Just #2,500,please if you are interested contact me!!!!!!!
Friday 29 April 2016
Thursday 28 April 2016
STILL ON THE VICTORIA NYECHE DEBACLE: DAME ALERUCHI COOKEY-GAM, YOU ARE WRONG
Much to my surprise, I read a treatise in reaction to the Hon. Victoria Wobo Nyeche’s non inclusion in the oath administration exercise of the Rivers State 8th Assembly on the 21st day of April 2016 by Dame Aleruchi Cookey-Gam, the erstwhile first female Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Rivers State (1999-2003); first female Secretary to the Rivers State Government and pioneer Administrator, Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority.
Ma, all due respect accorded to you, I beg to differ. Whilst you rightly defined impersonation as the act of pretending to be someone else with intent to defraud another, and went further to state that impersonation is a criminal offence under section 484 of our criminal code, you forgot to note also that if someone lays claim to hold or occupy an office or position he or she does not hold, that person is guilty of impersonation whether or not such position or office is reserved for him or her.
So you asked “can a person be said to impersonate herself?” and my answer is No and Yes! No because Mr. Peter for example cannot impersonate being Mr. Peter, but Mr. Peter can impersonate being Mr. Peter the owner of Port Harcourt International airport. Whereas he is Mr. Peter, he is not the owner of the airport he is laying claim to and so to that extent, he has impersonated and may I say that this is a no-brainer.
As to whether Hon. Victoria Nyeche impersonated or not is a matter before a competent court of jurisdiction so I will rather resist the temptation of dabbling into that discussion, as it will amount to subjudice. But I know as a matter of fact that until an elected legislator has duly sworn to the oaths of office and allegiance to the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, such legislator cannot partake on an official level or carry out any legislative or oversight functions of the House, as he or she is not an Honorable member of the house but a member-elect.
Ma, you were also interested in knowing Mr. Livingstone Wechie’s locus in this issue and if indeed Hon. Victoria carried out the act of impersonation how it affects or cause injury to him amongst others.
Well Ma, as much as I’m not interested in holding brief for Mr. Livingstone, I daresay that Mr. Livingstone is a free citizen of Nigeria, an indigene of Rivers State and one of the very active and vocal spokesperson of Civil Liberties Organization, and just like every one of us who sees what could be a misgiving, reserves the right for personal interest or in the interest of the public to seek redress in court, owing to the fact that whatever laws Hon. Victoria is going to make in the Assembly will directly or indirect affect him or the people whose interest he and his organization strives to protect.
As to the question whether the Police has carried out investigation; whether she has been found guilty of impersonation is neither here nor there as it wasn’t a Court Judgment that stopped the Assembly from administering the oath on her but a Court Order, the main suit is still pending. Whereas no body was sentenced, rather the court in it’s wisdom ordered all defendants / respondents to maintain status quo pending the hearing of a motion on notice for an order of Interlocutory Injunction brought before it by Livingstone.
You adjudged that RVHA was reduced to a 9 member house sometime in 2015 and as such could no longer seat as it had no quorum. You went further to question the legality of the same 9 member house screening and confirmation of the then Acting Chief Judge now Chief Judge of Rivers State, Hon. Justice Adanma Iyayi-Laminkara. Worthy of note is that Hon. Victoria Nyeche shares in this same sentiment, which ensued to the “impersonation letter” and Livingstone’s suit afterwards.
The question whether 9 can form quorum or not is subject to constitutional interpretation, however, assuming but not conceding that 9 can’t form quorum, on what terra firma then is Hon. Victoria Nyeche seeking to be sworn in? Is she saying that 9 cannot seat and screen the Chief Judge but 9 can seat and swear her in? Wouldn’t that also culminate to “legislative recklessness and violation of the provision of the constitutional provisions” as you alluded? She cannot approbate and probate at the same time.
Interestingly you asked and I quote, “Was Hon. Victoria Nyeche as a duly elected member of the House justified in formally notifying the Chief Justice of Nigeria of the acts of Legislative recklessness and violations of the constitutional provisions as to the lack of quorum and its consequences? Can this exercise of her rights as a duly elected member be said to have given rise to the so-called impersonation? End of quote.
I daresay that there is nothing wrong with the exercise of notifying appropriate authorities of a perceived misgiving. But the pertinent question we must ask ourselves and learn from is that, on what capacity was the petition from Hon. Victoria to the CJN written? Who did she write as? Did she write as member-elect or as a member? The message might be right, but what about the messenger or the vessel? It can’t always be a case of “it’s not the messenger but the message”; not when the messenger is deemed to have committed an act in breach of the Constitution or criminal code whilst passing the message. We do not celebrate but admonish a pregnant 15 years old unmarried girl child simply because pregnancy and indeed childbirth is a blessing.
I disagree in strong terms your assertion that Rivers State is lying prostate and bleeding, as it is diversionary and in dear contradiction to the realities on ground. The state is working and making remarkable and unprecedented progress amidst internal and external interference and economic challenges occasioned by the sharp and continues decline of Naira value and dwindling federal allocation to the state. Evident to this are the monumental up-spring of infrastructure and steady increase in the IGR of the state. Thanks to the doggedness and political will of Governor Nyesom Wike.
Ma, Hon. Victoria Nyeche is a politician; her election and the subsequent tribunal and appeal court processes and of cause Rulings are processes of the election and in turn politics. It’s all politics and so the question of “politicizing everything” shouldn’t have even arisen in the first place, as you cannot politicize what is already politics ab initio.
It is misleading and grossly unfair for anyone today to say that “governance is abandoned while energy is dissipated in needless controversies and political turmoil”. While in truth and reality what we see everyday and indeed everywhere in Rivers State are scores of infrastructural development ongoing and completed within the first one year of an administration faced with unending high and mighty internal and external forces of impediments. Forces so powerful that it can deploy at will an entire Army Barack to descend on innocent and unsuspecting citizens going about their legitimate businesses or trying to exercise their civic and constitutional responsibilities. Invading and destroying their homes and properties; kidnapping and killing their fathers, pregnant mothers and children.
Indeed the media and specially the new media space remains open and awash with all manner of propaganda, misinformation and distorted information by a greater number our political players and populace, I do hope and pray that the respected but paltry characters whose integrity are still not mutilated or redeemable do not give it all away on the alter of political patronage or in a bid to fanning the flames of a wildfire ego of their master.
Ma, all due respect accorded to you, I beg to differ. Whilst you rightly defined impersonation as the act of pretending to be someone else with intent to defraud another, and went further to state that impersonation is a criminal offence under section 484 of our criminal code, you forgot to note also that if someone lays claim to hold or occupy an office or position he or she does not hold, that person is guilty of impersonation whether or not such position or office is reserved for him or her.
So you asked “can a person be said to impersonate herself?” and my answer is No and Yes! No because Mr. Peter for example cannot impersonate being Mr. Peter, but Mr. Peter can impersonate being Mr. Peter the owner of Port Harcourt International airport. Whereas he is Mr. Peter, he is not the owner of the airport he is laying claim to and so to that extent, he has impersonated and may I say that this is a no-brainer.
As to whether Hon. Victoria Nyeche impersonated or not is a matter before a competent court of jurisdiction so I will rather resist the temptation of dabbling into that discussion, as it will amount to subjudice. But I know as a matter of fact that until an elected legislator has duly sworn to the oaths of office and allegiance to the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, such legislator cannot partake on an official level or carry out any legislative or oversight functions of the House, as he or she is not an Honorable member of the house but a member-elect.
Ma, you were also interested in knowing Mr. Livingstone Wechie’s locus in this issue and if indeed Hon. Victoria carried out the act of impersonation how it affects or cause injury to him amongst others.
Well Ma, as much as I’m not interested in holding brief for Mr. Livingstone, I daresay that Mr. Livingstone is a free citizen of Nigeria, an indigene of Rivers State and one of the very active and vocal spokesperson of Civil Liberties Organization, and just like every one of us who sees what could be a misgiving, reserves the right for personal interest or in the interest of the public to seek redress in court, owing to the fact that whatever laws Hon. Victoria is going to make in the Assembly will directly or indirect affect him or the people whose interest he and his organization strives to protect.
As to the question whether the Police has carried out investigation; whether she has been found guilty of impersonation is neither here nor there as it wasn’t a Court Judgment that stopped the Assembly from administering the oath on her but a Court Order, the main suit is still pending. Whereas no body was sentenced, rather the court in it’s wisdom ordered all defendants / respondents to maintain status quo pending the hearing of a motion on notice for an order of Interlocutory Injunction brought before it by Livingstone.
You adjudged that RVHA was reduced to a 9 member house sometime in 2015 and as such could no longer seat as it had no quorum. You went further to question the legality of the same 9 member house screening and confirmation of the then Acting Chief Judge now Chief Judge of Rivers State, Hon. Justice Adanma Iyayi-Laminkara. Worthy of note is that Hon. Victoria Nyeche shares in this same sentiment, which ensued to the “impersonation letter” and Livingstone’s suit afterwards.
The question whether 9 can form quorum or not is subject to constitutional interpretation, however, assuming but not conceding that 9 can’t form quorum, on what terra firma then is Hon. Victoria Nyeche seeking to be sworn in? Is she saying that 9 cannot seat and screen the Chief Judge but 9 can seat and swear her in? Wouldn’t that also culminate to “legislative recklessness and violation of the provision of the constitutional provisions” as you alluded? She cannot approbate and probate at the same time.
