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Foreign AffairsRe: Multipolarism Versus Hegemonism - The Great Power Shift Of The 21st Century by Gerrard59(m): 1:37pm On Sep 05, 2023
Gerrard59:
The third strategy is supporting Chinese firms with massive subsidies to develop the tech they need. This has been extremely successful in renewable technology. Whether it is wind, solar or EVs, the Chinese dominate disproportionately. I believe the same is possible in aircraft engineering. Below are screenshots and the link attached of Huawei being supported to develop semiconductor chips. SMIC, YMTC, UNISOC are examples. Aircraft technology should not be difficult for the Chinese if the Brazilians can have an Embraer. In my opinion, the Chinese are still not major players in life sciences and partly aircraft technology. Agrochemicals has been bought via Syngenta. Robotics through KUKA AG. Maybe someone can list the sectors the Chinese are way behind. But this semiconductor industry? I see them getting there by fire by force. As usual, when they do, they flood the market and prices plunge. grin


https://archive.md/2023.08.23-143233/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-23/huawei-building-secret-chip-plants-in-china-to-bypass-us-sanctions-group-warns
https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1698709810164945014

Only a matter of time and SMIC will mass produce the chip and prices will plunge. The Chinese are good at that.
RomanceRe: Relationships Are Now More Difficult Than Ever. by Gerrard59(m): 11:51pm On Sep 03, 2023
Jeon:
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Do you think our foremothers, will even take Marriage if there were freedom? making their own Money? being independent? the way it is today?.
You're right anyway. The same happens in developed countries where there are almost equal economic opportunities for women. Most women aren't interested in marriage for financial reasons, unlike in poorer countries, since they can earn their own money.
RomanceRe: Religious Differences In Marriage by Gerrard59(m): 11:42pm On Sep 03, 2023
ednut1:
Why not marry a fellow atheisthuh There are many atheists or agnostic babes in Nigeria or of Nigerian descent. They are mostly online sha grin
My belief is that such ladies are first grade feminists and fit be witch sef grin
TravelRe: 132,000 Nigerians Got Visas To The UK In First Half Of 2023 – Jonny Baxter by Gerrard59(m): 11:39pm On Sep 03, 2023
UnfairLife7:
Tell your sermon to millions of unemployed graduates roaming the streets.
That man (MT) actually has the British passport and is a bonifade supporter of the APC. So don't be surprised. He has actually lived and worked abroad, so I don't understand the animosity he has towards others whose lives have been terrible in Nigeria in doing the same.

MT:
I have been living abroad for a quite a while and Im now planning to relocate to Nigeria to start something off.

How much do u think I will need to save before leaving abroad to make my would-be buisness triumph in Nigeria?.

Frank and serious contributions pls
It's funny how he calls others economic migrant when he was one, attained naturalisation and now kicks against them doing the same thing he did almost twenty years ago.

https://www.nairaland.com/7778685/why-apc-supporters-against-relocation
TravelRe: 132,000 Nigerians Got Visas To The UK In First Half Of 2023 – Jonny Baxter by Gerrard59(m): 11:31pm On Sep 03, 2023
SSpeter:
I have been to Texas, and Chicago. Almost all the Nigerians I met came through visit. Even the Nigerian lady (Nurse) that attended to me at a hospital in Texas told me that her only legal document was the RN exam she recently aced. She came in as a visitor in 2012. I can comfortably tell you that it is ratio 4:1
So comfortable dishing out numbers without backing them with a reputable source of evidence?
TravelRe: 132,000 Nigerians Got Visas To The UK In First Half Of 2023 – Jonny Baxter by Gerrard59(m): 11:27pm On Sep 03, 2023
Princewell2012:
Hmm I disagree with you, there are a lots of Nigeria in the US. It can even be more than the 3 million he mentioned. I know what am saying. Maybe you mean with those with proper document.
That's not true. Three million Nigerians translates to at least one percent of the total Black population in the US. That would have generated reactions. Nigerians are not up to 1% of the total US population.
TravelRe: 132,000 Nigerians Got Visas To The UK In First Half Of 2023 – Jonny Baxter by Gerrard59(m): 11:23pm On Sep 03, 2023
Coldie:
This is a BIG lie.

That's how we were made to beleive that over 3m NIGERIANs live in the US but their census figures show that it's not up to 1m.
Nigerians and their braggadocio!

