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Ekpoma1:
I dont just know. Pls someone should help me beg this Jehoval Witness's gal 2 leave me alone. After allowing me 2 waste 2yrs chasing her 2 no avail, she is now flashing and sending me call me back. What does she want i dont know. It seems she is enjoyed d chasing or maybe she want 2 accept now me after her JW brother had used and dumped her. She doesnt know that her time has passed. *long hiss*

U se lo gwa ni ebwa lu. Ma ten mo na kaka, ghe bu we ta. mtcheeeew.

1stCitizen:
1.Although your analogy is weak and out of context, the answer is YES, IF IT WILL SAVE A LIFE.

2[b].Again JESUS violated a law to DO GOOD. What is your take on that with regards to the Blood issue?[/b]

Jesus did not violate any law, there was no law that says you can't heal on a sabbath. The Pharisees were just looking for any excuse to accuse Jesus. Every man in Israel would rescue their sheep if it falls into a pit on a sabbath and no pharisee or person would say it is a violation of the sabbath, so if they can do that on a sabbath, how on earth can they think that curing a man of his illness on a sabbath constitutes a violation of the sabbath. So Jesus did not violate a sabbath law by curing the sick man.
Please donn't talk about things you don't fully understand.

1stCitizen:
1.Although your analogy is weak and out of context, the answer is YES, IF IT WILL SAVE A LIFE.

2[b].Again JESUS violated a law to DO GOOD. What is your take on that with regards to the Blood issue?[/b]

Yes You can choose to disobey your Doctor because he is not God and he can not restore life back to you. But a good christian and the epitome of a christian is he who can lose his life to obey his laws. Jesus said he who loses his life for my sake would gain it. So if we are absolutely sure it is God's law, we all pray God will Give us the strenght to stand up for the truth. And fo r your information not just on this matter, a lot of withnesses were imprisoned and killed in many countries even children, Germany, USA, France, Japan, Russia etc because they believe it is wrong to take part in war.
During the Biafran War, a lot of Withnesses were killed because they refuse to take up arms against fellow men, in Rwanda many of us were killed because we housed and harbor the other tribes been targetted and killed.
While many whites were discriminating against blacks in USA, Jehovah's withnesses risked ridicule, employment and death because they accepted evryone as equal before God.
There are many situations in which the withnesses readily risked and gave up their lives to obey God as ruler rather than men.

When Russia banned all Christian activities in the soviet Union, you guys should make a research and find out how many christian groups stood up, how many christian organizations refused to stop preaching and associating together, how many were imprisoned and killed. I would tell you that we stood up for our beliefs in the face of all onslaughts, while most other christain organiztions became dead or gave only a senblance of resistance. Even little children amongst us defended their faith with zeal and conviction. Some children whose parents were imprisoned and given to ideal russian families to be taught atheism still lived up to their christian beliefs.

If all these makes us murderers, then we have been tried in the court of fallen men and not God.

quadrant4:
Please when next Jehovah witness knock on your doors kindly allow them to preach to you because they have the truth of God's word. You must also be humble enough to be teachable no pride here pls!

Jehovah's withnesses are not interested in preaching to everybody. Just those who are interested in listening to them

cloud7:
MY BROTHER,A WHOLE LOTS OF THINGS IS WRONG IN MARRYING A WITNESS,FIRST AND FOREMOST,THE LADY IN QUESTION HAS NOT ACCEPTED YOUR MARRIAGE PROPOSAL.IN ANY CASE,U MUST JOIN JEHOVAH WITNESS FOR YOU TO MARRY HER.
BUT IF YOU MUST JOIN JEHOVAH WITNESS,BE READY TO FACE (SLAVERY) COS THERE ARE MANY THINGS THEY WILL NOT TELL YOU BEFORE JOINING THEM, FOR EXAMPLE,DENYING YOUR (REDEEMED) FAMILY,REJECTING JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR MEDIATOR, PARTICIPATING IN ANY KIND OF SPORTS,INABILITY TO ASPIRE TO HIGHER IN EDUCATION ETC
IF YOU FINALLY JOIN THEM,IT SOUNDS BIZARE BUT ITS TRUE,YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EAT SOME KIND OF MEAT,ESPECIALLY ROASTED BUSH MEAT,YOGURT ETC, AND THERE IS LIKELIHOOD OF YOU SUFFERING AMNESIA, WILL TELL YOU MANY OTHER SECRETS LATER [color=#000099][/color]

Just take this to the Jokers section. That is how people spread rumors and lies that leads to genocide and other nasty stuffs. maybe you should read up what the Romans were accusing the early christians of, then you would have seen your kiths and kins.

jaidopor:
Interesting thread and very good contribution by Myjoe.

