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Ifesinachi22:
Only the South West States are prosperous?

Open your eyes, deliver your mind and free your destiny!
All we have here is simple English language and nothing complex.

Only Nine States are Prosperous’
editorOctober 7, 2020 12:46 Am
By Dike Onwuamaeze

The Financial Derivatives Company Limited (FDC), Mr. Bismarck Rewane, has stated that only nine states in the country could be classified as fairly prosperous. These states, according to him, are Kwara, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Ed, Lagos and Anambra


Rewane made this statement in a paper titled “NIGERIA: Resource Rich & Cash Poor; Plenty Potential …Little Actual,” which he presented to mark the 60th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria.

He also said 12 states fell within the category of highly miserable in the country. These states are Yobe, Borno, Jigawa, Kano, Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Adamawa, Taraba, Sokoto, Zamfara and Niger.

The remaining 15 states, namely Katsina, Kebbi, Kaduna, FCT, Nasarawa, Kogi, Benue, Enugu, Delta, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers and Ebonyi, were classified as fairly miserable.


Anambra State, according to him, has the least incidence of poverty in the country with 14.2 per cent while Taraba State scored the highest on the misery index with 39.1 per cent.

The prosperity/misery index, as presented by Rewane, showed the level of prosperity or poverty in the country. Hundred per cent on the index represented perfect or total miseries while zero per cent represents perfect prosperity. Above 40 per cent stand for acute misery or poverty while Nigeria’s average scores of 26.3 per cent fell within the fairly miserable category.


Rewane recommended the emergence of dynamic leadership and strong institutions in order for the country to achieve positive economic outcomes, adding that “Nigeria needs a big-push that could awaken the sleeping giant “to break out of the vicious cycle of poverty.”

The CEO said the big push would provide economic stimulus, eliminate constraint and structural bottlenecks and build robust fiscal and external buffers through fiscal discipline, prudency and diversification of the country’s revenue base

Rewane, however, said that the country is currently faced with a binary choice, which is either to “do nothing” or pursue “revolutionary change” in the management of the economy.


He said the choice to, “do nothing” would mean a guaranteed failure or that the country would remain in the same state while a choice for revolutionary change have 45 per cent probability to succeed.”

Rewane pointed out further that the choice to do nothing would mean that the power sector reform would be partly implemented with modest new investments in power sector while some rail projects with limited linkages would be commissioned .It would also mean “partial exchange rate convergence, continued rationing of foreign exchange while intending international investors to remain tentative.”


He stated that the possible outcome of the choice would be to stymie the country’s opportunity to launch its economic take-off.

On the other hand, Rewane argued that a pitch for the revolutionary change in the management of the Nigeria’s economy would deliver the needful big-push for sustained economic take-off, increase total factor productivity by 2,5 per cent and encourage massive investments that could enhance gross fixed capital formation to 35 per cent of the GDP.

He noted that this would entail the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, the sale of failed refineries as scrap, the commercialisation of NNPC and the launching of the reform of the oil and gas sector. This would also, according to him, imply the removal of subsidies, the deregulation of petroleum products’ prices and the unification of the foreign exchange market by the CBN under flexible exchange rate regime.

He also postulated that the revolutionary change might encourage the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the African Development Bank to, “provide additional support of $3billion to $5billion” and the restructuring of the Eurobond while the foreign direct investment into the country might surge to $5billion and $7billion in 2021/2022.”

He identified the transformational steps to the country’s economic “take-off” as the removal of constraints, exchange rate unification, power reforms, the elimination of petrol subsidies, etc.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/10/07/only-nine-states-are-prosperous/amp/

Onijagidijagan:
APC and PDP are same thing

This has been your consolation for things like this. Had it be in reverse, it will be something like:
APC is fading gradually or
2023 is going to be super and other nonsenseS

SnOOpERr:
Where's the spirit of sportsmanship?

If you insist on your phantom sportsmanship, ask him to go back to apc. Abi wetin you wan call that one, sport-woman-ship?

