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decatalyst:
This is a really sad story.

I think he was doing the right, scolding the boy for behaving badly and for keeping late nights, at the wrong time.

A boy that came home probably drunk, and overdose on drugs shouldn't be confronted at all. He could have dealt with him when the toxic stuff in his body system don calm...probably by evening the next day.

We all need to be sensitive, and be emotionally aware.

May the soul of the father find rest. 🙏

The boy should be tested for alcohol, substances and tried for murder. He should be prosecuted by the full weight of the law.

That’s it. Dude didn’t even know what he was doing and the father unfortunately provoked him while he was all messed up on drugs

Talismann:
hi there, the way out is serve your God. And be a prayerful person. It unlocks your spiritual sensitivity.

See I'm not a pastor or such, but I pray. Prayers go into your future and sort things out. I later realized in my life that the power of saying stuff with your mouth is so potent, it goes into the spiritual realm to sort things.

Ever wonder why native doctors have to call the victim or say the things they want to happen with their mouth?

Pray. Pray. pray, you can't just get wasted like that.

Ok, thanks for the insight sir.

Jayboi:
I will take the tears. Because ordinarily in saner climes, he should resign. But then his track record and good intention to always make Jamb formidable shud exonerate him. Weldone for admitting Ur mistake

I’ll take the tears and also the resignation. Somebody already committed suicide over this blunder! What the fǔck!!! He should come and be going ejoor!

Talismann:
well well, the young prof-to-be who was without this mentality you can see what befell him. Same awaits you maybe. Cos If he was spiritually inclined, he would noticed he wasn't supposed to travel anywhere. The signs were everywhere. He was a target btw.

Now Don't get me wrong, some deaths are very much avoidable. But trust me, once I read this news, I could sense in my spirit what had happened to him. Spirituality is the point. You got to hold on to something and be intune spiritually so you don't kpai like a fowl.

Please, how do you suggest we do that? I’m sure he just decided to take public transport so he could get home in time. Flight cancellation doesn’t necessarily mean you should just stay inside.

papyjaypaul:
Seun, ask yourself and ask your mods, what is the essence of this post on a FP on a Monday morning? They still put graphic there as if it's a graphic design. You need very very very mature mods.

They should start putting blurring prompts on these pictures. Anyone who wants to see it can tap it and unblur the photo.

TheGift:
Huh! If its white, All the Pontiffs have been white. Only one black Man (a Nigerian) has ever really stood any chance.

My main and only point is that Trump can hardly influence their process.

Ok

OriOko88:
What's a pity there. Are Africans Catholics so they could become Pope?? Wat about Asians and Caribbeans? Una go just dey cap rubbish onlij3

But I’m sure you can agree that it has gotten quite ridiculous. What’s stopping them voting a black man??

Optimistguy1969:
No black man qualify to be pope?

Ojoroooooo!!!!!

If they try it, the church will dissolve into plasma. All the Latin Americans, Eastern Europeans and the rest will be in turmoil. So they will keep bombarding everybody with oyibo to prevent a coup.

Churches can be extremely racist at times

obailala:
So many countries mentioned here, I'm confused. I first read Frenchman, then I saw Morocco and then America was mentioned and finally Peru.

Oh lest I forget, possible Italian roots as well

He wasn’t born in any Morocco joor 😅 he’s from the east coast of America. Nairaland own news always Dey different 😆

TheGift:
For those saying they see the hand of Trump in this, The process of electing a pope, known as a papal conclave, is a secretive and internal affair of the Catholic Church, where cardinals gather to vote on a new leader.

*Key Aspects of Papal Conclave:*

- *Eligibility:* Only cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote.
- *Secrecy:* The conclave is held in secret, with cardinals taking an oath of absolute secrecy.
- *Voting Process:* Cardinals vote by secret ballot until a candidate receives two-thirds of the vote.
- *Influences:* The selection process is influenced by the College of Cardinals' discussions and debates about the needs and challenges facing the Catholic Church globally.

All this but you never explained what made them ensure that the next pontiff had to be WHITE! Damn!

I mean what exactly are they voting for!!

Azazyel:
No I didn't condemn her to death. I just lost interest cos of that TikTok star stuff. If she used TikTok for educational purpose then that's a good thing. Most ladies on TikTok are not promoting the right things. RIP to her

Ok 👍 but you could have checked first though. It’s a horrific death. The man stabbed her 27 times … pure hatred.

Azazyel:
TikTok hookup things. As soon as I saw "TikTok star", I lost interest

If you visit her page you’ll see that it is devoted to her nursing studies. She mostly shows herself making notes, putting on her nursing uniform, studying in library and sharing resources to encourage other students. Her last post showed her graduation gown, which unfortunately she never got the chance to wear.

