Port Harcourt – Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Friday advised public officers and politicians to get rid of their private jets as President Muhammadu Buhari had begun blocking financial leakages in the country’s economy........



.......The governor said that Nigerians should not be deceived with clamour by some politicians to cut their basic salaries by halve.
He recalled that former presidents Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan had cut their salaries and that of their ministers by 25 per cent each, which meant the officials currently earned 50 per cent less salaries.

“Now, in the face of current harsh economic realities, some politicians are saying that 50 per cent should be removed from their salaries to appease Nigerians.

“This implies that if you plus the current 50 per cent reduction demand and the already removed 50 per cent which was never restored by the previous administrations; it will amount to 100 per cent reduction.

......(NAN)

The Chairman of CCB, Mr Sam Saba, expressed the concern in an interview with NAN in Abuja.....

.........“The people we are having problem with now are some governors, but I cannot be categorical in terms of statistics except I confirm .”
Saba said he had demanded to know the number of governors that had declared their assets from state directors of the bureau.
The CCB boss then blamed the delay by some governors to declare their assets to their failure to study the constitution.

Uneasy Calm Pervades Kaduna Following Declaration Of N90 Billion Assets By The Governor

Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna

Governor Nasir ElRufai of Kaduna State has declared his asset. He is worth N90 billion. The governor’s assets declaration came as a big shock to most Kaduna residents yesterday as he allegedly declared ownership of 40 mansions, most of which are located in Abuja. Kaduna State Director Code of Conduct Bureau, George David, however, declined to comment when contacted....

anonimi:


Most of us do not realise the SOFT neo-colonialism these type of things represent and take away how we value our own culture by praising that of others.

OLAADEGBU:
Did Jesus come to bring peace or not?


Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household (Matthew 10:34-36) and (Luke 12:51,52).
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" (John 14:27)
"Salt is good: but if the salt has lost his saltiness, wherewith will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another" (Mark 9:50).

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plaetton:
It's all there in black and white in the bible, how Joseph, using his official position in the Pharoah's court, craftfully swindled ordinary Egyptians of their land, and then enslaved them to work in same lands for him just for their daily sustenance.
It is a manual on how to turn your landlord into your slave.

Beckybeky:
So I went to an interview and after discussing with the potential employer, I realize it was a marketing job. In order to ascertain my ability to the job, he asked me to write down strategies I would use to market the product.

I had no problem with this so I went ahead and did so.

After reading it, he said he's not yet convinced. He gave me some flyers and said I should do what I can to get a particular number of clients within a given period. This is not free as I would be paid a certain sum of money. He also gave me some money for tfare.
What am able to bring in will determine if I get to continue or not.

Now my question is: Is this right? Do I have to prove myself before I get a job, apart from the normal interview process?

Pls mature advice needed, as I'm thinking of returning the damn money and flyers to them. Is there something I should have done that I didn't do?

vooks:

[/size]I used to be a rabid anti-tithing crusader. I was probably reacting angrily to the lies that had been shoved down my throat with such force and eloquence. Nowadays I don't tithe but this is my take;

1. Tithing your income is not a sin. Nor is Sunday/Saturday/Friday worship. You don't violate ANY of God's Word by doing any of these.
2. Tithing and Sunday worship are no express commandments or commandments of any sort
3. Both tithing and Sunday worship are BENEFICIAL; they inculcate discipline and inject into a Christian's life some form of predictability.
4. Tithing and Sunday worship as Christian traditions rooted in Torah. You will never find any command anywhere to meet on any day but you find Christians meeting on Sabath at first and later on the First Day/Sunday
5. Both tithing and Sunday worship have been abused and used to make believers guilty by ministers. You have some Christians who believe one can't be born again and hold a Sunday job, or skipping Sunday worship is inviting God's wrath. All God requires is regular assembly as per Hebrews with no commandment on the frequency or days. With tithing, all God requires is supporting the ministers of the gospel. No minimum is stipulated
6. Both tithing and Sunday worship are despised by some believers generally who latch on the act that they are no commandment to ignore them with contempt
7. There is shocking ignorance among believers concerning both Tithing and Sunday worship. Many simply assume they are commandments, and they never bother to validate these beliefs from the scriptures. This is why anti-tithers and SDAs easily corner tither and Sunday worshippers. So you may win either argument not necessarily because you are smart or right but because your debater is largely ignorant of the subject
8. Solution to Abuse of tithing and Sunday worship should be proper use and not necessarily disuse

PS: I have used interlaced my response with Sunday worship which was not the subject. This is no digression but to demonstrate similar principles and attitudes underlying both

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What to expect in the future

My prediction is this:
As long as Tinubu tries to consolidate power to himself, and Buhari does not intefer in support of either party
This rebellion will continue

By now, I am sure that Buhari has been briefed by his strategists about the power play that is going on,
and the need to be neutral in order to curb Tinubu's strangle hold over the party.

Desperation to survive


Seeing that the leadership of the APC was made up of mainly of Tinubu's loyalist,
they slowly began to realise that typical of Tinubu,
they would soon be squeezed out of power within the APC structure in order that Tinibu's power is consolidated.

True to his nature which people ascribe to talent-hunting,
Tinubu's APC inspired leadership started to make choices for legislative positions
the choices were people who were already pro-Tinubu or would end up becoming pro-tinubu
and help him tighten his grip on the APC structure.


