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Crime / Re: ‘no Homo Deserves To Die’ – Pastor To Man Who Said The Gay Men Deserve Death by Ayohbk(m): 11:07am On May 01, 2018
Jiang:


so you meant what the American media are feeding you is correct, let me ask you, HAVE YOU EVER IN UR WHOLE LIFE WETHER FOR VILLAGE, BUSH OR VILLAGE SEEING ANIMALS ENGAGING IN HOMO SEXUALITY & PLEASE DONT CALL NATGEO OR GOOGLE FOR ME, those are owned by homo loving peeps, so they do everything to reset ur brain
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Your ignorance stinks!!!. Biko.... just shut up and save us the gory smell. When a man refuses to learn, he's as good as dead. You said you should not be referred to Google to learn, so how then will you know things you don't know. It will appear to you in your dreams or you expect a pastor to coman tell you. Dead brain

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Crime / Re: ‘no Homo Deserves To Die’ – Pastor To Man Who Said The Gay Men Deserve Death by Ayohbk(m): 7:09am On May 01, 2018
Preach Pastor!!!!....... Preach!!!!

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Religion / Re: Oyedepo: A Believer Behaving Like Mumu In Place Of Authority, This Is Evil Govt by Ayohbk(m): 7:14am On Apr 30, 2018
Oluwatobi09:

If they talk na Wahala, if they don't na Wahala, because your fingers are itching u does not mean you work less with your brain.
Let's try to be sensitive for once. we are talking about human lives here not your bigot hatred for someone or something.


You are the one who's being insensitive. How can a man who has the power to call God's holy ghost fire to blast people and also curse them, do nothing but just talk . Does that make sense?. When hundreds of thousands of people are dying?........ why not just consume them we holy ghost fire at once then we forget all these terrorists problem and move on with our life peacefully.


Do you watch "Game of thrones " , remember when Jon Snow informed daenerys about the problem of Night walkers in the North. Did she just sit there and start threatening them with fire ?.... No!!!. She carried her dragons and went to the battlefield to kill as many enemies as possible. That's what true powerful people do.

Not sit in a private jet and be threatening fire and brimstone. Yet the enemy is getting stronger and killing people almost every second.

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Religion / Re: Oyedepo: A Believer Behaving Like Mumu In Place Of Authority, This Is Evil Govt by Ayohbk(m): 4:45pm On Apr 29, 2018
missionmex:
where have you ever seen the clergy go to war? keep disgracing yourself. he has done his own part you do yours.

If he can't fight war the he should pray for God to prosecute the terrorists na or he should shut up. Moses and aaron didn't have to fight in the war before the isrealites won.
It's Either the Pastor is fake or God is fake.
One of the 2
Religion / Re: Oyedepo: A Believer Behaving Like Mumu In Place Of Authority, This Is Evil Govt by Ayohbk(m): 4:33pm On Apr 29, 2018
missionmex:
you are a bigger coward. don't you known the way to sambisa.

Do you see me shouting holy ghost fire upandan. Or did you see me threatening people with fire or destruction. He's the one that claim to be filled with power, he should coman display nau. Abi his power is only for collecting tithes. Nonsense and sheeples

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Religion / Re: Oyedepo: A Believer Behaving Like Mumu In Place Of Authority, This Is Evil Govt by Ayohbk(m): 4:19pm On Apr 29, 2018
This man should go and sit down biko. He's shouting fire willm consume them from the convenience of his air-conditioned private jet. If he really believes in what he preach, he should go to the battle ground @sambissa or benue state, he should go and shout the fire na. Nonsense and ingredients. Bloody thieving coward

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 1:55pm On Apr 28, 2018
sexdoll:


Unfortunately for you, my kind is in majority... at least in this part of the world.

Thus, gay lifestyle will still be a highly muted low key thing amongst the practitioners as long as we still have the majority who abhor that very repulsive act.

And it will be like that for a very long time to come.

Of course ignorance and hate is in the majority in this shithole called country, don't you see how progressive y'all are....... why is your ignorance unfortunate for me..... y9u make me laugh.....

