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Celebrities › Re: Sisi Oyibo Says She Is From Lagos, Sparks Heated Debates by AlphaTaikun: 3:52pm On Sep 23, 2025*

nlfpmod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjKFRIpLAdg

https://punchng.com/influencers-im-from-lagos-claim-prompts-heated-discussion-on-nigerian-identity/

She (Sisi Oyinbo) said clearly in the video which I just watched now that she's a French-Lebanese. If she has proper Nigerian citizenship through naturalization via her parents and was raised in Lagos, then she is Nigerian. Period.

The iconic Yemi Fawaz's father was a Lebanese man and her mother a Yoruba, same with the former Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi's wife, Florence Ajimobi whose father is Lebanese and mother is Urhobo, to the business mogul, Ephraim Faloughi whose father is Lebanese and mother from Bayelsa State, etc, the Lebanese have entrenched family ties with Northern and Southern Nigeria for decades now.

The Chagoury family are Lebanese (Maronites), just like the Bolous family whose children grew up in Nigeria (one of the Bolous children is married to President Donald Trump's daughter) have Nigerian citizenship as well. This is why the Chagoury brothers who were ALL born in Nigeria have full rights as Nigerians and use Lagos as their birth place.

I'm aware that several Lebanese-Nigerians were born and raised in Lagos and Kano States being traditional commercial melting pots since the late 1800s when some of them decided to STOP over in Lagos while their passenger ships were heading off from Lebanon to their original destination in Brazil. This is why Brazil has a very huge Lebanese Diaspora who are mainly from the non-Muslim parts of Lebanon who used to be in the majority BUT migration to Brazil, France, the United States, West Africa, etc, led to these Xtian Lebanese to be overtaken by the then minority Shiite Muslims within the last 40 years.

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Crime › Re: 40-Year-Old Nigerian Arrested With Drugs Worth ₦384.8 Million In India by AlphaTaikun: 3:48pm On Sep 23, 2025

Kalulu44:
I don't have that time man, I sha rmbr a week ago when the two tribes was mentioned in a drugs related burst in same India when Nairaland commenters said name checkers should abort mision

SW drug traffickers usually don't frequent India BUT it's usually the SE hard drugs cartels so there is an URGENT need to probe the real identities of those you say were mentioned in this Indian drug bust to detect if this is a new strategy to divert attention by using FAKE identities. In reality, these notorious drug barons and trafficking gangs use FAKE names and identitues, so, it has to be properly investigated to ensure they are who they claim to be in terms of ethnicity.

For instance, those who are Ibos in real life use fake Ibo names for these heinous activities for instance the then popular Nigerian movie actor Uche Odoputa over 10 years ago was arrested by the NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, for heroin trafficking while trying to fly to London with a FAKE Ibo name and identity. Immediately I saw his mug shot after his arrest,with the fake Ibo name, I instantly knew it was him ONLY to get stunned that he had been arrested for drug trafficking.

Most governments of the countries of the world that have NO death penalties for hard drugs trafficking (such as India, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Brazil, etc), are the ones responsible for indirectly allowing these VERY annoying, heinous criminal activities to fester continuously for years now. When Nigeria had the death penalty during General Muhammadu Buhari's military Government from 1984 to 1985, hard drug trafficking disappeared instantly until General IBB relaxed the death penalty for drug trafficking.

Singapore, China, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, etc, have their very strong reasons for maintaining the death penalty instead of bowing down to so-called human rights mantras propagated by the Western countries and it's effective. This is how to eradicate drug barons and drug trafficking in any society otherwise hard drugs will destroy mankind if NOT checked.

Crime › Re: 40-Year-Old Nigerian Arrested With Drugs Worth ₦384.8 Million In India by AlphaTaikun: 3:12pm On Sep 23, 2025

Kalulu44:
Even though your latest argument was too long and I couldn't finish it. But my own is, if you think I exaggerated the southwest own of 80%, why don't you think I exaggerated the south east own. Or you want to tell me South West haven't been mentioned in drugs related offenses too. After all Baba Suwe and Wunmi comes to mind.
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Forget the percentage I put, I just want you to know south east are now notorious for drugs just as south west are notorious for frauds.

Both the South East and South West of Nigeria are unfortunately the top two regions that have produced more advanced fee fraudsters based on the names of those arrested and the official crime statistics available to me for decades now. The 80% figure for the SW like I stated earlier is incorrect BUT the South East of Nigeria has a slightly higher lead based on the 77 South Eastern scammers who were declared WANTED in 1 single day alone by the United States Department of Justice for advanced fee fraud on United States soil with their FULL names published right BELOW. I've NEVER read or heard in my years of criminal investigations that up to 5 South Westerners were ever declared WANTED for by the United States Department of Justice in 1 single day BUT 77 South Eastern scammers declared WANTED in the United States at once was very large.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/348131-full-list-of-77-nigerians-charged-by-fbi-for-massive-fraud-in-america.html

In addition, youths from other ethnic groups and ALL geographical areas of Nigeria too are clearly involved in this heinous crimes (based on what the EFCC boss stated) using their internet, laptops and phones to scam innocent people and tougher punishments such as naming and shaming, including jailing with hard labor and even death sentences for hard drugs trafficking and the drug barons will have to be URGENTLY employed to deal with this menace to prevent the tarnishing of the image of millions of innocent Nigerians travelling abroad on genuine studies, business or leisure travels.

