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Celebrities / Re: Tonto Dikeh And Ex-husband Olakunle Churchill Shade Each Other by doclatom(m): 10:37pm On Nov 17, 2018
Take it or leave it, Tonto really misses Churchill and equally wants him back. She dotes on their son because she sees a reflection of Churchill in him. Forget about her public shenanigans, victim-playing, and all the subtle shading, Tonto deeply regrets her decisions as regarding Churchill. If you understand the kinda personality Tonto and her likes is, you'll see what she's hiding under that facade of constant public play-acting and relentless attempt at drawing public sympathy. She has bad ego problem. That's her main problem.

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Politics / Re: Poverty And Buhari's Re-election by doclatom(m): 8:45pm On Sep 18, 2018
resurgent2019:


It’s not a small issue oo. Capable Nigerians have left a long time ago while millions of Nigerians are still stuck here. When some of us express our hate for Buhari, most people think it out of bigotry or dislike for Islam. But no, it’s not. The man is just an economic destroyer who is lucky to have millions of poor northerners and Muslims behind him.

He’s the single most dangerous man on the African continent.

You're not far from the truth at all. You know, there are two ways to be fooled in this life: If you choose to believe what is not true OR you choose not to believe what is true. I think almost all persons still trying hard to defend this government fall into either one or both categories. They are being fooled!
Politics / Re: Poverty And Buhari's Re-election by doclatom(m): 8:19pm On Sep 18, 2018
resurgent2019:
I know where all Buhari’s template of Governance is coming from but if I speak, I will be called an islamophobe and a bigot by his attack dogs.

Only God will save millions of Nigerians who want more for themselves in this life.

What God has given us the capacity to do or handle, He won't do it via miracle for us. The ball is in our court!
Politics / Re: Poverty And Buhari's Re-election by doclatom(m): 8:17pm On Sep 18, 2018
resurgent2019:
My brother, if you see how I dey always plan to relocate ehn, you go fear fear ooo.

If it is the last thing I do, I will try for my future wife and kids to take them out of Nigeria. That is the greatest gift I can give to them.

They've driven people out of jobs and out of Nigeria more than at any other time in our history as a nation!
Politics / Poverty And Buhari's Re-election by doclatom(m): 8:02pm On Sep 18, 2018
Poor Masses, Buhari’s Strongest Support Base – Oshiomhole(Vanguard Newspaper)


Addendum: I ask, is this why this government has hitherto plunged us into debts and forced so many Nigerians into poverty just to create a fan-base among the poor people? It's so bad that ₦5000 stipend is considered as "lifting people out of poverty" by this government. Poverty is a deliberate weapon by this government. I can't seem to see anything different from that. Sad, really!

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Politics / Re: I Will Defeat Atiku, Even In Adamawa – Okorocha by doclatom(m): 5:28pm On Aug 19, 2018
You'll defeat Atiku in Adamawa? Rochas, I swear, is losing himself real fast. He's done really poor in Imo. Rochas, I'm not your fan anymore!

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Politics / Re: Omoyele Sowore Announces African Action Congress (AAC) As His Political Party by doclatom(m): 8:50pm On Aug 14, 2018
Take what back, please? This doesn't reflect deep ideology or anything to signify a party that's ready to make a difference. So, they too just want to grab power like APC did. Later they won't know what's appropriate to do with the power. Sounds more like pressure group slogan than a well-prepared and strategic political party.

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Politics / President Muhammadu Buhari's Pedlers by doclatom(m): 8:27pm On Aug 14, 2018
A lot has been happening in the Nigeria's socio-political space. Most, if not all, has divided us more and more. I'm not a fan of APC or PDP but what baffles me is that the pro-Buhari guys I often come across here are doing more harm than good to the man. If they aren't trading insults and lying, the best they do to market PMB is to showcase someone kissing a poster of him. They do that a lot. After budgeting close to ₦14 trillions in two years, the best thing they can flaunt as achievement is an almajiri kissing his poster! They must be kidding!

