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Ironfaceman:
Well said but that didn't bring healing. The 2 countries are still Miles apart.

Coming together was for mutual understanding and peace but its festered XENOPHOBIA.

[quote author=Lioness5280 post=136099897]@ xenophobia is when you go into another man's Land to kidnap, drug rape,traffic young girls; grooming them as prostitutes and justifying it with all sorts of absurditities.

How you introduce yourselves in a nation is what they'll know as.


You talk as if South Africans are made in heaven.
There are South African companies in Nigeria under investigation for tax and wire fraud.

Crime is everywhere but how you manage it is what counts.

In the United States South Africans bow to there's high gun violence. You can be killed without any wrong doing.

China which is. Your biggest trade. Partner has the highest number of foreign nationals in Nigerian prison for Internet and identity fraud.

I'm not saying there are no bad Nigerians but the way you blow it up in the media isn't good.

Fact check South African men are known for domestic violence and are wife beaters.

Well said but that didn't bring healing. The 2 countries are still Miles apart.

Coming together was for mutual understanding and peace but its festered XENOPHOBIA.

The fool says in his heart there's no God. Psalm 14:1.

Satan is trying to change every thing and he's winning but for the elect he has been exposed.

Many phenomenons where used by God to admonish and teach man but today Satan is bending them.

Like the most powerful arch angel Gabriel. Some will say is gaybreil.

All states though indigenes wins their election. I not expecting thus to be different.

emirate9:
people choice ke! abi governor choice i mean baba sope choice

I still believe in Trying. It won't hurt. Let's keep trying.

do4luv14:
People's choice keh

There is no election going on anywhere in Lagos,
It's selection not election

LGA elections sha na coded if you know what I mean.

almarthins:

If I tell u say many of us dey house dey watch TV. I no even know say election go dey today self and I no even wan know because I no see wetin LG dey do for here.

Going well as planned. I hope the peoples choice emerged.

The turn out was low and everywhere was peaceful.

This Houthis get coconut head. One truth can solve this problem.

10 rescued, 3 killed and others ‘kidnapped’ after Houthis sink ship in second Red Sea attack in a week

CNN
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Ten people have been rescued from the Red Sea after their ship sank near Yemen following an attack by the Houthis, according to the European Union’s maritime security mission, with several others believed to be being held by the rebel group.

The Houthis said they had taken some of those on board to an undisclosed location following the attack on the Eternity C, the second time they have targeted commercial shipping in the Red Sea this week. Maritime security sources told Reuters that the Yemeni militia was believed to be holding six crew members.

Three of the 25 people on board were killed in the attack, the EU’s Operation Aspides told CNN.

The ship’s crew consisted of 22 members – 21 Filipinos and one Russian – while a three-person security team was also on board, according to the EU mission, which coordinates rescue operations in the Red Sea.

The mission said that of the ten people recovered from the water on Wednesday and overnight into Thursday, eight were Filipino crew members, while the other two were security personnel, of Greek and Indian nationality.

The Eternity C, a commercial bulk carrier flying Liberian flag and operated by a Greek firm, was attacked for days by the Houthis with multiple rocket-propelled grenades from small craft, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO). The ship sank Wednesday morning, UKMTO said.

The Houthis, an Iran-backed group which controls large parts of Yemen, claimed responsibility in a statement Wednesday, saying they targeted the Eternity C with “an unmanned boat and six cruise and ballistic missiles” as it allegedly headed toward the Israeli port of Eilat. They asserted the ship was “completely sunk” and that their forces had rescued some crew members, providing medical care before taking them to an undisclosed location.

The US mission to Yemen accused the Houthis of kidnapping the crew members and called for their immediate release.

A video released by the Houthis shows a ship heavily damaged and sinking after a rocket attack. The footage includes prior radio communications in which the Houthis assured the ship’s crew of their safety.

The loss of the ship marks the second sinking by the Houthis this week, following an attack on the cargo vessel Magic Seas on Sunday which caused its crew to abandon ship. The Yemeni group has repeatedly targeted ships it claims have Israeli links, vowing to continue until Israel ends its military campaign in Gaza.

The rebels said in a statement: “We will continue our military operations in support of the oppressed Palestinian people… until the aggression against Gaza stops and the siege is lifted.”

In May, the group agreed to halt attacks on US warships in the Red Sea after more than a month of airstrikes by US forces on its strongholds and missile infrastructure.

But it did not pledge to end attacks on other shipping with alleged connections to Israel, and the two incidents over the past few days have intensified fears of a renewed shipping crisis on the vital global trade route.


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Nothing to hear from imperialist. Absolutely nothing.

If you have plans of traveling to America just wait till a more sensible government takes over.

This senile show put up by trump is just too boring

All you mentioned are created by the leaders themself.
If we don't stand by laws and rule no talk about progress will come to reqlitym

Newyorkitis:
Stand tall with what?
Small Boko Haram we cannot handle here at home.
Which African country fit stand tall against the USA?
Gragra is not worth it.

African leaders need to stand tall in the face of imperialist.

Good leadership cannot be over emphasised. If not for poor leadership why will you travel to America a violent nation. Where guns are sold in shops and yet the home nation is complaining about violence

True talk but going to the extreme Is unfair. Nobody nose tomorrow the people you look down on might be Kings the next day.

Don27tiky:
wont you be happy if we have such a leader? Most people parading as Nigerians are actually from Niger, chad Mali. They are the cause of the insecurity
Europe and America are trying secure their countries for the future

Trump has gone on full insanity mode. Trying to make nothing out of nothing. Immigration will not end. Stop deceiving people.

