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PoliticsRe: Osun Assembly Replies Demola Adeleke On The Change Of The State's Name by Soknown: 4:02pm On Dec 08, 2022
jafol:
You have not answered my question, answer first or else you know the truth but want to be stupid
Can't you hold a discussion without insults.
PoliticsRe: Nigerian Army Running Secret Mass Abortion Programme – Reuters by Soknown: 1:31pm On Dec 08, 2022
xevove2061:
Oyibo no go carry news about you if atom of truth no dey inside. Them no dey do pm news kind journalism. Infact because its tfue is the reason why the will show it in the first place , when the govt also comes out to deny it, then know its true. Lol
The Oyinbo that said there was Weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, or the one that said Nigeria will collapse in 2015 or the one that lied about Libya or the one that went back and forth about Hunter Biden/Ukraine and Russia trilogy. Please which Oyinbo?
Don't believe everything in the Media, even the Western media. Interest is key
PoliticsRe: Osun Assembly Replies Demola Adeleke On The Change Of The State's Name by Soknown: 10:29am On Nov 30, 2022
jafol:
Can a Yoruba person contest in igbo land without tribalism? How come it’s only Yoruba that needs to unify why can’t your Igbo counterparts do the same? How many Yorubas do you see in any igbo state legislature? But igbos will be screaming he’ll in southwest if not included, you all should be grateful for Yorubas. If Yorubas treat you all the same way igbos treat us you all will not survive it
Don't let us get emotional about it, so I will ask how do the Igbos treat you as a person and as a group of people.
How does having an Igbo person as a Governor hurt you as a person and as a group of people?
PoliticsRe: Osun Assembly Replies Demola Adeleke On The Change Of The State's Name by Soknown: 10:19am On Nov 30, 2022
ycat:
I saw what you did there but I don't blame you. Eni to ri ese were ti o bu sogun, ologbon wo lo fe gbe ti e sile. You said that because you know that most Yoruba are stupidd and incapable of critical thinking. The only reason he will not be able to contest in igboland is the same reason no half igbo(regardless of which of the parents is from there)will ever be allowed to get near deputy let alone governor. There is no confusion there, you just want to hide his mother side. You can't lecture people on "unifying" when you are the only one benefiting from it. And yes! igbo man as governor in Osun put much more than food in your table and adds so much more to igbos and that's why they want it so badly to rule Yoruba in their land.
Can you do away with this blanket abuse of a whole race because you differ from their political thoughts.

Secondly, you have not stated why he will not be able to contest and win a Gubernatorial election in Igbo land, since he is half Igbo.

Lastly, I will ask again. How does having an Igbo person as a Governor in Osun or elsewhere outside of the South-east benefits an average Igbo person.
PoliticsRe: Adeleke Reverses Self On Sack Of Civil Servants, Monarchs by Soknown: 9:57am On Nov 30, 2022
plaindealer:
As a sitting governor, you cannot function without your legislature, you can not spend 1 kobo without their approval, you cannot formulate any state programs and policies without their consent and you can not pass any bill without their approval.


This clown obviously didn't know and definitely was never thought or advised.

Governance is not for ignorant and illiterate people..
The norm used to be, just get to the seat and buy over the legislature. It was easy under OBJ because he loved to display power in its raw form, but after him it is difficult for a Governor to buy over all members of the state legislature. If the two parties play cool not woke, there will be balance of power with adequate checks and balances, the state will move forward.
PoliticsRe: Adeleke Reverses Self On Sack Of Civil Servants, Monarchs by Soknown: 9:44am On Nov 30, 2022
FreeStuffsNG:
Osun is not Edo o wink

For those naive enough to be comparing Edo state to Osun, let me give you free education.

In Yorubaland, a Governor has leaders he takes instructions from. He is even a new kid on the block on the list of the leaders in the state. That is why Asiwaju Tinubu could address Mr Dapo Abiodun as Eleyi and he still went to make amends with his leader, Asiwaju Tinubu. That is why same Senator Nurudeen Adeleke will prostrate flatly before his elder brother, Davido's dad, Pa Ebenezer Babatope, Timi of Ede etc.

He is not going to succeed if he dare try what Mr Obazeki did in Edo where Obazeki sees himself as god in a state with so much different languages and tribes whereas Osun is larger and monolithic Yoruba predominantly muslim state.

Osun has more powerful and influential Monarchs than in Edo and if you have ever been to Osun you will realise that most of their towns are so developed that you will struggle to know which is the capital. Almost every divisional part has a university and or tertiary institution.

