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This is why the North will continue to rule every level of Nigeria and control the resources of the South. The sophisticated morons of the South are busy chasing shadows and fighting one another. I used to be angry about Northern dominance in Nigerian politics and government, but with what these Southern morons are doing, I’m beginning to feel that they actually deserve to be slaves of the North and maybe this realization will make me feel better. The South claims to be educated, but with all their gra gra, they are ALWAYS outwitted by the North. The North will be having orgasm reading this headline of the fight between Southern egomaniacs who masquerade as leaders. The North have their issues, they are not as united as we think they are. For instance, the Fualnis and the Kanuris are not best of friends, then there is the diverse minority tribes in the North. But when it comes to politics, they understand that to rule, they have to bind together and rally behind their man- they are also loyal (look at how the WHOLE North is rallying behind Abba Kyari- a Kanuri man from Borno. Many think he is Fulani, but he’s not. But Malami, a Fulani man, will stand behind Kyari, cos he is a northern Muslim male- he sees him as his brother). They do not backstab or betray as much as the egomaniacs in the South. The North does not see party, all they see is religion and region- forget the lip service they pay to parties. The South are too busy massaging their enslaved egos to understand that politics in Nigeria as is, is between North and South, not between PDP and APC. The South is not ready for prime time. The North will still get the presidency in 2023 or at the very best, reluectantly bring in a Southern puppet, but still retain the ability to pull the strings. I tell you for free that a strong and astute Southern candidate is their worst fear. |
ManirBK:Naija vs Ghana � |
motymop:It will just be the beginning. |
Silentgroper:One way or the other, it’d become public. |
olatade:It depends on what you mean by winning. Putin may overthrow the government, install a puppet regime, but he will never be able to win the hearts and minds of the Ukrainians. The puppet government will never be able to gain legitimacy in the eyes of Ukrainians and of the world. And most importantly, the Ukrainians will never give up the fight for freedom. The best case for Putin is to install a puppet government and be prepared to fight guerrilla warfare for years while suffering the sanctions from the West. This will finally cripple Russia. Putin can never win this war. He was clearly Ill- advised , but he won’t back down because of his ego. Putin don enter once chance. |
Silentgroper:That would disrupt the team. Oyibo sabi jealous themselves well well. Also, remember Mane and Firmino also have contract negotiations. Dem ma go wan ask for big money. It’s just not Worth it. |
Without nuclear weapons, Russia won’t stand a chance against NATO or even America. |
Van Dijk is the best player at Liverpool. Salah is asking for 400k. He is not worth it! Let him go. |
fergieboy:Na lie o. Liverpool just used experience to manage that game (game management). Up until that Matip misplaced pass , there was no real threat to our defense ( Inter were just doing gra gra and running all over the place ) and If Mo Salah had shot into that empty net, the game would have been effectively won by Liverpool. Liverpool were just conserving their strengths for the tight run of fixtures ahead. If needed, they would shifted gear and cranked up their intensity. They were winning 2-1 overall and all they had to do was to manage the game, which they did well. |
I am not a tribalist and I hate to stereotype a tribe, but we've got to call a spade a spade. When it comes to power and politics, take a Fulani man with a pinch of salt. They are the most cunning tribe in Nigeria. Never trust a fulani man when it comes to power. They feel power is their God given right and they have an imperialist mentality-Fualnis still have the 19th century- Uthman Dan Fodio inspired mentality of dominating, ruling and conquering, using religion as a bedrock. Fualni intellectuals, are smart and intellectually dishonest. The fulanis, even the herdsmen, heave a sense of history and a sense of mission -to realize the dream of Dan Fodio one way or the other. When it comes to power and politics, do not trust a fulani man. I repeat, do not trust a fulani man, no matter how well spoken they appear to be. El-Rufai and his friends will not leave the corridors of power. The fulanisi orgasm when they hear of power and domination and they will never willingly give it up unless they've seen that doing so will somehow be in their long term interest . See how they have totally subjugated the Hausas in the North in every sphere-Religion, Politics, traditional institutions, and education. |
