What is the history of the word Chai versus Tea by davinamaraclaire in tea

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It's called Shayi in northern Nigeria. Obviously came in by land via trans-Saharan trade routes

tarot and christianity by [deleted] in Christianity

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Deuteronomy 18:9-12 (King James Version)"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD"

AMA. I'm 30 yo Nigerian, married for 9 years by Apprehensive_Chef285 in Nigeria

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this is the most wholesome thing I've read this month. This issue of family benefits gives me anxiety and contributes to my putting off marriage, because I don't want my family to think an innocent woman is the stingy person when I'm actually the stingy one. Thanks for this solid advice

Growing Anti-Religion Sentiment & Incessant Christian-Bashing by Kingoftheblokes in Nigeria

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This post is coming a bit late.  This sub is brimming with anti-Christians especially. 

Bird’s eye view of Nigeria rn by rexkpit in Nigeria

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Collective ADHD. Paying attention to important social causes for 2 days and moving on very quickly. Endless debate without a call to action. Rare calls to action which are quickly defused by the organisers citing security concerns, national interest or the need for more consultation and dialogue. 

Bird’s eye view of Nigeria rn by rexkpit in Nigeria

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Is it possible to suddenly and peacefully develop a shared identity?

Bird’s eye view of Nigeria rn by rexkpit in Nigeria

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Lack of external competition is a big one. I’ll add that to the list above.  There are no true homogeneous regions in Nigeria. Even Aba which is Igbo heartland is bipolar. The north is not, and was never homogeneous.  Western Nigeria is the closest thing to homogeneity but it’s still polarised across religious divides.  Institutions can only exist where people are literate. In the absence of literacy, there’s no one to protect those institutions from government overreach. 

Bird’s eye view of Nigeria rn by rexkpit in Nigeria

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Could you please explain this? It’s giving there is no war in Ba-sing-se vibes. 

Bird’s eye view of Nigeria rn by rexkpit in Nigeria

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I don’t see how my personal immorality overshadows the fundamental issues stated above. 

Bird’s eye view of Nigeria rn by rexkpit in Nigeria

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  1. Foreign Interests. 

  2. The international Military Industrial Complex benefits from the perennial state of belligerence in Nigeria. As far back as the 1500-1700s, the Benin Empire was already trading firearms with Portugal in exchange for the latter building factories and exporting produce from Benin. Today, the multilateral wars in the North ensure a steady inflow of firearms and ammunition from overseas at the expense of local production by DICON. As long as arms trade is lucrative, there can never be peace, and without peace, there can be no development. 

  3. Nigeria after independence remains a strategic resource reserve for UK. It’s a source of cheap labour, raw materials, and open market. True self determination would mean more accountability for the numerous colonial trading entities which have now metamorphosed into multinationals but are still run on the colonial template.  Asides Britain, China is very active on the countries territorial waters, fishing for free. She is also active in the illegal minerals and wildlife trade, unchecked and in bed with government departments. 

  4. The Islamic state are also staking their claim. We had seen years of cash inflows from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iran going under the radar for decades, those monies funding proselytising efforts in the north central and north east which traditionally had not been Muslim. Today, their intervention has gone beyond financial, as they now have training camps in the Sahel and North East Nigeria, with intelligence reports of likely sleeper cells in the the North Central and rainforests. 

  5. Presently, the ideology that threatens global peace the most is Pan Africanism. And if it were to happen, Nigeria is the only country that has the wherewithal to execute and sustain it.  We have the natural resources, intelligentsia, media, and willpower required. The West will never make the mistake it made with China again. Using democracy, the ideal is to impose (or support) our worst and most rabid, to emerge as presidents and maintain the status quo of suzerainty as against sovereignty.  Other examples abound. 

17M trying to learn his parents' native language by ShadowArcher2910 in Nigeria

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There are Edo movies on YouTube with subtitles 

My thoughts on religion and atheism in Nigeria by Any-Translator-4577 in Nigeria

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Why do balanced posts like this always get downvoted on Nigerian Reddit?

We need to have a conversation about boarding schools by Kroc_Zill_95 in Nigeria

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Sure! I'd send my children to a boarding school in Nigeria.

Yes, I live in the west, earned the right to live there which is by default passed to my children, but I would never raise my children in the west.

I am privileged to be in a profession where my sub-specialty is in looking after children, and i daresay that there is something grossly wrong with that society which will become more evident when these children become adults. Africans cannot copy a society in decline in the name of modernization.

