"Shop" for successor. What a choice of word. Really explains the value of whoever holds the power!! Abeg, shey na for shoprite abi na justrite? Make I go there go shopping for investors too. Yeye fowls...

Hi.... Who's up?

Toks2008:


But strangely enough I care less if my lady is as shirt as 4ft cos what matters to me is her curves and not height...in fact the shorter the sexier..strange but true.

#davidAndGolliath

Toks2008:


6.3 8s not too tall. what's yours? just curious

Ehhh What's mine? Haba uncle, u want to disgrace me?? Anyway, you see how you measure in height against that Mandela statue, well, that'd be me against you. Picture it.

#your royal "highness"

What sort of forced declaration/acceptance of faith is this? What's seun up-to here? Do they post the Christianity version of this on Muslim's profile? Yet they visit Christianity threads, comment and walk away! Na by force??

Toks2008:


Lol! data subscription ke habba!

I guess it a about passion first cos it's not easy moderating this type of huge forum.....and yes I'm tall...6ft 3inch

Jesu!!

Toks2008:


Nah Because nah Aunty Joke but me sef pose with am but who I be?

Maybe I go create thread for my own too come call lalasticlala...."Toks pose with Mandela statue"

Nairaland Frontpage these days...

But u sef Oga u are tall o, chai...

Toks2008:


The guy dey try Sha cos it's not easy...lalasticlala here and there...even for threads that are not worth reading...

True, but the snake threads are too much on the front page abeg. Every single one of them hits front page. Anyway, I commend him and I want to believe seun now pays them well for their services. Used to be some data subscription token before, I heard

Toks2008:


Nah Because nah Aunty Joke but me sef pose with am but who I be?

Maybe I go create thread for my own too come call lalasticlala...."Toks pose with Mandela statue"

Nairaland Frontpage these days...

Lol, as much as lala likes snakes, I have a feeling an earthworm thread will hit frontpage before lala posts your pose with Mandela. Nairaland and eye service. I miss the days when frontpage topics were determined by how "hot" they were.

Hmmmmm.... So this one now is news eh? And front page worthy too? Hmmmm... Nairaland Na wa o

darknez:


Which prediction? Try come without gift and see what I will do to you.

Lolz, please, the last thing you should do now is to dare me. Dont, Biko, I beg you in God's name. Because I'm tempted to give you my last craze. Leave me o!!! Hmmmm....

happy weekend to

Manofthepeople
jrnbayano
skyface00
Darknez - oga, i made an accurate prediction on the 'religion thread', you owe me a bottle of wine.
mojounited
kamsified

A phone? At age 6? And someone said a droipad to help him study. Biko, what is he studying that's more than 1+2 and A-Z at this age?

I wouldn't advice you get the phone op, but for the sake of peace with baby mama, you can get him something that's not expensive. Preferably the educational gadgets like someone mentioned.

But then, baby mama is being over demanding like you said. It's a phone today, what will it be tomorrow and for how long will you continue indulging her? He's your son too, and you have a say in how he's brought up.

You're in your mid thirties, looking for a 23 (to 28) years old?

Good luck sir...

by taking this post to the right section

slayking:


Nairaland time is not always fun time.
Maybe that applies to romanceland but there are other more serious sections.

It is your relationship sir, your choice. However, for me o, except you have a life threatening problem that readers are helping you out with solutions on a thread, or you have a business deal you are about to close online, i dont think any thread here should be more important than your relationship. What am i saying? if its not life threatening, not income generating (both of which do not happen all the time), then its probably not more important sir. Remember, shes your girlfriend today, she could be your wife tomorrow. and if you put nairaland before her.... well, except the relationship no make sense to you sha

I'm not even sure i understand what the OP is talking about. What exactly do you want oga?

Beauty?
Brains?
Faithfulness in marriage?
A virgin?
A non sexually active?
High morals?
Naivety?

....or WHAT exactly? Because i could deduce all of those(and more) from this your long post. I'm not casting aspersions on you or the girl in question o, i'm only saying you sound pretty well confused. Maybe you should figure out what you want first.

FYI, you did bore me with your story like you said you would.

Op, talk to her. Make her understand you and how important a Lil bit of space is to you, once in a while.

