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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by fluteman: 11:33am On Dec 29, 2021
ChrisKels:


Bros take your frustrations somewhere else because it is obvious you didn't get the joke because you have no idea why he made that post. Prostration is imbibed in Yoruba culture and he was only making mockery of me knowing that I'm not Yoruba like him, but when I was faced with some difficulties I adopted the Yoruba prostration culture and suddenly became humble. The story is deep.

You are not more Yoruba than the guy you quoted
I ain't frustrated bro..the post just came off as offending. And it's similar to many instances I've come across in this forum. Like I said, I just read and enjoy the thread, your contributions are solid. Stay blessed bro

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Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by fluteman: 11:28am On Dec 29, 2021
chrisooblog:
Chief it's ok. We don't do tribal or ethnic talk here. You are always welcome to discuss football or sports related topics here. God bless.

I apologize bro if my post came off condescending..just dat u will agree dat many people use stereotypes similar to that a lot.. It got me triggered. I just read and enjoy the thread like so many. Well done bro
Sports / Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by fluteman: 7:58am On Dec 29, 2021
AndSunGorilla:

You forgot to add "on the internet". When some secondary school boys come visit u, u turn to yoruba boy dey prostrate up and down.
Look at dis idiot stereotyping Yoruba..I bet u cant handle ab average Yoruba guy ur size..making mouth on the internet. It's not a co incidence that Yotubas are better in combat sports aka Adesanya and Joshua. Im very sure u can't handle a typical Yoruba guy, but its easy to mouth off on the net. A visit to mushin and misbehave or say shit, someone not even ur size will mess u up, even without weapon.. mumu
Sports / Re: Leicester City's Ashleigh Plumptre Invited To Super Falcon Matches In September by fluteman: 6:41pm On Jul 18, 2021
Emilokoiyawon:


Obafemi Martins has won the Seria A title with Inter Milan. Yorubas are ahead of you. Calm down. cheesy cheesy cheesy

David Alaba has won the Bundesliga 10 times and Champions league TWICE. How many Bundesliga titles have been won by Igbos? cheesy cheesy cheesy

cheesy cheesy cheesy I will educate your unfortunate brain today. I really get your time. cheesy cheesy cheesy

David Alaba has won 10 Bundesliga titles. No single Igbo has won one. Yoruba na Igbo senior. All the Igbos that have ever played in the NBA combined no even reach Giannis let alone the great legend Hakeem 'the dream' Olajuwon. QUALITY not QUANTITY is the hallmark of Yorubas. Hakeem Olajuwon was the first Nigerian to win basketball Olympic gold, NBA MVP and NBA finals titles. Giannis is an MVP and right now on his way to win the NBA finals. Even Bam is better than any Igbo player in NBA right now. Rashidi Yekini is the first Nigerian to win CAF African player of the year award. Rashidi Yekini score Nigeria's first world cup goal in US 94. Olusoji Fasuba is the fastest African on record. No other African let alone Igbo has been able to touch that record till date. Israel Adesanya is the MW UFC Champion. Igbos have never had a UFC champion. Not even in the lowest weight class. Anthony Joshua is the current World Heavyweight Boxing Champ. And don't let me go to tennis, entertainment, Education, Science/Engineering, Nobel Laureates etc. I will finish you here! Yorubas are pace-setters you can argue with your ancestors. cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

15. Emmanuel Adebayor. You say no Yoruba has ever played for Barcelona. No Igbo has ever played for Real Madrid. Adebayor has. Where is your Ibo Real Madrid player D
Don't let that ignoramus to deceive you...Samuel Gbenga Okunowo played for Barcelona. And there is a young Yoruba boy coming up in Real Madrds first team..

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Sports / Re: Leicester City's Ashleigh Plumptre Invited To Super Falcon Matches In September by fluteman: 6:36pm On Jul 18, 2021
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15. Emmanuel Adebayor. You say no Yoruba has ever played for Barcelona. No Igbo has ever played for Real Madrid. Adebayor has. Where is your Ibo Real Madrid player?

/quote] Don't let that ignoramus to deceive you...Samuel Gbenga Okunowo played for Barcelona. And there is a young Yoruba boy coming up in Real Madrds first team..

