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[quote author=Reflect7 post=122809160][/quote]Dude, while we claim to be very intelligent people, percentage-wise, 9ja probably has one of the highest unenlightened people who have WAEC/HND/degree. Magic centres, bribery through school and corruption have ruined our education. Nothing upstairs. A lot of our young women spend time broke-shaming up and coming men. Women who were brought up in face-me-I-slap you or their mother is still even using her petty trade to sustain their father and entire family. In fact those from poor homes that poverty has shown shege that fear poverty the most. They lash out at anyone who doesn't appear to have money to be their "Poverty Alleviation Programme". Some will tell you that Egyptians were not true blacks. Yet scholars, chief priest (like pope of those days), engineers, architects and physicians depicted in temples, statues and tombs were clearly black. |
greatopec:OP, you are still very much on track. Things don't always fall in place in every aspect. At least you are not spending millions on cycles of IVF or healthcare. Some people out there are. So gratefulness first of all. Pray for good health, don't womanise, gamble or drink excessively. Plan your family well and ensure you and your Mrs agree on your vision. If material achievement is all that is left, you can keep working towards that. Nothing spoil. |
naijapips04:You took it right out of my mouth. The guy dodge her mother also. If the guy knows what is good for him, he should focus on his wife and not this idiot who broke his heart. Would a woman still be flowing with a guy who broke her heart? No. Na revenge she go dey seek. |
Simple natural beauty. Nice melanin skin. Still stunning. Now dem don bleach finish. |
Onarabu:It is not unusual to see people who are 62 to 65 who look like her. Some look even younger. Remove the make up and wig and see. I have people in America who left 9ja in late 70s and early 80s, completed their degrees, had a family but never came for 30 years. A few still have not come until now. Especially those whose parent had died in their absence. They are many in USA. What you have not seen may seem strange to you. People are different. Some loose their connection to 9ja and enjoy their new environment. Some by choice, others by circumstances. We must accept that. I never used to miss any year without visiting. Now that parents are gone, siblings grown and married or have japa, the urge is not what it once was. |
udede:Trust. Obinna must have been a sweet little baby brother when she left over 40 years ago. May be even born after she left. She might be the Ada of the family. She left when family still meant trust. Probably during Shagari regime. Her elderly parents always confirmed all was in order she said. Until you are that situation, you won't know. It is far more common than you think. In fact of those I know who left 9ja before until about 15 years ago, virtually everyone suffered various degrees and versions of this lady's story. Sadly, nothing special about her story. I know dozens in real life. Even within my extended family, some did worse than this. This case is only pathetic for one reason in my view. Forget the phonair and wig, this an elderly woman, tired and exhausted after decades of labour in US. If she was a teacher or nurse, policewoman or immigration officer in 9ja, she would have already retired years ago. This big mansion would have been her tangible reward for decades of work. But at least she has a waterlogged piece of land. ![]() We nor see even 25 x 25 piece of pond and so were dozens too. At least knowing within first 10 years allows you to adjust while still young enough. I currently have a video of a guy who went to Sweden 5 years ago. He was working in a mall in Sweden. His elder brother sent him nice pictures of the edifice he was building for him in 9ja. He returned suddenly and his elder brother was hiding. He finally traced him with one guy live. The Sweden guy tear his brother dirty slap. The video is trending now. That what we faced over 20 years ago is still happening is worrying. Most people never share their story. Even when you share it some believe theirs will be different. Blood is thicker than water. People I warned still fell victim. |
Edeyoung:Did the whole of Africa not eventually adopt Christianity and Islam? Benin used it to its advantage including securing vital modern weapon with it to beat the enemy. And then indigenise it and set the terms of how to worship in it, not from Rome or anywhere else. Today Muslim kings across 9ja are religiously under the Sultan. Oba of Benin has own Church, not under Rome, not under Canterbury. So your trying to be woke as if you are so proud of African religion while others are not is childish. It shows a poor understanding of political and war strategy of the kings of Benin in the South Eastern part of West Africa/Bight of Benin from the second half of the 15th century. Every argument you come up with just shows how little you understand it. Come off your high horse attempt and wokeness. Obas were way smarter, they thought ahead before others even back then. |
