alizma:

Did you read through the memorandum or you embrace the caption without reading? Did he mention Nigeria in particular?
They are the owners of their money and they will choose how to spend it but at the same time they can't force others to swallow what they don't like. Besides, who told you that Nigeria is heavily dependent on us financial support, if Obama, his predecessor couldn't force it on Nigerians, why do you think Biden can force it down our throats?

The piece does not need to mention Nigeria exclusively but if Africa is targeted, Nigeria will be the first to take the hit.

The US, in its typical style and approach, will force others to swallow what they don't like. They bullied Jonathan when he was in power over this same thing by refusing to sell arms and even blocking Nigeria's arms deal with other countries.

It is not necessarily about the financial support.

Ujahp99:
Una never see anything. This men have an agenda for the whole world..They said Trump is this,Trump is that..una don see am for una self..

The most challenging is the northerners support for Biden which I can't comprehend.Are we cursed for choosing and supporting bad leaders, first it was Buhari,now Biden..more sanctions to come.weldone Joe Biden[color=#990000][/color]

when we are counting rational human beings no dey count north join.i can't wait to see the reactions on that their cow like faces when they see the new policy

Masterclass32:
The puppet, Biden, hit the ground running. He has no choice.

Biden must do the bidding of his masters.

exactly or he knows the consequences

What they don't want people to see/know

Biglittlelois:
Hehehe una never see anything yet, very soon, we will start to question any guy wooing us or any lady you guys woo if they are really male or female, shey biden is the best thing after sliced bread, same way bubu was sliced bread himself

We that supported Trump saw the future, best believe, Trump had a valid reason for visa restrictions which was flexible, Biden will carry the Lgbt nonsense for head and non of you will smell their border anymore, its so unfortunate he added financial aids to it cos he knows bubu will have no choice but to succumb, we dey wait

chairman, there's very little Trump could have d0ne. C0me to think of it, same Trump gave nigeria a visa ban and wasn't ready to offer any aids. Let us stop thinking like inferior species who can't live without U. S saying so. Or sell our independence for n0thing. World politics is a business. We offer America alot as much as they give us. But like shrewd business people, would pretend like they do us great favor. Instead of worry abt america's leadership and sit like goats helpless, we should start demanding alot fr0m our leadership, ourselves and how we elect leaders n0t to use that strength hating ourselves over religious or ethnic whatever and using distracting rhet0rics as central topics. We are of equal imp0rtance to America as they are to us. We as blacks are t0o f0olish to realize this. America or the world d0n't give us aids just cause they love us or cause they are charitable. It's a business. Same America sold aids to the nazis during the world war 2.

Those fools that didn't like Donald Trump. and wanted him out. you're now happy right? blinded fools.

Another buhari Don show face for USA

One thing is clear, Nigeria can never change its already made up Anti-gay stance, imposing sanctions from now till the coming of Christ will never change anything...

sunshineV:
if nigerian don't adjust their laws toward lgbtq then its only right to ban them from usa cus they are a threat to the lgbtq community in the usa. can't have u walking around the country with heatred in ur heart

Exactly. Or before issuing a VISA to Nigerians, they should be made to swear an oath and sign an agreement that they'll never be caught hating on homosexuals and that if caught they should be jailed for nothing less than 20years.

I hope all these our homophobic brothers on nairaland would stay far away from American embassies to make things easier for those of us who are liberal when we apply for American visas. But I trust hypocritical Nigerians, many of them here will even claim to be gays just so they can be granted asylum visas in the US.

Abeg nau, make una no apply for American visas nau abeg

drediamond:


Please, I will explain some things if you can be civil in your conversation.

Even though I do not need to support Trump, of course, he's not my president. But calling people foolish or other names for their political affiliation is not good.

Okay, what Trump did for Nigeria or Africa at large?? Well, you might not know because of almost 100% negative coverage of the man.
I do not care about some appointments of some Nigerian Americans who Biden appointed.

Why?

Because, they are going to do the bidding of America and seek its interest, not Nigeria. America is their country and they pledge their loyalty to its flag totally. Every decision they are going to take on that job will be of America's interest and not Nigeria's. So quit the aids and appointment narrative because it does not add one kobo to Nigeria's economy or well-being.

Let me take you back to the days of Jonathan—where he was frustrated by the Obama admin, in refusing to sell weapons and some financial sanctions, while Boko Haram was ravaging the country aimlessly. He used the Leahy law for this purpose citing human rights abuse.

Please, give me a break.

