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Foreign Affairs / Re: Duduzane, Jacob Zuma's Son Differs From Father By Launching Pro-Gay Party (PICS) by smemud(m): 8:14pm On Feb 03
[quote author=smemud post=128272434][/quote] quoting rubbish
Foreign Affairs / Re: Duduzane, Jacob Zuma's Son Differs From Father By Launching Pro-Gay Party (PICS) by smemud(m): 7:03pm On Feb 03
[quote author=Nawa4nl post=128271912]From the time South Africa started supporting Palestine against Israel, I knew that the judgement of God is gonna hit South Africa.

As God said whoever blessed Israel is blessed.

Gen 12:3a KJV And I will bless them that bless thee,

Whoever Curses Israel is cursed

Gen 12:3b KJV and curse him that curseth thee:dey play always linking nonsense with nonsense

It goes to show that the Religion of Peace is not Abrahamic & has nothing to do with God.

You can't be Abrahamic & hate the Children of Abraham.[/quotes stop writing nonsense
Politics / Re: FG, NLC To Meet Over Fuel Subsidy by smemud(m): 1:51pm On May 31, 2023
richidinho:
How can you just wake up one morning and remove subsidy, you cant even hide the fact that your mandate is a stolen one.

This is how people's mandate operate on the first day in office

1. Gov Abba Gida has ordered the reopening of all craft centres that was constructed by former governor kwankwaso

2. Gov. Alia has laid a foundation stone for the construction of 200 low cost housing estate

3. Gov. Adeleke has ordered for construction of bore holes in all the wards in the state

4. Gov. Otti has ordered for the evacuation of refuse in the city centres of Aba and Umuahia

All these in less than 24hrs of their swearing in

Meanwhile, This is what the owner of the mandate Tinubu is enjoying said about subsidy in 2022
na rubbish peter obi dey say,it's better we tackle it then leave it done partially.
TV/Movies / Re: BBNaija: Daniella Kisses Dotun After Promising Not To Get Intimate With Him by smemud(m): 10:19am On Sep 04, 2022
I no understand this show,

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Health / Re: I Can't Satisfy My Girlfriend, I Need Help! by smemud(m): 9:17am On May 21, 2022
Aify3000:
When we started the relationship, I was satisfying my girlfriend. She always praised me and said that I am better than her ex.

But at a time, when we are having sex my joystick will just fall down. It happened for one week and she got angry and told me if my joystick keeps falling she is definitely gonna break up our relationship.

What should i do now?
She said since i dont have money and i cant give her sex, what is she doing in the relationship?
I think u do mustubate,stop it first.

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Crime / Re: Ramadan: Man Beats Pregnant Wife To Stupor Over Meal by smemud(m): 7:13am On Apr 13, 2022
Desusi:
Where is the love he has for his wife in this season of Ramadan? He must have read satanic verses before this action.Do we do evil that good may come?Its indeed religion of piece.
u just confirm to us that u have no brain,woman beater has no religion, they are every where,idiot.Bringing religion to everything.

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Politics / They Deceived General Iron To His Death BY ATTAH OCHINKE by smemud(m): 4:33pm On Aug 27, 2021
Thomas Obi Tawo, popularly called General Iron, was illiterate; an unexposed young man with the tendencies of a small time criminal. He is dead; hunted down and killed disgracefully like a rat. A lot of people, including me, believe he deserved his end. But I think Gen. Iron was deceived unto his death.

The political system used and dumped him, and dodged from him when the chips were down. At the time of his death, the political system he thought he was serving had abandoned him; too ashamed to associate with him. Even the Government that gave him a high office in recognition of his atrocities, sacked him and withdrew the high office. He stood alone, naked, in his last days. He had no place to hide, none of the political associates accommodated him. He ran into the bush like a rat. Am sure the people he thought he was working with and working for avoided his phone calls in his troubled last days.

The question, my dear Boki youths, is, are you being used by the political machinery of some politician to commit havoc? Will you be dumped and discarded like Gen. Iron after you commit the havoc they are sending you to commit? Will they dodge from you when you fall into trouble while playing their script? That is what happened to General Iron.

