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Jobs/VacanciesRe: An Unemployed Graduate Begs Buhari, Tinubu, Fashola And Dangote For a Job by Orpe7(m): 10:13am On Aug 13, 2018
Insurance job plenty
Ure just been choosy
No go work
RomanceRe: How Do I Tell A Friend To Stop Bringing Girls To Have Sex In My Apartment? by Orpe7(m): 6:24am On Aug 13, 2018
The horror evertime you sleep n dream grin
HealthRe: Lady Makes A Collection Of All The Mosquitoes She Has Killed (Pictured) by Orpe7(m): 9:31pm On Aug 12, 2018
Kill enough and make.mosquito soup
CrimeRe: Nigerian, Ikenna Modestus Battered For Sleeping With His Benefactor’s Girlfriend by Orpe7(m): 9:25pm On Aug 12, 2018
See as dem destroy human face grin grin grin
Werey! Them dey help u but ur flat head still make ur prick dey stand.
Konji na bastard
PoliticsRe: Randy Chima Found Dead At His Home In Awka, Anambra by Orpe7(m): 9:23pm On Aug 12, 2018
Hon. Randy
Reminds me of Nackson grin
RIP
CrimeRe: Thief Breaks His Skull, Dies While Fleeing, His PVC Retrieved by Orpe7(m): 9:21pm On Aug 12, 2018
Either an auto parts seller trying to make people cry on a sunday. Later dem go open office for thursday after praise and worship. Yeye people. No be una 4 Anambra girls make us proud for abroad ni. But ur men are totally useless
CrimeRe: Thief Breaks His Skull, Dies While Fleeing, His PVC Retrieved by Orpe7(m): 9:17pm On Aug 12, 2018
Lost his brain while trying to steal a brain box grin grin grin grin
CrimeRe: Man Kills Another Man For Ritual In Abia (Graphic Photos) by Orpe7(m): 3:08pm On Aug 12, 2018
thebestprice:
plz does ritual, I mean money ritual..DOES IT WORK?CAN ANYONE PROOVE TO ME THAT IT WORKS?
U wan try am?
As a scientist i say u should try it so you can tell me your
Observation theory and conclusion grin
EducationAlphaeaus Taiwo Olunaike Aka ALAJO SHOMOLU by Orpe7(op): 3:05pm On Aug 12, 2018
Alphaeus Taiwo Olunaike is not a name that many Nigerians are familiar with. But once you mention Baba Alajo Somolu, the eyes of millions of Nigerians will light up. Yes, they are more familiar with this nomenclature.

BACKGROUND AND EARLY DAYS

He was born at a very dangerous time. A perilous period in history. It was on the 16th of September 1915 in the tiny city of Isan-Oyin (now called Isonyin), close to Ijebu-Musin and Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria. Within the thick groves of thick forests and the brilliant foliage of green tropical plants, the cries of newly-born babies pierced the calm and peace of the forest. A woman named Grace Okuromiko Olunaike had given birth to triplets. Three at once!Immediately she was told that she just gave birth to three babies, her face went sullen. She could not hide the sadness. Her heartbeat increased as tears streamed down herwarm face. She was visibly confused. It was an abomination for a woman to give birth to triplets at that time in Yorubaland. One child must be sacrificed to the gods. One of the babies was eventually sacrificed to the gods. The other two were spared. One of them is whom I am writing on right now – Alajo Somolu.

Baba Alajo Somolu was just three years of age when he lost his father. However, he was able to proceed with his education. He started his primary education at the Emmanuel Primary School, Ijebu-Isonyin. He had not finished his education at his small hamlet when his paternal uncle, STA Torimoro came and took him to Lagos where he was able to further his education.