Politics › Re: How Kenya Collects More Taxes Than Nigeria With Fewer People by AlphaTaikun: 1:06pm On Sep 23, 2025

BlackViper:
Kenya’s economy is $56.6 billion smaller than Nigeria’s, with a population of about a quarter of Africa’s most populous nation. Yet, the East African nation consistently collects more taxes.

The contrast could be due to structural weaknesses in Africa’s fourth-largest economy. For decades, Nigeria has relied on oil revenues, with tax revenues remaining among the lowest in the world, at less than 10% of GDP. By comparison, Kenya collects around 15% of its GDP in taxes.

Kenya’s GDP per capita of $2,470 outshines that of Nigeria ($806.84), which might explain some tax collection disparities.

Nigeria’s public finances remain exposed to oil price fluctuations, inflation, and rising debt costs. Kenya’s broader tax base has not eliminated these fiscal pressures, but it generates more relative to its size—an estimated $20 billion annually, compared to Nigeria’s target of about $12 billion in the next financial year.
Kenya’s approach

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the state agency responsible for tax collection, has built a diversified tax base, leveraging technology. The agency collects income tax, VAT, excise duties, customs revenues, and, more recently, digital service taxes.

Enforcement has been enhanced through electronic invoicing (eTIMS), mobile-based filing, and closer integration with banks and telecom operators. Mobile money platforms such as Airtel Money and M-Pesa, which handle transactions worth more than 50% of Kenya’s GDP annually, have expanded the taxable base by bringing more of the economy into formal financial channels.

This has resulted in steady growth in collections from KES 1.67 trillion ($12.9 billion) in FY2020/21 to KES 2.57 trillion ($20 billion) in FY2024/25, averaging over 11% annually. The tax-to-GDP ratio has remained around 14–15% in recent years, nearly double Nigeria’s 7–9%.

Part of Kenya’s edge comes from how far its taxman is willing to go. The Kenya Revenue Authority has built a reputation for mixing technology with old-fashioned snooping. Officers now scan social media to see if the lifestyles people flaunt online match what they declare on their tax returns. In a 2024 crackdown, more than 460 wealthy individuals were flagged for living large while paying little.

The agency has also gained access to payroll and payment records for civil servants and government suppliers, giving it another layer of visibility into incomes that might otherwise go under the radar. On the financial side, KRA has started linking its systems directly with banks and mobile money platforms like M-Pesa, which most Kenyans use daily. That makes it harder to hide money flows outside the tax net.

And the push doesn’t stop with traditional assets. Kenya is among the few countries in Africa moving to tax cryptocurrency transactions, with rules being drawn up to make sure crypto exchanges feed data straight into the revenue system. All of this has steadily expanded the pool of taxable activity — a big reason why Kenya manages to collect more revenue, despite being a much smaller economy than Nigeria.

To tighten compliance further, KRA has deployed a new class of field agents with paramilitary training known as Revenue Service Assistants (RSAs). Around 1,400 of them were trained to help with tax registration, verify taxpayer information, ensure traders issue proper receipts, and support the rollout of systems like eTIMS and iTax. These assistants also make physical visits to businesses to help them comply with excise and other regulatory requirements.

On the enforcement side, KRA has penalties for individuals or companies between KES 1,000 ($7.74) and KES 1 million ($7,740) for non-compliance. Tax compliance certificates are a requirement for people applying to government jobs, suppliers seeking contracts, and citizens running for public office.

Nigeria’s catch-up effort

Unlike Kenya, Nigeria has a trust deficit between the government and its citizens, who doubt that the government will spend funds wisely, due to documented cases of mismanagement.

“This leads to a high level of tax evasion and aggressive avoidance,” said Taiwo Oyedele, who now leads Nigeria’s tax reform efforts, in 2022.

Only about 10 to 12% of Nigerians pay tax, and just 9% of corporates comply. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) agrees that poor compliance and weak tax morale are major issues, but it also highlights Nigeria’s generosity with exemptions and low rates. In 2021 alone, ₦6.8 trillion ($4.57 billion) was foregone due to tax exemptions.

Also, the country’s VAT collection efficiency—the ratio of actual revenues to potential revenue— is among the lowest in Africa. It noted that the country can increase tax revenues if priority reforms are implemented. With oil revenues drying up, the government has taken this advice to ramp up tax collection efforts.

Non-oil tax collections increased to ₦15.94 trillion ($10.71 billion) in 2024 from ₦5.97 trillion ($4.01 billion) in 2022, mainly through VAT, corporate income tax, customs duties, and the electronic money transfer levy.

The government is now targeting ₦16.05 trillion ($10.79 billion) in 2025, ₦17.85 trillion ($11.99 billion) in 2026, and ₦19.73 trillion ($13.26 billion) in 2027.

