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NzogbuNzogbu:
wicked muslims

una people dey leave enmass from same shithole to go to europe and get refugee status

just to allow africans pass na una headache

It appears that Arabs generally hate blacks, particularly Africans. I am often surprised when some black Americans like Nation for Islam tout stories that Islam was against slavery and had some love for black people. The attitude of most Arabs to blacks is enough indicator. How many blacks survived the Arabian slave trade to tell stories like the ones that came out of the Trans-Atlantic route?

Biodun556:

The quoted photograph was taken by Margaret Bourke-White (1904 – 1971). Her date of birth alone shows the misinformation in the picture erroneously dated to 1900. https://monovisions.com/margaret-bourke-white/

The picture is that of straving young men from a German concentration camp around 1945.

I have responded in the past to several misinformation about Palestine and the Israelites. I would quote some of those respknses rather than waste time debunking another clear lie and misinformation here.

Previous Responses and Threads:

https://www.nairaland.com/6552929/how-muhammed-muslim-far-away/4#101711525

You would be surprised to know that even the Quran admits that God gave the Land of Canaan (which it called Palestine) to the Jews and has a similar story to the Moses, Joshua and Caleb accounts in the Bible.

https://www.nairaland.com/6555409/banner-ship-carrying-jewish-refugees/6#101754656


Palestinians are descendants of the Philistines who were part of the Sea People that invaded ancient Egypt and were settled in the southern part of the Land of Canaan after their defeat by Pharaoh Rameses III around 1200BC. They were not indigenous to that region unlike the Isrealites. The purported short history dating back to 1947 that said the Palestinians owned the land is fallacy!

https://www.nairaland.com/6555083/happened-isreal/1#101737971

Ofunaofu:
That's basically Farooq's opinion

While The below is what the law says

Section 468 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Uttering false documents and counterfeit seals

Any person who knowingly and fraudulently utters a false document or writing, or a counterfeit seal, is guilty of an offence of the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if he had forged the thing in question.

It is immaterial whether the false document or writing, or counterfeit seal, was made in Nigeria or elsewhere.

Look at all the definition of False document according to the law in Section 464 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act and tell me which applies to Tinubu's Diploma or Certificate.

If a certificate is Ceremonial and can be printed by you as long as you without it being deemed an illegality as long as you attended and graduated from the University, how does it become a false document? It only becomes a false document if you never graduated or attended the University because then it wiould be trying to convey a lie.

If there is really a case of forgery or uttering false document that could be legally pursued against Tinubu, do you think Atiku and his Lawyers in their desperation will not pursue it?

Maxymilliano:
Unfortunately, technicality will prevail over facts ...

It is not a case of technicalities. Atiku's case is weak. That he chose to be granting press conferences and whipping up sentiments after receiving the "blockbuster evidence" from Chicago State University on Tinubu goes a long way in showing the strength and relevance of the evidence to his case at the Supreme Court.

patriotic007:
The standards we are setting now just because of tribalism and regional sentiment will hunt Nigeria for a very long time....... The people supporting a certificate forger should know that tomorrow it will be the turn of others to forge and it will be business as usual..... #nigeriaisgreaterthantinubu

It is always a problem when you believe strongly that a person should be removed based on moral grounds while struggling to find sound legal basis for your position.

While it is clear that the Diploma Certificate presented to INEC was not issued by Chicago State University (CSU), it is very difficult to successfully prosecute Tinubu for forgery based on the US approach and practice involving Diploma Certificates which is clearly different from the Nigerian approach.

In the US, you can design and print your own certificate as long as you attended and graduated from the University you are claiming on the certificate. In fact there is hardly any demand or request for Certificates by employers or Universities in the USA unlike in Nigeria. What they request for is Transcript. As such the Certicates are not treated as bonafide evidence of University attendance and graduation the way such Certificates are treated in Nigeria.

Since CSU has affirmed that Tinubu attended and graduated from their University, it is difficult making a case of forgery against Tinubu on a Diploma Certificate that he could as well have designed and printed himself in the USA and would not be prosecuted for it.

The fact that rather than fervently pursue his appeal at the Supreme Court with the evidence collected from CSU, Atiku is choosing to grant press conferences and whip up sentiments and emotions go a long way in showing the "strength" of the evidence he got from CSU in unseating Tinubu.

All things being well, Atiku should by now be an ex-convict based on his corruption case involving Former US Congressman William Jefferson, who was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in 2009.

