₦airaland Forum

i can see that the US senate is hell bent on making sure that Trump do not normalize relationship with Russia by voting massively in support of the sanction against Russia. whose interest are they serving, the American people or the hawkish war mongers.

The biggest task for Trump is finding those who are trying to sabotage his government using the senate and his cabinet, until then he would achieve little or nothing

Atigba:
There is no "American embassy", they are places of spying and sabotage, they should all be closed off across the World until "American totalitarian hegemony" ends and some sane politicians replace these Zio-patsies.

exactly, real places of spying.

Glocks:
well spot on. Government of the few indeed .

we are in trouble

Political struggle in Nigeria was embarked on mostly during military regimes, everyone saw the military as a common enemy that represented a hindrance to their freedom. There was so much joy in the country when power was returned to the civilians. Since the return to democracy, political struggle has been on decline. Since then, the country has been moving in circles of failure. When we talk about political struggle simply put it is the development of an efficient strategy that would lead to the change in an existing political structure, class or arrangement within a country. It is so unfortunate that despite the poverty, sufferings, agony, wailings, exploitations, underdevelopment faced by Nigerians and the ineptitude leaders Nigeria has had, only few persons are kicking against this atrocities when I mean kicking against I don’t mean the ones we do with our keyboards, in media houses, interviews etc. I am talking about demonstrations, engaging in civil disobedience, protesting, creating barricades, launching agitations, participating effectively and efficiently in elections etc. all these are all forms of political struggle. The western world which we all run to daily also did all these before they became what they are today.


Just like Karl Marx said “struggle cannot arise without consciousness, i.e. struggle is only possible when members of a class are conscious of their position and conditions. (Conditions could be suffering or exploitation). This is the major problem facing the Nigerian people, lack of consciousness, until we become conscious of our suffering, exploitation, misery etc, we would not get to the end of the tunnel to see the light. During the military era the ruling class achieved its aim majorly through military methods, but under the civilians they have been able to achieve theirs through subtle unrelenting propaganda, religion and indoctrination. This is only possible because there is total absence of consciousness among the Nigerian people, just like in the earlier periods of the world when consciousness was in an embryonic form. Moses Hess once wrote “the rise of consciousness and reason would enable man to understand his own position.


Niccolo Machiavelli once wrote about the Italian society and I quote “the jealousies among the states where so severe that none wanted to cooperate with each other. He saw that in an entire Italy there was not a single prince who could go ahead. There were corruption, moral degradation and infidelity in every sphere of the society. Italy was the characteristic example of institutional decay. Cruelty and murder became the day to day affair. Values and principles were banished from the society. Christian doctrines and ethics were the values of the past. Profligacy and debauchery were frequent. Struggle for power was very common, naked selfishness reigned everywhere. It was an age of bastards and adventurers”. This was the description of the Italian society in the 14th 15th century as described by Niccolo Machiavelli, almost sharing a resemblance with the state of nature as described by Thomas Hobbes. There is little or no difference between this description of the Italian society and the Nigeria of today. The country is in total mess and almost unredeemable, unless the people raise their consciousness level, unless we go back to history and understand how the Europeans, Americans, Asians were able to get to where they are today. It is a disaster that a Nigerian government in the 21st century would remove history from being taught in schools. The answer is obvious, it is an attempt to prevent knowledge and destroy any sense of history among the younger generations. Karl Marx once said “men make their own history but they do not make it as they please, under circumstances chosen by themselves but under conditions immediately encountered, given and transmitted from the past”. Also Machiavelli once said “wise men say without reason that whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past, for human event ever resemble those of preceding times”. With this quotes by two great men the importance of history cannot be overemphasised.


According to Joseph Proudhon, “the roots of corruption and all evils have spread to the remotest parts of the society. Such society cannot be remedied by any form of parliamentary procedure. The existing structure of the society would be destroyed by a revolution. Compromise or parliamentary procedure would lead to adjustment with corrupt capitalist /politicians. Compromise means replacement of one exploiting class with another”. A radical change of the society and mindset is what is needed in Nigeria; no form of parliamentary procedure can bring that needed change in the country as those to preside over such procedures are the biggest gainers from corruption and the sufferings of the people. The people must also change their mindset, the mindset of the people must be reformed morally. Violence, irrationality and corruption which are one of the major character traits of a Nigerian contributes a lot to the decadence witnessed in the country and the Nigerian people must be prepared to apply positive and constructive efforts to redeem their image. Also federalisation of the country might bring the needed change, but it is obvious some persons are against this which leaves the people with no option other than a revolution or seperation. It is therefore evil and ridiculous to hear people say channel your grievance to the legislature, to the executives, to the judiciary when it is obvious that corruption, evil, sentiments, irrationality, nepotism, tribalism, ethnic chauvinism has found a comfortable home in all these arms of government and its institutions. The modern Nigerian state is nothing but a criminal organisation run by a few power hungry, blood thirsty, kleptomaniacs, psychopathic and irrational individuals. Few persons imposes its rule on the majority, such a state cannot be said to be a democratic one. It is a state controlled by elites for the benefits and good of the elites.


