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Flamezreal:
This is just an event planners advert na. These bloggers self!

It's not just an advert, it's a wedding that took place last weekend.

I will attend In Shaa Allah. Ak4ril Lagos

If this is true...it shows d desperation in this present government. One sure thing is God pass dem. Buhari has won dis election by God's grace.

#IHAVEDECIDED
#CHANGE
#SAI BUHARI

nawa ooo, so no pix of the rally at all....naso the crowd small reach?

theV0ice:


i think the 'crowd' was too much to fit into any video clip or camera shot.

let them finish with the photoshop editing in aso rock studios.....

then they'll share it

So GEJ expects Nigerians to sell their votes for N10? What a disrespectful way of expressing Nigerians' insignificance!We won't be fooled by your Greek Gift sir. Just imagine......

Thank you Festus Keyamo Esq.
U spoke my mind. This is the best write up I've seen on this election. U nailed all the points, nd I'm happy most Nigerians are also on the same page. It's time we all shun religious and ethnic bigotry. Its high time we voted this clueless and corrupt ridden team out of aso rock.
God bless Nigeria.
#CHANGE

To all GEJ fans, may God run your life the way GEJ is running Nigeria..... I wana hear a LOUD AMEN.

And why is this not on front page?

Barselonia:

he is seeing things now....d weed on him Don Dey clear

yes o, thank God he is waking up to reality

http://www.naij.com/321411-hired-supporters-of-jonathan-protest-over-non-payment.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mandrill

I think say the man said they begged him to come back. Them still dey rent crowd....and still no pay the crowd. Mtcheeww....lie lie government.

The rented followers, who assembled at the place of the occasion as early as 7.00am, upheld that their handlers didn’t pay the money promised to them.

A visibly-irritated supporter who wanted to be anonymous uttered his displeasure over the casual attitude of some of the leaders of the various groups who brought them to the event for not showing any concern for their well-being despite the long distances they had to travel.

He said, “They asked us to enter the bus when they came to Maraba this morning and they promised to give us two thousand Naira each and also give us food but we are very disappointed to see them running around and later disappear into the middle of the crowd and nobody come back to give any money or bring water for us to drink.”

Adesuwa Tsan, Bayo Oladeji, Bode Gbadebo and Christiana Nwaogu, Chibuzo Ukaibe, Donald Ojogo, Edegbe Odemwingie
— Oct 31, 2014 | 2 Comments
Strong indications have emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are unhappy with the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, over the latter’s private reception for Speaker Aminu Tambuwal a few hours after the speaker defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday.

The reception which was said to have taken place at the deputy speaker’s guest house on Pope John Paul Street, off Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja, few hours after the mini-national convention of the APC, was attended by most members of APC in the House.

Ihedioha has, however, dismissed the report as ‘not sensible’ while Tambuwal directed all enquiries on the matter to the deputy speaker’s men.

The reception, which was initially meant to be a private one for Tambuwal, was later ‘invaded’ by other members of the lower chamber, including some PDP members, a reliable source told our correspondent.

A presidential aide told our correspondent yesterday in Abuja that the deputy speaker, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, had been asked to explain which master he had elected to serve “because we cannot understand why he chose to host Speaker Aminu Tambuwal to a warm reception a few hours after he defected from our party to APC.

“Is the deputy speaker with us or he is planning to move to the APC with his boss? The PDP deserves an answer from him.’’

The presidential aide asserted that, at this ‘critical moment of political decision,’ President Jonathan wanted to be very clear on whose side the deputy speaker belonged.

The presidential aide continued: “You know this man (referring to Ihedioha) cannot be trusted; he has consistently worked against the party in the past. He now appears to be working for the PDP because of his 2015 political interest. But even at that, we do not know where he truly belongs.”

When contacted, the media adviser to Tambuwal, Malam Imam Imam, said all clarifications on the issue should be referred to Ihedioha’s aides.

The chief press secretary to the deputy speaker, Oke Epia, however, described the report as inconsequential.

“This is a non-issue; are those behind this saying the deputy speaker would want to do that to show that he is in APC? I can tell you that this is not a sensible thing at all,”Epia said.

The development came as the presidency was said to have directed the Nigeria Police Force, State Security Service (SSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to withdraw their security personnel attached to the speaker for defecting from the PDP to the APC.

