Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 May 2015

Catholic Bishop Of Sokoto,Mathew Hassan Kukah Says The Expectation Of Change In Buhari's Government Will Only Bring Pains And Dissapontement To Nigerians

Mattew Hassan Kukah,the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mattew Hassan Kukah said that Nigerians might be disappointed with the incoming Muhammadu Buhari led administration adding that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has no track record despite being called ‘’progressives’’.

Kukah who said this at the weekend, while delivering a convocation lecture at the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, insisted that Nigerians were eagerly looking for a transformer which may not come in the mode of the Buhari’s Government.

Saturday, 1 March 2014

Science of Gay Marriage

A University of Lagos post graduate student, Chibuihem Amalaha, from Imo State has used science to prove that gay marriage is improper among other breakthroughs.

His persistence during our conversations on the phone that I should give him an opportunity to explain some of his scientific breakthroughs made me to agree to meet him at his residence at No.38 Godwin Way, Ireakari Estate, Isolo, Lagos. With a disarming smile on his face, he introduced himself as Chibuihem Stanley Amalaha, a student of University of Lagos studying Chemical Engineering at the School of Post Graduate Studies. He talked about his researches and scientific breakthroughs with the confidence of an achiever. First, he let the reporter into his background.

"I was the first to publish report about the 2006 total solar eclipse in the newspaper in Nigeria when I was writing for the defunct New Age newspaper. I also reported the true situation about the 2010 acid rain in Nigeria. I carried out analysis and found out that there was nothing like cancer of the skin attributed to the acid rain and by 2011, I emerged the best science reporter in Nigeria where I won Nigeria Media Merit Award in the energy category as a science editor with Compass newspapers."

He continued: "Ever since then I have been doing a lot of researches in the country. There are many discoveries and inventions I have made in science and technology. I have also been able to prove that the mathematical symbol pi which people thought of as 22 over 7 is not actually 22 over , but rather a transcendental number while 22 over 7 is a rational number. I also proved that watching television in the dark impacts negatively on one's eyes and by God's grace, I was the first person to use scientific instruments to prove it in the whole world. The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) featured me on this in one of their programmes on January 12, 2013, where I demonstrated to millions of their viewers that watching television in the dark damages the eyes. Usually when it's around 10pm, many families in Nigeria will switch off their surrounding lights to use the light from television or the light from computer alone thinking that they will see images brighter. But from experiments I found that it's not true and experts both at the University of Lagos and elsewhere have found my work to be true. The reason for this is because there is a lot of difference in illuminants (brightness) between the television screen and the dark background in the room known as the periphery," Amalaha said.

The Wrong Act of Gay Marriage

Then, he zeroed in on his research about gay marriage. He said: "In recent time I found that gay marriage,which is homosexuality and lesbianism, is eating deep into the fabric of our human nature all over the world and this was why nations of Sodom and Gomora were destroyed by God because they were into gay practice. That is, a man marrying another man and a woman marrying another woman.

"A recent publication on May 3, 2013 shows that France is the 14th country in the world that have legalised gay. I asked myself why should a man be marrying a man and a woman marrying a woman, does it mean that there is no more female for a man to marry or there is no more male for a woman to marry? And recently, Britain told Nigeria to legalise gay marriage of forfeit international aid. I thank God for our lawmakers who refused to sign the bill legalising gay marriage. And so God gave me the wisdom to use science as a scientist to prove gay marriage wrong.

"In the area of physics, I used physics with experiments, I used chemistry with experiments, I used biology with experiments and I used mathematics to prove gay marriage wrong.

