TRADITIONAL OBASHIP BEING POLITICIZED

Traditional Obaship Being Politicized in Nigeria

Crowning 👑 of Obas (Kings) and other traditional positions has become an issue of great concern as its being seen in many villages and towns.

In many cases, attaining the position of oba(king) and some other traditional positions are being politicized. This has made these traditional offices lost their credi and Worth thereby loosing respect in one form or the other.

These positions are no longer occupied by people chosen by the ancestors of the land like it used to be from the ancient days. Candidates that are interested in this positions now lobby with political office holders in order to reach the post even though they're not qualified or chosen by the people / the diviner ( Ifa (Oracle) or Amadioha) as the case may be.

These positions especially the kingship are now being influenced by politics which has made the traditional rulers and their office loss respect and honor to politicians because the politicians now believe that the traditional rulers can not be without them in many cases.

It's really high time we went back to our source  and make things right again so that our traditional institution an gain back the authority, honor and recognition they deserve and bestowed upon them by God almighty. If we don't forge, these traditional institutions have being in place before the modern politics.

Alarming Increase of Internet Fraudsters in Nigeria

The Alarming Increase of Internet Fraudsters

The rate at which internet Fraudsters increases is quite alarming. Nigeria youths spesifically males have taken internet theft as normal occupation that majority are venturing into it.

This wi continue to be so if our society keep appreciating people on their sudden wealth without interrogating and knowing the source of their wealth.

To put an end to this, families has roles to play likewise the government. Families should ensure proper upbringing of children, give them good education both formal and informal most importantly teach them morals.

Government should make policies and provisions that will make the country conducive for all citizens to live. For majority of youths complain that government aren't making life easy at all. Actually, it's obvious there's hardship in the country. No jobs, businesses are crumbling and to make matters worse, there is no security.

Youths are graduating massively, yet no employment, even those that managed to learn a trade or vocation find it very difficult to establish. Though, these are the parts of the government's responsibility.

Now part of the youths, majority of youths are not contended and are covetous. They want to have in a year what can't be achieved in 5 years, therefore willing to do anything despirately to acquire their desires.

Law enforcement agencies are also not helping matters. They receive money from the these Fraudsters whenever they're apprehended and set them free without charging them to court for trials.

Funny aspect of it is that they accuse the government officials of theft whenever I'm opportuned to interview them. They say they accept they accept they're thieves but the government officials are bigger thieves.

It's high time we battled corruption starting from various political office holders down to the common citizens.

Cause To Effects: Alimonjiri

It's so sad some parents would bring children into this beautiful world and refuse to take up responsibilities on them but rather leave them to themselves to struggle right from childhood.

Quite unfortunate you see such children beg for food on the streets, they go from canteen to canteen to eat leftovers. They look so unkept and stink.

Majorly this happens in the northern part of the country, they are the "Alimonjiris", what do you think these kind of children would grow up to become if not bandits, gunmen, kidnappers, armed robbers and assassins then terrorize the country. Perhaps, they need to survive too so they would do anything to sustain and meet their daily needs. They will be so despirate carlous, why? because they never had parental care or love. They will never have mercy because they feel life has never being fair to them.

Do we also blame government for this?

Do you blame government for not giving your child a proper upbringing?

Yet we complain of insecurities in the country most especially in the north. Every country is made up of communities, communities are made up of societies and societies are made up of families meanwhile families are made up of individuals. So individuals in the family, that is the parents really need to take up their responsibilities on their children.

These Alimonjiris can be easily convinced to Carry out evil acts and they would be paid and catered for, I'm sure they won't think twice before accepting the offer to terrorize.

It's high time frame for people especially in the north to changed their orientation so we can have a reasonable and peaceful society.

FACTIONS IN AFENIFERE

Politics is taken as a demigod in Nigeria that it makes many Nigerians think irrationally.

The AFENIFERE, a Yoruba socio-political group has been broken into two factions, one fo Pa Ayo Adebanjo while the other is for Pa Reuben Fasoranti. This happens as both leaders support different political aspirant in the forth coming 2023 presidential election.

Pa Reuben Fasoranti claims that the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Hamed Tinubu is a Yoruba descendant, therefore he should be given mandate by the group (AFENIFERE). Since the group is a Yoruba group so should support its own.

