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RomanceRe: Help As I’m Loosing My Mind In Marriage by Oksman(m): 3:47am On Nov 28, 2021
MadamVanessa:
For your brother to always take side with your wife two things are involved.

1. Is either you're a terrible husband to your wife and a terrible brother to your so called brother.

2. Or when you're not around you wife and your brother make out together, they Bleep themselves to stupor, even when she's pregnant they can still be doing it.
You are not far from the truth.
BusinessRe: Obi Cubana Buys 2022 Mercedes Benz Maybach S580 Guard 4matic Bulletproof by Oksman(m): 11:30am On Nov 27, 2021
yyba:
Mtceeeee the same model of car my state governor gave to all local governments chairmen recently without any noise. I SMH for ipob illiterates
Then that governor must very foolish to buy a car of that amount for all the LGA chairmen in your state. Assuming they are 25 of them, can you calculate the amount it will cost your state government let's believe you are even saying the truth. Why not use the money to invest in health or education? You shouldn't be proud of such stupidity, but condemn such financial rascality.
BusinessRe: Obi Cubana Buys 2022 Mercedes Benz Maybach S580 Guard 4matic Bulletproof by Oksman(m): 4:40pm On Nov 26, 2021
milliondollas:
ONE GIRL HAS BEEN OFFER IN THE CLUB SO MORE CAR AND FAME WILL COME, IGBO AMAKA LOVE OF MONEY
Empty dumb skull. You sit and conclude about something without even trying to find out the truth about the matter. The link below will cure your ignorance.

https://www.abujapress.com/2021/11/cctv-footage-hustle-bustle-breaks.html
PoliticsRe: Man Arrested With 8 Explosives In Lagos by Oksman(m): 2:07pm On Nov 26, 2021
GreatTormentor:
You might be surprised who is behind it
You lack not only content but substance as well. Even when the name of the culprit was clearly written. You are still bringing up a story that only enjoyed media trial when it was published. What are the names of those who sponsor boko Haram in Nigeria as published by the govt. of UAE, I guess they were Igbos as well.
Olodo
CelebritiesRe: CCTV FOOTAGE: Hustle & Bustle Breaks Silence On Demise Of A Clubber, Says She Tr by Oksman(m): 1:07pm On Nov 26, 2021
RIP girl.
And one i.diot was spewing thrash accusing the hotel management of complicity over her death. I hope this rest that frivolous allegations. We are too tribalistic in this country. May God help us.
PoliticsRe: Breaking!! Wahala As Governor El Rufai Humiliate PDP Openly by Oksman(m): 4:04am On Nov 26, 2021
Humiliate PDP in what way ? Can a child humiliate his father? Was he not also one of the offsprings of PDP? Abeg forget this politicians because you will still find this man in another party tomorrow insulting APC as if he was not a major stakeholder there.
PoliticsRe: Kenneth Okonkwo: Buhari Has Done More For Igbos Under APC Than PDP by Oksman(m): 6:47am On Nov 25, 2021
DubaiLandLord1:
I agree with Mr. Okonkwo

This is democracy bro. You can't expect everybody to hate Buhari.

Obj, Yardua and GEJ combine have not done up to what GMB have done in the SE in terms of infrastructure.
Have you been to the east or just reaffirming the popular narrative?
PoliticsRe: Names, Ranks Of 58 Policemen Indicted By Lagos #EndSARS Panel (Full List) by Oksman(m): 12:12pm On Nov 24, 2021
bergs2:
A careful chronicle of the names here indicted, supports the notion that "Southerners are killing themselves" under the instruction of their "Masters".
Unfortunately, they are predominantly Yoruba officers against fellow Yorubas.
May God help us.
cry cry cry
PoliticsRe: Anger As Tinubu Bow's Down To Greet Dantata by Oksman(m): 6:12pm On Nov 23, 2021
[quote author=Guestlander post=107893241]All Ibo leaders just came back from Abuja after groveling and begging Buhari. Is Buhari a higher being to them?
Tinubu was not begging just showing courtesy and respect. It is part of our culture, the Japanese also do it. [/quote]


shocked shocked
CelebritiesRe: Nigeria Government Wasted Baba Suwe! Nigeria Is Not One by Oksman(m): 12:01am On Nov 23, 2021
1nigeriamyfoot:
NDLEA said they suspected Baba Suwe to have invested cocaine on his way travelling out of the country to attend a function where he will perform as MC