Nigeria may collapse – Arewa youths back Adeboye on restructuring, warns BuhariPublished on October 6, 2020By Seun Opejobi



The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, on Tuesday emphasized on the need to restructure Nigeria.

AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima warned that Nigeria was at the verge of collapse, if it’s not restructured.

Shettima issued the warning when asked to respond to the call by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye that President Muhammadu Buhari should restructure Nigeria.

Adeboye had said Buhari should restructure Nigeria to prevent the country from breaking up.


However, Shettima, in a chat with DAILY POST said: “I’m not asserting much importance because Adeboye spoke but because I’m an advocate of restructuring, and we said this years ago that the centre can’t hold, the burden is too much and the centre can’t hold.

“For us to move and make meaning impact, we need to restructure this country, power must be devolved to the regions. Let there division of labour where it’s not everything the centre decides.


“If we allow the centre to continue the way we are going, one day, the centre will just collapse. It’s very clear, everybody knows that the centre can’t hold, and we need to look at it thoroughly and ensure it’s reviewed with the hope of decentralizing the central government so that things will be done right.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2020/10/06/nigeria-may-collapse-arewa-youths-back-adeboye-on-restructuring-warns-buhari/

benjackugo:
https://igberetvnews.com/1367325/gov-umahi-receives-president-buharis-daughter-official-visit-ebonyi-state-photos/

Jobless and myopic minds in government houses.
What capacity does buhari daughter have to be on an official visit- as newly married President’s daughter or asba president's daughter?

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Biodun556:
One of the major problems we have Nigerian is hypocrisy. When Covenant University forcefully shaved a students beard most people praised the school authority for doing so but now when the same happened in the North, they call it religious fanaticism.

When people complain sometimes I wonder, what do they really want?

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What exactly did Hisbah establish? Who read their code of conduct they give them?

I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!

Restructuring: Effective leaders listen, Sam Adeyemi replies Presidency
Published October 5, 2020

File copy: Pastor Sam Adeyemi
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Kayode Oyero

Senior Pastor of Lagos-based church, Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi, has joined other prominent Nigerians to call on the Federal Government, led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to urgently restructure the country to save it from collapse.

The cleric stated this on Monday in an apparent response to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The Presidency had in the statement described recent calls for the restructuring of the country as “recurring threats to the corporate existence of the country.”


The PUNCH had earlier reported that the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, had on Saturday called on the President to restructure the country “as soon as possible”.

Adeboye, who spoke at a symposium alongside the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; former Governor of Cross River State and former presidential aspirant, Donald Duke; and a former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, warned that it was either the country restructured as soon as possible or it broke up. “You don’t have to be a prophet to know that one,” he added.


The Presidency, in a reaction on Sunday night, had said, “The Presidency responds to the recurring threats to the corporate existence of the country with factions giving specific timelines for the President to do one thing or another or else, in their language, ‘the nation will break up.’

“This is to warn that such unpatriotic outbursts are both unhelpful and unwarranted as this government will not succumb to threats and take any decision out of pressure at a time when the nation’s full attention is needed to deal with the security challenges facing it at a time of the COVID-19 health crisis.”


Adeyemi, who disagreed with Shehu that the calls for the restructuring of Nigeria threaten the corporate existence of the country, stressed that effective leaders must listen to the views of citizens and take appropriate actions.


“When did it become a threat for citizens to express opinions, even if strong, about the structuring or restructuring of their country? Effective leaders listen,” Adeyemi wrote on his verified Twitter handle, @sam_adeyemi.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/restructuring-effective-leaders-listen-sam-adeyemi-replies-presidency/%3famp=1

virtuouswoman77:
Pls how do I handle this problem of hubby that does not have self control when it comes to alcohol?

He drinks too much and sometimes messes the bed up with urine.

I have talked to him still no change pls I need practice solutions that will make him stop because he is the type that doesn't take things serious unless it gets to him and this his behavior is making me regret my marriage to him.