General Iron imposed himself, by sheer acts of terrorism, as the political leader of Oku/Borum/Njua ward. His political party immediately recognised him as such. The State Government appointed him into the Cross River State cabinet as Special Adviser. He plucked out people’s eyes; he chopped off the toes of a Chief; he roasted some people on fire for being witches – about 4 of the victims died. Others are still struggling with their injuries, receiving poor medication in the village for first degree fire burns.

General Iron tried to kill Thomas Onabe who escape with grevious injuries. Thomas Onabe, himself a Commissioner in the Cross River State Civil Service Commission, reported the matter to the law enforcement agencies and the political authorities and nothing happened.

General Iron must have seen the lack of admonition to all his atrocities as an endorsement of his actions by the political system he served. So he was emboldened; gingered by the lack of condemnation.
He started telling poor villagers, and those who do not tow the political line of the Government he served, that he will kill them and nothing will happen. Indeed he always say he will kill them and Governmentent will still give him money. And he was correct; because as he was killing and brutalizing people his salary was being paid by the Government. That was how he saw it. Remember, he was stark illiterate.

None of his associates and fellow political leaders guided him as far as he directed his atrocities to their political opponents. They used him to “level the ground.”

General Iron seized the Boki Oil Palm Estate owned by the State Government. The Government allowed him to keep it, he saw this as an endorsement of his actions and this encouraged him. He made millions of naira from the estate. They say he shared the loot to his political associates far beyond the borders of Boki. He bought guns from the proceeds and believed he was Rambo.

Young men followed him because he had money to pay. Anybody that disagreed with him pays dearly, or is sent on exile.

His political party recognized him as leader. He took political decisions concerning his ward. He was invited to political meetings where he sat with bloodstained hands, amongst those that called themselves political leaders. They hailed him and threw banters. They egged him on deliberately or by default.

Iron became a lord unto himself, egged on by the system. So he tried to work for the system that has recognized him, endorsed his crimes, and allowed him to reap financial reward. He declared that no political activities should take place in his ward other than the activities of the APC. He said this loudly and nobody, none of his associates across the State, guided him. He was tormenting the opposition, so it was ok.

So when Hon. Mark Obi went home as a member of PDP to meet his Party supporters, General Iron, in sheer display of audacity, went to Mark Obi’s house and warned him to desist from holding any PDP activities in the ward. Mark Obi stood his ground on that occasion and Iron left. Mark Obi dutifully reported the matter to the Commissioner of Police in a detailed petition. Nothing happened. General Iron was a high Government official.

Eventually, misled by the endorsement of his actions and by the lack of admonition from the Government he served, egged on by political associates and fellow political leaders in Boki, he attempted to make good his promise of killing Mark Obi for planning to hold PDP activities in the Oku ward. Mark Obi miraculously survived the attack with grievous injuries. This was the height of it. Iron had outdone himself.

The Governmentment he thought he was working for sacked him; dropped him from cabinet with ignominy. His fellow political leaders in Boki disassociated from him. Everyone dodged. He stood alone. Those who collected money from him, those he shared the proceeds of the Oil palm estate to, dodged.

It was then Iron realized he was alone, exposed, abandoned. Nobody had guided this small time criminal as to the acceptable standards of behaviour when you are vested with a high office. He was promoted beyond his capacity, and applied violence, the only thing he knew well, as solution to solve all problems, especially political issues.

He worked for his party and the political system that accepted him. But in his last moments he stood and died alone in the bush. A scape goat.

My dear Boki youths, learn from what happened to General Iron. Don’t let them use you. Understand that when they send you to commit crime and you are in trouble, they will dodge. Even if you have served them and given them millions, they will dodge. Even if they appointed you PA, SA or anything, they will dodge. So look after yourself. Check your wings before you fly because you will have to carry yourself. Anything you know you cannot defend if you stand alone, don’t allow your group or political party to send you to do. The fact that your actions are endorsed by your master today does not mean you will not account for them tomorrow.

Ask yourself; will your political master send his child to do what he has sent you to do? Let this guide you. Anyone that does not find you useful in politics if you keep to descent behaviour is not your leader. Don’t be used and dumped. Don’t allow them push you and dodge like they did to Iron.

At the end, General Iron deserve his end. He died the way he should. The biggest loss will be if we do not learn the lessons from his death. This is my contribution to those lessons. May Boki now know peace after the death of Thomas Obi Tawo, and may his kind never pass this way again.