For those that actually research Jehovah witness believe, they will discover that the believe is shallow and not based on fact. ut why cant they leave?

First, most born -in are baptized at a very young age (10-15) before they reach adulthood. The moment you are baptized, you are bound to the religion for life. If you leave, you will be shun by other member and your family. Fear of judicial committee directed by unqualified elder and other stuff to keep the practicing jehovah witness in line. Those are some of the reason that people that are IN cant leave or are afraid to leave.

The few that have left are those that are ready to question their believe and put it to the test. Definitely, the believe never stand up to test of time.Witness that are not in Brooklyn or Bethel are usually refer to as dumb rank and file by those that work at their branch office because they refuse to think for themselves.

Everything depend on the lady. If she want to date you, she will leave her religion and follow you to wherever you go. If she is not ready to do this, please leave her quick quick

You say a whole lot of trash as if its the truth. You don't know them but you are posturing as if you do. Who are those afraid to leave, many left and they came back, most of those who are disciplined and shunned as you said still come back and a few don't, its a matter of choice. If you are a Jehovah's withness, you act like one, if you don't you are not. Whether  they are wrong or right is a different matter so just leave it. A lot of people have given their thots on the issue and so the its between the OP and the Lady. All these other ones you are talking about is not the issue at hand.

odiaero:
Where?

odiaero:
My guy, the way things are there, if they have the power, they may

In the Bible he quoted it mentioned marry only in the lord, there was nothing like work in the lord there, so if the bible mandated them to work only in the lord, then they would probably do that. So that analogy does not fly. Then remember in his explanation, the israelites don't marry outside their religion but they trade with others.
The Major reasons the Jews were hated all thru the centuries was because they believed their religion was the true religion handed by God and so they do not want any interference or corruption of it, therefore any community they are, they stand out as different, they dress differently eat differently, marry only themselves. The early church was also like that, they stood out for miles from others they became easy target.
Now everything is blended, no one knows one from the other, the only people that are quite different are the Jehovah's withnesses and they have become easy targets.

nogames:
We were told that, there are bottle necks in course material production. The management must following "DUE PROCESS" for awarding contract as it is in every Federal GOV. parastatal, which includes, Call for Tender, Bidding etc. this may take more than 6 months

The only option is to load the soft copies of these materials on-line for students to down load and we were told that, hard copies will be given any time they are available. with this simple move. NOUN students are preparing for second exam this year.

Anytime it is available is a carte blanche to make it never available, these books were paid for and it should be given to them as at when due. There are thousands of your students who don't have access to internet or just use it intermitently. Why should they bear an extra cost for Govt/School ineptitude. With that simple statement they are robbing millions of naira from the students.

nogames:
Yes, this is the first time NOUN student will pay up to that amount, they usually pay betwen 20k to 30k for about 8 to 10 courses depends on credit units
there are some charge this time around
like
ICT fee N10,000
Library fee N3000
Reg N2,500

There is also slight increment in course material fees
2 units course now is N2000 instead of N1500
while 3 unit courses is N2500 instead of N2,000
exam is N1000 per course
so your friend might pay up to that if he reg for about 8 to 10 coures

I paid 60k for my younger brother, i don't know the breakdown, but whhen i ask for his textbooks which he had all paid for, there is always 3-5 missing, i can't remember when he had a complete set. If they have these textbooks online, then its either they charge for online access and tell students to download and print, or they give a refund to those who could not get their copies. They just keep mute, if i should go online to download and print, who pays for the internet access and the color printing.

odiaero:
Since u Marry in the Lord, why not Work in the Lord too? : Meaning that any Employer that does not belongs to jehovah witness, you must not accept their job offer.
But instead, u take my job offer when it comes to job seeking, but when it comes to marrying, you tell me marry in the lord, or join jehovah witness, please the World will be a better place if you people stop creating this stress

Oga, did you see work only in the lord for where e quote.

Hi OP,
Nice one. Here is one for you.

When you register for courses in The National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, the money for tuition and textbooks for that semester are collected from students. But the students are not all the textbooks they paid for, they might get 4 out of 7 with no refund at all. This has been going on for years.

