Guys!! It’s cold very outside! I just stepped outside my house to feel it. And if it’s this cold in Lagos, it’s colder in Ibadan and much even colder in the bushes! These children and their teachers are shivering right now! This is their 27th night! God!😭😭
Our language around governance is so interesting in Nigeria. We talk like when someone wins an election, the money and resources of the state become their personal largesse and any progress or work that happens is because they’re kind enough to “dash” us.
I think this is wrong. Whatever misgivings you have, don't curse yourself like this, as you never know what could happen tomorrow. The church has many wonderful people who have done a lot of good things.
I used to be against everything about that particular church until a close relative was sick and the church’s own hospital took her in and saved her.
God showed me how wrong I was, and I promised myself never to say anything negative about them again. They can always do better, but they have already done a lot of good.
I went to secondary school in Barkin Ladi 20 years ago. This is what SS1 - 3 boys were doing, night shifts in the blistering cold. I did it too. My mates in Oyo were sleeping or studying. I’ve watched this shit deteriorate in real time.
Barkin Ladi now looks nothing like it did when I graduated 14 years ago. I went to the same junction we used to buy stuff during outings last year & I was shaking. They don’t speak the same language. Crisis after crisis. Slowly, the people who used to till those lands are now doing menial jobs in the south. The names of the villages have changed. The senator representing that region was killed few days after I graduated when he attended a mass funeral of people who were massacred by the Fulanis who now occupy their homes. 14 years ago guys.
Trying to raise awareness about this state-backed conquest feels like screaming under water.
Few months ago, my aunt in mangu came to ask for money to trade cause she can’t farm anymore. Their farms were attacked 3 years ago. They wouldn’t dare go back.
For more than 10 years, we’ve had internally displaced persons from Borno living in our house, after my mother took them in. They only go back to their so-called homes for funerals. 3 brilliant kids; Elizabeth, Margaret and Grace (named after my now late mother for her benevolence). The dad does security work, the mom cleans. Who knows what they could’ve made of themselves back home? I do, they’d have been compost for aliens.
It always starts small then it spirals out of control. We’ve seen all kinds of terror. I wish they just came and shot people but that’s not fun enough. Bullets are for runners. They’ll slice pregnant women open to kill their fetuses. They’ll feed women their kid’s fingers. They burn people alive, hack them with machetes. When people try to defend themselves, that’s when soldiers come in. They call it farmer-herder clashes. They say cattle was rustled. Cattle was rustled? That’s why you renamed my village and put 200 people in a mass grave ?
I remember @YarKafanchan saying that she wept after the 2015 elections cause she knew her people would die like flies & then what happened in southern kaduna? When people talk, they say where’s the evidence? But what about the bodies? Dying is a morbid thing to be skilled at but boy, we have experience.
We’ve seen “strategists” platform them and defend all manner of wrongdoing on the alter of political correctness.
Omoh, let me just stop here.
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Our society is fascinating.
Legitimate individuals display their wealth, which is considered showing off, while illegal people flaunt their supposed success with so much cheers and worship.
Investment enthusiasts post about their impressive returns, causing a stir, while gamblers revel in their winnings, receiving widespread applause.
It’s quite evident why we have the leaders we do.
In all of this, I just want to thank women that fought tooth and nail for women’s rights to education, employment, ownership and everything we take for granted now. Let all of protect our mental health and peace which ever way we choose 🙏🏾
Btw, see how he was quick to divorce her and free himself even though they have an infant together? Exactly!
If na woman, she go dey there dey do “I’ll stay for the kids,” the man go marry the woman he cheated with and wife go dey there dey gaslight herself with religion.
Jesus stood for something. He knew he couldn’t please everyone. Even as he died for everyone’s sin, he knew he’d still be rejected by some.
So as a believer, why are you ambiguous or neutral? You’re called to be set apart. BE SET APART.
Biblical love does not mean acceptance/approval of any & everything. It does mean respect, tolerance, kindness...
So just because we’re a religion of love doesn’t mean we don’t have boundaries.
I have a different approach. If you bring bread or anything else, it would be a waste
As we grow, we should also evolve, the best way to say thank you to your host is by reducing his or her burden.
Offer to renew the internet subscription
Take out the trash
Offer to pay the cleaner that comes
Order food so everyone has a share
If they have kids, help with homework, take them out for treats, and give a token to them when you leave.
We should move beyond performative gestures and lean towards value.