₦airaland Forum

Even Tonto herself does not feel comfortable in the gathering. She seem self conscious. It is obvious.

I will blame her for dressing like this to go out, period! I dont care if she was just going to mall or to market.

Motherhood is a step up from womanhood, she is a mother who refused to step up.

I also blame the organizers at this event. The proper thing for them to do was to pull her aside and give support.

The support can come in many ways. She doesnt need to change what she has on...but she needs to be confident and comfortable. She is amongst women and they all have breasts and beauty....so who is she there to impress? They should ask one of the women to assit her to cover up. It takes just one shawl to wrap around and her beauty and image will not be lost under that cover....but she will also feel relaxed and confident to interact with fellow women.

Yoruba does not have problem with progressive development and growth.

Each time you develop space you are opening up new land for social growth. This means tearing down the ecology to make room for steel and cement. Trees die off, animals loose their habitat, streams are polluted.

We are the pioneer of urban settlement and city builders in Africa, so we must not take erection of concrete in landspace as a yardstick of development for our society.

Our focus for growth should go into new avenues to further bond and fortify Yoruba spirituality, Yoruba tongue, Yoruba Omoluabi, Yoruba ingenuity and pioneer spirit, across all the lands that identify as member in our commonwealth.

Islam will not move Yorubaland forward, Christianity will not move Yorubaland forward....it is our indigeneous worship and belief system that will support our growth and progress. We need Ifa Academies in all Yorubaland to teach and return our people to their truth.

People, pay attention the following quote from the linked article.

We have Nigerians that stage large quantities of parboil rice out of the country as exports (for which they get assistance and tax waivers from FG) into neighbouring countries. From there they smuggle back into Nigeria, avoid import duties, and sell at exhorbitant price.

Govt should release names of the syndicates.

The people of Niger Republic do not eat parboil rice (they eat white rice), but importers based in Benin and Nigeria import parboiled rice to Benin Republic in very large quantities and then re-export same to Niger, Chad and Cameroon (all Nigeria’s next door neighbours) for smuggling into Nigeria where parboiled rice is eaten.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/09/border-closure-benin-niger-economies-under-pressure/

Psalmy2cute:
This time around things are different.. I'll keep saying it the Nigerian populace does not start and end in nairaland.. simply organize a Twitter pool or go take a walk in the streets of the ss region and see for yourself...

The funny thing is most of you here against my claim of the ss region going with biafra are mostly northerners and sw

Shut up and answer OP question, no one gives a damn where you are born.

Is the gaddem Biafra going to be in West Africa or in Central Africa?

Starboytwo:
I have a funny case on my plate at the moment...

She is mentally unstable and occupies one of the shops I needed vacant Asap...

Initially hers before she went beyond, now she has been evicted from her house and currently live in the shop... She uses candles at night, a threat,and scares other shop owners...

I don't know if the police handle such cases, since I have contacted a family member but they seem not interested... Do I use force

She has been indoors for 3 days now, and has not come outside...


Kindly help with the right steps pls...

Does she have family?
Contact her next of kin to intervene.

Does Obianoo mean Anambra man...or is he talking about all of Igbo?

So how much will fulani pay for same offense on Igbo?

Adaibeku:
wetin concern you devil

Aah ah...my brother kettykin asked me question now.
Why you do amebo come this side?

This Is Outraging, But Nigerians Are Not Outraged. Why?

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - When Jibril had tried to escape as a boy from an institution in Nigeria that called itself a place of Islamic teachings, he said he was hung up by his arms until bones in his shoulders broke.

Another teenager, one of about 400 men and boys freed in Thursday's police raid, said boys were often kept in chains and those caught stealing food were whipped until they bled.

"They used car engine belts and electrical cables to flog us," 15-year-old Suleiman told Reuters, staring at the floor. "Teachers used to sexually harass us ... They tried to loosen my pants once but I fought them off and was beaten."

Horror stories are emerging about life in a two-storey house in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna as the authorities try to find families of the victims who often spent years at the site.

