Earthling. May be consulted on decentralised systems/communities, education and innovation. Love children and young people. Culturally fluid. Must travel.
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Good heavens, by chance I peered into Naija twitter and was shocked and disturbed.
There is too much trauma leading to increasing lateral violence within families.
Yet another sign of a dysfunctional and toxic country where injustice and extreme social inequity is the norm. Hard to see how it can ever get better. The precursors for more madness keep growing.
Seems like, without a conducive context to heal, everyone is a ticking time bomb.
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I love my country so much.
She protects me and sets boundaries for me more than I could ever protect myself.
I can no longer send any funds to Nigeria.
Hallelujah.
Another legend of our childhood passing is yet another reminder of how transient this life is, and how the only thing that is permanent is the legacy we leave behind.
Aunt Dolly wore her costume every day but beneath it was one of the realest people you could ever meet. Her voice and songwriting talent needed no artificial enhancers. She also knew who she was, and all the stardom in the world could not take away from the down-to-earth, honest, country girl who loved her family, held onto her faith, cherished her private life and marriage, made everyone around her laugh, and gave with all her heart. She had no biological children of her own but was the kindest godmother and aunty to millions of children around the world.
This was a woman who made sure she controlled her own money, so she could give most of it away in the projects SHE conceived of, for the biggest impacts she could think of, in honour of her parents and in service of humanity. She curated her life and its end. She lived with purpose and wholesome goodness. She died requesting a simple family funeral, while setting everything up to ensure her legacy would endure.
If we could be half the woman she was, we should be honoured.
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Ladies, the support of our brothers is wonderful to have, and sometimes women can be very nasty to each other. But try not to give up on the sisterhood. For every cunning woman out there, there is also a kind and non-toxic one - often outside of your current circles.
When you learn to receive love, comfort and understanding from fellow women with no strings attached, no expectation of private access, no possessiveness over your time, and no constant demands for breaking of your boundaries or values to feed someone's cravings, the difference is unmistakeable.
You can feel whole again by turning to the One who can patch the holes in your life with Light, and by surrounding yourself with more wholesome company. If that company is not in your local area, join a wholesome sisterhood online.
When you're checked out of the 24/7 toxicity, keep your new sensible boundaries very firm. Here's a timeline cleanse.
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Good day. I need a serious person who can run an investigation in Ibadan. Dm me. Competence and confidentiality are mandatory. No pick mes. Thank you.
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Rogue agentic AI are harvesting children's photos for sick purposes. If you are fond of displaying your kids online a lot, please reconsider.
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PS: I hardly come on X anymore purely because of being put off by all the influenzas engaged in radicalisation, and the obsession of ordinary users with vain argumentation and polarisation.
I am, otherwise, alive and well. Thanks to those who wrote to check. I might just drop in to read messages once a quarter. Salam/Shalom/Peace.
I have had enough of having to report the mind-numbing violence of Nigerians online - both terrorist bandit content and the pathetic pro-genocide posts of ordinary 234-twits lately. Then I talk to the detribalised elite who are completely unphazed and living the good life as usual. Two different universes. It's completely insane.
Well I've had my fill of dysfunctionality for this month. Heading to a Shul for an interfaith Shabbat event because at least people here are easier to love. Bye for now. Will be praying for the children and teachers.
Hausas are actually the biggest victims of banditry.
There is a huge gap between Fulbe elites and the ones in the bush. Elites live in a bubble and are rather detached to what's happening at grassroots level. Should they be criticised for not doing enough? As a general rule, yes, privileged elites could have and should have done more to educate their ignorant folk, condemn jahiliyyah practices, promote lawful opportunities for nomadic communities, and inculcate good character among the youth.
Rural Fulanis have certainly been targeted by bandits also, but Hausa communities have suffered the most.
The insane frenzy to blame an entire ethnic group assumes homogeneity and a grand conspiracy, as though every member of an ethnic group thinks and believes the same thing and get together to plan over Whatsapp or Tiktok every day. People on this app enjoy polarised, binary thinking. Their unfortunately narrow minds ignore that there are also indigenous Fulani Christians in Nigeria and that there are heated differences of opinion even within a single family, let alone within one of the most widespread tribes in West Africa.
One of the organisations I donate to rescues children who have been treated with violence because they were labelled by their community as witches.
Another I worked with experienced a terrible tragedy decades ago. An intellectually and physically disabled child with elderly parents needed to be transported from a small town to a hospital for treatment.
The parents could not escort the child so the driver had to take him alone. In those days, there was little to no funding for regular case workers to be hired to go with the driver. A project officer was set to meet them at the hospital.
The driver stopped near a market to go and ease himself. While he was out, the child with a disability kept banging on the car window. The ignorant market people assumed the child was being kidnapped and so when the driver returned they jumped on him and killed him.
Nigeria was not a safe place even from long ago.
So they want money to be laundered to Benin but want to settle in Oyo with arms and legal immunity. The audacity is incredible.
Why do they want to be there? To work for those financing illegal miners? To establish a hub for kidnappers, terrorists, organ harvesters, and human traffickers?
Oyo must stand firm against this invasion and brazen disrespect for their laws.
Not a shred of decency among these young devils. Parents should be extremely ashamed that the children they birthed could do this to helpless elders and other vulnerable people.
In addition to rangers, we need thousands of snipers to purify the forests and bushland.
This self-kidnapping arrangement is on the rise, unfortunately. It's an industry that is luring way too many people.
JUST IN: Female Council Vice-Chairperson Remanded Over Alleged Fake Kidnapping Scheme
A Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti has ordered the remand of the Vice Chairperson of Ilejemeje Local Government, Grace Ogunleye, following allegations of orchestrating her own kidnapping.
According to police findings, the council official is accused of fabricating the abduction incident in an attempt to obtain funds to settle personal financial obligations and fulfill outstanding political commitments.
The court directed that she be held in custody pending further legal proceedings on the matter.
If civil / tribal war breaks out nationwide, elections would be suspended. Wouldn't that be lovely for current politicians and those in diaspora egging you on while they post about their luxuries. Politicians can fly out with your money and enjoy splurging with their buddies in diaspora while you shed blood implementing jungle justice among yourselves.
Those who say people who live in the deep bush have been neglected by government are correct. There hasn't been justice for decades. However, I've been in deep bush villages and settlements during my time in Nigeria. There is usually some leadership and moral guidance from elders. Living in the bush alone doesn't mean there is no indigenous sense of order and decorum.
In the case of these wandering boys including some entering from other countries, there doesn't appear to be any guidance. There are no standards and no principles. The band forms its own leadership for the sole purpose of survival and notoriety. They are wide open to getting involved with any criminal syndicate. We captured men in the past who were paid a meagre $100 to travel from Sokoto to Niger State to kill someone and steal his cattle.
When your life has no meaning and you are used to living in harsh terrain so you internalise such harshness; your mind is primitive and can only perceive of survival, tribal wars and blood feuds; your conscience and empathy don't function because you are a jahil; you have seen so much death and torture that it means nothing to you anymore; and all you crave is power and control - not a good house or ability to pay for your children's education or look after your parents' health - just power and control, then there is no end to what fasad you can get up to.
It's very possible that some individuals high up have a hand in this mess... Large payments into shell companies from Nigeria to Benin and other West African countries need to be investigated. Not sure how enforced AML/CTF suspicious transaction reporting actually is, but these need to be strengthened. Any bank manager whose bank doesn't comply should be barred from the industry.