^^^ As i said, am not disputing that, gbo is the better term for scrub. But in some usages of scrub in English, nuu should be used. I think 'gbo' is very strong in yoruba usage and scrub would be a mild form of cleaning and 'nuu' would suffice in many cases. e.g in the sentence 'I want you to scrub the floor', In yoruba you won't use 'gbo' but 'nuu'. 'gbo' is a vigorous scrubbing and its usually applied to a particular small piece/area of the floor/clothe/table that you are cleaning. You can't hear anyone say 'lo gbo ile yen' 'go scrub the floor'.

^^^^Yeah nuu is clean or wipe. But we hardly use 'gbo' when cleaning. If there is a hard stain that needs serious cleaning then the term 'gbo' is used. But if it is a normal scrubbing of the floor or table, the term 'nuu' is used. what do you think?

Armor- Ihamora i.e e-her-more-ra.

Elemoso is the head of the Esos, who are like the infantry soldiers. He became rebelious and defied the Alaafin of Oyo. He attacks people stealthily when they are going to the streams, markets killing men, women and children. He was so skilful at not being caught and often time he vanishes into thin air that a lot of people believe he turns into a tiger and pounce on his prey. So the Alaafin asked famous hunters to hunt him down. But none was able to capture him.

It was Soun who eventually caught and beheaded him and presented the head to the palace of the alaafin, the Alaafin blessed him and the town where he hails from became known a Ogbomoso, which is an adaptation/corruption of ogbori-elemoso, he-who-carried-the-head-of -elemoso.

I think the most appropriate term for Queen is 'olori', oh-low-ri' ri as in re-al.
Prince - Aremo or Arole. Arole is used if the prince is the next in-line. Ah-row-lay
Grandmother- 'Iya-agba' or Iya-iyami, iya-baba-mi, i.e the mother of my mother or the mother of my father respectively,
Grandfather 'Baba-agba, Baba-baba-mi, Baba-iya-mi i.e the mother of my dad or the mother of my mom.
Scrub as in scrub the floor would be 'nuu' i.e clean the floor.
@booshman,

As to the lightening and thunder issue, the usage also matters, if someone is struck by lightening or killed by it, we don't use monamona, we use ara, so if you sent a lightening bolt to someone, we say 'o ran ara si' i.e he struck him with lightening/thunder'. In usage ara is used in virtually every usage instead of monamona. So you should be able to use 'ara' instead of monamona.
Or u cud send sample sentences, so that we can translate it for you.

SarahMaria:
Thank you for the comments.
I read them and I think I understand him now a little bit better. I think I just made a problem for nothing.

I spoke with my man yesterday and he was just smiling and ask me why I do not ask him directly. I should never keep something like this in my mind again.

So thank you a lot and I swear I will never start a discussion here again. Some people are to bad here
But for all the nice ones: Thanks a lot

I was wondering what became of you, i did not respond because the best has been said and repeated again and again. Am glad you sorted things out and all the best in all your marriage.

I believe you can still ask questions here maybe not necessarily deep things like relationship, you can still learn from some sincere people here about African culture, general mentality etc, but you need to be able to disregard the, jokers, pranksters, bigots, racists and tribalists.

cheers.

Hello All,

A lot has been happening all around us that we need to alert the government about. A boy i know very well just lost his life in Egbeda area when he fell into an open sewer during the recent floods and drowned. We are now arranging for his burial and how to relocate the mother.

In this same neighborhood, there are all other pits lying around carelessly, soak-aways are constructed on the streets outside the premises where the waste water is coming, most of them are open, poorly-constructed and leaking onto the road.

Please if anyone knows the[b] WORKING[/b] numbers of Officials, Health Agencies, Emergency Agencies, Child and Maternal Care Agencies, Ministry of women affairs, police etc. All the agencies we can contact when we see something going or gone wrong.

I would love to spread the message, make sure people have these numbers on their phones and call. Am starting from my church, and would extend it to others in my neighborhood.

Please Anyone who know such numbers should let us also have them.

When does life begin?

slymm:
@Rasby, my view on abortion might be twisted i agree, but i also do not insist that every LIVING WOMAN must have my view. I am way too liberal and open minded to argue that every one thinks like me, @Bashy is like majority of men, they cheat, but to claim that ALL do, is what i have a problem with. choose what you believe in, twisted and annoying as it may be, but please do not insist that every body must believe in it to.