Edeyoung:I actually consider that an honour to be seen as a teenager. But I wish our teenagers knew Graeco-Roman and Egyptian history, To understand your African history (especially as much was not written down) you need to understand how others operated contemporarily because a king as an Ogiso or whatever they actually called themselves in Benin in 313 AD faced many similar challenges as Constantine in Rome. You have clearly never done comparative history. Your rather shallow understanding is that Africa had nothing in common with other races back then. Simply because you seem not to know. You said Egypt was not purely black. What is pure black? Charcoal black like many Sudanese Nubians? Those fair skinned people from Igboland and Edo, fairer than many ancient Egyptians, are impure blacks? The more you argue, the more you reveal a warped notion of being black that is very narrow and ultimately a disservice to Afrocentrism. Black Pharaohs and their families are clearly represented in statues. If you haven't been there, go and visit and learn. Whatever the hue of their skin, they were Africans and black. Arabs from Saudi or some place now living in African lands will not tell me otherwise. |
Edeyoung:That is what you don't get. Every great empire did not live in a vacuum but adapted. Religiously, technologically, socially, etc. The Greeks took good things like knowledge, art, medicine from Egypt, the Romans took from the Greeks and Rome spread education and culture to Western Europe as we now know it worldwide. So your talk of pride in Western influence is due to poor knowledge because the trinity story and creation story began in Egypt. That is where Moses (educated by the best scholars in Pharoah's palace) learnt everything he later wrote. Trinity story built on that by Christians later. So don't use your shallow knowledge to judge other's underlying thoughts. Constantine adopted Jewish religion. Jews were not white as they came to be mixing with Europeans after 70AD. May be you are the one obsessed with white people. Whatever outside influence came, use of musket guns to overpower enemies, or whatever, Benin knew how to retain own history and culture. Like any truly great nation. |
One day, he will give the kpale he is collecting from the Iyagba to one 9ja woman currently laughing at him. Men have to do the work first. |
Popsiladon:Word on marble. If God had forgiven Eve in Eden, she would have done worse in season 2. Like now, may be our punishment as humans would be agonising pain like woman in labour 24/7. ![]() |
concho:Dude you are dating yourself. Even the mother has run you street. Pele.The other guy probably holds more Mula or dey square her maale regular. Meeting a girl as a virgin guarantees nothing. She can decide to belong to the street later. Dude, don't forget to check your HIV and STI status. |
bigtt76: ![]() She was innocently minding her business. Suddenly a man tripped and fell right on top of her. By chance her wrapper removed. By coincidence she hurriedly left home that day without underwear to beat traffic. Since the said man has a well trained weapon of mass vandalization, it plugged in accurately. She was moving her waist back and forth in an effort to free herself but to no avail. Her uh ah uh ah was due to pain inflicted on her in the struggle. ![]() Sense wee nor kee some women. Men, do DNA test on your kids quickly after birth and leave the rest. If you tell your wife before doing the test, she might eliminate you before you get a chance to do it. |
bigtt76: ![]() She was innocently minding her business. Suddenly a man tripped and fell right on top of her. By chance her wrapper removed. By coincidence she hurriedly left home that day without underwear to beat traffic. Since the said man has a well trained weapon of mass vandalization, it plugged in accurately. She was moving her waist back and forth in an effort to free herself but to no avail. Her uh ah uh ah was due to pain inflicted on her in the struggle. ![]() Sense wee nor kee some women. Men, do DNA test on your kids quickly after birth and leave the rest. |
![]() That same woman won't tolerate a cheating daughter in law o. But she herself wants to reserve the right to cheat outside. Ok, be ready to bring up other people's grandchildren when your daughter in law brings bastards from outside. Taking nicely after Eve. To confuse men. If your hubby cheats, nobody use chain to tie you to stay with him. Enough of this rant about men cheat pass. Leave him if you want. |
