WATCH VIDEO: Has President Jonathan forgotten that he is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian armed forces?

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In his famous BBC interview, where he expressed optimism that he would win this weekend’s presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan also made an admission: he is not in charge of the military and he could not speak for them.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><b>President Jonathan surely forgot that he is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian armed forces.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />His admission of powerlessness followed the interviewer’s barrage of questions on what the government used the yearly $5 billion security budget for, the whereabouts of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls and why it took so long for Nigeria, the ‘giant of Africa’, to embark on retaking territories lost to Boko Haram.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />President Jonathan did not have any convincing explanation, except to say: I am not in charge.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Watch the video below....<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='' frameborder='0' height='345' src='http://ift.tt/1B1SLaX' width='660'> </iframe><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

WATCH VIDEO: Has President Jonathan forgotten that he is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian armed forces?

In his famous BBC interview, where he expressed optimism that he would win this weekend’s presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan...

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God blesses us with trouble - Femi Aribisala

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1HjhR8R" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="http://ift.tt/1HjhR8R" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />God creates success out of failures. He creates life out of death. He creates wealth out of poverty. He brings joy out of sadness.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The wise man says: “The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.” (Proverbs10:22). However, trouble is often the instrument of God’s blessing.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />I used to own the largest chain of video shops in Lagos. In early 1990, I got the entire business computerized. Nevertheless, I lived in constant fear that suddenly, without warning; the system would break down, leading to loss of valuable data and income.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />One day, the very thing I feared came upon me: the system broke down. Worst of all, it happened in my most profitable shop in Victoria Island. I tried all the different “fixes” prescribed by the program manual, but to no avail. After a while, somebody put on a children’s Christian video and, at the end of my wits, I just stood there staring vacuously at the film.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><b>Don’t worry</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Suddenly, my attention was drawn to precisely what I was watching. There was a man dancing around with a bunch of kids, and the song they were singing went something like this: “Don’t worry, about a thing; everything is gonna be all right. I say don’t worry, about a thing; everything is gonna be all right.” Then they ended the song with this telling line: “This is my message to you oh oh.”<br/><br /><br/><br />I got the message all right. I told my staff to continue with manual rentals. “God,” I declared, “has solved this problem.” While they looked at me incredulously, I waltzed out of the shop and went home.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The next morning, I woke up singing the same song: “Don’t worry about a thing. Everything is gonna be all right.” I walked into my study and opened a drawer. In it was written on a piece of paper a command in my own handwriting. It said “del VRJR.dat.” I could not, for the life of me, remember when and why I wrote that. The Lord said to me: “Femi, go and type that into your system in the shop and then re-index your files.” When I did it, the problem was solved.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />This happened again a second time just like the first time. There was another major problem with the program in the Victoria Island shop. Immediately I got there, somebody mysteriously put on the same Christian video telling me not to worry about a thing. In no time, the wisdom of God came again and the problem was solved.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><b>Silent treatment</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Nevertheless, I continued to live in fear of the possibility of computer breakdown in VideoNet. Whenever any of my staff phoned or came to see me, I would brace myself for bad news. Then one day, bad news came again from my Victoria Island outfit. Something happened and the entire data disappeared. I went there and did all I could, but to no avail. I waited patiently for someone to put on the miracle video, but no one did. After a while I went home, still expecting to hear from the Lord; but he said nothing.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />After two days, the Lord finally spoke. “Femi,” he said, “I am not going to recover the data for you. The data is lost. You are going to have to start all over again by re-entering all the tapes and customers.” So I asked the Lord: “Will you help me to do that?” “I am glad you asked me,” he replied. “Yes, I will help you.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Lord gave me the wisdom whereby I re-entered all the data in the shop with a team of seven people within two days. I imported data from other shops, gave them identifiable prefixes, and used them as the foundation for entering over ten thousand tapes. I operated at a level of wisdom I knew was not mine. In two days, the system was up and running. The Lord then provided the wisdom by which we were able to recover the late charges; in spite of the lost data.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />From that day forward, I was never anxious again about the possibility of system failure in my video shops. Much later, the Lord gave me the wisdom simply to install back-up systems, but I never had to use them.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The point I am making here is that the Lord used the adversity of system failure to cure me of the fear of system failure. In spite of earlier assurances not to worry, I continued to worry. So the Lord allowed the system to fail instead of safeguarding it from failure. Thereby, I discovered that system failure is not the end of a video shop. Therefore, I stopped being afraid. God does not kill the Goliaths in our lives. But he teaches us to overcome them by trusting in him.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><b>Blessing of trouble</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />One of the best things that ever happened to me was that I was shot by armed robbers. It was in the middle of the attack that I heard from the Lord for the very first time in my life. That attack laid the foundation for my present walk with God and my ability to hear and know his voice. Therefore, I can say like the Psalmist: “It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might know the Lord.” (Psalm 119:71).<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />What does it take to know God? To know God, we have to suffer. Nothing brings about the perfecting of the believer in the knowledge of God like suffering. How can I know God is a healer if I don’t fall sick? How can I know he is “the great provider” if I am never broke? How can I know he is my deliverer unless I have a crisis? “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:19).<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The believer should know that God creates success out of failures. He creates life out of death. He creates wealth out of poverty. He brings joy out of sadness. Everything about the kingdom of God is worked out in contradictions by faith.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />God does not just want us to read the scriptures. God wants us to experience the scriptures. God is determined to give us a testimony. If the bible were to be written today, would you be in it? Do you want to know the Lord and the power of his resurrection? Then be prepared to be a Lazarus. You have to be killed and then rise from the dead. They have to write you off and then hear about your promotion. Like Joseph, they have to throw you down a well, sell you off as a slave, send you to prison and you still emerge as Prime Minister.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Trials and tribulations help us to develop godly character. We are never the same after we go through them. They move us into greater reliance and dependence on God. In the process, we lose those things in us that are not the planting of the Lord.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Therefore James counsels believers: “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” (James 1:2-4).<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

