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The whole story nor pure at all.

Walai:
Sadly, the bolded is lacking here. Therefore we need square pegs in square holes to make any progress. Don't argue blindly bro
FYI, Buhari will make a good US President because of the same bolded statement

OBJ once said that even Jesus as president can't fix 9ja because it's way beyond one good or bad leader. Leaders come and go, strong institutions grow stronger.

Which health minister has drastically improved health care in 9ja since 1999? All have been largely medical profs or professionals.
Eyitayo Lambo, an economist, was only non-medical health minister and was in OBJ's second tenure. He launched NHIS. No health minister had managed to do so for decades. Despite promises. His work at WHO, despite being non-medic was vital though.

bestman09:

No be today it start. Anything is possible in[b] Nigeria where an architect can be appointed as a minister of health[/b].

Dude in countries with a good civil service and strong institutions, a person without even a degree can be minister of anything: Finance, health, foreign affairs, etc.

Ministries have experts to handle the operations. The minister only ensures that the political agenda of the government is implemented and co-ordinated. He provides leadership, not necessarily the subject expertise. Anybody with political and leadership acumen can be posted to be minister of any ministry.

Check all the ministers in various advanced countries.

If you don't do DNA test on your kids na you know.

DavSagacity:
EXCELLENT Gesture from the woman.
Some so called FEMINIST frawn at this woman now

That's why those frowners with entitlement mentality will never go far in anything except slack vj and high body count without productivity.

Later when the guy shows her more love, they will say she's using juju.

God bless her marriage.

aribisala0:
That is history that we all know
The King of England has a history . He has not been there forever
Even Oduduwa met people in Ife.
Let us stop this nonsense about beaded crowns
There is no pronouncement in Ifa or anywhere that says a king must wear beaded crowns. That is the TRADITION OF SOME. not all

Lol, who will stop Olubadan if he chooses to a wear beaded crown in his palace or anywhere in 2024?

But we still need to have a historical perspective to educate people. If anything, it's kudos to Ibadan people how they managed to be punching so much above their weight almost since it was founded.

In Nigeria today, the main categorisation is the obaship class.

Everybody dey hin dey, my brother.

aribisala0:
Not a Baale system
That is a totally wrong understanding

There is nothing like Baale system across Yorubaland. It varies from place to place.
The One can system ensures very old monarchs which is not the case with Baales

Now what do You mean by REAL royal stool?
How do you define Realness??

I guess he is referring to history. Ibadan was a Ba'ale stool until less than 100 years ago, about 1930. It's not one of the old royal stools like Alaafin, Awujale, etc. Since Ibadan gained political prominence after fall of Oyo and during colonial era, the stool grew influential too.

Being a young town and stool that began as a Ba'aleship by largely exiles, warriors and such, it was easier to institute a more egalitarian system than in the more ancient monarchies.

The number is large at 42 monarchs including the Ba'ales because the system runs in a way that people tend to be old before they reach the top of the civil/Olubadan or the warrior/Balogun tree to ascend. They hardly stay more than 10 years. This is the third Olubadan to ascend since 2016.

But today, Olubadan is a first class monarch and that's it.

IBB007:
Lol…history hands down

With economics and geography. Biology and Agric follow behind.

oz4real83:
In Edo, when a married woman whose bride price was paid and other marriage rites were done by a man cheats on that man, tradition does something I hate so much , everything about the man whether business and all will collapse, the husband and children become sick and may even die, while nothing happens to the woman , until she confesses and necessary actions are taken. Her confession is just to heal her husband and children, not for her personal cure . These are real events among all Edoid related groups, why nothing directly happens to the woman is still something i don't understand

Bolded is not always true. If she is confronted with the allegation of cheating and denies it, she is made to swear an oath to the ancestors. Yes, some are wicked enough to deny and swear.
In that case, it will likely kill her. There are also sub-clans where the women may have trouble during child birth. Some only confess at that point. She may or may not survive it.

Remember that traditionally, the wife typically has no blood ties with the ancestors of her hubby, whereas her children and hubby do. The taboo is typically to ancestors of the man and the earth/land/homestead. While the woman is only bound by marriage ritual/rites (which proper traditional divorce can undo), her children and hubby are forever bound by blood to their ancestors. So they bear the consequences.