Interestingly you asked and I quote, “Was Hon. Victoria Nyeche as a duly elected member of the House justified in formally notifying the Chief Justice of Nigeria of the acts of Legislative recklessness and violations of the constitutional provisions as to the lack of quorum and its consequences? Can this exercise of her rights as a duly elected member be said to have given rise to the so-called impersonation? End of quote.
I daresay that there is nothing wrong with the exercise of notifying appropriate authorities of a perceived misgiving. But the pertinent question we must ask ourselves and learn from is that, on what capacity was the petition from Hon. Victoria to the CJN written? Who did she write as? Did she write as member-elect or as a member? The message might be right, but what about the messenger or the vessel? It can’t always be a case of “it’s not the messenger but the message”; not when the messenger is deemed to have committed an act in breach of the Constitution or criminal code whilst passing the message. We do not celebrate but admonish a pregnant 15 years old unmarried girl child simply because pregnancy and indeed childbirth is a blessing.
I disagree in strong terms your assertion that Rivers State is lying prostate and bleeding, as it is diversionary and in dear contradiction to the realities on ground. The state is working and making remarkable and unprecedented progress amidst internal and external interference and economic challenges occasioned by the sharp and continues decline of Naira value and dwindling federal allocation to the state. Evident to this are the monumental up-spring of infrastructure and steady increase in the IGR of the state. Thanks to the doggedness and political will of Governor Nyesom Wike.
Ma, Hon. Victoria Nyeche is a politician; her election and the subsequent tribunal and appeal court processes and of cause Rulings are processes of the election and in turn politics. It’s all politics and so the question of “politicizing everything” shouldn’t have even arisen in the first place, as you cannot politicize what is already politics ab initio.
It is misleading and grossly unfair for anyone today to say that “governance is abandoned while energy is dissipated in needless controversies and political turmoil”. While in truth and reality what we see everyday and indeed everywhere in Rivers State are scores of infrastructural development ongoing and completed within the first one year of an administration faced with unending high and mighty internal and external forces of impediments. Forces so powerful that it can deploy at will an entire Army Barack to descend on innocent and unsuspecting citizens going about their legitimate businesses or trying to exercise their civic and constitutional responsibilities. Invading and destroying their homes and properties; kidnapping and killing their fathers, pregnant mothers and children.
Indeed the media and specially the new media space remains open and awash with all manner of propaganda, misinformation and distorted information by a greater number our political players and populace, I do hope and pray that the respected but paltry characters whose integrity are still not mutilated or redeemable do not give it all away on the alter of political patronage or in a bid to fanning the flames of a wildfire ego of their master.
LOCAL NEWS Three guys rob and rape an old woman
Madam Martha, an old woman believed to be in her 80s has been robbed and raped by three unknown guys believed to be ‘area guys’ at her resident in New Akrofuom in the Ashanti Region.
The old lady raped by three guys
Narrating her ordeal to Jackson Joe Nimako, the area’s Unit Committee Secretary, Martha said the three unknown guys broke into her room and assaulted her after she questioned them of their mission in her room.
She added that the three gave her slaps that made her lose consciousness. She gained consciousness, only to find the guys having sex with her in turns.
The three guys who raped her stole her belongings and left her in pain and bleeding profusely.
Jackson Joe Nimako disclosed that the victim has since received medical attention while the case has been reported to the police with no arrest made.
The old lady raped by three guys
Narrating her ordeal to Jackson Joe Nimako, the area’s Unit Committee Secretary, Martha said the three unknown guys broke into her room and assaulted her after she questioned them of their mission in her room.
She added that the three gave her slaps that made her lose consciousness. She gained consciousness, only to find the guys having sex with her in turns.
The three guys who raped her stole her belongings and left her in pain and bleeding profusely.
Jackson Joe Nimako disclosed that the victim has since received medical attention while the case has been reported to the police with no arrest made.
191-Year-Old Woman Discovered in Nigeria. Oldest Living Person In The World!
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, 112-year old Yasutaro Koide from Japan is the world’s oldest person. However, they should check their records after photos have surfaced online showing a Nigerian woman named Mama Esifiho who claims that she is 191 years old!
Her great-great grandson has confirmed her age who says that she told him that she witnessed the birth of his grandfather! If the claims are true, Mama could very well be the oldest person in the world.
She lives in Esoko, a countryside community in the Delta State of Nigeria that was founded in the 18 th century. The main food source of the community is the Cassava root, which may explain the woman’s longevity. “Cassava is loaded with magnesium and copper. A diet rich in magnesium promotes life-long health,
She lives in Esoko, a countryside community in the Delta State of Nigeria that was founded in the 18 th century. The main food source of the community is the Cassava root, which may explain the woman’s longevity. “Cassava is loaded with magnesium and copper. A diet rich in magnesium promotes life-long health,
Her great-great grandson has confirmed her age who says that she told him that she witnessed the birth of his grandfather! If the claims are true, Mama could very well be the oldest person in the world.
She lives in Esoko, a countryside community in the Delta State of Nigeria that was founded in the 18 th century. The main food source of the community is the Cassava root, which may explain the woman’s longevity. “Cassava is loaded with magnesium and copper. A diet rich in magnesium promotes life-long health,
She lives in Esoko, a countryside community in the Delta State of Nigeria that was founded in the 18 th century. The main food source of the community is the Cassava root, which may explain the woman’s longevity. “Cassava is loaded with magnesium and copper. A diet rich in magnesium promotes life-long health,
List of 10 Most Powerful Kings In Nigeria
In Ancient times, before the British colonization of Nigeria, there were powerful kings in Nigeria who were seen as demi-gods who were said to have great influence and control over their subjects and on the people they rule.
In modern times, the powers of these kings have declined due to the emergence of the Federal system of government operating in Nigeria. Nevertheless, there are still some of these monarchs whose influence cannot be underestimated and are respected due to their heritage and tradition from time immemorial.
In no sequential order, Below are the top 10 most powerful Kings in Nigeria
The Sultan of Sokoto
The Sultan’s position in Nigeria dates back to the pre-colonial era and is one that has a lot of influence especially for the Muslims. He is not just seen as a Monarch but the spiritual leader for the Muslims in Nigeria. Currently, Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar IV is the present Sultan of Sokoto. He succeeded his late brother Muhammadu Maccido who died in a plane crash, the ADC Airline flight 53 flight to be precise.
The Emir of Kano
Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II is the current Emir of Kano. Sanusi was formerly the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He was made Emir after the death of Alhaji Dr. Ado Bayero who ruled for 51 years.
The Alaafin of Oyo
The Alaafin of Oyo is seen as one of the most powerful kings in Nigeria because of the culture, heritage and history of the old Oyo empire which dates back to the pre-colonial era in Nigeria.
According to legend, the Alaafin of Oyo wielded such sovereign authority and was seen as god to the Yoruba people. The current Alaafin of Oyo is Lamidi Olayiwola III, who succeeded Alaafin Gbadegesi Ladigbolu II.
The Ooni of Ife
The current Ooni of Ile-Ife is Oba Ogunwusi and he is the paramount ruler of the Ife dynasty. It is said that he plays a strong part in choosing the Osun’s state governor.
The Dein of Agbor
History has it that the Dein of Agbor became a king at just four months old which makes him the youngest monarch to ever ascend a royal throne in Nigeria. King Benjamin Ikenchukwu Keagborekuzi is currently the Dein of Agbor or Officer in the order of the crown as it is popularly called.
Oba of Benin
He is also referred to as “Omo N’Oba” and the ruler of the Benin kingdom. The ancient Kingdom of Benin dates back even before the colonial masters settled in Nigeria. The current Oba of Benin is Oba Ehinede who succeded his late father Oba Eriaduwa.
Oba of Lagos
He is also referred to as the Eleko of Eko, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu is the current Oba of Lagos. Lagos itself was the former capital of Nigeria and currently the most populated city in Nigeria.
Olu of Warri
He is the leader of the Itsekiri people. The Warri kingdom is currently ruled by a popular Nigerian lawyer, who has held various positions in Warri, Godwin Toju Emiko. Warri is located in Delta state
Obi of Onitsha
Igwe Nnayelugo Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe is a very influential monarch in Nigeria and he is the current traditional ruler and the Obi of Onitsha people. When it comes to issues concerning the south eastern part of Nigeria, he is most likely to be first consulted which ranks him among the most powerful kings in Nigeria.
Olubadan of Ibadan
Olubadan means Lord of Ibadan and was held by late Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade who died at the age of 101. The current Olubadan of Ibadan is Oba Saliu Adetunji. Ibadan is also an ancient Kingdom.
In modern times, the powers of these kings have declined due to the emergence of the Federal system of government operating in Nigeria. Nevertheless, there are still some of these monarchs whose influence cannot be underestimated and are respected due to their heritage and tradition from time immemorial.
In no sequential order, Below are the top 10 most powerful Kings in Nigeria
The Sultan of Sokoto
The Sultan’s position in Nigeria dates back to the pre-colonial era and is one that has a lot of influence especially for the Muslims. He is not just seen as a Monarch but the spiritual leader for the Muslims in Nigeria. Currently, Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar IV is the present Sultan of Sokoto. He succeeded his late brother Muhammadu Maccido who died in a plane crash, the ADC Airline flight 53 flight to be precise.
The Emir of Kano
Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II is the current Emir of Kano. Sanusi was formerly the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He was made Emir after the death of Alhaji Dr. Ado Bayero who ruled for 51 years.
