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Culture / Re: 7 Weird African Customs And Traditions You Didn’t Know by iphanyiuma(m): 1:01am On Apr 08, 2018
Surma Tribe of Sudan and Ethiopia:

The people of Surma tribe are found southern Sudan as well as southwestern Ethiopia. One thing one finds fascinating about them is their interesting physical features. During teenage years, females undergo the lip stretching procedure which involves removing their lower teeth to accommodate a lip plate; the lip plate is increased in size yearly until it is an astounding size. Not to be outdone, some of the men do this similar exercise with their ears while the elongated lip plate gives them a fierce strange and frightening look. They also indoctrinate their warriors known as ‘stick fighters’ by inflicting scars on them, the belief is that the more scars they have, the more attractive they are to female members of the tribe.

Culture / Re: 7 Weird African Customs And Traditions You Didn’t Know by iphanyiuma(m): 1:00am On Apr 08, 2018
Banyankole Tribe Of Uganda


In the Banyankole tribe, a minority tribe living in Uganda, marriage means quite a burden to the bride’s aunt. When a couple wants to get married, the aunt has to have sex with the groom as a “potency test” and furthermore, she has to test the bride’s virginity.Some traditions assert that the husband would first have sex with the aunt before proceeding to have it with the bride. Another piece of tradition says that the duty of the aunt was to prove the potency of the bridegroom by just watching or listening to the sexual intercourse between the bridegroom and her niece.

Culture / Re: 7 Weird African Customs And Traditions You Didn’t Know by iphanyiuma(m): 12:54am On Apr 08, 2018
Hamer Tribe of Ethiopia:

In the Ethiopian Hamer tribe, young boys are made to prove their manhood by running, jumping and landing on the back of a bull, before then attempting to run across the backs of several bulls and this is usually done in the nude. Interesting to note is that before this ritual takes place, female friends of the boy to undergo the test cover their whole body, head and hair with red ochre mix with fats. They then have to dance and get whipped by elders until they have scars and wounds on their body. This is to show their loyalty to their friend.
Culture / 7 Weird African Customs And Traditions You Didn’t Know by iphanyiuma(m): 12:50am On Apr 08, 2018
There are said to be as many as one hundred “uncontacted tribes” still living in some of the most isolated regions of the world. It is interesting to note that in the civilized society we supposedly live in today, some of these tribes practice certain traditions that will leave shock the world. Here are seven tribes from across Africa with mouth dropping customs.

Massai Tribe of Kenya:

The Massai tribe is found in Kenya and Tanzania and two of their customs make them enter this list of strange African tribes. The first is their greeting, member of the tribes spit as a way of saying hello. While the English man would say hello, a Yoruba man prostrate, spitting is a way of greeting. Aside playing the role of greeting, when a baby is born, it is the custom of the men to spit on the newborn and refer to him as bad, they believe this would protect the baby from evil spirits. It is the belief of the people that if a baby is praised, then it is cursed. Maasai warriors also spit in their hands before shaking the hand of an elder. Furthermore, the Massai tribe is also famous for its drinking of fresh animal blood

Romance / Re: My Friend Is Gay, How Can I Tell Him To Stop? by iphanyiuma(m): 5:02pm On Apr 02, 2018
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Crime / Re: Man Trying To Sleep With A Boy In Benin City (Photos) by iphanyiuma(m): 8:59pm On Mar 30, 2018
Awon gay pedophile.. Only in benin grin
Crime / Re: Lady Hospitalized After BVN Fraudsters Cleared Her Life Savings (Photos) by iphanyiuma(m): 8:56pm On Mar 30, 2018
Omo nigeria na full scam... I blame buhari who do you blame today gringrin

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Car Talk / Re: 6 Of The Most Expensive Car Paint Options That Can Buy A New Car by iphanyiuma(m): 7:23pm On Mar 25, 2018
God abeg give me any one any colour even if na pink I no go reject..

Test me lord gringrin

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Romance / Re: Who Can Relate? by iphanyiuma(m): 3:53pm On Mar 25, 2018
goodmorning40:

just bear it. truth is bitter
last time I checked you're still irrelevant
Romance / Re: Who Can Relate? by iphanyiuma(m): 3:02am On Mar 24, 2018
goodmorning40:
that woman must mentally deranged. u watch a child play himself to his death and u call that love

op u must be mad
you're irrelevant
Celebrities / Re: Alexx Ekubo Poses With His Convertible Chevrolet Camaro by iphanyiuma(m): 11:37am On Mar 23, 2018
Aldebaran:

Plate no of the Chevy? Actor
artist gringrin

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Romance / Who Can Relate? by iphanyiuma(m): 11:34am On Mar 23, 2018
Things they do for love gringrin

