Our University Education And Religion, Where Are We Going? - A True Fact

Our University Education And Religion, Where Are We Going? - A True Fact

As a child, I had very high hopes for my university education, it was supposed to be the place where I would meet some of the greatest minds of my generation.Then I went to a Nigerian university and met a bunch of dumb wannabe ' PASTORpreneurs ' and their unbearably naive flock of ' SHEEPle '. Boy was I disappointed! Our schools are breeding grounds for extreme religiosity rather than extreme academics. In my school, there were no book clubs, no science clubs, no study groups; just fellowships.

Everywhere you went at night, there was a different Christian fellowship to greet you, after filling up every available reading space, they would go on to the football field, the basketball court, the Science Park, hell, they even had one on the bloody sideway! it was that serious. " The Sidewalk Ministry ", that is not their actual name by the way, just something I made up (honestly, I do not even know if they have got a name at all). These guys were ridiculously hilarious.

You would normally find them every other evening gallivanting " up and down " on the roadside, blabbing away (speaking in tongues), howling like animals on heat and running all around the place like a bunch of escaped lunatics from a mental institution. I have got to admit, it was funny watching them fool around, to be honest. I remember one particular evening, we had a fixed lecture on the first floor of the Science Block 'A' and there was a Christian fellowship banging away on the second floor right above us. The fellowship was being held in a regular sized classroom, but they had a full drum set banging, coupled with trumpets, guitars, a piano, their singing, shouting, howling and blabbing (Speaking in tongues). We could not hear a word the lecturer was saying over the hocus-pocus.

Eventually he got really pissed and sent our course Rep. to ask them to stop the fellowship immediately; because we were in a school and not a church. The brethren departed after much protests. Looking at us through the classroom windows as they walked by, they had this disgusted ' God forbid ' look on their faces like they were looking at a legion of demons and condemned souls straight out of Hades. You know what, let me stop with all the reminiscing. I figure you get the point already.

You see, while university students in other parts of the world are busy making ground breaking discoveries, carrying out extensive scientific research, developing tangible ideas, creating amazing inventions and making the world a better place, Nigerian university students are busy ' fellowshipping '. We build scores of churches in schools but lack laboratories, We donate millions of naira into church development funds on campus but don't spend a dime on school excursions. Before you get to my school gate, right after the school sign board, there are over 15 sign posts of different churches bidding you welcome; not a single one belonging to an academic society.

The only time I ever heard of the National Association of Physics Students or the National Association of Science Students in my school was either during campus elections or student's registration. These associations are otherwise useless to the academic development of students. Regardless of the apparent " Godliness " being thrown around all over the place, campus cultism and moral decadence was never curbed. We were very notorious in those aspects. Shocking isn't it?

We have raised a whole generation of young people to live with one foot in this world and the other foot in the afterlife; teaching them to ignore the physical world before their very eyes whilst focusing on an imaginary afterlife paradise, and you wonder why the country Nigeria (our physical world) is in jeopardy. Our youth are raised on principles of ignorance, irrationality and zero common sense. That is why we keep relying on divine intervention to solve our problems for us like religion has ever made any country great." God will help us ", a Nigerian's favourite quote.

Why should we worry about scientific inventions when there is a paradise waiting for us in the afterlife and all we got to do to get to it is pray till we draw our last breath? Surely having a religion is more important than anything else in this world. More important than an affordable cure for cancer, more effective malaria vaccines, technological advancements and even common sense. By all means let's leave scientific discoveries and technological advancements to the Asians, Europeans and Americans to worry about. These are carnal desires and we are heavenly people.
The ball is right in your court and you really have to think to hit it, it is all your choice now, use your head, my people.

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Learn To Spare The Rod Sometimes - A True Life Story

Learn To Spare The Rod Sometimes - A True Life Story

I grew up in a very strict home, and my father used to be very strict and high handed. He never spared the rod. Growing up, I seldom saw my dad smile, he alway wore a stern look like he was always pissed at us. He would never play with us, compliment us when we did good or even have a normal conversation with us at all. The only time he talked to us was when he was asking questions, giving orders or scolding us. We could not be caught watching TV with him around, whenever we heard the sound of his car pull up, we would turn off the TV, stop whatever game we were playing, scurry off to our rooms and put up our best behavior.

