NewStats: 3,265,070 , 8,185,538 topics. Date: Friday, 13 June 2025 at 11:04 AM 4106r

Neddstark:
Now guns are in the wrong hands. Time for some idle minds to start contemplating forming robbery and kidnapping gangs. All these were as a result of the anarchy created when some feminists LGBT group hijacked a good movement. Then incited the youths that the movement can remove a sitting democratic president. Now we have a high crime rate that and the people at the receiving end is the average Nigerian.

Advise to all Lagosians: Make sure to actively participate in (and seriously contribute towards strengthening) your neighbourhood security meetings / vigilantes. Prevention is better than cure. Your destiny is in your hands!

topcatking:
Such a "well-rounded" figure. 100...

Yes indeed...quite odd. Not 97, not 102 not even "about 100"!

prof2007:
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has raised concerns over inhuman and degrading treatment meted to innocent Igbo in Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by the Nigerian military. President-General, Ohanaeze, Chief Nnia Nwodo, in a statement titled: ‘The degenerating situation in Oyigbo, Port Harcourt’, regretted that the situation was threatening the cordial relationship existing between the Igbo and “our kith and kin in Rivers State”...

...The statement added, “We are in consultation with the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, Dave Umahi, who has kindly volunteered to arrange a meeting between us, Igbo leaders, and the Governor of Rivers State to arrest further drift of this dangerous development. Innocent Igbo in Rivers State, who are caught in between this sad development and whose lives and livelihood are threatened by it are assured that help is on the way and that Igbo leaders will never abandon them.”

SOURCE: https://punchng.com/alleged-oyigbo-killings-threatening-igbo-rivers-relationship-ohanaeze/

Wow!

Wilstino:
This would have made sense of course if we produced what we consume. Like in China where most of its need are locally produce such arguement will hold water.

But in a country like ours, where most things including our basic need are imported, you need the dollar to procure them. Thus, the implication is that the high exchange rate results in high cost of goods and items.

You are correct about our over-dependence on importation being a bane on our economy. Coincidentally, that is also part of what the author clearly intends to communicate; people who are not productive but who insanely desire to flaunt (mostly imported) luxury items!

mosdii:
Covid19 is still roaming the streets oh... health is wealth

Very good observation. Edolites, Covid-19 protocols in the stadium!

For unity and fairness, an Igbo presidency is necessary. For effective growth and prosperity, restructuring is a must.

Soro soke!

#EndSARS Radio goes live...

General principle of investment: If it sounds too good to be true, run!

Na wa oh!

Thank God no life was lost.

This is really great news.

Against all odds, Nigeria is marching on!

Truly, the grass is not always greener on the other side...

Youths, look before you leap!

Lalasticlala, Mynd44 and Dominique, where art thou?

Verily, verily I say unto thee, this seemeth like front page material to me.

What sayeth thee? Goeth this post thitherward? Alas, time presseth, winter cometh, our youth bewrayeth their lot!

Ahoy, ahoy, lower the bridge, raise the banners, and sound thee the trumpet!

The Bible: 2 Timothy chapter 3

Vs 1: You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times.
Vs 2: For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.
Vs 3: They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.
Vs 4: They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.
Vs 5: They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

punisha:
Anger!

U will destroy in a second what u built in 10years.

Took me a while to learn how to walk away even if I was slapped by a child.
Most people will die a million times to know what a silent man has up his sleeves. Most times I enjoy torturing people with grave silence. watching them apologize when they can't hold it anymore makes me laugh so hard.

Learn to manage your anger.

You are wise.

Na wah oh!

Dear Governor El-Rufia,

where art thou? Do something!

Informative!

This will certainly add more value to a youth's life than a lot of the nonsense being peddled around these days.

tolani91:
Dr. Dre's estranged wife, Nicole Young has revealed her expenses to justify the request for $2M a month in spousal amid the couple's multimillion-dollar divorce.

She also wants to keep paying her charitable donations which is $125,000 a month.

See Nicole Young's monthly expenses below.
$900,000 for entertainment
$135,000 for new clothes
$10,000 for housekeeping and laundry services
$60,000 for tuition and living expenses
$125,000 on charitable contributions
$100,000 for the mortgage
$20,000 for telephone, cell phone, e-mail
Plus additional individual expenses amounting to $2,530,000

So, at the point of divorce, this woman wants her estranged husband to keep paying about N48m MONTHLY for HER charitable contributions? Incroyable!!!

If you find yourself on the wrong end of the entitlement stick, here are some useful suggestions:

5 WAYS TO WORK ON ENTITLEMENT TENDENCIES

1. Practice perspective-taking:
Take a recent example of a time you got annoyed with someone and spend 3 minutes writing about the situation from the other person’s perspective. Practice understanding what their agenda was.

2. Sensitize yourself to how good it feels to promote other people’s successes:
There is an area of social psychology research called capitalization research, which shows that promoting other people’s successes has a positive effect on the sharer. To make a project out of it, try promoting someone else other than yourself at least once a day for 30 days.

3. Use cognitive restructuring:
Take any of the entitlement tendencies you can relate to and consider alternative evidence and perspectives. For example, what are some reasons the same rules that apply to everyone else should also apply to you? What are some reasons why keeping peace and avoiding upsetting or offending people (unless absolutely necessary) is a virtue? What are some examples of how people are generally more generous to you than you are to them?

4. Observe what happens when you curb your entitlement tendencies:
Do relationships run smoother? Do you find it's easier for you to sustain relationships without you burning other people out? Do you end up feeling less annoyance? Do people end up ing you more because you’re ing them? Understanding when curbing your entitlement tendencies actually benefits you is a great way to reinforce making changes.

5. Catch yourself if you fall into the moral licensing trap:
Moral licensing is a cognitive distortion in which people internally justify things they do that are wrong. It’s a common tendency; see if you can catch yourself doing it. For example, develop mindful awareness of thoughts like “It’s okay to take more than I give in X situation because...”

SOURCE: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201303/9-types-entitlement-tendencies-and-how-overcome-them

Having a sense of entitlement is believing that you deserve certain privileges — and being arrogant about getting them.

Apparently, too many Nigerian women believe that the moment a guy becomes their boyfriend, his money becomes theirs. It’s almost as if saying yes to a guy is entering into an agreement to co-own his bank and its contents. Way too many Nigerian ladies actually do feel entitled to your money just because they are your girlfriend.

Because many are ever hoping for that luxurious life they never had a taste of, girls grow up wanting men who would spoil them, guys who would spend all the money, 'use enjoyment to kill them' and grant them access to all the perks that come with wealth. Many women still hope to become rich and live the good life just by relationship or marriage to a rich man.

The idea that a boyfriend does not have any obligation to give you any part of his money will sound alien to some ladies reading this, and it is absolutely understandable. This is because for such a long time, the dating culture around here has been that unless you are willing to spend as a guy, you’re not ready to be in a relationship.

If you have always thought differently, this will be a bitter pill to swallow but you need to know that your boo does not owe you ANY of those things he gives or does for you. No one owes you anything. Not at all.

...Above paragraphs are quoted from a Pulse.Ng article by Ayoola Adetayo on 23 Sept 2019:

https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/relationships-weddings/when-will-women-stop-feeling-entitled-to-boyfriends-money/zjf50gx