Police arrested seven adults in the raid on the building, which had a sign in Arabic at the entrance declaring itself "House of Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal for the Application of Islamic Teachings".

Some parents paid fees, believing it was an Islamic school. Some described it as a good institution and dismissed talk of abuse. Others saw it as a correctional facility. Police and regional officials said it was not registered as either.

Despite mixed accounts about its role, the abuse reported by victims has thrown a spotlight on Nigeria's struggle to provide enough school places for its rapidly expanding population, leaving a gap for unregulated institutions that poor parents sometimes turn to.

The West African nation's population will swell from 190 million to 400 million by 2050, according to U.N. figures. Primary education is officially free but about 10.5 million Nigerian children aged five to 14 are not in school.

"Nigeria is facing a demographic tidal wave," said Matthew Page, an associate fellow with the Africa Programme at Britain's Royal Institute of International Affairs.

"The long-term viability of the Nigerian economy - and the state itself - hinges on the government, religious, and traditional institutions developing a plan to address this challenge before it becomes impossible to remedy," he said.

Prior to Thursday's police raid, those who made it out of the Kaduna institution were sometimes returned by families. Some parents said they needed to discipline wayward children and others said they were too poor to look after all their kids.

Kaduna state government said there were at least 77 boys under 18 years old held there. The youngest was five.

Reuters spoke with seven victims and five parents of those who had been inside, withholding their full names to protect their privacy.

SHACKLED

All the victims said beatings were regular and said children and men were frequently shackled. Days were dark, long and hungry: food was only served at 10 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Suleiman's elder brother sent him to the institution five months ago for skipping school. He was signed up to board while he studied Arabic and Islam's holy book, the Quran.

"They beat us everywhere in the house, even in the mosque. If you asked to speak with your family, they would shackle you," said the 15-year-old, who showed sores, scabs and scars on back.

When Suleiman and three friends were caught trying to steal some garri - a staple food made from cassava shavings - they were stripped and whipped, he said.

"When the police raided the school the whole place was in pandemonium, we were so happy," he said. "What I want now is to return home. I'll be a good boy."Jibril, now 17 and who was hung up for trying to escape when he was 10, said boys faced a stark choice: submit to regular sexual assault or be beaten. Jibril chose beatings.

"The teachers and prefects raped boys. Those who were sexually molested were enticed with canned fish. Those of us who refused were caned," he said, blaming a scar beside his left eye on a caning. "They used planks of wood to beat us."

He now struggles to raise his arms since his punishment for trying to escape. He was sent home for six months after that incident. His family returned him when he had healed.

Jibril and Suleiman are now in a safehouse on the edge of Kaduna while the authorities try to find their relatives. Their temporary home is filled with laughter as boys and teenagers, up to 17 years old, play together. Those adults who were freed are staying in a neighboring building.

At the Kaduna institution, relatives were not allowed to see boys for three months after admission and had limited visiting rights after that, parents and children said. Punishment was swift for those who talked of any abuse, boys said.

"If anyone tried to tell their family, they would be hung up from a wall or put in chains," said 14-year-old Umar, whose grandfather sent him to the facility two years ago for skipping school.

SEXUAL ABUSE

About 40 police officers finally raided the building, acting on a complaint by an uncle who was denied access to his nephews.

Police said they found several boys and men in chains. Reuters filmed victims in chains on Thursday after the raid. Some boys said they were shackled to broken power generators, which they dragged around, including to bed or the bathroom.

Police said they expected to charge seven people, who they said ran the institution, over physical and sexual abuse allegations. Those arrested could not be reached for comment.

The building lies in Rigasa, a rundown Muslim district of Kaduna, a city that, like Nigeria, is evenly split between Muslims and Christians.

Reuters journalists who visited the labyrinthine building saw wheels and generators attached to metal chains. Floors were strewn with litter and stained sponge mattresses. Flies swarmed.

Children begged in the traffic on the streets outside.

Islamic schools, known as Almajiris, are common across the mostly Muslim north of Nigeria. Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a local organization, estimates about 10 million children attend Islamic schools in the north.

