Which one is “Dr” Oyenusi again?

Slytiger:

Source: Greg Nwoko on Facebook and WAHUM website - http://ngrwahum.com/en/help/id/1

The reality: if the Governor and legislators don’t sheath their swords and find a common ground to work together, the state of emergency will keep getting extended.

That SOE saved Rivers and its people from unrestrained carnage and reprisals that would have ensued.

lonecatt:
State emergency to be extended for what agbado reason ,shey una get sense ni

They will pay and still spread the fine on the customers through more estimated bills.

The citizens are being extorted, the government is fining the extortionists, the extortionists are paying fines comfortably and passing the bill to the people. The extortionists are happy, government is making money, the people are distressed at the games being played brazenly.

adenigga:


Source: https://punchng.com/nerc-fines-eight-discos-n628m-for-flouting-estimated-billing-rules

When it’s the turn of your brother or son to choose a wife, encourage him to choose an unyielding wife that would openly challenge his authority.

There’s a reason why a man is built hard and women built soft but that can be reversed for those who prefer the same anytime.

Danisaint112:


Pure fact. Her statement was right on his Mom lording over him.

In reaction the bride’s eyes ”widened” in frustration as she retorted, “If your mother is going to decide everything for you, then maybe we should call off the wedding.”

”The groom, taken aback by her words, returned home and shared the conversation with his mother”, who also agreed to have the wedding called off.

A lot of ladies do this only to regret. You have agreed to marry yet you are still playing hardball instead of demonstrating how submissive you are. No mother wants a stubborn unyielding wife for her son- in fact no family wants such. You went ahead to challenge your mother in-law (something she could never try with her own mother in-law while getting married). You proved you would wrestle the man’s authority every now and then.

You now came back begging after showing them what to expect. Aunty, you just disgraced your man in front his family for choosing you. He won’t hear the end of it.

EOD!

Islie:


https://www.chronicle.ng/marriage-romance/bride-calls-off-wedding-over-refus-church/#:~:text=bride%20was%20left-,heartbroken,-.

No, your argument is not reasonable given the following position by the court.

“In her judgment, Schoeman touched on the unethical conduct on the part of the State during the trial.

During the trial, the defence accused the former prosecution team, which included State Advocates Nceba Ntelwa and Ismat Cerfontein, of being unethical, dishonest, and corrupt.

During a failed Section 174 application calling for his client's dismissal, Daubermann said the pair suborned witnesses to commit perjury.

According to Daubermann, the advocates attempted to mislead the court by presenting false evidence to obtain a conviction at all costs.”

DaddyJapan:


It also reasonable to argue that his acquittal was as a result of the actions of incompetent prosecutors.



Source: https://briefly.co.za/south-africa/213075-pastor-timothy-omotoso-accused-guilty-nigerian-televangelist-free-8-years

Amen 🙏🏾

axglide:


May we never ever make decisions that would cost us our lives in Jesus Precious Name Amen

Why are the speed limits set so arbitrary? Especially because the law stipulates something else (eg 100km/hr).

I hope there will be bold signs informing motorists about the speed limits as the journey along the roads.

dre11:


https://punchng.com/lagos-installs-speed-limit-monitors-imposes-n50000-fine/?amp

But you know they don’t ever see anything wrong with their own people doing exactly what others do. They only castigate others while turning a blind eye on their own. This has been their forte and the cause of how Nigeria got here through the ill-fated first coup.

DomPerignon:
what of that Owerri Rep who was egging Fubara on but later came out to support and vote in favour of Fubara's suspension?

“The government is over-centralised. The debate will go on whether this (state of emergency) was, in the first place, a wise decision but in terms of fundamental principles, I believe that this is against the federal spirit of association.” - Soyinka

The recurring decimal to most of Nigeria’s merry-go-round problems.

Morbeta11:


https://punchng.com/rivers-emergency-rule-presidency-faults-jonathan-soyinka-for-condemning-fubara-lawmakers-suspension/

I second your laughter

Trueigbo:
You found the baby Lion around and decided to keep it as pet.

