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Patrick Okoye was a professor in Theatre Arts Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

God rest his gentle soul.

Ace Nollywood actor Patrick Okoye, popularly known as Energy, has reportedly passed away. The passing of Okoye, also a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), was announced around 11:00 am on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/nollywood/883535-nollywood-actor-patrick-okoye-is-dead.html

Alaigbo:
That is because peter obi is criminal n failure n not an option.

Keep using different accounts to respond. Shows how low you can descend to.

That is how you identify them. They cannot engage in meaningful arguments without name calling and small cheap partisan talks.

Image123:
It's clear to see how bitter the truth about Pit Obi is. You don't want him touched, so touching. Meaningful discussion wey no want truth about him fav.

Why are you so timid? Anyone who talks about Nigeria's issues is automatically a Peter Obi supporter to you. I rather argue with a child in Pry 3 from a village school than argue with you. Bye.

nairalanda1:
With all due respect, I am going to disagree with you. I am not here to support any politican by the way, because Nigeria is bad now, we all can see it. But the 1980's and 90's...lol

First security. If you lived in the North in the 1980's, as a christian, you had to be watchful, because at any time t...there could be religious riots breaking out. I can remember 1987, which was so bad in certain parts of the North. Add the fact that there was a Boko Haram variant in the North called Maitatsine...which took five to six years to put down (back then, LIbya and many other countries were stable, and the modern concept of jihadism was not around then)...and so forth.

Then student riots. Today, student riots and protests are peacefully put down. BACK THEN...Oh my effing g-d. They would just send in MOPOL and the Army, who will go in and open fire and kill, kill, kill. 1986 was a really godawful year for student riots.

Armed robbery. Mein Gott..it was so bad, that my mum used to tell my dad ...don't travel at night, and my dad too would be like..no need to tell me I know. Armed robbers were on the roads, shooting and killing and robbing people. Especially on the night flight. And armed robbery and raids on private houses self were live. Unless you lived in a sorta gated community, you were in deep soup. Burglary, etc. You locked your doors. And it seems you have forgotten Anini...and he was not the only one. There is a reason why SARS was set up back then...it wasn't for fun. THere was a serious crime rate back then. Despite all the executions and so forth.

KIdnapping was not bad as it is now...but it was there live and direct. Kids were told to be careful. Do not talk to strangers, do not listen to them. A child I knew was kidnapped in 1990...THIS is not fairytale, this happened to someone I knew...and if he did not manage to escape, he would probably have been dead, or worse. Kidnapping for rituals, live and direct.


I even see you mentioned fraud. Internet fraUD in nIgeria is descended from an old fashioned fraud that has existed since the good old colonial times. 419 was live in the 1980's. The internet fraud you see today came from there. It has always been there.

And get rich quick was there...it has always been there. It did not start yesterday, it was there even before 1966 self.

Please do not romantisice the 1980's and 1990. I was there, and it was godawful. Even now some things are better...and things can get better...but because most of you guys do not want a producitive economy, but a share share money economy...yes including emilokan geng...that is why things get worse.

Your last paragraph shows the warped way you see things. You talked about things getting better, right? I laugh. Things get better when people in authority do things differently that will improve situations. But here, we have same people doing things even worse than the way they have been done, and you are still adding 'things getting better' in your statements? You must be sleeping.

Kemetian:
GO AND UPGRADE YOUR SKILLS AND STOP WASTING TIME TYPING RUBBISH ON NAIRALAND.

If you had skills at all, you won't be on every thread on Nairaland looking for who to argue with, but what can a jobless and unskilled person do? My sympathy for you, it will be okay.

Kemetian:
YOU ARE A LIAR.

SMALL BOY BORN YESTERDAY.

DON'T GO AND GET SOMETHING DOING WITH YOUR LIFE, YOU HEAR?

Okay. I am a small boy that is same age as your father.

Image123:
i didn't mention any party. i pointed to how Pit Obi has greatly changed people like you to bitterness and hatred for others.

You must be living in delusion and falsehood. You need to be checked properly because I don't see how someone like you would cope in a civilised society where things are done based on merit and needs.

That you cannot engage in meaning discussions without mentioning the names of one aspirant or the other shows how low some of you think.

