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 Politics / Re: Tinubu Approves ₦50,000 Grant, ₦155 Billion Food Package For Households by Ilekokonit: 12:11am On Jun 29 |
Master364: Good point. In this same Tinubu Government, Betta Edu the former Humanitarian Minister looted N12Billion within her 6months in office. Money that was meant for poverty alleviation and this has now been swept under the carpet like nothing happened  ?Its has got to be that apart from Tinubu's daily looting of the Nigerian treasury, the drug lord also gets a sizeable cut from what his appointees loot. |
| Politics / Re: Court Restrains Governor Aliyu From Sacking Sokoto Monarchs by Ilekokonit: 5:27am On Jun 28 |
Mamcy21: I have no sympathy for the "so called" monarchs 'cos apart from Sanusi and maybe Oba of Benin, none of the others speaks truth to power as long as they get juicy contracts from politicians and get same for their family members and can sleep with as many wives and concubines as they want funded by taxpayers money. They don't care if their subjects die of hunger so why should anyone care if they are dethroned or locked up |
| Politics / Re: FG Spent ₦1 Billion On Tinubu’s Trip To Ethiopia, ₦650 Million On Honorarium by Ilekokonit: 5:19am On Jun 28 |
Those who have been watching Tinubu keenly since 1999 will not have been disappointed so far because going by Tinubu's 25 year history of Looting Lagos state (1999 till date), we knew that Treasury Looting is the only thing Tinubu brings to the table. The scary thing is that there are die hard Tinubu loyalists in the UK as well and their blind refusal to see anything wrong in Tinubu portends noting good for Nigeria. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Business / Re: Ex-Konga CEO, Nick Imudia Reportedly Commits Suicide by Ilekokonit: 5:05am On Jun 28 |
Fiscus105: True talk. During the brutal 2008 global financial meltdown, German billionaire Adolf Merckle was so broken by the struggle to salvage their business empire that included owning the Volkswagen car company that he killed himself after their business empire was poised to come crashing down after his family made wrong-way bets on skyrocketing Volkswagen shares. He just went to a pub, had a few drinks and then went to the train station and jumped in front of an approaching train. He felt that he had let down his family by the speculative losses he incurred betting on the share price movements of their VW stock - a company they owned. Merckle, who was the world's 94th-richest person in 2008 according to Forbes magazine, spent his life building a business conglomerate with about 100,000 employees. At the time there was mostly speculation about banks and hedge funds that could have made heavy losses on VW. But banking sources told Reuters that Merckle's losses were estimated at 400 million euros ($539 million). Forbes had in 2008 ranked Merckle Germany's fifth-richest man with a fortune worth an estimated $9.2 billion. According to Forbes, Merckle's fortune was initially inherited from his Bohemian grandfather, but he had grown the latter's chemical wholesale company into Germany's largest drugs wholesaler, Phoenix Pharmahandel, with annual sales of 21.6 billion euros. So, the rich also cry and they are not immune to the whisperings of the devil. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/german-billionaire-commits-suicide-after-vw-losses-idUSTRE5055O8/ |
| Crime / Re: How We Killed Commercial Sex Worker For Ritual In Ogun – Suspect by Ilekokonit: 4:45am On Jun 28 |
jaeyking: E be like say this don dey happen for decades o because I heard a similar story in London close to 16 years ago and the Bros who narrated it to me said it was his town man also in London who carried out the heinous act on an olosho many years before he recounted the story to me so it must have happened at least 20 years ago. The story I was told was that the culprit Bros was a private car hire service driver at Muritala Muhammed Airport and he and some of his fellow drivers consulted a Babalawo for money rituls and the Baba asked them to bring a fresh human head and the men hired an olosho, and drugged her and had their way with her before cutting off her head and taking it to the Baba. The baba was shocked that they could go that far as he had thought thay they would not be able to go that far and the Baba was so scared that he stalled them and ran away. The Bros in question later made it to London and at the time I was told this story (16 years ago) he was married to an Oyinbo woman and was on his way to getting his UK passport. Makes you wonder the number of Naija deadly and hardened criminals now residing in the UK. If you are a night crawler in London, you tend to hear a lot of stories that opens your eyes and just because someone dey London no mean say dem dey decent since you don't know their past history in Naija. London wey be say around 2008, I was walking in Deptford South East London and came to an Orita Meta (3 way junction) and I saw a calabash filled with juju (called Ebo) on the floor at the 3 way junction in broad daylight. |