To achieve these targets, new tax legislation signed in June 2025 increased capital gains tax from 10% to 30% for corporations, introduced progressive income tax brackets, and imposed taxes on crypto transactions.

In a separate policy document, the government outlined measures to expand VAT collection agents, simplify compliance, reduce tax expenditures, and employ technology to enhance transparency and enforcement.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria’s tax collection agency, relies on its TaxPro Max, launched in 2021, to enable online filing and payments. Since August 1, 2025, large businesses with turnovers exceeding ₦5 billion ($3.36 million) must integrate their invoicing systems with the FIRS platform for real-time validation and reporting.

https://techcabal.com/2025/09/22/nigeria-tax-reform-vs-kenya-model/

An insightful article from the popular tech business publication (Tech Cabal) containing constructive criticisms and suggestions for Nigeria.

Nigeria’s catch-up effort

Unlike Kenya, Nigeria has a trust deficit between the government and its citizens, who doubt that the government will spend funds wisely, due to documented cases of mismanagement.

“This leads to a high level of tax evasion and aggressive avoidance,” said Taiwo Oyedele, who now leads Nigeria’s tax reform efforts, in 2022.

Only about 10 to 12% of Nigerians pay tax, and just 9% of corporates comply. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) agrees that poor compliance and weak tax morale are major issues, but it also highlights Nigeria’s generosity with exemptions and low rates. In 2021 alone, ₦6.8 trillion ($4.57 billion) was foregone due to tax exemptions.

Politics › Re: How Kenya Collects More Taxes Than Nigeria With Fewer People by AlphaTaikun: 1:04pm On Sep 23, 2025*

BlackViper:
The problem of incompetence in tax collection is already raring its head again.

We have been told that the new tax regime will go into effect on the 1st of January 2026 and before then, everyone will be expected to already have a Tax Identification Number (TIN), but even as of now approaching the end of September, there is no single registration centre anywhere where one can get a T.I.N.

Are they now going to introduce registration centres at the 11th hour so people will be queueing for their T.I.N during the Christmas break because they want to beat the deadline of 1st January 2026?

To add insult to injury, they will still penalise you if you fail to acquire a T.I.N before the deadline.

Nigerians are watching and waiting.

Your post is very misleading.

To make it easier for you and others, your TIN is already automatically linked to your bank accounts so you DON'T have to register for a new TIN. Many Diasporan folks of Nigerian descent who have major investments and businesses in Nigeria require the TIN as well and they know this FACT already so how come you are NOT aware of this FACT?

You have to ALSO get your sources of information right on the streamlined taxes (reduced multiple taxations) and TIN so that others are NOT misled by your post. The Government over there in Nigeria through Mr. Olawale Edun in several recent videos and interviews I've seen ALSO CLEARLY stated that they have NO plans of introducing the 5% fuel tax, yet some trolls and propagandists are still spreading massive disinformation online and offline claiming incorrectly that the government plans to tax them further. This is a terrible lie being told to manipulate gullible people by those seeking to destabilize Nigeria.

Politics › Re: Amana State Movement Cites Promises And Economic Potential In Public Hearing by AlphaTaikun: 12:58pm On Sep 23, 2025

AngelGabbyShara:
http://osharanewsnetwork..com/2025/09/amana-state-movement-cites-historical.html

This is going to be a LARGELY pure Fulani State consisting of the former Adamawa Province sharing direct boundaries with Cameroon.

Crime › Re: 40-Year-Old Nigerian Arrested With Drugs Worth ₦384.8 Million In India by AlphaTaikun: 11:36am On Sep 23, 2025*

Kalulu44:
Just see how biased you're. You came to defend the south west that I put at 80% but conveniently left out the Igbos where I am from that I put 98% in their own part.
In my last submission, didn't you read where I said the 3 tribes do others too but certain crimes are almost peculiar to majority side.
Igbos are into drugs, killings, scams. But where are they always being mentioned.
In the past one or two weeks, that frauds has been mentioned, is it not the south westerner.
Or when bandits strikes, is it not the northerners.?
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I want you to get me straight, all the tribes commits all the aforemention crimes, but each of the tribes are most peculiar to a particular tribes. You should even be happy I put 80% on the Yorubas, but you didn't say anything when I put 98% on Igbos.

Learn to read online posts properly NEXT time and be less reactive. Read my original post again because I added more CLARITY with the names of 77 South Eastern Nigerian declared WANTED in 1 day alone by the United States Department of Justice in 2019 right BELOW.

1]https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/348131-full-list-of-77-nigerians-charged-by-fbi-for-massive-fraud-in-america.html

I LARGELY agreed with your original post BUT ONLY DISAGREE with your highly subjective guess work and random 80% figure you gave to the SW which is NOT consistent with the REAL or official crime statistics on advanced fee fraud. Unknown to YOU, within the last 2 weeks as well, many Ibos have ALSO been arrested and reported in the mass media for international scams, so, the FACTS are CLEAR that this is NOT a SW thing and there is a very HIGH involvement of South East of Nigeria youths in this for many decades now. Go and read up about the embarrassing, heinous advanced fee fraud (419) activities of Emmanuel Nwude, his wife and their gang back in the 1990s and how he and his gang scammed a Brazilian bank in the BIGGEST ever bank fraud scam. This gang fortunately got arrested by the INTERPOL in partnership with Nigerian intelligence agencies after he had already bought with the stolen Brazilian bank money, high-rise buildings on Allen Avenue in Ikeja, Lagos State, he bought a large number of Union bank shares, and built mansions in his Anambra State while being celebrated by gullible soft sell magazines back in the 1990s. You are definitely young and this is why you don't know these open FACTS we knew back in the 1980s and relentlessly from the early 1990s about decades of involvement of large numbers of South Easterners in international fraud.

