bank
of Nigeria, CBN, who represented CBN Governor,
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, at the event was however
evasive in her reaction to a similar question.
She said:“As Bankers of the Federal Government,
it is not our duty to tell the Nation whether she is
broke or not but we can tell her the amount she
has in accounts at anytime but since the AGF and
the DG, Budget have clearly declared that Nigeria
is not broke, we in CBN also believe so”, she said

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Abeg,make pple reply to this questions sharp sharp now

Angel of the water as someone said above doesn't connotes Marine sprits ooo....Angels have their powers and abilities which God tatooed into them.....which they operate by.....d law written in them by Yahweh they act by.God is d manufacturer but He gave these spirits power of monopoly. If u want anything about water,secrets pertaining to waters,u got to locate that Angel.

Like the Cherub who led israelites in the wilderness,those are not ordinary beings...He knew how to call the east wind to part the water of red sea into two....these angels that u see are with secrets that only them knew,apart frm Yahweh... they excel in might and strength!!

And those Mammy tinz are all lies....whatever u call it..Mammy water or Yemoja are ancient lies of satan....demons appear that way to beguile ur mind...in ancient time d form of half woman half fish is d phillistines god called DAGON...
Demons have studied d human mind for ages and they know pictures work better..so they take different form just to deceive u and make u afraid, which cripples faith!!

she is just possesed by a demon... dats all...nothing marine..those are just lies of satn...doctrines of demon.... just take her to b delivered from d demon and be infilled with d Holy Spirit... after confession of sins and declaring Jesus as His Lord and personal savior......

Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Understanding dis verses alone is enough for her! shalom