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Foreign AffairsRe: Trump Threatens To Cancel Midterm Elections by iOYEN: 9:07pm On Apr 01
You have a point but the issue here is the channel Trump chooses to take.
He could have incite his party member to sponsor the bill mandating compulsory id card for voter. Which is the normal thing to do instead of show of power.

timota:
Why are people so bias against Trump,so u all want non citizens to be voting in us elections,so that illegal immigrants and terrorist will vote against the good people of united states'.
I stand with Trump on this one, operation show ur ID before voting
Foreign AffairsRe: I Will Have The Honor Of Taking Cuba, I'll Do Anything With It - Trump (Video) by iOYEN: 9:16am On Mar 17
They should forgo their heritage, history and sovereignty.
the right question to ask is if Cuba is not viable, and valuable why would the US be interested in it?

ZUBY77:
If I were Cuba, I will sign an agreement with the United States and become one of the states.

First Cuba will start using US Dollars without the need to print it's own currency and waste money.
Secondly the greater United States economy will seamlessly cover Cuba after a few months of proper integration.

This sovereignty grandstanding is not favoring Cuba especially when the bigger population is not living as they should. Nothing stops Cuba from developing like Florida.
Foreign AffairsRe: China Resumes Military Flights Around Taiwan After Sudden 10-day Hiatus by iOYEN: 8:38pm On Mar 15
When Iran - US war started and US started pulling resources from Asia, I said it that china can use this opportunity to take over Taiwan.

Let wait and see how things turn out

FreeStuffsNG:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-resumes-military-flights-around-taiwan-after-sudden-10-day-hiatus/ar-AA1YEz6w
CrimeRe: A Nairalander's Experience With One Chance Robbers by iOYEN: 8:23pm On Mar 15
Sorry to hear about your loss, may the Lord restore back to you in multiple folds all that is taken from you.

I am interesting in how OPay/easy money transfer the loan to the number they transfer money to from your account.

What do you tell them? What do you present as evidence? And what questions do they ask before doing that?


maclatunji:
Ok, private vehicles are best avoided. We thank God on your behalf.
BusinessRe: Dangote Refinery Raises Petrol Price To N1,175/litre As Crude Spikes by iOYEN: 7:25am On Mar 14
The right question is ‘has he started buying crude oil at the new $100 per barrel price’.

Why is it that immediate oil price raises in the international market he increases his price and not wait to exhaust the old stock.

CuteTj:
Add what you want to add... The addition is brought about by oil price in on in the international market and definitely not his fault. There is nothing any government can do except they go back to subsidy era and no government onward will do that.
Where I am, the prices rise daily and today seems to be the most expensive I have witnessed. I barely have fuel in my car and the thought of buying at these prices is giving me headache.
BusinessRe: Automated AML Systems: Banks, Fintechs Face New CBN Deadline by iOYEN: 4:28pm On Mar 11
Is CBN just there to make policy?
Can't they design the system and release it to the bank to implement into their platforms?
The same question I asked when Nigerian banks moved their core banking system from foreign countries to an indigenous service provider because of the high dollar rate. Can't CBN come in and provide this service?

If CNB is providing majority of these services, for me I think it will be easy for them to implement their law and rules.
Christianity EtcRe: Division: Conservative Anglicans To Meet In Nigeria To Choose A Leader by iOYEN: 7:36pm On Mar 05
Yesterday when I saw this post, I was disappointed because the article is incorrect and they are putting word in their mouth by claiming GAFCON wanted to elect their primus inter pares (first amongst equals) to rival Canterbury.
Below is the press release of the direction GAFCON chooses to tread.


A COUNCIL TO LEAD THE COMMUNION.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

As we develop new structures for the Global Anglican Communion, the Gafcon Primates have dissolved the Gafcon Primates Council, which has faithfully led and served the Gafcon movement since 2008.

In a world where most organizations and individuals are concerned about keeping power and authority, the Gafcon Primates Council has made an unprecedented decision to share its stewardship of the Global Anglican Communion by creating the Global Anglican Council which includes primates, advisors, and guarantors, which will include bishops, clergy, and lay members each with full voting privileges.