The Physics of Gay Marriage

"To start with, physics is one of the most fundamentals of all the sciences and I used two bar magnets in my research. A bar magnet is a horizontal magnet that has the North Pole and the South Pole and when you bring two bar magnets and you bring the North Pole together you find that the two North Poles will not attract. They will repel, that is, they will push away themselves showing that a man should not attract a man. If you bring two South Poles together you find that the two South Poles will not attract indicating that same sex marriage should not hold. A female should not attract a female as South Pole of a magnet does not attract the South Pole of a magnet. But, when you bring a North Pole of a magnet and a South Pole of a magnet they will attract because they are not the same, indicating that a man will attract a woman because of the way nature has made a female. Even in physics when you study what is called electrostatics, you found that when you rub particles together they don't attract each other but when you rub particle in another medium they will attract each other. For example, if you use your biro and rub it on your hair, after rubbing, try to bring small pieces of paper they will attract because one is charged while the other one is not charged. But if both of them are charged they don't attract, which means that man cannot attract another man because they are the same, and a woman should not attract a woman because they are the same. That is how I used physics to prove gay marriage wrong.

The Chemistry of Gay Marriage "In chemistry, I used chemical reactions and we have different types of chemical reactions. We have double decomposition reaction, decomposition reaction, neutralisation reaction and reduction oxidation reaction. But in chemistry I used a simple one known as neutralisation reaction which is a reaction where an acid reacts with a base to give you salt and water. For example, when you bring surphuric acid and you reacts it with sodium hydroxide which is a base you are going to have salt and water. That tells you that the acid is a different body, the base is a different body and they will react. But if you bring an acid and you pour it on top of an acid chemistry there will be no reaction. If you bring water and pour it on top it shows that there will be no reaction. If you bring a base either sodium hydroxide and you pour it on top of a sodium hydroxide you find out that there will be reaction showing that a man on top of a man will have no reaction. A woman on top of a woman will have no reaction, that is what chemistry is showing. Even in chemistry when you also use a process called electrolysis, which is if you use electrolysis of acidilated water, that is water you drop some droplets of acid on it, you found that the negative ions will be attracted to the positive ones while the positive ions will be attracted to the negative ones. So the negative ones are not attracted to their peers, they are all attracted to the positive electrode and the positive ones are not attracted to the positive electrode. Instead, the negative ion is attracted to positive electrodes and why is it that the negative is attracted to the positive? It is because they are not the same. Likewise a man cannot be attracted to a man as negative ion is not attracted to the negative electrode instead negative ion is attracted to the positive electrode. That is what electrolysis is showing us that gay marriage is wrong in the area of chemistry.

The Biology of Gay Marriage "In biology, I used simple experiments and I came down to a lay man. We have seen that the female of a fowl is called hen and the male of a fowl is called a cock. We have never seen where a cock is having sex with a cock and we have never seen where a hen is having sex with another. Even among lions when you go to the zoo you find out that lion does not mate with a lion instead a lion will mate with a lioness showing that a lion being a male will mate with lioness being a female. Now if animals that are of even lower creature understand so much, how come human being made in the higher image of God that is even of higher creature will be thinking of a man having sex with another and woman having sex with another woman? That shows that it's a misnomer and when you come to real biological standard, when you see a lady you love there is what is called the follicle stimulating hormone. The follicle stimulating hormone in a man triggers what is called spermatogenesis through your brain which is called hypothalamus. It will send message to your brain when you see a lady you love and through the hypothalamus you will go after the lady. And it will trigger your spermatogenesis and the lady's host follicles stimulating hormone will be triggered by the hypothalamus and it will stimulate her ovarian follicle. So in the man is the spermatogenesis, in female it's the ovarian follicle. You find out that the sperm alone does not produce a child and the ovary alone in the female does not produce a child. They need each other for reproduction to occur and the follicle stimulating hormone in the man and that of the female promote different things. The sperm in the man alone doesn't produce a child and ovary in the female alone does not produce a child, they need each other for reproduction to occur. So that shows how biology proves that gay marriage is wrong.

