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Can it be used as Egusi?

PharmaTimesng:
Most people enjoy the sweet part of watermelon and throw the seeds away. Interestingly, watermelon seeds are edible and nutritious but they should be prepared properly because raw seeds are harder to digest.

Here are four simple ways to enjoy them:
1. Roast them: Wash, dry and roast until crunchy. Great as a healthy snack.
2. Soak them: Soak for 6–12 hours before drying and roasting. This may improve the absorption of minerals like zinc, iron and magnesium.
3. Grind into powder: Add 1–2 teaspoons to pap (ogi), oats, smoothies, yoghurt, soups or stew.
4. Make tea: Crush the seeds, boil for 10–15 minutes, strain and drink. Some people traditionally use it to support hydration and urinary comfort.

Who should be careful?
• People with seed or nut allergies.
• Those with sensitive digestion (powdered seeds may be easier to tolerate).
• Anyone on a kidney or mineral-restricted diet should consult their healthcare provider before consuming large amounts.
Like many healthy foods, moderation is important because watermelon seeds are calorie-dense.

By the way, have you ever tried eating watermelon seeds? If yes, how did you prepare them?

when in opposition what did they do?

helinues:
They are not bullying or disrespecting others, they are only focusing on the campaign

That's what makes the difference between Apc and other end of the year party

Defending this nonesense is begining to look very steeeeeewpiddddd.


We have several akara sellers in Nigeria. How many of them are doing well? How many can send their children to university without soliciting for supports from other people. Let the truth be told for once.

On a second note, in an age where AI and mordern technology is the order of the day. Tinubu's wife (whose husband and co called Patience Jonathan a Shippotamus) is telling Nigerians to engage in akara business. This wickedness must be stopped.

Smartworkfx2:
As funny as this Akara topic of remi tinubu sounds, l remember a time in a my life when l was into Akara business back in school at Covenant University.

I met the buttery guy at CU and struck a deal of daily supply with him.

I told my mum she will be making akara in large quantities for me. She agreed and her maid started making it daily. My mum's driver will deliver it to me in school.

I was making a lot of money as the Akara was sold out in a couple of hours that the buttery guy told me to increase supply.

I didn't have the capacity to increase the quantity supplied as a student back then. My mum was very supportive as she was the one fueling the car to deliver the Akara all the way from Lagos to Ota.

When l told my mum l need to increase supply, she supported me again with more raw materials. (God bless that woman for me and May her soul rest in peace).

I kept repeating the process and made huge amount of money. After about six weeks, l got tired of the business. Stupid me used the money to flex🤣. I also got a timberland boot and blackberry phone which gave me some fulfilment that the project was worth it.🤣

Now, the moral of the story is l didn't have any passion for the business. I only did it as a means to an end back then.

The hard truth is without the support of my mum, l won't have been able to embark on that little project.

1. She paid her driver for delivery.
2. She fueled the car.
3. She bought the cooking gas.
4. She paid her maid who made the Akara.
5. She even provided the raw materials when l needed to increase supply.

👆🏻now imagine if l had to incur all these expenses as a student, l won't have made any profit.

Remi Tinubu, the Audacity you have to tell graduates to go into such business is insane. In this Digital age and Infotech era. Go to china and see what they are teaching their youths

Your husband promised to create 3 million jobs, yet he has failed woefully. You said you gave grants of 2 billion and 1 billion. Why not use the money to build factories and small scale companies.

Madam, if you have nothing good to say, please just keep quiet and enter the kitchen to cook for your husband.

It high time military camouflages should be flagged as dangerous goods so that only the appropraite authority can import. Furthermore, I thought our military uniforms are home made - our military should be involved in manufacturing of there wears, they can enable Aba businesses instead of importing.

If this was caught by the Police, imagine how many passed through the Customs.

The folks in Custom need to know that there are sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria by allowing such goods into the country without proper clearance.



Other imports, the Custom and DSS folks will be on alert to collect clearance fees, even delay delivery of the goods for months. But things such as camouflage are allowed with easy.

