Things that mean nothing in other parts of the world are things we celebrate. You get a Lamborghini, and you post it on social media. You get an iPhone, and you post it on social media as an achievement.

At train stations, ordinary people in other countries have iPhones. Lamborghinis, Mercedes-Benz cars and other fast cars are even used as taxis in some parts of the world.

We have become so accustomed to poverty or deprivation that we begin to count little things that should not attract so much attention as achievements. How sad is that?

Honestly, I went on social media and saw people organising a battle over the iPhone 18. People are making videos about who is getting one. God, help us in this country.

I am honestly at a loss for words, but I am humbled. When you go abroad, even small children carry iPhones, and it means nothing special to them because the system works.

Someone can get a phone on credit and pay for it in instalments. Here, perhaps because we mostly buy phones outright, owning one feels like a major achievement.

But should this be an achievement? Should it be something we talk about, celebrate and waste data posting videos about?

What makes it even sadder is that people now use these things to oppress others, saying, “Na me first, na me first.” The average Nigerian has been so deprived that it is difficult not to show off and prove to the next person that they are better off.

Lagos makes the situation even worse. The pressure to maintain a certain image in Lagos is something else. You are almost relegated to a corner if you do not fit a particular persona, look a certain way or dress a certain way.

As a result, everyone feels compelled to do whatever it takes to fit in.

The bigger implication is that politicians now have the audacity to visit hospitals to commission beds or distribute tyres to motorcycle riders as empowerment. These are some of the things we see that are completely wrong.

I wonder whether such things should require a celebration. That is the bigger implication: we have become so accustomed to substandard living that anything small now feels like a major achievement.

It is really sad. We have a long way to go."

~ Nigerian woman criticises the celebration of iPhones and luxury cars on social media, linking the trend to poverty, deprivation and poor governance.

Because tell me why I just saw a video about a man talking about how, in his 80s, his wife shouldn't be going away for three years for Omugwo because, you know, at that age, his wife becomes his nurse and his mother.

And I actually just have one question because I'm becoming a nuisance in comment sections: How old is this wife? Does she not need a mother and a nurse as well?

Every day, you see content online advising wives: "This is what a wife is supposed to be. This is what a wife is supposed to be." I don't see the same energy being passed on to men.

I haven't seen people sit around at a podcast and say, "This is why men need to..." I see "wives, wives, wives." Is marriage the place where women's dreams go to d!£, or where they become slaves just because they're married?

I don't know about you guys, but sorry to the ones who are unmarried. Are you not tired of seeing content like this?

And another thing to the men who keep saying, "Women should just respect them regardless because they're men," or whatever the situation is. I've watched a couple of podcasts that have pissed me off lately.

Some clips I've seen online are like, because this person is a man, you're supposed to respect the person because the person is a man, right?

So basically, this young man was saying how he doesn't care if it's a woman versus a man. The woman should respect the man. So that's the context, right?

And what annoys me about that is even the whole argument about submission and all. God never said we should submit to everybody else's husband. He said, "Submit to your own husband."

So, for crying out loud, I'm a man. Talk to me like I'm a man. I'm a man, bro. Go home.

Because you can't be expecting every woman to submit to you outside. Go home and get your submission. Please, don't stress. Respect yourself.

Please and please, respect yourself. Respect yourself. Don't look for my trouble, please. I'm doing my best. I'm trying to stay respectful, but go home, boo."

~ Nigerian media personality Kiki Osinbajo criticises growing online trend of content telling women how they should behave in marriage while seemingly placing less emphasis on the responsibilities of men.

[1] The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;

If your father own everything why should you lack?

If your father own everything why should you be afraid? Why should you sick?.

This why we are encouraged from the bible to always be positive, "let the poor say I am rich, let the weak say I am strong". Say what you want from your heavenly father now and he will give it to you 🙏

𝐌𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 ✅️

𝐌𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 ✅️

Tomorrow maybe too late!

It is appointed unto man once to die after that judgment. I was preaching this in my dream @1am and it was so real as I woke up.

This sounds like a message of warning to me, for me to put myself in check and also sending me to tell you, and you that have not accepted Christ to do so now.

God is so caring he doesn't want you to wallow in sin