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Hhh4444:
I don't tell people how to live their lives...you can go ahead and give birth to 100kids,I don't care. The person I quoted shouldn't tell people to give birth to maintain legacy cos that's very absurd. The great philosophers, scientists and powerful people we still remember their names today didn't etch their names in history by giving birth to children.

Legacy doesn’t only mean being remembered by history books or the public. For many people, legacy is personal, passing down values, culture, traditions, memories, or family bonds through children. Not everyone wants to be remembered like a philosopher or scientist. Some people see raising a family as their most meaningful contribution, and there is nothing irrational about that. It's also true that many historical figures are remembered for their achievements, but that does not make parenthood meaningless or unrelated to legacy. Legacy can exist on both a societal level and a family level.

GeneralOuki:
So how does this really work? In the morning you say feel free and be lively in the presence of God, then before noon you're ordering people to be disciplined in the presence of God. But then in the bible jesus fed thousands of people during a sermon.
I believe a lot of Christians have not really read the bible extensively and majority of Christians don't even understand the religion they're into.

There's nothing wrong with eating and drinking in the church and neither is there anything wrong with operating your device in church. It's not indiscipline, it is free will. You worship God the way you want to, as long as it's in truth and spirit.

Discipline refers to training that produces obedience, self-control, or order, often involving rules and, sometimes, punishment for violations. It encompasses both internal self-regulation (the ability to act in spite of distractions) and external regulation (enforced rules).


It is free will to not obey the rules by not attending. Don't you think so?

brain54:
So without gum you cannot stay awake...?


Besides I saw the video... the post doesn't fully cover what the pastor said. He said they chew the gum and drop it carelessly after causing people to step on it and create a mess. He said some people gum it under their seats after chewing. It's that discipline?


Your Bible can be on your mobile phone he clearly was talking about those that use their phones for other purposes while the church service was ongoing. Stop making excuses for nonchalant attitude.


Do you know chewing gum is banned in some countries for these same reasons?

I didn't even need to watch the video to know it was going to be about that. Many people like to argue for the sake of it. In real world, they are sitting ducks, online, they are keyboard warriors with the smartest and latest OS. Things have changed a lot. From 2000s, I think decency, etiquette and public behavior became a lost art.

richmond500:
corrwlating this with a shrine.

I see where ur problem lies, unfortunately u are beyond redemption

That's your headache. There are rules for everywhere. If you don't like it, leave.

I show am school, e say e be adult. Adult no de do masters, dem no de do PhD shey? Abi you no see former first lady wey humble herself before her lecturers, she follow rule.

I show am shrine, e de tell me about redemption camp.

I show am airport, e dodge that one.

E no get any place wey no get e own rules, if you don't like it leave it alone. From the moment that I saw how you reacted to a Tiktok video of a class setting, it shows me the kind of student you probably were and what you are teaching your kids, if you have any.

Pope go mosque, e comot shoe, e no argue but this your maturity eh, na genius one. I don't even know this pastor but upon reading what he said, except one lives in an island, there is no big deal in what he said but we live in the age of the internet, where commenters always want to look for the tiniest problems to prove they are intelligent than others. Maturity is when you learn that there's knowledge, there's wisdom, there's discernment. Have a nice day.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7628320121873763615

richmond500:
you are talking to mature men and women.
These are not kindergarten children.

You know what, just forget it, u are probably brainwashed too

I don't care man. Mature men and women no de go school de attend class? Or will you insist on taking water with you at the airport? Una go just wan argue for argument. The guy said don't take these things in the church, why will you think that has anything to do with sheeple? You've not had any solid point to counter the rule other than "I feel like it". And those who do that are usually children who think the world is all about them and they don't need any rules to regulate.
If you go shrine and dem tell you make you comot your cap, no comot am, follow Baba argue say na your right - you be adult, you be man dem

richmond500:
sleepy is a natural something.
There is no place people don't feel sleepy.
I didn't go to church to sleep, that's why I want to chew gum to keep me awake

Good. Maybe take a break and come back to your seat. In some schools, they ban the chewing of gum. What do you do when you feel sleepy in class? Some things are courtesy, some things are etiquettes but no be everything we mus do strong head for 🐐


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7033112697839308037?

It's like me insisting that because I smoke, no one can do anything about it, let me smoke to maintain focus. It's not everything we can do, we should do and it's not every rule we must find a fault in. Just excuse yourself from the congregation, simple.