First, there was no news or information from the US embassy in Nigeria that there are over 3M Nigerians, first or second generation, residing in the US. That would have translated to 1% of the population, thus, increasing the Black population to 14-15%.

Second, it's not up to 1M because there are actually less than 400K Nigerians, both first and second generation, residing in the US.

Lastly, regarding the number of Nigerians allocated visas. The information is from the ambassador, so are you implying that a random Coldie should be believed instead of the official representative of the British government in Nigeria? Also, don't confuse visa issuance to Nigerians for the total number of Nigerians in the UK which is less than 300K.

Please stop being so boastful online with mendacious information.
Foreign AffairsRe: Multipolarism Versus Hegemonism - The Great Power Shift Of The 21st Century by Gerrard59(m): 3:56am On Sep 03, 2023
LordAdam16:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-31/us-farmers-export-less-corn-than-world-leading-brazil-in-2023-2024

China signed a trade deal with Brazil last year to increase grain purchases.

This year, Brazil dislodged the US to become the largest exporter of corn after 40 long years.

Some would say it's just corn, but last year America's export haul from agricultural produce was $200B.

I'm all for this kind of behind-the-scenes moves. More action; less posturing.

-Lord
To be fair, most of the corn produced in the US is converted into ethanol since there are incentives. But as EVs get cheaper and more popular, the economic basis would fizzle out. For simple agricultural trade, it is a Big W for the Chinese since the US started placing sanctions here and there. Mumu Phillphines aligned with the US, and the Chinese shifted to Ecuador for bananas. When Australia was misbehaving, she got punished by the Chinese, reducing the import of wines and dairy products. Thankfully, she don get sense small and both AUSNZL leaders have visited Xi, even if na for photo-shoots.

I hope African leaders and entrepreneurs take advantage of it as the Chinese have simplified the process of importing agricultural products from Africa. I recall when some commentators on the NYT vowed to stop purchasing South African wines. I saw a business opportunity by turning away to the Chinese. The same with Taiwan, pineapple exports to China have reduced. One commentator on the SCMP said, "Americans should put their money where their mouth is. It is not weaponry exports every time; buy some Taiwanese pineapples. Taiwanese should beg their American masters to buy some pineapples."

Nevertheless, it is a good diversion anyway. The Chinese can depend on Russia, South East Asia, South America and parts of Africa for food imports. The market is there and always growing as the Chinese get richer. Smithfield, the world's biggest pork processor, is already owned by the Chinese ditto Syngenta, a major agrochemical seed developer. Now is the time to consolidate on the investments made, grow their naval power to defend waterways and food should never be a problem.

I applaud their long-term thinking and pragmatism. I really do.
TravelRe: Japa: I Am Confused, Please Advise. by Gerrard59(m): 3:26am On Sep 03, 2023
Smartguyboy:
Even with they citizenship they will still live the rest of they life paying student loan 💵 while parents who can afford it they kids won’t have to pay any student loan.
Many Nigerian parents in Nigeria cannot afford American tuition fees except through scholarships, which second-generation Nigerian-Americans have access to many right from a young age. There are too many stories of such people getting at least 6-8 scholarships to study at top schools. Most importantly, even with the loans, they have the right to work in the US, unlike someone with just a Nigerian passport who has to battle the H1B visa lottery.
TravelRe: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 3:24am On Sep 03, 2023
Donpre:
I thought black men can't pull Asian women

This is wonderful information
I don't know about other Asian nations, but in Japan, some ladies like African-American culture and invariably black men. If they cannot meet African-American men, they make do with black African/Caribbean men. However, African Americans regardless of gender are accorded more respect than black Africans.
TravelRe: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 3:21am On Sep 03, 2023
tensazangetsu20:
Men Alfa meil and red pill is for ugly guys who have been rejected over and over again grin grin grin. I don't see an average Chilean man doing Alfa meil or red pill. Ugly and broke guys. Here women don't even want you to pay when you take them out so what exactly do you wanna use and say they want your money grin grin grin
Yes! The clowns screaming alfa meils are either very ugly or very poor. If both, that is a double whammy. Those guys I met don't even know what is "alpha male". The rants of alfa meils are because they cannot get hot chicks, simple. However, these guys are already tired. I have another in Lagos who is so tired of women throwing him greenlights. When I mentioned "alpha male" to him. He asked, "wetin be alpha male"?