TikTok is a useful and educative source if used judiciously, so her being a “TikTok star” is not enough reason to condemn her to death.

wirinet:
Not exactly. I began studying esoteric sciences in my youth and even started seeing tangible results. However, I soon realized that the time and dedication required to attain true mastery or guru status were impractical for survival in modern society.

Achieving genuine spiritual mastery—not the deception practiced by many so-called gurus today and religious charlatans, who are only after your pocket —demands decades of meditation, righteous living, and complete detachment from material possessions. Tibetan hermits, for instance, retreat into isolated mountain caves, meditating for years and surviving on minimal food, eating only once every two days, all in pursuit of enlightenment.

Are you prepared for such a path, merely to awaken the kundalini and glimpse the future? And to what end?

I also wonder about all these people in Asia isolating themselves in caves and mountains in the name of enlightenment. Is it not a waste of life, then?

Quite a few people are claiming to have undergone awakening…as far as I know they’re still involved in modern life but just with a new understanding. They even explain the process on tiktok, lol.

I practice transcendental meditation for now but I saw a book on kundalini yesterday. I wonder if I should go back and buy it. And they even say it’s demonic, haba

PS. Does it really help you to see the future?

wirinet:
Why do u want to awaken your Kundalini? is it going to help you achieve your goals in life? If not leave it alone and let sleeping dogs lie.

The level of dedication and work required of advanced esoteric and metaphysical practices is not worth the trouble in modern western societies. It might take you decades of meditation and learning just to get tangible results, all in a bid to do supernatural feats.

So you know how to awaken it, but chose not to?

decatalyst:
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So he kept glued to his past while his present and future fade away right in his own eyes.

Deep words…chai! It’s honestly so difficult to let go of what you feel should have been…

Posh2018:
Lol. Death is not even the absence of life in it's entirety. It is only the passing on of life from this consciousness. Better put, it is the loss of the necessary tools and facility to continue to experience and influence this part of existence.

Can you please expand on this point. It’s so interesting. If death is only a loss of tools needed to experience consciousness, what of those in vegetative states who aren’t conscious at all, but technically still living?

MadamExcellency:
He needed to reduce weight (BMI). That's the magic formula to stay healthy in old age.

This is why I want Pa Pete Edochie to reduce his weight a little bit. Every time I see him I feel scared. And he’s celebrating another birthday today today, chai

chigo32:
Akaeze is a beautiful name,

I think they’re talking about “Nwifuru” meaning “son of a damn criminal”

Shidinky:
He resemble woman

see his soft mouth

Samantha125:
I've had a guy refusing to leave my place of residence without seeing me after I blocked him everywhere and this guy had a girlfriend...🤦🤦🤦

He waited outside for about two hours or so... Relationships are not for the faint hearted and when you get in one, just prepare yourself for anything...😩😩😩

And they blame women for cracking under pressure…màd people 🙄

Samantha125:
And some of these side chicks also tried to resist these men upon finding out that they were married, but the men wouldn't take a no for an answer... They chased after them until they gave in.

So because she's beautiful and takes good care of herself, she now looks like a born mistress?🤦🤦🤦

I’m not and have never been a side chick but this thing has happened to me many times! The man will even show a picture of his wife and kids…me thinking that he’s going to introduce me to the woman so we would be friends while dude is imagining another thing…fear men ooo…haba 😩

omoredia:
The church is meant to do the heavy lifting thats the main purpose expect we want to accommodate other irrelevant things to make church 'not boring'

What I mean is that at this present moment, the churches and banks are the strongest institutions in Nigeria, where the government is nowhere to be found.

If we are to succeed, this can never be so. The spoon-feeding needs to have a limit. Because when those same people go to countries where religion is not at the forefront, they behave themselves.

Adewale1603:
How can a cane kill somebody. I don't understand

You don’t know that some people have aneurysms in their body that are just waiting to explode at any stress or provocation..

Pray4meJC:
Any church that doesn't scold men & women equally in sin or iniquity is a synagogue of Satan. Some foolish people we tell you men are free to commit adultery & the women are not 😂. Did God ever instructed a thing like this in His Word?

Ok.

