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Excellent7:
@Sixseven
Your posts on this subject matter made me curious.
I did some search and found peer-reviewed information that corroborates your views on this matter. It has been quite informative for me.
This is serious. We really need to be informed and careful. It appears to have effects on both males and females
Some of the studies I came across are shared below with their respective links.

Females:
Shafik, A. (2008). An experimental study on the effect of different types of textiles on conception. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 28(2), 213-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443610801912535

Shafik, A. (2007). Effect of different types of textiles on pregnancy. Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology, 34(4), 244-246. https://europepmc.org/article/med/18225689

Males:
Shafik, A. (1993). Effect of different types of textile fabric on spermatogenesis: an experimental study. Urological research, 21(5), 367-370. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00296839

Shafik, A., Ibrahim, I. H., & El-Sayed, E. M. (1992). Effect of different types of textile fabric on spermatogenesis: electrostatic potentials generated on the surface of the human scrotum by wearing different types of fabric. Archives of andrology, 29(2), 147-150. https://doi.org/10.3109/01485019208987718

Shafik, A. (1993). Effect of different types of textiles on sexual activity. European urology, 24(3), 375-380. https://doi.org/10.1159/000474332

Another video that shows the Shafik study


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7441366460804517150

Despite these arguments, I decided to carry out a little experiment this morning. I called a few friends back home and told them I urgently needed ₦5,000 to complete a transaction. I promised to repay the money the following week.

Out of 10 close friends, only one was willing to help immediately and even told me not to worry because we are friends. Imagine that. Ten friends, eight of whom work in government institutions and the remaining two are businessmen. Some people may ask about the nature of our relationship. These are people I consider brothers, and we had been together for more than five years before I travelled.

There is a famous word for this in the picture below but if you have a relationship that is not built on money or material exchanges, that is a treasure to keep because most people don't want what you give them, they want what you have. Leaving Nigeria or changing environment is a good test of any friendship or relationship so you can know if it is conditional, environmental, transactional or physical. May we find good helpers when we need them that is God sent and does not come with IOU or bondage. Amen

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What you are sharing sounds like you're getting exhausted with the help you are giving because it keeps returning. One of the things you learn as you grow is not to be bothered by people's reaction but be bothered by your own intention.

This will change the way you do things. You ask yourself why you do what you do. Why? Are you doing it for them or you are doing it for your purpose on earth? It's with that understanding that you will never bother about human beings and their reactions. You won't be distracted by their distraction too. Many people put too much reliance on gratefulness (which is a good thing to have) but sometimes I ask myself, ifManbeGod, do you know how the world would have ended since? How many times do I thank my Creator for my lungs, my eyes, my brain, my nerves, my blood, my lungs, my skin, my hair, my nose, my nails, my eyebrow, my tongue and so many things I took for granted but when you take time to study it, you see the perfection in which you were created and took for granted? If I don't do that and I can't be as merciful as God, then who am I to complain about man to man?

In Buddhism, giving with the expectation of gratitude, praise, or a reward from the recipient is recognized as a common human impulse, but it is considered an inferior or impure form of giving.
While it still generates some positive karma, it does not lead to spiritual liberation because it is driven by ego and attachment.

If you keep receipts of those you have "helped", it is not giving, it was business you were doing. I don't keep scores. I score my goal and go to the next match.
It is for this reason I don't bother about the games of the receiver because me I am playing a different champions league. And I know that my favor is not from them because in most religious books I have studied and in spiritual life, the givers never lack but the givers who put condition go slack. If you grew up with grandmas, grandpas and elderly, you'll understand the concept of giving more. They are not dumb when they give but they learned some things from African spirituality in giving. I also don't get carried away by all the money in the world because the concept of money is man made, so we continue In the endless pursuit of paper currency, expecting it to solve problems money will never solve!


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7564773023190945046?

