Celebrities › Re: Bobrisky Celebrates 30th Birthday With Lovely Pictures by kophy(m): 11:06am On Aug 31, 2021 |
xpressionx: This guy is mad. Since You no hear word.
600yrs for you Hmmm, Idris really Don turn to another person.  |
Career › Re: Choosing Between Fg Job And Coca-cola Job by kophy(m): 9:35pm On Aug 06, 2021 |
Yaruk1: Pls kindly advise appropriately if you are in my my friend's shoe. She lectures in one of the newly created universities (FG) and now cola-cola has invited her for on the job training as either a field officer or a supervisor. Pls kindly lend you voice with respect to what she should do. Thank you all. Please, stay at your FG job, ó if you go to Coca-Cola, the company pay well, but any slight error you are fired. Yes your bossom friend could be called to handle your issue if any one arises, but he will act accordingly because if he fail your case might affect him and he will fired. I once work there though as junior Worker but I am very close to the Oga at the Top. if you know anyone there asked, ó if he really want to tell you the truth. Coke will pay you another person will literary enjoy your money. Reason being that you are at work most of the time,no holiday no weekend, no anual leave and public holidays. You Will be paid for all these but no free time. And above all no job SECURITY. |
Family › Re: Major Reasons Why Family Member Do Not Help Each Other. by kophy(m): 4:05pm On Aug 06, 2021 |
kophy: Hmmmm, I am pleased with everything from the beginning, not until that your last thought. If you really want to help allow the boy in, do little you think you can do and let the boy know you are doing it all for God sake. Think deeply, ó there are people out there who went through hell from someone their dad or mum had helped, and funny enough with what they went through the still never have any good stories to tell. Just Thank the Almighty for whatever you have achieve no matter how little. heniford2: Low mentality in Africa is the problem,i Remember back then when i lost my dad i went to ask loan from my Aunty who my dad helped, i remember her coming to visit my old man than my late old man will empty everything we have in house i stop my primary 6 then just because p man wan help her beloved sister then he died what my aunty opened her stinking mouth to say to me after my dads burial"hey come here, see if you think my money or any of us will give u guys any penny your dreaming right i owe u guys nothing likewise my brother and sisters so if u like go and hustle" it shocked me because we just buried his brother that day i saw her crying why this vaxation i thought she was joking till i went to ask for money to pay my school fees i saw the shock of my life Never hope on anyone Not ever your own blood brother make plans for yourself and your children, right know she's asking me to help his son to come over to germany guess what i will Bleep them up in a very big way will allow the boy to come over then set him up they will lock him up or deport him for illegal stay and position of drugs Hmmmm, I am pleased with everything from the beginning, not until that your last thought. If you really want to help the boy, allow him in to where you are if you and that if you really want to help, even if I am in your shoes, I will not tell him what his mother did. So let the boy know you are doing it all for God sake. Think deeply, there are people out there who went through hell from someone their dad or mum had helped, and funny enough with what they went through they still never have any good stories to tell. Just thank the Almighty for the little you have achieved, no matter how little you THINK. |
Travel › Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by kophy(m): 11:29am On Jul 31, 2021 |
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Foreign Affairs › Re: South African Man Loots Love Machine During Zuma Protest by kophy(m): 8:25am On Jul 14, 2021 |
 Amotolongbo: Mere seeing his trousers, you would know this guy is a clown.
The clown shows so much resemblance to the Yoruba movie actor, Dejo Tunfulu. You get it man he sọ much resembles Dejo  |
Politics › Re: Lady K: How DSS Dehumanise Only Female Among 13 Detained Igboho Supporters - SR by kophy(m): 10:13pm On Jul 12, 2021 |
Asgard73: Walai you get the whole pic.. Infact they should charge him for murder in ife modaekeke war.. that lout killed more than 70 ile ife. Indigenes..
After leading the destruction of Hausa Fula market in Ibadan and killing immigration officers Yoruba chiefS want him pardone ..
While the same chiefS want Kanu hailed for life and killed Your comments here shows that you lack sense.
Yoruba eh.. |
Politics › Re: Lady K: How DSS Dehumanise Only Female Among 13 Detained Igboho Supporters - SR by kophy(m): 10:11pm On Jul 12, 2021 |
Asgard73: Bullcrap sentiments!
She will rust in there with other enemy of the state.. I when she dey form voltron she don forget.. una geh mind wan destroy Nigeria
She never even start to eat watery beans..
As for IGBOHO.. make he hide wella .. e no go tey hand go reach am.. he’s own beans Na undone.. and watery.. he go shit all him juju .. wey he swallow.
