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PoliticsRe: Should We Judge What 2027 Will Be By Results Of The Bye Elections? by thomas2024: 10:42pm On Aug 18, 2025
Ttalk:
Hain.

Losing election is now a strategy to Obi,

How now?

Who do Obidients like this na.
Lol. Let's wait and see. May our lives be preserved till 2027, you will hide your run kabakaba hide your face by then by the huge election loss that will bewail you fifu🤣🤣🤣 Ojú wa lo ma ṣe
PoliticsRe: Should We Judge What 2027 Will Be By Results Of The Bye Elections? by thomas2024: 7:25pm On Aug 18, 2025
Penguin2:
The Bye Election has come and gone and winners declared by INEC .

But one thing that stood out to all political watchers is that the supposed coalition party candidates didn’t win any of the contested seats across the states. This has made naysayers to begin to write off the coalition already; declaring that 2027 is already a done deal for Tinubu. But is it?

Should we judge 2027 by results of this bye election? I guess not.

You know why? Because people are rarely interested in these bye elections unlike the general election where there’s usually almost a nationwide lockdown and people are eager to go out and vote.

Or should we expect that this is what 2027 will look like?
ADC not winning the just-concluded "bye-selection" is a strategy to prepare for what is ahead. He who laughs last, last well. APC and its foot-soldiers, data boys can continue to revel in their utopian victory.
Foreign AffairsRe: Hundreds Of Thousands Protest In Tel Aviv, Demand End To Gaza War (Photos) by thomas2024: 12:02am On Aug 18, 2025
Sonnobax15:
lipsrsealed
Enough Of these killings...

I believe by now Hamas must have lewbt their lessons and would never dare try what they did to Israel again. ..

But come to think of it,I so much love the way Israel took their time to press out every single drop of the remaining juice that was left in blokos of those terrorists Hamas and their supporters...

But in all of these, enough is enough........NO MORE KILLINGS...
It's your Isreal that are not terrorists abi, to you, they are the saints? Typical religious Nigeria🤣
Foreign AffairsRe: Hundreds Of Thousands Protest In Tel Aviv, Demand End To Gaza War (Photos) by thomas2024: 11:58pm On Aug 17, 2025
FreeStuffsNG:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-17/ty-article/.premium/hundreds-of-thousands-of-israelis-flood-tel-aviv-demanding-a-hostage-deal-to-end-gaza-war/00000198-b8c9-d15a-a3bd-bfc984e80000
Very nonsense countries (Useless States of America and Is-rhell). Terrorists countries destroying the world with nukes, guns, ammunition, etc
BusinessRe: Top 10 Countries With Large Manufacturing Companies In Africa by thomas2024: 8:46pm On Aug 17, 2025
Quintessence44:
https://www.africanexponent.com/top-10-countries-with-the-largest-manufacturing-companies-in-africa-2025/
Yet, one country still dey claim giant of Africa, lol 😆 Giant of Africa my foot🤣🤣🤣
CelebritiesRe: Mohbad’s Passing Reset My Brain, Changed How I See Life — Bella Shmurda by thomas2024: 8:24pm On Aug 17, 2025
Dcaliphate:
angry na lie, you just want to conversate, not like you've not moved on. Mastercraft knows
It seems you don't know Bella sha. You think e dey pay of those smelling niqqas chasing clout bah?
Christianity EtcRe: When Benson Idahosa Stopped Witches Conference, Human Sacrifice (Throwback) by thomas2024: 8:19pm On Aug 17, 2025
SocialJustice:
After stopping the meeting, Nigeria is still as backward as ever. What was the need?
I wonder ooo. Xtians are just too funny, bunch of clowns..
PoliticsRe: Omoluabi Group Alleges Plot To Assassinate Ex-minister, Rauf Aregbesola by thomas2024: 8:10pm On Aug 17, 2025
phemray:
Jagaban is omoluabi to the core, am sure you know that.
From that name, "jagaban" is even an eyesore to tell you the kind of personality he is. I believe people are too difficult to convince especially people who have been conditioned to believe in their personal delusion. Jagaban my foot! Tueh!
PoliticsRe: Jonathan Hails Babangida At 84 by thomas2024: 7:56pm On Aug 17, 2025
RichBoy247:
Two green snakes. One calls himself the evil genius, the other calls himself the meek one, but he is a meek snake. Tinubu played major roles in retiring the two of them
Yet, the one who retired the two is the worst president ever live. Deal with the bitter truth and make sure you sleep well tonight.
PoliticsRe: Jonathan Hails Babangida At 84 by thomas2024: 7:54pm On Aug 17, 2025
Tunaji:
Alert Conspiracy Theory: There was this legend that Gideon Orkar actually killed IBB in the 1990 coup. Alas! another IBB came out of a tunnel.

someone like me had not heard of human cloning at that time and Yoruba people often talk about akudaaya, a concept of someone dying in one place but being seen in other places.

