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[quote author=Royal^Pearl^]Accra looks like a dustbin, accra is a shithole, worse country ever. But why the heck are you guys coming the evryday like bees. Everyday you come on Abc busese to my country. Why would a reasonable person leave their perfect country which is so much better than Ghana to come here. Does it mean you guys are fools. You guys are indeed funny ppl i concur 100 percent with the article. It's not by force. Nobody is forcing you to go there. We accept our dustbin country as is so no need to worry yourselves about it.[/quote]Why are South African companies in other parts of Africa? Why is Chinese presence in Africa so pronounced? Does it mean that South Africa and China are doing badly for themselves? or Africa is better of than China? Your logic makes little sense. A simple answer to your question is that some Nigerians come into Ghana to expand their buisnesses like globacom. It is one of the attributes of an enterprising country. That's why I used South Africa and China as case studies. So stop that cliche of you guys come to Ghana because Ghana is doing better ;. Nigerians come to Ghana to exploit their economy when certain business ventures in Nigeria becomes saturated. You see Nigerians in all parts of Africa because it is the most populated nation in the continent. Just like you see Indians and Chinese all over the world. OK?!

Dame Patience, Our President’s Darling Wife ––By Reuben Abati
Democracy is readily associated with freedom: the freedom to be free in many respects and increasingly in Nigeria, many of our compatriots, particularly persons in positions of privilege and authority confuse this with the right to be disagreeable. The truth is that democracy is about rights and responsibilities, a democratic dispensation therefore cannot be a licence for disagreeable conduct as a norm; just as the possession of power in any form does not guarantee the right to be reckless or to ignore the etiquette required of office holders.

Anyone in the corridors of power, either by chance or right, or appointment, is expected to behave decorously.
Dame Patience Jonathan, as she is now referred to, our President’s wife, failed the test this week in Okrika, Rivers State. It is trite knowledge that there is a critical difference between Yenagoa and Abuja, and a world of difference between being the wife of a Deputy Governor/Governor/Vice president and being the wife of Nigeria’s No 1 citizen. When people suddenly find themselves in such latter position, prepared or unprepared, anywhere in the world, they are taken through a crash programme in finishing and poise and made to realize that being the wife of an important man comes with serious responsibilities lest they sabotage the same person that they should be supporting.

If Dame Patience went through such re-orientation, the course was incomplete. This week, we got a feedback drawn from her visit to Rivers state to launch her NGO – the Women for Change Initiative, when she ended up in Okrika, her home town. This homecoming became an egoistic show-off as she openly contradicted the state Governor [Rotimi Amaechi], offering him unsolicited lessons on how to develop the Okrika water front and school system, in addition to pointed comments on the use of the English language. The Governor had reportedly insisted that his administration must demolish some houses which adjoin the schools in Okrika in order to create a proper learning environment. Dame Patience disagreed.

She then gave an unsolicited lecture on the land tenure system telling the Governor: “I want you to get me clear. I am from here. I know the problems of my people so I know what I am talking…” The Governor tried to explain his administration’s policy and the larger public interest. The Dame reportedly cut him short: “But what I am telling you is that you always say you must demolish; that word must you use is not good. It is by pleading. You appeal to the owners of the compound because they will not go into exile. Land is a serious issue.” Wao! “that word must..is not good.” We must all commit that to memory as we re-learn Practical English according to Patience Jonathan! [Abati even mocked the First Lady's spoken English.]

If it is in the place of the President’s wife to teach a state Governor how to run his state, it is definitely not in her place to veto a state policy (the reason the governor used the word “must”), not even her husband [Pres Goodluck Jonathan] has such powers. It seemed as if Dame Patience Jonathan was determined to impress her kith and kin. She told them she had directed the governor not to demolish their houses. Then, she left straight for the airport obviously having overstayed her welcome and having behaved like a bad guest. She was scheduled to visit the prisons to grant amnesty to some inmates (is that really her duty or something that should be in her itinerary?); she was also meant to commission some projects. The face-off between her and the governor put paid to all that.

On the eve of her arrival, a group which calls itself “the Okrika Political Stakeholders Forum” and “the people of Kirikese” had actually placed an advert in the papers welcoming “our amiable daughter and sister…to Rivers state and your home town Okrika.” They also brought up the issue of “the land reclamation and shore protection project at Oba Ama, Okrika being undertaken by the Rivers state government.” (Daily Sun, August 23, 2010, p. 2). Either on the strength of this advertorial or private consultations, Dame Patience must have felt compelled to be a partisan stakeholder and intercessor. She needed to put Rotimi Amaechi, the state Governor in his place and that was what did. She recommended “pleading,” – that advice is actually meant for her. A state Governor is a duly elected official; and in a Federal system, he is not answerable to the President, and nowhere is the president granted the powers of a Headmaster over state governors.