Rapmoney:
14. Nobody cry reach these two women for movie. Let us give the award for crying to Chinwe Owoh and Hilda Dokubo.

Nkiru Sylvanus: Hold my beer. 😭

Lol

Amovingman:
Igbo people's won't be happy about this post

Never heard of it.

orisa37:
BOKOHARAM HAS PROMISED TO FIGHT NIGERIA TO A STANDSTILL.
GENERAL MUSA MUST APPLY THE FAMOUS "UDI FORMULA " TO STOP THE NONSENSE.

There is nothing irresponsible about the mother. The hair is not that grown, it's not bushy, why would a teacher scrape the hair? It sounds fetish.


If the school are not okay with the child's hair, inform the parents first.

Orinechi:
Irresponsible mother. Some Nigerians are becoming so ijiotic because of social media.

AlphaMale666:
There is nothing a guy can tell me, once I see a guy I knew get married, were no longer friends! For a guy to marry, it just shows you're a woman wrapper, a simp, and will do anything for female validation. As a guy, you should be afraid of married men. They can even go as low as wash women pants for them. They're born fools! Absolute lowlife people! Slaves to society! I spit on all married men's graves! You're all disgrace to manhood!

We dey wait you

Your turn go soon reach.

Pikin

I guess you are blind

yarimo:
NDC state women leaders mteeeew

Nteogwuija:
So if a toddler is sick, you'd tell the toddler to believe in your god before the toddler is healed, right?

Below are miracles that occured through intercessory faith. In each account, the healing or resurrection was granted because of the faith of others (sisters, a master, and friends), rather than the faith of the person who was sick or dead.

Lazarus Raised from the Dead
The connecting verses emphasize Martha's direct faith in Jesus' power, even after her brother's death.

* John 11:21–22: "“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”"
* John 11:40: "Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”"

The Centurion's Servant Healed
These verses highlight the centurion's faith in Jesus' absolute authority to heal from a distance without physical presence.

* Matthew 8:8: "The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.”"
* Matthew 8:10: "When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.”"

The Paralytic Man Lowered Through the Roof
This verse explicitly states that Jesus acted directly because he witnessed the active, determined faith of the man's friends.

* Mark 2:5 (also in Luke 5:20): "When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”"



There are several other examples.

obembet:
Just in: Powerful Nigerian pastor spotted attempting to heal a M£ntaIIy unstable man!
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Source:

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— obembet (@obembet2015) June 2, 2026

Jesus did not perform miracles in certain cities due to the level of unbelief.

Examples
1. Nazareth - Mark 6:5-6, Matthew 13:58.
2. Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum: Matthew 11:20-24

Furthermore, in Mark 8:22-26a blind man of Bethsaida was healed only after Jesus physically brought him out of the city of Bethsaida. He isolated the man from the cynical environment of the city before doing any work.In addition, he performed two-stage healing on the blind man. And finally, he warned the man not to return to Bethsaida; consequently, witholding the evidence of the miracle from Bethsaidans.

In summary faith is needed for miracle to happen, envrionment can hinder miracle and finally, if God did not send you, do not go.

Macphenson:
This is an abberation of the constitution. as at the time he contested and won the APC primaries, he was still the minority leader and did not resign his position.

Wonders! How will this be judged?

I hope there are people who are ready and willing to contest this in Rivers state.

MFM things!

Sirchiboy:
Have you ever dropped from Grace to Grass financially?

How did you handle it?

find Jesus, find yourself, then find a partner ......... in that order!

Toolegit123:
Good day everyone out there.

Lately, I have been traumatized. Like so depressed. My fiancee and I have been together for over 2 years and we've been planning to take the next step,which is our marriage arrangements.

But recently,I have noticed how she has been distancing herself from me. Though we had a little quarrels not quite long ago,but I really wanted to settle things up. And unfortunately, before I could calm things up,I noticed she had blocked me on Whatsapp.