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 5:34pm On Apr 27, 2018
millomaniac:


Now let me point out some glaring errors In your own argument.
First I never said directly to his face he is gay, secondly assumption is not reality besides he never made any attempt to deny it.(all though that will make him a gay coward if he does)
That men have anal sex with women does not make it right besides they still gonna deal with the faeces. grin

I'll let you wallow in your buffoonery, brah. I can't deal with people with low I.Q and also refuse to learn. Go back to primary school, that's the only solution for you. Adios dumbo

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 5:29pm On Apr 27, 2018
sexdoll:


God forbid any of my children becomes gay or lesbian. lipsrsealed

About that religious woman you mentioned, that can only happen either in movies or somewhere that is not in Nigeria.

Lwkmd @ God forbid. Brotherly , that's reality for you. Believe it or not. Your child, sibling or friend could be gay, it's not a disease or illness. I pray you'll be informed and ready to help them live happily.

Here's a story about a young Nigerian
http://kitodiaries.com/roses-are-red-pain-is-black/
http://kitodiaries.com/roses-are-red-pain-is-black-part-2/

http://kitodiaries.com/roses-are-red-pain-is-black-part-3/


The story is in 3 parts.

Read and educate yourself , brah.

The world doesn't revolve around your kind only

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 5:14pm On Apr 27, 2018
sexdoll:


Who told you you don't know why you hate manchester united?

Anyway, let me tell you why I don't fancy manchester united.

Their winning streak under Ferguson was just too much. NATURALLY, people don't like those who are always winning. People prefer underdogs.

Then, there's this unfounded belief that Ferguson was a racist and doesn't sign black players. Maybe, you bought that same idea somehow, and you started hating manchester united in the process.

Furthermore, over the years manchester united and arsenal have been great rivals... and the rivalry is even more than that between arsenal and tottenham. So maybe you're still being affected by the spirit of that rivalry...

But you can't compare your love or hate for manchester united and arsenal with my total natural hatred for male gay sex.




I honestly don't know why I hate Man U, I can say maybe because of their boring football, but Chelsea is worse and I still prefer Chelsea.

You call it total natural hatred , I can't stop laughing....... wait till your kid , fruend or someone you love come out to you as gay, then you'll know it's not total hatred neither is it natural......

You can watch " prayer for Bobby" , it's a true life story adapted into a movie about a religious woman who deeply hates homosexuality but her son is gay. The son commits suicide, then she was forced to learn to understand, read and ask questions though it was too late

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Religion / Re: Help! This Prophesy Won't Let Me Settle Down by Ayohbk(m): 4:44pm On Apr 27, 2018
Your problem is the prophecy. If there was no prophesy you would be married by now except you don't have the things a woman look for in a man or you dey standard of the woman you want above your level.
Live your life as if there's no prophesy (those prophesy ain't real), in no time you'll be married.

I remember my parent taking me to a church and one of their Elemi (prophet/seer) said I'll impregnate a girl that year ..... me wet u just finish university , dey enjoy my bachelor life. 4 yrs after, all na wash grin grin grin grin grin grin

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 4:28pm On Apr 27, 2018
sexdoll:


There is.

Using my own self as a clear example, no one taught me to start hating gay sex.

I just don’t like the idea or the act itself.

It is very repulsive to me.

And I believe so many straight males out there share the same view on this.



I don’t follow any religion so I can’t even begin to consider this point.

But then…

Back to what I said, if my religion says I should kill others so as to gain something from it, don’t you think that’s nothing but a clear example of learned hate in practice?



What do I achieve by showing kids pictures of celebrated gay men?

To what purpose?

Don’t you think that's just one way of enforcing learned hatred on them?

Besides, at such a young age, do you really believe kids know the difference between gay sex and NORMAL grin hetero sex?

In fact, come to think of it, at such tender age, do kids even know what sex is?


Lol..... you don't hate gay sex naturally...... you just choose not to understand them , simple as that. Like I said Hate is a choice. I hate Manchester United, in fact I don't know why. Since the very moment I've started watching football I've always hated Man U. I'm an Arsenal fan, I'm supposed to hate Tottenham more than man u but No, I like Tottenham × 100 more than man u. Will I say this is natural hatred, no..... I just choose to hate them. I'm fact there's nothing no one can tell me that will make me like man u.
Hatred is a choice. Just think about the other things you hate, then you'll realise you actually consciously (or not) chose to hate them. I hate snakes , I've never seen a snake on my life but I hate snakes but there are some people who have snakes as pets.

