God2man2again:
Luke 18:16-17 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

In my own opinion and in consent with the above scriptural verses, children or infants should be allowed to know Christ at any age.

What do you think?

If your question means making them to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, then we should take a clue from the Scriptures. At age 12 Christ Jesus was already in the temple and we all know what He was doing there.

Luke.2.42 - And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast.
Luke.2.47 - And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.
Luke.2.48 - So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously."
Luke.2.49 - And He said to them, "Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?"



From the above I'll say probably it's better a child be made known to Jesus from the age of 8.

For me as a little child though I can't remember saying any of it, but it's what my mum tells me , that whenever I return home from school (this is my nursery school days) that I do normally tell her that my auntie at school says that we should tell our parents t take us to church and do it repeatedly almost every week.....this event happens during the early '80s.

So if a child's life is allowed to form from the nursery school such child is taken to the church or given to a good teacher of the word that will teach the Scripture to the child and the child will have informed knowledge of Jesus Christ and God and even the Holy Spirit at an early age.
So with children it varies but as long as a child is watched and such been noticed to differentiate between right and wrong and a godly child will ask certain questions that will make you know that this one is ripe to be lead to Jesus and a proper follow up is made.
It is one thing to know Jesus and another thing to have a relationship with Him. Many believers fall on the knowing aspect just like the Pharisees and Sadducees....

It take the grace of God in all of these.
One of the major flaws about Christianity is making someone become so religious but never ever coming to the Truth.

Afonja44:


https://www.voanews.com/amp/nigerian-children-could-face-death-penalty-for-protesting-cost-of-living-/7848325.html

This is just VOA reporting....
Whoever is the judge that will give death penalty to anyone of those children who protested irrespective of what they did should think well and very well.......
Even PBAT and all those in power should have a rethink about this or even allowing any judge make such pronouncement........

nairalanda1:
Again fuel imported into Nigeria comes from two sources

1.substandard European refineries , mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium who refine poor quality cheap fuel and sell it to Nigeria and other African countries.

2. Malta where cheap sanctions busting Russian crude which costs less than 60 dollars a barrel is being refined into fuel

Landing cost of the imported fuel as at October 1 was 950. Dangote is offering ipman local fuel at 1028 max. Meanwhile NNPC is getting fuel from dangote at 898 per liter and it also plans to sell to ipman at 1000 or more.


Ipman decides it's time to keep on importong

You say substandard fuel from Europe, I guess they have companies who do that which they can bring into Nigerian and other African countries for the vehicles we equally buy from them be it brand new and mostly second new?
The moment Dangote came into the sector has told us that his own is better and has to be expensive!!!!!! Right.

Is it not abnormal that the NNPC wonia supposed to produce same is buying from another at a reduced rate and selling at very good profit margin?

Dangote has refused to say the actual cost of producing the PMS, well for reasons best known to him!!!

I guess we don't have to question those who also rely on said the fuel to produce their commodities why they should sell at a high price?

It is only in Nigeria that home grown things are more expensive that the one imported.

post=132696493:


Source: https://dailypost.ng/2024/11/01/nasarawa-policeman-crushes-woman-to-death-family-rejects-n100000-burial-offer/

A police officer hospitalized due to shock in the accident he caused while driving a government vehicle?
I wonder what kind of shock it would be called by the doctor and written on his file?

JTCHI:
Some people are saying Sim was nobody before Wike picked him and made him a governor. That's a lie.

Sim was state accountant, worked with the previous governors too. So, these governor's also backed him up.

Wike thought the guy was really a simp but he's wrong in his calculations.

Which of the previous governors are you referring to that he worked with as an accountant and please is it as an accountant general or accountant in the treasury department or office or which of the accounting division or department was he working from and with who?

Ulogwe1:


Bro go to his LGA if he was not known.

There's nothing to hide because there's nothing hidden. Even Wikipedia does not have anything about his past, I guess he does not want his profile to be put up.
By the grace of God, I have known names of persons who come from his area and LGA right from the time of Gov. Peter Odili. Please tell me from which year did his name start making the rounds?
I don't need to go to his LGA to be told this sort of thing!!!!!

WizardOfNG:


I absolutely agree with you 💯% . Indeed corruption will be a challenge to the judicious use of increased tax collected.

Yet, it is a new Government and we can only hope it can do things differently and more productively.

One things is for sure though, all actions possible must be taken to increase the income of Nigeria that is now broke with a mono economy, for now, essentially dependent on income from sale of crude.

