₦airaland Forum

LOVEALAIGBO:
The West are no saints....granted, but they are a million times more preferable to autocratic Russia and China! The African leaders courting Russia and China....give them the option to relocate with their families to either the West or Russia/China and you'll see it wouldn't even be a contest...the West would be their overwhelming preference, gay or no gay! Besides, African leaders are only courting Russia and China for unwholesome reasons....not just because they owe China or are looking for more cheap funds, but also because they know Russia and China, having autocratic gov'ts and less freedoms and respect for the rule of law, don't normally question those crooked African leaders or their gov'ts criminality or malfeasance in office!

Also, Russia and China courting Africa is not out of some new found love, but because they see African countries as pawns in their game of chess with the West!

Finally, don't mistake the sentiments, actions and utterances of greedy, corrupt and sit-tight African leaders to represent those of their people! Given a choice between both sides, their people know between the West and Russia/China which side they'd prefer to live in!

This type of argument is the most foolish disposition when it comes to issues like this. Bringing up migration when policies are discussed! Firstly, if your country was good, would there by mass migration out? A foreign power colonizes a people for centuries, continue an exploitative relationship, when people revolt, you say which visa would you prefer? Shame! If the country was good, who would want to relocate?

So China/Russia supports sit tight governments, pls who has kept Biya in power for over 3 decades?

How some of you leave the crux of the matter to chase shadows is the reason we are still where we are as a nation. You ignored the resources looting part! Nigeria gets 60% of the value of crude IOCs officially extracts and exports based on international price of crude. In Niger; France gives 15% of the value of uranium taken out at a value of $11, whereas uranium is even selling above $200 in the international market. So even if France does resale, it would be mega rich while Niger remains perpetually poor.

Small Niger of how many people don’t have light; what will it have taken France to build its electricity capacity even if on a credit facility?

The west has had a relationship with Africa for more than 400 years, please show us the tangible results we have! If they must give you loans, you have to allow Steve to wed Steve. You must totally align your foreign policies with theirs like lectures delivered to a school boy, you must give their coys preferential rights of first refusal over your resources.

In less than 3 decades, thousands of kilometers of roads, bridges, airports, dams, seaports(lekky deep sea inclusive), railways have been financed all over Africa by Chinese credit. In all these, they never lectured anyone, their own is just trade. They never meddled in our policies.

Do you know if not for Chinese trade, basic things like phones, basic electronics and appliances would have been an exclusive reserve for the rich? Because they west totally designed Africa to be the dumping ground of whatever they have phased out in the name of tokunbor or direct Belgium. They never wanted even their waste to go to waste. It was good enough for Africans.

Someone foolishly mentioned debt trap, so US and Europe is not owing China? Development is financed by credit for god’s sake. That’s the reason the IMF and world bank was even created. But the west began to attach their evil conditions to it again.

So in your mind, so long we can get visas to japa, the westerners have done us a huge favor? You see why Nigeria will never be good! Because people like you exist!

gare2510:
In some cultures if the widow as much as cook for the children she had with the late husband with money from the new man without returning dowry and prayer, the children will fall sick and might lead to their death if not discovered and addressed quickly. When it comes to married women and widows, tread with uttermost caution.

Exactly this happened in my family. My late uncle’s wife nearly lost her first son as a result of this. Although she claimed ignorance, she was later released and she is happily married to her new man now.

itsme01:




Some people still don't understand regional security and stability as it affects economy


They foolishly ask Tinubu not to get involved

1: Electric dê France EDF is number one Supplier of Electricity to UK

2: France Avera Corp is the biggest Uranium miner and trader in Niger paying 15% royalty to Niger

3: Nigeria needs passage right in Niger to connect Morroco with our Gas pipeline to Europe, which will solve our gas flaring problem, earn us revenue and make Europe dependant on Nigeria

Now ask yourself

1: will communist Dictatorship Vladimir Putin and China sponsoring this coup trade with Africans fairly regard Gas, Lithium, Crude Oil, Uranium

2: Will Putin controlled Niger Republic allow Nigeria become largest supplier of Gas to Europe when they are also building Nord Stream to pipeline from Russia to europe

Pic:1 Nigeria Europe pipeline
Pic:2 Nord Stream Russia Europe pipeline


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If not stupidity, you will not ask for any war around west African region. The boko haram/ISIS aggravation is still largely a fall out of the Libyan crisis, you think war will end after a few weeks. Insurgency from it will rage for decades after that all over west Africa.

