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I need to understand this. Five days after he was killed,
@PoliceNG
still do not know which of their men fired the government-issued gun that killed
#JimohIsiaq
?
And you want
#EndSWAT
protesters to believe your tales of reform?
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The man that tries to starve you to death but stops only because the strategy he chose to kill you has backfired will still try to kill you the day he thinks that he has found a tactic that would work.
#Nigeria
DEVELOPING: Northern traders lift blockade on perishable food supply to south | TheCable
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Small family gathering this weekend, and I took my boy along, let him know his people and their ways...
He'd never met Uncle Chuma, so I asked him to pay the proper respect and greet Uncle Chuma. The boy prostrated and said, "ekason".
Family meeting. On my head. 😭
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The thing that happened in VGC on Saturday is probably the best example of INEC's complicity in voter suppression.
No group of thugs would be able to access VGC, so moving all the estate's PUs to the highway without informing them was basically a way to give thugs access.
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Dear
#Nigeria
,
This IS a threat.
‘We’ll replicate what we did in Kogi’ — Yahaya Bello declares 2023 presidential bid | TheCable
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The visa application process to western countries for citizens of third world countries is designed to make us know our place at the bottom of the global world order.
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Emotions are raw right now, but ndị Igbo cheta kwa na in this moment, there were many Yoruba, Arewa and other ethnicities that stood with us.
Don't fall into the trap of vexing for everyone because of some miscreants.
Agbakoo aka nyuo mamiri, o gbaa ụfụfụ. We need others.
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The allegation against Gowon (possibly true) shouldn't have been the main takeaway from Tom Tugendhat's speech at
@UKParliament
's Petitions Committee meeting on 23/11/20.
He said, "the greatest book in the English language is “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe..."
SWEET!
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One thing that is clear from the
#EndSARS
#SARSMustEnd
protests is that the chain of command is broken.
#Nigeria
's government is not in control of
@PoliceNG
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@MBuhari
blames middlemen, insecurity for high food prices, asks Nigerians to be patient | TheCable
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I wanted to unlook the whole Chris Oyakhilome ignorance, then I saw a hashtag -
#IstandwithPastorChris
.
Brethren, poverty is not just of material things. It can also affect the mind and spirit.
Go in peace.
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This is MM2's parking lot. Given the rate of building collapses in Lagos, can someone alert the right people so we don't have another disaster on our hands?
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Whether you support Peter Obi or not, every Igbo person should be embarrassed by Soludo's tirade. Ọ sọ anyị enweghị ike idozi onwe anyị n'unọ?
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If, within the same country, one group's idea of finding justice against the other is to (attempt to) starve the other to death, then both groups have no business being from the same country.
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Last year I took my friend and partner,
@TundeLeye
to my homestead.
In going to that area, we did not cross the Niger River (Oshimmiri in my native dialect) the way most people cross it these days. Rather, we went the old way.
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How do you meet ₦75 billion and $150 million and squander it all in eight years?
Shampoo doesn't cost that much.
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It is not enough to just tweet support for
@MobilePunch
for this wonderful editorial
They will be hit in the pockets.
Please buy their paper.
Visit their website and click on the Google ads therein.
One of the govt's weapons is financial.
Help Punch.
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A man was burned alive in Nkwogu, in Mbaise in Imo this morning.
His offence? He was in a bus travelling from Umuahia, and they ran into thugs enforcing IPOB's sit-at-home.
When you have to turn to violence and murder, you are not legitimate. IPOB doesn't represent ndị Igbo.
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The arrest of both Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho while simultaneously pampering Ahmad Gumi and his like DESPITE Northern rebels shooting down an Air Force jet sends a message that people will listen to.
That message will persist even after Buhari leaves.
I pity his successor.
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"Any country where politicians are richer than businessmen is on the verge of collapse." – Ben Brako
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But seriously, while I'm not the most religious Catholic out there, I feel personally insulted seeing some charlatan wearing a red stole in Ordinary Time.
I'll add $250 for anyone who can let us know who these "clergy" are by name, and which congregations they minister to.
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The reason that armed thugs were sent to attack the
#EndSWAT
protestors in Abuja,
#Nigeria
is to draw a violent reaction and provide an excuse to deploy the same security forces people are protesting about to violently put down the protests.
#EndSARS
#SARSMustEnd
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It turns out that our Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal was doing justice by orgasm.
Nna mehn. They should just put the country in nylon and do shot put with it.
