Ojude Oba is not celebrated by "Nigerians of all faiths".
It is celebrated by Ìjẹ̀bú sons and daughters.
It is not a Muslim festival. It started as Odeda festival by traditional worshippers.
It is a Yorùbá cultural festival, not for all Nigerians.
When we correct misinformation on here they say we are doing too much. Some guy came on tiktok recently to say Igbos are indigenous to Yoruba land, a few handles called him a mad man and moved on.
Now look at what Google AI is saying and using as reference, it is clearly not just one mad man, people are making multiple posts and feeding AI.
Igbó means forest or bush in Yorùbá and has nothing to do with other ethnicities in Nigeria. AI is clearly important in discussions and a lot of people use grok to challenge others’ ideas.
If we don’t nip this in the bud and respect boundaries this could create rifts and future land struggle for coming generations. A word is enough for the wise.
SENEGAL - PROPER CONTEXT
For those seeking context to the Senegal comparison I made here. Now, follow me attentively:
Shall I Begin?
Senegal's government delayed full fuel subsidy reforms because of fears of social unrest and political backlash. You see, Nature is generous - perhaps too generous - for she has evenly distributed, across every society on earth, a proportionate measure of the headless mob.
An unrepentantly ignorant and vacuously loud population of empty irritants - people who rise like rabid dogs the moment reform knocks on the door, who violently insist the status quo be maintained regardless of the damage it does to them, who will bark at the surgeon and defend the tumour.
We have the Obidients in Nigeria. Senegal has its own chapter of the same miserable franchise.
The young President of Senegal feared their rage. Worse, he grew addicted to their cheap applause. He enjoyed walking on the streets, playing table tennis by the roadside, bathing in their deafening chorus - all while his weak populist policies quietly kept fuel prices low and long-term development on the altar as a permanent sacrifice.
The man who eats without planting - his abundance has an expiry date.
He postponed full fuel subsidy reforms expected in early 2023 all the way to late 2028. Even partial reductions in diesel subsidies triggered earthquakes of political tension. The Senegalese equivalents of Atiku and Peter Obi - the opposition figure Ousmane Sonko - riled up the public to resist even the mildest reform.
They found the young President weak, addicted to cheap popularity and political correctness, and they exploited every crack in his resolve.
Where has the populist agenda taken Senegal today?
Senegal is currently facing perhaps the worst fiscal and debt crises in modern West African history. The numbers are severe enough that analysts now openly compare aspects of it to the Greek debt crisis.
● The Debt: A Nation Living Inside Its Own Grave
Senegal’s public debt is now estimated at about 132% of GDP in 2026. Nigeria is roughly 50% or far less. WAEMU regional ceiling: 70%. Senegal is almost DOUBLE the regional limit. But, the President is young, strong and healthy.
● The Hidden Debt Scandal: Borrowing in the Dark
Audits uncovered roughly:
$13 billion in previously undisclosed debt. Senegal is in so much economic crisis that it had to be borrowing secretly.
That single revelation shattered investor confidence, shocked international lenders, triggered an IMF intervention, and froze Senegal's entire IMF support programme.
The IMF suspended a $1.8 billion lending programme because the country's fiscal numbers were found to be - and I use the technical economic term here - shameful.
● The Growth Collapse: Africa's Former Star, Now Flickering
Senegal was once among Africa’s fastest-growing economies.
Growth figures:
2025: about 6.7%
2026 projection: just 2%
Far below the Sub-Saharan African average of 4.3%. Nigeria is 4.4% by the way.
Every sector in Senegal now bears the bruises of that years-long performance of false kindness. The very people who craved cheap fuel - who chorused for it, who marched for it, who cursed reformers over it - are today the worst casualties of their own demand.
They are at the receiving end of the underdevelopment that subsidy addiction constructed, brick by painful brick.
The road paved with cheap populism has a very expensive destination.
I hope this explanation helps your confusion.
Good Morning Severally...
This stupid habit of attributing anything you find condescending to Ìbàdàn does not make sense. It's not cruise. It's negative and false stereotyping.
It's not like most of you have a town/village you're proud of.
@LUCCA_TONNNI@Big_marvis@chummyblack12 Does it change the fact that our total debt is only 15% of our GDP and we can conviniently service our debt?
Must you people cry wolf where there's none?
Why do people feel bad, disappointed, and heartbroken when their partner cheats? We should always prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Imagine me adding heartbreak to what is doing me now 😂 you cheat and i find out... Oti lọ niyẹ, we move
- Serpenti Viper Necklace - £143,000
- Serpenti Viper Bracelet - £72,000
- Serpenti Viper Earring - £16,900
Total = £231,900
In today's rate;
£1 = N1,860
£231,900 = N431,334,000
If this one enter Aso Rock, First Lady office Budget go pass National Budget🤑
God Forbid🔥
FOR CORRECTION SAKE: When you see Politicians putting their faces on projects, this is part of the reason. The road in question was done by the Lagos State Public Works Corporation @LSPWC_Official (that’s their machine in the video) after interventions by State officials under Mr Governor and the Assembly member in the area.