atiku4President:
Okay. Happy birthday to Igboruba girl.

Na, She could be well described as Yoruigbo

teeytimi:
He is correct about everything other info but for buying expensive cars he is wrong. Buying expensive cars doesn't reduce the amount of tax you pay

Actually, it does, in some circumstances, for those that are into contracting jobs (personal business).

They put the cost of the Car (now limited to certain cost range now) under company expenses.

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pedel:
False information.
You pay 0% tax on the first £12,570. 20% basic rate tax on the part of your income which falls into the next tax bracket (£12,571 up to £50,270). This means you'll pay 20% tax on £37,700.
Anything you earn above £50,271 to £125,140, is taxed at 40%.
Your income over £125,140, is taxed at 45%.
That's why you see those footballers with fleets of expensive cars. That is where they put all their earnings to avoid paying big taxes.

It is not a wrong information. It depends on the perspective that the beneficiary is looking at? While your analysis regarding tax is correct, you completely omitted the child benefits perspective.

For example;

1. If one is earning below 50k as a citizen, kids are entitled to certain amount of money per week (about £20?) - which could amount to substantial amount of money per month if you have 3 or 4 kids.

2. Also if you want your kid to start nursery before 3 years then you will pay for it and this amount can vary to about £50 and £70 per day. This may not be an issue for those that are earning way below £50k. Once the annual income is >£50k,and about £60k? It start to reduce. Once your pay is greater than £60k - Your kids are no longer entitled to such benefits whether they are citizens or not. If you claim it, HRMC will claim it back from you. They have a system that works.

Such benefits would be reduced and some eliminated, the moment your pay is above £50k per annum. Most people who claim benefits don't come out to disclose it. Most especially, our people.

NB: Only citizen (British passport and people with indefinite leave to remain (ILR) have access to this benefit.

IconicR:
I dislike that people don't consider the emotional impact a certain decision has on a child
I don't support her kind of judgement before those staff, you need to see their happy faces with snide remarks
I think my friend's mom is harsh

Your friend's (your) mum is right. She wants her (you) to learn a great lesson here. To whom much is given, so much more is expected.

Your friend (you) should have considered the emotional torture her mum will also go through when she heard about her beloved daughter engaging in a free for all fight in a company she (you) may probably inherit?

Don't you know such an act will ultimately reduces your friend's (your) values before the staff? Your friend (you) will lose all respect and invariably ruin the company. Her (your) mum is absolutely correct here. I may do same too.

Your mum's friend could see that your friend is (you are) proud and she needs to humble her (you). She is a great mother.

IconicR:
She already has a good job, just waiting for resumption
She's doing intern there but those staff will never take instructions from her which is the major cause of the fights

Your friend has no right to dish out instruction. She is an intern. She should be there learning how to run a business from the experienced colleagues and not dish out instruction because it is her mum's company.

Your friend is absolutely wrong, and should not only apologise to staff but to her mum for dissapointing her. Her mum is not a happy mum as we speak.

If I were to be youtr friends mum, she will not step on that premises again and may even lose all the privileges as a daughter in that company if she did not strictly comply to the assigned role. Your friend should be humbled enough to learn how to walk before attempting to fly. Her attitude can ruin her mum's legacy within 6 months.

Your friend should go and knee to her mum in sincere soberness and apologise.

NB: Reading in-between the line. I think you are your friend. Do this advise above and you will do well in life.

Christistruth03:



Russia is a Western Power and is far Worse than France

Senegal and Ivory coast were French Colonies that are doing well by African Standards

Putin is only trying to export his Ukrainian War to Africa that is why he is now interested in Niger

He was even dangling Grain supply in African leaders faces as if Africans were begging him for food

Russians don't support Putins War

So he has decided to use African heads to Break his Coconuts

It will not happen

Your first sentence has shown how naïve you are---Russia, a Western power? Are you kidding me?

Please go back and have a look at google map to know the actual location of Russia on the world map.

I have said it before - Your education and exposure are half baked. You have successfully removed every doubt.

I won't say much again since you are not ready to learn.

All the very best, young man.

Christistruth03:



Do I know you anywhere?


