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Romance / Re: 5 Things Women Only Do With The Men They Love by Upforgreatness(f): 3:12pm On Apr 03, 2021
Emmyadanu21:
One thing that women and men have in common when it comes to love is the fear of their feelings being unreciprocated. For men, women seem almost impossible to understand, the way their minds work is a mystery, and with all the complex emotions that people can have, it can be really hard to know how a woman truly feels about you. Men and women fall in love differently and they express and show it in different ways. So then, how can you know whether or not her feelings for you are genuine? There are some certain signs to pay attention to, and here are a few signs that women do with the men they truly love to show or express that she truly does love you.

1. She wants to Know Everything about you:
A woman who really loves you will want to know everything about you, even the smallest details that may not seem important to you. Men, in general, aren't too keen on sharing their feelings , but women often want to share your hopes, vision, and dreams as an indication that they care. She wants to wants to know about your world because she wants to be a part of it. She wants to know even the little details to make you feel that she really knows you and that she will stand by you.

Read the Full Article Here:
https://www.operanewsapp.com/ng/en/share/detail?news_id=a7ae06e77206fc29e230e6f1836b79a7&news_entry_id=s5a1ce176210402en_ng&open_type=tanscoded&request_id=news_88d24845-2dfe-44c4-b05d-d81999a87042&from=news
Here on usa we have been fooled too long it appears now on our everyday live news not to click on any link

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Crime / Re: Which Of These Two Is A Bigger Threat by Upforgreatness(f): 3:01pm On Apr 03, 2021
Onojanson:
Which of these two is a Bigger threat to the peaceful co-existance of Nigeria.
A. Boko Haram
B. fulani bandits
Don't let the name fool you they are the same, the same sect of people sponsored by the Nigerian govt ��
Politics / Re: South-West PDP Party Chairmen To Makinde: Who Cares If You Join APC? by Upforgreatness(f): 2:30pm On Apr 03, 2021
Penguin2:
Makinde is becoming too cantankerous for my liking.

Used to think of him as a humble man.

But seems he's just a typical Yoruba snitch.
Don't judge him by what someone somewhere post or said about him you don't know what's really going on underground in d party
Romance / Re: We Didn't Talk All Through The University, But We Are Eventually Getting Married by Upforgreatness(f): 11:39am On Mar 06, 2021
[quote author=oluwaseyi1992 post=99644751]We didnt talk for once at the university and now we are getting married.. behold two nairalanders wedding

Boss no get money that time na y

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Romance / Re: Black Americans Are The Most Weakest, Sensitive, Cry Babies I've Ever Seen by Upforgreatness(f): 10:41am On Mar 04, 2021
ChizzyBuna:

Ok they fought for human rights and freedom. But is that an excuse for them to expect the white man to do everything for them??
The slaves were more productive and hard working than this their recent generation.
If the slaves where getting high on weed and drinking all day. And blaming white people Everytime They wouldn't have gotten far as they did and achieve human freedom.


Those slaves where shipped from Africa so they still that tough African hurstling mentality. That's why they were able to succeed despite the humongous challenges facing them.
But this recent generation of black Americans all they know is to play victim mentality for sympathy. It's disgraceful
I was shocked at the many opportunities to make money in the U.S
White man dosent care about skin color
If you have talent or skill
They will give you the platform to SHINE!!!

Go to U.S Navy and you will be shocked how many Igbo and Yoruba people you will see holding high positions and ranks. It's not about skin color.
ITS ABOUT YOUR SKILL, TALENT AND HARDWORK.
White people hate laziness
And many black Americans are lazy
They just want to receive welfare checks and get high everyday expecting the white man to lift them out of poverty.

So true even one of my cousins just got a well paid job in the us navy as a nurse

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Crime / Re: Gunmen Shoots Man And His Girlfriend In Warri (Graphic Photo) by Upforgreatness(f): 12:42pm On Feb 26, 2021
greymiles:
But dem tell u people say make u join biafra and be safe but una no want to join biafra, be enjoying your one Nigeria with the westerners grin

You need to upgrade ur thinking, this is a the dumbest comment I've ever read
Politics / Re: Kagara: All Abducted Students and Staff Have Been Released - Deji Adesogan by Upforgreatness(f): 2:13pm On Feb 19, 2021
GamalNasser:


You think so ?
We are not asking the right questions!

1)Why are the students getting kidnapped in d first place when they know that d govt won't pay them * what are the kidnappers getting in return?