God blesses us with trouble - Femi Aribisala

God creates success out of failures. He creates life out of death. He creates wealth out of poverty. He brings joy out of sadness. The wis...

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Nobody changes a winning team - PDP

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><b><br/> </b><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1HlIxcz" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://ift.tt/1HlIxcz" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b><br/> </b> <b>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the economic future of the nation is guaranteed under President Goodluck Jonathan citing his unprecedented performance in wealth creation as well as strategies already mapped out for continued economic and social growth in the country.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement, Sunday, said the multi-sectoral development approach adopted by the Jonathan administration resulted in a stronger economy, which not only withstood the shock of the global financial downturn that ravaged most nations of the world, but also created an exceptional enabling environment and support for investments and businesses to thrive in the country.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The party said that it is undisputable that investors and entrepreneurs in the country have fared better, more than ever before, in the last four years under President Goodluck Jonathan making the nation the largest economy in Africa and one of the fastest growing in the world, “a fact businessmen, even those in the opposition cannot contest”.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Stressing that “no body changes a winning team just for the sake of change”, the PDP said what the nation needs at the moment is “an uninterrupted flow of the transformation effort which can only be best handled by a President Goodluck Jonathan-led PDP administration, especially as the opposition has failed to articulate any workable alternative to Nigerians”.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“We restate that our nation has been blessed with the meticulous application of deliberate economic policies and programmes in the last four years under President Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda. Within this period, there has been a phenomenal growth of small and medium scale enterprises in addition to the revamping of the manufacturing sector with unprecedented volume of domestic and direct foreign investments empowering our people in all walks of life.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“The fact remains that in the last four years under Jonathan, more businesses have been opened in telecommunication, banking, oil and gas, transport, aviation, hospitality, automobile, education, agriculture, healthcare and manufacturing sectors with an unprecedented expansion rate, providing business and employment opportunities for millions of our citizens across the country”, the party said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The observed that this was made possible by the application of a multi-sectoral development strategy of the Jonathan administration in the critical sectors and direct government empowerment interventions through programmes such as YouWin and SURE-P Graduate Internship Scheme among others.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“With the huge investment in power and road infrastructure, the return of the railways and inland waterways ferrying millions of passengers and tonnes of goods across the country; the repositioning of the aviation industry, the rapid expansion in the telecommunication sector; the unequalled investment in agriculture with food production exceeding the targeted 20 million metric tons in 2015; the revamping of the manufacturing sector with automobile companies such as Innoson Kia, Nissan and Hyundai setting up factories in Nigeria, in addition to the reopening of Peugeot and ANMACO, the future of Nigerian businesses is secure and ready to move to the next level of expansion under a Jonathan administration”, the statement said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The party noted that the guarantee of a more prosperous future is strengthened by the Nagropreneurs Initiative of the Jonathan administration, the N220 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund to empower graduates and other young people to own their own businesses, the National industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP), and the National Enterprise Development Programme (NEDEP) expected to generate no fewer than five million direct jobs before the end of 2015.”
<br/><br /><br/><br />The PDP pointed out that apart from employment generation, the revolution in these key sectors also guarantees technology transfer, reduction in costs and increase in investment opportunities.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The party said the next four years under Jonathan will see a maximum yield in the development efforts especially given the measures already put in place by the administration to plug loopholes, such as the introduction of the independent revenue e-collection scheme under the Treasury Single Account, an automated system for greater monitoring and control of spending in government ministries, departments and agencies across board.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It therefore urged Nigerians to remain steadfast and not relent in their support for the President but to fully demonstrate it by coming out enmasse to vote for him and other PDP candidates in the March 28 and April 11 elections.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Nobody changes a winning team - PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the economic future of the nation is guaranteed under President Goodluck Jonathan citing his ...

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