Baba Alajo Shomolu
Long after he narrowly escaped being sacrificed to the gods, in the year 1927, he arrived Lagos and he was enrolled at the St. Johns School, Aroloya. From there, he proceeded to the Christ Church Cathedral School, Lagos, and finishedthere in 1934. Two years after his education, he was enrolled as an apprentice under a tailor named Rojaye. He was a tailor-in-training for nine good yearsbefore he got his ‘freedom’. When hestarted working as a tailor, he noticed that the income was not just going to be sustainable for him and he needed an alternative fast.Therefore, when the younger brother of his late dad, STA Torimoro, was going to Cameroon on a commercial trip, Baba Alajo Somolu decided he would also seize the opportunity and follow him too.

Thus, in 1950, BabaAlajo Somolu was on his way to Paul Biya’s nation. Upon reaching Cameroon, Baba Alajo Somolu unleashed the ferocious entrepreneurial spirit that was in him. A very determined fellow, he tried his hands on various tasks and duties in Cameroon. He sold goods, newspapers and tried his hands on many ventures. In Cameroon, one of his neighbours was a thrift collector and he gisted him about the business which immediately caught his fancy.As a a result, by thetime he returned to Nigeria in 1954, he already had it in mind that he was going to start the business of ajo gbigba (thrift collection). He was 39 at that time. Before he left Cameroon, he took with him a copy of the thrift collection card used by his Cameroonian neighbour. Upon reaching Nigeria, he made his own copies of the card and he named his own venture Popular Daily Alajo Somolu.

At the peak of his career, he was so hardworking and diligent at his work that sayings were coined in his name.The sayings are as follows:‘’Ori e pe bii ti alajo Somolu, to fodidi oôdun meta gbajo lai ko oruko eni kankan sile, ti ko si siwo san fenikeni.’’ (Your brain is as sharp as that of Alajo Somolu, who collected thrift for three years and paid back all his customers without writing down a single name and without making a single mistake with the payment)There is also another one that goes thus:

“Ori e pe bii Alajo Somolu, to ta moto, to fi ra keke”.

(You are so intelligent like Alajo Somolu, who sold his car to buy a bicycle).

Culled from Proudlyoruba.com http://www.proudlyoruba.com/alajo-somolu-nigerias-most-famous-thrift-collector/amp/#click=https:///GZTqEL7DYL
Christianity EtcRe: What Does Matthew 8:22 Mean By "Let The Dead Bury Their Own Dead"? by Orpe7(m): 2:47pm On Aug 12, 2018
Moslems will come here and say trash now but when u want to comment on their thread you will need to say yes to some mumbo jumbo ish
FoodRe: World Jollof Day 2018: Three Fun Recipes To Try by Orpe7(m): 2:45pm On Aug 12, 2018
Party jollof cooked inside them big iron koko is still by far the best grin
PoliticsRe: Atiku: ‘I Will Rule Nigeria For Only Four Years’ by Orpe7(m): 2:42pm On Aug 12, 2018
This guy must be really desperate

CelebritiesRe: Mama Tobi Holds ‘Crazy’ Photoshoot In Lagos by Orpe7(m): 2:38pm On Aug 12, 2018
vizkiz:
Apart from
Broda Wasiu
Crazeclown
Lasisi
Brother shagi (sometimes)
Woli Arole (sometimes)
And Maraji.

