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I realised that when bad things happen in Nigeria, diasporans cry as if it were happening to them, but when bad things happen to diasporans, I see Nigerian social media filled with people celebrating 🥳 it.

I realized this a long time ago.

Then Jonathan finally decided to buy from Russia, and Russia opened a line of credit for Nigeria and started sending the weapons quickly, even Ukraine sold some second hand weapons to Nigeria, but the most important weapons came from Russia and all new equipment came from Russia also most of the weapons overall came from Russia. Let's not forget that China also sold weapons including drones and brand new mraps to Nigeria.

After that Nigeria went ahead and backstabbed Russia at the UN again. Then buhari took over and came up with the "wishlist" and shunned Russia while wishing for American weapons which would never be delivered 😂 except for some second hand and disarmed mraps (which would require being refitted) and super tucanos. Most of the weapons Buhari got during his tenure were Russian weapons bought by Jonathan under credit which were delivered in Buhari's wishlist tenure...

There is a pattern, Nigeria wants to please America, but when Nigeria is in need, America says fvck you to Nigeria, then Nigeria remembers that Russia and China do exist, then Russia and China help Nigeria, then Nigeria says fvck you to Russia and China and begs the USA to be its friend...

Thank God someone other than me gets it.
After USA refused to sell weapons to Nigeria, the USA said "in Nigeria, boko haram is not the problem". The USA even refused to put boko haram in its list of international terrorists claiming that doing so would make boko haram stronger, it took a lot of time and attacks on western interests by boko haram before the USA labeled it a terrorist organisation. I even saw CNN journalists saying after the baga massacre that "Nigeria is a black nation so it doesn't matter when such things happen and the USA won't intervene to help, but it would be different if it were a white country". While all this was ongoing, Nigeria and good luck Jonathan were siding with the USA against Russia at the UN.

Then after the USA had agreed to sell weapons to Nigeria and has taken the money and given a delay of several months for delivery, the USA postponed the delivery date and then finally the USA refused to deliver the weapons and kept the money 🤑
Also I shall add that the USA had trained some Nigerian soldiers specifically with the same types of USA weapons which the USA refused to deliver after the training, that made those soldiers totally useless and the soldiers even refused to enter the battlefield due to "not having adequate equipment". So the money Nigeria paid for that training was also wasted...

Olatunji1929:
I know that but since Govt of apc came to power Nigeria have been slaving for western countries and they don't hid it,Nigeria govt is not showing any interest in joining Brics, BRICS should only accommodate those who are willing to join not a saboteur like Nigeria, Nigeria govt won't think twice before betraying BRICS for the West

I saw that a Nigerian minister is asking for diasporans to relocate to Nigeria in order to develop Nigeria 😂
Is this how to ask ? One of my engineer friends is from Benin republic but like me he has the french nationality, he went to Nigeria to work on oil and gas as an expat, he was paid a lot of money, and Nigerian ministers want diasporans to relocate as Nigerians in order to pay us peanuts 🥜 😂

Nobody works for free, Nigeria should propose something to the diasporans. Why not grants ? Diasporans can develop Nigeria, but this is not how to ask, diasporans aren't sacrificial lambs.

Nigeria is not that influential. Nigeria has a big market, but as the previous guy said, Nigeria would only drag everybody down. There are some players who have potential but would actually destroy your team if you added them, Nigeria is such a player.

Everybody knows this. Now if it were precolonial countries in the region such as my ancestral Benin empire, the story would have been different.

Appleyard:
I understand your point. But, Nigeria's influential position in Africa is too big and costly for any well-meaning economic geopolitical bloc to ignore while seeking to rewrite and rebalance the rule-based world order as it is currently.

Edit: There was a Brics gathering in South Africa and Nigeria's president didn't even show up. That says it all, instead the vice president of Nigeria showed up and talked about how Nigeria wishes to do business with China outside of Brics 😓 now it would be foolish for Brics to even think adding Nigeria would be for the best.

Good health to you all. But please try and be inquisitive, the Oluwo is not starting a new trend, he is continuing an old trend which started with colonisation. The Oni of ife is one of the most guilty of this trend. Soon all yoruba monarchs will be calling themselves "emperor".

When was ife ever an empire or even a kingdom ? Don't hate the Oluwo for doing the same thing the Oni did. All your yoruba monarchs base their position upon one lie or two. A priest is now being addressed as "emperor", the title "Oba" which belongs to the Oba of Benin is now being used by all yoruba monarchs and even village heads. Benin beeds are now being rocked by most Yoruba monarchs especially the Oni who even recently copied the crown of the Oba of Benin.

I've got no problems with the copying, but at least acknowledge the original owner, otherwise it's not ok.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvUVX-tZH0M?feature=shared

Shikena:
... imperial majesty of which EMPIRE? Imperial majesty is for kings who have ruled over an empire.

