Dude I swear every time I talk to my female friends about the guys they're dating, they're always like: you can always tell who grew up with sisters.
You can tell from the ads they make, too
The AI cheating dramas eating Meta right now are mostly written by young guys. So how do they know exactly where it hurts for women?
I call this the Sister Effect. It's the first generation of men who grew up actually talking with their sisters. The ones without them have more female friends than any generation of men before plus a therapist who's probably a woman (two out of three psychologists are)
The generation before them got told what women want (best-case scenario). These guys hear what women are scared of: It's 2am, he hasn't touched her in months, his phone is face down on the nightstand, and she plays out the unbearable in her head
At the risk of sounding too woke: if you're making ads in 2026, talk to the women in your life
Guys you realize this is a good thing, right? They will Not eradicate the children with down syndrome. The gonna remove the syndrome from the Children. The Children will still be born but healthy. Down Syndrome is so much more than only a cute personality pls inform yourself
Congenital talipes equinovarus aka Club foot. Na their food in Ortho unit at Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha be this. When they knack am with ponseti method you won't believe that the leg used to be like this some few months ago.
A 42-year old single man was in my DM last night. His fiancée is 23.
He has read multiple times, where I talked about age difference between couples.
And he needed me to "enlighten" him on why I feel it's inappropriate.
I asked him two questions:
"How much do you earn?"
"N460k per month"
"Is your fiancée a student?"
"Yes, but in her final year".
I feel that he subtly wanted to put me on the spot. But, here goes:
One of the most underrated ingredients of a peaceful marriage is that the husband and wife should be relatively close in age.
Not because it is fashionable.
Not because I say so.
Not because there is anything automatically wrong with marrying a woman much younger.
But because life is easier when two people are walking through the same season at the same pace.
Look around Africa.
Many men in their late 30s and early 40s deliberately seek women in their early 20s.
They tell themselves they are marrying youth, beauty, obedience, fewer or no body counts, or "peace of mind."
What they often fail to consider is that age difference does not stop time from moving.
A 42-year-old man who marries a 23-year-old woman is not freezing her at 23.
She will become 30.
She will become 35.
She will become 40.
She too will gain experience, confidence, education, exposure, and ambition.
The same young woman who was impressed by your age at 23, and the "money" that you may be flashing on her, may be evaluating your capacity at 35.
And that is where many marriages begin to experience friction.
When people are close in age, they usually build together.
Both are struggling.
Both are growing.
Both are making mistakes.
Both are learning.
Neither person feels they sacrificed one stage of life to enter another person's completed chapter.
But when the age gap is wide, there is often an imbalance from the beginning.
One person arrives with authority.
The other arrives with admiration.
One teaches.
The other learns.
One leads.
The other follows.
For a while, this arrangement can look stable and good.
Then life changes.
The young wife starts earning more.
She becomes more exposed.
Her confidence increases.
Suddenly, the relationship that was built on age advantage is forced to stand on character, competence, emotional intelligence, and challenge of authority.
Because that wife that you married at a very young age, begins to feel that she was deprived of her youth and had no power of choice.
And this is where reality becomes uncomfortable.
Many older men assume that their age alone will permanently secure respect.
Life does not work that way.
A woman may respect your age.
But she will eventually assess your decisions and hers.
A woman may admire your maturity.
But she will eventually compare your maturity with your results.
A woman may initially depend on you financially.
But if she later becomes the breadwinner while you remain stagnant, the dynamics of the marriage will naturally change.
This is not always because women are evil.
It is because mature adults respond to reality.
A man who was perceived as a "mentor" at 42 can suddenly be perceived as a burden at 50 if he stops growing while his wife continues growing.
Meanwhile, couples who are close in age often face a different reality.
Their expectations are usually more balanced.
Their growth journeys are more synchronized.
Their conversations reflect similar generational experiences.
Their ambitions tend to mature together.
When one succeeds, the success feels shared because both remember where they started.
There is less emphasis on hierarchy and more emphasis on partnership.
This does not mean every large age-gap marriage will fail.
Some succeed beautifully.
And not every close-age marriage is peaceful, either.
But if we are speaking about probabilities rather than exceptions, marriages with few age gap generally generate less tension than marriages built on significant age-related power differences.
End.
A young girl hawking in a market in Aba comes to announce to her regular customers that school is about to resume, so they may no longer see her selling there. She tells them that her mother will be taking over from her and pleads with them to continue patronising her mother.
In some places you have to lead, other places you support, and in some places you have to follow. Knowing when and where to play your role will save you from bad thoughts, envy and misplaced hatred.
Debunking the Phantom Debts and Ecological Loan Fallacy
My attention has been drawn to trending claims by the Anambra State Government that my administration left behind inherited debts, including a ₦2 billion ecological loan, contractor liabilities, and unpaid salaries, gratuities, and pensions. This is completely false.
We systematically liquidated historical gratuities and arrears dating back several years, amounting to over ₦35 billion. At the point of handover, the state owed nothing in salaries, gratuities, or pensions, nor did we owe anything to any contractor for projects duly executed and certified.
The ₦2 billion ecological fund in question was released barely three months before the end of my tenure for the Oko/Umuchiana erosion crisis. Despite pressure to spend the money, I refused, insisting that it should be left for my successor because government is a continuum and the funds were tied to a specific project.
The money was therefore left 100 per cent intact in First Bank, in Account No. 2018779464, with a balance of over ₦2.13 billion.
It is important to stress that funds tied to specific projects or set aside for particular purposes were not even included in the over ₦75 billion in savings we left behind.
If anybody can establish anything to the contrary, I will stop campaigning. -PO
Unrelated, when Dangote was facing serious spiritual attacks on the land where the oil refinery was to be built, there were said to be over 19 shrines on the site. No one could even go near it to begin construction because of the consequences.
He spent money calling Alfas and Babalawos to appease the deities, but nothing worked. He then had to invite Ooni of Ife. Ooni came to the refinery site himself, stood there and commanded that the deities should evacuate the land, he then declared that “Let the gods come and talk to me.” He performed no ritual on the land. Ever since then, they have not experienced any further attacks.
This is in the news if you doubt it, Dangote himself said it.
Nigeria is dangerously not inclusive.
I know this doctor that stammers. When he goes for interview, he sees his colleague spend up to 30 mins, but his interviews doesn't go past 5 mins. He could tell they just want to dismiss him and move to the next person.
The doctor went for his PLAB exam in England. A day was set aside for doctors with speech difficulty. They were given extra time and asked if the time would be enough for them. He passed the PLAB. In Nigeria, when he takes exam, he has to finish within the alloted time given to people without difficulty.
How do we expect perfection from people who are already with personal difficulties? We need to imbibe grace as a people.
Left my car in ilorin for my business, it was stolen at midnight today and last seen was along offa garage ilorin
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