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Guy, stop ranting like an ant. If your own didn't work for you, mine did and it doesn't stop the fact that thousands are getting healed everyday through the power of the word (Jesus). One thing is sure, whether God Heals your Aunty or not learn how to give thanks

I have this feeling that the Intel community has been following these guys. There have been this that an attacks is been planned against Nigeria from SA and behold it happened on Oct.1

To all of U this is a question most churchgoers hav failed to answer me and any time I ask them the response is usually one of anger.
1. Every year these men of God perform 'healing' in which millions are healed of every ailment but then why is it one never has never seen a person that has been healed by a man of God? Its like after they've been healed they go into hiding.

Congratulations for exposing your ignorance for the whole to see. Who told you the miracles are not real? FYI, miracles occur daily in churches all over the world and not only at the synagogue and they are for real cos God remains the same. If you like to see live miracles just tune in to Emmanuel Tv on Sundays and follow their live broadcast.

Are you sure you are not the bush man? Since you are so educated, weren't you taught she is not supposed to stand up for her husband since we are all going the western way. A case of pot calling kettle black

just wondering why nobody is calling for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police over this just like they did when an Igbo man was in charge.

I understand you but still wondering what kind of devil will make your woman raise her hand talkless of slapping you. Next time, send it 'back to sender' immediately and that will settle it.

[qoute]not in america.he will end up in jail.Women are always favoured by the Law[quote][/quote]whether in America or Afghanistan, retuning fire for fire immediately will send in the right message that you are not ready to be turned to a 'vegetable'. Her reaction after that will tell you whether her slapping you was a mistake or she's just getting warmed up to abuse you the more. Remember, you have your honor to protect and if you don't do that, then, don't complain. Your next generation is watching.

@ OP, You should have returned fire for fire immediately then, later you guys can now apologise to each other. Chikena. if not that, she might try it again in the near future and before you know it, you will become the 'wife' or should I say a 'vegetable' in your house. Always remember you are the Field Marshall in your home and your kids are watching. Don't leave a bad legacy for your wards.

In any case, it is even unconstitutional for any Nigerian to say that your right as an individual to campaign (contest for presidency) would be denied.

Case closed. I wonder why they are now fighting GEJ.

It would be nice if you could ask 234Next and saharareporters who carried the story the question, if you doubt it.

So, to you, any news carried by Sahara Reporters is authentic? you better wake up from your slumber. SR, is fast losing credibility especially since they started their campaign of calumny against Mr President with no proofs but hearsays.

abeg stop misquoting the bible.

Is it Christlike to be carrying a huge tummy at your own wedding like nigerians are wont to do.

even in traditional times, emphasis was placed on the girl's virginity.

Even if it is not Christ like to be carrying big tummy on your wedding day, who are you to pass judgement on another. Using the same argument about Mary and Joseph, do you also know the plan of God concerning these people? Let call a spade a spade, what the RCCG did was wrong. Because somebody did wrong so you had to throw the 'baby away with the bath water'? Whose teachings are we even supposed to follow; G.O's or Christ teachings? Like I said, anyone who thinks he or she is without no wrongs should throw the first stone

RCCG Marriage doctrine:
Marriage is btw two people - a man and his wife. It shouldn't involve a third party (the child in this case). The couple can still get married after the child is born (provided other rules are followed)

Your argument doesn't hold any water. So you are saying Joseph made a mistake or committed a sin by marrying Mary knowing fully well she was carrying a 'third party? My guy, pls look for another excuse. If you really a true follower of Christ and not of men you would agree with me that the action taken by the Church or the pastor in question was from the pit of hell. What if the lady didn't make it before her due date? Please can you show me Christ like attitude in this wickedness

Please we must not forget that those strong people who are able keep themselves "pure" until they married should also be commended,

My dear, leave that to God as only Him knows the heart of men. In spiritual matters, never ever judge someone on physical appearances, obedience of man-made rules or mistakes. Just as the scripture says that rejected stone might be the corner stone after all. Have you ever wondered why God made so much use of the so called sinners in the bible rather than the holier than thou's? Why moses- a murderer, Jacob-a cheat, David-a fornicator ( remember, God even labeled him 'a man after my heart'. Just think about it

^ Dey should be questioned d most right? . . .GOOD!!!

