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SIRTee15:
The Gospel was already established in Africa b4 it got to Britain.
Christianity predate any British indoctrination or misuse of the bible U alluding to.
There were 4 African kingdoms who embraced Christianity as their national religion as far back as 300 AD, this was b4 britian knew anything about jesus or the bible.
Kingdom of Aksum in modern day Ethiopia, kingdoms of Alodia, Makuria and Nobartia in modern day Sudan were Christian nations as far back as 4th century AD.
These were people of ancient Nubians regarded as black with darker skin tone than yours.

So this idea that Britain brought Christianity to Africa is nothing but outright ignorance.

Father Athanasius, and father Augustine who championed the Nicene creed were African berbers. Father Tertullian the first person to coin the word Trinity was also an African amazigh.

Father Origen who played a major role in choosing the new testament books to be canonised was Coptic xtian from Africa.

Britian on the other hand contributed nothing in the development of Christianity or it's core doctrines except translation of the bible to English KJV which has now become inconsequential due to so many errors in it.
They simply handed it to others the same way it was delivered to them.

U guys will come here and start shouting Africans should know their history but it's so obvious u should be the one learning your root and understanding the role of ancient Africa in the development and advancement of Christianity.

Finally the so called corruption of the people is just the newest route to justify rebellion against God, nothing more.
Despite the noise about unreliability of the gospel books, nobody has been able to produce the reliable copy of the gospel.
All the extant manuscripts we keep discovering everyday continues to point towards the preservation of the core Christian belief.
No extant manuscripts says Jesus is not the saviour or he is not crucified or not the son of God...none.

U guys continued to be misled and misguided by bible scholars into believing the unsubstantiated claim of bible unreliability BUT let me show U what 2 great new testament scholars have to say about the gospel- Bart ehrman and Bruce Metzger.

“Bruce Metzger is one of the great scholars of modern times, and I dedicated the book to him because he was both my inspiration for going into textual criticism and the person who trained me in the field. I have nothing but respect and admiration for him. And even though we may disagree on important religious questions – he is a firmly committed Christian and I am not – we are in complete agreement on a number of very important historical and textual questions. If he and I were put in a room and asked to hammer out a consensus statement on what we think the original text of the New Testament probably looked like, there would be very few points of disagreement – maybe one or two dozen places out of many thousands. The position I argue for in ‘Misquoting Jesus’ does not actually stand at odds with Prof. Metzger’s position that the essential Christian beliefs are not affected by textual variants in the manuscript tradition of the New Testament.”

Bart Ehrman (Misquoting Jesus, p. 252)

I don’t deny the existence of early Christianity in Africa particularly in Aksum, Nubia, and among North African theologians like Tertullian, Athanasius, Origen, and Augustine. These are facts, and I acknowledge that African scholars played a key role in early Christian doctrine. In fact the original Ethiopian Bible is said to be the one of the oldest and most complete bible, and they were the earlier adopter of Christianity after the times of Tertulian and co. But neither the North African theologians nor Ethiopians spread Christianity to Sub-sahara Africa. I think you should take note of that fact.

Anyways, my critique isn’t aimed at the original spread of Christianity in Africa centuries ago, but rather the version and purpose of Christianity that was reintroduced to sub-Saharan Africa during the colonial era which is the context most Africans today are familiar with. Agree? As a matter of fact, I’m a Yoruba man, and when I talk about Africa which undoubtedly has very diverse tribes with their own culture, traditions and centuries-held belief systems. My culture, traditions and belief system as a Sub-Sahara African would have been, and still currently very different to that of the early North-African guys you quoted who championed the Nicene creed. As you rightly said, they were Berbers. Stop alluding to “Africa” in an homogeneous context.

When British missionaries came with the Bible in one hand and colonial administrators with guns and conquest in the other, religion was deeply entwined with political domination, cultural erasure, and psychological control. That’s a historical reality too, and it cannot be brushed aside by pointing to early Christian influence in North Africa or Ethiopia.

This isn’t a rebellion against God, as you’ve implied. It’s a critique of how religion especially organised, state-aligned religion, was weaponised to undermine African identity, values, and systems. The version of Christianity that many Africans inherited was filtered through colonial worldviews, including ideas of European superiority and African inferiority.