But wait o, op, your girlfriend doesn't work? How come you return everyday tired and she's not? Besides, nairaland time is fun time. If you are on NL, then you can be chatting with her as well. There's no big deal. Like the poster above said, be careful what you wish for.

Eazybay:
Let's not talk bout "health bill" and estacode for the staff. But since its life we are talking bout sha, I got no qualms..

2nd Niger Bridge, Mambilla project and other laughables I can understand but don't count subsidy removal as an achievement!!

Which opposition are u even referring to

Nigerian politicians are the worst in the history of politics!!! Ordinary and simple management ethics, they dont know. What's so wrong in taking responsibility for your actions? This administration can sabi aportion blames for Africa!!! They'll soon blame nairaland wailers for buhari's ear problem. #waitForIt

SaulRazor:
Okay oooo..makes sense..I am not a fan of Buhari but it's unsoveriegn to leave your commander on chief in a foriegn land without a means of speedy evacuation if the need arises ..the only problem here is that Buhari has spent to much time in a foreign land

Which one is "LEAVE" your commander in chief in a sovereign land..... Did we send him there?

This shehu man has the guts to compare this outrageous act of the president with some past Rulers'. Tell me, which president has gone on indefinite sick leave this long? abi nah holiday, abi what is this called sef?

And which one of them made the kind of campaign promises buhari made and then turn around to blatantly and shamelessly flaunt and/or ignore them the way this administration does?

Even at £1000 by #400/£, that brings us to N20mil. You know how many owed workers, retired civil servants, teachers or whatever that money can pay?

This man wants to be president dead or alive, and to me, thats a very wrong drive for ambition. He should continue, Nigerians are watching and enduring, when he is tired, he will give up.

Yeye fowls wey no fit lay better eggs.

HisMajesty1:
Hail Mary Full of Grace the Lord is with thee,
Blessed are you amongst women and Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus!

Holy Mary mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen.

Op, you need peace. Deep, inner peace which only Christ can give. Pls, find Christ. He is all you need.

Lord have mercy?!!! What the hell do men want then? @ 3, 4, 5 really

A lady is independent you complain, she asks you for money, ah.... Naija women and money!!
She's an olodo, nawa!!! She's intelligent you feel threatened!!!
She's classy, oh well, you can't cope. She's naive, wahala dey.

I just give up for naija men Biko.

Hi everyone...

A lovely evening to you all. Hope you all had a good day?

Our very own Emma (strictlymi) is about to Wed. The wedding has been slated to hold this November in Lagos and we are all invited.


He wishes to use this medium to extend his invitation and ask that you accept his sincere apologies for his inability to make this post himself. Do accept this as a formal invitation to the wedding.

Kindly get in touch with me via a direct message(or him if you can) for further information on venue and all if you'd like to attend.

The wedding, I gather, is strictly by invitation (though not compulsory sha, oh yels) so an early indication of attendance will be appreciated to help them plan their guest list.

Thank you all for your understanding and congratulations to him.

Ha.... Ndia abiakwa ozo...

Op, submissive or not, this doesn't look like a very comfortable position for men. However, the adventurous ones won't mind sha. Who cares? After all, the end justifies the mean.

They force us to go cashless, and then:

For every withdrawal, we pay
Deposit, we pay
Even same bank transfer, we pay
SMS alert, we pay
ATM card, we pay
Token for the transactions, we pay

Someone should tell me why I should have my money banked when they charge me for virtually every thing...yet, I no see interest.

Gtb is becoming the worst. Some days ago, they debited me 500 naira for nothing. I spent 300 naira to call them(because the stupid customer service kept me on hold for minutes on end), only for them to say I bought airtime from my account sometime last year and I wasn't debited then. So they are debiting me now. Gtb really

Eco bank will keep sending you credit alert and your balance will be reducing

Interest Credit = N10
Prev balance = N200
Avail balance = N190

Ecobank 200+10=190 There is God oo!!

Pls, who has a living grand parent here? I need them to tell me how they saved their money in those days cos I'm tired of them banks. I no kuku get the money to give them sef plus, I don't trust my village people

Who captioned this topic for front page post? Which one is "all alone"? Na mammy water take the picture?

I saw this on facebook and it made lots of sense to post it here

Do you know that?

