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BreconHills:
You frame your sentences like a non yoruba person - a common error - There is no expression like " we yoruba" Yoruba is not just a location it is a civilization. So "The Yoruba.." is more accurate. " The British" "The Romans"

"We yoruba" is trying too hard.

I try hard for folks like you since I am aware your own bias might make you think my comment is from a non Yoruba. Most people would not read "we Yorubas" and come to the conclusion you have arrived at, that I am non yoruba, unless they think I am lying.

"We Yorubas" does not in any way imply a location, and neither does "we British", which we do very often say. Below is an image from BBC so you know I am not the only one who would use such an expression.

bemeruca:
Budaatum, Raumdeuter

Carney openly criticizes the British Prime Minister for inviting Donald Trump for a second state visit, citing concerns over Trump’s threats against Canada.

He's asking the Commonwealth to stand together against dump.

Theresamay:
just listen to yourself! You are not an indigene yet you contest in LG election in another state😂😂😂😂😂

I do not need to be an indigene to participate in elections where I live if the law allows it, because not participating leaves the field open for idiots to elect those who rule over me.

BreconHills:
Please stop using this "we Yorubas" expression. It's a dead giveaway. At least be a bit subtle.

The Orolu Kingdom of Ifon Osun in Osun State in Nigeria where both my parents are from is in Yoruba land.

Hope that's subtle enough for you.

Putindbutt:
For 15years running yet you can't stop hating Lagos state, Tinubu and APC but your hypocrisy can collect the appointments and positions from the same people you hate. Can you show us any non-ibo Vice Chairman in the SE talk less of 15 consecutive years.

Can you show me anywhere in SE where we Yoruba boku like Igbo boku for Lagos? Because, if we have the numbers in Igbo land, we would definitely be represented, unless we are undemocratic and refuse to vote such that we are considered inconsequential and irrelevant there.

teeteepeejay:
Nice one from the people of Ojo local govt.

This abomination must not be allowed

Hopefully, right minded people will vote Igbo when a more enlightened party nominates an Igbo as chair, since no be only we Yorubas live in Ojo.

After an unmentioned here Piastri win in Miami and a one two for McLaren, Verstappen drops them to second and third at Imola.

benalvino3:
Tesla stocks are exploding

They sure are.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MOxzzxUNiY?si=A9OK8TxyOlANBDMf



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmQ3tWqmQTA?si=vEo3MJjkodGBguvp

raumdeuter:
If you want them to compete together on the same field then why do we need a separate category for females

Maybe all female sporting categories should be erased

In boxing too?

Not all sports are for compete together I don't think. Even football might not qualify for compete together on the same field.

bemeruca:
That is not a competion. Children are playing together

So, they can play and perhaps train together, but you draw the line at them competing together?

I am a Formula One fan, where women and men compete together. The only issue is finding women who can compete with men. They are not barred however.

I was annoyed the boys were playing football on the basketball court till I saw a girl playing with the boys and was glad maga never got to them.

She was one of the best players too.

raumdeuter:
Why do you think the UK and EU like US are imposing tariffs on China then?

One thing I know about UK is we wouldn't last long if we impose tariffs on China. Just think. We brexited, which was a sort of imposition of tariffs on Europe, and now we want to tariff China too? Is that because we think we can survive on trade with America and India?

China seems to be the only one investing outside their own country these days, and we need their foreign direct investment, and if this government don' t understand that we'd replace them with someone who does.