You said “Despite the noise about unreliability of the gospel books, nobody has been able to produce the reliable copy of the gospel.” Do you know why? Majority of them were deliberately suppressed and destroyed due to political, theological, and ideological purposes. Though some were lost because of the fragility of the materials they were written on. The early catholics destroyed a lot of them, the Roman Empire destroyed some, the Council of Nicaea destroyed some. The KJV version you lots are carrying around today is a heavily edited, heavily redacted, watered down version. Do you wonder why?

Also, quoting Bart Ehrman is interesting, I think he’s a respected scholar who indeed affirms the relative consistency of core New Testament doctrines, but he’s also explicitly critical of the historical reliability of how the New Testament evolved. His work raises valid questions about how church politics and human editing shaped scripture over centuries which is exactly my point.

To be clear: my issue is not with individuals who have faith in Christ, that’s their choice. My issue is with the assumption that African spirituality must submit to or be validated through a foreign framework because despite the spread of Christianity to Africa (North Africa actually) in the days of Tertulian etc, Ethiopia later and sub Sahara Africa afterwards through colonisation, it still doesn’t negate the fact that Christianity is foreign to Africa. Africa had rich spiritual systems long before Christianity or Islam, and many were forcibly suppressed or demonised.

So when I say Africans need to know their truth, I mean that we should explore our pre-colonial spiritual history as seriously as others defend Christian theology. Understanding ancient African Christianity is important but so is understanding how European powers used religion to colonise, subjugate, and reshape the African mind. So when you say “U guys will come here shouting Africans should know their history”, maybe you should take your own advice. Quoting ancient African theologians doesn’t erase what happened during the scramble for Africa, when Bibles and bayonets worked hand in hand. Missionaries softened the ground, and colonial administrations took the land.

Regardless, I can acknowledge both truths, I’m not a black or white kind of person. I see meanings in grey lines with all the shades within it and I believe two truths can co-exists but let’s not pretend the Christianity most Africans know today was passed down from Tertullian or Augustine from ancient Africa. It came through colonial infrastructure, missionary schooling, and imperial agenda, often at the expense of African self-determination.

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Israel should stop eliminating these evils!

You seem to categorize every civilian living in Gaza as Hamas. I'll say it again: October 7 was awful, and I certainly don’t support it. But what followed is even more despicable. Is it religious affinity

You don’t complain about people dying of hunger because Netanyahu won’t allow food into Gaza. When they rush to get the little food they’ve been drip-fed, they get shot at. These are unarmed civilians!

Netanyahu rains missiles on them every day and that’s OK? You’ve seen images and videos of babies and children being killed in Gaza by the IDF? Those babies are not Hamas, are they? Do they deserve to be killed just because they’re Palestinian? Are these babies hungry babies and unarmed civilians you're referring to as "evil"? Or the lives of Israelis matter more than that of a Palestinian?

What Netanyahu is doing in Gaza is nothing short of genocide, and if you support that evil, then I say: you've lost your humanity and shame on you. Coming from a Nigerian/African made it even more despicable, you're supporting the same empire and imperialists that kept you surpressed till today. Is it your religious affinity or blind hero-worship of strong men?

Again, October 7 was horrible but if Palestinians had not been kept in an open-air prison, on their own ancestral land, maybe it wouldn’t have happened. Whatever ceasefire deal is agreed upon in the future, if it doesn’t include Palestinian statehood, it will only ensure another October 7 in 5, 10, or 20 years’ time. It has happened before. History must not repeat itself.

And don't quote my handle again with this type of "what about this" to justify the ongoing genocide and obvious ethnic cleansing going on in Gaza. I won't give you the reaction you want to feed on. Look for details of how children, women and other helpless and unarmed people are being starved to death, killed by guns, rockets and missiles everyday in their thousands in Gaza. How do you justify that?