Ofunaofu:
Tinubu is now contracting questionable international media houses, cash and carry analysts to give the impression that the economic policies imposed by his government are working.

First it was Bloomberg claiming that some phantom billions are pouring in, now some Goldman Sachs analysts saying that naira will appreciate

The Truth is that anything outside returning the Naira to dollar exchange rate to[b] N700/a dolla[/b]r and 185/liter of PMS where he met it is a total balderdash. A confirmed failure

Tinubu cannot be whitewashed. No opinion of international media house or world economic analyst can change that

No. They/APC said 216 to a dollar was too weak that GEJ was clueless and should go. They also opposed subsidy removal.
It must go to below 216 or APC and goons are the clueless ogogoro drinking, shoeless, certificateless age-forging retards.

SPAMBOX7:
Abeg I no understand how ancestors go kill person for another person doings? Is that how it's done that way? Enlighten a bro

In Edoid culture, which Isoko belongs to, if you have paid dowry on your wife and traditionally married her, some taboos apply.

If your wife cheats and you are unaware, the land/earth and ancestors may protect you as you are innocent of her nefarious deeds. She may instead suffer or her children may suffer.

But if you as the hubby know and you do not perform the needed rituals of cleansing and atonement, you hide it and keep EATING her food and SLEEPING with her, you yourself have joined your wife to commit taboo. You must stop accepting any wifely or marital duties from her until cleansing is done. Remember that in the Bible, if Adam had not joined Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, God might have had a second thought about punishing mankind.

Once you become aware of her infidelity, don't eat her food and don't sleep with her.

Why punish her kids you may ask? Even the Bible talks about visiting the iniquity of father upon their children and even beyond.

Also, if a woman cheats, chances are that she has brought bastards into the household.

One reason women who know the culture drag their hubby into church is to be far away from that culture as much as possible.

Guess what? That gives the women licence to fvck around with pastor and church members under his nose.

That is the ultimate goal of most women nowadays: pretend to be holy holy, fool hubby and mess around.

As it is now, there is really no need for marriage. Have your 2 kids with any woman/women ready and that's it.

Bluntemperor:
Abi o!
What is he even saying sef- as they know how to bring in US or London - to suit their shameless purposes!
-In US- every thing is in order - the Water,the Roads,the Health Services,the Housing Sector,the Energy Sector,the Transportation Sector,etc?
Which of those Sectors is Ok here,Mr Shittu?
Why are you speaking,as if you don't get understanding on this matter?
For God's sake,yes GEJ- did not implement the Oronsonye Reports because he had -no- ball,but what happened to your Buhari?
Please park somewhere!

GEJ could not implement it leading up to election. You plan things to do in first term and things to do if given a second term.
GEJ wasn't as clueless as people thought. Tinubu hurriedly implemented these current harsh policies in the hope that dust will have settled before next election cycle. That's politics.
But for Shittu to say they were not aware of Oronsaye report means APC were not ready to rule in 2015. They were just a bigoted bunch with "na we own Nigeria" mentality lambasting everything GEJ did. Or he's just a shameless liar.

Beverlyjean:
I believe these fights are organised as exhibitions to make money

Ngannou v. Fury fight finally confirmed it.

We thought only WWF and the likes were exhibition fights those days.

Helinus:
We import most of the things we use.

If we start selling oil in naira, can we buy from China and Europe with Naira?

It will bring more hardship.

Why don't we wait till we start producing most of the things we use in Nigeria?

Nigeria is like a child that his father is a Village palm wine tapper, managed to send him to a university, and the c[b]hild is trying to chill with the big boys, it will end in tears.[/b]

Tears never soak the whole place already? With bandits kidnapping recklessly, people unable to feed and dying?

Daniel7543:
If I don sacrifice a lot for my spouse and she cheat on me, I will behead her, I go jst kill her and kill myself…..But if I never sacrifice for her, we fit jst go our separate ways.

Dude, a public toilet is not worth your life. Just know she does or will cheat when the chance comes.

Virtually all of them cheat. Confam.

If ever you decide to have kids, just do DNA test on each child as soon as they are born.

Nothing you did for a woman changes that. Sponsor her through school, take her from village to Lagos or Abuja or even abroad, no difference.