This expanded Council reflects the willingness of the Primates to share their authority with a wider group of global Anglican leaders, both lay and clergy. While the Chairman of the Council will be a Primate, he will not be primus inter pares (first amongst equals).

Believing that the current Instruments of Communion no longer meet the needs of the majority of Anglicans around the world, the Global Anglican Communion is to be led by a conciliar structure. The Global Anglican Council has discerned that if we are to move past old structures, we must leave behind old titles as well.

I am also pleased to announce that Archbishop Laurent Mbanda was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Global Anglican Council, likewise Archbishop Miguel Uchoa was unanimously elected as Vice- Chairman and myself, Bishop Paul Donison, as General Secretary. Our terms will conclude at the end of GAFCON V in Athens in 2028.

Furthermore, the Council determined that Primates who retire from their Provincial office between GAFCON Assemblies may remain on the Council until the conclusion of the next GAFCON Assembly.

Today is a historic day for the Global Anglican Communion.

Indeed, the future has arrived!

Yours in Christ,
The Rt Revd Paul Donison
Gafcon General Secretary
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Christianity EtcRe: Christians Observing Lent Don't Fast On Sundays by iOYEN: 9:50pm On Feb 19
No all Christians, some fast on Sundays. Even Orthodox Churches
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Has Capacity For Real-Time E-transmission – TELCOs by iOYEN: 8:34pm On Feb 17
Concerning bank network, they are using satellite Internet Service Provider, that is why there is always satellite dish in their vicinity.
For those places you cant make phone I. Any say much may be you can give us the name of those town so that we can confirm mobile network coverage in those areas.

Christmyhope post 138500106: I want the National Assembly to invite the head of telcos to come and make clarification on possibility of ensuring real-time transmission of results. I don't know how possible this can be in Nigeria because there are many times I have gone to bank to withdraw but I was disappointed that I couldn't make transactions because there was no network, here in Lagos state. And I have gone to some places in Ondo, ekiti, osun and Edo, where I could not make phone calls for several days. How is real time transmission possible in that areas?
Christianity EtcRe: The Parable Of The Unforgiving Servant: An Insight by iOYEN: 1:12pm On Jan 25
If you look at the scripture you quoted the story very well, the master was not angry with him because he refuse to clear the man’s debt but because he refused to show mercy like he has been shown mercy.
He could has shown mercy and let his debtor go to pay later, make plan for little return on a weekly or monthly basic like you suggested but he trow the man into the prison, that was what angered the master, that you beg me i forgive you and now your dad tor begged you and you refused to show mercy.

Reverseng:
An eye for an eye would make the world go blind, the same way as an equal return of the kindness you received, at your expense.

What do I mean by this?

You owe someone #100,000, and your creditor was kind enough to forgive your debt.

But does that mean that you should also equally wipe the debt of someone else owing you #100,000?

Remember, you know your financial situation better. Doing an act of kindness that makes you grudge or regret later only taints your act of kindness.

In this case, you could permit your debtor a flexible payment plan, so that instead of paying you the #100,000 at once, they could pay in instalments.

In this manner, you've also shown someone an act of kindness, same way you received. You have passed the light forward, but in a way that keeps your own lamp burning.
Christianity EtcRe: How Do I Show Gratitude To God In The Year 2026? by iOYEN: 2:19pm On Jan 11
You can show gratitude to God by

1. Prayer and Thanksgiving: through prayer of thanksgiving for what Hw has done. Philippians 4:6-7 states, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." This verse emphasizes the importance of including thanksgiving in our prayers.

2. Worship: Worship is an another profound way to show gratitude. Psalm 100:4 says, "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name." Worshiping God in song, through music, is a way to honor Him and express thankfulness.

3. Sharing Testimonies: Sharing what God has done in your life can inspire others and glorify God. Psalm 105:1 encourages us, "Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done." This act of sharing can strengthen the faith of others and spread gratitude.

