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SportsRe: Spanish Police Reveal Cause Of Diogo Jota’s Death by aleby: 3:55pm On Jul 10, 2025
Lamborghini? Tire blowout? This is unbelievable. How can the tire of such an expensive car blowout?

quote author=dre11 post=136055222]

https://leadership.ng/spanish-police-reveal-cause-of-diogo-jotas-death/[/quote]
PoliticsRe: Pat Utomi Unveils Shadow Cabinet, Backs ADC As Alternative Platform by aleby: 3:20pm On Jul 10, 2025
*Doctor of Mistakes*
I made a mistake in 2016 by supporting Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as PDP National Chairman.

I made another mistake in 2017 by supporting Prince Uche Secondus as PDP National Chairman.

I made another mistake by supporting Tambuwal for the PDP ticket in 2019.

I made yet another mistake in 2021 by supporting Senator Iyorchia Ayu as PDP National Chairman.

And, most recently, I made a mistake in 2023 by supporting Sir Sim FUBARA as my successor.

Very soon he will make another mistake for supporting TINUBU in 2023.

*Ladies and Gentlemen we present to you the PHD Mistake Maker of the Century.* 👏
uote author=NwaNimo1 post=136054491]Beware of 'Snakes'......

https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/useruploads/display/24da5d83-c8e4-4e1c-b343-7ac685afa242_2.gif[/quote]

PoliticsRe: Governor Alex Otti's Convoy Seen Obeying Traffic Rules (video) by aleby: 7:22pm On Jul 09, 2025
He broke many rules including treasonable ones.
quote author=danvon post=136018068]

Murtala Mohammed mistake was not taking enough security with him and trying to move around without drawing too much attention to himself.

Murtala Mohammed had no problem breaking the rules.[/quote]
FashionRe: Female Nigerian Doctor Transforms "Ugly" Woman Into A Beautiful Young Lady by aleby: 11:33am On Jul 09, 2025
The husband should pay a new bride price! She's a brand-new woman he is marrying.
Infolenka:
A Nigerian plastic surgeon transformed this seemingly unattractive woman into a pretty young lady through a process she called facial rejuvenation.

This is probably the best facial surgery I've seen done on a black woman.

What do you think?
BusinessRe: Hilarious Conversation Between A Guy And A Loan App Goes Viral Online! (photos/v by aleby: 9:46am On Jul 09, 2025
I disagree. Every where in the world you'll get folks who easily collect loans but find it difficult to pay back. But if the system is such that when you borrow you must pay back then no one will dodge repayment. The problem with Nigeria is that the system is broken. Both lenders and borrowers are not adequately protected.
Obierika:
This is one of the reasons why credit card system will never work in Nigeria
Car TalkRe: I Have Gotten Back The 80,000 Naira The Police Extorted From Me Illegally by aleby: 2:42pm On Jul 07, 2025
Now, what happens to the extortionists? Have they gone scot free? If the officers involved are not punished according to the law, then justice is yet to be done.

Iceking1:
Hello Nairalanders, about 4 day's ago I created a thread, regarding the extortion of 80,000 naira from me illegally by the police, even when my papers are 100% correct as I did a new plate number after buying the car, so everything regarding the papers are on my name, and all Intact.


For those who missed the thread, here's the link :


https://www.nairaland.com/8466150/police-took-80000-me-yesterday


After creating the thread, It immediately got to the front page and It generated reactions, almost every one (99.9%) of those that commented were against the police because what transpired was truly an extortion. I got countless numbers of positive advices.

Including going on twitter and tag some important personnel on the police force, while trying to do so by opening the profile that I went through, I saw some police numbers on one of the posts by the police, there was a post to call some numbers when one get harassed by the police unnecessarily.

I copied the numbers and gave It a call, they were 5 numbers, and only the very first one I called was what sorted out my predicament.

I called the number and narrated everything to the man that picked up ( Detective Barnabas from CRU) THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH SIR. So, he asked me the location where It happened and the time, he asked me to forward the screenshot of the transaction regarding I and the POS girl I made the transferred to, In which the POS girl stand was directly at the back of the station, and I did forwarded It to his whatsapp.


He acted so very swiftly, he swinged Into action with immediate effect, I called him yesterday and I got my complete money back today.

After telling him the area It happened and exact location, also the station they took my car to. He called the area commander with immediate effect, and the area commander swinged into action immediately.

