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 Travel › Re: Nigerian Beggar In Italy Says He Built A House, Supports Family After Nine Years by SixSeven: 11:14am On Oct 03 |
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| Travel › Re: Nigerian Beggar In Italy Says He Built A House, Supports Family After Nine Years by SixSeven: 11:13am On Oct 03 |
hahn:I agreed with you until the last line. For me, I choose not to use curse words on my country. No irresponsible politician will make me curse the land I was born in, none of them. I distinguish between my personal beliefs and the dysfunction of the system. I can condemn what has been done to my country without condemning my country. I can oppose the failures of those who govern without turning against the land, the people, and the history that made me. We don't curse the land of our forebears. Loving a country doesn't require pretending its problems do not exist. In fact, criticism can come from attachment rather than rejection, I guess we love the country differently  2 Likes
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| Travel › Re: Nigerian Beggar In Italy Says He Built A House, Supports Family After Nine Years by SixSeven: 10:37am On Oct 03*. Modified: 11:16am On Oct 03 |
hahn:Your claim can be factually true on paper, but it is only fixated on one thing only - the currency exchange rates rather than a comfortable lifestyle. In fact, if we did this same calculation before APC came in, it will even sound like a joke due to the exchange rate. From my findings, a panhandler in a major Canadian city (please take note that it is major and all of the population of Canada is not up to 1/3 or ours despite being one of the largest countries in the world) can make between $300 and $900+ CAD per month, whereas a junior doctor in Nigeria currently earning ₦250,000 to ₦450,000 NGN takes home the equivalent of just $200 to $370 CAD due to the severe devaluation of the Naira. Now, this is very tempting. It only talks about the money. But let's look beneath this and check the actual quality of life and the local cost of living. In Canada, $900 CAD a month cannot even cover the average rent for a single room, forcing panhandlers to live in absolute poverty while enduring brutal, sub-zero winter blizzards that drop below -20°C. Have you heard about homelessness? Meanwhile, within Nigeria's domestic economy, a doctor's salary firmly secures a respectable middle-class lifestyle, safe housing, and daily necessities, proving that a devalued salary buys far more than Canadian pocket change. https://www.tiktok.com/video/7510058815996349703 When people sleep on the streets in Canada, the cold is not just an inconvenience of the weather but it is a frequent cause of death and permanent injury. You must have seen the video I put in one of my comments there about a Panhandler's POV. And guess who come to save them? Health workers, including doctors. Across Canada, shelter systems are full thereby leaving hundreds of unhoused people to face brutal winter windchills that can drop below -20°C. You can't sleep in your freezer but this panhandler will stay in a doctor's freezer and still be begging! Medical finding shows that Canada's homeless population suffers a disproportionately high rate of severe hypothermia fatalities and frostbite injuries. In fact, hospital data indicates that the unhoused account for roughly a quarter of all hypothermic injuries, frequently resulting in life-altering finger or toe amputations. Oh no, doctors again! Tragically, health experts note that these deaths from freezing occur not just during historic blizzards, but even during regular winter nights when temperatures hover just below zero and dampness sets in. So yeah, my friend you are right. A beggar earns more than a Nigerian doctor on average due to the currency exchange but at what cost? I can extend this argument further to Iranian doctors and say they too are worse than an average Canadian doctor but when we look beneath the surface, we know what it adds up to. It's not worth the worth of the money! God bless our doctors.  1 Like
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| Travel › Re: Nigerian Beggar In Italy Says He Built A House, Supports Family After Nine Years by SixSeven: 7:38am On Oct 03 |
At topic, I remembered a proverb. https://www.tiktok.com/video/7395130716394261765 A beggar will continue to beg and no insult bothers them so stop wasting your advice. eleko1:This happens in Nigeria so he doesn't need to go to Italy to build houses. It's just a matter of the mind and that is a broken mindset, to keep begging. 1 Like
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| Travel › Re: Nigerian Beggar In Italy Says He Built A House, Supports Family After Nine Years by SixSeven: 7:32am On Oct 03 |
nairalanda1:Stop wasting your time. The guy is just rage baiting. It's called panhandling over there. The general rule across Canada is that passive panhandling is legal constitutional expression, but aggressive panhandling and roadway solicitation are heavily restricted. https://www.tiktok.com/video/7457651428325068038 https://www.tiktok.com/video/7517286183689358598 A beggar, including a royal beggar can't beg more than a doctor. That's a joke taken too far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocwQ8sHxwJI 1 Like