| Business / Re: Shoprite to shut down Abuja Branch On June 30 Due To Current Economic Realities by Ilekokonit: 4:22am On Jun 28 |
israelmao: Today, I spoke to someone who relocated from UK to Naija to open a restaurant a year ago and he said he decided to close the restaurant yesterday due to low patronage. He said before they used to give free soup with meals but when the cost of the soup ingredients alone was more than the cost of the meat, he resorted to charging N1000 for the soup alone and as most of his customers can not afford the N2000 for a plate of food, he had no choice but to close the business down as to do otherwise will mean running at a loss and Baba is quite prudent at cost cutting from my observations of his past businesses both in London and in Naija. Imagine 5 tomatoes jumped from N200 to N2000 and Tinubu has not deemed it fit to declare a state of emergency ?? |
| Celebrities / Re: Seyi Tinubu Spotted At Davido’s Wedding (Video) by Ilekokonit: 4:12am On Jun 28 |
Let them keep frolicking and spraying bundles of ill gotten money but surely the day of reckoning will SOON come for all corrupt Nigerian politicians, their families, their enablers, their close associates and those who should have spoken up for the down trodden poor Nigerians but failed to do so in order to curry favour from the politician treasury looters and this class of enablers include the deaf and dumb pastors and the so called kings. On the imminent day of reckoning, their ill gotten private jets that are on standby to ferry them out of Nigeria will fail them because for one, they will be denied Visa in to their choice escape country just like that former Nigerian ambassador to Austria was denied a Schengen visa a short while ago. It just can not be right that 5 pieces of tomatoes that was formerly N200 is now N2000 and 1 onion is now N300 or more and so called billionaires and Ex Presidents and so called Kings and the elite see nothing wrong in rubbing it in the face of poor Nigerians their shameless open display of ill gotten wealth. Spits. |
| Agriculture / Re: How Palm Oil Is Produced In South Eastern Nigeria (video/pictures) by Ilekokonit: 12:42am On Jun 26 |
Surely there has got to be an easier faster way to extract palm oil from palm kernels If not for the perseverance of the the Wright brothers the aeroplane would not have been invented. So, there is always a better way of doing things. If we want to break open a coconut, the old school method was to smash it on a concrete floor and risk losing all the water but one day I stumbled upon a Youtube video that showed that there are natural groove lines on the coconut that if tapped hard enough will allow you to remove the hard shell just like you are peeling it off. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Travel / Re: Ayoola Olukanni: Former Nigerian Ambassador To Austria Denied Visa To Austria by Ilekokonit: 12:34am On Jun 26 |
slimfit1: Well said. If her Dad and many more of his ilk were like the courageous Fela Kuti in fighting or speaking up against corrupt Nigerian rulers, then Nigeria would have become a Mecca and a tourist attraction center and her father will not need to be applying for a Schengen visa to try and escape the trap that Nigeria has now become. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Career / Re: FG Owes Six-month Salaries Of Staff Of 13 Agencies Under Health Ministry by Ilekokonit: 12:18am On Jun 26 |
The problem with Nigeria is that Nigerians put up with too much s.hit from the government and this makes the govt to push the envelope further in terms of the type of wickedness they try on the masses. Govt for UK go withhold health workers salary for UK ? The streets of London will grind to a standstill with protests from both the affected workers and the public at large.Nigerians need to grow some balls and stand up ONCE AND FOR ALL to the pharaoh's who have been stealing them blind for so long instead of wasting their energies fighting one another online over who is supreme amongst Davido, Wizkid and Burna boy. |
| Culture / Re: Zainab Jummai Ado-Bayero Seeks Otti, Sanusi’s Help Over Accommodation Crisis by Ilekokonit: 11:43pm On Jun 25 |
