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Non be you dey talk of figure of speech for somebody useless talk

brain54:
Where you come see wey I write say I be English teacher...?


Abi eye dey pain you?

English teacher I beg teach me which figure of speech wike use there.

brain54:
Where did wike say shot and killed...?


They will make a mountain out of a mole hill because they don't like the man wike meanwhile everyone knows deep down he didn't mean to physically shoot nor was it a threat but just a figure of speech way to convey the deepness of how he felt.


Many hypocrites abound waiting for the slightest opportunity to capitalize on the slightest lapse.


Many of us are hypocrites and hyenas waiting for the right moment to take opportunity!

If you don't fear the spiritual then you are not a mortal man , as what is happening in the spirit is complex and paradox.

This is so painful and almost got me crying. Me he not rest untill the last man is down, then he can rest in peace.

The sweetness of a woman is not the same with bringing up children

I share the same sentiment with you, been from Anambra but born and raised in Benin I always tell people that the only state that can compete with Anambra when it comes to education in basic and post basic education is Edo and delta state

Osariemen12:
Good.

When they write WAEC and replicate the same feat, our never-do-well neighbors in the West will said they used miracle centers.

I have said it times without number, it is only my dear Edo, and probably Delta, that can rival any southeastern state in the quality of education given to learners at the primary and secondary levels. Tertiary education is contestable, but they are still among the top two regions. I served there and the level of intentionality in education, even in public schools, is almost flawless.

Whenever my children finish their primary education in Benin City, they are going to have a fair share of secondary education in Enugu, Anambra, Abia or Ebonyi.

Kudos to our neighbors in the east.

So you are expecting me to travel from NL to an unknown destination to watch the footage... You dey play.

This is a pure science result, go and do with it what ever you wish.

Unserious people, so you people didn't hear wen soludo suppended an head mistress because her pupils didn't come to school on Monday.

Did this your comment invalidates what he said? Oga leave the massager and face the massage. This your attitude is the singler reason you are been draged like tiger generator in NFL.

helinues:


His opinion which he's entitled to

I am just wondering how many are Macaroni's team members that he couldn't run a successful comic business. Is it not the same guy who ran into several debts not quite long

Those who are horrible as ordinary class rep want to be shading the presidency

Wonders don shellac indeed

Is this how we are going to handle our state police? God help us as we are about to enter another one chance from state governors, expecially power drunk Soludo.

What is the reality oga, sometimes I wonder how you people think, is what he said right or wrong about the last election?

lionshare:
Dey play—reality is different from noise. Just like content creation is different from value creation.

How will parents allowe their children to be posted to Maiduguri? How can I permit or support my child to go to that war zone all in the name of nysc God forbid me sending my child to die for a useless country like Nigeria

So old people full this platform and children come dey mess with everything here, see names of play we take enjoy life then...[quote author=Holluwhakemmy post=138899800][/quote]

Yes oooo, we grew up in same neighborhood in Benin, same primary and secondary school, so we share same childhood experiences the ancient city has to offer.

Kalulu44:
Hahahaha, don't tell me you and your wife have been childhood friends before you got married?
Anyways, thanks also for reading and reminiscing about the good old days

All the games names are same we called them in Benin in the early 90s, you just put me and my wife for memory lane this evening... God bless you for making us smile after a long day at work

Kalulu44:
Lolz! I no be Benin brought up. I be confirmed Lagosian. Though my kids mama is from Benin and I birth my first child there.
Stayed in Benin for 4yrs, 2002-2006 and relocated back to Lagos

She is now cleared to contest for Anambra north senatorial seat next year.

Talk true op were you grow? I dey suspect say you be Benin brought up.