But all that started to change right around when I got into secondary school. I remember the term I came first in JSS 1, he congratulated me for the first time in my life! I had been coming first in school since I was a toddler but he had never patted me on the back. That had always been my mom's job. There was this belief that if you compliment kids, they would start to misbehave. Then my SS3 when I passed WAEC and JAMB in one sitting, he not only congratulated me but also gave me money to go hang out with my friends. When I came home from my first semester in the university, he shook my hands and hailed me ' Agu, alla '. Another memory to hang in my archive of golden memories.

These days he is basically my best friend. Now we sit around watching the news every other evening and talking about politics, religion, culture, and life in general, and we argue a lot too as well. You think I like arguing on the social media? Wait till you see me arguing with my dad in real life. He is my little sisters Telemundo and Zeeworld partner. Come to my house and you would find all of us playing, gisting, yabbing, and poking fun at each other; just having a laugh. My older brother would always tell me and my younger ones how lucky we are. That we are the ones really enjoying our father because he was not that fun to be around back in his day.

What changed him, you might ask. Well, I wondered the same thing too, until recently when he told me the story of what reduced his high handedness. Apparently he also grew up in a very strict home with a very high handed father. All his uncles were the same, men who never talked to their kids except when they were scolding them or giving them orders, you only spoke when you were spoken to, so as a young man, he got his first idea of parenting from these men.

He told me of a particular uncle of his, the meanest of them all. This one was strict with both his kids and everyone else's kids. Children do not play in front of his house, even chickens dreaded his Obu. Due to his strictness, his children grew up into frightened men and women. Grown adults with no self-confidence or self-esteem; basically scared little insecure kids living in adult bodies.

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They would never raise their voice, they would never speak in public, not even in family meetings. They would never argue with anyone even when they are being trampled on, they were all cowards who would run away from a little confrontation with little or no resistance. So everyone in their Umu nna disrespects them and takes them for granted. His uncle died a sad lonely man feared by all his kids even on his death bed.

My father had experienced firsthand what his overly strict uncle turned his cousins into and it scared him. Then he looked at himself and realized he was also alienating his own kids because of his high handedness. A man with 7 kids comes home from work in the evening and not one of them comes to keep him company in the living room. He watches TV alone and eats alone because his kids are scared of him. What kind of life was that? He did not want to end up like his uncle nor did he want his own kids to turn out like his frightened cousins. So he mellowed down.

As a parent, you need to realize how much your attitude towards your kids shapes them psychologically. Your demeanor towards your kids imbibes a very huge impact in their subconscious. Positive or negative, depending on how you treat them. Parents need to learn the difference between love and fear, respect and subjugation. Your children should love and respect you not fear you and be oppressed by you. Do not be a god to your children, be a mom, be a dad, be a friend, and upon all be a human being to them. Do not destroy your children's future being a merciless dictator in your own home. Learn to spare the rod sometimes.

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The Tragedy About Most Nigerian Marriages Today

The Tragedy About Most Nigerian Marriages Today

The Tragedy About Most Nigerian Marriages Today is that girls date the love of their lives but end up marrying someone else. I would really like us to take a moment to analyze the Nigerian girlfriend.

Just take a look at this scenario, Boy meets girl and they fall in love. He dreams of a happily ever after with her, He is sure in his heart that he is going to end up with the girl. But the girl does not see it the same way. Don't get me wrong, she loves him. But only as a boyfriend not as husband material. ( Honestly, I am still trying to figure out how that works ).

She is not interested in building with him or helping him become her husband. She wants an ' already made product '. So she keeps thinking to herself;

"Where is this relationship taking us self?"

"He is almost the same age as I am."

"When is he going to make money?"

"When will he decide to settle down?"

"When will he be ready to propose before he will now come to pay my bride price?"

"Will I not get old in my father's house before then?"

Such are the thoughts that plague her subconscious in the dead of night. ( Because marriage is her number one priority in this life over everything else ).

Soon, she gives in to the pressure she has created for herself in her own mind and breaks up with her boyfriend. In less than three months, she is engaged to an ' already made man '. One who has made enough money to wife her. Boyfriend is devastated. But the real question here is, ' where did this new man come from? '. Three months seems like an awfully short period of time to know a man before accepting a ring from him. The truth is, he didn't just materialize out of thin air. He has always been there. But she had never really paid much attention to him nor did she get rid of him. She kept him around as a backup plan. In fact, she kept several backup plans, if I may say.