Tizu: Reminds me that with all of Abiola's wealth, none of his children could keep the wealth generational as these rich peoples kids have no respect for money and all they do is spend spend spend. One of Abiola's sons was on Seun Okinbaloye's podcast last week saying that whilst Abiola was still in detention, his first son Kola was having an affair with Babangida's daughter. He also said that his older brother has not managed their Dads wealth and businesses well and is forming first son in order to selfishly hold on to all their Dads wealth. He said he had to forcefully takeover the building housing concord newspapers and let it out to get some money to share to some of his siblings and had promised Kola his older brother a battle to regain some of his Dads properties Kola had secretly sold behind the backs of other family members. To tell you how arrogant some of these kids are, Abiola's son in that interview said that whilst in school, he used to tell his teachers not to bother with him because his Dad was rich and that the teachers should focus their efforts on teaching the other kids and leave him alone ??He said his father Abiola had 40 wives and 103 children - 48 of which failed DNA testing after Abiola's death. He said something along the lines that he thought that his father was modest in the number of wives he had given the money he had and the population of Nigeria ??When I was in medical School, I used to buy my Medical books from Abiola bookshop in Lagos but the bookshop closed many years ago and the building became derelict and moribund and probably still is and Abiola's second son almost got evicted from a commercial building some years ago because he could not keep up rent payments of his office space on Allen avenue, Ikeja. Most of the rich in Nigeria were just lucky and/or crooked and had nothing in terms of life training to give to their kids because they themselves got their wealth through dubious Government patronage or outright stealing the money meant for millions for themselves through being friends with Any Government in Power (be that good or evil Government). 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Politics / Re: Tinubu Appoints Ex-Lagos Commissioner Olatunji Bello As FCCPC Boss by Ilekokonit: 11:29pm On Jun 25 |
Bobloco: Tinubu is only comfortable with those he knows will cover up his theft like they have done for him in Lagos since 1999. |
| Romance / Re: Red Pill Ideology Ruined My Relationship With A Nairalander by Ilekokonit: 1:03am On Jun 24 |
Seun: True talk. I hate mind games with a passion. |
| Romance / Re: Red Pill Ideology Ruined My Relationship With A Nairalander by Ilekokonit: 12:54am On Jun 24 |
PROPEACE: This is deep !!! |
| Romance / Re: Red Pill Ideology Ruined My Relationship With A Nairalander by Ilekokonit: 9:07pm On Jun 23 |
PureFace1: Any woman that expects her man to beg her for sex is immature and not yet ready for a SERIOUS relationship. |
| Politics / Re: Nigerian Police Sing The New National Anthem From Their Notebooks (pix & Video) by Ilekokonit: 2:01am On Jun 14 |
Rebuke: Well spotted. Reminds me of a classmate during secondary school exam in Bible Knowledge and one question asked us to write down the Lord's Prayer and to my amazement a classmate asked me for assistance. After the exam I reminded him that every morning during assembly we all recited the Lords prayer and to my amazement again he told me point blank that he does not know the words to the Lords prayer and he just chews his mouth every morning during assembly. We had another character in my class who was asked to define photosynthesis during Biology class and he said the following :- Plants and animals have to battle. Photosynthesis is the battle ground where plants and animals battle themselves. You can force the horse to the river but you cant force it t drink water. No be every body mind dey for school especially when they were making money legally outside school by trading or by raiding their parents safe to live large on the streets of Lagos DURING the school day. The ashawo and Igbo joints also did not help the concentration of these "senior boys" who were forced to school by parents who did not go to secondary school themselves. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Business / Re: Mafia Tried Several Times To Sabotage $19 Billion Refinery — Dangote by Ilekokonit: 1:44am On Jun 14 |
sleek214: True talk. Its hard to respect ANY Nigerian Billionnaire in a country where equitable distribution of contracts etc is lacking. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/656283-efcc-raid-dangote-groups-headquarters-in-lagos.html?tztc=1 |
| Education / Re: 114 Oldest Secondary Schools In Nigeria. Is Your School Among. by Ilekokonit: 10:52pm On Jun 13 |
StonedSaint: Chief I A Olowu |
| Education / Re: 114 Oldest Secondary Schools In Nigeria. Is Your School Among. by Ilekokonit: 10:02pm On Jun 13 |
StonedSaint: Nisi Dominus Frustra. UP! AND ON! Gone are the days when you learnt so many lessons in honesty, dedication to work and duty, courage and hard work just by reading the words of your respective secondary school song. Full School Song for CMS Grammar School Bariga, reproduced below . 1. Lives are in the making here Hearts are in the waking here Mighty undertaking here, UP! AND ON! We are arming for the fight Pressing on with all our might Pluming wings for higher flight, UP! AND ON! Chorus Up boys! Truest fame Lies in high endeavour Play the game (soccer)! Keep the flame (Bombers), , Burning brightly ever. 2. Fair before us lies the way Time for work and time for play, Fill the measure while we may: UP! AND ON! Life and time will not delay Time is running fast away Life is Now – today, today! UP! AND ON! 3. Foes in plenty we shall meet Hearts courageous scorn defeat, So we press with eager feet, UP! AND ON! Ever onward to the fight Ever upward to the light Ever true to God and Right, UP! AND ON! 4. Looking up by faith, we see Christ our Saviour on the tree Lifted up for you and me, UP! AND ON! Crowning Christ as Sovereign Lord! Fighting with the Spirit's sword Singing as we cross the ford. UP! AND ON! 5. Africa will surely rise, Fail we not in high emprise Hidden here the secret lies. UP! AND ON! Hail Schola Carissima Laus Deo! Sursum Corda! Nisi Dominus Frustra. UP! AND ON! |