The Alaafin of Oyo
The Alaafin of Oyo is seen as one of the most powerful kings in Nigeria because of the culture, heritage and history of the old Oyo empire which dates back to the pre-colonial era in Nigeria.
According to legend, the Alaafin of Oyo wielded such sovereign authority and was seen as god to the Yoruba people. The current Alaafin of Oyo is Lamidi Olayiwola III, who succeeded Alaafin Gbadegesi Ladigbolu II.
The Ooni of Ife
The current Ooni of Ile-Ife is Oba Ogunwusi and he is the paramount ruler of the Ife dynasty. It is said that he plays a strong part in choosing the Osun’s state governor.
The Dein of Agbor
History has it that the Dein of Agbor became a king at just four months old which makes him the youngest monarch to ever ascend a royal throne in Nigeria. King Benjamin Ikenchukwu Keagborekuzi is currently the Dein of Agbor or Officer in the order of the crown as it is popularly called.
Oba of Benin
He is also referred to as “Omo N’Oba” and the ruler of the Benin kingdom. The ancient Kingdom of Benin dates back even before the colonial masters settled in Nigeria. The current Oba of Benin is Oba Ehinede who succeded his late father Oba Eriaduwa.
Oba of Lagos
He is also referred to as the Eleko of Eko, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu is the current Oba of Lagos. Lagos itself was the former capital of Nigeria and currently the most populated city in Nigeria.
Olu of Warri
He is the leader of the Itsekiri people. The Warri kingdom is currently ruled by a popular Nigerian lawyer, who has held various positions in Warri, Godwin Toju Emiko. Warri is located in Delta state
Obi of Onitsha
Igwe Nnayelugo Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe is a very influential monarch in Nigeria and he is the current traditional ruler and the Obi of Onitsha people. When it comes to issues concerning the south eastern part of Nigeria, he is most likely to be first consulted which ranks him among the most powerful kings in Nigeria.
Olubadan means Lord of Ibadan and was held by late Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade who died at the age of 101. The current Olubadan of Ibadan is Oba Saliu Adetunji. Ibadan is also an ancient Kingdom.
You Will Never Throw Away The Banana Peel After Reading This
Bananas are the most popular tropical fruit worldwide.
This amazing yellow fruit contains three natural sugars: sucrose, fructose and glucose, along with fiber.
Nutritionists explain that they give instant nourishing amount of energy. One research has shown that only 2 bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90 -minute operation. Well, after this fact, it is understandable why the world’s leading athletes consider banana as fruit nuber 1.
It is interesting fact that banana peel is no less important than the fruit!
Below we present you a list of top 7 ways to use provided and never throw a banana peel after eaten!
Analgesic: the banana peel is excellent analgesic. So, in case if you feel pain in some place on the body, gently rub a banana peel on the affected area and leave it to sit for 15 minutes. You can expect relief very soon.
Cleaning: Banana peel has amazing greasy, nutritious moisturizing properties and because of that it is ideal for cleaning the skin footwear, furniture, and silver jewelry.
Treatment of acne and wrinkles: You can use banana peel for general skin care. Namely, it is amazingly efficient for the reduction of wrinkles and blemishes from the face. The peel contains antioxidants and anti – aging properties, moisturizes and nourishes the skin and finally promotes elasticity and suppleness.Simply rub the skin in the facial skin, especially in the inflamed problem areas and let sit for half an hour.
Treatment of psoriasis: Although the banana peel can not cure this skin disease completely, it can reassure its symptoms, such as itching and redness and speed up its recovery. Just rub on the affected area and leave on for 10 minutes.
Removing warts from the skin: Those people who have problem with constant appearance of warts on the skin, can solve the problem with the help of a banana peel. Namely, you can remove them and prevent their recurrence. Just apply piece of banana peel over the warts, attach bandages and leave it over night. You need to repeat the process until the warts disappear.
Sedation insect bites: If you are bitten by some insect and the itching is unbearable, instead to scratch the area, we recommend you to try to calm it with rubbing it with banana peel.
Teeth whitening: For amazingly white teeth use banana peel. Every day in a period of 2 weeks you need to rub your teeth with banana peel. The results will surprise you.
This amazing yellow fruit contains three natural sugars: sucrose, fructose and glucose, along with fiber.
Nutritionists explain that they give instant nourishing amount of energy. One research has shown that only 2 bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90 -minute operation. Well, after this fact, it is understandable why the world’s leading athletes consider banana as fruit nuber 1.
It is interesting fact that banana peel is no less important than the fruit!
Below we present you a list of top 7 ways to use provided and never throw a banana peel after eaten!
Analgesic: the banana peel is excellent analgesic. So, in case if you feel pain in some place on the body, gently rub a banana peel on the affected area and leave it to sit for 15 minutes. You can expect relief very soon.
Cleaning: Banana peel has amazing greasy, nutritious moisturizing properties and because of that it is ideal for cleaning the skin footwear, furniture, and silver jewelry.
Treatment of acne and wrinkles: You can use banana peel for general skin care. Namely, it is amazingly efficient for the reduction of wrinkles and blemishes from the face. The peel contains antioxidants and anti – aging properties, moisturizes and nourishes the skin and finally promotes elasticity and suppleness.Simply rub the skin in the facial skin, especially in the inflamed problem areas and let sit for half an hour.
Treatment of psoriasis: Although the banana peel can not cure this skin disease completely, it can reassure its symptoms, such as itching and redness and speed up its recovery. Just rub on the affected area and leave on for 10 minutes.
Removing warts from the skin: Those people who have problem with constant appearance of warts on the skin, can solve the problem with the help of a banana peel. Namely, you can remove them and prevent their recurrence. Just apply piece of banana peel over the warts, attach bandages and leave it over night. You need to repeat the process until the warts disappear.
Sedation insect bites: If you are bitten by some insect and the itching is unbearable, instead to scratch the area, we recommend you to try to calm it with rubbing it with banana peel.
Teeth whitening: For amazingly white teeth use banana peel. Every day in a period of 2 weeks you need to rub your teeth with banana peel. The results will surprise you.
SAVAGE’S HUSBAND SAYS HE’S DONE WITH HER, ACCUSES HER MUM OF WITCHCRAFT
TeeBillz definitely did not wake up on the right side of the bed. He started out this morning with a series of posts on Instagram accusing Tiwa Savage of not being supportive of his career and even calling her mum a witch.
He started with a throwback, unflattering picture of Tiwa Savage, describing how he made her into somebody when she was “100% insecure”. He wrote, “ @tiwasavage this was you when I met you with 100% insecurity. I remember when Wale called me about a girl that’s got talent and u told him I wasn’t interested!
He continued with the narrative, down to their “first meeting” which he posted as a screenshot and declared that he will never let Tiwa’s mother reduce him to what she reduced her husband to. He told Tiwa to ask her mum to ‘confess’.
“Please just take care of JamJam. I sacrificed my life for you and put in work and my money to your success. You are Tiwa Savage the super star now right. You will never have peace with that fame. Your mother wants to turn me to what she turned your DAD to? I will rather Die. Ask her to confess what’s she’s done to me! All I did was look out for your success…”, TeeBillz wrote.
He followed on that with an image of a quote where he followed up by apologizing to his kids saying people won’t let him be a great dad.
He finally ended his rant with a goodbye message where he wrote he cannot take it anymore. He finished that post by saying ‘Thanks to your mum’s witchcraft’ and once again urged Tiwa Savage, “ Tell her [the mum] to confess to you“.
“Lord knows I tried. I can’t take it anymore. I decided that I wanted to take time out from music business so you and me will not be in the same basket of the music industry. You never supported me for day one every move I made and every project I layer my hands one was going all bad. Thanks to your mum witchcraft! Tell her to confess to you”, he finally writes.
He started with a throwback, unflattering picture of Tiwa Savage, describing how he made her into somebody when she was “100% insecure”. He wrote, “ @tiwasavage this was you when I met you with 100% insecurity. I remember when Wale called me about a girl that’s got talent and u told him I wasn’t interested!
He continued with the narrative, down to their “first meeting” which he posted as a screenshot and declared that he will never let Tiwa’s mother reduce him to what she reduced her husband to. He told Tiwa to ask her mum to ‘confess’.
“Please just take care of JamJam. I sacrificed my life for you and put in work and my money to your success. You are Tiwa Savage the super star now right. You will never have peace with that fame. Your mother wants to turn me to what she turned your DAD to? I will rather Die. Ask her to confess what’s she’s done to me! All I did was look out for your success…”, TeeBillz wrote.
He followed on that with an image of a quote where he followed up by apologizing to his kids saying people won’t let him be a great dad.
He finally ended his rant with a goodbye message where he wrote he cannot take it anymore. He finished that post by saying ‘Thanks to your mum’s witchcraft’ and once again urged Tiwa Savage, “ Tell her [the mum] to confess to you“.
“Lord knows I tried. I can’t take it anymore. I decided that I wanted to take time out from music business so you and me will not be in the same basket of the music industry. You never supported me for day one every move I made and every project I layer my hands one was going all bad. Thanks to your mum witchcraft! Tell her to confess to you”, he finally writes.
Farah Dagogo vs INEC, Rivers REC: Court to give ruling on joinder, May 5th
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has set aside May 5th, 2016 as the day to give ruling on an application for joinder presented by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the suit filed by the lawmaker elect for Degema Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Farah Dagogo had dragged INEC, with its Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Rivers State House of Assembly, its Speaker and Clerk as respondents to court over the continued failure of INEC to issue him Certificate of Return despite being duly declared winner of the March 19 legislative rerun election by INEC Returning Officer for Degema Local Government Area in full compliance with the electoral law.