SmartProf:Bro, the Ukrainians are doing what every normal person would do. Check out Putin’d demands na: YOU MUST DISARM YOUR COUNTRY; YOU MUST RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THREE OF YOUR REGIONS; YOU MUST NOT JOIN ANY BLOC. Guy, this is a war of dignity and independence. They were passive when Russia annexed Crimea and this emboldened Russia to go for more. If they give in to Russian demands, what next will they demand for ? Maybe that they should scrap their national flag and national anthem? Sometimes in the life of a man, you must fight once and for all, let the worst happen. Have you not heard the saying : “Give me freedom or give me death”? Even the most vulnerable citizens of Ukraine are in support of this war. That is why they have the sympathy of the world- they were invaded for God sake! It’s a bite of a goat that is being pinned to a wall. Ukrainians are only defending their country; they did not invade Russia, Russia brought war to them. So if they give up all their weapons as Russia is demanding, how do you guarantee that Russia will not come back for more in the future. The mindset in Ukraine is “ we will fight till the last drop of our bloods”. It’s the war if dignity; it’s the war of pride; it’s the war of glory. Faced with the prospects of being slaves or death, they are choosing to fight not to be slaves, even if it leads to their deaths. |
Frigga13:Do you think power should remain in the North? |
He has not done this in over seven years. Why is he doing it now ? There must be an ulterior motive for this |
Through the back door, they will bring in Atiku through PDP and the Northern Fulani led oligarchy will continue. Those guys take us for fools in this country. Anyway, we in the South are foolish, because of our greed, pride, and selfishness. The Northern oligarchs will continue to rule us and the master- slave relationship between North and South will continue. |
Osinbajo-Zulum |
Nigerians have indeed a very funny mentality; it seems we are the architect of what we are going through. How can a sane person support Atiku ? Here are some facts about Atiku: 1. He is a 75 years old man! SEVENTY-FIVE. Let that sink. If we are concerned about Tinubu’s age, we should be more concerned about Atiku’s. 2. Atiku is a Fulani man. How can we have two Fulani presidents back -to -back in a multi- ethnic country? How can we be so foolish to help affirm the Fulani born- to-rule mentality? And with a Fulani man in power, do you think the menace of Fulani herdsmen will stop ? To have a cue, look at all the Fulani governors and see how many of them support their Fulani brothers from foreign lands, who are invading villages and kidnapping on our highways. Once they sack villages and settle on people’s homeland , their governors would appoint emirs for them. It’d be more of the same, because a Fulani man always supports his own. 3. Atiku has been clamoring to be president since the days of Obasanjo. How can we forget so easily that anyone who is too desperate to become president should be treated with utmost suspicion; how can we forget the Buhari experience so easily? Buhari had been wanting to be president since 2003, we all know what became of him. 4. Atiku has been in the corridors of power for as long as I can remember. He has a track record. My brothers and sisters, I’m not going to sit here and judge him, but take a look at his record for yourselves. 5. Key positions in Nigeria has been occupied by Northerners for as long as I can remember (even in the days of Obj- customs, ports, FCT minister, etc), if you think this will change with Atiku, go and check your head very well . Those guys see the rest of us as inferior, even though we are responsible for the vast human and natural resources of Nigeria. I know Tinubu is not a saint and I’m by no means a fan of Tinubu, but considering what we are going through as a country right now - the ethnic and religious jingoism, the Northern superiority complex, the nepotism, the incompetence of officials (who are mostly from a region), the injustice, and the crumbling fabric of national unity, we need to rally behind any candidate from the South. I hope this Southern candidate is not Tinubu. But if he turns out to be Tinubu, I’d hold my nose and vote for him over Atiku anytime any day. If you do the same thing and expect a different result, you are downright crazy. Atiku, like Buhari his brother, favours Northern Nigerians over the rest of us . And Fulani herdsmen will have a 16 -year uninterrupted period to kill our people, seize our lands and destroy our farms . I’m by no means a tribalist. I used to be for one Nigeria, but I’ve seen that it’s scam ( at least in the mind of the North). The North never sees Nigeria as one. For them, Nigeria belongs to the North. But they won’t let us break into two, because they have Nothing ( landlocked, poor in human and natural resources etc). I’m sure if the North had half the resources that we have in the South, they would have broken up into their own country. They leech on the South and they want to “rule” us, destroy our environment and loot our resources. We need to be aware of this sad reality that Buhari has opened our eyes to. Buhari has exposed the mindset of the average Northerner, but we in the South are too busy chasing shadows to understand how the Northerners think. Be smart! Shine your eyes! Stay woke! |
There'd be no winner. It'd be a Mutually Assured Destruction. They won't even try going into war with each other. The main warfare now is economic and cyber warfare. So you can ask who will win these, not the conventional warfare. |
Nigeria is a big, fat cash cow for our politicians. They have zero interest in nation building; they have zero interest in national integration or unity. All they see when they think of Nigeria is $$$. |