All this noise by traditional chiefs are just waste of time .. Dem never start to beg... Oni of ife must postrate .. with Alafin and all first class Yoruba chiefS..
Yet IGBOHO must eat that beans
Nonsense Yoruba sentiments FOR you writing this shows you are a big fool. |
Romance › Re: I Impregnated My Coursemate By Mistake, What Should I Do? by kophy(m): 4:37pm On Jul 07, 2021 |
ChizzyBuna: I haven't been able to sleep since yesterday. Im a young guy and still in school and this girl is my bestie in school. We do it regularly and without condom I never knew it will end like this. I'm still young any advice on how to handle this situation.. Hmmm, Young man, you may not like this my Advice but it is the best. The lady in question knows you are responsible for the pregnancy and you know as well. Please remember this, I am begging you in the NAME OF ALMIGHTY GOD, do not terminate the pregnancy, let the Young baby come, plan how to meet her family, you should first sort it out with your family, then hers. After that do needful as little as you can. Please do not ABORT! If you ABORT, it will hunt you for the rest of your life. A word is enough for the Wise. |
Romance › Re: A Broke Guy Is Disturbing My Sister's Happiness by kophy(m): 8:25pm On May 05, 2021 |
orohbiro: Good day my fellow nairalanders, my sister and this guy has been dating for 4 years now he use to work in a company but lost his job 2yrs ago since then he had been a parasite to my sister coming to our house to eat our food two times a day.
There is this new guy who asked my sister out. He is gentle and he has a good job, he is a Christian he has his own house, we all like him. I have been begging my sister to give him a try because he is ready for marriage unlike the other guy who has no hope of taking good care of my sister rather sucking my sister dry.
My sister seems to love the broke guy more but that guy is not a serious person for 2 good years he can't look for a job not even a menial job. If my sister mistakenly marries the broke guy she will suffer in the marriage because all the responsibility will be on her head. Gidforbid!
Please how do I convince my sister to focus on this other guy that is comfortable? I want the best for my sister. There only area I am not comfortable with is that area where you say the guy come to your house to eat, no human being can say he feeds, only God feeds. So never you say that again, know one knows what will happen in the next few minutes. No one knows tomorrow, don't play God! |
Family › Re: I Resigned From Work In Lagos, Relocated To Abuja To Be With My Girl & Get A Job by kophy(m): 6:19pm On Mar 21, 2021 |
Switchman: Please I Need Your Candid And Long Term Advise, I Am Presently Depressed And Out
This will be a lengthy one but I promise to summarize it as much as I can.
I met a lady in her late 30s 18months ago through an online friend. I was working in Lagos while she was based and working in Abuja.
We chatted for a while before she volunteered to come to Lagos for a visit over the weekend which doesn't seem a bad idea to me cos I believed seeing in person is better than 1 million pictures.
Due to her age and desperation, we met and she liked what she saw in me and intensive talks began on how I can relocate to Abuja and get better job. I actually haven't been to Abuja so I was excited to take that move with the hope of becoming a better person and getting a better job.
I resigned from my job due to some issues as at that time which could had been managed but so I can have more time to visit and see how things are in Abuja before making my final preparation to relocate. She supports financially during those time while I use my car for ehailing business pending when I will finally relocate.
Covid 19 lock down came and all plans were halted due to restrictions on vehicular movements. Fast forward to November last year I made final plans and I agreed to finally relocate but on the conditions that we will need to get a new apartment cos I don't want to move in with her to her former apartment which was a one room self contain, we got a 1 bedroom apartment and I moved in with her. She owns 90% stake on the expenses incurred but in the spirit of hope for a better job, I will upgrade the apartment to have an equal stake in the home.
It's been 3 months now I have fully relocated and we have been cohabiting but it's been hell for me and I just need help on how to get out of this mess I put myself. No job was forth coming and due to the fact that I am home always, I have been reduced to a house help cos I am the one doing the chores, cleaning the dishes and even my laundry though she pays for her own, so many other insults and atimes it's with exchanges of words before I can take a walk just to acclimatize myself with the terrains of the area.
It's really a bad experience for a man not to have a steady source of income cos in a twinkle of an eye the love will vanish.
I love the lifestyle of Abuja cos it is less stressful than Lagos and I will really like to get a good source of income so I can get my own apartment and be free from the shackles I put myself in the name of love.
I really need help now cos I know my days are numbered and it's a matter of time before she sends me packing cos I really don't have the right to the apartment. Please house, I need your candid advise on what to do and as always constructive criticism is allowed.