The world cup will come back to USA in 2038 because of this. IYKYK

There are husbands who have married for financial gain.
Marriage is a transaction if this happens. Most men derive purpose from providing but lose desire when that in itself is abused. A well to do woman knows that a man is taking advantage of her and whether we like it or not, hypergamy is real. So if the man is using her to go up, he better get it fast or has her family's support. In the past, marriages were financial transactions, that's why the royals don't marry below them. It's not just class, it's about protecting family assets and growing it.

A man will become lazy if you give him what he should fight for easily. It will affect the woman and he will switch off his manly instincts because his primal desire to grab his share in this world was taken from him in exchange for pleasure.

Men make money to take on dependents, women make money for independence. pic.twitter.com/MaIMRKlr9Q

— Stone Oreye (@stoneoreye) June 25, 2026

Here is a good example of what you mean

Modern marriages are simply not worth it for men pic.twitter.com/2BdHTE2UxB

— Ambar (@Ambar_SIFF_MRA) January 9, 2026

There is a good Bill Cosby quote that says
Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.

We need each other but open your eyes men. Indeed, he who finds a good wife hath found a treasure. Keep it, treasure it, protect it.

I totally agree with him

MrDoGood:
Most of them don't listen to themselves when defending this administration.

I wonder if their family members talk to them or they just swallow it.

As the saying goes... " If it favours you, it's connection. And if it doesn't, then it's corruption"

Most Nigerians worship their oppressors

Just like Buhari, I am happy this man got there. At least he has done his best as one of our Daddies said

Let me humour you today with Akpabio as PDP Governor

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

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

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

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

APC is Not Panadol -Akpabio

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

PDP Govs' Forum: Akpabio Higlights Reasons Why PDP Should Remain In Power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B60w_6GUnWg?


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

SocialFinance:
This means any court case against Okonkwo is a litigation against Atiku.

Interesting Season Film in the making

It doesn't mean that. A court case against Bayo Onanuga is not a litigation against Tinubu.

Baawaa:
Full meaning of CJTF

Civilian JTF

CIVILIAN
JOINT
TAX
FORC

It is a community-based vigilante and paramilitary militia in Nigeria formed in 2013 to fight the Boko Haram terrorist insurgency. Local youths and volunteers in Borno and Yobe states organized the group to combat Boko Haram, frustrated by the Nigerian military's inability to penetrate local networks or defend neighborhoods.

Members provide vital local intelligence, man checkpoints, conduct patrols, and fight on the frontlines alongside the official Nigerian military. Operating under the Hausa nickname 'yan Gora ("people with sticks" due to their initial basic weaponry, the force has grown into an organization tens of thousands strong. As the group became formalized and backed by state governments (like Borno State), select units received advanced training and equipment. The Nigerian Armed Forces and local governments have provided basic military training and equipped specific, vetted units with assault rifles to fight alongside regular soldiers.

AMINDA:
The presidency coming out to defend the Chief of Staff only signals one thing, Gbaja might just be a bagman for someone higher up the food chain. Do not underestimate the extent of their greed. They have an insatiable appetite.

This is Adeniyi Adeyemi circa 2025, in audience with the deputy speaker as covered by Tinubu’s Punch Newspapers. The agency wasn't illegal until he blew the whistle in 2026. Only then did it become illegal.

Update that picture so it removes your name

free2ryhme:
person wey no do NYSC don approve policy to overhaul NYSC

I was about to say I hope this thing does not make people ask if the policymakers and the President himself did NYSC.

The Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy (CFRPA) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Kano seeking the disqualification of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the 2027 presidential election over allegations of certificate forgery.
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‎According to court documents seen by Daily Trust, the plaintiff alleged that Tinubu presented forged academic certificates from Chicago State University and a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the 2023 elections.
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‎The suit, marked FHC/K/CS/312/2026, lists Tinubu, INEC, and Chicago State University as defendants.
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The plaintiff contended that Tinubu never attended Government College Lagos as claimed, noting that the school was established in 1974, four years after Tinubu allegedly graduated.

