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Came4amod:
Why will they not be using container ... When they are use money to buy bomb finish ... This boko haram people

Bomb in Qatar? Boko Haram in Qatar? It's so obvious your brain has been miswired!

NwaNimo1:
You fixed a match but list millions?

That's not fixing......

More like losing part of his gain. For example, expecting to gain $10m and eventually gaining $5m.

(2,437,001) My class team in secondary school.

Chai! Oloyede isn't smiling at all. So, you're not even free from JAMB's hammer after the release of results. Good development, though. This will serve as deterrent to all those "upgrade your UTME score" crooks.

wonder233:
This is entirely Buhari's fault. If he had done something about the herdsmen, Siasia's mother wouldn't have been kidnapped and he won't have to resort to bribes to raise the ransom to set her free.

So, his mother's kidnap was also the reason why he demanded bribe from David Alaba some years back before giving him a chance to play for Nigeria?

Forget, if greed is in you, it's in you.

YusufTheGreat:
You dont know what ur saying, if it was there truelly you ll back it up with facts, but you re just running your mouth as usual with no evidence.

Brother, I'd advise you not to waste your time with them. That's the nonsense their pastors and other deluded colleagues feed them with just to discourage them from seeing any good in Islam. Do they ask questions when they are told such? No! They just swallow without asking. And that's why they are in their present state in the first place.

The only things they know about the Quran are those parts they take at surface value to have negative meanings. Yet, these things have explanations that go beyond them. They've been doing such since the time of the Prophet and Allaah chastised them in many parts of the Qur'an. And they forget that even their bible isn't free from statements that preach the same negative stuffs they're attributing to Islam. But do we even have the time to play such cards with them? No!

Brother, focus on your Deen, and you'd be fine. Don't allow some lost elements to distract or waste your time. I can bet it that what he stated wasn't what the Prophet said. And that's why he dodged your question when you asked. But I know that very verse they twisted just to make themselves happy.

Assalaamu alaykum warahmatullaah wabarakaatuh.

Kingosytex:
That idiot definitely has the blood of terrorists running in his veins. They should check his lineage to ascertain whether he is related to the king of terror Osama Bin Laden. Meanwhile, i trust America to do the needful. They might sentence and confine that guy in the ADX Supermax in Colorado.

Leave bin Laden out of this. He's Patrick Crusius, a white American terrorist. Period!

philip0906:
Lol...Political correctness and the madness of the western world. Women play their own soccer, they should officiate female matches...same way it wouldn't make sense to see a man officiating a female soccer match.

Now they have started officiating male football matches, very soon they'll ask for equal number of officials for male matches. Give them a metre, they'll ask for a feet.

It's the exact reason, some of us like Trump. No bvllshitting.

Very soon, we'll start having female teams and male teams contesting in the same competition.

osuofia2:
FG To Spend N14b On Pilgrims https://www..com/talk/topic,47240.0.html read and have sense

Only foolish people believe a government that comprises chronic liars.

osuofia2:
They keep wasting our common wealth in the name of pilgrims,
Fyi, i do not support any form of pilgrim be it Christian or Muslim. If you must embark on such journey you better sponsor yourself and not govt spending billions on that.
Saudi and Israel keep living fat from our gullible religious people yet our country is in disaray

Stop talking out of ignorance. Last I checked, pilgrims to Mecca pay about N1.5m per head, while pilgrims to Jerusalem pay about N700,000 per head. It's their personal money, not government funds.

If anything, it's the government that feeds fat on those fees, not the other way round. So, get your facts right before embarrassing yourself on a public forum.

nzeobi:
you made some valid points but you can't say the some over VC s like ilochi okafor and that Federal university in ilorin though being of the academia don't have managerial skills

If you read my post to the end, you'd see where I stated that what we need are people who are not just in the academia but also have public administrative and policy implementation skills and experience. I'm sure we have lots of such individuals in the country.

I'm not saying there are not such people in the academia. What I'm saying is we shouldn't choose from the academia based on brilliance or teaching experience alone. That's a recipe for failure. And that's the mistake the government keeps making.

nzeobi:
please be reasonable for once, where did his impact place osun in education as regards national exams.

please let an academia head that ministry

This is how we get things wrong in this country. In the academia, people are trained to teach and research. It doesn't automatically make them good materials for ministerial positions. What became of the professors who have been ministers of education before now? What did they achieve? Were they not from the academia?

The same applies to insisting on doctors being ministers of health. Most doctors lack what it takes to handle such positions.

I'm not supporting what the OP said, but running each ministry effectively requires more than academic brilliance or professional work experience. All of that must be mixed with years of experience in public administrative and policy implementation roles plus the needed exposure. And that's why people like NOI delivered better.

megapriest:
Bennacer being player of the tournament shows how poor African football has gone down. This guy is too rough infact he deserves a straight red card in that final match. watch closely the guy is not better than etebo.