Second, the official figure of over 90% of international hard drugs trafficking by the cartels from the South East of Nigeria (arrested OR in foreign prisons in China, South Africa, Thailand, India, etc) is VERY accurate depending on what country the arrests are made. In Thailand for instance, 100% of ALL those arrested and jailed for hard drugs trafficking are from the South East of Nigeria. The SW, Edo and Delta States come next sharing a combined percentage of less than 5% of drug traffickers from Nigeria. Even at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) and Enugu International Airport, the NDLEA crime statistics and mass media reports still show that over 90% of those arrested for hard drugs trafficking at those International airports are from the South East of Nigeria. This is an official FACT from the crime and intelligence agencies such as the NIA and NDLEA for years now.

Go back and read my post again! I've added FULLER evidence of ALL my statistical claims with official global news reports and videos. The FULL NAMES of the very large number of 77 South East of Nigeria international fraudsters declared WANTED in 1 single day alone by the United States Department of Justice and the FBI is right BELOW. Have YOU ever seen or heard that even up to 5 Yorubas were declared WANTED for international fraud by the United States OR any other country in 1 single day BEFORE like those 77 South Easterners who were declared WANTED in single 1 day by the United States? The absolute answer is NO! So, how can you give a subjective OR random figure of 80% for the SW of Nigeria which is highly inconsistent with the official global crime statistics I have here for years now. Ramon Abass (Hush Puppi) and his gang were a total disgrace and I like the way his Yoruba folks openly criticized him and any other SW scammers for scamming innocent people. This is unlike others of South East origin who openly praise or hail the international scammers who are more from their own ethnic group just like they did in the case of the infamous international scamner called Obinwanne Okeke (the so-called Invictus Obi) and others right here on NL and other Websites.

1]https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/348131-full-list-of-77-nigerians-charged-by-fbi-for-massive-fraud-in-america.html

Your "80%" figure of Yorubas is totally FALSE and NOT based on true crime FACTS. The Nigerians from the South East, South West, Edo, Delta, Rivers, etc, have the highest combined cases of advanced fee fraud from Nigeria. The EFCC boss also affirmed in mass media interviews which are still online, that many students and youths from practically ALL parts (or ethnic groups) of Nigeria are into cyber fraud in areas where their schools are located and they use their laptops and phones for scamming innocent people within and outside Nigeria.

Recently in June 2025, the infamous girl in her early 20s called Sapphire Egemasi, a Nigerian-born female international fraudster from Rivers State who is a so-called "tech queen" was arrested by the FBI for fraud alongside her male accomplices. Read more BELOW.

https://www.nairaland.com/8444258/sapphire-egemasi-travel-lifestyle-tech

Crime › Re: 40-Year-Old Nigerian Arrested With Drugs Worth ₦384.8 Million In India by AlphaTaikun: 10:28am On Sep 23, 2025*

Kalulu44:
Nothing surprises me here. Once it's drugs especially in India, it's 98% possible it will be my Igbo brothers.
Once it's fraud, it's 80% it will be my Western brothers.

If it's terrorisism and banditsism, it is 99% our brothers from the north.

The 3 region has chosen their major hustle. Even though I know the 3 regions also ventures into each others hustle, but we all can clearly knows who owns the specific ones.
Naija we hail thee

Your post is highly misleading and NOT based on TRUE crime statistics. A whopping 77 South East of Nigeria advanced free scammers were declared WANTED by the United States Department of Justice in 2019 in the Web links BELOW just as the notorious International scammer Obinwanne Okeke (otherwise called Invictus Obi) was arrested by the FBI in the United States while trying to escape to Nigeria. This is NOT something to be trivialized.

1]https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/348131-full-list-of-77-nigerians-charged-by-fbi-for-massive-fraud-in-america.html

Your FALSE figure about the SW being responsible for "80%" of fraud is fraudulent in itself because crime statistics show that many Nigerians from different ethnic groups are into fraud based on credible information from intelligence agencies and arrests made. ALL over Nigeria and you MUST remember that several non-Yoruba international scammers from different parts of Nigeria (many South Easterners, Niger Delta (Edo, Delta, Rivers, etc) have been arrested in sting operations in Lagos State because it is a cosmopolitan State with people from all over the world hustling and living there just like Kano or Rivers States are cosmopolitan.

Second, international advanced fee frauds are perpetrated by nearly ALL ethnic groups in Nigeria. The EFCC Chairman already cleared that up in the media interviews I have read by saying CLEARLY that MOST of the youths who engaged in advanced fee frauds school and live in towns and cities with higher institutions. These are some of the youths from the higher institutions in Owerri, Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Benin City, Ughelli, Yola, Rivers State, etc, who have been caught using their laptops and phones for fraud.

