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Boris Johnson is a neo-con globalist. He egged on the puppet comedian in Ukraine and collected bribe from military industrial complex. I don't know what he's doing in Nigeria to be honest, Nigeria shouldn't be hosting him but regardless, they can keep Kemi Badenoch, she's doing well as an opposition leader, even though her party is not doing well and may need to form an alliance with Reform party for any chance in British power politics.

IamAtAnger:
You're just being so delusional to ursef

It's bedtime kid. Turn your phone off and tuck yourself in to bed. Mummy will sing you a lullaby now. xx

IamAtAnger:
No go plan ur own life u hear

Planning my life is exactly why I analyse geopolitics. Thank you for your concern though, I’ll add it to the long list of things I didn’t ask for. Now go and plan your own life. But for a start, you might want to plan your own replies first.

World powers are choosing their alliances, some out of economic reality, some out of defence necessity, some both and more. USA has shown both Canada and Europe that they are on their own. I mean would you blame USA? They are trying to manage their slow but inevitable fall.

Canada has been offered and accepted a deal to join the EU's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative, while the UK was not able to finalize its own agreement due to disagreements over entry fee, while BRICS nation are waxing on stronger. Really interesting times ahead.

EU accusing others of what they have been perpetuating themselves on the continent of Africa for decades.

Arte.tv which is part of French media house and by extension, part of the EU media framework, has been in a comfortably close proximity to JNIM and other terrorist groups in the Sahel filming their operations. But France is not sponsoring them? right?

Then we have France's DGSE personnel saying they have the pass to cause instability in the Sahel region because their forces has been withdrawn. What did EU say about that?

France has been sponsoring and supporting military coup in Francafrique countries to prevent another Burkina Faso's situation. What did EU say about that? I can go on and on. But EU want to tell us about how democracy is under threat in Nigeria? Democracy in a country where her citizens are starving? EU should better mind its own business, they have bigger fish to fry on their own turf.

11 warships and 15,000 troops just to fight war against drugs? Ok now

Trump has no legal authority to close Venezuela's air space. He forgot this is not post-world war II when America asserted her dominance over the rest of the world. Regardless of his war-mongering rhetorics, I can clearly see aerial activities over Venezuela on FlightRadar24. That means no one takes him serious.

Absolutely. Burna Boy's international display of arrogance is a microcosm of the average Nigerian's mindset

You've got to see a doctor my guy. You can't be planning a wedding while your manhood is planning an obituary.

Burna Boy was outright disrespectful and arrogant. After kicking her fan out, he went on to gaslight her on social media with a subtle sprinkle of misogyny, no apology whatsoever. Guy said he doesn't want broke people at his show but those broke people raised and supported him before rich people started paying attention to him. He forgot that his fans outside Nigeria made him wealthy and recognised on the international stage. He bit the hands that fed him. Simple as

So we have someone with full functioning brain (assumedly) drawing distinctions between jihadists and terrorists?! I've heard it all

You've got to commend the senate for this ingenious breakthrough of finally declaring banditry and kidnapping as terrorism. It didn't take the USA's involvement at all. Brilliant buffoonery.

Well oh well....When European style parliamentary democracy fails.

I don't know what Nigeria's/African's business is with Valentines day especially. Valentines day has its roots in Roman tradition and nowadays it is heavily promoted especially in the Western world to boost childbirth rates because of continuous decline in birth rate.

Kanamara Matsuri in Japan (Penis & Fertility day) is explicitly created to promote childbirth. Japan is facing an existential crisis of aging population and low child birth rate.

Mabuggi88:
Stop twisting stories, the article says the G8 is like using G8 membership to lure Russia to end Ukraine war meaning they know Russia wants G8 membership. You people know all these but because you have already seen Russia as demigod, won't say the truth

So to drive your point home, Russia is like a rabbit and G8 membership is a carrot which the European Union is dangling in front of Russia? (That’s hilarious) The treatment that the EU got in drafting the 28 point peace plan should tell you how irrelevant the G7 is becoming. They were SIDELINED! Their economy is becoming weaker by the day.

Yes between 1998 and 2014 when Russia took Crimea, the G8 gave Russia prestige, legitimacy, access to Western capital and influence at the top western table. Putin and Lavrov have repeatedly said they have no interest in joining G8, the world has moved on. How many members do BRICS have in 2014? Just 5. Russia may worry about G8 then but today full BRICS member is 11 and that is around 40% of global GDP, not to talk of the GDP of countries who has joined BRICS but not a full member yet, and around 40 more countries who are desperately lining up in the queue to join. Do the maths and forecast yourself and see how the G7 stack up.

Does Russia need the G-group anymore? NOPE
Will Russia see re-invitation to the G-group as a weighty leverage to end the war? NOPE (Don’t make me laugh). Besides, America started the war.
Will Russia benefit from rejoining the G-group? Of course. That means more trade and ease of doing business. The G-group needs Russia more than Russia needs the G-group.

jacobs2015:
When I tell people that BRICS is delusional and a non serious entity, they get upset without knowing anything abt how international politics and relations work.