Again, Tinubu does not have right weda as Ecowas chair or Nigerian president to send troops outside Nigeria; parliament does, and while he has not asked, they insist he will not get approval if he does.

So it was Russia that instigated the coup in Niger? What did you smoke?

Nigeria and Niger does not have any bilateral issues until Nigeria decided to sanction Niger on Ecowas auspices.

Wonder how you talk about France without addressing the exploitative concerns all francophone countries are screaming about!

Have you also heard about what France calls the colonial debt placed on these countries? Why will they not remain forever poor.

Have you heard about the “pact for the continuation of colonization” they were all forced to sign?

Have you heard they have no control over their currency, foreign reserves, foreign trade and minerals.

So since France and UK gets electricity via their uranium, exploitation should go on forever.

Femi falana gave an expose that $10b worth of gold is taking out of Nigeria using private jets unaccounted for annually. Don’t worry, Nigerians will one day get to a point of suffering, they will be forced to turn on the ruling elite class that has exploited and taken advantage of them. Remember the Arab spring!

Do you know France has right of first refusal over every minerals found in these countries?

Do you know France pays Niger $11 for uranium while it sells above $200 on the international market, thereby making a killing off them while they remain perpetually poor.

If it hurts you so much, wear uniform and enter Niger and eject the coupists.

Watcharena:
Iran is more advanced than the entire African continent including Egypt and south Africa as our African leaders

Pls louder because they don’t seem to know!

South Africa is not the leader of BRICS! It’s simply having the rotating presidency in 2023, which is why it is the host nation. Russia has the presidency in 2024.

As for the guy ranting about dollar reserves. Dollar has been the reserve currency for over 7 decades, it’s not going away soon. If and when BRICS fields a currency, same way the EU fielded the euro, it will also not mean the end of the dollar. However, it will and has already seen the end of the ability of the US to unilaterally wield its currency as a sanctions tool. People want to leave the dollar for the sake of its toxicity. A 70 year old hegemony will not be dismantled in a few years, you need institutions and infrastructures/mechanisms to aid the new currency, but you are too pained about the looming reality to understand this.

drips8:
BRICS is just a non performing organization, zero obligations. No military operation, no trade organization or requirements for participation. It's still largely ineffective, but things might change sometime.

Just repeating the slave master mantra! So you have not heard about the NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK? A bank that finances development/infrastructure in member states without preconditions like LGBTQ+! You have not heard of a planned BRICS currency although still in concept? You have not heard of free market and and geopolitical alignment of foreign policies?

BRICS is not a military alliance! Is the G7, G20 or G77 a military alliance? You just come and repeat what you heard on bbc!

The goal is a fairer world, more inclusive policies, fighting neocolonial tendencies and western hegemony. We want a global world, not a world where the US sets and dictates to others and if you don’t fall in line, they use their currency and institutions to slap unilateral sanctions on you.

richeeyo:
Bros
Calm down
Robotine liberated
I know Wagner pulled out before hitting moscow

Keep your emotions in check; even the westerners are beginning to admit that Ukraine has lost. If there are no more men to recruit, how would you proceed. Even BBC has talked about draft dodgers because Ukraine has expended all its recruits and now struggles to find new ones. It’s fait acompli, only a matter of time.

This is despite the telegraph being the most vocal and ridiculous pro Ukraine channel in the UK. They come to truth despite attempts to spin it on its head.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/22/ukraines-army-is-running-out-of-men-to-recruit/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_youtube-community


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66542065.amp

obedience4:
I laugh when I saw you wrote that "Russia has the best advance modern air defence system in the world"
The Muscovites will beg to differ with all the drones that have been hitting Moscow
S400 a overly priced and over hype rubbish.