7david7:Sorry to hear madam. But ensure you see a consultant dermatologist. At a teaching hospital/FMC. Not just a doctor in any hospital. Your boy obviously has issues with allergy. Tongue and lip swelling may be adverse reaction and can become quite severe as anaphylaxis at other times as to block airway. Risky. Have they checked him fully with blood test/his immune system/allergy test to know what to avoid in food/cream/medication/jewellery, etc? |
iSense247:Ok, just do DNA test on your kids. Unless you are happy to potentially run an orphanage as a family. keep checking your Hiv status too. Goodluck! |
Christistruth03:What led to the inter-regnum in the Oluship from 1856-1936? That will help towards shedding more light on the independence that you mentioned. Why did Oba Akenzua and grandfather of this current Olu place a curse on Itsekhiri people that this current Olu said he was reversing during his coronation? Why was that same Olu (granddad of current one) given 14 coronation beads by Oba Akenzua to crown the next 14 Olus of Warri, something current Olu used to partly claim validity when the old crown was stolen? Watch his coronation speech. Dude, today we all do our own things independently but let's not twist history. It is well-known. As for Christianity, you judge that Benin's own was for show. Many people became Christian in Iberia due to Spanish Inquisition. By force. Christianity became established in the West due to politics. Emperor Constantine wanted to use the religion of very obedient people (innocent people ready to die for their faith without much resistance, just the type of citizens ready to die him that he desired) to control Roman Empire. The same people appealing to Domingo were the same that brought big time slave trade, so how genuine were even the Portuguese as Christians, never mind those they were converting? Like Constantine, European kings at the time used Christianity for politics. Obas of Benin probably saw through that. They were in Portugal before anyone else. Some argue that Constantine's Edict of Milan in 313 stopped killing and persecution of Christians, returned their seized assets to say how genuine his faith was. No experts/scholars believes that. Breaking news: Constantine unbanned all religious sects, cults and groups. Not just Christianity. It was a much wider political move. Oh by the way, as far as we can tell, Oba of Benin is the only King in West Africa who is also head of a native Christian Church, the Holy Aruosa Cathedral in Benin. Like King Charles II is the head of the Anglican church. Benin's long history means it has found ways to indigenise Christianity. Long before Aladura, Cele and others came along. An indigenous church that has existed for centuries, long after guns for battles matter have gone, stand as a testament like a rock. You know black man trying to be holier than the pope, like you have indicated in your post will also find another excuse. |
aboy4real:Price per plot and all 3 plots together? Thanks. |
Good old Cleo was of black African and Greek descent. Na me talk am. I dey my house. Make dem bring the petition paper come. We go use am wrap akara and suya. ![]() |
Christistruth03:Benin had the oldest church in Nigeria as a whole and a street named at the Pope (Via Papa) now called Akpakpava Street in Benin. When did Prince Ginuwa leave Benin to become Ogiame of Ewere/Iwerre/Warri? When did Europeans first reach Benin? Oba Esigie was baptised by 1504 just upon becoming king. He was a Christian nominally before that already. Esigie son (Orhogbua) was at Portuguese Royal military Academy in Lisbon, educated and was a Christian. He learned naval sailing from the Portuguese. Domingo was in Lisbon by 1600. Orhogbua was in Portugal almost 100 years earlier. By 1480s, King John II of Portugal already established strong links with Oba Ozolua of Benin. Oba Ewuare had already welcomed the Portuguese even before that. Why do you think Oba Esigie had muskets (guns) from Portugal to fight Idah people in 1515-1516 War? Only Christian Kings/foreign rulers were given the new deadly weapon to use in war. Oba sent them back politely in which year? Please be careful what you write in a public forum. |
FreeStuffsNG:In particular, with hereditary titles, any king must find a way to deal with it in a savvy way. You don't undo the hereditary title bestowed by a previous king. But you can change his function in the palace. Or even appoint another non-hereditary title holder from same family to carry out the functions if a blood relative descending from that family must perform certain functions. Stripping a chief of a hereditary title or swapping it questions the judgement of the previous king, his chiefs and family who selected the candidate. Not a good precedent. That Ologbose/Ologboshere title emerged in Benin to checkmate the very powerful traditional prime minister the Iyase. Iyase was only created to checkmate others centuries earlier. Basically a cat watching activities of Iyase. In Warri, Iyase and Ologbose/Ologbotsere seem to be cat and mouse. Some