iLegendd:
Binance is becoming way too strict with Nigerians nowadays. Ordinary $5, I got flagged. Maybe, it's caused by the address I tried to send money to.

Even to appeal self, it's proving stubborn. I'll just abandone Binance until the day they resolve it by themselves. I'm not chatting anyone up.

The Nigerian govt. is the cause of all these, yet the Naira is falling. Wicked and cluelessness govt.

Nigeria government get their own fault but Binance should not be behaving as if Dem be angel, where is CZ Binance?
If them wan de use ordinary Nigerians for scape goat, may God continue de punish Dem their oga pleaded guilty yet Dem wan de do anyhow if not for guilty conscience wetin make their executives run to kenya?

Nigeria SEC should step him and do the proper regulation, I hope those CELIA boys are getting truly prepared

I don’t know why we keep fueling this Amuneke talk. It’s just like worrying about Peter Obi when he is not the president.

Let’s focus on Finidi and the qualifiers. His performance will speak.

Amedino99:
somehow the FIFA committee knowledge couldn't help him out while coaching in Egypt, kenya and Sudan but apparently the players in the super eagles are the only one that can implement his ideas.

Mujtahida:

The way they brandish this fifa technical committee as a magic wand ehn, as in once you are a part of the committee you carry a halo of wisdom on your head. Yes the committee is composed of people knowledgeable in the game. But don't forget that Oliseh had worked with the committee before he coached SE.

Point is that it guarantees nothing as far as coaching success is concerned

somehow the FIFA committee knowledge couldn't help him out while coaching in Egypt, kenya and Sudan but apparently the players in the super eagles are the only one that can implement his ideas.

lildush:


Who is this 1? You think they are coming to train our military or improve our technology? They are coming to recolonize us. So dey can have full access to our natural resources. Wake up ooo. The West don't mean good for Africa. This must not happen

whats it about natural resources that you all are keeping....THE SAME Oil NIgerian elites are stealing through oil theft ....what have we been doing with the same natural resources if not still trading it to this countries .....Africa recolonisation have been considered judging by the failure of African Leaders to Develop their Countries after independence...Recolonisation have been proposed 20years ago with the way Africans are migrating to Europe via the sea .....Whether you like it or not recolonisation is very possible all indications shows that it would have been better if the British still kept most of this Colonies under their Control...Because i dont understand of what good is the current generation of Leadership we have in Africa.... Just see the level of Abuse going on in all sectors of Nigeria, kenya, even Ghana and many more of them....please cut that crap of coming to steal natural resources they have been saying