The same Obama that was droning citizens in Yemen, and other middle east countries. Obama utilizes more drones in two years into his presidency than when they were at war in Iraq and Afghanistan under Bush. The guy was busy droning citizens with reckless abandon, and when he was confronted with his war crimes, he said they are collateral damage due to their bogus and nonsensical "war on terror" narrative. If you doubt me, read more about the files from Edward Snowden and Julius Assange.

Trump overrule this law, and sold weapons to Nigeria and even remove the embargo that denied Nigeria to assess weapons from other countries under US influence.

Also, Trump was the first president to question US military overreaching tendencies towards countries that do not warrant such military intervention. He openly said the US military is not the world police and the UN should step up to its responsibilities.

He stopped more militarization of US camps in Niger and Cameroun. He removed US military generals from Africa and redeployed them to focus more on China and Russia.

If I may ask? what on hell are US high military generals doing in sub-Saharan Africa. Is Africa a major threat to them? He ended US occupation in Somalia and reduced US military involvement in the continent rather engage through trade—which of course China is doing.

The carnage in Libya is still there and under Trump, Africa can at least breathe of the threat of financial sanctions and military oppression.

And for visa restriction, and please not ban as you stipulated, yes I somewhat disagree with it. But can you totally blame the man? America is facing an immigration crisis that has lingered for years. Congress has refused to solve this issue and it was one of the reasons Trump was elected. America needs an immigration overhaul or the country will soon collapse in its face.

Trump wants to prioritize merit instead of chain migration. He was merit to be sole for immigration to America. I think he wants to move it from the present 15% quota to 75%. Even I do not agree with this approach, but the man is just doing want he believes is best for his country.

Do you think Canada is stupid with its immigration policies? They are busy taking our best from us. Medical doctors, professionals, and other top ends skill sets. Go to major companies in Nigeria, the majority of their top managers and highly skilled individuals have migrated to Canada or contemplating to do so.

The British just announced their merit-based immigration system. Even the Dubai government will now start giving citizenship to certain professions.
All countries are busy shoring up their economy with the right people to bolster their economy.

And for the alleged "shithole" comment. Okay, I completely agree is bad, but can we say it is racist? The same guy called some US cities far worst. He said San Francisco is a shit city because of the politicians in an attack on Pelosi. Truly some part of SF, you will see Americans shitting on the street and taking their bath as well. This is a city considered to be one of the wealthiest in the world, yet thousands of Americans are sleeping on the street. And SF is predominantly white.

So Trump is just very arrogant, rude, and unapologetically blunt which is unbecoming of a politician. As complex as the guy is, there something you cannot take away from him. He loves his country and does not read any color to it. As long you profess yourself as an American and believe in its values, you are good with him.

And lastly for the LGBTQ issue, what he did is barring the US military from funding the bills of people who want to engage in transgender operation which will definitely lead to them not entering the military. That is, you can not say you are transgender, then applied for the US military to fund the act to make you one. And this lead Trump to argue people who do not know their sex or finding it difficult to ascertain their sex will not be good for the military or better still at the war front.

And by the way, Trump is the first president to appoint an openly gay man into his cabinet. So that does for it for the anti-gay narrative. In fact, he has stated it many times that gay people in America have the same right as all Americans and should not be discriminated against.

thanks for this it's great work more grace

"However, the Biden Presidency threatens" "swift and meaningful" responses, including financial sanctions against countries found guilty of human rights abuses of LGBTQI+ persons.

The memo warned: "When foreign governments move to restrict the rights of LGBTQI+ persons or fail to enforce legal protections in place, thereby contributing to a climate of intolerance, agencies engaged abroad shall consider appropriate responses, including using the full range of diplomatic and assistance tools and, as appropriate, financial sanctions, visa restrictions, and other actions."

what be the problem? .... Bobrisky and crew no suffer abuses in 9ja.

Sahara Reporters forming trouble from across the Atlantic Ocean where there is none again.

So this is why Trump was hastily removed from office...

SmartPolician:


You need to update your knowledge of the global economy. Production (real sector) doesn't necessarily drive an economy. Instead, countries are turning to knowledge base to drive their economies.

The US is a knowledge-based economy. No country can invest half of what the US invests into research. That's why they are ahead in many areas, including space technology

To the news: the biggest influence that powerful countries wield over the developing countries is through aids. But Biden should show us some respect because we are technically a sovereign country. Don't foist your values on us.

If your values are one that tramples on the rights of others, then it needs to be evaluated. Don't you think?