Hhh4444:
what fvckin legacy are you talking about...wake up to reality, if you don't want the world to forget you better do something extraordinary with your life else you will be forgotten even if you had 100 children. For 2026,Una still get this achaic mindset.

Céline Dion was the 14th and youngest child in her family. Celine Dion grew up in poverty. Born in Charlemagne, Quebec, she was the youngest of 14 children in a devout, music-loving family that struggled to make ends meet.
This is not to romanticize poverty and renewed hope but who the hell are you to tell others how to live? You have the crystal ball to see what sperms and eggs are useful and useless? Thank God say man no be God.

bigpicture001:
Me, i register health insurance every January for me nd my family....

I register that one that covered surgeries...cost me about 280k every February for 4 person's...

Its usually waste of money as ppl dnt get sick often. But it's for the rainy day....

Do you want to recommend a reliable one?

killsmith:
How we deceive ourselves.

Where are the legacies of people that died thousands of years ago?

500 years time both your legacies and your children and grand children will be swept away and all will be forgotten.

You are probably one of the living legacies

richmond500:
so if I am sleepy, I shouldn't do what makes me not to sleep?
Na wa o, even Jesus was not this controlling

You are funny. You went to church to sleep? Answer that question first.

Angelfrost:
Lol... I think the issue here is the lack of understanding of the context of the clergyman's statements.

Apart from the water part, the rest are just common sense worship etiquettes.

Will you be chewing gum when in a board meeting with the likes of Bill Gates, Elumelu, Dangote, Mark Cuban, Trump, etc?!!

Will you be focused on your phone or have it ringing out, or even taking calls while in such gatherings?!!

There's no problem with their rules. Leave all these Dangote talk out of it. If you know what it takes to manage a facility, you would not have a problem with it. Places that are carpeted are hard to clean once liquid pouts on the floor so they prevent it from happening. It's this same people that will say the place is smelling later. Many people behave anyhow in public so it's up to the owner of public spaces or where many people attend to set rules. Even in stadium, there are rules but people just want to behave like goats. If you come to my house and I tell you to remove your shoes, don't remove it

richmond500:
chewing gum helps in sleeping.
If I am thirsty, I will drink water.

Also what if my bible is on my mobile phone

Did you go to sleep in church? If you don't want to attend the church, don't. There are some restaurants that don't allow mobile phones, I don't go there. There are some restaurants that use QR code, I don't go there because I like physical books. To each his own.

His church, his rules. Many of those commenting online don't attend the church, why the hullabaloo?

Oluwaseunomo:
Senseless veterans the people he's representing said they don't want him again, see people grandfather disgracing their linage because of peanut.... Go into the sun and campaign for him people of surulere are waiting for you people hospital go reject una

The people have not said anything yet. Let him test his popularity at the polls but if the party is not allowing them to test their popularity and selecting candidates through so-called consensus, then it's not the people, it's SOME PARTY PEOPLE.

If your giving comes with a condition of how the receiver should use it then it was not giving, it was conditional giving.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

She received it and only said “thank you”. I expected her to at-least message me later after probably going through it (cos some of them were actually brand new with the tags still attached) and showing appreciation, but she never did


You are not a true giver. If she uses it for wiping her bum, once you've given it to someone else, you can't dictate to them how to use it

Take your L and know who to give next time but in this life, our problem is trying to control everything. You've not seen when someone dies and the child throws all the treasures of their parents in trash, you are still bothered about material items and how they treated them.

TINUBU DESCRIBED BORROWING UNDER JONATHAN CRIMINAL, NOW DEFENDS NIGERIA'S DEBT PROFILE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J9INrkA3oo

brain54:
They do not have a focused objective...

No unified set objective or direction. They are just there randomly and mostly to have a share of the national cake!

It's called renewed hope for a reason

MrsDaramola:
Your own "Mugabe" in deed. You people have started again because another election is around the corner. The same way you pushed that he was wearing diaper, he kept falling down, he had Parkinson, bla bla bla...as if all those won't make him win the election. Who cares? The man you all called feeble and aged, eventually won the election outrightly. Shame on you! Then you started wondering if it was magical, you even said he cheated... #Koleyewan

In case you still don't know, I will tell you for free that PBAT remains the best President Nigeria has ever had. You can't call him "clueless" like you tagged GEJ, you can't call him "Baba Go-Slow" like you called PMB, not even "ITooKnow" like you called Obasanjo. He is Asiwaju, the Jagaban of Borgu. Your "Mugabe" still dey learn from where him dey.