I like it when you guys come out an advocate for the government, just like those who did same for the previous administration.
What has all the so called possible purported good actions brought the economy into?
If care is not taken you'll see that part of their campaign policies for second tenure will be that policies needs time to gain the desired results for the betterment of all !!!!!
I'm sure whoever will be bring up this selling point did not sit down and rethink before they actually protested against the PGEJ government and administration.

Estimated billing is a huge scam that those involved needs to be killed...
This is how exactly estimated billing is done in Bayelsa State.......

It doesn't matter if you're out to work or in the house, it's always a constant.
At the specified time, the PHED officials go to the transformer within each location, measure the power supply that was passed through the meter of the transformer and arbitrarily prepare the estimated bills for that month. This process is done every month.
If you let them come into your house and they see the appliances you have they will tell you that's it's even cheaper, what they were giving you originally.
Even if someone was to be indoors in his hours and would not go out , how many appliances would be using electricity constant for longer durations apart from fridge/freezer?
How many hours can one watch television now that one can do a lot with his android phone?
How many hours does one have to use the pressing iron for clothes?
How many hours do one use washing machine and how frequent do you even use it?
How many hours do you use your hot plate for heavy cooking which is regular except you dey run a restaurant?


The list is endless.....
But this scammers cease not to amaze us when they come with bills.
Why would anyone pay bills for something not seen or even used?
Though I know some people do not like to pay but how about those of us who are paying for things not seen used.

There has been no light in the entire State for more than 3 months and PBAT is not aware because they said PHED is owned by a former president but the North did not see light for just 10 days but a Presidential order was given and it was rectified.

WizardOfNG:


Efficient and increased collection of taxes will significantly improve your standard of living.

You pay fairly high taxes in the best nations of the world, with excellent Infrastructure and healthcare etal, that are collected efficiently.

Same must be birthed here. Nigeria has been living in the 16th century under past President. Tinubu is trying hard to advance us into the 21st century where others have reached.

Forget all these stories. There's no connection between having world best standard tax policies or whatever you can call it to having a world class standard of living.....This is absolutely impossible in Nigeria.
A place where politicians are bigger that government institutions that are supposedly to be independent,a place where the rich and wealthy are bigger than institutions that are supposed to remand their in prison,a place where corrupt politicians who occupy government positions and institutions are not accountable and can't be held accountable for mismanagement of public funds and abuse of powers.
Lastly, it's not whether the policies are perfect or world standard, the real issue is which man or woman, boy or girl is ready to do that which will make that world class standard made in Nigeria.
Some of these people have been in politics since the creation of Nigeria and their villages are still living in darkness, imagine reading in the news that a community after over hundred years of existence is celebrating having a toilet built.

Ulogwe1:
And you Tony Okocha forget that, some civil servants are playing politics though they are not contesting for positions.

I had a lecturer friend in those days. Who was into politics, I mean all the dirty job he do it for the ones contesting. Tomorrow, if he is appointed into Government position, they will tell him that he is not a politician.

Make una calm down, all these Ikwerre men talk na just to belittle the Governor.

If he was a politician as a civil servant that won't be hard for anyone to say out. Even in his LGA, was he known as a politician, it's not about even been a party member. Who amongst the entire political class in Rivers State were his people or who knew him to be a politician not a political commentator oOoOO OO........
There's no such thing as that the ikwere man wants to belittle the governor. The govenror himself belittled himself when he started this in-fighting.

tundegan:
Wike is a political juggernaut.

Fubara will be fine. This is just a phase.

Gov. Fubara will not be fine. Anyone who is double tongue and given to emotions is never fine because the issues are of great trouble and concern giving him sleepless nights.

It's just like former PGEJ coming out with smiling face to tell Nigerians that he is okay with his decision about conceding defeat to PMB. Forget about the looks on people's face, there are many whose hearts are so much demonic compared to whatever anyone would accuse Wike of. There are those more wicked than Wike even though you may not hear their names spoken because those who are their puppets will remain puppets for ever.

VikingKing:


So teenagers cannot join their voice when the hunger in the land also affects them? Did someone have to send them? Stop trying to trivialise this issue. A dance group that lives close to me attended the protest in lagos, they were all teenagers. NOBODY sent them. HUNGER follow dey tear their belle too.

To join in a protest is not a bad idea or thing to be done.
But to get yourself involved in a protest that you now become the one who destroys government property, public property, private citizens property then you should be blamed and you should blame yourself.