NDLEA locked up Baba Suwe for many months giving him various poisonous drugs to ensure everything in his body is flushed out

After some months of continuous torture, NDLEA found nothing on him & subsequently released

Baba Suwe filed a case against NDLEA & won but till his last seconds on earth, he received no kobo from NDLEA as compensation awarded to him by Nigeria court of law

If Baba Suwe is a northerner, he would have never been subjected to such humiliation not to talk of not getting compensation of excessive continuous torture meted to him by NDLEA

We read a story about a northern girl saved by Nigeria government from far away Saudi Arabia at the expense of hardworking Nigerian tax payers money & same girl is now NDLEA officer

Yorubas needs to wake up & demand justice for Baba Suwe

Truly, Baba Suwe is dead but we need to get justice for him even in his death
My brother I feel your pain. It's quite pathetic that this is the same nation they made us to believe that it's "bound in freedom, where peace and justice reign" Baba Suwe's case is a tragedy and unfortunate. It show how things have degenerated in this contraption called Nigeria.
CelebritiesRe: Nigeria Government Wasted Baba Suwe! Nigeria Is Not One by Oksman(m): 11:57pm On Nov 22, 2021
Y
haha20:
But your Yoruba people are the first to insult everybody and call them IPOB whenever somebody says that Nigeria should be divided to its natural units before Fraud Lugard came.
His moniker says it all. No need to bring IPOB matter into this.
PoliticsRe: Seyi Tinubu's Wife Is Igbo by Oksman(m): 10:02pm On Nov 22, 2021
Ola17:
Walahi you no well cheesy
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PoliticsRe: Seyi Tinubu's Wife Is Igbo by Oksman(m): 10:01pm On Nov 22, 2021
vanbonattel:
Some people get bad mouth grin
so funny cheesy
RomanceRe: Igbo Guys Need To Step Up. Yoruba Guys Are Winning (photos) by Oksman(m): 9:58pm On Nov 22, 2021
siofra:
I know in your mind relationship=== sex

I still need to date about 500 more. I have dated 9500
grin grin grin
Ok o! i surrender.
RomanceRe: Igbo Guys Need To Step Up. Yoruba Guys Are Winning (photos) by Oksman(m): 9:34pm On Nov 22, 2021
siofra:
Mtchew!!!


I've dated two tall, dark, handsome Yoruba guys and nothing happen.
And you are proud and not ashamed to announce it as if it's an achievement. huh huh
How many are you still going to date before you tie the knot?
PoliticsRe: There Are Religious Threats In Nigeria – CAN by Oksman(m): 8:18pm On Nov 21, 2021
Jmlsm:
I have never seen set of foolish like CAN, they can just apply as a party and contest for elections.
Making comment on an issue is not by force, just imagine the rubbish you wrote.
PoliticsRe: Event that Will Likely Play Out If KANU Dies In Detention. by Oksman(m): 10:31am On Nov 21, 2021
Abdul05:
Then who are the people that would feel the worst hit? Ur people of course grin grin

Another Genocide looming ;


I wish he could die grin grin
Alhaji Abdul05 I have this feeling that you are going through a medical condition called Angelman Syndrome, I suggest you see a doctor as quickly as possible because you have never penned any comment on Nairaland without using the big grin emoji. Though mischievous at first, I can confirm that you are true to stuff you post online.
PoliticsRe: Nnamdi Kanu: It’s Dangerous To Release IPOB Leader – Arewa Youths President by Oksman(m): 10:22am On Nov 21, 2021
adenigga:
The leadership of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has warned against releasing Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

National President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima, warned that more Kanu’s would emerge to further complicate the insecurity situation in the country, if the IPOB leader is released.

