₦airaland Forum

Wish her success.

This was exactly 3 weeks ago. So predictable.

aylipple:
Should she honor Mr. Guy Bruce's invitation to participate in Miss Universe Nigeria, the organisers will simply compensate her with the crown in typical Naija fashion.

Yes, Doruwa! Thank you. And I know giginya as well.
In all, this was a lovely, educative and nostalgic thread.

Uptheante:
The tsamiya is sour & it is used in making kunu n shinkafa ( kunu made with rice)
The one that is long in a pod that you lick & throw the seed is called doruwa.
Yes you are right, dawa dawa ( right Hausa pronunciation is daddawa) is made from it

There's one other fruit called giginya. This one is from a tree that grows as tall as palm trees.
The fruit itself is reddish in colour & juicy & has a sweet unique flavour. The size of this fruit is as bigger than a coconut. The seed is hard
Normally, after sucking the juicy flesh (which is fibrous) , the hard seed is buried.
After about 1 year, the seed which has already germinated, is digged up & the root sapling ( or whatever agriculturalists call it, because I don't know the right English name for it), is washed & boiled & eaten as 'muruci'.
The muruci (muruchi if you are pronouncing it)
Is tender & fibrous....
You often see Hausa girls hawking it in trays in the north.
I don't know if you are also familiar with all these.

The transfer market is a slippery & unpredictable place: one minute you’re almost on your way out to another club & the next minute, the deal falls through.

Goruba, I meant to type. Every fruit you mentioned in the video, I’ve eaten. The other ones you mentioned below, I may not be familiar with their local names but I’m sure I’ve had a taste of at one time or the other.

For instance, there’s tsamiya (tamarind), there’s this other one that’s in like a long pod, brownish that you lick & throw away the seed or soak in water from which (if I recall correctly now) dawa dawa is made? Can’t remember the exact local name now.

And so on and so forth.

Uptheante:
It's Goruba not goruwa
Have you ever eaten other rare northern fruits like:
adua,
kadanya,
dinya,
jinin kafiri
atule,
kokon biri?
Do you know kuka? I mean the white one that is grounded into powder & sugar is added to it to make it neutralize it's sourness.
This kuka I'm talking about is not the green one that Hausa pple cook as miyan kuka ooh.

If you really stayed in the north & You mingled & fraternized with them without showing disdain for their foods, you would probably know most of these fruits I mentioned.

There are other unique northern delicacies like: fura da nono, masa, awara, dakuwa, alewa, alakakabo, hanjin ligidi, gurasa, etc.....

Very educative video; took me down memory lane. Goruwa used to be a favourite back in the day inspite of its very hard outer flesh.

Unfortunately, good looks don’t always translate to good heart; a classical case of don’t judge a book by its cover.

PBAT is taking Nigerians for a ride; he hides in the confines of Aso Rock, oblivious to the sufferings of majority of Nigerians but he would do well to remember the popular Nigerian proverb which says “one day monkey go go market, e no go come back”.

Kobojunkieee:
According to the Police, these were allegations made against PIDOM. None of these allegations had been proven as of Saturday, August 24th, 2024, when Police Spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, came out and said and I quote, "There are several allegations leveled against the suspect, including unlawful possession, leakages of classified documents, cyber-related offenses, and others. We will do due diligence in carrying out a thorough investigation into the cases. The force will leave no stone unturned to continually enforce the law and bequeath to Nigerians a more secure nation." PIDOM has been held in police custody, illegally mind you, since he is not even meant to have been arrested on mere allegations according to the Nigerian Police Act 2020 Sections 31 & Section 32(1).

3. If you had some sense in you, you would learn your Laws and your rights because one day, it might be your turn to face these same bullies whom you sic on PIDOM. And when it comes your time to face them, there might be no mercy left to be had

First, you didn’t have to be rude. Secondly, it takes one without “some sense” to actually recognize another one without sense in them. Thirdly, I don’t leak classified documents so there won’t be a time for me to “face them”. Fourthly, the police can arrest based on “mere allegations”, that’s why when one is arrested, they’re brought in for questioning based on the allegations for which they were arrested in the first place and if there’s no substance to the allegation, they’re released otherwise, they’re further held until arraigned in court and this is a standard practice.
Lastly, if there’s anything David Hundeyin’s exposè proved is that Isaac Bristol, who the police currently have in custody, is actually PIDOM, so save your tears for the 👨‍⚖️ and yes, feel free to continue your rants under my response which is the last you’ll get from me.