“A forgotten and silent war is taking place in Northern Mali… we had no choice but to cross the border illegally from Mauritania, a neighbouring country.” This was the opening line of ARTE.tv’s documentary: “Mali: Resistance Against Wagner” on YouTube.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVCMTX0oHXQ

This is how the European public broadcaster ARTE opens its controversial documentary on Mali. It is a bold admission, one that sets the tone for what follows: a sympathetic portrayal of anti-government rebel fighters, images of slain Malian and Russian soldiers, and a framing of the conflict that strongly questions the legitimacy of the Malian state.

But this documentary is not an isolated act of journalistic curiosity. It is a signal, a warning of how European state-funded media infrastructure is being used not just to report on African conflicts, but to actively shape, skew, and potentially destabilize narratives on the continent.


ARTE and the European Media Machine

ARTE (Association Relative à la Télévision Européenne) is a public Franco-German media entity, jointly operated by ARTE France and ARTE Deutschland. These, in turn, are subsidiaries of major European public broadcasters: France Télévisions, Radio France, INA, ARD, and ZDF. Their collective ownership traces directly to European states and their respective public broadcasting institutions.

ARTE operates under the legal framework of a European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) a corporate entity created by the European Commission in 1985 to facilitate transnational business collaboration across EU states. EEIGs are not taxed on profits directly; their activities are considered ancillary to the core activities of their members, and any profit or loss flows to the parent institutions.

Put simply: ARTE is a public entity, operating under a cross-border European legal structure, funded by public money, and accountable, at least partially, to European governments.

Yet this same institution, under the protection of European law and sovereignty, openly admits to violating the territorial sovereignty of an African state, Mali, by illegally crossing its borders to embed with Azawad terrorists in northern Mali. Would this same act be tolerated if African journalists crossed into France from Belgium to cover militant activity in Corsica?


Narrative Warfare and Colonial Echoes

By presenting rebels as “resistance fighters” and framing Malian and Russian soldiers as aggressors, ARTE participates in a dangerous form of narrative warfare. When media outlets with global reach selectively tell one side of a conflict while implicitly endorsing insurgents, it is not just reporting. It is agenda-setting.

This form of media bias serves several unspoken goals:

• To undermine states that no longer submit to Western military or political oversight.
• To justify their narrative that Africa, especially the Sahel cannot do without them.
• To portray European presence in Africa (whether through media, NGOs, or private security firms) as benevolent or necessary.

But it goes deeper. It reflects an attitude of Western impunity and exceptionalism: a belief that European journalists and public institutions can defy African laws and sovereignty in the pursuit of “truth”, a truth they themselves construct, filter, and distribute.


Canal+ and the Takeover of MultiChoice: A Strategic Expansion

The ARTE issue cannot be viewed in isolation. It is part of a larger pattern of European media encroachment on Africa. The recent acquisition of MultiChoice, the largest entertainment broadcaster in Africa, by French media giant Canal+ deserves immediate scrutiny.

MultiChoice owns DStv, GOtv, and Showmax, serving over 20 million households across 50 African countries. It holds exclusive rights to major sports, entertainment, and local content channels. With Canal+ now in control, France has direct access to the hearts, minds, and living rooms of the African continent.

This is not just a business deal. It is a strategic soft power acquisition, especially as African nations like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso push back against French military and political involvement. If France can no longer dominate Africa with troops or diplomacy, it will do so with media.

The implications are immense:

• Editorial decisions about African stories may now be made in Paris, not Lagos, Nairobi or Johannesburg.
• African content creators may be forced to conform to European corporate policies and values.
• Narratives critical of France, the EU, or Western hegemony may be subtly filtered, deprioritized, or outright censored.


The Return of Cultural Imperialism

Colonialism once operated through coercion, trade, and guns. Today, it operates through satellites, streaming platforms, and public broadcasters.

• ARTE, funded by European states, illegally enters African territory to shape a civil conflict’s narrative.
• Canal+, a French media company, quietly purchases Africa’s most influential media company.
• The EU, through EEIG frameworks, creates cross-border corporate shields that protect these institutions from accountability.

This is media colonization in real-time.


What Must Be Done

Africa must take seriously the battle not just for its resources, but for its narratives.

1. Strengthen Media Sovereignty
• Regulate foreign media ownership, particularly in critical sectors like news and current affairs.
• Create policy frameworks for editorial independence and content localization.