One funny thing from the whole setup is that I never knew people who are brought to court are allowed to eat inside the court?
I don't know if it's a deliberate act to give them biscuit and bottle water...

tnerro1:
Abuja is not Rivers, Wike can not win Abuja for APC, waste of money. When inside Aso rock, the staff and residents dey vote for opposition party 😂

You will see the difference this time around. Except they will not come out to vote.

dre11:
80 New Vehicles Bought With Public Funds Delivered To APC Loyalists In Wike’s FCT –Report




https://saharareporters.com/2024/11/01/80-new-vehicles-bought-public-funds-delivered-apc-loyalists-wikes-fct-report


Previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/8254902/wike-distributes-80-vehicles-fct

All that matters is that those given are Nigerians and that is all there is to it. Is it not even good that the FCT Minister who is a PDP member is giving out those vehicles to APC members if that is what you want us to believe!!! Or do you think Wike does not know those in PDP in FCT to give same.
After all the palliatives PBAT administration gave to all the State governors was it not shared along party lines even after hoarding of same by the governors.

Linkzlikz:



Many brainless people on this NL... they rub emotions into everything... The court was going to trash that shitty affidavit in the first place as it isn't the right avenue to defect... It's because Fubara is yet to tell them the truth... wasn't that affidavit part of the case Tinubu told them to withdraw and go back to status-quo after the peace accord? This Fubura just dey Maradona una head as mugu wey una be... the next fews weeks go open una eyes!

He will only succeed in dribbling himself.
Anyone who has not seen that he is deceitful then that person is blinded on all fronts.
Those so-called Rivers State elders standing with him are voiceless, faceless and nameless.
People whom Amaechi as governor ensured were silent till his 8 years in office complete. People whom Gov. Wike brought onboard the moment he became governor and he fed them fat with Rivers State allocation and these same people fell out with him for one reason or the other on the way along that brought in Fubara as governor. Now he thinks they are with him and that they have what it takes to back him up.


Well in the voice of Wike......if e didn't dey e didn't dey.

ddippset:
It's a bit late and I am quite busy now.

Tomorrow I will give you a run down of proper projects and human capital developments that happened in Lagos, Kaduna , Ebonyi, Borno..

Projects done with meagre resources without noise.

Okay.
Still expecting this anytime soon.
Thanks.

ddippset:

He constructed many flyovers in Rivers State, all less than 500m long.

And then what else


Schools, how far?
Hospitals, how far?
Agriculture, how far?
How many Rivers indigenes did Wike employ in 8 years?

All of you are so gullible and think very lowly of yourselves...

A politician only needs to construct long roads and show them on television the name of commissioning.

And then you say he has worked or that he is working...


How many industries came up during Wike's 8 year tenure?

How many people's salaries did he improve?

Abi that one is not part of working??

You might not appreciate him or like him.
But you have to calm down.
At least you have mentioned the less than 500 metres flyover constructed by him. Please don't forget that he employed a lot of persons into the Rivers State University.
Please can you tell us which State governor since 1999 till date has done such projects given the time frame and if you're not from River State please tell us what your State Governor has also done that beats Wike's....

Typing:


Yes. If you try this you will never use Salad cream to eat Salad. However, in this particular Salad we use mostly Letos vegetables, with less Cabbage. It is like 80% Letus and 20% Cabbage. You can add as much Carrots, Cucumber, sliced Onions/Tomatoes as you like

Below is how Letos vegetables look like. The last picture is Salad with Kulikuli

A lot of people don't like to try something new. The question they should even ask themselves what role does the salad cream play and they should note that people now use mayonnaise in place of the salad cream?

Just because you tell them you put kulikuli they are making face and mouth like ........

SmartPolician:


Otti did nothing; Geometric is Professor Barth's private business.

I guess that private business of such magnitude would not be standing if the governor did not accent to it. So give him the credit for it.
It doesn't have to Otti's private project of Abia State Government project.

So, given that, we now know that the power sector has seen good reforms that even you can be involved in if you have the right people with you and technical know-how.

SmartPolician:
A modern society is useless without electricity. The FG should unbundle the national grid and compel all states to generate their own power.

You seem not to be in the country or don't you know the electricity act has been amended....
Why do you think Gov. Otti has just finished the installation of an independent power supply....
Nothing stops others from doing same

PeterObi4Presid:
Business is really hard in Nigeria if you are not there 247,
We are too wicked, greedy and dishonest.