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$12.24 million at 2014's official exchange rate is ₦1.897 billion. $5.38 million at 2022's official exchange rate is ₦2.233 billion.
SAB Miller generates its revenue in naira, so it has actually been profitable. The problem is the naira has lost 33% of its value.
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Trapped in
#Nigeria
, the old man looks for entertainment in a fishing festival that has been dormant for a decade, while the economy tanks...
JUST IN: Buhari Arrives Kebbi For Argungu Fishing Festival
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I watched the US Congressional hearing on CSpan where a General was asked why they stopped sharing intel with
#Nigeria
's armed forces regarding
#BokoHaram
.
The General said clearly, "every time we shared something with the Nigerians, Boko Haram got to know about it."
We all know there was no any collaboration between the US and Nigerian government. They were probably half way back to the US when they informed the Nigerian government.
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This is no longer about
@DrIsaPantami
. It's now about the person who said, "I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody."
Pantami isn't going to resign. It's now Buhari that is keeping him in office.
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My 6-year old son asks, "Daddy, how does light travel?"
I adjust myself and start thinking of how to answer because I didn't encounter this thing until Physics at age 14.
Young chap loses patience and says, "Looks like you don't know."
Then he walks out on me. Na wa o!!!
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I was driving to Ikeja today when Sanwoolu's convoy ran us off the road. 2 pilot Hilux driving rough, 4 bikes, 3 patrol cars, his Range Rover (LASG 01), an ambulance, 2 other patrol cars.
I knew then that he was going to sign the VAT law. The fastest law signed in Lagos history.
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Four years your citizens were begging you to speak to them. Silence.
Four years your citizens were begging you to visit. Distance.
Suddenly, national broadcasts every week, and you found it in you to visit all 36 states. Tueh!
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Just watched Mike Pence close out the whole election sequence. This is what we mean when we say "institutions".
Having strong institutions doesn't mean that you won't have madmen get to the top. It simply means they'll be stopped in their tracks at a point.
Like today.
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Like I said a few weeks ago,
#Nigeria
should be prepared for premium gaslighting over the next few years.
Now, let's ask a simple question: who EXACTLY has called for an interim government?
Calls for interim govt, invitation to anarchy, Tinubu's lawyer warns
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Okowa said Delta doesn't have
#covid19
#CoronaVirus
so people should go about their business
Ikpeazu said Abia is the only state mentioned in the Bible so they're immune
Udom said Akwa Ibom is far from corona so they're safe
We have dunces in charge. Dangerous dunces.
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DJ Switch is a national hero. This is her video telling us what happened.
People died. Not up to 72 hours ago and a cover-up is already underway?
There was a
#LekkiMassacre
People died. We must learn to respect our own dead.
#EndSARS
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For the record,
#BuhariMustGo
CANNOT, and SHOULD NOT, be a thing of
#EndSARS
.
There are 954 days until Buhari leaves, and leave he must.
Do not derail the protests with political games.
Learn to be democratic. Work within the process and get worthy replacements for Buhari.
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The current set of governors in the South East of
#Nigeria
are completely useless.
Akeredolu: Gulak’s murder an attempt to instigate north against south-east | TheCable
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Why have the soldiers who were present to shoot at peaceful protesters during the
#LekkiMassacre
been unavailable to put a halt to the looting and destruction in Lagos?
That alone should tell you what the priorities are...
#EndSARS
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Today makes it exactly a month since members of
@HQNigerianArmy
opened fire on peaceful flag-waving
#EndSARS
protesters in what is now known as the
#LekkiMassacre
.
In that time our government has changed its story at least five times.
Never forget.
May God rest the dead.
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One of the most stupid ideas, somehow been allowed to take root, is the idea that to be critical of government, you have "to provide solutions".
Ogbeni I'm not the one collecting ridiculous salaries at taxpayers' expense. If you have no ideas fuck off and stop wasting my money
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Time to jump to Argungu to watch people catching fish? Buhari was first on the plane.
Time to visit the victims of an avoidable tragedy in Abule Ado? Buhari shirked his duty.
Time to address his country on
#covid19
#coronavirus
? Buhari is silent.
Buhari is irresponsible.
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Note that Buhari has not said a word about killings over the weekend in Imo, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi and Oyo states.
But he was quick to send a condolence message about TB Joshua.
A strong statement in where his priorities lie. Definitely not with the people of
#Nigeria
...
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Five years ago yesterday. The greatest Nigerian captain and coach ever, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, left us.