2. Invest in Independent African Media
• Support African-owned broadcasters and streaming platforms.
• Encourage diaspora funding for pan-African journalism initiatives.

3. Demand Accountability
• Civil society and media watchdogs must call out biased reporting and expose double standards.
• African governments should respond diplomatically and legally to violations of their sovereignty.

4. Educate the Public
• Promote media literacy to help viewers distinguish between genuine reporting and narrative manipulation.


Conclusion:

The West may no longer wear the badge of colonial authority, but its media machines now serve a similar function controlling what stories are told, who tells them, and how the world sees Africa.

If Africans do not control their own narratives, someone else will. And as we’ve seen, they already are.

To think this guy was a former Al-Qaeda rebel, labeled a terrorist by the West and had 10 million dollar bounty on him to now meeting and shaking hands with Emmanuel Macron, Kier Starmer etc because he aligned with their strategic interests. Wow.

Mayeldah:
Don't write off Christianity just because you don't trust the British people, Britain got Christianity same we got it. Right from when Jesus went up, the gospel has spread to all cities and nations, it first got to the British before it got to us.
The problem with Christianity today is that whatever a man interprets to another person will always be misinterpreted. Many of the early Christians brought emotions, their mindset and way of thinking into the religion making doctrines out of it. For example the way Kumuyi understood the bible and interpreted it affected thousands of his followers for over 45 years, he misunderstood the bible and turned it to doctrine.
As knowledge increases, many will question so many doctrines passed down by men who formed doctrines out of their poor knowledge of the bible.
Btw there are so many Genzs who love God and are serving him with all their hearts, the fact that they are not religiously as foolish as we were, doesn't make them a generation that hates God.
The next generation will search out the real truth about God's words and serve him in truth and in spirit

You’re right, I agree with you on issues of doctrines. Many doctrines were shaped by cultural bias, limited understanding, and political motives, and those layers have made it harder to find the essence of what was meant to be a spiritual path. My issue isn’t with people seeking God or even Christ himself, it’s with how Christianity was weaponised during colonialism. We can’t ignore that the version of Christianity that reached Africa was filtered through the lens of empire, hierarchy, and control. That historical baggage affects how the message is received and perceived.

The fact that many young people today, Gen Z or not, are searching for “truth in spirit” rather than tradition shows a shift, not a loss. Like you said, as knowledge increases, people ask deeper questions. I think that’s healthy. But as an African, I believe part of that truth-seeking includes revisiting our spiritual roots that existed long before Christianity arrived. It’s not about throwing everything away, but about being honest with history and choosing our spiritual paths consciously, not just accepting what was handed down by colonisers. If Britain didn't invade Nigeria with Christianity, you most likely won't be a Christian today. As for me personally, I made the conscious choice of having nothing to do with Christianity because at the end of the day, God is not religious. God didn't create any religion, humans did.

God didn't write the bible either, humans did, and I can categorically state the fact that the bible is inconsistent in numerous ways. That is not the kind of "Holy book" I want to live my life by. Not to mention the fact that the bible is incomplete and has been heavily redacted and manipulated to suit narratives. Also, If Christian missionaries had been successful in penetrating the heart of China with Christianity, the country won't be as successful as it is today. Look at it from the point of view of how religion has contributed to division around the world. Use Nigeria as a case study.

SmartPolician:
Multichoice has finally dumped their failing business on an unsuspecting French company. Multichoice staffers will be smiling all the way to the bank now.

I hope the French media company did their due diligence before acquiring Multichoice and that they have a solid strategy for rescuing the company

Yes they have a strategy. That strategy is to push anti-sahel propaganda to millions of subscriber across Africa. France has been in deep economic trouble since they got kicked out of the Sahel, they are actively sponsoring terrorism in the Sahel region and also feel the need to control narratives through media in Africa. This is media warfare and Africans need to wake the F up!

Christianity and Africa in the same sentence is funny. Africa and Africans shouldn't have any business with Christianity. You want to tell me that a European translation of a Middle-Eastern man is my God? Common. I mean you may have been able to fool my parents, grandparents or maybe great grandparents even.