| Crime / Re: Ritualist Caught With 8 Human Skulls Priced At ₦30,000 Each In Ondo by Ilekokonit: 1:27am On Jun 13 |
On a lighter note, the guy for talk say him be Medical Student na. Medical students in Naija take REAL skeletons piecemeal to their rooms (sometimes) off campus to study all the muscle origin and insertion points etc on them. But then again if the police ask him to name a few muscles that originate or are inserted into the skull he will fail. Reminds me of someone who used a hired passport with visa to go Yankee and the passport had the occupation of the owner as Maths lecturer and the immigration officers at the Yankee end asked him to solve a simple Maths equation and the Mechanic (his real job) failed and he was promptly sent back to Naija. His dad did not let him hear the last of it and constantly reminded him that if he had studied his books instead of pursuing rascality whilst in secondary school he would not have been deported. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Crime / Female Hired Killer Used Hijab Disguise In Attempt To Kill Birmingham Family by Ilekokonit: 10:11pm On Jun 12 |
Chicago hitwoman used hijab disguise in botched contract killing of a family in the UK https://nypost.com/2024/06/12/us-news/chicago-hitwoman-used-hijab-disguise-in-botched-contract-killing/ https://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-hitwoman-used-hijab-disguise-205031121.html?guccounter=1 7 Likes 2 Shares
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| Romance / Re: Finding Love In The UK Is Hard, But There's A Secret by Ilekokonit: 9:57pm On Jun 12 |
hardbody: Not a few people in the UK suffer from a mental health condition caused by too much darkness and too little daylight. The condition is aptly called SAD (Seasonal affective disorder) and is a type of depression that comes and goes in a seasonal pattern. One of the treatments for this condition is light therapy – where a special lamp called a light box is used to simulate exposure to sunlight. One of the symptoms of Seasonal affective disorder is decreased sex drive which might explain why a lot of wives in the UK lose interest in sex over time. SAD is sometimes known as "winter depression" because the symptoms are usually more apparent and more severe during the winter. Some people with SAD may have symptoms during the summer and feel better during the winter. Overview - Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes in a seasonal pattern. SAD is sometimes known as " winter depression " because the symptoms are usually more apparent and more severe during the winter. Some people with SAD may have symptoms during the summer and feel better during the winter. Symptoms of SAD Symptoms of SAD can include: a persistent low mood a loss of pleasure or interest in normal everyday activities irritability feelings of despair, guilt and worthlessness feeling lethargic (lacking in energy) and sleepy during the day sleeping for longer than normal and finding it hard to get up in the morning craving carbohydrates and gaining weight difficulty concentrating decreased sex drive For some people, these symptoms can be severe and have a significant impact on their day-to-day activities. When to see a GP You should consider seeing the GP if you think you might have SAD and you're struggling to cope. The GP can carry out an assessment to check your mental health. They may ask you about your mood, lifestyle, eating habits and sleeping patterns, plus any seasonal changes in your thoughts and behaviour. What causes SAD? The exact cause of SAD is not fully understood, but it's often linked to reduced exposure to sunlight during the shorter autumn and winter days. The main theory is that a lack of sunlight might stop a part of the brain called the hypothalamus working properly, which may affect the: production of melatonin – melatonin is a hormone that makes you feel sleepy; in people with SAD, the body may produce it in higher than normal levels production of serotonin – serotonin is a hormone that affects your mood, appetite and sleep; a lack of sunlight may lead to lower serotonin levels, which is linked to feelings of depression body's internal clock (circadian rhythm) – your body uses sunlight to time various important functions, such as when you wake up, so lower light levels during the winter may disrupt your body clock and lead to symptoms of SAD It's also possible that some people are more vulnerable to SAD as a result of their genes, as some cases appear to run in families. Treatments for SAD A range of treatments are available for SAD. The GP will recommend the most suitable treatment programme for you. The main treatments are: lifestyle measures – including getting as much natural sunlight as possible, exercising regularly and managing your stress levels light therapy – where a special lamp called a light box is used to simulate exposure to sunlight talking therapies – such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or counselling antidepressant medicine – such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad/overview/ |