Shettima, who spoke to DAILY POST, said allowing Kanu to go unpunished would be harmful to Nigeria and the Federal Government.

He was reacting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s remark that he would consider the IPOB leader’s release.

Buhari had made the remark during a meeting with some Southeast leaders under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats, led by First Republic parliamentarian and Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi at the State House, Abuja.

Amaechi pleaded with the president to release Kanu, rather than opt for military actions.

Responding, Buhari who promised to consider their appeal, however, noted that an unconditional release of Kanu runs contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.

However, Shettima stressed that Kanu’s release would undermine what he has done to Nigeria.

According to Shettima: “There is the possibility of undermining the consequences of what this man (Nnamdi Kanu) did to the country and by implication, if he is allowed to go unpunished, it would be sending the wrong message. Nobody in the history of this country has done more damage to this country since the civil war than this young man.

“If at the end of the day, they allow him to go unpunished after what he has done, the implication is that nobody will ever commit any offence of this nature and be punished because everybody will always refer to him.

“And this means that the constitution is automatically suspended in the country. This means that some people can just commit any crime at the expense of over 200 million Nigerians and get away with it. Somebody can kill, pronounce killing and still get away with it; then what is the essence of condemning people to death for killing, murder when compared to what this man (Kanu) did?

“This is just a way of undermining the laws of our land, and indirectly they are saying the government of the day can be easily influenced. This means, somebody can commit any offence and then come to Buhari or any other government after this and seek forgiveness.”

The AYCF National President noted that Kanu is not remorseful of his actions, hence he may boast of being begged.

He added: “This man is not even remorseful, indirectly, it’s like the government is begging him to continue with what he’s doing, and he would go unpunished.

“The consequence is that, if he is allowed to go unpunished, we would end up having millions of Kanu rising, even, if he decides not to go ahead with further actions.

“If he is allowed to go, he (Kanu) will come out boasting that he did not beg to be released. He is not remorseful and there is nothing to show he regrets his actions, and anybody can do such and get away with it; we are not in Banana Republic for God’s sake.”

He maintained that the law should be allowed to take its full course in Kanu’s matter.

“The law must take its full course and I hope it’s not what I’m thinking because nobody has done the kind of damage this man has done to this country; and up till date, we have not recovered from the consequences of what he has done to this country, we are watching.

“If we allow him to go unpunished, then we are saying that the country should produce millions of him. With him alone, look at the damage he has done to his region, but for us in the North, we would ensure he has no sympathizer.

“Nobody is saying he should be dealt with without committing any crime, but if he is found wanting; then he should be made to face the consequences of his actions since the matter is in court,” he added.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/Nnamdi-Kanu-Its-dangerous-to-release-IPOB-leader-Arewa-youths-president-Shettima
@ the bolded, my thought is that the north rather; has done more irreparable damage to this country than 50 nnadi Kanu combined get that into your head.
Christianity EtcRe: One Science That proves that The Noah’s Flood Is A Big Joke. by Oksman(m): 12:09pm On Nov 20, 2021
Workch:
Its beyond physics because it didn’t happen.
The flood didn’t happen. We have evidence that it didn’t dude
I don't know how old you are young man but I want you to know that there are higher knowledge that your understanding of physics would never have answers to. Science deals mostly with empiricism making it completely at loss with what it cannot prove yet it exist.

