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500k

naughtynaughty:
bad belle

LOOL

Whatever peels your grapes. Have lots of lawyer friends to know what's up.

Many of em are now into estate management.


The profession is now overrated seriously

To a discerning and keen observer, paganism as practiced in Pre-colonial Igbo and Christianity are too sides if the same coin. Both share too many similarities. The only difference being Satan which was erroneously construed to be Ekwensu by the imperialist-colonialists.


These point of convergence includes but not limited to:

** Both belief systems has one supreme being ditto Yahweh or Chukwu. From whom all creation originated as recounted by the creation fables and Chukwu Okike  (the God that creates)


** Both belief systems had provision for medium of communication between God and man. Jesus Christ for Christianity and oracles, diviners and sorts for pre-colonial Igbo. The Igbos believed that  Chukwu assigned areas of jurisdiction to these lesser gods while he oversee the whole operation. Hence we have gods like Amadioha manning the skies, Ani in charge of land/fertility and Ahiajoku lording harvest, etc


** Both believed in the concept of  guardian angels - cue chi - personal god in Pre-colonial Igbo.  One's chi confers on his behalf in the spirit realm and determines to a great extent his fortune or misfortune. Just as one's guardian angel can alter his fate as recounted in the bible experiences of Abraham and Jacob


** Both believe in life after death. While the righteous go to heaven, the envy ends up in hell for an eternity of anguish. Pre-colonial Igbos believed the good becomes ancestors, maintaining ties and interceding on behalf of their living offsprings.


** Both believed in blood sacrifices - be it that of man or animal or son of God




These similarities I believe paved way for the quick acceptance of Christianity by the Igbos. The early missionaries probably bamboozled them with their technological advancements in a bid to convince them that his God was superior.

Pre-colonial Igbos can be pardoned for failing for such bare-faced hoax.  For today's christians, I'm bereft of word.


Christianity and paganism are like six and half a dozen.


If you must believe fables,  I think it's more honorable you believe those concocted by your forebears.

Lilbrown007:
well u wont be able to post this right now if they was no effect

Hell yes

Like people don't post on net in China and sorts right. You must think the imperialist-colonialists some kind of heaven send

LOOL.

OP comes across as a law student.

Don't worry, you will soon grad and find out what an overrated profession you just got yourself into

LOOOL.


Funny memes.

Yoruba guys are cool though. Enjoyed my days with em as colleagues.

Please when will Igbo boys be stroked? I know say the stroking go dey massive

Unbridled stupidity with a copious dose of 'notice me'.



And the chump had to obstruct free flow of traffic for his melodramatic proposal

missyadorable:
The guy has shown you pomp and plain that he only wants sex and nothing more....Is it so difficult to shun him if you ain't game? Na wa for some ladies

I think the emboldened is prompt and plain, hunnie


@ OP
Yeye troll

Support and encourage her man.

Respect him.

Be sincere and genuine.

Provide companionship.



We're not even asking for too much you see

LOOOL


While professional blow.jobs like will surely spice up the relationship, it can't guarantee the guy staying any more than giving meat to a wolf will get it domesticated

- Love with your head and not your heart

- Keep you options open, provided you've not proposed or tie the knot

- Keep little or no expectations.

- Promise very little. Give as much as you can

- Note that you and your interest comes first



Do the above and you'd be fine

trueking:
It is because the religious nations get more attacks from the devil, he wants them to suffer and forget God in their hardship, but for the believers we are called to a life of victory in Christ, he will supply all our needs and wants. Our economy is not of this world we have been made to live continuously in victory 1corinth15v57

And you have a Permanent Voters Card?

E no go better for Democracy o

Bonapart:
You will soon die and meet your master the devil
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth

Bet you've been there before and actually wept and gnashed your teeth?

The brazen boldness with which you theists vomit your laughable threats is quite disgusting

People are actually gracing this jejune thread with counter-arguments?


Pathetic to say the least

Laughable.... coming from Oledepo the Pastorpreneurial pulpit love-vendor.

YEYE DEY SMELL

Miscreants!!!


I sincerely hope they languish behind bars.

It's non of your business. Your friend is not married to her, is he?

Move along.

Kog45:
It is a plus to have these two guys around,they are young and promising but comparing them is uncall for,may be op is an arsenal fan.Sometimes club fans talk thrash to support their own.