Greydebz:
when I said men are free minded beings that includes both men and women. I never said in my mentions that women are resigned to become mindless cooks..please don’t quote me wrong .

but why say men if you mean both men and women 😂 no vex

Pray4meJC:
From your write up here, it shows you were only religious in Deeper Life 😂. No repentance neither were you converted to be a true Christian in Acts 3:19

You sound a foolish woman or girl. Unless you're not a christian, you will surely give account of your household on judgement day. If you carelessly live a life of disobedient to God as parents, don't expect your children to be "godly" either nor obey you. It is better not to bring children into the world than let one deviated child bring damnation unto your salvation. You go weep. Eternity is not a joking matter. This life is too short compare to eternity. You're lucky for being single. Marriage and family was made for Christians & if you run yours anyhow without seeking God, I fear
for you.

You conveniently ignored the one where she asked why men are allowed to be free-minded humans while women are resigned to become mindless cooking, cleaning, childbirth robots.

That’s what all these so-called “Bible-believing churches” promote and it’s very wrong, especially in Africa where women are already disenfranchised.

omoredia:
The society is what is showing that it's not goof enough. When u see people of character it shows. Our society is showing that many big churches have missed their real purpose

Good point. But then the church can’t do All the heavy lifting. People ought to have a sense of humanity in the first place.

omoredia:
Rccg but want to go back to deeperlife because of my kids. They need more conservative upbringing

I’m not a churchgoer but I have to say that the Sunday school classes at rccg are very good. At least those people do know how to relate with teens

Oh! This woman is so beautiful. I’m floored by her beauty each time I see her.

Acidosis:
I have, in the past, made several posts addressing these problems. Why can't the federal government employ about 500,000 graduates? Call them whatever you want: public health inspectors, environmentalists, etc. Their job would be to inspect and clean up our marketplace and roadside fast food vendors.

Yes, it takes a lot of money to employ these people, but you'll be saving many lives and also reducing the rate of hospitalization, drug abuse, and so on. It's a win-win: more jobs for the people and less stress on our health infrastructure. Many of the issues we complain about in our hospitals can be solved by cleaning up and identifying threats in the marketplace. People are spending their money to buy diseases on a daily basis.

By the time you impose a 30k fine on roadside Agbo Jedi sellers, unhygienic food vendors, and even market women who sell food in the most deplorable sanitary conditions, others will automatically sit up. Our love for a poor lifestyle is why we can't conform.

I hope someone would steal this idea someday and push it through their representatives at the Senate.

Well, these things have to come from the grassroots. How do you expect people to be hygienic when surrounded by piles of trash, stinking open gutters, sand, dust and untreated stagnant water?

I believe we have environmental and works ministries in this country…they should lead the charge against the dirty environment so that food vendors and market women will have better self-esteem and confidence in their work.

Giant of Africa without even simple pipeborne gas or sewage system that even the most stüpid post-Soviet hellholes in Europe can boast of! Tueh!!

For over 5 years now and still this funny government is giving warnings

ikorodureporta:
Laboratory tests sponsored by The Nation on some samples of fufu paste bought at selected markets in Ogun State reveals the presence of toxic chlorine and detergents, KUNLE AKINRINADE reports.

Fufu, a popular Nigerian delicacy, is white in colour. But as immaculate as they appear, laboratory analysis carried out on samples of the delicacy obtained from processing and sales centres in Ifo and Arigbajo local government areas of Ogun State reveal harmful chlorine residual and detergents that are toxic to the belly of consumers.



Incidentally, retailers from cities like Lagos rely on the contaminated, wet, starchy staple from these local production centres, which they turn into edible balls and sell to consumers.

People like 43-year-old Lagos-based marketing communication practitioner, Femi Adenaike, relish the delicacy together with Okro soup, oblivious of its consequences for human health.

“It does not matter whether the fufu paste is white or it is produced in the most hygienic environment. As long as they are processed with harmful substances, especially bleach, which has higher degree of free chlorine and detergents, they become contaminated, poisonous and dangerous to human health,” warns Majemite Lawrence, a medical doctor that runs Hope Alive Hospital in Abule Egba area of Lagos State.

The laboratory tests were a follow-up to The Nation’s investigative report on the unwholesome practice by operators at processing centres at Ifo and Arigbajo, who use bleach with free chlorine as active agents, detergents and potash to process cassava into fufu paste as was published on June 22, 2019.

The wet fufu pastes are usually stored in 25 kg or 50 kg sacks and sold at different markets in the two communities to unsuspecting retailers who turn them into fufu balls and sell to unsuspecting consumers.

Worrisome results of laboratory analysis

Fufu consumers like Adenaike may need to exercise caution as The Nation investigation revealed worrisome truths about three samples of the staple obtained from three popular markets in Ogun State, which has become the hub of sellers of fufu paste in recent times. Laboratory tests sponsored by The Nation were conducted at a research facility approved by the Institute of Public Analysts (ITPAN), the Scientific Laboratory Services, Surulere, Lagos.

