M i c h a e l T o y e @Apexwave

I wanted to process and obtain a birth certificate for my child. I went to NPC office. The moment I parked outside, a man sitting among the people outside accosted me. I do not know whether he works there or he's a tout looking for a quick fix. He asked me what I wanted, I told him. "Shey you know that the normal fee is 25k. Anything you now want to add to it for us". I didn't have any problem with paying, but I did a quick search on my phone and saw clearly that issuance of birth certificates is free. I told him that I would not pay 25k and I also won't add anything. I called one of the numbers on the website and while I was waiting to be attended to, one of the messages being played to my ears is that obtaining birth certificate is free and that I should not pay anything to anyone. A woman picked my call. She was very helpful and polite. She made me realise that I could actually do it online. I commenced the process and realised that the child needed to get NIN. Searches showed that we could not do that from our home. We went searching for a centre and saw one. A NIN was obtained. It was paid for. I returned online to continue what I started. On the same website that said obtaining a birth certificate is free, I was asked to pay a little above #5,000 to proceed. I didn't mind. After all, that would have a receipt and get to the government. After my payment, the next stage required me to enter the certificate number on my own birth certificate. Mine was issued in 1996, almost a decade after my birth. I drew it out and entered the certificate number on it. It didn't work. I tried again. It still didn't work. I started inputting other numbers on the certificate, none worked. I took a pause and did some searches. I realised that my certificate was of the "old school" era and I would need to apply for a reissuance, which comes with a certificate number that the modern system recognises. Okay. I proceeded. I was asked to pay a little above #3,000. I did. I was asked to input my NIN, I did. Then I was asked to take a picture. The process took more than 40 minutes for me to get a picture approved by the system. What it eventually picked as useful was my tired and frustrated face. Guess what? In the same process, I got to another stage that required me to take another live photo and update. The stress started again. I got one that the system accepted after 14 trials. Of course, I had a picture in the database over a decade ago, and I consider the repeated requirement superfluous. After that, I underwent another long and tedious process of typing in details of my parents. For a second, it felt like I was the child who never had a birth certificate. When I was done, I got a message telling me that I'd have to wait for the reissuance because the system has a lot of requests to process. Essentially, I had to drop the processing of my child's birth certificate and face the reissuance of mine (which was neither lost nor destroyed), because without it, I could not process my child's. Why does an entity echo and re-echo free birth certificate on its call lines and website, while doing the exact opposite? This is not about the money. It is about a citizen's right to accurate information from his government and its appendages. Why is a birth certificate suddenly "invalid" because it was issued before the introduction of whatever? If another government introduces another platform, do I get to do this again? And why am I paying for a reissuance? I did not misplace or destroy it. Why do we have to enter every damn detail about us and upload our photo everytime, even on platforms that already collected those data, times without number in the past? When my birth certificate is reissued (if it is ever reissued), only Christ knows what I will go through when I return to the tiring site to continue the process for my child's.

@davido You and your uncle want to support APC at federal level, but you want to call out APC rigging on the state level so he will continue to answer dancing Governor? You and your uncle dey crase. Again, I hope your uncle loses. So we enter street together in January.

You’d think niggas were bullshitting when they said “see you after 30”

Engineer Your Life @EngineerYLPod

4 weeks ago

I take full responsibility for my baddie lifestyle, the substance abuse I was in and I am disgstued with who I was. Nicole Nyaba Tells All. #EngineerYourLife

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the human body was not designed to endure two tinubu tenures in one lifetime

Bro watching The Odyssey inside the Trojan Horse.

VishalSid | CW: Jojos @VishalSid_1

a month ago

Seated for #TheOdyssey 😹😹

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Niggas be shooting niggas for shooting niggas that shot niggas for shooting other niggas

APC, Ghana branch

we love ghana @weloveghana042

2 months ago

UK is also experiencing flooding. If it were in Ghana, people would be blaming the government, but look at the people here—they are not complaining. — A Ghanaian lady staying there said this as she shows how the UK is being flooded.