As for US? Gerrymandering, I think,

The Enabling Act of 1933 (German: Ermächtigungsgesetz, officially titled Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich lit. 'Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich'),[1] was a law that gave the German Cabinet—most importantly, the Chancellor, Adolf Hitler—the power to make and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or President Paul von Hindenburg. By allowing the Chancellor to override the checks and balances in the constitution, the Enabling Act was a pivotal step in the transition from the democratic Weimar Republic to the totalitarian dictatorship of Nazi Germany.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P48FkZPkEqI?si=iUSKZydzkEGHTRfr

God1000:
Yeah I agree with you, but they will be okay with it for as long as the policy will reduce immigrants from third world countries

They'll be okay with it only until they find no one to wipe their bums and cure their ailments and they die early, or drive the buses and trains to get them to work on time, or find dedicated staff to do their other jobs and fill their houses their own people don't want to live in. This Starmer will after all result in deflation and gdp drop, though I bet you before then we'd just open up to cheap labour from Europe.

raumdeuter:
No matter how long it takes, the more important thing is to realize how as a leader you are making your country vulnerable in national security, costing your people employment by sending jobs abroad.

The historical average unemployment rate (January 1948-September 2020) is 5.8%, and no one was accusing anyone of "costing your people employment by sending jobs abroad" then apart from perhaps a brief period of moaning about Japan.

The USA unemployment rate has risen since hitting a 50-year low of 3.4% in April 2023. Since May 2024, the unemployment rate has stayed between 4% and 4.2%. Are you sure they want to work at the jobs that might be created?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1pVsAciD6k?si=aKzhgDNFDvJcsGyC

As for national security, I can't help feel that problem was solved decades ago, but the bogey man must exist. China don't seem to have that worry, odd enough, and would gladly buy Nvidia and Intel if they could.

Seriously, America seems like a sports team that sends henchmen to cripple their opponent's star player so they may win. They can't compete so they gerrymander the rules to their advantage, and expect the whole world to play their way. I can't help wonder how long some might before more don't, since America is not the only nation that needs to stop "costing your people employment by sending jobs abroad".

raumdeuter:
Who said building manufacturing companies will be quick

Educating people to manufacture takes a whole lot longer.

Unrelated. Watch these lies.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeYMcZU_ItI?si=QIeMpxrsjEJs9-X_

Nostalemate:
Trump has been ladies man from time immemorial .

If you are a Chess player on here i greet you.

Why, here?

basilico:
What crock. The cybertruck is inspired by the apartheid Boer regime.From Slate,one of the most far left terrorist loving trash publication. So Elon is a racist.
Reading such rags will damage your braincells.

Did it damage your already damaged brain cells when you read it and you think my brain cells are easily damaged like yours?

That said, does Bannon write for Slate?

Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’

Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/steve-bannon-calls-elon-musk-racist

The idea that a Cybertruck could become an artillery vehicle is not just hypothetical.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/tesla-cybertruck-protests-vandalism-elon-musk.html

OLAADEGBU:
President Trump Declares Divine Authority Is ‘God’s Job’.

“I will never hesitate to wield American power if it’s necessary to defend the United States or to help defend our allies,” he concludes.

He will never hesitate to wield God power too, I bet, but without God knowledge, which he seems to not have much of.

Couldn't it be that you were not sufficiently mature in your understanding 6 years ago, and social media, and I hope the internet in general, has matured your understanding and that's what has increased your score? Just being here on Nairaland must have provided you with the opportunity to hone the skill of expressing yourself in words better, I'd think, which might have contributed to your 248, perhaps.

I think the internet, assuming social media is not what one limits oneself to, has increased the knowledge most people have access to. The information available today sure beats when we had to rely on books or someone telling us.

The shift, hence, is the need to educate ones self and those one is responsible for instead of leaving it to educators. The information is after all out there, so ask and knock and seek and steal and google if one must know. And that's a skill one ought to be taught these days by ones responsible adults, who mostly today don't know they ought to be teaching it to their kids and instead blame the underfunded school system.

Hey. Just figured you should read what your post made me think. Thanks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i99w2T8nQB4?si=hAKYtQPxXNSeNNQ9

adenigga:
He has specifically pointed out that this lack of investment is hindering progress towards achieving the government’s goals, particularly regarding customer migration to higher tariff bands.

More Details Soon…

Source: https://punchng.com/BREAKING-FG-begins-overhaul-of-DisCos

Discos will have money to invest if government pay their electric bill!

