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afrodoc:
So na this guy be Edo No 1 citizen?

Na am , na am!

Roland17:
I am not on SM, except you count NL as one. I am able to follow the link and read the summary of the poster but I can’t see the comments or her position.

Maybe you can summarize her position. It would be interesting to read, especially considering she is an expert in a very important field of science.

Let me conduct a search on peer reviewed research websites to see if I will find any of her works, particularly one related to GMOs.

This is a video of her speaking on it in the past

I got the full clips of Dr Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour, GRV’s wife, exposing the evil of GMOs & debating against Nigeria adopting GM Products at the House of Reps’ public hearing.

This is someone who won $1 million prize from Bill Gates for her research on Malaria.

A Video Thread! pic.twitter.com/TtLSiHyneu

— Obiasogu David (@afrisagacity) July 28, 2025

GloriousGbola:
That is why izzou's paddy guy failed the test in a civilised clime. It is expected that drivers will show a reasonable level of thinking and drive in ways that will not endanger anyone. Do you need a sign against one way? Do you need a sign to wear your seat belt? A warning so you don't drink and drive?

Do you need to be told to drive below 20km /hr in a residential area?

This bold is an assumption that may not be true.

I don’t live abroad and can’t claim to know for sure if there aren’t road signs for almost every potential traffic violation.

Why not let’s ask people who live abroad if there are signs for all of the things u mention up there or if drivers are just expected to do them ?

livelongnprospa what’s it like in Canada?

GloriousGbola:
The roundabout is within your line of sight if you ply the road. It was the first thing I noticed when I started using the bridge. And the turn is actually very sharp.

More reason why a proper sign should be placed there to discourage any driver that may want to make a turn there.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]You can make a case for the damaged sign and structure, without justifying the irresponsibility of these drivers.

A roundabout is a roundabout in Lagos, Ekiti, Gombe and Texas.

To turn at a roundabout, you go round it. How can you say someone is not aware?

If the government needs to start putting billboards to educate people on using Roundabouts, then we better start reissuing Driver licenses again.

Anybody wey dem chop obviously has money in his pocket to dash police. There is no reasonable excuse to illegally use a roundabout, especially when it is free.[/color]

I am not familiar with the particular road , but I know it is common sense for road signs to be installed on roads to prevent traffic offence.

It is the responsibility of government to provide traffic signs to prevent accident and prevent traffic offence.

Now if that is not provided and individuals decided to erect such signs should it be pulled down?

Nowhere did I justify irresponsibility in my post. I am simply saying there's an onus on the government to put in place warning signs on roads like it is done in normal modern society.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]How is it exploitation when the person is intentionally breaking the rule?

A roundabout is clearly in your front. You leave the roundabout and turn at the beginning.

There's no traffic on the bridge. It's a new bridge, but people are so impatient to spend 5 seconds around it. As you no gree get patience, make Police help you chop your money

That's not Mile 2 though. It's the bridge connecting Alaba Oro to Second Rainbow [/color]

Some people(mostly strangers) probably don't know there's no turning there , hence the reason people who do erected a visible sign there.

I hope u know it is not everybody that plies a particular road know where to turn and where not to.

There's one like that around ICM in Ikeja but there's a sign there warning road users not to turn there. At least if the sign at this particular place in the video is visible, nobody will claim ignorance of the law.

Why did they pull the sign down?

Ellexy:
It shouldn't be a laughing matter but my belle nearly bust with laughter

😭😭😭

It is sadly funny and amusing that is the governor of a state.

Just learned that the bridge at mile2 was broken in the attempt to remove sign we safely installed to guide drivers against the police exploiters in that axis. Who could have done that? 🤷🏻‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/clqvcMH4BT

— Objectv Media (@objectvmedia) July 28, 2025

Police has always been exploiting people for illegally turning mile 2 bridge .

Concerned citizens decided to erect a signboard warning fellow citizens it is an illegal U-turn in order to avoid further police exploitation.

Guess what ? The signboard has been removed and the bridge damaged in the process of its removal .

😂😂😂

Make Edo state governor no catch you shaaa😭🧎🫵 pic.twitter.com/KdISf3mBOn

— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) July 27, 2025

iamoyindamola:
They are changing street names across Lagos, another street that have Eastern name is changed, they even changed Charly boy bus stop to olamide Badoo🤣🤣
They lost Lagos in the last election, e pain them very well. I am waiting for them to change ozumba mbadiwe too
By the time this APC led government finish everyone with tribal wars, I hope iya chidinma is save where she's and not sent back to the east.

