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Ibime:
I always find it suspicious when people start accusing each other of drugs

Shey the drugs no get name

Is it just weed, colos or something stronger?

Even the Regina wey talk say na Ned dey encourage her drug use never talk which drug exactly

E fit just be igbo wey dem dey call drugs to give each other bad name

It could be weed, tramadol, happy pills or any other thing NDLEA refer to as hard drugs now.

They obviously won't be calling the name in order not to make NDLEA interested in their case.

donjazzet:
Sowore hasn't achieved much because he simply didn't weld the clout and influence Obi now has which is why I'm saying both characteristics should be combined.

And this fear about civil unrest is the same as accepting eternal defeat. Those were the two options presented to us. Go out and vociferously defend your votes or cower in silence and accept defeat.

Now the ruling class has boldly accepted the mantra that the people simply don't matter. The institutions have been completely captured.

A sowore with obi's kind of influence would have tapped into the raw anger and passion of his followers as opposed to accepting defeat.

Obi has proven himself a weak and ineffectual leader. He has singlehandedly killed the movement and that's very sad.

Sowore will never have Obi's kind of influence because he will always be an SUG president in a 54-year-old man's body.

I take it that you have admitted his Machiavellian approach to things has not achieved any polictical gain.

Our next-door neighbors recently took to the street to protest Paul Biya's reelection in Cameroun. As at the last time I followed their news at least 48 people were killed as a result of that protest, several protesters were arrested, and Paul Biya is still the president as of this afternoon. Something similar would've happened if Obi had incited his supporters to protest under the guise of "defending their votes" and the world will not end.

Something tells me you've not really lost any acquaintance, relative or friend to avoidable death caused by challenging the institutions of the state. That is why you are talking about "tapping into the raw anger and passion of his followers". The corpers and normal people that died in the violence that followed the 2011 elections back then, some of their families are still in pain till date.

I really want to hear your suggestions on what he should've done that doesn't have a chance of leading to violence.

raumdeuter:
On the contrary I think Regina is older than 17 when she met Ned. For people in entertainment, they try to make themselves younger for whatever reasons. Even someone like Kizz will be claiming 28yrs for 5yrs

Regina has documents showing she is 1998, 2000 and even 2001

Where I agree with this is that if there was any wrongdoing, it is Rita Daniels the mother who is the main offender

I think she may be younger; you know she started off as a teen actor.

Anyways whether she's younger or older than what she's claiming , I know when it looks like she might be in touble for forgery she will quickly claim the age that appears on most of her documents (Irrecpective of whether it will contradict her social media age)

Emaprince:
Where this one happen? Who was Burna asking to.leave

See am here

https://www.nairaland.com/8560576/moment-burna-boy-asks-fan

CrystalTiger:
It was only a matter of time..Don't know what led her to start roping in other wives..

Regina mama no be good woman sha, likely she's damaged her daughter permanently..

But this wife too is confirming they were doing drvgs in under Ned's roof in her attempt to defend "their husband"

I think I support the motion Izzou moved that NDLEA should investigate the matter and probably carry our a raid on his apartment to search for drvgs.

Bimmarlykay:
Implying she forged her age,she could face the law.

Well, when push comes to shove will claim the age on the Voters card and will stop claiming she was under aged when She married Ancestor Ned.

Guestmale:
I too support using our mother language, but those that you have mentioned here are almost monolingual if not totally, unlike Nigeria that we have many languages and many of them don't have correct or exact word for objects, situations and conditions in many subjects.

Except if and only we can agree on a one indigenous language and but will other tribes accept.

Countries like South Africa have more than one official language.

Nigeria can decide to adopt Yoruba, Hause and Igbo plus one or two more widely spoken languages as official languages.

Note that we are talking about language of instruction at the primary and secondary school level here and not tertiary level

donjazzet:
The immediate aftermath of the elections made me realize Obi did not have what it took to lead the obidient movement.
I don't blame him sha, the movement was forced upon him. Nigerians badly needed an escape from this very wicked and terrible party called APC and they entrusted their hopes on Obi because he was the best option of off all those available in such a short amount of time.. remains so.

But his politicking is Soo damn naive. We needed a healthy dose of Obi and sowore in one person.

The collapse of the movement has shown that he doesn't know what to do with his influence. He's ineffectual.

I can see u are still hurt that Obi didn't take to ur hot headed advice of staging protests to "shut down the country" following the outcome of 2023 elections.

We've been through this before, most of the hot headed takes you dropped about how Obi should've moved following the elections would've caused serious problem for Obi and young Nigerians who would've followed him in that fruitless journey.

Maybe you have forgotten they signed peace accord before the elections and Buhari being the president in 2023 would not have hesitated to deal with Obi if he had tried what you suggested back then. They only need to get counter protesters to make trouble with Obi's "peaceful protesters", cause civil unrest here and there; then give security agencies reason to crack down on them. We all saw how that played out during ENDSARS which you vehemently opposed despite how peaceful it was.