Please tell me who's he going to bench in Arsenal. Toreira, Xhaka even Geundouzi are far better than him.

No wonder France VAR ref robbed Senegal a clear penalty for handball. Ribery, Zidane, Nasty etc are Algerians playing for France.... Rubbish

Ribery is not an Algerian. His wife is.

DeeMain:
I don't know how to help you get it bro.The US are a force in the sports world because of the combo of population size, and structures and policies that sustain sports development.

Why not talk about China and India whose populations are more than that of US? Are they the world's best in all sports?

Ekaka1:
Yes, scar face came to support his roots

Not his roots. His wife's roots. He has no Algerian roots.

Tina26:
Cant be enforced. I probably dont live in the address i used to register anymore

Even at that, it's a matter of placing your plate number on a "wanted" list, and all divisions of LASTMA in Lagos would be on the lookout for your vehicle. Your only way out is to go park your car in your village (if you're lucky not to get caught on your way out).

Lagos will always find a way to remain ahead.

It's crazy when you receive that kind of message several hours after you thought you've gotten away with a traffic offence that "nobody" saw you committing.

samdigo90:
please remind me of the population of egypt compared to the population of nigeria? over 200 million people could not beat madagascar. if you like keep enjoying your mediocrity. idiot...

If your argument were to hold water, China and India should be the world's best footballing nations.

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] Well, this is a fine kettle of fish...Clearly, your son has got a wild streak in him and with the heavy proliferation of 'porn' themes in our civilization today,including, a willing partner in your maid who doesn't know better. This has turned in to the 'mosquito perching on the scrotum' situation thus you must thread carefully here. Because any hasty and careless move here will definitely f**k a lot of sh**t up...that of scarring a 14 year old for life and turning your kid into a scheming well hardened sexual predator and a budding paedophile like Pastor Fatoyinbo of Coza.This is the point where you call in the specialists...child psychologists......who can equip you with the required tools to mentor these unfortunate souls out of their unforeseen predicament.[/color]

Your comment made absolute sense until the point where you mentioned names. It was absolutely not necessary for your message to be understood. And your mention of the Pastor's name indicated that you're absolutely sure that he's guilty of the rape accusation.

Well, I'm also more inclined towards the fact that the accusations are true. But then, I won't blatantly mention his name as though I'm absolutely sure - because it remains a possibility, albeit a remote one, that the accusations are lies.

And just so you know, I'm a Muslim (before someone thinks I'm a COZA member or apologist).

NeekolazWorld:
One of the biggest problem I think Nigerian has is unnecessary conclusion and general stupidity of the masses.
Someone was killed which is very painful but out of another person's wicked intentions they tagged it as herdsmen just to create a problem and the masses just suddenly jumped into conclusion that they were herdsmen.
First of all herdsmen move with cows and have have not heard anything about cows in the senerio of the incident. Secondly they were masked, so how were they identified as herdsmen with their mask?

The stupidity aspect is how the masses decided to jump into conclusions to throw accusations in support of whoever first posted the news that they were herdsmen.

That particular route has always been known for criminal activities from time in memorial even before the arrival of herdsmen crisis. I studied in a private university in Edo state and know very well there were very peaceful herdsmen somewhere in the bushes of that community and they had their own settlements there. Where I am talking about still connects these route but there was always a high crime rate there which had nothing to do with herdsmen. But now these routes are tagged with herdsmen for thesame crime that has been existing in that place long before these herdsmen saga.

I am not a Fulani or related to one for saying the truth, am actually from Edo state and I know that route too well because I travelled that route regularly.

This Fulani herdsmen saga is now powered by some evil politicians to carry out evil dids and ensure it is tagged as herdsmen just to sabotage the PMB regime. Unfortunately it is affecting the innocent citizens of the country but the truth is that those seeking power by way of creating problems for the present government through this means do not really care about the citizens and who pays the price.

We should all be cautious of were these accusations will eventually lead to.

Deliberate misinformation and spread of false information are bigger enemies of this country than we ever imagined. If Evans the kidnapper wasn't caught, the kidnap operations he carried out would have been blamed on herdsmen. Every bad thing in Nigeria is now done by herdsmen.

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Shibaraba:
One of the best matches I've watched so far. E be like say that song wey South Africa sing enter stadium na incantation. They played like real demons. Hopefully their weyrey go come down before them meet us. Because if we meet that yesterday South Africa team kperen. Ile lon lo tarara

It's one this to have a game plan, but it's another thing to play against an opponent that would allow you to execute that game plan. If your opponent is a very good team, but you're still able to execute your game plan against them, you can still beat them flat. Similarly, if your opponent is a shitty team, but they still manage to frustrate your plans, they can beat you blue and black.