Surprisingly it is that same Atiku crying now for "Justice" in his agenda to become President of Nigeria while.milking all he can from the "Tinubu Certificate" saga.

Macgyver1:
This is one major problem in Nigeria, "blame games". I believe the church huted a not so qualified engineer to build a gigantic edifice that has now collapsed.

Where was the Ministry of Works and Housing when the structure was being built? If Government granted approval then Government is guilty as well. If the Government did not grant approval but didn't bother to enforce stop work on the site, then Government is guilty as well.

By the power conferred by the people on the Government, it is a very long stretch before Government can blame anybody.

GeneralPula:
The solid ground upon which Mr Adebutu built his petition, according to the court, will no longer matter because the legal team referred to the figures as “purported.”

Haha..

He shot himself in the leg..

At the end of the day, lawyers have cashed out!

1. It depends on how the "purported" was used. If the results were referred to as INEC's purported results, then it is a big flaw because it means they are pleading purported and not necessarily factual INEC results of the election. However if the INEC results were referred to as purported results of the election, then it is not a flaw. They are there to challenge it as the true reflection of the election outcome.

2. While there might be a flaw as stated, it is not enough to throw away the baby with the bathwater. Using technicalities to deny justice in a matter involving the will of the people of a State in an electoral process is highly condemnable particularly in the face af precedents from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court of Nigeria in the 2018 case of Akeredolu v Abraham stated that “technicality in the administration of justice shuts out justice”. Further, the court noted also that, “man denied justice on any ground, much less a technical ground, grudges the administration of justice. It is, therefore, better to have a case heard and determined on merit than to leave the Court with a shield of ‘victory’ obtained on mere technicalities”.

According to Justice Niki Tobi, “Good law, must have a human face; good law should not patronise technicalities that will give rise or room to undeserved victories in litigation. Good law should discourage technicalities… good law will not encourage a situation where a party in litigation will only return home with pyrrhic victory which in reality is no victory at all”.
Also, in Balogun v E.O.C.B (Nigeria) Limited, it was noted that “the court is more interested in substance than in mere form. Justice can only be done if the substance of the matter is examined. Reliance on technicalities leads to injustice”.

https://businessday.ng/news/legal-business/article/are-technicalities-bearing-justice-miscarriages-in-the-apex-court/

Thonyboy:
"FG will commence payment of N75,000 to 15 million households at N25,000 per month, for a three-month period from October-December 2023”.

https://.ng/2023/10/01/details-of-fgs-meeting-with-nlc-tuc-emerges/

Agreements like payments to millions of households are just an avenue for corruption because they cannot be effectively and efficiently monitored with the current system in the country. That is more than N1 Trillion about to go down the hole in 3 months. Why not use it for subsidy so that everyone can buy fuel subsidized rate and feel the impact? At least in 3 months subsidy payments are not up to that amount.

TMKsouth:
With colleagues like this, who needs enemies? Check as she fishes for info and responds with one liners while Cheating Mike is pouring his heart out 😂

So the colleague is expected to keep her mouth shut and allow the lives of hundreds of passengers to be at risk? If you or your family were to be one of the passengers and a pilot intoxicated with coke crashes the plane killing all on board, how will you feel?

You and your kind that do not care about the lives of others while covering up atrocities in the name of "bro code" are number one public enemies. People who want to snort coke and not be punished for it should not be in jobs that peoples' lives depend on them like Pilots, Drivers, Doctors, etc.

RealEzee:
I get your point when said Reno holds the Torah higher than the bible,he gave his reasons,but in regards to his discuss about the doctrine of trinity he is not far from the truth cos the old testament nor does the new testament support this idea but only contradicts it. the commentaries from the bible and the Torah citing the existence of these 3 entities as one personage is not evident nor do the jews believe in a trinity as taught by the council of nicea.

The Old testament talks about the plurality of Gods ,for in Genesis states "let us make man",king of Kings,promised messiah,etc the prophets of the old testament taught of the coming of the son of God,not God the father coming as a son.