Last last e go win the next election and you go get High Blood Pressure untop him matter. You better no just kpai yourself.

Sounds like guilty conscience but do whatever makes you happy at night.

flexyrule:
Your contacts are stored on WhatsApp.

That option will delete the contacts that are stored on WhatsApp, not your phonebook.

Even the ones you did not initially save on WhatsApp have already been saved there. It happened to me. How do I know? I lost my phone and changed to a new one. Right now, I have not saved anyone's number on the new phone. I see all contacts by searching for their names and it comes up. Like doing a trucaller.

I told someone this some time ago. WhatsApp has taken our contacts without our knowledge.

SixSeven:
WhatsApp is creating a database where you can find someone by typing their names in the search bar now. I thought it was about save. With AI, I am not surprised how they want to connect us all with patterns.

EmmyMaestro:
The tattoo don de loose form. It is now looking as if they used nail to draw it

It's because the truth comes out clearer as we age so if her own is fading, maybe it's not true. It's never too late, they can add "wo", let's see if it can regain its form

Kanwulia:
Fine! Who cannot afford them have no business contesting. Simple.✅

I knew you would say that. I don't agree with that. It's not about affordability, it's about reasonability. If we make democrazy experience, then we copied the wrong version of democracy.

The President is in Kenya, let him quickly apply for Repentant Criminal Justice Reform.

LagosOrigin:
Peter Obi should create a GoFundMe account or open a special account and I will support him with N500k

Nigeria must be great again in this lifetime

This is the playbook Buhari used. Please don't fall for it. Since he is desperate to see Nigeria work, let him put his money where his mouth is or mouth where his money is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvRcEnRpNPs

Kanwulia:
More expensive than APC forms?

I stand by my words. Six and seven they are. NDC is encouraging criminality with their expensive fees. I stand to be corrected.

SixSeven:
I'm waiting for their nomination form so I can see how much theirs is too. All of you will get the same flogging. Don't make politics a do or die affair. Kwankwaso claims to be a grassroot man, Obi claims to be a man who is against structure of criminality and money politics. Let me see what your NDC publishes for forms. Maybe this is why both of them left ADC because when I saw 100m, what came to my mind was ATIKU! Kwaraption ehhh


These parties are not thinking about states, they think only Presidency matters. If you want serious movement and men of honor to join you, don't announce a ridiculous price for your forms. Start from there. Young people will join your party if they can campaign and afford the nomination forms across board. If they have a stake in their own elections at the ward level and state, don't you think they will mobilize for you for presidential? At this stage of Nigeria's democracy, there's nothing to lose but people like original stories. An Okada man can become a Legislator if he can afford the form and I bet you, he will beat your establishment politicians because that's the message Obi's campaign passed last election. And they were proven right, most of them who won under Labour have now de amped. 100 million for Presidential nomination. Ole barawo

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Democracy is a scam if one country can decide how crazy another's democracy is crazy. Demonstration of craze...

This is why it will not work in Africa because it's crazy how the demo works here. The rulers have figured out how to manipulate the system to benefit them without direct responsibility.

In 1999 - 2003, the Executive did not like the Legislature and orchestrated the removal of the Senate and Reps different times. However you must be aware that the leaders of those houses were not 100% clean. Do you remember Salisu and Toronto Certificate? Within four years, the Senate alone had three presidents. Salisu Buhari’s removal over the Toronto certificate scandal was justified on ethical grounds, but the speed and coordination of the process revealed something deeper, the executive influence was never far away. Evan Enwerem and later Chuba Okadigbo fell amid allegations of misconduct, yet the pattern suggested that leadership crises were being managed politically, not institutionally. Accountability was selective, reactive, and often convenient for the power brokers. Nigeria began its democratic process on a faulty foundation. The Governors will learn after the 2003 tsunami by the PDP how to grab it in the next paragraph.