As for your last paragraph, can you please tell us what exactly has Sowore achieved with his series of faux protest every market day? Sowore protested for most of Buhari's tenure, did that yield any political capital? What political change has he been able to effect with his Machiavellian approach to issues?

I really want to hear from you.

izzou:
Humans are funny

A musician that all of us paid for to perform, says he won't sing until I go home

And people were actually shouting on her to go home?

If na me, that show don end.

Humans can be funny truly.

Has it ever happened to u when u are driving on a narrow road or street and then u get stuck because one fooolish driver would not wait despite u having the right of way? Now everybody is stuck and clearly the guy needs to reverse for you to go before the road will be free for everyone else.

The guy refuses to budge and u knowing u are on ur right decide to stand ur ground.

Suddenly everybody will leave the fooolish guy and start begging u to please reverse so he can go and the road will be free for everyone. Like u will just be livid and be wondering how they have the impetus to leave the guy who is wrong and be demanding responsible behaviour from u

That is the kind of thing that obviously happened in that Burna show. Instead of changing it for Burna for his unreasonable demand, dem dey shout for their fellow fan to leave just to please burna

iamoyindamola:
Typical Lagos omo onile style
Be like Mc oluomo is teaching him well for abuja

Wike has always been like that na. Him senior Mc Oluomo in thuggery , just that him go school and him dey wear suit

a4turitoroman:
Some clowns here defended this earlier before

E get wetin dem no dey defend for here ?

I'm sure if government wakes one day and says they want to castrate all men, we will see people here defend it by listing out benefits of castration and even go a step further telling us to be grateful for the government benevolence.

Bluelines69:
Government of reversal, don’t they think things through before approving

They always act before thinking only for them to reverse their decisions later. I never see this level of incompetence begore, very reactive government.

Everybody just dey knock Wike's head for being badly behaved.

Even the Defence minister sef Don exonerate the officer

Fiscus105:
How many of such nations use English?

Does China use English to set exam
Spain? Russia? Belgium? Germany?

The minister is indirectly talking about Hausa and North,who aren't doing well in exams, because they don't used to speak English to them from infancy.

Before they come out from such policy, they have done, EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND COMPARISIM. In the south, all of pupils in private schools started learning English from toddler, you yourself know that and that's why, thr is wide gap between south and north in area of education.


YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EDUCATION, NEITHER ARE YOU EDUCATORS OR RESEARCHER IN EDUCATION.

Again learn how not to attack everything that comes out from govt or even online, just to win unnecessary argument.

The minister's approach like most of our government's approach to issues over the years is the lazy way out approach to tackling issues.

If your claim that "the minister is targeting north with this policy" is to be believed, then I can tell you boldly that the policy won't really achieve much. Your claim extensive research has been done , but this directive looks nothing like something backed by any extensive research because nothing shows they even understand the problem.

Anyways, going forward I hope you learn to address points raised by people in their post rather than projecting nonsense political bias

casdoruche:
Answer the question man

Oga, they take exams in English and indigenous Afrikaans language in South Africa at primary & secondary levels. That was why I said you should either ask questions or use google instead of saying someone who knows more than you is "Talking sheet"

izzou:
Rewatched the video of Wike and the Officer

When Wike was talking to the CDS on the phone, the officer's hands were in his pocket.

The moment he took the phone from Wike and spoke to the CDS, he stood at attention.

Just Wow!

He no send Wike papa as Wike decided to useless himself.

He put into action that enlightenment he gave to Wike by answering the phone at attention. You know he told Wike "Sir, I will request to enlighten you Sir, there's no such thing as a former Vice Admiral. A Vice Admiral is a Vice Admiral"

He showed that indeed the man still remain a Vice Admiral even tho he is not present, he still gave him the attention he would give him in his present.

Fiscus105:
How many of those countries used English as official language?

They must attack every policies of govt, even when they themselves know is true.

The man is one of best brain in Tinubu cabinet

Must everything be politics to individuals like you?

I disagreed with a policy and I made an argument against the policy which has absolutely nothing to do with politics.

Instead of bringing a counter argument like the reasonable people who disagreed with my position did, you are here talking about Tinubu's cabinet. I guess because you support the government, other citizens cannot disagree with government's policies right ?

emapeteum:
English is a global language in the academic world. What you are saying is a thought from an ignorant angle.I used to think this way, but when I met many international students, even those who couldn't communicate in English struggled because publishing papers in English reaches a wider audience. I recently attended a conference in Beijing, and everything was done in English. You know why? The USA, with its technology and British Empire, was the largest on earth

I've further explained my position in subsequent posts, look it up and see the point I made.