Politics / Re: How Come The Kidnapped Girls Came Back With Neatly Packaged Traveling Bags(pics) by iphanyiuma(m): 1:42am On Mar 22, 2018
That's because they went on a compulsory excursion angry undecided

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Food / Re: Soldier, Faith Ogochukwu Kills African Civet In Her Farm (Photos) by iphanyiuma(m): 10:29pm On Feb 22, 2018
It looks like an octopus gringrin
Celebrities / Re: Wizkid Refused To Attend Banky W's Weddings, Hangs Out With Son (Photo) by iphanyiuma(m): 10:26pm On Nov 25, 2017
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Celebrities / Re: Nana Akosua Hanson's "No Bra Day" Photo Got People Talking by iphanyiuma(m): 10:53pm On Oct 16, 2017
Vaseline crew you know what to do grin grin grin

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Celebrities / Re: Dammy Krane Shows Off His Cars (Pictured) by iphanyiuma(m): 10:24pm On Oct 14, 2017
AuroraB:
Ifeanyi, who punched your mouth laidis naa undecided
lol that's my colleague not me
Celebrities / Re: Dammy Krane Shows Off His Cars (Pictured) by iphanyiuma(m): 9:26pm On Oct 14, 2017
And he just left park and shop grin grin grin now now

Foreign Affairs / Re: A Woman's Iphone Saved Her Life In Las Vegas Mass Shooting by iphanyiuma(m): 12:38pm On Oct 04, 2017
The more reason why I need to buy an iPhone... That iPhone deserves a national award grin grin grin

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Education / Re: ASUU To Suspend Strike After Closed Door Meeting With FG by iphanyiuma(m): 1:03pm On Sep 08, 2017
Happy consideration, gringrin.. ASUU should just make it official that every year, schools should go on 3 months Hustle beaak so as to help students who are roasting in schools... That one will be better.. gringringrin
Education / Re: ASUU To Suspend Strike After Closed Door Meeting With FG by iphanyiuma(m): 12:56pm On Sep 08, 2017
Happy consideration, ..gringrin ASUU should just make it official that every year, schools should go on 3 months Hustle beaak so as to help students who are roasting in schools... That one will be better..gringringrin

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Politics / Re: Paul Chukwuma Accused Of Sharing Money To Delegates - ThePlatFormNews by iphanyiuma(m): 10:21pm On Aug 25, 2017
The days of sharing money should be over by now undecided undecided