Please, get your PVC and don't sell your votes. That ₦5000 vote-bribe will only result into you handing over this country's life to selfish people.
Nigeria is seriously ill right now. We've never had it this bad since the civil war time!

God help Nigeria!

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Religion / Re: Man Reveals Why He Hates Reading The Bible, Nigerians React by doclatom(m): 1:14pm On Aug 08, 2018
Wisdom is different from knowledge. All of you dumbass equating the two are to be pitied, not Solomon. A man had 1000 women under his roof and he never died of food poisoning or stress-related illness, you think dullard Buhari can manage that? Solomon wrote the books of Proverbs(full of wise sayings) and Songs of Solomon(poetic book), you think Wọle Soyinka can match that? This man was adjudged to be so rich they slaughter nothing less than 5000 cows in his palace(do you know what that translates to in modern wealth evaluation?) daily. Yet he said ALL IS VANITY. It takes wisdom to realise that. He was so wise and suave he practically achieved peace with all his dangerous neighboring countries simply by discussing and rubbing minds with them(diplomacy) and those ones even ended up paying him taxes and homage. You think that's not a product of wisdom? There's difference between being knowledgeable, being wise, and even being smart! You can be smart but not wise!
That guy saying he's disappointed in Solomon is actually the fool. Bible says seek for wisdom for her value is above all gems. The Bible qualifies wisdom as "she". Bible says, "seek her, marry her, caress her". The guy was trying to be smart but you'll see that he's so lacking in inner perception which only wisdom helps you sharpen.
Solomon wisdom was so famous even queen Sheba couldn't resist the allure (a queen that had hitherto played hard-to-get with every man on Earth!
Abeg, leave Solo alone o. He's way way above you!

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Politics / Re: Perspective: Èkìtì's Electorate Culpability by doclatom(m): 2:10pm On Jul 19, 2018
intruxive:
Even the people from your village in nnewi will sell their vote to the highest bidder, leave ekiti for its people onugo angry

Olódò ní ẹ! I'm a proud Yoruba man!
Politics / Re: Ekiti Women, Youths Reject Election Results, Describe Fayemi As Robber by doclatom(m): 12:49pm On Jul 19, 2018
I have this video on my device. It's an old video that's been in circulation before the election took place. It's not a post-election protest, please!

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Politics / Perspective: Èkìtì's Electorate Culpability by doclatom(m): 12:44pm On Jul 19, 2018
I've been reading all differing analyses and opinions on the just concluded election in Èkìtì State. Sadly, none I've seen so far has really examined what exactly went wrong with the Èkìtì people on the D-DAY!


Vote Buying
Let's shift focus from those who paid to those who collected. What this shows is that Èkìtì electorate are a big disappoinment and they honestly lack any sense true loyalty. Their loyalty is only as deep as the next ₦1000 they get from you! Sign of a people who will do anything as long you fill their belly, albeit temporary and with sinister motives. This isn't about Fayose or Fayemi. It's about the game both played and how Èkìtì people responded. I'm sorry to say, even Almajiris make a stand always and show fervent loyalty more than the supposedly enlightened and suave Èkìtì people. No wonder these Èkìtì bought into Fayose stomach infrastructure efforts and equally encouraged him to sit with them to eat kulikuli and groundnut instead of putting him task on better state development initiatives. Looks like they'll blatantly sell their parents home for a morsel of bread! I weep for Èkìtì people. They are a bad omen for this country. The best set of people whose loyalty is as fickle as their next hunger pangs and sense of reasoning as good as how much they receive from you.
I'm just so disappointed with the general mien of Èkìtì people. The only good thing I see from those people is a girl I once dated when I was in OAU. A cute nursing student who radiated enthusiasm and positivity!

Nigeria.
Let's face the truth, more than half of Nigerian electorate will do the same. This trend doesn't look like it will end before next year's elections!