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Sports / Re: ‘I Promised Chioma Ajunwa Land, Not House’ - Olagunsoye Oyinlola by fluteman: 10:04am On Jun 26, 2021
Gbagura:
My igbo friend. Always passionate about everything that revolves around his igbo tribe but still come openly to deny them.
He is using the PrinceofLagos moniker as a weapon in an imaginary cold proxy online war against yorubas....he would have multiple identities registered with yoruba names to go against anything in their interest ...
Religion / Re: One On One Consultation by fluteman: 2:55pm On Dec 24, 2020
GofuckYourself:


Yes I just responded to your email

Pls.delete

Thank you. I have modified my message. kindly help delete my number from the quote
Religion / Re: Spiritual Counseling/ Spiritism And Other Related Matters by fluteman: 2:49pm On Dec 24, 2020
GofuckYourself:


I have responded to your email

Thank you for your time and support
Religion / Re: One On One Consultation by fluteman: 1:00pm On Dec 24, 2020
GofuckYourself:
Okay I shall begin shortly

I have people scheduled though out today up till midnight

Send me an email some minutes to your session with your mobile and I will contact you

I am here for you

Please don't feel judged at all

Feel free to discuss anything that worries you
Your thoughts your desires

Ask your questions I am here for you and observe the strictest confidentially


PS booking for tomorrow's sessywill start in the evening because I have some physical sessions during the day but will have online sessions tomorrow


Hello sir......please i need a session with you. I already sent you a mail message needing your response. my digits are 080....... Thanks
Religion / Re: One On One Consultation by fluteman: 12:58pm On Dec 24, 2020
Hello sir......please i need a session with you. I already sent you a mail message needing your response. my digits are 080. Thanks
Religion / Re: Spiritual Counseling/ Spiritism And Other Related Matters by fluteman: 8:31pm On Dec 21, 2020
GofuckYourself:


Fine
Can i book for 12 pm tomorrow ?/
Politics / Re: Tinubu's Full Statement On Lekki Shooting by fluteman: 10:01pm On Oct 25, 2020
baby124:

My father will never order children to be killed then run and hide. Only to call himself Jagaban. If this is your father figure then you are cursed. All the calamity that will befall him from killing other people’s children will also befall you!
If Tinubu did not order the soldiers to kill against what you claim, you will live and die MISERABLY . oloshi, oloriburuku akotileta
Sports / Isreal Adesanya: Nigerians Will Rule UFC Soon...... by fluteman: 12:54am On Oct 05, 2020
srael Adesanya had never met Sodiq Yusuff despite the fact that both fighters hail from Lagos, Nigeria. But Adesanya, who has lived in New Zealand since he was 11, had the good fortune of making the four-hour trip to Australia in December to watch Fight Night 142: Adelaide, where Yusuff would be making his UFC debut.

Adesanya sat ringside on the company’s dime, thanks to the middleweight’s four-fight win streak after joining the UFC in February 2018. And once Yusuff walked to the Octagon with the Nigerian flag wrapped around his head, Adesanya knew he shared a kinship with the featherweight fighter.

So when Yusuff won his debut via TKO two minutes and 14 seconds into the first round, Adesanya was ecstatic and jumped up to the cage to congratulate him. But their moment didn’t last long. Yusuff’s opponent, Suman Mokhtarian, was a native of Adelaide, and some of his coaches expected Adesanya to support them since they reside in the same part of the world.

“F— you!” Adesanya recalls them saying. “You’re f—ing cheering for him?!”
https://theundefeated.com/features/israel-adesanya-inside-the-strong-and-growing-bond-between-the-top-nigerian-fighters-in-ufc/


Adesanya said he was taken aback by their reaction but stood his ground. The exchange became heated enough that security intervened.

“[Sodiq] is from Nigeria, so we already shared a connection. I was cheering for him at ringside, and the opponent’s cornermen got mad at me and tried to step to me. I was like, what?” Adesanya said, still peeved by the memory. “Luckily security got them out of there, or I would’ve had to handle things myself.”

Adesanya, 30, and Yusuff, 26, finally met backstage at the event in Adelaide, speaking in their native Yoruba language.

“You always have belief in yourself, but then it’s a whole other feeling when you see someone that comes from your same background accomplish what you want to accomplish one day,” said Yusuff, who moved to Bladensburg, Maryland, when he was 9. “It just makes it feel that much closer.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Kamaru Usman sat in UFC president Dana White’s office in Las Vegas. “The Nigerian Nightmare,” who had just earned his ninth straight UFC win and entered negotiations for a future title shot in the welterweight division, was also watching Yusuff’s victory.

“I remember just telling Dana that we were coming for all the belts,” Usman said.

Less than a year later, Usman’s declaration to White seems more like a prophecy.