2)why is sheik gummi not sharing the Intel he has with the security agencies

3) why Is the Nigerian govt so soft about the banditry issues affecting d country but swift to action against peaceful protesters?

3)why are the northern governors advocating for amnesty and pardons for these brutal and barbaric kidnappers?

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Politics / Re: Again, Lai Mohammed Berates CNN Over Lekki Toll Gate Shootings by Upforgreatness(f): 4:11pm On Feb 03, 2021
ijustdey:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/02/03/again-mohammed-berates-cnn-over-lekki-toll-gate-shootings/amp/

Lai mohamed is stupid for comparing endsars protest to us capitol attack how does it even relate
Celebrities / Re: Divorce: Ubi Franklin And Lilian Esoro's Marriage Has Been Officially Dissolved by Upforgreatness(f): 4:04pm On Feb 03, 2021
Omihanifa:
Marriage that was built on lies and deceit undecided

Ubi Franklin is a 419 while the wife Lilian esoro is runs girl. so how were they expecting such a marriage to last long angry

Haha u carry amebo enter 2021 chochochocho too much energy
Crime / Re: Tricycle Rider Commits Suicide On Football Pitch In Lagos by Upforgreatness(f): 5:37pm On Feb 02, 2021
PBeni:
Sad one. I keep saying this, suicide is never the way.
You've never been depressed before..I almost terminated my life when I was going through depression too it's God that used someone to stop me if not I wouldn't be here typing

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Education / Re: Public Universities Should Send Social Science Students Back Home - Opinion by Upforgreatness(f): 1:53pm On Feb 01, 2021
SirWarlock:
Watch how people will call you enemy of education grin. Anyway you do have a point, tertiary institutions should stop pretending they can handle everyone at once but what do I know, corona will dodge schools undecided.

He has a point but can everyone afford data/ internet subscribtion for the online class
Romance / Re: I Called Her And A Guy Was Moaning At The Background. by Upforgreatness(f): 3:39pm On Jan 29, 2021
[quote author=baralatie post=98546874]
meself am interested to know the answer[/quote)
Hand job/ Mouth Action
Celebrities / Re: Ned Nwoko To Celebrate His Wife, Laila's 30th Birthday (Photo) by Upforgreatness(f): 1:52pm On Jan 29, 2021
TMSMedia:
Ned Nwoko is celebrating 10 years of being with his Moroccan wife as he counts down to her 30th birthday, IgbereTV reports.

Taking to his Instagram handle, Ned Nwoko shared a photo of himself and Laila Charani Nwoko. He captioned the photo;


https://www.instagram.com/p/CKezTvbsTFZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Laila Charani and Ned Nwoko share 3 children together. Laila is stepmother to Ned's other kids from his other wives including Regina Daniels.

In this life just have money ooo
Career / Re: UNIUYO Staff Electrocuted While Reconnecting Vandalized Armored Cable (Photos) by Upforgreatness(f): 1:42pm On Jan 29, 2021
slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Isoright...

Electrical engineering student...


Johny just wait for the electrician to come o

Papa..... i can fix this thing am I not an engineering student


Did it shock you?

No papa but lets just wait for the electrician
Bro this is real life situation not some craze clown skit cheesy

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Crime / Re: My Father Has Been Sleeping With Me – Fatima Usman (Video) by Upforgreatness(f): 9:34am On Jan 29, 2021
Fahdiga:
Only in the west
Don't be naive it happens everywhere undecided
Romance / Re: My Fiancee Went Back To Her Ex, What Does It Mean? by Upforgreatness(f): 11:53am On Jan 26, 2021
Alexgman1:
You have being dating a girl for a year and all of a sudden she broke up with you and went back to her ex who she said she hated so much & would hurt him if she ever saw him again because he used her & took advantage of her. Do you think there is something am not doing right Or does her ex has something i dont have that she went back to him?

Oga She used you as rebound now that things are better with her so called ex she will definitely leave u ...na u make u move forward
Politics / Re: Fayose To Lai Mohammed: "At 69, You Vomit Evil From Your Septic-Tank-Like Mouth" by Upforgreatness(f): 10:24am On Jan 26, 2021
Konskott:
Should a former governor talk like this and be so abusive? Tells me the knid of leaders our political recruitment system produces. Low marks for Fayose. This is a man who was imposed on Ekiti people and rigged into office with billions flown into Ekiti to buy votes for him. This is a man who was once impeached and ought to have been disqualified permanently from being eligible to contest/hold public office. This is a man who is standing trial for corruption, who ought to be in life jail but for the slow and corrupt administration of justice system in Nigeria. This is a man who beat up a judge in Ado Ekiti thereby desecrating the temple of justice. For this alone, he ought to be facing trial. People like him shouldn't be given speech right to vomit trash.