President Muhammadu Buhari, a Muslim, has sought to encourage school attendance, with programs that include one offering free school meals that the government says reaches 9.8 million children in 32 of Nigeria's 36 states.

But Nigeria, an oil producing state whose finances by the government's admission have been drained by corruption, only spends 0.5% of gross domestic product on health and 1.7% on education, among the lowest worldwide, the International Monetary Fund said.

With few options, some parents defended the Kaduna institution, which charged fees of 35,000 naira ($114) a term.

"There is no problem in this school," said a woman who only gave her name as Zainab, wearing a Muslim veil and speaking outside the locked gates. She said she had seven children at the institution where she cooked meals and had not seen any abuse.

Ahmed Balrabe, a tailor who lives next to the site, said two of his children attended the school and he had never encountered any abuse. "It was good for them, they became calm," he said. "They showed them how to read the Quran. I liked it."

(Reporting by Alexis Akwagyiram; Additional reporting by Garba Muhammad and Afolabi Sotunde; Editing by Katharine Houreld and Edmund Blair)


https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1WE0F7

oyatz:
They may be more than one Heaven.
A christian Heaven may exist side by side with muslim, Buddist or Traditionalist Heaven.

Hey, stop that!
Only Yorubas are going to heaven. We are the only good samaritans in this country. We dont causse problem and we bend backward to help others even in face of insult. It is only among Yoruba that all aspects and knowledge of God come together in a unity.

AwkaetitiBabe:
I won't even bother replying her again sef

Make una calm abeg. No fight, beautiful ladies.

Amatarasha:
Ajo nwanyi u will soon know whether na "ogbanje nwoke" ka obu "ekwensu nwanyi " Kam mbu

Lee ka odika nkapi umunze ihere megbukwa gi ,

Anambra akwuna

Calm down nau! Beautiful chicks like you should love, not fight.

Quorax:
igbos are the problem yet they have never gone to any of your communities and trespass the indigenous rights.

You are a Northerner in Igbo skin.
We know people like you.

No Yoruba here has mentioned Igbo. This is strictly between OPC and Arewa Youths. Why are you trying to make it Igbo vs Yoruba? What concerns Igbo here? Leave them jeje, dont bring problem to them.

Tolexander:
Biafra has come, gone and dead.

If Nigeria will be balkanized, the Biafran spatial entity won’t be the same one it was between 1967-1970. Everyone now knows his mother and ready to lift its own mother’s breast alone, with no interference from anyone.

True!

Tolexander:
Biafra will still be in West Africa, because the nation will just be an enclave inside Nigeria. Like Lesotho is in South Africa and San Marino and Vatican inside Italy.

West Africa nations will continue to treat them with disdain, discrimination and hatred.

Biafra is taking the whole East, according to their agenda on map. That means the entire SE and portions of SS bordering with Cameroon will become Biafra. Nigeria will have a new international border somewhere in Edo or Delta State.

Bottom line is, whether they are closed in or opend out....they should opt for Central Africa.

kolexy:
It would interest you to know that Dele Momodu is Edo, not Yoruba.

We know that. He was born and raised in Ife....but we know his roots.

Fuji music is not a commotion.

Perharps Dele does not know how to dance fuji.

Guy wan fwok Tacha.

kettykin:
This question is for IPOB youths as they step up effort to have the UNGA declare the elusive Biafra

Central Africa

Cantonese:
Aba, Aba, Aba, every time. Is Aba the only city in this country with bad and dirty streets? Go to Kano, Abuja, Nassarawa, Edo, Oyo, Kogi, Lagos etc and you”ll find that Aba is better. In Lagos when you walk through the streets of Okokomaiko, you must be careful otherwise your head will become the wastebin.

Thats what your Aba people have turned those places into. Aba traders full Ladipo Market. Do you know how many times Mushin Local Govt has shut down Ladipo for filthiness? Too many to count. It got so bad even State govt under Fashola shut it down twice....for same reason, filth!