Thank you.
Christianity EtcRe: One Science That proves that The Noah’s Flood Is A Big Joke. by Oksman(m): 2:57am On Nov 20, 2021
Workch:
With basic thermodynamics of liquid, it’s easy to see the ridiculousness of the Noah’s ark myth.
The Bible claims that there was rainfall for 40days that covered the peak of Mount Everest, let’s even assume that the earth contains that much amount of water molecules to reach the height of 8848 meters. What about the latent heat of vaporization of the huge amount of water? What effect will that have on the ecosystem?
This can be even experimented in the most archaic of all scientific labs

What is latent heat of vaporization? Latent heat of vaporization is the latent heat, energy absorbed or released by a liquid during a change in its physical state into gaseous form that occurs without changing its temperature.
For example, when a pot of water is kept boiling, the temperature remains at 100 °C (212 °F) until the last drop evaporates, because all the heat being added to the liquid is absorbed as latent heat of vaporization and carried away by the escaping vapour molecules.

By calculation using the formula to calculate latent heat of vaporization, the amount of energy required from the sun to vaporize such amount of water that covered the peak of Mount Everest within a period of less than 1year will produce a latent heat of more than 5000 °C. This temperature will totally sterilize the biosphere, (part of the earth where living organisms thrive), even the so called thermophiles (organisms that live in extreme temperatures) will not survive this temperature.
So it makes no scientific sense that such an event can occur, it’s demonstrable in the lab that’s a ridiculous concept. Unless of cause you decide to inject miracles into it, however this doesn’t make it any more scientific. It doesn’t just make any scientific sense.

We just have to laugh over it because the story was written by Bronze Age nomads who didn’t even know that the earth is spheroid.
If you believe that story then you are even more ridiculous than they were.
You are so funny. The great flood is beyond your knowledge of tertiary physics. Who are you? What contribution have you made in the field of science to warant this? Is this the only reason why you went to study physics. Why not research on viable scientific challenges and how to overcome them like global warming that can earn the Nobel prize in physics? Your scientific thrust like the topic above would not bring you any accolade but misery in your lifetime because the Noah's flood story actually took place as it is also found in ancient Sumerian texts and Aztec records. Don't allow the money spent to give you good education be an albatross upon your destiny.
CrimeRe: How I Lost Dollars And The lingering Menace Of Fraud In Nigeria by Oksman(m): 3:35pm On Nov 19, 2021
My brother irrespective of the serious attention your post deserves, I found my self laughing grin grin grin throughout the entire post. I will say you have the gift of writing comic books because you are so funny with this write up. You are not the only one that has been affected by the scourge of these online fraudsters, but my concern is that there must be a paradigm shift in our view about life. Our inordinate quest to get rich quick is the cause of this anomaly. I pray that something should be done to arrest this ugly trend that has portrayed Nigeria on the spotlight as a nation with the highest online business risk by foreign countries.
PoliticsRe: The Rest Of Nigerians Loves Igbos And Niger Deltan : Nairaland by Oksman(m): 8:15am On Nov 16, 2021
I know Abdul 05 will viewing this thread. Anything Igbo is interesting to him.
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PoliticsRe: FG Replies US-based Organisation, Denies Sponsoring Terrorism by Oksman(m): 9:57pm On Nov 14, 2021
FarahAideed:
Only a fool doesn't know Buhari govt is the soul of the terrorism bedeviling Nigeria
The world now knows Nigeria as a state sponsor of terrorism like Iran. Their denial would make no difference.
PoliticsRe: I Was Removed After 17 Days As Governor, So This Development Won’t Me– Andy Uba by Oksman(m): 9:52pm On Nov 14, 2021
kaydee007:
THE governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress APC, in the just concluded Anambra State election, Senator Andy Uba has recalled how he was removed as governor by the Supreme Court of Nigeria after 17 days in office, insisting that the current development about the 2021 election won’t hurt him.

Addressing APC members in Awka, Uba however said he had reviewed the outcome of the November 6, poll and resolved that there were enough grounds to challenge the declaration of Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, as the winner of the election.

After an internal debriefing by the party and the campaign organization, Uba and the top echelon of APC led by the state chairman, Chief Basil Ejidike said they discovered that besides having enough grounds to challenge the declaration of Professor Soludo as governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the entire election was not conducted in substantial compliance with the rules governing such exercise.