People wey dey run from sex? grin They are literally tired of it.
FamilyRe: Nigerian Man Asked To Leave UK After His Cheating Wife Files For Divorce by Gerrard59(m): 1:27pm On Sep 02, 2023
ItisWell22:
God bless you for this! 🙏🤲

Not all women want to depend on men as they make it look or sound like.
But if myself as a woman is struggling to be up there, my husband should be my leader!
He should be twice as ambitious as myself.

Not a man coming to tell a woman he wants to marry, he loves the money doctors abroad earn, and would love to enjoy such.

The lady in question is a nurse, who’s sponsoring herself for medicine and surgery oh.
She never enter house, you don dey tell her sey na she go dey foot recurring expenses, while you only foot capital expenses! 😩

Wetin differentiate her from single mothers wey get one sugar daddy wey dey foot capital expenses, while their businesses foot the recurring ones? 😢
Any first generation immigrant male wishing to marry a female medical doctor should be very well established financially. Yes, she earns well, but never rely on that money as part of the finances of the household or marriage. The hypergamy by female doctors anywhere in the world is on steroids!

How come I know these things than married men sef?
FamilyRe: Nigerian Man Asked To Leave UK After His Cheating Wife Files For Divorce by Gerrard59(m): 1:19pm On Sep 02, 2023
Acidosis:
The truth of the matter is that Nigerian women in the UK will always have an edge over their husbands. This is not about the UK laws but the fact that most japa trips from Nigerian families were initiated by the madam of the house (wives). Many will do anything and everything to remain in that country, including destroying the marriage.
But why is it so? I have two female friends. Mrs A pressured her husband to fund her trip to Vietnam; her final aim is to cross over to Canada. She has spent quite a lot in the process. When I asked, how about her husband, she said he would join her later. I don't fancy a married man over 40 migrating, let alone to Vietnam.

Mrs B is doing the same to her husband as she says business is not moving fine for him in Nigeria. But the man is not interested. In his defence, I said if he is the one funding the trip (most likely as she does not do anything financially significant), she should allow him to be.

As a man, japa is best done when single.
FamilyRe: Nigerian Man Asked To Leave UK After His Cheating Wife Files For Divorce by Gerrard59(m): 1:13pm On Sep 02, 2023
Brandiebird:
Let’s take a minute to remember the 1000s of white women who were duped by Nigerian men who left them the minute they got their right to remain documents.
This is also true. I have been told that some Japanese children with Nigerian fathers detest black African men because their fathers abandoned them, leaving their mothers to raise them all alone. Raising children as a single parent is hard, expensive and very tedious. Worse so for single mothers, who constitute a significant proportion of Japan's poorest.
FamilyRe: Nigerian Man Asked To Leave UK After His Cheating Wife Files For Divorce by Gerrard59(m): 1:10pm On Sep 02, 2023
Aaaaarghmed:
Lol..Mumu man.The thing that has saved me in all my dealings with ladies is having a backup plan always. As a man this will help u always.The biggest rule..never let a woman know all the source of your income. Your leg never strong for UK and u see say your wife dey cheat, you go confront am.lol.obviously she is ahead of the game.you are supposed to be ahead always
Thing is, never depend on a woman's income or immigration status. I can be accused of Misogyny or having ego, but I call it self-dignity. Too many case studies.
TravelRe: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 1:06pm On Sep 02, 2023
tensazangetsu20:
I wonder if Chilean men practice redpill or alfa meil. These people are hopeless romantics. The PDA I see on a daily basis dey make me envious o. You would see kids, old men and women making out and kissing in the open parks for hours on end as if they just knew themselves that day. I went out to the mall yesterday and men I just had to leave. On the escalator o, in the seats o. Went outside to the nearest park near the mall and the same thing. Omho grin grin grin. These people love crazily sha. I dont think I can let my daughter if I have one grow up here o. Make them no come dey kiss am like that lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
With wetin boys don tell me for Japan, if a Nigerian dude is handsome and can speak the language if it is non-English speaking, the chances of getting women are very high. Met one today and he has over 100 body counts - different women. He even runs away from it sef as he is ashamed of it. grin Another who came in April is already tired.