| Romance / Re: The Wild And Worrisome Ways Of Women by Ilekokonit: 9:41pm On Jun 12 |
Dizzyyish: I saw the above post last year but seeing it again does not reduce how profound it is. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Romance / Re: Finding Love In The UK Is Hard, But There's A Secret by Ilekokonit: 12:46am On Jun 10 |
nepapole: Everybody get craze for head for UK and its just a matter of the percentage of craze and that comes with forcing humans to live like robots. For example in London there is now 1 CCTV Camera for every 13 people , meaning there are now 691,000 CCTV Cameras in London and the average Londoner is caught on CCTV 300 times a day. so, in the UK your every move in public is being caught on camera. https://www.cctv.co.uk/how-many-cctv-cameras-are-there-in-london/ UK women are all neurotic and the black women in the UK have resident demons living inside them and their legion of demons gets unleashed when they are arguing / quarreling with a man. A wise woman builds her home but a foolish woman tears her home down with her very own hands. UK women with their nasty foul behaviors have spoilt the market for the tiny % of them that "might" be marriageable. 11 years ago, I was going to Heathrow airport on my way to Naija and the cab driver a Nigerian man in his 60's was narrating to me what happened to his friend some time back. His friend is also in his 60's and one day the friends wife woke her husband up in the middle of the night and told him to look at her n.akedness properly as that was going to be the last time he saw her n.aked and eventually the husband found out that she had started dating a younger man. Then, I was shocked to learn that a Naija woman at that age who is meant to correct the younger women in London is also part of the game to frustrate Naija men who are trying their best to be the head of the home in a country and culture where the man is seen by all and sundry including the laws as being at the bottom of the pecking order below children, women, cats and dogs in that order. And this is why more and more "smart" Naija men in the UK are deciding to adopt a "bearish" look on rushing into any new permanent relationships as the words "caveat emptor" doesn't even start to describe the horrors resident in falling into the trap of a "latently" angry Nigerian woman in London because with a Naija woman in London, once the initial love fades or reduces which it WILL after 1 - 2 kids, the undercurrent of PHD "Pull Him Down" at all costs directed at men by some Naija wives in London knows no bounds. 21 Likes 6 Shares |
| Romance / Re: Finding Love In The UK Is Hard, But There's A Secret by Ilekokonit: 12:39am On Jun 10 |
KnowledgePower7: Your spirit is very strong. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Religion / Re: Building Razed By Fire In Port Harcourt, As Women Pray For The Fire To Stop by Ilekokonit: 12:05am On Jun 10 |
Sonnobax15: Religious Experiences Shrink Part of the Brain A study links life-changing religious experiences, like being “born again,” with atrophy in the hippocampus The article, “Religious factors and hippocampal atrophy in late life,” by Amy Owen and colleagues at Duke University represents an important advance in our growing understanding of the relationship between the brain and religion. The study, published March 30 in PLoS One, showed greater atrophy in the hippocampus in individuals who identify with specific religious groups as well as those with no religious affiliation. It is a surprising result, given that many prior studies have shown religion to have potentially beneficial effects on brain function, anxiety, and depression. A number of studies have evaluated the acute effects of religious practices, such as meditation and prayer, on the human brain. A smaller number of studies have evaluated the longer term effects of religion on the brain. Such studies, like the present one, have focused on differences in brain volume or brain function in those people heavily engaged in meditation or spiritual practices compared to those who are not. And an even fewer number of studies have explored the longitudinal effects of doing meditation or spiritual practices by evaluating subjects at two different time points. In this study, Owen et al. used