The CSO further argued that Tinubu does not possess a valid secondary school certificate, which is the minimum constitutional requirement to contest for the presidency.
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It claimed that INEC had failed to act on its petition dated June 19, 2026, demanding clarification on Tinubu’s eligibility.
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‎In its statement of claims, the group referenced a 2023 U.S. court ruling in In Re: Application of Atiku Abubakar (No. 23 CV 05099), which compelled Chicago State University to release Tinubu’s academic records.
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The plaintiff insisted those records revealed false entries and inconsistencies, including a forged University of Cambridge General Certificate of Education.
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‎The prayers asked by the plaintiff included declaration of forgery against Tinubu’s Chicago State University certificate, issuance of an order directing INEC to disqualify him from the 2027 presidential election, directing CSU to strike Tinubu’s name from its records and perpetual injunction restraining INEC from uploading Tinubu’s name as a candidate.
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‎The plaintiff also submitted affidavits of non-multiplicity of action, witness statements, and letters to the NYSC and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, demanding disclaimers on the alleged fake NYSC certificate.

Do you see that picture there? They are armed. It's a slippery slope. Just watch and see how it will one day consume the powers that are feeding it now.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SrpkDFTHW0

Bangladesh no play for world cup sef. Next

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was established to promote national unity, discipline, and patriotism among Nigerian youths. Since its creation, the NYSC uniform has remained a symbol of identity, equality, and service, reflecting the core values of the Scheme.

While suggestions to modernize the uniform are appreciated, any proposal to replace the traditional white T-shirt and khaki shorts/trousers with an Adire-designed outfit, or to substitute the standard boots with Crocs and light training shoes, would require careful consideration. Such decisions would need to preserve the integrity, functionality, and symbolic significance of the NYSC uniform while ensuring it remains suitable for orientation camp activities and other official engagements.

The khaki uniform is intentionally neutral and is not associated with any one ethnic group or region. By contrast, Adire is a traditional indigo-dyed fabric that originated among the Yoruba people. Although Adire is now appreciated and worn across Nigeria and internationally, it still has a strong cultural association with Yoruba heritage. Because of that, some people argue that making Adire the official NYSC uniform could appear to give prominence to one cultural tradition over others. Others counter that Adire has become a national cultural asset and that a carefully designed version could represent Nigerian creativity rather than a single ethnic identity.

Whoever is advising this government should keep it up. Keep tearing the national fabric that unites us okay. First you change the national anthem to your mandate, now you change what was a symbol of service. For a unifying institution like NYSC, policymakers would likely consider whether using a culturally specific textile aligns with the Scheme's goal of projecting a neutral, inclusive national identity. Ajuwaya!

Love800:
Okay.
Let me deviate.

Why do think aboki oranges are always sweet?

Because they went for a three weeks orientation course of national unity

Jossyman0007:
Ask him to speak his native language, wahala go start

This is what inferiority complex can cause.

Always proud to learn other nationals language,food and culture while we discard ours.



UNAM -IKOT

You're correct. It's still mental slavery to keep us in bondage

chopnaira:
Rubbish and olodo.

Weren’t you the one in this video protesting years ago with a placard?

Adeboye led a march against Buhari in the video.

Since e reach your turn, go and drag the likes of Pastor Suleiman (otobo), Pastor Enechie, Pastor

To lead your own protest.

History of the RCCG and Presidents
1.
In 2010, President Jonathan visited Redeem Church👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSmeL4XlQis

2010 Dec 18
President Goodluck Jonathan talks to Nigerian Christians at the 13th Holy Ghost Congress of The Redeemed Christian Church of God.

2.
Jonathan attends RCCG 2012 Holy Ghost congress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99ivATqoKcM

2012 Dec 17
Years after his first visit, President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday night worshiped with thousands at the 15th edition of the Holy Ghost Congress organized by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, at the Redemption Camp, along the Lagos Ibadan expressway.

Speaking at the programme, Dr Jonathan once again assured Nigerians of tackling the challenges facing the country, explaining that his administration is doing the right thing to improve on the challenges that the country currently is facing.

In his address to the congregation, the president admitted that the nation's power sector and security are not impressive as they are, but he gave the assurance that his administration is putting the right structures in place to enhance an appropriate reform.

