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MorataFC:
Drama Queen

https://www.nairaland.com/8410712/natasha-akpoti-uduaghans-apology-letter-akpabio#135149747

Roland17:
Ibime’s personal bias against his kinsman is obvious and truthfully I sort of understand. This bias would cause Ibime, irrespective of the circumstance or topic defend and paint a failure like Buhari with a lipstick. He expected more from kinsman but that never justifies his constant glorification of a failure like Buhari.

diggz:
Doc na wetin we see/meet for jungle naim cause am oooo…kill or be killed! Lol

diggz:
Semid make una free this place for us abeg. Na free speech zone be this place. Make una leave us alone please.

Maeve7:
If a man can’t provide or provides only very little (for reasons he can’t control) and his wife does because she makes much more, what is the husband’s role?

sleekdot:
semid4lyfe

Wetin wrong with my last posts that b00t no let me drink water drop cup

OasisX:


.....Sad News: Tinubu releases ₦50 Billion to Varsity Unions [ASUU, NASU and others] for the settlement of earned allowances as promised.

Congratulations uncle semid4lyfe

DissTroy:
"If Tinubu ensures a free and fair election devoid of thuggery..."

Don't you just love idealists? Politicians only play by the books if they can't get away with it, whether New York, Yorkshire or Yaba. Didn't Biden hide under Lockdown guise to win based on mail-in votes from dead people?

It's not Tinubu, Obi, Atiku or Buhari's place to play fair. It's for the system to ensure a checking system blocking such loopholes?

How many bills have your opposing PDP, LP or NNPP Senators or Reps sponsored to tackle voter or systematic fraud? People who partake in the dollarization of the Primaries?

Same Senators and Reps who buy votes?

Heck! Nancy Pelosi does insider trading because she can get away with it?

Idealism is noble but impractical.

Ibeme:
Semid4lyfe please free me and my last post from spambot

OasisX:


......dem hammer your club 4 - 1 but you dey celebrate away goal like you won the match. LOL!

Gerrard59:
OP is most likely one of those Africans who consume African American media per second billing. Their type propagates the cUlTuRaL aPpRoPrIaTiOn narratives online.

OasisX:


.....not yet, jez prepping at the moment. Wole Oke, a very strong PDP Leader in Osun East and HoR Member just resigned from the party. LOL!

BlueRayDick:
This country na comedy central

Niger governor say make security agents dey profile and arrest anybody with dreadlock as criminal. So anybody wey get dada for Niger state na endangered species like this ?

The way police go really cashout from this ill-advised move of the governor lasan!

OasisX:


“Be assured that we will not go in the wrong direction; we will take the best direction, the best path for our people.”

- Ifeanyi Okowa

OasisX:



......Delta State Governor don dey sing "On Your Mandate". LOL!

Rexymania:
Olemol is very scarce

bukatyne:
@ bold:

I love him anyways.

And I read he has a deadly security team around him so they have been successfully foiling coups and assassinations.

I hope they are able to do so.

Mynd44:
When Nigerians are having full-on English weddings inside churches with Suit and white wedding gown when the couple are not related to or have any English ancestry, it was what? Not culture appropriation?

Or because they colonized us we lost our senses and adopted ther culture and tradition?

Before anyone comes to argue, "white weddings" are not church weddings. They are simply traditional weddings based on the practices of English people and being done in a church.

Nothing will happen if you wear Agada and Aso Oke to church, it is still a church wedding. Then there is also the fact that the only wedding recognises in the bible is the traditional. Nowhere did Jesus or God ask you to come to church to be married.

These days, it's not uncommon to see foreigners, no Nigerian partner or Nigerian ancestry having full-on Nigerian weddings

They wear agbada, dorn fila, rock aso-ebi, tie gele, do dobale, hire live bands & DJ's, play afrobeats songs, dance and spray money. Why? Because it looks good on Instagram/TikTok and will garner lots of views, likes and bring more followers.

This is not appreciation. It’s cultural appropriation.

Traditional weddings in Nigeria, whether Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa-Fulani, Benin, Efik, Ijaw, Ibibio etc are not just for show. They carry deep meaning.

Introduction ceremonies are not meet and greet; they’re family-to-family diplomacy.

Engagement rites come with protocols: proposal letters, bride price, blessings, and symbolic gestures.

Traditional outfits aren’t costumes, they reflect tribe, ancestry, status, and identity.

Cultural expressions like dobale, kneeling, or oriki aren’t TikTok trends - they’re sacred acts of honour and respect.

So when outsiders throw on agbada and gele, gather their friends, mimic our customs, and call it a Nigerian wedding experience - all without the context, connection, or commitment - they are disrespecting and desecrating our culture.

They skip the spiritual, emotional, and familial layers. All they want is the decor, the drama, and the dance floor.

It’s insulting. It’s empty. And it needs to stop. Leave Nigerian traditional weddings for Nigerians. A NTW is not a theme. It's not fun cultural vibes. It's not for aesthetics. It's our culture rooted in history, family values, and sacred rites.