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 4:15pm On Apr 27, 2018
millomaniac:


Lolz. Calm down, i dont need to be a doctor or scholar to know that any man that sticks his penis inside another mans feaces hole and derives joy from it is a mental case. grin. Just same way I don't need to be a doctor to know that any man that derives joy in f-u-xking 5 year old girls is also a mental case. So you don't know that a gang of thieves also requires consenting adults? Lolz. You want everyman in the society to stick their penis into anything that consents right? If thats what you want then I am a fool for having a convo with a mentally deranged person. All the best in your homosexual escapades. Just don't get caught in nigeria grin


Lol.... this comment right here typifies the problem with the shithole called Nigeria. Where non professionals , illiterates and so illiterates come out to state theories as facts with no research or evidence to back it up. Ignorance is a disease but I don't have issues with it, but when someone prides himself in ignorance it becomes a problem.

Imagine an adult (even a kid will find it insulting) stating that "stealing " occurs with consent, so you mean when someone steals from you, you give the person permission.
About adults fucking 5 year old girl, is a 5 yr old girl up to the age of legal consent?
When they talk sey make una go school, una no go go, na people dey dey Bleep themselves for yansh una go dey pursue then now come online to spill thrash from an empty skull.

Homosexuals are not the problem of this country, we both know that.

Problem of this shithole of a country are ignorant people like you, who refuse to learn, unlearn and relearn.

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 3:44pm On Apr 27, 2018
sexdoll:


You may be right about hate but there's something else I would like you to know.

Are you aware there's a huge difference between natural hate and learned hate?

Most straight men have natural hate for homosexuality.

Most boko haram fighters have learned hate for non believers of their faith.

You can deal with the learned hate.

I don't think there's much anyone can do about that of natural hate.


There's nothing like natural gate or learned hate. Hate is hate. Some people just choose to hate. I can understand when you bring up religion as medium through which people "learnt" hatred but the truth is Every man is his own god, you can choose to live a life different from what your religion states. Are you telling me if your religion asks you to jump inside fire you will?...... no, you won't. Even if you do, then yoyr mental state must be questioned.

But I'm sure if your religion says you should kill your neighbor to gain some things, even if you don't, you might consider it.


These shows you have the freedom of choice to decide your fate, saying a religion or whatever told you to do this or that is just an excuse.


There nothing like Natural hate, if you think so, go to a 3 yr old and ask him if he hates a homosexual. To make this easier for you, show the 3 yr old , a picture Tim Cook (CEO of Apple inc) , or Michael Scofield (prison break) or Bisi Alimi or Mark Feehily( of westlife) , these are all gay people, then ask the child if he hates any of them because they are gay

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 3:35pm On Apr 27, 2018
millomaniac:


It's like you like living in the past. All your instances are from centuries ago where no one can really give an accurate and logical account of what happened. People that live in the past cant move forward. If I follow your reasoning that means stealing, rape, incest, murder and other social vices should be allowed since they were practised in the past, therefore it is right. There have always been homosexuals right from the history of man and there will always be, just like there have always been people with mental problems and just like people with abnormal behavior it does not make it right. Yes societal rules are made by man (will it be made by spirits before?) Man is not perfect, yes few of those rules are selfish and are made by the powerful for more power or fortune or some other selfish interest but majority of those rules are to maintain order and decorum in the society. This is Africa we do not tolerate homosexuality.

PS: personally I don't have anything against homosexuals, I see it as a mental problem so it's not their fault. But when they try to corrupt society with their pervesness is where i draw the line.

Are you a Doctor for you to classify homosexuality as a mental problem , do you have facts to back that up?. ..... can you please explain to me how homosexuality is corrupting the society, cos I just see that as a "beer parlour " theory.....

I compared incest and homosexuality because these involves consenting adults.....
So how does rape, murder and stealing relate to that?

Majority of the rules are to give power to those who are in power.

How can you say you don't tolerate what you don't underst and....... it bothers on education..... it means Africans are illiterate and ignorant. It's simple as that.

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Romance / Re: Wedding Photos Of Lesbian Couple In US Go Viral by Ayohbk(m): 2:57pm On Apr 27, 2018
Awwn..... beautiful people. Wish both of you the best. Lovev is here to stay

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 2:50pm On Apr 27, 2018
sexdoll:


It might be normal to you.

To me, it ain't.

Well, I believe it might be natural to some extent but then, I have also read about "gayism" being a learned habit.

Sadly for both side of the divide, we might never know which is which.

Which is why homophobia is never going to be totally replaced with tolerance like most of you gay advocates wish.