Did all the pastors in churchs know's dia members before prayin for dia sins? . . .Why must dey pray for sins dat dey no nottin about? . . . (pls i need an answer)

Did Jesus know's d adulterer in d bible b4 savin her from those people that wanted to stone her to death? Is God goin to question Jesus for savin a sinner? . What was d mission of Jesus on earth? (Abi na pastors be jesus now?) If Jesus can recieve a sin (an adulterer for dat matter), and ask her to go and sin nomore, den who r pastors to judge? Doz pastors, are dey not married? If their wifes r so called virgins, r they (pastors) themselfs virgins? Are you tryin to tell me that, if it's Obasanjo's daughter and her fiancee are the couple, then the marraige will not commence? . . .RUBBISH !!! (THEY ARE ALL CHURCH ROBBERS)  

Can u imagine prayin and asking GOD for forgiveness if a single brother or a single sister fornicates. But u can't wedd a pregnant couple?. . .Why? b'cos they commited fornication. Na who una dey decieve?  Ra-ras!!!

Why not first of all, ask them (those couple) to confess their sins before GOD (right there in the alter), and after that, ask them to bow their heads and pray for them for GOD to forgive them their sins, before procceedin on the church marraige service?

Thank you my broda, leave all these hypocrites that are busy fortifying their pockets and are quick to judge others. What if that pregnancy is God's design for the couple? Even let me ask, do you know how many times a day the so called G.O'S commit fornication and adultery in a day? Or do you think you have to sleep physically with someone to commit the sin of fornication or adultery as the case may be. These so called G.O's and pastors  should first repent of their sins and give their lives to Christ and follow His words and ways accordingly. Christianity is all about love and if you notice your brother has fallen, you are expected to do everything possible to help him up once again and never ever judge or condemn. Just as someone asked Jesus how many times he should forgive his brother in a day, you know what, 77x7 times. So God's word remains that even if that lady got pregnant 539 times in a year, No pastor have the right to deny her right (wedding) in the Church of God. After all, who ever think that he or she has not committed any wrong (sinless) should cast the first stone.

the same DSTV that I pay an equivalent of #1800 per month for premium service in china is charging 9000 here in naija for the same service. Frankly speaking, i am not impressed cos they have been sucking Nigerians dry.

@OP

That ALL 36 governor’s attended the declaration of GEJ is not an assurance that he will win the pdp nominations, let us not be carried away with that. He is the president and he must be respected, and it shows that those prozoning are more democratic than, the antizoning thugs who want to get it by all cost. it shows that PZ are playing politic without bitterness and must be commended.

Whatz this ranting all about? are you ok at all? Can you expatiate on what made them more democratic than others or you just want to post something for 'posting sake'? Please try and take your drugs this morning or kindly go back to sleep.

Me and my family have decided to go with GOODLUCK, anybody wey wan go with Ibrahim BADLUCK Babangida na im sabi

@Op,
Yes, we are having problems with our educational system but the major challenge mitigating against our growth and development is our attitude towards our country. THE TRUTH REMAINS THAT MOST OF US ARE NOT PATRIOTIC ENOUGH and are quick to exonerate ourselves and blame the government. From what I gathered you are presently in America but may be on closer investigation, you may not have any concrete reason for being there instead of contributing your own quota to the development of Nigeria. We, especially the youths are the problem of Nigeria because we are not ready to take our destiny in our own hands. A case of everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

I think the question is of what benefit is this 'Education' (Wherever you get it) to Nigeria.
Like they say, the greatest asset of a nation is its manpower.

It doesn't matter how much ground Nigerians are breaking outside Nigeria,
The question is How does this feed back into the nation?

So far people have mentioned EVERYTHING that is wrong with our Educational system
and it is the truth. Our system doesn't allow for proper thinking and an actual education.
The environment is so anti-change it is ridiculous. still, this shouldn't be the begining and end of us.