Now, the IBB alive has a chronic neurological disease. I make bold to say it was an attack.

Happy birthday to him, though
If you're Yoruba, you will know there is a charm known as "àpàjí". Go and make your research. Civilization has eroded most of our thoughts thinking all these are not real.
PoliticsRe: Omoluabi Group Alleges Plot To Assassinate Ex-minister, Rauf Aregbesola by thomas2024:
phemray:
Aregbe is not an omoluabi, omoluabi don't bite the finger that feeds them no matter what. he started in egbeda with nothing. Some used his resources and finance to bring you out and even fight for you to be governor for 3 1/2 years. Why did aregbe not started his progressive club that time?. Consequences of our actions matters before we take steps in life. No normal Yoruba person will support aregbe
Does your personal god and saviour in Aso Rock behave like omoluabi?
PoliticsRe: Omoluabi Group Alleges Plot To Assassinate Ex-minister, Rauf Aregbesola by thomas2024: 7:29pm On Aug 17, 2025
Bobloco:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/08/17/omoluabi-group-alleges-plot-to-assassinate-ex-minister-rauf-aregbesola/
I know what a particular "monster" can do, he can unalive his seeds to retain power at all cost but unfortunately, he is impotent. All his children are not his. You know whom I'm talking about? Yes, it's that Yoruba man on your mind, tactical sponsor of protests, assassinations, tribal-wars in Nigeria. I heard he is now a...
CelebritiesRe: Chike Says He Has No Plans For Marriage, Calls It A “Stupid Step” by thomas2024: 6:54pm On Aug 17, 2025
torqque7:
You people will just be deluding yourselves that not every woman wants marriage,women that have suffered heartbreaks and got rejected by men they wanted suddenly say they are not interested in marriage or need men in their lives,lol ok o we hear una🤣🤣.

The funny thing about life is that those who refuse to heed warnings definitely cannot stop themselves from suffering the consequences when they comes. They will be by themselves when they get to 50 no worry.
So to you, na all women want marriage and men no dey get freak to get married or need women in their lives too. I'm a man ooo but I wonder where you get your Oluwole statistics from.
CelebritiesRe: Chike Says He Has No Plans For Marriage, Calls It A “Stupid Step” by thomas2024: 2:32pm On Aug 17, 2025
torqque7:
The baby daddy rejected her,if he had asked her to marry him she would have jumped at it because that was her goal and the reason she got pregnant for a married man in the first place.
Do you know her mind? Why are you speaking on her behalf? And by the way, who tell you everyone is interested in marriage? Lol. What if I tell you I have three females in my corner not having interest in marriage. You think na everyone marriage dey freak bah? Let a typical woman get money, you go see her not needing any man.
CelebritiesRe: Chike Says He Has No Plans For Marriage, Calls It A “Stupid Step” by thomas2024: 11:34pm On Aug 16, 2025
Mrexcell:
End times spirit he doesn't want to marry but want to be fornicating.
Define endtime make I see
CelebritiesRe: Chike Says He Has No Plans For Marriage, Calls It A “Stupid Step” by thomas2024: 11:33pm On Aug 16, 2025
GOFRONT:
Hanty Linda I.K talk pass this one...........Along d line, Hanty carry belle.
As she carry belle, dem talk say she marry? All these small gen z children on Nairaland these days sha. You don't know the difference between being married and having a child, since when dem talk say na only person wey marry fit born?
PoliticsRe: Ballot Papers Pre-Thumb Printed As ADC votes Intercepted In Anambra (Video) by thomas2024: 11:17pm On Aug 16, 2025
Streetinvestor2:
U are really doing the work of free SW president laptop.
So how did adc get the voting papers. I guess apc/Tinubu gave it to them
Very funny people. Cheap propaganda.