Thanks Switchman Man!, that is one of the challenges of life, it is not the end it will not break you rather it will strengthen you irrespective of your religion beliefs, 7days fasting is all you need. Ask the higher power to guide you out of this, surely you will be shown a way out in between these few days fasting, all you need is your FAITH. |
Politics › Re: How Sunday Igboho Rose To Prominence: The Inside Story by kophy(m): 1:14pm On Feb 12, 2021 |
kovic20: Where is coward Igboho? The only warrior in 21st century that wear baby calabash necklace and body armour charm to fight modern weapons? LOL...Afonjas are comedian I swear! Adeyinka Grandson may be a mumu but he exposed and finished this guy Igboho for wearing charm as if this is a joke.
https://www.reactiongifs.com/r/mtbu.gif Definitely you are a big time compound fool. |
Politics › Re: 2023: Students’ Support Group For Tinubu Constitutes Executive Committees by kophy(m): 8:29am On Jan 13, 2021 |
Fahdiga: Let the delusion continue. It is good that Tinubu is wasting his loot this way at least boys will be happy. imagine a world renowned drug lord who is in the same mould as El Chapo, Pablo Escoba becoming Nigeria's president. imagine the kind of embarrassment Nigerians will be facing in the hands of airport workers all over the world when they present their Nigerian passport simply because Tinubu, a well known druggie is our president. God forbid bad things You are absolutely right, but give us evidence to support your claim. |
Education › Re: Henry Olaoluwa Asubiojo Emerges Best Teacher In Nigeria, Commended By Fayemi by kophy(m): 7:12am On Oct 06, 2020 |
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Foreign Affairs › Re: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Resigns As Mali's President Resigns Amid Coup by kophy(m): 8:04am On Aug 19, 2020 |
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Health › Re: Help, My Newborn Has This Skin Problem by kophy(m): 1:56pm On Jun 29, 2020 |
mandalorian: Hello house, my boy is barely one month old and he developed this skin issue. One of my colleagues said it is Ela(Yoruba) but from my experience, ela use to manifest as very red tiny rashes around the neck and joints.
Now this one is not on his neck (though it is in both his elbow joints, scarcely on his Tommy and this morning I say it at the back of his knee), his skin molts around the rashes. I just can't completely describe it that's why I included the pics.
I need help elders in the house. I took him back to the hospital where he was born but they said it will go but I don't like the look.
Mods pls help me push to fp. Congratulations to you madam for your new baby, I wish you all the best,This thing is likely what Yoruba call "alefo" if you can get a leaf call KOROPO you just cook it and use it to bath him it will go, or better still visit the ìyá alagbo i at the market. However, do not give him any concosion to drink as he is too young for that. I wish you all the best. |
Family › Re: My Husband Wants To Know Everything About My Finances. by kophy(m): 4:58pm On Jun 06, 2020 |
Judybash93: Inasmuch as i agree with you, i don't think the husband should force his wife to reveal the details of her account to him if she doesn't want to Just let him know your pin and see what he wants to do with how much you have in your personal account. I don't really know the reason some men are bent on what their wife earns after all the man is the head of the family, why is he insisting to know the financial Capacity of the wife. There is more to this than he saying he own the woman and her account. Day light thieves. |
Health › Re: Woman Collapses On Banex Abuja Bridge, Vomits Blood (Photos) by kophy(m): 6:36pm On Jun 05, 2020 |
Deebwebb: That must be a Yoruba woman from Ogun state, I am sure they have used her for ritual... Afonja I fear Una oo... You really show the world the way you are brought up |
Pets › Re: My Diary (From A Dog's POV) by kophy(m): 11:41am On Jun 04, 2020 |
CrazyCrane: Hi, i'm Thor Aegeus and guess what? i'm a Boerboel. Yeah you got it right a black Boerboel.
Mom isn't a fan of large breeds,she's more of a small breed fan(I still wonder why I was chosen)
I have an elder sister(not biological though) she's way older than me,she's a 5 year old Lhasa...and on the other hand i'm just 9 weeks old and already taller than her.  Hnnmm, she na your dog dey type all these, OK oo |
Family › Re: My Wife Just Told Me She Regrets Marrying Me. What Should I Do? by kophy(m): 9:35am On May 21, 2020 |
DaddyOpe: I got married to my wife 5 years ago. Before we got married, she dated a guy. We all stayed in the same area. I live here because it is close to my place of work. Her ex lives in the area. He does building contractor. While they were dating, I met my wife. I was able to convince her to date me. And since the guy was always travelling, I was able to get close to her. I think I won her finally after we had sex. Because that first day, I scattered her brain. She later left the guy. I proposed, she accepted and we got married.