France is bad

Russia is worse

Russia doesn't even have a democracy to start with

Not to talk of giving a Black man a say in anything

No African institution have served the interest of the Western Powers against the interest of the African People like the Military

Capt Thomas Sankara of Bukuna Faso was the only exception and his friends in the Military killed him for it

The Military and it's Coups were what was used to exploit Africans after independence because the Military cannot be questioned by the African People but Democratic Govts can



.

You obviously miss the point. Those coups and counter coups are supported by the so called western powers so as to continue the proxy ways of pillaging the natural resources. You don't get it. Name just 1 African country that Russia has cheated/ruled/pillaged in her history, either directly or indirectly. The only supposed to work Steel industry in Nigeria was built in the 80s by Russia. Who do you think discouraged the development and initiation of the Ajaokuta steel industry?

Please note that I am not supporting military's take over in Francophone country. I am only against the analogy of France including black Africans in the Football team. How does that benefit Africans?

Christistruth03:
Russia doesn't care about Africa
But I agree that a Proxy War between NATO and Russia must not be fought on African Soil

Russia is far Worse than France
Even if France exploitated Africa
France has accepted massive numbers of Black African immigrants , has a massive Black African Community and tries to integrate them as French Citizens

International Football Stars like Mbappe Pogba Kante Diagne and so many others are African immigrants that were integrated and Trained by France

France had 9 Black footballers in some of it's World Cup Matches

I have never seen a Black Man Playing football for Russia and they have Blacks in Russia

You are obviously a half baked graduate, that is, if you pass through a university education at all?

Russia in all her power and glory never participated in the pillage of Africa resources nor engaged in slavery of Africans unlike your so called France. When Russia tells you something it sticks by it. When Russia engages in Business - i can bet you - it will be a win - win. It remains a strong country that doesn't take advantage of the weaker nations.

So mere sport representation is what you see as benefits to Africans? Do you know what France did to Francophone countries? Pegging all their currencies (CFA) to Euro, take hostage of their 43% GDP, having first refusal access to all their natural resources including Uranium, in exchange for 'phantom' security. do you know what that means? It means, your 'mighty' France, is basically feeding off the Francophone resources.

You are such a dunce! I pity your generation. A generation that does not know her history would never know her worth. Yours would be worse than those illiterates in Sambisa forest.

You should bury your head in shame. Shior

Don't do the wedding for now. Stay off. Let your wife to be know your position. The Family will be all out to frustrate you in the end if you agree to their condition. Even if you both travel to the UK, You may not enjoy your marital bliss and the lady may end up leaving you in the end.

Young man, you may get so frustrated. Life is in the UK is not what people think. Great support and understanding is what will see you through and not emotional love. Your wife family will be controlling her and you will get so frustrated. Don't give in to their conditions.

Let things playout from your end and not via your in-laws'. Believe you me, this marriage plan is bound to fail, unless your in-law to be, changed their attitudes. If not, you will be at the losing end. Don't try it.

Be frank with your wife to be and let her know your position and stand by it. Your are now being seen as their piece meal ticket and trust me the moment you cant provide, all hell will be let lose. You will lose out in this game if you don't take the bull by the horn. It takes only a month, after your wedding, to realize that, only love, can not take you through this new phase of your life.

Your wife, should understand and should be the one to sort things out if she truly loves you. Don't force it. If not, there would be another amazing lady that will give you true happiness and peace of mind THAT YOU SO DESIRE.

Even if you are going to travel out later. Don't do it now, not on your supposed in-laws demand. It would be a grave mistake. DONT DO IT!

dyera:


If not for tribalism would something like that have happened? Yorubas are the most tribalistic set of people in Nigeria. At least you can say the Igbos voted massively for Peter Obi because he was the only christian candidate among the top four contenders.

This is Fallacy, the igbos voted for Peter Obi because he is Igbo and not becausehe is a Christian. No tribe values religion over their tribes in the south.

