On the issue of state sponsored mass weddings in kano and across the core northern states, gaskiya, we need to stop hiding under the convenient banner of "curbing prostitution." It is time to look inward and admit that arewa is falling drastically behind. We are now the epicentre of out of school children and multidimensional poverty in this country. It makes no sense to spend state resources marrying off individuals who cannot fundamentally afford to fund a household. Subsidising marriage without a plan for economic survival simply fuels a demographic crisis. These unions drive up birth rates in environments that completely lack social infrastructure. When couples fail to feed or educate their children, they push them into the streets under the fractured guise of almajiranci. Honestly, as much we'd love to shy from it ,it creates a vast pool of abandoned youth who become easy recruits for criminal networks. It hurts deeply when these realities are pointed out, but until we prioritise human capital and mass education over state funded marriage ceremonies, this cycle will only worsen.
๐ฃ Jamie Carragher: "It's just Arsenal. Weak. Bullied. Men against boys again. New season, same old story."
Arsenal succumbed to a 2-0 loss to newly-promoted Brentford in their Premier League opener; Sergi Canos and Christian Norgaard capitalised on poor Gunners defending.
The information in the table below ๐๐พ is mostly correct and reflects well-known title droughts among major European football clubs, focusing on domestic league titles.
For example, Arsenalโs 22-year drought (2004โ2026) is accurate when we won the last famous โInvinciblesโ season before finally winning again in 2025/26. Other clubs listed, like Chelsea, AC Milan, Manchester City, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Napoli, Dortmund, and Liverpool, also have historically accurate drought periods.