Do you know homophobia is hate?..... of course, hate can never be totally eradicated from our society. Hate is a bad thing, hate is dangerous to us all. Just look at boko haram, Isis, they are killing people because they hate them. (Simple truth). What should not be tolerated in our society is hate, we must not let hate thrive cause it can kill us. And i trust you won't allow hate to Trump love.

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 2:44pm On Apr 27, 2018
millomaniac:


As human beings we are restrained by societal rules and values without which everybody does what they like and chaos and confusion will be the order of the day. that is what defines a people, without which we are more or less like wild animals. In many arab countries a woman dare not show her hair or face in public you might be thinking to yourself that's rubbish but it's not rubbish to them it is the rule and that is whom they are, some of their women might not be ok with it but that is what society demands. So should we replicate that here because they do it? In india it is the woman that pays dowry to the man's family, should we replicate that here because they do it? In Many muslims territories it is ok to marry and have sex with an 8, 9, 10 to 12 year old children. It is their culture. Should we replicate it here because they do it? You can as well condone fathers having sex with their daughters because they are both adults and it is their bodies. Or blood brothers and sisters bleeping each other. I am sure If I do a little research their might be territories such things happen and is legal but should we replicate it here because they do? I can go on and on but society is society what is not accepted here might be accepted there. That is what makes every community a community. Even in Europe and america homosexuality is still very controversial. Prostitution has been an institution as old as humanity itself and has always been in Africa, men have always had kids outside of marriage since time immemorial all these are social vices and even till today are still frowned upon. This is Africa we don't tolerate homosexuals !!

Societal rules are created by who and who. Is it not humans like us?.... Most of these rules were mostly created to gain power by those in power, rub egos and also gain econmic power. Talking about the Arab people, for many years they didn't allow women to drive, only as recently as this year they changed the ruled and now allow women to drive. They now allow cinemas in their country , something they don't allow before. Before colonialism there was nothing like Anti homosexual law, they were brought to us by the colonialist (something they are now apologizing for) to impose their religious rules on us, religions that we now carry on our head more than those who brought it. If you truly believe the story in the book of your religion, does it not say we all come from Adam and Eve, meaning directly or indirectly we are all siblings. Yet you come here to criticize Incest, while you've been fucking your sister all these while . Who even said Invest was a Sin or wrong or illegal...... was it religion or colonial masters?. Nigeria was colonized by the U.k. This same U.k were the one who labeled incest wrong , why?..... Their Kings and queens centuries ago were marrying each other , marrying their cousins and niece e.t.c. Until it was discovered that there was genetical deficiency in offspring of incestuous relationships.


So when you talk about societal rules and shits, did these rules fall from heaven?

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 2:22pm On Apr 27, 2018
sexdoll:


Believe it or not, I won't physically or verbally attack anyone for being gay.

If all my friends are gays, believe it or not, I won't have any problem with that...

... as long as they manage to keep conducting their business behind closed doors!

But trying to make me see being gay as normal or natural or cool is what will never happen!

And by the way, what's the big deal about leaving the country?

Do you think it has been a bed of roses all the way for all those who have managed to leave this country?

Mtcheewwww. lipsrsealed


Have you ever seen a gay act in public before?.... these people that are attacked, were they having sex in public?

Being gay is normal and very natural , bro.

Even God( if such exists) couldn't kill them or shut them up. Then who is you and I to shut them up angry . The quicker we learn to live and let live, the better for us all. Everyone can only live this life once, let's give them a chance as far as they hurt no one. Everyone deserves a chance to love who they want , how they want. Love is beautiful.



Brodaly, nothing is special about leaving this country ooo and I pray you'll never leave this country.

It's not a bed of roses outside there, but you have a chance to sleep on a bed sha. But this country is a bed of THORNS!!!!!!!!!!.

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 1:56pm On Apr 27, 2018
sexdoll:


I don't actually blame the white man who is a racist for being a racist.

That's his problem.

The best I can do for myself is to avoid being in an area where white racists are so many in number.

That's common sense and the need for survival.

The same thing is required of all gay people, most especially gay men.

Just continue to do your thang but please, please, please, just try to keep it on the low.

Because once you bring it out, you should be ready to face the consequences.