Usman (10-0) became the first African-born UFC champion in March by defeating Tyron Woodley for the welterweight title. Yusuff (3-0) earned a first-round TKO win in August at UFC 241 and is a rising featherweight contender. And Adesanya (6-0) has added the interim UFC middleweight championship to his mantel and could be UFC’s next big star.

“Every so often there’s always a legion of a certain part of the world that starts making a come-up in MMA,” said Adesanya, who will face middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in a unification fight on Saturday in the main event of UFC 243 (Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT, ESPN+ PPV). “I’m telling you, once the Nigerians pull up, once we start to pull up with numbers, it’s gonna be over for a lot of years in the MMA world.”
Romance / Re: How To Spot A Girl With Lot Of Body Counts. (Unapologetic) by fluteman: 7:50am On Sep 01, 2020
TkhGuy:
Time and space is all it takes to understand which is which,

Listen carefully,
when a guy knows too much his odd to becomes rich and self determining to be independent is 0.01

When a girl knows too much, her odd become a whoore, disrespectful and dependent is 0.01


The age in which a girl start using smartphone will tell you a lot about when she started her journey into doing what she likes contrary to what her parent trained her, mostly negative

In guys, it's mostly positive.

The age which a girl started living alone like squatting with a friend far from her parental home tells a lot, same goes with guys.

You can't trust a girls loyalty if she is in high institution, meeting with different people everyday, not good for marriage if you are not in the same institution with her,

A girl with two cephone lines between 16 to 21 is 80% chance is business girl meaning she is willing to sell her self to any customer,

You can't go into a serious relationship that ends in marriage with a girl that serves public for her core profit with the pedal in her hands as a marketer, her odd of body count is 0.0001

Most girls that graduated from high institution have tasted a lot inches don't ask me, if you add the secondary school days,

A girl you constantly see online on the internet is playing international championship trying to win a trophy, while the one you see at the club is playing friendly match, but both belongs to the street.

A girl who loves money but have no job, have 0.001 odd chance becoming a LovePeddler.

A girl with lot of male friends on her what's app contact, is like a street dog, you can't spot which male dog takes turns, cos in reality there are they for back up for black out days, and relays For switch over.

A girl with more money is not different from a female ponstar they always have more body count.

Lastly a working class lady and a girl who post her pictures on internet is like bill board, she out to get loads of dcks & will trade a lot more,

I concur with most of this statement, especially the girl that keeps many male contact. i was in a relationship with a lady who claimed most of her friends are males with no strings attached ........turns out she was a dog .

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Politics / Re: Iliyasu Gadu: FFK, The Drug Addled Thug In Designer Wears by fluteman: 8:48am On Aug 31, 2020
BreconHills:


The point is that it is not in Yoruba culture to defend the indefensible. Other tribes can do that with liberty. They are welcome to do so. FFK does not represent the yoruba or anyone else he represents himself. The key elements of yoruba "oro siso" "iwa" "iteriba" "laaka ye" are missing from his character.
We keep getting drawn into the " leave our own vagabond/thief alone and mind your business" This is an unknown position in yoruba culture. FFK should rightly be allowed to spin from the noose he has made for himself. Please leave yorubas out of it and keep your ethnic card in your pocket.

Dont get fooled easily by monikers, the character you quoted is an igbo ipob sympathizer , using 'yoruba' in his moniker to deceive gullible minds like yourself. Al it takes is a little bit of intelligence to spot it, try gather some...

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Culture / Re: Praise Names Of Omo N'oba N'edo by fluteman: 11:07pm On Aug 05, 2020
gregyboy:



You're mad man which oba is yoruba are you high

You are a very stupid boy. learn how to respect your superior .......access to a cheap phone is no reason to be mannerless

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Politics / Re: Welcome, Oòduà Nation! By Rèmí Oyèyemí by fluteman: 9:22pm On Jul 24, 2020
hmmmm...quite apt and insightfull
Health / Re: Lagos’ Laboratories Accredited For COVID-19 Testing Charge Extra Fees by fluteman: 11:58am On Jul 20, 2020
Makavelli25:
Thats it
They have started
Smh
Very true
Health / Re: Lagos’ Laboratories Accredited For COVID-19 Testing Charge Extra Fees by fluteman: 6:55am On Jul 20, 2020
Health / Lagos’ Laboratories Accredited For COVID-19 Testing Charge Extra Fees by fluteman: 6:54am On Jul 20, 2020
Lagos’ laboratories accredited for COVID-19 testing charge extra fees ranging from N10,000 to N50,000

On June 29, the Lagos Government inaugurated a private lab consortium to expand the testing capacity for COVID-19 in the state. Findings, however, revealed that despite the already high cost of testing at nearly double the monthly minimum wage in the accredited laboratories, some of them levy extra charges they refer to as ‘logistics or mobilisation fee.’ LARA ADEJORO leads our series of reports on the accredited facilities

Many of the seven private laboratories accredited by the Lagos Government to conduct COVID-19 tests in the state charge extra pay for their services under a term they describe variously as ‘logistics,’ ‘home service’ or mobilisation.

