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Chienex24: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: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: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: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: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: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: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: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. |
Story reads like a folklore. Especially in India where cobras are sacred and a threat. Biting the snake literally saved his life rather than the other way round. Assuming the snake bit him in the mouth, tongue or cheek during the course of biting the snake then lil boy would probably have died but story's funny still 😂 |
Tolu2024:They technically can but inflation is still very high due to the one they printed during Covid. The Bank of England is actually trying to remove money from the system to bring inflation back to 2% target. Printing more money now would risk a second wave of inflation and likely weaken the pound. A weakened Pound would also make imports more expensive. UK’s economy and survival is dependent on import, so that will drive inflation even higher. BRICS is also a threat. BRICS countries are increasing trade in local currencies, not USD/GBP/EUR anymore. If they print more money, that means UK borrowing becomes more dependent on domestic and regional buyers, limiting cheap financing, international investors may sell UK bonds, weakening the pound even further. A strong, stable pound is part of the UK’s soft power. Printing money will now play into the BRICS strategy of discrediting Western financial systems. They are deep in hot soup. |
Who didn't see this coming? This is just a microcosm of the wider Western economic crisis. High debt, weakening growth, limited political space for reform, and bond markets growing nervous. Then we have BRICS around the corner The model of “borrow now, stimulate growth, worry later” is no longer working. BRICS has exposed them. Ee ti rinkankan. |
If Ukranians want peace in the remaining unoccupied Ukraine, the earlier they remove that coke sniffing comedian from government the better, he's the one prolonging the war. There's no way he's getting back the land claimed by Russia and there's no way he's winning the war either, even with all the support from NATO, and I hate the fact that my tax is funding his military support. The day he obeyed his masters by sending Ukraninan soldiers to an African soil (Mali) to attack Russian and Malian soldiers was the day my repugnance of him became personal. |
When I said it that US and Europe are in financial troubles, some people here were foaming in the mouth, thinking I was tripping. France's exit from the Sahel contributed significantly to their financial woes. USA won't put its hand where its mouth is. Britain don't even know how else to tax it's citizens, can't afford to pay junior doctors decent wage, rich people are leaving the UK while businesses are laying off their workforce. Germany's economic growth is stalled, Italy is the same, those ones are actually at risk of disappearing, they're not making enough babies to replace their aging and dyeing population. The empire is collapsing. |
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Unbiased1:You parrot the old propaganda script like the war only started in 2007, ignoring decades of dispossession, occupation, and apartheid that preceded Hamas. I said before that you should dig deeper in history, investigate the root cause, ask the "What", "Who", "When", "Where" and "Why" questions. Gaza wasn’t turned into a prison because of Hamas. Hamas rose from the ashes of Israeli brutality, endless checkpoints, bulldozed homes, and the utter failure of diplomacy. You frame Israel as the victim defending itself from a "terror state" but no amount of concrete used in tunnels justifies white phosphorus in refugee camps or siege-induced starvation. You talk about October 7 like it happened in a vacuum, but you treat Biafra’s starvation as “just war,” parroting British colonial lies, showing exactly why your moral compass is broken and your worldview colonized. Now the mask is slipping. France and Britain who are both Israel's oldest apologists are now flirting with recognition of a Palestinian state, because the world sees what you refuse to. Your Israel-worshipping rhetoric might earn applause in echo chambers, but it’s crumbling under the weight of global disgust. You’re not defending justice, you're defending a regime that kills journalists, bombs children, and calls it self-defense. The only dangerous fantasy here is pretending that endless occupation, military domination, and apartheid will lead to peace. It won’t. France and Britain now knows that. They actually knew it all this while but again agenda must agend as usual, just that the agenda is under the scrutiny of the world and they're now making a U-turn, standing on the right side of history for a change. Maybe you need to look from that lens too, or continue cheerleading. |