I hereby withdraw my statements about our men finding it difficult to get women.
TravelRe: Japa: I Am Confused, Please Advise. by Gerrard59(m): 12:57pm On Sep 02, 2023
Smartguyboy:
You people keep saying for the kid’s future how many African parents can send they kids to best schools or nice university abroad?
In the US, this is very rampant. Second-generation Nigerian-Americans are enjoying the fruits of their parents' labour. As Americans and blacks, they enjoy lots of privileges. Access to loans to study (good a thing they study relevant courses), scholarships and job opportunities. In doing it for the children's future, I dare say first generation Nigerian-Americans have won it.

Also, as citizens, they get the first chance at attending good universities at low costs. A Nigerian from Nigeria would pay higher fees at the University of Texas. But a second generation would pay very low fees at the same university and is guaranteed automatic admission if s/he topped his/her high school graduating class in Texas.
TravelRe: Japa: I Am Confused, Please Advise. by Gerrard59(m): 12:51pm On Sep 02, 2023
RaptorX:
By the time she called the Australian police on you and throw you out like a stray dog at almost 50 your eyes go clear. Australia that have had female prime Ministers before, any Western country with female leaders past and present are hotbed of feminism.
Nairaland's Resident Demon.

As usual, lying through his filthy fingers. Australia has had only one female prime minister - Julia Gillard. The same Julia accused her opponents of voting to remove her as the leader of the party because of her gender. How, then is that a feminist hotbed? Feminist hotbed yet the wife he sponsored is encouraging her husband to join her? If the woman was as bad as you mendaciously claim, how come she did not cut off the man after all she had nothing to lose?

Not only are you a demon, you are a despicable and disingenuous one at that.

Spits!!!!
TravelRe: Japa: I Am Confused, Please Advise. by Gerrard59(m): 12:44pm On Sep 02, 2023
Kenn55:
@op.

After 30 years of age with kids coming or about to come, your life is no longer yours alone. You should dedicate your life to your next generation, your kids. At this point, your decision in anything you do should be based on first how it benefits your kids or future kids before yourself. If it benefits you but not your kids, I'll say no but if it benefits my kids and not me, I'll say yes. While you were greedy and selfish before 30, this stage requires you to be selfless and be ready to be a sacrificial lamb and allow your family to be greedy. This is my own philosophy that guides me, anyone can have a different philosophy.


The decision to migrate is solely based on your view. Look at what you desire most and see how your decision will affect it. Again, there are no guarantees anywhere in this world, we just have to do the best we can to achieve our desires.
God go bless you. Una don see how people dey take advise others regarding relocation? Whereas Sukkot and his gangsters especially the one who terms himself RaptoX would spew mumbo-jumbo up and down?

See it?

cc; Apart from the stated age, we share the same philosophy.
TravelRe: My Trip To Singapore - Detailed Info About Singapore by Gerrard59(m): 12:35pm On Sep 02, 2023
Gerrard59:
Sincere apologies for almost taking over your thread, but anytime I see anything related to Singapore, it ignites an interest in me. I have followed events in the country for ten years now. I know the politicians by their names, pictures, the universities they attended and courses they studied. Lee Hsien Loong, son of Lee Kuan Yew studied at Cambridge like his father. But he did Computer Science, not Law. Both made a double first class. The incoming prime minister is Lawerence Wong who grew up with a single mother. Recently retired from politics is Tharman Shanmugaratnam who I really admire. If he had not retired would have been the president - which is an appointed position rather than elective. You also have Josephine Teo who made a gaffe about public housing and Vivian Balakrishnan, foreign minister, who is a medical doctor. In Singapore, public officials earn very high salaries and are held to high standards. Teachers are well paid, but only the best and brightest are recruited to be teachers. Singapore does not employ foreigners to teach in public schools. I wept when Lee Kuan Yew died. He is the number one politician I revere. The second is Abe Shinzo.

Let me stop here for now.

Majulah Singapura!
There was a presidential election on Friday, which Tharman won by a huge landslide - 70% - of votes cast. This is more than the votes the PAP - Tharman's party, and which has governed Singapore since the forced independence in 1965, garnered during the last election in 2021. Unlike Halimah Yacob who was appointed to satisfy the Malay population, Tharman - an ethnic Indian - contested alongside two Chinese, one from an opposition party and an independent candidate.

The Sunday before the election, I asked the Singaporean doctors (both Chinese) who was going to win, and they chorused Tharman. Even some opposition voters confessed they voted for Tharman. Tharman is good and I admire him a lot. He is so intelligent and speaks with so much poise. He is well respected. You watch a politician talk, read his profile, and check his records. Then remember say you be Nigerian, one begins to form tears in the eyes.