The extra charges range from N10,000 to N50,000, PUNCH HealthWise can report.

Findings also show that the cost of the test might pose a challenge for the average citizen in the state.

The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, during a briefing at Alausa recently, said the private laboratories were selected through a rigorous validation process.

The Director of Lagos Bio-Bank, Dr. Bamidele Mutiu, added that the accredited laboratories had the capacity to test for the virus “within the parameters of the COVID-19 Lagos testing strategy.”

SEE ALSO: COVID-19: We collect samples only at client’s home —Synlab

It may be recalled that, on April 19, the state government said in order to increase COVID-19 testing capacity in Lagos, it had set up sampling stations in the 20 local government areas for citizens who fit the case definition of COVID-19 to visit and drop samples for testing. PUNCH HealthWise had reported that the sampling stations did not take off as expected.

Meanwhile, the seven private laboratories currently licensed by the state government to carry out COVID-19 tests are Total Medical Services, Synlab, 54gene, and Medbury Medical Services.

SEE ALSO: We’ve not commenced operation —Biologix Support Services

The rest are, Biologix Medical Services, 02 Medical Services, and Clina Lancet Laboratories; while commissioner Abayomi reiterated that more private laboratories will be accredited as soon as they go through the rigorous validation process set by government.

“This is to avoid monopoly,” Abayomi explained, while reminding members of the public that the state’s public testing centres “are still free and accessible to all Lagosians.”

Such public laboratories are the Lagos State Bio-bank at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba; Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba; Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba; and the Central Public Health Laboratory, Yaba.

As of July 6, a total number of 43,978 COVID-19 tests had been conducted in the state, the commissioner said.

SEE ALSO: We treat COVID-19-positive clients —02 Medical Services

Meanwhile, findings by our Correspondent show that the cost of testing at any of the accredited private laboratories is N50,400 — an amount that is nearly double the monthly minimum wage of N30,000, effectively pricing it out of the reach of the majority of Lagos residents.

As if that is not enough disincentive to go for COVID-19 testing, some of the private laboratories approached by our Correspondent said they charge extra fees of between N10,000 and N50,000 for what they called ‘logistics,’ home service’ or ‘mobilisation.’

In other words, clients stand to pay between N60,400 and N100,400 in any of the centres if logistics, home service or mobilisation fees are factored into their charges.

54gene charges N50,400 for COVID-19 test, N50,000 for mobilisation

AT 54GENE, APART FROM THE N50,400 PAYABLE FOR COVID-19 TEST, A CLIENT MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO PAY AN EXTRA FEE OF N50,000 FOR ‘MOBILISATION,’ BASED ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS

Although Prof. Abayomi had promised that, “as the public protector,” the state government would regulate the cost of COVID-19 testing in Lagos, at 54gene, it was gathered that apart from the N50,400 payable for COVID-19 test, a client may also be required to pay an extra fee of N50,000 for “mobilisation,” based on certain conditions.

A gate man at its Lekki, Lagos Island office, told our Correspondent that clients are not allowed to come to the centre for COVID-19 test.

SEE ALSO: COVID-19: In addition to N50,400 testing fee, we charge extra N25,000 for home service —Clina Lancet

“You have to call the number on the website and they will put you through on the procedure.

“However, if it’s an organisation who wishes to have their staff tested, they can come here for the test; but in individual cases, the samples are collected and brought here for the test,” he said.

When PUNCH HealthWise called the number (07000544363) on its Facebook page, which the mobile caller detector, Trucaller, identified as ‘Janet-Gene,’ the person who answered the call explained that the biotechnology company is not a walk-in centre for COVID-19.

“It’s not a walk-in laboratory. If you are interested in having a COVID-19 test in our lab, you need to send an email to our official mail [hello@54gene.com] with details of the test you want, the capacity, the number of family and we will get back to you.”

According to her, 54gene used to conduct tests for only corporate bodies until recently when it decided to be testing individuals.