In Okrika, Dame Patience behaved so impatiently and spoke to Governor Amaechi as if he is on the staff of the Presidency. It may not be her fault though. Amaechi caused it all by bringing himself to such level by undertaking to debrief Dame Patience about his administration’s programmes and activities in the misguided hope of getting cheap political endorsement. He should have asked his wife to attend to her. On the issue of land, Dame Patience should be reminded that the Land Use Act, Section 1 thereof, says the state Governor holds the land in trust for the people. Land matters in the state are beyond the ken of the wife of the President!

The wife of the President of Nigeria, or a state Governor, or a local council chairman, is not a state official. The same applies to husbands if the gender is reversed. He or she is unknown to the constitution or the governance structure. Recent history has however made it a convention to have the spouses of persons in such positions under the guise of providing support, play some ceremonial roles. This has been routinely abused. Under the Jonathan presidency, Dame Patience Jonathan even got a special allocation in the original budget for the 2010 Golden jubilee anniversary whereas she has no official, financial reporting responsibilities! The international standard is that spouses in these circumstances must not only appear but be seen to be above board like Caesar’s wife. They must not misbehave like Marie Antoinette.

When Cherie Blair, wife of former British PM, Tony Blair started buying up houses, apartments and antique furniture, the public raised questions. It didn’t matter that she was a professional in her own right, a Queen’s Counsel with a traceable source of income. There were also questions about the scope of Hillary Clinton’s influence during her husband’s Presidency: Americans wanted to be sure that it was the man they elected that was in charge, not his wife. A couple of weeks ago, the American public was up in arms against Michelle Obama and her poll rating dropped drastically after a visit to Spain where she and her daughter reportedly stayed in a $7, 000 a night hotel.

Much earlier, Nancy Reagan was also the butt of public criticism, with people asking: who is she? And this is not a female thing. In Britain, Prince Phillip, the Queen’s husband, is constantly criticized for putting his foot in his mouth. He once said for example that “British women can’t cook.” He told a visiting Nigerian President, all dressed up in babariga (name withheld): “you look like you’re ready for bed.” During a state visit to China, he told British students: “if you stay much longer, you’all be slitty-eyed.” Prince Phillip’s supporters insist that he is honest, but the majority ask: how is the Queen coping with such a man who is perpetually saying something offensive? There may be persons who defend Dame Patience’s aggressive style, but some of us ask: how is the President coping?

Since Dr Jonathan assumed office, he and his wife have been practically on the road. The Dame has travelled from one state to the other, under the auspices of the Women for Change Initiative. In every state she tells the women to vote and “make sure your vote counts if you like my husband.” Is she now a partisan politician? The Jonathans must be told that Nigeria does not have a co-Presidency. We have only one president and his name is Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. And by the way, what does Dame Patience Jonathan do for a living? She obviously does not have to deal with the challenges of rotation and zoning in her home, unlike the three wives of the Adamawa Governor, Murtala Nyako for whom zoning and rotation have become topical subjects or the wives of South African President Jacob Zuma – that is why she can afford to be so meddlesome!

When she misbehaves as she did in Okrika, she creates the impression that her husband [Jonahan] is not in control of his own home. First ladies are prominent figures but their conduct is an eternal subject of public interest. In Nigeria, there was Victoria Gowon, there was also Ajoke Muhammed: dignified and restrained. There was Maryam Babangida – she was influential but no one could accuse her of verbal recklessness; Mrs Abdusalami Abubakar was a court judge, totally self-effacing, No major social party was complete without Mrs Stella Obasanjo, yet she controlled her tongue. Mrs Turai Yar’Adua was described as the power behind the throne and she proved that during the period of her husband’s illness but she was carefully reticent. At the state level, there was Remi Tinubu in Lagos state and Onari Duke in Cross River state who have both conducted themselves responsibly in and out of office.