I was called to come to the station this afternoon to identify the men involved, but unfortunately they weren't around. I went home hoping to go tomorrow as told, to come and identify them.

But to my utmost surprise, the police in charge of the case called me barely an hour ago that they've recovered back my money, he gave me cash, 80,000 completely.

I want to use this medium to thank Nairaland and Nairalanders, you made this possible, I would not have gotten anything from that money if not for you all, coupled with the fact that I would also get more future harrassments.

Below are photos of the cash I was refunded, in full.

Thank you Nairaland and Nairalanders, you've done what no one else have done for me, In all my life and day to day existence, thank you so very much.

I greatly appreciate.

Thank you 🙏
EducationRe: This Grudge Is Till We Face God:lady Shares Sad Experience With Sec.school Bully by aleby: 1:26pm On Jul 07, 2025
Move on lady! The bully has since moved on to the next level.
Chilipepper:
I’ll hold this grudge till we face God:Lady recalls horrifying experience with secondary school bully who tampered with her drink

A Nigerian X user has shared a disturbing memory from her secondary school days, recalling a time a bully pulled an unforgivable stunt on her.

She narrated that the boy drank her Lacasera, urinated into the empty bottle, and returned it to her lunch pack. She almost drank it but got suspicious because the cap opened too easily.

“He died two years ago and classmates were shocked I had no condolences,” she wrote.
CrimeRe: NDLEA Announces Arrest Of Drug Kingpin, Emami ‘Warri Kinsman’, Others by aleby: 9:55am On Jul 07, 2025

CrimeRe: NDLEA Announces Arrest Of Drug Kingpin, Emami ‘Warri Kinsman’, Others by aleby: 9:52am On Jul 07, 2025

PoliticsRe: Throwback: Bola Tinubu Was A Druglord - Reno Omokri by aleby: 10:34am On Jul 06, 2025
Tinubu's Spokesperson speaking the truth! Let the world hear.

Bmaster:
Reno is a chameleon and so are all politicians.


I am not for the oppressed neither do I support the oppressor

If you think you can't beat them,them join them........🎤

PoliticsRe: Kwara Residents Flee As Bandits Overpower Vigilantes, Burn Vehicles by aleby: 10:47pm On Jul 05, 2025
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Must Review 2025 Budget To Avert Crisis, IMF Warns by aleby: 10:41pm On Jul 05, 2025
Tinubu is on top of the situation. He will surely do the magic he did in Lagos.
treesun:
https://punchng.com/nigeria-must-review-2025-budget-to-avert-crisis-imf-warns-2/
CrimeRe: Nigerian Ehis Akhimie Convicted In US For $6 Million Fraud, Faces Up To 20 Years by aleby: 11:09am On Jul 05, 2025
Those representing Nigeria well

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Nigerian fighting for Russia captured by Ukraine‑aligned forces
By : Agency report
Date: 4 Jul 2025

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Kehinde Oluwagbemileke Adisa
Kehinde avoided prison in Russia by agreeing to fight in the war in exchange for a reduced sentence.

A Nigerian national fighting on the side of Russian forces in Ukraine has been captured by the Freedom of Russia Legion, a group of Russian fighters aligned with Ukraine. The individual, identified as 29-year-old Kehinde Oluwagbemileke, was taken prisoner in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to a report by Ukraine’s “I Want to Live” project.

The organisation, which assists Russian soldiers and foreign fighters in surrendering, stated that Kehinde had been living in Russia for four years and was involved in drug-related offences before being arrested. Rather than serve time under Article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code, he reportedly accepted a deal to fight in Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in exchange for a reduced sentence.

“Kehinde is one of thousands of mercenaries from third countries recruited by Russia’s Defense Ministry to fight in Ukraine,” the project said. “He fought for five months before being captured.”

The report further stated that foreign nationals recruited by Russia are often misled about the risks and conditions they will face. “They are treated as expendable manpower,” the organisation said, calling on governments to act against the recruitment of their citizens by the Russian military.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued a warning to foreign nationals considering joining Russian forces. “We urge all foreigners to avoid joining the ranks of the Russian occupation army by any means,” a ministry representative said, encouraging potential recruits to instead contact the “I Want to Live” project.

Oluwagbemileke’s case adds to growing reports of foreign nationals captured on the battlefield while serving in Russia’s military.

Earlier this year, two Chinese nationals were taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces and shared similar accounts of coercion and disillusionment.