He expressed profound gratitude to members of the party, the campaign team and Anambra people, pointing out that though he never took politics or quest for political office as ‘a do or die’ venture, he would nonetheless always follow the dictates of the law in seeking redress

He said: “I will start by thanking God who kept us all alive throughout the campaign and the election. Let me once again thank everyone that contributed to this election in one way or the other. Your efforts were not in doubt and I thank you all.

“We will, however, be heading to court with the discoveries we have, which show that the declaration of Soludo as the governor-elect is faulty.

“As governor, I was removed after 17 days of being sworn in by the Supreme Court of Nigeria and I did not die. So, the current development won’t hurt me. Power belongs to God and Him alone determines who he will entrust it to.

“Preliminary investigations showed that there were sufficient grounds for us and the party to challenge the declaration of the APGA candidate, Soludo as winner of the election by INEC and the ideal thing to do in the face of such discovery, is to approach the tribunal for redress”

The state chairman of APC, Chief Basis Ejidike also explained that the decision to seek judicial redress was, perhaps, the surest way to ensure that those who engineered the electoral heist of November 6, 2021 did not enjoy the fruits of their perfidy.

“Ndi Anambra and the world at large would bear testimony to the fact that, on the eve of the election, the outgoing Governor Willie Obiano administration had, through its Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba, told everyone that the APC had written results of 10 local government areas

“Unknown to us, however, that false alarm was aimed at deflecting attention from the manipulation of the BVAS machine by APGA and a top official of INEC..

“We are, therefore, heading to court. APGA and INEC are aware that they compromised during the election and we have evidences to challenge INEC’s declaration in the court of law,” Ejidike said.
This man is funny. Anambra is a state that PDP has not been able to remove is it APC that has no structure that can unseat them. Today their Publicity Secretary congratulated Soludo, and he was fired cheesy cheesy what is Andy looking for?
PoliticsRe: Update: Boko Haram Overrun Army Super Camp In Borno State -Babajide by Oksman(m): 10:44pm On Nov 13, 2021
FarahAideed:
For the Brigade commander to be killed you know the the entire brigade was over run
Sure.
That correct, too bad.
FamilyRe: An Igbo Marriage And Bride Price List Worth ₦1.187.000 (Photo) by Oksman(m): 4:17pm On Nov 13, 2021
temitope27:
how many Igbos do you see marrying Yoruba girls
Good question.
PoliticsRe: Armed Men Reportedly Invade Wake, Open Fire On Mourners, Kill Scores In Benue by Oksman(m): 11:42am On Nov 13, 2021
Emergingnation:
That guy is Fulani Masquerading Benue people
He is not fulani he is a benue guy.
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RomanceRe: Why Do Most Black Men Hate Black Women? by Oksman(m): 11:36am On Nov 13, 2021
Datboredberry:
I've noticed how black men love to pull black women down... undecided

Last night, I was reading ilamina's topics cause I was bored and I think most were funny.

I came across the comments of two men, on a particular thread, who were dissing Nigerian women. They went on about the few white women they've had sex with... How perfect white women therefore are... And how Nigerian girls are so unhygienic... And so forth...

To me, it all reeks of self-hate... And ignorance.

Most black men are deliberately blind to racism...they prefer to ignore the fact that on the social ladder, they come last...

They have zero knowledge of the past... Before the Europeans came to Africa, during the trans-atlantic slave trade and colonialism... And even now... Black women have stood supportive of black men while they were beaten, lynched, stripped off every iota of self-pride... At your very worse, no matter where you are, every black man knows he has a home in a community of black women...

So why the hate towards the only people who've fought by you since the very beginning and who would probably never stop because of their love, loyalty and respect... Even to those undeserving of them...

I've always hated to see black men come out to saw the most awful things about black women...

Black men do everything wrong... The most despicable which is when they insult the good-looks of black women.

Men with broad noses, high foreheads, full lips, type 4 hair... Look at a mirror image of themselves and call it ugly... It's cringe...

There's nothing wrong with dating someone of a different race... But if you do it because you think black women don't compare, then you have a chronic case of mental slavery...