The Nigerian people need to see their shared sufferings, pains, poverty, anger, agony, wailings, exploitations etc as a unifying factor and fight against their common enemy. It is time for Nigerians to demand that there must be a government in this country, it is obvious that since the return to democracy if not since independence Nigeria has never had a government, because if it has had a government, it can only be formed by a delegation, convention, federation from the free and spontaneous consent of all individuals which make up the people, each one of them insisting and canvassing for the guarantee of his own interest and not some group of persons sitting down somewhere and deciding who gets what. The 2014 national confab addressed a little bit this anomalies, but the evil few who have held this country hostage for so long are making sure that recommendations from that confab do not see the light. If we continue this way, everyone should be allowed to have their own country.

na wa o, 'we'

bakare should be ashamed of himself, you brought in buhari, have refused to criticize him or his policies despite the glaring failure. . now, make i vex. nonsense.

you haven't changed. Admit that buhari is a failure, no matter how corrupt saraki is accused of being. he has prevented the legislature from being an executive house boy or rubber stamp which is how democracy should be, the same thing buhari and his sadist executives tried to do with the judiciary now it is beginning to backfire. if you know how the legislature in civilised countries opposes and scrutinizes everything being done by the executive you would conclude that saraki is still learning.


pmb is as corrupt as the politicians.

lies, this lie has made me comment on nairaland which i have decided not to for now. the police only got to know about the kidnapping after one of the kidnapped escaped, before the police were called. let me stop here.

all these utopian gallantry by the police is false and fallacious

scully95:
I bet it's not safe to sell these complex machines, second to non on the planet earth to Turkey, a mere traitor that would likely sell it out or allow NATO crooks to test junkie counter-measure on it. If for anything Turkey cannot or should never be trusted.

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selling to Turkey, would be a disaster.

Emerald120:
We always run home once is 7 pm to see who ll be evicted on sundays. Initially I disliked it seems there is a spirit behind it. [quote author=bonechamberla

spirit hmm

ShawttySoFyne:
hyp-o-crite Translate Button.
1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude.

guess i had to school you on that

look at your first post and how does it relates to me being an hypocrite.
U don't know me.

Cutehector:
nna my brother. The thing surprises me... Well something to keep jobless youths occupied...

we are in trouble in this country

ShawttySoFyne:
y'all keep criticizing yet y'all can't stop commenting on it.
Hypocrites.

do u know the meaning of hypocrite. We criticize with our comments. Doesn't mean we watch it.

The word hypocrite seems the easiest to use in nairaland.

Apc trying to use ayiri to convince ibori

So this man is still alive

So people sit down, relax and watch this BBN ..

SalamRushdie:
Since when did Chadian become foriegners on Northern Nigeria, abeg they have more rights there than a yoruba or Igbo man

it's just unecessary propaganda

The only critical reason I see there is "no economic road map" others are not enough reason.

He forgot or deliberately refused to add the most critical reason which is "religious extremism"

Freeze e don do o, u have won. Kiiberty next time don't lie

God help northern Nigeria

pennywys:
Who the hell is this Inibehe Effiong, who on earth is he, that won't allow the social to have something interesting to share.
The other day I come across the story of this cheap brait of a lawyer try to gain cheap popularity on facebook. I hate to see just a cheap thing claiming mighty

mehn this guy has no proof just trying to be popular and not about any rubbish threat. I once served with him and there is absolutely no humility in that young man. Smh

panafrican:
Most likely the half-brother of the North Korean leader was assassinated by South Korea and its allies. Kind of weird two women can assassinate someone at busy airport, with all those security guards and cameras around, but no-one has the killers and they just vanished !

I believe they have been apprehended. South Korea and it's allies would not assassinate someone they see as a hope for Change in North Korea. The guy had always advocated for change of the system in North Korea which is why his late dad chose his younger brother ahead of him. And don't forget he doesn't even live in North Korea.

bantudra:
stick your apology up your ass...you have supposed to do this in year 1492..not now..

its too late now...

their is nothing whites can do now to make blacks trust them again..

they still owe us 777trillion dollars repairations...

pay up or get lost!!!...