School: Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos.
Programme: History and Diplomacy
Book Title: Diplomatic Soldiering: The Conduct of Nigerian Foreign Policy, 1975-1979
Author: Major-General Joe Garba
Publisher: Spectrum Books Limited
Year of publication: 1987
Revised: 1991
Reprinted: 2015
Reviewer: Esogbue Emeka Jerry
It is a 268-page book divided into 12 chapters that are titled. It touches on diplomacy and Nigerian foreign policy within the African continent but more importantly, the personal experiences of the author who incidentally, served under General Yakubu Gowon (Retd), General Murtala Muhammed (Retd), and General Olusegun Obasanjo (Retd), three Heads of State of the Nigerian nation sequentially. The book opens with a preface and also contains a prologue. It is enriched with an epilogue while closing also with several appendices.
In chapter one, which is titled, “Learning on the Job”, the author, the Commander of the Brigade of Guards relieves his experience as the newly appointed Head of the Ministry of External Affairs. His experience hints at his visit to the Ministry which he described as his second ever. He soon took over from Joe Iyalla who was the Permanent Secretary at the time. He soon received his first briefing from General Yakubu Gowon (Retd), the Head of State who directed him to hold an urgent consultation with the His Excellency Oumarou G Youssofu, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Niger Republic whom the author further described as his old friend, with whom he grew up. The issues for discussion bothered cows and a broken bridge and the 1973 drought that had killed over 50% of Niger’s cattle, causing the country to place an embargo on cattle export to Nigeria within this period.
In this chapter of the book, the author condemned Gowon’s style of leadership which he described as ‘personalization of Nigeria’s Diplomacy’. According to him, this style nearly resulted in Gowon’s sending of Nigerian troops to Niger to forestall a coup due to his friendship with President Hamani Diori of that country. This chapter also touches on the diplomatic argument between Nigeria and Togo over which of these two countries should enjoy the situation of the ECOWAS headquarters. This was somewhat odd considering Nigeria’s population and status as the chief financier of ECOWAS, paying one-third of the regional body's budget.
Finally, it was during Gowon’s visit to Togo to attend the OAU summit that the news of his removal reached him. He was offered asylum and having spent two weeks in that country but he would prefer to relocate to London, the country of his inclination to begin his asylum. General Murtala Muhammed would eventually emerge as Nigeria’s new Head of State following the coup, to head the most populous black nation as captured in the book by the author.
By the time chapter two of this book opened, the author had settled on his new job. He related Murtala’s preference to the demand of an activist. It is his thought that being a matter of foreign policy because Nigeria must be visible to the world and not be seen as obscure. This made the author to engage in frequent travels to actualize some of the policies before the international nation. Here, Obasanjo who would later in history succeed Murtala as the nation’s Head of State, comes into the diplomatic picture for the first time. He is described as one with strong anti-colonial credentials who had written a thesis at the Royal College of Defence Studies, ably contrasting the paucity of British economic assistance to Nigeria in comparison with what that country was gaining from Nigeria economically.
The change of Nigeria’s foreign policy towards other African countries which characterized the shift from Gowon to Murtala made the author remark that “foreign policy does not wait for a report”. At this stage of the introduction of Obasanjo's anti-colonial stance, the author optimistically alerted his readers hoping and believing that “it was clear from the beginning that Nigeria’s foreign policy would be characterized by a new sense of direction especially in Africa” soon.
President Eyadema arrived in Nigeria where he received a chilly welcome as his executive plane touched a nearly deserted airport. Another African Head of State to visit the nation at this time was Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada who was in the country in 1976 on his way to Liberia. It was within this period that Murtala lobbied Dr. Elia into the International Court of Justice at The Hague despite the closure of nominations. This was also against Justice “Daddy” Onyema, the incumbent who was also seeking re-election and in fact, had also secured support from the majority of Western countries. However, when Murtala died in 1976, Nigeria’s foreign policy did not lose its dynamism. Obasanjo was to take over as the Head of State.
Chapter three explains Angola’s crisis and Nigeria’s reasons for supporting MPLA. Chapter four explains good neighbourliness among the West African countries with the author not surprised that there was tension in the West African region. According to him, this was expected within the region so politically and economically diverse. He identified the colonial creation of these countries as a source of major problems that the continent would have to battle with. Colonial heritage, according to him invited differences in ideological outlook, and added to this are the different European languages that these countries speak English, French, and Portuguese. One of the sad episodes conveyed was the fight that nearly broke out between Eyadema and Kerekou in the presence of Obasanjo.