Nigerian girlfriends often than not, keep multiple side ccoks stashed away somewhere in case their boyfriends don't meet their required validity period. This event has a huge psychological impact on the boyfriend. He will probably never trust another girl ever again in his life. Thus, a serial cheat and fcuk boy is created. Hence, an unfaithful spouse. But he is not our focus for today.

Back to the girlfriend, so she ends up marrying this new guy, a considerably older man than the boyfriend, but the chemistry here is different. Maybe because of the age difference who knows. It is not the buddy buddy, best friend and lover lover kind of relationship she had with her boyfriend anymore. That is the kind where she was free to be free, naughty and wild to truly be herself. This one is more like an older brother and younger sister kind of relationship, sometimes uncle and niece, or in some extreme cases, father and daughter. Such rigidity, no fun, no romance, no friendship, just papa, and mama, she would never dare fart in his presence lol hehehehe.

They probably never really got to know each other well before tying the knot. She left the guy she vibes with, the one who knew everything about her and truly understood her for a total stranger all in the name of marriage, and in an interesting plot twist, she actually expects to keep up this charade for the rest of her life and hopes to god that it works out.

Then it does not. And she begins to watch War Room back to back and run from one prayer house to another. This is the classic origin story of many Nigerian marriages today. It is no longer about love, romance, friendship, companionship and compatibility. It is just about getting married for the sake of it. Having a glam wedding, Because apparently everyone else is doing it. I mean this is what society expects of them right, so why the hell not?

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Must Find 5 Items in An Ideal Nigerian Woman Starter kit

Must Find 5 Items in An Ideal Nigerian Woman Starter kit

Not too long ago I indulge in a discussion with a female friend of mine and one way or the other the discussion led to Must Find 5 Items in An Ideal Nigerian Woman Starter kit  as the discussion kept going I was able to figure out some point which we both finalized on to be some how true, so I came up with this post which I still titled Must Find 5 Items in An Ideal Nigerian Woman Starter kit, below are them, number 5 will totally surprise you:

1. Marry as a virgin. (this is the second most important mission of your life)

But be a freak in the sheets on your wedding night.

Even though you have never had sex in your entire life, just instinctively know how to do everything right in the bedroom. Figure out every sex move, style, and techniques as the case may be. (Basically, become a Kama Sutra grand master on your wedding night) Or your husband will start looking for another woman. And that would be totally your fault, don't say I didn't tell you.

2. Never let your parents catch you with a boy. Do not look at boys, do not talk to boys, do not think about boys, do not even breathe close to a boy lol. If one of your girlfriends kinda looks like a boy, do not bring her home. Just avoid everything male. But make sure you are married or engaged before you turn 25 years of age.(How you are going to do that, I can't tell you. Just figure it out yourself).

3. Live your whole life in perpetual anticipation for marriage. (Getting married is the most important mission of your life) A husband is the greatest thing any woman can achieve in her life. Forget all your dreams and aspirations. (Look at this one) Just find yourself a man and your life will be complete. (Problem, Hilary Clinton?)

4. Tie wrapper and wear a very big gele on your head whenever you re going out. You have to dress like a descent woman in public. But wear bikinis and bum shorts at home for your husband. If possible, put a stripper pole in your living room and give him a lap dance every chance you get. (Or else do not blame anyone when he starts keeping late nights) hehehe.

5. After God, your husband comes second, You are his property. He literally bought you off your parents, in form of  " Bride Price " You can never be his equal so do not even bother trying. Your place is beneath him, not by his side. Equal rights do not exist here. (We are not oyinbo people abeg) just use your head, my sister.

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The Story " The Emperor's New Clothes " Hidden Lesson It Holds

The Story " The Emperor's New Clothes " Hidden Lesson It Holds

I just found a new definition for religion in Hans Christian Andersenin's Fairy Tales Told for Children. Titled " The Emperor's New Clothes". This is a story a lot of us read in primary school but for the sake of those who may not remember or have not heard the story, let me give a brief narrative summary.

