A few lessons

1. The cattle are definitely getting leaner
2. The grass is getting scarcer
3. The environment/soil is getting drier
4.The system is becoming even crowdier and more overwhelmed

Implications - we should stop playing politics with RUGA

The most significant photos from and about Nigeria in recent times

Photo 1. is titled ''Cattle grazing outside Sokoto, Nigeria, where large-scale farming is in conflict with local communities.''

Photo 2: A cattle market in Lagos, Nigeria.

Credit Luis Tato/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images (1)
CreditFlorian Plaucheur/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images (2)

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MylezKayn:
Sliced Bread

Really?

ashantitope:


Muslim to do collect donation and many small and big mosque we're built by someone or organization so those that were built by one person just name them after there family and most one the expenses are to fuel the generator and pay NEPA bill so that why they seek for assistance on Friday

Okay! Thanks for clarifying. Do Muslims collect tithes as well?

Why do Pastors collect tithes and Imams don't?
Christians generate funds to run their churches via member's donations and offerings, including tithes. How do Muslims get their funds to run mosques?

FarahAideed:
Sex cannot possibly be an invention or discovery

Sex is a discovery. Recall Adam and Eve

What in your consideration is man's SINGLE greatest 'invention' or 'discovery' ever (here I am using invention and discovery interchangeably). Some hints below. ONLY 1 ANSWER, WITH THE REASON FOR YOUR CHOICE
1. How to produce food (Agriculture)
2. Religion
3. Racism
4. Genes and gene functions
5. Airplanes
6. Internet
7. Photography
8. Video(graphy)
9. Sex
10. Medicine
11. Electricity
12. Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
13. Philosophy
14. Guns and related munitions
15. Telephone

icebird25:
Make I kukuma leave uniben what's the essence of wasting four good years for a mere paper( certificate) .
When I can get just 20mins ..I dey go swear affidavit so o.

What a good development

Hm! Don't forget that all animals are not equal in Nigeria. When e reach your turn na story go enter. You better finish ya school

wirinet:

You forgot to add sex, ceremonies, titles, vanity and most important of all lack of acquisition and dissemination of knowledge.

Nigeria is not more sexualized and vain than America. I agree with the bolded parts

ofeco:

please mention the names of the all black African nations that are doing well?

Seychelles, Botswana, several countries in the Carribbean. Rwanda is getting it right; but it not there yet. Remove Gabon; it is a corruption-ridden as Nigeria.

But I do agree with the OP that the black man suffers from greed, tribalism, nepotism, lack of rule of law, religiosity, and selfishness to a far greater extent than others. Such combination is very toxic for development.

Blizzy9ja:
My guy go and swear your affidavit immediately... They said you're qualified as long as you can prove to us that you once attended school. If you dropped out how's that their business? Oh! So you don't know the law again?

Lol

BSc = 5 year certificate
Affidavit = BSc = 30 minutes certificate

I am a school drop-out with a CERTIFICATE

Tribunal says you don't need a certificate to show that you went to school

Every Nigerian should become a school drop-out. Just register and let your name be in the system. Then you can drop out and still claim attendance

All Nigerian fathers should give their sons the same first name as them, while all mothers do the same for their daughters. That way, the entire family can work with just one certificate

Oluwole is dead and buried. You don't need to forge certificates anymore

Post yours here

The Tribunal affirmed that Mohammed and Mohammadu are the same, as long as ''Buhari'' is on the certificate.

When I am dead and gone, my son with only a secondary school certificate can use my PhD certificate to get a job in Nigeria. He has the same surname as me

seunlayi:
This country is messy

Messy is an understatement. That some people voted for Buhari in 2015 when the certificate issue first came up may be forgivable because they can claim ''we needed a change from PDP'' - which I agree. That the same people voted for him again in 2019 still with no certificate + bad economic management + no tangible achievement makes it heavily messier.

StillX10:
A bottle of malt for OP

Lol

stonemasonn:
It can't be good for Nigeria, this is worse than certificate forgery in fact no need be educated to be a Nigerian president.
We're bringing the bar down for lazy people. this is why we're stagnant. What stops Buhari from upgrading his qualifications from 1985 to 2015.

The judgement based on the above logic is okay by me. The big question is why did anyone vote for Buhari in the first place? Who are the Nigerians who voted for him? Holding a Certificate is beside the point. Did he possess what is needed to be a president of Nigeria, which goes well beyond academic certificate? my answer is NO. Yet, Nigerians with BScs, MScs, and even PhDs voted for him, twice.

Implication of Buhari v. Atiku's Tribunal Judgement
One of the reasons Buhari defeated Atiku in the Election Tribunal is the notion that you do not need a certificate to prove that you attended a school.

This actually sounds logical to me. In the US, schools have Year Books, where all the names and photos of students in each class are documented for posterity. That way, you do not need to show a certificate to prove school attendance.
It means any Nigerian who has evidence to show that he/she has attended a school, even if for one day, can claim to have attended that school, with all its associated educational attainment(s) - yet you do not have to show the actual certificate(s).

I do not remember that there are Year Books in the Nigerian school system. However, such evidence can be just to have your name on the class register, to take a photo with students in the class, or with your teacher, principal, or be lucky that (one of) your school teacher is still alive and remembers you, when called upon as a witness in the court.