Says a nairaland. Urchin.
Urchin of nairaland have ssid


Guess what ADC will change the game.

Front0lane:
Kanu will perish in jail you can count on that.

Kanu will perish in jail you can count on that.

Another supreme Court governor. APC is wicked. Why e no go dance. Banza.

What is their to reveal it was clear he was over speeding.

RIP to him sha. Drive responsibly.

Then why waste money on election if the supreme Court can produce governors. Ask yourself why.

ekhai:
YOU ARE TALKING AS IF THE PRINCIPAL ACTORS IN ADC ARE FROM THE MOON. FROM ATIKU -OBI-AMEACHI-EL RUFAI, WHO'S A SAINT THAT WILL DELIVER FREE AND FAIR ELECTION IN NIGERIA.
THEY'RE ALL GUILTY.
CONGRATULATIONS SEN. MONDAY OKPEBHOLO. PLS RULE OUR STATE WELL.

Tinubus dividends of democracy at play. Okpebholo enjoy while it Last.

When ADC takes over fraudulent election tribunal will be dismantled because votes will count that same day.

The federal government should do right by the peoples wish.

The court can not find mazi Kanu guilty so why detaining him.

Let peace reign free MNK

Is the president going to be there. Scared they might reopen his Chicago cartel case.

Come to think of it tinubu has been avoiding America even his son..

look who is talking. The question should be when GEJ removed subsidy. What did Nigerians say.

Subsidy should be done on a time by time bases as to not suffer people unnecessarily.

I guess his not complaining because his feeding from government.

3 months why not make it 1 month. With the new level of scrutiny I wonder how people will cope.

Bad leaders have made Nigeria a laughing stock.

Award of death. A wanted felon nominating who. Life is about justice.

When you have the power and misuse it, providence has a way of taking it back.

They way your family collapsed abi. Be deceiving yourself

Sensible Nigerians have rejected APC because of their criminality and their bias to wards credible elections.

Great move the more the better. 2027 Nigerians most winn.

Nigeria have what to takes to conquer the world. But bad leaders are the problem.

Thank you Burna boy, wizkid and Davido for setting the record straight.
Akon tried to claim the credit by saying he invented afrobeat.

Afrobeats has swept the world of music like a tsunami - it dominates playlists and its fans cram into huge stadiums to hear the likes of Nigerian superstars Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy.

Photographer Oliver Akinfeleye, known professionally as "Drummer", caught the Afrobeats wave early - and he decided to document it as it grew into a global phenomenon.

Since 2017, the New Yorker of Nigerian descent has had exclusive backstage access to some of the biggest artists of the genre - capturing quieter moments of reflection as well as strutting stage performances.

"I remember my first project with Wizkid like it was yesterday - Echostage Washington DC, 2017," Drummer told the BBC. "The feeling was exhilarating. It was my job to tell the visual story of how it all went down."

Drummer has not stopped clicking since - and has now released Eagle Eye, a book of photographs showcasing Afrobeats' rise from humble beginnings to one of Africa's largest cultural exports.

Afrobeats has its roots in various West African musical genres that became especially popular in the decades that followed independence as the continent began celebrating its freedom from colonial rule.

Highlife, which flourished along the coast from the late 19th Century, became synonymous with Ghana's national identity after independence in 1957 - and was in turn hugely influential on Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. His Afrobeat (minus the "s" movement, which mixed traditional rhythms with funk and jazz, became the sound of the 1970s and 1980s in West Africa.

At the turn of the millennium, this rich cultural heritage fed into Afrobeats, along with a mix of Western pop, rap and dancehall.

It gained further popularity in the UK and North America, where there are large diaspora populations, in particular from Nigeria, where most of the genre's stars came from.

Afrobeats artists began performing to these communities at first in small venues in the early 2010s.

Then it really take off - between 2017 and 2022 Afrobeats experienced 550% growth in streams on Spotify, according to data from the world's most popular streaming service.
This resulted in many of the artists becoming household names around the world, and the musical industry taking note.

It has gone on to include African music in mainstream award ceremonies like the Grammys.

Today these artists easily pack out stadiums like Madison Square Garden in New York - pictured below ahead of Wizkid's performance in 2023.

"Madison Square was a night to remember - the iconic venue illuminated in the colours of the Nigerian flag honouring our homeland," says Drummer.
Drummer was able to take photographs of the musicians as they started out on their global careers.

"I always felt that I was capturing moments with just my eyes. Walking the streets of New York City, I would frame scenes in my mind - people, light, emotion," the photographer says.

"I'd ask myself, how do I translate this mental perspective to reality?"

Gradually, the audience grew and became more international with fans in countries such as China, Germany and Brazil.

Now even non-African musicians are taking up the Afrobeats sound and releasing their own versions, including artists such as Chris Brown, who released Blow My Mind with Davido.

The US singer has also performed with Wizkid in London - as the photo below from 2021 shows.

"I love this picture because when Wizkid brought Chris Brown out at The O2 arena, the place exploded. No-one saw it coming - the energy shifted instantly," says Drummer.

"Shock, excitement and pure electricity. A moment stamped in memory and in history."
Drummer says one of the aims of the photo book is not to just show people what he saw, but to help them feel what he experienced - through his pictures.

It also sometimes reveals the feelings of the superstars in their private moments.

This final picture shows Wizkid backstage on his phone in 2021.

It was "a rare quiet moment", but even in the silence and the calm his presence spoke volumes, says Drummer.



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You be real old school guy. A fist full of dollars
Clint Eastwood was a banger then.

Commentor:
No retreat, no surrender.

For a fist full of dollars.