Tharman's profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tharman_Shanmugaratnam
TravelRe: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 12:19pm On Sep 02, 2023
JohnQueen:
Kindly recommend flight reservation platform

cc: tensaza.ngetsu20
Gerrard.59
I use Google.com/flights to research the most affordable flights and routes. I book on the airline's website. To reserve seats, most times, you have to go through travel agents. E get way dem dey do am. Wakanow employees were doing it before Covid for a fee, but they got barred from it after Covid.

Shey the reservation is part of visa application pending until approval or denial?
Nairaland GeneralRe: My Sojourn To Scotland... Story Of My Life by Gerrard59(m): 12:16pm On Sep 02, 2023
lordally:
This is the story of my life, and I only choose to do this so I can reach out to that person who's been down psychologically , emotionally etc. You've done all you can but it seems things aren't working out well for you, this Thread is for you. I hope my story inspires you and keeps your hope alive.

And to the demons, who can't afford an international passport but jumps from one thread to another , convulsing... You won't get a single reply from me.

utton... But I think all I was trying to do was to report comments derailing Tensazangetsu20 Thread but I got banned. I'm calling on the Moderators to please reconsider and unban me , so my story can help someone out there in Nigeria.
"These are the demons we fight every day in this section" - Gerrard59. Apparently, one of the demons can't afford a Nigerian passport. grin

Looking at it closely, e be like say my instinct that stated some of them are ex-convicts from British/American prisons might actually be apt. After all, a significant number of the demons are those who have been denied visas at different embassies or agents duped them.

Congratulations on your relocation.

P.S. We keep fighting the demons one day at a time. We cannot lose because no one has ever lost betting against Nigeria.

cc: Thiagokid, thanks for the mention.
PoliticsRe: The Last Time Nigeria's Economy Was Stable Was A Decade Ago - Wale Edun by Gerrard59(m): 8:09pm On Sep 01, 2023
It's a major reason my signature is what it's and will remain so for generations to come.

Where's Sagamite who loved and campaigned for the feudal terrorist called Buhari? What does he have to say?

We've been vindicated!
TravelRe: Nigerian Doctor Regrets Japa-ing To Canada. Video Included by Gerrard59(m): 1:26pm On Aug 31, 2023
jedisco:
Good thread...
Hehe... everybody wants better thing. A man of his standing should ask and ask again before embarking on such.

I remember a few yrs back, it was easier and quicker for a young Nigerian doc to emigrate, settle in and commence specialist training in the UK than getting a specialty training post in Nigeria after youth service. In Nigeria, young docs were walking the streets in search of housejob posts, some even giving up a months salary as bribe. Residency was even worse, it was virtually a theatre of cronyism and bullying. One might have to work (24 hrs x6 days) and be underpaid in the private hospital of some of the senior consultants outside running errands before they give you the 'privilege' of being nominated for training which was then another 6-8yrs of waterproofed bullying. Imagine residency slots being reserved for their kids who were still in med school.
When Tensa20 told me this, I was shocked. How doctors go dey bribe for residency slots?

You see, these are the reasons I call out those blatantly against relocation demons. Miscreants would be on YouTube tying mumbo-jumbo without fully explaining the nitty-gritty of everything.

As everyone can see, when I call these cretins demons, e get why. There are more than a thousand and one reasons to term them so. They are not happy young and ambitious folks are fleeing the system they spoilt. From Agbaje of GTB to the demons in this section.

Demonic bastards everywhere!

Those young medics grew frustrated and ported. In a year, the difference was clear. While one was now holidaying, career advancing and clinching properties in Abuja, the previous big man might have to gather his annual salary to afford flight ticket to any reasonable destination and talking malaria on-end on international journals.

The West some say is a great leveler and its a big ego move for the older folks as many would have to start almost afresh being juniors to the 'baby drs' of yesterday. Of course they also miss the 'enjoyment' of being the very few 'rich' in an impoverished nation hence you hear them relishing thing like 'I used to have a cook, driver e.t.c'

I remember one young 9ja medic on Twitter called out a chap (both now in the UK) who she alleged bullied her and sexually harrased her back home .... come and see humble begging and open apology the former 'chief' was giving... tok plenty.
I pray the medical exodus continues. The medical monkeys and donkeys at the helm of affairs might be compelled to change for good.

Anyway, it will continue. I have never lost betting against Nigeria. Never has it happened. Not today, not tomorrow, not anytime soon.