Chapter five discusses the challenge posed by Rhodesia which the author claimed was Nigeria’s most important preoccupation during his tenure. By the end of the period of search for peace, Garba was no longer Foreign Minister so there was little he could do to help the situation especially as he had claimed that with Obasanjo being a stickler for procedure, he could not walk to him to offer any help in this regard. He therefore returned to the Army. However, it was unfortunate that the Nigerian delegation was insulted by Nyerere who at the time had assumed full command. There was the struggle against apartheid in chapter six of the book.
Apartheid is expressed as one issue on which African countries consistently united in condemning. The author claimed that African countries never wavered as least verbally. The author recalls that the issue of apartheid was first raised in the United Nations by the Republic of India in 1948 and since then no other issue has occupied the time and energies of that world body except, perhaps, the Middle East and Korean crises. At the conference later held in Nigeria, several recommendations were issued against the apartheid regime of South Africa. This was the testimony of Africans towards sacrificing to right the wrong in southern Africa.
In chapter seven, the author reports the 1976 OAU Foreign Ministers and Budgetary meeting, the second ever that he would attend, and the attendant crisis. He recalled that the meeting came to a standstill for two days following the verbal warfare between the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia, Kifle Wadajo, and the leader of the Somali delegation, Ahmed Mohammed over the independence of Afas and Isas, otherwise known as Djibouti. While both persons supported the independence of the country, they differed violently on how the independence should be achieved and traded insults. This chapter also presented the Kenyan crisis. However, the most disturbing was the kenya-Uganda border which threw up the Israeli ’90 Minutes at Entebbe’.The author would travel to Uganda and later reported that worried Idi Amin knelt on his knees pleading with him mainly over the closure of the kenya-Uganda border which was doing economic damage to Uganda. Eventually, Amin’s downfall would come through at the exit of the Author as Foreign Minister.
Chapter eight opens with the Author’s remark that African politics would regrettably continue to be buffeted by the global confrontation between the United States of America and the Soviets. He reached this conclusion from his experience as Nigeria’s Foreign Minister who had attended bilateral and multilateral meetings. Similarly, in chapter nine, readers are given the idea that no independent African country can escape from the web of relationships spun with Europe since the fifteenth century. “Independence may have come but economic inter-dependence persists what the situation”, he emphasizes.
The Author went ahead to explain that when Nigeria achieved her independence in October 1960 from the British, it was through peaceful constitutional conferences rather than an armed liberation struggle. This according to the Author is responsible for the warm, even sentimental feeling among Nigerians toward Britain. He buttressed this argument with the Anglo-Nigeria Defence Pact to which the students of the University of Ibadan protested. In furtherance, he recalled that the Nigerian-Britain relationship was cordial until 1967 when the Nigerian Civil War broke out. At that time, the Nigerian government expected Britain to support her however, what the country got was sustained propaganda mounted against it both in the British Parliament and the British society at large. There was also the case of the initial refusal of Britain to sell arms to Nigeria. It is noteworthy that after the war, relations improved as did with all countries.
Chapter ten discusses Nigeria's international organizations. The Author sees the United Nations to which Nigeria was admitted on October 7, 1960, as an impressive world theatre. He describes the theatre of the global body as a pure theatre with a collection of several thousand professional actors otherwise called diplomats with other professionals who play the role of directors and producers over which presides the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Chapter eleven describes the relations between Black Africa and the Arabs. The Author explains that it was the Arab-Israeli confrontation that compelled Nasser of Egypt to seek relations in the sub-Saharan region. However, he would regret that the matter of the Middle East crisis began to dominate the OAU sessions with the Palestine Liberation Organization succeeding in attending one of the OAU meetings as observers. Nonetheless, the Author did not appreciate the Palestine problem dominating African meetings especially when Africans were not directly concerned.
Chapter twelve which serves as a conclusion bears the view that a country of Nigeria’s size and potential cannot formulate and execute a credible foreign policy for the future without first laying a solid political and economic foundation at home. This assertion seems to be infinitely valuable to the Nigerian foreign policy formulators beyond the period of publication of the book.
This is followed by an interesting epilogue and appendices, some of which submit reports and exchanges from the diplomatic front.