Barrister Attah Ochinke is the Calabar branch Chairman of NBA Chairman (Doyen Bar) and writes from Calabar.
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Nairaland / General / See Me See Trouble, by smemud(m): 11:52am On May 06, 2021
Today a girl ask me to help her complete her Tfare in the bus,I gave her#200 and she bought gala and pepsi in my presence.what I should I do.
Politics / Re: Nigeria Overtakes Congo, Worst In Global Electricity Access by smemud(m): 3:54pm On Apr 23, 2021
iampeterben:
Over here in Oke-Aro we don't have good road network but them dey allow us enjoy light.
gbayi which oke aro,the one at agbado abi
Politics / Re: If Federal Government Give Your 5k, Which Business You Wan Do? by smemud(m): 4:03pm On Jan 20, 2021
they sell charger.
Politics / Re: Nigerians Don't Know The Meaning Of Massacre by smemud(m): 10:42am On Oct 21, 2020
u want make ogun kill all ur generation abi

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Celebrities / Re: Lekki Massacre: Davido Tells President Buhari To Resign "Game Over, Step Down" by smemud(m): 9:52am On Oct 21, 2020
humilitypays:
I am Igbo, I came out twice to protest in solidarity with my beloved Yoruba brothers in Lagos. And if I could survive Lekki Toll Gate massacre last night, it means I am destined to live till old age. I wasn't armed, all the protesters were unarmed and defenseless yet we survived, imagine if I and other hundreds of protesters were armed at leat I would have gunned down 5 of those bastard soldiers clearly at a very close range last night. angry


I really feel bad that we didn't fall any of those bloody cowards calling themselves Nigerian army last night that were shooting at us without empathy..they should thank their stars we were not armed.



Now I see why Boko Haram kill our soldiers like flies, Nigerian soldiers can't even shoot accurately, they lack training. If we were armed like them last night, none of those soldiers would have escaped alive!


Nigerian army are pure cowards, highly untrained...they cannot defend Nigeria against any armed aggressor, their strength is where civilians without arms are, fools! angry


This is to show Yorubas that Igbos are for peace, unity and communal progress of all. This protest started in Lagos or so, but Igbos joined in their full force without saying it's a Yoruba issue.


What if this protest started in Aba or Onitsha, will Yoruba have joined Igbos in solidarity My dear Yoruba friends think about all these, Igbos just want fairness, equity, progress and fair treatment for all Nigerians, nothing more.


My Yoruba brothers wake up, Igbos are never your enemies, forget whatever nonsense lies your political elites have told you about Igbos in the past just to ensure we don't unite to fight their evil deeds.

Go and ask, the 1966 coup carried out by Nigerian junior army officers and headed by mostly Igbo officers was carried out in solidarity of Yorubas, basically to free Obafemi Awolowo from jail and make him President then.

You all can see the one of today, Igbos didn't say it is Yoruba protest like the North said, they just joined with all their hearts including the people you mocked and called IPOB terrorists.

It's time for Yorubas to extend hand of true friendship to the Igbos so Nigeria can be liberated from the evil hands holding it down for the common good of all.



Say no to tribalism, in unity we stand.

#BuhariResignNow
#We move
#BuhariHandsSoiledWithBlood
#TinubuMustRetire
#SayNoToObianoReelection
#ShameOnOsinbajo
#Sanwo-OluHasFailed
bro,forgive me all my sins,all u said are true.

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Religion / Re: Some People Are Still Hearing God Speak To Them Directly And Clearly by smemud(m): 3:12pm On May 03, 2020
joinpreneur:
Christianity is not a religion. It's an experience. It all found expression in Antioch of Syria. When I see tongue-talking believers demonstrating reality in Christ as though that's all about him, I feel shocked and disheartened. Some will even express instincts in the name of God said when they know they are not sure if it's His voice. Another people, after a prolonged period of frustration and trying to hear God speak to them with absolute conviction, they don't find it.