The new testament testifying of the these 3 beings as seperate entities.christ baptism for example ,Christ on earth,voice from heaven saying this is my beloved son,the sign of the holy ghost confirming to John the Baptist of the divinity of Christ.
Christ in many instances talks of him been sent by the father to do his will,praying to the father in many instances,even on the cross,Christ telling his disciples that the comforter(the holyghost) will come to them to teach them all things after his demise,even Stephen when filled with the holy ghost when been stoned saw Christ on the right hand of God the father etc like many instances in the bible supports the nature of God the father,the son and the Holy Ghost as 3 separate entities yet working in unison and one personage manifesting in 3 forms.

Many peeps tend to quote Christ saying i and my father are one as a stance to defend the doctrine of trinity but misunderstand Christ refered to him and his father are one in purpose not one personage.for Christ taught to pray to the father in his name not pray to him,Christ taught he came to teach the father will not Christ will,thru out the bible Christ is instrument in the father hand to do his will with men on earth.

Doctrine of trinity and others alike were debated in the old church,some things were changed.The early catholic church faced lots of challenges in points of doctrine and administration and that led to the break away ,those times no funny sha .

Reno is not far from the truth .

Some people seem to misunderstand Trinity as implying that God the Son is God the Father. That assumption is wrong and without Biblical basis. If the assumption was right, there would be no need to distinguish the two. Jesus in the Bible also made it clear He was not God the Father.

The concept of Trinity is that God exists as and is manifested equally through the three persons of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. When we interact with any of them, we interact with God. You need to understand that God is not a name but a title described by attributes. And all those attributes are present in the three.

John 1:1 is clear that the Word was in the beginning with God and the Word was God. In Genesis 1 all creation was done by God and that God is Elohim which is plural and not singular. A direct translation to English would have been Elohim = "Gods". Throughout Genesis 1 we were told Elohim (Gods) created everything and by Genesis 2:4 we get told that God in the singular created it all. The implication is that The Lord God = God = Elohim = "Gods". The plural and the singular are one. In Genesis 1:26, Elohim (Gods) said "Let us create man in our image, our likeness..". And in the following verse 27 said "man was created in His (singular) image.

Now we see clearly there are "Gods" who created the heavens and earth and created man in their images, a singular image and likeness belonging to the "Gods".
So who make up these "Gods". We know from John 1:1 that the Word (Jesus) is one of these "Gods" just as we know that God the Father from Jesus is also there. The Holy Spirit also called the Spirit of God completes the "Gods". Verses like Ephesians 4:30, John 15:26 and several others show a "person" of the Spirit of God which makes it the third in the Godhead.

In any extensive search of the entire Bible and biblical history, no other persons apart from these three could be identified to belong to the "Gods" (Elohim). So it is just the three and they are the Three (Trinity, Godhead, Elohim) that created the heavens and earth, made man in their image and likeness.

So while the Bible does not explicitly mention Trinity, the concept is there from Genesis to Revelation.

However it is understandable that people are likely to misunderstand the Trinity doctrine. In fact one of the reasons the First Council of Nicea was convened was to resolve the controversy within the church over the relationship between the persons of the Trinity.

Finally, do note that Reno is far from the Truth as a miss is as good as a mile. His views are heretical and should not be taken lightly. He is a wolf masquerading as a sheep.

https://www.str.org/w/the-doctrine-of-the-trinity-at-nicaea-and-chalcedon

RealEzee:
Well he is right in this regard

The doctrine of the trinity was introduced lots of years after the era of Christ apostles through a council.

Reno is just an ass trying to lead the weak astray, a wolf in sheep's clothing that has been revealing his true colours for a while now.

Trying to say the Torah is scripture to the exclusion of the Bible is misleading. The Torah comprises the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), also called the Law (or the Pentateuch, in Christianity). The Bible incorporates the Torah in addition to other writings inspired by God. In Matthew 5:17 Jesus made reference to the Law (Torah) and the writings of the Prophets. In Luke 4:17 when Jesus walked into a synagogue, he was handed the book of Prophet Isaiah to read from. The synagogue recognized the writings of the Prophets as scripture. The prophesies about the messiah that the Jews were expecting were in the writings of the Prophets. All these are incorporated in the Bible. So for someone to now say only the Torah is scripture even in the days of Jesus, that person is just being silly.

Now on the issue of Trinity. If asked who discovered America some will say Christopher Columbus. But we know there are several human beings who have been there before him.