But hypocrisy of organised religion stops with me. It's a tool of control, nothing less than that. Organised religion shapes how you think and that thing is dangerous because it keeps your mind in a prison. We have our religions in Africa before the invasion and it ain't Christianity.

British missionaries came first with the bible, then British armies followed with the guns.

Know your truth as an African.

And no, I'm not Gen Z - You don't have to be in a particular age group to use your brain. I live in the country of the people who introduced Christianity to Nigerians. Less than 7% of them attend churches and less than 50% even identify as a Christian, so it's me - an African man that should be devoted to Christianity, shouting Hallelujah and praying to Jesus Christ? Nope.

Baxilexi:
If you speak of Gadaffi you may also wish to inform yourself about his terrorist activities… here are some photos.

Inform myself? You've done that for me, you even went the extra length to attach photos. How will I know the truth if you don't educate me.

But professor, I mentioned head of states (plural). I can list them for you if you're unsure or ignorant to the fact that the West - including France of course, carried out murders of head of states who wanted to remove Africa from the grip of Western chokehold and break free of their shackles.

You're here with some flimsy whataboutism justifying the death of an African head of state by the West, killed in the street like a dog because of his involvement in Lockerbie bombing but you didn't know US had bombed Libya in 1986 before Lockerbie happened?

But yes let's run away with "Gadaffi deserved to be killed because of Lockerbie incident" story. We don't need to ask what the root causes were, why Lockerbie happened, why US bombed Libya before then, what their plan and end game were and how the end game fits into the overall strategy of keeping Africa suppressed.

So professor, continue educating me with stories from Reuters, BBC etc and of course with ingenious and authentic research using AI. And more whataboutism please.

Baxilexi:
Nigerians should go live in Russia or speak with natives from the Baltic countries to understand who Russia really is.

They have no known consumer end product lines, but it’s all about weaponry/death/faux-piety. AK the Russian flagship.

I see folks supporting a country where a presidential contestant is murdered in jail, a military ally is murdered in a plane, a minister of transportation is murdered in his car, and that’s our new found love.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russian-president-vladimir-putin-dismisses-transport-minister-starovoit-2025-07-07/

But you're not worried about the Pan-African head of states that has been murdered by the West? You're very wise.

bigpicture001:
This is not what Hamas wants... They want isreal to completely vacate the region...

This is what Obama thought bas well, when he pressure Netanyanhu to vacate Gaza abc completely hand it over to Palestine for peace to reign...

Pm did, but that is when not became worse

Ok bigpicture001

Recognise the state of Palestine which is long overdue

ednut1:
African can provide uranium but cant own atomic bombs lol

Africa needs to crawl first before it can run. We're at the crawling stage and it's a great development.

Gbogbowa:
this is the beginning of Africa destruction. Check China, north Koreans and Russia citizens they don't have freedom of speech. Africa is going from fry pan to fire

What on God's green earth is this one talking about?

This is the way to go. The Global South is finally breaking free. I never thought my generation would witness a time when Africa strategically chooses its partners, on its own terms, rather than being locked into the orbit of those who kept us subservient for generations. This is what sovereignty looks like. Long overdue, but I hope Africa will learn hard lessons because currently, Africa's growth is external, not internalised, it's driven by what's happening in Beijing, Moscow, London, Washington etc. Unless Africa changes its economic structure and start producing and manufacturing its own goods, then the cycle of boom and bust will continue.

Africa can’t rely solely on resource extraction for its long-term survival. We need local industries and diversified economies so that we won't be at the mercy of Beijing or Moscow's economic growth. We need industrialised Africa but at least now we can choose our partners which is a huge and significant step.

Chienex24:
All you do is to throw tantrums like a child without making any point. Why is your lord Putin doing business with India that is obviously more aligned to the west than him? Oh I forgot, India is a powerful country too!! Turkey too that is double faced once shot down a Russian fighter jet that crossed its borders. What did Russia do? Nothing!! Why? Oh I forgot too, Turkey is also a powerful nation. My point is Countries have the right to choose who they want as friends or do business with, period!!