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| Travel › Re: Nigerian Beggar In Italy Says He Built A House, Supports Family After Nine Years by SixSeven: 7:25am On Oct 03 |
hahn:Yeah Royal Beggars earn more than Doctors in Canada. I think the doctors care more about saving a life than all the money bad health cannot afford to buy, don't you think?  1 Like
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| Politics › Re: BREAKING: "Tinubu Must Go" Protests Rock Yobe by SixSeven: 9:04pm On Oct 02 |
A peaceful protest cannot rock Yobe. I hope you see what I did there Daily Post. |
| Family › Re: Your Money Is Yours And His Is Ours, What Exactly Are You Marrying Him For? by SixSeven: 6:56pm On Oct 02 |
https://www.tiktok.com/video/7242009934529924379 Greenback: 1 Like 1 Share |
| Family › Re: Your Money Is Yours And His Is Ours, What Exactly Are You Marrying Him For? by SixSeven: 6:54pm On Oct 02 |
| Family › Re: Men Who Provide Everything Should Not Share Chores by SixSeven: 5:34pm On Oct 02*. Modified: 6:52pm On Oct 02 |
Advice is free to give. My own free advice is do what works for you and your family as HOH. Don't be stupid enough to let the woman do everything you can also do because one day you will be left stranded and this is reality of life. Don't be a dependant adult, e get why. 2 Likes |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: 32-Year-Old Australian Teacher Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Male Student by SixSeven: 5:26pm On Oct 02 |
NSW NON SAFE WORK SORRY NSFW |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Iranian Man Accused Of $3 Billion Wire Fraud, Extradited To The United States by SixSeven: 2:22pm On Oct 02 |
jaxxy:Okay if you say so jaxxy. You know the way Nigerians shout wa wa wa like they are all that, some silent people are more devious |
| Business › Re: Which of these skills is okay to earn a living? by SixSeven: 2:19pm On Oct 02 |
Yesterday someone was telling me how artisans build houses with their little money but ironically, those who earn a decent paycheck every month cannot do the same thing. They want to build or buy the multimillion mansion their salary cannot afford. Now, go forth and do what you are blessed with. Both businesses need computers. Do what works for you and God has blessed not what you think man thinks. No one is paying your bills for you so don't take my opinion from me, listen to your head. 4 Likes 1 Share
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| Politics › Re: National Digital Postcode System Launched In Nigeria by SixSeven: 12:40pm On Oct 02 |
cyrusmillz:You are absolutely correct about the numbers. It's not a mistake that they make these numbers short and easy to recall. Whoever expects Nigerians to start memorizing a 11-digit number after Phone number NIN Driver licence number Bank Account number BVN and so many more I decided not to list has not learned anything from who they are copying this from. Research proves that the shorter the better. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: National Digital Postcode System Launched In Nigeria by SixSeven: 12:38pm On Oct 02 |
chaliceGodson:Hmmmmm that's a good question. Post codes help for planning and logistics. It's something we ought to have done a long time ago but thank God they are doing something now. Post codes help government to communicate to certain areas, in fact, it was used to discriminate against certain Black communities in the US when they did not want them to have access to certain things. NIPOST is the biggest winner here and very soon post codes can help us vote without having to spend billions on INEC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZNZiu68mUU For companies, they can plan properly when they have post codes. They can customize the service to give you, they will have the accurate address and there will be easier KYC by banks and others trying to know exactly where you are or whether you exist. Businesses will take advantage of it very soon. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Typical Life Of How A Nigerian Spends Money On Fuel In Canada by SixSeven: 12:28pm On Oct 02 |
guobe:You can't feel it if you are on minimum wage or low paying job which is why I don't take Nigerians in Diaspora seriously if they cannot do simple maths of cost of living. They won't feel the pain because dollars and pounds are protecting them on the internet so Nigeria is easy to enjoy for them. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Ranked: The World’s Most And Least Taxed Countries: Where Does Nigeria Stand? by SixSeven: 12:25pm On Oct 02 |
immortalcrown:  Na statistics you mus chop. Both macro and micro. And Macron sef if possible
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| Politics › Re: Typical Life Of How A Nigerian Spends Money On Fuel In Canada by SixSeven: 12:23pm On Oct 02 |
It's insane how Nigeria is paying so high for fuel 3 Likes 1 Share
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| Politics › Re: Nigerians Groan As Transport Fares Remain High Despite Tinubu’s Promise by SixSeven: 12:18pm On Oct 02 |
Promise promise promise 10 Likes 1 Share