No region has ever voted such a skewed votes in the history of Nigeria like the Igbos did in the past election. The SE made a geat mistake that no reasonable person can defend. The biases was very glaring and action not democratic at all. Almost >95% votes for a candidate, just because he is from SE region? Tell me which other tribe does same in Africa?

juman:
Asa, Baruten, Edu, Ekiti, Ifelodun, Ilorin East, Ilorin South, Ilorin West, Irepodun, Isin, Kaiama, Moro, Offa, Oke Ero, Oyun, Pategi.

Those bolded are kwara north.

You can only say kwara is yoruba dominated state.
Kwara is never a yoruba state.

You are highly misinformed. Even the main Ilorin Emirates cannot say this gibberish. Are you from Kwara state?

Kooldon:
I'm a bit confused here. I would have choosen GAVI naturally but he knows better.

...and of course, it is understandable as know next to nothing.

Obinoscopy:
This is utter rubbish. I wrote common entrance at the age of 8. These guys are just busy body looking for what to ban.

If you dont mind, and may I ask. How old are you?

CondenseMilk:
Very true!

Being educated means that you have been found worthy of character and in learning.

Grades sometimes makes us to lose the real sense of Life.

You must have been to UI? Recte Sapere fons. CondenseMilk have truly been find worthy in learning and character

KingOvoramwen1:
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Guy you are talking Rubbish ...Arrrant Nonsense I don dey look you since .... It is on record the Ado in ekiti stands for Edo as that is what Edo is called in eastern Yoruba land who were under the servitude of the empire..

You better sit down for one corner dey spread your mumu lies and don't come up spewing nonsense around

Balderdash! All, you, fake revisionist should do humanity a favour. Please remain silent so as not to confused the upcoming generations of true course of events. Thank you.

Persephone1:


If the wife is riding Volvo, she did well. She shouldn't hand over the benz to the husband, she needs an upgrade too.

If she's doing this out of jealousy or fighting for her man. Lol... I wish her strength.

So what if the wife is riding Volvo XC90?

Please go and do your homework more. The car with the highest safety rating/record- strong, reliable and safe.

Dont just mention car name. Go and and compare with a benz in its class...

Gboom:
That is a terrible and irresponsible act.
Is he ashamed of his family or he is just callous?

I remembered a man in those days when I was a bachelor, I used to go to one Igbo canteen and anytime I see this man, he always eating goatmeat peppered soup and malt. Jokingly, I saw the wife one day and told her to learn how to prepare peppered soup so that the amount the husband is spending for the peppered soup will be reduced thinking he always buy for his family too. The wife just laughed and said, the husband only enjoys himself without considering her and their two children then. I was amazed because the man is a leader in the church and from that day, the man lost the respect I have for him.

You people just talk any how. You don't even know if it is the company that the husband works for is the one paying for the first class or business class? While the man does not want to miss the opportunity, he could book economy or premium class for his family as he will be the one paying from his own wallet.

Do you guys know how much business class or first class cost? We are talking about #3 to #4m per person for a 6hrs flight.depending on the season. Common!

superclosestool:
Are Ga influenced much by the Akan? I feel like they dress like the Akan.

They are similar and possibly cousins?

7lives:


Yoruba no dey forget home.
The ones in west indies and South America, na dem I fear pass.

I don't get it. Fear them in what sense?

Obiedun:
Akwaba(Welcome)

Very similar to Ękaabò (Welcome) in Yoruba. So the connection is real

Exc2000:
Intresting....

Akwaba people nko... Akan tribe

Even Ogbomoso has huge population of Ghananians

I've said it many times here that there is something special, but yet to be discovered about the Yoruba race. A.major rediscovery is in the offing.
The Gaa people actually migrated during the peak and waning of the Oyo empire.

I've said it many times here that there is something special, but yet to be discovered about the Yoruba race. A.major rediscovery is in the offing.

laiperi:
TerraCotta,

Thank you for your input. Some of those Ijebu claiming Sudan origin also pointed to some Ijebu tribal marks similar to some Sudanese.

I am also mindful of how you explained some Kanuri or around Borno marks similar to Yoruba.

We have so many bogus stories to disclaim their Yoruba culture, even claiming Yoruba got their culture

I understand that the Kanuris are distant cousins of the Yorubas. During the second wave migration some decided to stay back while the Oduduwa group proceeded to Ife. The Kanuri and the Yorubas naturally have similar physical attributes and get along so well, even until this day.