Though it is agreed that the Council of Nicea in 325 AD proclaimed Trinity as a Christian doctrine, the concept of Trinity is established in the Bible by more than one verse and resonates through from the Old to the New Testaments covering hundreds of years before the council. It is a fact that the Coucil did not re-write the Bible to support Trinity. They only came about it from several supporting verses in the Bible to give the concept a name. They did not create the concept, they only gave it a name. Jesus has been God to Christians well before the Council of Nicea. John 1:1 was clear about it: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Reno is trying to lead astray Christians who do not know the Bible and some of the Histories of Christianity over the years. It is pitiable he calls himself a Pastor.

Futher Reading and References:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Torah

https://www.worldviewsummit.org/post/christians-regarded-jesus-as-god-long-before-council-of-nicea

https://www.biblword.net/christians-believe-three-gods/

Againstallodds:
Are you really sure this man is an accountant like they hyped him

You cannot remove subsidy and expect the same NNPC that superintend the subsidy regime to effectively manage the non-subsidy regime. Removing subsidy goes beyond mere announcement. You need to setup a panel to determine if subsidy actually existed and how much it is in the first instance. The panel will investigate and then recommend how to remove subsidy. PPRA will be disbanded. There would be reshuffling at NNPC, Marketers would be granted Licenses to import without forming cabals to dictate price and the Refineries would be sold and people given License to build Modular Refineries.

All in all, it would be a phased plan that would take months and not just a sudden thing.
The Subsidy issue is full of corruption and the Government seems to be scared or unwilling to bring the culprits to book. You cannot do anything meaningful in that type of situation.

IconicR:
No will was written and that means your father has no case

He wasn't disowned either, so the elders are right.

The elders are not right before the Court of Law. Customs that are repugnant to natural justice are typically thrown out by the courts. Read recent court judgements on attempts by families to prevent daughters from sharing in their decesed Fathers' Estates in the name of customs and you would know better.

Kingcalls:
That's not stationary rape... stationary rape only occurs when the person is unconscious ....its different from chuld sexual molestation... Rape only occurs when the other party doesn't give " consent" ... stop allowing the westerners to deceive u... they say a 12yr old can't give consent ...but a 12 Yr old can give consent for sex change ...

Please read my comment very well and use Google or a dictionary for clarity as to choice of words and meaning. It is Statutory Rape and not stationary rape. And I guess you went to a "Western" school and not an African Traditional school and that has allowed you to use a "Western" device to view and respond to my post.

talented321:
With my loud..
To all the boys who have plans of joining yahoo, music or drug deals' remember their are prices to pay and at the same time u don't breach the rules and regulations because they behave like cult groups once u breach the laws and refuse to comply...
Example for yahoo, if u happen to cashout today, it's between u and ur chairman that will share that money, the evil chairmen will give u what they like and u don't have any choice..
This mohbad story' started somewhere because of this same reasons. Now he is gone and nobody is in best position to really tell what transpired between him(mohbad), sam larry and naira marley..
Becareful of ur steps...

Be very careful of the people you associate with!

The irony of it all is that with the increased play of Mohbad music after his death, Naira Marley is making more money and profiting. I doubt if Mohbad after falling out with Naira Marley had much access to the revenue from music he made under the label. Now that he is gone, who would go to the label to ask for royalties? His wife? His family? Well, so sad.

Kingcalls:
400 times ..as per sex slave... lies...

Having sexual relations with a girl under the age of consent is statutory rape, whether she cried out, didn't cry out or even encouraged it

Young girls are easily impressionable and can be manipulated emotionally to take advantage of them. How many of you would leave your 12 year old daughter in the hands of a 31 year old man and when you learn he is having sexual relations with her, will now say it is okay because she didn't cry out?

Saao:
I'm not impress with his CV at all for that position especially when we have better people than him, anyway the appointing authority knows better.

I am not excited about this appointment. The CBN Governor should typically have a background in economics because he will be in charge of monetary policies and financial regulations for the country and the effects on the economy. We have seen what Emefiele with his banking background did, apparently without proper understanding of the economy. Economists deal with the larger trends that drive money and the resources that money represents compared to accountants and bankers who focus on individuals and businesses.

Considering the resume of Cardoso, I do not think he is appropriately prepared for the task of being CBN Governor particularly at this crucial time for the country. However, miracles may happen.

ADURA123:
I am not divorcing to remarry, I want to be alone and be free. Thank you

If you dad's advice to you is not to cheat on your wife, then that advice is either rooted on moral or religious ground. Now to say you want to divorce because your wife is not giving you sex and seeing that as being compliant with your father's advice is a selfish misinterpretation. It is even worse when you want to become a bachelor and be sleeping around with women without any commitments. Such clearly negate any moral, religious or even spiritual basis of your father's advice!