Give me the Jews David sling, iron dome and I will be OK,not this Russian junk S400

Stop disgracing yourself. Drones currently don’t have a viable defense. A combination of tactics using rifles, jamming, flares and air defense are currently being used against it. This is the first real drone war and it has nothing to do with s400. Japan and the US are leading the race to develop the first viable anti drone system.

As for s400 being shit, hope you know you are lying to feel good about yourself. We saw live videos of the almighty patriot being taken out by missiles. Does this invalidate the patriot. It was s300 protecting Kiev all along before western air defenses came along, primarily because s300 complexes are running out of ammunitions.

I was telling someone there is no difference between Reno and FFK and he was arguing.

flokii:
Nigerians like FFK are busy doing oversabi ITK instead of asking pertinent questions as to why West Africa countries aren't progressing.

In your rush to defend anything Tinubu, you did not see he addressed some of the pertinent issues affecting west Africa. Mostly francophone countries.

You did not see how the French has turned democratic leadership to a form of monarchy in other to keep robbing these countries blind.

Tell me why Niger will not be perpetually poor, if uranium mined exclusively by french companies are sold by the French on the international market above $200, while France only pays Niger $11.

Why won’t francophone countries remain perpetually poor if they have no control over their foreign reserves, currency and mineral resources and foreign policy?

Why won’t they be perpetually poor if their resources and reserves drives the French economy while they have nothing except a subservient ruling class obidient to France.

You clearly remain the one who failed to ask pertinent questions.

Elections are over, and I strongly believe president Tinubu won, (there is no way a divided opposition could have won), but learn to limit your unintelligent bias ands separate politics from governance.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haLWtq1XFZw

Tinubu lacks the power to deploy the Nigerian military outside Nigeria without 2/3 of NASS. It don’t matter what France may want to project via Ecowas, so long NASS has poured cold water on it, it’s DOA.

Reno just thank God and move on. 8 years self imposed exile no be joke. It must have been hard, I understand. You had to even swallow some of your belle first imposed convictions.

You personally tweeted that you can’t come to Nigeria based on threats of arrest, and there is no verifiable records of your ever being in Nigeria in the last 8 years.

Christistruth03:
Russia doesn't care about Africa
But I agree that a Proxy War between NATO and Russia must not be fought on African Soil

Russia is far Worse than France
Even if France exploitated Africa
France has accepted massive numbers of Black African immigrants , has a massive Black African Community and tries to integrate them as French Citizens

International Football Stars like Mbappe Pogba Kante Diagne and so many others are African immigrants that were integrated and Trained by France

France had 9 Black footballers in some of it's World Cup Matches

I have never seen a Black Man Playing football for Russia and they have Blacks in Russia

Cluelessness at its peak! When they talk of exploitation, you are leveraging it with emigration lol. If Africa was good, would Africans need to migrate? If they talk of exploitation, some of you will talk about aids. You mean aids after clearly exploiting them and destabilizing them? What are aids compared to their rightful dues?

Some black men truly deserve their oppressors! A people are awakening against a neocolonial entity, they choose a military route since most civilian governments are usually sold out to the neocolonialists, but some how you have a problem with it.

Have you read the French pact with all its former colonies and how their independence is just on paper? Reflect on that document and you will understand why they will perpetually remain poor.

As for your take on Russia and China; lol, no nation cares about the other. Russia and China are more interested in boosting African trade, and it’s mutually beneficial other than what MSM will have you believe. What you look for is pragmatic, mutually beneficial relationship. Even in the EU, Poland and Germany don’t see eye to eye. Giving me aids conditioned on my acceptance of buttf.ucking is overlordship and not a respectable and mutually beneficial relationship.