The new First Lady likes to travel, party, and talk outside the script. People are beginning to learn to read her lips in order to understand her husband. Dame Patience must not push her Goodluck.
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Hmmn...very interesting. All these strong words where used on Patience Jonathan and The 'Jonathans' by Reuben Abati in Guardian Newspaper of Thursday, 27th August, 2010. But now that he is feeding from them, OluFamous.Com observes that anything they do is VERY correct to Abati. How ridiculous!.


http://www.olufamous.com/2013/06/how-reuben-abati-lambasted-jonathans.html

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/77480-reuben-abati-writes-mrs-jonathan-very-interesting-indeed.html


I just remembered this article I read a while ago in the guardian back when I still had a high regard for uncle Rueben and decided to search for it. So here it is!

Very old video. But on seeing this again I am having a second thought. It is too much of a coincidence that a camera crew from sky TV was conveniently and coincidentally there to film the whole saga like a movie. And what happened to the guy after he absconded? Why was he not put on a wanted list? My gut is beginning to tell me that this whole shyte might have been staged managed.

Samuraigirl: I couldn't help but shake my head in shame at some of the comments you lot have made up here. Try to get your facts right before you put any trash here as you'll only end up displaying your heights of ignorance (and ignorance is no excuse) hence disgracing yourselves.
Have you students never stopped for a brief moment to wonder at the state of our university environment and how debasing most universities tutors offices and lecture halls are? Some even share office spaces and have had to furnish their offices using their personal funds. I had a very brief stint with one of the major oil companies when I returned to this country. There was so much at my disposal- luxury office space,everything good that you can imagine as you read this were part of the perks the job offered but I had to leave the job for lecturing in one of the fed.unis. This was what made me decide to return home and I was only diverting from my original intent taking up the initial job.
I practically shuddered when i was told how much I'd be getting as a tutor with a doctorate degree but i went ahead with the job.
My second disappoint was being shown a store room sort of as my office and the worse part was having to share it (i love my personal space and i was completely put off).
Told them straight up that i wasn't going to work in such immediate environment. Was promised an extreme make-up of the space but no i didn't get that even after series of applications from me and the dean to the works dept. Did I say the dean's office was also a turn-off? uncountable yeses to that. Well, the summary of this all is that I had to cough out a little over a million to get my office fixed to my taste. I've been promised a refund but i'm not banking on that. Was told of office reshuffling couple of months after i'd fixed my office but i had to make it known upfront to the authorities that I wasn't moving an inch. Then came the case of my having to temporarily give up my space for a foreign prof who was on his sabbatical. I bet you know what my response was. I even had to contribute about 40 percent of the money used in purchasing a power generating set for the faculty as the one they had was a noise mill right behind my office.
I have spent alot providing study materials for students and some other things i've had to personally fund.
I was opportuned to be in the office of one of the legislators in Abuja when I was doing an EIA job and i was suprised at all the facilities my eyes saw not to mention the bunch of men clad in suits all in the name of PA. I asked myself what particular jobs this lot did that they provided these men to assist them and at the end of the month, taxpayers monies will appear in their various accounts.
I could go on and on but i'll stop here. I think you students deserve better than what you're currently being dished out. I don't see students unanimously revolting in this country. Why is that? We're richly blessed in this country. You and your teachers deserve better learning environment,working environment and working conditions. So if you lot can't stand up for yourselves,let your tutors do that for you while you stop spewing trash fron your gobs.

Thank you for this your matured and reasonable post. I was getting a bit disturbed at the kind of comments I was reading on this thread. Apparently, these comments were supposedly from students who should be seen as educated and rational. Threads like these I normally ignore because it lacks any intellectual substance. How do I get into a reasonable conversation with and individual who has labelled all lecturers as sex predators not minding the fact that some of them like yourself are females. So does that mean all female lecturers are lesbians? And such comments gets more than 10 likes. Like you said I could say so much more but I will stop here. One thing I know however, is that ASUU has tried its possible best to avoid this strike. But the government keeps playing games and politics so they have been pushed to the wall.

The key is to speak in a manner that you could be understood. Even within the so called Nigerian accent you will agree with me that some people are more articulate than others. A very good example is Prof Wole Soyinka. Will you say he is faking his accent or that he has a good command of the English Language? As far as Nigeria and all other colonies of Great Britain are concerned the epitome of the English language is the Queen's English and that is the ideal English accent. What most people don't understand is that the typical British accent is not the Queens English. Some British accents are local and unrefined such as the Newcastle or Manchester accent even to British people. So the bottom line is that some people don't fake it because they are Nigerians but they just have a good command of the language such as Soyinka. If you attended a good primary and secondary school there is the likelihood you will be more articulate than a person who attended an inferior school in Nigeria. So some people don't actually fake it because it comes naturally to them. The American accent is a different ball game all together but same applies.

pappilo: Was it proven that he gave the child acid to drink? A vulcaniser may have had a "acid" at home as a tool of his trade. Couldnt a child have drank the "acid" accidentally? I as out one day and got a call from the missus that my 3 year old son had been found in the toilet with bleach all over him. If he had drank this bleach, should my missus have been charged with attempted murder?