Kalulu44:
If you witness or participated in any of these childhood Plays I am about to list out then I have to tell you Good evening and happy Sunday Sir/Ma, how is the children and if possible grandchildren?
To have witness or participated in them means you must be in your late 30s, 40s, 50s and above.
Without wasting much time, let me dig into the plays.
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1. Boju Boju. (Hide and Seek)
This play is derived from Yoruba meaning covering your eyes.
This play is started by covering one person's eyes and they sang the "Boju Boju" song while other kids scampered and runs to hide.
The person's eyes is eventually opened and is mandated to start looking for others at their hiding place, anyone he or she caught, he screamed for others to know he has caught someone, that person caught will replace him and the circle continues.
One of the favorite plays of kids back then.
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2. Ten Ten (10/10).
This play is played by two people who faced each other, and starts clapping singing ten ten. One person starts the singing and clapping, at the end of the singing that person swings out his or her right leg or left leg, the other person too swings out his or her own. If the other person's swing legs correspond with the initiator's own then he has won and will take over from the initiator and 1 point will be counted for him or her.
But if he fails, then 1 point will be counted for the initiator. It goes on and on till they're tired or one of them whose scores is low get replaced by another person.
Another favorite play especially among girls.
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3. Suwe.
I don't know which tribe originated it but, it still sound Yoruba to me. Growing up in Lagos and a Yoruba land, I guess it belongs to them.
This play is played by drawing a huge line of up to 10 metres and then ruling them into boxes of to 10 or more.
It's played by 2 or more people. For a start, you throw a seed or visible object into a box, you picked up the object, and then hop over that box with one leg. You continue hopping with one leg on all the boxes till the end. If you get to the end without falling, matching any of the lines, then you have won yourself a box as a house, which you then inscribe your name or signature. No other person can throw object or step on that house, if they do they have failed and the circle continues until all the boxes are owned. Who owned the majority boxes/house is declared the winner. This play is also played in multiple ways too.
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4. Kite Flying.
Majority of us and including genz knows this play, no need to elaborate on it.
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5. Who Sabi Swim Water.
I doubt if many people across the country knows this play.
It's played by 5 or more people standing beside each other at a straight line, and another same amount of people standing opposite them, then they stretched out their hands and hold each other tightly.
One person will go back and jumped into the waiting hands while everyone sang "who sabi swim water" the person jumping into the waiting hands will respond "I sabi swim water" and others chorus "show me how to swim water" he then jumps into the hands and start mimicking swimming.
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6. Koso.
Another play I don't know which tribe invented it, but it sounds Igbo to me.
It's played by using the cover of a pen/biro and the cover of those big radio batteries.
The cover of the battery is put untop the pen cover making it look like an umbrella.
You hold the bottom of the pen and twist it with your fingers, it starts rolling on the ground. While rolling, you systematically clips it to see if it will over turn and the head which is the battery cover will sit perfectly.
If it does, you have scored yourself a point.
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7. My Name Sweet O!
My best of them all. This is the play I enjoyed most among all my childhood Plays.
This is played by 2 groups of 5 or more people sitting 10 metres away from each other. Each member of a group is giving a funny name by the group leader that's unknown to the other group.
Group A leader will go over to group B, cover one of it's members eyes with his two hands tightly and then call out a name from his group, who then walks to where his leader is, pinched the person whose eyes is covered on his forehead and then go back to his group and sit with others.
The person whose eyes was covered when opened will now walk to the other group to guess and identify who pinched him.
While this is going on, everybody will be singing "My name sweet o, my name sweet o sweet o, my name sweet o"
If the person guess right, he wins his group one man who will be added to his own group.
If he fails, he's added to the other group. It goes on till one group wins majority of the other group members and is declared the winner.
I so much love this play that I can't wait for night fall to organize and play it back then.
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I will like to stop here, they're many others like Table/Paper Soccer, Building castle with sand using your legs, Rubber band play, Using thread to form things with your hands, Five Ten Fifteen to make me rich, e.t.c.
And others I can't rmbr or don't know and will like to hear from those who played it back then.
Most of if not all these childhood Plays has gone into extinction now. Our genz didn't play them and it isn't their fault, technology changed everything. But honestly, those were childhood memories and plays I don't think I will ever forget.
Note I didn't mention Whot, Ludo, Ayo, Table Tennis e.t.c. we played them too back in the days and they're still in existence till date.
Let me hear from the older generation who witness and participated in these plays, so I can know who I can be calling Sir or Ma, hahahaha.

But her hair have not lost any quality,it's still strong and healthy and her skin don't look like somebody who is undertaking chemo therap.

drtee247:
The moment the hair starts falling off due to the effect of the chemo, most people prefer to just shave it off. No one will want to wake up with hair all over the bed

Then she didn't get the chemo therap, the therapy is simply to freeze the spread, it all depends on when your aunt illness Was identified and the treatment so far before the proposed surgery. May she fine eternal rest.

UzorIyke:
My aunt died from it few years ago, her hair was intact, but she cut it because she was experiencing severe headache then 😪 but she died on her last diagnosis before surgery 😢 💔 she's is not even alive to witness the surgery process.

No I have a relative, but not up to stage 4, her stage for stor a pure fabricated one

WantsandMore:
Do You mean you have had a stage 4 breast cancer before ? How did you survive it?

I have a relative how is a cancer patient

We4all:
Have you had cancer before?

From my experience it's the effect of cammo drugs that will pull off her hair, I wonder why she is doing the shaving herself.

As a teacher my eye done see shage for this country, so I non fit chose teaching again, I use God beg una make una help me chose doctor.

I promise you a cold bottle of hero 🍻 beer this weekend.

DOUBLEBARREL:
Everyone's got some fuckupedness,including you, you just hide yours better, u gamble ? , or u hang around a gambling shop, a judgemental person would have asked u to get a passion... but me? I'll just scoff.