The Mathematics of Gay Marriage

In mathematics which is another core area of science, I used what is called the principle of commutativity and idepotency. Commutativity in mathematics is simply the arrangement of numbers or arrangement of letters in which the way you arrange them don't matter. For example, if you say A + B in mathematics you are going to have B + A. For example, if I say two plus three it will give five. If I start from three, I say three plus two it also give you five showing that two plus three and three plus two are commutative because they gave the same results. That shows that A + B will give you B + A, you see that there is a change. In A + B, A started the journey while in B + A, B started the journey. If we use A as a man and use B as a woman we are going to have B + A that is woman and man showing that there is a reaction. A + B reacted, they interchanged and gave us B + A showing that commutativity obeys that a man should not marry a man and a woman should not marry a woman. If you use idempotency, it's a reaction in mathematics where A + A = A. Actually in abstract algebra, A + A =2A but we are less concerned with the numerical value two. We are more less concerned with the symbols A, you find out that A + A will give you A showing that the whole thing goes unchanged. It didn't change unlike commutativity A + B give B + A there is a change. A started the journey in commutativity and A + B gave us B + A and B started the journey after the equality sign. But in the case of idempotency A + A will give you A showing that it goes unreacted. You started with A and you meet A ,the final result is A. Showing that a man meeting a man A + A will produce a man there is no reaction, it goes unreacted and in chemical engineering you have to send the material back to the reactor for the action to be carried out again showing that it goes unreacted. That is how mathematics has shown that gay marriage is wrong because commutativity proves that gay marriage is wrong. Idempotency also proves that gay marriage is wrong. So these are the principles I have used to prove gay marriage wrong in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and by the grace of God I am the only one that has proved this in the whole world.

"If you go on the Internet to check whether there is anybody who has used physics to prove gay marriage wrong, you find out there is none. You go to Google or youtube check whether there is anybody that has used chemistry to find same sex marriage wrong, you find out there is none and the same applies to biology and mathematics. "In general, same sex marriage is evil. It should be stopped by those practicing it. Now they are saying that they will go and adopt a child, the question is that if everybody shows interest in same sex marriage where would the child they are adopting come from?"

His Commendations

And now his works have earned him the respect in the world of science. He said: "At the University of Lagos where I currently study as a student you will find my publication on the notice board there. When you go to the Senate Building of the university you will see the same notice there and even recently my lecturer at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Profesor D.S.Aribuike pointedly told me that I will win Nobel prize one day, because he found that my works are real and nobody has done it in any part of the world. You know Nobel Prize is the highest award anyone could ever win and no African has won Nobel Prize in science. So I am aspiring to win Nobel Prize for Africa. Other universities have seen my work and sent me commendations. I have a professor friend who has seen the work I did and he sent me congratulatory message because of the originality of the work."

Not only that, Dr. Henry Boyo, Department of Physics at UNILAG approved of him. He said: "I have known him (Stanley) for the past five years. He is a very sound guy. He is genuine in terms of his scientific discoveries. He has appeared on NTA and SilverBird televisions where he demonstrated his knowledge of science. When you talk to him, you will know that he understands what he is talking about. He is convincing. "He conceptualised the idea of using sciences and mathematics to prove gay marriage wrong and we have worked it here. Some people make claims to religion but he went a step further to use science and mathematics to prove gay marriage wrong. He used my laboratory here (UNILAG) to carry out his researches. He is the originator of the idea, he deserves commendation and we support the idea. You can quote me anywhere, the guy's concept is germane and it has been scientifically proven to be true."

His Next Step "I want to be able to publish it in international journals. The finance has been a problem in this area because I found out that you you have to pay in dollars for international journals to publish you. You know finance is a factor and I don't have money to start paying in US dollars and I need sponsors so that I can pay for the journals to be published."

Encounter with government officials

"I have been to the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in Abuja and there is a lot of protocol around the minister. I must confess that seeing a minister is one of the problems we are having in this country. I could recall that University of Lagos carried out a research in Zamfara State some years ago when lead poisoning was killing people there. Could you believe a professor in UNILAG once said that they wrote to Minister of Science and Technology to give them permission to go and carry out research in Zamfara State, that was many years ago and till now they could not get reply from that minister. So these are some of the problems sometimes to reach some of these top people. You publish materials and you don't know whether they read them or not. I had gone to the National Mathematical Centre Abuja, where I submitted a material to Professor Sam Ali who was Director General of the agency and till now I couldn't get any reply. But Professor Oye Ibidapo Oye former Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos is the immediate past president of Nigeria Academy of Science one of the highest scientific bodies in the country whom I took a copy of my work to and he accepted the work. He never found any error in it. I have reached other echelons in the science and technology world like Professor V.O. Ife Olunyolo a well-known engineer in Nigeria. He brought the first system engineering known in Sub-Sahara Africa at the University of Lagos. I have given him a copy of my work and he didn't find it wrong. I have never seen anybody who condemned my work."