Diligent1:
If I have the opportunity of having this amount, I will first buy a land and build a room and parlor self-contained then the remaining amount will be invested into my passion business.

Wrong!

The proverbs says make your work fit in the field and after that build your house.

Building house fist without having an established business is not wise.

Thank me later.

I can bet the boy looks or probably takes after his father. He has the same attributes like his father - He hates to see his decisions challenged. He is also a controlling frick like his father. Like charges repel and unlike charges attract. Meaning, because they have similar attributes, they may never agree and will alwayshave issues here and there. However, that doesn't mean he did not love his father, it is just the law of nature.

The best solution is for you and your husband to accept your mistakes and sincerely apologise to the young man. As a mother, you should have summon courage to defend your child and provide some emotional and psychological support. The young man is broken.

You can still salvage the situation. Funny enough, he may not be too mad about his father that much as they are alike? Your son may feel so dejected and unhappy because of you. Being his mother, you let him down. He is from the womb of the morning, your first son, he is special to you as you are to him. So you are the only one that can safe him from depression now.

Though, you have let your son down, you can still salvage the situation, even, if it requires you smartly confront your husband in defence of your son. The moment he sees you doing that, he will gradually come out of his shell and warm up to you. If you can get him to your side, he will later warm up to his father.

For the records - computer science brings more money than pharmacy. Your husband is still living in stone age. Your husband approach is totally wrong.

Please salvage the situation wisely. Defend your son and let him see you do that, albeit with respect for your husband. Your reffered husband will love you for it. This is why you are a MOTHER.

saintopus:
Build Irigbiji first before I go believe you 😃😃😃

Ok, so you can come for his head, right? Atleast you can Claim that he has used all Nigeria's money since 1960 to build his nome Town.

Looking for something to nail him finally - i get you.

It is you that will ask a robber to come and steal and same you will still call the owner to come and arrest the thief.

Awon destiny destroyers!

Sltp:
This is not something to be proud of. Igbo slaves were more rebellious that's something to be proud of

You are correct being rebellious doesn't cannotes excellence.

Yoruba slaves don’t just fight because of uncontrollable pride. They fought strategically and hence most of their fights brings results. One of the reasons the other slaves adopted the Yoruba's way of life and cultures as it stands the test of time until this day.

He who fights and run lives to fight another day. Think about it!

Shalom

viodemus:
most Brazilians are genetically falling to the igbos and calabar side of Nigeria.


But the twist was/is, SW especially Lagos, was the place that hundred of thousands of Brazilian blacks settled in the SW. Another twist is that the chances of a good percentage of igbos among those returnees is high.


igbos alone were almost 5 million slaves taken. We were the forefront of fighting against islamic expansion. The whole Angola was almost 2 million slaves taken. The yorubas were traditional like the igbos, calabar, and even Benin. But when islam was pressing up on the yorubas, and oyibo people had already started their conquest; one of the deals that oyibos did with arabs during their african conquest years was that they will not enslave the muslims to Europe or wherever they were.vBut the arabs were still enslaving Africans. So, the yorubas began doing tribal marks to make the slave traders differentiate between them and other tribes that were not converting, because they (yorubas) were still newly converting to islam, but were being traded if caught in the wrong places. So, they decided to find a way to differentiate from others.


One of the cases of two street gangs wey be like cult, underground but very valid, many people know about them in Brazil, Ade gang vs mgba mgba gang. Bloody drug and territorial war. They run cool down now like 3 or so years ago, now peace organizations are building skating boards, basket ball courts, etc for their neighborhoods. Before that, serious something. Steady back to back hits.


The Brazilians are now knowing that they are from many parts of Africa and many tribes, so this oni visit, is not deeply emotional like it would have been just 10 years ago. Before that, they only knew about yoruba tribe. Am not saying yorubas were not enslaved to Brazil, but not that much. DNA is proving it as I speak, in Nigerian side alone igbos dey beat yoruba 4 to 1 or more, remember there is still Congo as a whole, with over 8 million slaves taken. Am going with realistic numbers, many books point this out. - The Europeans like to lower their numbers, to minimize their past damages.