Kemetian:
SO WHAT I POSTED SOUNDED TO YOU LIKE A PERSON BORN IN 2005.

YOU MUST BE REFERRING TO YOURSELF.

SMALL BOY TALKING RUBBISH.

I have been here far long, even before your eldest uncle was born.

Kemetian:
SO WHAT I POSTED SOUNDED TO YOU LIKE A PERSON BORN IN 2005.

YOU MUST BE REFERRING TO YOURSELF.

SMALL BOY TALKING RUBBISH.

If you like type in EXTRA CAPITAL LETTERS, nobody send you.

Image123:
Explain how it's tribal talks mr shift. You don't know the damage your fav has done yet. You'll understand soon enough by God's grace.

I created a thread to discuss reflective issues, but the best thing your brain could help you do is to convert the issues to small talks of party politics.

ThunderFireAgba:
Bingo.
So you don't know the world is evolving and still evolving and transforming?
When did industrialization start?
The next 200yrs you will be here to write how humans have evolved to robots but back in 2027 we were acting normals as humans.

Your jargon writing about 1980 & 1970's like you know a proof of incidents that happened then. Nonsense

Bingo? Is that what you call your father?

You should be ashamed of yourself that in 2026, you still cannot make a post of 10 lines in a coherent manner. See your life.

Kemetian:
ABEG SPARE ME ALL THIS NONSENSE.

EVEN BACK THEN IT WAS NOT SAFE.

WERE THOSE NOT THE DAYS OF ARMED ROBBERS?

WERE THOSE NOT THE DAYS OF GBOMO GBOMO? CHILD KIDNAPPERS THAT THEY USED FOR RITUALS?

WE ARE EVEN SAFER NOW.

TODAY YOU CAN SLEEP IN YOUR HOUSE COMFORTABLY WITHOUT FEARING THAT ARMED ROBBERS WOULD SMASH THROUGH YOUR GATE, STORM INTO YOUR HOUSE AND DEMAND MONEY AT GUNPOINT.

THIS WAS A DAILY OCCURRENCE IN THE 80s and 90s.

MANY TIMES YOU WOULD GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY WANT AND THEY WOULD STILL SHOOT YOU.

I PERSONALY ENCOUNTERED AND ESCAPED ARMED ROBBERS ONCE OR EVEN TWICE BACK IN THOSE DAYS.

IT'S NOT LIKE TODAY WHERE YOU ONLY HEAR ABOUT KIDNAPPERS AND BANDITS ON TV IN SOME FAR CORNER OF THE COUNTRY AND YOU START SCREAMING "INSECURITY!"

BACK THEN IT WAS A LIVED EXPERIENCE.

The thread is not for people born in 2005. You must not comment in every post you see. When you see posts that are above your mental comprehension, just move on.

Image123:
Pit Obi and insecurity largely happened. That man's ambition has done immense damage to many young minds psyche. i remember that video of him saying he's going to six burials and has packed his food. That guy tore any religious and tribal fabric laced together before. As for insecurity, the chicken has long come to roost. Irresponsible parenting and religious banditry have yielded fruits.

Shift immediately with your tribal talks. If you do not have anything meaningful to contribute, you can swerve to the next thread. Everything to you people is cheap politics and ideas of unnecessary hatred.

muyico:
Nothing
Progress continue

The type of progress that you have defined in your head based on your personal and selfish interests, right?

Modified:

Each time you talk about Nigeria's problems, some set of kids online begin to attack you by name calling. It shows that they know the person who occupies the seat is incompetent. To them, any issue that brings out the incompetence of leadership in Nigeria is a direct attack on their paymaster. That means the paymaster is equivalent to failure.

Nwaokunkpara:
US is the devil of the world causing problems here and there and perfectly convincing dumb people to people they're saints

One of those that were denied visa spotted. Lol.

Times and seasons have past. In these present times, It looks like each day in Nigeria comes with its own series of complexities, distractions, and troubles. Sometimes, I look back with an immeasurable level of nostalgic feelings to how life used to be in the 80s and 90s. I don't really call people born in those eras millennials, I call them the last set of people who witnessed a peaceful and socially balanced Nigeria.

Even though those eras were mostly characterized by military administrations, we still had a decent level of sanity in the society.