Lol..... lol..... I like you .... I really do like you. You always find a way to shy away from the truth. And i also say Amen to your prayer of never leaving this country (ahn ahn, no na.... I'm not cursing you, just read my explanation). You are a black homophobic Christian/Muslim. You can't go to U.S , U.K , Germany, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland , Netherlands (notice the trend) because they don't tolerate Homophobia . It's somewhat illegal to display any form of hate in those countries, you can be jailed for it (and I like you too much to see you jailed). You can't go to Russia, China, Korea, Italy, those are the few countries with institutionalised racism that I know. But well, you can go to Ghana, Uganda, Kenya , Zambia , Iraq, India, Yemen, Indonesia, these countries allow black people and homophobes but again these are some of the poorest and most regressive countries in the world which I don't like for you cos I really like you. So it's better for you to remain in Nigeria forever, here, you can be king, attack gays as much as you want. (Oya , say Amen to my prayer nau). Should I also add that none of your family will leave 9ja, abi nau.... You won't want any of your family members to be in contact with gay people or racists. grin grin grin

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 1:16pm On Apr 27, 2018
sexdoll:


The truth is that there are some things you can't just understand as a straight man no matter how much you try.

Male gay sex is one of them.

Lol.... it's like a white man saying there are some things he can't understand and one of them is saying a black man is human like him. The reason you're saying you can't or don't want to understand is that, you're not on the receiving end of the hate, attack , insults and all sort of shits that come with being different. One day, you'll understand or you'll be forced to understand, when one of your siblings , kids or loved ones come out to you as gay (save me with the God forbid shit), if you still have a bit of humanity in you, you will understand, you will learn to understand and see that there's actually no difference and nothing weird you just fail to see it.

I remember a guy in my school , he's albino, we (his classmates and friends) used to make fun of him, we'll remove his glasses from his face, taunt him that he couldn't eat salt or play football with us under the Sun. Though I stopped as i grew older. In our final year, our senior prefect (one of the most popular and liked guy in the school), his mum gave birth to an albino. It was then we learnt and we understood that that friend of ours was not an abomination or different (we used to call him "ebora" ) . No one like him more than that our senior prefect .

Do you know that there are still countries in Africa where Albinoes are killed and are still seen as an abomination. Do you know left handed people are still seen as "not right" or abomination. Do you know that people that suffer from down syndrome are still seen as "mad people.

I understand you when you say you don't want to understand. You feel you're on top of the food chain, you're straight, you're perfect , you're not an abomination, you're better than those that love differently or look different. Until Boom!!!, You find yourself in a racist environment e.g Russia, Italy, where you're treated and seen as nothing but a black monkey, you look like and abomination to them, you're attacked and cursed all the time. You have no right to choice of anything, not even life, cause they can take it anything. At that moment in your life, you'll beg and cry for understanding. Note that this racists tormenting your life can't just understand why a man with black/ brown skin can be considered as humans and not monkeys. It sounds disgusting for you to say a monkey(black man) deserves to live same quality life as them, no!!! An animal should be treated as one. It should attacked, cage and made fun of. His life should be miserable. Then you'll learn to understand.

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 12:46pm On Apr 27, 2018
sexdoll:


There's really nothing complex about humans if only you can understand the simple or basic psychology behind some of the actions of humans.

You see, sex is actually a thing of the mind.

You cannot have or enjoy sex without some form of imagination already formed in your mind.

Thus when a straight man imagines or thinks of gay sex, it automatically registers a very horrible picture in his mind.

He knows it's something he doesn't want for himself.

Thus, he just can't understand why another man will want such a horrible act for themselves.


So of you don't understand something , the right thing to do is to attack it. Now I can imagine why polio really thrived in the north, of course they didn't understand what vaccination is. When you don't understand something, is it not imperative to learn and read about it. You see why this country will always be backwards, it's because ignorance breathes and thrives amongst our youth and they revel in it. There's surely no hope.

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 12:22pm On Apr 27, 2018
Newbiee:
Please forget about all these blackmails to force us to agree to same sex marriage. It will never see the light of the day in Nigeria. It is against our culture, tradition and religion. We may be divided in some other areas, but we are united in saying no to same sex marriage in Nigeria. The west is trying to force it down our throat through whatever means. GEJ has denied it, they empower Boko haram to scuttle his government and back PMB to do their bidding. Now that PMB has betrayed them by denouncing it, they are Reenforcing insecurity in our land and promoting Atiku to do their bidding. It will never work. Nigerians are united in this. We say No to Same sex marriage period.