Having the two of them around definitely adds depth to our striking options.

Things get juicier when you add Ighalo to the mix.


The future sure looks promising for the Super Eagles

Africa in general and Nigeria in particular is still suffering from the devastating impacts of colonialism. One of these is our defective education system.


It is pertinent to point out here that the original system of education laid down by the Brits for Nigeria was manipulated to produce just "literate negroes who can read and write the white man's language". This was aimed at raising mid-level civil service manpower who acted as supervisors to the unskilled negro workers.


It's quite pathetic that since the Brits left, no government - be it military junta or civilian regime - has deemed it fit to revamp our education system. Successive generations have grown with the mentality of "go to university, graduate and get a good paying job and live large".


It's a known fact that Nigeria is in dire need of technology - driven industrialization. The type learnt in an education system built on home - based scientific innovations and practicals. We need schools that will produce engineers who can fabricate nuts, pharmacists who can utilise the leaves and trees around to proffer solutions for ailments, agriculturalist who can soil their fingers growing foods.


We need to toss away the clearly outdated syllabuses. Develop new and updated syllabuses that will encourage radical thoughts and home - grown solutions to our mirage of problems. The "certificate brandishing culture" must be severely fought and erased. It should be about what do you know and can bring to the table?


Quality and innovation - driven education systems unarguably played a major role in the rapid advancement of Asian tigers like China, Japan and Taiwan et al, India, Malaysia etc. We have over 160 institutions of higher learning that keep churning out Ill-educated graduates using archaic tools.


Nigeria has the labour. Nigeria has the market. We just need the will and the technical know - how.



It starts with jettisoning the dead-on-arrival education system. Colonialism has ended. Why keep its relics?

kramfonos:
Good. Then no right-thinking woman should think herself an equal of the man.

If you think you're my equal, then we'd share the bills equally.

LOOOOL. So its just about the bills? Will you sit @ home and nurse the kids and answer her 'Ma' if she elects to foot the whole bills?



No Man and Woman in a union are equal. Two captains can't man a ship successively. Someone, in this instance the man, has to take charge of the reins of leadership.


That doesn't make the woman a lesser being nor does it make her a slave. She still has a crucial role to play in the union/house

kramfonos:
Hogwash!

She uses electricity.

She uses water.

There's mortgage or rent for the house the occupies.

When kids start popping out, there'd be school fees, healthcare expenses, feeding, transportation... The list is endless.


Since you claim men and women are equal, those bills should be split between the husband and wife. How then can she pay up her part when she's unemployed?

So much for feminism. No right-thinking man should marry an unemployed woman.

What about men of means that ask their wives to quit their jobs and man the homes?


Calm down, dude.


No right thinking man should expect his wife to "share the bills". She can support him occasionally.



It is still the man's duty to provide for his household.

Arguably the greatest goalie of all times.


OK... Might not be greatest but definitely top 3

Just a lone goal and he's better than Iheanacho? Come on!

coolsix:
Please see my initial comment. I broke down the pricing on family of 3. Let alone 4.

Can 50k pay school fees of 2 children? Can 50k monthly pay all d bills and still put GOOD food on the table of 4 people? Every morning afternoon and night? Standard living? When dollar is 323? Cost of things are high. New electricity tariff... and so on.

Let's be honest. Let's fight poverty. If you don't marry you won't die. Have a good income before getting married. #Simple.

Ah ah 50k and Nigeria is ranking on poverty scale why won't it rank?

LMAO @ Let's fight poverty... by encouraging the poor to stay away from marriage. How convenient?


I wish I can show you the salary schedules of many State Government and LG parastatals. People earning as low as N26k and been owed 4 months salaries still pulling through.



6k for rent for a 2 room apartment

25k for feeding

5k for Transportation and Electricity

Government school. 5k for any miscellaneous school expense

9k for other sundry expenses.



It's a tough one. But many people are doing fine.

coolsix:
Because fortunes might not remain means someone should start a family that is prone to hardship?

I never said a man must be rich. I did not state any minimum amount of income. I still stand by it N50k is not enough to run a home conveniently without any atom of harsh condition.