The APC and its candidate in the election, Hon. Eldred Braide, however filed a separate application to be joined in the suit as a necessary party.
At the resumed hearing of the suit on Thursday( April 28), Justice Mohammed Lima said he will give his ruling on the twin application of joinder filed by the APC and its candidate on the aforementioned date.
Double standard is worse than a man with a lying tongue.
If it were to be GEJ's tenure that the Fulani Herdsmen perpetrated these evil acts, he would have be dragged to the mud.
Now the Messiah is Here, Those who kept calling GEJ names, pls what has your Messiah done?
Imagine a situation where the President himself cannot address the nation on Fuel Scarcity not to talk of the Fulani Herdsmen's act.
Who is Adeshina to address us? We need the President and not a spokesperson.
Show me a nation who fell for deceit, I will show you a nation without a bedrock.
I read the speech of the Gov. Of Enugu state, I was disappointed.. If the Gov should make such speech, then the people will resent to sitting & folding their arms and watch daredevils come again and slaughter them.
Did you commit any crime in "Coexistence"?
I know a man who never failed to address the nation if any issue emerged.
I know a man who never had a pay-back motive.
I know a man who wasn't perfect but preferred.
If Buhari fails to address this, then it's simple... It's an intentional act..
Is Nnamdi Kanu still in Jail? Who did he kill? Did he commit manslaughter? Did he attack people in their own farm settlement and dismembered all parts of their living body?
If he didn't, then who's keeping him there?
Are these Fulani herdsmen not supposed to replace Nnamdi Kanu?
O! My Nigeria, it has gotten to this point?
Our South East Governors are mediocre. I remember when some past governors employed the Nigerian Army to guide every state mosques in the Eastern States and their occupants... How come no Northern Governor did same for South East and South South Indigenes in the North?
How come our own Governors cannot stop this killing spree? Or are there more things they are not saying?
GEJ, you were not perfect.. But remember.. We miss the compassionate leader you were, we miss those tears you shed for the interest of people.
Remember, People cry not because they are weak, it's because they've been strong for a long time.
I'm seriously angry, this post is strictly for those with Human feelings, no one should come and spill venom & sing the "Sai" praise.
It's time we unite as youths of this Nation & find Young People for a Young Nigeria we've always wanted.
I feel like writing, but let me stop here.. Just remember, we don't know their next target.
My advise to those in the rural communities:
* Don't go farming in the wee hours of the noon.
* Don't go to grazing areas alone.
* Be at alert, any cow you see at sight, pls take cover.
* Avoid arguments with these monsters.. Even as little as the shoe shiners, they all have the Devil's blood in them.
* Finally, pls.. Have any form of defence with you, not conspicuous, but a small item.. Defeat the ones you could & pray never to fall victim.
Nigeria is ours, we have to stand for what is right.
MEN - MY CHILDHOOD; MY MANHOOD; MY PROSTATE.. MUST READ!!
Ladies and Gentlemen
I am here to share with you this vital information on Prostate. The topic is misleading. Is prostate strictly for men? Yes, ONLY men have prostate and ONLY men over 40years but the healthcare enlightenment is for everyone. There is no woman who does not know a man 40 years and above – father, uncle, brother, son, friend, neighbor, colleague …
Essentially what I will be doing today is health promotion. Responsible health promotion must provide three things:
1. Information
2. Reassurance
3. A plan of action.
Let me start with a background on prostate health.
Everyone has a pair of kidneys. The job of the kidney is to remove waste. It is the LAWMA (waste management company) of your body. Everyday your blood passes through the kidney several times to be filtered. As the blood is filtered, urine is formed and stored in a temporary storage tank called the urinary bladder.
If there were to be no urinary bladder, as a man walks on the road, urine will be dropping.
Now think of the plumbing work in your house. Think of the urinary bladder as the overhead storage tank. From the storage tank, a good plumber will run pipes to other parts of the house, including the kitchen. God in His wisdom ran pipes from our urinary bladder to the tip of the penis. The pipe is called the urethra. Just below the bladder and surrounding the urethra is a little organ called the prostate gland.
The prostate gland is the size of a walnut and weighs about 20grams. Its job is to make the seminal fluid which is stored in the seminal vesicle. During sexual intercourse, seminal fluid comes down the urethra and mixes with the sperms produced in the testicles to form the semen. So semen technically is not sperm. It is sperm + seminal fluid. The seminal fluid lubricates the sperm.
After age 40, for reasons that may be hormonal, the prostate gland begins to enlarge. From 20 grams it may grow to almost 100 grams. As it enlarges, it squeezes the urethra and the man begins to notice changes in the way he urinate.
If you have a son under 10, if he has a little mischief like we all did at that age, when he comes out to urinate, he can target the ceiling and the jet will hit target. Call his father to do same, wahala dey. His urine stream is weak, cannot travel a long distance and sometimes may come straight down on his legs. So he may need to stand in awkward position to urinate.
Not many men will be worried their urine stream cannot hit the ceiling. Toilets are on the floor and not on the ceiling. But other symptoms begin to show.
TERMINAL DRIPPLING:
The man begins to notice that after urinating and repacking, urine still drops on his pants. This is the reason why after an older man urinates, he has to ring bell. A younger man simply delivers to the last drop and walks away. Just see an older man coming from the bathroom. Sometimes he may clutch the newspaper closely to hide the urine stains, particularly on plain colored trousers.
HESITANCY
At this point you wait longer for the urine flow to start. There are 2 valves that must open for you to urinate – the internal and external sphincters. Both open but because of obstructions in the urethra, you wait long for the flow to start.
INCOMPLETE EMPTYING
You have this feeling immediately after urinating that there is still something left.
As all these things happen, the bladder begins to work harder to compensate for the obstruction in the urethra. The frequency of urination goes up. Urgency sets in. sometimes you have to practically run into the toilet. Nocturia also becomes common. You wake up more than 2 times at night to urinate. Your wife begins to complain.
Men being men may not talk to anyone even at this point. Then the more serious complications start.
Stored urine gets infected and there may be burning sensation when urinating.
Stored urine forms crystals. Crystals come together to form stone either in the bladder or in the kidney. Stones may block the urethra.
Chronic urinary retention sets in. The bladder stores more and more urine. The size of the bladder is 40 - 60 cl. A bottle of coke is 50cl. As the bladder stores more urine it can enlarge up to 300cl. An overfilled bladder may leak and this leads to wetting / urinary incontinence. Also the volume may put pressure on the kidney and may lead to kidney damage.
What may likely bring the man to hospital is acute urinary retention. He wakes up one day and he is not able to pass urine.
Everything I have described above is associated with prostate enlargement, technically called benign prostate hyperplasia.
There are other diseases of the prostate like:
1. Prostatitis – inflammation of the prostate
2. Prostate cancer – cancer of the prostate.
This discussion is on prostate enlargement.
I have bad news and good news.
The bad news is that everyman will have prostate enlargement if he lives long enough.
The good news is that there are life style changes that can help the man after 40 to maintain optimum prostate health.
Nutrition
Look at what you eat. 33% of all cancers, according to the US National Cancer Institute is related to what we eat.
Red meat everyday triples your chances of prostate disease. Milk everyday doubles your risk. Not taking fruits / vegetables daily quadruples your risk.
Tomatoes are very good for men. If that is the only thing your wife can present in the evening, eat it with joy. It has loads of lycopene. Lycopene is the most potent natural antioxidant.
Foods that are rich in zinc are also good for men. We recommend pumpkin seeds (ugbogulu).
Zinc is about the most essential element for male sexuality and fertility.
Men need more zinc than women. Every time a man ejaculates he loses 15mg of zinc. Zinc is also important for alcohol metabolism. Your liver needs zinc to metabolize alcohol.
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
As men begin to have urinary symptoms associated with prostate enlargement, it is important they look at alcohol consumption. More fluid in means more fluid out.
Drink less. Drink slowly.
EXERCISE
Exercise helps build the muscle tone. Every man should exercise. Men over 40 should avoid high impact exercise like jogging. It puts pressure on the knees. Cycling is bad news for the prostate. We recommend brisk walking.
SITTING
When we sit, two-third of our weight rests on the pelvic bones. Men who sit longer are more prone to prostate symptoms. Do not sit for long hours. Walk around as often as you can. Sit on comfortable chairs. We recommend a divided saddle chair if you must sit long hours.
DRESSING
Men should avoid tight underwear. It impacts circulation around the groin and heats it up a bit. While the physiological temperature is 37 degrees, the groin has an optimal temperature of about 33 degrees. Pant is a no - no for men. Wear boxers. Wear breathable clothing.
SMOKING
Avoid smoking. It affects blood vessels and impact circulation around the groin.
SEX
Regular sex is good for the prostate.
Celibates are more prone to prostate illness. While celibacy is a moral decision, it is not a biological adaptation. Your prostate gland is designed to empty its contents regularly.
Thought: You have a moral obligation to share it with others because someone in your friends list might be saved.
Wednesday 27 April 2016
A brief update on how the Uniport faculty President have gone in correcting/resolving unrest........