“We just recently integrated private testing; we didn’t use to do that. We were targeting corporate companies. This has just been integrated and our target used to be a family or individuals from 10 [in number] and above.”

SEE ALSO: Lagos’ accredited COVID-19 testing lab difficult to locate

On the process for testing, Janet said there were sample collection centres in the state and that interested individuals will go to the one closest to them for sample collection.

“Some people are not comfortable with us coming to their houses, so we have sample collection centres and we will choose the one closest to you and we will take your sample; but it depends on whatever works for you.

“If you want to do the test now, I can forward your details to the account officer, who will create an invoice for you and will keep you updated as soon as possible.

“Once your sample is collected, we will get your bio data and we will create an account for you. Once that is done, you will get an email prompting you to verify your account.

“With the verification process, you will input a password and you will create a PIN, which will allow you to access your result within 48 hours once it is ready,” she said.

On the price payable, she said, “The regular price for COVID-19 testing is N50,400, but when you want us to come to where you stay, it will cost you an extra N50,000 for mobilisation. That will be N100,400.”

Medbury Medical Services charges N10,000 for logistics

WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE, WE CARRY OUT THE TEST IN THEIR CARS, AS THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COME INTO THE CLINIC

When our Correspondent visited Medbury Medical Services, located at Lekki, it was gathered that the testing started after the state government had announced its inclusion. However, the designated place for the Polymerase Chain Reaction test is at the Ikeja office.

“We were carrying out the test here, but since we have other clients coming in for other diagnostic tests and medical services, the management had to decide to designate the Ikeja office for COVID-19 testing.

“Normally, when people come here, we carry out the test in their cars, as they are not allowed to come into the clinic,” the front desk officer told our Correspondent.

Continuing, she said, “At the moment, I have to refer you to Ikeja where you will be attended to and you will get the information you need.”

When our Correspondent arrived at the Ikeja clinic on Abba Johnson Crescent, it was observed that two individuals walked in to have their tests done.

When asked the procedure for having a COVID-19 test, a lady who identified herself as Mosun said, “We don’t just allow people to come here because it is a sensitive period. So, we try to be discreet with it.

“We usually prefer to go to the person for the sample collection, but some people prefer coming to the clinic.

“So, the procedure is that you have to send an email via our email address or put a call through to the numbers on the website requesting for the test and we will get back to you within two hours.

“If you prefer coming here, then we will schedule an appointment with you within two to three days.

“We basically conduct tests for organisations or a group of people. But, we still carry out tests for individuals now since we have some people requesting the test.

“The test costs N50,400 and that is the fixed price from the Lagos State Government,” Mosun explained.

Another lady who was identified as Bola added that visitors are not allowed into the clinic for safety purposes.

“It’s a PCR test and it takes less than 15 minutes, but the results are released within two days and maximum of three days.”

We charge extra N10,000 for logistics

Bola also disclosed that the organisation charges an extra fee for logistics.

“Since some people prefer confidentiality and they want us to come to the house, we will charge for logistics, depending on the location.

“For instance, if you want us to come to Surulere, we will charge N10,000 for logistics.

“If the individuals are more than 30 in number, we prefer they come to our clinic; but if they are not up to that number, we can go to the house and the test will be out within two to three days.”

When asked the step to follow if one tests positive, Bola said, “You will be referred to the Lagos State Government. We have an isolation preparation with the state government and if someone tests positive and you want us to take charge of the treatment, we will invite the NCDC officials to take it up from there; but it comes at a fee,” Mosun stated.

Out of reach of common man —Medical Guild

EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE PRICE IS AFFORDABLE FOR ALL

The Chairman, Medical Guild, Lagos, Dr. Oluwajimi Sodipo, in an interview with our Correspondent, said the cost for the testing is beyond the reach of the common man.

“The truth of the matter is that it is expensive beyond the reach of the common man. However, our view is that it is okay for as long as it does not affect the ability of the populace to access COVID-19 testing at the government-owned facility and there is no reduction in the amount of testing at those facilities.

“Ideally, all efforts should be made for the curve to be driven down, because COVID-19 is a public health challenge, as, having one COVID-19 patient can expose many others,” Shodipo said.

He said all efforts should be made to ensure that the price is affordable for all.

“The aim at the various private facilities should be on increasing accessibility and not on profit-making, because the [N54,000] price tag is not affordable for 99 percent of Nigerians,” Shodipo added.

It is exorbitant —NARD

President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba, said the amount being charged for the COVID-19 testing at the private centres is too high for people to afford.