If your definition of global power dynamics is to war weaker nations and grab their lands when they choose who their friends are, then you should bear in mind how it ended for the "almighty" Hitler. His approach was all shades of wrong, to kill thousands of innocent living peaceful in their homes because their leaders chose the west, not him. He is obviously not smart enough. I am waiting for him to also invade Finland and Sweden, more stable countries who are very much close to his borders because of his reckless action and are now officially NATO members!!


And lest I forget, I thought Russia always threatened the West with nuclear weapons, I didn't know Putin is afraid of nuclear Armageddon. He actually should not be afraid, but rather face his enemies l, the USA and NATO, head on, not some innocent country to prove a point!!

Lastly No one armed and trained Ukraine!! That is a hogwash you rushed to believe!! If it is about war, the west have enough friends close to Russia borders already without Ukraine. They have weapons pointed to the east and west of Russia since the cold war. Putin did not like the outcome of the last election that brought zelensky, who is more aligned to the west and he used it as a pretext to war with Ukraine so as to bring his main objective, which is to take charge of Ukraine rich mineral resources and bring back the Soviet Republic in the long run, period!!

So now you’ve shifted from calling Russia a coward to admitting it doesn’t act recklessly toward powerful countries. That’s not cowardice, that’s strategic calculus. It’s called power balancing, not “tantrums,” but I wouldn’t expect someone who sees the world as Disney vs. villains to understand that.

Yes, Russia does business with India and Turkey, both countries that maintain strategic autonomy and don’t blindly follow what the West dictates. India buys Russian oil, weapons, and even partners with BRICS, that’s hardly the behaviour of a “Western-aligned puppet.” Turkey? A NATO member that blocked Sweden’s entry for months, bought Russian S-400 missiles, and is playing both sides to its advantage. You just proved my point: sovereignty means picking sides in your own interest, something Ukraine forfeited when it turned itself into a frontline for NATO.

Now, let’s talk about your ridiculous Hitler comparison. Hitler sought global domination, exterminated millions based on race, and launched invasions without provocation. Comparing that to Russia reacting to 30 years of NATO expansion and military encirclement is not just historically lazy, it’s intellectually dishonest.

You also said: “Nobody armed and trained Ukraine.” Do you actually know anything at all, apart from cheerleading? The U.S. and UK trained Ukrainian forces for years, look up Operation UNIFIER (Canada), Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine (U.S.), and the billions in arms, way before 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. If that’s hogwash, it’s publicly documented hogwash.

As for Putin’s objectives, was it mineral resources, or was it nostalgia for the Soviet Union? You can’t even pick one, you’re that confused. You repeat headlines, no analysis. The truth is Russia’s red lines were ignored, NATO called its bluff, and now we’re watching the fallout of Western overreach and Eastern resolve. That’s not about liking Zelensky or not (Even though Putin bore personal hatred for the comedian-turned-president) it’s about strategic depth and national security, the same logic the U.S. used in Cuba in 1962. (If you know anything about history).

So yes, countries can pick their friends but choices have consequences, especially when those friends are installing missile systems, biolabs, and troops near your borders.

If you can’t grasp that, then sit back in that plastic chair at the back where “CLUELESS” sign is at. While at it, grab a book, start with a history one.

Karlovych:
Well Tanisha and Shameeka are notorious for stealing weaves, why would and African-owned salon employ them?

If Tequan and Trayvon are employed at a barbershop they will most likely bring their gang violence into the place of work, so which employer will want to take such risks? They are better off looting stores like they used to do across many cities, spits.

The appropriation of those names though😮. That's cold but in all honesty Africans and African Americans have been programmed to see each other as different, even enemies. But the truth is, we are family separated by centuries of history, colonialism, and slavery. While we argue and look down on each other, the same people who divided us support each other, they build generational wealth, control global narratives, and remain united. Every white Americans has European roots. They proudly buy Belgian chocolates, the British buys America whiskeys etc. They never boycott each other’s products because they understand power of solidarity.

Now is not the time to recycle stereotypes or insult our own. It’s the time to heal, reconnect, and uplift each other. Africans and African Americans have far more in common than what separates us. The only way forward is together, not apart because at the end of the day, we are them and they are us.