It means the mother is close by. I laugh in VDM voice

The institution is wrong. The current Minister of health has announced that the +18 criteria is no more.

https://punchng.com/just-in-education-minister-reverses-18-year-age-limit-for-admission/?amp

Take it up with the Ministry of education.

Khayfacor:
A Cry For Justice: My Sister’s Peculiar Case At FUTA

Hello everyone,
I’m writing this with a heavy heart, hoping to get some advice or raise awareness about a situation my sister is currently facing with FUTA (Federal University of Technology, Akure).

She was granted admission into the university, and naturally, as any excited prospective student would, she began fulfilling all the requirements: paying the acceptance fee, tuition fees, and even securing accommodation. All seemed to be going well—until the institution suddenly declared her ineligible to register because she wasn’t 16 years old at the time of admission.

Now, I understand that there are guidelines and age requirements, but here’s where her case becomes unique: she turned 16 on the 12th of January, even before the scheduled matriculation ceremony. So technically, by the time her journey as a university student would officially begin, she already met the age criterion.

Despite this, FUTA has refused to allow her to register. It’s heartbreaking and frustrating. How can an institution accept payments for multiple fees, knowing full well her age at the time of admission, and then later use it as a barrier against her?

This speaks to a larger issue I’ve observed with Nigerian institutions—a lack of consistency, proper guidelines, and clear communication. Students and their families pour their resources and hopes into this process, only to be met with unnecessary roadblocks that could have been avoided with a little competence and foresight.

My sister’s dream of furthering her education is now hanging in the balance, not because of any fault of her own but because of a rigid and unfair system. I’m reaching out to this forum to share her story and ask:

Has anyone experienced or heard of a similar situation?

What can we do to challenge this decision and ensure she gets the opportunity she deserves?

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Any advice, insight, or even words of encouragement would mean the world to us right now.

Uber drivers need life insurance!

Most cultures have myths including Benins:

samuk:



Let me repeat.

1. I have issues with Benin/Ife connection because it lacks material evidences to support it. I am yet to see any material that was written on Benin/Ife connection before 1897, the year Benin lost her independence to Britain.


All you have posted are debated ora traditions which Benin and Ife doesn't agree on.

The Oduduwa/Oranmiyan story was supposed to have happened in the 1100s.

Which of the versions between the Benin palace, that says Oduduwa was Ekaladerhan, or Yoruba version that says Oduduwa fell from the sky, or migrated from Saudi Arabia, or migrated from Egypt do you want the readers to believe.

Yoruba people don't agree on a common origin for Oduduwa. There are several versions of his origin.

1. Oduduwa fell from sky
2. Oduduwa came from Saudi Arabia
3. Oduduwa came from Egypt
4. Oduduwa came from Oke Ora

The other reasons I have issues with the Benin/Ife connection, is that there is nothing to support it in Benin artefacts that were used to record Benin history for hundreds of years. There is also nothing in European eyewitness accounts of Benin history in about 400 years (1400s to 1897) to suggest that Benin had anything to do with Ife in Osun state.

Now to Uhe.

There is another school of thought in Benin that claimed that Uhe is not the same as Ife in Osun state. There are people that believe Uhe was actually located in present day Middle Belt of Nigeria, around Igala land in Kogi state.

There are material evidences and depictions of Igala Chiefs and people on Benin artefacts and there is letter written in Benin to Europe in the 1500s about Benin/Ida war.

There are material, eyewitness and oral traditions to support the school of thoughts, that suggest that Uhe was not in Osun state, but in somewhere around Kogi state.

If you truly love evidence, you won’t cherry pick the evidence that only supports your narratives. History doesn’t care about ego/emotions. Various accounts have agreed on the connection if truly you like evidence.