Everyone in Ibadan knows Senator Folarin ordered the killing of Eleweomo but today he is a free man and no one has been convicted of the murder despite there been several witnesses.

I am not against capital punishment and have no problem with the second suspect who was caught in the act and presented ludicrous defence, being sentenced to death. Just let the man know his date of execution well in advance and let him exhaust all appeals.

. He was intact innocent until proven guilty. For him to have been sentenced it means he was given a fair trial in a court of law and was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt. So yes he was guilty of feeding the baby acid.

chiboy1928: If I want to urinate I stand up straight hold my dick point it to d direction I want to discharge my bulalalal and discharge my urine wit my dick fully erect and afta discharging d bulalala I shake my dick and touch the cap of my dick to make sure no residual is left in quote I mean my bulalala before I insert ma dick into it full position and zip up that the best way to pee.

And don't forget! If you flick it more than twice, you're playing with it .

I am in support of this strike, because personally I consider Nigerian trained doctors as incompetent and ignorant. They need the proper training and exposure outside Nigeria. Apart from improving their therapeutic ability, it would enable them to better appreciate the relevance of other experts within the medical field. A PhD holder in medical science may not be a medical doctor but that persons research is what leads to things like gene therapy as well as stem cell technology. Genome sequencing to check for disease causing mutations. I say all these because I can relate to them. However I am not a pharmacist or a med lab scientist. But I believe that they also deserve their due respect in the field of medicine because I am sure that they are important in their own way. I beta pass everybody attitude needs to stop and medical professionals should fight in solidarity for better training facilities that would put them at par with their contemporaries in the developed world. No offence intended but for now I consider a Nigerian trained doctor of medicine a health technologist. This is why I support their demands.

Yahushuabride1: Hi chreld. I just want to ask you one question before you draw a conclusion in error. 'There is a way that seemeth right unto a man,but the end thereof are the ways of death' (Proverbs 14:12).
Can you please verify that lip sticks, make-up, jewelry, female trousers, perming, hair attachments, weave-ons, hair-dye, skin- bleaching and toning creams, worldly, carnal and seductive adornments are not associated with the Queen of the Coast and her agents ? Please we have to be wise as serpents but harmless as doves oh !! Even former agents of darkness all over the world are confessing and revealing the dirty & covert tricks of satan. Jesus Christ is revealing many things at these end times (Joel 2:28). See the devil is very crafty, and he has taken many Christians who ought to be wise, captive. Jesus wants us to dress like Deeper Life Bible Church members because they are the ones who are dressing very much like the Christians of old. The devil has many victims in hell, and many are women, there is a portion of hell that harbors stubborn and arrogant christian women who chose to live their lives and adorned themselves according to how they deemed fit, and Jesus Christ was not allowed to tell them otherwise! If you doubt me, please google "Adelaida De Carillo- The Holiness Required For Heaven". So, even if you don't believe a Nigerian prophetess, perhaps you might respect /believe the one from Bolivia. Thanks.

No offence but I take your post to be coming from a narrow minded person and the only thing that differentiates you from boko haram members is that you probably do not have genocidal and homicidal tendencies. Now to what you have said, first of all addressing the question you asked about the "queen of the coast". Only a section of misled, ignorant, brainwashed, illiterate and wrongfully indoctrinated Christians associate clothing and beauty enhancement product to the entity to which you have mentioned. In my previous post I have said what there is to say about make up. However, let me address another issue you brought up that caught my attention. That is the issue of "female trousers". In temperate countries where the temperature falls below 0 degrees during the winter, that is to say the atmosphere is colder than ice water. Exposure of any part of the skin causes seriously painful frost bite. Apart from that it exposes the individual to fatal ailments induced by cold such as pneumonia. In a situation like that do you expect females to wear skirts or tie wrapper to satisfy the lies that your likes have spread? Then you must be a wicked person. The second issue is jewelry. You don't want to wear gold but yet you want to go to heaven where the streets are made of gold! You want to wear a crown in heaven with the most beautiful diamonds and pearls. Is that not hypocrisy? As you can see jewelry is also associated with things divine and holy as can be seen in the bible . But you associate it with the "queen of the coast" that is no where written in the bible because of the desire to mislead and entrap innocent souls. Now you say that the deeper life way of dressing is the model for Christianity by Jesus Christ because they dress like medieval Christians. This is the reason I likened you to boko haram. Need i say more? Haven said all that, let me state clearly that I have nothing against the deeper life bible church as a body of Christ but I am disgruntled with some of its followers like yourself. Please note that I said some and not all members. Because evidently even the daughter in law of the GO is not misled her self showing from her wedding appearance. However, if you must judge, castigate, reprimand and condemn to hell in your thoughts good christian ladies just because they do not dress like you and fancy been as attractive as possible for their spouse instead of looking like a toad for him, remember that charity begins at home.