The mini-research i had to do recently showed that Nigerians, have the same brain and capacity
to Innovate, the same natural aptitude for creativity. But what is going wrong?

As a people in Nigeria, we need to wake up, and stop the 'Follow' 'Follow' mentality
We are the biggest flock of sheep ever! Our greed is eating us deep.
Money!!, Money!!The Nigerian's religion
Our ancestors were ingenious, what is stopping us??

Thanks, really tired of all this Naija bashing thread as if we've even made use of the 'little education ' we had.

I believe the likes of the OP is the problem we have in Nigeria. They never believe in themselves, It is always greener at the other side. If I may ask 'are you not a Nigerian? What have you done to contribute your quota to the development of the country? Do you think running away to another man's country and being an arm chair critic will ever solve the problem? If I may even ask you 'what have you invented on your own to distinguish you from everyone else or are you not a human being?

Sincerely, Op, your mentality sucks because you would rather look for whom to blame rather than taking on the problem and solving it.

Mr Campbell I beg to disagree! I believe you are just hell bent on proving the CIA prediction that Nigeria will disintegrate come 2015 right. To any discerning mind, your stance is a kind of malevolent and suggestive mental subjugation.Or how could one explain presenting catastrophic issues that have never entered the mind of Nigerians as facts.

Political drama you said. Yes, it is indeed! Many thanks to your country that compelled us to accept a system of government that cannot function in a multi-ethnic setting like Nigeria. For me, you sound deliberately mischievous by distorting facts in trying to show us how miserable we are. But the most interesting thing is that gone are the days of assumed American superiority and infallibilty. You don´t talk down on people to make them see that you are superior!

Mr Campbell could you remind me please how much the US is owing China? Could you elaborate on American unemployment and economical problems? Come off it! We all have problems! Nigeria is multi-ethnic and is bound now and then to have stint of ethnic disagreements, the US that is predominantly Caucasian had a stint of ethnic upheavals too and thousands of american Indians and caucasian died. The US has been practicing democracy for over 200 years and still has grave economical problems which from my point of view it might never recover from, what are the superior american politicians looking at be4 it deteriorated so much. Every inch of success China garners is reciprocally proportional to american economic recovery, I know you understand what I mean. And the red Dragons are not looking a bit tired.

Considering all these myriad of present and future problems the US has, I wonder aloud why you are so interested in Nigerias disintegration! Oh I remember the proposed stationing of american troops in the south-southern waters of Nigeria! Hmm couldn´t be! That will be a miserable attempt at a conspiracy theory. Why then for heavens sake? Instead of you to discuss all these things confidentially with our so called politicians (I´ll bet they know they will lose if the country should collapse) if you really have the interest of nigeria at heart as you profess, you decided to sow it cynically into the minds of unsuspecting Nigerian public that might not discern your aim.

Your motives are dubious!

Gbam!

The 2011 elections in Nigeria, scheduled for January 22, pose a threat to the stability of the United States’ most important partner in West Africa. The end of a power-sharing arrangement between the Muslim North and the Christian South, as now seems likely, could lead to postelection sectarian violence, paralysis of the executive branch, and even a coup. The Obama administration has little leverage over the conduct and outcome of the elections -- and if the vote does lead to chaos, Washington may no longer be able to count on Nigerian partnership in addressing African regional and security issues such as the conflicts in Darfur, Southern Sudan, and Somalia.

Nigeria’s current political drama dates to November 2009, when its president, Umaru Yar’Adua, was hospitalized for a kidney condition in Saudi Arabia. Yar’Adua refused to comply with the Nigerian constitution and hand over executive authority to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. The result was a power vacuum until February 2010, when the National Assembly extralegally designated Jonathan the “acting president” by resolution, even though there is no constitutional provision for doing so. In April, Acting President Jonathan attended the nuclear safety summit in Washington, where U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden warmly embraced him, not least because his designation forestalled a possible military coup. In May 2010, the first act of Nigeria’s political tragedy ended when Yar’Adua died and Jonathan became the constitutional president. Now, Washington may be tempted to move its attention away from Nigeria -- but that would be a mistake.