angelfallz:This is insightful and I get the angle you’re coming from. I agree that Putin and XI are tougher and more experienced actors than their peers. However, comparing the Chinese situation or clampdown and the Russian aggression is like comparing apples and oranges. First, the Chinese communist party fought internal rebellion (more or less like an internal clash of values ), so the issue of national sovereignty did not arise as much. The Russians have been fighting internal dissent for years in a similar fashion to the Chinese and they’ve pretty much gotten away with it. But this case is totally different; It’s the case of Russia attacking a sovereign nation and killing her civilians. To help you see how this is different, even countries that have always been neutral have taken a stand and are even sending lethal aids to Ukraine. Germany of all countries sent weapons. This is an existential threat to surrounding nations and they recognize it as such. For instance, Germany, pacifist for more than half a century, has immediately increased her defense budget and started undertaking an overhaul of her military. Also, hitherto neutral countries like Finland and Sweden have started contemplating the idea of joining NATO. Yes, Europeans depend on Russia for energy and their economies are intertwined, but they’ve also started exploring ways of being less dependent on Russia. There is going to be massive changes in policy in Europe and America after this act of aggression. The white man can easily forget the plight of people in far away Middle East and Asia and Africa, but they won’t easily forget the specter of seeing their fellow Europeans with “blue eyes” and “blonde hairs” being turned into refugees by this act of aggression. This hits differently with them and they are already lamenting this. Second, Russia will lose this war with regard to their strategic objective. They may bring down Zelensky and overthrow his government, but they will NEVER be able to capture or occupy Ukraine forever. If they install a puppet leader, they will never be able to win the Guerrilla warfare that will ensue. Remember, the Ukrainians a few years ago, brought down their previous Putin-puppet president - Yanukovych. The Ukrainians will fight any Putin installed regime with the last drop of their blood. Moreover, Ukraine, like most countries of the Eastern bloc, will never accept closer ties with Russia over ties with the West. If there was a slight chance of this happening, Putin has finally buried that chance. Overtime, the Russia economy will totally collapse from fighting the resistance of the Ukrainians and from the crippling sanctions. It costs a lot to wage a war! They can’t even sustain this war for a month without taking a substantial economic hit, let alone for years. Third, this war is not even that popular in Russia. There have been credible reports that some of the soldiers sent to Ukraine didn’t even want to fight. Also, there are domestic protests against this war and Russia is trying hard to deprive her citizens of the full information about the affairs, because they know it’s not popular. It is not sustainable for a nation to engage in a war that is unpopular among her own people. Even those on the fence will turn against Putin when their economic situation deteriorates(as it’s beginning to) or when they see the blood shed perpetrated by their government or when their sons (the soldiers) begin to come home in body bags or when they are isolated from the rest of the world. This may lead to a popular uprising against Putin and it may be the beginning of the end for him. Putin made a big mistake and miscalculation, and in the end, he will pay for it. Russia will never remain the same; Ukraine of course will never remain the same; Europe at large will never remain the same. Trust me, they’d be lasting consequences from this war. Some will come naturally and others will come as a result of intentional policy shifts and a fundamental change in mindset among Europeans. |
FYI, Dangote go use Una eye see shege. you think his refinery is an NGO? He and his politician friends have invested billions on that refinery and he will milk all of us dry to recoup his investment. If you want to have an idea, look what he’s doing to us with his cement. It will be worse with his refinery. The cynic in me tells me that the current fuel scarcity is artificially manufactured to position Dangote’s refinery as the messiah in the minds of Nigerians. If our country has to depend on Dangote for refined petroleum products, we are in a big mess. That I’m afraid, his politician friends will do all they can to help him maintain a stranglehold on our economy and lives. God help us. |
Don’t take this man seriously. Now he is forming statesman. He is a hypocrite. In all of this, he did not mention Buhari or the Buhari led government. Second, we have not forgotten the millions of vote that came from Borno and Kano during the 2015 election. Oga, you are not a statesman. Your tribalism and bigotry is part of the reasons we are where we are at the moment. |
