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Politics › Re: Igbo Groups Warn Omoyele Sowore Over Attacks On Peter Obi, Alex Otti by SixSeven: 3:44am On Apr 25
Thunder rolled across Igbo land


🤡🤡🤡🤡
Romance › Re: My Bitter Experience Trying Online Dating For The First Time by SixSeven: 3:25am On Apr 25
I laughed here

Almost all the girls I met say they live in Ikoyi, Lekki, VI, Chevron, Orchid and other
highbrow areas but same girls are always asking for urgent 2k, 5k, data sub etc. These girls are even more broke than girls in the village.
You can put lipstick on a pig, still doesn't make it a princess. No disrespect to my original people from anywhere else.

It seems APC has not only grown the poverty economy, they even want to tax it. Remember when Taiwo Oyedele said hookup will pay tax? In 2014, we rebased the GDP to include Nollywood and other things, now you know what we are adding. Hookup. It's ten years + of accumulated mismanagement of the economy and now the seeds they planted as a government is now yielding fruits.

Celebrities › Re: Olakunle Churchill & Wife Rosy Meurer Reportedly Split by SixSeven: 3:04am On Apr 25
Pepperdemisback:
It will be his only mistake in life and he will be the greatest fool on Earth to part with Meurer and go back to Tonto.
He is going back to square one, Meurer will surely leave with her children cos they are minors. He just got back one, now 2 will go out. Then he will start fighting for child custody again.
I'm sorry for my ignorance, I just don't follow these things but something struck out here. Meurer? I had to google it. Is that someone's name? I know my questions are ridiculous and you will tell me to go back to google but the first thing that came to my mind when I saw that was German. If this person is not German and bears that name, I 🤔😭
Food › Re: Big Squirrel I Caught by SixSeven:
Mariangeles:
I believe so @bolded.
There's something therapeutic about it.
Even by just watching humans feed animals, especially the little delicate ones.
I have realized that old people do. What I mean is, across continents, there seems to be a story that believes in this. Despite authorities trying to stop it, they still do it. Especially those who have grandmas. I have seen some people on social media say what their grandmother told them. That means the baby boomers amongst us who don't care still do it. What some people do is to create a bird house or a squirrel house if there is a tree on their property. The problem with feeding animals is pest control. They say once you feed them and they don't eat it, you are giving an open invitation to rodents. They are also concerned about human to animal transmission of disease. Don't mind those oyinbo people, their hypocrisy stinks. They would get outraged at the killing of a cat but they don't mind some human beings dieing like waste paper yet they claim to be dog's best friend 🤡
But one thing I have realised is that you need some time off human beings and observe nature, especially the birds. They are God's messenger on earth. Every animal has something to teach us, even squirrels. I learned that they store food for months for out of season periods.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7616339459168128276

Food › Re: Big Squirrel I Caught by SixSeven: 7:37pm On Apr 24
Mariangeles:
Nigerians will make things easy by just feeding on the squirrels. cheesy
I have a challenge regarding this. Because of animal control and environmental, these oyinbo cities prohibit feeding even birds but people still do it. Some people even think that it's an attack on the people's consciousness but old people do it. They believe that feeding animals is spiritual.
Politics › Re: PDP Adjust Timetable And Schedule Of Activities For The 2027 Elections by SixSeven: 3:27pm On Apr 24
No difference between the two parties, just that PDP reduced the price a bit for nomination and all EOI is 1m.
Politics › Re: Ex-Minister Adelabu Arrives Oyo, Directs Traffic In Ibadan by SixSeven: 2:59pm On Apr 24
Kukutente23:
If only he directed power to our homes as minister he wouldn't need to pull this stunt in a bid to warm himself up to the populace
Or is he directing traffic because there is no power for the traffic lights 🚥huh
Politics › Re: “He Slept In My House & Ate My Food” — Alex Otti Replies Omoyele Sowore by SixSeven:
If you want to maintain your integrity in this Nigeria, don't eat outside.

Rule two. Only eat where you pay.

No free food. It's all Greek yogurt gift.
Food › Re: Big Squirrel I Caught by SixSeven: 10:58am On Apr 24
thatigboman:
are u serious or joking? for common, wild, small animal
Very serious. E plenty for that side especially if you have a house that has trees. In some cities, feeding is prohibited. They do the same thing to birds.