1. The River Niger bridge at Onitsha was constructed between 1964 and 1965 by Dumez - a French construction company at the cost of £5 million.

2. Patience Jonathan is one of Nigeria’s most-educated First Ladies, with an NCE, a B.Ed, and a PhD from the University of Port-Harcourt.

3. The highest peak in Nigeria is located in Taraba and is called Chappal Waddi, which means “The Mountain of Death”.

4. There are 196 countries in the world, and at least one Igbo person from Nigeria lives in every one of them.

5. The Pidgin word ‘Sabi’ came from ‘Saber’, Portuguese and Spanish word for ‘to know’.
Both country’s ships traded slaves from the Bight of Benin.

6. Katsina College (now Barewa College in Zaria) has produced 5 Nigerian Presidents/Heads of State since it was founded in 1921 in Katsina.

7. Ojukwu taught Murtala Muhammed and Benjamin Adekunle at Regular Officers Special Training School, Ghana.
Both Muhammed and Adekunle ‘fought’ their teacher during the civil war

8. At Nigeria’s independence in 1960, there were 41 secondary schools in the North and 842 secondary schools in the South.

9. In 1983, Senator Arthur Nzeribe spent $16.5 million to win a senatorial seat in Orlu (in Imo State).

10. In 1973, the Federal Government of Nigeria considered officially changing the name of “Lagos” to “Eko”.
Regarding “Lagos” as a colonial name.

11. The geographical area now referred to as Nigeria was once referred to as ‘Soudan’ and ‘Nigiritia’.

12. Offences punishable by death sentence after the 1966 coup included embezzlement, rape and homosexuality.

13. MKO Abiola was named Kashimawo (Let us wait and see) by his parents.
He was his father’s 23rd child, but the first to survive infancy.

14. Jaja Wachucku was the first person to refer to Lagos as a “no-man’s land” in 1947, provoking a national controversy.

15. Jollof rice, chicken breast, serve of ice cream, tea, coffee or Bournvita, with full cream milk and sugar: Meal Cost = 50Kobo - Unilag in the late 1970s

16. At the point death in 1989, Sam Okwaraji was a PhD candidate and a qualified lawyer with an LL.M in International Law from the University of Rome

17. When British Bank of West Africa (now First Bank of Nigria) opened a branch in Kano in 1929, Alhassan Dantata (Dangote’s grandfather) opened an account, depositing 20 camel-loads of silver coins.

18. Jaja Wachuku is reputed to have owned the biggest one-man library in West Africa.
Balewa sometimes referred to him as “Most Bookish Minister"

19. The colonisation of Nigeria took more than 40 years to achieve and the territories were integrated by the use of force.

20. Yoruba is spoken as a ritual language of the Santeria cult in Carribean and South-Central America.

21. Slavery existed in the Nigerian territory before the 15th century and was abolished in the 19th century - 1807 by the British.

22. At least 55 women were killed in South-East Nigeria, in 1929, when the women forced the Umuahia Warrant Chiefs to submit to their rule.

23. The coinage ‘Supreme Court’ was first used in 1863 by the colonial administration, through the enactment of the Supreme Court Ordinance No. II.

24. MKO Abiola died suddenly on July 7, 1998, exactly one month after General Sani Abacha died mysteriously on June 8, 1998.

25. Agbani Darego was the only one to wear a maillot as opposed to a bikini during the Miss Universe contest in 2001 and she went on to win the contest.

26. The ‘Ankara’ material is not indigenous to Nigeria.
Our indigenous textiles include the Akwete, Ukara, Aso-Oke and Adire.

27. Aloma Mukhtar is the first female lawyer from the North and went on to become the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.

28. The area known as Maroko town in Lagos was first a swamp, later sand-filled by the colonial government and served as the first bridge to the Island.

29. Esie Museum is Nigeria’s first museum, established in 1945.
Once reputed to have the largest collection of soapstone images in the world.

30. Aminu Kano formed the Northern Teachers’ Association, NTA in 1948, the first successful regional organisation in the history of the North.

31. George Goldie, who played a major role in founding Nigeria, placed a curse on anyone who attempts to write his biography.