How many EMPIRES have we realistically had in Nigeria without resorting to fabricared history & mere figments of fabulous imaginations stretching to times when so-called kingdoms had population of less than 500 people?

Oni of ife used to be a priest, then he was declared a king by awolowo then he declared himself emperor...
The Oluwo is only continuing the trend.

chatinent:
In other words, he's no longer a kind but an emperor?

"Oba" is meant for the Oba of Benin only, but your Yoruba monarchs copied it, the oluwo is only continuing the trend.

Yoruba have a tendency of faking tradition.
Look at the video below, your Oni of ife is copying the crown of the Oba of Benin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvUVX-tZH0M?feature=shared

DrTee1:
The IWO joke is on the people of Iwo, as well as all the leaders of Yorubaland.

The joke is on us Yorubas.

I do not blame the Oluwo, as well as the Ooni, for anything. It tells of the quality of our traditional institutions and instruments, generally.

People claiming that Westernisation destroyed our culture have a lot to learn. This one was an adjudged criminal in the Western World and summarily deported home, only to be made King - and is causing a lot of problems to thr throne.

I mean, where is "Imperial Majesty" in Yorùbá or Iwo Culture? Would the King of England be concerned as to how his office is described in Yorùbá Language, beside the Yorùbá word for King "Oba", please?

It, to me, is inferiority complex - and the shame is on all of the Yorubas, including me.

Look Mr bastard. If I'm fighting a guy and you come to help him, you're going to take some blows to your face as well.

You are actually the dumbest of all with your talk about "fair ", are you 12 years old ?
It's about being struck here ! You want to help Ukraine ? But you don't want Russia to strike you ? You want to fight Russia without Russia fighting you back ? All this in the name of "fair" ? If you want to fight, then fight and stop using Ukraine as human shield. Personally I don't want my country to be struck by Russia, so I don't want my country to be involved in "helping Ukraine".

ScarletBrace:
I don’t think you know the meaning of double standards. That word has been frequently abused by Putin’s bastards who think it’s just to invade a country and unjust to have another come to her aid.

You guys are deliberately dumb.

Did Nigeria defeat boko haram in a week ?
Did the USA defeat Vietnam in a week ?
Did the USA defeat Iraq in a week ?

You know nothing about warfare.
The "ordinary Ukraine" you talk about was stronger than Nigeria and Israel put together even without NATO helping Ukraine.

It is annoying that fools like you dare to just open their mouths and talk about things which they do not understand.

Look, don't quote me again, I was only trying to enlighten you as to reality and bring you out of the propaganda which you are addicted to. Now if you are still dumb, then there is nothing anybody can do for you.

We shall not talk to each other ever again.

prophetfire:
Ukraine doesn't receive large numbers of soldiers. Russia is a super power that's supposed to whoop Ukrainian ass in a week, but here they are bleating like a sweating Christmas goat.

North Koreans have been travelling to work in Russia under state-state contracts for decades. What you are calling "news" is still not confirmed information and is still just propaganda. But you see gratification of your belief in any little thing. That's on you.

YoungBlackRico:
Lol, what's funny is the other day when the news broke out, the dumb minions of Putin here on nairaland were all claiming it's western media propaganda. They couldn't come to terms with the fact that their almighty Russia has been démystified.

First they had to get chenchens to fight their battles now NK soldiers...next they'll come pack all you asslicking morons in Africa. 🤣

Weapon self dey no get...lol

I hear Russian made computers have strong GPUs... I would love to get one of their computers.

WriteerNg:
I already have a Russian passport, so i can go back whenever i want.

If I enter Russia, u go know??

Now what's your excuse for the many nations which helped America in Afghanistan?

What about Korea ?

To the best of my knowledge, the USA has never invaded a country without help from at least ten other nations. I guess those were all titled "Allied forces". In that case all Russia needs to do is say that "special military operation" means "allies forces"

Look, just take the L and stop coming up with stupid justifications for your double standards.
By the way, NATO soldiers are fighting alongside Ukrainian soldiers as we speak, also Ukrainian military salaries are paid by NATO, Ukrainian weapons are all provided for free by NATO, Ukrainian missiles are all NATO missiles and are guided and operated by NATO satellites and personnel.

Wise up and stop saying complete rubbish.

prophetfire:
Iraqi war was called "Allied forces" war against Iraq.
So it was a war waged by nations that believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. It wasn't actually just a U S vs Iraq thing.
So the mandate was clearly spelt out right from the word go.

How many countries did the USA invite to help it in Iraq ?

prophetfire:
That's the way North Korea rant whenever South Korea and USA do joint military drills. It's normal.
However Russia is a terribly weak and overrated nation.
Ordinary small Ukraine they can't overcome but inviting North Korea for help? Putin is a disgrace.