The acting inspector-general of police, Suleiman Abba, confirmed the redeployment of the police personnel attached to Tambuwal on Wednesday.

The force public relations officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, in a statement yesterday in Abuja, hinged the withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security aides on Section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

Security details attached to the speaker were said to have been withdrawn yesterday morning.

After his defection on Wednesday, Tambuwal vowed to work with his new party to dislodge the ‘PDP cabal’ from power in the 2015 general election.

“We came to work this morning and what we found was that all the security men did not report for duty. We are puzzled but that is the situation,” a National Assembly aide said.

Tambuwal: Mr President, show better understanding of democracy – APC

The APC has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to show better understanding of democracy by immediately restoring the police security details that the inspector-general of police (acting IGP) withdrew from the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC described the withdrawal of the speaker’s security details as an usurpation of the role of the judiciary by the police boss, especially bearing in mind that the question of the interpretation of Section 68(1)(g) of the constitution he anchored his illegal act on was before the courts for resolution.

The party said that, for the avoidance of doubt, the position, including the manner a person becomes the speaker of the House of Representatives, is to be found in the constitution, and no constitutional provision or legislation says membership of the ruling or dominant party in the House is a pre-requisite.

Furthermore, as the number four citizen of the nation, the security detail and apparatuses attached to the person of the speaker were not based on his lineage, person and or political leaning, but on account of the position and the protection required for that position and in Nigeria’s best interest.

“This unfortunate use and deployment of Nigeria’s security forces in a partisan and political way portends danger and further weakens important institutions of governance and jeopardises national security. Under President Jonathan, we now have a Police Force that is monitoring and making conclusions with respect to party membership, qualification, of an otherwise elected official. This is unheard of in any decent democracy,” the party said.

The APC, therefore, enjoined President Jonathan to respect and comply with the law.

“We reject this meddling in the affairs of the legislature, especially given the resolution of President Jonathan and his close advisers yesterday at their meeting to ask the deputy speaker, Mr Emeka Ihedioha, to unlawfully reconvene the House before the adjourned date.

“May we remind President Goodluck Jonathan that under the House Rules, only a resolution by all principal officers of the House and not even the speaker of the House, can reconvene the House before the adjourned date not to talk of the deputy speaker?”

Tambuwal: We are not aware – PDP

The PDP yesterday said it was not aware that the security detail of Speaker Tambuwal had been withdrawn.

Reacting to the situation, spokesman of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the party was not aware of the development.

When told that a statement to that effect was released by the police, he replied: “We have not seen it and we won’t comment on it until we see it.”

I Didn’t Breach Any Law -Tambuwal

Speaker Tambuwal has reached to the withdrawal of his security guards on the directives of the acting inspector-general of police, Suleiman Abba, saying he did not breach any law.

In a statement issued by his special adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam, the speaker noted that not only is the IGP’s action a contempt of court, but a deliberate attempt to cause him bodily harm.

In the said statement, the force said that, by his defection from the PDP to the APC, the speaker was in breach of Section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution and was consequently no longer entitled to police security, a position the party faulted.

“The implication of the inspector general’s statement is that as sanction for this alleged constitutional breach, he has removed Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal from office of the speaker House of Representatives,” he said.

“As the number four citizen in the hierarchy of protocol in the country, the speaker is entitled to security protection by the security agencies; therefore, we see the action of the acting inspector general of police as not only contempt of the courts but a ploy to bring harm to the person of Hon Tambuwal,”

SDP Condemns withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday described the withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security men as undemocratic and a show of impunity that will not augur well for the country.

A statement by the SDP national secretary, Dr Sadiq Umar Abubakar, and its national publicity secretary, Dr Abdul Isiaq, also cautioned the inspector general of Police, Suleiman Abba, to desist from illegal acts but to be the professional policeman that he was known to be by restoring the security privileges of the speaker.

They noted that the constitution gave Tambuwal, as the number four citizen, the privilege to be protected like the president, the vice president, the Senate president and others.

The statement read in part: “We therefore condemn the act and ask for the restoration of his security and other privileges. This is beyond PDP, Jonathan and APC, and it is the highest disregard to constitution provisions and a show of impunity that will not augur well for democracy.”