3.
Jonathan Visits RCCG, Worships With Adeboye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyX0qibQv9o

2014 Feb 16
The Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday called on Christian faithful to pray for the peace of the nation.

He made the call while worshiping at the Olive Tree Parish of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Banana Island, Ikoyi Lagos, alongside the General Overseer of the Church, Enoch Adeboye.

4.
Pastor E A Adeboye's Visit to OTP Feb 16 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmXN6YtljMU

The things we find! I don't expect Pastor Adeboye to endorse ANYBODY, but, as endorsements go, you can't get one better than this one he gave Prof. Osinbajo last year. In front of Mr. President as well! God moves mysteriously...

Video Of Pastor Adeboye Endorsing Osinbajo In Pres Gej's Presence Is Trending by handysuzy(op): 7:43pm On Jan 29, 2015
https://www.nairaland.com/2120339/video-pastor-adeboye-endorsing-osinbajo

5.
I Sought Pastor Adeboye's Consent Before Going For Vice Presidential Seat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD7nIFKrztk

2015 Jan 5
The Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (ACP), Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed optimism that his party, if given an opportunity to govern Nigeria, would bring the needed change at a period that "the entire nation is tired of the state of things".

Professor Osinbajo, who is also a pastor, said that the state of the nation had presented the APC with a chance that had never been, saying "it is the best that has ever been".

Giving his political aspirations, his party's manifesto and how it would be achieved, the Professor said that there was no difference in the roles that he played as a pastor, professor and politician.

"The reason I function as a pastor is essentially because I want to touch the lives of as many people as possible with the love of Jesus Christ and we must, in every situation we find ourselves, be able to help the poor, be able to help those who can't help themselves and stand up for justice.

"I will do same as a political leader. All of these roles must be played in the same way and with the same motivation. As far as I am concerned, it is all the same," he said.

There have been claims that the presidential candidate of the APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, is a religious fundamentalist, but Professor Osinbajo dismissed the assertions, saying that "General Buhari is a very credible individual that does what he says".

Jonathan visits Redemption Camp Urges Nigerians To Pray For Hitch Free Elections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTpafv2s11Q

6.

2015 Feb 8
The President was last night at the monthly holy ghost service of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Redemption camp in Lagos where he urged Nigerians to pray for hitch free general elections and for peace to reign in Nigeria.

7.
Channelstv Exclusive: Buhari Meets With Pastor Adeboye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jsEMmdSPv8
2016 Feb 16

I continue 👇


8.
Political Round-Up: Pastor Adeboye Visits Buhari In London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KztyznbfuIo
2017 Aug 18

9.
This is the popular one people are using to spread misinformation
Pastor Adeboye Leads R.C.C.G Members In Walk Against Insecurity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkay0hqPn5A

2020 Feb 2
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday, led members of his church in a prayer walk against insecurity in Nigeria.

10.
Pastor Adeboye Tells Buhari - Restructure Nigeria Now or It Breaks Up (NEWS | NIGERIA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9m3Raq31zE

2020 Oct 4
The call for restructuring is getting louder with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, general overseer, Pastor Enoch ADEBOYE, analysts say, it may just be the panacea for the secession calls.

It's interesting this man was arrested for certificate forgery. I love this. I hope it goes round the cabinet

I am in full support of this investigation. Kudos Jagaban

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He's throwing jabs at Tinubu. Yesterday, I posted a comment about Tinubu's first class and people thought I was shifting the goal post. It was intentional. There is no credible history of our president so who am I to think he was really the one who graduated from the college?

SixSeven:
He graduated with a first class degree but his classmates don't remember him? 🤡🎓

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tf65EGOAgo

Old solider Buhari showed us his classmates, these ones want to pull a wool over our eyes. Yeye
It will do you well to not stain this great topic with stains of Akara and kuli kuli. Just celebrate the young girl and move on.