32. In 1996, John Ogbu, a Nigerian anthropologist firmly advocated for the use of African-American vernacular to teach in the U.S

33. Hausa Language, indigenous to Northern Nigeria, is spoken in 11 African states.
It is also spoken in Germany, French, U.S., and British International radio stations broadcast in Hausa.

34. The surgeon who ‘killed’ Stella Obasanjo was sentenced to 1 year in prison, disqualified for 3 years and fined €120,000.
35. The word ‘asiri’ means ‘secret’ in Hausa, Yoruba, Nupe and Igarra.
It also means ‘gossip’ in Igbo.

36. Igbo-Ora in Oyo State, Kodinji in India and Candido Godoi in Brazil are the towns that produce the highest number of twin births in the world.

37. Bishop Ajayi Crowther, a Yoruba, in 1857 produced a reading book for the Igbo Language and a full grammar and vocabulary of Nupe in 1864.

38. The first TV broadcast in Nigeria and Tropical Africa was on October 31, 1959.

39. In 1978, a 50 kobo increase (from N1.50 to N2) in the cost of university students’ meal per day caused the ‘Ali Must Go’ protests.

40. Albert E. Kitson discovered coal in Enugu in 1909.
This discovery led to the building of Port-Harcourt town in 1912.

41. Today, only Nigeria has a larger black population than Brazil.
More than 3.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved and transported to Brazil.

42. Groundnut pyramids were the invention of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata to stack bags before export.

43. In 1967, old traditional ruler, Oba Akran and A. Ademiluyi were jailed for 14 years (7 years each) for stealing £504,750 (N2.5 billion).

44. Since 1960, Nigeria has been either ruled by an ex-lecturer/ex-teacher or military man.
The only exceptions were Azikiwe and Shonekan.

45. If you visited Lagos in 1975, you could spend a day at the Presidential Suite of the Federal Palace Hotel for N100, and stay in a single room for N19.

46. The first aircraft to land in Nigeria landed in Kano in July 1925.
It was a British fighter jet that flew from Khartoum (present day Sudan).

47. In 1895, Koko of Nembe (now in Bayelsa) took 60 white men hostage.
When the British refused his demands, more than 40 of those men were eaten.

48. The ‘Naira’ was coined by late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, when he was serving as the Federal Commissioner of Finance.

49. Koma Hill (settlement in Adamawa where people lived and practised the killing of twins) was discovered in 1986 by an NYSC corps member.

50. The pilot (Francis Osakwe) that flew Ojukwu away from Biafra (1970) was the same pilot that flew Yakubu Gowon to Uganda in his last flight as Head of State.

51. In 1986, Shehu Shagari was banned from participation in politics for life.
The ban has still not been lifted.

52. As the wife of the deputy Head of State (Vice President of Nigeria) in 1984, Biodun Idiagbon personally ran a small ice cream shop in Ilorin.

53. Koma Hills (Adamawa State) inhabitants when discovered, were observed to engage in the practice of borrowing wives among themselves.

54. Juju, Dashiki, Yam and Okra are words in the English dictionary that originated from ethnic groups located in present day Nigeria.

55. Nigeria has more English speakers than England, and more Muslims than Saudi Arabia and Syria.

Mods, kindly close if already posted

SalC:

Believe me, this question is not just for the elders but for all of us.

You see, every now and then i see people preaching or at least striving to do God's will and worship him.
At closer observation i noticed it's usually for two main reasons.
1) Because we want to please him and thereby obtain the good things he promised those who serve and worship him here on earth and also to inherit his kingdom in the hereafter.

2) Because we are scared of disobey him and ending up in hell or being eternally destroyed as the case maybe.

Now my question is,..What if God never promised us any reward especially inheriting his kingdom or eternal joy. What if he never said anything about eternal damnation but only demand we do good and worship him because he created us and is deserving of our love obedience and worship.

Can we truly worship him if the above is the case?
To re-phrase, can we worship God without expecting anything in return?

I need personal answers.

I think the people that responded already said it all but since you want personal answers, let me try and add mine.

Like syncan said(abi Na uben, walahi these two people...), the sole reason we were created is your number one point. Our struggles and journey in this life is to attain that which God promised in the life to come, and loving God, pleasing Him and doing all he commands is the path God chose to achieve this. Like kamsy said, every action has a consequence or in this case, a reward.