Upon the greatest sossities,
A brief update on how the uniport Faculty presidents' have gone in Correcting,resolving unrest b/w the school management and our unique students generally,,,thou I hv been briefin our department presidents,
I will start from Sunday 10th April,when the faculty prez,confirmed the signals that our students are tired of suffering(high school fees,no results after exam,no school fees no exam policy,in some faculties -peculiar charges)etc..and hv concluded on havin a peaceful Protest by Monday 11th April...the faculty president call the attention of the SUG,but the SUG didn't throw immediate support,...because faculty president couldn't stop students from protecting,we decided to support, manage and control the protest by seeing the presence of Media(Tv&radio)for students to air there grievances and what they wanted from school management.
Unfortunately as we no in the curse of the Protest one of our students from MANAGEMENT FACULTY cmrd peter faculty president of managment sciences,was shot dead,as a result of the inability of our Vc,=Prof lake,the school PRO=wordu,the school CSO=Reginald,and our own the dean students affairs=Dr otu. To management protest...
After the protest and the death of our Colleague cmrd Peter,the faculty president wrote a communique demanding as follows
1) the immediate resignation/ removal of the VC due to his regid policy and wicked decision not to change ground on NO SCHOOL FEES NO EXAM
2) The immediate resignation/ removal of the P.R.O for misinforming the general public and Nigerian students.
3) the immediate resignation/ removal of C.S.O for not being able to instruct,the police,army,SARS on the they should treat students.which lead to the men of police to shot and kill cmrd Peter.
4)the immediate resignation/ removal of the dean students affairs not standing with the students as a mediate during the protest
5)the removal of the policy NO SCHOOL FEES NO EXAM.
6) etc
It is worthy to note that after the protest the school management invited the national body of NANS(national association of Nigerian students)led by the v.p on special duties...this first set of NANS came not for the interest of uniport student s but to favour uniport management,after dia unfavorable decision the school gave the 3m....when the faculty presidents sensed what heard transpired,we lost faith on the NATIONAL BODY OF NANS,and decided to work with the ZONE B NANS...HONESTLY zone B NANS is speaking the interest of uniport student,we hv written to different bodies,national assembly,minister of education,NUC,TUC,UNIPOT GOVERNING COUNCIL,HUMANRIGHT..ETC
TO CUT the story we met with the VC today,through NANS zone B DELIGATE which I was part of hv told the v.c to resign along side the CSO,PRO,DEAN....all this was not decided by me alone but a majority decision,,,,we hv also being able to meet with the family of lata CMRD PETER,AS SUCH HIS NAME WILL BE NAME AFTER THE SUG LOGDE (CMRD PETER OFORUM LOGDE)WE ALSO RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL BE REDUCE,,,,BEFORE THE 11 DAY we will gate good feedback........
upon the greatest Nigerian students
I will start from Sunday 10th April,when the faculty prez,confirmed the signals that our students are tired of suffering(high school fees,no results after exam,no school fees no exam policy,in some faculties -peculiar charges)etc..and hv concluded on havin a peaceful Protest by Monday 11th April...the faculty president call the attention of the SUG,but the SUG didn't throw immediate support,...because faculty president couldn't stop students from protecting,we decided to support, manage and control the protest by seeing the presence of Media(Tv&radio)for students to air there grievances and what they wanted from school management.
Unfortunately as we no in the curse of the Protest one of our students from MANAGEMENT FACULTY cmrd peter faculty president of managment sciences,was shot dead,as a result of the inability of our Vc,=Prof lake,the school PRO=wordu,the school CSO=Reginald,and our own the dean students affairs=Dr otu. To management protest...
After the protest and the death of our Colleague cmrd Peter,the faculty president wrote a communique demanding as follows
1) the immediate resignation/ removal of the VC due to his regid policy and wicked decision not to change ground on NO SCHOOL FEES NO EXAM
2) The immediate resignation/ removal of the P.R.O for misinforming the general public and Nigerian students.
3) the immediate resignation/ removal of C.S.O for not being able to instruct,the police,army,SARS on the they should treat students.which lead to the men of police to shot and kill cmrd Peter.
4)the immediate resignation/ removal of the dean students affairs not standing with the students as a mediate during the protest
5)the removal of the policy NO SCHOOL FEES NO EXAM.
6) etc
It is worthy to note that after the protest the school management invited the national body of NANS(national association of Nigerian students)led by the v.p on special duties...this first set of NANS came not for the interest of uniport student s but to favour uniport management,after dia unfavorable decision the school gave the 3m....when the faculty presidents sensed what heard transpired,we lost faith on the NATIONAL BODY OF NANS,and decided to work with the ZONE B NANS...HONESTLY zone B NANS is speaking the interest of uniport student,we hv written to different bodies,national assembly,minister of education,NUC,TUC,UNIPOT GOVERNING COUNCIL,HUMANRIGHT..ETC
TO CUT the story we met with the VC today,through NANS zone B DELIGATE which I was part of hv told the v.c to resign along side the CSO,PRO,DEAN....all this was not decided by me alone but a majority decision,,,,we hv also being able to meet with the family of lata CMRD PETER,AS SUCH HIS NAME WILL BE NAME AFTER THE SUG LOGDE (CMRD PETER OFORUM LOGDE)WE ALSO RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL BE REDUCE,,,,BEFORE THE 11 DAY we will gate good feedback........
upon the greatest Nigerian students
Monday 25 April 2016
Woman Shares Her Story Of Giving Birth To Premature Baby And Losing The Baby
Ebony Olivia Wallace shared her story on IG . She gave birth to a premature baby doctors said would die before birth but she lived for four days before dying peacefully in her mum’ s arms . See the rest below .
WOMAN SETS HER SISTER AND HUSBAND ON FIRE AFTER SHE CAUGHT THEM HAVING SEX
According to Information Nigeria, his wife caught them in bed together having sex and set them on fire.
A Trap Has Been Laid For Ghana – Duncan-Williams
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has said there is a trap laid for Ghana, in the maritime dispute with its western neighbour Ivory Coast.
“…That thing, I keep talking talking talking and people are not hearing; they’ll wait till somebody from another country prophesies, then they start running. That borderline dispute, there is something in it, and if we don’t pray, Ghana will be disadvantaged by the verdict that will come out if we don’t do something and find out who the lawyers representing Ghana are, and look into that thing. There is some trap in it. Watch it. You write it down,” the founder of Action Chapel International prophesied to his congregation on Sunday April 24.
To safeguard Ghana’s interest in the maritime borderline dispute, Archbishop Duncan-Williams said he has “summoned” some men of God, including Bishop Titi-Ofei, Bishop James Saah and Rev Robert Ampiah-Kwofie, among others, for 12-hour daily prayers starting May 2. “We want to pray concerning the dispute…”
In September 2014, the Government of Ghana dragged Ivory Coast to the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany, after the francophone neighbour began laying claim to some offshore oil concessions and adjoining seabed being developed and exploited by various companies, including Tullow Oil plc, within Ghana’s territory.
Ghana’s resort to ITLOS under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) followed 10 failed attempts at negotiations between the two countries. Ghana wants ITLOS to declare that it had not encroached on Ivory Coast’s territorial waters. Ghana filed its suit based on Article 287 Annex VII of the 1982 UNCLOS.
Ivory Coast, in February 2015, filed for preliminary measures urging the tribunal to suspend all activities on the disputed area until the definitive determination of the case, dubbed: “Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean.”
Ghana maintained that Ivory Coast began issuing threatening letters to oil companies operating in the disputed area after millions of dollars had been invested to develop the affected oilfields.
Exploration and exploitation work on the Tweneboah-Enyera-Ntoumme (TEN) project being operated by Tullow Oil Plc and its partners would have been affected had the tribunal order a suspension of all activities.
However, in April last year, ITLOS, in its provisional measures, said ongoing projects in the disputed fields, including the $4.9 billion (3.2 billion pound) TEN project could proceed while the substantive case was being dealt with, but ordered that Ghana should not start new explorations within the same fields.
The provisional measures followed legal and technical representations made by both countries at ITLOS’s Special Chamber in Hamburg, Germany, on March 29 and 30, 2015, after which ITLOS ruled thus:
THE SPECIAL CHAMBER,
(1) Unanimously
22 Prescribes, pending the final decision, the following provisional measures under article 290, paragraph 1, of the Convention:
(a) Ghana shall take all necessary steps to ensure that no new drilling either by Ghana or under its control takes place in the disputed area as defined in paragraph 60;
(b) Ghana shall take all necessary steps to prevent information resulting from past, ongoing or future exploration activities conducted by Ghana, or with its authorisation, in the disputed area that is not already in the public domain from being used in any way whatsoever to the detriment of Côte d’Ivoire;
(c) Ghana shall carry out strict and continuous monitoring of all activities undertaken by Ghana or with its authorisation in the disputed area with a view to ensuring the prevention of serious harm to the marine environment;
(d) The Parties shall take all necessary steps to prevent serious harm to the marine environment, including the continental shelf and its superjacent waters, in the disputed area and shall cooperate to that end;
(e) The Parties shall pursue cooperation and refrain from any unilateral action that might lead to aggravating the dispute.
(2) Unanimously
Decides that Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire shall each submit to the Special Chamber the initial report referred to in paragraph 105 not later than 25 May 2015, and authorises the President of the Special Chamber, after that date, to request such information from the Parties as he may consider appropriate.
(3) Unanimously
Decides that each Party shall bear its own costs.
