The truth is, fake toothpaste is one of the hardest to prove, and to make things worse, the fakes keep getting better everyday. But I’ll give a few tips that may help you.
Fake toothpaste is VERY common and if you’re in Nigeria, there’s a chance you’ve used fake toothpaste at some point.
There’s even no guarantee that the one she’s comparing it against is not fake, that’s how bad it is.
You hear people complain about brushing regularly and still having cavities and other tooth issues, this is one of the reasons.
When buying toothpaste, make sure to get it from a reputable pharmacy, supermarket or if you can, directly from the brand’s site. This is the best method. It reduces the chances of buying fake by a lot!
Before you use the toothpaste at all, check the container properly, see if the logo and spellings on it are correct. If you’re not sure what it should look like, check Google or the brand’s site for what it should ideally look like. Just like a fake Samsung will come as Sansung, or Adidas will come as Abibas, you may something similar in the wordings on it, if you check carefully.
Check for details like production date, expiry date, size and lot number. Make sure they are cleanly stamped on it. Make sure these details match on both the tube and the box. If they’re missing or don’t match, it’s a red flag!
When you buy an original one (that you’re sure is original), it’s a good idea to keep a little of it so that you can compare the looks, and consistency, just how the lady in the video is comparing. It will help you detect it even before putting it in your mouth.
When you start using it, if it feels, smells or foams different from what you know it to be, it’s also a red flag, stop and check it properly.
Overall, it’s hard to tell but you are more likely to avoid a fake if you follow these tips. I wish everyone good oral health! https://t.co/6NZkeWipP5…
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This is how you should be marking state governments. One questionable spend, you check it. Real quick!
In 2025, Nigeria’s 36 states received a combined ₦15.53 trillion in revenue.
Do you know how that money was spent?
We went through the spending reports of all 36 states for the first half of 2026. Rivers and Osun didn’t publish theirs. 👀
Still, see what your state says it spent, what it disclosed and what it left unanswered.
Read our Half-Year Budget Implementation Report Status and Comparative Insights 2026/2025👇
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This is something Islam established 1400 years ago. The Prophet explicitly warned us against turning our homes into graveyards.
But you what is funny to me about people who fight us when we speak?
When you rely purely on human logic or cultural emotions to figure life out, you will almost always arrive late to the truth.
You’d go through generations of trial and error and psychological fatigue just to finally reach the same conclusion divine wisdom gave you for free on day one.
Why stressing yourself in the first place when you could have believed and get your rewards?
Like I always say, time will always reveal the truth. We just choose the longest and most painful route to get there when we ignore divine guidance.
It’s never too late for anyone reading this to retrace their steps.
Fun fact:
A cat's reaction time of between 20 and 70 milliseconds and a snake's striking speed of between 44 and 70 milliseconds, is primarily what makes it possible for cats to get this close to snakes and still dodge their bites.
The difference may be negligible from a human perspective, but it is that difference, however slight, that makes it possible for cats to execute the lightning speed reaction required to counter a snake's strike despite being in its face.
To put it in context, a dog's reaction time is between 100 and 200 ms, and a human's is between 200 to 250 ms.
If that human supports APC, or is in love, however, then they become even slower
He came back. He fvcking came back. He even identified me first. The greater percentage of Hausa people are very honest and of pure character. Mr Balarabe, I will never forget this gesture. You are a wonderful human being.
They keep showing you this figure, telling you that Nigerians in the United States send over $20 billion home every year, as though it is simply a story about how well Nigerians are doing in America.
But ask yourself why you are constantly shown this figure.
Americans are not constantly being shown how much Americans living abroad send back to the United States. Nigerians are shown how much Nigerians abroad remit home because the number helps create a particular image that, Nigerians who leave are succeeding, making money and living better, so you should also take your talent and labour over there.
What they rarely advertise is the other side of the equation.
How much do Nigerians spend on visas and immigration processes every year? How much do Nigerians contribute to the American economy through their labour, taxes, businesses, consumption and professional skills? How much human capital leaves Nigeria every year? How much productive capacity is Nigeria losing?
They show you the money coming back while rarely showing you the value and talent going out. That is the part people need to understand.
You are being encouraged to look at migration from the perspective of what you can personally gain, while ignoring what happens to the nation when large numbers of its most educated, skilled and productive people are separated from the process of nation building.
This advertisement is simply telling you to bring your talent here. Bring your labour here. Build our industries. Work in our hospitals. Fill our universities. Work in our technology sector. Pay taxes into our economy.
Then send some money back home so everyone can celebrate the remittances.
That is how brain drain can be presented as a success story.
The question Nigerians should be asking is not only, “How much money are Nigerians abroad sending home?” Also ask, how much talent, labour, capital and productive capacity are we sending out every year, and who is benefiting from it?
I know some of you will say, “But the nation does not value their talent, so they had to leave.” I hear you.
But if the best of us keep leaving, eventually we won’t have a country anymore. The countries many of us want to run to did not become what they are because everyone who faced difficult conditions abandoned them. People fought, organised, sacrificed and built the countries they have today.
We can do the same for ours.
We can fight for a Nigeria that values its talent.
Leaving may improve your individual circumstances, and I understand why people do it. But we should also be honest about the collective cost when an entire generation of skilled, educated and productive Nigerians is encouraged to take its talent elsewhere.
That white smoke from the new AC isn’t smoke. It’s condensation fog. Very cold air hitting warm humid room air makes moisture instantly visible, same as opening a freezer on a muggy day.
Comfee manuals even mention this as normal in humid conditions, especially on first use or when the room is still hot and set low like 19 degrees.
It’s usually fine if the vapor is white with no burning smell, the room is cooling, and the mist will fade after a few minutes. But if you perceive a burnt smell, turn it off and call a tech.
#tbt drafts of my Masters thesis in 2001. I literally wrote everything down and then typed it all up. Did same for my Undergrad thesis. Days of floppy disks!
Here is an Islamic cleric expressing his frustration with the state of the country. It won't trend, because it can't be used as an excuse to insult Islamic scholars.
We'd rather amplify the corrupt minority and use them to paint our respected scholars with the same brush.