The none-conformists members of APC would have none of that.
Not wanting to go the Ikimi way, they rebelled to remain relevant.
This is what you find playing out now

Tinubu de' Machiavelli

Tinubu the master strategist practically singlehandedly used this machavilian qualities in building the APC.
In forging the APC into formidable political machine,
he pushed his peers such as Ikimi who would have been a challenge to him out of strategic positions,
and consequently out of the party,
while drawing close to himself those he felt would be loyal such as Oyegun, Osibanjo and Tambuwal.


However, in order to weaken the PDP structure and enhance his own political fortunes,
he had to engage rebel politicians from the PDP such as Atiku, Saraki and Obasanjo .


His strategy paid off brilliantly.
The enablers (mostly ex PDP members) who typical are not people that desire to owe their loyalty to anyone,
and who desire to be treated as equals,
soon began to understand the Tinubu personality.

The power structure of the APC

APC is a party just like the PDP, but unlike the PDP,
what differentiates APC is the way it was formed around 2 personalities.

The parties core is made up of Tinubu and Buhari,
while the other camps are mere enablers.

Whereas Buhari's CPC arm of the party is driven by a kind of cult following and an unforced loyalty to the man Buhari
The Tinubu's ACN camp is one were Tinubu commands loyalty.

He rewards those who he feels will be loyal to him,
and pushes out those who do not bow before him or that he suspects would challenge his authority.
However, he is happy to use such people to get what he wants,
then dumps them when he feels the need to.

This is the context of the present on goings in the APC.

chiedu7:


Joel Osteen is a Freemason

ItsMeAboki:


,,,,,,,,,Its amazing that none of them seems to understand SARCASM but deliberately (out of mischief) or otherwise take Kwankwaso's words literally on his alleged mobilisation of 1.9 (2) million almajiri votes. It is also sad that these educated illiterates prefer to take only this short portion from his entire speech and interpret it out of context.
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laudate:


You missed the point in Shaka Momodu's article on Kwakwanso. His point was that Kwakwanso is a man that cannot be trusted because he elevates treachery and betrayal, to a high art. Please read the article again.

chiedu7:


Read the above

gwales:
Face front

excellentmomma:
@OP don't you know the northern elites perpetually keep them (almajiris) in the dark for political gains like this.

gwales:
To some extend you may be right but the most important factor is the way he set a high level of governance in the north. Kwankwaso have done more than enough to kano and an average northerner is very close to all the happenings in the north

Gonzaga

Well written piece Shaka. Kwankwaso knows the mentality of his people, hence his utterances, clannish posturing and irredentist vituperations.

To become a hero and have cult followership in the north, you have to be seen as a "defender" of northern interest. At any given opportunity, you must defend the north by attacking anyone or anything that appears not to be in sync with northern interest. The more you do this, the more your profile begins to rise.

The defending could be in politics, religion or whatever interest is popular with the people. That is why you see someone who is neither a philanthropist, or social crusader, having unbelievably level of followership. If you look deeper, that person has done or is doing what Kwankwaso is currently doing.

In a way, that has paid off for him. Recall he even defeated Atiku in the then APC primaries. Only GMB as he then was, scored more votes than him. What this simply means is that, Kwankwaso is the next big thing after PMB.

This is just to give a background of why Kwankwaso behaves the way he does. With that mysterious 1.9 million votes and such utterances, Kwankwaso has assumed a hero's stature among his own people. They will amplify his actions, and refer to him as the defender of the north. He is positioning himself to pick the mantle from Buhari.

This again explains why OBJ has a very good working relationship with the north. He understands this mentality very clearly! That was why he ensured Yar'dua became president even though Odili was the front runner and that was why again, he supported the APC and help clear the assertion that he deliberately foisted a sick president and all.

With his constant public attacks on Jonathan and his subsequent open support for APC and GMB, Obj washed away all the mud of criticism that was thrown at him by the north following the Yar'dua saga.

You need to have this background to understand where Kwankwaso is heading.

chiedu7:
This woman called Victoris Osteen that many look up to say's
"You do good to please yourself not God"

Now without even checking the bible this is rubbish.

Jesus said if you love me you will do what I say, so it please's God to obey Him.

John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.

For those who look up to the Osteens, they are taking you guys for a ride big time.

Jorussia:
.I am tipping this man to succeed pmb after 4 or 8 years time.I know that he is not a political heavy weight, but,we don't want core politicians again to be the president of the federal republic of Nigeria. Politicians always think about the next election ( just like the present case of saraki and atiku),while leaders think about the next generation. Prof yemi osibanjo,is a leader and not a politician.

room089:
Daddy if you curse them and they die and go to hell, will that bring any glory to God?
Why don't you go on your knees and impress it upon God not to give them any rest until they repent?

richommie:

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Badeh said though the Nigerian Armed Forces entered into an agreement with the Niger Delta youths and former militants to disarm and partner with the Federal Government on empowerment and development initiatives,the recent cases of criminality may force the military to review such agreement and turn its arsenal on the region.

OLAADEGBU:
Is it right for a Christian to call someone a fool or not?

Matthew 5:22 and Matthew 23:17; Psalm 14:1

Do not call someone a fool:

"But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire" (Matthew 5:22).
Calling someone a fool:

[The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that does good"[/i] (Psalm 14:1)

"You fools and blind! For whether is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?" (Matthew 23:17)

Imanuelle:


Style?