This is the most stupid thing I've ever read in my life. To think it has people who "liked " the post, shows there's no hope for the country. Yes, there's no hope for a country where ignorance reigns and thrives.

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Crime / Re: LGBT Volunteer Infuriated As A Gay Man Is Battered In Imo State. - Picture by Ayohbk(m): 11:43am On Apr 27, 2018
Nigeria was a shithole, is a shithole and will always be a shithole. A country were fundamental human rights is worthless.

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Travel / Re: New Zealand Adds Prostitution To List Of Employment Skills For Immigrants by Ayohbk(m): 6:27pm On Apr 26, 2018
A progressive country in action. Watch the hypocrites from the shithole country come here with their holier than thou comments.


New Zealand , country of my dreams.

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Travel / Re: General German Student Visa Enquiries Part 4 by Ayohbk(m): 5:14pm On Apr 26, 2018
Kenthumphz:



14 days. Unofficial results take 10 days

Ok ... thanks
Travel / Re: General German Student Visa Enquiries Part 4 by Ayohbk(m): 4:07pm On Apr 26, 2018
Hello house, please how long does it take for Toefl results to be ready
Travel / Re: Preparing For TOEFL, Already Taken TOEFL Come In Let's Discuss. by Ayohbk(m): 2:04pm On Apr 26, 2018
Hello house, please how long does it take for Toefl results to be ready
Crime / Re: Release Me And I'll Turn A Pastor, Says Teenage Student Robber Caught With Guns by Ayohbk(m): 11:25am On Apr 25, 2018
He wants to turn from an armed robber to tithe robber grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

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Politics / "Wife" On Hillary Clinton's Twitter Bio: Chimamanda Adichie Replies Haters by Ayohbk(m): 11:08pm On Apr 24, 2018
Following the outrage that ensued over Renowned writer and unapologetic feminist, Chimamanda Adichie's questioning of Hillary Clinton's use of "Wife" as the first descriptor on her Twitter bio, during a conversation at the PEN world voices festival. The writer has taken to Facebook page to reply critics, cynics and haters. Read below.



Dear Unnamed Person Who I Am Told Is On Social Media Saying I am Her Family and Telling Me to Shut Up:

Cynicism is ugly. It doesn’t flatter anyone. Yours doesn’t suit you at all.

I remember you vaguely; I think you were in my class in primary school. And now you claim to be my ‘family’ and you are asking me to shut up.

Did you watch the video of the conversation? Did you read a full transcript?

I am tired of Nigerians who read a headline and, without bothering to get details and context, jump on the outrage bandwagon and form lazy, shallow opinions.

I am tired of Nigerians cynically thinking of anybody in public life as a ‘brand.’ No, I am not a brand. I am a person who feels strongly about certain issues. I choose to talk honestly about them. I made the choice to talk about feminism knowing very well the kind of hostility it brings – but I think it’s important and I will continue to speak my truth and hope to bring about some change, no matter how small. Adirom agba egwu ka m data ego.

No, of course you don’t actually deserve a response, but I have some free time today. So I want to make you feel a little important because it sounds like you need it.

And I want to reflect on an absolutely lovely hour spent on stage with Hillary Clinton.

I was happy when I was told that Hillary Clinton had specifically requested to be in conversation with me at the PEN World Voices festival. I am an unapologetic fan of Ms. Clinton’s. I have been for many years.

I felt quite emotional when I met her. Having read and followed her for years, it was moving to see her: the warm, human, observant, present, thoughtful person (and looking wonderful, with her hair and makeup on point!).

She said she had read my books and I restrained myself from doing cartwheels.

“Is there anything you don’t want to talk about?” I asked backstage.

“Ask me anything,” she said.

Towards the end of our conversation, I told her how, having read her writing about her own life, I think she has a great love story with Bill Clinton. A wonderful friendship. I said I feel irritated and protective of her when people dissect her personal life, but I also confessed to having an interest myself, particularly about her public Twitter profile. (I first noticed it when I was researching a piece about her during the presidential campaign). I was upset that the first word used to describe her was ‘wife.’ Was it a choice she had made or was it something done for her campaign and, if it was a choice she had made, did she think my reaction to it was fair?

Her response was very thoughtful.

I was too excited, emotional, slightly nervous, to be on stage with this remarkable woman. Had I kept in mind how easily outrage-mongers would jump on a headline, I would have phrased my question better. I would not have made it about my being upset, because it can come across as navel-gazing.