10 more characters needed
PoliticsRe: Ballot Papers Pre-Thumb Printed As ADC votes Intercepted In Anambra (Video) by thomas2024: 11:13pm On Aug 16, 2025
Slytiger:
https://politicsnigeria.com/breaking-pre-thumbprinted-adc-ballot-papers-intercepted-in-anambra/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyitLbU0yhk?si=yf-Ijr10SI-KwtAQ
APC propaganda and machinery on display. One of the tricks used by APC to discredit the new coalition. Believe this, and I will know you're are a "jews" or let me say deluded person who is still trapped in the matrix and lies of APC. Nothing good ever comes out from such a party.
CelebritiesRe: Veteran Nollywood Actor, Chief Kanran, Is Dead by thomas2024: 8:06pm On Aug 16, 2025
Infoguy666:
https://news360ng.com/veteran-nollywood-actor-chief-kanran-dies-at-70/
But wait ooo, why is it that those who used to criticize Tinubu are the ones who always die all of a sudden? I remember this man some months ago criticising Tinubu even though he claimed he voted for him but he didn't fulfill any of his promise for the ordinary Nigerians. I can as well mention other people's names as well.

RIP Chief Kanran, very easy going man.
TravelRe: Emmanson Sues FG, NCAA, Others For N500bn Over Alleged Aviation Impunity by thomas2024: 4:35pm On Aug 16, 2025
phineas:
Reactive abuse... The lady was a victim... It will be interesting to see how this goes,very important exercise here for the growth of the nation as a whole

1. If her not switching of the phone or conduct before take of was a danger to the flight,the plane should not have taken off,that was the point she should have been deboarded.So invariably the flight left successfully

2. The plane landed successfully, so What was her crime at the point of disembarkment?.... And that is the true meat of the matter

3. They lied and said failure to disembark.... Because you see if it was not switching of her phone,the plane should not have taken of and that was when she should have been deboarded

4. I'm wondering why DVRST has turned a blind eye to this case after all it happened in their justification

5. Emmasons name and face and naked body is all over the internet and The unprofessional air hostess the suspect for pulling of her dress so far has gotten away with it with her identity intact? How is that justice... DVRST should do the needful by investigating the sexual crimes part of this matter and publish it's findings as a deterrent for others. Again they did not have to pull her dress, what Emerson did was reactive to her torture by the crew
You're just one of the sane ones here unlike others yapping gibberish. Limited folks being shaped by ignorance.
TravelRe: Emmanson Sues FG, NCAA, Others For N500bn Over Alleged Aviation Impunity by thomas2024: 4:28pm On Aug 16, 2025
AWONEYAN:
They have finally deceived her to scam.

People who told her she has a good case did not look at the side where she was slapping air hostess and law enforcement agent.

Using fire extinguisher to attack.

Na terrorism case them go bring back.

Go and ask Natasha, Kanu and others.
500 shishi she can't get.

The public display of her boobs no be any body's fault na her resistance exposed that
Everyone looks at a mad person with joy in the market simply because he's no relative. I bet if she were your family, you won't hold this thought below👇

AWONEYAN:
The public display of her boobs no be any body's fault na her resistance exposed that
Continue, yet I know she did wrong. Two wrongs never make a right. There are ways she can be punished but tearing her clothes and revealing her boobs is out of line. May you partiality get cured.
TravelRe: Emmanson Sues FG, NCAA, Others For N500bn Over Alleged Aviation Impunity by thomas2024: 4:21pm On Aug 16, 2025
callmeDDD:
If the airline, NCAA, and the FG revisit her case too, she may be sent back to jail for a very long time. She should understand that. It's both ways too and she won't even get the justice she yarns for. She should rethink well and use whatever happens to gain more grand in whatever businesses she is doing and connect well to those that can genuinely lift her up. After all, she has started getting more offersgrin grin.
She should be weary of hungry lawyers that will push her back to jail for their selfish cash out.
Same way KWAM 1, that boastful and contumacious element also needs to be locked up too. The law is not a respected of anybody, be it rich, poor, man, woman, you ha ẹ connection to the president or not, the law don't give a damn about anybody but in Nigeria where partiality works, hmmm
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Would've Been Like America, If It Had Two Presidents Like Tinubu- Monday by thomas2024: 4:10pm On Aug 16, 2025
SamGift0817:

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

Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo pledges to deliver 2.5 million votes for the reelection of President Bola Tinubu during the 2027 presidential election.
One resembles rat, the other like a gorilla. Both look like a snake🤣🤣🤣
RomanceRe: The Harsh Truth About Weddings Nobody Tells You by thomas2024: 1:39pm On Aug 16, 2025
Jacktheripper:
Today was one of those boring days when it felt like time was moving in slow motion. Out of boredom, I started searching the house aimlessly, looking for nothing, when I stumbled on something interesting.