"Nigerian sector does not encourage scientific research so much but what God has given me I am using it effectively to touch Nigerian nation. All the scientific researches I have been doing have not yielded any encouragement to do more.

Speaking about his ambition, Amalaha after taking a deep breath said "My ambition is to go beyond the sky. I want to reach the level God has destined me to reach. I want to be the first African to win Nobel Prize in science because as I am talking to you now African has ever won Nobel Prize in science.

BY CHARLES AJUNWA

My Economic Fortune Hasn't Increased Because of Cardinalship - Onaiyekan

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Cardinal John Onayekan said his elevation to cardinalship position has not, in anyway, made him a moneybag as the job is a divine call and not a money-making one.

Cardinal Onaiyekan spoke in Abuja yesterday at the second international Islamic arts/calligraphy exhibition organised by a Muslim group, Abuja Muslim Forum.

Some Nigerian clerics are not only cruising in private jets but also owning fleet of cars. But the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja said since he became the cardinal a few years ago, he had not witnessed any corresponding increase in his economic fortune because the post is purely a divine one.

According to him, "many people believe that as a cardinal I must be rich but I always tell them that I have not had any increment in economic fortune since becoming Cardinal".

He said: "Generally, when you are in the world and you are promoted, your salary increases. Well, in the church, it is not like that. My salary has not increased. My economic resources have remained the same. But my prestige has grown, ofcourse, and I now have more responsibility, more work."
BY ZAKARIYYA ADARAMOLA

Monday, 23 December 2013

Catholics, CAN blast Kumuyi for calling Christmas celebration idolatory

PastorWFKumuyiFounder of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor WF Kumuyi is currently at the receiving end of harsh criticisms by angry Nigerians for calling Christmas celebration idolatory.

The ‘holiness’ preacher in his sermon on Saturday at the just concluded 2013 National December Retreat of the church said, “We are only gathering together because it is the holiday period and love the lord more, and rededicate ourselves more.

“When you find anybody coming in, or any leader, trying to introduce the idolatry of mystery Babylon, that they call Christmas and you want to bring all the Christmas carol saying that is the day that Jesus was born, and you don’t find that in the Acts of the Apostles or in the early church, then you don’t find that in the church either. If you don’t know that before, now you know”, he stated.
However, reacting to Kumuyi’s statement, the Director of Social Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Monsignor Gabriel Osu, said, “I don’t know what he means by saying the practice of celebrating Christmas is wrong.

“Is he saying that Christ wasn’t born? That he didn’t come to die for us? Does he not celebrate his own birthday? Do Kumuyi’s pastors not celebrate him? It is not everything I react to; some people just seek attention. If Kumuyi is a Christian, then he must believe in Christ.
“The celebration of Christmas didn’t just start today; it is too public an event for anyone to say that they don’t know what it is about.

“If Kumuyi is condemning the commercialisation of Christmas, I can understand that. Christ came to redeem us from our lost state; this was actualised through his coming, his birth; that is why we celebrate Christmas. It is the fulfilment of God’s promise.

“I saw him on the television a few days ago. He was in Akwa Ibom State and was the chief preacher during their Christmas celebration event. Kumuyi is just saying what he feels; he is not making any doctrinal statement”.

In his own reaction, spokesperson for the Christian Association of Nigeria, Oshodi chapter, Lagos State, Pastor Barnabas Otoibhi, said that Christmas was worth celebrating.

According to Otoibhi, the origin of Christmas was not as important as its essence.
He said, “The origin of Christmas, as we know it, could be traced to Roman Emperor, Constantine. Christmas was a day for celebrating the Sun God. However, because Constantine was a Christian, the day was changed to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.