In a country where a roadside mechanic must prove his apprenticeship but a president can govern from behind a smoke screen of missing transcripts, we have successfully canonized fraud as a prerequisite for statecraft. This systemic panic over a few pieces of scanned parchment proves that our democracy is a grand, elaborate scam built on a foundation of unwashed lies. We are a nation choking on the global shame of our leaders' forged histories, yet our electoral umpire treats basic public transparency like a state secret. Until we strip these emperors of their manufactured pasts in the open market square, we will continue to be a tragic comedy, a country trying to build a giant of Africa on credentials that would fail a basic security check at Ojuelegba underbridge.

Love800:
Wasting students time, effort and resources just because you want to integrate dem into different cultures of your country!

As i mentioned earlier, our business, career, investment and worklife is enough for us to understand and appreciate our country's various ethnicities and environments.

You'll understand later that what you call waste is an education itself. Not everything is in the 4 walls of a school. Even the office does not work in isolation. You need to understand the environment first.

Edit: I looked at your last topic on your profile. Using your own theory, you should have known by now why aboki orange is sweet

A good father is a treasure. There is more that he can do that money cannot buy.

Love800:
How is nysc a way to know the traditional affairs of your country!
Those reconciliation ideas has fade away. No longer working.

When the country is working with roads and security effectively aiding our productive lives, we can travel and meet new people in our line of career or business.

Many people don't know their country until NYSC. Even Nigerians don't travel like before anymore mainly because of security and transportation. When bloggers from abroad show us our own country, many of us are surprised. Permit me to say that some of the hate we have is as a result of a lack of exposure. The NYSC was formed for this reason. NYSC was formed to force youth to live in regions other than their state of origin. The goal was to remove cultural prejudices, eliminate ethnic ignorance, and show young graduates that Nigerians share more similarities than differences.

Before implementation, government should answer five questions clearly:
1. what is the actual additional budget for six-week orientation?
2. Which camps currently meet the minimum standard for six weeks of residence?
3. Who will train, certify, and monitor the specialised streams?
4. What safeguards will prevent corruption, favouritism, and exploitation inside camp?
5. Which employers and institutions have formally agreed to accept corps members under the new PPA model?


Opportunities for contracts and to spend money my friend.

I think we will lose the reason for national unity et cetera when they make these changes. NYSC in my opinion is still one of the best ways Nigerians get to know their country though it still has its fault but our sense of nationalism is dying everyday and government is not helping it.

I actually think people need to get that Pop and military training to have a sense of national pride and remember they are reserves for Nigeria if the country is at war.

I remember the BTS who young people are going crazy over. All able-bodied South Korean male citizens must complete approximately 18 to 21 months of mandatory military service by age 28 (or age 30 with a government extension). K-pop idols receive no special exemptions, forcing groups into temporary hiatuses or restructured promotions.


It's a thing of pride to serve your country. It is a mockery to replace this with networking event.

5. No more passing-out parade (POP)
The final march-past in the scorching sun is officially cancelled. Instead, your service year will end with a corporate graduation and career-networking event designed to connect you directly with employers

Why? You have graduated before in your higher institution, you don't need another graduation. The military-style parade is a 50+ year legendary rite of passage. Stripping away the physical display takes away the patriotic, unifying spectacle that defined completion. I can understand that employers will no longer be bound by the limitation of waiting 1 year for the corps members to be hired but I would advise they not remove things that are meant to foster a sense of service to the fatherland. Arise o compatriots... Sorry, old anthem


Edit: a young person will ask why they need to wait for NYSC corporate event when they can get it elsewhere.

I actually think people need to get that Pop and military training to have a sense of national pride and remember they are reserves for Nigeria if the country is at war.

I remember the BTS who young people are going crazy over. All able-bodied South Korean male citizens must complete approximately 18 to 21 months of mandatory military service by age 28 (or age 30 with a government extension). K-pop idols receive no special exemptions, forcing groups into temporary hiatuses or restructured promotions.


It's a thing of pride to serve your country. It is a mockery to replace this with networking event. Coming out of a military conflict, the government wanted to build a disciplined, loyal, and patriotic youth population. The three-week paramilitary orientation camp style was explicitly chosen to foster resilience, a tradition of hard work, and a mindset prepared for national mobilization if the country ever faced another crisis.