Now,the pain in me,is that I've tried to talk to her,but she seems like who doesn't want to listen to me and it's really hitting hard on me.

This is someone who has always been toxic and disrespectful to me,but whenever I try t walk away completely from her,i always find myself going back to her. And I'm so tired and fed up with the whole thing.

I have tried to walk away,like forget about everything we've together in the past but the healing process hasn't been easy. I really want my peace of mind back. Please,has anyone been in this kind of situation before? How did you navigate yourself through it. Please,help a brother in need.

Brendaniel:
Apologies are now rolling out, though I still blame Jonathan for not tackling issues better than the way he did, possibly the like of Tinubu and Shettima might still be in jail today.

However he handled Nigeria better than Tinubu is doing and had more compassion on Nigerians better than Tinubu.

Tackle insecurity that was deliberately sponsored by power grabbers like Buhari? What did General Ihejirika do? When General Ihejirika took the bull by the horns, the northerners called him out for seeking Biafran revenge.

The truth is that the northern peoples failed to address this as a social problem long ago, they failed to morally educate their people and ostracize the terrorists, instead they embraced them wholeheartedly. Buhari's "dogs and baboons" is a great reminder. Furthermore, the Western part of APC (ACN) turned a blind eye the atrocities committed by Fulani herdsmen, Tinubu's "where are the cows" is another reminder.

The current VP was always hanging out with Boko Haram folks, eating food with them. Most of the terrorism was mainly in Borno his home state. It goes to show the insecurity was highly sponsored.

Nigeria was so polarized because someone from the old Eastern bloc was in power. Not because he wasn't doing well, he was poor in terms of his stand against corruption; however, tribalism was the major reason he was detested. All the folks that came to demonstrate against Jonathan, where are they now?

A collective resolve to fight terrorism is needed not this pampering system.

Politicizing of security by APC is the issue.

FIJ Story: Freelance Worker Joshua Fater Received N47,250 Instead of N5,250 From KwikDone. He Ignored Refund Requests

Rob Adesanya, the CEO of KwikDone, has narrated to FIJ how Joshua Fater, a former freelance worker with the startup, absconded after receiving N47,250 instead of the N5,250 he was meant to be paid due to a technical error that repeated the same payout nine times.

When Adesanya first spoke with FIJ on May 12, he said Fater stopped responding after receiving the money and refused to refund the excess N42,000. According to him, calls, emails and messages sent to Fater afterwards were ignored.

“I am reaching out because I recently saw your reporting on individuals who knowingly retained duplicate payments transferred to them in error,” Adesanya told FIJ.

“Unfortunately, my company is now dealing with a very similar situation, and I believe it highlights a deeper issue affecting trust, accountability and the growth of startups in Nigeria.

“I am part of the team behind KwikDone, a developing platform focused on connecting customers with trusted service providers while helping rebuild confidence and trust in everyday transactions.”


Fater’s NIN slip. CREDIT: Adesanya
HOW THE PAYMENT ISSUE STARTED
Adesanya explained that KwikDone operates a system where freelance workers, referred to as “evangelists”, are rewarded for onboarding service providers to the platform.

“As part of our onboarding process, we reward evangelists who successfully onboard service providers with N750 per provider,” he said.

“Fater was one of the evangelists who recently became eligible for a legitimate withdrawal of N5,250 after meeting the payout threshold.

“He requested the withdrawal on a Sunday, outside our active operational hours. The issue was identified and worked on the following Monday, and the payment itself was successfully processed that same Monday night.”

According to Adesanya, the company discovered a temporary technical problem affecting withdrawals and immediately informed Fater about it.

“As soon as we became aware of the issue, we proactively contacted him by email, acknowledged that there was a temporary technical problem affecting withdrawals, and clearly communicated that the team was already working on resolving it,” he said.

“We specifically asked that he allow us up to 24 hours to complete the fix and process the payment properly.”

Adesanya said that despite this communication, Fater mounted pressure on the company in the evangelists’ WhatsApp group before the 24-hour window elapsed.