Igbos should be reaching out to Brazilians more, and other countries. Our people taken as slaves are everywhere, and our people like to explore for other means of progress, so even in africa, igbos are genetically spread. Many igbos have been sucked in to other tribes, especially outside Nigeria. We need to be more creative with our tribal retainment. In Nigeria, out of fear, many igbos hide their identity. In foreign places, there is the case of lack of cooperation.
Remember, igbos were the first African tribe, to say they are going back to africa, when the slaves in north Carolina noticed they were igbos, they spoke the same language, then decided to go back by any means; when they found out that there was no way, they decided to die than continue to be slaves, so they walked into the water coast and many drowned, over 100 . - this was in the 1600. So, the whites did not put two igbos in the same farm field or sleeping quarters. But the twist to this, is that a few yoruba slaves, I think New Jersey, were the 1st slaves in the 1800, to organize in their slave town, to rebel against their masters. It lead to a mini war for a couple of days. They were not the only tribe that participated, but there were the leading people that did this. It was after this that returnees was passed to go back to africa, which ended up being liberia.


The igbos in north Carolina, and Virginia, also revolted many times and ended up joining with other igbos to form the country of Haiti. Igbos are also the leading dna on the Nigerian side, in jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, Dominican republic, mexico,, brazil, etc.

The yorubas hosted many returnees, who in turn, assist other returnees, and also the British at this time, preferred to relate with the returnees more than the locals, remember those were the equivalent of house slave - not field slaves who were mostly the locals, due to language and culture understanding. The yorubas hosted many returnees, not really by choice, but because the British ran things then. During this returnees period, igbos have always fought the colonizers, which made igbos susceptible to slavery. Any igbo caught were enslaved or killed, because they were fighting. The British was the only people that the igbos ended up surrendering to in the early 1900s. That's how christianity started getting in more and more, then the biafran war- really expanded christianity amongst the igbos. THe red cross and all these churches that were feeding people. The igbos didn't utilize war mines then.


Anyway, I think the igbos gave up after so much losses due to technology, but also the breakdown of Africa. Before the oyibos, igbos were giving the arabs and their african foot soldiers, a new look in africa. Impenetrable. No converting. Even when the Europeans came, igbos were not locally colonized until 1902.


Many yorubas, especially the Christian ones, were mostly the Brazilians, Returnee afrobeat europe, and other west Africans. Many igbos also need to realize that some yorubas are us, that flipped to yoruba due to environment. I mean every tribe has small flips, but am talking a little over small.


*disclaimer: these are my opinions, the way I understand them are from various books and research materials I had sought to understand; in the midst of my personal and professional life. Igbos should do some awareness and future direction reflections.

Well you have said this is your personal opinion. If the Igbos were so many as you have posited. How come non of your culture and belief survived like those of the Yorubas till this day?

You should know and accept that the Yoruba culture and language is assimilative. That tells you about the special race called THE YORUBA.

More Yorubas were taken as slaves than most other tribes and are the most valued of all slaves that were taken offshore Africa. Far more expensive than other tribesmen. They are then sought after in the slave market. He get why.

Go and read the exploits of Fashina - the Ijesha man taken as slave to Brazil. Or the son (Ade) of former King of Oyo empire's Millitary prowess in Brazil and how he helped the then emperor to secure the empire against intruders in Brazil. He was well respected and given the same privilege of a prince in Brazil. The Yoruba's great success no be today. The race is special. Even the British confirmed it.

erico2k2:

B4 U insult yourself and exposed your inadiquacy on comprehension, let me school you a little bit, I'm not and igbo man I'm from the deep Niger delta WARRI, All you uneducated lot in the South west of Nigeria from one bush n Ijebu Ode all claim Lagos even Tinibu who was adopted even claim Lagos state so Im not surprised to say the shyte.I have seen educated colleagues in London who think once you aint a Yoruba and don't remotely lok Hausa you are igbo, I must say yah sense of geography, awareness and exposure is worse that those from Niger republic. Go and get educated properly then come back and have a useful conversation!