The question "WHY" brings about another "HOW".

Q: Why did God create me
A: (to serve him in this world but ultimately), ...that I may be with him in the world to come.
Q: How do I achieve this
A: By knowing Him, loving him, pleasing Him, serving Him in this world...

So I think whoever is doing this is on point

No 2 follows no1. The thought of ending up in a place contrary to where God intended for us is and should be scary. However, I think what's worthy of note here is the fact that we fear the place(hell) instead of He who can condemn us to hell. We fear the thought or idea of the punishment and suffering in hell(which isn't bad cos hell isn't a good place) but I believe we should be more concerned about how we make HIM feel, who created us for a said purpose and even paid the ultimate price for our sake, yet watches us derail daily.

Your summary question therefore is valid because it all sounds like if we eventually do make heaven, we won't care to worship God again eternally since we have finally "arrived". Or if there was no option of hell and the choices were: either serve God and be with him eternally, or don't serve him and wander in void and oblivion eternally; I think alot of people won't care. Many will choose to do whatever they like on earth in the name of enjoyment and it all ends when they are dead.

So I think our fears are a little bit misplaced and if that's the case, I fear the answer to your question is NO. However, if we can (or do) understand that we please God for an greater purpose other than avoiding hell or just to get our petitions granted, we will come to love God more and serve him in truth and in spirit. Then your answer will be YES.

I rambled on for long, don't know if I communicated. Una Good afternoon o

BreezyRita:

I don't either so I'll make it short



You amuse me. Isn't that the same thing you are doing? You cannot state the original intentions of bride price in Africa. You just state what you believe which isn't what is....


I mention dowry and selling husbands and you dodge it to still go back and talk about bride price. Some poor prllbrides did not get married as they could not afford the dowry. Isn't that the same point you raise against bride price?


Well, neither am I.



Oh! So Europeans or Asians can collect bride price and Africans can't? You mean, they aren't sold too?

You may not understand but bride price didn't originate from Africa. And I don't even want to bring the Biblical aspect in. If we are arguing we should have the balls to call a spade a spade. If bride price payment is purchase of the woman in Africa, it is so in Greece, Asia etc


Like I said, people have different reasons for this. Of course, some of these aren't the real reasons and I acknowledge the greed in the whole thing. But hey! We're humans.
I know of my mom's boss whose daughters' bride prices were all five naira each. Now, they are all highly educated young ladies. What, they were sold for five naira? Seriously? I know the father gave a reason for collecting the money at all but I can't seem to recall. There are no right goods.



So am I


You sidestepped the issue of dowry and brought this up? I still refer to the Indians. What happens to a woman whose family can't pay her dowry? It goes both ways.

I'm honestly tired of this argument.
Can we let it pass and stop derailing my thread??

Please ignore jor. Some efforts aren't just worth it. That is why we have high rate of molestation, physical abuse on women and ultimately divorce, because some men think they went to the market and "purchased" some commodity, or better still, slaves, to do with as they deem fit . God help and save us all

BreezyRita:

Wow! Now na everybody's pikin? No wonder it usually looks like they're feeding a whole local government.



You know, I've been trying to avoid an argument with you but they way you subtly insult others and make it look like you know all is annoying.

I'm glad you know what one thinks isn't really what is. First, DOWRY isn't bride price! There's a difference.

Now, tell us, what do you think of a woman's family, paying a specified amount to her husband-to-be? Like in India?They still selling him?


Bride price payment does not entail the purchase of a woman. I see it instead as a symbolic gesture acknowledging (but not paying off) the husbands permanent debt to the wife's family.

You see, people give different reasons for bride price. Some say it it allows the groom to demonstrate that he has enough financial resources to support the bride (and possibly her family) after the wedding.

In China for example, families privately cite the need for bride price due to the country's lack of a social security net and a one child policy which leaves parents with neither retirement funding nor caretaking if their only child is taken away as brides as well as testing the groom's ability to marry by paying cash and emotionally giving up his resources to the bride.

Publicly, families cite bride price as sustenence in case the man abandons or divorces the wife and that the bride price creates goodwill between families.

thank you...

NotOfThis:


A woman/s bride's value is inherent, not instrumental.

Touche. So considering the argument, your point is...?