5. No more passing-out parade (POP)
The final march-past in the scorching sun is officially cancelled. Instead, your service year will end with a corporate graduation and career-networking event designed to connect you directly with employers

Why? You have graduated before in your higher institution, you don't need another graduation. The military-style parade is a 50+ year legendary rite of passage. Stripping away the physical display takes away the patriotic, unifying spectacle that defined completion. I can understand that employers will no longer be bound by the limitation of waiting 1 year for the corps members to be hired but I would advise they not remove things that are meant to foster a sense of service to the fatherland. Arise o compatriots... Sorry, old anthem

Sterope:
This isn't true.

She didn't foresee anything.

Nigeria's security agencies had long been aware of these terrorists and bandits before the insurgency escalated. They started with bank robberies and other criminal activities and their followers lived with us and they were known, but, in typical Nigerian fashion, we often ignore serious warning signs until they grow into full-blown crises.

Boko Haram was not a consequence of Jonathan or his ethnic background. Given the rise of terrorism and the proliferation of arms across several parts of Africa at the time, it would have emerged regardless. Have you actually looked into the history of Sudan, Niger, Libya, Egypt? Which is exactly why Kwara and Oyo state attacks should not have shocked anyone. They were always going to happen because the leaders we have chosen hate us.

So Patience didn't predict anything. Like all first ladies, including the current one, their priority is personal wealth.

God will judge them all!

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During her husband's presidency (2010–2015), critics frequently accused her of overstepping her constitutional boundaries by trying to dictate political appointments and warring with state governors, notably Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State.

Maybe our people choose to have selective memory. While addressing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters at a rally in Calabar, she explicitly told the crowd to assault political opponents who campaigned under the slogan of "change". She openly stated, "Anybody that tells you change, stone that person."

In 2012, the Governor of Bayelsa State abruptly appointed her as a Permanent Secretary in the state's civil service. This sparked widespread public outrage, with critics calling it a "national embarrassment" and a textbook example of nepotism, given that she had been away from active civil service for over 13 years.


Buhari's own is recent except people still want to have selective amnesia.

Turai and Stella were silent in their own style but no one can forget the role of Turai when her husband was AWOL. When President Yar'Adua was hospitalized for months in Saudi Arabia between 2009 and 2010, Turai strictly controlled all physical and information access to him. She blocked senior government officials, including the Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan from seeing or speaking to the President.

Why We Seized Turai Yar’adua’s Land - Abuja Minister
https://www.nairaland.com/1278999/why-seized-turais-land-minister#15550811

In 2008, Turai used her position to host a massive high- society fundraiser for her NGO to build an International Cancer Centre in Abuja. Billions of Naira were donated by state governors, wealthy businessmen, and government contractors. Decades later, the project remains a ghost town. The multi-billion-naira facility was abandoned, and hundreds of vehicles and specialized medical equipment bought with public and donated funds were left to rust away. Investigative journalists and government health ministries launched probes into the project, questioning how billions vanished while ordinary Nigerians continued to fly abroad for cancer treatments. In the final days of her husband's administration in 2010, the land was allocated to Turai's NGO, the Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation (WAYEF). Later, the government revoked it, claiming it was public land meant for the African First Ladies Peace Mission. It was subsequently handed over to her successor, Patience Jonathan. Turai sued the sitting government and Patience Jonathan, refusing alternative land offers. In 2013, the court ruled in Turai's favor. The FCT Minister publicly blasted her, accusing her of using her twilight days as First Lady to illegally convert public institutional land for personal NGO use.


The biggest political scandal tied directly to Stella Obasanjo broke in early 2005, regarding the privatization of federal government property in Lagos. An anonymous whistleblower revealed that 207 prime government-owned properties in luxury estates like Ikoyi were being sold quietly at highly reduced, non-market prices to top officials. To the deep embarrassment of President Obasanjo-who had campaigned heavily on an anti-corruption platform-almost the entire Abebe family (Stella's maiden family) was discovered on the list of secret buyers. President Obasanjo was forced to publicly cancel the entire housing deal and summarily fired his Minister of Housing, Mobolaji Osomo, for mishandling the allocations. Newspaper editors who labeled her "Greedy Stella" over the affair were arrested by state security, causing a massive free-speech outcry.