But the truth is that we were supposed to be having a ‘conversation,’ the context of our conversation was personal and warm, I had made the decision to speak from the heart, and it would be dishonest to pretend that I had not reacted personally to so many issues around Ms. Clinton, whose life has become a kind of crucible of all the questions that affect women.

We all react personally to public figures. And I WAS upset that the Twitter bio of a woman who is the most accomplished person to run for President of the United States, would begin with ‘wife.’ And considering her personal history, it just didn’t seem to fit.

I felt that ‘wife’ was used as an attempt to placate all the men and women who will not vote for a woman unless they are able to see her FIRST in domestic terms.

Yes, it’s just Twitter. But it matters. It’s a public platform. It’s where people go to hear directly from her.

And there is context to consider.

In LIVING HISTORY, Ms.Clinton writes that the two most difficult decisions she has made in her life were staying married to Bill Clinton and running for the senate seat in New York.

Women, especially women in public life, face a lot of societal pressure about how to be, how to live, much more than men do. Women in public life are considered ‘cold’ and ‘un-relatable’ unless they define themselves in domestic terms. Women’s accomplishments are often considered incomplete unless they have also ticked the ‘marriage’ box. These things are not true of men, even though marriage can be a wonderful thing for both men and women.

Feminism is indeed about choice. But it is intellectually lazy to suggest that, since everything is about ‘choice,’ none of these choices can be interrogated. Choices are never made in a vacuum. And sometimes, for women, choices are not always real choices.

After she got married, Ms. Clinton kept her name, but she was so viciously criticized for this that she then took on her husband’s name. Was this a ‘choice?’ Would she have done so if she wasn’t being attacked and if she didn’t want to feel responsible for her husband’s potential losing of votes?

During the last presidential campaign, she was expected to account for the policies of her husband’s administration. She was labeled an enabler of sexual harassment. She was accused of cynically staying married because she wanted to benefit politically.

Much of Ms. Clinton’s public image is a caricature of a person who is untrustworthy, calculated, cold, dishonest. That caricature has its roots in her early public life when she was the First Lady of Arkansas.

Her crime was that she did not conform to the traditional role of First Lady. She had kept her name. She clearly considered herself to be her husband’s equal partner. She did not intend merely to be a Wife. She had her own dreams, her own ambition. She dared to say that she wasn’t planning on ‘staying home and baking cookies,’ which was not about denigrating stay-at-home mothers but simply about saying that that was not what she wanted to do.

A small comment about a small thing, but it was significant and revolutionary because she was consciously resisting the status quo.

But she was attacked for that. Horrendously. And those attacks were repeated so often that they stuck and they contributed to her being reduced to a caricature.

It was therefore upsetting to see her first descriptor as ‘wife.’ The question isn’t about including ‘wife’ in her Twitter bio. The question is about giving ‘wife’ a certain primacy as the first word that describes her, and it speaks to larger questions about the societal expectations placed on women.

Ms. Clinton wrote in her most recent book WHAT HAPPENED, that she ran for president because she thinks she would have been a ‘damned good president.’

She certainly would have been. And so I suggested, half-joking, that ‘Would have been a damned good president’ is a perfect Twitter bio start. And then mother and wife and grandma and Senator and hair icon etc could follow!

I completely stand by my question and by my conviction that it is a subject that matters.

I had a truly enlightening evening on that stage with Ms. Clinton, and was once again awed by her grit, her humanity, her sparkling intelligence.

After the conversation, Ms. Clinton told me, “It was like talking to a friend.” She is now my Aunty For Life.

Oh, as for YOU, Unnamed Person, saying that I am ‘family’ to you, mbakwa biko. The people I consider family don’t ‘do petty.’

Saying “shut up” to a woman who airs an opinion is so unoriginal. Try and be a bit more inventive.

Try reasoning. Try intelligent debate. Try understanding things in context before you reveal your ignorant misogyny to the world. Try reading more than a headline. Try reading a whole book. Or two. And please keep talking. Keep speaking. Don’t ever shut up.

~CNA

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Romance / Re: Kenyan Man Propose To His Boyfriend, Got Engaged (photo) by Ayohbk(m): 12:11pm On Apr 18, 2018
Awwwn..... so romantic...... wish them a blissful life together. Love is love

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