No one has the power to insist on anything, God sets standards but he does not force people to stick by it. But he who steals to save himself from pangs of hunger may have a basis for it, he might even get the sympathy of people but the act is still a theft. Those who commit abortions and those help others to commit abortion should not try and twist what they did, they killed a living person who was at a particular stage of development.

slymm:
@101, thanks for your post, i asked him myself why he keeps going on and on about my bf and hubby. He does not know me or hubby, and i insist @ Bashy is not the specimen of every red blooded male alive. @Bashy, cheat if you must, stand by your twisted view if it makes you feel better about yourself. And no, i have never cheated on any bf, have i been tempted? Yes! There is no rule that says you can not be attracted to others or tempted, but your vows say be faithfull. Stop defending your lack of morals and self control by trying to throw every single man into your gutter of infidelity.

slymm:
Well nice debate going on here, i am an unapologetic pro choice, and will be till the last day. I am sorry, the whole abortion is murder, my mother did not abort me, and the unborn foetus has a heartbeat argument does not fly with me, my body, my decision and i will only keep a child if i so desire, and its possible to hold different views about touchy subjects like this without sounding self righteous and resorting to insults.

This is a typical case of selective moralism, one can equally say you should stand by your twisted view if it makes you feel better about yourself. Somebody who cheats is also sinning against his body so he can say its his body. And if you talk about his vows, those vows are based on morality set by a higher power, that same power/being also condemns abortion. So how did you get to split what you choose which to obey and which not to. Cheating is wrong and abortion is murder.

segun is pronounced shell-gun, gun as in the japanese shogun or gun as in lagoon. We don't have lava flows here so i doubt if there is a word for it. But am sure one would have been created for it. Dothman gave a nice explanation for it.

a cover is called - ideri, i-de-ri, e-day-real, real without the long e and l. Abo as explained by dothman is protection and not a covering.

Soak is 're' that is Red without the D but the 'e' is pronounced very long.

Machine is Ero, pronounced like error, but the emphasis is placed on the 'ro', unlike error where emphasis is placed on 'e'. Then the type of machine is now describe in the next word. Like Computer is ero ayarabiasa, i.e the machine that is as fast as a hawk. Television is ero amohun-maworan, the machine that captures sound and pictures, Radio - the machine that talks but does not get a reply, Telephone - the machine that is used in talking, Cellphones- Ero agbekapa, the machine that is clutched by the hand.

Aburu-maku was a nickname given to him, just to explain his nature. Most villains like him live a fast short life, but he seems to have lasted more than expected, so they gave him, the bad-one-that-refused-to-die. Both spellings you gave are right.

Timi and Gbonka were reknowed generals, and they have fought numerous battles side by side for the kingdom. They may not be exactly friends, and they don't stay in the same town because they commanded their seperate communities, but they were not foes, they were like feudal Lords that are called upon in the day of war.
When Sango became King, He used them in quelling revolts but he gradually felt insecure and believed they were becoming too hot to handle.

Timi is pronunced 'tea-me' me as in 'me' in English.

Yes the Alaafin is the paramount ruler in Oyo empire, just like the Oba of Benin, only that he has the council of chiefs 'oyo-mesi' to answer to, and they can ask him to commit suicide if he has become too tyrannical but one of the Oyo-mesi must also die along, so that they don't just apply the rule anyhow.

Hello Booshman,

From all indications, sango committed suicide, its his adherents that tried to change the story and when he appeared in the sky as the god of thunder, they took it as a confirmation that he did not commit sucide and also to instil fear into others. Sango was a very rash and often irrational man and his fits of anger are legendary, so he would not care about any taboo if he wants to take his own life.

Aare-ona-kankanfo is a title given to the supreme General of the Yoruba army. Several people have held the title over the centuries and most of them if not all died in Battle. The last One was Chief MKO Abiola who died while fighting for his lost mandate in 2008. Ojo Aburu-maku was also an Aare-ona-kankanfo and when there was no war in the land, he fomented troubles and quelled them himself, out of idleness and also to set himself up as a hero. There are many Aare-ona Kankanfo and all of them were legendary in their exploits. The aare before MKO died in the 1967 Military coup. Am not sure any one else is ready to step into the shoes of the Aare-ona-Kankanfo now because its almost like a death sentence.