If you think the women who you birthed you, you grew up and played with, you had your first kiss with... Are somehow inferior to women of a different race... Then you have no respect for yourself...

Personally, I've dated men of different races... But I could never think of stooping so low to even write a single bad think of black men...

Yet black men date one white woman and they are all over judging and criticizing black women.

The worse comes from black men who haven't even said a word to a white person in their entire lives!!!

They watch a lot of blacked porn, listen to loads of biased opinions from their mates then instantly take up the role of head-slave... Berating black women and their blackness...

If you date white women, it's great... I date white men... And many other black women do...

But while dating white women, there's no need for you to grovel... To shame your race, culture or ethnicity just to please your white partner... It's absolutely unnecessary for you to make your interracial relationship somehow still revolve around black women... You're not hurting anyone, just making a fool of yourself...

Most black men...
@ the bolded you mean you have dated African, Asian, European, Native American, and Oceanian men for what reason? As a lady, that's too unhealthy to post on a public forum like Nairaland. It shouldn't have formed part of this write up. Moreover, why must you experiment with men of different races if you do not have the same character flaws like the two men you read their comments that influenced this post. Having relationships with even different men of the same race is not advisable, talk more of dating men of different races. Your mentality is warped already so it's difficult to convince you about your views. I personally do not agree with your opinion on this because most men I know even those married to whites still tell you that our women are not scumbags as you intend to portray. I believe that you are bored as your moniker suggest cheesy but what you penned down up there is not the truth.
PoliticsRe: The Ghost Of Lamidi Adedibu By Oladeinde Olawoyin by Oksman(m): 9:48am On Nov 13, 2021
Akinolore:
On Wednesday, a corpse materialized at the entrance of the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi. It was a corpse dressed in the regalia of protest. Yet the corpse reminds me that in Ibadan, the ghost of Lamidi Adedibu still hovers above the skies, spreading its wings across the firmament. The old fox already left, but he won’t let go of his tight grip on Oyo politics and governance space. Lamidi died thirteen years ago as the acclaimed 'strongman' of Ibadan politics, but his ghost haunts this city of brown rusted roofs, still.

First off, at the congress organized by the Adebisi Olopo-Eniyan faction of the PDP at Jogor Centre the other day, it was a macabre dance of guns, dagger, and bullets. By the time the dust settled, some itchy fingers and broken bottles had, reportedly, produced a broken limb and some bullet-riddled vehicles. At the other PDP (factional) congress organized by Governor Seyi Makinde and his allies at the Adamasingba Stadium, it was a peaceful festival of gongs, laughter, Amala and Gbegiri. But it was the sort of peace procured with the currency of the freedom of the 'other'. As Jean-Paul Sartre said, anyway, hell is other people.

In all, both at Jogor and Adamasingba, the ghost of Lamidi Adedibu haunts.

Within the Oyo APC, there is an ominous stalemate. Party stalwarts, elders and young men whose tall ambitions have been cut short are smarting from the specter of what's now known as 'Jagba'-ism. It's the fear of politicians that take without necessarily being asked to take. Ja-gba. It's political violence and mayhem launched without noise, without bloodshed, but with dirty gambits and subterfuge. Ja-gba. It's to take things by force without necessarily being forceful.

The man reportedly at the center of the spectacle, Senator Teslim Folarin, is a prominent disciple of Lamidi Adedibu----just like Adebayo Alao-Akala, another latter-day progressive whom Adedibu literally made Oyo's numero uno. Folarin it was who was chauffeured from the UK to Molete in the early 2000s, serenaded us with cute British diction on his way to the upper chamber in Abuja in 2003, tacitly supported Rashidi Ladoja's lawless impeachment by a band of brigands in 2006, was enmeshed in a supremacy battle with Alao-Akala in 2011, hobnobbed with the late Abiola Ajimobi in 2015 and 2019, and now schemes ahead of 2023.