Mind you as far as you are living in today's world the percentage of having not another man's garbage is as little as 2%, because most women/girls have been vandalized, victimized,broke,pipied, referred and swapt by battalions of innocent and non innocent men/boys. So my guy just take your time and chose one of the numerous iron condemned or nearly to condemned or starting to condemned pretty lady you like or love for a serious relationship that may lead to marriage.

Prophit:
I recently started talking to a fine young lady. She should be 28 yrs tops.

I didn't know her dating history cos I moved into the area like last year.

We just started talking this year, she manages a bet 9ja shop. I normally withdraw using the pos near her bet shop, and that was how we met and started talking.

There is a laundry guy in that area, I seldom patronize him, but the guy is chill. We greet and have discussions here and there whenever we cross paths. He doesn't mind that I rarely patronize him.


This guy's sister is about 21, in the university. She likes me a whole lot, but I have a policy not to date students (it's a long story. Don't ask me why)

He knows that his sister likes me and he knows I'm not giving her a chance. In fact one day he joked about it. And probably that's why he respects me a great deal.

So B4 we dive into the gist for today, let's call d guy Oba, let's call the bet naija manager Ego. Let's call Oba's Sister Anita.


I was standing with Ego today just gisting.

(I honestly like her, she is pretty, but I can't date her. I can't date a lady who is not on a trajectory to the top. No offence, but being a worker in all these bet shops affects the mindset. I think people that work there need to be rehabilitated. Both male and female.
Again no offence)

So Oba passed by, as usual we shook hands and talked a bit, then he passed.

I noticed the weird energy between Oba and Ego.

It was visible to the blind that these guys shared a past.

"Seems like there is a story you'd like to share" I said
"What story?" She retorted.

"Is he your ex?" I went straight for the jugular.

She stood silent for a bit. She tried to force a smile. "There isn't any story please." She said finally.

I didn't press further.

Just then someone called her into the bet shop to settle and issue or whatever that was.

So I turned to the pos lady who is her friend.
It's like the lady was waiting for the opportunity to spill the tea.

She didn't even wait for me to ask.

"Men are wicked o. God forbid. To see better man na by connection." Said the pos lady.

(I forgot to give the pos lady her alte. So let's call her Agatha. I chose the name because she has a wide mouth, and which name do you have to say with your mouth open wide?)

So Agatha started talking.

"They used to date o. For like 2 years. Before they started dating, the guy was jobless. Ego used her money to open that laundry shop for him, spent so much money on him for 2 years, then one day he beat her up and broke up with her."

Now anyone with even a brain functioning below 2 percent will know that the story isn't complete. Agatha obviously skipped a lot of details to just present Oba as the devil.

And don't get it twisted I'm not saying he isn't the devil either.
I'm just saying I don't have enough information from that gist to know who the villain was or is.

First, nobody beats up a woman for nothing.
Second, nobody beats up a woman who is his girlfriend for nothing.
Third, nobody beats up a woman who is his girlfriend, who opened a laundry shop for him, for nothing.

Agatha kept talking.

How Ego is still traumatised and hurt and broken, and devastated, and dejected, and...

She kept going.

I told Agatha to stop.

"I really sympathize with Ego, but I don't want to have this discussion with you or with her. Relationships fail all the time."

"Guys send ladies to school and the ladies end up marrying other people. Life goes on."

"Guys open businesses for ladies and the ladies still leave them. Even marriages break up. It just the way of life."

"I have been engaged to a lady. 2 weeks before our indoor marriage rites, after I had bought everything, she called it quits. I never laid my hands on her, never cheated on her. But that doesn't make her the bad guy."

Relationships are a bit more nuanced than many people believe.

That is why the best thing you can do for yourself as an individual is to invest in yourself.

Maybe you can invest in your spouse, but you see boyfriend and girlfriend, invest at your own risk.

As for Anita, I just got a couple more reasons to distance myself from her. Imagine having an elder brother who beats people up. For her, violence will just be a normal thing. I pity her boyfriend.


As for Ego, if I had even the faintest of feelings for her, such feelings died when I heard that story.

I can't be with another man's garbage. I too, deserve someone who hasn't been victimized and vandalized.

Imagine the distrust she will have for her next boyfriend or husband. No body deserves such level of damage done to them.

Is the rent for the month or annually?

BItt:
Rent 350,000
Feeding 250,000
Transportation (I dey use leg most times)
Data and subscriptions ( 14,000)
Family responsibilities (neck wann break)
Savings ( mission impossible)

Okada men literaly wants everything in your purse for a short distance

Na like so una igbenedion education center uniform dey intermediate us that year for ogbe stadium Benin every may 27th, after every every them go still carry 1st because of fine clothes for the match pass no matter the magic wen other schools go perform. So no be today e Start my people.

Even training or sponsoring your wife is a big bet without guarantee.

God bless you for this write up .

I just have to type her name on Google, she non Sabi anything self? I was thinking she is good in what she does while reading this trend.