Who ask you history? [sup][/sup]
Politics / Re: Fayose To Lai Mohammed: "At 69, You Vomit Evil From Your Septic-Tank-Like Mouth" by Upforgreatness(f): 10:22am On Jan 26, 2021
we are the one doing ourselves,
we are all hypocrites, these things started from each and everyones parlour, tell your kids humanity is the religion u practice and watch them grow like humans. [/quote]

His name is lai(lie) Mohammed na him name cause am
Crime / Re: Osun Police Rescue 20-Year-Old Girl Locked Up By Her Father For 5 Years by Upforgreatness(f): 9:00pm On Jan 25, 2021
Unbiased1:
And they will make you believe things like this happen only in the North undecided

I doubt her life would be spared if it happens to be in the north cheesy
Travel / Re: Fulani Herdsmen Kidnap Bus Passengers Along Benin-Ore Road by Upforgreatness(f): 2:15pm On Jan 25, 2021
Righteousness2:
O Lord Arise and let the Pepetrators of these evil be Scattered! In the Name of JESUS... Amen

Bro God is tired of nigeria

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Crime / Re: Youths Clash In Aguda, Surulere; One Dead by Upforgreatness(f): 2:12pm On Jan 25, 2021
OOzz:
Lazy and senseless youths
This is all the doings of the govt, when there's no good or standard educational system, high rate of unemployment, no good mechanism to empower d youth, no reorientation for the uneducated youth the society is bound to fail
Family / Re: Elderly Man Weds Little Girl In Northern Nigeria (Photo) by Upforgreatness(f): 2:02pm On Jan 25, 2021
envoymedia:
An elderly man got married to a prepubescent girl in Northern Nigeria, IgbereTV reports.

A photo of the couple's wedding calendar was shared on Twitter after their marriage ceremony was held on Friday, Jan 22.

Though the bride's age is not known, she looks very young while her groom looks old.

Many Nigerians on Twitter condemned the marriage, stating that it is child abuse.

See reactions on Twitter @
https://twitter.com/jacksonpbn/status/1353490516319596546?s=19

https://igberetvnews.com/1380324/elderly-man-weds-little-girl-northern-nigeria-photo/

Where are my abokis @?
Politics / Re: Saliu Abdulkadir: Youths Have Driven Me, My Wife, Children Out Of Our Home by Upforgreatness(f): 8:48am On Jan 23, 2021
majole:
We joke too much in this Country. We don't speak the Truth any longer. Government has failed

Do we have any govt in this country? For me I won't advice open grazing for the fulanis they should build ranches and farm their animals there
Is it a must they trespass on ppls farm and even use force on farmers for their cattles to graze
Pls tell d fulani president to leave with his other animals to reside in their bush that where they belong!!!!
Religion / Re: When Your Girlfriend Is Disturbing You For Sex by Upforgreatness(f): 12:34pm On Jan 17, 2021
tobechi74:
What’s Wrong With Sex?
Is there anything wrong with two people coming together and just having sex — for fun — without first having an emotionally intimate relationship (assuming safe sex is practiced of course)?

I was raised to believe the answer to this is yes, that there is something wrong with it.

As a sophomore in high school, I had to write a school paper on why premarital sex was wrong. I did the assignment and regurgitated what I needed to get an A.

Privately I had doubts about what I was taught. And of course I went ahead and had premarital sex anyway, which turned out to be a lot of fun with no guilt or regret.

Looking back, I think I would have preferred to get an F on that assignment and had more fun instead.


Your sexual orientation does not define you
Today I see absolutely nothing wrong with having sex just for fun, as long as it’s done safely and consensually. I think those who feel that sex is wrong, dirty, or immoral are terribly repressed. I’ve never met a genuinely happy person that felt this way about sex. Perhaps if such people just got laid more often, they wouldn’t be so grumpy.

Prerequisites for Sex
What prerequisites do we actually need to engage in sex? A willing partner is really all that’s required. If you have a willing partner, you can have sex.

Serious rocket science here, eh?

Just to be clear, let’s assume your body and your partner’s body are physically capable of having sex as well.