11doubledee:

Exactly my thoughts.
Mind you Africa has a naturally fertile soil for Agriculture while in isreal alot of those lands are technologically induced to be fertile enough for agriculture.
This Africa is just a very funny place to be.
With Good fiscal policies, agriculture should be our best source of foreign exchange.

Very true, I read somewhere that Rwanda exports flowers, the thing that people will sniff and throw away, English people love drinking tea and do not joke too much with kenya because that is where most of the tea leaves

You guys are just mischievous. What we're saying is that the detour from the original route was done to target landmark $200 million business

eddie7:
Are The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Demolitions Targeted At a Particular Ethnic Nationality?

We trivialize the demolition of properties for development when we tribalize them. It is sad for some people to say the demolitions to make way for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project are targeted at them. Are they saying others outside their ethnic group who are affected are not important or are subhuman?

Let us not be indifferent to the feelings of others and ultra-sensitive to ours.

And it is regrettable that the wife of Kingsley Moghalu, a former Central Bank Deputy Governor and Presidential candidate, is spreading these conspiracy theories.

When Moghalu was Deputy Governor at the CBN, he and Emir Sanusi Lamido seized several banks from their rightful owners. The vast majority of those whose banks were seized were Southern Nigerians. They were accused of an anti-South agenda. But reasonable people saw reason with them. Today, I wish Mr. Moghalu could also ask those close to him to restrain themselves.

Please fact-check this: When the Third Mainland Bridge was conceptualized by President Shehu Shagari, over 500 homes were marked for demolition. For the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge, 800 homes are to be demolished.

It is a standard procedure all over the world. Please research it. In 2018, 2000 homes were destroyed in Kibera, kenya, to make way for a highway. In the US, hundreds of homes are destroyed yearly to make way for urban renewal.

As long as you compensate those with legal titles, this is entirely procedural and quotidian. Stop making it about ethnicity.

To now make it about hatred for a particular ethnic nationality, when other ethnicities were more affected, does Nigeria no good.

And for prominent Nigerians from that ethnicity to spread messages on social media and on WhatsApp fora asking people not to invest in Lagos is to show double standards, because this is a federal project, not a Lagos State Government project. And both Lagos and the Federal Government are known for paying compensation when they demolish, unlike other states.

The Minister of Works has announced that just today only, almost ₦3 billion has been paid in compensation.

And finally, it is IMPOSSIBLE for any individual, business, or entity to own beaches by Nigerian law.

Please fact-check me: Not a single person now accusing the Federal Government of being against a particular ethnicity as they demolish structures in the Right of Way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project said anything when 250 properties were demolished by the Federal Government in Asaba, Delta State, to make way for the Second Niger Bridge project.

Some prominent personalities celebrated that incident.

So, why are they now attacking the Lagos State Government today? And funny enough, it is the same Federal Government, not the Lagos State Government, that is demolishing properties to make way for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.

Two identical scenarios, and two different reactions!

Reno Omokri
 



#C O P I E D

Are The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Demolitions Targeted At a Particular Ethnic Nationality?

We trivialize the demolition of properties for development when we tribalize them. It is sad for some people to say the demolitions to make way for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project are targeted at them. Are they saying others outside their ethnic group who are affected are not important or are subhuman?

Let us not be indifferent to the feelings of others and ultra-sensitive to ours.

And it is regrettable that the wife of Kingsley Moghalu, a former Central Bank Deputy Governor and Presidential candidate, is spreading these conspiracy theories.

When Moghalu was Deputy Governor at the CBN, he and Emir Sanusi Lamido seized several banks from their rightful owners. The vast majority of those whose banks were seized were Southern Nigerians. They were accused of an anti-South agenda. But reasonable people saw reason with them. Today, I wish Mr. Moghalu could also ask those close to him to restrain themselves.

Please fact-check this: When the Third Mainland Bridge was conceptualized by President Shehu Shagari, over 500 homes were marked for demolition. For the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge, 800 homes are to be demolished.

It is a standard procedure all over the world. Please research it. In 2018, 2000 homes were destroyed in Kibera, kenya, to make way for a highway. In the US, hundreds of homes are destroyed yearly to make way for urban renewal.

As long as you compensate those with legal titles, this is entirely procedural and quotidian. Stop making it about ethnicity.

To now make it about hatred for a particular ethnic nationality, when other ethnicities were more affected, does Nigeria no good.

And for prominent Nigerians from that ethnicity to spread messages on social media and on WhatsApp fora asking people not to invest in Lagos is to show double standards, because this is a federal project, not a Lagos State Government project. And both Lagos and the Federal Government are known for paying compensation when they demolish, unlike other states.

The Minister of Works has announced that just today only, almost ₦3 billion has been paid in compensation.

And finally, it is IMPOSSIBLE for any individual, business, or entity to own beaches by Nigerian law.