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| Islam › Re: Muslim Marriage Under Islamic Law After Registry Marriage In Nigeria by SixSeven: 12:16pm On Oct 02 |
In the case Mohammed v. Mohammed (2024), the Nigerian Court of Appeal shifted decades of family law when it ruled that a registry marriage does not prevent a Muslim man from marrying up to four wives under Islamic law. Denying this right violates his constitutional freedom of religion. Historically, a civil wedding under the Marriage Act created a strictly monogamous union. Entering a subsequent marriage while that civil union subsisted constituted the offense of bigamy under Section 35 and Section 47 of the Act. The Court of Appeal utilized the Supreme Court precedent of Alkamawa v. Bello, clarifying that Islamic law is separate and distinct from customary law. The restrictions in the Marriage Act target customary marriages, meaning they do not automatically ban subsequent Islamic marriages (Nikah). The court held that a registry wedding does not mean a Muslim man has renounced his faith. Therefore, preventing him from practicing Islamic polygyny violates his fundamental right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion under Section 38(1) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. In simple language 👇 If a Muslim man has a court wedding (registry marriage), that marriage is still completely valid. However, the law now says the court wedding cannot be used to stop him from marrying more wives later under Islamic rules. Any subsequent wives married under Islamic law and their children are legally recognized. They have the full legal right to inherit the husband's property when he dies. Because this is a decision from the Court of Appeal, it is currently the binding law across Nigeria. It will remain the law unless the Supreme Court overturns it in a future appeal. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Iranian Man Accused Of $3 Billion Wire Fraud, Extradited To The United States by SixSeven: 11:53am On Oct 02 |
BlackViper:I don't think you know what you are talking about but let's go with your words, what do I know sef nvm 4 Likes 1 Share
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| Politics › Re: Tinubu and 2027: Where Exactly Are the Block Votes Coming From? by SixSeven: 11:51am On Oct 02 |
Block or bloc voting refers to a class of electoral systems where multiple candidates are elected simultaneously. They do not guarantee minority representation and allow a group of voters to ensure that only their preferred candidates are elected. I just read the story where 👇 politicoNG:Meanwhile the total votes cast in the 2024 elections tell a different story.
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| Politics › Re: Edo: Anyone who refuses Tinubu getting 2 million votes, Ak-47 fire - Tenebe by SixSeven: 11:45am On Oct 02 |
Racoon: DONMOSCOLEE:The question to ask is what is the number of total voters registered in Edo state? How did the Governor himself win? The joke is in the illiteracy but it is a dangerous one because logic and stats are not playbooks of thugs. 1 Like
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| Politics › Re: There Is Only One Way Peter Obi Can Win In 2027! by SixSeven: 11:43am On Oct 02 |
I don't like this idea of sponsored political posts but what do I know sef Seun? |
| Culture › Re: Fela Is Not Our Legend And Can Never Be. Stop Forcing Him On Us. by SixSeven: 10:55am On Oct 02 |
On February 20, 1978, the legendary Afrobeat pioneer [Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti] shocked the world by marrying 27 women simultaneously in a single traditional ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria. While it is widely remembered as a highly controversial and unconventional event, Fela's choice to marry his backup singers and dancers (collectively known as the "Kalakuta Queens" ) was deeply tied to political protection, social redemption, and his anti-colonial philosophy. In February 1977, the Nigerian military launched a brutal raid on Fela’s compound, the Kalakuta Republic. The commune was burned down, many band members were physically assaulted, and Fela’s mother suffered fatal injuries. The raid left his female band members completely homeless. Worse, the conservative Nigerian society and the authorities heavily stigmatized these women, frequently raiding their quarters, arresting them, and labeling them as prostitutes or runaway girls simply for living and working with Fela. By legally marrying them, Fela gave them a respectable social status and legal protection as his official wives, making it much harder for the police to harass or falsely accuse them of crimes like vagrancy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQpXcVhHTGo Fela viewed the mass marriage as a form of compensation and solidarity for the hardships the women endured alongside him. Rather than forcing the arrangement, Fela reportedly passed around a piece of paper asking the women in his band to write down their names if they wanted to marry him for their collective safety, all 27 volunteered. The wedding was blessed by 12 Ifa priests. Fela was fiercely anti-colonial and explicitly rejected Western concepts of monogamy, religion, and governance. He viewed polygamy as a valid, traditional African family structure that had been unfairly demonized by Western colonial and Christian influences. To him, the marriage was a radical statement of cultural reclamation. https://www.tiktok.com/video/7474894796197268758 To manage his large household, Fela implemented a rotation system where 12 wives would live with him at any given time. In 1986, shortly after being released from a 20-month prison sentence, Fela divorced all of his wives simultaneously. He stated that marriage brings jealousy and selfishness and that no human being had the right to own another. Despite the official divorce, Fela did not kick the women out. Many of them willingly chose to live, work, and perform with him until his death in 1997. https://www.tiktok.com/video/7503236783438630149