Every other Nigerian "Skit makers" are all Boring as fück with Zero humor.
MCLively aint bad
PoliticsRe: Photos Of Money Exchanging Hands At Polling Unit Go Viral On Twitter by Orpe7(m): 2:23pm On Aug 12, 2018
Either say which party is doing this so i wont crucify APC all i know is that our Democracy sucks
PoliticsRe: Godfathers At War With Godsons (Photos) by Orpe7(m): 9:49am On Aug 11, 2018
Who get time to read this epsitle should pleaze do and summarize. Cus i just dey scroll down since e no finish grin
PoliticsRe: Adeleke: I Gained Admission Into US University Without WAEC Result by Orpe7(m): 10:30am On Aug 10, 2018
ADELEKE never went to any UNI. I know a family relative eho disclosed this to me however whats my own majority of our politicians na thief
CelebritiesRe: Peks Ikeji Flaunts His Beautiful Sitting Room In Banana Island (Photos) by Orpe7(m): 10:27am On Aug 10, 2018
Who is this idiot competing with?
Nairaland GeneralRe: Dinosaur Bones Found In Lagos, Warning Message Written On A Tablet (Photos) by Orpe7(m): 10:22am On Aug 10, 2018
Like seriously
Who will fall for this crap
NYSCRe: Female Corper Sexually Harasses Male Corper At Lagos NYSC Camp, Touches His Dick by Orpe7(m): 7:14am On Aug 10, 2018
Maybe na Benin Geh dey codedly grab dick to the underworld grin grin grin
CelebritiesRe: Olakunle Churchill Arrests Online Saboteur After 100$ Assistance. by Orpe7(m): 11:26pm On Aug 08, 2018
SUPER STORY
RomanceRe: Chinese Man Marries Muslim Nigerian Girl As He Accepts Islam by Orpe7(m): 11:24pm On Aug 08, 2018
modelmike7:
This news should have better been placed in the Islam section, where negative comments won't go....
Cos all these thirsty guys here will start saying rubbish about Islam since they know their signature won't change this time around!

Allahmdululai
Screw that
TravelRe: See Filthy Obalende Bus-stop (PHOTOS) by Orpe7(m): 7:49pm On Aug 07, 2018
Nigerians are Naturally dirty. Its in our DNA. Even if the white man switch continents with us. We will mess Europe up within 6months
CrimeRe: Nigerian Man Arrested With Over 5kg Heroin In India by Orpe7(m): 4:57pm On Aug 07, 2018
Igbo

NYSCRe: FG Increases NYSC Allowance To N49,800 - APC Newspaper by Orpe7(m): 9:07am On Aug 07, 2018
Any smart person will start investing for years after service if indeed this is true
PoliticsRe: Governor Ambode At Rhapsody Restaurant And Lounge In Shoprite-Ikeja Mall (Photos by Orpe7(m): 9:05am On Aug 07, 2018
Rhapsody, that place wey dem dey sell that sweet lemon drink wey u go drunk later
CelebritiesRe: Why I Enrolled My Son As A Mechanic Apprentice –kunle Afolayan by Orpe7(m): 12:01pm On Aug 04, 2018
Smart move, with the numbers of cars in nigeria, just open a mega auto shop and boom he is in good money
FamilyRe: Would You Let Your Wife Wear This Out? by Orpe7(m): 12:00pm On Aug 04, 2018
Vaseline Crew grin grin grin cheesy
EducationRe: 'Making Love': Found In Primary School Book (Pictured) by Orpe7(m): 11:58am On Aug 04, 2018
I doubt its a childrens book. Lets see the front page. Whack drawing doesnt necessarily mean its for children
CareerRe: Two Mexicans Fired From A Factory And The Rest Decided To Leave With Them. by Orpe7(m): 8:28pm On Aug 03, 2018
If na naija omo dem ur friends go take ur post sharp sharp
SportsRe: Japan Unveils N324m Mobile Mosques To Welcome Muslim Fans During 2020 Olympics by Orpe7(m): 8:27pm On Aug 03, 2018
To imagine all moslems go into various buses to pray on a friday and Booom! grin
CelebritiesRe: Sophia Momodu Replies Fan Who Asked Her To "Do Something" About Davido & Chioma by Orpe7(m): 8:23pm On Aug 03, 2018
Sometimes i just dont understand why some people will not mind their business. Internet isnt for everyone walahi
CrimeRe: 8 Rounds Of Sex With Goat - Zimbabwean Man Caught Pants Down With Goat (Photo) by Orpe7(m): 6:07pm On Aug 03, 2018
Devil laughing hard on this modafucker.
Bobo wanna get rich or die knacking grin

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