Please fact-check me: Not a single person now accusing the Federal Government of being against a particular ethnicity as they demolish structures in the Right of Way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project said anything when 250 properties were demolished by the Federal Government in Asaba, Delta State, to make way for the Second Niger Bridge project.

Some prominent personalities celebrated that incident.

So, why are they now attacking the Lagos State Government today? And funny enough, it is the same Federal Government, not the Lagos State Government, that is demolishing properties to make way for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.

Two identical scenarios, and two different reactions!

Reno Omokri
 



#C O P I E D

In a remarkable turn of events, Lagos State's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has surged to ₦41 trillion, a substantial increase from ₦27 trillion just four years ago.

This surge in economic growth has propelled Lagos to become the seventh largest economy in Africa, nearly matching the economic size of kenya. This remarkable achievement is credited to the strategic governance of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Infrastructure Development Driving Growth

One of the key factors driving this economic growth is the government's focus on infrastructure development, particularly in areas such as schools and railways.

This strategic shift from investing in traditional sectors like breweries to more sustainable infrastructure has paid off significantly, leading to widespread economic benefits for the state.

Conclusion

Lagos State's remarkable economic growth under Governor Sanwo-Olu's leadership is a testament to the power of strategic governance and investment in critical infrastructure.

As Lagos continues to grow and thrive, it is essential that this economic prosperity is shared equitably among all residents, ensuring a brighter future for everyone in the state.

https://africafactszone.com/lagos-7th-largest-african-economy/

Please is there anyone that has information about getting stamped from kenya while there's cyprus consulate in Lagos

Good afternoon to everyone here. I just got my blue print slip from the republic of cyprus. And I contacted the only cyprus consulate in Lagos to get the informations I need. but unfortunately they said I have to send my passport to kenya for it to get the visa stamp. This is so surprising and how true can this be. Because I know that it's the cyprus consulate in Lagos that offer the stamp since there's no cyprus embassy in Nigeria

Farfalla:


No, I'm not. I come from a Bantu ethnic group around here, but Kiswahili is an official language in Tanzania, kenya and some parts of DRC and Mozambique, so we all speak it.

You’ll also find it spoken in Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros and even as far as Oman. The people of Swahili descent are a minority but their influence reached far and wide.



I'm told it's one of the easiest languages to learn.
Why are you keen on Arabic though? Are you planning on eloping with the Saudi Crown Prince?

helo my millionaire uncle is loookin for a beautiful womens who can do housegirl work.he ready to pay u a cool 30k (N30,000 nIara..cash) a months which will including housegirl uniform plus cool cap & u will all so get breakfast & diner..this is a shance for u to make extra moiney.are u intaresssted please?

Quote it in $

ryloy:
Lagos State's GDP has reached an all-time high of ₦41 trillion, up from ₦27 trillion four years ago. Lagos is now the seventh largest economy in Africa, with an economy almost equivalent to that of kenya.

This is what you get when your governors build schools and railways instead of building breweries and beer parlours!

Congratulations, Lagos!


https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1786062726021693801

Lagos State's GDP has reached an all-time high of ₦41 trillion, up from ₦27 trillion four years ago. Lagos is now the seventh largest economy in Africa, with an economy almost equivalent to that of kenya.

This is what you get when your governors build schools and railways instead of building breweries and beer parlours!

Congratulations, Lagos!


https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1786062726021693801

Akwamkpuruamu:


Nigeria that can't help itself against fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram and isis?

Lol! Just like kenya offering to lead a peacekeeping mission in Haiti.
A country that hasn't gotten herself offering to keep peace in another chaotic country.

Farfalla:


No, I'm not. I come from a Bantu ethnic group around here, but Kiswahili is an official language in Tanzania, kenya and some parts of DRC and Mozambique, so we all speak it.

You’ll also find it spoken in Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros and even as far as Oman. The people of Swahili descent are a minority but their influence reached far and wide.



I'm told it's one of the easiest languages to learn.
Why are you keen on Arabic though? Are you planning on eloping with the Saudi Crown Prince?

