Nothing is sweeter than living in Nigeria with your family, friends and culture. Now imagine living in a Nigeria that works for everyone.
Nigeria has to work
Can something good come out of Nazareth?
First graduate in my family.
Joint Overall Best Graduating Student, University of Ibadan โ out of 6,025. https://t.co/tRpfwEQeXm. Physics. 3.97/4.00. Five awards.
It can only be God. ๐
@studentsunionui
๐ข๐บ๐ธ Mauricio Pochettino, in tears while saying goodbye to USMNT: โIt's difficult to talk now. I'm an very emotional guy. It's a very sad decision, itโs the most difficult decision of my careerโ.
โBut we are professional and we are trying to make our dreams come trueโ.
Husband earns ยฃ2200 monthly. Wife earns ยฃ1800 monthly. Wife pays the council tax of ยฃ184 alone. Husband pays house rent and cater for all bills which usually leave him barely nothing except he does extra shifts.
This is their 4th year in the UK ๐ฌ๐ง. Last week, he heard that his wife has built a house in Oyo town, Oyo State. Literally, she built the house in her own name without including the manโs name and didnโt tell her husband as well.
The husband got to know from his in-laws when the brother-in-law congratulated him.
She has been doing Ajo (contributions) of ยฃ1000 monthly without the husbandโs knowledge.
This is what I tell men, youโre a simp if you say your wife should only support you and you chest all bills. Donโt even do 50:50 bill. 100:100 or nothing. Donโt be a weak men claiming men are sole providers. Build your finances and family together. Youโre not strong because youโre claiming you are the sole provider.
I repeat there is no lady that genuinely love you that will build house and do Ajo of ยฃ1000 monthly without your knowledge. This is a man that complains to me every time and even sometimes borrow ยฃ200 from me to complete his house rent.
Be wise men
Still on this Toluwanisings matter ๐
After my mum died in 2004, my aunt, the youngest of my mum's siblings who was then studying in Unab, suggested that she take my four-year-old sister in and look after her. At the time, it felt like a huge relief for my dad, especially as I was also going to be moving into a boarding house.
Mind you, this was someone my parents practically raised. She lived in our house from childhood until she gained admission into the university.
I can still vividly remember the day my dad, my aunt and I went to enroll my little sister at Sarkis Memorial Nursery and Primary School in Somorin, Abeokuta. for anyone who knows this school. it's own by a white woman.
However, whenever my sister came to Lagos during the holidays, we noticed she wasn't as sharp as she used to be. Years later, we discovered that my aunt had quietly withdrawn her from the school and enrolled her in a public school instead, all while continuing to collect huge sums of money from my dad under the guise of taking care of her education and other needs.
This same aunt was also responsible for carting away a lot of my mum's Jewelry, while my dad simply watched.
When we eventually discovered the extent to which she had been exploiting my dad using my little sister as an excuse, we brought my sister back to Lagos.
And guess what? My aunt never bothered to reach out to either of us again.
Fast-forward to 2013, after my dad died. Guess who suddenly remembered to call me? My aunt!
And you would be shocked by the reason for the call. It wasn't to sympathies with me or ask how I was coping after losing my dad. Lmao.
In her own words, she wanted to help me keep whatever money and property my dad had left behind so they could be in a safe place.
I was in 300 level at the time. I simply hung up the phone and never spoke to her again.
She died two years ago, leaving behind three little children.
Sometimes, I genuinely wonder if some people ever stop to think about the fact that they won't live forever. What exactly are we trying to accumulate at the expense of other people's lives and happiness?
Life is fleeting. The people we hurt, exploit and take advantage of are human beings with feelings, too. And at the end of it all, none of us is taking anything along.