We are our own problems.
Crime / Re: How Khadijat Oluboyo Was Killed – Boyfriend Confesses by doclatom(m): 11:20pm On Jul 11, 2018
Which kain yeye explanation be dis? Bros, abeg, wia u see digger wey fit break your room cement floor and you no shout for help outside? So, you begin dig, dig, and you buried d poor girl and you no still shout after d "two guys" left? I no understand dis kain talk. Abeg, shift bros. You're a murderer!
Romance / Re: What Constitutes A Round Of Sex? by doclatom(m): 1:53pm On Jun 26, 2018
Benita27:
It's simple. A lady can reach a climax and still be ready to be penetrated. Whereas, if a man ejaculates; his dick goes flaccid for as long as he wants 'till he gets back into the mood.


Exactly! So, how do people gauge what a round is? Cos the timing is not always synchronized between both sexes. A round for a guy is most times not a round for a lady, that is if I use the number 1 yardstick I mentioned above in my post.
Romance / Re: What Constitutes A Round Of Sex? by doclatom(m): 8:32am On Jun 26, 2018
imoh4king:



Did u ask about d women? Guy, babe or nairalander...if u want to tag or define a woman's climax as a round, then most men will DIE on bed during round one.

Think of it, do u know that some ladies have never experienced ORGASM in their entire life.


Sex round, orgasms, and what-have-you is not only about the man. I'm sure you only think of yourself and your pleasure while making love to your woman!
Romance / Re: What Constitutes A Round Of Sex? by doclatom(m): 7:59pm On Jun 25, 2018
HouseOfWine:
A round of sex predominantly ends when the man ejaculates

because at then he needs to rest for some minutes Or his pen15 becomes flaccid

However...

This can also vary because Some not all men even after ejaculating can continue and that might be primarily due to the sex position like Cowgirl..

What about the woman? Why use only the man as measure?

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Romance / Re: What Constitutes A Round Of Sex? by doclatom(m): 7:57pm On Jun 25, 2018
imoh4king:
My opinion though.... A round should evolve right from the moment u insert ur manhood into her till ejaculatn.... The pre-intimacy, kissing, cunninglinus, sucking are all preambles to put u both in d mood i.e keeping d lady wet while sustaining the man's erection.
Some people chat, others drink, sleep, smoke, play, lie quietly in preparation for round 2.....


Why do you use the man as the unit of sex round? How about the woman?

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Romance / What Constitutes A Round Of Sex? by doclatom(m): 5:00pm On Jun 25, 2018
This is for matured minds, please!
I've oftentimes heard people brag about how many rounds they go during sex. And I sit and wonder what yardstick(s) they use in measuring their prowess.
What makes a sex "round one"?
Is it:
1. Starting from the time you initiate the sex, pre-intimacy and all, to the moment you reach your first orgasm? Note that some people, especially ladies, can have successive multiple orgasms.
2. Starting from the time you initiate the sex, pre-intimacy and all, to the time you run out of energy and not necessarily how many orgasmic fits you experience in-between?
3. Starting from the time you initiate sex, pre-intimacy and all, to the time you, as a man, are unable to achieve erection anymore or sustain one even if you manage to have one even though you're still full of energy. Or of you, as a lady, are unable to get wet anymore or become sore and unresponsive to stimulation?

Is a quickie a round of sex irrespective of the end in terms of orgasm?

I really need some further enlightenment on this because I normally don't know what a "round" is.
Again, is a round of sex for a lady same as for a guy, considering the fact that some people reach orgasm easily whole others take eternity to achieve one? If one partner reaches orgasms while the other is still raring to go, how do you measure a round in such case?

My name is Tolu. Much love to you guys!

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Crime / Re: Notorious Lagos Physically Challenged Phone Thief Caught On CCTV by doclatom(m): 3:12pm On Jun 17, 2018
Maybe he went thiefing somewhere and they damaged one of his legs. If he's caught, let them just damage his other leg and two arms..... incapacitate him physically completely. He no even pity himself. He's a born-thief!
Education / Re: Site For Free E-books. by doclatom(m): 11:25pm On Jun 01, 2018
jaymichael:
Thanks for the info. I have already downloaded some books from the site.