That is obviously not the OP's picture. OP what you have done is cruel. Seems to me that you want to spite the person whose picture you have posted and labelled as Mr Akpors. Don't allow someone commit suiside because of your practical joke! But on a lighter note that is a good mental picture of Akpors sha .

This is absolute rubbish. If you take what this woman said hook line and sinker then you need to evaluate your IQ. She says girls/women who use make up are all hell bound because it is made from the blood of the dead or something ridiculous. Lipstick for instance is a cosmetic product containing pigments, oils, waxes, and emollients that applies color, texture, and protection to the lips.. So when did human blood become an ingredient for makeup? I know someone will say it has a spiritual twist but that is all garbage. She also claims that Jesus christ told her that only those that dress in the way of the deeper life bible church denomination would make heaven. If that is true then it means that all Christians dating from the 70s back dating to 00 AD are all roasting in hell because the deeper life bible church was established in the 80s by Kumuyi. I can go on and on but there is no need. All I have to say is that if you beleive this false prophet you are mentally retarded. And i recommend you be isolated from civilisation in order not to pollute everywhere with your archaic apelike idotic mentality.

All those condemning the man for tattooing his nephew what will you now say about our own people who inflict injury and physical scars on their children's faces in the name of tribal marks and tradition?

ItsModella: I don't know why some people are so quick to assume that if you dislike D'banj's music, you're a Don Jazzy's fan or something. I mean how much more shallow can your reasoning get? Some of us here do not give half a f*ck about Mohits or Mavin or DKB? The key word here is objectivity.

I agree with you, there is no need to expatiate your point. The bottom line is that some people are just shallow. And if you look into it further you would see that there is a tribalistic undertone in their reasoning.

dinachi: How come I have never seen You refer to Mavin songs as nonsense. I have said it several times, even if the angels produce his songs, You guys will still find a way to crtisize him just because Don Jazzy is not there! Why hasnt Don jazzy made a hit since Dbanj left. WHY? WHY? WHY?

I referred to Dbanj's song as nonsense because a pun was intended. It is a form of sarcasm, if you don't get it then you can look it up on google or wherever. Secondly I clearly stated that MAVIN have not been impressive in my opinion. like itsmodella said the point is objectivity and if I may add the appreciation of good music when you hear it.

dinachi: You are the one spewing nonsense not Dbanj. The Video is bam. Dbanj has moved on get used to it. Mohits died more than a year ago. Dbanj was not born the same day with Don jazzy. Get used to their separation.

What concerns me if mohits are still together or not? The point is that this particular song is nothing but crap! And of lately Dbanj's songs have been very disappointing. And to be honest the so called MAVIN crew have not been very impressive either.

Super story! Op you want people to visit your blog abi? Nice try.

dinachi: @ Don jazzy Ass lickers, DONT TELL ME NONSENSE!

dinachi: All U haters,DONT TELL ME NONSENSE!

Trust me nobody will tell you nonsense if Dbanj stops singing nonsense!

abouzaid: how many uni are recruiting? Getting the cert is one thing but getting recruited is another thing. In my alma mater (UNN) the department usually recruits not more than 2 or 3 grad assistants a year with only a bachelors. These are usually first class degree holders or similar. They are then groomed and get their masters/phd either within nigeria but commonly outside nigeria. The fellows that register for masters and phd due to unemployment remain mostly unemployed even after acquiring the certificates. Even in the usa, phds are suffering from unemployment.

[b][quote author=abouzaid]I hate to agree with you but unfortunately you are on point.

jackbauersballs: Still wondering what kind of Magic lets a Negro Male produce Caucasian Kids

My thoughts exactly. Personally I don't think they are his biological kids. their racial phenotype is genetically impossible(skin colour and hair). And they are not suffering from vitiligo like their so called dad. MJ was one controversial fellow.