Nigeria has held three national elections since the end of military dictatorship in 1998. In 1999, active and retired military officers, along with a few civilian allies, oversaw the transition from military to civilian rule. They established the nonideological People’s Democratic Party (PDP); selected Olusegun Obasanjo, a Christian from the South, as the presidential candidate; and placed him in office with a northern Muslim vice president. An elite consensus formed around an unwritten power-sharing agreement, which dictated that presidential candidates would henceforth alternate between the Christian South and the Muslim North -- a system designed to avoid presidential contests that could exacerbate hostility between the regions and religions.

With the advantages of presidential incumbency, and access to unlimited oil money, Obasanjo secured elite support for a second presidential term in 2003. Northerners reluctantly acquiesced to a rotation cycle of two terms rather than the one they had foreseen in 1999. Once re-elected, however, Obasanjo reneged on his two-term promise by attempting to run again in 2007. This bid was defeated due to public anger and northern leaders’ insistence on power sharing. Nevertheless, Obasanjo remained powerful enough to impose his handpicked candidates on the ruling party in 2007: Yar’Adua, a northern Muslim, for president and Jonathan, a Christian southerner, for vice president. Obasanjo’s chosen candidates fit the terms of the power-sharing convention, and accordingly, they took office after the 2007 election, which was marred by fraud and irregularities. However, Yar’Adua’s subsequent death and Jonathan’s presidency upended the power-sharing arrangement.

Unlike in every previous election since 1999, no elite consensus exists for the 2011 poll, nor is there an Obasanjo-like figure strong enough to impose one. Although it is still dominated by elites and their patronage networks, the Nigerian political sphere is wide open.

Many in the North believe it is still their turn for the presidency, but the northern power brokers do not agree on who should be their presidential candidate. Several northern politicians, including Ibrahim Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari, both former military dictators, are running for the presidency. Other potential candidates are Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, the national security adviser under Obasanjo and Jonathan, and several northern governors. Nigerian democrats are advocating the candidacies of Nasir El-Rufai, the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and Nuhu Ribadu, formerly the head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the anticorruption agency. Both are seen as having the potential to restore public faith in the political system. But so long as the current elites remain the country’s political power brokers, candidates operating outside the PDP will be long shots at best.

Jonathan, with the advantages of presidential incumbency, has also announced that he will run. This could mean the presidential contest will feature one or more northern Muslim candidates opposing Jonathan against the backdrop of ethnic and religious violence in the Middle Belt, Muslim extremism in the North, and an ongoing insurrection in the oil-rich Niger Delta. In such a fraught environment, supporters of candidates might exploit religious and ethnic identities, a dangerous and potentially explosive dynamic that until now has largely been avoided.

Logistical preparations for the 2011 elections have not started. There is no voters roll, and despite the president’s signing of an electoral reform bill, some of these reforms remain unimplemented four months before the election. The election therefore will almost certainly lack legitimacy, especially in the eyes of the losers. This will further drive the country to the brink, especially if winners and losers are defined by their religious and ethnic backgrounds. There is at the moment no standoff between northern and southern leaders, at least nothing comparable to that between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai in Zimbabwe or between Kenya’s Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga in the aftermath of the 2007 elections. Nevertheless, the danger of Nigeria plunging into postelection violence is a real possibility.

The Nigerian military still regards itself as the ultimate guarantor of the state’s security, and most political elites agree. In the event of postelection sectarian violence and a political breakdown, it could intervene if the civilian government loses control. The army, given its history, could move quickly, and unlike in Kenya following the 2007 postelection crisis, there would probably be little time for the international community to try to facilitate a political settlement. Only if the military itself fragments would there be space for the international organizations such as the African Union to intervene in search of a political solution. Yet the return to power of the so-called men on horseback in Nigeria would pose special challenges for Washington, considering congressional requirements that Washington scale back contact with military governments that overthrow civilian governments. It would also be anathema to the African Union’s principled stand against military coups.