I will say, at that time I got married to my wife, her ex and I were on the same level financially. But, recently, the guy has turned to something else. He does building for people overseas. People said the guy's work is good and he is always getting contracts. My wife said he had a 2.1 in Civil Engineering. He started selling cement. He is now a dangote cement distributor. He built a duplex at the junction of my street. He has 3 cars in the compound (he recently bought 1 car during this lockdown that people are saying no money oo). I and my wife do not have any car. I am still a tenant. We have to pass front of his house every day.
During this lockdown, my office has being delaying salaries. It has not being easy. I have had quarrels with my wife in the past but yesterday was the worst. During the quarrel, she said she regrets marrying me. That if she had ignored me and married her ex, she would have being living comfortably. I almost beat her up. Then she told me that this her ex paid her school fees in 300 and 400 level when she almost pulled out of school for lack of finance. She regrets paying him back by leaving him to marry me.
Since then, I have not being myself. I just created this account to express myself. Check Former Winners Chapell area at RajiOba Street for that book sure you will get it there or Tejuoso |
Family › Re: My Wife Just Told Me She Regrets Marrying Me. What Should I Do? by kophy(m): 9:26am On May 21, 2020 |
DaddyOpe: I got married to my wife 5 years ago. Before we got married, she dated a guy. We all stayed in the same area. I live here because it is close to my place of work. Her ex lives in the area. He does building contractor. While they were dating, I met my wife. I was able to convince her to date me. And since the guy was always travelling, I was able to get close to her. I think I won her finally after we had sex. Because that first day, I scattered her brain. She later left the guy. I proposed, she accepted and we got married.
I will say, at that time I got married to my wife, her ex and I were on the same level financially. But, recently, the guy has turned to something else. He does building for people overseas. People said the guy's work is good and he is always getting contracts. My wife said he had a 2.1 in Civil Engineering. He started selling cement. He is now a dangote cement distributor. He built a duplex at the junction of my street. He has 3 cars in the compound (he recently bought 1 car during this lockdown that people are saying no money oo). I and my wife do not have any car. I am still a tenant. We have to pass front of his house every day.
During this lockdown, my office has being delaying salaries. It has not being easy. I have had quarrels with my wife in the past but yesterday was the worst. During the quarrel, she said she regrets marrying me. That if she had ignored me and married her ex, she would have being living comfortably. I almost beat her up. Then she told me that this her ex paid her school fees in 300 and 400 level when she almost pulled out of school for lack of finance. She regrets paying him back by leaving him to marry me.
Since then, I have not being myself. I just created this account to express myself. Situation like this brings the best out of you, what tells you, you can't be richer than the guy, Man! wake up, get some motivating books and bring out the best in you. I recommend this book by Sydney Bremar (SUCCEESFUL ACHIEVEMENT) Volume 1-4. Wish you all the best. |
Career › Re: My 50-Year-Old Boss Shows Massive Cleavage Whenver We Meet, What Could She Want? by kophy(m): 9:19am On May 21, 2020 |
chizzy2019: My people pls help a brother. My family was hit badly by Covid 19 pandemic. I have a young family of 2 little kids & was placed on compulsory leave without pay at my workplace since march. I have been doing different menial jobs to put food on our table. It hasn't been easy. Pls help me. No amount is too small. 06051847446, Fidelity bank. God bless I really appreciate you for coming out to say your mind, but the truth is that no body!, no body cares, except God almighty, he will surely give ways where you thought there was none. Prayer is the master key it works wonders. |
Family › Re: Are Best Friends Worth It? Mine Abandoned Me In The Streets Of A Foreign Country by kophy(m): 9:35am On May 19, 2020 |
slyfox35: Best friends or closest friends as some people term it is quite normal in the life of 80% of world population, I had one too.
We grew up as teens together, matured as adults together, he came to our house always and ate all his meals with us. My mom was really nice to him when she was alive. He wore my clothes and never returned them. I did not ask because my parents always provided for me although they were average citizens.
Then the worst thing in my life happened. I lost both my parents within the space of four years. Things turned downhill for me (orphans do suffer a lot.. Too much suffering for you to believe there is even God in heaven who takes care of the fatherless and motherless).
My friend travelled to an African country. He kept telling me to come over there to work that things are better there. I kept declining but after a year of constant pressure, I decided to man up, packed my bags and travelled to meet him.
Guess what? I did not stay up to 5 days with him!!!