But let me tell you, away with anybody who says to you that God's not speaking directly to people again. Away with anyone who says to you that if you want God to speak to you directly, get a Bible. God can speak to people through the Holy Scriptures but that's not all about hearing Him. I'm telling you that a possibility exists in Christian faith where by God speaks directly to you time to time, every minute, sec. Such that communication with God remains two-way. You ask Him something and immediately you get response. That you're about to do something and he tells you yes or no. That you wanna sit down, he speaks to your ears find somewhere else to sit. That the communication system between you and God is now ultrasonic.


I tell you, God's still speaking constantly to some people. They may not even fast and pray to ear Him. God's has trusted them to the extent of sharing the same interactive pattern with them.

That their voices are not on the media doesn't mean the possibility is not existing.

When people talk, see their results first before agreeing. Anybody can fake power but not His presence. His presence is an evidence that His patterns are kept.

I'll tell you more. I've evidence.
Psalm Baba

Is Jehovah, Jesus and FAITH for Nigerian christians alone as a special breed? or for all christians all over the world? And what about the high death rate of 85 so far when Ghana has equal number of confirmed cases but far less deaths of 18 or and other countries with better or worse cases, does it then mean their Pastors and Christians pray more or less than Nigeria ones, or Jesus loves them more or less than Nigerians or they have a better or worse health sector or population density? does it mean the pastors, pastors wives, and christians that have died all over the world had no faith or did not pray hard enough or jesus loved them less? Nigerian religious leaders who have no explanation for the emergence of COVID19 nor any explanation why God hid it from all of them and prophesied something different each for the new year, are now resorting to smart talk trying to take advantage of COVID19 as part of the RELIGIOSITY that is not profitable to God and has failed man kind. We beleivers have always looked unto jesus, but the prophets of the bible were not powerless or bandoned by God. I am a beleiver, i am a member of a church, but the religious clergy must do some souls searching and check that they have not gone away from the TRUE FAITH but practise RELIGIOISTY, year ending now, they will begin to see vison of plague and claim God is now revealing it.
Sports / The Amount Professional Footballers, Pay For Receiving Yellow Or Red Cards by smemud(m): 12:23pm On Feb 11, 2020
Yellow and red cards are used as a means to discipline players for misconduct during the game.A yellow card is used to caution players, while a red card results in the player’s dismissal from the field of play.

Thus, yellow cards are used to punish milder forms of misconduct than red cards. However, if a player receives two yellow cards in one game, he gets an automatic red card.

When are they used?

A player receives a yellow card for committing any of the following offenses:
is guilty of unsporting behaviorshows dissent by word or action
persistently infringes the Laws of the Game
delays the restart of play
fails to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner-kick, free-kick, or throw in
enters or re-enters the field of play without the referee’s permission
deliberately leaves the field of play without the referee’s permission
is guilty of serious foul play
is guilty of violent conduct
spits on an opponent or any other person
denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball
denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or penalty kick
uses offensive or insulting or abusive language and/or gestures
receives a second yellow card in the same match.


They aren’t classified as fines but for every yellow card or red card in football, you usually to pay an admistrative charge to the Football Association that runs the competition for dealing with the paperwork involved.

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In England for example, a yellow card carries a £10 fine while a red card carries a fine of up to £30. It is to avoid these penalties that players often ask referees to ommit bookings from their match report.

The charge is the same whether you are playing in a Sunday league competition run by your local FA or in the Premier League.Some clubs may also give in house fines to their own players for cards but that is up to each individual clubs depending on the kind of policy they want to pursue.

This is usually to try and encourage better behaviour as they won’t want players to miss too many matches.

During the match: A player who receives a yellow card may continue to play in the match. If a player receives a red card, he is immediately dismissed from the field of play and can play not further part in the match.

The player who is dismissed cannot be replaced; his team must play the remainder of the game with one fewer player.

POST MATCH:Although rules vary from league to league, yellow cards and red cards are often accompanied by suspensions.

Generally, one red card results in an automatic suspension of one to three games. Additionally, receiving many yellow cards throughout the season can also result a suspension, depending on the league / tournament.
https://www.celebritiesbuzz.com.gh/the-amount-professional-footballers-pay-for-receiving-yellow-or-red-cards/
Politics / Re: Protest Should Be Declared By Imo State by smemud(m): 10:37am On Jan 15, 2020
this op no get work,u should put your family in d front row abeg,God bless u.