(signed) Boualem BOUGUETAIA, President of the Special Chamber (signed) Philippe GAUTIER, Registrar
Before ITLOS’s provisional measures, Ivory Coast had, in a 27-page application, signed by its Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr Adama Toungara, urged the tribunal to, also direct Ghana to refrain from granting any new permit for oil exploration and exploitation in the disputed area.
It also prayed the tribunal to direct Ghana to refrain from any unilateral action entailing a risk of prejudice to the rights of Ivory Coast and any unilateral action that might lead to aggravating the dispute.
The Ivory Coast argued that it would suffer severe and irreparable economic injury if its request was not granted by the tribunal.
It also accused Ghana of attempting to prejudice the tribunal’s upcoming decision by going into the merit of the case with volumes of documents and witness statements, but Ghana faulted its neighbour for departing from the law, making baseless accusations, being inconsistent and failing to produce witnesses and expert evidence.
Ghana also reminded Ivory Coast of its lack of consistency and merit in filing for preliminary measures.
The absence of credible data and evidence from Ivory Coast, according to Ghana, at the time, was due to that country’s handicap in producing factual documents to back its case.
Ghana, which was led by Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, also reminded the tribunal of Ivory Coast’s failure to challenge the evidence of its technical witnesses, which, according to it, tore Ivory Coast’s case in shreds.
“We invite you to firmly decline the application before you,” Mrs Appiah-Opong said, with the argument that Ivory Coast had failed to prove that Ghana had encroached on its territorial waters to warrant the stoppage of activities, including the exploration of oil in the disputed area, until the final determination of the dispute.
“There is no justification in law, logic, and fairness or on the evidence for the measures sought. They will be unprecedented, an invasion of sovereign rights that stand in the face of representations made by Cote d’Ivoire for more than four decades, on which others and we have relied,” she stressed.
Leading a team of local and international lawyers and technical staff from relevant agencies, Mrs. Appiah-Opong told ITLOS’s five-member panel that “until Ghana was well advanced with its oil exploration programme on its side of the boundary, there were no difficulties.
“At the time when Cote d’Ivoire had much more oil and gas production than Ghana, there were no claims about moving the maritime boundary.
“In 2009, Cote d’Ivoire started to make representations to Ghana about its desire to alter the boundary. Yet, its public position did not change. None of its inconsistent positions has any proper justification in law,” she said.
The tribunal is presided over by Judge Boualem Bouguetaia, with Judge Rudiger Wolfrum, Judge Jin-Hyun Paik, Judge Thomas Mensah and Judge Ronny Abraham as members.
Judges Mensah and Abraham were appointed by Ghana and Ivory Coast, respectively, in accordance with the rules of the tribunal.
-classfmonline
“…That thing, I keep talking talking talking and people are not hearing; they’ll wait till somebody from another country prophesies, then they start running. That borderline dispute, there is something in it, and if we don’t pray, Ghana will be disadvantaged by the verdict that will come out if we don’t do something and find out who the lawyers representing Ghana are, and look into that thing. There is some trap in it. Watch it. You write it down,” the founder of Action Chapel International prophesied to his congregation on Sunday April 24.
To safeguard Ghana’s interest in the maritime borderline dispute, Archbishop Duncan-Williams said he has “summoned” some men of God, including Bishop Titi-Ofei, Bishop James Saah and Rev Robert Ampiah-Kwofie, among others, for 12-hour daily prayers starting May 2. “We want to pray concerning the dispute…”
In September 2014, the Government of Ghana dragged Ivory Coast to the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany, after the francophone neighbour began laying claim to some offshore oil concessions and adjoining seabed being developed and exploited by various companies, including Tullow Oil plc, within Ghana’s territory.
Ghana’s resort to ITLOS under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) followed 10 failed attempts at negotiations between the two countries. Ghana wants ITLOS to declare that it had not encroached on Ivory Coast’s territorial waters. Ghana filed its suit based on Article 287 Annex VII of the 1982 UNCLOS.
Ivory Coast, in February 2015, filed for preliminary measures urging the tribunal to suspend all activities on the disputed area until the definitive determination of the case, dubbed: “Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean.”
Ghana maintained that Ivory Coast began issuing threatening letters to oil companies operating in the disputed area after millions of dollars had been invested to develop the affected oilfields.
Exploration and exploitation work on the Tweneboah-Enyera-Ntoumme (TEN) project being operated by Tullow Oil Plc and its partners would have been affected had the tribunal order a suspension of all activities.
However, in April last year, ITLOS, in its provisional measures, said ongoing projects in the disputed fields, including the $4.9 billion (3.2 billion pound) TEN project could proceed while the substantive case was being dealt with, but ordered that Ghana should not start new explorations within the same fields.
The provisional measures followed legal and technical representations made by both countries at ITLOS’s Special Chamber in Hamburg, Germany, on March 29 and 30, 2015, after which ITLOS ruled thus:
THE SPECIAL CHAMBER,
(1) Unanimously
22 Prescribes, pending the final decision, the following provisional measures under article 290, paragraph 1, of the Convention:
(a) Ghana shall take all necessary steps to ensure that no new drilling either by Ghana or under its control takes place in the disputed area as defined in paragraph 60;
(b) Ghana shall take all necessary steps to prevent information resulting from past, ongoing or future exploration activities conducted by Ghana, or with its authorisation, in the disputed area that is not already in the public domain from being used in any way whatsoever to the detriment of Côte d’Ivoire;
(c) Ghana shall carry out strict and continuous monitoring of all activities undertaken by Ghana or with its authorisation in the disputed area with a view to ensuring the prevention of serious harm to the marine environment;
(d) The Parties shall take all necessary steps to prevent serious harm to the marine environment, including the continental shelf and its superjacent waters, in the disputed area and shall cooperate to that end;
(e) The Parties shall pursue cooperation and refrain from any unilateral action that might lead to aggravating the dispute.
(2) Unanimously
Decides that Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire shall each submit to the Special Chamber the initial report referred to in paragraph 105 not later than 25 May 2015, and authorises the President of the Special Chamber, after that date, to request such information from the Parties as he may consider appropriate.
(3) Unanimously
Decides that each Party shall bear its own costs.
(signed) Boualem BOUGUETAIA, President of the Special Chamber (signed) Philippe GAUTIER, Registrar
Before ITLOS’s provisional measures, Ivory Coast had, in a 27-page application, signed by its Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr Adama Toungara, urged the tribunal to, also direct Ghana to refrain from granting any new permit for oil exploration and exploitation in the disputed area.
It also prayed the tribunal to direct Ghana to refrain from any unilateral action entailing a risk of prejudice to the rights of Ivory Coast and any unilateral action that might lead to aggravating the dispute.
The Ivory Coast argued that it would suffer severe and irreparable economic injury if its request was not granted by the tribunal.
It also accused Ghana of attempting to prejudice the tribunal’s upcoming decision by going into the merit of the case with volumes of documents and witness statements, but Ghana faulted its neighbour for departing from the law, making baseless accusations, being inconsistent and failing to produce witnesses and expert evidence.
Ghana also reminded Ivory Coast of its lack of consistency and merit in filing for preliminary measures.
The absence of credible data and evidence from Ivory Coast, according to Ghana, at the time, was due to that country’s handicap in producing factual documents to back its case.
Ghana, which was led by Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, also reminded the tribunal of Ivory Coast’s failure to challenge the evidence of its technical witnesses, which, according to it, tore Ivory Coast’s case in shreds.
“We invite you to firmly decline the application before you,” Mrs Appiah-Opong said, with the argument that Ivory Coast had failed to prove that Ghana had encroached on its territorial waters to warrant the stoppage of activities, including the exploration of oil in the disputed area, until the final determination of the dispute.
“There is no justification in law, logic, and fairness or on the evidence for the measures sought. They will be unprecedented, an invasion of sovereign rights that stand in the face of representations made by Cote d’Ivoire for more than four decades, on which others and we have relied,” she stressed.
Leading a team of local and international lawyers and technical staff from relevant agencies, Mrs. Appiah-Opong told ITLOS’s five-member panel that “until Ghana was well advanced with its oil exploration programme on its side of the boundary, there were no difficulties.
“At the time when Cote d’Ivoire had much more oil and gas production than Ghana, there were no claims about moving the maritime boundary.
“In 2009, Cote d’Ivoire started to make representations to Ghana about its desire to alter the boundary. Yet, its public position did not change. None of its inconsistent positions has any proper justification in law,” she said.
The tribunal is presided over by Judge Boualem Bouguetaia, with Judge Rudiger Wolfrum, Judge Jin-Hyun Paik, Judge Thomas Mensah and Judge Ronny Abraham as members.
Judges Mensah and Abraham were appointed by Ghana and Ivory Coast, respectively, in accordance with the rules of the tribunal.
-classfmonline
Saraki, NASS commission at loggerheads •Over appointment of new clerk
Senate President Bukola Saraki and the leadership of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) are at loggerheads over the appointment of Mr. Sani Omolori as the acting clerk to the National Assembly (CCNA) and head of the legislative bureaucracy.
The Commission had on Wednesday announced the appointment of Omolori, clerk of the House of Representatives as the clerk to the National Assembly (CCNA).
But Saraki, in a letter endorsed by his chief of staff, Senator Isa Galaudu, asked the NASC to reverse the appointment and name Mr Ben Efeturi, the incumbent deputy clerk to the National Assembly.
The letter stated that due process was not followed in naming Omolori, who is seen as junior to Efeturi in the National Assembly hierarchy.