Celebrities › Re: My Mother Doesn’t Want Me To Give My Father Money - Peller by SixSeven:
Leepeak:
When kids speak
My papa nor train me, left us since 1999
But I dey package him, listen to your mama na u sabi

If I want to give my papa, my mama nor dey know,
Life goes on! Make the old man nor go disgrace us grin for outside

Imagine the way I dey abort na so then abort me grin
God oo have mercy upon my soul
Wisdom of olden days in bold. What the left hand gives, right hand doesn't.

Boys2Men is when boys know how to become men and how to handle women. Men don't know about this early because they have mother's love but you need to know how to balance it because you too as a man will now know what your dad went through but never said out loud.
Family › Re: How Old Were You? And How Old Was Your Spouse When You Got Married? by SixSeven: 8:59pm On Apr 23
queenbetsy:
The 40s and 60s was an era when women were as good as nothing. Women did not have a say anywhere. Women learnt to follow orders without defying. Women were expected to follow instructions without question. Fathers choose husbands for the daughters and nothing will happen. Women did not have options. Even when education was first introduced, the females were not considered. Most of the women married early. Cos once you start developing breasts and seeing period, you’re mature and this is mostly between 14 and 17. At that age, you are expected to be in a man’s house and be bearing children. Back then people rely heavily on farming and they create their manual labour themselves by giving birth to a large number of children. Obviously, one woman cannot give birth to more than 4-7, hence the need for other women. It’s not like there was nothing like cheating in those days. Even those that have multiple wives at home still have affairs with other women outside. Men have been cheating from time immemorial. If I was born in those days, we’ll go with what is considered normal in those days even if it’s not convenient.


The problem is most people do not understand what companionship means. Cheating is cheating. The fact that a man is providing for his family does not give him an excuse to cheat. Providing for your family is your responsibility as the husband and father. Cheating means you do not rate them, you do not love them as much as you think you do.



In a relationship, cheating is a breach of trust involving emotional or physical intimacy with someone outside the established partnership. It centers on deception and the violation of agreed-upon boundaries. Whether through physical acts or emotional affairs, it undermines the foundation of loyalty and mutual respect.
You have chosen to be with somebody. You have decided to build a family with this person. This person is supposed to be “your person”. They trust you with everything, and there’s an agreement or covenant or promise between the two of you to be for each other alone and then you go out and betray that person. When you cheat, it means you’re not to be trusted, your words are not to be trusted and you lack common sense.



When I said back in the days, women put up with shit just to stay married, I mean…
Men knew that women had limited options. There was little or nothing they could do on their own. Is it the ones that were “gifted” to their husbands? Or the ones that married for survival? Or the ones that were full time housewives dependent on the husbands? Where would they go? How would they survive? Or better still, staying to take care of their children themselves so another woman doesn’t maltreat them if they decided to leave.
There were men that were sexual abusers, drunkards, chronic womanizers, wife beaters, some can’t even provide adequately and most of the time, the women decided to stay. They didn’t want to be labeled as single mothers.

I’m not sure that there’s any woman that doesn’t need a man. Deep down, we all want a man, our own man but not just any man. If he wants to come, he should come correct. And a correct man doesn’t necessarily mean finances. Though it’s part of it but a correct man is kind, considerate, loving, supportive, responsible, MATURED, and has sense.

If you have further questions please, let me know.
I will come back to edit this comment and @ you. I stopped at the first response. I understand that story but women were independent enough to protest, to fight for their rights until the white man came to tell them differently. But let me stop here. I've not read everything. Thanks for your robust response.
Family › Re: Gym ! Gym Please I Need Advice My Wife Insists She Wants To Go To The Gym by SixSeven: 6:49pm On Apr 23
Bwon:
My fellow Romance-landers, In as much as i love to keep my relationship away from people and their advises i haven't found away to conquer my problems. I need your help and advice on this issues.

I am young dude as every guy i have lived a bad life (more so like a play boy) in the past but for years now i have turned a new live. I met this young lady that i love so much she was in a relationship at the time i met her. We got along pretty well then i got to find out that her relationship was crashing i was sad for her because at the moment she was devastated but on the on the contrary i was happy for myself at least an opportunity presented itself. Few months later the relationship crashed two months later i started making my intention know about how i feel about her and all.

She requested that i give her time to heal as she has been dating the guys for 3 years so i said okay that is fine by me. I started acting like a bf to her care buy her stuff literally foot all her bills and take her on dates. But YESTERDAY I reminder about my proposal towards her makes it 4 months now since i asked her out and she is still telling to wait.huh?