For instance the following sources all agree:

1. the oral tradition of the Ogiso in Benin (screenshot):
https://guardian.ng/features/ogiso-and-ogiamien-are-aborigine-binis-while-oba-of-benin-is-of-yoruba-descent-high-chief-esotericist-monday-wehere/

2. YouTube account of ancient archeological sources built upon several decades of research corroborates the oral tradition rendered by the Ogiso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa0st_aMjmA&t=1s&pp=2AEBkAIB

3. This is the Obi of Onitsha reference the link between Onitsha-Benin-Ile Ife: https://www.nairaland.com/8103931/obi-onitsha-narrates-migration-ancestors

Notice that all three accounts rendered by different sources from different angles including research all agree all agree that Ile Ife is the ancestor to Benin’s royalty.

What other evidence do you want again?

samuk:
1. I have issues with Benin/Ife connection because it lack material evidences to support it. I am yet to see any material that was written on Benin/Ife connection before 1897, the year Benin lost her independence to Britain.

2. There are plenty of material evidences to support Benin/Lagos connection. There is eyewitness written account of Benin firmly established in Lagos as early as 1602.

3. There are numerous material evidences including eyewitnesses historical accounts dating back to 1865, before the fall of Benin, to support Benin/Ika connection.

I like evidences.

Power generation will not improve because most of the customers are not metered. Hence no accountability.

Estimated bills give the discos free income that they tweak as they like monthly.

So f you are businessman, will you invest in more stock if you know you can bill your customers arbitrarily using estimated bills? The answer is no.

Why would I spend more to increase capacity if I know I can simply increase the bills issued to customers without recourse to supply?

The only people who are unaware are the regulators and those in government that watch it happen endlessly.

SmartPolician:



Source: https://businessday.ng/energy/power/article/despite-borrowing-over-3-2bn-nigerias-power-generation-remains-at-4500mw/

This is the only politics this guy plays consistently, and it’s working for him.

Kuginzi:


https://dailypost.ng/2025/01/06/biafra-i-will-stand-as-guarantor-release-nnamdi-kanu-abaribe-tells-tinubu/

It makes sense for NLC to participate in order to avoid stories later, but where have they been all this while?

Heavens1stson:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/nlc-insists-on-withdrawal-of-tax-reform-bills/

Sometimes, leaders have to consider the potential collateral damage that would follow choosing to fight on. Especially if you are aware that the general populace are tired on you.

God1000:
Zelensky, I don't need a ride, I need munitions


Assad, please give me a ride.


Should I call Assad a coward for running away

The issue I can’t place a finger on is why he decided not to honor the court summons? A lawyer who should know better.

At least he would have been a free man defending his case and selling his book with or without proof of his assertions against Chief Afe.

Now he has succeeded in incurring the wrath of the courts making a troublesome case worse. in addition to the original charges against him. Makes no sense for a lawyer to move like that imho.

Dapromzy333:


https://news360ng.com/afe-babalola-police-presses-additional-charges-against-dele-farotimi/

And some ladies recently contributed to buy their gym instructor a car o

Exactly! Just 2 sides of the same coin fighting for who gets to screw the populace the most.

Thank God for the cement industry that gave us a hint of what to expect.

iLoveYouToo:
Now they want FG to provide them with cover, same cover FG gave to local rice producers that are now choking us with price.

Local producers are just evil, especially the ones backed by FG’s local content promotion.

It’s only in Nigeria that imported goods are cheaper than the locally produced (often inferior) ones

The FG Luke other leaders must work harder to prove it’s capable of solving the myriad of the country’s challenges because Trump will not sugarcoat or entertain the inefficiencies (including inflation, poverty) etc from any world leader.

A very good development indeed.

iwaeda:
Now that Trump has won, what are implications to FG and Nigeria?

We appreciate the FCCCPC telling us the problem but it needs to take concrete action against auch companies.

There should be a framework for investigating acts of price gouging such as this and make all erring companies to pay hefty fines on each occasion.

If you are copying the American/western systems ensure you copy the checks and balances too.

I choose not to describe you with the befitting words that come to mind but know this:

I have met very few people who argue claiming Ironsi introduced a unitary military government but did not remove regional autonomy by appointing military administrators. This is wildest claim ever

By the way, here’s the subject of the thread in the screenshot below. I know you still won’t comprehend.