The Guardian using AI transcribed the video shared by the legion and the conversation below was produced:



[Transcript Begins]

Interviewer: Our stormtroopers have returned from a mission with an unusual trophy—Kehinde Oluwagbemileke. Apparently, due to a shortage of cannon fodder, Putin’s commanders are luring foreigners by deception to “defend the Motherland” in far-off Ukraine.

Interrogator: What is your passport?

Kehinde: Russian.

Interrogator: Russian passport?

Kehinde: Yes, Russian passport.

Interrogator: What did you do before?

Kehinde: Before?

Interrogator: Before joining the SVO. You joined the SVO?

Kehinde: Yes.

Interrogator: Why did you go to war?

Kehinde: For quick liberation.

Interrogator: Were you in prison?

Kehinde: Yes, in prison.

Interrogator: And then they freed you?

Kehinde: Yes.

Interrogator: How long have you been in the army?

Kehinde: Five months.

Interrogator: Five months? Where is your family?

Kehinde: In Nigeria.

Interrogator: In Nigeria? Does your family know you went to war?

Kehinde: No.

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Interrogator: They don’t know? Do you regret it?

Kehinde: Of course.

Interrogator: Do you regret going?

Kehinde: Of course. It’s… broken. [points to wounds]

Interrogator: Broken. Most of them are 200s.

Kehinde: Yes, yes.

Interrogator: How many 200s do you have? How many from your unit are alive? How many died?

Kehinde: Well, we were four. We went. One 200, the rest 300.

Interrogator: One 200, the rest 300. Lucky to be alive.

Kehinde: Lucky I’m alive.

Interrogator: You are lucky, yes. What did you do before that?

Kehinde: Translator.

Interrogator: Translator?

Kehinde: Yes. English to Russian.

Interrogator: Who did you translate for?

Kehinde: For those who don’t speak Russian.

Interrogator: In Russian?

Kehinde: Yes. There are people from South America, Africans, and Chinese.

Interrogator: Many Chinese?

Kehinde: Well, there were five or six of them there.

Interrogator: And Africans?

Kehinde: Africans, four people. With me, five—Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon.

Interrogator: Did you come to study? Why Russia? You had nowhere else to go?

Kehinde: An adventure.

Interrogator: An adventure?

Medic: We’re going to inject you. This is an antibiotic, so your wounds don’t fester. Don’t flinch.

Kehinde: Oh. You’re so delicate everywhere. That’s good.

Medic: This is for the wounds.

Kehinde: Thank you. Thank you again. I am very grateful to the Freedom of Russia Legion for saving my life and providing assistance, as you can see. And thank you. Thank you again.




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Nigerian fighting for Russia captured by Ukraine‑aligned forces
By : Agency report
Date: 4 Jul 2025

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Kehinde Oluwagbemileke Adisa
Kehinde avoided prison in Russia by agreeing to fight in the war in exchange for a reduced sentence.

A Nigerian national fighting on the side of Russian forces in Ukraine has been captured by the Freedom of Russia Legion, a group of Russian fighters aligned with Ukraine. The individual, identified as 29-year-old Kehinde Oluwagbemileke, was taken prisoner in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to a report by Ukraine’s “I Want to Live” project.

The organisation, which assists Russian soldiers and foreign fighters in surrendering, stated that Kehinde had been living in Russia for four years and was involved in drug-related offences before being arrested. Rather than serve time under Article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code, he reportedly accepted a deal to fight in Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in exchange for a reduced sentence.

“Kehinde is one of thousands of mercenaries from third countries recruited by Russia’s Defense Ministry to fight in Ukraine,” the project said. “He fought for five months before being captured.”

The report further stated that foreign nationals recruited by Russia are often misled about the risks and conditions they will face. “They are treated as expendable manpower,” the organisation said, calling on governments to act against the recruitment of their citizens by the Russian military.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued a warning to foreign nationals considering joining Russian forces. “We urge all foreigners to avoid joining the ranks of the Russian occupation army by any means,” a ministry representative said, encouraging potential recruits to instead contact the “I Want to Live” project.

Oluwagbemileke’s case adds to growing reports of foreign nationals captured on the battlefield while serving in Russia’s military.

Earlier this year, two Chinese nationals were taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces and shared similar accounts of coercion and disillusionment.