MRI to measure the volume of the hippocampus, a central structure of the limbic system that is involved in emotion as well as in memory formation. They evaluated the MRIs of 268 men and women aged 58 and over, who were originally recruited for the NeuroCognitive Outcomes of Depression in the Elderly study, but who also answered several questions regarding their religious beliefs and affiliation. The study by Owen et al. is unique in that it focuses specifically on religious individuals compared to non-religious individuals. This study also broke down these individuals into those who are born again or who have had life-changing religious experiences. Advertisement The results showed significantly greater hippocampal atrophy in individuals reporting a life-changing religious experience. In addition, they found significantly greater hippocampal atrophy among born-again Protestants, Catholics, and those with no religious affiliation, compared with Protestants not identifying as born-again. The authors offer the hypothesis that the greater hippocampal atrophy in selected religious groups might be related to stress. They argue that some individuals in the religious minority, or those who struggle with their beliefs, experience higher levels of stress. This causes a release of stress hormones that are known to depress the volume of the hippocampus over time. This might also explain the fact that both non-religious as well as some religious individuals have smaller hippocampal volumes. This is an interesting hypothesis. Many studies have shown positive effects of religion and spirituality on mental health, but there are also plenty of examples of negative impacts. There is evidence that members of religious groups who are persecuted or in the minority might have markedly greater stress and anxiety as they try to navigate their own society. Other times, a person might perceive God to be punishing them and therefore have significant stress in the face of their religious struggle. Others experience religious struggle because of conflicting ideas with their religious tradition or their family. Even very positive, life-changing experiences might be difficult to incorporate into the individual’s prevailing religious belief system and this can also lead to stress and anxiety. Perceived religious transgressions can cause emotional and psychological anguish. This “religious” and “spiritual pain” can be difficult to distinguish from pure physical pain. And all of these phenomena can have potentially negative effects on the brain. Thus, Owen and her colleagues certainly pose a plausible hypothesis. They also cite some of the limitations of their findings, such as the small sample size. More importantly, the causal relationship between brain findings and religion is difficult to clearly establish. Is it possible, for example, that those people with smaller hippocampal volumes are more likely to have specific religious attributes, drawing the causal arrow in the other direction? Further, it might be that the factors leading up to the life-changing events are important and not just the experience itself. Since brain atrophy reflects everything that happens to a person up to that point, one cannot definitively conclude that the most intense experience was in fact the thing that resulted in brain atrophy. So there are many potential factors that could lead to the reported results. (It is also somewhat problematic that stress itself did not correlate with hippocampal volumes since this was one of the potential hypotheses proposed by the authors and thus, appears to undercut the conclusions.) One might ask whether it is possible that people who are more religious suffer greater inherent stress, but that their religion actually helps to protect them somewhat. Religion is frequently cited as an important coping mechanism for dealing with stress. This new study is intriguing and important. It makes us think more about the complexity of the relationship between religion and the brain. This field of scholarship, referred to as neurotheology, can greatly advance our understanding of religion, spirituality, and the brain. Continued studies of both the acute and chronic effects of religion on the brain will be highly valuable. For now, we can be certain that religion affects the brain--we just are not certain how. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/religious-experiences-shrink-part-of-brain/ |
| Travel / Re: Japa: People Now Liquidate Investments, Savings To Leave Nigeria — Ali Baba by Ilekokonit: 10:59pm On Jun 09 |