Lol. You call leaking sensitive documents with grave national security implications as “investigative journalism”?

Anyways, the so-called investigative journalist didn’t “disappear” as the black-dress wearing 2nd runner-up claimed; he has been confirmed to be held in detention by the NPF-NCCC & at the end of investigations, he’ll be charged to court accordingly where his cheerleaders can either help in hiring a team of lawyers for him or contributing to his bail.

Until then, Bristol Isaac’s journey to jail has only just begun and for the next 2yrs & 9months of PBAT’s administration at the least, he won’t be tasting freedom!

All of dem should getat!

Old video.

Lol. A lame argument. The FG clearly stated that the affected universities aren’t even accredited in their own countries to offer degree programs but someone or a group wants to make an excuse for those who “earned” bachelor degrees from such institutions of higher learning.

Lol. Another pro Tinubu group whose true intentions will come to light as 2027 approaches.
IYKYK.

Lol. If this report was meant to be a PR stunt or testing of the murky political waters a second time by GEJ’s supporters, they did a rather poor job of it.

The underlying message in this report is that fPGEJ can be controlled (PBAT, who they thought they would “own” isn’t kowtowing to the North) by the northern political elite; a GEJ government benefits the north (a PBAT admin doesn’t benefit the north especially, contrary to their expectations), the same northerners who were there, quiet & uninterested in getting fPMB to sustain the Almajiri schools built by GEJ in the north, don’t want to own up to their own systemic failures but are looking for a “cleaner” in GEJ to help them clean the mess they created! Finally, what this report didn’t say but is very obvious is that the northern elite while preferring power to supposedly remain in the South for another 4yrs after PBAT’s first term, they’re more comfortable with it shifting to the South-south rather than the Southeastern part: question is why? In other words, the northern elite cannot trust an Igbo man with power! If not, instead of going back to the stone (GEJ) they rejected if they’re truly dissatisfied with a PBAT government, they would’ve built consensus around someone like PO who against all odds, came 3rd in a hotly contested election despite contesting on the platform of a political party without “structure” & without the support of power brokers.

I hope fPGEJ can see through their hypocrisy & call their bluff but if he doesn’t, it means PO may not contest in 2027 & risk incurring the eternal wrath of his “Obidient” mob or contest against his former leader (seeing his desperation, he’ll run even if it means running against GEJ) & both of them fighting over who takes 2nd & 3rd position in the race.

Lol. If you put emotions aside and look at the issues critically, N29m monthly is inadequate for the average Nigerian politician especially the one that wants to be in the good books of their people, continue to win elections, wield political influence, attract patronage from bigger politicians & dictate things.

The average Nigerian senator spends tens of millions of Naira every month catering to their district’s needs in the areas of health care, education, personal matters (weddings, provision of food, naming ceremonies, burials, employment) etc. These requests/demands don’t even stop.

What is however untenable is for our politicians to be receiving ridiculous allowances to wit: wardrobe, newspaper and journals, vehicle allowance etc.

This is the type of nonsense that they did in the last presidential elections; they’ll just take a result sheet from a PU and share it widely online making it look like they’re the most popular party.

Why not show the results for that entire LGA let’s check something.

Meanwhile, it’s troubling that the party didn’t field a candidate yet celebrating; it’s just like someone jubilating that they bought a car without an engine and car seats.

Now, I’ll mention the party’s name: as long as LP doesn’t have agents in all the PU (especially in the north) across the length and breadth of Nigeria, during elections, they’ll continue to be deprived of their lawful votes. From the result sheet above, it appears only the PDP PU agent appended their signature.

Realignment has begun for next general elections already. Akume to become next APC chairman. A NW or SE politician/technocrat to become SGF.

Even a broken clock is correct twice in a day. Mr. Joe Igbokwe might be an unwise elder most of the time but on the PSquare matter, he's very correct; it's either these music legends don't have respectable elders in their family/clan that can call them to order or they're both a bunch of proud young men without respect for the elderly words of wisdom.