things never change, wherever you take it. Olu could have created another title for a member of Ologbotsere family. Olu has that totally uncontroversial prerogative. That would allow Ayiri keep his title but become virtually irrelevant, yet kept in the fold. That would be good politics. Benin history has it in abundance for centuries. When the most senior chiefs (7 kingmakers/Uzama) began to feel too big, Oba Ewedo created an all powerful but non-hereditary Iyase (meaning by this new title created, I surpass you all). This was in 1255 AD. Later when Oba feared that Uzama chiefs could hijack coronation or even refuse their role at coronation one day, he created a set of 7 junior Uzama chiefs. Should the senior ones refuse to do their job or want to play games, the junior ones will do it. Centuries ago too. Problem solved. Till today. |
AsomArchitectNG:This looks good. |
Jennyclay:In most places this not the tradition. The bride's family hosts the future in-laws. Bride's family pays. I would never have allowed future in-laws to pay for what we gave them to entertain them for my sisters' weddings. Many sisters by the way. All married now. Their men are not "broke" as some ladies like to shame hardworking young men trying to make a living. They didn't rush into marriage, so their men were ready. The groom has traditional stuff he must take care of. What they should bring alongside bride price are clear to them. Not the food, drink or entertainment for in-laws in bride's family home. If the bride's family are only managing, of course the groom can assist generously. |
abobote:But many Brazilians do speak it. Many will easily understand what you are saying to them in Spanish. French as spoken in France/Belgium/Quebec/Switzerland is not as easy as people think. African version in Cotonou and Africa is easier to speak. Spanish is internationally becoming very important. German provides opportunities for work in Germany. Mandarin will probably be the most important foreign language of the future. I may be wrong though. I thought Russian would become very important when cold war ended but alas! If learning a single foreign language, learn French. It is our second official language. You see it in 9ja international passport. |
Rahkman:Not borrowed because Olu of Warri is a Benin prince. He is practising what his Benin ancestors did. |
Butcher. Igbudu. Nuff said. The man will have plenty of time to regret it. RIP to the lady. |
Nokia 3310 remains the real odogwu of mobile phones. No phone will ever come close. |
tafat:Only if he is the wife's next of kin too. He's also worth it. |
Wife but under certain conditions: Be sure that your kids are actually yours. After DNA test. Ensure she makes you her next of kin too. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. Write your last will and testament. It supersedes next of kin nonsense. Being your next of kin doesn't mean you believe that person should inherit all your assets. That person may just be the better organised, dynamic or reliable person you have. It should be more about executor of the will. Count brother or sister out. There was a case last year. A man made his first son and first daughter his next of kin. However, the son is a kinda suwegbe person so the daugter and mother found a way to push him aside. The wife somehow became next of kin. You know 9ja and manipulation. After monies were paid to the woman, she refused to share it with her children claiming to be the rightful NOK. It's like her hubby knew why he didn't include her as NOK. The daughter who connived to push her brother aside is now regretting it. |
luizpippo:Dude, politics doesn't work that way. Sure, Edo Central deserves a turn now. Alli and Osunbor (even in his short spell) did well. Alli was exceptional even considering that UPN was not at FG level. But Edo Central fortunes have been too linked to PDP. Plus PDP has factions now, with Edo Central bigwigs not really in Obaseki camp. However, Edo Central has enjoyed FG the most since 1999. Uromi folks in particular. So PDP has been beneficial overall. Edo Central must now spread out across more parties, especially LP. It is already happening anyway. |
panini:You can almost be sure the hotel will be found wanting in one or more areas. Just be generous to those largely poorly paid reception staff, many won't even check details provided by clients properly. CCTV may be there but not working, name and phone numbers may be fake, they may not even have called the lady when the man was leaving next morning as they claim, etc. At times if a client arrives late at night and promises to leave very early, staff will not record the client and will embezzle the money. I have had to be dragging receipt from reception when I have checked in late at times. Hotel owners are usually well-connected, he can hush up the whole saga with money. Nor be 9ja again? Na God dey save person o. RIP to the lady. |