SECURITY: In the 80s and 90s, you could literally travel from Warri to Kaduna, without knowing anyone, and still find a decent place to sleep. A young man could easily travel from Akure to Owerri, without knowing anyone, and still find someone who would assist with accommodation.

Today, Nigerians cannot travel from one part of the country to another without praying and fasting. In these times, travelling by night is like a suicide mission. Something we used to do previously. We used to move from Warri to Bauchi on night buses from 1993 to 1997. In 1999, Brazilian ex-football star, Ronadinho Gaucho and his teammates toured northern Nigeria. Can that happen today?

SOCIAL LIFE AND EDUCATION: Before the advent of kidnapping, organ harvesting, internet fraud, etc, young people had a better social life. Today, people are extra careful with one another. We have heard and seen too many cases of dismembered bodies of young women in gutters, drainages, septic tanks, and on roadsides.

The things we place value on today is sometimes shocking. From the early 90s to the early part of 2000s, it was a milestone to aspire and gain admission to study in the university. Today, it is a milestone to purchase a 50,000,000 Naira Benz at the age of 17, with no known source of income.

The most lethal problems of Nigeria are multifaceted. They cut across religion, ethnicity, value system, culture, and both the old and the young in the society. And like I stated initially, as the days roll by, the demons eating into the fabric of the society multiply.

If we could have a generation of old people who are not sympathetic towards the young and the unborn generations, and a set of young people who neither understand their collective roles in the society nor concerned about real changes in the system, I wonder what the future generations would turn out to be.

A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress.

Omo-Agege announced his resignation in a letter dated May 22, 2026, addressed to the APC chairman of Orogun Ward 2 in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

In a statement issued on Wednesday by his media adviser, Sunday Areh, the former senator said his decision followed recent developments within the party in Delta State and consultations with political associates and supporters.

According to him, his political aspirations and the interests of his constituents would be better pursued outside the APC.

“I will not remain a sitting duck in a party where I cannot advance the interests of Delta Central, Delta State and Nigeria,” Omo-Agege said.

The former lawmaker also expressed appreciation to the APC for the opportunity to serve as Deputy President of the 9th Senate.

“I thank the APC for the opportunity to serve as Deputy President of the 9th Senate. I wish the party well and have requested that my name be removed from all membership records, registers, and communication lists,” he added.

Omo-Agege further stated that he remained committed to pursuing development and effective representation for Delta Central and Nigeria.

His resignation comes after his defeat in the APC senatorial primary election for the Delta Central Senatorial District.

Incumbent Senator Ede Dafinone defeated Omo-Agege in the direct primary election conducted across the eight local government areas of the district under the Option A4 voting system.

Announcing the results, Secretary of the APC National Assembly Primary Committee, Nusa Amagbor, said Dafinone scored 116,252 votes, while Omo-Agege polled 3,643 votes.

Amagbor stated that the exercise was conducted in line with the party’s guidelines and subsequently declared Dafinone the winner of the primary election after securing the highest number of valid votes cast.

Source:
https://www.punchng.com/omo-agege-resigns-from-apc-after-delta-primary-defeat/%3futm_source=auto-read-also&utm_medium=web&amp

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The vice-president is calling on Nigerians to make sacrifices, but himself and his cronies are not making sacrifices. Who you dey deceive?

I think these are just some misgrunted people sponsored by the state governor.

The boyfriend of murdered Nigerian nurse, Miss Chiwendu Achumba is alleged to still be in police cell, even after murderers of the young promising nurse have been arrested by the Nigeria Police, after making confessional statements.

Several civil organisations and human rights activists including Barr. Wendy Cynthia Okosa.

Beey:
Some other grammatical errors I’ve noticed over time.
Someone will say,
1. “can you wear her that dress?” to mean, could you help her put on her dress?
2. I borrowed my friend some money when they actually mean that they lend the friend money. Borrower is the one receiving, lender is the one giving.
3. Go find something doing . As in go find something to do .
The other issue is ed in a sentence especially past tense.
Eg how is your love one doing? LOVED
The movie is base on a true story - BASED
Just to name a few.

Thanks for your input. It is appreciated 👍

How some traders aesthetically arrange their wares is mind boggling. This is a clear example of Artificial Intelligence (AI) acknowledging and giving respect to African Intelligence (AI).