The story is about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. A vain Emperor who cares about nothing except wearing and displaying clothes hires two weavers who promise him the finest, best suit of clothes from a fabric invisible to anyone who is unfit for his position or "hopelessly stupid". The Emperor's ministers cannot see the clothes themselves but pretend that they can for fear of appearing unfit for their positions and the Emperor does the same. Finally, the weavers report that the suit is finished, they mime dressing him and the Emperor marches in procession before his subjects. The townsfolk play along with the pretense, not wanting to appear unfit for their positions or stupid. No one dares to say that he does not see any suit of clothes until a child in the crowd, too young to understand the desirability of keeping up the pretense, cries out, " But he is not wearing anything at all! " and the cry is taken up by others. The Emperor suspects the assertion is true but continues the procession.

Now, this story has been retold for many years in many ways and in many languages but I am only realizing its moral background now. It all boils down to one word, and the word is " RELIGION ". A lot of people believe and follow different religions not because they see or experience any power of the divine but because everyone else believes and they do not want to be left out. Popular culture and the desire to be accepted by society is what drives a lot of believers. And every once in a while, an atheist cries out " stop this folly! " but mankind is so grossly engulfed in their pretense to pay any attention.

I think it is high time people opened their eyes and saw the world for what it truly is and always have been. Organized religion is nothing but a mind control tool used by religious leaders and political entities for their own selfish gains and personal satisfaction. Which is why it is easier to build mega churches and mosques rather than build mega homeless homes for the world's ever growing homeless and refugees. Buying Private jets as opposed to feeding millions of starving kids in North Africa or the Waring Middle East.

You know what, I'm just gonna stop right here. Mankind still has a few hundred years to spend under this terrible spell anyways. Atheists are just rather unfortunate people born a couple hundred years before their time.

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The Human Body Is Not Indecent, The Human Mind Is.

 The Human Body Is Not Indecent, The Human Mind Is.

The human body is not indecent, only the human mind can be.

Around the late 1800s and early 1900s in America, there used to be a law on indecent exposure. It stated that " The bottom of a woman's skirt shall be no higher than 7 inches above the knee ". Offenders were written a summons for a fine of $10 (that would be $270.33 today). Failure to pay up would earn such a lady a night in jail.

Back then in America, women were expected to wear cucumber dresses and pantaloon combinations when swimming. In 1907, Annette Kellerman, an Australian swimmer, was arrested on a Boston beach for public indecency for wearing her trademark one-piece swimsuit. After a public outcry at the arrest, the style had become generally acceptable by the 1910s.

That law has since undergone several reviews and amendments ever since then. Today, indecent exposure only refers to conduct undertaken in a non-private or (in some jurisdictions) publicly viewable location, which is deemed indecent in nature, such as nudity, urination, masturbation or sexual intercourse in public. Today, women wear bikinis when they go swimming or just for the hell of it. Public nudity itself has not been a crime throughout California since a 2000 Appellate Court ruling.

Do you know why this law was abolished?

Americans realized that putting laws on what a woman should and should not wear was impinging on her fundamental human rights. I mean, why should there be laws on what women wear but not men too? It was biased. Also, they realized that forcing women to cover up made the people prudish. People who were sexually aroused by every little thing they saw. And in as much as the women covered up, it did not stop them from being sexually abused or rapped. Over time they saw that this was an antiquated line of thinking and they did away with it.

They instead, invested their time and energy on educating and training their men to control their minds and their libido. They discovered that the female body is not indecent. Only the mind can be. They gradually introduced the people to scantily dressed women through pop culture; fashion, movies, and music. Guess what ? it worked! They have finally succeeded in raising a whole generation of people who do not view a woman's body as sinful or indecent. People who are comfortable with looking at a woman's skin. This is not moral decadence, this is mental progress.

Statistically speaking, an Indian woman wearing a flowing sari, hijab, burqa and all is 10 times more likely to get raped on the streets of Mumbai than an American woman wearing a bra and bum shorts on the streets of Florida.

A Nigerian girl sleeping in her pyjamas in the comfort of her parent's house is more in danger of falling prey to sexual predators than an American teenage girl wearing a mini skirt and a crop top in the park. Tell me then, between these societies which ones are truly morally decadent.