You need to realize that cheating on your wife can take many forms and is not limited sex. If you built your success together while she made sacrifices and then divorce her when the fruits of those sacrifices are about to mature, you are cheating her. When you bring children into the world and abandon the home that should nuture then right for selfish reasons, then you are cheating those children. Have you sat down to think of the effects on your children of denying them proper fathering so you can live an hedonistic bachelor life?

Your planned action is rooted in selfishness and lack of responsibility and you need to abort it if you are indeed seeking for advice rather than validation here. I see no reasonable moral, religious or spiritual basis for you Acton except your village people are after you and you do not know.

The father that gave you the advice in the first place, have you gone to him to tell him you planned course of action and see his reaction? I guess you're u know he wouldn't support you. So you taking his advice as you said is not out of respect but for your own selfish reason. Because if you respect him enough to value his advice in the first instance, it is not here than you would be seeking for advice on your planned action.

Once more I will tell you. Abort your planned selfish mission and be reasonable

Righthussle:
The religion is a fraud. Bunch of old thieves and liars.

Christianity is not the problem, the people are the problem. If you see a Professor behaving like a fool because of what he would eat, do you say "education is a scam" because of the actions of a stupid Professor? No.

The true test of a religion is in the content of its holy books and what it requires the adherents to do. In that regard, you cannot fault Christianity at all.

Are the fake prophets doing what the Bible says? Definitely NO. The Bible says by their fruits you shall know them. The Bible has warned about false prophets thousands of years ago, so their manifestation is not surprising to some us.

Matthew 7:15
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

Jeremiah 23:16
This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

Kobicove:
I understand where she's coming from.

Ideally a lady should marry a guy who is superior to her

Superiority is not totally dependent on earning power, particularly in an economy where a nincompoop can be displaying stupidity on social media and gather millions of followers.

Stephenie Meyer who wrote the Twilight Saga books made into Film was a full-time housewife who took to writing and became so successful she became the breadwinner of the family by far. And today she is still married because she doesn't have the shallow mentality some women have regarding earnings.

Evidence has shown that earning power does not necessarily translate to usefulness or value to the society. It may only be indicative of what people want to spend money on particularly to satisfy cravings. That is why you have OnlyFans millionaires engaged in business you won't pray for your children to do. And a Professor even in the USA earns less than some porn stars.

You need to get your priorities right. Life is not all about money making.

morrisono111:
The astonishing assertion holds that Prigozhin cheated an assassination bid sanctioned by Putin and drawn up by his security council.

ARussian political analyst has claimed warlord, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is alive after his “body double” was killed in last week's plane crash – not the Wagner chief himself.

Prigozhin is “alive, well, and free” in an unnamed country, according to Dr Valery Solovey, even as Russia stages his funeral which Vladimir Putin is refusing to attend.

The astonishing assertion holds that Prigozhin cheated an assassination bid sanctioned by Putin and drawn up by his security council, DailyMail reports.

Prigozhin is now plotting his revenge, says the political analyst, a former professor at Moscow's prestigious Institute of International Relations [MGIMO], a training school for spies and diplomats.

Dr Solovey accuses the Russian authorities of lying over Prigozhin's DNA being found at the crash site in Tver region, while being aware the bid to kill the Wagner supremo had failed because a body double - which the warlord was known to use - got on the plane in his place

First, the plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was supposed to fly was downed by a Russian air defence system, he said, challenging US intelligence claims that the plane was destroyed by a blast on board.

“There was no explosion on board. It was downed from the outside.”

The secret operation to carry out this strike “was developed in [Russia's] Security Council, and was sanctioned personally by the Russian president [Vladimir Putin].”

The warlord is now “alive, well, and free,” Solovey claims.

“Prigozhin himself was not on board. His double was flying instead of him. By the way, Vladimir Putin is perfectly aware of that. If you believe official statements of the Russian authorities, then what can I say…?”

Dr Solovey said he would reveal Prigozhin's supposed country of exile early next month but denied it was in Africa where the Wagner private army has multiple interests.


It had been reported that Prigozhin was laid to rest at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, the deceased businessman’s media team announced on Tuesday.

His burial came six days after he died in a plane crash, in Russia's Moscow capital.