Unlike previous administrations where the wives of the Vice President and state governors enjoyed prominent public platforms, Stella was heavily criticized for attempting to centralize all female political power in Nigeria under herself. In 2003, she summoned the wives of all 36 state governors to Abuja and explicitly declared, "There is only one First Lady in Nigeria." She banned them from using the title "First Lady" within their respective states, ordering them to restrict themselves to "Wife of the Governor." Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and other civil rights activists fiercely criticized her behavior. Soyinka denounced her as "arrogant" and publicly urged President Obasanjo to restrain his wife's unconstitutional excesses, calling the office of the First Lady an ostentatious, vulgar carry-over from military dictatorship.

Tragically, on October 23, 2005, Stella died at the age of 59 due to severe surgical malpractice. Her death itself became a flashpoint for intense public criticism regarding the elite's behavior. The irony of her death was not lost in sight when it was revealed that she had secretly flown to Marbella, Spain, to undergo an elective cosmetic surgery (liposuction) right before her 60th birthday (Her Spanish surgeon was later convicted of negligent homicide after puncturing her internal organs and leaving her unattended for hours).

The Nigerian public reacted with a mixture of grief and anger. Critics noted the tragic irony that while ordinary Nigerians were suffering under a collapsing national healthcare system, the First Lady flew to an expensive European resort town for an elective aesthetic procedure.

Since Abacha died, we have had a first lady die, a president fall ill, another president fall ill, a president's wife (Aisha) complain about state hospital but the country never learns, it's just one person who takes over after the next and nothing changes.

Please continue to post facts that this olodo uprising will refuse to do a simple google search on their phone and be pushing ideas in their head without verification. You don't even need to be alive at that time but simple search will save you. I am not interested in the women because they are spouses to the person we elected. They have no business with us and while Buhari was criticized for saying his wife belonged to the kitchen and other room, maybe he knew what he meant. If that's the way he wanted his wife to be, who knows her better than he does? Because all the Aso Rock trouble we heard after that was enough to understand the statement. Anyway, there is no office of the first lady and we need to stop indulging them. It's corruption and no one will want to touch the President's wife but we must give commendation to Obasanjo for how he handled the Ikoyi houses allocation scandal. When the whistleblower leaked the list of secret buyers, revealing that almost the entire Abebe family (his wife Stella's relatives) had been allocated prime government property at heavily discounted prices, Obasanjo did not attempt a cover-up. Despite the immense pressure it put on his marriage, he immediately canceled the entire luxury housing deal. To prove his anti-corruption drive wasn't just rhetoric, Obasanjo immediately fired his Minister of Housing, Mobolaji Osomo, for allowing the non-transparent, nepotistic allocation process to happen in the first place. He made it clear that nobody-regardless of their connections to the First Lady was above the law.


Again, I want that office removed although it does not exist because we feed it oxygen. I can commend all the first ladies for their NGOs and empowerment schemes but I also consider those things as conduit pipe to siphon state money indirectly. They can be an interference to the Ministry of Women's affairs. IYKYK

Goo0dHardDick:
I have said it several times before. Women gain alot in marriage and relationships. Men gains absolutely nothing.

A woman comes in to a man's life and he instantly upgrades her. She'll now start living in good apartment, free house rent, Free food, free clothes, everything is free for her. what then is the man benefiting? I have said it before, women don't stay where they're not benefiting anything from. As a man, after making this money, don't upgrade any woman! Leave her in that face me I face you house and look for a girl with sense from a rich family and marry.

The same girl you're killing yourself to please and upgrade will one day ask you "what have you done for me before" did I force you to do that for me". Be wise not nice

EV would completely agree that modern relationships are set up as a one-sided financial contract where men work themselves to exhaustion just to provide a "free upgrade" to women. In her view, men are conditioned from birth to be beasts of burden, while women are taught to view financial provision as their birthright. This is exactly why she would validate your prediction about the inevitable ingratitude; she wrote extensively about how a woman will eventually look at a man's lifetime of sacrifice and coldly ask, "What have you actually done for me?"