Make all of them Getat! Let them focus on fixing roads in those areas, fix street light and improve security instead of wasting time on non issues like name change.

For over a year now people have been complaining about Gbadada-Oshodi expressway. From Iyana Oworo down to Oshodi, there's no functioning streetlight on that full stretch of the road. Neither the state government nor the LGA's think of solving that problem. People get robbed at night at that charly boy bus stop regularly; if u listen to all these Yoruba radio programs dedicated to combating crime u will hear people call in often and lament the rate of robbery at that bus stop. One chance operators also operate unhindered on that axis on a regular basis.

It will make sense if govenrment focus on fixing those problems sha

People like Sam Larry actually do not deserve to speak where reasonable people talk. He is a thug who was caught on camera threatening and assaulting the late Mohbad.

Whatever hate he is getting today, he attracted to himself by his past actions. He is not in a position to mock anybody . He is a bully who is getting bullied online by other badly raised adults like him. End of Discussion

Sixty six hundred . 👌

TemporaryHansel:
I honestly don’t think people living in obodo oyinbo can be trusted on this issue. Whether they realize it or not, most of them are compromised, consciously or unconsciously.

I like to be open minded on this . I don’t think anybody is compromised , it’s just normal for them to share their opinion if they believe GMO isn’t as bad as we assume . It’s also not a bad idea for people who are anti-GMO to share their own perspective too .

It’s only when discussion is made around the subject we can genuinely understand who is right and who is not .

https://x.com/afrisagacity/status/1949085637690191903?s=46

Roland17 please go though this thread . What do u make of Dr. Ify Rhodes-Vivour’s position on this GMO matter ? Considering she’s a practicing molecular geneticist by profession ; does her position call for genuine concern or one should believe she’s being political ?

Also she’s been a prize winner from the Bill and Melinda Gates’ foundation for her research work in the past .

CrystalTiger:
The comparison is extremely stupid honestly..

The idea that Frank Edoho is struggling financially or otherwise is baffling..

Well , I don’t know about what was said or unsaid in the so called fight between Omojuwa and frank but certainly Frank has things going well for him.

It’s just like saying because u don’t see Alibaba often on the screen that means he fell off. He Dey chop better with corporate shows ; the kind of events that u already have ur fulll fees deposited to ur account before u even leave ur house . And he’s even sure to meet other execs that can give him more gigs at the venue .

To me, I believe that’s a decent and respectable way of earning a living compared to what Omojuwa stands for or does sha .

TemporaryHansel:
One of the major problems in this era is the mindset that if you’re not flaunting a larger-than-life lifestyle on social media, then you must be struggling or failing at life.

I honestly don’t see any other reason why someone would make such a ridiculous comment about Frank Edoho.

Well , if one made it through being in everybody’s face in the media space , it is understandable people assume such person fell off the moment they don’t see him on the screens or hear so much about him often .

But the truth is people like Frank Edoho can’t grow hungry with the kind of talent he has and the networking he must have done when he was on TV . In fact , it’s his price that will even make some clients unable to pay him .

Shegzdave:
Iamoyindamola
Your idolo has done it again

Osakpolo pon d beat

Omo, the kind things wey that girl talk fit put her for danger o. Forget Osakpolo first, the whole number of guys she mentioned while dragging her friend fit make those guys find her o.

Imagine saying Seyi Tinubu dey buy birkin bag for her friend and that one sneaking into Abuja to minister to Seyi 😲

iamoyindamola:
Depending on location there are some 65k rooms that have everything as luxury

They can't give u luxury bro. Those kind of hotels are just normal okay hotels.

When u are talking luxury, u are talking about Transcorp, Marrriot, Eko Hotels, Raddison and the likes which are obviously not as cheap as 65k.

Enyimba just dey try hype themselves with that talk

Ihebu4chelsea:
or maybe specified it, 65k Luxury hotel in Aba.

Even 65k hotel no be luxury bro. As at 2024, king guest room at Transcorp Hilton is 245k per night .

If dem talk say dem lodge am for let's say 170k luxury hotel, I go believe say dem serious.