But now am confused How long do i have to waithuh I have been acting as a bf since breakup and i have waited four good months for her to heal. i have always been at her side every time she was down. but why would she want me to wait for i don't know long again? I have tried to avoid her lately but i can't the heart keeps calling back

Pls guys advise me on what to do because i am confused really and i need your help
Politics › Re: Yusuf Buhari Visits Katsina Governor, Declares Intention To Contest RepsElection by SixSeven: 3:22pm On Apr 23
GodHimself:
Politics has become family business
It's Yar'Adua's son that should be coming out sha

Yusuf should go contest for President since his father signed not too young to run bill. At least we can say like father, like son.
Crime › Re: CCTV Footage Of Bandits Trying To Invade A Residential Home In Benin City(video) by SixSeven: 3:09pm On Apr 23
Bandits. The word bandit means


/ˈbandɪt/
noun
a robber or outlaw belonging to a gang and typically operating in an isolated or lawless area.
"the bandit produced a weapon and demanded money"

I congratulate Lai Muhammed for successfully changing who terrorists are in the Nigerian media lingo.

OP, are these bandits?

Politics › Re: Tinubu Seeks Senate Approval For Fresh $516m Loan by SixSeven: 2:08pm On Apr 23
Racoon:
This is not funny @all. Building useless roads while people are dying, insecure? Why borrowing to fund projects that are of no economic value to the dying citizens of this nation? God punish whoever put Nigeria in this mess with the plagues of Buhari and Tinubu.
What was the outcome of the Maradi road? Did Amaechi complete it?

@topic I wish they invested this more into trains. We need cargo movement for trade.
Food › Re: Big Squirrel I Caught by SixSeven: 2:05pm On Apr 23
Onewazobia:
What if they are the one that encroach into my territory?
You can't harm them. And yes, they go into people's homes there. Racoons are worse, they are the real bandits.

Did you follow this story?

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7432434733969050923
Politics › Re: Boko Haram Killing More Muslims Than Christians - Lai Mohammed Tells UK Students by SixSeven: 1:06am On Apr 23
nedu666:
Lai Muhammed as a minister under buhari said bandits are ordinary business men who are not waving flags. Today same person is saying they are criminals
...
He said they had been technically defeated

Romance › Re: Closed by SixSeven: 1:00am On Apr 23
brain54:
The two can be separated...

Sex is sex... help is help. I'm one of those that feel it's extremely unfair to take advantage of people genuinely in need of help.


Don't forget also that sex is not the only price tag used in exchange for help. Let's not limit it to a male and female relationship!
These people are showing you who they are, don't stop them. Help is conditional to them. If they cannot take something from you, they won't help you. I don't know if that is what they do to their mothers or their aunties but you can see how well they were raised by the way they think. Out of the abundance of a man's mind....
Romance › Re: Don't Help A Woman For Free by SixSeven: 12:45am On Apr 23
Love800:
I understand where you are going to.

But sometimes when you help without anything attached, that is when you get gigs coming your way.

Food › Re: Big Squirrel I Caught by SixSeven: 12:43am On Apr 23
Infotubia9ja:
In America if you catch a squirrel and do this and you get caught by the authorities you are going a minimum 40 nights in jail.
The OP is daring Trump to do his worst cheesy grin

Potential Legal Penalties
If a person kills a squirrel outside of legal parameters, they may face:

° Criminal Fines: Misdemeanor fines typically range from $50 to $2,000 per animal

. Jail Time: Convictions for animal cruelty or serious poaching can result in 30 days to 1 year in county jail

. Felony Charges: In extreme cases involving "aggravated cruelty" (e.g., torture or killing many animals to display them), individuals have faced felony charges with potential prison sentences and fines up to $90,000

. Restitution: Many states require "trophy fees" or civil restitution to reimburse the state for the animal's value, which can be around $25 per squirrel

. Equipment Forfeiture: Authorities may seize firearms, traps, or even vehicles used in the commission of a wildlife crime
Politics › Re: From Inner Circle To Exit Door: The Wale Edun Story by SixSeven: 10:20pm On Apr 22
Time and again, Tinubu has proven to be a kind of person who hardly shifts his stance once his mind is made up. This played out recently in Lagos where the governor and the president were said to have reconciled after an embarrassing episode.
Not true. When he wanted to make that yeye move for Fashola second term, he shifted. And we can see it was all for Fashola not to take shine off him as Lagos Governor because there was no sensible reason to give other than someone who loves to be worshipped. You can't please such people. They always want to play God.