Government agencies, including military and paramilitary forces, remain the largest defaulters, with the Federal Government and its MDAs owing more than N100 billion in unpaid electricity bills. A notable portion of this debt includes N47.1 billion owed by 86 MDAs to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). Last year, AEDC issued a 10-day disconnection notice to the agencies, including the Presidential Villa, which reportedly owed N1 billion.

https://theelectricityhub.com/mdas-owing-over-n100-billion-in-unpaid-electricity-bills-despite-a-n15-billion-government-allocation-to-address-legacy-debts/

God1000:
Every country is trying to fix their problems, what is Nigeria doing about the numerous problems bedeviling us

This will not fix UK's problem of worker shortages for which they'd still need immigrants.

All that's changed much is they must now come from English speaking countries and have degrees. They'd have difficulty attracting them though, as competition for that class of people is high, and UK still needs to sustain the universities with high fee paying foreign students, English speaking or not.

This idiot thinks he would have survived Austwitch.

Adin queried, "Do you think that Hitler would've liked you for being Black?' to which Kanye insisted he would. He explained, "I would've been one of the scientists that America ended up cleaning up and bringing in and having serve America after the fact - I'm a scientist so..."

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/us-showbiz/kanye-west-makes-outrageous-bedroom-35208644

All I can say is WOW! I'm a Catholic-raised atheist and I'm blown away by Pope Leo. I never thought the religion I walked away from is going to save the world from trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEIfMptOO3I?si=71ZwT304oS2pgPoR

What they don't tell you about modelling.

Teeth & lips modelling agency.

AbidoyeAyobami:

Reasons Why Nigerians In The UK Are So 'Stingy'

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(1) Culture:

The United Kingdom just like most Western countries has embraced individualism. The system of every man for himself. In Africa, it is collectivism which simply means 'Let's do it as a family, let's grow together' You will hardly see the core Britons help each other financially. They will rather rely on credit facilities from banks, credit cards, and benefits to survive tough financial times. This is unlike Nigeria where 'billing' is almost cultural in the 21st century due to age-long systemic poverty.

Funny, but I'd claim UK is more a 'love your neighbour' country, and not everyone for themselves. Britons are also very helpful of each other, and even all contribute to a national pot to pay out social security payments to those who need it. They provide health care for everyone too, and would not want to leave you homeless on the street. Might you be assuming otherwise because you copy and pasted this with no knowledge whatsoever of core Britons? By golly, we donate to save cats and dogs, and even elephants and starving kids in African countries thousands of miles away.

Nigerians at home beg too much, and there's far too many of you. A Nigerian in Britain might have a mum and dad back home they send money to, and siblings would expect every so often. Then you might have extended family who think you must financially support them or help out in their time of need. And on top of that there's friends and acquaintances who think you are duty bound to help them.

That demand and pressure is bound to make one feel stingy to those one disbeneffits, since there's no way one can satisfy all the demands and pay bills and rent and transport and eat in UK without overburdening oneself.

IjeBos:
You're not wrong.
But I think it is Church/Christianity in general.
But, I have been to some Catholic Churches that do a good job of not shying away from some of the inherent contradictions. And the ones that I have been to also do a very good job of outreach surrounding volunteering (serving the community) and social justice.

I got a wonderful copy of the Quran from Westminster Cathedral. Was impressed they brought Imams from Regents Park Mosque, CofE and them together to learn about Islam.

AmazonTopaz, no you're not wrong. But those things existed in societies that didn't have Catholicism too. Yoruba culture sure is patriarchal and sexist, and I'd argue the entire Northern and Southeastern Nigeria culture is too.

Oh! Block lifted. Sorry.

IjeBos:
They are calling the pope "Woke"?
Wait until they finally open their Bibles and read about that guy Jesus from Nazareth.

I so want a Bible war. Like people reading the book and figuring what it means. They might see how Eve freed naked ignorant Adam from slavery in Eden and learn to free themselves too.