Realtruth2023:


Oga you are not intelligent, stop being stupid and forming half clever. The argument is here Ironsi did not destroy the regions, it was Gowon, you are a bigoted tribalist and you are desperately trying to sell a theory that is dead on arrival.

Only few people reason this way. Cherry picking specific items while ignoring the significant whole to advance a parochial argument.

To you, Ironsi did no wrong by setting the precedent of setting aside the people’s negotiated constitution by taking over political power, proscribing the political parties and associations that negotiated the basis for the independence (which the colonial masters didn’t do), unifying the regional civil service structures into one and arrogating to himself the control of all resources.

This is the same reason why some young majors though being mostly from one tribe saw nothing wrong in killing the leaders of other tribes, while sparing theirs and thinking there is absolutely nothing wrong and there would be no repercussions. We all saw how that went.

Feel free to carry on with your delusion and remaining in a bubble while a well informed world watches in amusement. Same of same. No difference in approach or aptitude.

Cheers!

gidgiddy:


Stop deceiving people, it was military rule not civilian rule. The military does not take power and allow political parties, ethnic associations or democratic institutions to exist. That the Ironsi regime changed some names, preferred to call Nigeria a Republic, which it was anyway, or call the Capital a different name, does not mean he tampered with the structural arrangement of Nigeria

We had 4 Region's that were controlling their resources, and so it remained under Ironsi. What the Region's did not have was democracy.

You have Gowons Decree 14 where he abolished all 4 Region's and created 12 states

You have Gowons Decree 15 where he removed sections 141 and 164 that were about resource control and revenue sharing formula

Clearly it was Gowon that changed the structural arrangement of Nigeria

Yet you people are more interested in if Ironsi’s regime preferred to call Nigeria a federation rather than a Republic? Both of which it already was

You guys are funny

So where did the destruction of regions come into the argument.

Why not act intelligently by reading the subject of dispute in the thread and aligning your arguments for or against accordingly instead of creating a topic in your head and trying to force your unsubstantiated/unsupported opinions on others by gaslighting and calling them liars.

Bear in mind that you are also calling all the african archives, journalists, historians and documentary evidence referring to Ironsi as proscribing regional autonomy and introducing a unitary system liars just to suit your baseless narratives and attempts to rewrite the history. Very watery take indeed!

From here on you will need to consult a lawyer to enlighten you. I hope he charges you for wasting his time too!

Realtruth2023:


Dude stop trying to be clever by half. Military rule is autocratic meaning the order is given no doubt. But the argument here unless you want to be a liar, is did Ironsi destroy the regions? The answer is No, even within the regions there was autonomy even under military rule. There was council of chiefs that still played an advisory role to the military governor.

The key word here is autonomy and federal that are , synonymous and interchangeable as resource control. Notice that Ironsi’s decree 33 proscribed the political parties and various ethnic associations that negotiated the independence as a first step of dismantling the structure. Then Ironsi’s decree 34 in section 1 stated that Nigeria ceases to be a federation, and even goes on to change its name from the Federal Military Government to National Military Government in section 2(1)a. It doubled down removing Federal from the Federal Capital Territory and renaming it Capital Territory in 2(1)b. This intentional stripping of autonomy continued in 2(1)c & d and so on. It was emphatic and unambiguous.

Every learned and enlightened person understood this, including the international community, council on foreign relations, etc. It is not even debatable once properly assessed as I have shown you here.

All of these was to strip Nigeria of its regional autonomy.

Again, if you are still in doubt, consult a lawyer.

gidgiddy:


What Ironsi introduced was military rule, he did not tamper with the structural arrangement of Nigeria nor did he deny the Region's resource control

Ghana had many military rulers, but Ghana still practices Regionalism with each Region controlling its resources, because none of the military rulers abolished the Region's and created states like Gowon did with Decree 14, and removed resource control with Decree 15

So when military rule ended in Ghana, civilian rule restored autonomy. But because Gowon and others like him embarked on state creation, we now have 36 States that don't control any of their resources

The key word here is autonomy and federal that are , synonymous and interchangeable as resource control. Notice that Ironsi’s decree 33 proscribed the political parties and various ethnic associations that negotiated the independence as a first step of dismantling the structure. Then Ironsi’s decree 34 in section 1 stated that Nigeria ceases to be a federation, and even goes on to change its name from the Federal Military Government to National Military Government in section 2(1)a. It doubled down removing Federal from the Federal Capital Territory and renaming it Capital Territory in 2(1)b. This intentional stripping of autonomy continued in 2(1)c & d and so on. It was emphatic and unambiguous.