Biafrannuke:
Where are those who questioned why we concern ourselves in US politics? see why

Where are those who hated Trump for his Visa policies? they're likely neither getting the visa nor enjoying sanity.

What of those who blamed our people for standing up for Trump? we are always right.

we are the wise men from the East,we saw buhari and rejected him,they called us haters,wailers etc but today everyone knows we are right.
We supported Trump,they thought we are naive,now everyone knows better.
What Biden and Obama actually wanted is "population control"by offering an adventure in strange sex styles.
They know that same sex marriage won't produce offsprings (population control)
While Europe is dying

Cowbell521:
unreasonable mumu

Wow so there are reasonable mumus..?? People like you ehhkwa?

Jman06:
Exactly. Or before issuing a VISA to Nigerians, they should be made to swear an oath and sign an agreement that they'll never be caught hating on homosexuals and that if caught they should be jailed for nothing less than 20years.

I hope all these our homophobic brothers on nairaland would stay far away from American embassies to make things easier for those of us who are liberal when we apply for American visas. But I trust hypocritical Nigerians, many of them here will even claim to be gays just so they can be granted asylum visas in the US.

Abeg nau, make una no apply for American visas nau abeg

bro this is perfect but hypocritical nigerians will find their way around it

ismoney:
From the write up, you should know that I can’t support evil. God created just male and female.

Bro i didn't accuse u of loving evil. I just made a guess work.

When is Biden going to sanction Nigerian Politicians who are guilty of crimes against humanity with their stealing of the monies meant for the 200 million Nigerians who suffer from corruption induced poverty on a daily basis ??

leadzeal:
Laws are creation of the mind so has to attain a level of control in order to arrive at a state of order, or close to order.

Sticking my d*ck in the asz of anyone no matter the gender should raise just one concern.

Does my sticking and f*cking affect anybody adversely apart from the 2 or more persons involved?

This question has a lot of logic to it but I am afraid Africa is not yet ripe for such logical reasoning. So therefore, at this time, the issue of enforcing a law on an entity to accept your view is contrary to nature law.

Let Africa grow and face other pertinent concerns. Goodluck shouldn't have gone far with that brash law to denigrate the right of same sex couples. But I know it is those religion fanatics that pushed him to it.

Let all sheath their sword. Let Africa and the world tackle other pertinent issues and pretend such obsolete law against human rights don't exist, and with time, we will grow to understanding why a man loves a fellow man or why a woman prefers a feminine gender.

It is all a matter of time.

Let love rule.

Matter of which time. Please don't say that. Let's call a spade a spade. Same gender sex was never right from the origin of creation. If na by that one make every animal begin do gay and lesbianism.

Anyone who is gay should better go and trace the origin of him being gay and deal with cos nobody was ever created a gay or a lesbian. To me same sex marriage and all is highly demonic. All these devil used agents are only here to do what the devil sent them to do ie to kill and to destroy.

So oga if ure one of em use ur head and repent. Ask GOD ALMIGHTY heal you of ur disease while you also help urself.

I saw this coming...

sunshineV:
bro this is perfect but hypocritical nigerians will find their way around it

Yeah! I wish they'll stop seeking US visa because of this.

...I think US is more clever than this, When am see her logo, "one people under God"
but it's surprise the stubborn didn't know God they were under.

drediamond:


No, America almost destroyed itself through blind hatred for one man, who dared tried to challenge the system through which he became president.

I know you hate Trump, and I don't give a heck about him either.

But, please stop feeding into the narrative of "an attempted coup" orchestrated by the media. That was never a coup of any such. It will be a great insult to those who had lived or currently living under a coup.

We can both agree on Trump's behavior and conduct towards the end of his tenure is poor. But challenging electoral results is part of American politics—and objecting to electoral votes in Congress has been going on for ages. Even Hilary Clinton and some other democrat senators did the same against George Bush Jr while she was a Senator from New York. Also, more than 60 democrats in congress objected to Trump's win and many more didn't come to his inauguration.

An alleged "conspiracy of a stolen electron" by Trump is no different from the Russian collusion nonsense. In fact, the democrats even went ahead to suggest Russia hacked the voting systems and tallies. These are crazy ideas they perpetuated during the 2016 elections, that continue to hang around Trump's presidency.

If you mean challenging the longstanding practice of the US policies and changing them in which he tried to by merely fulfilling his campaign promises is what you termed as " destroying the US institution" then maybe there should not be elections anymore.

Trump campaign on ending the US wars that have been going on for decades, tackle unresolve illegal migration, challenge the norm in Washington, engage the world through trade rather than through wars or meddle on foreign issues that bring nothing to the US and many more.