The letter by Saraki’s chief of staff dated April 21, 2016 and titled “Withdrawal of Letter of Appointment of Acting Clerk of National Assembly,” reads: “We present to you the compliments of the President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON. Please recall that during your last meeting with the Senate President on April 20, 2016, the procedure of the appointment of the acting clerk of the National Assembly was discussed.
“The Commission was directed to follow due process and ensure that seniority is adhered to. Of course, Mr Benedict Efeturi, who is deputy clerk of the National Assembly (DCNA) and who has previously acted as the clerk of the National Assembly should be the first to be considered.
“The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives were informed that Mr. Efeturi was not considered for the appointment because he was not duly appointed as deputy clerk of the National Assembly. On further enquiry, we found he was duly appointed by the National Assembly Service Commission vide extract from minutes of its 403rd meeting held on Friday, 21st November, 2014.
“From the foregoing, you have misled and misinformed the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
“Consequently, I am directed by His Excellency, the Senate President, to inform you that the letter appointing Mr Sani Omolori as acting clerk of the National Assembly be withdrawn immediately for further consultations.
“Please accept the assurances of my warmest regard."
The Commission had on Wednesday announced the appointment of Omolori, clerk of the House of Representatives as the clerk to the National Assembly (CCNA).
But Saraki, in a letter endorsed by his chief of staff, Senator Isa Galaudu, asked the NASC to reverse the appointment and name Mr Ben Efeturi, the incumbent deputy clerk to the National Assembly.
The letter stated that due process was not followed in naming Omolori, who is seen as junior to Efeturi in the National Assembly hierarchy.
The letter by Saraki’s chief of staff dated April 21, 2016 and titled “Withdrawal of Letter of Appointment of Acting Clerk of National Assembly,” reads: “We present to you the compliments of the President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON. Please recall that during your last meeting with the Senate President on April 20, 2016, the procedure of the appointment of the acting clerk of the National Assembly was discussed.
“The Commission was directed to follow due process and ensure that seniority is adhered to. Of course, Mr Benedict Efeturi, who is deputy clerk of the National Assembly (DCNA) and who has previously acted as the clerk of the National Assembly should be the first to be considered.
“The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives were informed that Mr. Efeturi was not considered for the appointment because he was not duly appointed as deputy clerk of the National Assembly. On further enquiry, we found he was duly appointed by the National Assembly Service Commission vide extract from minutes of its 403rd meeting held on Friday, 21st November, 2014.
“From the foregoing, you have misled and misinformed the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
“Consequently, I am directed by His Excellency, the Senate President, to inform you that the letter appointing Mr Sani Omolori as acting clerk of the National Assembly be withdrawn immediately for further consultations.
“Please accept the assurances of my warmest regard."
No big deal in becoming a second wife, men are scarce – Nkiru Sylvanus
Nollywood actress, Nkiru Sylvanus says she does not mind being a second wife as she does not see it as ‘a big deal.’
The actress cum politician who was a former aide to the Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, said ladies must stop having the idea of one-man-one-wife.
She disclosed this during an interview on HipTv, noting that, “If the situation and the person is good, I’ll go for it.
“I’ve said it before that if ladies don’t stop this nonsense they call ‘one-man-one-wife’, many of them will get to 40 and still remain single.
“There are more women than men. Go to churches, the number of single ladies in most cases is three times the number of single guys,” the ‘Cry for help’ thespian added.
Man Wanted to See 50 People at His Wedding But Only 15 Came...What Happened Will Teach You a Life Lesson
A man who had initially planned for several of his friends to be at his wedding, got a rude shock after only 15 came.
The young man was totally engrossed in planning his wedding that he had literally no time for anything else and so he had to ask his father for help.
“Dad, I have a favour to ask of you." he said "I don’t have the time to do this, so can you call all my friends and invite them to the wedding? Here is the list.” “Sure thing, son.” his father told him At the day of the wedding the indignant son approached his father.
“Dad, I asked you to call all my friends!” he protested after seeing only a few people around “That’s what I did.” his father said “There were 50 names on the list, but only 15 are here!” the groom went on His father looked at him and said: “Sonny, I called everyone, every single one on that list.
I told all 50 the same thing: that I was calling on your behalf, that you were going through a hard time and needed some help and support. Then I asked them to come to this place at this time. So don’t you worry, son, all of your friends are right here with you.”
The young man was totally engrossed in planning his wedding that he had literally no time for anything else and so he had to ask his father for help.
“Dad, I have a favour to ask of you." he said "I don’t have the time to do this, so can you call all my friends and invite them to the wedding? Here is the list.” “Sure thing, son.” his father told him At the day of the wedding the indignant son approached his father.
“Dad, I asked you to call all my friends!” he protested after seeing only a few people around “That’s what I did.” his father said “There were 50 names on the list, but only 15 are here!” the groom went on His father looked at him and said: “Sonny, I called everyone, every single one on that list.
I told all 50 the same thing: that I was calling on your behalf, that you were going through a hard time and needed some help and support. Then I asked them to come to this place at this time. So don’t you worry, son, all of your friends are right here with you.”
The young Mother desperately wanted a Home Birth. The resulting Photos are simply Incredible (Must See)
Home births are becoming increasingly more popular and representatives of this method say that it’s the best for both the mother and child. Alana Ferreira wanted to have a home- and water birth with her second child. Also there was photographer Michele Pampanin, who had already accompanied many births. But this birth was something particularly special because Luiza, Alana’s first daughter, and her husband were there and played a special role.
Luiza is already excited about having a little brother. She has even picked out a romper suit for him. Her mother is also excited. And then the contractions start.
They get closer and closer together and increasingly painful. But Alana is in good spirits and lets everything run its course. She’s even still cracking jokes.
Then, when the birth really sets in, she reaches her limit. But help comes from an unexpected place.
The little Luiza climbed into the pool to help her mother.
She held fast to her mother and gave her strength. She knows that her mom can do it.
Alana conjured up all of her remaining strength. She took a deep breath and then it was time.
The little Benjamin is born. The midwives rejoice with the family. Alana can hardly believe her luck and Luiza is impressed by her strong mom, and by her little brother.
Alana holds her little one proudly in her arms. She’s completely overwhelmed. Her pain is forgotten and now she is simply happy.
The entire family together once again. Luiza can hardly believe that the sweet little bundle is her brother.
After Benjamin has been washed, he is placed back on his mothers stomach – with umbilical cord and placenta. In natural births, these organs have an important symbolic meaning and are first detached later because the still contain a lot of important nutrients for the baby.
Now the big sister may hold her brother in her arms. Wearing the romper suit that she picked out for him. She is sure to be a wonderful big sister.
A birth is always fascinating. And even when many people think that children shouldn’t be present, for those who believe in natural births it’s quite the opposite. They see a birth as the most natural thing in the world and say that children have no fear of being touched and should learn the wonder of life early on. Luiza was obviously not badly effected, in fact she was a very proud help to her mom.
Luiza is already excited about having a little brother. She has even picked out a romper suit for him. Her mother is also excited. And then the contractions start.
They get closer and closer together and increasingly painful. But Alana is in good spirits and lets everything run its course. She’s even still cracking jokes.
Then, when the birth really sets in, she reaches her limit. But help comes from an unexpected place.
The little Luiza climbed into the pool to help her mother.
She held fast to her mother and gave her strength. She knows that her mom can do it.
Alana conjured up all of her remaining strength. She took a deep breath and then it was time.
The little Benjamin is born. The midwives rejoice with the family. Alana can hardly believe her luck and Luiza is impressed by her strong mom, and by her little brother.
Alana holds her little one proudly in her arms. She’s completely overwhelmed. Her pain is forgotten and now she is simply happy.
The entire family together once again. Luiza can hardly believe that the sweet little bundle is her brother.
After Benjamin has been washed, he is placed back on his mothers stomach – with umbilical cord and placenta. In natural births, these organs have an important symbolic meaning and are first detached later because the still contain a lot of important nutrients for the baby.
Now the big sister may hold her brother in her arms. Wearing the romper suit that she picked out for him. She is sure to be a wonderful big sister.
A birth is always fascinating. And even when many people think that children shouldn’t be present, for those who believe in natural births it’s quite the opposite. They see a birth as the most natural thing in the world and say that children have no fear of being touched and should learn the wonder of life early on. Luiza was obviously not badly effected, in fact she was a very proud help to her mom.
YOU MUST MAKE A CHOICE NOW.
Buhari was quick to dispatch his Airforce and
Navy to Calabar to go and bomb the Creeks in
the hunt for alleged sea kidnappers. Efulefu
group were on hand to tell us why the
bombing was necessary as Nigeria have lost billions of dollars in revenues due to the
activities of alleged kidnappers.
Buhari was quick to dispatch his Dss and
police to go and arrest Nnamdi kanu, dump
him prison for talking on radio. Efulefu idiots
were quick to write and justified Buhari actions.
Buhari was quick to dispatch his army, navy,
police and airforce to go and massacre
unarmed Ipob protesters for agitating for
Biafra freedom. Efulefu Idiots were on hand
to grab the pen and wrote why it was necessary for Buhari to kill their fellow Igbo
citizens for attempting to breakup their
Nigeria.
Buhari was quick to dispatch his service
Chiefs to Niger Delta to go and attack
militants. Efulefu Idiots defended his action, telling us why it is necessary as Nigeria is
loosing billions of dollars daily to militants.