All other rules, constraints, and requirements arise from social conditioning and are therefore unnecessary.

You don’t need to be married or in a committed relationship.

You don’t need to be dating.

You don’t need to be in love.

You don’t need an opposite-sex partner.

You don’t need to be exclusive with your partner.

Your partner doesn’t need to be exclusive with you.

You don’t need to be programmed in multiple techniques.

You don’t even need to have met the other person first.

All you need is consent.

Technically speaking, even your partner’s consent is a socially conditioned prerequisite, but I think it’s one we should maintain. The alternative is illegal, unethical, and hurtful. We can certainly enjoy sex without resorting to rape. Acting out your kinky fantasies, on the other hand, can still be completely consensual.

How many extra rules do you have in your head about what’s required for you to have sex above and beyond the most basic?

https://tobechispeaks./2020/12/03/how-purity-culture-teaches-wrong-sex-education/


This shows you're an unbeliever who needs to accept christ as his lord , among sins God distaste is fornication and other immoralities ...pls don't mislead people by ur view concerning sex
Foreign Affairs / Re: Reddit, Twitch, Shopify, Discord Ban Donald Trump by Upforgreatness(f): 7:26pm On Jan 09, 2021
[quote author=GameGod post=97868162][b] The permanent Twitter suspension came a few hours after Reddit announced it was taking down the massively popular subreddit r/Donaldtrump. Other social platforms that have gone after Trump accounts in the days following the attack on the Capitol are Twitch and Snapchat (where his accounts have been disabled), Shopify (which took down online stores affiliated with the president), Facebook and Instagram (which banned Trump posting for 'indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks'), YouTube (which is 'accelerating' its hunt for videos spewing voter fraud claims). Axios reported Friday that TikTok is also 'removing content violations and redirecting hashtags like #stormthecapitol and #patriotparty to its community guidelines.[/

He go leave usa for una
Politics / Re: Delete by Upforgreatness(f): 12:19pm On Jan 06, 2021
nthony10:


With all your brain the government said you are worth only 600 dollars. Really sad

How much did your own government gave you with all the wisdom you posses?
Celebrities / Re: Someone Is Trying To Kill Davido - Kemi Olunloyo by Upforgreatness(f): 10:51am On Dec 30, 2020
JaneYave:
Staying indoors means stagnation. Fear also kills . The big question is 'do you believe this is true? '

Honestly there's no zero sense in this, he can make his music indoor, this is a matter of life and death! David and burna' s beef is beyond music or who's bigger there are other things btwn them that hasn't been brot 2 light yet!

Biko I don't want to loose my davido oo
Celebrities / Re: Sonia Morales: Why I Can’t Date A Broke Man by Upforgreatness(f): 11:51pm On Dec 20, 2020
Nanaborga:
Madam , you nor need tell us , most of us are already with the mentality of zero erection when broke , that is why we hardly respect vaginal puppies when we have this money , we go out for the best and dish fake love from you hoes . If IK cuteness and style nor fit keep you , then I pity any man when think say na six packs and fine face this vaginal puppies dey look out for in their soulmate and not money

E hit me!! True talk
Politics / Re: Just In: The Constitution Should Be Amended To Allow Buhari Go For Third Term by Upforgreatness(f): 6:51am On Dec 20, 2020
UmuEri:
Opinion: It is a fact that Constitution is ment for the people and not the other way round, so the national Assembly has every right to amend the Constitution.

The truth is that Buhari is doing very well in all sectors of the economy, don't mind some Igbos trying to paint him bad.

The level of infrastructural development embarked so far by Mr President is unprecedented. He is fixing all our roads simultaneously and revolutionizing the agric sector.

It is those who don't like his work in the agric sector that are empowering bandits to attack farmers

And all these news you hear about insecurity is a massive conspiracy to bring the President down. The media is exaggerating it

We that didn't support him before have now seen the light. We never knew he could perform this wonderfully and that is why we are now advocating for third term for Mr President.


You need to go for check up man my opinion tho

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Politics / Re: Buhari At 78: If Only We Knew This President - Femi Adesina by Upforgreatness(f): 11:14am On Dec 17, 2020
presidency:
Ask for a President beleaguered from all sides, and I’ll show you Muhammadu Buhari, the ramrod straight man from Daura, in Katsina State, who turns 78 today.