Pa Ayo Adebanjo in his own view he's of the point that the south east deserves the seat the most now than any other zones because virtually all other zones have held the presidential position since the emergence of democracy even since Nigeria's independence. So he said to be fair and just, the Igbos should be the country's next president. So therefore, he's giving his support to the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

However, sometime last year 2021, Pa Reuben Fasoranti handed over the mantle of leadership of AFENIFERE to Pa Ayo Adebanjo. The question now is who should be referred to as the true leader of the group and who should the members of the group and the south westerners listen to.

Meanwhile, lots of controversies has erupted due to this issue. Let's think of it, should political issues tear the group apart?

Would the AFENIFERE leaders determine who the people of south west  should cast their votes for?

Is the AFENIFERE not losing their unity as they ougth to speak with one voice.

Hope this controversy would not submerge the AFENIFERE. For the group is meant to maintain peace and order in the south west region.

Both leaders should dialogue and reach a reasonable agreement so as to let peace reign in the group and in the region.

                                       Abdulazeez Balogun

Health Benefits of walking Bare Footed

You Could Expand Your Lifespan by Walking Barefooted

The importance of walking barefoot, sometimes, cannot be overemphasized, because making an effort to spend more time barefoot in nature can provide the human body with some incredible health benefits.

As a matter of fact, studies have shown that walking with your feet, directly touching the soil, allows your body to absorb negative electrons through the Earth, which helps to stabilize daily cortisol rhythm and create a balanced internal bioelectrical environment.

In other words, the negative ions present in the earth can help balance the positive ions in our body (if we allow contact). And when this happens, it improves our health in many ways.

Here are five health benefits of walking barefoot

1. It controls insomnia

A study in PubMed revealed that walking barefoot influences physiologic processes as well as induces relaxation. It has also been shown that people who had been exposed to grounding have better sleep at night when compared with those who did not walk barefoot regularly.

The reason for this is because walking barefoot helps stabilize circadian rhythms, which is the first step to better sleep; as it is the internal system that's designed to regulate feelings of sleepiness and wakefulness over a 24-hour period.

2. It controls blood pressure

Recent studies have shown that the nerves of the feet are stimulated when we walk barefoot. And this usually leads to the reduction of stress levels. However, since stress is released through earthing, which is also known as walking barefoot, it helps in controlling the blood pressure.

3. It boosts energy level

Every lover nature knows that there is a higher energy in nature. This is why whenever you immerse yourself in the natural world, you pick up on the higher frequencies emitted from nature and therefore increase your own energy levels.

However, with our vitality constantly affected by modern society, it advisable for us to make out time to walk barefoot as often as we can.

4. It helps to reduce chronic pain

Alternative medicine practitioners affirm that the electrons present in the earth help enrich the immune system in our body. And this claim is backed by the findings of a recent study.

In addition to enriching the immune system, earthing increases the oxygen levels of the body and thus, helps reduce chronic or acute pain in our body.

5. It improves overall posture

A recent study has shown that shoes are having a negative effect on our feet. Our foot muscles are weaker than ever because of shoes and soft surfaces that don’t cause our feet to be flexible and strong like they once were.

This is one of the reasons for bad posture because we become reliant upon other muscles to do the job our feet are responsible for.

Our weak feet can lead to a bad posture which can lead to back pain, neck pain, and even knee pain which is actually often caused by shoes that misplace your postural alignment.

Note: Walking barefoot for 15 minutes every day is enough to provide the body with some of the mentioned health benefits.

PIJALance Magazine

(Enoch Oyedibu 2022)

STOP BORROWING PEOPLE YOUR ACCOUNT

 

PLEASE READ AND LEARN:  He was greeting me but I didn't recognise him.

I moved closer to him and I left my mouth opened in awe. He is a well known person.

The clothe plug, he owned a boutique so I buy clothes from him.

He was looking pale and lean with rashes all over his body. There were poka dots like on his skin, an infection probably from water or contaminated food.

He gave a faint smile as he read my expression towards him.

He used to be a fine chubby guy.

I walked him to a corner and the expression on my face was not a pleasant one.