The kind hype they are trying to make with the 65k luxury hotel statement no follow at all

Roland17:
I am not disputing Enyimba's other claims oh but which kain 5 star hotel be N65K/ Night

E shock me too

They should've left that part out cometely, it takes seriousness out of whatever point they are trying to make

iamoyindamola:
This guy is no good no talent
Who ever in enyimba that authorized his signature supposed to be sacked
They are now dragging themselves disturbing our peace

Wait did Enyimba just claim five star hotel is 65k? 😂😂😂

Roland17:
You will read my subsequent post where I am encouraging the question(s) and that is the approach an influencer like Aproko Doctor should have done. He did not approach the conversation correctly and ended up confusing people more. Aproko Doctor should have approached the conversation from a point of complimenting food production versus the natural thought of eliminating organic food production.

Humans over the centuries have evolved and as we evolve, everything about us evolve so we can adapt to the environment. Level of modification depends on the advancement in science and technology and truly understanding what goes into commercial food processing. Food processing at its commercial stage in Nigeria is already modified, irrespective of the level. Even here in the US, no one forces you to buy GMO foods, if anything, they clearly marked as GMOs/ Organic and you make a choice which you want.

GMO is not a novel invention, the issue is that we haven't discussed it and that is the power an one of the advantages of SM. Social media evokes conversations about every and anything.

Now, in 2025, it has become a strong conversation in Nigeria, we can talk about the advantages, disadvantages but more importantly correct false narratives that associate GMOs to Obesity, Cancer, Autism (or any form of intellectual disability), Dementia, HBP and other health related diseases. This is the angle that puts fear in people and when a Medical Doctor approaches a vastly broad conversation like that unprepared, he is set to cause more confusion.

Exactly! This is what just happened ; now Hudeyin and other guys are pushing a whole lot of conspiracy theory viewpoints and people dey pander to their narrative.

I guess more medical practitioners and food scientists who are knowledgeable in that field may need to come out to lend their voice to the matter

Roland17:
There are inherent risks in every aspect of science. Take for instance, vaccines. Do they have benefits? I strongly believe so and that is why I encourage vaccinations, do they have risks? absolutely yes but the benefits of prevention have shown more success than failures. A vaccinated child after birth has a higher survival rate when compared to an unvaccinated child. The idea isn't to eliminate organic food production, no. Rather, it is to compliment the efforts of organic food production and guarantee food security for Nigeria.

Let me be honest with you. You are already consuming GMOs long before now in Nigeria. Take for instance, the "Natural Orange/ Apple juice" people have been consuming in Nigeria. Do you think they are primarily organic at their commercial stage? I can go on and on..The only difference is that it is now getting attention. Science will be useless without questions and that is what this does.

You didn't address the point I raised in my post.

I said people are skeptical because most of the discussions around GMO is centered around it's advantages and less said about it's health risks.

I think I saw a glimpse of this in what Shegzdave said about Aproko doctor's video promoting GMO. HE was saying the guy talked so much about the be befits but not enough about the disadvantages. That's why some of the guys on X think Aproko doctor may have been paid to influence pro-GMO discussion without dwelling much on its disadvantages.

Yes I'm aware some of the food we eat have been modified, but u will agree our food have not been modified to the extent of the ones u have over there. From livestock to planted food, there's still some element of natural in what we consume in naija. If not, this discussion about Africa embracing GMO won't be happening.

Roland17:
If you don't mind..

The embolden are general human health problems you will find across the world, the difference is that many of them are either undiagnosed, wrongly diagnosed or a combination of both in Nigeria. The embolden, particularly the latter 2 have more genetic implication than foods. If HBP/ heart related disease runs in a family, every child, irrespective of food choice or lifestyle is inherently at risk as that is a primary risk factor.

Except you are consuming wild hens/ chickens, you are infact eating some form of genetically modified bird. Nigeria still smuggle frozen fishes, turkey and chicken from countries with advanced science and technology in animal husbandry. The chicks that become layers numerous poultries in Nigeria use have been modified in some way, irrespective of how you feed them. The maize and other ingredients that make the feed for these birds have all been genetically modified.

Well, I'm not in the medical line and don't know much about these things. I was only pointing out the general sentiments concerning those health risks and people linking it to how almost everything over there is either geenticaly modified or processed food.

I don't know enough to argue for or against GMO

Roland17:
In addition, Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa and the 6th most populous nation in the world, but we do not have the requisite food security to match our current population or its projected growth. We need GMO, particularly food crops to help compliment not eradicate the efforts of organic agriculture. For a country that has struggled to integrate large scale mechanized farming across the country, we need GMO to supplement the efforts of our farmers.