Why would Russia want to join the West as trading partners? Why not continue with her delusional BRICS members for business?

But in your mind, you know how international politics and relations work? The article explicitly stated that Europe WANTS Russia to join. Europe cannot survive without Russia oil, so inviting Russia back to the G-group will automatically means the European Union will have to end the embargo, remove the G7 price cap, remove shipping and insurance sanctions on Russian crude, remove restrictions on gas, LNG, and pipeline trade, which in such scenarios, the EU could legally buy Russia oil again. The viability of the entire European industry rely on that Russia oil and Europe knows it.

And BRICS is delusional and a non serious entity? You CLEARLY know about how international trade and economy works....Very CLEARLY

The manoeuvre look similar to the manoeuvre that crashed the Polish F-16 fighter jet in Poland three months ago. Pilot probably passed out because of the G-force and couldn't regain consciousness enough at that low altitude.

Not a bad deal at all but Zelensky would think otherwise. Is he going to be happy with the deal? No. Does he have a choice? No. That's what it means to be a puppet of America. Talk about getting stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Fake tears. They caused all this issues in the first place by turning Libya into a free-for-all passage for weapons and terrorism. And I'll say it again - America DOES NOT CARE about any "Christian" anywhere. They only care about the treasures under your soil and their own strategic interest. And I'm not discounting the fact that there's no terrorism in Nigeria, yes there is but America is known to poison you then offer to sell you the antidote. There's no smoke without fire.

Onlinetutor7:
Each of those area of military funding are taken into consideration in the budget.

$180 billion is similar to what the Military spends on just Research and Testings for a year.

That amount cannot shake the Military budget, let alone the whole budget. Let alone causing financial strain on the economy

And if truly they are carrying out a proxy war in Ukraine, the $180 Billion is being put in proper use, because it allows for real time assessment of Russia capabilities from the comfort of being a proxy. Since they are already spending as much in Research on advancing just to be above their rivals

Chief you’re focusing on the wrong metric. Did I say U.S. military cannot afford $180B? No. The point is that spending that amount on a single, stagnant conflict that they are not winning is politically unsustainable. Wars don’t end only because a country “runs out of money”, they end when public support collapses, allies stop contributing, and domestic priorities start demanding attention. That is exactly what’s happening in America right now, which is why Washington is suddenly pushing for a negotiated end. Political will, not the size of the Pentagon’s budget, is what determines whether a war continues.

You also think Russia is not assessing America's technical capabilities? Common that's laughable. America may have been able to assess Russia's manpower capabilities but Russia actually has not used its most advanced weapons in this conflict because it actually is not a war. If it's a war, we would probably see Ukraine's cities and towns turn to what Gaza currently looks like. Putin made it clear it's a special military operations, if it's an all out war, Ukraine would know whatsup.

And again on USAID like I said before, saying it has positive outcomes doesn’t change its purpose. U.S. government strategy documents openly describe foreign aid as a tool for influence, shaping policy environments, countering rival powers, and securing American interests. Countries take the aid because they need funding, but that doesn’t make the motive charitable. USA is NOT a charity and none of this is “propaganda”. You only need to read a little more and probably pay attention to geopolitics.

Onlinetutor7:
You made a wrong assertion in saying the war in Ukraine is having financial stress on the America economy.

The amount you quoted is just a small fraction of America military budget, not even American budget as a whole.

As for all you wrote as regards the USAids to Africa those are just propaganda.
As someone that works in the Medical field I have seen the positive effects of those Aid in my line of profession.

If those Aids are not needed, we wouldn't be taken them.

Did I at any point say the war in Ukraine is having financial stress on America? No. Has it actually had some impact on the US economy? Yes primarily through indirect channels rather than direct costs. The war exacerbated inflation that was already high, pushing prices higher through commodity price surges.

About the aids. Are they funding public health programs and humanitarian assistance? Yes. Are they also funding America's economic & security objectives? promoting regimes that aligns with USA's interests, election monitoring, countering USA rivals - (Russia, China) etc? Yes yes and yes. That's where most of the money goes. But easily accessible facts are propagandas to people like you.

Onlinetutor7:
I don't think financial loss is a basis for the truce, because West African countries have gotten more financial support from U.S than Ukraine since the War started.

The reason for the truce is that TRUMP is a man of peace and never supported the war in the first place.

You may need to study American yearly budget to understand that the military aid going to Ukraine since the war started is just an insignificant fraction of their military budget.

180 billion dollars is NOT an insignificant fraction of America’s budget. America has the largest military in the world with more than 750 military bases across the globe. America has more than 2 million military personnel in both active service and reserve. Where do you think their salary comes from if not from the military budget? Retirement benefit and healthcare for service member, where do you think the money come from?