The party reminded the IGP that his loyalty was to the state and not to a party, and that toeing the line of partiality was a dangerous trend ahead of the 2014 polls.

The police should be fair and just to all,” the party concluded.

Withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security aides, double standard – Dabiri-Erewa

The chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has condemned the withdrawal of the security aides of Speaker Tambuwal by the IGP, Suleiman Abba, describing the action as a show of double standard on the part of the police.

In a message issued last night, the lawmaker noted that true democracy encourages freedom of expression and association.

“The act of withdrawing Hon Tambuwal’s security details endangers our democracy and smacks of double standards! He is still the number four citizen. The act is petty, unnecessary and smacks of desperation,” she stated.

HURIWA asks Presidency to restore Tambuwal’s security

A civil society group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to order the immediate restoration of Tambuwal’s security detailss and to sanction administratively the top security officials that gave the order.

In a statement jointly issued by the national coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the national media affairs director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA said it was the height illegality and impunity for the top hierarchy of the police to strip the nation’s munber four man of his statutory security details “on the nebulous and unqualified grounds that he switched over his political allegiance from one registered political party to another.”

Tambuwal: PPA berates Police

The leadership of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) yesterday joined in the condemnation of the Nigeria Police Force for withdrawing security details attached to Speaker Tambuwal following his defection from the ruling PDP to the APC.

PPA national chairman, Comrade Peter Ameh, who condemned the action in strong terms, warned that rather than drag President Goodluck Jonathan’s name in the mud, the police should rise to its constitutional mandate bytaking pro-active and decisive measures to nip in the bud the brewing crises in the country, so that further threats to the peace and stability in nation will be averted.

He said the police, by their act, not only vindicated his party, but also displayed inconsistency, and wondered why the police failed to invoke the same section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution when governors and other political office holders defected from its party (PPA) to the PDP and other platforms.

Isiterere:
will kept on saying it, only a mod with balls will put this thread on the frontpage .

Btw, I'm expecting TAN to come and support their pay-master on this thread...

ALL IZZ WELL

Seun nd his team don't av d balls to move the thread. I guess why this thread is not on front page is because Nairaland team (Seun nd his mods) are disappointed in the poll results. I'm certain it would av bin on front page if gej was leading. But u av no choice...dats d public opinion

Nairaland mods av issues, u will easily find topics like "no bra day" and "who do ladies dress to impress" on front page. Yet, they won't post serious issues like dis on front page.
That's why some see the site as a non serious site meant for teenagers.

tosin2013:

This ur "hadith " needs a thorough verification and authentication. Source pls

I implore Al baqr to pls quote the source of the hadith he quoted.

Abanicwise:

Where did it came from ,pls?

May be he's referring to the Bible he takes to church every Sunday which has different versions, and not the original Injeel (Bible) revealed to Jesus.

Anyway, I don't want to digress... I would have given some reasons why the Bible of today is not from God. I believe any true christian who knows his religion already knows that the Bible is actually not written by God anyway.

You should also know that the Prophet also maintained a peaceful co-existence with the Jews and Christians of his time. In fact, he's kind gestures towards them was the sole reason why most of them changed their faith and embraced Islam.

If you see anybody fighting or killing people who didn't attack him prior to his attacks is not fighting for Islam but his personal interest.

Islam is a religion of peace and never encourages war.

Never judge a religion by the practice of some of its individual members, there is definitely the human factor that will also negate the principles of that religion, that's why Islam is perfect and Muslims aren't perfect.

And it's also the reason why I wouldn't blame the war crimes committed during the crusaders' war on Christianity, but on the christians who instigated the war for their personal interest and not for the religion.

I implore each and every one of us to shun bigotry and face the facts.

sakaguchi:


Why only peaceful to christians? Couldn't he as the so called greatest prophet be peaceful to all of mankind? Is he being good to the christians because the protected him too after the hijrah? Now tell me. Did the prophet not know that his followers killed people simply because they don't believe in his message? Why did he not stop them.

Let me tell you the truth, if Muhammed came today instead of 1600 years ago and said he's the greatest prophet ever, as an educated man, I'll want proof. That is the sensible thing for me to do. If he has no proof other than a book which anybody may have written and he shoves it to me as proof, I will laugh him the way I laught at GEJ and Buhari everyday. I'm wont be wrong. God gave other prophets e.g Elijah and Elisha and Moses bigger signs so he can park well.