“The situation is terrible and, unfortunately, this is a country where private sectors operate unregulated.

“There is no reason for COVID-19 test to be as high as that. In fact, the test should be free; and if any private institution is allowed to test, the state should ensure that it is done at a minimal price so that it can be affordable for people,” Sokomba said.

He recommended that Lagos government should find a way to increase the number of public laboratories for COVID-19 testing in the state.
Health / Re: As Rape Becomes Epidemic Nationally, Mental Health Experts Examine WHY MEN RAPE by fluteman: 6:40am On Jul 20, 2020
Guess this explains why its now getting to pandemic levels
Health / As Rape Becomes Epidemic Nationally, Mental Health Experts Examine WHY MEN RAPE by fluteman: 7:37pm On Jul 19, 2020
As incidents of rape become widespread in Nigeria, psychiatrists and psychologists proffer reasons for sexual violence, especially against women. LARA ADEJORO reports

Sometime in June, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, disclosed that 717 cases of rape were officially recorded in Nigeria within five months spanning January to May.

Based on that, it means that at least four females were raped on a daily basis in Nigeria within that period.

However, on Monday, July 13, the Minister of Women Affairs & Social Development, Pauline Tallen, during a visit to the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, said over 3,600 rape cases were recorded across Nigeria during the lockdown spanning April to June.

In recent times, incidents of rape involving females of all ages, some as young as three months old; and a handful of male babies, have been reported across the country, with many citizens advocating stiff punishment for anyone convicted of the crime.

So far in Nigeria, all reported cases of rape were perpetrated by males of all ages, with some as old as over 70 years old.

Speaking to PUNCH HealthWise, psychiatry researchers say a rapist could be any male, ranging from a very important politician to a rock star or a reverend father.

“One thing, however, applies to those who exercise masculine control using sexual violence: they could have a mental health disorder,” researchers say.

Thirty-two of the cases of sexual violence, according to Lagos Police authorities, took place in Lagos. Ekiti, too, witnessed a spike recently. The two states have gone as far as opening sex offenders’ registers to serve as deterrence for the crime.

However, the actual numbers of all the cases could be much higher if all the rape cases — in what has now become a pandemic — are reported, a senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Lagos and consultant clinical psychologist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Dr. Charles Umeh, said.

Rape, a medical issue

According to medical and psychology experts, several mental health issues underline rape —for the rapists first, and, then, their victims.

For example: Ahmadu Yaro, 27, allegedly defiled a three-month-old baby in Adogi village, Lafia Local Government Area of Kano recently.

A counselling psychologist at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Prof. Ngozi Osarenren, considers this a “serious mental health problem.”

“That man should not even see a psychologist but a psychiatrist and when you check such men, they are some of the men that are into occultism; it’s very likely to be for ritual,” Osarenren said.

“I don’t know what can be attractive about a three-month-old baby,” Osarenren, who is also the chairperson of university-wide counselling for staff and students, said.

Some psychiatrists also link such rapacious lust to psychosis.

Osarenren and other Nigerian experts are not necessarily propounding something new by saying rapists, including paedophiles, could have mental disorder.

Scientists in the West have, over the years, believed the impulses of sex and violence originate from the same point in a human brain. And any congenital or acquired debility of that area makes it difficult for some rapists to distinguish — or learn the difference —between the two impulses, an article in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry explained.

Other likely conditions predisposing a man to rape include paraphilia [a condition characterized by abnormal sexual desires, typically involving extreme or dangerous activities], attachment problem, mania, and cognitive distortions. All these manifest in different behaviours.

Men with insatiable sexual urges are called satyriasis, while women who can’t get enough are nymphomaniac.

“People with these conditions cannot be satisfied sexually but it does not predispose them to rape,” Umeh told PUNCH HealthWise.

A similar problem — learning difficulty — applies to some people who look at rape and violence as the same thing.

“These men see rape as a way for showing dominance over women, to control them or show that they are the man; but this usually happens to people who are not man enough to compete in the society with other men.

“So, they look at it as a way of overpowering women and establishing their sense of manhood or dominance as the case might be,” Umeh, a psychologist, noted.

In spite of this list of psychological reasons as to why a man turns a rapist, researchers agreed that it’s near impossible to profile rapists on their mental state alone. Other factors would definitely play a role.

“In some cases, it could be as a result of drug abuse, overuse of drugs like alcohol, marijuana or other psychoactive substance,” a Clinical Psychologist at the Department of Psychiatry, LUTH, Dr. Juliet Ottoh, said.

