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You are not a Catholic. If you were, you wouldn't be posting this kind of question, which seems to call for ridicule on the practice.

Every Catholic has the answer to that question by Holy Communion stage.

Vinnie2000:
After my Fasting (As a Catholic) ends by 6pm, I have already programmed a good Delicious Egusi soup and Eba.

But I Just remembered I used Meat to cook the Soup.

Does that mean I will use Money again to Buy Fish or Boiled Eggs?

IS EATING MEAT ON GOOD FRIDAY UNCHRISTIANLY?

Drop ur Comments.

Nplfmod.

You would be amazed to know that the richest people in the world, the real richest , are not in any list at all

Alexis11:
Ignore the noisemakers.

There are many people of other ethnic groups that don't make noise about their wealth.

Yorubas dominate the top 10 richest Nigerians (Forbes list) but you don't see them making noise about it.

One thing we are all missing out is, How would h dal with the resentment he feels everytime he remembered how his wife treated his mum?

If his MIL comes into the house, there would be inconveniences due to her age and health, naturally.

It requires both parties to be in agreement to overlook such inconveniences.

But in this case, he would feel deep resentment almost on a daily basis whenever the slightest inconvenience from his MIL happens, which it surely would, and this would certainly threaten the home.

So I recommend he has a discussion with his wife and ask his MIL yo be catered for by the other siblings while he and his wife support financially and MIL can have short visits

Looks more like a crow than an Eagle.

An Eaglle will take out that python real quick

yuzjet:
33)Imagine Waking up to This Scene

We're not sure how that snake just managed to bag himself an eagle for lunch, but he sure did. We've got to hand it to nature at large and this snake in particular - the animals populating the animal kingdom can get really crafty sometimes. Like, if we were to tell you to hunt down an eagle, you probably wouldn't even know where to begin. Not this snake, though.

He would know exactly what to do. When it comes to hunting down eagles for lunch, this guy's a seasoned veteran. This is definitely one snake you wouldn't want to mess with.

They have signed the petition in the SE with their votes

GeneralPula:
17,999 are Igbos. They’re petition signers. But you won’t see them signing petition as per how SE can grow bigger economically..

They've signed same petition regarding Wike & their was no end point..

I guess it's Oluomo's turn

They did not raise petitions against their bad leaders in the East.

They vote them out. And come the new dispensiatons, bad leaders will answer to thee work.

Perhaps you should learn so too

Diligent1:
I can now see clearly that the igbos are so pained that they did not take over Lagos State.
These petitions you people are raising left and right will have results in future.
You did not raised petitions against your bad leaders in the East, but you are raising petitions against your hosts, I pity you people.
Hypocrites

One day, you may be driving down the street with your family, and thugs who want to rob you of your valuables will accost you, harm you and members of your family, just near a police check point and they would go Scott free.

You would be angry that you were not protected by the police and the thugs wemt unaccosted, and when you complain, you would be told to go to court if you are aggrieved.

theophorus:
You may disagree but then He may be right.
Anyone who is not satisfied should just go to court and presents his/her grievances.

Anyone who is interested in protest, should organise it but if you dare destroy public infrastructures ehn, Na wotowoto you go collect ooo.

He has. Get ready to defend your points

Dentidon:
Atiku should stop disturbing us with noise. Go to court

Competence and merit trumps quita systems brother. SE People work hard and compete. You should emulate that

PlayerMeji:
You dey mind the most TRIBALISTIC clan on earth...?

Yet, they will claim other tribes are the ones...

Imagine, I have never seen another tribe apart from their tribe in any nollywood movie...
Yet, ordinary movies don in Okitipupa, you will be reading the endings only to see Uchenna Ikenna as Oluwafemi... nobody complains about it.

Just imagine this ongoing BIGBROTHER how many ibo people are in the house yet nobody complained about it... had it been another tribe.. you would have heard about how they have been marginalized since the Prehistoric Era.

Ebubu, Kanaga, Miracle, Jenni O, Olivia (claims Lagos but she is from the East)...

If you say such a thing in Igbo land, they will just laugh at you and move along. Because they know that it's not by mouth.

GeneralPula:
Yes o..

If any Yoruba in Anambra call Anambra a No Man’s land or Dey enforce Anambra people to vote Adeyemi, make una deal with ham. Such person nah trespasser..

Avoiding future references and proof of tribalism?

The dots are already connected bro

Seun:
Dear Igbo People,

I sincerely apologize for allowing a toxic political banner advert which said, "Lagos can never be run from Anambra; go and vote" to run on Nairaland for several hours on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

The mischievously worded banner advert appears to have been part of an ethnically divisive political campaign aimed at securing Lagos State for the ruling party by instilling fear in Yoruba people, making them believe that Igbo people intended to "take over" Lagos State.

Such ethnically divisive political campaigns have no place in a forward-thinking democracy, and for this reason, the ad should have been taken down instantly. No harm was intended, but my lack of forethought about the ethics of that type of advert led to a disappointing outcome.

We should have had a clear policy against accepting negative and ethnically divisive ads on Nairaland, we should have communicated it to all advertisers, and we should have taken down any advert that violated that policy instantly. This will all be in place before the next election.

