Shadomaan7:
The prices are still going down after stabilizing. Those who have been hoarding the fuel would soon be exposed

Britain’s former colonies should be thankful for the legacy of empire, not demanding reparations, according to the Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick.

In comments that were described by a Labour MP as “deeply offensive”, the former minister said countries that were part of the empire “owe us a debt of gratitude for the inheritance we left them” in the form of legal and democratic institutions.

Jenrick made the comments in an article in the Daily Mail, pushing back against the growing momentum to provide reparations and justice to countries and people affected by transatlantic slavery.

Commonwealth leaders agreed at the weekend that the “time has come” for a conversation about reparations for the slave trade.

Keir Starmer was among 56 heads of government who signed a document at the Commonwealth summit that acknowledged calls for “discussions on reparatory justice” for the “abhorrent” transatlantic slave trade.

Starmer was criticised before the conference after he told reporters he wanted to “look forward” rather than have “very long endless discussions about reparations on the past”.

Jenrick accused Starmer of doing a U-turn on the issue and of “capitulating to those determined to tear our country down”.

The MP, who is regarded as trailing his rival, Kemi Badenoch, in a run-off for the votes of Conservative members before the announcement of a final result on Saturday, claimed that the debate about reparations had “seeped into our national debate through universities overrun by leftists peddling pseudo-Marxist gibberish to impressionable undergraduates”.

He said: “The territories colonised by our empire were not advanced democracies. Many had been cruel, slave-trading powers. Some had never been independent. The British empire broke the long chain of violent tyranny as we came to introduce – gradually and imperfectly – Christian values.”

Alongside “honesty about the crimes of colonialism”, Jenrick said, Britain should be proud of its “achievements”, instancing the model of common law and other British institutions in former colonies.

He wrote: “I’m not ashamed of our history. It may not feel like it, but many of our former colonies – amid the complex realities of empire – owe us a debt of gratitude for the inheritance we left them.”

Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Afrikan reparations, which has organised Britain’s second national conference on reparations, taking place on Sunday, described Jenrick’s comments as “deeply offensive and an obnoxious distortion of history”.

She said: “Enslavement and colonialism were not ‘gifts’ but imposed systems that brutally exploited people, extracted wealth, and dismantled societies, all for the benefit of Britain. To suggest that former colonies should be ‘grateful’ for such unimaginable harm disregards the legacy of these injustices and the long-term impact they still have on many nations today.

“Following Brexit we need to establish ourselves as a nation that everyone can do business with. We cannot afford such vile, baseless commentary. Whilst it might send perfectly pitched dog whistles for a Tory leadership contest, these insulting sentiments are catastrophic for international relations.”

Days before the deadline for Conservative members to cast their votes on who should succeed Rishi Sunak as leader, Badenoch has also spoken out against reparations, claiming that British politicians are “too embarrassed” to be visibly against the idea.

“I would not put my name to any document that mentioned reparations,” she told the Telegraph.

Franking:
You want the proceeds of alcohol that you term haram?

Kano state destroys countless crates of beer, for example, but wants the tax collected from other states that consume it?

Is that fairness to you?

blacknp:
Na True 100%, make Gringory congratulate Bianca Onoh, accept the fact say Bola Tinubu na The Commander In Chief.

NLCreator:
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franugo:


Pls share the counsel and preachings on marriage that you have an issue with

Sharpsharp00123:
Op u even get time, just leave Igbos to do their thing we ain't new to it.

They did more during Buhari regime, thank goodness they ain't bringing another tinubu from Gambia or telling him to drink water on TV

tundegan:
This is good but Peter Obi should have used the money to build a school instead of donating to an almajiri school.

We all know what those almajiri kids are being used for.

Confirmedzombie:
The Supreme Court today, denied Fubara STAY OF EXECUTION Urging the counsels to the Rivers state Government to obey the Apoeal Court judgment while their Appeal are been heard.

The coast is now downing on Fubara and his 3 Lawmakers.

Information reaching me Sat's INEC will this week announce dates for Bye election into the vacant seats.

More details coming
Stay tuned

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Friday, revealed that there will be more hardship in 2025.

Primate Ayodele said there will be an economic blackout, which will make citizens revolt against the Nigerian government.

In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele made it known that the Nigerian government had failed to perform its duties by working towards bringing an end to the current hardship faced by Nigerian citizens.

Primate Ayodele noted that Nigerians are suffering but it will bite harder next year unless the government does what is expected of it.

He said refineries will not solve Nigeria’s problems because it will be frustrated.

‘’As it is now, we will soon buy rice for N150,000 and beans for more than N200,000. The government hasn’t done what they are supposed to do to bring the price of food commodities down."

People are suffering and haven’t enjoyed this government. Instead it’s still more suffering and agony.

‘’The hardship is coming up and will bite Nigeria hard next year. The government has refused to solve the country’s problems and that’s why the Nigerian economy will fail.

“Refinery will not create anything and foreign exchange will not improve, it will still increase except something is done but I don’t see this government doing anything.’’

Primate Ayodele noted that economic hardship will be three times harder next year unless the government does the needful.

He added: ‘’The price of every commodity, kerosene, gas, diesel, etc will continue to be expensive because there is so much rot in the country.

“The government ought to take out some people from this administration, but it’s surprising that the president is comfortable despite the gross irresponsibility in the country."

"Economic hardship will be times three of what we are experiencing now next year; the government must be careful so that the citizens will not revolt. There will be a kind of economic blackout.’’