UWC!

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Education / Site For Free E-books. by doclatom(m): 4:07pm On Jun 01, 2018
For those who still read books, this website is the real deal. You can download e-books from there for absolutely free! It has over 48 million e-books to download, ranging from educational books to religious books to novels. Just search for the book you want and download for free!
https://www.pdfdrive.net
The smart ones should just bookmark the site on the browser. I just hope this website won't phase out bookstores sooner than expected.
Politics / Latest DSS Recruitments By APC Government by doclatom(m): 11:55am On May 20, 2018
Pictorial representation of DSS recruitment done recently again.

Crime / Herdsmen: "I'll Die", Says Woman Farmer As She Tore Her Dress by doclatom(m): 7:38am On May 20, 2018
It has been tale of woes for farmers in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State as suspected Fulani/ Bororo herdsmen attacks and destruction of lives and hectares of farmlands continue unabated.
The cries of residents of the agrarian community have reached high heavens but the incessant attacks have remained a permanent pain. To many farmers in the area who are still lucky to be alive after suffering unprovoked attacks, they have concluded that the attacks have become what an anonymous poet called “a chameleon excreta onto which they have stepped, and, when they clean, does not go”.
While some farmers came out of the attacks alive, some were not so lucky. They paid the supreme price for accommodating their fellow countrymen who have become terror and unbearable nagging pain to them. Alani Olalere(30) of Eleeti Compound, Isale Oja, Igangan in Ibarapa North area of Oyo, is one such unlucky people who did not live to tell the story. On April 28, he woke up early and went to his farm with the hope of coming back to reunite with his family. But like a green leaf that is yanked off the tree, he was mowed down in his prime by men suspected to be herdsmen.
Herdsmen with their cattle
Unusual of him, he did not return home on time. This prompted his people and fellow farmers to organize a search team. By the time they saw him, he was nearly dead with life threatening machete wounds in his neck. He was hurriedly taken home. He tried to say something but, having lost much blood, he breathed his last after a while.
In the case of Adekunle Oluwole, who lives at Alubata Compound, Isale Oja, Igangan, and who is lucky to be alive, he oscillates between life and death after those he called “Bororo herders” attacked him on his father’s cashew farm.
Narrating his ordeal with blood shot eyes and marks on his body, Oluwole said the heavy rain that fell on May 7 forced him and his uncle to take refuge in the house of some Bororo men. As friendly as his hosts looked, he said they were discussing with the help of an interpreter. As courtesy demands, he said their hosts even offered them a cup of tea which his uncle took with appreciation.
But, before this time, there had been complaints by the family of Oluwole that the herdsmen had been encroaching on their cashew farm which their father left as inheritance for them. So, he and Alhaji Ismaila Olosunde, his uncle, used the opportunity to tell the Bororo men to stay off the farm. Pointing to Oluwole, the son of the owner of the farm, he told the herders that, from now, “the son of the deceased would take over the farm”. Though this infuriated the herders, they did not show it until moments later.