Oh nice. I've heard of the Bantu ethnic group before. Pray tell, are your people the original owners of Bantu knots hairstyle?

Interesting! I had no idea that the people of Swahili descent are a minority group. Been hearing of them from my childhood days. Same as Zulu. Thank you for enlightening me.

You know? I used to like Victoria Kimani back then. She was fire way back!!!! I don't know about now. I still like Sauti Sol.
My favourite songs of them are the ones with Nigerian artistes. Their voice is so amazing!!

Read some of East African literature as well.
Wangarĩ Maathai, Binyavanga Wainaina, Jomo Kenyatta. I've read Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o books. I was very sad when one of his children recently came to announce publicly on Twitter that the father was abusive.

Uhuru! Uhuru!!

I don't know funny enough. I just developed interest in Arabic language one time. I love Arabian names particularly. Arabian and European names. Not really a fan of English names.

Hahahaha I'm not really a fan of Arabian men sha. But I like their Crown Prince. He's rich.

stormborn28:



Just look at the nonsense you wrote. Sometimes I wonder how you think..you will be very wicked in real life. I mean as wicked as your party APC that has caused hardship on Nigerians. Air peace said he does not get fair treatment same way other airline get favourable treatment in Nigeria. You foolishly came up with this jargons... What he mean is why charge him $200 in kenya whereas Nigeria government charges kenya airline $50. Very simple explanation

Don't you know that most of these Agbadorians if not all are Sadist. They take joy in seeing wickedness and evil meted out on individuals/people.

FreeStuffsNG:
Competing with lower prices is bad for Air Peace brand strategy.

Those guys probably think that you will offer lower prices in order to undercut your competitors so they will rather force you to transfer those charges to your customers. This is not market buying and selling/trading business where you stand in the corner of the market to call your neighbors' customers to one corner, offer your own goods to the customer at lower prices so that you can snatch those customers from your competitors, this is a heavily regulated service sector.

For as long as the charges are not discriminatory then do not complain rather compete fairly with your competitors by providing excellent service and international aviation travel national sentiments.

May God bless Nigeria for ever!Check my signature for free stuffs!

Just look at the nonsense you wrote. Sometimes I wonder how you think..you will be very wicked in real life. I mean as wicked as your party APC that has caused hardship on Nigerians. Air peace said he does not get fair treatment same way other airline get favourable treatment in Nigeria. You foolishly came up with this jargons... What he mean is why charge him $200 in kenya whereas Nigeria government charges kenya airline $50. Very simple explanation

kenya, gambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe. Na their doings

Johnson225:
E no go pass zimbawe or kenya.
Nothing fit suprise me from those archaic folks

If fit be Nigeria but for that side anyway. No be north for sure 😃😃

kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, SA and Uganda with their premium foolishness

Johnson225:
E no go pass zimbawe or kenya.
Nothing fit suprise me from those archaic folks

Hahahaha, I no even see this your comment before I commented the same thing.
😂😂

E no go pass kenya, I'm sure

Johnson225:
E no go pass zimbawe or kenya.
Nothing fit suprise me from those archaic folks

E resemble kenya doings. See as epa dey match people serious gf and wife bumbum

folake4u:

Are you of Swahili descent?

No, I'm not. I come from a Bantu ethnic group around here, but Kiswahili is an official language in Tanzania, kenya and some parts of DRC and Mozambique, so we all speak it.

You’ll also find it spoken in Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros and even as far as Oman. The people of Swahili descent are a minority but their influence reached far and wide.

I like Arabic language and a huge fan of it.

I'm told it's one of the easiest languages to learn.
Why are you keen on Arabic though? Are you planning on eloping with the Saudi Crown Prince?

E no go pass zimbawe or kenya.
Nothing fit suprise me from those archaic folks

BigkokoRep

No one has ever stopped other states from developing their seaports. This perpetual lie seems endless.

Onne port in Rivers state handles more cargo than Apapa in Lagos.

Lagos is the preferred port of importers because the state has the largest economy in Nigeria, it's economy is reported to be larger than that of kenya.