We made almost N16,000 from the ad. We will double it and donate it to victims of political violence in Lagos.

Please, do NOT give up on Nigeria. The times are challenging, but TOGETHER, we will overcome.

Sincerely,
Seun Osewa.

Why didn't he keep his joke private with his so-called mama chukwudi?

Why spread it in public in the throes of his agberoism? And in the context of intimidation?

You guys are just unbelievable

Dindondin:
It be like say them go postpone Lagos own.

Thought he has come out to debunk it and showed who he's referring to.
What's wrong with people like you?

So do the other tribes in Lagos.

You see how you have answered your own question?

topsyking:
Do you know that those people you calling Lebanese actually carries the same passport as you do.. nigerian pass.
So stfu

If it is not his job, then why the tudh to do something that is not your job 8 days to election and then come out to parade it?

muhammaduyusufu:
I don't like the guy but he does this regularly.

Back in 2017, he donated two 500KVA transformers. Donated in 2018.
Donated four 500kva in 2022.

You guys should cool down with your propaganda. That's how you guys lied about Lagos state pension.

Plus this is a gesture of goodwill. The job of a lawmaker is not to dash communities transformers. That's the job of electrical distribution companies - the companies that send you electric bills.

You are assuming the person is not a resident of Lagos who pays his taxes and has a say in the governance of his council.

If you lived in Abia, you would have to partake in the governance of the state. Its as simple as that

spagettiluv:
thank you for your concern when it comes to good governance in SW
I think SE need credible governors this time,it seems you guys are not tired watching your mother drink kerosene daily basis.

You carry Lagos matter for head while you drag yours for floor
If you have put more pressure on abia,you won’t have governors giving your mother 500# after given birth to w0rthless child

Lies! Lies! Lies!

Propaganda to stir tension.

Nigerians should learn that honorable act of resigning their position once a situation in their job contravenes their personal beliefs! And do so while it is happening and not after its all gone.

Simple!

If you are tasked with free and fair elections and you see that it is going against the fair work you signed up for, you should resign immediately.

If you let it go bad under your leadership then you should be held responsible for the outcomes.

That's why oyibo show more integrity than us nowadays.

The hypocrisy of all this talk about Igbo and other tribes "taking over Lagos" is just pathetic.

Because Lagos strives to be cosmopolitan in nature, its political system would have to be cosmopolitan. This is fact and people have to accept it. You can never have a cosmopolitan city led by traditional/cultural authorities.

Look at New York and London UK, there is no indigenous leadership control issues here but competence-based leadership regardless of your origin. That's why we all flock there.

Lagos is what it is today based on 2 reasons:

1. Former Nigerian Federal capital and historically attracted huge investments and migration as a result.

2. IGR due to this migration majorly paid by the migrants (very small contribution by the indigenes)

Now you can't have a cosmopolitan city whose economy is driven by locals' taxes and reject their contribution to the leadership of that city. You can't eat your cake and have it.

Let me make a few points clear.

1. Lagos is Yoruba land. Its not Igbo or Hausa land. Benin people pose an argument but that's between them and Yorubas.

2. The traditional Yoruba culture is an important part of Lagos but should not be misconstrued that it supercedes the cosmopolitan nature of Lagos in driving the state to success. This is where people are getting it wrong.

3. The tax generated in any city is a requisite for its citizens to partake in the leadership of that city - key requirement for a modern city.

So don't be deluded. Lagos IGR is majorly contributed by migrants to the state and by Nigerian law, if you pay tax over a period in a state as a resident, are born and registered in the state then you are an indigene of that state.

So, ler Lagosians (Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa Efik, Ibibio etc) go our and vote their choice. All this Igbo this and that for this election is just hypocrisy and bitterness.

Ekiti, Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Osun are far less cosmopolitan than Lagos, so you would expect different results there. People should stop being tribalistic

Inflammatory post from a poor soul looking to stoke ethnic divisions.

Don't listen to such lies

Pay no heed to this guy and others trying to dissuade people from querying a very questionable and controversial electoral result.

This is just psychological warfare to stop people from pursuing their rights to free and fair elections.

Since 2015 that we had faced our lives, what was the result? Negative results on all indices of growth and progress.

These kind of people (Deji Adeyanju) are the enemies of a progressive Nigeria.

You don't even understand, due to tribalism.

What is being fought for is, free and fair elections without intimidation and violence and rigging.

Many Igbo people were doing Obi for President and Sanwo for Governor.

Throwback:
These ones think because woke Yorubas voted for Peter Obi for Presidency, the same woke Yorubas want to have their state in opposition to a President that is from the state.

Igbos think Yorubas are mumu.

You will learn lesson next week Saturday.

Same Labour Party will not even smell 300K votes.

Where are the cows?

Rerun.

Only way to change it is to ammend the constitution as regards this section.

But as far as that law is exists, that's what it is.

ElSudani:
So what happens if I win in all the states in the federation and failed to win 25% in Abuja. But you are my opponent and you won 80% of the votes in the FCT?

No. That's not what the law says.