Young Medics, there you have it: flee the hell hole leaving the demons to slug it out!
HealthRe: Nigerian Doctors Relocating To Sierra Leone, Gambia To Earn $4,000 Wages, CMDs by Gerrard59(m): 11:28am On Aug 31, 2023
Where are Sukkot and his gangsters when you need them?! 🙄
Foreign AffairsRe: Multipolarism Versus Hegemonism - The Great Power Shift Of The 21st Century by Gerrard59(m): 8:31am On Aug 31, 2023
Gerrard59:
BTW, from this publication, the French have soldiers there: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/30/gabon-military-officers-claim-power-say-election-lacked-credibility. France is one useless colonial power, no ifs or buts. For a colonial power whose language has its majority speakers in sub-Saharan Africa, all of which are poor (Francophone countries are poorer than their Anglophone counterparts in every single part of the world). It irks me how she ensures they remain poor. There is no way French can influence the world when the majority of its speakers are poor compared to Spanish or German. Chinese is well balanced as the numbers and wealth are in place.

You would see reactions when the military commandos request that the French soldiers vacate the country, which they ought to. Their usefulness cannot be measured.
https://twitter.com/Kdenkss/status/1697101151756226811

I guess Bongo has outlived his usefulness. If the new coup rulers are not requesting the French to vacate the land, it is pointless. This differs from Niger coup.
TravelRe: Nigerian Doctor Regrets Japa-ing To Canada. Video Included by Gerrard59(m): 8:27am On Aug 31, 2023
jedisco:
Odd thing is that it's the senior folks like him that are partly responsible for the rot in the medical sector in Nigeria that has driven the young bright minds away. Now, they are also looking to emigrate and play catch-up to their younger colleagues. They instutionalised the culture of bullying, absenteeism, big manism and even sexual harassment. It automatically seems odd to work in a country where everyone is held accountable esp medics.
Why doesn't his type put their yansh siddon put for Nigeria? Why the urge to japa? They should remain in Nigeria, for crying out loud! No gun was pointed at his head to sell his properties and relocate.

Young Nigerian specialised medics/FPs in Canada are seeing upwards of 300,000 cad per annum with some earning in multiples of that. Already, his chorus is changing, if he gets to work as a specialist, his verse would alse change.
No one has ever lost betting against Nigeria. We have had demons here spew mendacious statements that skilled folks can't earn good money in the West. Again, anyone who wants to relocate/migrate/japa should do in-depth research before embarking on the journey.
https://www.nairaland.com/7650379/points-consider-before-after-japa
Foreign AffairsRe: Multipolarism Versus Hegemonism - The Great Power Shift Of The 21st Century by Gerrard59(m): 7:59am On Aug 31, 2023
OkpaNsukkaisBae:
cc:
Pansoph.ist
Gerrar.d59
Emmao.det

Another coup in Africa.. how do you think the West will respond?
Like Panso has stated, the West can only watch and keep mute. Anyhow speech gets people, especially Africans, antsy. Because, for real, why has the West never complained about Bongo when he was “winning elections”? My issue isn’t with dictators in the continent but because they don’t focus on proper economic and social development. If I criticise countries having dictators, I would label myself a hypocrite because Singapore, which I admire, can be described as such. Western publications do that a lot. I have realised that most countries don’t work well with democracy as we know it. So, whatever system that works for them, provided there is broad economic and social development like China and Singapore, is fine by me. I am all about the economy and social development, not whether people can vote. If dem like Sharia, but average citizens are living a good life, perfect. E concern them. If they say we no want again, their business. But first, provide economic development. Honestly, it pains me how we have squandered time, energy and resources in a bid to create an abundance of sh!thole areas, Gabon suppose be like the UAE or Qatar. We no try in that part of the world. I understand a unipolar world contributed, but as the world gets more multipolar, now is the chance to right our wrongs. If Namibia and Zambia squander theirs eh now, e don be.

BTW, from this publication, the French have soldiers there: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/30/gabon-military-officers-claim-power-say-election-lacked-credibility. France is one useless colonial power, no ifs or buts. For a colonial power whose language has its majority speakers in sub-Saharan Africa, all of which are poor (Francophone countries are poorer than their Anglophone counterparts in every single part of the world). It irks me how she ensures they remain poor. There is no way French can influence the world when the majority of its speakers are poor compared to Spanish or German. Chinese is well balanced as the numbers and wealth are in place.