In 2003–07, the major issue of this tenure was the attempt tamper with constitutional limits through political pressure. Even though Obasanjo denies it today, there is enough documentation on how the third-term agenda was not just about tenure elongation but it was a stress test of whether constitutional rules could withstand executive might. The Legislature was flooded with inducements and intimidation. That the amendment failed remains significant, but equally significant is how close it came to succeeding. Democracy survived this phase by a narrow margin, not by institutional strength but thank God it survived. Credit to Sen Ken Nnamani.


In 2007–11, this tenure combined electoral legitimacy collapse, legislative scandal, and executive weakness. The 2007 elections severely damaged democratic credibility, yet governance proceeded without correction. Yar Adua's attempt to correct the anomaly of an election succeeded a bit when he set up an electoral panel to review our electoral system. Inside the Legislature, the Patricia Etteh crisis and later the Dimeji Bankole era exposed how leadership of the House became entangled with patronage and post-tenure criminalisation. The defining rupture, however, was Yar’Adua’s illness and death. The secrecy surrounding presidential incapacity paralysed governance and exposed a constitutional vacuum. The “Doctrine of Necessity” that elevated the Vice President was a timely fix but it also confirmed that Nigeria’s democracy often survives by improvisation rather than adherence to clear rules. Thank you Dora Akunyili and we can't forget the role of Mr Aondoaka and those who claimed that the President could rule from anywhere in the world. A pattern that will be repeated later under Buhari and now, Tinubu. This period was where the Governors started learning to cut their teeth. They became more influential in Nigerian politics. The Governors' Forum was influencing national politics. This was the period of one party state by PDP that made Ogbulafor boast that PDP will rule for 60 years. Obasanjo had taught the Governors lessons but Yar Adua and Jonathan's scholarly approach to democracy may have cost us a lesson on tight fisted executive.

DORA AKUNYILI'S EXPLOSIVE MESSAGE TO YAR'ADUA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47UulCINeuo

In 2011–15, the main issue of this period was oversight without enforcement. The National Assembly appeared assertive, especially during the fuel subsidy probe, which revealed massive corruption. Yet the failure to secure decisive prosecutions weakened public trust. You must remember that Farouk Lawan was recently forgiven in the Tinubu's presidential pardon list but what he did at that time was a symbol of the corruption at the top. At the same time, electoral reforms under Attahiru Jega restored some credibility to elections, creating a contrast between improving electoral process and stagnant governance accountability. Democracy looked better at the ballot box than in outcomes. Change became possible but the Governors played a major role in redesigning how party politics was. The party was no longer the class captain, each Governor was now taking hold of the party structure at each state.

AUDIO: The $3 million conversation between Farouk Lawan and Femi Otedola - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUnWDgEMDa8

$3million bribery: Farouk Lawan request removal of Otedola's company from fuel subsidy report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gzT5vd0vE


In 2015–19, this tenure was dominated by open institutional confrontation. Bukola Saraki’s emergence as Senate President against party and executive preference triggered years of conflict. His trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal placed the Judiciary squarely within political struggle. Simultaneously, the Executive openly disobeyed court orders in security-related cases, signalling impatience with judicial restraint. This was not just an executive–legislative problem, it was a systemic breakdown of respect among arms of government because APC was in power, so yih can't blame the opposition. Power was increasingly exercised as moral authority rather than constitutional obligation.
The first attack on the judicial system began here with the Onnoghen trial by the Buhari government. The death of the media also started during this time. APC, which had oiled the machinery of the media to their advantage could not let the same machine take them out. They came out hard on critical thinking and through the Minister of Information, the Press review started here.


In 2019–23, the tenure was defined by the open surrender of legislative independence. Unlike earlier Assemblies that at least struggled with the Executive, this one publicly embraced alignment as a governing principle. Legislative leaders openly described the National Assembly as a “partner” rather than a check. Oversight weakened noticeably. Budgets were passed with little resistance, confirmations sailed through, and major policy questions rarely produced institutional pushback. The loss of teeth was not accidental. Senate President Ahmed Lawan repeatedly framed the National Assembly as a “partner” of the Executive rather than a check on it. In public statements, he emphasized working “in harmony” with the presidency to pass legislation and implement national policies, warning against “unnecessary grandstanding” that could delay governance. Oversight weakened - bills, budgets, and ministerial confirmations proceeded with minimal scrutiny. A prominent example was Godswill Akpabio’s smooth confirmation as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, which drew little interrogation despite prior controversies. Please off your mic. Committees that would normally probe ministers or government contracts rarely escalated findings, signaling a tacit decision that cooperation, not confrontation, was the guiding principle. The loss of teeth was not accidental, it was openly acknowledged, marking a clear departure from Assemblies that had previously struggled even contentiously to assert themselves.
Democracy during this period functioned procedurally but hollowly, with elections and legislative processes intact but scrutiny and accountability diminished.