Last last, winners are decided on the pitch. Not by previous games. Not by calibre of players. And not by the style of play. If you want to argue this, take a second look at this AFCON's results from day 1.

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next2kings:
If school fees is = 60,000 that means acceptance fee has to be payed all through the study year...so something changed

LOL! Sense will not kill you.

This is a simple issue.

Before abolition: acceptance fees = N20,000 & school fees = N40,000.

After abolition: acceptance fees = 0 & school fees = N60,000.

In the end, nothing changes!

ON ZAKAATUL FITR: LET'S GET THINGS CLEARLY

In the name of Allaah the Beneficent, the Merciful.

While everything about zakatul fitr is quite clear as transmitted from Our Noble Prophet (SAW), it's just plain disturbing that some Muslims are still casting doubts into whether it should be given in the form of food or money.

I enjoin you, my beloved brother or sister, to read this with a sincere and plain mind.

First things first.

Zakaatul fitr is obligatory upon every Muslim -- male or female, young or old, free person or slave -- except for those who are too poor to afford it. The reason for its legislation is to purify our fasting from misdeeds such as foul/vain speech and to feed the poor. And for it to be accepted as zakatul fitr, it must be given before the 'eid prayer.

NOW, TO THE REAL ISSUE: SHOULD ZAKATUL FITR BE GIVEN WITH FOOD OR MONEY?

I'll start by quoting ahaadeeth from Saheeh Bukhaari.

HADEETH ONE

Narrated Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudree: We used to give one sa'a of FOODSTUFF (ta'aam), or one sa'a of barley, or one sa'a of dates, or one sa'a of cottage cheese, or one sa'a of resins (dried grapes) as zakatul fitr. (Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 2, hadeeth no. 582)

HADEETH TWO

Narrated Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudree: In the lifetime of the Prophet (SAW), we used to give one sa'a of FOODSTUFF, or one sa'a of dates, or one sa'a of barley, or one sa'a of dried grapes as zakatul fitr.... (Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 2, hadeeth no. 584)

HADEETH THREE

Narrated Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudree: In the lifetime of Allaah's Messenger (SAW), we used to give one sa'a of FOODSTUFF, as sadaqaatul fitr to the poor. Our food used to be barley, raisins, cottage cheese, or dates. (Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 2, hadeeth no. 586)

Now, looking at the ahaadeeth cited above, we'd notice that every option mentioned was some food item. In fact, in all 3 ahaadeeth, which came through different chains of transmission, there is the mention of the general term "FOODSTUFF" (ta'aam -- as used in the ahaadeeth).

With this we can deduce 2 things:

1. That only food was given as zakaatul fitr during the time of the prophet, and there's NO evidence that money was used as substitute during that time, despite that there are a good number of companions who were wealthy and there were several companions who were very much needy of money.

2. That the the argument by some people who state that the Prophet restricted "zakaatable" foods to only 4 food items is quite baseless. This argument is usually presented by those who favour money over what the Prophet sanctioned. They say, "If you say we cannot use money, then that means we cannot use rice, beans, etc. since they were also not mentioned in the hadeeth." But the hadeeth already mentioned the general term "FOODSTUFF", which renders the argument baseless.

Secondly, there's no way the Prophet would have mentioned foods like rice and beans because those were not known foods in their location at that time. And we should note that His emphasis on certain food items in some other ahaadeeth only indicated that he preferred those foods to others, just as he preferred reciting some surahs during each salaah. And looking athe the third hadeeth above, the narrator even stated that, "Our food used to be...", which means "The most commonly consumed foods among them at that time were..." Never did He (SAW) in those hadeeths restrict zakatul fitr to those foods He mentioned.

Furthermore, even in the absence of certain foods, the companions used other foods -- AND NOT MONEY. Read this hadeeth:

Narrated Nafi': Ibn Umar said, "The Prophet made incumbent on every male or female, free man or slave, the payment of one sa'a of dates or barley as sadaqatul fitr. Then the people substituted half sa'a of wheat for that. Ibn Umar used to give dates. Once there was scarcity of dates in Medinah, Ibn Umar gave barley...." (Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 2, hadeeth no. 587).

Look at the last statement in that hadeeth. When dates were scarce, he didn't use money -- which I'm sure was not scarce. He gave another food item instead.

Furthermore, look at the statement just before that. The companions, for whatever reason, gave half sa'a of wheat (NOT MONEY) in place of the specific foods mentioned by the Prophet. So, again, the argument that we cannot use rice and beans because the Prophet didn't expressly mention them holds no water. It's proven here that the companions did resort to other food items popular among them at the time -- and not money.