On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russian President Vladimir Putin — who Prigozhin rose up against in June — would not attend the funeral.

According to a report by RT, the funeral was held behind closed doors, with only close relatives and friends of Prigozhin in attendance.

This kind of post should be accompanied with sources. Anyway Prigozhin's alleged death looked too easy for someone who very well knew Putin would never forgive him for the Wagner uprising against him.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12456817/amp/Prigozhin-alive-plotting-revenge-Putin.html

The identification of the wife of a known Prigozhin body double at the funeral looks like strong evidence backing the claims.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/yevgeny-prigozhin-alive-rumours-reignited-30825765.amp

Estello:
https://insidekaduna.com/nigeria-bloomberg-and-the-hitman/

The Reporter is drawing attention to the abandoned project. Work towards resuscitating the project for the benefit of the masses instead of throwing jabs at him. The California High Speed Rail Project referenced suffered cost overruns and a resulting funding gap in billions of dollars. It is not the same scenario with the Abuja Airport Rail Project. So forget about the comparison.

LibertyRep:
Elected Chairmen o, as in people elected into offices like the Governor himself.

Not caretaker chairmen o.

The Governor should be embarrassed by the video. This portrays him in bad light, as an emperor the governors have always been accused to be.

The show of shame again justifies the need for LG Autonomy.

The Constitution granted autonomy to the Local Governments but the State Governors subverted the autonomy and the constitution with impunity.

SmartPolician:
Why are cryptocurrency companies so vulnerable to cybercrimes despite all the cybersecurity measures developed for securing traders' and investors' funds? How can an online platform lose coins worth $2m and the world isn't shocked? That's a lot of money. These cybercriminals have to be stopped.

Any cloud and cybersecurity experts who can give crypto and blockchain companies unhackable techniques for protecting their trustless platforms will become an overnight million in USD. This is a clue for Nigerians who plan to study network security in postgraduate taught or research outside Nigeria.

There is no one as difficult to wake up as someone pretending to be asleep.

Who loses when you claim your crypto platform has been hacked? You or the general public that make up your membership or customers? Which third party verified that your platform was hacked and what penalty are you suffering for having weak security? If you are sharing the meat with your mouth and you said the smaller piece is the one you swallowed, who doesn't understand that kind of street wisdom?

Claiming that your platform has been hacked is an easy and sure way to make away with your customer funds while blaming imaginary hackers!

Moh248:
Sir Louis P. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1909-1966) was Nigeria and West Africa's first billionaire, amassing a fortune of $14 billion in present-day value.

He was a prosperous businessman involved in transportation, trading, palm oil (Akwụ Ojukwu), and the stock exchange. He introduced the Igbo apprenticeship system, a legacy that persisted even after the Civil War. He Is also the father of Biafran leader Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

His death left a legacy of prosperity within the Igbo community.

educate someone.

I have read various estimates of Sir Ojukwu's wealth ranging from $4 billion to $14 billion in today's monetary equivalence. All these are conjectures without backing with facts.

For reference, $1 million in 1960 is equivalent to $10 million in today's monetary worth based on purchasing power. So for Sir Ojukwu to be worth $4 billion, then he would have to be worth $400 million in 1966 at the time of his demise.

Also for reference, the Nigeria Military/ Defence Budget in 1966 was $60 million and the net worth of the Queen of England in 1966 was estimated at between $4 million to $5 million.

Nigeria's GDP in 1966 was around $5.4 billion and someone worth $400 million is at 7.4% of the GDP. That is equivalent to a personal worth of around $148 billion today with a national GDP of approximately $2 Trillion. $148 billion is more than 3 times the worth of all the companies on the Nigeria Stock Exchange today!!!

While Sir Ojukwu was no doubt the wealthiest businessman of his time in Nigeria, it is doubtful that he was worth as much as $400 million. The upper value of $14 billion in today's monetary value which would translate to him being worth around $1.4 billion in 1966 is even more wild and implausible. The richest man in the world in 1966 was Jean Paul Getty at $1.2 billion.

There is no doubt however that Sir Ojukwu was about the richest Nigerian at the time of his death.

The Igbo Apprenticeship System can be traced back to the 15th Century and definitely was not introduced by Sir Odumegwu Ojukwu in the 19th Century.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_apprentice_system

SmartPolician:
Omo, Tinubu don give all the departments and agencies to Yoruba people oh. This is not how to run a country with over 360 tribes. It makes no sense.