From 2023–present, the current 10th National Assembly has intensified this pattern. It had easily won the worst National Assembly even before concluding its tenure. Senate and House leaders, including Akpabio, have publicly reinforced the idea that lawmakers are not elected “to fight the Executive” but to collaborate on national priorities. Akpabio stressed that legislators should support executive-led bills that serve the nation, even if critics label this a “rubber-stamp” legislature. Committees continue to exist, but oversight has become largely symbolic. Critical national issues, security challenges, rising inflation, and controversial economic policies see limited legislative pushback. What stands out is not conflict but its absence, making it clear that the Legislature now prioritizes alignment and on a mandate they wish to stand on with the executive over independent scrutiny. In practical terms, the National Assembly functions, but as a facilitator of executive priorities rather than a co-equal branch ensuring accountability. This Assembly has trashed any respect whatsoever you may have for the Legislature. Publicly singing on your mandate they shall stand, trying to praise the President's work and laughing over serious issues that affect Nigerians or completely ignoring them have made them weaker than the whisker of a cat.

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Looking at Nigeria’s National Assembly from 1999 to today, a clear pattern stands out. Each four-year tenure faced big challenges, but the Legislature often let itself be shaped by politicians and party leaders instead of standing up to protect the people’s interests. The 10th Assembly shows this clearly. Leaders openly put the President’s wishes above their constitutional duty. They approve bills and budgets without asking tough questions. Committees that should investigate government programs barely do their work. By choosing to cooperate instead of check power, the Legislature has weakened democracy from within. At the same time, the Judiciary has often compromised, bending under pressure or choosing caution, which has limited its ability to fully check government power. Go to court!!!


This problem is not unique to Nigeria. In countries like Venezuela, democracy exists on paper but is erased by politicians who manipulate institutions for their own gain. We can see the same pattern here. But pointing out these failures does not give outsiders the right to lecture Venuezela. Even strong democracies like the United States struggle with their own political crises and institutional problems. True democracy only works when the people and their own institutions hold power accountable. No one else can do it for us.

©️ SixSeven


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL6QgwDREmo [/quote

This man has no t really changed from his time as PDP Governor.

2015 Elections Is About 'Darkness' And 'Light' - Akpabio Blasts APC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-iIYCYGTgY

I had no hope in APC fake progressiveness but I won't forgive them for the joke they made out of the Senate in Lawan and Akpabio. Those 2 SPs took the Senate down a road you don't want to visit anymore but we all know why they chose them. Compared to Saraki, they wanted yes men and they got yes men. Buhari got away with whatever he wanted and maybe they had a deal with Lawan that's why in the midst of his disastrous Presidency, he still had the effrontery to back Lawan for President. Now Akpabio is spokesman to the President and yes man. No resistance. No checks. No balance. APC. Change Shame.

Confession To Election Rigging: 'I Was Misunderstood' -- Akpabio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbmkkE1H6Kk

LIVINGICONREBOR:
For this hot afternoon, u don release another tale from Uganda. U no even wait make night come.🥱🥱

Weak content, they don't even make any effort to make it believable.

Still expensive

...because they are degraded and despised by people in this world. The evil karmic obstacles from their past lives will thus be wiped out, and they shall attain Supreme Unsurpassed Enlightenment.


Subhuti, I remember that in the past, countless eons ago, before the time of Dipamkara Buddha, I met and made offerings to eighty-four thousand billion nayutas of Buddhas, serving them all faithfully without a single omission.


Yet, if someone in the future degenerate age can receive, retain, read, and recite this sutra, the merit they obtain will be so great that the merit from my offerings to all those Buddhas cannot match even a hundredth part of it. Indeed, it cannot be matched by a thousand-billionth part, nor can it be calculated by any math or illustration.


Subhuti, if a good man or good woman in the future degenerate age receives, retains, reads, and recites this sutra, and if I were to describe their full merits completely, those who hear it might become mentally confused, deeply skeptical, and disbelieving.
Subhuti, you should know that...