@OP Your face is irritating and annoying. Handsome guys don't need to ask if they are handsome THEY KNOW. Obviously your sex life is pathetic. I normally ignore these threads by these low self esteemed narcissists. But I can't take it any longer its just too annoying.

naijababe: Lovely song, not sure about the video though. The gymnast? What was the point of her feature in the video ?

[quote author=Texas.Cowgirl]I dont get the point of gymnast in anything.
Never understood the point of ballet dancers either[/quote]She's a ballerina/ballet dancer not a gymnist. I think the point of her feature is interpretative dance.

Reference: Ha, ha. Which one be common rat, street rat, sewer rat. Rat na rat. Very soon we go dey hear GRA rat, VI rat, Asokoro rat. How you know say chinko no dey talk bush rat aka grasscutter abi na lawnmower.

It all boils down to biological classification bro. each of these rat specie have a distinct scientific name. If the Chinese restaurants are feeding their customers larger rodents such as grass cutters there is nothing wrong with that. But their crime was passing rat meat as lamb meat if you read the article again you will see that. And it is likely they were serving larger rodents. "I heard one anecdote about a restaurant in southern China that serves up rat meat dishes. Believe me these establishments do exist. At this particular restaurant, the owners reassured the customers their rats had been caught in the countryside and not in the sewers". Rat na rat yes agreed but rat no be rat like that when it comes to feeding.

polokor60: Your are right bro,i had a little farm of bunnies when i was younger.Bunnies are herbivores.


I have seen the main specie of a normal rat(without a white tail ending)that have the same big size as the normal giant africa rat/rabbit(with a white tail ending).What is the difference between the former and the latter excluding the white tail endings?

There are different species of giant rats e.g Gambian pouched rat and giant pouched rat, the rat you saw without a white tail ending was probably one of such specie in the giant category. But it was certainly not a brown rat, common rat, street rat or sewer rat. That's what I think.

Kairoseki77: Rats are rats!

Does that mean you consume house rats?

polokor60: abeg na wetin be d difference between giant rat and rabbit.some robust giant rat when i see big like rabbit and if dem kill the two put for ground,person non go know wich one be rat or wich one be rabbit.

What people refer to as rabbit are actually a different specie of rats called African Giant rat. It is another acceptable form of bush meat. Rabbits on the other hand are bunnies. But people wrongfully refer to African giant rat as rabbits. But it doesn't really matter as long as you know the difference. It is easier to say "I want to buy rabbit" than "I want to buy African giant rat" see pics below of an African giant rat and an actual rabbit.

Reference: See dem. See dia mowts. Wetin be grasscutter. Giant cane rat. Weda na bush rat or town rat, rat na rat. Abi town rat don spoil again. E no get morals.

Grasscutters (cane rats) AKA Thryonomys swinderianus and porcupines may fall in the same category with house rats as rodents but they are more acceptable as food. Eating house rats and mice is disgusting! simple.

They should GTH with all their lies.

Tonyblinky: I am a graduate,aged 27, I recently got a job with a govt parastatal with a salary little above 50k and I was posted to benin city where my parents live in a rented 3bedroom flat,I share room with my siblings and a few relatives.

I don't have any privacy and comfort,moreso its quite far from my workplace.I really feel like renting a small apartment where I can start my life.

Is it a nice decision and how do i convince my parents?

pls ur thoughts on this

I mean no offence but you sound like a stingy and self centred person. Initially I wanted to advice you to be weary of all those giving fairytale stories of how they moved out at 18 yrs of age and turned out successful a year later until I read the bolded again. What I mean is that you can afford to rent an apartment of your own in Benin City without much stress on what you earn. Move to Ugbowo or anywhere close to your work place. Even if it is a self contained apartment, it is much better than sharing a room with relatives and siblings in your parents house. That is just wrong and inconveniencing to your younger ones. I know they say it is condition that made the crayfish bend. But guy in this scenario you are no shellfish, you are just selfish. No pun intended.

jackbauersballs: Those soldiers are under severe pressure literally putting their lives on the line for those very doctors...

It is a severe insult for a hospital to reject the body of a soldier who died in active service.

I mean, for Fcks sake the soldier took a bullet protecting YOU...and una no fit house en deadi body?!

How demoralizing is that to dead man's colleagues?
Knowing that despite their low pay,and their status as walking Boko Haram targets,they will never get the respect they deserve...even in death?

You have already gotten what you deserve from other posters so i would spare you and reserve my comment.