Less than a week, I employed this boy o, to manage my gas filling retail business and POS.
He displayed passion, initiative and experience about the gas filling business and handling of POS....so I just took the chance, we also speak same language. I've been acting nice and all but I think I now know why most Nigerian bosses are mean to their workers by default
.
Now from first cylinder we couldn't account for 10kg
Second cylinder was started today by him......when I told him to calculate everything sold from first cylinder based on daily record book ....it felt short of 10kg
.
From the sales from second cylinder that started today, The account book does not tally with what is remitted through ATM/POS mode of payment .....I dint know this until I checked my Moniepoint acct as I got home now cos my phone was dead before I went to the shop this evening
.
Even the POS part of the business does not tally with the cash I gave him this morning for people who need cash withdrawal
.
I'm boiling right now realizing the boy had lied to me when balancing the account this night using the record book, only to get home and power my phone to see cash fell short of 23k in my monie point acct linked to the POS
.
.
How do you handle boys who think they are smarter than you because theyve been in the business before?
.
And what are your experiences with dishonest workers in your business , especially this gas retail business or POS business
.
Modoified: how do I handle this case now....cos my mind is just boiling ....how can a new business fall short of 38k in less than 7 days...

.

There is nothing to fume about. Just pretend you don't know yet.
We dont know how much you agreed with him to pay him monthly as salary.
Because if he has already mismanaged or stolen much more than his salary then you need to fire him now and no need for payment.
If in 7 days he can do tgis kind of magic you can imagine what he can do to yoyr business and to you in 30 days and 365 days.

Bobloco:
•We saw it coming —Rivers govt
•Don’t set Rivers on fire —Atiku cautions •MOSOP calls for caution
•Court decision threat to democracy —Sara-Igbe, Civil Society
•They boasted we won’t last a week in office —Gov Fubara



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/10/atiku-mosop-others-warn-as-court-stops-monthly-allocations-to-rivers/

Gov. Fubara is not thinking through before he speaks. He is allowing his emotions play on him and his thoughts.



The Nigeria judiciary is so rotten that people begin to doubt their capability. Yesterday, the judiciary was the last hope man, but today, the reverse is the case


The bolded is true for all States of the federation. So it's not just whether it is a SHC or FHC.
We only say good things of the judiciary when a judgment favour us but when it favours the opposition , the judiciary is to be blamed.
We can't be hypocritical always.

Pbatmedia:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/tinubu-pledges-to-tackle-oil-spills-gas-flaring-in-niger-delta/

Some of this just are just video games.
Sometimes I laugh over the kind of leaders we have and their sense of reasonings many a times....
Bayelsa State Governor wants IOCs to bring their HQ to the State , is that not the same thing Rivers State has been shouting as well, how about Delta State, will they be denied same too?

So Gov.Diri can't look at the FG laws regading stoppage of gas flaring and enact laws in the State that will make the IOCs to stop it or mitigate it.
Sometimes I just believe we don't have governors who are actually knowledgeable enough and be able to think through and reason.



Na this Bayelsa State we dey for 4 months now no light and we don't think the PBAT has heard it but those northern states that don't have light for just 10 days are known by PBAT.
Omo, we are truly second class citizens.

AcuraZDX:


https://saharareporters.com/2024/10/30/exclusive-pro-wike-rivers-lawmakers-secretly-withdraw-court-affidavit-confirming

The headline is saying that they have withdrawn their purported affidavit but when you read the article it says they "withdrawn part of it"....
Please does this imply that the affidavits and oaths they took have been amended because to me that's what to withdraw part would mean.....

In as much as I know that even such affidavit can't actually stand in court for this particular case but does Gov. Fubara and his men not gotten their hands on this so called affidavit or what exactly has he been using as evidence in the Courts he has been going to or we are just relying on media dramas and gimmicks and fairy tales.

FreeStuffsNG:


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6244gk9d4po

Without much thought his party has suspended him and withdraw his office and he is just a floor member till the investigation is complete. It's just a video evidence of his assault.
But in Nigeria it's the other way around and you'll see the same people who are criticizing PBAT are the ones saying there should be out of court settlement.
We are a hypocritical people.

SanctifiedSista:
it's because u are narrow minded that's why ...do you know how many big companies are in OTA and will benefit from that airstrip or even d govt themselves .

The person who is narrow minded is calling another narrow minded just like those senators.....

Do you know what's a private airstrip?
So now you want Pa Oyedepo's private airstrip to be used by those so called big companies, do you even know what you're saying or to have thought?
Is it now a business that you're trying to say he shoud consider or is considering and you say it will benefit the government?

Are they going to share bills?
Your assertion is very very laughable.

JASONjnr:
But some brainwashed people will attribute this to a right against the church and body or Christ without carefully reading through to understand the reason for this.