His attitude changed by the second day, he yells at me at every given opportunity, from his best friend, I turned to his boy, the heat he was given me was so bad that when he leaves the house and he comes back, I get scared just by hearing his footsteps. I virtually turned to a nonentity to him. I had no money on me because the little I had left, he collected it when I arrived. I knew no one, I felt so miserable and alone and I started regretting why I left Nigeria.
On the fifth day ,I woke up early in the morning and shook him up. I don’t know what got into me (but I am glad it did), I told him I can’t stay with him anymore and I want to leave. He did not even feel bad about this, he did not think of the fact that I know nothing and nowhere in this country. He let me go.
I packed my bag amid tears and went into the street. Mind you, I had no one to call back in Nigeria... It was tough on me but as a naija guy and as God will have it, I did not spend even a night on the streets. I was shocked that a total stranger took me in, clothed and fed me. He taught me everything he knows. I worked for 6 months and was able to make 2 million Naira. This was like a dream to me (If you get money ehn, to praise God Dey sweet o)
I came back to Nigeria, rented an apartment, furnished it and continued working from here.
This so called best friend of mine saw my posts and pictures on Facebook and video called me to check on me (I guess his eyes did not believe what he was seeing) he asked me if I am in a hotel, I said no, I am in my apartment. He was shocked (me I nor keep any grudge against you) he told me he was coming to Nigeria and that I should please forgive him and forget everything that happened. I told him I can forgive but can’t forget.
What surprised me most are this exact words he said “my guy, if I come, na your house I go relax first abeg”
Now my fellow Nairalanders, I am asking, how should I go about this?
I have forgiven him but should I allow him into my home? Man, yes you have forgiven him, but beware leopard can not change his skin! If you give him any chance he will hit you so hard and it could be disastrous. |
Agriculture › Re: My Kuroiler Birds From Day Old by kophy(m): 3:31pm On May 16, 2020 |
jidestroud: Great News Guys
I did it at last. The predator has been killed around 3am this morning. Summoned all courage to go out after I heard noise coming from the cages. Unfortunately, there was no way for it to get inside and I simply pointed the torch directly into its eyes and gbaaaam!!! That was it.
After all I have been through and the losses incurred, I will be eating snake to compensate for the emotional trauma it has caused me, my birds, and my two cats (Jumia & Rubbie, of blessed memories). I really thank God for you had killed it. However, for the prevention of snake in future, I learnt you can plant these two common local leaf (1) EWE ARUNPALE (2)EWE GEGEMU(this I learnt some guys do smoke the dry leaf to make them high) sorry I don't know the English name but I will Google it then send it back to you or if I get the pictures I will send it. I am sure the two are well known leaves. Infact the GEGEMU is commonly used in homes as flowers with table tennis egg like seed, but it has torns all over it. Thanks for sharing all these information with us. |
Romance › Re: She Said She Can't Marry Me Because I Am A Tailor by kophy(m): 1:23am On Apr 29, 2020 |
ProfDview1: There is this lady I like so much, even my friends know that I like her so much and will love to spend the rest of my life with her.
One day, I saw her with my friend and I later asked her why she is so close to my friend. She said they are dating each other, that she cannot marry me simply because I am tailor.
My friend is a yahoo boy, he doesn't have any work. The only way he eats is via internet scam. To be honest I was so pained, moreover she is not the only lady to have done this to me. Have met several ladies that told me that they can't marry a tailor and they end up dating yahoo Boys for my street.
They always tell me to leave my tailoring job and go hustle like my frnds to make cool money.
Guys, I am tired.. Should I leave the tailoring job and join my friends to do the yahoo stuff?
Girls keep rejecting me up and down and I am fed up.
Pls advise me If only you can remember this adge that..... he who laugh last, laugh best. The end justify the means if you are interested in Tailoring profession please go ahead but if not look for another profession but definitely not internet scam for it is more than 100%sure that one day will be one day monkey go go market ẹ no go come back. Peace of mind is far better. Go look for this book (Successful Achievement) by Sedney Bremer it will help you a lot or other motivational books that will put you mind at rest that you can out way those YY boys. All the best |
Celebrities › Re: Salawa Abeni: Nude Photos And Why I Helped The Blackmailer Release Them by kophy(m): 5:12pm On Apr 09, 2020 |
Lostz: How come your nude is with someone else? Are you an ex-olosho? Do you know the meaning of this? To someone who is old enough to be your mother if not your grandmother. |
Politics › Re: Chad Embassy Writes Nigeria On Chadian Military Videos In Circulation by kophy(m): 9:37am On Apr 09, 2020 |
JAMO84: All these fake news and campaign of calumny are the products of Ipob ( not all Igbo) and the miserable, unfortunate and eternally useless Poverty Development Party.