Unbiased1:Honestly, I stopped taking you seriously the moment you downplayed the Biafra war. Any Nigerian parroting “it wasn’t genocide” while thousands of children starved on global TV either has selective memory or is too intellectually colonized to face hard truths. The UK backed that war military and financially, not for unity or justice, but for oil and geopolitical leverage. Same playbook they support in the Middle East today which is to back whoever serves their interests, civilians be damned. So forgive me if I don’t buy your moral outrage over Hamas rockets when your own history is soaked in silent complicity. Gaza was already a strangled, walled-off ghetto before Oct 7. The siege, the blockades, the “calorie calculation” Israel didn’t just respond, they engineered misery. You say Jewish refugees built a state, yes, with full Western backing and billions in aid. Palestinians? They got dispossession, refugee camps, and bombs for breakfast. Until you reckon with your own history and stop regurgitating propaganda like it’s gospel, spare us the lectures on morality and peace deals. You sound less like a concerned observer and more like someone cheering from the sidelines because they think being colonized made them wise. |
Unbiased1:Chief, you keep throwing out strawman arguments like they’re fact. Nobody is saying countries shouldn’t have border security. What we're saying, and what you're carefully avoiding, is that Israel’s control of Gaza is not about normal border policy. It’s about domination. Total control of airspace, sea, imports, exports, movement, and even calorie intake, that’s not a checkpoint. That’s a siege. Comparing it to USA–Canada or Nigeria–Benin is laughable. Are those countries bombing each other? Cutting off medicine and food? Starving children? Turning entire cities into rubble? No. So let’s not insult everyone’s intelligence by pretending this is just “border control.” As for Egypt, again, deflection. Egypt’s Rafah crossing is a single gate. It’s not Gaza’s airport, seaport, telecoms, or airspace. Israel controls all of that. Egypt is complicit, sure, but it’s not the occupying power. It’s Israel that imposes the naval blockade. It’s Israel that decides what food, fuel, and medicine is “permissible.” Gaza’s survival and its collapse has always been tied to Israel’s grip. Now about Hamas, you keep repeating that they used aid to build tunnels. First off, let’s be clear: Iran most likely funded the tunnel infrastructures. The majority of international aid never even touches Hamas. It goes through the UN, NGOs, and international bodies. Gaza’s hospitals are collapsing because Israel has repeatedly bombed them, not because Hamas spent all the money on tunnels. You want to question Hamas’ priorities? That's fine and fair. But you’re using that to excuse the mass killing of civilians. You don’t bomb an entire population because you hate its rulers. That’s collective punishment and it’s a war crime. And your Nazi comparison is not “100% on point.” It’s 100% disgraceful. The Nazis industrialized genocide, rounded up entire populations, and tried to exterminate a race. Hamas committed a horrific attack but that doesn’t justify flattening Gaza or labeling every Palestinian a terrorist. Your comparison is emotional bait, not historical analysis. Oh and about the settlers. Don’t lie. Yes, Israel removed settlers from Gaza in 2005, but it never stopped controlling it militarily. Gaza was turned into a fenced cage, its economy strangled, its air and sea space locked. Leaving settlers doesn’t equal freedom when you still hold the keys to the prison. That's like saying apartheid South Africa should have been a democracy too. And please don't even attempt to insult my intelligence about the Oslo accord. Let’s not pretend Israel respected the Accords, the same Israel that expanded settlements in the West Bank, killed the two-state solution, and continues to violate every agreement they signed when it suits them. You're defending a state that demands everyone else follow rules while breaking them with zero consequences. So before you call anyone a hypocrite, check your own position. You're not defending peace bro. You’re defending apartheid, starvation, displacement, and occupation then blaming the victims for resisting. That’s not justice, that’s propaganda with lies and deflections. |
China cars are cheaper because of lower labour costs compared to American or European counterpart. Economies of scale also has a role to play, Chinese car manufacturers produces at massive scales and benefits from government policies. China also run localised supply chains unlike America and Europe who has more dynamic supply chain, slapping more costs on the product. Does that mean China products are inferior? No, not in this day and age anyway. So, no, there's nothing wrong in buying China made cars. but brand perspective is another kettle of fish. Chukwu who drives a BMW would stunt on his friend who drives a KIA, Mazda etc. Even Europeans are now waking up, I can speak for UK who are now dumping expensive Tesla for better and cheaper China made BYD. But our perceptions as Nigerians/Africans is our problem. Everything European/American is better in our eyes, including their media and propagandas. That's why we have Nigerians supporting the West's atrocities even though we are victims too. |
Unbiased1:Let me break this down clearly. Using Gaza’s geography and economy to argue it’s not under siege is like saying Lagos isn’t struggling because there are malls in Victoria Island while millions live in slums or can barely afford 3 square meal. Gaza may have some shops and hotels, but the overwhelming majority are starving, suffering power outages, and cut off from basic medical supplies. That “open-air prison” label is about control and denial of freedom, not absence of buildings. Yes Palestinians have their own passport but Israel controls who goes in or comes out of Gaza, Palestinians have no control over their own airspace, sea access or borders. Electricity, water, medical supplies etc is heavily dependent on Israel's approval but that's not an open air prison according to your logic because they have hotels and 8 storey buildings? Your migration stats don’t tell the whole