It's people who suck up to him that give him power but make no mistake, Tinubu changed his deputy governors at least 3x when they challenged him. Only that woman who knows him inside out, Kofoworola Bucknor has not gone to him. He made his former deputy an Ambassador to Australia. That one was removed because he wanted to be Governor without his consent. Ambode too came back but these politicians, they don't have principles so don't waste time with them.

Politics › Re: From Inner Circle To Exit Door: The Wale Edun Story by SixSeven: 10:18pm On Apr 22
Ok nau. First it was The Cable, now it's DT. Make we de read all the wonderful stories. Two of them know each other. It's a family affair.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Destroys Weather Manipulating & Cloud Seeding Station In UAE by SixSeven: 9:58pm On Apr 22
FriendsAndFans:
I mentioned something related to this a while back when Donald was trying to take over Greenland. They don't want people to manipulate their weather from Greenland.

They are manipulating the weather around the world and that's a new warfare other than guns.
Chemtrail is no longer a conspiracy theory.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7571250931153554718


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7561892347597081878

They say it's contrails but was this common in the past? When airforce wants to do parade, we know they can paint the skies.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7256477454880017690
Aeroplane bye bye
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Destroys Weather Manipulating & Cloud Seeding Station In UAE by SixSeven: 9:52pm On Apr 22
FriendsAndFans:
I mentioned something related to this a while back when Donald was trying to take over Greenland. They don't want people to manipulate their weather from Greenland.

They are manipulating the weather around the world and that's a new warfare other than guns.
Chemtrail is no longer a conspiracy theory.
Politics › Re: “he Did It Deliberately”: Donald Duke Accuses Atiku Of Sabotaging Opposition To by SixSeven: 9:48pm On Apr 22
seunmsg:
Atiku is not working for Tinubu. Once two people in the coalition of confusion have minor differences, they rush to the media and accuse Tinubu of sponsoring the other person. That’s how useless, irresponsible and confused those in the opposition are. They can’t take responsibility for anything. It would be a a shame if Nigerians hand over the government of this great country to these irresponsible jesters.
That website 247 reports is not a reliable and authentic website of news stories so don't waste your time trying to analyse their stories.

Check the OP profile to see more fake news from the website.
Family › Re: How Old Were You? And How Old Was Your Spouse When You Got Married? by SixSeven: 5:15pm On Apr 22
queenbetsy:
please go ahead
queenbetsy:
I would not put up with a cheat just to stay married and I’d definitely not manage a man that doesn’t understand putting family first.
1. Imagine you were a woman who grew up in the 40s to 60s where polygamy was the norm, will you consider him marrying another woman after you as cheating or is cheating when a man has concubines instead of wives?

2. Will women consider a man who provides for family and puts family first but sleeps with another woman cheating? Remember that it used to be said that men take advantage of economic benefits to put women in line but in this case, she has her money but he still does his work and does not collect any money from her to run the house. Maybe I should rephrase the question. Will you consider a man who wants more families and still provides for you cheating?

3. Tell me what is cheating. Be it monogamy or otherwise. Thank you


And when you talk about slightest inconvenience in marriage, most of our parents really put up with shit just to stay married.
4. I know women then who married men who were lesser than them just as there were many women who did not have enough money so the husband was the caretaker. Today, alot of women can take care of themselves and don't need a man (though historically, before the British women in the south were enterprise owners too which led to riots because of taxes in market). Now to my question, would you say women today think a man still has an unfair advantage over women despite the situation where she can sing Pussycat Doll's I don't need a man? Or maybe I didn't understand what sheet meant, what is sheet now?
Family › Re: Lady Who Wanted To Leave Her Husband Stays Back After Analyzing The Cost Of Rent by SixSeven: 1:28pm On Apr 22
Men provide financial security and physical security. While women fantasize about emotions and Mr Prince and those things, reality is harsh. What is love?

SixSeven:
You have a good observation but don't forget that India has the largest population on earth. It's like someone saying don't take financial advice from Nigerians because....

Now, to the point in the passage. You know our marriages in the past were not based on love? Marriage was based on sustenance and it needed a man and woman to help us manage it and they give birth to go on and on like that. I believe there should be affection but the love nwatiti thing is not entirely ours. We believe that selecting a good family for you itself is love and you grow into it. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that system is perfect but look at what we have today. It's why they are now saying love is blind, marriage is the eye opener.

Maybe the couple should be blind first and then open their eyes to love later undecided
Politics › Re: Tinubu Blames Poor Planning For Nigeria’s Challenges by SixSeven: 11:48am On Apr 22
Ask him what his foreign policy statement is.