Like I stated, in 1 single day alone in August 1999, the United States Department of Justice declared a whopping over 77 Ibos WANTED for advanced fee frauds commited in the United States. The international media published their FULL names and origins online and offline from the United States Department of Justice, Premium Times, TVC and Channels Television Websites right BELOW:

1]https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/348131-full-list-of-77-nigerians-charged-by-fbi-for-massive-fraud-in-america.html

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https://www.channelstv.com/2019/08/23/full-list-of-nigerians-named-in-massive-fraud-money-laundering-in-us/

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/massive-international-fraud-and-money-laundering-conspiracy-detailed-federal-grand-jury

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U.S. authorities indict 77 Nigerians in internet scams, money laundering
https://www.tvcnews.tv/u-s-authorities-indict-77-nigerians-in-internet-scams-money-laundering/

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FBI indicts 77 Nigerians living in America for Online Fraud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRZfYGKJT2U?si=nmREBTvv3FSnfC2E
TVC News Nigeria • 24 Aug 2019

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FBI ARREST NIGERIAN (Invictus Obi) OVER $12M FRAUD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY8CLyTrQqI
Wazobia Max TV • 2019

Crime › Re: 40-Year-Old Nigerian Arrested With Drugs Worth ₦384.8 Million In India by AlphaTaikun: 9:58am On Sep 23, 2025*

helinues:
India again. Let India temporary ban Nigerians from coming to their country. May be that would reset some people's dirty brain

Your idea of a temporary blanket ban on all Nigerians isn't the wise thing to do. Instead, the Indians should punish via death sentences ALL those doing these heinous crimes of advanced fee fraud and drug trafficking based on what part of Nigeria (or the world) they come from which the Indians and other Asian intelligence agencies already know or have known from their crime database for decades. The Indian business community in Nigeria who have invested heavily in manufacturing in Nigeria will NOT even agree to that your suggestion so as NOT to damage business and diplomatic ties.

Just to remind you, the Seychelles Government already placed a flight ban on Nigerians in 2024 because ALL those arrested (for the relentless trafficking of hard drugs into Seychelles based on the troubling weekly arrests they made at "Mahe International Airport" in Seychelles) were ONLY from the South East of Nigeria. This move affected thousands of other innocent Nigerians from flying into Seychelles for genuine holidays or genuine business transactions, so, other tougher means MUST be used to reset the brains of these drug barons and drug traffickers including the death sentences to eradicate this heinous crimes by those who regularly brag that they don't consider themselves as Nigerians BUT still go ahead to use Nigerian passports to commit drug trafficking crimes in Asia and Africa without any remorse while tarnish the image of millions of innocent Nigerians. When General Muhammadu Buhari's military Government introduced the death penalty via a decree back in the early 1980s, those of us who are older in age and were alive back in 1984 to 1985 saw how highly effective the death sentence was in stopping drug traffickers. All of them scampered off to hide. But after Buhari was overthrown by IBB and others who originally installed him earlier as the Head-of-State of Nigeria, General IBB and other subsequent Governments unwisely relaxed the death penalty due to political correctness which was very unwise. Singapore China Indonesia are some of the countries that have NO apologies to give for having enforceable death penalties and capital punishments in their laws.

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Travel › Re: U.S Army MH-60 Helicopter Crashes, Killing 4 Soldiers (Photos) by AlphaTaikun: 9:33am On Sep 23, 2025*

Kaliningrad:
CBS News || The Seattle Times

U.S Army MH-60 Helicopter Crashes, Killing 4 Soldiers (Photos)

These 'copter crashes occur from time to time in the course of embarking on combat missions due to several reasons. Ongoing maintenance and pilot training simulations are required to mitigate these combat helicopter crashes.

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Crime › Re: 40-Year-Old Nigerian Arrested With Drugs Worth ₦384.8 Million In India by AlphaTaikun: 9:06am On Sep 23, 2025*

owobokiri:
You don't know what they are doing?
They are intentionally doing these as a response to the fact that the president is being referred to as a drug baron. This is their response to it.. This is what this all about. They want to skew the narratives to make it look like the south-easterners are all progressing in life because of drugs. This is a well organised, well planned media effort by the ethnic supremacists in the southwest to tarnish the image of the south Easterners. There is no way Seun is not aware. If you doubt me, start a similar series on the involvement of south westerners on any crime. The MYNDfull mod that always makes sure that these threads from that particular op gets to the front page, will never look your way. This is seuns platform and this is what he has turned it to since the coming of APC.
Disappointing..

Your post is laced with deliberately fabricated disinformation and is highly defamatory against the OP and the Super Moderators. First off, is the story about this arrest TRUE or NOT? It should be totally condemned instead of you deflecting and finding fault. It's important these stories get to the front page so that people can be aware and DESIST from these heinous crimes which are tarnishing the image of innocent Nigerians from other ethnic groups.