“Some persons might be sick for a while, such as people with psychosis, schizophrenia and psychosis; while some persons could be hearing voices asking them to do such.

“Also, mania is a mental health issue, whereby some persons are just hyperactive and in this process, they do all sorts of risky things without them being aware of what they are doing,” Ottoh explained.

Umeh added that, “A lot is about frustration, inability to woo a woman, ritualistic purpose and the lockdown brought about a lot of frustration and that sex reassures them that they are man enough.”

Rapists live in denial

But whatever reasons—mental or social—psychologists and social workers say the perception of the rapists matters, noting that rapists live in of denial of their actions.

In a survey of 100 convicted rapists, Madhumita Pandey, a researcher from the Anglia Ruskin University, UK, studying rape in the wake of the 2013 gang-rape in India that rang throughout the world, found out how rapists think.

“In my experience, a lot of these men don’t realise that what they’ve done is rape. They don’t understand what consent is,” Pandey said in an article in the Washington Post later in 2017.

“There were only three or four who said we are repenting. Others had found a way to put their actions into some justification, neutralise, or blame action onto the victim,” the researcher said.

Such rationalisation by rapists is not peculiar to India. It cuts across the male-dominated culture everywhere, including Africa and, indeed, Nigeria.

“Just like most mental issues, insight is one reason rapists, paedophiles, and other sex offenders still feel not so alarmed with the crimes they try to rationalise it.

“That means they don’t look at the situation in the same dimension others see it, and they see themselves as doing the right thing,” said Umeh.

Rape and paedophilia

It is the reason, Osarenren said, a 40-year-old who raped a two-month-old girl could justify such. “Because what can be attractive about a baby?”

For Ottoh, some paedophiles could be having mental imbalance for a while.

“Sometimes, when this happens, we shield it but it is meant to be addressed immediately. It is good for parents to be very protective of their children and it’s not just the female as I have had cases of male children being abused too,” she said.

Some of the perpetrators also justify having carnal knowledge of a minor, especially when it requires no violence. Same for sex with relatives.

But experts say there is no justification for it. “If a father decides to have sexual act with his daughter, that is incestuous and it could be rape, especially when the daughter does not want that,” said Umeh.

Curbing rape

The experts, however, stressed the need for appropriate sex education, as well as the need to stop victim-shaming.

“We can curb it if we begin to talk about it and seek help early, but some people don’t want to talk about it because of the stigmatisation; but the more we shield some of these things, the more we are encouraging it and indulging a lot of people,” Ottoh said.

There is also the need to look at the nation’s value system, and to go back to sex education as early as early as possible; “So that a child of three years will begin to understand sex issues that is appropriate for their age.

“When they understand it, they grow up with it, knowing that some things are unacceptable,” Umeh advised.


https://healthwise.punchng.com/as-rape-becomes-epidemic-nationally-mental-health-experts-examine-why-men-rape/
Romance / Re: Join An Erotic Whatsapp Group Drop Your Number. For Matured Minds Only by fluteman: 10:56pm On Nov 25, 2019
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Politics / Re: Toll Gate Designates. South East Has The Highest. by fluteman: 2:34pm On Oct 07, 2019
gloriaunobi:
I reject Nigeria as an Igbo. The marginalisation is obvious now
Dis one na fine mumu. Believe any junk they read and react like the semi illiterates that they are. No brain to think and verify be4 opening gutter mouths to just yarn nonsense.

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Politics / Re: Yoruba Nation: What We Are Doing Wrong (X) by fluteman: 2:47pm On Nov 11, 2014
superstar1:
Fully appreciate the write up.
Seconded. I pray Nigeria restructure to regional government or disintegrates for us to form a nation. Yorubas are sinking into the abyss...very rapidly
Politics / Re: The Prejudice Of Nairaland's Admin And Mods. (contd.) by fluteman: 10:23am On Nov 11, 2014
berem:
I wanted to comment on mixty's thread before it was locked. I didn't even notice the twist on the declaration of Rochas presidency thread not until I checked front page.

Anyone who doesn't know that Nairaland is affiliated to PDP is living in self-denial and ignorance.

Seun said that he wasn't aware and will look into it. Thank goodness he atleast saw the folly in his biased mods. The real blame still lies on Seun, who shows desperation in appointing well known bigots as mods......really confusing. it gives room to infer that Seun has ulterior motives. If not, why so particular about certain people who have been discredited?