When BH kill our soldiers, they rejoice and spread the news faster than 5G, but when our army kill BH, they say it's audio.
GOD punish, destroy, mutilate, shred, cremate, dismantle, destroy, demolish and demystify the lives of Boko Haram, their sponsor, their supporters and all those who silently wish they continue what they are doing just so they can ridicule this government at the expense of our soldiers and citizens lives!!! I AM DONE TALKING Amen! |
Politics › Re: Abacha Loot: Al-Mustapha Talks About How Funds Were Taken Out Of Nigeria by kophy(m): 9:23am On Mar 08, 2020 |
Witcher: Gen. Sani Abacha Was Largely Misunderstood The painful death of Gen Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Ordinarily, twenty-one years is a long enough period for the living to forget the dead. But a lot of sentiments still trail Gen. Abacha’s name both in Nigeria and elsewhere. Why is it so? It is because the man had the infectious grin, the energy, the faithfulness, the shining confidence, the sagacity, the courage and the zest that leaped out of a background of solid patriotism hitherto unknown and yet to be rivaled in Nigeria. Therefore, to remember him now, twenty-one years after his untimely death, with the image of a living man in our hands, shows that Abacha is larger than life, in the memories, emotions, and minds of his fellow Nigerians. After death, the real Abacha is now the symbolic man, the figure about who have clustered the yearnings, the lofty ideals and the aspirations Nigerians have for themselves and their country.
Having worked himself up the hallowed cadre of the Nigerian ruling class as Head of State, Abacha, in his passion, concern and vulnerability, was one of the representative men of his generation. His personal quest for identity, understanding and power mirrored the turbulence, paradox and dream of mid-twentieth century Nigeria. He lived through a time of unusual turbulence in the history of the country, and he responded to that turbulence more directly and more sensitively than any other political leader of the era, at least in Africa. Gen. Abacha was equipped with certitudes of courage, faith and love for country- attributes that sustained him till death. But they were the premises, not the conclusions of his life. For he possessed, to an exceptional degree, what literary experts call “an experiencing nature”. History changed him, and had time permitted, he would have changed history. His relationship to his era makes him, unarguably, one who embodies the consciousness of an epoch, who perceives things in fresh light and new connections, who exhibits unsuspected possibilities of purpose and action to his contemporaries.
Indeed, Gen. Abacha never had the time to fulfill his own possibilities, which is why his memory haunts so many of us now. Because he wanted to get things done; because he was often impatient and combative; because he felt simply and cared deeply, he made his share of mistakes, and enemies. He was a romantic and also an idealist, and he was also prudent, expedient, demanding, fearless and ambitious. Yet the insights he brought to governance- insights earned in a labour of self-discipline and self-purgation that only death could stop- led him to see power not as an end in itself but as the means of redeeming the powerless. Abacha was to Nigeria what Charles de Gaule was to France: a man with military background but, who, ironically, brought uncommon composure and dignity to statecraft. This is not to say that military personnel possess exceptional leadership qualities. Far from it! Those ones only worked up themselves to become the tribunes of their generations. It only brings us to the incontrovertible fact that democracy is still preferred to the most benevolent military dictatorship anywhere, anytime. Abacha was indeed a diamond among stones. But because he was maligned and castigated by a section (Lagos/Ibadan axis) of the Nigerian Press due largely to political considerations, he became the most misunderstood of Nigerian leaders.
In fact, the emotional legacy left by Gen. Abacha is so intense in Nigeria, but it is yet deeper and even more fervent in the entire West African sub-region. This point is important and thus could be made with an antidote: since a man is not measured by what he did before he became a leader, or by what he said and did after he was a leader, but by what he did, and not by what he said while he was a leader, we can now comprehend the passionate veneration of Gen. Abacha’s memory. Today, we seek a sense of the man in order to understand the deep emotional response to the memory of the man. We know what happened and we cannot undo that knowledge. Even as his immediate friends and successors started destroying what he stood for soon after his painful exit, we cannot but get the record straight. But the meaning of that straightened record is inextricably involved in the meaning we also try each day to discern in the confusion of the living present. It is a tragic reality that those who thought to have upheld his enviable legacies have demonstrated a grand betrayal of what the man stood and died for. Could Abacha have built mansions, bought limousines, owned oil wells and own universities while in power? The answer to this poser is a loud NO!