Those who are brainwashed are the one who are putting up a fight against private ownership of airstrip by individuals and organisations and givng out flimsy reasons behind such.

The insecurity in the North and that in the East and other parts of the country is it as a result of those who own private airstrip?
Does the proliferation of arms, drugs and ill-gotten wealth come through private airstrips?

For me I don't really think any christian organization needs a private airstrip irrespective of the reason for that is not christianly. But the reasons given by the senators are ill-conceived.

Bobloco:

https://punchng.com/rivers-crisis-i-was-ambushed-with-peace-agreement-fubara/

To the best of my understanding, Gov. Fubara is not been truthful in certain of these things.


A lot of things were itemized on the peace pact agreement.
Was it Gov. Fubara that took the SHA to court or they took him to court that he is the one to withdraw the case?
Is it not the person who instituted the case that will withdraw the case?
Is that not how they do out of court settlement?

What exactly is there to hide?

What other things were on that peace pact that he refused to accent to the moment he came to Rivers State from Abuja after listening to his so called advicers?

Gov. Fubara is not been sincere on his own part.

adolfHitler1934:
The man na confirmed Mumu. Someone who has so much money at his disposal, give it and get what you want.
Give one judge or any judge Wike is conniving with, 1 Billion, the judge won't refuse.
Same way he allowed those members of the Wike assembly faction to be misbehaving. Buy them over with money. This is Nigeria politics.
As of this moment Wike can't afford giving them 1 Billion naira each, but Fubara has the money.

Let nobody tell me anything about loyalty and integrity because Nigeria politicians doesn't know that.

You can say this is Nigeria but the way the political landscape is in that SHA, you can't buy those men. This is way more than integrity and loyalty.
Those men were in the game while he was still a civil servant and accountant general of the state. Those men had been working with Gov. Wike. Those men were the people who worked with Wike and ensured he became governor against many odds and opponents. Even the former LGC chairman worked for him through Wike to ensure he is governor.
So, how much of Rivers State allocation will he be giving them and for how long can he do that if it's all about money?
Is it not this same money we were meant to believe the former governor wanted from him!!!!!
There's so much Gov. Fubara is yet to tell Rivers State people about the real issue between him and his Boss. All I can say is that na gossip we dey gossip.

Georgry:



The court of Appeal already ruled against Fubura after initially refusing to even grant a stay of execution, Fubara was Ambushed by Wike and his goons after he obeyed the peace agreement brokered by the President and he withdrew his suit against the Wike faction on House of assembly, this case has is now being tried on technicalities rather than the merit, you withdraw your case already so you don't have any case you need to respect your decision which means Wike faction are the legitimate HOA, the court of Appeal ruled also on that technicalities rather than merit and I expect the supreme Court judgement to go their way also but what I really want to know is that can the merit of this case be tried again right from the federal High Court?

You can't take the same case on same subject matter to the HC again.
I don't believe anyone ambushed Gov. Fubara in that saying because he withdraw.
The agreement he had with PBAT on white paper specified certain things to be done by him. Now if he wants us to believe that he was told to withdraw the case of which he did, also note that the other party is supposed to withdraw as well because it's a two way thing!!!
Those who went with him to the peace pact have not even come out to say that PBAT deceived them if that is the case.....
From my own perception Gov. Fubara did not carry through on those agreement on that pact the moment he came back to Rivers State from Abuja for reasons best known to him.
So you'll see he is speaking from both sides of his mouth. You can't be saying you don't have any problem with PBAT and on the other hand you'll taunting the president.There hare things you don't do as an administrator on public television.

Eboski:
That is the best way to go. Appeals the judgement till it get to Supreme Court.
One man can’t be bigger than a whole state..

Wike when the whole of Rivers state will cook for you, I don’t think you will be able to finish it…

A word is enough for the wise

It's an appeal in futility.
There's no court that will give him judgment because there's still no court that has declared vacant the seats of 27 others.
We are being told that there's a case at the Supreme Court with respect to that but I can't seem to say from where because the Appeal Court previously said the Rivers State High Court lacks jurisdiction and so can't declare those seats vacant. On another case the FHC said he should resubmit the budget to the proper SHA members.
I still don't know who Gov. Fubara is taking advice from but it all seems like they will not work in his favour. He's attitude shows lack of maturity in handling such things.

Omooba77:



https://dailytrust.com/breaking-jubilation-as-power-is-restored-in-northern-states/#google_vignette

It's just 10 days for these States and they are complaining.....
Meanwhile in Bayelsa State there has been no light for more than 3 months going to the 4th .