“The tradition has continued to date and the aim of Christmas is to celebrate Jesus, since there is nothing bad in honouring Jesus. Also, the worship of the Sun God was done in Rome and not everywhere in the world, so it is not part of our history.

“We mark Christmas with the singing of songs as a day, which has now been consecrated”.

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

CAN, Corporate Affairs Commission Disown Niger Delta Bishops and Christians Forum

For politicking and claiming to wade into the political crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its splinter group,

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has said that his association was not part of the group of clergymen who claim that they are mediating and initiating dialogues between the warring leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party and the G7 governors.

The clergy men under the name of the Niger Delta Bishops and Christian Forum and the South South Christian Forum have so far met the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako on the guise that they would negotiate peace between the PDP, aggrieved seven governors and President Goodluck Jonathan.

Details to follow...

BY CHUKS OKOCHA

The 'Adulteration' Ground Tragedy

OPINION

We heard a lot of political brickbat after the death of our dear friends, brothers and sisters who lost their lives last Saturday in an unfortunate manner at Uke, Anambra State, during an all night crusade at the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry under the watch of Rev. Fr Emannuel Obinna.

So I have cleverly changed the word adoration to adulteration to give you a sense of what direction my message to the nation will be. Before I get down to the nitty-gritty of the issue, let me warn those of you who care about your life and family that you should steer clear of crusade grounds with vested political interest henceforth, because such places will only rob you of your miracles rather than delivering one to you. If you find that difficult to stomach, the harvest of deaths at the 'adulteration' ground should give you a change of heart. We now know that 30 people lost their lives and several others wounded, because something suddenly went wrong with a hitherto holy ground.

The ground had become polluted under the feet of the people, because those with ulterior motive were found there. Yes, because of the large number of people found in churches nowadays, the church has become a good avenue for politicians to campaign for elections, but they now do it without restrains. The ugly side of the Anambra debacle is that the politicians who now accuse one another trying to shift the blame did not even have respect for those who died or wait to mourn with the family of the dead before they took the fight to twitter and all available tools of campaign. The major actors in this episode of deaths in Anambra are the candidates of All Progressives Congress, Senator Chris Ngige and All Progressives Grand Alliance's Willie Obiano.

I have no problem when politicians and their supporters go to pray to God, but it angers me when politicians and their supporters turn a praying ground to a campaign ground. What happened in Uke could have been prevented, if pretence had not been mixed with the truth. The vigil according to reports was a special one, as November 1, was All Saints Day in the church calendar and that accounted for the over one hundred thousand faithful that gathered. And since it's the eve of election in Anambra State, it became a platform for campaign. Otherwise, how do you justify wearing Ankara with photo of governorship candidate and inscription about All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on it to a crusade ground? How do you justify raising the placard bearing the photo of the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) at a prayer meeting? These are the questions that the architects of the death of these innocent people who died should come forward to answer.

While I agree that we cannot tell anyone what to wear or where to go at any particular hour of the day as a people with inalienable rights, it gives me serious concern that our politicians are too greedy to be sensitive to repercussion of their actions such as we witnessed in Uke. Perhaps, if Governor Peter Obi and his APGA team had avoided that meeting that night, these unnecessary deaths would have been averted. It was clear that what happened was a calculated attempt to create bad news for APGA gubernatorial candidate, Obiano who is in the clear lead among the contenders for the office of the governor of Anambra State that will become vacant in a matter of days. It also shocked me that Senator Ngige's supporters could go to such an extent of creating an environment for chaos in the house of God, if indeed they trust in God for victory during the election.

I listened to Obi as he explained what happened and this is what he had to say: It is worth-mentioning that when I was called upon by the Priest to speak as the governor of the state at about 12 midnight when the Mass ended, a group of people located in three different spots started chanting Ngige slogans and waving the brooms of All Progressives Congress and the pictures of Dr. Chris Ngige, the APC's flag bearer in the November 16 Governorship election. It took up to 20 minutes for the priest to calm them down.