WriterX:
You’re right that many Indian students start learning in their local languages at the primary level, but that’s only half the story. India’s educational system is bilingual by design, not purely indigenous but the moment students move beyond the basic level, English Language becomes the dominant medium in science, technology, engineering, medicine, and higher education.

Now let me give you some facts at least those don't lie according to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 of India, foundational and basic education can be delivered in the mother tongue only up to Grade 5, I think Grade 8 too, after which English becomes compulsory for secondary and tertiary instruction.

India’s IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology), AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), and NITs (National Institutes of Technology) — the very institutions producing those world-class engineers and IT professionals — all teach entirely in English, not Hindi, Tamil, or Bengali.

Meanwhile, Nigeria doesn’t yet have standardized academic materials, dictionaries, or scientific terminology in any indigenous language to match that system. If we were to teach subjects like Computer Programming or Quantum Physics in Hausa or Yoruba tomorrow, we’d spend more time inventing vocabulary than teaching the subject. India has spent over 70 years developing linguistic and translation infrastructure; Nigeria hasn’t even started that process at scale.

Everything you've written in the bolded part of your post is you making my point for me.

The minister claimed teaching our kids in indigenous language at the primary and secondary level is why our graduates can't compete with their peers. That is 100% false because you just confirmed in your post that Indians are taught in their languages + English Language up to a point before English is finally the language of instruction.

As of today, we teach majorly in English and partly in indigenous language. The minister saying they should discontinue use of indigenous language completely and use English 100%.

I am saying the minister's arguments backing that directive is flawed because evidence abounds of where the system he's cancelling has actually worked and produce results.

I hope you get my point now.

Julius1995:
We have over 400 languages in Nigeria alone. How will we create new curriculum or translate existing ones to mother tongues? How long will it take you to translate textbooks, train teachers in the use of the mother tongues to teach physics, chemistry, biology, economics etc. What about internal and external examination? For a country that has one of the worst education system in the world, teaching in native languagee will take not less than 30 years to get us halfway to where we currently are. It is not feasible and it does not make any sense. Think about it.

India has over 1000 languages and dialects and they have 22 official languages .

It's only mental laziness that has made us stick with English as the only official language 65 years after independence. We can decide to have 3 to 6 official languages like some other African countries do if our policy makers want to.

What you don't know is that if they want to really carry out this minister's directive, people may stop going to school in some parts of this country. You need to travel around Nigeria to understand that this directive makes no sense and won't really achieve its intended purpose.

WriterX:
I dont understand your arguement, typo error? Please check and rewrite lets talk

You claimed in those countries I mentioned they don't teach in local languages; I then proceed to point it out to you that In India, schools teach in different indigenous languages at the primary and secondary level.

I've corrected the typo now.

Those same students who learnt under that system would floor some of our own products in Engineering and IT field

Cmanforall:
Not only that, over the years English language has always been used, at least in the South

Who teaches Mathematics or Physis with local language?

I attended a public school from JSS1 to SSS3 and I can tell you boldly that teachers do teach with Yoruba sometimes to drive their point home.

Some students assimilate when some concepts are broken down to them in their mother tongue.

Nobody is saying English should be scrapped as official language, rather I am saying the minister goofed claiming it is frequent use of indigenous languages that makes our students unable to compete with their peers globally.

WriterX:
It is not flawed.

I understand the point about countries like China, India, and those in Europe using their native languages for instruction, but that comparison doesn’t fit Nigeria’s situation. Those countries each have a single dominant national language—like Mandarin, Japanese, or French—while Nigeria has over 500 distinct languages and no universally accepted one that can serve as a neutral medium of instruction. Choosing just one would immediately create inequality and deepen ethnic divides.

Beyond that, languages like Chinese or Hindi have long-established written standards, rich vocabularies, and well-developed scientific and technical terms built through centuries of national investment. Most Nigerian languages simply don’t have that level of linguistic infrastructure yet, so translating complex subjects like physics, medicine, or computer science into them would be nearly impossible at this stage.

Even in India, where local languages are widely used, English remains a co-official language and is still the main medium in higher education, science, technology, and international business. In fact, much of India’s global success in areas like IT and medicine is because of its strong foundation in English.

English gives Nigerian students access to global research, education, and employment opportunities. Abandoning it now would only isolate our graduates from the international stage. The smarter and more realistic path is a bilingual approach—teaching early education in local languages for better comprehension, while maintaining English as the language of science, technology, and global communication.

In truth, countries like China and India don’t succeed because they reject English; they succeed because they’ve built strong national languages and still value English as a bridge to the rest of the world. Until Nigeria develops that kind of linguistic foundation, English remains our most practical and unifying medium of instruction.

Chief, In india they teach in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, etc at the primary and tertiary levels of education.