story. Palestinians who have permits to enter Israel are a tiny minority handpicked under strict conditions. You can’t compare that to free, voluntary migration. The rest are stuck under siege, unable to leave for education, medical care, or work. The fact that some cross legally doesn’t negate the fact that millions cannot. Yes, Hamas built tunnels, but those tunnels were in response to a decade-long blockade that strangled Gaza’s economy and people. When you cage millions with no hope, desperation fuels underground networks, whether for resistance or survival. Would you expect otherwise? And the “rocket tests” or paragliding? These are military activities in a territory under constant attack and occupation. Civilians pay the price for these. That’s the real tragedy. Your comparison to Nazis is beyond irresponsible. Nazis committed genocide on an industrial scale. What Israel is doing in Gaza is horrific and, according to many international experts, breaches international law but it’s not yet on the same level as the Holocaust. Using that analogy only trivializes historical suffering. Also about prisoners: Yes, Israel holds thousands of Palestinians, many without trial or due process, including children. Hamas holding Israeli captives is tragic and must be resolved, but that justifies the wholesale destruction of Gaza or the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians because Israel wants to "rescue" 50 hostages? Very very justifiable. And why Hamas isn't attacking Egypt? Erm maybe because Egypt isn't occupying Gaza, bombing it's homes or building illegal settlements on Palestinian land. (Common sense may actually not be common after all) Hope you understand that? |
Unbiased1:Wow. Coming from a Nigerian, this level of bootlicking for colonial logic is beyond astounding. You're from a country that lived through the Biafra war where millions of civilians including children were starved as a war tactic and yet you're here justifying the same strategy against Palestinians. It would actually be very funny if you're from South East, I'm not. You, of all people, should know what it means to be displaced, labelled, and gaslighted while the real oppressors play victim. If an apartment in a bombed-out block with no clean water, food, or freedom means someone “isn’t a refugee,” then by that logic, every Nigerian living in a slum should be called rich because they have a roof and a shop. Nonsense. You clearly don’t understand history. Most Gazans are refugees because Israel kicked their families out in 1948 and locked them in a strip of land that it’s been bombing and blockading for 17 years. That’s not a conspiracy, it’s a documented fact, one the UN, historians, and even Israeli leaders have openly acknowledged. And don’t bring up the fake “five peace offers”, all of them were offers to surrender, not to build a state. Maps cut into crumbs, no army, no borders, no Jerusalem, just an occupied bantustan. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? That’s how apartheid worked in South Africa too. You think Palestinians should’ve accepted that? You’d be the type to tell Mandela to just accept a “homeland” and stop causing trouble. You say “annex Gaza and be done with it”? That’s the language of a colonizer. That’s saying: “If they won’t give up, wipe them out.” And you say it casually, while children are being buried under rubble. If Israel committed in Nigeria what it’s doing in Gaza, you’d be shouting to the heavens. But because it's Palestinians, you're fine with genocide, as long as it’s neat and final. You're cheering on the same machine that crushed your ancestors. History doesn't forget, even if you choose to forget or prefer to be very ignorant. I use to be ignorant too, carry on, your eye go soon clear. Oh I like your username by the way, but the "Un" in “ |
Unbiased1:That argument sounds neat, doesn't it? until you realize it’s built on false morality. If Hamas releasing 52 captives was all it took to stop a military campaign that’s already killed nearly 60,000 people, flattened entire neighborhoods, and starved children, then Israel was never fighting Hamas. It was punishing a population. Israel didn’t start bombing because of hostages. It started bombing within hours of Oct 7 and has continued nonstop even when hostages were released in previous deals. This isn’t about captives, it’s about crushing Gaza, displacing the population, and making sure a Palestinian state never becomes reality. Yes, Hamas holds captives and that’s wrong. But Israel holds over 9,000 Palestinian detainees, many without trial, including children. You didn't know that did you? Israel's life is better and far superior than Palestinians life? What’s the moral high ground here? You can’t call for mercy from the side being bombed when the one dropping bombs refuses every ceasefire and uses starvation as a weapon. Let’s not pretend exile and surrender would end this. If Hamas vanished tomorrow, Israel would still control Gaza’s borders, airspace, and food supply, like it did before this war. The suffering of Palestinians is not conditional on Hamas. It’s built into the occupation itself. So no, the question isn’t why won’t Hamas surrender. The real question is: why does a so-called democracy need a siege, a war, and a mountain of bodies to justify denying another people their freedom? Dive a little deeper in history my friend or stop bloating on propaganda. |
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Well Tanisha and Shameeka are notorious for stealing weaves, why would and African-owned salon employ them?
The model of “borrow now, stimulate growth, worry later” is no longer working. BRICS has exposed them. Ee ti rinkankan.