Lastly Africa don’t need aids. A country like Nigeria simply needs to kill corruption and take the world by storm. What has happened in the Asian continent is not a miracle, they simply killed corruption.

hotseat:
Tinubu must be a real phenomenon!




See how he's been able to co-opt the AU, the US and the all mighty UN into his wish to restore democracy in Niger.


He has succeeded in shifting the focus from himself being seen as the arrowhead of the opposition against the military junta.




Tinubu na man you be!

You must be living in delusion. The junta has rebuffed the US deputy Secretary of State Victoria nuland, rebuffed Nigeria in Abdulsalami and sultan, and also rebuffed the new Ecowas delegation. Reason is they are refusing to negotiate with those who imposed sanctions against them.


News is clearly on France24.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otbwDobMr3s

Have you ever wondered why anyone who aspires to lead Nigeria first travels to the UK to unveil his manifesto at Chatham house?

Russia is so weak that NATO needs a coalition of 30+ countries to ensure its confidence.

Russia is so weak yet Ukraine armed with over 50 nations both in cash, arms and volunteer fighters( the largest and most severe armed conflict since ww2) cannot be liberated.

Russia is so weak, yet the west led by the US has not led its little rascals to invade in order to enforce its so called rules based order. Imagine if Russia was Argentina, Libya, Iraq, etc; they would not have remembered article 5.

Russia is so weak yet despite 14000 sanctions, unprecedented in the history of humanity, it failed to crumble. Instead Germany went into recession and deindustrialization. Russia is currently the only growing economy in Europe with a positive IMF index.

Russia is so weak that the west is busy looking for allies to help condemn the invasion instead of intervention.

If Russia was truly weak, the war would have ended long ago. Wars have changed and not when you are fighting a nation armed by 50 countries.

There was nothing Russia could have done to stop NATO expansion because the US never stops. It wants would domination, where everyone says yes sir like Europe. If it succeeds in Russia, next would be china, then India.

Let me clear your doubts, Ukraine was a success, because Ukraine being the territory from which Russia has been severally invaded will never be in NATO.

Who lost? Ukraine and Europe! Ukraine after losing its territories and infrastructures and will never join NATO, Europe has lost its competitiveness to the US, China and India. It’s biggest industries are currently moving base.

Who won? The US, it successfully made Europe more dependent on it for security and energy without declaring an open war and also enriched its military industrial complex.

It’s was simply pragmatic politics.

And wake up from your dream. Putin is the most sober president Russia will ever have. Other after him in his circle are war hawks. So wishing Putin out is like asking for the main devilish ones.

tolue42:
You guys will never disappoint. What ECOWAS concluded on was to first send envoys to Niger which Mr president has done. If the coup plotters do not accept a form of dialogue and uphold the constitution "FORCE MAY BE" applied.

That was the resolution. So why are you guys shouting about war up and down...

You are the misguided one here. A lot of people are shouting war from either ethnic or political bias, of which you are clearly part of the sim. I am against the war instigated from any standpoint. I am saying the president should not allow himself to be blackmailed by the west into war with its neighbors. We will all bear the consequences. If not you, then members of your family. The battle may be over but insurgency from it will only aggravate. What has this simple analysis got to do with politics? You people don’t know how to take away Obi and Tinubu from common sense. Saudi Arabia has been leading an international coalition in Yemen for how many years now despite being militarily superior, same context! Do you think MSM chanting war will allow war close to their borders wen they know they will bear terrorists and refugees crisis? So you did not see where I suggested they go the route of diplomatic and persistent economic pressure?

tolue42:
I'm yet to see an Igbo man supporting Tinubu about possibly military intervention in Niger..

But I can point to hundreds of Igbos on YouTube, nairaland here and many other platforms...why all of una dey sleep face one side

Other ethnic groups are still having divided opinions..