In fact the more you do for her, the more likely it is she will see you as a mugu and cheat.

yemmit90:
Lolz, same way the former speaker, Patricia Olubunmi Ette , former Finance minister under Buhari, and the most recent one Binta Edu does it better?

Blacks are naturally greedy due to our cultural believes and traditions, that is all.

And throw in the fantastic Allison Madueke. 9ja will become a wonderful Eldorado.

We joke too much in this country o. Na comedy central.

Nwaokunkpara:
Everything is on the increase due to the weak naira

ALL THANKS TO APC

No, they will soon blame Dame Patience Jonathan, Oseni Rufai or Sowore for it.

Mayoisemj4real:
The new generation of women are far more worst

With their hook-up and paternity fraud up and down.

JJ be like "Yeah, this is the real Agba Baller".

Rantingpiglets:
Reno mockery has suddenly gone deaf over these abductions.

When PO speaks now, the loser will find his dementia enabled stupidity.

The dude and Defenders of Nonsense (DoNs) will soon accuse Patience Jonathan, PO, Bode George, Sowore, Aisha Yusuf and Rufai Oseni of drawing UN attention to it to spite FG. They will also blame UN that it is racist. That just 9 months is not enough to reduce bandits kidnapping even in Abuja.

If bandits should kidnap from Aso Rock today, DoNs will tell us "shebi people even killed Haitian president Moise in his house".

Beyond pathetic.

Smartguyboy:
And you think white are not racist like that ?

Nor mind am. I dated one oyinbo babe for a couple of years and we travelled to various countries on holiday together.

We generally enjoyed our time together. She would tell her mom on phone how we enjoyed our holidays. In my presence. Her mum would say that I must be a nice dude. But she could not tell her mum her bf was black. Because she knew how racist her mum was.

I had no intention of marrying into a racist family. Even though the babe was cool. Life is hard enough as it is. I just balled a bit with the babe and when she found a lucrative job in another faraway city, I used the chance to move on. Shikena.

I have several other such experiences, along racism line. A couple of decades back but humans don't change so quickly. Even if they pretend.

owiko:
If Nigerians were to be given another opportunity to elect a leader this weekend, most of them will still vote against logic. Perhaps eight years of extreme SAPA will help shape our thought pattern.

It won't. It's like the people have a covenant with suffering, poverty and oppression.

MasterJayJay:
Egypt is buying wheat from Ukraine while Nigeria is getting it for free.

Ukraine that is at war is farming and harvesting while Nigeria gave fulani herdsmen immunity to be attacking farmers is normal.

My brother, Nigeria is not ready. They still defend fail govt due to ethnicity. Until thieves start bursting into homes at dinner time, bail up, eat their dinner, rob, molest their women, kill some and leave, dem nor go get sense.

Egypt's arable land is primarily along the Nile. A country with around 110 million people. But virtually every inch of Nigerian soil is arable. To feed about 600m people easily.

talk2hb1:
Nice Write-up, still I introduce myself like this
je m'appelle monsieur...

Awilo Longomba

Guyfawkes2:
But Arab countries have all this banned and world Bank still do business with them .

Bottom line . When you downgrade yourself others will take you for a ride

Na see finish na.

This Ghanian president impressed me with his speeches when he first came. Especially "Africa beyond aid". But alas he could not wean his country from begging for Western aid.

Angelfrost:
Dey speak grammar here... Hunger is spreading all over the nation.

Better start praying that it doesn't escalate beyond this.

Nor mind them. Some say na opposition. As if hungry people need Sowore or Atiku to tell them to secure food by any means.

Hunger robs man of civility, pride, integrity and self-esteem.

Grabbing and running with mandate as a mandate Barawo is one thing, hiding with it is another.

If leaders loot our money, followers now loot just to eat.

Nigerians are lootogenic by nature.

Anarchy brewing fast.

If it's just a girlfriend, I won't bother. Dem be public toilet before sef. I will pretend to forgive but use her like shege.

And toss her.

Oh boy, these oyinbo who wan force their lifestyle on Africans nor wan gree for anybody o.

Next, na queer catfish dem go find.

SoNature:
I bin think say Abuja people get swag! I no know say this hunger don reach their side

Na fake ass swag.

As you plan Japa, think of this kind of thing.

I know of kids in diaspora that now finished university but have never visited Nigeria,