If we would like for candidates to show actual certificates, then we have to look at the electoral laws and protest for changes that will explicitly require the presentation of SCHOOL GRADUATION CERTIFICATES.

Until then, the good news with all of this (as it concerns fake Nigerians) is that the days of certificate forgery are over. Don't waste your time forging academic certificates; you don't need them to prove anything. Welcome to a new paradigm. Good for Nigeria.

Tianamen1:
Nice write up, but honestly try to keep your mind off Nigerian issues. Problems in Nigeria are tied to our culture so it is going to be very difficult to make any progress. Nigerians are progressively getting poorer, so criminality is sure to increase. Most government officials only care about themselves and their families. No one was even affected by the arrests made.

Please cool your mind. Forget about Nigeria.

We should not give up. We should make an effort

Wednesday musing on the crime culture in Nigeria

What is the role of Nollywood movie industry in propagating crime culture in Nigeria?
What is the role of musicians (examples, I go chop your dollar; 30 billion for the akant ooh!) in propagating crime culture in Nigeria?
What is the role of Nigerians in Nigeria in the crime culture in terms of the pressure that Nigerians abroad are put to meet certain financial obligations back home?
What is the role of Nigerians abroad in propagating crime culture where they live, due to need to show off undeserved or unearned wealth to folks back home?
What is the role of religious leaders in propagating crime culture in Nigeria? Years ago, I was at a church service in Port Harcourt and during offering we were asked by the pastor to raise our hands and open our palms with our offerings so that God will see how much we were offering him. It turned out that everyone else was looking at what everyone else had in their open palm. That alone could cause a poor but impressionable person to steal money for next Sunday's offering in order to please the pastor/other congregants. I hear now that many churches are POS-enabled; so, they can take money from your account during service.
What is the role of government in not putting conditions in place to stem corruption?
What is the role of Buhari in the corruption culture, in terms of recycling leaders who have criminal cases with EFCC - example, Godswill Akpabio, now a Minister?
What is the role of ordinary citizens in voting in corrupt leaders into power? Example, Rochas Okorocha, Orji Kalu and T.A. Orji stole their states blind. All are now senators, voted in by citizens.
What is the role of law enforcement (Police, Customs etc) in being themselves blatantly corrupt and incapable of enforcing the laws? Example, somebody like Tinubu, arguably the most corrupt and crooked Nigerian ever, runs around with bullion vans corrupting the electoral process and being protected by the law enforcers.
What is the role of the Press in failing to ask the right questions and make the right demands of Nigerian leaders and followers?
What is the role of specific communities in propagating crime in Nigeria due to blatant glorification and exhibition of wealth? Here, I am going to be blunt - at least by half (since I am not calling out the particular states. At least not yet). At least two states in SE, two-three States in SS, and three States in SW come particularly to mind in this regard. Unbiased Nigerians can agree this culture of get-rich-quick is less apparent in Northern Nigeria. This, however, does not exonerate the North in any way. Kidnapping, extortion, murder, armed robbery and domestic terrorism are the forte of the North, more so than other parts of Nigeria. Agreed, some of these are also get-rich-quick signs, and even more. However, they come from a different twist than the South.
And yes, we need to start naming and shaming.

Some 80 or so individuals with Nigerian names were arrested or indicted for cyber crime by the FBI recently. The "Nigerian world" was supposed to crumble, right? No way!! As an American with Nigerian heritage, I can never feel guilty for the crimes committed by other Nigerian-Americans (or residents), just like the American with European heritage does not feel guilty for the mass murder committed by another American of same heritage. I will feel guilty for a crime committed by me; and for that committed by a member of my family for which I either benefited, or could have prevented. It smacks of inferiority syndrome to wallow in collective guilt, unless somehow one partook/benefited in the crime. We know Nigeria's culture in its pristine form frowns at corruption and inordinate desire for filthy lucre. Unfortunately, somewhere few decades past, things went awry and that beautiful culture began eroding. Rather than wallow in guilt for crimes committed by other Nigerian-Americans (or any other Diasporan or home group), the good Nigerians should work for themselves to restore their culture back to that pristine point.

A couple ideas to that end:

1. A campaign of unbiased name and shame. We need to know who the families and associates of all Nigerian crooks are, including their towns and villages. Many close relatives benefit from these crimes; in fact, some relatives goad their wards into this get-rich-quick mania.

2. Strategic property confiscation and disposal - seize all ill-gotten wealth. Don't destroy, but redistribute among the poor unrelated to the criminal.

3. A revolution in governance and citizenship. Both Nigerian leaders and followers alike are guilty of the culture erosion. These criminals end up becoming leaders. Thus, there must be accountability among leaders and followers alike.

4. A ban on public spraying of money.

5. Intense look into what religious leaders are doing in terms of sources of funds they display, and their role in this corruption culture.

6. If you are honest, stay away from folks who have no verifiable source of income, yet are spending lavishly. When they buy a drink for you with crime-derived money, they will rope you in when caught. Who wants to go down alone?

7. Massive investment and training in cyber technologies to nip these crooks in the bud.

Any solutions to return Nigeria's culture of honest living have to be drastic; no sugarcoating anything. Are there advocates in Nigeria to take this task on?