Sadly, Nigeria has found herself today where America used to be over a century ago. But with all the information we have at our disposal today, it is sad to see Nigerians who still believe that indecent dressing is actually a thing or the cause of rape. Regardless that little children get sexually molested the most; even babies too! When you try to educate them, they will be shouting ' is not our culture ' and be quoting bible verses up and down. Defending their own ignorance.

But who's culture are you even talking about? Our ancestors never had a problem with unclad maidens. That culture was brought to us by the Europeans. A culture they adopted during the dark ages. And even them have since abandoned that barbaric and retrogressive lifestyle. But leave it to Africans to cling unto every medieval school of thought and way of life on the planet. Apparently, that is the only thing we are good at; being backward.

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Where Is The Nigerian / African Race Heading To?

Where Is The Nigerian / African Race Heading To?

I made a post some while ago pointing out some flaws and poor decision making of some Jewish ancestors and their customs. You can't believe that my timeline was literally lit on fire for 3 good days by people trying to defend the ancient Jews and their way of life, well that is their cup of tea anyway.

I left Facebook that day around past 1:00 AM in the morning and woke up to 73 notifications by 6:30 AM I was shocked because it is been a while I saw such on my account.

I had to turn off notifications from that post to catch a breather and preserve my sanity.

Sadly though, none of these people were Jews, can you imagine. They were all my fellow country men and women, Nigerians for that matter. To them, they were defending their Christian faith, Which was really weird and ironic because the post never mentioned 'Jesus', the supposed founder of the Christian religion anywhere in it. I don't think they noticed though.

A lot of Nigerians do not realize that most of what they call religion today is actually the culture and traditions of another race from another time. Ideally, that is how religion works everywhere around the world. A people's religion is interwoven with their history, culture, traditions, folklores, and legends.

gods are supposed to resemble the people they represent. That is why after the Romans adopted Christianity as their state religion, they had to change the image of Christ into a white man. There was no way in hell the white man was going to bow down to some middle eastern colored fella.

But down here, we are a mentally enslaved people.

A people with a lost identity.

A demonized identity.

A whole nation of people who despise their own image and cultural heritage.

A nation that does not even teach it's own history in its schools.

Instead, keeps fighting over which foreign culture it should indoctrinate it's children with; the Arab culture or the Jewish culture, both wrapped up in the guise of religion.

At the end of the day, we have kids who know everything about Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, down to Moses before they can even read. Who then grow up into adults who can not trace their own family tree back to the last five generations. Most do not even know the road to their villages as term 'My village people' now means 'My enemies'. Some can not speak or even understand their own local dialects anymore. Why should they? Our ancestors were all evil devil worshiping heathens. Nothing like the holy and saintly Jewish ancestors who could do no wrong.

This is why most Nigerians think that defending the bible, the Jewish history book, and all that is written inside it, be it good or bad, is a juxtaposition of defending Jesus Christ. This is why the IPOB keeps trying to trace their ancestry to Israel (and you laugh at their stupidity). This is why a Nigerian Muslim would readily kill a fellow Nigerian if he insulted the Arab culture. Religion, culture; we can not tell the difference. We do not know the difference.

If I made a post right now criticizing notable Nigerian ancestors, say Princess Inikpi of Igala, King JaJa of Opobo, Queen Amina of Zazzau or Princess Moremi Ajasoro of Oduduwa kingdom, it wouldn't raise a single spec of dust! and you know am speaking the truth. Hell, half the people on my list won't even know who these people are let alone come out to defend them or their ideologies. On the long run, this is how lost and confused we are right now.

Like a certain Indian friend keeps telling me, " Eze, your country will not grow until your people learn to be proud of their roots and develop a sense of national pride ". And to be sincere, I totally believe him. Because Nigerians, we do not have a goddamned clue who we are anymore, am seriously speaking.

I get scared when I think about our future as a people. At the pace with which we are losing ourselves, in about 100 years time to come, our identity, our languages, and what's left of our culture will be totally forgotten, mark my words. I would have said they will be history, but we do not even study our own history.

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Letter To My Future Wife About Raising Our Daughter(s)

Letter To My Future Wife About Raising Our Daughter(s)

My Dear future wife,

I hope this letter meets you slaying and making boss moves. I am writing this for the sake of our unborn daughter.

Please note that we will make it a priority to always know the boys our daughter is crushing on from the moment she turns 13. And when she eventually starts seeing boys, she will be free to bring them over to the house so we can see their faces and know who she is going around with. (And also I will know who I am gonna deal with if anything funny happens to our baby).