Mr. Man, y not get ur facts before making ur claims. The Prophet never instigated any war, he was pushed to the wall before he resorted to war. He was sanctioned on his land and place of birth, he and the muslims were banned from all trading activities that when there was nothing to eat, despite the fact that they had money to buy...some of them had to feed on grass. The Prophet's wife was also killed during this time...he still didn't resort to war. This lasted for years.
When things became unbearable, he had to seek asylum in Medinah....which is a journey of days from Mecca as at that time...he still didn't fight then.
When the unbelievers saw that Islam was progressing in Medinah, they went there again to disrupt his evangelism and we're prepared to fight.....nd it was then that he allowed muslims to fight the war against the unbelievers.
And he still didn't fight a reckless war, there were rules for fighting, some of which are:
Do not kill elderly pple
Do not kill infants or children
Do not kill women
Do not cut down trees
Fight only those who have come to fight you, i.e. solders... and not civilians. unlike the war fought by Israelis and even the christians in their crusader war.
Pls, get ur facts before commenting and leave bigotry.

On the issue of referring to the black stone as God's right hand.
This is prohibited in Islam as nothing can be compared to the being of Allah. In the principles of Tawheed, we are made to understand that Allah is a supernatural being whose might cannot be imagined or compared to anything. Claiming a mere stone to be the right hand of God is outright Shirk and a great sin.

Did Allah instruct muslims to kiss the stone?
It's is not stated in the Quran to kiss the black stone, but it's seen in the practice of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W to kiss the stone; and as muslims, we are implored to follow the practices of the Prophet. We should note that the Prophet never worshipped the stone and kicked against worshipping of the stone or any other thing besides Allah.
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, claimed that the stone was sent down by Allah Almighty to Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael, peace be upon both of them, to give the precise location of where the Kaaba was to be built by them.  We believe that Prophets Abraham and Ishmael built the Kaaba.  Western Scientists have confirmed that the black stone, which resides near the Kaaba in the Holy City of Mecca, is an outside METEORITE OBJECT!

     
****   Prophet Muhammad forbade us from worshiping any stone!  ****

The black stone and the Kaaba are not objects of worship in Islam!

A justification for kissing the black stone:

Narrated Zaid bin Aslam from his father who said:
"Umar bin Al-Khattab addressed the Corner (Black Stone) saying, ‘By Allah! I know that you are a stone AND CAN NEITHER BENEFIT NOR HARM. Had I not seen the Prophet touching (and kissing) you, I would never have touched (and kissed) you.’ Then he kissed it and said, ‘There is no reason for us to do Ramal (in Tawaf) except that we wanted to show off before the pagans, and now Allah has destroyed them.’ ‘Umar added, ‘(Nevertheless), the Prophet did that and we do not want to leave it (i.e. Ramal).’" (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 675)
Narrated Zaid bin Aslam that his father said:
"I saw ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab kissing the Black Stone and he then said, (to it) ‘Had I not seen Allah’s Apostle kissing you, (stone) I WOULD NOT HAVE KISSED YOU.’" (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 679)

Read this link for more insight
https://www.nairaland.com/1202481/wikileaks-boko-haram-cia-covert

Read this link for more insight
https://www.nairaland.com/1202481/wikileaks-boko-haram-cia-covert

We should also note that the Wikipedia link to this shows it was last edited 5 days ago by an unknown user.... I really think something is fishy. Pls, don't let us be played around. May God save us all.

FindOut:

Oya, look into it o. Google will help you.

SO bokoharam hasn't carried out any attacks this ramadan? And they didn't carry out any attacks last ramadan? Or the one before it?

Anyway, here's your good news. Ramadan 2014:

http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomber-kills-five-outside-northeast-nigeria-mosque-145210748.html

http://www.tvcnews.tv/?q=article/gunmen-attack-worshippers-nigerias-kano-mosque

Or did these incidents happen during easter? You must be jumping for joy now.