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Celebrities / Re: I See Special Mercy Locating Your Name!-- Tonto Dikeh Prophesy To Her Followers by iphanyiuma(m): 2:18pm On Aug 23, 2017
doyinisaac:
At least learn how to spell "hobbies" correctly first before talking about unmarried ladies....no one loves to marry dull people.....*****me running out of the thread like grin
I intentionally spelt hubbies as in husband, that was suppose to be a joke... It's not my fault your brain cannot process the joke gringrin
Celebrities / Re: I See Special Mercy Locating Your Name!-- Tonto Dikeh Prophesy To Her Followers by iphanyiuma(m): 12:04pm On Aug 23, 2017
When husband never come... Girls be like: my name is Jennifer and my hubbies are cleaning and cooking.. gringrin
Celebrities / Re: “you Are Too Small”– Apostle Suleman Attacks Prophet T.B Joshua by iphanyiuma(m): 2:59pm On Aug 06, 2017
Religious prejudice undecided undecided
Politics / Re: Clark Explodes: Buhari Is Marginalising Igbo by iphanyiuma(m): 2:58pm On Aug 06, 2017
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Politics / Clark Explodes: Buhari Is Marginalising Igbo by iphanyiuma(m): 2:51pm On Aug 06, 2017
Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, a foremost Ijaw leader, the Convener of the Pan – Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and an elder statesman, in this interview, speaks in the distortions inherent in the Nigerian system and the restructuring we need. At what point did the distortions in the system that have given rise to the calls for the restructuring of the federation begin?
That was in 1966 when some army majors struck and most of the big politicians and many senior army officers were killed in a coup. Up till that time, the constitution in operation provided for fiscal federalism which implied that whatever you produced in your region, you take 50% while, out of the remaining 50%, the federal government that had little responsibility will take 20% and the remaining 30% will be shared among all the regions.
Aguiyi Ironsi took over and, advised by some senior Igbo army officers that Nigeria should run a unitary form of government, he promulgated Decree 34, which we are now practicing today in the name of federalism. When General Gowon took over from Ironsi, he decided to find out what Nigerians wanted. Northern Nigeria proposed regionalism; they no longer wanted a federal system of government. Western Nigeria was ready to go. It was the Mid – West team, headed by Anthony Enahoro, that saved the situation and the Gowon administration adopted a federal system of government. Meanwhile, Gowon did not abrogate Decree No 34. The war came and he created 12 states. General Murtala succeeded Gowon and created more states and we had 19 states. Other heads of state came and created more states until 1998 when the number of states came to 36.
What about the local governments that were said to have been arbitrarily created?
The same military governments arbitrarily created local governments each favouring the areas where their leaders hailed from. That anomaly gave KANO State 57 local governments whereas Bayelsa State has only 8. Besides, you cannot create local governments without the federal governments approving it; this is a weakness, this is not part of a federal system. Local governments should not be part of the federating units.
Local governments should be created by state governments, pay them, dissolve them if they want to and there should be no administrators because the constitution provides that local governments should be run by elected officials. But it is obvious that local governments were created to take money from the federation account. Kano State alone collects about six billion naira every month for its local governments whereas Bayelsa, with eight local governments, even though a small state but produces oil, how much does its local governments get? That is one situation people don’t understand. Now some people are in favour of state police even though Tanko Yakasai argued, in his book that the police in the hands of unscrupulous governors could be misused just like the native authorities of the past did. But state police will provide more security. And the constitution says governors are the chief security officers of their states whereas they don’t control the states commissioners of police. So when the governor gives the commissioner of police directives, he has to clear with the inspector general of police.
The National Conference of 2014 where you were a delegate representing your Ijaw people and the Niger Delta apparently tried to correct some of this anomalies but the recommendations have unfortunately not seen the light of day.
It is not only in the areas of revenue or the local governments and state police that we have anomalies and we tried to use the opportunity of that conference to address. The restructuring that many people want envisages that the Office of the Attorney General should be separated from the Office of the Minister of Justice such that the former is professional and independent while the latter is political. The Office of the Accountant General should also be split. There should be the Accountant General for the federal government and the Accountant General for the federation. These are some of the things the 2014 National Conference recommended. At the moment, the federal government has about 98 items under its control. All we are saying is that some of these items should go to states; since there are no regions, states should be the federating units. In education, why should the federal government be involved in primary and secondary education? In the 1960 constitution, University of Ibadan was the only federal university followed by the University of Lagos in 1962. ABU, University of Ife and University of Nsukka were regional universities at the time. What we are saying is that some of the items exclusive to the federal government should be concurrent. And then when you talk about agriculture, the federal government has no land, it is state government that owns land. Let agriculture be designated as a state function. So when you talk about devolution, it is all about rearranging the constitution so that more functions will go down; and if more functions go to the states, more revenue will be given to them. Today, the federal government receives about 58% from the federation account. It should not have more than 42% while the state and local governments should have the balance. This is what we call devolution of power and we are recommending. We also said that the National Assembly should be restructured so that it becomes part-time in order to save more money and the same thing should operate at the state level. Federalism is what Nigerians want so that everybody can have a say in government, in order for people to have a feeling of belonging to government


www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/clark-explodes-buhari-marginalising-igbo/


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Celebrities / “you Are Too Small”– Apostle Suleman Attacks Prophet T.B Joshua by iphanyiuma(m): 2:34pm On Aug 06, 2017
Founder of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, who has been in the news of late has described Prophet T.B Joshua as ‘too small’ to watch members of his church mock the General Overseer, Worldwide, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Enoch Adeboye and the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa without rebuking it.
The Auchi-based preacher was reacting to comments made by one Dr Azuh Mary Ifeoma of the Synagogue church, who alleged that she was asked to sow a N5,000 seed to secure a private meeting with Apostle Suleiman and after sowing the seed, his prayers didn’t work .
Dr. Azuh, who said this while giving a testimony also mentioned the names of Pastor Enoch Adeboye and the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa in a disparaging manners
Suleiman said, “I will respond not because of me but because of two people, Papa Idahosa and Adeboye. Prophet T.B. Joshua is too small to stand and allow people ridicule Adeboye and Papa Idahosa and keep quiet. The Synagogue is too small to speak against the Redeemed, the CGM, it’s too small.”.

allure.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/small-apostle-suleman-attacks-prophet-t-b-joshua

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Celebrities / Re: LOL!! Basketmouth Wants To Run As Governor Of 6 States by iphanyiuma(m): 4:03pm On Aug 05, 2017
Everything is now a joke in Nigeria undecided undecided undecided
Pets / Re: Sussie: My Wonderful Chameleon Pet. by iphanyiuma(m): 3:57pm On Aug 05, 2017
Next thing you wi hear is SOUP DON READY O! gringringrin
Sports / Re: PSG Unveil Neymar As Fans Queue Up For His Number 10 Shirt (pictures) by iphanyiuma(m): 2:51pm On Aug 04, 2017
Meanwhile where did I drop my boots cry
Sports / Re: Photos: Neymar's Arrival @ Paris Saint Germain by iphanyiuma(m): 2:48pm On Aug 04, 2017
Please who is this neymar we don't know bout him here in Pakistan gringrin

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