4. Like you posted we can show gratitude to Hod also be helping those in need, serving other etc

When you do the first 3 above you are showing gratitude directly to God

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Emmy000seun:
Hmmm..you can't show gratitude to God because He has everything in abundance...but every individual you see on earth are created in God's image..so automatically if you are good to man kind, you help people you are very sure of, that need help,..not like you do to only woman and abandon your fellow men and you claim you help..help is what you do to people and you don't expect anything in return..doing so you already show gratitude and also open more door..mind you givers never lack..but gift right..most especially kids in need..not a grown up man without any disability choose begging as a career
PoliticsRe: FG Bans Cash Payments To MDAs, Orders Installation Of POS Terminals by iOYEN: 11:15am On Dec 09, 2025
I commend this bold step, but it has its loopholes.
I have seen where people bring in their personal POS Terminal and receive payment made for the organization into their personal biz account.
I pray they will be able to monitor properly and not think bringing in POS Terminal alone will solve the problem


Max24:
This will reduce corruption within the MDSs. Lagos has implemented these a long time. This is an example of how to fight corruption instead of using EFCC running after everybody. Adv advantage of having a first class accountant as the president. Tinubus govt is effectively blocking all leakages. He said he would reduce corruption and is doing it now using technology - best and most effective way to fight corruption in the 21st century. It's not by making noise up and down. It's not by body language, it is a cognitive strategy.
PoliticsRe: Fayose: I Felt Like Hitting Obasanjo With Microphone At My Birthday Party by iOYEN: 10:26pm On Nov 27, 2025
You need to calm down and read my second paragraph very well.

Well if someone has been having abortion all her life, it’s not out of order to advise her that the reason she is barren.

I don’t listen to what Obasanjo said, but I insist if what he said paint a true picture of whom Fayose is, he (fayose) need to think about those word and change his ways and not attack the old man.

Obasanjo presentation may not be appropriate but as long those word are true, Fayose need to change.


aribisala0:
So it is okay to go to a woman's 70th birthday and start counting how many abortions she did in her life? Telling her that is why she has no children? And you say it is true picture

It is obvious you lack emotional intelligence
This is not about right or wrong


If you have not listened to what he said do so

It is only people with autism that fail to understand nuance and spew the garbage you are doing

No human being is perfect. There is something that can be used to criticise everyone
obasanjo insulted Fayose and even threw barbs at his wife talking for an inordinately long period of time

At his age that is likely the last time they will meet and he could have struck a more balanced tone

There is a time and place for everything
Has Obasanjo not been accused of sleeping with his son's wife?

Has anyone ever insulted him at a birthday with that?
PoliticsRe: Fayose: I Felt Like Hitting Obasanjo With Microphone At My Birthday Party by iOYEN: 2:33pm On Nov 25, 2025
One of the things we usually do, particularly at birthdays, burials, or other celebrations, is we usually blow the trumpet of the goods the celebrant has done, or how good he/she is. But we never call their attention to areas they may need to work upon or improve.
I am not justifying what Baba Obasanjo did, but in order to know if what Obasanjo did was right or wrong, we need to look at his speech and consider if those words paint a true picture of Fayose or not.
Obasanjo at his age, I believe his trying to make heaven and call a spade a spade.
CrimeRe: Mentally Unstable Man Snatches Soldier's Gun, Kills Him At Lagos Checkpoint by iOYEN: 12:07pm On Nov 18, 2025
This story gets k-leg.
I believed the gun should be in safety position, meaning if you shoot (pull the trigger) it will not shoot. What I don't get is how a madman overpowers a soldier, unlocks the gun from safe position, and opens fire on him.
Christianity EtcRe: Hallelujah Challenge 2025 Hits 1.2M Views On ‘dress Your Miracle’ Night! by iOYEN: 12:12pm On Oct 24, 2025
The Page was not monetized, go and verify