An old, dangerously handsome picture of myself. I was dressed in a black suit (well, what was trying to be a suit) with an oversized trouser so big I could probably still fit in it today.. I must have been 5 or 6, maybe 7. But it wasn’t just random overdressing. I was the ring bearer for one of my uncle’s weddings.

I can’t remember much about the day except that we travelled all the way to Ibadan, and I slept through at least half of the event. But looking at the picture got me thinking.

One day, I’ll probably wear a similar outfit again. This time, in a properly tailored one, doing my wedding. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll be wide awake for that one. But then again, who knows?

But I was about to move on when another thought crept in...do I even want a wedding?

Not the marriage part. Marriage is fine. Love is fine. Companionship is fine. Bleh, bleh, bleh.

But the whole “invite 500 people, rent a hall, prostrate and roll on the floor 1,000 times, feed strangers you haven’t spoken to in five years, and smile till your jaw cramps” part?

I’m not so sure.

Weddings have a way of feeling like a long movie you didn’t ask to be cast in.

Still, the idea of my own wedding feels… different.

Because I feel weddings are like graduations.

They’re not really for you; they are for everyone else to see that you did the thing.

The couple is basically the entertainment for the day, paraded around like a pair of rare zoo animals, while aunties you didn’t know existed debate loudly about whether your rice tastes better than your cousin’s wedding rice from 2018.

And let’s not even talk about the expenses.

Weddings are the only event where people willingly spend the equivalent of a decent car, just for someone to come and whisper in your ears that the meat has finished, while over 200 people haven't eaten.

So maybe I will keep it small. Something simple, with just a few family members, a couple of friends, and one photographer who knows my good angles. No 12-layer cake, no rented hall, no live band that plays “Happy Birthday” by mistake.

Just me, my wife, and the people who matter. And by who matters, I'm talking of my parents and her parents. So 6 people in total. Maybe even less, depending on how the Grim Reaper feels.

Everyone thinks that's a delusional idea. They say it's actually not in my power to decide all that, which reinforces my initial ideas.

But honestly, I’d rather spend the extra money making sure my marriage lasts… than making sure my wedding trends on Instagram or WhatsApp status for a week. But that could be the broke me talking, though, or maybe the shy and humble me. You never can tell.
Something struck me today immediately I read this your post OP, I bet your post inspires my view which I later gave to ChatGPT for peruse, and the below was its response:

My view: I realized that one major reason many men resist the idea of their marriage breaking up is the sheer amount of money, time, and effort they put into it. From bride price, marriage celebrations, and ceremonies, to the investments made in their wives, they see separation as a loss of all they’ve already spent.

On the other hand, many women fight hard to keep their marriages because of the societal stigma that comes with divorce. Being labeled a "single mother" is often seen as shameful, so they stay, even when the relationship is abusive emotionally or physically. For some, leaving is even harder because they have no source of livelihood outside their husband’s support. Having tied their survival to the man’s provision, they believe living independently is impossible, so they endure in silence.

Men, meanwhile, often view their wives as an investment. If she leaves, it feels like all their money, energy, and years of effort have gone down the drain. Worse still, in cases of court weddings, men fear losing half of their property in divorce settlements.

So when we talk about why marriages last, it’s often not about love or true partnership, it’s these hidden fears, pressures, and costs that keep people together.

ChatGPT Response👇

I get your point clearly, Thomas. You’re touching on a very uncomfortable but real side of marriage that society rarely admits openly — the transactional and survival aspects of why many people stay in unhappy unions. Let me unpack what you said and add some layers:

1. For Men – “Investment Logic”
• You’re right: many men see marriage through the lens of resources spent. Bride price, lavish ceremonies, housing, even in-laws’ expectations — these create a subconscious feeling of “I’ve invested too much to let it go.”
• Some men also tie their ego to this investment. Divorce feels like admitting they “wasted” their money and effort, which bruises pride.
• In patriarchal cultures, men are conditioned to view women as dependents, so if she leaves, he feels like he lost an “asset.” This is why anger, control, or even violence sometimes enters the picture.