"I was surprised that some people would turn a prayer ground into a campaign venue. In my remarks, which lasted no more than five minutes, I promised to sponsor 20 indigent people from among the faithful on pilgrimage, provide access road to the premises and urged all present to pray for Anambra State and Nigeria. The Presiding priest and all present can testify to this, and it is on tape.

And this is Ngige"s version of the story after posting a photo of APGA team at the crusade ground on twitter. He wrote: "My people, be the judge: Are these men praying or campaigning? Does one go to a vigil in a campaign uniform? You see their lying lives. The last time I attended the adoration at Uke was in June. Then I had not even declared for governorship. I quietly went as an individual to seek the face of God. The priest prayed for me and I quietly left. But, in their desperation, these gentlemen here turned a praying-ground to a campaign ground. Judge for yourself. Are they praying or campaigning?" Ngige wrote, after posting the picture on his Facebook page.

In another message on Twitter, Ngige said, "Desperation can make a man do the unthinkable. It is foolhardy for the culprits at Uke to believe that they can lie successfully about an event attended by about 100,000 people. Every lie has an expiry date; the truth remains constant.

"Lies have a way of catching up with liars. These people are heartless. Their hands are soaked in blood! For the records, the church has gone on for years without incidence until the merchants of blood visited."

Now, the 30 people who died and the wounded can no longer be part of those who will cast their votes for either of the candidates during the election, for the dead cannot rise up again and the wounded would probably be too weak. That is a lesson as we face the 2015 elections and other mid-term elections. So it's important you pay attention to my warning, steer clear of religious grounds with political colouration. In such places anything can happen. You'll either be given a miracle or be mourned.
BY ADEOLA AKINREMI

The Uke Stampede

EDITORIAL
Last weekend, 28 congregants at the Adoration Prayer ground of St. Dominic Catholic Church, Uke, Anambra State, died during a stampede that ensued when loyalists of political gladiators in the state brought politics into religion. Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obinma, who usually organises sessions for prayers, healing and spiritual retreats, is a crowd puller. That Saturday's spiritual session attracted an estimated 100,000 worshippers. Anambrarians, like most south-easterners, are sharply split into Catholics, Protestants and pockets of Pentecostal denominations of the same Christian religion.

The tragedy happened because Governor Peter Obi allegedly seized the opportunity of the coincidence of the day with the Feast of All Saints to start campaigning for the gubernatorial candidate of his party, when he was asked to address the crowd. This was great indiscretion on the part of both the organisers and the governor. Expectedly, it attracted shouts of disapproval, causing security aides of the governor to fire teargas into the crowd. Another report alleged sabotage when people raised false alarm of fire. Whichever version is correct, it is a sad signal that political Neanderthals have continued to exploit and mix politics with religion.

With increasing religious diversity alongside ever more sophisticated micro-targeting, religion may just be a sullen partner with politics, especially the Nigerian version. But then, the "melting pot" is clearly not melting. Instead, it bubbles and boils with ferment, confusion, division and theological competition in the way it shapes the public sphere and governance. Ignorance of this precept precipitated these needless and avoidable deaths. It also foreshadows the discomforting dimensions that the gubernatorial election in the state on November 16 portends.

The south-east chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in its reaction, angrily banned all political campaigns in churches across the zone. The directive is coming too late. While it is not unconstitutional to campaign in places of worship, it should be borne in mind that things that are legally permissible may still be damaging. Religious tolerance and political discourse have limitations. They have a pernicious mix - like manure and ice cream. It doesn't do much to the manure but it sure does ruin the ice cream. Such strange bedfellows should be discouraged from cohabiting. It is not illegal to use a prayer rally to expand on public discourse but, like the Uke case has shown, it is an inappropriate decision for people in political contest in a volatile state like Anambra.

We also do not feel comfortable with the alacrity with which the state government set up a panel of inquiry to investigate the remote causes of the incident. It is unacceptable under the rule of law: Governor Obi cannot be a judge in his own case. That panel should be disbanded immediately. An independent panel of enquiry at the national level should take the place of the Obi panel to unravel the mystery of the stampede, and those found culpable should be sanctioned.
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