Some Nigerians are privately urging the Obama administration to intervene behind the scenes to forestall a postelection crisis. Yet intervention on behalf of one candidate could do more harm than good. If Delta militants sense that Washington is opposed to a Jonathan candidacy, and should he withdraw or lose, they might escalate their attacks on U.S.-owned oil facilities, thereby cutting off production. If, on the other hand, northern leaders see the United States as supporting Jonathan, they are likely to become even more estranged from the federal government. The North would likely see support of Jonathan as part of the perceived U.S. war on Islam.

Given these realities, what can the Obama administration do? At present, the United States enjoys significant support among Nigerians, even though it lacks the capacity to have much impact on the 2011 elections. It cannot reform the electoral commission, nor can it change Nigeria’s corrupt political economy, which is fundamental to vote-rigging efforts. It could, however, establish and publicize the benchmarks it would use to measure improvement in the electoral process. It could also focus election-related assistance on select states where polling in recent elections has been better than elsewhere; Lagos and Cross Rivers State are two such possible venues. As the elections approach, the United States must be scrupulously neutral on the presidential candidates while reiterating its call for free, fair, and credible elections.

The Obama administration should also look for ways to support such civil-society organizations as the Nigeria Bar Association, which actively works to strengthen the rule of law. The United States already provides assistance for civic groups involved in voter education and the strengthening of political parties as open institutions. That support should continue. In the event of a confrontation between the North and South over failed elections in 2011, these organizations could play a role in mitigating the worst excesses of a crisis.

Such steps by the Obama administration are worthwhile to promote the long-term development of democratic institutions. However, in the event of a bloody crisis that splits the country along regional and religious lines, neither the Obama administration nor any other foreign government or international organization will have much leverage. Faced with such a cataclysm, Nigeria’s friends should seek to mitigate the humanitarian consequences and prevent the resulting instability from spreading to other parts of the continent.



Nigerians have long danced on the edge of the cliff without falling off. Yet at this juncture, the odds are not good for a positive outcome, and it is difficult to see how Nigeria can move back from the brink.

-JOHN CAMPBELL, the former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria from 2004 to 2007, is the Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. His book, Nigeria: Dancing on the Brink, will be published by Rowman & Littlefield in November.

The religious sect known as Boko Haram this evening in Bauchi State demonstrated the porousness of Nigerian security by carrying off an audacious prison break and freeing over 700 people being held in the federal prison there.

The prison is located in front of the palace of the  Emir of Bauchi. Eye witnesses told Saharareporters that the group struck at about the time Muslims, including the Emir, were breaking their fast.

The Emir quickly vacated his palace while soldiers and police were being drafted from the nearby city of Jos. The governor of the state, Isah Yuguda, is currently in Saudi Arabia in observance of Hajj.

This is the third time in three days that the sect, which began an uprising in Bauchi last year, would strike.

As Sahareporters reported yesterday, Boko Haram militants have also  killed district heads and a retired police officer in Maiduguri near the palace of the Shehu of Borno.

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/breaking-news-boko-haram-organizes-prison-break-bauchi

Mother Teresa Quotes On Poverty
It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
~Mother Teresa

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven
will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love
God better because of them.
~Mother Teresa

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless.
The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest
poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
~Mother Teresa

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
~Mother Teresa

When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.
~Mother Teresa


Mother Teresa Quotes On Giving and Serving Others
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
~Mother Teresa

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
~Mother Teresa

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
~Mother Teresa

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according
to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to
do the humble work.
~Mother Teresa

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
~Mother Teresa



Quotes by Bishop David Oyedepo


* Your believe is what makes you, coz you are the product of your thought,  what you believe is what you become, no doubt,

* The Worth of a man is not in his dress, it is in his address.

* It does not take a century to make changes but a right choices.

* There is no mountain anywhere everyman ignorance is his own mountain

* Those who take life casual end up a casualties.

Bishop David Oyedepo