There is power of choice. Why would any man choose to bring in children when he hasn't enough money? When school fees come in how does he do it? Feeding? N50k in present Nigeria is like 25k let's be honest. And yet we are claiming poverty rate is high why won't it be high?when more people are being born into hardship

By which analysis did you conclude say a family of 4 can't survive on 50k monthly please?

Beats me

coolsix:
That is why someone with 50k income should not get married. If those in slums didn't get married I'm sure those children will not be born the poverty scale rank will be reduced.

My point is anyone with 50k salary should not get married. Why subject a woman and her child to harsh condition because some people are living like that must we increase the number?

The flaw inherent in your argument is the assumption that people's fortunes will remain the same.

Should one then kill off his heirs and divorce his spouse should his fortunes take a nosedive for the worse?

Should one come out of poverty-induced celibacy to marry should his lot better tomorrow?



The keyword is BASIC NEEDS. If a man earns enough to provide the basic needs, he can marry.


Comfort and luxury, though desirous, are still wants.

Josephamstrong1:
Let's Discuss Marriage... Please share your views.
Was on a diatribes over this with a friend which went on for hours.
He said..."Dare I call it an interruption or a junction on ur road 2 de goal"
I was like..."U talk like u scared of marriage"
He said... Yep..am scared. Scared of making a lifetime mistake cos its a lifetime institution.
Don't really get it. More reason I brought it here.
My questions are:
1. Why do most men marry late even with their affluence? Are they scared or not just ready?

2. At what age do you think is good enough for a man to get married?
With or without income.

3. At what monthly income do you think as a man...you'll be assured that you can confidently run a home?

4. What's your opinion about getting married to a lady with Msc but not work. Do you think it's better to marry her unemployed or wait till she's employed or underemployed or better still have something doin'.
Maybe fear of becoming a house wife...I guess.

I know we have mature men and ladies on NL. Please, would kindly appreciate your opinions.
#peace

cc: mods

.1 I guess the reasons vary. Likely financial limitations, still searching for the ideal partner, disillusioned with the massive failure of the marriage institution as shown by the high number of divorces, infidelity and domestic violence, etc


.2 No age is good enough. You settle down when YOU ARE READY.


.3 Depends on you. If you earn enough to pay the basic bills, you can run a home


.4 If she ticks the other boxes, you can marry her. She's a potential golden goose and will surely start popping the golden eggs once she clinches a job

coolsix:
In slums. Do you they are happy in slums? Do you think they don't wish they can turn the hands of time? So you are encouraging people to live in slums?

I surmise we're talking realism here. I don't know what their "ideal lifestyle" is but the fact is they're surviving... on lesser than N50k monthly.


It matters not where I encourage people to live in. The Poor will always live. Moreso, when we're talking about Nigeria. I hope you know the Per Capita income of Nigerians and our ranking on the global poverty scale

coolsix:
I disagree. That will result in poverty in the long run.

Let's analyse.

Transport Mon - Fri to work: N8,000(per month)

Good Feeding (Family of 2 - wife and one child): N40k a month

Total: 48k it remain 2k.

Let's talk about Expenses:

- Nepa Bill
- TV Subscription(Dstv example)
- Telephone and Internet bills
- Fuel - Dis one light no dey
- Child little expenses
- School fees (every 3 months)

And other misc.

My sister, N50k cannot run a home. We are not even talking about house rent if house is rented.

Numerous households comprising at least 6 persons are surviving on far lesser amount in the slums and rural areas

michaelisafiade:
May the light of the word of God shines on you. The word (Bible) that you blaspheme, may it deliver you from darkness into light. Amen

Let it first of all deliver all the believers plagued and ravaged by hunger and diseases globally.


Let it deliver simpletons continously fleeced of their hard-earned peanuts by Pastorpreneurs.


Let it deliver the innumerable hapless victims of religious violence.


Funny lots.... You christians

cckris:
Sorry sir, I was addressing Mr Lucifer. Ok. I don't know whether you're Nigerian. But in old times, when plagues happened, villages usually sacrificed some virgins or young men. Even today when some traditional rulers die, they're not buried alone. That kind of DARKNESS didn't show how to build bridges, houses, or even utensils. They were called Esu, Ekwensu, but always evil. I didn't create these names.

You've been brainwashed beyond redemption.

Ekwensu is no devil. Pre-colonial Igbo religion has no force/spirit opposed to Chukwu.


It's all fabricated by the colonialist-missionaries