In SW, even a member of your own party can even hijack the state assembly from you and impeach you like it happened under Chief Rasheed Ladoja by late Pa Adedibu let alone members of the opposition.

They have travelled that road before in Osun so just watch and learn why a retired Gen. Col Olagunsoye Oyinlola could not achieve even a total control of that assembly until he was booted out of office.
In Osun, just 10 APC members can humble you let alone 24. They will match you knowledge for knowledge and money for money and stamina for stamina.

If Adeleke wants to work with the APC legislators peacefully, he can not even get them to sit at a table with him unless his own leaders and their own leaders agree or he decamps to APC. Welcome to SW politics where you are never out of control and discipline if you want to remain an Omoluabi.

Mr Nurudeen Adeleke will calm down las las. Tribunal is still doing its own o . Very soon, stakeholders will start taking sides; the civil service will take sides and then religious bodies, educational bodies, traditional institutions, media and pray they do not all go against him. If they do ehn, he is a goner!
Osun's politics is knotty somehow. People told me that the civil servants loved Oyinlola but the general populace didn't and I thought ummh who are the general populace? Are civil servants not part of the general populace?
PoliticsRe: Osun Assembly Replies Demola Adeleke On The Change Of The State's Name by Soknown: 2:49pm On Nov 29, 2022
jafol:
He is kinda right tho, your new governor is half Igbo. Adelekes are half Igbo half Yoruba, they r using Adeleke name under pretense. They r fake o. I’m so sorry for Osun state, igbos will run your state very soon
I don't know the reason for your proclivity for causing confusion. It's a well known fact that, The Governor's late mother was Igbo, but does that make him an Igbo man? If yes, can he contest and win in his late mother's state.
We should be talking about unifying things and not this divisive stance. By Jupiter's margin and or Mustard size probability, If an Igbo born person becomes a Governor in the state of Osun, how will that add to your life. A bragging right that you can take to Fidelity bank or an emotive aura that will put robust three course meals to your table?
Nairaland GeneralRe: Drug Addiction by Soknown(op): 9:26pm On Nov 28, 2022
What are the street names of Meth in Nigeria.
You can also tell us about your experience(s) with Meth, Name and address of Rehab centres in your neighbourhood.
Nairaland GeneralRe: Drug Addiction by Soknown(op): 9:16pm On Nov 28, 2022
For popular icons who died due to addiction, check this link.
https://www.drugs.com/celebrity_deaths.html
Nairaland GeneralRe: Drug Addiction by Soknown(op): 9:09pm On Nov 28, 2022
So how does Amphetamine work?

Amphetamines

Amphetamines are drugs used to combat fatigue. Like cocaine, amphetamines increase the concentration of dopamine in the synaptic gap, but by a different mechanism. Amphetamines are similar in structure to dopamine, and so can enter the terminal button of the presynaptic neuron via its dopamine transporters as well as by diffusing through the neural membrane directly. As the animation to the right shows, once inside the presynaptic neuron, amphetamines force the dopamine molecules out of their storage vesicles and expel them into the synaptic gap by making the dopamine transporters work in reverse.

Amphetamines also seem to act by several other mechanisms. For example, they seem to reduce the reuptake of dopamine and, in high concentrations, to inhibit monoamine oxydase A (MAO-A).

Amphetamines may also excite dopaminergic neurons via glutamate neurons. Amphetamines would thus remove an inhibiting effect due to metabotropic glutamate receptors. By thus releasing this natural brake, amphetamines would make the dopaminergic neuron more readily excitable.

https://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/Amphetamine


Basically, it increases volume and availability of dopamine in the brain. Lay terms mine.
Nairaland GeneralRe: Drug Addiction by Soknown(op): 8:44pm On Nov 28, 2022
Amphetamines can harm the body in many ways, and lead to:

Appetite decrease and weight loss

Heart problems such as fast heart rate, irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure, and heart attack

High body temperature and skin flushing

Memory loss, problems thinking clearly, and stroke

Mood and emotional problems such as aggressive or violent behavior, depression, and suicide

Ongoing hallucinations and inability to tell what is real

Restlessness and tremors

Skin sores

Sleep problems

Tooth decay (meth mouth)

Death

People who use these drugs, especially methamphetamine, have a high chance of getting HIV and hepatitis B and C. This can be through sharing used needles with someone who has an infection. Or, it can be through having unsafe sex because drug use can lead to risky behaviors.