Peliman:
Steady cashout for Nathaniel Bassey check social blade and see average of how much he made on the views and earnings.
PoliticsRe: $25 Bilion Nigeria-Morocco Gas Project Company Officially Established by iOYEN: 8:06pm On Oct 02, 2025
funshint:
Nigeria cannot utilize it's gas resources to provide stable electricity and gas self-sufficiency for her people but can readily spend billions just to siphon it to Europe. Nigerian leaders are unbelievable!
The same thing with electricity we export to west Africa countries and they enjoy uninterrupted power supply why we enjoy epilepsy power supply
PoliticsRe: People Have Started Leaving Their Homes In Oke-ode For Safety Elsewhere In Kwara by iOYEN: 9:33am On Sep 30, 2025
Maybe to vindicate the government or not, his post is also a wake-up call to the government about its responsibilities. They are covering these acts and threatening reporters not to report those incidents in the state.
Also, this serves as information to know where it is safe in the state to visit and where it is not safe.
Let us forget about politicking and focus on making our state and nation work.
God bless.

helinues:
This op has dedicated his time to be posting about the unrest in Kwara state, not that he cares about the Kwara people but the unrest in the state is a vindication for anything to undermine this government.
RomanceRe: I Am Tired Of Patronising Prostitutes, I Need Help. by iOYEN: 1:20pm On Sep 27, 2025
You challenge is both spiritual and physical and to be liberty over or, you might give the both battle.

It is spiritual because
Sexual sin is not just physical; it’s spiritual (1 Cor. 6:18-20).
Satan uses sex as a yoke to enslave, but Christ sets us free (Gal. 5:1).

Way out
1. Confess your sins and give you life to Christ.
2. Engage Prayer & Fasting for deliverance from this act
3. Don’t fight secretly. Share your struggle with a trusted mentor, pastor, or accountability partner that will monitor you and help you when the though come to your mind (James 5:16).

Physical Strategies
1. Avoid triggers & access points by not going near the environment (brothels), block porn sites, movies, images, or social media accounts that fuel the lust.
3. Replace the habit with new activities (Idleness fuels temptation). You may replace it with sport etc
4. Seek the help of counselors
Foreign AffairsRe: "Russia Is In Big Economic Trouble, This Is The Time To Act" - Trump by iOYEN: 8:41pm On Sep 24, 2025
This is more of the reason I don’t believe trump. If truly Russia is in trouble they would have agreed to the peace deal long ago.

Jostoman:
trump is really trying to settle the war but Putin continue frustrating trump effort by continue numbing Ukraine.
FamilyRe: Do Not Prioritize Your Wife Above Your Siblings, She Is An Outsider: Lawyer Says by iOYEN: 8:11pm On Sep 16, 2025
How on earth will you call somebody who gave birth to your children an outsider?
Tolling this path is tantamount to preparing the suffering your children will experience after your demise.
In some tribe the wife you didn’t even treat as an outsider they chase out, talk less of the one treated as an outsider.
PoliticsRe: DSS Files Criminal Charges Against Sowore At High Court Over Tinubu by iOYEN: 1:18pm On Sep 16, 2025
I am not a lawyer and am not sure how this work.
But in Sowore's response letter to the DSS he made some arguments backed up with court cases that mean only Tinubu himself can charge him to court for defamation.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu’s Presidential Dissociative Disorder - Farooq Kperogi by iOYEN: 12:10pm On Sep 13, 2025
He actually dispute what president Tinubu said by saying is he disconnected from reality , and wrote that some news outlet has also fact-checked it to be lie.

Only that he focused on being disconnected from reality. I live this word he used “cloud-cuckoo-land”
helinues:
So Farooq wrote this long epistle without disputing what president Tinubu said.

This man is becoming boring daily
PropertiesRe: Me And My Missing Tenant by iOYEN: 7:07pm On Sep 12, 2025
Don't break the door oooo, you should go to the court and get a proper document. Infact, they will follow from the court to break the door and go away with his properties.
Imagine breaking down his door, packing out his properties, and he later shows up that he has properties more valuable than that or money, gold inside the house. Who will be your witness that you didn't take it?