Ask him what his long term plan for security and defence is. Remember they once told you Boko Haram has been technically defeated.

Ask him what his long term plan for education is. Remember your Education Minister went to UK to bring a foreign university to set up shop here.

Ask him what is the country's national strategic plan. All Nigerian governments had one since 70s.

What is the NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN?

1. Olusegun Obasanjo Administration (1999–2007)

National Economic Direction (1999–2003): An initial phase focused on stabilizing the polity, privatization, and deregulation.

National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) (2004–2007): A "home-grown" reform program with four "cardinal pillars": wealth creation, employment generation, poverty reduction, and value reorientation. It encouraged state and local versions known as SEEDS and LEEDS.


2. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Administration (2007–2010)

The 7-Point Agenda: A strategic plan focused on seven key areas to modernize the economy by 2015:
1. Power and Energy
2. Food Security
3. Wealth Creation
4. Transport Sector
5. Land Reforms
6. Security
7. Education

Nigeria Vision 20:2020: Launched in 2009, this long-term blueprint aimed to place Nigeria among the world’s top 20 largest economies by the year 2020.


3. Goodluck Jonathan Administration (2010–2015)

The Transformation Agenda: A medium-term strategy (2011–2015) based on the pillars of Vision 20:2020. It prioritized job creation, education, health, and a functional power sector.

Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA): Launched in 2013 to treat agriculture as a business, focusing on value chains and private sector investment.

4. Muhammadu Buhari Administration (2015–2023)

Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) (2017–2020): An emergency plan designed to pull Nigeria out of the 2016 recession. It focused on macroeconomic stability, energy sufficiency, and agricultural transformation.


Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) (2020–2023): A short-term ₦2.3 trillion stimulus package launched to cushion the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Development Plan (NDP) (2021–2025): A ₦348.1 trillion successor to the ERGP, aiming to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.

5. Bola Tinubu Administration (2023–Present)

The Renewed Hope Agenda: The current administration's primary framework, focusing on fuel subsidy removal, foreign exchange unification, and security as catalysts for economic growth.

Renewed Hope Development Plan (2026–2030): Unveiled in February 2026, this plan marks the next phase of national development, emphasizing inclusive growth, sub-national competitiveness, and climate resilience.

Did you notice something about the national plan under Tinubu? He personalized our national plan as a party slogan. It's all about him. Selfish and self centered.


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

The man loves to personalize things. I remember how some state facilites in Lagos were named after him. When our national plan sounds like a party slogan, how do you expect the country to adopt it🤡

They don't understand that there is a line to be drawn between politics and governance. You don't turn a national agenda to hero worship just as you turn our national anthem to on your mandate.
Politics › Re: Tinubu Blames Poor Planning For Nigeria’s Challenges by SixSeven: 11:43am On Apr 22
June 12, 2013 by The Nation

PDP, Jonathan have failed Nigerians, says Tinubu

ACN leader lashes govt on economy, security
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration is confused about how to tackle Nigeria’s challenges, especially poverty and insecurity, a leader of the newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said.

He said the Federal Government promised peace and security, but under its “unwatchful eye” insecurity has grown and Boko Haram “has turned large tracts of northern Nigeria into no man’s land”.


But, a bright future, he said, is on the horizon as the APC, which he called “the government in-waiting”, would rescue Nigeria from its confused state.


“As leaders of the new party and government in-waiting, we intend to pursue dynamic, time-tested and bold policies that will liberate our people by making sure our wealth works for us,” Tinubu said.

Nigerians, said Tinubu, have become increasingly divided as a people because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government continues to take faulty steps in addressing poverty and injustice.

“They have ignored the cause and gone after the symptoms,” the former Lagos State Governor told a packed audience inside the Grand Committee Ballroom, Westminster Hall, House of Parliament, London on Monday. He identified failed policies on power, employment, economy and security as evidence of bad leadership.


Tinubu, the keynote speaker at the British African Diaspora Conference, spoke on “Leadership, national development and the people”.

He urged the Federal Government to apply a consistent policy of targeted law enforcement operations along with an active programme of economic development, negotiations and potential amnesty for penitent Boko Haram members.

He said rather than take this step, the nation has been treated to series of government inaction and indiscriminate use of force, which culminated in the declaration of a state of emergency in three states.


“The Jonathan government set up a special Committee on Boko Haram and Security matters, but sadly before they could perform, he declared State of Emergency in three Northern states: Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.

“This is symptomatic of a confused leadership. If there is security in this jumbled policy, neither I nor the majority of Nigerians can find it!”