While it's painful that they're both hurt by whatever is the cause of their constant fights, washing their dirty-linens in public will only serve as distraction and entertainment for a while but after that, we'll move on & they'll be none the wiser still.

Should she honor Mr. Guy Bruce's invitation to participate in Miss Universe Nigeria, the organisers will simply compensate her with the crown in typical Naija fashion.

With the institutional reforms, reintroduction of the middle class, employment opportunities, paying off Nigeria’s humongous foreign debts at the time among other good Chief Olusegun Obasanjo did in office as President, unfortunately, what he’s proposing would also affect him (being in jail or hanging from the gallows) because some of the problems we’re still facing today as a country, stemmed from some of the actions of his administration.

This guy is a phoooool! LMAO. How did he even conceive this type of joke in the first place? I was already laughing even before he finished revealing the joke that purportedly got him fired!

Anyone who thinks banditry will end in northern Nigeria especially, is an idiot! No lighter way to put it. From the few comments I discerned on the screen shot, there is a cross-section of northerners who believe these bandits are fighting a legitimate fight and deserve support.

Lol. Nigerian public officials and media attention. She needn’t have to go there; this is an event that if her allegations are true, should’ve just allowed the security agencies to handle it but she has to go out in all her paraphernalia of office to prove a point!

The girls should be proud of their feat: I'm proud of them for what they were able to accomplish at this Olympic games. They gave it their all especially in the 4th quarter by trouncing the USA ladies but it wasn't enough in the end.

lexy2014:
what will rejigging cabinet achieve?

have you heard the adage that "when the head of the fish is rotten, the rest of the body will go along with it"?

Ok.

With Sen. Abubakar Kyari on the saddle @ FMAFS, President Tinunu's administration will hardly achieve any of its plans for the agricultural sector.

That being said, it's high time the President rejig his cabinet & throw out dead weights of which his cabinet is loaded with many of them. He should also consider appointing a non-northerner as Agric Minister; last time we'd a Minister in that ministry that actually made any impact that even - majority if not all - smallholder farmers (who produce at least 80% of our Agric produce) could attest to, he was a non-northerner (Dr. Akin Adesina, now AfDB President).

Since then, every other Agric Minister (before him & till date, all of them northerners) have just been occupying that position with nothing tangible to show for it other than a trail of corruption and bad loans.

Mr. Bayo Onanuga has often times fallen short of what's expected of a senior media aide to the President through some of his unmeasured tweets on X.
However, on this particular occasion, his response is spot on, measured & timely: Alh. Atiku Abubakar has unraveled since 2022. Those who thought or still think man isn't an ethno-religious fanatic obviously haven't followed his trajectory especially since after the tragic and barbaric murder of Deborah in Sokoto & the former VP's volte face after realising his northern supporters were upset by his initial response.

After all is said and done, blackmail or no blackmail, the dimension the protests took & is taking in the north is unprecedented; calling for a military coup & waving the flag of a country that has become notorious for backing military coups in some parts of West & Central Africa.
Irrespective of the political permutations ongoing now coupled with the hidden agenda of the ongoing protests and whether Tinubu successfully concludes his first term in office & goes on to spend 8yrs or not is immaterial at this point but one thing is certain, if those waiting in the wings to replace him in the next general elections don't put their selfish interests aside & come together as one to confront APC, PBAT will trounce them again and his opponents will cry harder and louder than 2023.

The monsters they made. If only they just stayed where they are but unfortunately, these monsters won't/can't be contained to their region; they'll soon rather than later, find their way to other parts of the country to unleash their monstrosity as well.

Russia recognized their own flag and distanced themselves from its usage in the hunger protests in the North yet Prof. Kperogi wants us to believe it was the Nigerian Armed Forces flag that was being displayed. The northern protesters waving those flags were simply yearning for what's happening in neighboring Niger to occur in Nigeria; a Russia-backed military coup in Nigeria.

Former President Obasanjo is like that student who after writing mostly wrong answers to the examination questions, steps out thereafter to revise those questions and start proffering the correct answers.

As President, Aremu Obasanjo did excellently well in some areas but you see the specific areas he mentioned in his interview with FT (oil & gas, agriculture & youth restiveness), he failed woefully.

Similarly, in his failed desire to elongate his tenure in office, he laid the foundation for many of the problems that are still bedeviling us today as a nation.