Make videos of him. Whenever he is normal and sober, play these to him and let him know that he wouldn't like himself to appear like this again. If he still continue, na confirmed werey from village dey im head be that!

SamuelOamen:
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved release of N10 billion to the National Population Commission (NPC) for continuation of the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) in the remaining 546 Local Government Area of the country.


https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-buhari-approves-n10-billion-for-census/

"... remaining 546 Local Government Area of the country"
What happens to the 774 LGs, abi bakkasi and boko haram don snatch dem?

PresidentAtiku:
Thank God for God
Thank God for Malaria
Thank God we are Nigerians.

50 or 60% of our adult population may have been infected by Covid 19 but due to the malaria effect in this part of the world, we fought and recovered thinking it was only Malaria.

Many.... I mean many lost the sense of taste and smell at a point

You may be right. More possibly!

NnadyAutos:
If Obaseki had won the election under the platform of APC , no body PDP will accuse him of forging certificate.

PDP started it.

Caption the photo of the daughter of Nuhu Ribadu as she weds Atiku son.

My concern is her dress. Religion of Islam and its rules are for the poor and the unfortunate.
#HijabForThePoor

How Fani-Kayode Caught Estranged Wife, Precious Chikwendu, In Bed With Naval Officer —Family Source
SaharaReporters gathered that the reason the marriage collapsed was due to domestic violence.

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKOCT 03, 2020

Amember of Femi Fani-Kayode’s family has narrated how the ex-Nigerian Minister of Aviation caught his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu, with a navy captain, Idenyi Akpa.


According to the source, he has a video in which Akpa admitted being in bed with Precious and stated how she lured him to the hotel.



Ex-Nigerian Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Caught On Tape Abusing His Now Estranged Wife, Chikwendu
WATCH VIDEO: Ex-Nigerian Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Caught On Tape Abusing His Now Estranged Wife, Chikwendu
He said, “Major Gen. Patrick Akpa (rtd.) is the father of the young man that was caught in bed with Precious in an Abuja hotel last December. He was a former commandant of NDA. The young man's name is Navy Captain Idenyi Akpa.

“There is a video in which the young man admitted being in bed with Precious and in which he stated how she lured him to the hotel. The young man is married with three children. The matter was reported to Asokoro Police Station where both the young man and Precious were detained.

“They were also allegedly planning to kill FFK and evidence was provided. FFK insisted that all charges should be dropped and forgave them both. Even treated the young man with kindness and ensured that no one beat or attacked him after they were caught. The young man's parents and family have been offering deliverance prayers for the navy officer since because they know that Precious is an evil destroyer.”

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How Fani-Kayode Beat His Ex-wife, Precious Chikwendu, During Pregnancy, Assaulted Her For Six Years —Former Sister-in-law
73 Comments1 Week Ago
The source further said the ex-beauty queen has a long history of mental illness.

He said she was diagnosed as having ‘acute bi-polar disorder and syzchoprehnia’.

“The psychiatrist in whose hospital Precious was admitted for just under one month for mental health care and treatment was Dr Udenze who is a highly respected doctor and who has hospitals in both the UK and Nigeria. The doctor that referred her to the hospital recommended her admission and treated her as an out patient after she was released by FFK against doctor’s orders was Dr Bose Ominiyi of National Hospital, Abuja,” he said.

Recall that Fani-Kayode, who was earlier in the news for his verbal assault on a journalist, recently separated from Precious, his fourth wife, after six years of marriage.

VIDEO: Ex-Nigerian Minister, Fani-Kayode, Verbally Assaults Journalist Over Question At Press Conference @realFFK @daily_trust
WATCH FULL VIDEO: https:///TIqzu6vsNp pic.twitter.com/5PQ8Ndvd7c

— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) August 25, 2020
SaharaReporters gathered that the reason the marriage collapsed was due to domestic violence.