Well, it's in India's best interest to trade with Russia. If India succumb to USA's tariff pressure and bullying, that will shake the core foundation of BRICS. As a matter of fact, tariff war is a sign of a declining empire and for generations, companies have found ways to navigate tariffs. Like for example, if the U.S. imposes a 25% tariff on Indian goods, but Panama has only a 10% tariff with the U.S. and a 5% tariff with India, India could simply shift supply chains, store goods in Panama, and re-export them to America labeled ‘Made in Panama’. Multinationals have been doing this since for generations.

I don’t know how dumb Trump is but should be smart enough to know this. USA is in trouble and tariff war exacerbate that trouble because the outcome of that is alienation. You can’t bully the whole world with tariffs, that will only draw more nations to BRICS's orbit as it is currently happening. Gone are the days when USA dictates world trade, things have changed but Trump is still reading from old playbook.

Chienex24:
You effectively confirmed that Putin is a coward, a bigger one for that matter, if his war with Ukraine is actually as a result of USA moving eastwards after the Cold war. Your problem is with USA, but you are fighting Ukraine, a country who handed all their nuclear weapons to you for the sake of peace, and now you take advantage of it. Fight USA, or NATO countries that moved their military closer to your borders , not a country whose only offense is they allied more to the west than to you. That is a tell tale of cowardice in action, looking for cheap target they are still struggling to defeat.

So let me get this straight, you’re calling Putin a coward for reacting to NATO’s encroachment, but you’re perfectly fine with the U.S. crossing red lines it explicitly promised not to? Ukraine may have handed over its nukes, but it also willingly became a pawn in a geopolitical chess game, choosing to align with a bloc that has a proven history of regime change, proxy wars, and broken promises.

You say, “fight the U.S. or NATO” as if that’s some casual bar fight and not a potential nuclear Armageddon. That’s not cowardice, that’s called realpolitik, something your cheerleader logic clearly doesn’t grasp. Russia is actually fighting NATO through Ukraine. You grab that? No?

Ukraine wasn’t attacked for “allying” with the West. It was armed, trained, and baited by the West, while NATO expanded inch by inch toward Russian borders, knowing full well it would provoke a response. If you poke the bear long enough and place missiles near its den, don’t act shocked when it roars.

And by the way, Russia is struggling to defeat Ukraine? Really? With what? Western arms, satellite intel, and $100+ billion in NATO funding? That’s not weakness on Russia’s part, that’s proof Ukraine isn’t even fighting its own war anymore. It’s a proxy war, and everyone knows it. Ukraine is just the stage, the real players are in Brussels and Washington.

Call it cowardice if that helps you sleep at night, but what you’re really describing is a global power dynamic, not a playground brawl. This ain't no Wizkid FC vs 30BG gang. If you know little or nothing about history and geopolitics, there's a plastic chair for you at the back, the very back.

Chienex24:
Is how much of worth you are like your pillow that got me thinking, while Trump is the only current leader that has threatened Russia in the same measure. Not even any European nation has done that showing their cowardice towards Putin.

On the other hand, Putin has relentlessly threatened the West with nuclear weapon since he started the war, that is why I think you are the one who has same sense like your pillow.

Russia started the war? It’s funny how you’re praising Trump for ‘threatening Russia’ when the U.S. literally promised not to move an inch eastward after the Cold War. But here you are cheering on a man who not only talks too much but openly exposes classified movements just to flex. That’s not strength, that’s stupidity on full display. My pillow might not talk, but at least it knows when to shut up and not endanger lives just to score points with clueless fanboys like you.

Oh, if there's anything I agree with you on, it's the fact that the EU is nothing but a toothless dog. Remember when George Bush claimed that Iraq had "weapon of mass destruction"? EU wasn't buying it until Bush told them to fall in line, even though no "weapon of mass destruction" was found in Iraq but America still killed thousands of Iraqis in the process of finding this "weapon of mass destruction".

EU lost its voice since then and never regained it. That's why Trump had the power to impose trade terms on the EU today. What's the condition of the trade terms? European Union MUST buy America's expensive oil and gas. But hey! There's Russia next door who can supply those oil and gas cheaply but too bad Russia and EU are not even talking even though they're neighbours. Who pays for this expensive oil and gas? Myself and millions of others in this Europe. So, yes, EU is clueless, just like you MAGA plonker.