prittyboi: In the UK for example, health is free from cradle to grave if you get papers or acquire citizenship later on. ALL Government schools are free and of top notch quality. Parents get some form of child benefit and working family tax credit between the ages of 0 and 18 of the child. From age 18, students get generous student loans from the student loans company owned by the Govt and they don't start paying back the loan until they start working and even at that they have to be earning above a certain amount before they can be asked for any repayment and the repayments are very affordable and if they don't get a job quick enough after graduation, as long as they regularly show the Govt the steps they are taking to find a job, their FULL rent is paid by the Govt and if they are below 25 they get £311 monthly extra allowance on top of their rent and if above 25 they get £393 monthly extra on top of the Govt paying their FULL rent. That's why it is hard to see any burglar proof (fire hazard) on any UK window because unless you are on drugs and need money to fund your drug habit you will never be desperate enough to break into someones house to steal even if you are unemployed because the Govt takes care of the basics for you. Water, light, food, house according to Fela Kuti's Song - Original Sufferhead. An unemployed person who later finds work is always too happy to contribute his taxes and National insurance contributions into the Govt coffers 'cos the Govt was there for him with a SAFETY NET that prevented him from hitting rock bottom or becoming destitute when he was unemployed and it is this system of paying your taxes and NI that funds the UK social security system. Its not rocket science but our wicked leaders in Nigeria some of whom used to live in the UK will never introduce this kind of equitable system in Nigeria because that would mean that the pool of millions of downtrodden Nigerians they can pick their servants, drivers, cooks, cleaners, gatemen from will dry up and they will become demystified because no one will then be desperate enough to bow down to these Nigerian politicians out of poverty. When some people criticize Nigerians wicked politicians, its because we KNOW that there is a better more equitable system that will work into perpetuity that our wicked leaders are not introducing. It takes just 1 kind hearted leader with compassion to introduce a comprehensive system of social security like what the British introduced in 1948 in Nigeria and the servitude of the masses will end. But will our wicked Nigerian politicians listen ?10 Likes 4 Shares |
| Health / Re: Suspects Arrested For Alleged Production Of Adulterated Alcohol In Lagos by Ilekokonit: 12:32am On Jun 09 |
adamusuleiman1: E be like say na to buy your spirits from reputable stores in Lagos o. But where are those reputable stores that can not be infiltrated with dangerous fake alcohol by greedy corrupt staff members ? |
| Family / Re: See How A Father Danced At His Troublesome Daughter's Wedding by Ilekokonit: 2:34am On Jun 03 |
Na dis one Yoruba dey call Baba Werey. |
| Crime / Re: Woman Promises Boyfriend Sex, Ties Him Up And Stabs Him To Death by Ilekokonit: 2:13am On Jun 03 |
AbujaCitiBlog: Very true. Unfortunately the rest of us men have to live by these laws IF we still want to keep living in the West. For example, in Western countries if your wife says for you to get up mid way during sex just when you are about to cross the finish line and you refuse to get up and insist on reaching the finish line a few seconds away, she can report you to the police for marital rape and you will get 8 years in jail. Also, if you have sex with a woman (wife or girl friend) multiple times in a night, you must receive her express consent BEFORE each insertion or else she can charge you for rape even if the first insertion was consensual and you just assumed that the second one was with her consent. This was what was used to nail Julian Assange when they ACTUALLY wanted to nail him for releasing the Wikileaks files. |
| Nairaland / General / Re: Old Relics: Which Of These Are You Familiar With? by Ilekokonit: 7:32am On May 31 |
BlueStripper: There was a time When Lagos was still the capital that to stop congestion in the roads, only odd numbered cars were allowed on the roads on certain days and then even numbered cars were allowed on alternate days and so families that were well off bought one odd numbered car and one even numbered car. In those days many years before the internet when Nigerian post offices were still functional, you could send a letter to a pen pal in England from Naija and they would reply with a message that would be published in a Nigerian magazine or newspaper. And there was a time when Nigerian companies and Govt departments advertised juicy jobs with company houses in London magazines and newspapers to lure Nigerians back home to plug a shortage of skilled staff at home. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Business / Re: Naira Strengthens To ₦1173 At Official Market by Ilekokonit: 7:15am On May 31 |
Ebukamatth: Good on you. I am Yoruba and I don't believe in Yoruba Nation and I hate Tinubu's guts because he has been looting the Lagos Treasury for the past 25 years and he has started on the Nigerian Treasury now. I grew up in a Nigeria that worked so I will NEVER give up on Nigeria. |
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