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Femi Fani-Kayode’s Fourth Marriage Explodes Over Domestic Violence
106 Comments2 Weeks Ago
The former minister, who has a hat-trick of marriages before meeting Precious with whom he has four sons including a set of two-year-old triplets, accused her of infidelity.

Sources told SaharaReporters that the former minister started physically abusing the ex-beauty queen from the first year of their marriage, the same fate that befell her predecessors.

The violence, it was gathered, increased as the years went by.

FFK, as the ex-minister is often reffered to, was said to have ordered Precious to abort her last pregnancy, claiming it did not belong to him.

The sources said Precious ignored him but got savage beating including on her belly for the recalcitrance.

A source said Fani-Kayode always hit the woman violently in the presence of their homehelps and sometimes threatened her with a gun by sticking the weapon in her mouth to warn her against squealing.

He sometimes instructed his bodyguard to hit the ex-beauty queen.

Fani-Kayode’s first wife, Saratu Attah, whom he married when he was 22, was also regularly pummeled by him.

Sources said the woman, daughter of the late Adamu Attah, was viciously beaten for requesting a swimming pool in their home on Marine Road in Apapa, Lagos.

FFK's next marriage was to Yemisi Odesanya, daughter of a judge.

She is now known as Yemisi Wada after remarrying.

In newspaper interviews, the woman told stories of Fani-Kayode's viciousness and lack of care for their daughters, the reason for which he was excluded from the marriage of one of them, Temitope, in 2014.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/10/03/how-fani-kayode-caught-estranged-wife-precious-chikwendu-bed-naval-officer-%E2%80%94family-source

NgwalandAbia:
What is DON in English I asked again? Either you explain or keep quiet, I don't argue with Nigerians with 15 percent IQ.

Don is defined as a Spanish title used to refer to a gentleman, or is a term used to describe a leader in an organized-crime family. An example of Don is the title used to refer to a Spanish gentleman

People here are laughing at your boneheadness

REJOINDER | UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WORLDWIDE PRESS RELEASE: GODWIN N. OBASEKI AN ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

As concerned Nigerians, our attention has been drawn to the mischievous, ill-conceived, ill-motivated, and unwitting attempt by one Professor Elsie O. Adewoye acting In capacity of President University of Ibadan Alumni Association Worldwide, to aid and abet criminal forgery of Certificate and false claim by Mr Godwin Obaseki of being an alumni of the prestigious University of Ibadan; a controversy that has lingered on since his emergence as Governor of Edo State in 2016. It is in legal records that it was the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) where he now found refuge that challenged the validity of his credentials as the basis for his removal from office as governor, but was saved the embarrassment by the logical argument and precedence advanced by the APC legal team on the technical ground that the matter was filled out of time.

Professor Oluwoye posited that Mr Godwin Obaseki entered into the University of Ibadan in 1976 and graduated in 1979 from the department of Classical Studies. On the contrary in a sworn affidavit in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in the Abuja Judicial Division dated 7th June 2016 Mr Godwin Obaseki deposed that he was admitted into the University of Ibadan in 1973 and graduated in 1976. In the same affidavit he deposed that he proceeded to serve his country in the compulsory NYSC program between 7th of August 1979 to 6th of August 1980 were he obtained his NYSC discharge certificate dated 6th of August 1980. Mr Godwin Obaseki is not known or associated with any record of mental history. To this end it cannot be said that he was out of his mind when he deposed to the affidavit in a court of competent jurisdiction. Furthermore he claimed in the same affidavit that his credentials were missing and promised to produce them in due course.

However in June 2020 Mr Godwin Obaseki provided the screening committee of the APC a University of Ibadan degree certificate that had only the signature of the Vice Chancellor and no date of issue, which is a complete departure from the actual UI certificate with carries the signatures of the Vice Chancellor, that of the Registrar, as well as the official date of issue. When it was faulted he again provided the same screening committee meeting with a certificate that had the signatures of the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar, as well as the date of issue. Can a University offer two certificate that are at variance in content to the same graduand? This action simply portray Mr Godwin Obaseki as a smart criminal.