In the build up to the 2015 presidential election, we used to say everything had been thrown at him as projectiles, except the kitchen sink. Permit me to update that expression. Today, everything possible has been thrown at President Buhari, including the kitchen sink. Anything. Everything. Fake news. Hate speech. Lies. False propaganda. Evil thoughts. Malediction. Odium. Opprobrium. Ogbunigwe. Ogulutu.Surface to air missiles. All offensive weapons. But the man trudges on. Calmly, sedately, peacefully.

If only more Nigerians knew this President. If only they knew the essential Buhari, the quintessential patriot and gentleman, they would behave differently, handle him with more care, and show him more kindness. Yes, everyone needs kindness, even Presidents.

Remember that song by Mary Mc Kee and The Genesis?
You’ve got to try a little kindness
Yes, show a little kindness
Just shine your light for everyone to see
And if you try a little kindness
Then you’ll overlook the blindness
Of narrow-minded people, on narrow-minded streets.

Too many people have chosen to believe the wrong things about President Buhari, and have ossified their minds against the truth. But then, those of us who have had the privilege to work with him, studied and known him at close quarters, have a duty to tell what we have seen. And what better day to do it, than on his birthday.

Oh, he eats from the President. What else would he say than to sing his praises. True? False. If need be, I will serve this President for free. I consider it a great privilege to serve a man I admire. Even gratis.

Somebody commented that a blitzkrieg has been launched against Buhari and the government he leads, from all quarters. Some elements in the media, human rights groups, so-called activists, NGOs, Boko Haram, ISWAP, all at once. But is Buhari the loser? Not at all. It’s the country that ultimately loses, just as Eric Donaldson sang in ‘Little Did You Know:’
You think that you are hurting me
But little did you know you are only hurting yourself
Little did you know you are only hurting yourself.

In about two years and five months, with God being merciful as He always is, President Buhari will land safely, and retire to Daura for a well-deserved retirement at 80. And if those engineering distraction against his government continue, it is the country that would have lost. A great deal.

What are the things some people hurl against the President, which shows that they don’t know him at all?

He’s a religious bigot. Really? I’ve not seen a scintilla of evidence in the past five years. Every Christmas and Easter holiday, he calls those of us who are Christians, working with him, and asks us to stay off work, and enjoy the season with our families. That’s not the way of bigots, who would never acknowledge any religion, except their own.

As a military commander, history has it that Buhari would always give soldiers working under him time to go for worship on Sunday mornings, just as he did to the Muslims on Fridays. Yet, bigot, bigot, some people continue to shout.

He’s a Fulani, he rears cows, and all Fulani herdsmen are criminals, that’s why he tolerates them. Really? Some people even say all Fulani are herdsmen, whether they see them with cattle or not. Truth is; every ethnic stock has its deviants, its criminal elements. You can’t just demonize all Fulani, simply because you want to excoriate the President. Did he choose to be born Fulani? Did I choose to be born Yoruba, and did the Ishan, Idoma or Ijaw man choose the ethnic stock he wanted to be born into? It’s a biological accident. You have nothing to do with it. A man then doesn’t go repudiating where he comes from, simply because some people have decided to tar his people with the brush of infamy.

He’s nepotistic. A common refrain, but non-scientific. About three years ago, we did a scientific exercise. We chronicled all the appointments made by the President since 2015, and allocated them to states and regions. The result showed that the Southwest had the largest share. Followed by Imo and Kano states. Then Edo and Katsina. And on and on. But the naysayers ignored facts and figures, and stuck to their false narratives. Nepotism.

One day, the President had given me an appointment to announce in the early days of the administration. By then, some people had started talking of northernisation agenda. So I said, “Mr President, this is the murmur we hear. Why don’t you consider giving this position to another part of the country?”

He looked at me calmly, smiled, and said: “If a search has been conducted for a position, and someone has been thrown up as the best candidate. And I then bypass him because of where he comes from, or because of his religion, haven’t I been unfair to that person?”

Food for thought, indeed.

This is Jubril from Sudan and not Muhammadu Buhari, who had died during the medical vacation in 2017, some people say. You have a clone in Aso Villa, not Buhari. Idiocy, sadly believed by even some intellectuals.

Let me tell you a story. On the day the President finally returned to the country in August 2017, after months of absence, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Abayomi Olonisakin, was giving out his daughter in marriage. I had attended the church service, decked unusually in complete Agbada, with cap to match. From the wedding, I went straight to the airport to join the reception party.