NOW LET ME CLEAR SOME OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS

1. "Money is better because people are more in need of it now."

>> No, people have always been in need of money since ages past. Even in the time of the Prophet, a significant fraction of His companions were very poor. On the other hand, a good number of companions were wealthy, too. But this didn't prompt the Prophet to sanction giving money as zakatul fitr.

2. "There's now relative ease and abundance, so money is better and easier. After all, the Prophet always chose the easier of two good options."

>> Money was no option during the time of the Prophet, so he couldn't have chosen it. Relative ease and abundance? In our Nigeria of today? That's a trumped-up assumption.

3. "If you give poor people rice, how do you expect them to cook it? And if you give them garri, do you expect them to take that on eid morning?"

>> But you give poor people raw meat during eid-ul adha without bothering over how they'll cook it or what they'll take with it. Why not give money in place of such meat? See, there's no rule that says it's the food you give them that they MUST eat on the day of eid. And besides, if you're concerned about that, why not give them money as separate sadaqah rather than mix things up?

4. "But Abu Haneefah and other scholars permitted giving money for zakatul fitr."

>> What when the Prophet and His companions didn't permit such? Why cherry-pick Abu Haneefah? Why not go with the 3 other madhhabi imams who didn't approve of it? Imam Shaafi'ee stated that touching a woman even without any desire (such as handshaking your wife) nullifies ablution, but his statement was rejected because evidence from the sunnah indicates otherwise. So, the statement of anyone can be wrong. Only the Prophet's words and approvals can't be questioned or doubted.

5. "But is there not a hadeeth that says a scholar would still be rewarded even if he makes a mistake in his fatwa?"

>> Yes, the scholar would be rewarded because he worked very hard and based on deep knowledge to arrive at that ruling. His reward is for effort and knowledge. The hadeeth didn't grant approval for anyone to follow erroneous positions after the errors in them have been made clear or after they've been proven to contradict what has been established in the Qur'an and sunnah.

When we read multiple different opinions from different scholars, the proper thing to do is to dig deeper into each scholar's evidence and go with whose statement is closest in conformity to the Qur'an and sunnah.

6. " Isn't this a doubtful issue?"

>> This isn't a doubtful issue. The pieces of evidence are clear. But even if you think it's doubtful -- to you -- do what the Prophet enjoined us to do when faced with doubtful situations. Leave the doubtful matter for that which is not doubtful. So, let's assume the "doubt" here is on whether money can be given or not. But there's no controversy over whether food should be given or not, right? So, why not stick with food and be absolutely sure of what you've done?

7. "But why are you clinging to the texts on this issue? Do fatwas not change according to time and place?"

>> There are issues whose fatwas change according to time and place, but this isn't one of them. What exactly has changed? That money was available then and now? Or that food was available then and now? Or has Islam changed between then and now?

And if I don't cling to the textual evidence from the Prophet himself, what else should I cling to? Remember, the Prophet is the only person one would follow blindly and still get everything right with Allaah.

Finally, let's remember that Allaah doesn't mix things up. For the obligatory zakah on wealth, it's clearly stated that it should be done with money. For zakatul fitr, it's also clear that it should be done with food. If Allaah wanted us to give money, that would have been clearly sanctioned from the time of the Prophet (SAW).

"Verily in the Messenger of Allaah is an excellent example for whoever hopes in Allaah and the Last Day and remembers Allaah often". (Quran 33 v 21)

May Allaah grant us success in this life and the next.

Abass A. Toriola (Abu 'Abdillaah 'Abbaas bn Ma'roof)

Babamide:
Her name is Iara not Lara

Finally, a smart Nigerian. That's how some dumbos changed 'Osinbajo' to 'Osunbade'.

R2bees:
PHILANTHROPY IS JUST FOR THE BILLIONAIRES TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES NOT BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE DEPRIVED.

Whatever! The most important thing is that they are giving back to the society. After all, there's no rule that makes that binding on them. So, if they tread the path of generosity, appreciate them for that rather than spew trash.

tolexy007:
those craps called infinix and techno will never do it for u free, dey will still ask money from you...

That's a lie. For a factory-related error such as a motherboard issue, Carlcare would fix for free as long as it's still within the one-year warranty period.

They only charge for broken screen and other user-generated problems.

Instead of you to criticize the fact that your Samsung phone's motherboard got condemned shortly after you bought it, you still found a way to bring Infinix and Tecno into this. Nonsense!

I use a Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018), but I won't hate on Tecno and Infinix for any reason. Each company is serving its own portion of the market.

Hehehe. There's no biggie in marrying a "soldieress". But the moment you cheat and you're caught... Even yoir destiny would laugh at you.