The conditions of misery and inequality that troubled Abacha still persist among Nigerians while people in power remain untroubled. Despite his extremely emotional bent, Abacha’s youthful vigour and impressive grasp of the black man’s burden won for him national and international acclaim. His administration which lasted for about five (5) years was most memorable, leaving a 36-state structure for the country and achieving a leadership for Nigeria in Africa through a decisive foreign policy thrust that was basically Afrocentric, and a clearly defined anti-corruption war. Perhaps, the most concrete demonstration of this was his mobilisation of West African leadership to restore order in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Under his watch, Nigerian soldiers restored democracy to those West African countries. In 1996, Gen Abacha created a number of new states to give some marginalised people a sense of belonging: Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Nasarawa and Zamfara.
An expression of his unrelenting crusade against corruption was accentuated in the setting up of the Anti-Failed Banks Tribunal and the National Deposit Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NDIC). Even though his actions had some unintended consequences, his anti-corruption campaign was not merely cosmetic. It was on the basis of the depth and spread of his anti-corruption campaign that analysts had a unanimous position that his attempt at sanitising the system was total. But not for his mature and courageous handling of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election crisis, Nigeria would have relapsed into another civil war. Despite the Afrocentricism of Nigeria’s foreign policy thrust under Gen. Abacha, Nigeria was not a big brother without a home, her impact was deeply felt in all the four corners of Africa. When Cameroon tried to annex part of the Nigerian territory in 1995, Abacha sent Nigerian troops to check that country’s egocentric maneuvering. Under him, the Nigerian economy was most stable throughout his years in power despite being branded a pariah state as a result of international conspiracy against Nigeria. Throughout Gen. Abacha’s five years in the saddle, Nigeria did not owe any external debt.
What people now mischievously refer to as “the Abacha loot” was the money the country kept in foreign banks deliberately to ward off the plot by the foreign powers to block our foreign reserve. This shows that Gen. Abacha was ahead of his time. He was a very trust-worthy man who never disappointed his friends. His composite love for Nigerians was legendary. Of all the military men who ruled Nigeria from 1976 to 1999, after the assassination of Gen. Murtala Muhammed: Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Abacha, and Abdulsallami Abubakar, Abacha was the best in terms of managing the economy for the good of all Nigerians. His economic team led by Prof. Sam Aloku, Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu, Dr. Paul Ogwuma, and Chief Anthony Ani, remains the best till date.
Can there be any wonder, therefore, that Nigerians in their millions cannot fail to contemplate the shrew, practical, resourceful and often irritatingly dynamic leadership qualities of their only leader who came close to possessing the ennobling ethos of a national hero? It can be said emphatically that Nigerians can appreciate good things and love to celebrate a hero when they see one. The Nigerian intelligentsia including scholars, students in Nigeria and the world over still celebrate him. Which is why twenty one years after his untimely death, memories of Abacha’s pragmatic leadership still linger in their consciousness. It is as a result of the scarcity of men of Abacha’s latent qualities in leadership positions that Nigerians are yearning for him twenty one years after. But a time will surely come again when the most endowed nation in Africa will overcome its indifference to the degradation of its citizens. Only then can Gen. Abacha’s tall legacies be seen to have exemplary values. From this your long but interesting write up, it shows you are an informed Nigerian who has fact and figure in her finger tips. I really commend you for this fact, I am sure one day the facts will surface for all to see. Thump up. |
Family › Re: Husband is disappointed that we are having another girl by kophy(m): 6:46am On Feb 20, 2020 |
Psalme91: It is almost 4AM my husband hasn’t come home yet, just because we found out that I am carrying another baby girl. I’m in pains. I don’t know what I have done to deserve all this .
Please help me beg God if I offended him unknowingly to please forgive me and blessed me with baby boys ( triplets). Please Madam just be thankful that God gave you children, either male or female look around you, I am sure you would have seen or heard of couples who are married years back but no single fruit of labor to crown their union still the are hopeful. Recently I am sure you read about siblings who are all girls of the same parents that are medical doctors. I am sure perhaps at a time either the father or the mother too may have felt bad about having all females in their family. But we all know we can not do anything about the sex of a child, only the almighty does that. I have four children, including a set of Triplets, among who is a boy. My sister think very well and appreciate what the God has done in your life. Some people will be reading this and be blaming God for they have neither girl or boy they call their biological own. Please appreciate whatever you have including this precious gift from the most high. I pray that God will touch the heart of your husband where he will see reasons to thank God and appreciate him the more. There are millions of men out there that they are not Man enough to father any child and the still thank God. Tell your husband if for whatever reason (God forbids) what we call a Man in him stops, will he remember if you are carrying you fifth daughters. Let appropriate what God do for us, hmmmmm, if he changed it to the other, we can not stand it. Have a save delivery. |
Celebrities › Re: Imam Abdulrahman Ahmad Reacts As Etinosa Threatens To Mess The Quran Up by kophy(m): 6:00pm On Dec 03, 2019 |
Nnnanna: Stupid Muhammedians
A Quran was burnt in Norway and Muhammedians are protesting against it in Pakistan, burning the Norwegian flag and calling on the Norwegian government to behead the man that burned the Quran.