Oluwole further narrated that after the rain had stopped, he went back to his cashew farm to work. “But after few minutes I got to the farm, suddenly, I saw seven Bororo men, led by the interpreter, who surrounded me and threatening to kill me. They said this farm has been sold to them by my dead father, noting that if they did not kill me, I will still be troubling them on the ownership of this farm. ‘So, we are here to kill you’, they said emphatically. Before I could say ‘please’, they had descended on me with sticks. They beat me until I was nearly dead. In my badly beaten state, I saw one of them pick up my cutlass and, as he was about striking me, one of them stopped him. Some breeze blew and I regained strength. I started running.
“I was given a hot chase. As I kept running, I was shouting at the top of my voice, ‘please, rescue me, they want to kill me’. It was my distress call that attracted my uncle who was in another farm. He stopped them and carried me to hospital”.
Mr Adeagbo Taiwo, Secretary of farmers in the area, said the matter was reported to the police after which one of the alleged attackers, Idris Nura, was arrested. “Idris’ dad promised the police to bring the remaining six suspects to the police station. But, up till now (last Wednesday), he has not shown up as promised”.
Mr Daniel Sunday Orisabukola, in his own account, narrated how his eight acres of cassava farm at Arigba Village, in Ibarapa East area of the state, was destroyed not by the cattle but allegedly by a Bororo man, he identified as Imuoru. According to him, “When the herder discovered I had laced my cassava farm with poison, he was annoyed and asked me why. He just came to the farm cutting down and uprooting all cassava stems and tubers that were eight months old.”
Also, in a video of one of the attacks, an unidentified woman, whose farm has allegedly been completely destroyed by herdsmen and their cattle, is seen tearing her dress when she discovered the farm she took a loan of N500, 000 to cultivate is gone.
She is heard saying, “My God, what am I seeing? Is this my farm or not. People around, please, help me. I want someone to tell me that this is not the farm I took N500, 000 loan to cultivate. Where are my cassava and maize farms? Eight-acre farm? Imouru has killed me. He first destroyed my maize farm and I accepted my fate with the hope of cushioning the effects of the loss by the profit I get from cassava. Now, see what he has done. I will die.”
The farmers accused the traditional ruler of Igangan, the Asigangan of Igangan, Oba Lasisi Olawuyi Adeoye, JP, of harbouring Bororo men. The two phone numbers of the monarch did not connect after several efforts to reach him.
But while reacting to the allegations, the Seriki Fulani in the area, Alhaji Salihu Kabiru, said, “I cannot confirm that their (natives) farms were destroyed by Fulani/Bororo. They invited a policeman who came to arrest a Fulani man and the Fulani man said he did not destroy the farms.
“From the information I got, I learnt that a crisis broke out between two factions of Yoruba people and, in the process, the man called Olalere was killed.
“Only two weeks ago, they caught a 12-year-old Fulani/Bororo girl and tied her to a tree where she eventually died. I suspect they even raped her. Nobody is talking about that. As I speak, the two men arrested in connection with the killing of the girl are with the police at Iyaganku, Ibadan. If you are in doubt, the police will tell you. In the case of Olalere, the police are already aware”.
The Public Relations Officer of Oyo State Police Command, SP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said he would get back to Sunday Vanguard as soon as he got information on the incident
Politics / Re: 2019: The Final Battle Of The Generals! by doclatom(m): 6:40pm On May 16, 2018
jerseyboy:
We should gather all these treasonous coup plotters and shoot them ALL.