I will not be one of those naive parents who just sit and create a fantasy world in their heads where their teenage daughters remain virgins forever, do not like boys, aren't lesbians either and do not experience teenage hormones.

The truth is that, teenage girls will explore their sexuality. They just started feeling these strange hormones, exciting body language and overwhelming attention from the opposite sex that they are not used to. The curiosity of their age will drive them to explore these things whether their parents approval or not. They even do it more when the parents are strict. They just develop better ways to hide it from them. You remember how it used to be right? You probably did that too.

I have noticed that teenage pregnancies occur more with overly strict parents than with parents who level up with their kids. So honey, our daughter will be our best friend. We will make her comfortable enough to talk to mummy and daddy about anything and everything. Especially boys. I mean, who is in a better position to advice her on matters relating to teenage boys than someone who was once a teenage boy himself and someone who used to like teenage boys.

We will talk to her about relationships, consent, safe sex, contraceptives and how to deal with the overwhelming attention teenage girls get from the opposite sex. ( I am not letting some dumb ass boy give my daughter sex education while I am alive. No ma'am! ) She can have a boyfriend, but absolutely no dating outside her age bracket. Her boyfriend must either be the same age or not more than a year older than she is; until she is 18 years of age. It is easier for a teenage girl to turn down unhealthy sexual advances she is not comfortable with from a fellow teenager than an adult.

"If he says he will just put in only the tip and won't move? He is lying to you baby".

"If he says you need to have sex with him to prove that you love him? Never have sex with anyone out of obligation princess".

"If he says condoms aren't cool? Honey, tell that boy to go practice his pull out game in the bathroom with a bar of soap".

"If he says he is not dating his age mate because he wants to marry a virgin? Sweetie, he has an older girlfriend he is in a serious relationship with".

"Oh, that uncle is always calling you 'my wife' or 'fine girl' whenever you are passing by? Do not worry baby, daddy is gonna have a little chat with him". 

(I will probably chop off his prick and feed it to my cat while I am at it).

See honey, I want to be that cool parent my kids will look at and not see only a father but also a friend. Because teenagers are rebellious as hell. I know,  I used to be one. You will guide and protect a teenager better when they see you as a friend and ally than an authority figure or an enemy.

Are you with me on this honey? And do not worry, I can totally do this on my own if your church won't let you be great. (Just in case you are one of those very pious religious women hehehehe).

Besides, I don't believe in gender roles when it comes to parenting.

With love and unapologetic candor,

Your loving husband, Jude.

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Latest Top 13 Ways Nigerian Women Lose Their Values

Latest Top 13 Ways Nigerian Women Lose Their Values

Nigerian women eh, the ease with which you people lose your value ehn, it is becoming very alarming, and most times I petty you people. As a Nigerian man, the only way I can loose my value is if I die. And even death is not a guarantee.

But Nigerian women...hmmm check out the Latest Top 13 Ways Nigerian Women Lose Their Values

-First of all, you were born with a vagina instead of a penis. That alone reduced your value as a human being by like 50% right from birth.

-Your hymen gets torn (even by mere accident).

Who sent you to go and represent your school in athletics?

You have lost your value.

-You get raped. Ah! It is your fault na.

Child of the world, you probably seduced the poor rapist with your indecent dressing.

You have lost your value.

-You see a man you like and decide to approach him first. What?

You are liking man instead of man to be liking you.

You have lost your value.

-You visit your boyfriend and spend the weekend at his place. Ewo!

Ndi cohabitation.

See as your value just dey throw away like water for Kainji dam.

-Your boyfriend breaks up with you.

Chai! You have been used and dumped.

Toilet roll is now better than you.

Your value has finished.

-You get pregnant and decide to keep it.

A single mother in Nigeria is like a second hand Tecno phone.

Nne, massive value fall on you there.

-You decide to be pro choice.

You have not only lost your value, now you are also going to hell.

-You are 35 years of age and you are not yet married.

Please go and look for husband quick quick before your value meter runs dry.

-You get married and you cannot have kids.

Wait first, are you even a woman before we will start talking about value?

-You don not know how to cook, you like to wash your clothes with washing machine and your dishes with a dishwasher. 