The physicochemical and microbiological tests conducted on samples of fufu paste between September and October revealed the presence of chlorine and detergents in the selected fufu samples. The foregoing are in addition to the presence of cyanide, arsenic, cadmium, zinc, lead, nickel and iron whose quantities the tests mercifully revealed were still within tolerable industrial limit.

Most worrisome was the fact that one of the three samples of fufu paste presented for tests had residual chlorine value of 6 milligrams, while the two other samples had 1 milligram of chlorine level each. The result also revealed the presence of one percent of detergent in all the three samples.

The three samples presented for tests, certified by a public analyst and resident chemist of the laboratory, Mr Akinwunmi Onafalujo, were labelled Specimen 1, 2 and 3. They were bought at Arigbajo Market. Of the three, the one from Arigbajo Market, Ewekoro Local Government Area, contained 6 milligrams of free chlorine, while the two other samples from Ifo Market and the Fufu Market in Ifo Local Government Area revealed the presence of one milligram of chlorine each.

The maximum chlorine levels of 4 milligrams per liter (mg/L or 4 parts per million (ppm) are considered safe in drinking water, according to the standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Anything beyond this maximum limit, according to WHO and health experts, is dangerous to human health.

Although chlorine is effective in treatment of drinking water as it helps to remove dangerous microorganisms in water or liquid substance, it is equally risky to human health when its residual levels exceed the approved standard by WHO and environmental health experts.

A study published by Harvard researchers in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute revealed that those who ingest highly chlorinated water over a long period of time stand the risk of developing bladder cancer and cancer of the rectum.

Experts speak on use of bleaches, detergents in Fufu processing

Against this background, experts, including microbiologists, food scientists, chemists and medical doctors, said the presence of free chlorine value of 6 milligrams and detergents in fufu paste (wet fufu) is poisonous to human body.

They explained that while chlorine presence in two of the samples falls within the maximum industrial limit, the one with 6 milligrams residual chlorine level is unfit for human consumption, while detergents, which also have chloride as one their active agents, should not be found in the samples at all.

A food technologist and nutrition researcher, Amidu Ilori, explained that chlorine is the active agent in household bleaches and a powerful oxidizer.

He said: “Pure chlorine is a toxic gas. Most household bleaches contain hypochlorite which releases chlorine when needed to remove stains, dirt and disinfect in laundry and kill parasites in similar chores.

“However, chlorine presence should not be more than 4 milligrams when it is used to treat drinking. In the case of having about 6 milligrams in fufu paste, this is highly toxic and dangerous for human consumption, because the high concentration of chlorine in this wet fufu will be transferred to consumers when it is eventually cooked and sold to people.”

Also, Ilori said that detergent should not have featured in the Fufu paste, arguing that its cumulative effect was dangerous.

He added: “Some laundry detergents contain bleach alternative, which is chlorine-based and effective at stain removal. However, chlorine bleach produces harmful fumes, and however little or insignificant the percentage is in fufu paste, it is extraneous to the popular staple.

“Even in small doses, detergents can slowly poison human body over time without the person knowing it. The chloride from many of these detergents can accumulate in the body, causing blood poisoning and inhibiting liver function as a result of constant ingestion of detergents from fufu over a period of time.

“Also, those who eat cooked fufu made from the dangerously processed wet fufu containing detergents could develop yellow skin and eyes as well as freckles on their skin.

Corroborating Ilori, a microbiologist, Vincent Edutimi, said high degrees of chlorine in wet fufu is not only unhealthy but fatal to human body, noting that using bleaches which contain the chemical substance to ferment cassava into fufu paste should be discouraged by health authorities.

He said: “Ordinarily, the presence of chlorine in most bleach brands in the country, mandatorily, is between two to three kilograms or milligrams and not more than 4 milligrams. Hence, six milligrams of same chemical substance in wet fufu is poisonous to human body and should not be encouraged by the concerned authorities.”

An industrial chemist and Quality Assurance Controller at MacMorris Laboratories Limited, Ilupeju, Lagos, Kingsley Okafor, said: “Free chlorine or sodium hypochlorite is an oxidising agent that disinfects and removes stains. But using 6 per cent of it to soak cassava in fufu paste production is beyond the acceptable standard in its use for treatment of water, which is between 2 to 4 milligrams.

“Consumers of such fufu paste when cooked could develop all kinds of health problems, including coughing, burning throat and, in worse cases, bladder cancer if they consume the adulterated staple over a period of time.”

