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Tonto Wigo Charity Dikeh-Churchill, we are tired of your wahala. Abi kilode gan?

Oh lawd

The almajiri system/culture is so deep-rooted that whatever effort you make to get the children off the streets and send them to school will be frustrated. They prefer roaming about tattered, looking pale with flies pecking on their cracked lips to living a good life. I tried helping one some years back and he called me 'Dan banza'. His mallam came to the office the next day and told me to not 'brainwash' his supposed ward. Since then, I dey maintain my lane with them.
One can only imagine the mind control techniques their mallams use on them. The model school that was established by Goodluck Jonathan's administration in katsina state to help take them off the street has since turned to a cattle grazing center .

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Sanity lost the battle a thousand years ago.… How many people have succumbed to the powerful draw of the crowd? Innumerable. Welcome to the federal republic of insanity.

blackboy:
true. I'm from the lineage. My mum told me about this years back.

You are from Oke odan, Ogun state? If you truly share the same family tree with Aina Forbes, you're an egbado prince niyen.......

Little wonder we have many entitled adults who are very unappreciative of what they have been blessed with, believes the world revolves around them and are insensitive to the feelings of others. What harm is there in instilling grateful feelings in your child not just for the 'big' gifts but for provision of their basic needs?

It's not okay to take your leave soon after you've been treated to a meal, especially at a neighbours place. You gotta work for the 'free food' by playing with Junior, talk about Kachikwu's letter to Buhari with daddy and tell mummy about the new ride of the hottest babe in the estate........


SHIOR

The heck! If you buy him the whole world and he still takes what doesn't belong to him, he is a potential thief. Before things get out of hand, take him to prayer city. Better still, cane the 'ant-eye' outta him

Same as baby blues?

I don't get..... Are you yapping because the sorry excuse for a teacher stole your shine or what? You should be elated. After all, It's not everyday people's 'intelligent words' get plagiarised. Why is his opinion negative when he only built on the foundation you laid? Your truer than true post inspired the good teacher to write....

As you all know, we LIKE TO PARTY. Our wedding ceremonies are very colourful and classy but we are no money-grubbing demons. It is not a Yoruba thing for the groom to buy clothes for the entire village. Haba!
Your friend, the groom is the new Jesus for the bride's family as they've casted ALL their cares upon him. He won't know what hit him when those people are done with him

Patriotism has found a new name in Hati13...... This level of attachment to one's homeland beats me. Well done, Hati


WHAT IS "WELL DONE" IN AMHARIC?

Did I just see Yoruba mentioned in your post......Yorubas don't shy away from speaking their mother tongue? Is it the same Yorubas that have declared on unending war on their mother tongue? The ones who'd rather speak foreign tongues than speak their native language? Don't get me started on the attitude of the educated Yorubas towards our mother tongue.........
The negative attitude towards ones indigenous language is not just an igbo "thing", it's a Nigeria "thing". Majority of Nigerians are guilty of this. The educated ones who are supposed to be the repository of their indigenous languages are the ones who have alienated themselves from their own language.

Paretomaster:
Uwargida, ina jiran ki zuba mini ruwan wanka. .....kuma ki hada mini shayi in karya Dan zan wuce aiki da wuri. ..

En kallo ku rufe idanunku.. .

Eh, na gani..... Africanapple, kira mota assibiti saboda paretomaster.......... Apparently, abokina is sick.
Allah ya kawo sauki

Paretomaster:
Uwargida, Lafiya lau, yaya kike?

Uwargida? Toor!

Paretomaster:
Muna nan, yaya kike?

'Miji', yaya dai?

Those jobs are not God's will for his life but leeching off his uncle is......
There's nothing worse than being stupid. NOTHING

Eish! My eyes hurt.....

Since we are talking rape, I have a ❓for the Op. If in the middle of a CONSENSUAL SEX, a lady tells a man to
STOP but he keeps going despite the lady's expressed instruction to stop. Does it count as rape?

Exactly like me? Oh, heavens no! Where is the fun in that? Besides, it will be an horror movie as our personalities will clash.

'Sir' doesn't connote old age. It's basic courtesy, an element of formality and distance. Someone you have no close relationship with can't call you by your first name, can they?
I'm in my late twenties, the youngest in my place of work and yet, I'm addressed as ma'am by people old enough to father me. I'm cool with it as it doesn't make me feel ancient.....

That said, you are four years shy of forty, SIR. Get used to feeling old.

No, introduction is not the same as traditional marriage.
It is basically his family coming to meet yours to make their intentions known and pick a probable date for engagement/traditional/white wedding. The man's family comes with gifts like wine(s) and fruits.
A long list is given to the man's family in preparation for the traditional wedding. Introduction is more of a small parlour party......

Now, things have changed. People don't bother about the traditional/white wedding anymore. Once a man knocks up a lady, his family meets with the lady's, pick a date for 'introduction' and boom, all is settled.

If you can't marry one disvirgined by your friend, go for the one your foe disvirgined. It's as facile as swallowing your saliva

4th lady? Oh my! The guy is being dealt with by principalities and powers

You live under the ancient rock?

Op, which one are you, the bride or groom?

What's the nature of your job? If your job allows free weekend, you can get her moved to a town/city closer to your base and go visit her on weekends

In a world built for the able-bodied, disabled people face countless barriers in their everyday lives and dating can be very challenging for them. This kind of love is rare......
That is a REAL man

Hati13:
The country that we know as Ethiopia now wasn't the country or area that the Bible and pre-4th century AD talks about.

Nubians and Cushite ppl in Ancient north Sudan were the proper Ethiopians not the present day so called Ethiopians.

Ethiopia is a Greek word which means "burnt face or black".

After King Ezana of Axumite destroyed the Kush civilization of Sudan in the 4th century AD, he adopted the name "Ethiopia" for his kingdom. From that time on, the present day northern Ethiopia started to be exchangeably known as:-
- Ethiopia or
- Habesha/Abesha or
- Abysinnia (Latinized from of Abesha)

Coming to your question, the present day Ethiopia had nothing to do with King Solomon of Israel or Queen of Sheba. It's a myth. So, this also means the connection between King Solomon vast stashes of gold and the know Ethiopia is a myth too.
The then Ethiopia of ancient times may have connections with them, but I believe it's a myth too if ppl believe they have.

Truly, one shouldn't believe everything he/she reads on the internet. Thanks for explaining............

It's on Wiki that Ethiopia is the only country in the world to have 13 months in a year and the New Year is celebrated in September, meaning the country is YEARS behind other countries. So, what year are you in Ethiopia and is there an explanation for why time is counted on the opposite side of the clock?

Mille:
Hello,

I have no problem with you dating/marrying an educated fellow as yourself. I also appreciate having
someone with the same or higher intellectual ability than myself.

I have to reiterate my position. Everyone has dating preferences, a profile who they feel is good for them. I have no issues whatsoever with preferences regardless of how high or how low it is.

My word is that a lot of Nigerian women throw away their preferences whenever there is financial security. All it takes is for a successful man to show interest.

I know this is an online forum where you are at liberty to quote anyone either to be their sounding board or refute their assertion but you don't have to pass on your message by debasing other people's personal opinions. It is my entitled opinion, not a 'story, story'.

That said,
I have no problem whatsoever with your 'words'. it's yours to use whenever and however you like.

Two years ago, I wrote a term paper on poetry from the horns of Africa and since then, I've been fascinated with the country. Visiting Ethiopia is on my bucket list.....

How true is the story that Ethiopia is the home to King Solomon's vast stashes of gold?

Don't you have people around you can ask to loan you a substantial amount of money so you'd do business and pay your debts?