As a fan of urban legends, I just have this to say:
A street fighter doesn't wait to be struck when it has been established that someone is planning to strike him. If a guy threatened me in the streets with words like " I'll get you soon ", I would deal with him as soon as he makes the threat.

This is why I would advise all nations to stop making threats, this can lead to an unexpected action.

Zelensky threatened to get nukes, Russia responded by fvcking Zelensky up.

There's a reason why neither the USA nor Russia threaten to nuke the other, the moment country A makes that threat to country B, country B nukes country A.

I sincerely think Israel and Iran are racing towards a total war and I'm not sure who would actually do the next move. Two nuclear powers fighting each other...

The average Arab knows the true history of what we call Israel today. It's only outsiders who confuse religion with current affairs and who confuse renamed Palestine with Israel from the bible.

I used to be like these fools who believe Israel of today is the same as that in the bible, my Arab childhood friends knew the truth when we were kids, I just couldn't believe what they were saying when they were explaining it to me.

I just keep wondering why Arab leaders hate Iran so much.

@lordadam16, the libanese christians whom I've met didn't see Israel as their ally nor did they see libanese of other faiths as their ennemies.

I don't see the point in calling your organisation "the national army" if you are not interested in defending the nation.

A festival about Africa in France...

Those who have dedicated their lives to hating and denying Benin's imperial past will not like this.

I'm about to go to Cameroon and pretend I'm biya and I did an operation which made me younger. 😓

Procashtips:
This great grand tyrant finally died?

I thought he wanted to rule forever!

@lawag3 please you are spamming this thread, can you kindly go away ?

Paul Biya is dead, who wants to take over the reigns in Cameroon ?

Imagine if milei tries to come back begging to be admitted into brics 😂

They should beat him rofo rofo style

WrriterNg:
I hope BRICS don't accept more than 20 members.

20 is enough.

Only a fool like you could believe netanyahu's cowardly lies. Don't expect normal people to be as foolish as you. Anyways your beliefs are not my source of knowledge. In case you still don't know, captain is the rank of a junior officer.

Your cowardly hero got dismissed as a junior officer whereas Putin had a complete military career. Facts are facts.

obedience4:
You well so?? bibi was dismissed as a junior officer??
Someone was shot and discharge, bibi was discharged after getting shot, and would later enlist when the Yom Kippur War started yet you F..lishly called him a coward, you brain is not working

Which mob did putin fight??🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The Yom Kippur War and the war against Egypt were fought against unharmed civilians. 😀😀😀😀😀

I don't have time for your f..ckery

Are you daft ?
Putin did a complete military career from second lieutenant to head of fsb as opposed to coward bibi who was dismissed as a junior officer.
Putin fought an entire mob gunning for his throat all by himself.

Bibi the coward who claims to have fought here and there, believe that rubbish at your own peril. I also don't consider it of any value to be fighting unarmed civilians while you have jets and tanks and all sorts of weapons and USA keeps providing all you need. Soon some people whom are currently busy killing gazan babies would start claiming to be war heroes like Bibi the baby killer.

The conflicts Putin fought in are not of my knowledge. True soldiers with war experience prefer to forget than boast of their battles. What I know is that Vladimir Putin served the soviet union in a troubled era and served the Russian federation in a troubled era and went from the bottom of the officer corp to the top of the officer corp.

obedience4:
Did he fight in any battle??
Spare me the bloody crap of fighting a mob,

Using putin to compare a bibi, who has seem it all in the battle field

You think being a captain in one army during a war is more dangerous than fighting a lynch mob all by yourself ?

Do I need to remind you that Putin actually did a complete military career from second lieutenant to head of fsb ? As opposed to just being discharged after reaching the rank of captain (junior officer)

obedience4:
You wan start??
A mob of Germans,?? In comparison with a bibi who fought in an actual war, who was a captain in Sayeret Matkal the top tier special force unit in the IDF.

What's stopping putin from fighting in Ukraine??

President Putin would sacrifice himself for his country without hesitation, netanyahu would sacrifice Palestinian babies for his Israeli project but never himself nor his children, if it becomes too tough, netanyahu would run back to his homeland (Poland).

President Putin fought an angry lynch mob of Germans all by himself when the USSR broke up.

These guys don't know president Putin.

Durin the civil war in Chechnya, president Putin would often go to meet the soldiers at the front lines to personally sign orders.

It's called "body odour", it is curable. Now how she manages to stink from Washington all the way to Moscow is beyond my imagination.

Go and take a shower ms navalnya, I beg you.

Vl3ly:
"I want to become the woman Putin fears most" - Navalnaya.

Why do some people in the western media elite always need at least one group of people to hate ?
Since the days of colonial wars, there has always been one group of people or the other which those who control the media would encourage the masses to hate with passion.