The Guardian using AI transcribed the video shared by the legion and the conversation below was produced:



[Transcript Begins]

Interviewer: Our stormtroopers have returned from a mission with an unusual trophy—Kehinde Oluwagbemileke. Apparently, due to a shortage of cannon fodder, Putin’s commanders are luring foreigners by deception to “defend the Motherland” in far-off Ukraine.

Interrogator: What is your passport?

Kehinde: Russian.

Interrogator: Russian passport?

Kehinde: Yes, Russian passport.

Interrogator: What did you do before?

Kehinde: Before?

Interrogator: Before joining the SVO. You joined the SVO?

Kehinde: Yes.

Interrogator: Why did you go to war?

Kehinde: For quick liberation.

Interrogator: Were you in prison?

Kehinde: Yes, in prison.

Interrogator: And then they freed you?

Kehinde: Yes.

Interrogator: How long have you been in the army?

Kehinde: Five months.

Interrogator: Five months? Where is your family?

Kehinde: In Nigeria.

Interrogator: In Nigeria? Does your family know you went to war?

Kehinde: No.

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Interrogator: They don’t know? Do you regret it?

Kehinde: Of course.

Interrogator: Do you regret going?

Kehinde: Of course. It’s… broken. [points to wounds]

Interrogator: Broken. Most of them are 200s.

Kehinde: Yes, yes.

Interrogator: How many 200s do you have? How many from your unit are alive? How many died?

Kehinde: Well, we were four. We went. One 200, the rest 300.

Interrogator: One 200, the rest 300. Lucky to be alive.

Kehinde: Lucky I’m alive.

Interrogator: You are lucky, yes. What did you do before that?

Kehinde: Translator.

Interrogator: Translator?

Kehinde: Yes. English to Russian.

Interrogator: Who did you translate for?

Kehinde: For those who don’t speak Russian.

Interrogator: In Russian?

Kehinde: Yes. There are people from South America, Africans, and Chinese.

Interrogator: Many Chinese?

Kehinde: Well, there were five or six of them there.

Interrogator: And Africans?

Kehinde: Africans, four people. With me, five—Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon.

Interrogator: Did you come to study? Why Russia? You had nowhere else to go?

Kehinde: An adventure.

Interrogator: An adventure?

Medic: We’re going to inject you. This is an antibiotic, so your wounds don’t fester. Don’t flinch.

Kehinde: Oh. You’re so delicate everywhere. That’s good.

Medic: This is for the wounds.

Kehinde: Thank you. Thank you again. I am very grateful to the Freedom of Russia Legion for saving my life and providing assistance, as you can see. And thank you. Thank you again.




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davenews:
Nigerian Ehis Akhimie convicted in US for $6 million fraud, faces up to 20 years in prison 

Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, a Nigerian national, was found guilty by a U.S. federal court of participating in a global inheritance fraud conspiracy that cheated over 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans out of more than $6 million.

After Akhimie entered a guilty plea on June 17, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the conviction on Thursday.
Other were also arrested along side him






https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nigerian-national-pleads-guilty-international-fraud-scheme-defrauded-elderly-us-victims#:~:text=On%20June%2017%2C%20Akhimie%20pleaded,to%20this%20international%20fraud%20scheme.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Will Lose Even If He Appoints His Son As INEC Chairman – Dalung by aleby: 9:36am On Jul 05, 2025
CrimeRe: Sokoto: Terrorist Attack In Kwalajiya Village Leaves Over 20 Dead by aleby: 5:06am On Jul 03, 2025
It was bloody murder under Buhari. Now it is bloody genocide!!
twinskenny:
Hmmm Nawa this country is gradually turning to a murder scene
CrimeRe: Sokoto: Terrorist Attack In Kwalajiya Village Leaves Over 20 Dead by aleby: 5:02am On Jul 03, 2025
BusinessRe: Business Tycoon Aminu Dantata Laid To Rest In Madinah (Photos) by aleby: 6:38am On Jul 02, 2025
What is the problem with burying him Nigeria? Why should the federal government send a delegation to man's burial who obviously shunned his own country even in death!
quote author=Newsgeek24 post=135953613]
More photos
https://news360ng.com/business-icon-aminu-dantata-laid-to-rest-in-madinah-pictorial/[/quote]
PoliticsRe: While Nigeria Bleeds, The Presidency Chases Titles Abroad by aleby: 6:30am On Jul 02, 2025
0n point! A man whose house is on fire does not run around after rats!
quote author=emkz post=135955336]While Nigeria bleeds, the presidency chases titles abroad BY Peter Obi


https://guardian.ng/featured/while-nigeria-bleeds-the-presidency-chases-titles-abroad-by-peter-obi/[/quote]
PoliticsRe: Buhari Brought Integrity, Transparency To Governance – Ex-Spokesman, Garba Shehu by aleby: 6:23am On Jul 02, 2025
Big lie! Emefele and co happened under Buhari.

