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We're travelers in this journey called life, let's eschew bitterness and help our fellow travelers in the journey by making them happy.....

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@AyanniyiNoah @phrankangel @benmurraybruce https://t.co/H8fiCSl085

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@drealtdool @phrankangel @benmurraybruce https://t.co/H8fiCSl085

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@Saamy86 @phrankangel @benmurraybruce https://t.co/H8fiCSl085

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@AfricanJesu @SaharaReporters "The assailants, who arrived in multiple groups, also burned armored tanks and military vehicles before carting away large quantities of ammunition."

The last phrase said it all …BEFORE CARTING AWAY LARGE QUANTITY OF AMMUNITION.

Who are the moles within?

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@NigeriaStories on these matters. No smoke without fire , they said. How rude a passenger is, he can descend on a flight attendant unprovoked just like that?

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@NigeriaStories Poor passengers. The way and manner this incident is developing I’m afraid very soon another monster will be unleashed on the poor traveling public called AON. Where are they when there members causes several untold hardships, through flight cancellation, time changes….

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@NigeriaStories by passengers aboard our plane we should not also support unilateral actions by AON on issues that concern civil judgement. We all experience how nuisance some of these airlines staff can be. Some highly untrained and unprofessional. Our court should be involved on these…..

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@NigeriaStories Poor information management, bad and unserviceable equipment. Have they ever publicly apologized to Nigerians that were traumatized through their actions. Have they ever quantified the losses we incurred because of their behavior. In as much as we can’t support reckless acts…

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@Alwaleed_Talal @alwaleed_philan You’re a good example of what Islam enjoins the rich to do. Please don’t use the money to create beggars, use it to create opportunities for hard working people to grow their businesses and support the economies. Once again congratulations Sir.

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@Alwaleed_Talal @alwaleed_philan May the almighty Allah accept it as an act of Ibadah. HRH should consider investing in Africa not as aid but investment especially in modern agriculture and finance to SME’s with good prospects to create jobs. The proceeds can be channeled towards youth development.

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@AJEnglish Inna LillaHi Wa Inna IlaiHi Raji’un. May Allah forgive their souls and console their families. What a bad news

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

Dear Chukwuebuka,

Thank you for your feedback. For over a decade, I have publicly said that I only wear Nigerian clothes that are of wholly Nigerian origin and made out of made-in-Nigeria fabric.

My refusal to wear Isi-Agu is not bigotry or tribalism. I encourage some of our people to overcome their victim mentality and not project themselves on others. It has not worked for the last 59 years and is not likely to ever work.

Isi-Agu is a lovely outfit. That is why I was the FIRST person with a following (not one of the first) to defend Air Peace when it faced criticism over its Air Hostesses wearing Isi Agu.

However, Isi Agu is not of Igbo or even Nigerian origin.

Please fact-check me: Isi-Agu, often cited as the Igbo traditional cloth, originated as a colonial-era upholstery material for chairs and curtains. Even today, it is still used as upholstery in the poorer parts of the world.

Another colonial relic is the so-called traditional cap, often worn with Isi-agu. There are two types. The most common one is a discarded head warmer (Beanie) won by the colonialists and copied by the common people in that part of Nigeria.

The other one, which is entirely red, originated from the British and was given by them to Warrant Chiefs as a sign of authority. That is why Warrant Chiefs were more commonly known as Red Cap Chiefs in Igboland.

Some people point to Akwete cloth as an authentic Igbo fabric. But that is not historically accurate.

And please fact-check me: Akwete cloth originated from Ijebu. You can read about it in the British historian John Gillow's book, African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent, published in 2003.

The Ijebu have been trading with the Ijaw for centuries. Many prominent Ijaws are actually Ijebu. For example, former Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson is of Ijebu origin. He is from the Awujale's palace. His family went to trade in Ijaw land 200 years ago and never returned. Again, please fact-check me.

For hundreds of years, the Ijebu sold a fabric known as Ikaki to the Ijaws. It was only in the 19th Century that the Ijaws in Ndoki resold Ikaki fabric to Igbo women from a village known as Akwete.

Those women began making a version of Ikaki, which the Igbos called Akwete cloth. It is of Ijebu origin.

The sad truth is that other than loincloths, the Igbo people were naked before Samuel Ajayi Crowther discovered them in 1841.

In his 1841 book, 'Journal of an Expedition up the Niger,' he wrote about how he met our brothers and sisters in the present-day Southeast.

He arrived in Onitsha in 1857. In 1860, he published another book titled 'The Gospel on the Banks of the Niger: Journals and Notices of the Native Missionaries Accompanying the Niger Expedition of 1857-1859'.

Now, let me quote Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther

"When we arrived Onitsha, we found the people in a state of idleness, with its attendant evils. They (Ibos) were scantily and filthily clothed'.

You can find this on page 14 of that book, which I have graciously attached here. You can also buy the book from a rare books bookstore.

Igbos remained largely unclothed until Independence in 1960. And in proof, I am attaching a New York Times news report about nudity in the Southeast. You may wish to read the actual publication via this link: https://t.co/1uxMj4l1Zs

Finally, if you can show me an authentically Igbo cultural cloth of pre-colonial origin, made-in-Nigeria fabric and design, I will start wearing it tomorrow.

Thanks again, and may God bless you.

Reno Omokri

Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. Ruffler of the Feathers of Obidents. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Hodophile. Hollywood Magazine Humanitarian of the Year, 2019. Business Insider Influencer of the Year 2022. 21st Most Talked About Person in Africa, 2024.

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@savndaniel @savndaniel May God Almighty rewards you in His best of ways. I was wondering if these stories were real or scripts from fiction movies. @NigerianPolice should be ashamed if they didn't show interest on your post and bring the officers involved to justice.

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@Sports_Doctor2 She is one of the best "brain drain" if you like. Very humble, culturally embroidered, and a powerful believer in doing the right things. We celebrate and congratulate you, the mother of young and patriotic Nigerians.

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@DeeOneAyekooto One day, the truth shall unfold, and we'll be able to know who are the real enemies of this nation.

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NIGERIA DAILY: Nigeria’s Vanishing Middle Class and Its Unseen Impact
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@PolarisBankLtd @PolarisBankLtd are really on x. I reported a failed transaction through your app, and here as well, but you refused to even acknowledge it. May be the next level to apply for closure of my accounts.

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@NTANewsNow @PolarisBankLtd are really on x. I reported a failed transaction through your app, and here as well, but you refused to even acknowledge it. May be the next level to apply for closure of my accounts.