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| Culture › Re: Fela Is Not Our Legend And Can Never Be. Stop Forcing Him On Us. by SixSeven: 10:53am On Oct 02*. Modified: 11:41am On Oct 02 |
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was a philosopher. To be a creative like that, you must be able to observe and study your people, then talk about it. That's why his words are still relevant today. Even his marriage to 27 women was not for sex as many people think. It was being responsible and making a statement. I will write about it on my next post. One day I watched Fela perform, do you know that just because one of his band members did not get the notes well, he had to stop the practice? That's professionalism 💯 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqDnRq68a4s I need to let us know that they focused more on his lifestyle than what he said. Hypocrites. 3 Likes
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| Politics › Re: Tinubu Is Unpopular In Nigeria - The Economist by SixSeven: 10:39am On Oct 02 |
Gotocourt:Don't mind The Economist. While they are trying to set the agenda to a 2-horse race, we all know what a free and fair election can do. We just want to pretend that it must be the way APC kicked PDP out that APC must be sent away from the Presidency, thereby repeating the same mistake of a merger of stranger bedfellows with only one mission, TO WIN. We all know how Tinubu sought validation for the first few months after his 'win'. Asiwaju! He opens doors for you know what 10 Likes
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| Politics › Re: Tinubu Is Unpopular In Nigeria - The Economist by SixSeven: 10:36am On Oct 02 |
How do you choose what you don't like? Isn't that cancerous  35 Likes 1 Share
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| Education › Re: Dear Son, In 2026 Go Learn A Skill And Leave University For Women by SixSeven: 10:33am On Oct 02 |
Amotolongbo:One, because it is too expensive and gets them into debt. Two, because there is dignity in labor. If you go and learn a trade that will use to eat, no one will look down on you. Three, because they respect institutions and what they stand for. They are not perfect but just saying. https://www.tiktok.com/video/7529927031614655766
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| Politics › Re: Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's Attempt To Speak Yoruba Backfires At The Platform by SixSeven: 10:25am On Oct 02 |
ppogba:My focus is on language here my friend or sir. I know Makinde himself had this challenge to speaking well in Yoruba. It is not an attempt to justify not speaking the language. I let the person know that some people have governed the states without speaking the language. |
| Politics › Re: Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's Attempt To Speak Yoruba Backfires At The Platform by SixSeven: 9:55am On Oct 02 |
Charmingrascal:Godwin Obaseki, Donald Duke and Ambrose Alli are a few to mention. They all became governors. Maybe you forget that Marwa was once MILAD of Lagos, so was it in other places of Nigeria. Group Captain Ike Nwosu was deployed as the MILAD of Oyo State (the heart of the old Western Region) and later Osun State between 1993 and 1996. He did not speak a word of Yoruba, ruling entirely via military commands and civil service structures. Colonel Ahmed Usman from Kog was posted to govern Oyo State and Ondo State during the height of the pro-democracy NADECO crises in the 1990s. He spoke no Yoruba. Abacha deployed Navy Captain Joseph Adeusi (Posted to Akwa Ibom, then Akwa Ibom to Imo State – 1996–1998), a Yoruba officer from Ondo State to rule Imo State. Colonel Anthony Oyearugbulem (Posted to Ondo, then Katsina State - 1998-1999) was an Igbo man from Imo State that governed a Yoruba state (Ondo). The military junta transferred him to Katsina State (deep Northern Hausa/ Fulani territory) and he spoke absolutely no Hausa and had to manage a strict traditional Islamic society entirely in English during the transition period to democracy. |
| Politics › Re: Why Can’t You Cure Her – Atiku Slams Tinubu For Calling Nigeria Cancer Patient by SixSeven: 9:38am On Oct 02 |
Samuels90:Let me humour you with some historical references. On November 29, 2021, the then National Chairman-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Iyorchia Ayu, described the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration as the biggest cancer afflicting Nigeria.
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