Every learned and enlightened person understood this, including the international community, council on foreign relations, etc. It is not even debatable once properly assessed as I have shown you here.

All of these was to strip Nigeria of its regional autonomy.

Again, if you are still in doubt, consult a lawyer.

Realtruth2023:


So what essentially is your point. All military dictatorship is autocratic. The crux of the argument is did Ironsi destroy the regions? The answer is No. You are just trying to be half clever so that you can stick to the theory of blaming Ironsi.

Bros go and rest these games are stale, social media has exposed you people with jour fake patriotism whereas you are knee deep in close tribalism.

Ha! This is unbelievable

So you don’t know or understand that the military administrators appointed by Ironsi took their powers from an autocratic military dictatorship of Ironsi and therefore cannot be said to maintain regional autonomy that derived its powers from the people through democratic means.

That you are arguing this way suggests serious deficiencies in your capacity to analyze problems for root cause and possible solutions.

This is serious!

Realtruth2023:


Banning Political parties is not regional autonomy bro. Stop trying to be half clever you are doing a poor job at it. It was definitely a military regime that controlled regions and were the military rulers autonomous in theor decision making? Yes they were. The logic here is Ironsi kept the regions intact with their autonomy albeit under a military leadership.

Excerpts from decree 33 and unification decree 34:

gidgiddy:


You said I posted Decree 14? Why not post Decree 34?

You cannot post Decree 34 because there is nothing there that supports what you say.

Meanwhile, read what Gowons Decree 14 said below and get sense

There shall , on commencement of this Decree, be created out of the Regions, States to be known by the names in column of 1 of the Shedule of this Decree

Gowon even told you in his own Decree that the Region's were existing, and he was creating states out of them.

Why playing with words?

Did Ironsi’s introduction of military rule end the autonomy enjoyed by the regions before his ascension? The answer is YES. Could ironsi have worked with the existing political structures on ground to restore normalcy after quashing the coup? The answer is YES as that was the exact sentiment of most of cabinet members.

Was there any consultation before Ironsi ceased power? The answer is YES. An account has it that there was consultation between Ironsi, Azikiwe and Nwafor Orizu prior to the transfer of power by Orizu to Ironsi. Was this consultation sufficient for a multi ethnic country like Nigeria? The answer is NO because the agreement for independence was wide before settling for regional autonomy as the basis for independence.

And that’s how a unitary system of government was introduced by Ironsi to Nigeria. Refer to the screenshot (Britannica article https://www.britannica.com/place/Nigeria/Independent-Nigeria#ref517364) of the account of events leading up to the counter (revenge) coup by Northern soldiers.

In fact, Ironsi may have been left alone to rule Nigeria had he not tampered with the federal structure the way he did. This is because the counter coup was premised on the unification decree that ended regional autonomy and the North was going to break away after the counter coup but for the British ambassador that convinced them that the North would suffer because it was landlocked.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RR-VRVO1rU

If still in doubt in spite of the overwhelming evidence, kindly consult a lawyer to help you understand decree 33, unification decree 34 and all Gowan’s decrees and point out which it was that proscribed regional autonomy.

The records are there for all who are objective.

Cheers!

gidgiddy:


Nobody is disputing that Ironsi introduced military rule. There's no such thing as democracy in military rule

The bare faced lie being in disputed is that it was Ironsi who changed the structural arrangement of Nigeria

Well, Gowons Decree 14 tells the world that it Gowon was that abolished the 4 Region's Nigeria had, and created 12 states

And Decree 15 tells the world he was the one who abolished resource control the region's enjoyed, even under Ironsi