Like you rightly put, most food crop we have today have been genetically modified to adapt to changes in environment, pest control/ infestation and population growth. Take Potato for example, do people really think this variant in shape and size is the original potato? Absolutely not. The original wild potato were smaller in size and required more to feed people. So what did humans do? Modify potato to be bigger, that way, it can feed more people with less. The same is true for tomato, corn and other food/ cash crops.

While there are inherent health risks, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages.

I think the issue most people who are skeptical about the whole GMO thing have is the bolded. Like they keep hearing the benefits outweighs the disadvantages, but in actual sense not much is being said about the advantage.

It's easy to read up on the advantages, but not much discussion is centered around it's disadvantages when it's being discussed.

That in itself leave room for conspiracy theories to germinate

Shegzdave:
You’re right but your guy case is very rare cause the other guy was apologetic and your guy was reasonable but we know many Nigerian like to show off their influence/social network in cases like this

Most Nigerians are angry by default ; na why dem dey beg u before anything like "Sorry, excuse me", "Abeg , get out! "

raumdeuter:
Our farming land are reducing significantly. Remember the places that used to be farms when you were growing up, they are now estates where people are living, the available land is reducing, the land is less fertile due to repeated use yet we are increasing in population

Those conspiracy theorists on X, they are using medicine when sick, they are eating Agric chickens, they are eating imported corn flakes, everything to toothpick, But suddenly they are worried about GMO

That is the way they believed cell phones will kill us, 5G causes covid, Polio vaccine causes infertility. I am sure when cars, cement for houses, aluminum roofing, mechanized farming were introduced to Africa there were conspiracy theorists then too

I don't know anything about GMO o and I cannot argue for or against, but I read up there where you mentioned how genetically modified poultry made it possible for the US to cater for over 300m population who feed on average of 10 billion GMO chicken annually.

Don't u think people arguing against GMO may be worried about the fact that America having a very high number of people with health complications like Obesity,Autism,Dementia,etc may be due to what they consume(Which are majorly GMO)?

[quote author=Shegzdave post=136222016]This is so accurate
‘Do you know who I am?’ is the crux of the discussion😂😂

Car Accident in the Uk vs Nigeria….wait for it 😭😂🫵🏽 pic.twitter.com/0FuTg7rwH7

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) July 25, 2025

think this thing in naija is about how exposed the two drivers are o and how cool both parties are

One of my colleagues recently had another driver run into the side of his vehicle when he wanted to change lanes on his way to the office about 2 months ago.

He said immediately he came down the guy was very apologetic and was wiling to take responsibility. The guy later told him he didn't know when he lost concentration because he was partly thinking and partly dozing. His wife was admitted at Federal medical center Ebutte Meta and he's been shuttling between their home on the island and the hospital on the mainland. He has hardly slept in the past 3 days.

My guy just weak. They had a gentlemanly agreement in which my guy waited for the other guy's mechanic to get to the scene and towed the vehicle to his workshop. He had to leave his car for close to a week while the mechanic fixed it. The other guy said he will recover the money from his insurance.

I'm sure if my guy was not a gentleman, he would've burst the other guy's mouth with blow before even hearing anything the guy has to say.

Spy360:
Obi's response to Okpebholo should be written in gold and passed on to all APC nitwits.




Such a matured response that is reminiscent of a true leader and one that is not perturbed by the rantings of illiterates.

If Okpebholo had a politician like Obi that would donate to education when he was struggling with his WAEC he would have been a better human being.

Monday sat for that WAEC in 2008 as a 38-year-old adult that was most likely doing well financially. He didn't fail WAEC because he was indigent, he failed because he was dull.

diggz:
Very funny post. Na one of our freedom fighters be this that year. Shameless Hegoat!

Most of these guys zoned out already. More like they feel the country has gotten to a point where it can no longer be salvaged, so they decide to hustle for the paper by running gigs for the people who put us here. They just want to get whatever they can get for themselves and their families from the ruins.

Dem no send anybody again. That's the only reason they can be this shameless doing what they do. Na the ignorant common man people on the streets wey dey swallow this their propaganda due to their own bias I dey pity Sha

Omo! The way these guys dey shamelessly hustle and run gigs lasan!

Is it because they know Nigerians generally don't have memory or because they believe Nigerians would always find a way to accept abnormal as normal?

He said she did no wrong 😲

seankafor:
if na say Naija dey act film like this, we for no dey complain

Nothing special about the film ; it's just because we have been served with so many mid movies for so long that's why Nigerians are hyping it above the roof.

The actors interpreted their roles well, but I still noticed the producers/directors didn't pay enough attention to Continuity in at least two different scenes