udeh3: It's easier said when you're not in the other side of the Niger... The complexity and problems breeding in Niger Delta can't be understood until you live there. As one who's from that region, I grew up in a small town called "Ologbo". Blessed with over 30 oil wells. Aside the constant government lies, this leaders comes to the community take these resources away, pollute the land and make it unsafe for farming, pollutes the water, makes it unliveable for fishes and thereby starving the inhabitants all in the name of oil spillages. You sitback in your region and speak with a wide mouth without understanding...
After my apprenticeship, I furthered my education, during my IT days, none of these oil companies granted me a space to even do my IT or SIWES. Why, I have nobody who knows someone up north or in the political realm. In your community, you see young northerns, guys from Lagos doing ITs and gainfully employed. Long story short, I never had the opportunity to do my IT in any of the rigs or wells. The only slot we got is to become a janitor or someone who will clear the pipelines route or dig gutters form laying the pipes. These are the kind of task the community youths are engaged in.
If this could be for an IT student, think about employment opportunities... To the best of my knowledge, we have Ologbo as one community driving Nigerian's economy, but, how many graduates are employed from that community? Hoe many skilled personnel have access to good employment there in these facilities? Yet, our counterparts in the north are everywhere in the military, leading various battalions, even those who can't construct a sentence or express themselves. PMB even before leaving secondary school already got admission into military school. How many of us down south had that kind of opportunities
Before you talk, think twice
I am Engr Goodluck Oghenemaro UDEH and this is my story
IAMHIM you are someone i like your level of reasoning is great (I saw what you did on pukalolo thread) my advice is this. Don't attach emotions on your point of views about life you might end up frustrated.
There's no universal truth. Truth is subjective what could be evil sometimes is needed to be for the greater good
Example the Albert Einstein we celebrate today was planned to be assassinated by countries that didn't like him.
And million other examples. Life is not black and white.
I was born a Christian and I have my very deep questions about Christianity and I also study Satanists why? To get a holistic view of where the world is and where the world is going (Satanists are the decision makers)
Everything has their own role to play. It's people like you that made Nigerian pastors start controlling their mouth and also think before talking
Everything is important no universal truth. Even as the sun is shining in Nigeria its late night somewhere else
After calling crypto scam Your minister said crypto users are sponsoring terrorism After blocking crypto exchanges and destroying people's businesses You turn around to tax the same business you destroyed
JoeEeL: Since Wizkid lost his mum last year, you can tell his passion dropped. And his mom was not that old.
After Davido lost his kid, his passion also dropped. But at least he seems to have partially recovered, and he always had other kids anyway. His wife has not recovered.
As for Burna, one of d very few nigerian singers that can do an int'l collabo and I wouldn't cringe about his lyrics or his delivery. Another is Patoranking. Tiwa Savage is one, Wizkid a little. Asa definitely. Omah Lay surely. Ruger, to a very good extent. Fave, Ayrra Star.
Singers with lyrics that make me cringe Kizz Daniel (melodious but nursery rhymes), Davido (energetic but lyrics too cringy most of the time e.g, "so mi so, I don nono... Energy like cocaine, creme de de la creme), Victony, Young Jonn (sings nonsense, man should stick to dj), Shallipopi (should not be mentioning this guy sef), Rema (babyish lyrics: "come here wetin dey worry you, I get money pass your papa uhhn'), Odumodu (does not piece his rap story properly), CKay (lyrically lazy dude), Kcee (You would think his lyrics would have matured considering his duration in this game)
Summary: Nigerian singers should do better with their lyrics abeg. I mean, it's not that difficult na. Worse comes to worse, open dictionary, learn history and cultures of other places and research idioms and witty expressions. Put efforts. Make person hear music make hin brain engage small. All these primary 1 lyrics don tire person ear abeg.
That is why I miss Cynthia morgan:
Bubble Bup (2016) "Definitely them a call on me Cos me a get the stuff wey fit fall down d economy Girl friend me never let the things of the world dishonour me Call me boyfriends sidechicks them a fall on me
Word for dah Whine in a bubble bup Still in my run baff-mi say them no fit Whine in a bubble bup Stick stake it sticky-yicky...
Simmer: one-two. Wey the way me bounce it for him, me lock down me tin' tin' tin' tin' tin' tin', Bounce it for him, me lock down the tin' for me baby baby o
Like Dat (Ft Banky W, WizzyPro)
"Girl a full When she turn up you cant look away Money red bottom money things that she wear Everything tight with a suiting Marykay Hold on
She want the bread not the winner Money cheese and the keys to your beamer And she too deep her frisk collar bout to kill her When she comes through she she is a killer
Hold on She a street hustler Man a real smuggler She never jack by left course that's a ritual If you are drug then she is the smuggler
Chilling up with killers Girl 'a overzealous She don't want no hilux But she waiting for her pick up Call her friends for link up Chilling with the dons and the geez her skirt never cross above her knees"