Mbok, you never even had any value in the first place.

-You are suffering life threatening domestic violence at home at the hands of your husband.

You are probably not praying for him hard enough. A woman with some real value prays for her husband.

Biko go and watch War Room and get your value together!

-You decide to walk out of an abusive marriage. Hian, abomination!

As a divorcée, you are at the bottom of the value chain. You are rolling in the deep abyss of no return. In fact, your value meter is reading ' Battery Empty '.

As if being a Nigerian is not hard enough, you people just had to be women.

Nigerian women are strong sha, I salute all of una.

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Who Is God? The True Definition Of God.

Who Is God? The True Definition Of God.

Who Is God? The True Definition Of God. This is indeed a topic that can generate a huge spark of argument amongst human, but i have in my little way broken down to my own understand of Who God Is? An also The True Definition Of God from my own perspective of point of view:

God is me.

God is you.

God is that destitute beggar on the street.

God is that sick person in the hospital.

God is that child in the orphanage.

God is that homeless flood victim.

God is that child dying of disease and malnutrition in an IDP camp.

God is that Syrian child who washed up on the beach of Bodrum.

The earth herself, is God.

In fact the Universe as a whole is God.

I do not believe God is some ancient white man in the sky with grey hair, full beard, flames for eyes and thunder for a voice. As painted in watchtower books as we might at a point in time come across before. I myself stopped having that belittling and narrow minded view of God since I was like 12 years of age.

Everything living and breathing around me is God. We are all one huge harmony of divine manifestation. And if we can show love and compassion to one another and every living thing on the planet, then we can truly say we love God.

If we did that right, we would not need to die before we get to heaven. The earth herself which we live on would be a paradise of its own. Let love be your religion, Show some love and compassion to someone today.

Have a lovely day today.

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The Fact Behind Nigerian Marriage Which No One Told You (A Short Story)

The Fact Behind Nigerian Marriage Which No One Told You (A Short Story)

It happen so quick that i have to come up with this post on The Fact Behind Nigerian Marriage Which No One Told You (A Short Story).

As we all know, there is this popular way of life we all grew up to accept as young people growing up in Nigeria, West Africa.

If i may ask, Is it that, boys (male) are supposed to date girls (Female) of their age when they are young but should marry younger girls when they are older? In fact this is a huge question that makes me reason with a double thought.

Thus, your girlfriend today will marry someone older than you, right? And you in turn on the other hand, will marry the girlfriend of some little guy tomorrow, hehehe. And life goes on that way.

Well, marrying your age mate around here (Nigeria) is a marital anomaly perceived by its indigin.

Like one of my ex-girlfriend told me some couple of weeks back, she said and i quote "Jude, the girl you are going to marry is still in JSS 2". At that moment,  it sounds ridiculous to my hearing but definitely it is the Nigerian way.

Down here, the average age gap between couples in Nigeria is about 6 - 7 years. This makes it almost impossible for you to marry your secondary school or university sweetheart you know.

Based on my research, in most developed countries today, the average age gap between couples is probably 2-3 years. So with that rate, a huge percentage of American and European high school and college lovers usually end up in marriage together.

It is possible for an American and an European teenage lovers to end up together because of one simple thing, which is ' Their girls do not see marriage as a means of survival '. They do not sit in their parent's houses after school and wait for a man to come and make them his responsibility. They do not receive random suitors, sometimes strangers as the case may be strangers that they have never even met before, but were recommended by some distant relative, then end up picking one out of the bunch; normally in this case is the highest bider. The one that can "take care of her". Disregarding the fact that there is a boy somewhere she is deeply in love with.

Their girls have goals and they work to achieve them. They get jobs after school, make a career or build their own businesses and strive for financial freedom without a man. They make just as much money as the boys. So they do not need a man to swoop in and save them. They take care of their own financial needs themselves. So at the end of the day, they meet their boyfriends halfway and they build the life they want all together. This is how people are supposed to get married.

Unlike in our case here, where the whole responsibility of making a marriage happen is solely dependent on the guy or man. This is why many Nigerian men today are not ready for marriage until their early or mid thirties. Because the responsibilities on the man are way too much! Oh, and on the other hand,  there is the economy to consider too hehehehe.