2. For Women – “Survival Logic”
• As you noted, society places stigma on divorced women or single mothers, labeling them as “failures” or “second-hand goods.” That societal shame becomes a cage.
• Financial dependence is another chain. Many women are raised not to be self-sufficient, so marriage is not just love but a survival contract. Leaving feels like stepping into the unknown without resources.
• Because of this, some women accept abuse and silence themselves just to maintain the image of being “married.”

3. The Harsh Irony
• What you’ve highlighted shows that in many cases, people don’t fight for marriage because of love, companionship, or growth — but because of fear of loss:
• Loss of money (men).
• Loss of reputation and survival (women).

4. My View

I agree with you that many marriages survive not because of love or compatibility but because of external pressures and costs already incurred. But that’s also why so many marriages are unhappy but unbroken. They don’t collapse, but they rot from within.

A marriage that is held together by money, shame, or fear is already fragile — it just looks stable on the outside.
The sad part is that society praises “endurance” without asking whether people are truly fulfilled.

👉 To me, what would make marriage truly work is when:
• Men stop seeing women as financial investments.
• Women are empowered to survive and thrive independently.
• Society stops stigmatizing divorce so people can make choices out of health, not fear.

Until then, a lot of marriages will remain like what you described: cages decorated with the illusion of love.
Foreign AffairsRe: If America Abandons Israel, God Will Abandon America - US Senator Graham by thomas2024: 8:42pm On Aug 15, 2025
Righteousness2:
Ramblings nd grumblings of a Highly ignorant fellow.
You're the ignorant one here.
Christianity EtcRe: Daughter Of Apostle Babalola, Mama Ogini, Replies Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo by thomas2024: 8:01pm On Aug 15, 2025
Rawgold29:
The spirit of a true Christian or should I say the true spirit of Jesus Christ is far from biodun... your apologies might be accepted by the family but there is a clear picture of you out of the true teachings of JESUS our lord and saviour... you dont finance God projects,he finance it by himself only if you are truly called.
I'm not a xtian or religious, but as an xtian, you're very right. When talking about xtian, I don't see Biodun as one, he's a fraud.
Christianity EtcRe: Daughter Of Apostle Babalola, Mama Ogini, Replies Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo by thomas2024: 7:52pm On Aug 15, 2025
naptu2:
Biodun Fatoyinbo



https://www.facebook.com/100044307735459/posts/1307285680758344/?app=fbl


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP8o9ORlT6w?si=wZBwpdGr-YZivzCo
Smooth talkers are known to be liars, deceitful, prideful, BF is unarguably a criminal bandit. He ended up saying gibberish. It's so painful why people can study people's facial expression when talking.
Christianity EtcRe: Daughter Of Apostle Babalola, Mama Ogini, Replies Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo by thomas2024: 7:47pm On Aug 15, 2025
naptu2:
CAC NEWS @CACWORLDNEWS



https://x.com/CACWORLDNEWS/status/1955982244020994165?t=hB-9ceRtPRjzV_agGYerDA&s=1,[/quote]I never see BF as a pastor in my life. I used to view him as a cultist and guyman. You can imagine someone with a bad history in his past, now claiming he is a pastor because he has some gullible members listening to his jargons every Sunday and sponsoring his ostentatious lifestyle, same way I see that one that used to wear white coat that once brag saying he is above Forbes List because Forbes named him the richest yahoo pastor in the world, I hear say e be BF mentor too, criminals in pulpits.
PoliticsRe: Aduda Defies Retirement Date, Remains In Office Amid Growing Tension by thomas2024: 11:29am On Aug 15, 2025
MummyWealth14:
See this greedy man o, oga give way for other people na
You no know say he love him job like anything, and he wish to kpai for the job. In agbadoist's voice, he is one of the most patriotic Nigerians ever lived😂😂😂
Science/TechnologyRe: Humans Could Live For 1,000 Years By 2050 by thomas2024: 11:20am On Aug 15, 2025
arantess:
The one true son of the most High God.

The saviour and soon coming king
Dey play. As if I am not an ex-christian, I was a former brother coordinator in a church who has read the bible from pali to pali three times and still counting. When you want to tell me anything new stories about xtianity, I'll be waiting for you😂😂😂

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