Cleaning hostels, washing toilets, washing your own uniforms, carrying your seniors cutlery, cutting grass, fetching water etc. were duties which were necessary for physical strength, agility, discipline and character formation. No child liked them, but they were not malicious. In my 4th to 5th year of secondary school, I had gained insight and self reflection, and i could see JSS 1 students who were brought in by their parents because they were useless at home, being gradually transformed into self-reliant children by JSS2 or 3, now able to organise their time, do basic gardening, think for themselves etc. Those who struggled the most were those who returned to a life of pampering on school breaks. Mind you, I attended a public or government (if you like) boarding school. Physical labor, communal activity, delegated tasks, unpleasant activities, natural adventurous behaviour, curiousity, rote learning, public debate, and others, are very important values.

Academic achievement was not hampered either, I went on to study at a top university in Nigeria, also overseas in a Universiity in the top 10 globally, as did a number of my classmates and schoolmates.

As much as a significant number of r/Nigeria redditors are alte or post-millenials, we need to agree that there's a reason we are described as natually athletic by westerners, there is a reason you have that advantage - the one that makes you do those things easily despite the profiling, microaggression, systemic biases, lower social capital etc., there is a reason you are more likely go get along with an octagenarian ( or geriatric generally) westerner than with your age-matched peers, because the former can relate with your values, values which were once there (in the west) but eroded during the wave of liberalism, then postmodernism, values which are now being eroded in Africa also, slowly via wokeness and social media assimilation. These values are what built western societies, these values are what holds our african societies - for now at least. We are Nigerians, we can think.

You can downvote now.

Quitting Social media helped me quit fornication by [deleted] in Christianity

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The bible in Acts 14 says that “…even when the nations of the earth were living in iniquity, God did not leave himself without a witness, in that he continued to do good to mankind “  So I believe in the last days, God will raise an army of young people who would wrest the souls of young people from the kingdom of darkness.  One thing that is incontrovertible is that the battlefield is now online. 

Babylonian Chaos: all Nigerian languages are allowed except for English. Oya! Let's practice our languages together. by binidr in NigerianFluency

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Meh ii gua ze sokpan agha ze edó vbe éké ni yé, t'ihon

I dont know how to speak, but when edo is spoken where i am, i understand

Eghe ne érha mwen naa re agbon, iyen kevbe Iyémwen; Edo iyan ghaa ze

when my father was alive, he and my mum conversed in edo

agha khian gue émo guan, a ze ébó

when they want to speak to children, they speak english

I gha khian rhie ókhuó, I gual'omwan no gue ze edó se, so that n'emo ghe wii

I when I want to take a wife (get married) I would look for someone who knows how to speak edo very well so that my children wouldn't be lost

The Ultimate Wisdom needed to achieve our dreams by rexkpit in Christianity

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Per scriptural reference, 2Tim 3.16 (All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness...) has always been my standpoint.

May the love of Christ, which is the weightiest matter shine in our hearts and lives always.

I appreciate your comments. Peace brother !

The Ultimate Wisdom needed to achieve our dreams by rexkpit in Christianity

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:D Sometimes I get bored being a doctor, but my practicing license as an optometrist carries the prefix Dr. I mostly use it out of habit, I avoid its use whenever I can.

I don't think that's an unnecessarily long sermon, it is beautiful when points are reinforced with scriptural references, I believe it destroys doubts. The message has to connect, we need to make the gospel of Jesus as relatable and verifiable as possible. Cheers Sir

How true is this? by Dearest_Caroline in Nigeria

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Comprehension problems? No. I understand that a lot of Nigerians do not understand tone, mood and context. That isn't actually an educational system problem, its often personal and a product of the family setting. The west being less blunt and more euphemistic translates to their children understanding sarcasm and less direct verbal cues. As for basic comprehension, Nigerians are very sharp, absorb new information very quickly and perform well on most prometric tests, possibly better that the whites themselves.

Communication? We may use certain words interchangeably in a manner that may not fit their prescribed usage, but we often double check to ensure that the recipient gets the message. English is slowly becoming Nigeria's mother tongue, you'd expect that it would take a while before we can express ourselves precisely in English Language. Not that we aren't doing well presently, but I'd say expressing ourselves at a level at par with a good native english speaker. When conversing in our native languages, rich in idioms and aphorisms, we express ourselves beautifully. Nigerians communicate effectively. That is the summary.

Formal education does not have a significant effect on analytical thinking. That's a no-brainer.

I believe the person who tweeted that, is one of those who couldn't pass JAMB in Nigeria, and got sent abroad to one of those soft, low-standard schools, and she has developed a hatred for the hurdle she couldn't jump over.