This is explicit. The word AND has an explicit meaning in that sentence.

There is no ambiguity on what it means. Let's not let conspirators twist the English language

ElSudani:
What the law says basically is that, for example if you score 25% of 23 states and also in the FCT you also have 25% then you have met the constitutional requirement. Also if you score 25% in 24 other states it doesn't matter whether or not you have 25% in the FCT, you have also met the requirements.
The FCT would only count as a state for the purpose of the election.

There is no ambiguity here. Its simple English. You need to meet 3 requirements to become Nigerian President Elect on the first ballot:

1. Majority votes nationwide
2. 25% in 24 states
3. 25% in FCT

E.g. To pass GRE, you need to score 310 and above (here meaning majority votes) with 160 in Verbal reasoning (25% in 24 states) AND quantitative reasoning (25% in FCT)

It means you must score 310, then 160 minimum in the subjects mentioned. If you score 200 in verbal and 120 in quantitative, and vice versa, you have failed.

There is no ambiguity here. Its simple English. You need to meet 3 requirements to become Nigerian President Elect on the first ballot:

1. Majority votes nationwide
2. 25% in 24 states
3. 25% in FCT

E.g. To pass GRE, you need to score 310 and above (here meaning majority votes) with 160 in Verbal reasoning (25% in 24 states) AND quantitative reasoning (25% in FCT)

It means you must score 310, then 160 minimum in the subjects mentioned. If you score 200 in verbal and 120 in quantitative, you have failed.

That's the benefit of being a Cosmopolitan city built by them through investments and taxes.

Why do you think Ekiti people don't say what you are saying?
You can't eat your cake and have it. If you want to be a cosmopolitan city like New York or London, then your old cultural roots would not be dictating the direction of the city, rather the new thinking innovative people will

Yamiriflathead:


You can imagine immigrants coming to your place to yab u like this.
Yoruba pple fall hand Sha
Tueh!!

Eniola Badmus must be made SA to Tinubu for all what she has suffered so far

You are getting it wrong like most people in Lagos are.

Lagos is a Yoruba state based on historical culture, however, it is a former Federal capital and is therefore a cosmopolis.

Now, the impact of the cosmopolitan nature of Lagos
on its economy far outweighs its cultural impact.
Being Federal Capital made Lagos to benefit massively from huge infrastructural developments and massive investments.

Lagos is what it is today, by virtue of its position as former Federal Capital and its coastal nature together, that has brought in people from different walks of life.

These people, have brought in their wealth, networks and experience, and together with the few locals built it up, making it the economic capital of West Africa.

No one is denying its Yoruba roots at all, that would be ridiculous, but based on economy, while the culture is respected, the multiple peoples and cultures make increasing impacts year in year out.
Bear in mind that most of the Yorubas in power in Lagos today and not originally from there, and so though Yoruba, they are also a sub-set of the non-indigenes.

It is hypocrisy to say Igbos and other cultures should be discriminated against in Lagos while hoping to make Lagos a Cosmopolitan city like London. It is the taxes and investments of foreigners that is driving the IGR of the city.

Many people arguing against other cultures in Lagos want Lagos to be like London whose mayor is not originally English but are screaming for other people taking positions in Lagos.
You can't eat your cake and have it. Remove or restrict the other cultures and watch the city go down. It's as simple as that.

For those arguing that the southeast is not accepting of other cultures, ask yourselves how many other cultures live there? This is because of 2 things; low federal investment in the SE and fewer people coming there as a result plus their inability to compete there.

So let's understand why election results can vary in Lagos but not in Ekiti. Let's not pretend to not know these.

CoolAmbience:
Senseless post!

Obi won Lagos, which to any sensible Nigerian, underscores the credibility of the process, to a very large extent, yet you are whining.

Can Tinubu win any state in the Southeast? No.

This shows the political sophistication of the Southwest region.

If we talk about politics of nepotism, then it is headquartered here in the Southeast.

When he waa protesting against GEJ, he wasn't distracted right?

When the morning cry lady of his church was killed in Abuja, he didn't even do anything to deter such actions.

Abeg leave this baba

Ttalk:
Thank you jare Baba Adeboye those children of hate wanted to drag you into politics, they want you to anoint their failure Peter Obi, and turn you to another Fr Mbaka of the South West so they can malign and abuse you, but thank God you are wiser than them

Plus the 2nd Niger Bridge will be tolled.

Biggeststar01:
1- BS
2- n power that has benefited the poor masses in what way?
3- 2 Niger bridge that who asked for? After excluding that while region from Nigeria economic benefits, they later found out that the region has natural gas and they build Niger bridge as a bribe or what?
4- good kini? Ori yen sare!!
5- census that confirmed that Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world? Una mumu too much


Enjoy your suffering, I no dey Nigeria and I won't be helping you suffer your suffer

But Tinunu is not from Lagos naa!

How did it become Lagos of Tinubu and not equally of you, and I and Peter ?

Xxxxtentacion2:
you people keep proving to me that APC supporters dey smoke...
The amount of thread una don create against peter obi today alone go reach 200

True, true my brother. He WILL WON.

PsTar2021:
Tinubu will won