Take ethnicity and politics out of this. Only a daft person will advocate war in this context. People are seeing the propensity for this to escalate on a larger scale. A proxy war in the making. It’s foolery to believe Nigeria though far militarily superior will defeat a Niger backed by Mali and BF with their Wagner forces. This will escalate to another proxy conflict between global powers right in our domain. How you people clearly forget we share a crazy long land border! If you throw a bomb in Niger, they can also throw in northern Nigeria. Lastly, despite the fact that Saudi Arabia is heavily armed to the teeth with F16s and F35s, it has been unable to defeat the houthis backed rebels in its backyard in a bid to reinstate the overthrow government in Yemen for years now. Wars today are not the wars of the 60s and 70s. We are suffering insurgency today partly as a fall out from the Libyan conflict.

Leave Niger alone. Apply diplomatic and economic pressure, don’t bow to French and US pressure to distabilize your region, do you still need rocket science to understand something as simple?

tollyboy5:
We love shortcut too much in this country. Those blaming the government are with the worst character in their society.
Ordinary meter people have been clamoring for, when nepa bring meter come na every time dem dey catch those who bypass.

In everything we do we must apply stealing and corruption.

Because government is endemically corrupt! What is government? A reflection of people and vice versa. Weak institutions and not the people perse have helped entrenched corruption both at individual and institutional level.

You mentioned metering bypass, catch the individual, and the disco officials that caught him/her will throw a blind eye with as little as 5k. Arrest the individual and watch how he escapes justice at the courts via technicalities. Have you ever wondered why if you are caught with drugs in Asia, you are as good as dead? Because no technicality is going to white wash your crimes. A vessel with stolen crude was found on our waters, the arresting authority blew up the vessel to cover up. But even if you favored a thorough investigation, the culprits will still walk free on technicalities. Abba kyari has been granted bail and trust me, that’s the last you will hear of his saga!

What am I trying to say; government is endemically too corrupt, the people have began to reflect government in their everyday life due to economic hardship and alas the people are now the government. Sanity will therefore have to start from the top and not the other way round.

IconicR:
Hmm This man, Diezani, Adoke, Buhari and others are the root cause of the present situation of Nigeria , it's unfortunate how some of these people come online to praise them for nothing. This is the bitter truth.

You should be ashamed of yourself that after you people used a whole 8 years blaming PDP, you want to start another 4 still trying to rope PDP and Jonathan. Wake up, Jonathan ruled for just 6 years while bubu of APC ruled for 8 and totally messed up 9ja than he met it. Now the one in power now seems more clueless because he just like his predecessor rode on propaganda, ethnicity, thuggery and thievery to get there. There was no indices to show he had anything to offer except to achieve his life long ambition! Tueh!


The choice before Nigerians in the coming election is simple: A choice between going forward or going backwards; between the new ways and the old ways; between FREEDOM & REPRESSION; between a record of visible achievement and beneficial reformed and desperate powers-seekers….GEJ

This was the choice before Nigerians, but alas, Nigerians choose wrongly.

Imagine missing baba already! Chaiii

efficiencie:
Na so. Hit her verbally and emotionally abi. Have you not heard of emotional abuse? It is now a reason for divorce. Some ladies now present emotional abuse as grounds for divorce and separation. If your wife is becoming a fool stay away from her. Leave the house and protect your sanity. No matter how strong you think you are emotionally and verbally bad women or women in their bad mood are capable of bringing out the beast in you. So instead of staying around a woman when her toxicity reaches fatal levels, just leave her and go and chill some place else where you can regain your sanity and act rationally. Make it habit to leave when she is toxic and you will escape the accusation of domestic violence and emotional abuse.

Imagine the level of stupidity here! Make it a habit to leave your home? The irony of this write up is you are quick to point out the reaction of the man as emotional abuse, so what do you call the actions of the woman? So a woman can be perpetually toxic and verbally abusive, just keep leaving to keep your sanity. What happens when her toxicity reaches unbearable levels in the middle of the night? You drive out and go have an accident, or sleep outside your home?