Anyway I didn't bother to read the article as the subjects are of negative value to mankind.

Try to read through. It's worth it!
Politics / 2019: The Final Battle Of The Generals! by doclatom(m): 6:27pm On May 16, 2018
When crocodiles eat their own eggs, let frogs run and run. Because of the 2019 elections, an intra-class war is currently raging among a special breed of Nigerians. I call their exclusive enclave the Generals Club. These are a lucky set of army officers who either staged the counter coup of July 1966 or benefitted from it. That was a coup that forever changed the fortune of Nigeria and its inhabitants. The young officers came, seized and squeezed Nigeria into their suffocating cubicle. They came and became our permanent landlords. They built all the good things; they also enthroned all the bad things. Today's loud demands for restructuring is a rejection of these gentlemen's conundrum.
The Generals fighting this 2019 war are ruthless. They very rarely take prisoners of their victims. From 29th to 31st July, 1966, the ones their bullets missed, they buried alive in very deep graves. They were young, dazzling and ambitious. Flamboyant and immensely courageous, they took great risks and reaped bountifully. With daredevil thuds, they put their feet on the blood of friends and foes to jump to stardom. They did what they did in 1966 and have since refused to let go of Nigeria. When they got their Operational Order that eerie night in July 1966 and started distributing weapons, they did not know they were in for a long haul. The civil war came, they killed and earned greater reputations and more epaulets.
They are so daring they put rhyme and rhythm into their operations. The first act was on July 29,1966; Exactly nine years after, on July 29, 1975, they consolidated their hold, sacking their Commander-in-Chief. In 1979 they handed over to civilians; they did same twenty years after in 1999; the year 2019 is another 20 years, we look forward to what they have for us. They are encouraged to go on because we have offered them no resistance. Our reaction to their everything, good and bad, has been to lie supine, and take them as they come. And they must be very amused at our hopeless indolence. They have their fingers on every pie of Nigeria. They hold the yam and the knife and have never hesitated to cut off any impudent finger that touched their pie uninvited.
Old solders don't die, they fade away. Many of them, like neon lights, have faded away. The ones living and kicking are the everlasting lords of the land. One of them is our president, Muhammadu Buhari. Another is his friend, Ibrahim Babangida. There is also billionaire retired General Yakubu Danjuma. There was Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Major General. This one was described by Andrew Young as "handsome, humble, charismatic." He died in the cell of one of them, Sani Abacha. Their leader was Murtala Mohammed who didn't live long. He died at 38, a four-star General and Head of State. Murtala was mercurial, courageous and tempestuous. Bola Ige described him (in his early days) as "the Captain who drove about (Ibadan) in his car and would point his gun at any taxi-driver whom he considered undisciplined." There was the "textbook commander," General Mohammed Shuwa. His Commander-in-Chief said he was "an exceptionally good commander." Shuwa fought wars and didn't die in battle. But he fell at home, a few years ago, at the hands of Boko Haram.
Then there is the big boss, General Olusegun Obasanjo who has refused to age and fade. Obasanjo was Murtala's senior in the army but became his second-in-command after they dethroned their boss, Yakubu Gowon. When Col. B.S. Dimka took down Murtala, the lot fell on Obasanjo to govern Nigeria in February 1976, a few days to his 39th birthday. Obasanjo and his class lived their lives fully in their prime, holding their destinies in the cusp of their palms. Fifty years after their first coming and forty years after retirement, the living among them are still not tired; they still cook and serve us to themselves.
Politicians have started their 2019 wars. The Generals are laughing at amateurs firing live ammo at party congresses. Let the bloody civilians break heads and blast bones. That is their problem, the living will bury the dead. The problem of the Generals is how to keep their country. Nigeria is theirs to keep for their tribe. And they always have their way. They must always give us a president. They did in the past; they will next year. In very difficult times, they put forward any of their stock to hold the reins. In 1999 they made their boss our president. In 2015, they made one of them our president. In 2019, head or tail, it will be their show. They matter in these matters and you ignore them to your sorrow. When coups were fashionable, their nod made a difference on D-Day. Ask Dimka; ask Gideon Orkar. Now that coups have run out of fashion and democracy is the way to paradise, they have quickly rebranded. They have become the keepers of the gate of democracy.
We run to them for solutions even when they are the problem. Among them we pick messiahs, integrity and navigators. They were one solid bloc in 2015 and we had only one choice. Today, they are in factions, both sides deadly. That makes the coming polls very foreboding. Crocodiles will use their own eggs for supper; fish will eat fish for dinner. Let fragile crabs crawl away from the brewing battle.