Continue to rest in peace, The Big Boss.
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Very interesting numbers.
Despite all the noise made about agriculture, well, the results are in.
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"The use of mannequins is responsible for immoral thoughts among the public." - Kano Hisbah commander, Sheikh Harun Ibn-Sina.
Do I want a country where someone whose worldview is incompatible with my values tries to impose his own, and indeed his lack of self control on me?
NO!
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Dear young Nigerians involved in
#EndSARS
, y'all have done very good.
The reactionaries now want to use
#Nigeria
's ancient faultlines to divide you.
Don't fall for that shit.
When they sent
@HQNigerianArmy
to massacre y'all yesterday, the soldiers didn't ask for your tribe.
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Democracy is not an event that ends in elections. Democracy is a process that includes debates, protest and accountability.
We MUST ensure that
#Nigeria
becomes a democracy starting with achieving
#EndSARS
and ensuring that those behind the
#LekkiMassacre
are brought to justice!
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All the posturing is meaningless as the results are in.
A decade after 2015,
#Nigeria
's economy is half its pre-Buhari size, Nigerians are poorer, hungrier and less secure.
The least those of us who foolishly voted the man can do is to humbly accept our error and keep quiet!
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"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" - Vladimir Lenin.
2020 is a year in which half a century has happened already.
So much has happened in 2020. Feels like at least 5 years worth of content.
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I read this guy's story. His wife sat by him for the 39 years.
My thoughts go out to her.
Former PSG and France footballer, Jean-Pierre Adams, has died at the age of 73 after 39 years in a coma.
He never regained consciousness after an error with receiving his anaesthetic during a knee surgery in March 1982.
Rest in peace 🙏
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Good morning
#Nigeria
. Just a reminder that the outrage over those who denied the
#LekkiMassacre
will mean nothing if you ever in future allow them into polite company.
Do have a great day.
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There is continued effort to rebrand the
#EndSARS
protests as a violent uprising against
#Nigeria
's government.
THIS IS FALSE. The protests were peaceful until the govt began to use thugs to attack protesters, THEN killed its own citizens in the
#LekkiMassacre
.
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My father didn't start having grey hair until he was about 60.
I'm 41, yet my hair don dey white, but I'm raising a smaller family than the old man did.
I think that my generation of Nigerians are living far more stressful lives than our parents did.
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She has been missing for more than three weeks now. Any help will go a long way...
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At some point Sunday Igboho was gaining traction and legitimacy. The South-West political elite stepped up, spoke to the issues of the people, and seized the space from him.
Up until now, no South-East governor has even sent a bill for Ebube Agu to his assembly. Utterly useless.
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The ban on
@Twitter
isn't the real issue. The real issue is the registration for social media in
#Nigeria
.
#SocialMediaBill
through the back door...
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Lists of Igbo boys behaving badly in Dubai...
Lists of Hausa and Yoruba boys behaving badly in Saudi Arabia...
What the lists miss, is that these boys have green passports. But make una continue una craze.
There's no Arewa, Biafra or Oduduwa. The world only sees
#Nigeria
.
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Buhari the grim reaper.
When he started fighting corruption in 1983, Kingsway and Leventis packed up and left.
When he started fighting corruption in 2015, Mr Price, Woolworths, and now Shoprite. Soon enough, Multichoice.
The Middle Class
#Nigeria
is fantastically corrupt.
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For the record,
@nwanyi_ocha
has been a great ambassador of ndị Igbo, of our culture, and of our heritage.
By virtue of our culture, Nwanyi Ocha bụ onye Igbo without equivocation.
Ya na ụmụ ya bụ nke anyị.
She's welcome to take any position she's offered if she wants it.
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If una know the number of deals in the tech space wey don knock between Friday and now sake of say
#TwitterBanNigeria
, una go cry blood.
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Failed gaslighting...
Shehu Sani claimed that there was an attack on the train.
Ndị APC said that he's a liar and that the train had an engine failure.
Now videos have emerged of the attack.
Think of this, and the
#LekkiMassacre
, and many other such incidents...
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I couldn't sleep properly. That video I saw of people hailing armed men in Owerri distressed me completely.
How can you willingly cede power to people who, when the chips are down, you will have zero means of holding them to account?
This UGM nonsense can only end in tears.
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Good morning
#Nigeria
.
I waited until this morning to see which of our papers would say anything about the release of the CTCs about the Jagaban's involvement with drug money.