The end result will be a degradation of this site, a platform with a lot of promise. It's a pity!
Politics / Re: Fashola Commissions Mainland Power Plant....pics... by fluteman: 5:54pm On Oct 30, 2014
October29, 2014 – The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has[b] called on Nigerians not to accept any excuses for power failure in the past four years.[/b]

Fashola who was speaking at an occasion to handover 8.8 Megawatts Mainland Independent Power Plants (IPP) in Ikeja, Lagos said four years is enough for the Federal Government to have delivered electricity to Nigerians.

The governor who said that delivering power is not rocket science noted that Nigeria remains the only country in the world that has gas and petroleum but lacked electricity.

He noted that many countries in Europe depend on gas from Russia adding that even if Russia decides to cut off gas, they never experience power failure adding that his government has been able to deliver what it has promised.

The governor said that if the National Assembly provides the appropriate legislation that would enable states to generate and distributes electricity to Nigerians it will deliver adding that what will be required then is for Nigerians to be prepared to consume electricity according to their pockets.

The governors also faulted recent privatization of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria(PHCN) noting that the process has not delivered light to the expectations of Nigerians because those who are competent were not accommodated in the privatisation process.

Speaking on criticisms that has greeted ‘ Muslim Muslim’ ticket being touted by some political parties, Fashola said that it does not matter if those who will deliver Nigerian from its current state are Muslims or Christians, adding that Muslim Muslim ticket or Christian Christian ticket will not give Nigerians energy and good roads but good people.

He challenged Nigerians that as the 2015 general elections draws close, they should see good roads, energy and the likes in the voter’s card adding that they must use it to put the right person into office.

He noted that whatever choice that is made, Nigerians will have to live with it in the next four years.

Earlier in his speech, Commissioner for Energy, Engineer Taofic Tijani said the power plant is made possible through a public private partnership between the Lagos State Government and a consortium of Mainland Power Limited, CET Power and Solad Electric Limited.

“The 8.8 Mw Mainland Power Plant will henceforth guarantee unlimited power supply to the old secretariat complex , Lagos High Court, LASUTH, water works, energy academy and public lighting”, he said.


http://starconnectmedia.com/2014/10/29/dont-accept-excuses-for-power-failure-fashola-tells-nigerians/

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Romance / Re: Ask A Retired Womanizer Any Question On Love, Sex & Marriage. by fluteman: 11:21am On Oct 25, 2014
RedEboe:
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Politics / Re: Nigeria's Most Beautiful Buildings (pics) by fluteman: 9:54am On Oct 25, 2014
Cocoa house, Ibadan. First skyscraper in tropical Africa

Politics / Re: Gowon, Jos Crisis And The Nemesis Of Biafran Blood by fluteman: 11:54pm On Oct 23, 2014
OkijaAmaka:
Swear with your life if Obafemi Hezekiah abi Obediah Awolowo didnt commit suicide

here is the link, the Gambari used Lateef Jakande to nail the phool grin grin grin grin ; he taught Nigeria will be handed over to him

247ureports.com/?p=18331

U ar just a muntula........the same junk write up u guys always pull out, written by ur kind in a faceless junk channel, several years after the sage passed on peacefully in his sleep at the ripe old age of 78 years (dunno if ur father lived or will live that long). The truth is he died an Old man, fulfilled in life and death, and has taken up a spot of forever glory in a big an strong nation.

Whatever ur spin to make urself feel good is ur problem. Lies will never take the place of trruth......NEVER

Last bullet.......accept this prayer, If Obafemi Awolowo, former premier of western region of Nigeria committed suicide, may I not no peace. If same person described in the previous sentence did not commit suicide, may the individual behind OkijaAmaka and all those who spread this tale never know peace....Amen.

Kindly say amen to the above prayer.
Politics / Re: Gowon, Jos Crisis And The Nemesis Of Biafran Blood by fluteman: 10:07pm On Oct 23, 2014
OkijaAmaka:
Started from Murtala Muhammed that carried out Asaba Massacre he was assasinated, Obafemi Awolowo that served Nigeria by using hunger to kill Biafra Children ended up commiting suicide, Gowon who traveled abroad for official purpose was overthrowned while hometown of Jos is theatre of the bloodshed, Odekunle Benjamin was later sack in the military while he died a pauper in a Surulere brothel.

Karma your a biatch
Awolowo never committed suicide. You guys are still pained with ur Biafra misadventure, and prefer to spin tell tales to feel better. Continue to live in ur delusions.....the lies u tell urselves can never become truth

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