Watch out for them. They insist they are patriots. Even when their leopard eats buffalo's cub, they say it is for public good. But what have they done with Nigeria? In thought and sayings they claim they love Nigeria. Its unity is non-negotiable, they would say. Finicky monkey does not like the shape of his baby's eyes; he adjusted and readjusted the eyes - then pushed them into sockets of ugliness. The Generals are the monkey. Between Gowon, Murtala, Obasanjo and their boys, Nigeria ceased to exist as a Federation. They seized what belonged to the regions and gave the centre. They took the University of Ife; took the Western Nigeria Television, the Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service. They seized the Daily Times, seized New Nigeria newspapers. They changed the currency; introduced a National Pledge and gave us a new National Anthem. Their boys, Buhari, Babangida and Sani Abacha completed the rout. Till date, we are still singing their songs. North, East and West, they closed every window Nigeria had for ventilation. They said it was out of their love for Nigeria. They still say so.
We look up to them for the choices we make. They know they are the messiah. One of them insists he is contesting next year. The band leaders are saying they would give us a better choice. Head or tail, the story is about them and their taste. Even if you won't vote, you still can't escape their grip. Beyond the big ones we know, there are their boys and the boys of their boys everywhere. The exclusive club has members in unusual places. You can't understand them. They overlap in actions and designs. Every race is theirs to win. They are concentric in operations. There are several ones seemingly minding their businesses. There is Sani Bello, ADC to Aguiyi Ironsi, now retired Colonel. Bello is quiet but deeply involved in telecoms, oil and gas, power sector, construction, etcetera, etcetera. Sani Bello belongs to no political party but his son is the current Niger State governor. General Gado Nasko, 77 years old, is a quiet farmer in Nasko village in Niger State. Like Bello, he also belongs to no political party but, in the last election, his son was the opponent of the current Niger State governor. You see, head or tail, they win. There are others quietly controlling our affairs. Read their stories.
But these men did not become our husbands by carrying shoes for politicians. They were not like today's overgrown boys who chase out judges for unknown causes. The Generals, in their youth, had self esteem and went for their game. They paid their dues. They were no eaters of leftovers. Up till today, if they desire the food in your plate, they won't beg; they'll shake the table. That explains why there is no boardroom that is a boardroom without their fingerprints. They are men of power and money and good sense. Jointly and severally, they are the face of the class which has made and broken Nigeria since its debut. They did great and horrible things in equal measure. They broke Nigeria from four regions to 36 states. They built Abuja from a jungle; they built the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos; they gave Nigeria Kainji Hydro Power Plant and, later, Egbin Thermal Station. Remember, they also created this Nigeria of anything goes. They are Nigeria in its present good and bad forms.
Watch closely the coming battle of the Generals. They don't fight and lose. When they fight, their opponents must fall. Now, they are at war and we are taking sides. Where witches are fighting, should an invalid go there to interlope? They are lining us up for their fight. We are all on the queue, abusing, even shooting at one another. Did you not watch the viral video of a party's thugs in Port Harcourt last week? Those yelling and shooting and locking up a high court complex in Rivers, how old were they? Were they older than our Generals when they rose and pocketed our country?
What should our own be in all these? Ours should be a quiet push to make this tug the Generals' very last battle. None of them retired after age 50 - but they still rule. Indeed, one of them was in the army for just 19 years; and he retired a three-star General with pockets of gold. Think. Instead of burdening your destiny with inheriting their enemies, why not wake up and cast off your chains?
Now, the elections are here. The Generals' crocodiles appear set to eat their own eggs. It is a familiar treat for them. But I fear for frogs who don't have fathers and are dabbling in these waters of wile and guile. When the big men started life, their solemn vow was to live by the sword and die by the sword. They swore to fight and die on land, at sea and in the air. They trained hard to keep their heads while others lose theirs. And the street of Nigeria is littered with skulls of their victims.
But today, they fight. They are feuding over the next presidential election not for you but for their clan. Ailing and flailing Buhari wants another term; his comrades-at-arms are saying enough, he must go back home and play with his grandkids. They are one and the same. We must assist both sides to make 2019 their last outing. Only then can we sit back and sit down to count our losses and pick the broken bits and pieces. But before then, we must see the coming war of the warlords as portentous. Already, the drummer is asking who owns the farm between the two tenacious claimers. Is it the wild's rabbit or the farmer's trap? We will soon know that we have no share in this house of the Generals. Let us continue our walk of ignorance slowly and surely into the bowels of 2019. But let that year be the year of retirement of the Generals.
~Lasisi Olagunju