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Crime / Man Cries Out As He Reveals What Happened 2 D New Iphone 11 He Bought For N17k by smemud(m): 1:29pm On Jan 01, 2020
Detty December has been ruined for a for a Nigerian man who spent the sum of N17,000 to purchase an Iphone 11 worth over 300,000
According to the aggrieved victim identified as Bassey Imoh, he had purchased an Iphone 11 at a roadside plaza for the sum of N17,000 only to get home and discover that the phone greets him "Welcome" and "Bye-Bye" when he switches the phone "ON" and "OFF" respectively.

See his tweet below ;
Iphone 11 wey ah just buy yesterday for plaza, Uyo..if i ON am e go tell me welcome two minutes later e go off by em self come tell me bye bye join.. abeg people wey get Iphone11 na so de phone dey behave?? Because my 17,000 naira no fit go like that oooo Detty December has been ruined for a for a Nigerian man who spent the sum of N17,000 to purchase an Iphone 11 worth over 300,000
According to the aggrieved victim identified as Bassey Imoh, he had purchased an Iphone 11 at a roadside plaza for the sum of N17,000 only to get home and discover that the phone greets him "Welcome" and "Bye-Bye" when he switches the phone "ON" and "OFF" respectively.

See his tweet below ;
Iphone 11 wey ah just buy yesterday for plaza, Uyo..if i ON am e go tell me welcome two minutes later e go off by em self come tell me bye bye join.. abeg people wey get Iphone11 na so de phone dey behave?? Because my 17,000 naira no fit go like that oooo

Sports / Re: Arsenal Celebrates Nigeria’s 59th Independence In Pidgin by smemud(m): 8:54pm On Oct 01, 2019
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked


This subliminal post from Arsenal is a very disrespectful one and it takes a discerning mind to see its meaning.
Of all the possible pidgin words why will they choose

"Chei, abeg commot for road"

Who did Nigerians offend that globally we are treated like lepers?

We are not wanted anywhere.
Not in Ghana
Not in South Africa
Not in USA
Not in Thailand

And now not in Arsenal.
Shame on the Buhari-led administration for making the once giant of Africa, the laughing stock of the world.
bro i swear u dey craze,u really need medical checkup.Ur post are full of shit.idiot

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Politics / Re: Saudi Arabia Set To Create A $500b "Artificial" City With Fake Moon, Flying Cars by smemud(m): 7:11pm On Jul 30, 2019
i tire for naija,if na naija now na worm go swallow that money.

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Romance / Re: Cheating Girlfriend Caught, Smashes Her Phone After She Was Caught By Boyfriend by smemud(m): 9:29pm On May 20, 2019
ladybim0416:






What about naija men?
u are talking from experience, but mind you am talking from experience too
NAIJA MEN are BAD
they bird of the same feathers
yeye people
can we chat in public
Romance / Re: Cheating Girlfriend Caught, Smashes Her Phone After She Was Caught By Boyfriend by smemud(m): 9:27pm On May 20, 2019
Hintona:

You are pathetic
*spits, you have so much self hate and anger.
its true, love naija babe at ur risk.
Romance / Re: Cheating Girlfriend Caught, Smashes Her Phone After She Was Caught By Boyfriend by smemud(m): 9:25pm On May 20, 2019
ladybim0416:






What about naija men?
u are talking from experience, but mind you am talking from experience too
NAIJA MEN are BAD
they bird of the same feathers
yeye people
�can I chat with you in private
Romance / Re: Cheating Girlfriend Caught, Smashes Her Phone After She Was Caught By Boyfriend by smemud(m): 6:41pm On May 20, 2019
I no just understand d brain God gave naija girls,OT dey no get. But if na to chop different prick. My story also a little similar but mine is different entirely. I tire for naija babe. But me no need advice bcoz I know what to do.

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Religion / Re: Apostle Johnson Suleman Resurrects A Dead Boy - Omega Fire Ministries (Video) by smemud(m): 11:14pm On Apr 15, 2019
fake pastor's every where,None of them ever see AIDS cure but na stupid miracle dey sabi.