"Bros, what happened?...what happened to you? Why are you...oh my God,  did you fall sick?" I queried. 

"Hmmm...bros, sha be thanking God for me that I am here, that I'm not dead, I lost everything bro...I suffered, I don't know maybe you notice that I didn't open my shop?" He asked and I told him I didn't notice because its been a while I pass his shop side.

"What really happened? Tell me please" I asked and he started.

"I was in my shop when one of the guys that owns the shop beside me came that I should borrow him my account number  he want to give it to some customers to pay for what they bought and I gave him, later in the day, I wanted to go and withdraw the money and noticed my card was declined so I walked into the bank the following morning to ask what the issue was...bro, in short, the police came in few minutes later after the manager told me to be patient while they work on it, they took me away...I was confused because I didn't know what I did, I was taken into custody and locked up....I couldn't contact anyone because my phones where seized....the following day, they removed me from where I was and locked me with some other guys...I have not contacted my people...we were brought out, removed our clothes and cuffed us, we were lined up...that was when the dpo started talking...."

When he got to that stage, I already knew what happened but was patient to hear him out.

He continued.

"He said the boys robbed someone, made him transfer all the money in his account to them, collected his car and killed him with his son that was with him in the car...."

I didn't know when I exclaimed ah!

"They killed him? Ah....that's wickedness" I exclaimed.

"Hmmm...bro, let me land...After then, they went to drop their bodies in the bush so that people won't find him, after they found him,  investigation started on him and they noticed money was removed from his account, all the account the money moved into was restricted and the text restriction was apprehend on sight, it did not end there...all the money that left all those accounts where also restricted and the owners were to be apprehended on sight...Two of those guys were the ones that came to buy clothes from the guy beside me but because he didn't have an account,  he came to borrow mine and that was how I ended up in trouble. "

He narrated. It was a sad one because I know the consequences of borrowing people account numbers.

The risk is so high if the fund is not coming from a trusted source.

He continued. 

"Bro, we were tortured,  beaten and tormented,  I kept explaining but they didn't believe me, the guy that came to borrow my account number denied knowing about it, they emptied my shop and sealed it, they threatened to kill us because we robbed an innocent man and killed him,  when I eventually got through to my people, they tried their possible best but with that, we were charged to court...different postponements and this resulted to another suffering...in short bro, one of them later confessed that I was not part of them, I was just a clothe seller that they paid for selling clothes to them...on the judgement day, those guys were sentenced to death and the rest of us that received money from their accounts but didn't know anything about what they did were discharged and acquainted." He narrated.

I thank God for your life bro, many don't even make it out alive.

" I thank God but I lost everything,  everything I spent years working for, nothing is left bro, my business, relationship, home, dignity, respect...everything bro...just because I borrowed someone my account number to receive money...I have learnt my lesson bro" he said.

I really pitied him...I gave him what I could and dropped him off.

I was driving and couldn't stop thinking about the whole thing. 

How life can change from sweet to bitter because of a little action, mistake or kindness.

Stop borrowing people your account number, it has landed many people in jail.

Don't be a victim of circumstances you know nothing about please.

Share this for others to learn.

YOUR ELECTORAL POWER: Get your PVC

 

*YOUR ONE VOTE: Get your PVC and vote wisely*

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In *1776* , one vote gave America the English language instead of German language. 

In *1839* , one vote elected Marcus Morton the governor of the state of Massachusetts.

In *1845* , one vote brought Texas into the union.

In *1868* , one vote saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment.

In *1875* , one vote changed France from a Monarchy into a Republic.

In *1876* , one vote gave Rutherford B. Hayes the President of the United States.

In *1923* , one vote gave Adolf Hitler the leadership of the Nazi Party.

In *1941* , one vote preserved the selective service system just 12 weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

In *1960* , Richard Nixon lost the Presidential Election to John F. Kennedy by less than one vote per precinct in the United States.

Who knows if your one vote is what is required to make a difference which will change the course of Nigerian history?

 

The power of one vote is a civil imperative that can transform the future of Nigeria positively...

You can make Nigeria great again by voting wisely 

Get your permanent voters card (PVC) and become part of history come 2023.

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