Mabco:
It's all about how languages or tribes call things in different ways. Do you know that even in all this developed countries you guys see as your role models, one thing can still have two or more names. Let them believe their own and believe yours. Tell them that at your place, that that is what we refer to as gator. Must you follow their own. They bear rice, beans, etc and they don't care. What if we use pigin like the Chinese blow their language anywhere they go, won't they be employed. Remember that the essence is to communicate.

These are the same people that organise TOEFL and IELTS for you to write. So if you see yourself in the UK or US, sitting for an examination or interview, you will use the 'Nigerian standard of English' and tell them that in your country, that is how you speak or write?

Neoteny:
Let's correct the corrector:




“Totally wrong” is informal and absolute.

More formal wording: “If you do, that usage is non-standard in British or American English.”



Understandable, but stylistically awkward and makes a sweeping statement without facts.

Better: “This is one reason some Nigerians are rejected…”

or

“This may be one reason some Nigerians are rejected…”

“The reason why” is often considered redundant in formal writing.



There's a problem here with the relative pronoun choice.

"People THAT hate" ought to be "people WHO hate"




Awkward. Knowledge is not usually something people “hate” grammatically in this construction.

Better: “people who dislike learning…”

or

“people who resist correction…”




Clumsy and awkward phrasing.

Better: “the importance of effective communication in professional environments.”




Poor collocation, making the statement awkward and unnatural.

Better: “argue with you without a sound basis”

or

“object without evidence.”




Not really a grammar issue but a semantic/factual issue. “Clothing lines” means fashion brands/collections. The discussion concerns trouser creases, not fashion labels.

Better: “…but it is not used in standard English to describe trouser creases.”



Wrong article.

Better: "A crease is a line, mark, or ridge…”




Punctuation issue. This should generally be “I hope you have learnt something today.”

Full stop and not a question mark, unless the OP is genuinely asking: “Have you learnt something today?”

Your post criticizing others’ English contains several grammar, style, diction, and usage problems itself.

Mine probably does too but...so's the way of the world 😊

You should have checked the validity of your claims before quoting me. Argue with evidence, not for the sake of arguing just to dispute without sound references.

The only error in my post is using 'has' instead of 'have' for trousers (oversight) which you could not even point out. Every other thing you mentioned is balderdash.

RightToReject:
Don't mind the guy. I didn't even bother to read more than two lines on his OP because of more than two obvious errors he made in the sentences, and that is someone who wants to form an English expert.

It's obvious that he hasn't known about plural-only nouns before now, which include words like accessories, glasses, goggles, pliers, tweezers, binoculars, scissors, and tongs.

That said, no one knows it all, and no one is above mistakes.

That was an error. It is supposed to be 'have'.

WatchYourSix:
I admit my error… have u admitted yours….??


U dont even know why it should be have and not has.. as pointed out by righttoreject

Yes, I admit it is 'have' and not 'has'. Thank you. It was an error.

WatchYourSix:
… baba its not bad to admit mistake and correct yourself instead of resulting to insult as defence…..

U wey come teach grammar nor sabi concord,….u just Dey jump on mentions they insult pple

RESORTING and not RESULTING.

CandidSeeker:
English is a language, not a measure of intelligence.

Never look down on anyone for speaking incorrect or broken english.

It means they speak more than one language.

How many others can British & Americans speak?🤷🏽‍♂️

Why not replace English in WAEC and NECO with your local language? Tell your school or your employer that 'English is just a language '.

RightToReject:
Say after me: My trousers "have," not "has." "This is so because "trousers" is a plural-only noun.

You're deceiving yourself. Trousers is a pair. It is 'has' and not 'have'. I'm sure you didn't pass English in school.

KingOfAmebo:
That is one big scam our fooolish Nigerian politicians cannot stop, They colonized us and forced us to speak English yet require us to prove that we can speak the language we can speak to enter their country, Is that not madness? No be juju be that?...

Go and find out why countries like Barbados, Ghana, etc are considered English speaking countries in the UK in terms of admission and employment, but Nigerians need to write TOEFL or IELTS to scale through.

pongwa:
;Dop resembles a slave o abi

Is that what your father did before freedom?