Many established politicians do not like these policies and again the result of the smears hovering around him. Truly, Trump is flawed, but not to the extent of the coordinated campaign against him from the media, intelligence agencies, wall street, and the pentagon.

As for Biden policies, is not surprising, because he campaigns on them. Even though I do think in the foreseeable future, Nigeria will come to a full grasp of allowing the LGBTQ community freedom and grant them certain rights according to Nigeria law and processes.

And lastly, for the racist part, I cannot comment on it. Because the word is meaningless these days. Everyone is now racist if you do have an opposite view of things, especially if you criticized "a person of color".

The majority of Americans dont like Trump and they voted him out.He didn't do well .Politics is about perfomance. And he was voted out.Qed.He was very unpresidential.And Americans dont like that.He was also full of conspiracy theories and refuse to consent to a peaceful transfer of power.One term.president:and twice impeached.He is a narcissistic megalomaniac who is now a leader of the QANON cult.He was disgraced out of power

I knew this would come to pass. Democrats of today are nothing but devil worshippers who have sold their souls in exchange for wealth and power that's why they wanted Trump out ASAP so they can propagate their new age anti God policies but Our Lord has overcome the world so we shall not be afraid of whatever the minions of hell will throw at us.
This is just the beginning of more stranger, sinister and devious plans to come from these antichrists.

If Nigerian and other African leaders can create self sufficient societies, no one will be able to bully them into accepting anything. But once you are a perpetual beggar running to white daddy for everything, they the whites will treat you the way they wish.

UAE does not permit same sex marraiges either and neither does China. Why is America not sanctioning these nations? Because they are financially self sufficient. Until we Africans fix Africa, we will never be respected anywhere.

Biafrannuke:
Where are those who questioned why we concern ourselves in US politics? see why

Where are those who hated Trump for his Visa policies? they're likely neither getting the visa nor enjoying sanity.

What of those who blamed our people for standing up for Trump? we are always right.

Same coin, different sides. Their policies and agendas against Nigeria and Africa are always exploitative and counterproductive in a manner it will always benefit their covert/ hidden interests. Trump ± Biden = ≤≥ American agenda or foreign policy towards Africa and Nigeria, which is always = negative exploitative policies. So they are birds of a feather that flock together in exploiting and destroying Africa and Nigeria.

Zooposki:
I’m so happy with this policy. There should be another policy which says before Nigerians are given visas, multiple visa officers should drive their pr*ck inside the anus and mouth of all male Nigerian visa seekers.

Loooooooooooooolllllllll, swear down.
I pray too. This runner-aways need to get a reality check.

bepositive11:


Are you gay? How did you become gay? I really can't understand how it happens. Sometimes, I wonder if it's a psychological issue. Two females having sex is one thing, but anal sex is not natural. If it was back in the day, before all these lubricants were invented, men won't be able to have sex with each other at all.

The goal of sex is reproduction. Anus is for excretion. It wasn't made for sex.

For the love of Pete, try not to think about sex when you think of homosexuality, then you will find your answer, it makes you look like a pervert when you only think of sex when you think of homosexuality, it shows that sex is the only thing you see women for and nothing else especially as an hetero, women are just objects to soothe your sexual whims.
Also research on the male gaze, if you condemn homosexuality, condemn lesbianism too, don't support one because you enjoy watching and condemn the other because it disgusts you because I know women who love gay porn (female gaze) but hates lesbian porn too, it just makes you look like an hypocrite and straight people have anal sex too yet no one bats an eyelid but two men, the world goes to an uproar

Lol we talk am.
Trump is a racist...

Yoruba Visa already has gayism attached to it.

This is pure continuation from where Obama stopped and this is just the beginning of their evil agenda.

Biafrannuke:
Where are those who questioned why we concern ourselves in US politics? see why

Where are those who hated Trump for his Visa policies? they're likely neither getting the visa nor enjoying sanity.

What of those who blamed our people for standing up for Trump? we are always right.

The mistake you Trump worshippers have been committing is that Trump does not give a rat as.s about whether you're gay or straight. He is a liar; and unless he gets a divine transformation, he is likely to die as one. As long as it pays him either politically or financially, that old con man will continue lying to you and playing to gallery. Trump have a lot of friends and political allies who are closet homos and lesbians.

Sanchez01:


http://saharareporters.com/2021/02/09/biden-threatens-financial-visa-sanctions-against-nigeria-others-over-anti-gay-laws

Se ki i se pe ori Biden ti fe maa daru saa?