“Only a few hours after that communication, and well before the 24-hour window had elapsed, Fater began publicly pressuring us within the evangelists’ WhatsApp group, creating the impression that we were refusing to pay him despite the issue being actively worked on by the team,” he said.

“So, in the interest of transparency and maintaining trust within the community we are trying to build, we shared evidence within the group confirming that communication had already been sent to him and that the matter was being handled.

“This immediately resolved concerns within the group and reassured others that the platform was acting honestly and transparently throughout the process.”


The was the email Fater sent to KwikDone when he ran into difficulty while trying to withdraw his money

This was KwikDone’s response to him that same day
TESTING SCRIPT ERROR LED TO MULTIPLE PAYMENTS
Adesanya said the company eventually processed the payment later that same night, but while fixing the issue, another technical problem caused the payout to be sent multiple times.

“We continued working urgently to resolve the issue and successfully processed the payment later that same night,” he said.

“However, while fixing the issue, a testing script error within our payment integration caused the same payout to be processed nine times to Fater’s bank account before we were able to identify and stop it.

“The duplicate payments were successful and reflected immediately in his account.”

He said the company immediately contacted Fater after discovering the error and requested a refund of the excess funds.

“The moment we identified the issue, we contacted him immediately and explained the situation clearly. We sent emails, WhatsApp messages and attempted calls requesting the return of the excess funds,” Adesanya said.

“Despite this, Fater stopped responding. He ignored multiple follow-ups, avoided calls after initially answering and retained the excess payments despite being fully aware that the transfers were made in error.”

According to Adesanya, Fater also deleted his KwikDone account shortly after the company requested a refund.

“Shortly after communications regarding the duplicate payments and refund requests, Fater proceeded to delete his KwikDone account from the platform,” he said.


This is the proof of payment made to Fater by KwikDone


These were some of the WhatsApp exchanges between KwikDone and Fater after he became reluctant to refund the excess funds
‘INCIDENTS LIKE THIS DISCOURAGE STARTUPS’
Adesanya said the incident was particularly painful because KwikDone was still a growing startup funding its operations independently.

“What makes this situation particularly painful is that we are not a large corporation casually absorbing losses. We are a growing startup trying to build something meaningful in an environment where trust is already fragile,” he said.

“As founders, we are currently funding this operation ourselves. We are paying staff ourselves, supporting evangelists ourselves, and investing significant personal time, energy and resources into building something we believe can genuinely improve everyday transactions and trust between people.”

He added that incidents like this discourage innovation and weaken investor confidence in Nigeria’s business environment.

“Part of what makes this situation especially disheartening is that it reflects one of the biggest concerns many investors, founders, diaspora professionals and even ordinary Nigerians repeatedly raise when discussing business and investment locally,” he said.

“Many people genuinely want to return, invest, build companies, create jobs and contribute positively to the country. However, incidents like this reinforce the fear that systems can be exploited, agreements ignored and goodwill taken advantage of without consequence.

“The unfortunate reality is that situations like this discourage founders, discourage investment, damage confidence in local systems and reinforce the very trust problems many of us are trying to solve.

“We are now formally documenting and escalating the matter appropriately. However, I felt this story reflects a wider issue worth discussing publicly — not just about one individual, but about the culture and mindset that continue to hold back innovation, trust and business growth in Nigeria.”

FATER DENIES CLAIMS BUT FAILS TO PROVIDE DETAILS
When FIJ first called Fater on May 13 for his reaction to the accusation, he denied wrongdoing but said he could not immediately confirm how much he was supposed to receive.

“Those allegations are false, but I can’t really tell how much they were supposed to pay right now. Maybe when I get home, I’ll calculate and get back tomorrow morning,” he said.

However, by the following morning, Fater had not called back as promised. Subsequent calls placed to him by FIJ were also not answered.

On Tuesday, Adesanya again messaged FIJ to say the money had still not been returned.