The stories and news of the relentless drug trafficking and other heinous crimes around the world (Thailand, China, Ghana, Cambodia Vietnam, South Africa, Kenya, etc) perpetrated by some of these bad elements from the South East has been going on for decades and past Nigerian Goverments too are to blame for NOT enforcing the capital punishments with executions of drug traffickers like General Buhari did when he was the Military Head-of-State in the early 1980s. I absolutely propose that capital punishments be enforced by the Indians and every country around the world.

I remember that the Singaporeans executed a teenager named Tochi from the South East for trafficking in drugs despite the FACT that Nigeria appealed to them to be lenient. Singapore, Indonesia and China, etc, do NOT take nonsense when it comes to drug trafficking. That Tochi's story can still be read online.

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Crime › Re: 40-Year-Old Nigerian Arrested With Drugs Worth ₦384.8 Million In India by AlphaTaikun: 9:02am On Sep 23, 2025

Peterobiisathie:
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/palghar-crime-40-year-old-nigerian-national-arrested-with-md-drugs-worth-208-crore-in-nalasopara-east

Politics › Re: Sowore Petitions Florida Attorney General Over Wike’s Alleged Properties (Photo) by AlphaTaikun: 7:51am On Sep 23, 2025

vanitybutiwanti:
Which document? Most of you Nigerians on the Internet are illiterates. There is no proof that wike stole money to buy those properties in 2011, which account did the money pass through? Which government account did he steal the money from? Is wikes name on the property document? Where is the proof that wile bought it using his wifes name? Cant his wife buy properties especially when her mother is from an Affluent family in America? You think wikes people will hire quacks to defend them over there? You guys are always swayed by empty noise and social media drama, maybe after this case, you will finally learn not to take these social media noise seriously.

Politics › Re: Sowore Petitions Florida Attorney General Over Wike’s Alleged Properties (Photo) by AlphaTaikun: 7:49am On Sep 23, 2025

enemyofprogress:
The truth is, David of West Africa Weekly and Samuel of Peoples Gazette were the first to expose Wike’s houses in the U.S.

On August 20th, David reported that Wike bought and hid properties under his wife’s and children’s names, while on September 1st, Samuel revealed that Wike purchased the houses entirely in cash.

Sahara Reporters, like many other outlets, merely republished the story.

Unfortunately for Wike, he ignored David and Samuel and instead attacked Sowore, who, like Cardi B, is the drama. Now, he has all three men to contend with.

Meanwhile, Samuel may appear to be very quiet, but he’s one badaşş journalist. You definitely don’t want him on your case. He was the one who unveiled Tinubu’s girlfriend, revealing that Baba Blue also has a side chick. Wike should be ready because Sam already has information about him that he plans to release over the next three years, dropping it in bits. 😅😆.

By the time they’re done with Wike, he’ll have a tent camping in front of Channels TV every day, waiting for them to open so he can explain himself since he loves to explain himself to Nigerians.

Politics › Re: Protesting Workers Shut Down $10 Billion NLNG Train 7 Project by AlphaTaikun: 11:59pm On Sep 21, 2025

Omooba77:
https://dailytrust.com/protesting-workers-shut-down-10bn-nlng-train-7-project/

Crime › Re: Brazil returnees excrete cocaine as NDLEA intercepts drug consignments (Photos) by AlphaTaikun: 11:54pm On Sep 21, 2025

politicoNG:
Businesswoman conceals 1.40kg meth in butt pad underwear as Agency intercepts illicit drug shipments in phone chargers, food items going to Europe, Hong Kong at Lagos airport; large consignments of skunk, opioid in Zamfara, Adamawa

https://www.instagram.com/p/DO3JDMYjXlb/?igsh=NXlhc3hmOG0yazBk

Foreign Affairs › Re: Hamas Releases Parting Image Of 48 Captives, Vowing That Israel Will Never See… by AlphaTaikun: 11:45pm On Sep 21, 2025

OLAADEGBU:
Hamas releases ‘parting image’ of 48 remaining captives, vowing that Israel will never see them again

Absolute Evil
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Hamas releases ‘parting image’ of 48 remaining captives, vowing that Israel will never see them again
Hamas ominously released what it called a “parting image” Saturday of the remaining 48 Israelis being held captive in Gaza, as the Jewish state’s ground troops prepare to close in on Gaza City.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/20/world-news/hamas-releases-parting-image-of-48-remaining-captives-vowing-that-israel-will-never-see-them-again/

Foreign Affairs › Re: Hamas Publicly Tortures And Execute Three Palestinians In Gaza(photos) by AlphaTaikun: 11:44pm On Sep 21, 2025

[quote author=Botragelad post=136876748]Sources:X, OSINT, HUMINT,
https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1969825126729613468?t=YVz0DMczRNg4p9lpMfQk6w&s=09[/quote]

Culture › Re: Top 40 Spoken Languages And The Most Native Speakers 2025 - Statisense by AlphaTaikun: 11:29pm On Sep 21, 2025

Federalofficia:
Brazil, Cuba, el servador,Bahia and the rest 40 content

Well said.