quote author=adenigga post=135955930]





Source: https://punchng.com/Buhari-brought-integrity-transparency-to-governance-Ex-spokesman[/quote]
PoliticsRe: 2027: Why We Are Joining The Coalition - Concerned PDP Leaders by aleby: 8:51pm On Jul 01, 2025
This man called Atiku is really desperate. He has left PDP and returned so many times that I have lost count. You will recall that he is one of those that helped this present evil in Aso rock in 2015.

fergie001:
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has expressed deep disappointment in the party’s current direction and declared its intention to join a new coalition aimed at rescuing Nigeria from the grip of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Other prominent figures at the Tuesday meeting in Abuja included former Senate President David Mark; former PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus; and former governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), and Sam Egwu (Ebonyi). Also present were ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Chief Tom Ikimi, Senator Abdul Ningi, Celestine Omehia, Senator Ben Obi, former PDP National Women Leader Josephine Anenih, ex-National Organising Secretary Senator Austin Akobundu, former National Publicity Secretary Kola Ologbondiyan, and former National Youth Leader Abdullahi Maibasira, amongst others.

While the group did not name the political platform on which the coalition would operate, news outlets report the African Democratic Congress (ADC) had been adopted and would be announced later Tuesday night.


The Communique was read by a former President of the Senate, David Bonaventure Mark.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei Retreats To Bunker, Names Successors If Killed by aleby: 7:46am On Jun 22, 2025
and more than 10,000 bombs to take them out. Israel will never run out weapons to take out there filthy terrorists.
mynd1:
Correct 💯..... nairaland Zionist are celebrating killing of few Iranians generals while there are more than 10,000 Generals to replace them and will be more brutal than the old ones...
PoliticsRe: Bandits Kill 30 People In Kebbi State by aleby: 7:41am On Jun 22, 2025
APC has failed. Simple. If you allow Tinubu to even take part in the next elections, there may not be a country left.
[quote author=iwaeda post=135834394]https://ait.live/terrorists-kill-30-people-in-kebbi-state/[/qusote]
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran’s Supreme Leader Suspends Electronic Communications Amid Assassination Fear by aleby: 7:38am On Jun 22, 2025
The hunter now the hunted. It thought they were invisible and untouchable. Now they are hiding in holes like rats!
quote author=Botragelad post=135834978]Fearing assassination by Israel or the United States, Khamenei has suspended electronic communications, relying on a trusted aide to relay messages to his commanders, the Times reported.




Source;
https://tgnews.com.ng/irans-supreme-leader-suspends-electronic-communications-amid-assassination-fears-names-3-successors/[/quote]
PoliticsRe: Abia Monarch Raises Alarm Over Massive Land Acquisition By Herdsmen In Obingwa by aleby: 5:57pm On Jun 21, 2025
This is happening as a result of gross incompetence of Mr President who has showed to the whole world that he cannot govern Nigeria. North, East, West, and South, Nigeria is under attack.
Ezewuzie01:
Alex Otti and his Obedient supporters have overlooked the herdsmen ravaging Abia state and taking large chunks of land to add to the lives they cut short, as they prefer to cry over Benue people's plight.
Foreign AffairsRe: 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Iran Amid Israel War by aleby: 8:52am On Jun 21, 2025
They have the temerity to fight God's own. As Israel is hitting them, God is hitting them.

Righteousness2:
More like the earthquake before THE EARTHQUAKE
PoliticsRe: PDP Blames Kaduna APC Government For Tertiary Institutions Strike by aleby: 6:33am On Jun 21, 2025
The key identifier of an "elite" class is not merely their bank account balance but their ability and willingness to use their economic and political heft to shape the society around them.

That's why a hereditary landowner and member of the UK House of Lords is considered an elite, while your average Premier League footballer (who may have more money than the HoL member) is not. The difference is in the willingness and ability to wield that power meaningfully.