We formed a welcome line, as we usually do. And as the President shook each person, he had one wisecrack or the other to say. When he got to me, he took my hand and said: “Adesina, this is the best I’ve seen you dressed.” We both laughed heartily, and the television cameras captured it. I remember that many people asked me later what had tickled me and the President, that we laughed so uproariously.

Jubril from Sudan? Would he know my name as Adesina? Would he know I rarely wear Agbada? How ridiculous can some people be?

Another story. The journalist Lindsay Barret had been a long time friend of the President. One day, he sent me to give his greetings. When I did, the President said: “Lindsay Barret. I remember meeting him at the war front in 1968. He was covering the war. There was a day he was almost killed in an ambush, and he then described himself as a ‘devout coward,’ who was lucky to be alive.”

Jubril of Sudan? And he remembers Barret, whom he met at the warfront in 1968? Tell it to the marines.

Ask me for a loyal man, who never forgets a good turn, and I’ll show you Muhammadu Buhari. Among the last class of Ambassadors, he had personally picked Justice George Oguntade, who was sent to United Kingdom, and Justice Sylvester Nsofor, who he deployed to America. The latter died only last week, aged 85.

How did the two men gain the favour, loyalty and respect of the President? In his many legal battles after disputed election results in 2003, and 2007, they had given dissenting judgements at both the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, nullifying the election results, saying Candidate Buhari had been cheated. The man never forgot, and sought them out in due time. The same also happened to some of us working with him today.

A kind man. I have lots of stories to tell, but let me restrict myself to a few. In December 2015, I had lost my elder sister, a Professor of Dramatic Arts, in an auto crash. While I was crying like a wailing wailer, who was on the phone, consoling and condoling with me? Muhammadu Buhari.

And before he became President, when my mother passed on in 2013, and we had a commendation service for her in Lagos, who flew in all the way from Kaduna to attend? Muhammadu Buhari. He sat through the Christian service. Yet, they say he’s a bigot. I hear. Bigot from Sudan.

And in January 2017, I was to receive the traditional title of Nwanne di Namba of Mmaku Kingdom, in Enugu State. Courtesy demanded I tell the President. This man, who prides himself as ‘very stingy’ gave me a handsome amount of money to ferry my friends and family to the ceremony. How much? I won’t tell you, lest you ask for a belated share.

And in May 2018, I was billed for China for a 12 days course for senior government officials from Africa. He said when the journey was two days away, I should come to see him. I did. You know what he said? “Adesina, I know that you don’t have money. But you are too shy to ask.” We both laughed, and he gave me an envelope which contained foreign currency. How much? You think I’ll tell you? For where?

This President is a patriot. He loves this country dearly. A man of personal discipline. Single minded about the infrastructural development of the country. And he’s succeeding at it. I have loads of stories to tell to justify each virtue. But time and space won’t permit.

However, let me tell this final one, as told to me by a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army.

He said he was a Major at the Second Mechanized Division, Ibadan, when the then Major General was posted there in early 1983, as General Officer Commanding.

There was a cocktail reception, billed for 8 pm. Fifteen minutes to the time, the new GOC walked briskly in. Only a sprinkle of officers had arrived. He moved round the venue, surveying the place, and at the dot of 8 pm, with the hall still scanty, he went to the gate, and directed the sergeant-major on duty to lock the inner one firmly, admitting nobody.
Nobody.
Yes sir!
The GOC went back inside, held the cocktail with the few officers available. Event over, he went back to the gate, to see the battery of latecomer officers huddled there. He surveyed them, and then instructed:
All of you, see me in the office tomorrow by 8 am.
Yes sir!
The GOC walked briskly away. And you know what? As early as 6 am next day, most of the officers had reported in his office. Once bitten, twice shy.

At 78, the President still scrupulously respects time. Do they make them like this anymore? Doubtful.

Yet, many people are plotting, and engineering all sorts of artifices, to ensure Buhari does not succeed. Who loses? The country!

There is this classic Yoruba film, Saworoide, which I watched years back. Adebayo Faleti, who wrote and starred in the film, looked at the stratagems and underhand dealings of man. And he sang, rather philosophically: Koi ye won, yio ye won lola.

Translated freely, it means: They don’t understand today. They’ll understand tomorrow.

It’s better for a lot more cynical Nigerians to understand this President today, rather than tomorrow, for the good of the country. That would be the best birthday gift they can give him.



*Adesina is Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity

God knows I didn't click this link just to read this long epistle, the story of my life is not up to this epistle

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