Amphetamines can cause birth defects when taken during pregnancy. Also, street drugs are not safe during breastfeeding.

Addiction happens when you use amphetamines to get high or improve performance. Addiction means your body and mind are dependent on the drug. You are not able to control your use of it and you need it to get through daily life.

Addiction can lead to tolerance. Tolerance means you need more and more of the drug to get the same high feeling. And if you try to stop using, your mind and body may have reactions. These are called withdrawal symptoms, and may include:

Strong craving for the drug

Having mood swings that range from feeling depressed to agitated to anxious

Feeling tired all day

Not able to concentrate

Seeing or hearing things that are not there (hallucinations)

Physical reactions may include headaches, aches and pains, increased appetite, not sleeping well
Nairaland GeneralRe: Drug Addiction by Soknown(op): 8:37pm On Nov 28, 2022
1) Amphetamine and Methamphetamine

On the street, it's called, “glass,” “meth,” “shards,” ice,” or “Tina,” among those who make, distribute, and use this highly addictive drug. But among the general public and in the news, it’s called “crystal meth," a reference to the fact that it resembles shards of glass crystals.

There are different kinds of street amphetamines. Common ones and some of their slang terms are:

Amphetamine: goey, louee, speed, uppers, whiz
Dextroamphetamine (ADHD medicine used illegally): dexies, kiddie-speed, pep pills, uppers; black beauty (when combined with amphetamine)
Methamphetamine (crystal solid form): base, crystal, d-meth, fast, glass, ice, meth, speed, whiz, pure, wax
Methamphetamine (liquid form): leopard's blood, liquid red, ox blood, red speed

This relatively common drug has remained popular among recreational drug users because it works quickly and produces an intense euphoric sensation. Since it’s easily made in home labs, there’s a steady and easily accessible stream of the product for those who become addicted.

Crystal meth can be smoked, snorted, swallowed, or injected. It’s often used at parties because it increases wakefulness and allows you to stay alert for longer than normal.
Nairaland GeneralDrug Addiction by Soknown(op): 7:50pm On Nov 28, 2022
Hi Nairalanders, let's discuss drug addictions, it's effect, addiction support and rehabilitation.

First and foremost, I believe NAFDAC and NDLEA are not doing enough in curbing drug epidemic in Nigeria. Take it or leave it, illicit drug usage is all over Nigeria, not just one section or region.

Also I believe, big conglomerates, big religious centres can help in building standard rehabilitation centres around the country as a form of corporate social responsibility.

Lastly, I believe the government has misplaced priority in going after users, couriers and mid level dealers leaving out the heavyweights.

Back to the thread, we will focus on these 11 illicit drugs;

1) Amphetamine

2) Barbiturates

3) Benzodiazepines

4) Cocaine

5) Cannabis

6) Methadone

7) Methaqualone

cool Opiates.

9) Phencyclidine.

10) Propoxyphene

11) Shrooms
Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 3:50pm On Nov 26, 2022
Also nope.

Keith Jarrett (German-Slovenian American Jazz musician)

Melissa Gorga (Italian-American television personality)

Dolores Catania (Italian-Irish American television personality)

Neal Shusterman (Ashkenazi Jewish American author)

South Asian girl

Man of indigenous Agta people of Philippines

Sri Lankan woman

Phoebe Snow (Ashkenazi Jewish American roots singer)

Edgar J. Hoover (Anglo-American, first director of FBI)

Arlene Gottfried (Ashkenazi Jewish American photographer)

Boy of indigenous Tagbanua people of Philippines

Man of indigenous Agta people of Philippines

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 3:47pm On Nov 26, 2022
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Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 3:46pm On Nov 26, 2022
What about these Africans?

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 3:19pm On Nov 26, 2022
Or so you thought, when actually that wasn’t the case.

Sofi Tsedaka (Samaritan Israeli singer)

Ahed Tamimi (Palestinian activist)

Alona Tal (Ashkenazi-Sephardi Jewish Israeli actress)

Princess Lalla Shalma of Morocco

Hana El-Zahed (Egyptian actress)

A Palestinian boy

John Abizaid (Lebanese-American general)

Protesters in Tunisia

Indigenous Ainu man of Hokkaido, Japan

Bar Refaeli (Ashkenazi-Sephardi Jewish Israeli model)

Nadia Lotdi (Egyptian actress)

Nancy Ajram (Lebanese pop singer)
Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 3:18pm On Nov 26, 2022
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Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 3:16pm On Nov 26, 2022
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Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 3:14pm On Nov 26, 2022
This is why I believe that race is more of a social construct than something that genuinely exists.