However, she would heavily warn you against your plan to marry a "girl from a rich family" instead. EV argued that all women in modern society are conditioned by the exact same playbook, regardless of their background. A wealthy upbringing doesn't change the underlying dynamic. It just means her baseline demands for luxury and status start much higher. You cannot outsmart a broken system by simply picking a different target.

Kdon2:
This is misinformation please. Don't mislead the public

What about those who graduated with first class upper

"who school epp"

I thought I would see one very important point but I don't see it. It's the fabric.

According to sleep researchers and expert testers at the Sleep Foundation, 100% natural, breathable materials like cotton, linen, and bamboo are optimal because they dynamic-regulate your core body temperature. Synthetics like polyester trap heat and moisture, which actively disrupts your REM sleep cycles.

Check what you are sleeping on. If it's synthetic, it will affect your sleep. A natural material like linen was popular in the hospitals


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Long ago, hospitals used a special cloth called linen. Linen is made from the stalks of the flax plant. Doctors and nurses used it for bedsheets, bandages, and gowns for a few very important reasons.First, linen is super tough. Most fabrics get weak and rip when they are wet, but linen actually gets stronger when you wash it. Because of this, hospital workers could boil the linen in hot water over and over again to kill germs. The cloth stayed strong and did not fall apart.

Second, linen helps stop germs from growing. It naturally fights off mold and bacteria. In old, crowded hospitals, this helped keep the rooms clean. Also, linen does not shed tiny fuzzy pieces like cotton does. This meant nurses could wrap wounds without fuzzy strings getting stuck inside the cuts.

Finally, linen kept patients very comfortable. It is great at soaking up sweat and drying quickly. It is also very breezy. If a patient had a high fever, the cool linen sheets helped them feel better and stopped them from getting itchy skin sores from lying in bed too long.

Do you know some women in menopause have said that changing their sheets to linen helped them?

Because of Nigeria's high humidity and intense heat, whether you are experiencing the coastal humidity of Lagos or the intense heatwaves in northern regions, linen provides distinct health and comfort advantages over standard cotton and synthetics. Areas like Lagos and Port Harcourt get incredibly muggy. Linen can absorb up to 20% of its own weight in water before it even feels damp. It wicks sweat away from your skin and dries much faster than cotton, preventing that sticky, clammy feeling at night.

MemoriesAndMe:
Please, whats the purpose of the eyes when the eyelashes cover them? Can she see?

This is the smartest comment so far.

Adakintroy:
Lekki na glorified swamp.

Big house without big plans. I go wonder why people go pack go there just for thesame water system toilet. Borehole water, and same light as mainland..

Even pos there na 200. For 5k instead of 100 mainland de charge. Over inflated cost na be their wealth there. You go see girls go import hair around 37usd for our china contacts. Come de sell around 350k.

Everything abouth them na exaggerated greed. Did I mention beer there for most common bar na around 2500.

Your first line made me remember when Awo was thrown into prison.

SixSeven:
"On June 19, 1962, I was moved from Ikenne to Lekki. The journey to Lekki was an experience in itself. Lekki was a remote, waterlogged village, almost cut off from the rest of the world. To get there, one had to travel by canoe through mosquito-infested marshes.

The government’s intention was clear: to isolate me and make it as difficult as possible for my supporters to reach me. They chose a place that was physically taxing and geographically secluded.

However, the spirit of the people could not be broken. Despite the treacherous waters and the distance, hundreds of my supporters—men and women—found their way to Lekki. They came in canoes, often singing party songs that echoed across the lagoons. Their presence was a source of great strength to me during those sixteen days of restriction.

The bungalow where I was kept was modest, and the environment was harsh, but it provided a period of intense reflection. I spent my time reading, writing, and contemplating the future of our great nation. It was in these quiet, difficult moments at Lekki that my resolve to serve Nigeria was further tempered."