The epicenter of Yoruba language, religion and culture in Latin America are Bahia in Portuguese-speaking Brazil and Havana/Matanzas in Spanish-speaking Cuba because those two countries received the largest number of Yoruba deportees (of an estimated 250,000 each from the Yoruba country in West Africa) with some being commoners, warriors, and others were war captives from Yoruba royal families on slave schooners headed across the Atlantic Ocean for the Americas (and sometimes Portugal) from the 1700s but increased especially from the early 1800s. Venezuela and some other Latin American countries also have the Yoruba presence and diffusions from Brazil and Cuban Yoruba religion, language and culture as well. Trinidad and Tobago has a Yoruba presence too especially from the early 1800s with annual Yoruba cultural celebrations.

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Culture › Re: Top 40 Spoken Languages And The Most Native Speakers 2025 - Statisense by AlphaTaikun: 10:35pm On Sep 21, 2025*

yinkus6750:
English is the world wide acceptable language.
Other countries look for interpreters when they move around the world
The Hausa language isn't peculiar to Nigeria alone.

Lots of other African countries speak Hausa.

Only Yoruba is the indigenous Nigerian language there.

Your post is mixed up.

The Yorubas are NOT only indigenous to Nigeria (BUT are indigenous to Benin Republic, Togo and they have also traded and lived in Ghana for over 300 years hence they are also citizens of Ghana), just like the Hausas, Kanuris, Baribas, Ejagbams (Ekois), etc, are NOT only indigenous to Nigeria BUT exist indigenously in Niger Republic, Chad, Northern Benin Republic, English-speaking Cameroon, etc. It's the arbitrary drawing of the Colonial borders of 1885 in Berlin that separated these African ethnic groups into different countries.

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Culture › Re: Top 40 Spoken Languages And The Most Native Speakers 2025 - Statisense by AlphaTaikun: 10:26pm On Sep 21, 2025*

Slytiger:
TOP 40 SPOKEN LANGUAGES AND THE MOST NATIVE SPEAKERS 2025

https://x.com/StatiSense/status/1969732966646518149

1] Hausa language... Nigeria, Niger Republic, Ghana, Sudan, etc. A little over 50 percent of Niger Republic's indigenous population are Hausas extending right into Northern Nigeria where the largest number of indigenous Hausas on Earth exist.

2] Yoruba language... Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom, Canada, United States,
Bahia in Brazil and Havana/Matanzas in Cuba which are the epicenters of the Yoruba culture in Latin America, etc. The population of native speakers of Yoruba language worldwide is definitely a little more than the estimated 51 million population reported here though.

The Hausa folks or native speakers are indeed large in population due to high birth rates and this is even why the BBC, VOA, Radio DW, Radio France Internationale, etc, deemed it necessarily to have dedicated Hausa language radio programs on Short Wave Radio several decades ago being beamed worldwide from Europe and North America.

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Politics › Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by AlphaTaikun: 10:05pm On Sep 21, 2025

scholes0:
American states by largest Nationalities present.
20 out of 50 U.S Sates in the USA have a Nigerian Majority. Mostly in the South , Midwest and Mid Atlantic/Northeast.

Sources:
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ancesty&g=0400000US04,32,33&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B04006&hidePreview=true
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ancestry&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B04006
http://data.census.gov/mdat/#/search?ds=ACSPUMS1Y2019&rv=LANP&wt=PWGTP
http://data.census.gov/cedsci/

Politics › Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by AlphaTaikun: 10:05pm On Sep 21, 2025

scholes0:
And last but not least, here is a representation of the geographic spread of the 3 most represented Nigerian ethnicities/languages (Yorubas, Igbos and Edoid Languages/Peoples) in the top 10 U.S states with the largest Nigerian populations, starting with Texas (1st) and ending with Massachusetts (10th).

Politics › Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by AlphaTaikun: 10:02pm On Sep 21, 2025

scholes0:
Of the various African languages spoken in U.S Households, only a handful were statistically significant enough to obtain discrete codes and statistical representation.codification. Out of the West African languages represented, some such as Yoruba, Igbo and Wolof are stand alone languages, while others such as Edoid, Gbe and Manding languages are linguistic groupings of similar languages. The following are the 10 largest West African languages spoken in America. The big 3 are:

Yoruba - 149,358

Akan Languages
(Incl. Twi) - 141,583

Igbo - 94,788

The other 7 represented languages are:

Manding Languages - 30,381
Wolof - 26,255
Fulah - 18,563
Kabuverdianu - 18,451
Gbe Languages - 17,212
Edoid Languages - 16,699
Ga - 10,542

Source: https://data.census.gov/mdat/#/search?ds=ACSPUMS1Y2019&rv=LANP&wt=PWGTP

Politics › Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by AlphaTaikun: 10:00pm On Sep 21, 2025

scholes0:
Also, Nigerians represent the largest African Nationality by ancestry in the United states. Here are the top 10 African Nationalities represented in the U.S as of 2019.