You would see reactions when the military commandos request that the French soldiers vacate the country, which they ought to. Their usefulness cannot be measured.

On the other hand, about the new entrants to the BRICS. Argentina and Ethiopia are two useless additions. I could not post this due to back-to-back bans by the spam bot. Argentina is a South America’s Zimbabwe.. Some politicians dislike China and the Chinese. They adhere to anything the EU tells them. The EU says jump, and they ask, how high? Then Ethiopia, another unthinkable addition. The country suffers from perennial famines, is ethnically fractured and faces a looming crisis with Egypt regarding the Nile River. Countries that should join the BRICS are those that can govern themselves or contain their problems by themselves. Between Nigeria and Ethiopia, we are better off in the BRICS than Ethiopia. Even Kenya is better off. The issue is that most people think BRICS is anti-Western influence, which is partly true as the West is against anything to curtail their influence. However, being a member does not mean one should completely oppose anything Western. India, South Africa and Brazil are good examples. Even the Chinese would still accept American FDI into her economy.
FamilyRe: "We Have 3 Children Together" Woman Cries Out After Hubby Ify Married Male Lover by Gerrard59(m): 7:49am On Aug 31, 2023
It is very irresponsible to marry a woman, have three children, and later abandon her to elope with your gay partner. He should have remained a bachelor.
TravelRe: Nigerian Doctor Regrets Japa-ing To Canada. Video Included by Gerrard59(m): 6:58am On Aug 31, 2023
1stGenAmerican:
Why would a rich person have to sell his possessions in order to move to Canada? People who are rich have the resources to move without having to sell their possessions.
Was he used to getting paid salary in Nigeria for doing nothing? Because just about everywhere in the world, you actually have to work in order to get paid— I don’t understand him complaining about labor. Is he upset because in Canada, he is unable to talk to and treat patients like animals? Is it because in Canada, he is treated just like a regular person instead of a god? Is it general culture shock? Don’t know.
Many of the things this man says are very suspect—I’ll leave it at that.
Probably, people like him want free money without work. That is the reason why his age group should not emigrate. They find it hard to assimilate to the new working conditions and begin to whine every now and then. I bet you, the first thing he would do after naturalisation is return to Nigeria and continue his commandering attitude. His mates are in the National Assembly. It seems many Nigerians hate a rule-based society, but want Nigeria to move forward.

1Alex:
oga did you watch the video?

The man clearly said if you are doing well in Nigeria, there's no point going to Canada. He had a hospital and was doing well in Nigeria before he emigrated to Canada.

But from your point, you were struggling before you japa.
Then, he should have remained in Nigeria. Not everyone needs to emigrate. Mathematically, it is not possible. Once person nack 40, make the person siddon for Nigeria by Keeping Up With The EmiLokans
TravelRe: Nigerian Doctor Regrets Japa-ing To Canada. Video Included by Gerrard59(m): 6:45am On Aug 31, 2023
Japa is good when one is young and unmarried. Japa is good when one has read the requirements and laws guiding the visa class the person uses. However, I am not a party to selling all one's properties to relocate. But if that is the person's wish, so be it.

The man is probably over 40, and again, I maintain the stance that age group should remain in Nigeria. But judging by stories across the English-speaking world, the success rate for Nigerian doctors who relocated has been very high.

One more thing, the belief that things should be the same in the new destination, like where you emigrated from is total bunkum! If so, Canadians would be the ones moving to Nigeria. There is a reason why the system is the way it is and the reason he moved there. Anyone who does not like it should create his own system to be better than the one in Canada. That way, you enjoy your dominant environment amidst the cultural characteristics that come with it. A Japanese or Singaporean doctor has no business in Canada for economic survival.
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Fiscus105:
Sales girls, (most especially sales girls of phones and computers),

Girls that are into eye lashes, pedicures and manicure business.

Infact, eye lashes girls are coded oloshos, 90% are runs girls, and the one who are not into runs, they hardly stick to one man, even if they married.
Aaaaarghmed:
Most Ushering girls in Abj are prostitutes,like 70 percent.very easy to follow you home after a show or occasion.if you are dating a girl who is doing ushering.mehn,I pity o.ots like a time Bomb.i speak from experience
It amuses me when customers criticise their service providers, especially as alternatives are unavailable. The sex industry is the only place where that happens.

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