If you are not Itsehekiri, then I can understand where your bitterness is coming from. I'm positive an Itsekiri man will not talk the way you are talking.

The bitterness against an itshekiri in an indirect grievances against the Yoruba. As we know itshekiri and Yoruba are cousins.

onumadu:
What I find fascinating is the utterances by people who have wined, dined with, and married the igbo, and how they turn around to peddle the most wicked and evil propaganda against Igbo at the most critical times.
Would you believe that this man married an Igbo woman (just like GRV's father and GRV), and had children by her?
But here he is, attacking and vilifying GRV, a product of Yoruba/Igbo marriage.
You see, this is why I am against Yoruba/Igbo marriages. Have always been.
I call it "ibia zelu (or zolu) agbo onye Igbo" (theft of Igbo genes).
Clearly people like FFK HATE Igbo to the core, but he first made sure to steal Igbo genes from an Igbo woman.
Some Igbo will die or lose out on important national entitlements in Nigeria, because one Igbo allowed a man like FFK to marry one of their daughters.
Hate can cut both ways. So, people like FFK should not think that only they can hate.
So, Igbo man, next time a Yoruba man comes asking for your daughters hand in marriage, remember the FFKs of Nigeria first before accepting.
Onye nwelu nti ya nuru.

The great mistake some of your people made are as follow. When a few group said Lagos is a no man's land. Your people could have come out openly to disagree with them and caution them. But nay, many of your people supported that disgraceful comment while majority kept mum. This means, they are either directly or indirectly supporting such demeaning comments.

If the host did not retaliate you will still call them cowards. Now they are protecting their state, you are complaining, forgetting that your act of disrespect started this in the first place. Can an Hausa man go to Anambra and call it a no man's land?

What you people will never take you will want others to embrace it. Your people are the one entrenching tribalism more due to disregard and arrogance to their host community.

This has to stop so we can forge on as a great nation. Otherwise, regionalism would be the best option. You guys have jeopardise the good will the Yorubas have for the Igbos. Some of you, out of ignorance and arrogance, have taking the 'gentility' of a lion (Yoruba) for his weakness.

Be wise.

NB: everyone knows ffk is an Igbo lover. He has defended the igbos even against his own people. However, he has realised that a leopard can never change its skin.

ArcSEMPECJ:


Lols WISDOM of pretence......that's fake life Bro..

Wisdom of pretence, you said?

The wisdom that empowers the race to be able to single handedly determined the fate of the nation at any time? Why do you think the North, fears and respect the Yorubas? The wisdom that makes the part of the country (SW) most progressive, successful and peaceful of all the regions?

Who is deceiving who? Just continue to live in self denial o. All the very best to you, young man.

ArcSEMPECJ:


The 3 million Igbos you just described was a propaganda calculation and this was achieved by Britain, France and other international bodies not Nigeria as of then .....lols....

One tribe that fought with Nigeria, with the aid of Britain , France, Russia on the side of NIGERIA etc but still the war lasted for good 3 years out of the shock of Northern elites....

Pls can you stand up and hail Igbos .......

But I know you will never do so because you are a Yoruba man.....

Lols, ....have you asked yourself why there are many Yoruba Muslims yet there was no jihad war in South West to say that Yoruba race was conquered by Fulanis?

Just the voice of FULANI caliphates alone excluding their ammunition and warfare got your fore fathers pee on their clothes and immediately handed over KWARA STATE to them and till today, KWARA STATE is no longer a YORUBA State.....lols

And you stand to insult IGBO race that fought with NIGERIA and International bodies??

Just the thought of Fulani Jihad war only made your fore fathers and fathers to quene up and sign to be a Muslim just to pretend like they are with the Fulani caliphates even when no one is chasing them...

The same fate of fear has also made TINUBU to run away from Southern brothers to form alliance with the same Fulani Northern Nigeria....

Honestly, if I happen to be a Yoruba man, I will forever Duff my cap for IGBOS.....

I will rather change nationality than try to Insult Igbos ....

Doff a cap over an act of foolishness?

Nope, a typical Yoruba man is way more wiser than your assertion.