Akinfenwamight:
try to break his door,pack his load outside and see what happened grin

They're trying to set you up

Follow legal ways sha

Mynd44 Dominique nlfpmod move to FrontPage please
FoodRe: Hilda Baci Kicks Off Guinness World Record Attempt For Largest Jollof Rice Pot by iOYEN: 5:53pm On Sep 12, 2025
To those asking what will happen to the food, one of the ideas behind this is also to feed the people.
Looking at this setup, how are they planning to stir the rice inside this big pot, and what type of cooker are they planning to use? (gas?, electric fitted to the pot?)
CrimeRe: Agbero Lynched After Causing Accident At Mabushi Bridge Abuja (video) by iOYEN: 5:03pm On Sep 04, 2025
We must start thinking creatively to provide solutions instead of contributing to the existing challenges. YES, they have done a bad thing, lives are lost, BUT will killing them BRING BACK THE DEAD? , Will it solve the issue?, Will it stop future offenders? Will killing them feed the aged parent/relative left behind?

If the answers to these questions are NO, then we need to approach things differently.

Another bone of contention is are the people killed the real culprits?
CrimeRe: Bandits Continue Assault On Kwara Communities, Kill Worshipper/attacking Mosque by iOYEN:
The state government and the security forces need to step up their game, things are getting out of hand.
HealthRe: Burkina Faso Says No To Bill Gates’ Plan Of Modified Species Of Mosquitoes by iOYEN: 8:06pm On Aug 30, 2025
Given the recent report that COVID 19 vaccine caused cancer/linked with cancer, I think it’s appropriate the step they have took, also why make African a testing ground.
Also, I have read about something like this before in China and I think it’s a success.
Here is the link for the china experiment
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008338/millions-of-lab-grown-mosquitoes-are-being-released-in-guangzhou

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/19/health/gmo-mosquitoes-approved-florida-scn-wellness
BusinessRe: USSD: How Nigerians Are Losing Money To Failed Bank Transactions by iOYEN: 1:48pm On Aug 28, 2025
My android phone had issue sometime ago and I can’t access the OPay app, so I decided to make use of ussd, used it between 10 to 15 times for just 3 transactions and I was glad they were not showing do you agree to this charge or showing ussd charges throughout the sessions. My bubble was busted when I was able to log into OPay app they deducted money for each of the sessions and I was surprised. Can’t remember the amount but it is lower compared to zenith bank that I do use also.
PoliticsRe: Local Production: Rice Mills Collapsing by iOYEN: 10:15am On Aug 23, 2025
In as much as I feel their pain. It is still a mystery to me that with all the support and loans the former president gave them, local rice still cost more than imported rice. I think that is why the current president opened the border.
I think by now we should have seen the type of reformation, and price war seen in the petrol production. See how Dangote, importers and NNPC are competing and reducing their prices.
But the case of local rice producers is different, their price is only going up and not coming down.
CultureRe: Revoke Okanlomo Chieftaincy Battle Within 48 Hours - Alaafin Replies Ooni Of Ife by iOYEN: 9:52am On Aug 19, 2025
Alaafin & his Media Aide Warning!

By Elu Omo Elu

Whoever should be appointed to write for a palace like that of Alaafin should be someone with deep sense of wisdom and knowledge. That warning piece by whoever writes it as Bode Durojaiye is not only embarrassing but also unimaginable with those disparaging words used. Yorùbá will say pẹlẹ lakọ o labo.

This year will make it the 10th year of Ooni Ogunwusi on the throne and there has never been anytime, the king or the media arm of Ooni disrespect the institution of Alaafin, either in writings, in discussions or interviews. Never!

Ooni Ogunwusi and Late Alaafin Adeyemi have never had cause to exchange words on anything, not even on Yoruba. They never did, as I can recollect. Not on superiority, not on titles, and not even in relationships. Ooni seek and earned that love.

Similarly, Ifẹ and the people have always shown love to the Ọyọs but the same, has never been reciprocated.

When Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi became a king in 2015, he paid homage to Alaafin in Ọyọ in an historic event, as a mark of respect to someone who is already on the throne before him, but for every hands of love, it is always one day of cry, another day of anger and one wonders if this is an agenda to draw the so called Yoruba land into pre colonial days ethnical banditry as warmongers. It's sad.

On the recent unfounded noise of one title, it is a known fact that Ooni's Chieftaincy title to anyone for years as far back as 1980s bears Ifẹ in it. Ifẹ is such an historical place to many YORUBAs and with sense of pride, it's nothing to hide and replace for Yoruba land.