CoronaVirusPro:
😂😆😂😂

Trump is the dumbest living thing.

He talks too much and doesn’t even realize the risk he is putting his naval officers.

Russia now knows they have submarines close to their coast.

What a dumb creation of God!

My pillow has more sense than him. I can't fathom it

Someone should tell this plonker that no one, absolutely no one, wins a nuclear war.

We have not changed the names below but we are foaming in the mouth because of some ethnic street names? I laugh in British Massa’s accent 😂😂

Kingsway Road in Ikoyi Lagos - Named after British monarchy, Kingsway Road is actually a common road name across British colonies
Queens Drive in Ikoyi Lagos - Named after British monarchy, Queen Elizabeth the second precisely
Marina Road in Lagos Island - Used by British colonial administrators, tied to shipping/maritime trade
Old Carter bridge in Lagos was named after Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter who was a British colonial administrator
Lugard Avenue in Abuja and Kaduna - named after Lord Frederick Lugard, first Governor-General of Nigeria
Macpherson Road in Lagos - Named after Sir John Stuart Macpherson, Governor of Nigeria (1948–55)
Bourdillon Road in Ikoyi Lagos - Named after Sir Bernard Bourdillon, Governor of Nigeria (1935–1943)
Glover Road in Ikoyi Lagos - Named after Sir John Glover, Governor of Lagos colony (1863–1872)

For Chinedu's sake, the capital of Rivers state was named after Lewis Harcourt, a colonial administrator and a paedophile. But yes let's worry about some street named after non-indigenous Lagosian. E go tey before we get sense for Naija

Nemesis0147:
Why are most of them tracing their ancestry home these days

Because the western power and hegemony is in decline. There's a clear and gradual shift from unipolar world dominated by the West, to a more multipolar world where global south countries, including Africa are gaining more assertiveness. Obviously these people are watching the development closely. For them and any diaspora African, this is the best time to make that move. If our leaders in Africa are smart, this is the time to position Africa on a strong footing and make Africa a world power.

APOSTLECHUMA:
IF RECOGNISED THEY STILL CANT HAVE AN INCH OF JERUSALEM, GET IT RIGHT. A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY NO MATTER HOW POWERFUL CAN NEVER SEEK AN INCH OF MECCA FOR ANY REASON, SO HOW COME U PEOPLE CANT SEE THAT JERUSALEM IS THE CAPITAL OF JEWISH RELIGION ?

Not the sharpest tool in the shed are you? Mecca is in Saudi Arabia which is a sovereign nation with clear border and jurisdiction. Jerusalem is a disputed city claimed by both Israel and Palestine. United Nations and International Court of Justice recognises East Jerusalem as an occupied territory which means it does not belong to Israel.

As a matter of fact, Jerusalem has historically been Palestinian territory. Ancient Israelites lived in parts of modern day Israel and Palestine and unlike Mecca, Jerusalem is a shared holy land between Christians, Muslims and Jews, and cannot be exclusively claimed by a single religion because Christians, Muslims and Jews have co-existed in Jerusalem for centuries.

The Israeli-Palestine conflict is not driven by religion alone but by military control, settler expansion and stateletness. Stop interpreting foreign conflicts through religious lens or biblical myths. There are Christians too in Palestine clamouring for statehood alongside their Muslim counterparts.

But weldone for turning a complex geopolitical issue into a Sunday school turf war. Maybe next time you compare cities, try Google Maps first so that you won't sound like an absolute cow, at least.

TruthU87:
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/united-states-rejects-a-two-state-solution-conference

What do we expect when USA government is technically ran by Israel behind the curtains. There will never be peace if Palestine state is not recognised.

There's more than meets the eye. Habitat loss and scarcity of food and water caused by climate change, or deforestation and fragmentation of their migration paths can push wildlife into human settlement which will make them distressed. A distressed and displaced elephant is a deadly giant. There should be a strong buffer zone between forests and farmland but since lands in Nigeria are owned by individuals or families which leave room for poor environmental planning and legal gaps, these may be a reoccurring issue.