The reason I keep on saying 'Nigeria has no elites' is that I was born and raised among the subset of Nigerians who erroneously consider themselves to be elite, and I am very familiar with their thought process. It is the exact same thought process that you would get from a sugarcane seller in Mile 12 market if overnight he was given a house in Maitama, a Lexus SUV, a beautiful yarinya and N150m in the bank.

The nouveau-riche sugarcane seller would not be concerned with higher thoughts like how to use his newfound fortune to transform the economic reality of Mile 12 market while positioning to benefit from the transformation. Nope. He would only be concerned with ensuring that he keeps hold of what he has, so that he never has to sleep in a wheelbarrow on a side street off Ikosi Road again.

That's exactly what the privileged Nigerian is upstairs - a sugarcane seller who happens to live in Ikoyi. No matter how many decades they have spent in Ikoyi, their reality is still defined by the desperate quest to escape or avoid poverty. Every Nigerian millionaire or billionaire that you know feels financially insecure. Doesn't matter whether they are worth $1m or $25bn - they are all viscerally terrified of sinking into poverty, and the sum of their decision making is a series of short term deals and compromises to avoid poverty, without any kind of higher, long-term guiding principle.

I know this especially well because I was raised in a house where everybody who is somebody in Lagos stopped by once in a while to work on a real estate deal with my old man, and I would regularly overhear everybody from bank CEOs to retired military generals and air vice marshalls saying things "Our leaders are [insert whiny complaint]." And I would wonder - who are the "leaders" that these extremely privileged people sound so oppressed and intimidated by? Is it not their friends and coursemates from Jaji?

Later on it made sense when I realised that once you are in power in Nigeria, you become God, and even your family changes its rules for you. I've seen families override their olori-ebi because one 50 year-old uncle became somebody in Abuja. Conversely, as soon as you leave power in Nigeria, you sink into total irrelevance and people treat you like your body has a smell. The entire Nigerian sense of value and self-worth is welded to money and power. Once you don't have these 2 things, you might as well be wearing Harry Potter's invisibility cloak - even your family and contemporaries stop treating you with respect.

The effect this has on elite formation is that unlike in other societies where elites gravitate toward different ideas shared by different camps, and then fight for the right to imprint those ideas on their society (Democrat vs Republican; Maoist vs Dengist; Tory vs Labour etc), privileged Nigerians ONLY gravitate toward one thing - economic power. They have no elite sense of identity outside of money in the bank, a 4-wheeled status signaller on the road, and an overpriced house in a neighbourhood that has a constant bad odour and potholes.

That is also why Nigeria's political actors do this thing called "decamping" where they switch affiliation to whatever political party is in power. Their entire conception of the world is built around access to the levers of economic power so that they can avoid ending up in a wheelbarrow in Mile 12 market.

That's literally all there is to Nigeria.

200 million sugarcane sellers.
simonlee:
https://tvplatinum.ng/pdp-blames-kaduna-governor-for-tertiary-institutions-strike/
Foreign AffairsRe: Cargo Planes Carrying Military Equipment Land In Israel by aleby: 8:28pm On Jun 20, 2025
Iran is finished. I thought by now we will be discussing more important developments. As for Iran, It is history.
God1000:
The big brothers are coming to help them



This is like arab-Israeli war of 1948, US, Israel, Germany, UK are now ganging up against Iran


Iran is truly a powerful country
Foreign AffairsRe: Iranian Missile Damages Oldest, Second Oldest Mosque In Haifa(photos) by aleby: 8:25pm On Jun 20, 2025
The end is near for the Ayotalla or whatever his name is.
Botragelad:
Source:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858440
PoliticsRe: "Only Tinubu Can Announce His Running Mate After Party Convention" - Basiru by aleby: 8:13pm On Jun 20, 2025
PropertiesRe: The Billionaire Fence Where The Cleaners Wash Every Month In Awka (Video) by aleby: 8:08pm On Jun 20, 2025
if you criticise someone keeping his compound clean then you must be a very dirty person.
Truths9ja:
Check out the billionaire fence where the cleaners wash every day in Awka in Anambra State

Na every month this cleaners do wash the fence in Awka in Anambra State. This is pure slavery. But some are saying money na water.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ulsdIQLI_o?
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Accused Of Handing Rivers Political Structure To Wike For 2027 Agenda by aleby: 2:36pm On Jun 20, 2025

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