A medical doctor, Austin Adeojo, said: “Toxic chlorine and detergents would ravage body organs and ultimately lead to deaths when they are ingested from fufu or any food item with such a huge amount of chlorine (6 milligrams). In the case of detergents, it should not have found its way into any food item, let alone a staple like fufu.”

Scary mortality rate from food poisoning
A Professor of Food Science and Technology at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Niger State, Alfred Ihenkuronye, said that over 200,000 persons die of food poisoning in Nigeria annually.

Ihenkuronye, made the disclosure recently in Abuja, at a sensitisation programme for food vendors operating in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). He said that the deaths were caused by contaminated foods through improper processing, preservation and service.

“There are many avenues through which foods can be contaminated. And when people eat these foods, they will have problems which may result in deaths,” he said.

According to a report on food safety published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in June this year, about 600 million people suffer ill-health as a result of food poisoning every year, and 420,000 of the number die every year.

The report reads in part: “Almost 1 in 10 people in the world fall ill after eating contaminated food, and 420,000 die every year. Children under five years of age carry 40 per cent of the food borne disease burden with 125 000 deaths every year.

“Access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health. Unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances causes more than 200 diseases ranging from diarrhoea to cancers.”

“Diarrhoea diseases are the most common illnesses resulting from the consumption of contaminated food, causing 550 million people to fall ill and 230,000 deaths every year.’’

Way out

Ihenkuronye suggested continuous sensitisation and training of food handlers on how to operate in hygienic environment as a way of curbing the problem.

“The way out is sensitisation and training. We should sensitise people about the enormity of the problem, and we train them on how to do things properly,” he said.

WHO called for collaboration among stakeholders to stem the ugly trend, which, according to its report, has negative socio-economic consequences on nations.

“Food safety, nutrition and food security are inextricably linked. Unsafe food creates a vicious cycle of disease and malnutrition, particularly affecting infants, young children, elderly and the sick.

“Food borne diseases impede socio-economic development by straining health care systems and harming national economies, tourism and trade.

“Food supply chains now cross multiple national borders. Good collaboration between governments, producers and consumers helps ensure food safety,” it added.

NAFDAC vows to go after culprits

The Director of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mr Sherif Olagunju, said the laboratory result which reveals the presence of 6 milligrams of chlorine in the sample of fufu paste was dangerous.

Olagunju said: “Six milligrams of chlorine in fufu paste is poisonous. Yes. you can get free chlorine in wet fufu or fufu paste, but six milligrams is too high and poisonous, because what is allowed as maximum limit of chlorine in water, like I told you, is 2 to 4 parts per million or milligrams. Therefore, six per cent or milligrams in a watery fufu or fufu paste is too high and dangerous.

“In water, we usually check for free chlorine, and the maximum is 2-4 parts per million residual chlorine. In tap water that we drink, the residual chlorine should not exceed 4 parts per million or milligrams, according to WHO standard.

“In food processing, you have to remove certain chemicals after using them as cleaning agents. Like in vegetable oil production, certain chemicals are used for extraction purposes but they are usually removed from the product immediately the extraction process ends.

“So if anyone is using chlorine in food item, such person should be able to ensure that what is left is not injurious to the health of consumers.

“I have noted the three markets where you claimed the samples presented for laboratory tests were purchased. We are going to carry out our investigations in line with our mandate to ensure food safety.

“We shall get back to you once we are through with our findings.”

Olagunju added that the agency had embarked on enlightenment programme to educate sellers and producers of staples lately.

“It is not only cassava that we are addressing but also any practice that can endanger food supply system. For instance, ripening of food items such as using carbide to ripen fruits, using sniper to preserve beans, putting dye stuff in palm oil to make it look very red.

“So, there are so many things we are engaging them on, and we would appreciate our friends in the media to partner with us to further carry the message forward so that everybody can be aware since NAFDAC cannot do it alone.

“There are punitive measures that are in place for defaulters within the laws setting up our agency, but it is usually difficult to find perpetrators.

“But in the event that somebody is caught or we buy some items and test it and confirm that it was contaminated or below approved standard, we have post marketing surveillance department that will search for such producers and appropriate sanctions would be applied.

“But for products that we did not register, like garri, yam flour, we usually note the store where we bought the product and we would go back to enlighten the producer and withdraw the item from the store or market.

“But if we find out that the product was deliberately contaminated or produced below approved standard, we would take appropriate sanctions against such producer(s).

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/the-making-of-poisonous-fufu-2/

The person abusing the woman is the same person filming and uploading it. He is even proud of himself and what he’s doing unlike other racists who get filmed by bystanders and blasted onto the internet.

Mummy should Sue him to court…why film yourself insulting a government worker and then upload it for laughs?