This inference is justified by the fact that this certificate which is claimed to have been obtained in 1979 is a diametrical contrast to the sworn affidavit he deposed which has it that he graduated in 1976. These bundle of contradictions simply lend credence to the hideous truth in life that a liar has no memory.

Also granted the fact that Mr Godwin Obaseki studied at the University of Ibadan, the entry requirement of five credits at the ordinary level for entry into the institution was not met, as his ordinary results in 1973 contained only three credit passes without English and Mathematics. Apart from the fact that three credits could not have earned him admission into the institution, there was no preliminary studies in place at the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences in the University of Ibadan at that time. It was indeed in 1985/1986 academic session that preliminary study classes was introduced into the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences in the University of Ibadan. Obviously entwined and entangled by his bundle of contradictions, Mr Godwin Obaseki resorted to the claim of obtaining Higher School Leaving Certificate from the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). In the first place, a Higher School Leaving Certificate does not exist. What we have in our educational curriculum is Higher School Certificate (HSC). The Testimonial from ICE indicated that Obaseki offered three principal subjects, General Paper and English Language. The fact is that English Language as a subject is not offered at the advanced level stage rather the General Paper suffices for English Language subjects for candidates with deficiencies in English Language at the ordinary level mainly science students. Moreover ICE is not a certificate awarding institution, and Mr Obaseki did not indicate wether the subjects he claimed to have offered and passed were obtained from WAEC, HSC/AL or University of London GCE AL. These two examination bodies exist for verification of his ‘A' level scroll claims. Oddly enough, Mr Obaseki did not present the certificate for his higher school career in ICE as he claims. In these unsettled controversies Prof. Adewoye's defense of Godwin Obaseki tantamounts defending the indefensible. Assuming that Mr Godwin Obaseki attended the University of Ibadan which is most doubtful, his requirement at the point of his entry did not qualify him for admittance into the institution. What the likes of Prof. Adewoye ought to have done in the circumstance was to deeply investigate in the Subject of controversy before coming out with a Press Release. Inversely, if Godwin Obaseki was found to have gained entry into the institution improperly as the deficiencies in his credentials reveal, the University ought to publicly denounce and withdraw the certificate. This such-like scenario played out in the University of Lagos in 1972/1973 session when the then Vice Chancellor Prof. J.F Ade-Ajayi officially denounced and published names of students with deficiencies in admission requirements, who were aided and abetted into the institution by one Mr Owosho in the admission office. It will be recalled that those who had graduated were published and their certificates withdrawn by the University while those undergoing studies were automatically expelled. This action restored credibility to the graduates of the University of Lagos been found worthy in knowledge and in character.

My advice to Prof. Adewoye who is obviously misinformed is to critically investigate the controversy surrounding Mr Obaseki rather than standing out in his defense. From the inconveniences and contradictions in his academic claims, let it be that the University of Ibadan a world renowned academic institution should lend doubts to the credibility of certificates issued by the institution. I give benefit of doubt to the Press Release from the alumni association and at the same time challenge the authorities of the institution embodied in in the personalities of the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar to come out with an official statement as to whether the entry qualification of five credits in the ordinary level WAEC/GCE was at any time altered in the academic history of the institution. My advice is that resulting from the institutional failure experienced in Nigeria, the academian is the only hope for breeding leaders that will in turn help change our nation. This is why Professor E.O. Adewoye should not lend credence to the belief that our actions is inspired by pecuniary rewards. To this end, all the Alumni Association centers of the University of Ibadan should rise up to the defense of great UI by not allowing a smart forger of certificates defame the reputation of the noble University of Ibadan. It is obvious that the more attempts by Godwin Obaseki to belie the truth concerning his certificate forgery and false claim of attending the University of Ibadan, the more his crooked activities are uncovered. It is now substantiated that the case is in the domain of the court for proof and validation. As to any prediction involving the outcome, time will tell.