You’re comparing apples and oranges. First, the Israeli-Arab war was kind of like a war for survival and it was higher popular in Israel, morale of the army was high. You can’t say such about this Putin inspired war. This war is not even popular among the Russians; the military was deceived, many of them don’t even want to fight and the morale is very low. Also, Russia tries hard to keep to the rules of engagement, same cannot be said of the ruthless Israeli army. Third, the whole world is against Russia. The whole world wasn’t against Israel. Israel had the backing of wild major powers. Fourth, sanctions are strangling Russia at the moment, there was not major sanction against Israel. But I agree with you that the military might of countries is sometimes hyped. And this hype and projection of strength is a good defense strategy to keep enemies at bay. |
KingEverest:Even the so called vast number of ammunitions and planes and warships may turn out to be inefficient, if God forbid, they have to use it. Those things require constant maintenance and it costs tons of money. You never know how much they deteriorate over time until you have to use them. It’s the same for all the countries. Most countries live on hype and reputation (and that is a good defense strategy). It’s just like having a Ferrari parked in the garage and not driving it for 10 years. Although you have been servicing it regularly, the engine may begin to deteriorate over time form lack of use. |
Declaring a no-fly zone will be the beginning of World War III. |
Quelme:Omo, the countries you mentioned don’t have nuclear weapons na. They can’t try it with a nuclear armed Russia or even China or even Small North Korea. That’s the difference. NATO will never mess with Russia and vice versa. Nobody will win that war. It’s called a Mutually Assured Destruction. Nuclear Weapon is the difference between being attacked or not being attacked. Nuclear weapon is more for deterrence. |
The governors are not serious-they are the most clueless sets of people in Naija. If a governor has the capacity and man power to generate electricity in his state, why will a governor have to wait for Abuja’s permission to do so? They’d point to the constitution as if they observe the rule of law in their day to day governance. They are lawless in many things, including trampling on the constitution (e.g local government autonomy) when it favors them, but when it comes to working for the people, they’d point to the limitations of the constitution to cover up their laziness and cluelessness. With or without that law, Abuja would not even stop any state that has the wherewithal to generate power. If private individuals illegally run refineries for their own benefit and nothing is happening to them, a whole state government can damn Abuja and generate power for her citizens. Let Abuja do their worst (but I’m sure they won’t even oppose it). Our governors are just lazy and clueless ! |
NATO is a defense alliance and not an offense alliance. Without NATO, Russia would have overrun and annexed the countries of the former Eastern Bloc in a bid to re-establish the Soviet Union. Putin is pained; he holds a grudge of history against the West for the fall of the USSR, which he calls the greatest geo-political tragedy of the 20th century. No, the US or the West is not prodding Ukraine to be against Russia- the Ukrainians themselves, like most of the countries of the former Eastern bloc, favor close ties with the West over Russia. The Ukrainians, like every people, have the right to determine whom they associate with. But Russia is not having it. Putin is paranoic about NATO, but NATO is never going to provoke Russia into a war- it exists to deter the Russian bully machinery. Russia wanted a permanent guranatee that Ukraine will not join NATO, but neither the West nor Ukraine was willing to give him that. Maybe they should have just agreed and signed whatever agreement and went ahead to do what was in their minds anyway. That’s the only fault I found with the West or Ukraine. But again, they are not obligated to follow the wish of a wanna-be emperor of a fallen empire. Make no mistake about this, neither the US nor Europe nor Ukraine is responsible for this war. Vladimir Purim’s Russia alone is responsible for this unprovoked assault on a sovereign nation. |
seunny4lif:You’d be shocked bro. The fact is military might is about perception. You only project your power and create fear, but nobody will truly know until war comes This war has exposed some minor cracks in Russian military- logistical challenges, vehicle breakdowns, longer than anticipated timelines-etc. Bro, you never know until the real war begins. The best thing nations do is to keep other nations guessing or in the dark- like the the principle of strategic ambiguity of Israel or North Korea . Nobody can truly judge how powerful or well drilled an army outside a situation of war. |
Will Kano State pay for each crate of bear destroyed by Hishbah? These governors of the South are slaves to the North and they have enslaved their people as well. |
AroleOduduwa2:Except that these new age soldiers are not as well trained. Don’t be deceived by the mirage and the gra gra. Reports have it that some of the Russian soldiers weren’t even informed they were going to Ukraine or even told if they true extent of the mission. At least a captured young Russian soldier confined this. They just follow command. |
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