Oh Look, another good news for you. Muslims killed during morning prayers just after ramadan last year 2013:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-23678455

This was Ramadan 2012: http://newsrescue.com/nigeria-killed-boko-haram-gunmen-attack-mosque-kano-ramadan-prayers/#axzz37IFClfRv


All of these hardly make the news because it is supposed to be muslims vs christians and not Terrorists versus Nigerians. Right? Keep wallowing in your ignorance fed by bigotry. May God help you.

Thanx for this great insight... @OP, wot response do u av to this, or are u heartbroken because u didn't expect to see something like this.

NonFarmPayrol: what do you expect, when bombs are planted in mosques they are always found by a 3 year old , they dont explode
when a shooting takes place in a mosque no one is killed they are only injured
Nigerians are really gullible

I want all Nigerians to see this as war on Nigerians by external forces. Its neither a tribal war nor a religious war. The northerners are the most bearers of the pain as it has crumbled their economy and even basic life security. Both muslims and christians are killed at will....lets leave bigotry and face the facts....its a war on Nigerians, regardless of tribe or religion.

Please, let's wake up....or else, the evil pple behind dis mischievous act will rejoice for a mission accomplished (balkanization of Nigeria). I hope this doesn't come to pass because it's repercussions will be grievous. May God save us all.

shymexx: Lmao...I honestly don't even think Nigeria was worth $20 billion in 1989 on the black market.
So, who donated $20 billion, when he could've bought the whole country and all the people living there with the same amount?
Bad business moves, I tell ya.
Keep the propaganda flying till the chickens come home to roost.

idupaul: In 1989 with a barrel of crude going for about 11 dollars there is absolutly no way Nigeria for see 20 billion dollars to give out anyhow

Honestly, I see this as another propaganda by the West to create unrest in our dear fatherland...and in turn succeed in the balkanization of our dear nation. There are news flying around that the much dreaded Boko haram is a conspiracy by the West to balkanize Nigeria. I guess it's high time we woke from our slumber and see ourselves as one regardless of our tribe or religion.

Don't forget they had said Nigeria will seize to be come 2015...they will try as much as possible to ensure that wot dey av postulated come to pass. May God save Nigeria and Nigerians from whoever wishes to see its downfall.

daryoor:

if thats how you want look at it turkey as you've said even predates islam and Christianity, i will want to believe it has always practiced islam since when Mohamed (and his successors) spreaded islam by forcefully across the region.

U nd most people need to be educated on how Muhammad spread Islam. I also had dat notion at d beginning, but I'll implore us to research thoroughly b4 swallowing whatever d West tells us about some certain things. Research has shown that Muhammad never spread Islam forcefully, rather he had a peaceful Co existence with Jews and Christians during his life time.

I'll implore we research extensively before jumping to conclusions.

I'll be there InshaAllah.

As much as it's important that we implore ourselves to seek knowledge in order to understand the message and teachings of the Quran, it is pertinent that we know the essence of reading the Quran in its original form i.e. in Arabic.

We should note that there is a strong difference between tilawatul Quran and study of the Quran. Tilawatul Quran is necessary for every Muslim on a normal day, let alone in the cherished month of Ramadan where the noble prophet (SAW) has implored us to ensure we read the Quran and he emphasised the reward for tilawatul Quran during this month.
Allah (SWT) also says in Quran chapter 73 verse 4: that recite the Quran calmly and distinctly. This implies that the recitation is in Arabic language.

Having noted this, I'll advise the OP to receive this in good faith and desist from misleading people by chasing them from the Quran. Rather, he should task every Muslim to seek knowledge in understanding the message passed by the Quran by studying in their local language.

NOTE: Reading the Quran in Arabic earns more rewards than reciting in our local languages, but we are encouraged to seek further the message by studying the Quran

Wallahu Aa'lam

HomoY: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/muslims-begin-ramadan-fast-tomorrow/

Given d above, I doubt d authenticity of d fasting commencing today. Did anybody hear it from d sultan or d sec general? NTA didn't quote d source.

It's confirmed...follow dis link to confirm on NTA twitter handle. https://mobile.twitter.com/NTANewsNow

medacares: Is this true? Please pple verify because I still keep reading online that fasting starts on Sunday in Saudi

Actually, the fact that the moon is not sighted in Saudi Arabia doesn't mean that we won't fast here in Nigeria. Our fasting is determined by sighting of the moon in our geographical area, and not Saudi Arabia.