Forget about tribe. Focus on competency. That is how to move the country forward. Is he appointing dullards and nincompoops? And if you appoint people based on tribe, are they really representing their tribe or just leveraging the tribal card for personal benefits?

Islie:
"All senators received two million naira. And I am making this comment with a heavy heart because he (Akpabio) is the cause of this controversy.



https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/615950-senate-whip-says-n2-million-holidays-allowance-not-unusual-may-move-against-akpabio.html

Serving as a legislator is a part-time job and so there is no justification for any leave bonus or leave grant, particularly when it is not provided for by extant laws and regulations.

ivolt:
You must take us for fools.
My initial assumption was that this is another land tussle issue but this isn't even the case.
I read through the entire letter and couldn't find any cogent reason for the alleged threat to life.
You didn't invent any revolutionary anti-malaria drug or create an effective vaccine to stamp out malaria.

We are to believe the pastor is threatening your life because you wanted to start a NGO to kick out malaria.
Do you know how many anti-malaria NGOs exists in Nigeria and some of the founders are members of RCCG?

Let us assume for the sake of argument the pastor really hates people who wants to fight malaria, why do you have to stay under his
influence? Why not relocate to a neutral place where you can fight malaria in peace?

Rewrite your letter when you are ready to tell the full story because this looks like an hatchet job or psychosis to me.

The man and his wife need psychiatric evaluation if the write-up is to be believed. A careful reading of the write-up shows no genuine basis whatsoever for the petition or allegations against the Adeboyes and RCCG. Hearing voices and being paranoid are signs of deteriorating mental health.

AmazingELixir:
https://guardian.ng/news/govt-cleric-warn-muric-against-causing-religious-war-in-osun/

Akintola has retired from work as Lecturer at LASU. He now has time to focus on MURIC and possobly open to political appointment particularly in his home State of Osun. However, such rabble rousing is not the ideal way to get the attention of the State Government.

A lecturer should understand the place of merit beyond the average man. Have they been graduating students in LASU based on religious quota?

LifeofDream:
Well you're right but you need to factor in something...

There's literally nothing like Ukraine if not for the hundreds of billion dollars weapon and aid sent to them... There would've been no Ukraine in the second month of the war without NATO and other countries aid... 💯

Understood. However you cannot say Niger is also entirely alone on this matter. What motivation will drive our troops to fight with all their energy against Niger? To bring back a corrupt demoractic government for the Niger people?

Rossikk:
Niger Military (Army & Airforce)

World Rank: 119 out of 145

Total Military Personnel - 13,000

Tanks - 0

Armoured Vehicles - 728

Self-Propelled Artillery - 0

MLRS (Rocket Artillery) - 0

Towed Artillery - 0

Aircraft total - 16

Fighter Jets - 0

Helicopters - 7
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Nigeria Military (Army & Airforce)

World Rank: 36 out of 145

Total Military Personnel - 215,000

Tanks - 177

Armoured Vehicles - 15,748

Self-Propelled Artillery - 30

MLRS (Rocket Artillery) - 37

Towed Artillery - 339

Aircraft total - 144

Fighter Jets - 38

Helicopters - 67

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https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.php

Military superiority is not the only factor in any eventual military engagement with Niger. USA and Russia were militarily superior to Vietnam and Afghanistan respectively but what was the outcome of their military engagements?

1. It is not easy being the aggressor and taking the fight to the homeland of your "opponent". The people may see you as an outsider trying to install a puppet government and rally against you as a common enemy in nationalistic and patriotic fevour.

2. Going into a terrain that you are not used to and which may have peculiarities, comes with risks to your troops and equipment. The terrain in Niger geographically is predominantly desert plains and sand dunes. And it is hot and dry. Only specific types of motorized military equipment will work well there without serious challenges.

3. Maintenance for troops and equipment in another country as large as Niger is not easy. How do you convert replacement parts, food and other necessities there without incurring serious logistic costs? This is worsened when the populace are largely against you.

So any confrontation in Niger needs to be well thought out before engagement rather than just mouthing statistics, etc. Russia had far better statistics against Ukraine but see the cost of the war so far to them and how long it has dragged?

Nigerian economy is not in the beat condition for any warfare much less long drawn warfare where the troops are not motivated and the Army has been riddled with corruption.