Stop exporting your filth to other places, leave it back home.

KingOdart:
Abia state is bad news and it is no longer news

The funniest thing is that these pigs will be the first to call others dirty

Ngwa people are known for exporting filth to other places they migrate and settled in. Go to Kaduna, Abuja, Kano, Lagos...they have turned once beautiful cities into piggyland.

Im not surprised at all that their homeland is like this. The word hygiene is not in Ngwa lexicon.

This city should be locked down. Orji Kalu ought to be ashamed.

These payments and the risk of loosing it is why many of them are against the division of Nigeria.

Do you think a Western Nigeria will pay Obasanjo this largesse? They will ask him to account for what he has done for West to earn such amount.

He is best looked after under the present arrangement than to have the country restructured....or even dissolved. Same applies to rest of them. The ones in North will even suffer worst outcomes.

Imagine that Abacha estate is getting this money, inspite of his destruction of the country.

Anyone that spend time praying for Nigeria is like the person that takes basket to stream to fetch water....its a drain!

They said "prayers" for 36hrs. How about calling vets or even hunters in the nearby town to tranquilize the elephant and then give it treatment for its wounds?

I wish Omokiri would stay to preaching and teaching scripture. Thats where his calling is. Leave politics alone, its not a good fit.

Politics turned him to a fugitive, but priesthood can make him an household name on the planet.

Here in summary is what he said -
1. There is a figurative meaning hidden in the APPLE episode in the Garden of Eden.

2. He showed its clearity in a similar usage in Solomon 2:3.

3. He showed the transformation that happened to a Bini girl before and after consuming the APPLE. She was not aware of herself before but the experience opened her to an awareness of who she was after.

4. The Eden episode is a sexual encounter between Adam and Eve, but it was not explicitly stated because the society was highly noble and moral, certain words of private acts are hidden away from public discourse and view.

5. To truly get the meaning of what the scripture described about Eden, one must bypass the middlemen (translations) and read in the original (Yoruba).

6. Holy Scriptures are records of esoterism, secrets of nature is encrypted in them.

Amatarasha:
Pls Pdp are innocent ,ie lesser evil
D guy might be like all this oshigun afamed metaphysical and sarrki dying 4 Apc anyways

I will pay for your membership form to join APC. There is no future in PDP. Defect now

Amatarasha, nice to see you are back dear!

Ishilove:
When they groom themselves, they are looking for insects and other creepy crawlies nestled in their fur. I guess that's their preoccupation with human hair. It's an instinct.

I like monkeys. Is there any disadvantage of owning a monkey as pet? They should be cared for and put on leather leash like we do dogs but instead we chain them like prisoners. Ive seen monkeys with even padlocks. Its a shame.

I love damask. What do you want to discus? Becareful, some tribes in Nigeria dont know what a damask is.

Enemyofpeace:
yinmu

Ishilove:
This made me smile, especially at Kalia's very serious expression while grooming them. She has clearly bonded with that family.

Definitely! It is amazing to watch the closeness between humans and animals.

I wonder what monkeys are looking for in their preoccupation with human hair.

stonemasonn:
And Fayemi wants to be president SMH, another as licker.

@ MetaPhysical which OPC member knows governance?

Governance is not taught anywhere in Nigeria. There has never been a governor that would say he knows governance. None!

What people should have is leadership. OPC Members have leadership and they are organized and disciplined. An OPC governor can appoint technocrats to assist his administration.

Be mindful also that OPC can act as the vetter for office holders. In other words, we vote their endorsements.

Charleys:

Thats funny! But that statement opens eyes into the abyss of a dormant problem in North.

When he says "behavior", the father is making reference to what is popularly held to be true in North....that is, every way in which a human should behave and conduct himself is in Koran and an individual muat shut off his innate abilities and even ingenuity if it opens him or her to ways condemned in the Quran.

For instance, dance is frowned upon and is considered a wayward behavior. So a child born with dance talents and ear for music could be regarded as abnormal and sent to this madrasah/torture house to align him properly and take the dance out of him.