Only
@BusinessDayNg
spoke about it.
The silence of the other papers is screaming.
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Coming in a week where a group of young Nigerians MADE $200 million, this tweet celebrating someone who was GIVEN a loan of $21.88 which she most likely couldn't repay, and is subsisting on selling groundouts of $1 to ruling party applause, is indeed very telling.
#EndSARS
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On the vote buying in Ekiti...
Too many of us in the chattering classes underestimate the scale of the problem: median income in
#Nigeria
is ₦137,400 per year (₦11,450/$18.89 per month).
To most Nigerians, ₦10,000 for their vote is a damned good deal. This is the real fight.
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Lagos, you've been detached from
#Nigeria
. Now you're learning how it works. People are killed by our armed services, then it's whitewashed.
Asaba. Baga. Bakolori. Gyelsu. Odi. Ugep. Umuechem. Zaki Biam...
Many more.
If they get away with
#LekkiMassacre
, it will happen again.
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Someone asked what the
#TwitterBan
achieved.
Good question.
It showed how
#Nigeria
breaks its own laws, and is unable to enforce its own edicts.
There was no legal backing, and citizens (even govt supporters) mostly ignored the ban.
It showed Nigeria as a failed state.
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I'm distinctly unimpressed with all the religious leaders suddenly finding it in their consciences to "speak truth to power" 400 days to Muhammadu Buhari's departure from power.
The disaster that befell
#Nigeria
under the man has been clear for years. Why didn't they speak up?
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As an African, I'm more interested in the stories of racism that my compatriots are facing from the Ukrainian and Polish (an EU/NATO) sides in this
#RussiaUkraineConflict
If people can be so casually racist even in a crisis, what would they be like when things are normal?
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Newspaper vendors are protesting in Abuja.
They'll be ignored, the offending policeman (police again) won't be prosecuted.
The vendors will feel aggrieved. Another set of people will come away with the knowledge that
#Nigeria
only listens to force.
Only one eventual outcome.
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I've always advocated that we be patient and wait until 2023 to select a proper replacement for Muhammadu Buhari.
But 950 days is too long. Buhari has sat there too long and has done only damage in his time on seat.
In God's name he should go.
#EndSARS
#BuhariMustGo
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The new constant refrain is, "Atiku is corrupt."
I agree completely.
But your President took Atiku’s money to run, and never once complained about him, in short praised him, until he left the party and decided to run against your President.
What does that make your President?
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So Desmond Elliot finished voting, was leaving, and area boys wanted money. He decided to ignore them, and in return, they attacked his vehicle and broke the windscreen.
This nonsense we have enabled...
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Question: as of today 19 October 2020, has the officer who killed
#JimohIsiaq
on 10 October been arrested, named and charged?
#EndSARS
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Good morning
#Nigeria
.
Today, 24/10/20, makes it exactly two weeks since
#JimohIsiaq
was murdered for daring to say
#EndSARS
.
Today is four days since the
#LekkiMassacre
.
No one has been charged for either, no official has resigned.
In law they say, "silence means consent."
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It's 26 hours since the
#LekkiMassacre
.
In that time, there was a meeting of
#Nigeria
's cabinet.
In that time, our President has not said a word.
In that time, NOT ONE official has resigned in protest.
#EndSARS
has shown the world how soulless my country is.
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The timing of Nnamdi Kanu's reappearance from the land of the dead, and his call for an election boycott, is decidedly convenient.
So we have to ask, is he partnering the Buhari FG?
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Piece of advice to those in my generation who were involved in the
#EnoughIsEnough
and
#OccupyNigeria
protests from a decade ago.
Our time has come and gone, we had our wins and our losses.
Stop trying to insert yourselves as "leaders" in
#EndSARS
#SARSMustEnd
.
Please.
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The recent arrest of
@MubarakBala
has brought a lot of recrimination on social media, has put a lot of Muslims in
#Nigeria
on the defensive, and has, again, brought up the accusation of religious fanaticism.
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There has been a lot of recrimination due to the musician, Brymo's misguided tweets. I won't join issues with him except to mention that as a Tinubu supporter, he is simply doing what I have said, so many times, would be done by Tinubu supporters, ethnicise the elections.
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Rumour has it that it is you people's ambassador that actually suggested to the Emirati that his compatriots younger than 40 should be barred from their country.
"Ọkụkọ fu na ọ ma li nni, ọ kpasala ya."
This Igbo adage describes to perfection, Nigerians of a certain age.
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