777 trillion, hmmm

Emmanuel Macron, the centrist French politician who is surging in the polls two months ahead of the presidential election, has been forced to defend himself after criticizing his country’s colonial past.

Macron, 39, was asked to clarify previous comments on colonization during an interview with Algerian television, broadcast on Tuesday night – a sensitive issue in a country that fought a bloody war to earn its independence from France.


“Colonization is a crime. It’s a crime against humanity. It’s truly barbarous and it’s part of a past that we need to confront by apologizing to those against whom we committed these acts,” Macron said.

“At the same time, we must not sweep this past under the rug…There’s a fitting phrase that is said about Algeria: ‘France established human rights in Algeria. It simply forgot to abide by them,’” the politician added.

Nationalist Marine Le Pen, who is polling highest of all presidential candidates, but predicted to lose to Macron if they face off in the second round, said his remarks were tantamount to treason.


"Is there anything more serious when you want to be President of the Republic than to go abroad to accuse the country you want to lead a crime against humanity?" she asked rhetorically during a Q & A with her supporters, posted on Facebook, accusing him of having “contempt for France.”


Earlier, Florian Philippot, vice-president of her National Front party tweeted, “Mr. Macron, are roads, hospitals, French language and French culture crimes against humanity? Stop this constant repentance!”

Republican Francois Fillon, the preferred candidate of the center-right who is neck and neck with Macron in the race to secure a place in the second round, also accused Macron of flip-flopping on his earlier stance.

Fillon - who is struggling with legal issues - said during a rally in Compiegne, a town outside Paris, that “this hatred of our history, this constant repentance is undignified for a presidential candidate. It wasn’t so long ago that Mr. Macron recognised some of the positive aspects of colonization. This means that Emmanuel Macron has no spine. He’s simply saying what people want to hear.”

In an interview in October – which was referred to by the Algerian journalist this week - Macron gave a different spin, saying that France’s 130-year control over the territory resulted in “the emergence of a state, of wealth, of a middle class” and that there were “civilized elements and barbarous elements” of French rule.


His latest remarks were more nuanced than most press quotes, however, as Macron went on to warn that a “culture of guilt” around colonization and the 1954-62 war of independence, which resulted in in at least 300,000 deaths on both sides, was “counter-productive.” Macron later went on to Twitter, to once again restate his position, before releasing a video on his website to explain himself.

But whatever his justifications, Macron’s neat-sounding but malleable quotes have fed into his image as a slick opportunist, who has emerged without hinterland or convictions.

Ian Brossat, a prominent Communist Paris politician, said Macron has changed his words so many times that “you are bound to eventually agree with something he says.”

Educated at the elite ENA civil service school, Macron worked as a finance ministry official, a banker at Rothschild, and served as a Minister of the Economy in Francois Hollande’s Socialist government. He quit the party, before becoming an independent and started his own movement, En Marche, less than a year ago.

His varied biography has made it difficult to pin down his views, though he appears to be socially progressive, and economically liberal, as well as avowedly pro-EU. Like prominent centrist liberals before him, such as Tony Blair and Barack Obama, his campaign caught fire because of his relative youth, and the promise of change – Macron says he will “unblock France.”


An Opinionway poll published on Thursday show that Macron would come second to Le Pen (26 percent) with 21 percent of the votes, but ahead of Fillon on 20. In the run-off on May 7 he would defeat Le Pen by 62 to 38 percent, the pollsters said.



https://www.rt.com/news/377637-macron-colonization-france-algeria/

slurryeye:
The jazz aren't gone. All man must die

i meant his jazz unless u are the custodian of his jazz.

The first military coup in Africa was pioneered by abdel Nasser of Egypt not eyadama of Togo. Eyadama pioneered the first West African coup. God bless abacha and ghadaffi.

No 1 on the list should be Mobutu sese seko. How can one talk about dictatorship and forget Mobutu.

Hmmm so all those jazz are gone

Firefire:
I was also surprised to hear Osinbajo shouting, APC! APC!! APC!!!, CHAINGE! CHAIN-GE! for a supposed 'Stakeholder's Meeting'

men I was shocked, it was disgraceful and was more of a desperate attempt by "Satan" to rubbish the VP's rivers visit

no sleep for the devil, that's why rivers indigenes have to be extra vigilant.

awa:
One statement today entirely different one tomorrow.... I pray USA never enter Naija kind of change?

that's how a strong headed rookie behaves

That fat boy is becoming more notorious than his ancestors