Stupidity is not the cure for toxicity, no one deserves to be with an abusive partner. One thing people fail to understand is that abuse whether physical or mental is not gender based. Today in the news, we have more women stabbing their spouses to death. Marriage is to be enjoyed and not endured, telling a particular partner to endure the toxicity of another partner by always walking away is emotional blackmail and manipulations. This is the reason for courting, so one knows what he/she is signing up for. Even though we know alot of species can be pretentious, there is always ground for separation(not divorce), unless it becomes truly unavoidable. Just like women should stay away from abusive men, so also should the men.

ifyalways:
There is nothing legal or ethical about Spying jare.
Its a pity people claim to be married but YET can't trust their partners without some level of insecurity and "spying" springing up here and there.what happened to communication lines? lost or non- existing If there is fear in marriage,either from one party or both parties,all they need do is talk.Tell s/he your fears,watch his/her body language,watch his reaction,listen to what s/he has to say,open up your heart in a calm enviroment and think through your suspicion and ur partners defence line,look inwards and study your partner well.Before long you'd be faced with the hard truth which are:
You are simply paranoid/have your own insecurities.
Your partner is actually cheating.

I would rather talk about my fears than letting my fears torment me.

No single logic in this write up. Which cheat will tell you he/she is cheating simply because you opted to open your heart and talk. And how do you take a logical action without hard facts. The world would always ask what proof you have.

If you feel it’s happening, more times than none, it definitely is. But assuming without getting evidence will make it your word against mine.

I believed poster is just a troll. If not, you don’t even need a lawyer as this case would most likely be settled at the police station.

Your WhatsApp messages are more than enough evidence because it will detail how your conversations began and how it evolved along every scenario.

Go to the nearest police station, incident the case, ask for an IPO to be assigned to you and explain carefully all u said here with your WhatsApp evidence. Blackmailing is a serious crime and police don’t joke with it. She will be invited or arrested whichever comes first and trust me she will plead for forgiveness and retract her statements. The most you will part with is between 5k to 10k. 5k if she honours police invitation and around 10k if you need to mobilize them to go for arrest.

The mere fact she chatted you lovingly after leaving your place same night, only to demand for 20k which didn’t come and later blackmail you has nailed her.

To all those who criticized chicken republic just to catch cruise and ride with the flow.

As if given same circumstances, they would tolerate workers abandoning duty to dance? Will the pastor tolerate his protocol leaving duty to entertain passers by? A very unprofessional conduct, yet everybody was on chicken republic matter.

Now he has seen what chicken republic saw, a bunch of ungrateful never do wells. Now he has learned the hard way.

Ordinary small heartbreak, you run come SM come cry. Instead of you to take time, take stock and heal.

You fought everyone that held contrary views. Tried to shame even a fellow woman that is engaged simply because you have encountered so many failed relationships.

Na only you waka come with comprehension! Now e don over you, you begin write multiple epistles Dey claim traffic as if NL na pay per view forum.

Take all the advices in your epistle and apply them to yourself, then take your stocks and heal. Review your standards and make your peace.

FYI madam writer; double date is two couples out on same date. What you suggest is cheating wether sex is involved or not. Not all relationships involve sex depending on parameters. And cheating is cheating be it male or female. You truly need to heal.

So why does APC want to spend an even greater amount paying stipends to a phantom so called poorest of the poor?

Antiochus:
And If he uses nukes what would happen. Let's analyse the scenario. Though placing nukes in Belarus does not mean nukes would be used it is just to put pressure on NATO countries cause US has nukes in NATO countries.

This is one question non of them can answer correctly! Imagine saying “I am certain he won’t” as an answer.

Who cares about your personal certainty, the question is; what would happen if he does? The answer is; absolutely nothing! Aside more ceremonial sanctions and tit for tat mass expulsion of ambassadors. Who would nuke Russia back for Ukraine knowing a second strike capability is assured and mutually assured destruction is guaranteed?

Although, this conflict does not qualify for nuclear escalation because the Russian nuke doctrine explicitly states it can use nuke in response to a nuke attack against it or its allies or in response to an aggression that threatens the existence of state, to which this SMO does not even come close.