And so in the most interesting of places, right at the backyard of Oyo 'progressives', Lamidi Adedibu re-appears yet again, unperturbed by the cacophony of voices screaming in rejection and disapproval.

But to be sure, Adedibu (or/and his doppelganger) isn't a stranger in the 'progressive' fold.

In his most authoritative book, What I Saw in the Politics and Chieftaincy Affairs of Ibadanland, Adedibu narrated how, in a fit of rage, he almost broke down the gate of Mapo Hall one sunny afternoon in the 1950s. It was a protest against what he considered Adegoke Adelabu's tyranny. At the time, Adedibu was a progressive, but he didn't care much about what was considered the core of progressivism: character. Of course the great Awo frowned at Adedibu's thuggish stunt, but as events of the years afterwards show, the late sage could not tame the beast in the old man.

Adedibu died a master tactician through and through. By a dint of hard work and sheer thuggery, of course with the generous support of the government at the centre, led by Olusegun Obasanjo, he built quite the reputation for himself in political chicanery and commoditization of electoral violence. To him, the end is all that mattered, however obscene the means appeared. And since politics is a game of results, it worked quite fine.

By the time he breathed his last, he had made a governor of a mere chairmanship aspirant, a deputy governor of an alleged vulcanizer, a senator of a carpenter, a Reps member of a motor boy----all through the instrumentality of force and subterfuge. But in fairness to the man, Adedibu's was one political tactic that was, er, 'violently democratic': he had his bait in covert weaponization of the people's poverty, through his Friday-Friday festival of Amala and Gbegiri, and occasional Ankara clothing materials distributed in Molete, with some wads of naira notes. In a way, aside the instrumentality of force, he actually schemed and toiled to earn the trust of the hoi polloi, the support of whom he traded among the bourgeoisie for influence and cash. That's why his Molete home was a Mecca of sort to all politicians from across Nigeria, both the refined and the lousy, even though the once bubbling edifice now lies lifelessly like a tired drunkard.

So the man whom Awo prevented from breaking down the gate of Mapo Hall in the 1950s would come around to pull up even bigger stunts: he would tear down heftier gates at the Agodi Government House by proxy, scheme for the violent displacement of an elected governor, make a mess of the state legislative arm, empower thugs and Oraisas who in turn became a law unto themselves, and whimsically decide the destiny of a whole state in his bedroom.

When Adedibu died in 2008, half of Ibadan residents who had had enough of the perennial brigandage burst into bitter-sweet dirges. Others, for whom he was a god, wept into the nights. His death was tragedy as harbinger of tragi-comedy. But twelve years on, Adedibu died as though he didn't die, and his ghost haunts.

The corpse at the Agodi Secretariat earlier in the week was Damilare Ojo's, a motorcyclist allegedly killed at Queen Cinema due to a disagreement over N100. The young man, or so said the angry crowd of Okada riders that brought him there, was murdered by marauding boys of the Oyo State Park Management System (PMS). The PMS boys are notorious for extortion, harassment, and violence. In recent months, they have graduated into a murderous mob. But folks see these things as though they don't see them. It's the sort of hypocrisy that fails, fabulously so, to hide its intent. Hush.

Earlier in June or so, the PMS boys struck at Iwo Road phone mart, allegedly leaving in their trail sorrows, tears, and blood. But theirs isn't any surprising metamorphosis, given the antecedent of their numero uno: Lamidi Auxiliary a.k.a Baba Rili of the Wulo-Wubo fame.

In August, I ran into the Wulo-Wubo convoy at Olodo, enroute to Iyana Church. In split seconds, some weird-looking hemp smokers chased us all off the road, leaving in their trail violent gymnastics and marijuana smoke. It was a script pulled out of the locust years of brigandage. Hush.

But again, it was no surprise after all. Auxiliary it was who was locked in a mortal combat with the late Lati Elewe-Omo, who, also by some design, had had some engagements with the relic, Akinsola Tokyo. Tokyo it was who worked for Ajimobi's 2011 mandate and, for eons, had struggled for space and influence with Tawa, another expired article.