NgwalandAbia:
Look at you that can't even write a simple English talking trash, What is Don in english?

None voted for him, take that to your english teacher.

It shows you are an alien to the language you are marking.
If DON is a wrong English, how come SUFFER is there without flagging?

I am sending my little basic 3 pupil to engage you.

Those who wasted their destinies watching and voting in BBN are those who will wail most here.
Had they expended just 30 percent of those efforts on Nigeria, we would have crossed long ago. Rather, they are waiting for soyinka, Bakare, Adeboye to match and talk for them. Dey there dey writhe. The problem with some brainless, ethnic bigots here is they will not even bother to read as long as it came from Adeboye. Some even lack capacity to decipher such an engaging discourse as this.

NgwalandAbia:
Eastern region don't need all these noise because none of us voted for Mr Buhari, others can enjoy their change.

None?
English don suffer

Tinubu Died At A Time Nigeria, Lagos Needed His Wealth Of Experience', Sanwo-Olu Says Of Ex-Lagos Head Of Service
Tinubu died in Abuja on Wednesday at the age of 75 after a brief illness.

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKSEP 06, 2019




Former Head of Service in Lagos State, Alhaji Rafiu Tinubu is dead.

Tinubu died in Abuja on Wednesday at the age of 75 after a brief illness.

A statement signed by Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, described Tinubu’s death as a huge loss.

Sanwo-Olu sympathized with Tinubu’s family, the deceased’s friends and associates.

“Alhaji Tinubu’s demise came at a time the nation and Lagos, in particular, needed his wealth of experience the most.

“As experienced administrator per excellence, we certainly will miss the late Alhaji Tinubu’s counsel on matters of importance in the state civil service.”

The governor said the former head of service would be remembered for the “laudable achievements”.

Sanwo-Olu said: “We can’t forget the contributions of late Alhaji Rafiu Tinubu towards the professionalization of Lagos civil service. His quest for excellence and exemplary leadership were a hallmark of his earthly sojourn.

“We sympathise with the Tinubu family, especially our National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, wife and children of the deceased and the entire extended families of the late elder statesman.

“I pray that Almighty Allah grant the late Alhaji Rafiu Tinubu Al-Janah Firdaus and grant members of the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”

http://saharareporters.com/2019/09/06/tinubu-died-time-nigeria-lagos-needed-his-wealth-experience-sanwo-olu-says-ex-lagos-head

flyingpig:
Yoruba Muslims have rejected O'Odua Republic

It'll only be made up of Yoruba Christian States. Hence only Ekiti and Ondo. Osun, Ogun, Lagos and Oyo are gone.

So the popular churches are located in ondo or Ekiti?. The renown pastors in Nigeria are not even from the states you mentioned.
The origin of Pentecostal (power) Christianity can't be traces to any one of the two

Even in far away, Dubai celebrated Nigeria!!!

SadiqBabaSani:
Nothin special about it pls

To the neophytes, it's nothing special.
Aside from its political significance, someone is tormented on Ota.

todaynewsreview:
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and wife, Patience Jonathan popularly known as Mama Peace today joined President Muhammadu Buhari and others at the Eagles Square for the Independence Day Anniversary parade.

What do you think of the closeness of the two leaders in recent times?

[s]Many have said, GEJ may be the favoured choice of the President for 2023. A rumour Dr Jonathan has dispelled over times.[/s]

Happy Independence Day Anniversary to us all.

Most stupid speculation ever by invisible many

GMBuhari:
Looks really cool

Children of hate will soon wake up and start talking nonsense

Google is APC! Lol

Wiseandtrue:
Go where

Voting Osibanjo is voting Tinubu!!!

Use your head

Is he the reason for your family misfortune?

Kriss216:


Some group of people just dey give themselves hope.

Well, There’s nothing wrong in hoping for the best. But, expect the worst!

Let's see your combo