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Presenter: “This award is on behalf of the City Boy Movement.” Zlatan wasted no time collecting the mic: “No be City Boy movement we come do for here.” 😂👏🏽

gradually, we’re moving on from this like it’s nothing. omo

y4yi @yxyiagain

2 months ago

over 40 days now, bro these children are still inside forest and this government has done nothing , i mean nothing about it.💔

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Ima be real… we shouldn’t be getting this until 2030.

GameVerse @TheGameVerse

2 months ago

‘PlayStation 6’ is reportedly launching in 2027 (Source: Kepler_L2)

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This is now their 40th Day as prisoners and hostages of terrorists. 40 Days of Cold nights, no change of clothes, poor physical care, emotional trauma, abuse and constant fear! Ah!!😭😭😭. God!!!! This is soul sinking!!! 40 DAYS!!!

The message is CLEAR!! 🔊🔊🔊 Thank you Falz!!!

Now imagine this girl after being rap#d three times a day for 20 days, then she sees the news that the government has forgiven and rehabilitated 700 bandits. Imagine going through all of that, only for the government to rehabilitate them??? I hate this government, bro. 😭😭😭

Trending Explained @TrendingEx

2 months ago

“Bandits usually feed us to be strong. Then they take turns having sex with us everyday. Sometimes they can assign one girl to be pleasing 3 or 4 men daily.. — Kidnapping survivor narrates her experiences in a bandit camp [Hausa]

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From the videos we saw, this lady and her late husband were being held with some other kidnapped victims. Since you engaged the terrorists and they ran away, where are the other victims?

Nigerian Army @HQNigerianArmy

2 months ago

DHQ PRESS RELEASE TROOPS RESCUE WIFE OF FORMER DIRECTOR DEFENCE INFORMATION FROM BANDITS Troops of the Nigerian Army with the support of the Nigerian Air Force have successfully rescued Mrs Amina Abubakar, wife of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar and former Director Defence

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please reshare if this gets to your timeline 💔

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y4yi @yxyiagain

2 months ago

30 days inside bush. Tinubu you’re a failure.

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Please get addicted to thinking everything will always work out for you.

“You cannot support and defend Tinubu no matter how intelligent you are without sounding stupid.” ~ Dele Farotimi says

Nigerians are always quick to move on, but if this pops up on your timeline, repost it; it costs you zero naira. It’s been three weeks now.

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Media Framing of Crime Along Ethnic Lines: Divisive. As an Igbo man, I have endured stereotypes, judgment, and labelling solely based on my ethnic origins. This is not an isolated Igbo experience. Most Nigerians have, at some point, been reduced to their ethnicity rather than recognised for their true character. I understand the pain of the ordinary Fulani man today, often unfairly judged by the actions of criminals he does not support, has never met, and who are not representative of his people. Even in America, such unjust labelling fueled the civil rights movement and prompted Martin Luther King Jr. to declare that people should be judged by the content of their character, not the colour of their skin. Every Nigerian ethnic group is known for its unique traditions, occupations, skills, and strengths. Crime, however, has no ethnicity. A thief is a thief. A terrorist is a terrorist. A kidnapper is a kidnapper. They are bad actors, not representatives of any people. They must be identified, arrested, and punished according to the law. We must decisively abandon the dangerous practice of blaming entire ethnic groups for the actions of a few criminals. It is unjust, it breeds hatred, and it damages our national unity. Let us proudly celebrate our diverse cultures, talents, and contributions, rather than falling prey to stereotypes and prejudices that politicians and divisive interests exploit for their gain. A new Nigeria must emerge—one where no citizen is condemned because of tribe, religion, or birthplace. We can cherish our cultural roots while standing united by justice, mutual respect, and hope for a better future. We are capable of this. A new Nigeria is within our reach. -PO

Tinubu: "And so... the groundnut oil must never run before sgidoksvhdb 'cause where do we go from there...?" Idiots: 👏👏👏👏👏 Obi: "If you look at our energy production capacity, we are just at 43% of our potential" Idiots: "Lol. This is why I said Obi can never be president. We are at 45%, not 43%. All this man does is lie. How do we put our country in the hands of someone who always falsifies figures to prove a point?"