They all are now artifacts of (better forgotten) history.

Yet between Auxiliary and Elewe-Omo, between Tokyo and Tawa, including even Fele Taofiki, there is a long list of bejeweled thugs ( Concord, Egbeda Tunnila, Gala, Alado, Ismail Agbaje, Alhaji Bola) who owe their notoriety and invincibility to Lamidi Adedibu, who in turn owed his to the conspiratorial support he enjoyed from the state. In a sense, Lamidi Adedibu has left the scene but his legacy endures in these boys, most notably now Auxiliary, an ally of the meek-looking Governor Makinde, who in turn is a political ally of Lamidi Adedibu's wife who's often too quick to brag that she is the governor's 'godmother', Bose Adedibu.

So head or tail, APC or PDP, Wulo-Wubo or Jagba, Lamidi Adedibu's ghost haunts Oyo, still. Only that this time, it's a top secret that isn’t secretive. Hush.


Source :
The Ghost Of Lamidi Adedibu By Oladeinde Olawoyin

https://westerndailynews.com/the-ghost-of-lamidi-adedibu-by-oladeinde-olawoyin/
@ the bolded, can't understand why he has to describe Ibadan in such a derogatory narrative. Does it mean that there are no modern buildings there?
PoliticsRe: Top Ten Indepted African Nation To China by Oksman(m): 4:58pm On Nov 11, 2021
Conwarden:
Alaye, so we should be proud of this achievement?


angry


Life sentence for all scammers . . . including paternity fraudsters!
Please forget that crap above. This is a Premium Times report on Aug 11 2021 on debts owed by countries.


Nigeria, India, others among countries with highest debt risk exposure – Report

A report by the World Bank has listed Nigeria among countries with the highest debt risk exposure across the world.

The details are contained in the fiscal year 2021 (FY21) financial statement of the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank financial institution that offers concessional loans and grants to the poorest developing countries.

According to the report, with debt exposure of $11.7 billion, Nigeria ranked fifth among the top 10 countries with highest debt risk exposure.

The top four countries are India with $22 billion, Bangladesh ($18.1 billion), Pakistan ($16.4 billion), and Vietnam ($14.1 billion).

Other countries on the list are Ethiopia ($11.2 billion), Kenya ($10.2 billion), Tanzania ($8.3 billion), Ghana ($5.6 billion), and Uganda ($4.4 billion).

In 2022, the organization said the single borrower limit (SBL) has been set at $45 billion, about 25 percent of $180.9 billion of equity as of June 30, 2021.

It added that the figure is “marginally higher” than that of 2021.

“As of June 30, 2021, the ten countries with the highest exposures accounted for 66% of IDA’s total exposure,” the organization said.

“Monitoring these exposures relative to the SBL, requires consideration of the repayment profiles of existing loans, as well as disbursement profiles and projected new loans and guarantees.”

The financial report revealed further that a total of $19.5 billion loans would be disbursed to Nigeria.

The breakdown include $1.46 billion loan approved but not yet signed, $6.61 billion signed loan commitment, and $11.47 billion outstanding loan.


El, interest, or other charges due to IDA, it may suspend disbursements immediately on all loans and grants to that borrower.

You can see how they go about deceiving those who are not knowledgeable. He should disprove the above report.
CelebritiesRe: 195-years-old Man Discovered In Nigeria : Set To Become The Oldest Living Person by Oksman(m): 6:05pm On Nov 10, 2021
9182736455O1999:
Omo 195 years?

the old man would be a burden.

but wait, if he is 195 years that guy is too young to be his grandson
Common sense.
Correct thinker.
PoliticsRe: Ozigbo Calls Soludo, Concedes Defeat, Thanks Ndi Anambra by Oksman(m): 4:35pm On Nov 10, 2021
GboyegaD:
That is how progressives behave. I have always loved him as a Divisional Director way back in Bank PHB/Keystone Bank. Very humble and knows people by name.
Wow!

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