When FIJ called Fater again on Wednesday morning for further comments, he said, “Please, I’m busy and I’m not at home now to do any calculation,” before ending the call.

So what of these:
Unknown

1. Al-Hijra
2. El Maulud

motayoayinde

Known
3. El-Fitr(after fasting)
4. El Kabir(sacrifice) same as Al Ahda

Is this not a mole?

ssssss

Since knack is what you want then may God protect her like Sarah was protected from King Abimelech. May your bulala fail upon the sight any woman you want to knack IJN amen.

udofia234:
I want to share my bitter experience with the house... If u be guy here abeg.... Never give a woman 100% of your love.......

I had my primary education in ogun state olg obantoko and my secondary education in Nud Grammer school obantoko......


While in my jss 2 a new female student was brought into the class, she was fair, young and very gentle......


We just had that connection, we played together, read together and their house wasn't that far to where I live then.....


Our love was strong that even my set then and some junior knew we have something and we were called ololufe meji......

After graduating from secondary School..... We continued our love, I have never felt a sincere love for someone like that and moreover she's my first love.......


Before I wrote my jamb that year, her uncle came in from Abuja then and told the parent he wanted to take her to Abuja for her education......



Men.... When she told me I was like I'm finished, we were in tears but she can't fight her parents because she's still under their tutilage....


When she arrived Abuja we were still chatting and a year after I gained admission into the university, she wasn't chatting again, her number were not going through.... I was worried.... After my first semester exams I had to travel back home just to see if I can get another number from her parents but they told me she lost her phone, I asked if I can at least get the uncle's number to talk to her.... They refused giving me......



For three years I did not hear from her, my whole world was shattered, it affected me academically..... Thanks to my friends who covered up for me most times......

Until one day , the younger sister opened up to me that she has joined reverand sisters(Nun), that the family never wanted her to be distracted from her vocation that was why they never told me anything about her...... I was speechless,broken and felt betrayed .... At some point I felt she was just playing me and that she never felt anything for me........



It took me 6 years to mend and move on with my life, but guys I swore not to love any woman again in my life, so those ladies that came my way then I bulala them without mercy and move on, they'll cry , telling me they love me so much... Omo..... I bone and move to the next lady.....


Was completely on a revenge mission......
Last year I went for Christmas holidays in my parents house..... As usual I strolled down the street along obantoko to get some fruits from this aboki guys there, their fruits were cheaper...

Some one called my name from a car and as I looked towards that direction I saw the beast that almost destroyed in a sister attire.


I completely snuned her and went my way.....
Later that week she came to my parents house seeking me, but I refused coming out because I wondered why she was seeking me , you joined the nun and you never told a guy u claimed you love so much? That's total wickedness..... I rejected every move she made just to talk to me.. I knew all was just to apologise... And that won't heal me........


She's currently asking me to forgive her because she's finding it hard to have peace.... After confession and every thing she's still leaving with guilt in her conscience....


I kept asking my self guilt of what oh... If she really cares let her leave the nun for my sake or better still come make we knack three times and I'll forgive her....


She's being sending her siblings to me.... But I no go gree oh.... Na to knack her I want now... I've fooled myself for long in the name of love........

email address is no longer valid

Yes! Big yes!

A big red flag detected by the girl.

wildcatter23:
RELATIONSHIP IS NOT FOR THE WEAK🤦🤦

I went to a restaurant this evening to get food for my girlfriend.

After getting the food and just as I was about to leave, I saw two lovers arguing.

I asked the girl what the issue was, and she explained that they had also come to get food.

Their bill was supposed to be ₦8,300, but the waiter mistakenly charged them ₦7,800, which the guy paid.

As they were about to leave, she noticed the mistake and told her boyfriend to go back and pay the remaining balance, but he refused.

That disagreement eventually led to their breakup.

Is that enough to warrant a breakup?

What do you guys think?