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Celebrities / Re: #bbnaijareunion- Khloe Defends Calling Leo Da Silva A Snake by smemud(m): 12:25pm On Mar 20, 2019
we no go hear word again with this stupid program, don't know d essence of this program. Supporting immortality.May God help us during the remaining duration of this program.
Politics / Re: Rabiu Kwankwanso - Very Silent, Very Efficient by smemud(m): 1:38pm On Mar 13, 2019
men,all this small pikin self,dey go think say they sabi politics.All ur write up are nonsense, Let inec announce d result first but my own be say let d best riggers win.

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Politics / Re: Rabiu Kwankwanso - Very Silent, Very Efficient by smemud(m): 1:36pm On Mar 13, 2019
men,all this small pikin self.
Politics / Re: Ogun: The Swinging Alliances Of The Kingmakers That Stopped Amosun by smemud(m): 11:45am On Mar 12, 2019
Politics is Chess, Chess is politics,anyone can checkmate each other.Politics sweet like sex.

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Politics / Yoruba Defend Your State by smemud(m): 11:12am On Feb 27, 2019
I COME AGAIN WITH HOME TRUTH.
ATTACK ZARA AS USUAL BUT TRUTH MUST CONTINUE TO BE SAID.
I am a full blooded nwa afo Igbo but I believe the Yoruba's need to rise up and defend their identity, land, and culture. It's unfortunate to say this but the truth needs to be said by someone. We the Igbo's can no longer continue to be territorial in another mans land. We go to a place, they welcome us with an open hand, we establish there and prosper and the only way to show appreciation to them is to declare their land a "no man's land" How is this possible? Every land has indigenes.
What the Yoruba's are tolerating even we the Igbo's will not tolerate the same in our land. Why is it possible I can move to Lagos or any Yoruba land and willfully acquire any choice land at any part of Yoruba land as long as I have the means yet we cannot accord the same opportunity and privilege to Yoruba's in Igbo land? In my place no matter how much a Yoruba man is willing to buy land, that land will not be sold to him.
There is a serious need for equity from all sides. The Yoruba's must be accorded what they accord us. The Yoruba's must demand what is theirs. In Igbo land, Igbo's speak with one voice and foreigners cannot Influence things in our land. If we have Eze Igbo in Yoruba land, why then can't we have Oba of Yoruba in Igbo land? Yoruba's must stand up and defend that which is theirs. The liberality of the Yoruba's must be reciprocated by others. You can easily be a house of assembly member in Yoruba land even as an Igbo man or Akwa Ibom person but can we say the same in Igbo land?
You people must rise and defend what is yours. Elections in your land cannot continue to be decided by foreigners. It cannot happen in my place, so why would you Yoruba's allow it? Being too nice is foolishness. Defend what is yours now or forever lose it."

BY SARRKI
Politics / Re: Atiku Will NOT Concede To Buhari As PDP Assembles Lawyers by smemud(m): 11:14pm On Feb 26, 2019
dguyindcorner:
He who God judges but refuses the judgement. We go dey look the court he go carry the case go.

Now it's the time for Lawyers to chop better money.
fine babe, give me ur number, let's do our own election
Politics / Re: Nigeria Nation Have Turn To Communist,where Government Elected Them Self by smemud(m): 4:34pm On Feb 26, 2019
educhigo:
pdp and other party should forget about this election result because apc have already write the original result before the election,and they just bring out fake voters paper for masses to vote,nigerians be wise,the bullion van tinubu receive is the original result apc write for inec.namdi kanu call off the boycott,then inec cancel the election for apc to amend the result,masses votes dont count in nigerian again
u better pass China,let's practice communist if its d way forward.
Politics / Re: Pictures Of PDP Presidential Campaign Rally In Adamawa State by smemud(m): 5:58pm On Feb 14, 2019
post=75730499:
Adamawa welcome their son incoming Nigeria president