iyawo ochu:
EXCUSEE ME . OKAY iYAWO DOSNT MEAN WiFE ; BECAUSE AS WE SPEAK i AM A iYAWO iT MEANS THE REBiRTH OF A PERSON A CHANGE iN LiFE THAT WAT iT MEANS iN YORUBA TERMS iTS PART OF THE SANTERiA RELiGiON , i HAVE TO BE DRESSED iN WHiTE COMiNG HOME AT CERTAiN HOURS WEARiNG BEADS OR WHAT NOT ONCE AGAiN iT MEANS THE REBiRTH OF A PERSON THE 1ST YEAR THEY HAVE TO DRESS iN WHiTE AND EVERYTHING CANT TAKE PiCTURES i SHOULD KNOW CAUSE i DiD SANTO ONCE AGAiN AND AM A iYAWO , (: THANK YOUUU


- OCHUN Y CHANGO <3

There is just a mix-up here, This lady is a priestess. She is a worshipper of Chango, which is the caribbean name for the yoruba God Shango. Ochun most probably is also from the name of sango's second wife Osun. So Osun is the Iyawo or wife of Shango. So Iyawo could have been turned into title for a priestess of Shango. It Could probably also mean another word as tpia as noted, Iya-awo, which is the real Title of a priestess in Yoruba Land. The man is calle Olu-awo or Oluwo.

So this is an opportunity for iyawo ochu to learn. You guys have a corrupted version of words and terms over there. Am not denigrating your religion, but am just saying several of those terms have been mispronounced and maybe mis-applied.

Kobojunkie:
Building a structure on a water way is NOT a problem as long as the plan includes building alternate channels for the water to flow away. This is water we are talking about here. It has no brain to demand the channel be the original one or it refuses to flow via the alternate. Ancient man has been channeling water for the longest. This is nothing new and so does not qualify as a good excuse for what has been happening.

No time has drainages been cleared more often and more comprehansively than during Fashola's time. I can mention enough abandoned drainages that he has cleared, expanded and reconstructed. For you to say building a structure on a water way is not a problem shows clearly you have no clue as to what is going on and how to solve it.

If you have really lived in Lagos, when people build on drainages, it is because omo-onile has sold off all the available surrounding lands, streets have been turned to close, and gutters have been sold as shops, so where should the Governor divert the water to? which is cheaper to follow the natural cause of water or to start looking for alternate routes, How many places would you start looking for alternate routes in Lagos, How would you find those routes without destroying houses which has 'committed no sin'.
Madam you need to really chill a bit about your criticism and be more realistic so that we can all learn from it or even the well-thot out ones would be lost to us.

There are so many interesting characters to pick from, there is Soun of Ogbomoso, who killed a mythical creature Elemoso, One of his descendants is right here beside me, we went to the same University and also work in the same office, tho he does not know am writing about him . The Juju from his lineage is still with him. I find it hard to believe, but he too was shocked when he found out. i would give you the gist if you ask me. His great-great-grandfather is Ojo Aburu-maku, i.e Ojo (thats his name), Ojo Aburumaku means Ojo that is so wicked and still refuse to die. He was a Yoruba supreme war commander, Aare-Ona-Kankanfo, who reigned when there was no major war and so he went on fomenting troubles and quelling it. He was a really bad guy.

There is Ogedengbe of Ilesa, Bashorun Gaa (really bad guy if not the baddest), Iyalode Ilu Ibadan Efunsetan Aniwura (One of the worst women in Yoruba history), Gbotosa of Ibadan, Fabunmi of Oke-Imesi, Oluyole of Ibadan, Sodeke of Egbaland. Of note is that all these people are historical persons, Their sons still rule, and we have photographs of some of them.

Sorry guys,

I have been away for a while.

@Adeniki

Let me expalain it with sentences. i will go home = mo ma lole. i can go home= mo le lo le, i should go home or am suppose to go home= o ye kin lole. i could go home would also be translated as = mo le lole. Even in english some of these terms are used interchangeably and also because English borrowed so many words from other languages it often has so many words/phrases for the same/similar things. African languages often don't use several different words for the same thing.