To the fomer Lagos governor, if Nigeria is to mature as a democracy, its electoral system must be improved. He decried the fact that those who control the system manipulate elections with such impunity that they now see misconduct without sanction as a normal way of life.


Said he: “Look at the recent controversy surrounding election of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) chairman… A group comprising all the nations’ governors could not even conduct a simple 35-person election without a disputed outcome.

“With this recent experience, I fear the length those in power would go and the means they would employ to manipulate results when the battleground is the entire nation and the stakes are the general elections in 2015.

“The NGF debacle symbolises a disdain for democracy and the popular will. If we are to save Nigeria, we must rescue the electoral process from its abusers,” Tinubu said.

In his view, a great philosophical gulf separates the government from the progressives. “This current Nigerian government is a retrogressive one. Much of what they claim as growth is but the harsh redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. The bottom gets squeezed while the top expands. They are serving us the salad of corruption.

“They consume our today and squander the nation’s tomorrow. For 14 years, the PDP-led government cannot turn anything around. A new leadership is required to put a stop to this.”

Tinubu criticised Nigeria’s economic policies, saying the economy is being reconstructed “as an oasis for a small few and a stark desert for the many” while the government pretends to endorse the same budget-cutting austerity policies as much of Europe.

“We are not Europe; we are a Third World economy. That these policies have failed in European nations with higher standards of living than Nigeria gives our leaders no concern.”

Tinubu said the people live in dire straits, yet the government would rather waste the money than spend it on public benefit because they do not believe the people deserve it.

He said the progressives would bring pragmatic solution to the country’s woes because in their approach to the political economy, they do not rely on textbook answers as they do not “live in textbooks.

He said: “We live in the real world and thus seek answers from real world experiences. Here is a real world fact: No large nation has ever attained sustained growth without government running budget deficits to build the required infrastructure and without other government policies promoting development of the key industries that would become the spine of national development.

“Here is another such fact: No populous nation ever attains prosperity solely by extracting its raw material to exchange them for the finished goods of other large nations. We must industrialise and diversify our economy

“It is for this reason – to save the nation from the stranglehold of permanent poverty and poor governance – that the members of the progressive opposition political parties have decided to put aside personal ambition (including my own ambition) to form a new party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). We do this because Nigeria has entered a critical state of economic depression.”

According to Tinubu, because of the unfair nature of the electoral processes and the gross imbalance of its political economy, the people have been props in a drama for which they should have been the main characters. “We must change this,” he said.

He said the progressives must move Nigeria away from a place where the whims and narrow wishes of self-centered reactionary elite dictate the fate of over 150 million people.

“On our side, we will take our chances with a free and fair election, for we shall offer the people an innovative programme consisting of a national industrial policy that includes radical infrastructural development and employment targets,” he said.

The former Lagos governor spoke of “the Glorious Nigerian Revolution”, which he said has nothing to do with force of arms.

His words: “The Revolution of which I speak has two major parts. First, is the peaceful conversion of our quasi-democracy into a full-fledged one. Second, is the implementation of policies turning the political economy away from its retrogressive, elitist bearings.

“We seek policies pointing in a progressive direction affording the average person a chance at a dignified life. This will be through the provision of gainful employment, quality education and essential social services for those who need the helping hand of government to survive.

“I see no shame in believing progressive government can improve the political economy and the lives of the people.”
Politics › Re: Tinubu Blames Poor Planning For Nigeria’s Challenges by SixSeven: 11:42am On Apr 22
"Everyone claims to be democratic but not everyone is faithful to his or her word. We have governments that are democracies on paper, but not in function. They are democracies in form but not in substance. We have governments that only know democracy primarily through breaching it"

~ words on marble by Jagaban Asiwaju BAT

Politics › Re: Lai Mohammed Set For Speaking Engagements In UK by SixSeven: 11:39am On Apr 22
Observers note that the engagements underscore ongoing intellectual exchanges between Nigerian public figures and leading global academic institutions.
Our newspapers have been notoriously lazy with AI in their reports. I wonder what their editors do.

Romance › Re: Can't You Help Someone Without Sex? Lady Challenges Man Who Demanded Sex To Help by SixSeven: 4:08am On Apr 22
Kingsley34:
Unrelated but I think women genuinely respect men that are sexually perverted.
Perverted thoughts are pervasive with perversion. Any decent woman who was well raised knows what to avoid. Any decent man who was well raised knows what standards to hold.

People end up with their own reflection. If all you broadcast is appetite, don’t be surprised when it answers you back in kind.

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