The average Nigerian girlfriend has 0% hustle spirit take it or leave it. (Average in this case, because I am not about generalizing). She believes it is the duty of the man alone to make all the money, take care of her and provide for the family and if possible for her own family too hehehe.

Down here in Nigeria, marriage is not just simply a union of two people who love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together.

It has become a female hustle.

A means of survival for women.

To some, it's even a poverty alleviation scheme.

A relationship between a whale and a leech.

Nigerian women have over the ages made a career out of marriage without even realizing it.

She wants that fancy lifestyle of actresses she sees on African magic and on the media.

She wants the latest iPhones and Brazilian weaves.

She wants money, cars and houses.

She wants that glamorous fairytale wedding she sees on Bella Naija and a honeymoon in Paris. 

But she is not willing to lift a finger to work for any of it.

She is a woman after all. All she needs to do is get a man. The man will provide the rest.

Because man answereth all her prayers.

credit to: Eze Drizzy Jude

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Puff Puff Pass Graffiti Digital Art Design

Warm greetings to you all my friends, especially my puff friends out there both home and abroad whose love for graphics and art generally is way beyond expression, I want to use this medium to quickly show you guys one of my latest piece which i call the Puff Puff Pass Graffiti. 

The design concept that i use for the Puff Puff Pass Graffiti is simply based on the Jamaica or Rastafarian color which is basically the red, yellow, and green colour. and if you have been very observant, you will notice this color on a lot of reggae material etc cos its more of an identity to them. so basically that is it.

  

Nevertheless, am a huge fan of Graffiti, but as we know the Graffiti culture is usually not common in Nigeria, so still using my work to show that in as much Graffiti culture is not common in Nigeria it doesn't mean that Nigerians don't have talented Graffiti artist and am so lucky to count myself (Omaiye Benjamin Ohepo) to be among one them.

More Details About Puff Puff Pass Graffiti 

Name Of Piece : Puff Puff Pass Graffiti.
Time Spent Generating Vector/ Digital Painting : 30mins.
Category : Vector Art.
Graphics Hardware Used : Optical Mouse.
Software : CorelDRAW X7
Price Tag For the Graphic Work (for those interested who want me to do a similar work for them): $35.

Furthermore, Puff Puff Pass Graffiti didn't end in the graphical form only i actually took another step to print them on fitted T-Shirts (Black and White Shirts) [ i also have Navy Blue, Pink, Sky Blue, Yellow and Ash colors of the same T-Shirt] which i have delivered to my customers who ordered within Nigeria, the result was lovely take a look at it below:

So if you are interested you can call me (Omaiye Benjamin Ohepo), my number is there on the picture, the price is there as well.

Note: The N3500 does not include delivery fee.

I will really appreciate if you hit the LIKE and SHARE Buttons for me because it motivates and keep me going, and finally your comments are most welcomed.

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Shekpe Graffiti Digital Art Design [Photos]

Shekpe Graffiti Digital Art Design [Photos]

Warm greetings to you all my wonderful friends out there, Its you man Omaiye Benjamin Ohepo from OhepoGraphics, and today i want to show you guys one of my latest graffiti piece which i call Shekpe Graffiti in Shekpe Graffiti Digital Art Design.

Well the word Shekpe down here in Nigeria is referred to as a drink with dry gin been its major part along side with some other herbs and root which is mostly consumed among youths and adults within the the country.

I dislike copycat i make sure i always generate my work right from the scratch that is why my work is unique and special. below is the hand sketch of Monkey Tail Graffiti:

Shekpe Graffiti Digital Art Design [Photos] The Paper Work

  

More Details About Monkey Tail Graffiti

Name Of Piece : Shekpe Graffiti

Time Spent Generating Vector : 1hrs 55mins

Category : Vector Art

Graphics Hardware Used : Optical Mouse

Software : CorelDRAW X7, Corel PHOTO-PAINT

I will really appreciate if you hit the LIKE and SHARE Buttons for me cos it motivates and keep me going, and finally your comments are most welcomed.

Shekpe Graffiti Digital Art Design [Photos] Printed On  Black T-Shirt

 

Shekpe Graffiti Digital Art Design [Photos] Printed On  White T-Shirt

So if you are interested you can call me (Omaiye Benjamin Ohepo), my number is there on the picture, the price is there as well.

Note: The N3500 does not include delivery fee.

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