Fulani herdsmen, Buhari brothers, the
world's forth deadliest terrorist group
invade Anioma community in Igbo land,
kidnap and killed Obi of Ubulu-uku. There was no response from Buhari. No efulefu
idiot wrote anything on it nor tell us why
Buhari must respond.
Fulani terrorists, Buhari brothers, invades
Agatu community in Benue state, massacred
over 300 persons. There was no response from Buhari, his navy, police, airforce or the
army. Efulefu idiots did not write to tell us
the economic damage this invasion did to
Nigeria and how much billions we loose as a
result.
Fulani terrorists, Buhari brothers, invade Awgbu community in Igbo land, rape and kill
women, burn houses and ravaged farmlands.
No response from Buhari, his army, navy,
police or airforce. Awgbu citizens organized
to defend themselves, it was then Buhari
woke from sleep, dispatched his army to arrest and dump them in prison. No efulefu
wrote to tell us the economic damage this did
to us.
Fulani terrorists, Buhari brothers have today
invaded Uzo-uwani, Igbo land, sacked
communities and massacred scores of our people. No Buhari army, airforce, navy and
police to go and attack the terrorists. And
efulefu group feels less conserned.
Where then did Nnamdi kanu go wrong? He
warned of this day. He announced it on his
radio that the fulani posed the greatest threat to Igbo development. He called to pull his
Biafra out of Nigeria. His people
masquerading as one Nigeria champions
opposed him. They called on Buhari to arrest
and dump him in prison, kill his Ipob
members. You said Nnamdi kanu preaches hate, he
incites hate and showed no respect to others
for preaching against fulani violence,
invasion and domination. The way he goes
about his Biafra campaign is what you don't
like, etc. So which one do you now prefer; fulani
invading your communities, kill your people,
rape your women and ravage your
farmlands or Nnamdi kanu "hate preachings"
and Biafra freedom?? Chose one!
Sunday 24 April 2016
Politics Goodluck Jonathan Receives Another Two International Awards
Former President Goodluck has received two international awards by the cities of Antioch and Lathrop in California for promoting peace and democracy in Africa.
At the award ceremony held in Antioch, California, on April 23, the mayor of the city of Antioch, Mayor Wade Harper, expressed his admiration for Mr. Jonathan and declared that the city of Antioch, California, was proud of his legacies, especially his act of overseeing free, fair and conclusive elections and leaving the scene when the ovation was loudest.
He recommended Mr. Jonathan’s behaviour to other leaders.
Mr. Jonathan, who was represented by his former aide, Reno Omokri, gave a goodwill message to the two cities that had gathered to honour him as well as to the Nigerian community in the Bay Area of California.
Mr. Jonathan said he was “proud of Nigerians in the diaspora and more so of Nigerians in the US and even more so of the Nigerian diaspora in California.”
At the award ceremony held in Antioch, California, on April 23, the mayor of the city of Antioch, Mayor Wade Harper, expressed his admiration for Mr. Jonathan and declared that the city of Antioch, California, was proud of his legacies, especially his act of overseeing free, fair and conclusive elections and leaving the scene when the ovation was loudest.
He recommended Mr. Jonathan’s behaviour to other leaders.
Mr. Jonathan, who was represented by his former aide, Reno Omokri, gave a goodwill message to the two cities that had gathered to honour him as well as to the Nigerian community in the Bay Area of California.
Mr. Jonathan said he was “proud of Nigerians in the diaspora and more so of Nigerians in the US and even more so of the Nigerian diaspora in California.”
Saturday 23 April 2016
12 Yr Old Nigerian Rapper Challenges Olamide To A Contest ( Photo
Some people discover their talents at a very unfortunate period of their lives ; when they are in hardship . But the same cannot be said of Oluwatobi Akanbi, a 12 -year - old rapper who boasts the courage of an adult.
NAIJ . com ’s correspondent were in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital for the ongoing National Drums Festival , when this young chap was made to perform on stage.
With the traditional Adire outfit on a pair of jeans trousers , the youngster whose stage name is T - rapper, not just dazzled the teeming audience , but was also spontaneous in some of his remarks.
After the performance , our correspondent caught up with him and had a brief interview with him. He was also asked to do a freestyle on the spot .
Master Akanbi, who said that he has been rapping since he was six , also called out popular award -winning Nigerian artist, Olamide aka Badoo, stating that he could match the finesse of the ‘street ’ rapper, although his ultimate goal remains having a collabo with the Eyan Mayweather crooner .
NAIJ . com ’s correspondent were in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital for the ongoing National Drums Festival , when this young chap was made to perform on stage.
With the traditional Adire outfit on a pair of jeans trousers , the youngster whose stage name is T - rapper, not just dazzled the teeming audience , but was also spontaneous in some of his remarks.
After the performance , our correspondent caught up with him and had a brief interview with him. He was also asked to do a freestyle on the spot .
Master Akanbi, who said that he has been rapping since he was six , also called out popular award -winning Nigerian artist, Olamide aka Badoo, stating that he could match the finesse of the ‘street ’ rapper, although his ultimate goal remains having a collabo with the Eyan Mayweather crooner .
Woman gives birth to Siamese twins in Ibadan
The Siamese twins were delivered at Amuloko City Hospital in Ibadan on April 19 via caesarean section. They are said to be both girls.
[ Photos ] Jay Jay Okocha, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde And Others Attend Queen Elizabeth’ s Birthday Bash In Lagos
Famous Nollywood actress , Omotola Jalade - Ekeinde, Jay Jay Okocha , High Commissioner to Nigeria , Paul Arkwright are some of the big names that were present for Queen Elizabeth II 90 th birthday party which held in Lagos .
The humanitarian actress as well as the football legend, are a few of the notable Nigerian celebrities who had turned up for the lavish birthday bash thrown in honor of the queen ,
Also in attendance was the Chief Mrs Opral Benson amongst many other notable dignitaries .
The celebration had been complete with a three tiered cake and British flags , marking the special celebration.
The humanitarian actress as well as the football legend, are a few of the notable Nigerian celebrities who had turned up for the lavish birthday bash thrown in honor of the queen ,
Also in attendance was the Chief Mrs Opral Benson amongst many other notable dignitaries .
The celebration had been complete with a three tiered cake and British flags , marking the special celebration.
God is awesomely gracious.
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude struck off Ecuador's disaster-stricken coast on Thursday, killed 587 people
The child at the picture below was seen still alive several days after the earthquake.
Why Is Sexual Temptation A Bigger Problem For Men than For Women?
While women are by no means immune from sexual temptation, men struggle with sexual temptation to a much greater degree. Far more men commit adultery than women. In premarital relationships, men are far more likely to seek sex from their partners than women. This is perhaps hinted at in Matthew 5:28, which refers exclusively to men lusting after women. While lust is sinful for both men and women, the fact that the passage only speaks of men committing “heart adultery” implies that sexual temptation is primarily a male problem.
Why is this? Why is sexual temptation a bigger problem for men than for women? The Bible does not seek to answer this “why” question. Instead, the Bible makes it abundantly clear that sexual immorality is always a sin (Acts 15:20; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 6:13, 18; 10:8; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Jude 7). The fact that overcoming sexual temptation is more difficult for men is definitely not an excuse. “It is so hard to resist” is not an explanation God will accept from a man, or from a woman for that matter. Again, sexual immorality is always a sin. Therefore, sexual temptation is to be overcome (1 Corinthians 6:18), whether the temptation is strong or mild, and whether the person tempted is a man or a woman.
Since the Bible does not specifically give an answer as to why sexual temptation is a greater struggle for men than for women, we can look to biology/physiology for insight. Physiologically, men typically have a much stronger sex drive than women. Men naturally think about sex more often and desire sex more frequently than women do. Especially when sexual intercourse has not occurred recently, the male body has a greater desire for the release that sex provides. This is then compounded by the fact that men are far more easily stimulated by sight than women are (which also explains why men are far more prone to look at pornography). Simply the sight of an attractive female is sometimes enough to trigger a male’s sex drive. If a sexual thought is not immediately forsaken (with God’s help), it can become a cascading river of sexual temptation, very difficult to resist.
Again, let it be said, the male sex drive is a fact, not an excuse. If a man gives in to sexual temptation, he has no one to blame but himself. First Corinthians 10:13 declares, “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation He will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” If we do not take advantage of the divinely provided “way of escape,” we are without excuse. Sexual temptation can be powerful, and sexual sin is among the most devastating (1 Corinthians 6:18). But, with God’s help, sexual temptation can be defeated. This is equally true for men and women. [S. Michael Houdmann for gotquestions ministries]
I agree with the answer. In addition, men have the propensity to continue to conquer the opposite sex probably in the erroneous effort to confirm the headship given to man by God. In this drive man seeks to sexually subdue as many women as possible in his lifetime.
They are armed with a sexual equipment that is naturally external and so exposed to stimulation by the slightest contact; with a mentality that seeks immediate gratification of these sensations and the power of independence ascribed to men by many cultures of the world, man becomes an easy instrument at the hand of the devil for the perpetration of sexual sins.
Again I am of the view that although God told the woman that “thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” God endued women with a special kind of resilience to external and internal influences. That is why they are probably more patient than men in dealing with emotional issues, and they can bear physical pain more that men (the Italian scientist Spiegler proved that the highest threshold of pain on earth is the pain of childbirth). This is probably God’s way of providing a way of escape from the declarations of Genesis 3:16. [Iyke Onyenorah]
-gotquestions/ Iyke Onyenorah
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)