Lalasticlala
their son or daddy, abeg edit this ur error
Foreign Affairs / Africa Shifts To Putin, Not The Other Way Around by smemud(m): 8:31pm On Jan 27, 2019
This afternoon I sat in dazed disbelief at a “news” story from Financial Times proclaiming Vladimir Putin’s “shift” to Africa. With a couple of centuries of imperialist mayhem behind the Anglo-European cohort, any photo op with Vladimir Putin and a desperate leader ends up a headline. Here’s the truth of the matter of Africa. With nowhere else to turn except to face ravaging tigers, Africa’s leaders look to the best alternatives.
Authors Henry Foy and Nastassia Astrasheuskaya must have just emerged from imprisonment in the FT basement. This is the only explanation for reporters who are supposed to have an eye out for a real story to concoct one out of nothing. The lead of the story will astound some of you.
As protests raged in Zimbabwe’s cities last week, with police firing live ammunition at crowds who barricaded roads with burning tires, the target of their anger was 8,000km away.
If the Financial Times and other western mainstream media are locking journalists in cages and feeding them bullshit day and night, then FT forgetting about America’s never-ending imperialism in Africa is easily explained. Barring this, the dynamic duo on this story is about as unbiased as Radio Free Europe . I could list 100 instances where every American administration has undermined governments in Africa. This story about USAID funding rights abusers to lean on Zimbabwe President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa is a good one. However, this story is telling for U.S. strategies to sway elections. And I quote:
In Zimbabwe, USAID used this unique and small fund in 2012 to initiate the “Zimbabwe Works” project, so young men were working in the lead up to the 2013 elections. The success of this program, implemented by the International Youth Foundation, led to the British and Swedish aid agencies joining in and served nearly 29,000 young Zimbabweans.
Of course, USAID shovelling money and influence down the throats of institutions for the CIA and the U.S. State Department is no secret to me. Nor are U.S. subversive practices hidden from the likes of FT writers. Furthermore, not only is the Trump administration putting the thumbscrews to Zimbabwe by dangling the USAID carrot, that agency is twisting the noose tighter by releasing reports on Zimbabwe’s crumbling economy. Consult News Day , if you doubt my concerns. So the question arises, “Why Zimbabwe now?”
On Wednesday 12 December, the United States Foreign Relations Committee of the 115th Congress met for the last time. Chairman of the committee, U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) convened the meeting entitled “Development, Diplomacy, and Defense: Promoting United States Interests in Africa.” The magic here for me is, Financial Times contributor Jim O’Brien reported on it back in December. I guess he was not one of the writers imprisoned and tortured to create the anti-Russia narrative. The point is, these policies are widely observed, so throwing Russia’s president into the Africa fray is just sensationalism. Of course, Russia has interests on that continent, every country on Earth does.
The issue here is that Zimbabwe is in the middle of a geopolitical battleground between the United States, China, and Russia. The larger issue is, “Who is the instigator?” Let’s face it, a couple of decades ago Russia or China could not have given a hoot about Zimbabwe. Back in the 1990s Harvard fellow, Michael Roemer wrote a report comparing Asia and Africa economics and suggesting Africa follow China’s pattern. When the American leadership wanted globalization to affect the elite profits, China was a beacon of hope for third world countries Donald Trump affectionately calls “shit holes.” Let’s remember, that Hillary Clinton was a co-sponsor of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001.
I’ve no desire to dredge up the nightmarish Anglo-European colonialism that still rages in Africa today. What should be of interest to the reader is the strategy of blaming Vladimir Putin every time a desperate leader lands on the Kremlin doorstep after having been shunned by the United States.
American leadership and the corporate elites cause a problem, bleed a people to death, change regimes like a game of musical chairs, and then point the finger at Russia or China for not playing ball. FT author Foy says France is “unnerved” to discover Russia is sending security advisors to Zimbabwe. The author also exclaims analysts from Chatham House were aghast that they had not noticed “significant clusters of armed Russians” in the country. Oh my, next they will learn the Wicked Witch of the West was not killed by Dorothy. Maybe this quote from a recent NPR story will “wake” Chatham House up some more:
When U.S. troops were ambushed in Niger last October, the widespread reaction was surprise: The U.S. has military forces in Niger? What are they doing there?
The title of that story by Greg Myer was “The Military Doesn’t Advertise It, But U.S. Troops Are All Over Africa.” So, now you can see the real reason FT blames Putin for anything that goes wrong in Africa. Zimbabwe’s leader did not do a photo op with Donald Trump at the White House. And Mr. Putin should learn his place, and stop trying to horn in on America’s Africa Command, AFRICOM, which was set in place back in 2007 to “deal with emerging extremist threats.”
I look forward to Financial Times’ next crybaby routine against Vladimir Putin.https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-26/africa-shifts-putin-not-other-way-around

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