@Booshman, the story of Timi of Ede is so inspiring. Ede is a major town in present day Osun state and that is the best place to get the story. Sango is also in the story because they were contemporaries.
Sango had two war generals, Timi and Gbonka. Timi Agbale Olofa-ina could shoot arrows of fire, it was said that he does not shoot more than six arrows at a time. Gbonka was equally powerful. Alaafin Sango sensed that he was not safe with these two powerful generals and tried to set them against each other. He sent Gbonka to Ede, another town in Yorubaland, to capture Timi. Gbonka was immune to Timi's fire arrows, because he also mastered the secrets of fire, and put Timi to sleep by chanting incantations. He brought Timi back to Oyo. Sango insisted they fight again in the public square. Gbonka repeated his feat, was again victorious and cut Timi's head off. Gbonka then asked to be burned alive. He was burnt to ashes, and miraculously re-appeared on the third day. Gbonka then gave Sango the ultimatum to leave town for his infidelity. Sango is then said to have sadly left town and committed suicide on the Ayan tree in a place called Koso. His followers quickly rallied and declared defiantly that the king did not commit suicide, rendered in the Yoruba language as "Oba ko so". They then attacked anybody who said otherwise with the lightning that they had been allowed to wield by the death of their lord. That is why anyone killed by lightning in Yorubaland is buried by the members of the Royal Cult of Sango, whose members are typically referred to as Baba-mogba. As a tacit acknowledgement of the propaganda that is ascribed to the cultists, one of the late king's praise names is Olukoso- the one who did not hang.


There is a yoruba film that was done on gbonka and timi made by people who knew the story very well and would definitely do more research before making the film, i would try and watch so i can give you more gist or if there is a way you could watch it too.

iyeayo:
I.d.iot!! I have killed millions of parasite in my life time if you that makes your miserable life even more of hell, so deal with it. I will kill anything I can classify as parasite, not only in my womb, but anywhere in my body. You are one of the worst hypocrites on this forum, a lot of your type come here to paint a picture of a saint, but do dirty things in your real messy lives. Please preach to your self and if my comment makes you sick, you have only just started! Go and jump into the lagoon jo!! Ode!!

I wonder why you did not kill your baby when she/he was suckling, thats a typical parasite abi. Well am getting nasty here and this is my first time so backing down. But no matter the scenarios you create which is less than 5% of the abortions committed, you can't call a baby an unwanted parasite. A parasite is uninvited, a baby was created by an action.

iyeayo:
Pls tell sulkers like Rabzy and Matt25 before they become depressed from my comments.

Sorry i have never been depressed before and definitely not from the actions of others.

No you are looking for parasites, look no further, australia would not mind feeding you to their sharks. You definitely don't think straight, i prefer a zygote to an utter i.di.ot.

You were like parasite to your parents until you were 18, they should have turned you into the streets, and if you are living abroad, you're most likely a parasite to your host country, a foetus maybe called a zygote but an adult with no head is called an id.i.ot .

And your biology is shyte.

iyeayo:
Babies in the womb are like parasites, just like worms in the intestine. This is why they are called Zygotes and Feotuses until they are born. The are either wanted or not. If you want it, you let it live till it is ready to come out, if not, you have the right to get rid of any parasite living off your body, just like you will swallow a Dewormer to get rid of worms in the belly. Please let us think with our heads and not our hearts. Leave sentiments out of this.

You were like parasite to your parents until you were 18, and if you are living abroad, you're most likely a parasite to your host country, a foetus maybe called a zygote but an adult with no head is called an idiot.

PAGAN 9JA:
this is utter nonsense. a child cant think or have proper feelings lyk a human when its inside the womb.
abortion is alright. however the reason must be valid. im against female foeticide.

You definitely don't know what is being discussed, 'a child can't have proper feelings or think' where did you get that from? I guess you started thinking when you became 18. Even if you meant a foetus, its obvious who have never discussed with a mother before about babies and pregnancy. They do have feelings, they respond to touches, sometimes when they kick in the belly, the woman nudges them back and they stop. You can even sing to them and they respond. So stuff this crap into a trash.

At least a temporary measure has arrested the situation from the quote above, Now the state govt should look into the matter, if it requires demolishing, let him demolish. When some people in ajegunle were asked to leave the flood plain they erected their houses on, they refused but when the flood came, they all cried to the govt.

We all know how the Lagos state govt curtailed the incessant flooding of Amadu Bello way in V.I, and i know a lot of streets in Lagos were the drainages were cleared by the govt, directives were also given to the Landlords to clear the section of drainage in front of their houses. The Govt. is aware am sure and i know they are going to do more.

As to the benin comparison, its just a comparison, it could be higher or far lower, It all depends on how bad the situation, the topology, the soil xteristics, the solution proffered etc not just how large the land mass, a small land may require more effort than a large mass.