And maintenance of those 750 military bases abroad and the military infrastructures at home? The military budget covers the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force etc. The military budget also covers research and development, operations, military constructions etc.

You “studied” America’s annual military budget but forgot to research how it’s spent. So no, that $180 billion dollars (and probably counting) is not an “insignificant fraction” of their budget. They simply have no more money to spend fighting Ukraine war. Trump made that clear to the Europeans but the Europeans themselves are broke.

Onlinetutor7:
I don't think financial loss is a basis for the truce, because West African countries have gotten more financial support from U.S than Ukraine since the War started.

The reason for the truce is that TRUMP is a man of peace and never supported the war in the first place.

Chief, if you don't know what you're talking about, it's ok not to say anything you know? America has spent more than $180 billion dollars on Ukraine. In the same period, the whole of Africa didn't receive 10% of that in aids (in form of USAID). And if you don't know, those money that America send to Africa are not for charity. They are for covet strategic reasons such as business friendly laws that favours America's businesses and interests, they are for encouraging US institutions, discouraging the influence of Russia and China, part of those aids are funding certain media in Africa. It's also been uncovered that those "financial support" funds the boko boys in Nigeria.

So no Chief, they are not "financial support". America is not a charity. They're giving the money to protect their interests and grow their influence.

Onlinetutor7:
How is it America proxy war, if they are the once pursuing for peace in drawing out a peace plan.

If you're fighting a proxy war, constantly depleting your own weapons and defence systems, losing billions of dollars in the process while your country is in huge debt and you're not winning the war while the citizens of your own country are lamenting about inflation and public opinion is waning away from Ukraine. What do you do? You call a truce. Let's use some common sense.

Now Russia and America are secretly drawing up peace plan. Guess who's not involved? Ukraine and the European Union. That shows it's America's proxy war against Russia. Zelensky has been used and dumped but ruined his country and killed tens of thousands of his citizens in the process. And European Union? well, have you seen a toothless dog lately? Cuz I've got one to show you.

History in the making. Nigeria can't afford to miss out on this

Iamzik:
Which car model has this engine, please?

It's a BMW 330D bro

N57 Engine. It's a straight inline 6 litre engine with single dual scroll turbo. Came stock with 258 horsepower and 560 newton meters of torque. 8 Speed ZF gearbox. It will do 0-62 in 5.6 seconds. I’d normally use a car for a while and sell it off but this one - I’m driving it till it breaks apart. Enjoyable and fun to drive and most importantly, reliable.

In both 2022 and 2023, and even any given year, the percentage of Indian immigrants that came to the UK surpasses that of Nigeria. You will very hardly see an Indian turning on ring lights to make immigration related contents. But my country people?! Forget.

I've lost counts of contents I've seen by fresh Nigerian immigrants on YouTube, TikTok, X with titles like:

The things I've learned in the UK after 2 weeks - (Breaking News: I Now Know Everything After 14 Days)
One week in the UK - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - (Just Landed Yesterday, Already Doing Full Documentary)
Want to buy COS? Watch! - (Public Service Announcement From Your New UK Minister of COS Affairs)
This is important if you want to secure COS - (Gather Here If You Want COS Before Bedtime)
How to secure COS from Nigeria - (Exclusive Secrets Only I, Who Arrived 30 Minutes Ago, Can Teach You)
The DOs and Dont's in the UK - (UK Regulations According to Me, Oracle of Manchester Zone 2)
What you MUST know about dating in the UK - (As a UK Relationship Expert With 3 Days Experience)

Then the name changes and tiles - Oluomo of Bury, Iyaloja of Peckham, Amuludun of Hull, Igwe of Sunderland - (conferred on them by His Majesty King Charles III)

What exactly is Nigerian's problem? What is it?

Immatex:
China’s Africa re-colonisation process and strategy - debts and investments managed by Chinese.

Soon China towns will emerge in all of these countries!

There are Chinatowns in major cities in the UK, USA, Canada etc. Now what?

Way too young to be retiring. She still has a lot of firepower in her

kingthreat:
USA is not invading Nigeria. USA will simply use drones and their airforce to bomb terrorist targets. The war is on the bandits and terrorists, that our government rather let have a field day than stop. By the way, why are you jittering? what is on is on.



Don't mind those that are scared. If you have nothing to hide, why then are you scared

USA will simply use drones and their airforce to bomb terrorist targets and they'll simply go home or go back to their base? What is USA gaining from this? Have you asked? I don't give a hoot about Nigerian politics or politicians. Most of them - past and present are stooges for America, Britain and EU. T3rrorism in Nigeria has always been a political tool and there's America's handwriting on it, obviously with complicity of domestic actors in Nigeria. It's the same scene out of the same old playbook playing out. I guess that's why I'm jittery.