Stupid Boko Haram and Fulani jihadist herdsmen sympathizers Your comments shows the kind of training you received or you derail. |
Celebrities › Re: Imam Abdulrahman Ahmad Reacts As Etinosa Threatens To Mess The Quran Up by kophy(m): 5:57pm On Dec 03, 2019 |
GraGra247: Just clearly tell us you will slaughter her by the demands of your religion.
You have said nothing new.
You guys should simply stop claiming you aren't terrorists and your religion preaches peace and love. Cos it doesn't!!! With the issue at hand, just read what you have written? It is really sad we find ourselves in this kind of mess. |
Crime › Re: PrettyMaa: How I Was Raped At Age Of 8 by kophy(m): 4:26pm On Nov 27, 2019 |
I really appreciate your caurage telling it the way it was, those guy had placed a great cursed on their life. Thump up for you. |
Crime › Re: Burglars Steal Solid Gold Toilet Worth £1milion In A Raid On Blenheim Palace by kophy(m): 7:51am On Sep 15, 2019 |
BlackDuke: Why will someone name a toilet America? ojú titiloyeblog: Burglars have stolen a solid 18-carat gold toilet, worth £5 million from Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
The operation took place in the early hours of Saturday, September 14.
The toilet titled 'America' which was created in 2016 by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan only went on display two days ago during an exhibition.
Thames Valley Police have confirmed the toilet was stolen and a 66-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft and remains in police custody.
Dominic Hare, chief executive officer of Blenheim Palace, told the BBC the toilet is valued at about six million dollars and was a 'very precious piece'.
He said the theft of the solid gold toilet 'was a huge shock'.
'Staff were instantly aware of what happened and police arrived very, very quickly indeed,' he added.
When asked if the artist had been contacted, he said: 'There were some slightly nervous calls at 6am but we have spoken to the artist and Lord Edward at the art foundation, and many of the trustees and they have been magnificent in their support.'
Mr. Hare added: 'We have a sophisticated security set-up here and we have had no loss of this kind in living memory, which probably reflects the quality of that operation.
'The events of the last 24 hours mean we may have reason to reconsider some of our systems.'
He was also asked whether a party, which took place at the palace on Friday night, could have created an opportunity for the theft.
In response, he said: 'We have been asked not to comment on the investigation. But there was a clear time separation between those things.
'There is always a risk when you display valuable art to the public, but it is worth that risk, even now, it was still worth that risk.'
Confirming that the palace would reopen on Sunday following repair works, Mr. Hare explained: 'We've now got a huge hole where there was once a golden toilet.'
Detective Inspector Jess Milne said: 'The piece of art that has been stolen is a high-value toilet made out of gold that was on display at the palace.'
Inspector Richard Nicholls added: 'We are aware they left about 4.50am this morning. CCTV is one of the aspects we are looking on and that will come out in due course.'
When asked if he believed a reception party held on the same night of the exhibition's launch could be connected, Insp Nicholls said: 'I am not aware of the reception party personally, but that would form part of our inquiries in order to ascertain events leading up to the item being stolen.'
Thames Valley Police also disclosed that the offenders broke into the palace overnight and left the scene at about 4.50am.
Detective Inspector Jess Milne said: 'Due to the toilet being plumbed into the building, this has caused significant damage and flooding.'
Detective Inspector Milne added: 'We believe group offenders used at least two vehicles during the offense.
'The artwork has not been recovered at this time but we are conducting a thorough investigation to find it and bring those responsible to justice.
She continued: 'Residents will see an increased police presence in the area while officers and staff carry out inquiries.'
'I am appealing to anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the area to contact police.
'You can call us on 101, quoting URN 273 (14/9), visit our website or visit a police station.'
source: https://www.titiloyeblog.com/2019/09/burglars-steal-solid-gold-toilet-worth.html Cc: Lalasticlala, Mynd44 Hnmmm, Vanity upon vanity, na you people sabi óò. |