Nigerian - 461,695 Persons
Ethiopian - 321,742
Somali - 182,951
Ghanaian - 162,145
Cape Verdean - 101,013
Kenyan - 91,455
Liberian - 81,838
Sudanese (North & South) - 75,254
South African - 69,701
Sierra Leonian - 29,153

Source: https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ancestry&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B04006&hidePreview=true

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Politics › Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by AlphaTaikun: 9:59pm On Sep 21, 2025

scholes0:
The American Community Survey (ACS) arm of the United States Census Bureau is the source for detailed population, linguistic, demographic and housing information about United States residents. Here are the statistical and graphical representations for various Nigerian/West African and African nationalities and ethnic populations by reported ancestries and languages in the U.S states.

According to the U.S Census Bureau 461,695 individuals reported Nigerian ancestry in 2019. The top 10 states with the largest number of Nigerians are in order:

Texas: 105,255
Maryland: 43,814
California: 38,907
New York: 37,675
Georgia: 28,711,
New Jersey: 25,095
Illinois: 24,897
Florida: 16,467
Pennsylvania: 13,841
Virginia: 10,079.

Politics › Re: West African DNA Found In Early Middle Ages England! by AlphaTaikun: 9:50pm On Sep 21, 2025

Kemetian:
DNA SHOCK - English Scientists Stunned To See West African Ancestry in Ancient England!

DNA shows mass West African settlement and ancestry in Early England, confirming the growing scientific consensus that precolonial Black Africans were not ‘tribal’.

They were global.

Our ancestors did not just sit in village huts.

They were builders of great civilisations both in Africa and beyond Africa.

The truth of our glorious history is finally emerging in this Age of Aquarius.

The Age in which all that is hidden shall be revealed.

A salute once again to our illustrious, great, and powerful ancestors.

https://www.lancashire.ac.uk/news/ancient-dna-west-african-ancestry

Politics › Re: West African DNA Found In Early Middle Ages England! by AlphaTaikun: 9:44pm On Sep 21, 2025

Arda1000:
there’s a verse in genesis that says”let’s make man in our own image”.
That’s where I knew the Bible was a lie.
I might not believe in the black Israelite thing but I know for sure that the modern Jewish state are European settlers and holocaust survivors

True.

Politics › Re: Tarring Roads To Get Cheap As Nigeria Builds $1 Billion Bitumen Processing Plant by AlphaTaikun: 9:38pm On Sep 21, 2025

Kemetian:
Cost of Tarring Roads Set To Fall Dramatically As Nigeria Seeks to End Bitumen Imports.

- Builds $1 Billion Bitumen Processing Plant. Africa's Largest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4vsNvvPZE

Finally we're gonna have good roads with sidewalks everywhere even in inner city areas built cheap with home-grown materials.

I can't believe we used to import virtually all the bitumen used for road construction when we have some of largest deposits of bitumen in the whole world. No wonder it was so expensive!

In fact this country is too blessed.

I'm happy we are in an administration that is......visionary.... compared to what obtained in the past.

. The very rich bitumen belt extends from Lagos, Ogun, Ondo and Edo States with Ondo State being the epicenter of the bitumen reserves. The value of the bitumen reserves in Nigeria is way higher than the value of the crude oil reserves in Nigeria and this is highly impressive.

Politics › Re: Ghanaians Launch ''Igbo Must Go'' Protests On The Streets - Stunning Video by AlphaTaikun: 9:15pm On Sep 21, 2025

Kemetian:
Ghanaians scream ''Igbo Must Go!''.

Stunning video. My goodness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPG0q4sisuk

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Politics › Re: Why Is It Called 'Victoria Island'? Change That Colonial Name Please. Ridiculous by AlphaTaikun: 9:08pm On Sep 21, 2025

okpouman:
Eko did not fight the British, only ijebu did,igbos did not fight the British, only the anioma and aro did,all the coastal tribes traded with the Europeans including ijebu so it makes no difference .

The igbos appealled to the British for help to save them from the aro( their own people), the Yorubas appealled to the British to save them from themselves.

That is what I mean.

No minority except the efiks ever appealled to the British, so they owe no allegiance to the British

Eko under Oba Kosoko fought the British Naval invasion in 1851. This British invasion via Fernando Po was largely due to the appeals by some educated Yorubas (whose parents had earlier been liberated from slave schooners by the British Navy Squadrons in Sierra Leone) to the British to end the slave trade on Eko Island, Whydah now in Benin Republic.

The battle was fierce BECAUSE Oba Kosoko's fighters where well-armed with guns and canons and the defense stockade was water-tight but after some days, an opening came through from the British Navy Ships who ALSO had some serving Yoruba Naval officers on board. One of whom got injured and coincidentally got married to Aina Bonnet a Yoruba lady of noble origins who was adopted by Queen Victoria when she arrived in England in the 1800s.

Politics › Re: Black Americans Praise Tinubu For Rejecting Trump Bullying!!! by AlphaTaikun: 8:42pm On Sep 21, 2025

Kemetian:
Trump tried to bully President Tinubu into accepting Venezuelan prisoners. While some other countries like Rwanda, Ghana, etc agreed, Tinubu said ''Capital NO. We have our own problems''.

Trump was furious, but black Americans, 95% of whom oppose Trump, hailed Nigeria for standing strong against him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g11LPVi_1I

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