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Politics / APC Councilor Commissions A Window As Project. by doclatom(m): 9:37am On Apr 30, 2018
A councilor in Ogun State commissions a window as his achievement while in office after seven years. undecided

Celebrities / Re: Meet Blessing Ofoegbu Who Wants A Man Richer Than Otedola by doclatom(m): 5:50pm On Apr 29, 2018
Cankerworm! Tape worm! Hook worm! Pin worm! Just name it!! They don't think of what values they can add to the man's life. Just looking for the richest dude to feed on. A man who wants genuine happiness in life should avoid this type of lady!
Politics / Re: Sowore For President 2019: Youths Begin Street Mobilisation For Sowore In Lagos by doclatom(m): 11:12pm On Mar 31, 2018
My gut instinct just don't trust this guy. He's a master at spinning outright lies and half-truths. He's done absolutely nothing to impact even his village in terms of human capital development or whatever and he wants to be president. He's deluded his popularity as a news-monger will buy him votes. Sowore isn't on ground with average Nigerians. This one is another Buhari, quote me. He'll use his four years running after Saraki and Apostle Suleiman.

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Politics / Ngozi Iweala's Submission On Buhari's Politico-economic Blunders by doclatom(m): 10:50am On Mar 12, 2018
Former Finance Minister: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Speaks:
I still find it funny that most people don't know why Nigeria economy went into recession, they love the incompetent lies of Lai Mohammed about the past government ruining everything. It's also myopic to think that if Jonathan were to still be in power, we would be worse off.
The truth about Nigeria's recession is this; it was caused by the president's unguided rhetoric and uncultured body language.
Firstly, there is nothing we are buying today that we weren't buying 5 years ago, therefore it's not our purchase that put pressure on Naira but withdrawal of funds by foreign investors.
After the election, the president created instability with his unguided statements about how everyone is corrupt and how everyone is going to jail. The instability made foreign investors to liquidate their investment and change their money to dollars.
In the process of trying to flee, they were willing to buy dollars at any price, which lead to high exchange dollar rate.
Even though some of them were not ready to run away, but want their money in dollars to save their investments from devaluation, the president gave a bad signal by banning deposit of foreign currency into dormiciliary accounts. That was enough for free market believers to see the draconian handwriting on the wall, that was the beginning of dollar rush.
To make matters worse, the president came up with another outrageous policy of rationing dollar to certain sectors and blocking many sectors out. That was the nail in the coffin which facilitated the emergence of free FALL.
In the end, foreign investors took over $80B out of the economy within a short period and everything went down to free fall.
To those who believe it will be worse if Jonathan is still there, you are all wrong. Policy continuity and political stability will not let billions of dollars leave our shores within such tiny time frame. Even though the government might have income shortage, the private sector will weather the storm by their confidence in the market.
The fear of the unknown created by PMB is responsible for the economic downturn not low oil price. Interest rate in America is currently at 0.5% while it is 12% in Nigeria. JP Morgan Chase will not mind borrowing $50 billion from Feds at 0.5 and put in Nigeria for return of %2000 profit. Citi bank will do the same, likewise US Bank Corp. Chase gave Buhari warning about the repercussions of his fixing policy before they pulled out, but his illiterate cyber warriors and misseducated e-soldiers said JPMORGAN can go to hell, they no longer believe in economic metrics since their messiah is in charge.
Funny enough they are all suffering today because of the stupid policy, but they find relief by blaming it on past administration and Gucci appetite of average Nigerians. For your information, if your president "continues" with his unguided rhetoric, Naira will go down to N1000/1 $. But we thank God, he is no longer talking.
Art, Graphics & Video / Real Life Paintings! by doclatom(m): 4:07pm On Mar 07, 2018
These are paintings! This is pure talent!

Politics / Gov Bello Of Kogi Disrupts Empowerment Programme By Kogi Senator by doclatom(m): 12:52pm On Mar 07, 2018
The Senate on Wednesday condemned Governor Yahaya Bello and the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly allowing the disruption of an empowerment programme organised by the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Ahmed Ogembe .
Senators at the plenary took turns to criticise Bello and the Nigeria Police Force , accusing them of being a threat to the country’s democracy.

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