I responded to the part the man claimed teaching students in English language is the only way to make our students compete favorably with their peers globally. That claim is falsity.

casdoruche:
Talking sheet

Do you set exams in indigenous languages

What are you saying

If you don't know something, please ask questions from people who do or use google.

izzou:
And that's why I laugh at the ordinary Nigerians clapping for Wike.

Your own case won't need 50 Policemen. Na those AMAC touts dem go use flog you comot, without any court order.

I saw a video this morning claiming Lagos state has revoked title documents of majority of lands in Epe. I don't know how true it is but the man in the seem to be a property lawyer and he's advising people to be careful getting lands in Epe. He claims only those who have the old C of O may be safe with the state government decides to reclaim the lands.

“If you bought a land in Epe or you are about to buy a land in Epe, be very worried. Government has revoked almost all the lands in that place”

- Lagos State Property Lawyer pic.twitter.com/7hGMscS3HA

— OLAMIDE 🌸💖 (@Olamide0fficial) November 13, 2025

Edit : link to video added

izzou:
Regina's mother should be ashamed of herself

Trading off her 17 year old daughter because of money.

I'm suspecting that Regina and her mum delibrately falsified her age for their own selfish reasons.

Regina claimed she married Ned as a 17 year old. Ned on the hand claimed she was 19 when the both got married and he has her PVC as evidence of her age being 19 as at that time.

We all know PVC, International passport or drivers license can have any age you choose to present to the authorities as at the time you are applying.

It's looking likely that Regina and her mum choose 1998 as her birth year when she was registering for PVC despite knowing she was actually born in year 2000 (for reasons best known to them). They provided that PVC to Ned and he had no reason to doubt her age.

In all of this, one fact stands out: Rita Daniels is a very bad mother who would do anything to secure the bag even if it is at the expense of her daughter's happiness. Maybe if Ned was into women above 35 years of age she would've offered herself to him sha.

I support this move, some of these beggars takeover road medians, bridges and waling path meant for pedestrians. Taking them out of the street is a right move.

The government should also clear the thugs and miscreants at major bus stops like Oshodi, Obalende, CMS,etc. They pose danger to law abiding citizens.

Alausa explained that while preserving indigenous languages remains important for cultural identity, English would now serve as the primary language of instruction from pre-primary to tertiary levels to enhance comprehension, learning outcomes, and global competitiveness.

“The English language should be used to teach our students at all levels as a means of instruction,” the minister said.

“Over the years, mother tongues have been used to teach, and this has largely been responsible for the failures recorded in exams.

“The national policy on language has been cancelled. English now stands as the medium of instruction across all levels of education,” he added.

His arguments are flawed.

What about Indians, Chinese and even European countries who use their own indigenous language as language of instruction, and their students/graduates still compete favorably well when placed side by side with those taught in English in the global market?

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Na the koko be dis. We go dey copy US system without checks and balances. Former US service chief or even president doesn't have active duty soldiers protecting his properties.
But this na Wike we know how he dey move. He himself no dey follow do process, u dey move with 50 police officers, two bulldozers without a valid court order?? He think say he dey deal with poor man pikin
According to Sahara ReportersReporters;

The bold is my grouse with people who are trying to gaslight us with the lame line of "In an ideal society" or "In saner climes".

How many ideal societies do they see things being done the way Wike does things? In what world will a minister like Wike be moving around with over 50 police officers and DSS personnel when it is not a time for war? With so many areas in this country still under-policed, they don't see anything wrong with Wike going around with that much police officers over land matter (Land that will still be re allocated to another big man o)

GloriousGbola:
full ban of phones incoming

"Eneke the bird says that since men have learned to shoot without missing, he has learned to fly without perching". - Chinua Achebe (Things Fall Apart)

If they ban phones, people will switch to Rayban camera eyeglass be that na. 🤷‍♂️

This is the full video showing Wike arriving with full paraphernalia and leaving with his tail behind his legs.....

FULL VIDEO: Wike Vs. Military Land Dispute:

How it started and the altercation that ensued.https://t.co/uefRJxWWOz pic.twitter.com/ywdH0oMwhs

— TVC News (@tvcnewsng) November 12, 2025

This extended version further shows how disciplined and coordinated that Naval officer was.

No unbiased person will watch this video and still claim the officer was rude or suggest he should be punished.

Wike just ridiculed himself for nothing

popizaino:
This thing just dey sweet you for body.

You think it's an ideal world out there in the military.

That institution is as corrupt as the civil world and also very nepotic and tribalistic.

The only reason why it can turn out the way you concluded is,if the soldier in question is in the good book of every senior officers whom Wike might want to use to deal with him or else they can as well end his career.

All this one na campaign after election.

The CDS never told the officer to stand down despite Wike putting a call to him to report the officer.

The minister of Defense has also said nothing will happen to the officer.

Popi of nairaland still dey talk about Wike ending his military career 😂😂😂