In many cases, it's many towns that trace their root to Ifẹ, and this is a role Ifẹ has always served. The root, the source, the cradle and custodian. Even the history of Ọyọ and the those who came from Ọyọ can not be completed without mentioning Ifẹ.

There will never be an Ọyọ town without someone coming from Ile-Ife to settle in Ọyọ. Pick any history book of Ọyọ today, you will see Ile-Ife ancestry there. This is the same ties many Yoruba towns have with Ifẹ. The Ijesha, the Ekitis, the Ìgbómìnàs, the Akokos, the Okuns, to the Itshekiris and lots of many sub ethnic groups who have historical connections to Ifẹ. This is to show the Ifẹ place in what they call Yorùbá land today and the common heritage we share and why the name Ifẹ can not be subdued for any YORUBAland. Ifẹ is enough.

Notable title holders like Chief Obafemi Awolowo, his wife HID, and many politicians that Ooni Sijuade gave titles to in 2004 including Atiku, Gov Odili all either have Ifẹ or the Source in it. You have titles like Odole of Ifẹ, Baamofin of the Source, Yeyeluwa Oodua etc.

The biggest title that the present Ooni Ọba Adeyeye has given anyone in the last 10yrs is the Odole of Ife to Chief Kessington Adebutu and it has nothing like Yorubaland in it.

The latest title as announced by the man to be conferred, Dotun Sanusi shows clearly Okanlomo Odua. The man Jubril Dotun Sanusi wrote that clearly on his Facebook account 12hrs ago, only for Bode Durojaiye to rush to his page 6hrs after and start warning on behalf of the king with lies of "Yorubaland" usage. Anyone can search these posts which I will put in comment box.

I wonder if Mr Bode hates the man Jubril Sanusi or he just want to create attention, tension and use that opportunity to attack Ooni. This is also sad.

On the said publication, I have seen many people calling Ifes bad names and I wonder how someone will sit in his house quietly looking for what to eat and survive and some people somewhere in this age and time will mischievously be insulting others for mundane power arrogance. This is also disturbing.

I want to believe that Alaafin Owoade has no hand in this, because some of us have respected him since he emerged and accorded him the respect he deserves. I will be utterly disappointed if he does, because a good leader don't allow such.

Nigeria and today's YORUBA society is governed by Law and State governors appoint leaders of each community as guided by Law. OSUN State installed Ooni over Ifẹ people. And Ọyọ state installed Alaafin over his Ọyọ domain.

Everyone can call himself what he likes, it's allowed but no one should use their office to cause mayhem in the society with sensational posts capable of disrupting the peace and tranquility we currently enjoy. We expect everyone to man their post, and bring development to their people in their own little capacity. This is the Yoruba will look forward to.

As we await the 48hrs expiring date of the so called warning on nothing, and while Ooni always continue to look away as always - I hope people are keeping records of events.

Tomorrow is always another day.

©Elu Ọmọ Elu
PhonesRe: Difference Between Samsung Made In South Korea & Samsung Made In Other Countries by iOYEN: 12:01pm On Jul 24, 2025
1Alex:
I started using Samsung since 2011. I used note1 from 2011 to 2013, note 3 2013 to 2018(without screen protector but still no single scratch on screen in 2018, I had to change it because it was getting very old.)

then I bought Google pixel 3xl 2018 to 2020, after just one drop, the screen smashed.

I bought pixel 3a xl in 2020, again the screen smashed in 2021, I went back to Samsung, bought galaxy note 9, it got stolen after one month.

I went back and repaired the pixel 3xl, used it from 2021 to 2023,the screen spoilt again,

I bought galaxy note 10 plus. From 2023 till now. That's what I'm making this post with.

Among all the Samsung, none had a single fault whatsoever, even on the screen.
Yes, Samsung screens are durable, but the replacements don't hold up. You pay over half the price of the phone for a replacement, yet it still may not last. In my last experience, my phone fell from a stool. When I picked it up, the screen looked fine, but the next morning, it was completely filled with ink.

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