Was the lady loyal to the guy?

now silent

how times have changed

Response from a married man:

Don't move in until he has executed all transactions! Transactions = all marrige rites!

escortafrik:
Hello guys, I really need your advice because I’ve been turning this over in my head and I don’t want to make a mistake.

So a bit of background… I’m in my final year at the university, just trying to finish with good grades and figure out what’s next for my life.

A close friend of mine introduced me to her cousin a few months ago. He’s doing really well for himself, stable, calm, and very intentional in how he carries himself.

We got along pretty quickly and things moved from just talking to a serious relationship faster than I expected, but it has been good so far.

Now the situation is this… he wants me to move in with him.

At first, I thought maybe it’s just excitement and love growing fast, but he’s been consistent about it and says it’s because he sees a future with me and wants us to start building our life together properly. I do like him a whole lot , and part of me likes the idea of us being together in that way, like a real couple sharing everyday life.

But I spoke to my friends and they are not having it at all. They keep telling me that once I move in, it might reduce the chances of marriage happening, that men can get too comfortable and stop seeing the need to “formalise” things. Even his cousin who introduced us is saying I shouldn’t as well but I’m quite surprised because this guy has been so good to me in every aspect of my life.

Now I’m stuck in the middle. I don’t want to act based on fear, but I also don’t want to ignore advice that could save me from future regret.

So I’m asking honestly… what do you think I should do in this situation?

contentEngineer:
There's something fishy about this story , how can an Hausa man like an igbo man as a friend and even so heartbroken to mourn his death?


I thought hausas hate igbos (kafir)?

Gagare1:
No Sir. We don't hate Igbo.

We have no reason to.

contentEngineer If you have lived in the north at least before the insecurity became worse, you will understand that ordinarry people mingle without problems. All the hatered is built by the system.

Gagare sorry for your loss. It's quite painful for death to come at the edge of success.

🤔 🌽 fused.com

tanigororo:
The Probability of them borning
SS is 25%,
AA 25%,
AS 50%.

I have heard a family that had 5 children, 4 are SS, 1 is AS. The probability tiled heavily to SS. NB: Both parents are AS.

anything to trend

what nonsense is this?

false information from the video.
[quote author=Kdon2 post=139296967]Kwakwanso dragged NDC party registration card from obi.

In an interesting development, barely hours into the defection of the duo of aliyu kwakwanso and Peter obi to NDC video footage of the official registration with NDC has shown kwakwanso already dragging the NDC party registration card from Peter obi at the declaration point. The incident occured as the NDC party chairman and the delta state senator seriake Dickson were about to present the party card to Peter obi which was swiftly intercepted and snatched by kwakwanso while Peter obi looked on sheepishly.
The development showed kwakwanso has positioned himself first before Peter obi. With this it appears kwakwanso is not keen on occupying the vice presidential slot. That kwakwanso pushed himself forward first before obi is a move observers described as indication that kwakwanso might contest the NDC presidential ticket against obi in NDC.

The question now is; should obi lose the ticket to kwakwanso, what next? Will obi support kwakwanso for the presidency or will he port to another party once again? Is kwakwanso indirectly saying he should have the first shot at the presidency instead of obi? Whatever the answer is, time will tell.

Analysts say the situation is fluid for now indicating that Peter obi's problems might not be over because his presidential ambition through NDC ticket might yet again be under threat.

Peter Obi and Kwankwaso being presented with their party cards pic.twitter.com/tFy3cBnCA1

— Esther Umoh (@EstherUmoh10) May 3, 2026

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WatchYoourSix:
Sharia permits a Muslim man to have 4 wives and concubines…
Besides how is he supposed to marry wife number two without technically cheating first?? Will the woman just land in his house via DHL

Is having a concubine not extramarital affairs?

Assuming the Miriam is single, how will her father, family and Imam view her? Is it not prostitution?

Assuming the Miriam is married, how will her husband, family and Imam view her? Is it not prostitution?

Sharia is just for the poor to be enslaved.

I can't imagine that this thread died quickly.

Full squad!

Well represented!