Ethnicity/region doesn’t really dictate a person’s skin color or the way they look. All people of different ethnicities, regardless of the regions they come from, tend to look diverse, which dispels the notion of certain features/traits being found in specific regions of the world. The definitions of who belongs to a specific race differs from culture to culture and has evolved over time.

For example…

These are definitely European people.

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 3:04pm On Nov 26, 2022
Fun fact, none of the people on this picture is ‘black'


They're Malaysian,

Same skintones and darker are very common in south east Asia and Oceania

Most of the people on this picture, were they walking around in the us , would be assumed to be black, but because they're ‘asians' they're not

But if any of them would have an african great great great grand parent ( still looking exactly the same ) they would suddenly be considered black

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 3:01pm On Nov 26, 2022
Elon Musk and Charlize Theron, who are so-called white people, but have more right to call themselves African than every black person not born in Africa.

The most misunderstood thing about black people, more than any stereotype you can think of with regards to black people, is that “black” label. What, exactly, makes a person “black” is not clearly defined and not understood. Anywhere you go, the criteria seem to change according to some unwritten and unknown rules. In the USA, if you have any African descent, or if your skin colour is of some unstated shade of brown or black, you’re black; in the United Kingdom, you’re a British citizen, but if you appear to be of African descent and are of some unstipulated shade of brown or black, you may be subjected to racism; other parts of the world judge you based on different criteria. And, of course, you can be the darkest shade of black, and still get rejected by a black community, because they don’t consider you to be black (or, because you’re too black, as Nyakim Gatwech knows all too well…but that’s a different story about how black people are racist to black people).

Once you understand this, you understand that the next most misunderstood thing about black people is that they have any shared cultural trait. There is simply no label that you can arbitrarily slap on to black people that fits even the majority of them (except, maybe, African descent. But seeing that almost all of modern man are descended from Africans…).

That’s one reason why racism is stupid.
Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 2:59pm On Nov 26, 2022
. I have never seen any part of Africa unlike

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 2:59pm On Nov 26, 2022
how the hell do I compare to her? One can safely call her ashen black. Me? My skin colour is brown.

Speaking of me, as my surname suggests, I’m partially of Spanish descent, with my maternal side of the family coming from Venezuela (and they weren’t black, in case you’re wondering)

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 2:57pm On Nov 26, 2022
And if Nyakim Gatwech is considered black, then

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 2:55pm On Nov 26, 2022
This is a gorgeous pic…of an Indian woman. But, again, why is she considered Indian but not black?

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 2:53pm On Nov 26, 2022
The man and woman on the left of the composite picture, they’re as dark as me. Yet, they aren’t considered to be African, of African descent, or black. Why?

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 2:49pm On Nov 26, 2022
Jennifer Lopez, one of the most famous Latin Americans of recent times. Popular singer and actress. Now, quite a few Latinos and Latinas have African ancestry, so the question becomes…are they black? (This is the same question for Mariah Carey above, except her African ancestry is far more recent.)

Nairaland GeneralRe: Identity Politics by Soknown(op): 2:48pm On Nov 26, 2022
Mariah Carey, a diva, a famous singer and songwriter. Is she white or black?

Nairaland GeneralIdentity Politics by Soknown(op): 2:47pm On Nov 26, 2022
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex. Before she started calling herself black, she would have passed easily as a tanned white woman in almost every predominantly black city, town or country in the world.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-misunderstood-thing-about-black-people/answer/Shabba-De-Leon.

CelebritiesRe: Nollywood Actor Hanks Anuku Sighted By The Road Side In A Pitiable State by Soknown: 10:53pm On Nov 14, 2022
Emekaterry:
Report says that it's a movie scene that they are currently suiting.
Excuse me
SportsRe: If You Were A Coach & Met This Kind Of Squad, Would You Manage Them? (Photo) by Soknown: 10:30am On Nov 14, 2022
kenzysmith:
Bench includes: oliseh,balotteli,Beira,joey Barton,bartez, and they ask Jose morinho to be your assistant manager grin
Conte, Simeone, SAF and Sam Allardyce can manage all the mega egos and toxic masculinity on display. Because of the depth of the red core magma, name the club, Mt Vesuvius FC. The club anthem should be, woof woof, who let the dogs out.
cheesy cheesy cheesy

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