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MondayOsunbor:
tell them one Nigeria idiots

Nigeria as a concept is just one tool in the arsenal to achieve the same thing

XY23:
OP God bless you. I am from a very privileged family in Benin, and can tell you it hurts reminiscing about the greatness of the ancient Benin kingdom. I told some here who was arguing about the relevance of tribes who were not invited to sign the treaty for Nigeria's amalgamation that the British designed Nigeria to fail from day one. At Independence, there was no reason the Binis shouldn't have taken a pole position at the negotiation table because we had exceptional self-governing capabilities that dated back to centuries. It was actually a punitive measure against the people they perceived as rebellious, unagreable and who won't further their interests as we still have them today. Guess what, the invasion of Benin was the preclude. They broke their will, and dysmisified them, and centuries after they've been conditioned to act and think like the rest of the country rather than the superior tribe they once were.

Solitechworld:
Bringing religion to every conversation, what has Arab or Islam got to do with all this? And if we talk now they will say Muslims are not peaceful....

I believe it was because the wall wasn't built in your city, that is why you are now practicing the religion of your slave masters....

Those that imposed their believes and doctrine on you after a serious beating and starvation...

MacTayyy:
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Kenmatt:
This also proves the fact that truthfully Benin is an ancient City and her Culture is actually rooted.

We all can easily assimilate this fact that Yoruba was an offspring of Benin.

Nolevel666:
I agree with you but whatever we would have built wouldn’t have been as efficient as it is today.

I still doubt if we would have been able to progress further in technology if we weren’t invaded

Rossikk:
It wouldn't surprise me if they had a form of writing in Benin, at least for a small number of civil servants etc, because they had real administrative sophistication. At the very least, some could read and write Portuguese, such as a 16th century Oba whose name escapes me right now. Also, don't forget the British bombed and burnt down the ENTIRE CITY, and possibly killed off its educated class and burnt their written records if they had any.

British Artist's rendition of Benin City in 1846 showing multi-storeyed monuments and public buildings.

Now you know why the Brits were so desperate to burn down this city in 1897. They had to create the impression that all we built were mud huts in the village until they came to 'civilize' us. Their trick worked because if you go to Badagry in Lagos today, you will see one wretched colonial building from the 1920s which our Nigerian tour guide proudly presents to tourists as the ''first storey building in Nigeria''.

Our ignorance of our history is DISGUSTING AND DEPRESSING.

16th Century Benin City
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgWaZ07XkAU8BCF.jpg

SuperOnyi:


Our ancestors must be ashamed of us 😔.

I know some of our traditions wasn't good (just like it was in every culture in the world) but we believed in ourselves and would have been better than we were now.

I wonder what would have happened if we had the type of confidence people like the Chinese possess, that led them to develop at a faster pace.

Did we forget all these? What didn't our ancestors develop some system of writing that's popular in the south? A lot of questions not a lot of answers. If we had a system of writing, it would have been easier to regain our confidence since we can learn the exploits of our ancestors.

Now, we have to read a book by a European to know more about our ancestors 😔.

Rossikk:
A simple trip to Benin will solve your issue. Simply get to Benin and ask anyone to direct you to the 'moat' as they call it.

Everyone in Benin knows about it. I actually lived in Benin for a while as a kid. The moat was very close to our house, and no one seemed to know why it was there. It was very massive and deep. You dare not get too near it because if you fall inside, your own don finish be dat. It's like falling down from a three storey building. Obviously you will find the moat at many points in the city since it is an endless wall. It is so deep and wide that you will wonder how on earth did those people build it for 6,500 kilometres in total length, with no tractors or cranes or modern equipment. It's just incredible.

Artistic rendition of 15th century Benin City showing the wall and streetlights, as described by Dutch and Portuguese visitors, who also described Benin City as one of the best planned and most beautiful cities in the world.
https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BeninBanner.png

ruffhandu:
Was Auchi part of the Benin empire?

Rossikk:
Nobody can derail AFRICAN HISTORY. It is cast in stone.

He cannot erase what's been posted. His contribution and my response are also needed, because we need to know what our problems are as a people, and he is here to show us that he is part of our problems, and we need to know how to handle that problem if we're to move forward.

Perhaps we can research how the great Benin Empire dealt with traitors and secessionists?

I can imagine their 200,000 strong army did not smile on traitors, but were highly ruthless and decisive in flushing them out, hence the longevity of the great Empire, which lasted a thousand years.

So we have a lot to learn from our history, including how to handle toxic populations.

Razgas:
unfortunately for you. The first sin of colonialism of Africa was 'uniting tribes of Africa who should never have been united. A sin which you vigorously defend.
Ever wonder why the most developed and peaceful African countries are largely homogeneous? Eswatini, the north Africans, Gabon, Botswana, Namibia, Mauritius etc
If not for tribal allegiance, many events that happen in Nigeria would never happen.

Rossikk:
Incredible.

If you ask 100 Nigerians ''which city had streetlights first, London or Benin city'', 99 would say ''London of course'', and look at you as if you're mad for even asking the question.

Meanwhile Benin city not only had streetlights before London, but had them 300 years BEFORE London.

Rossikk:
The trouble with your position is that there are also many small, largely homogenous African nations that are terribly unstable. Somalia is a great example. Single ethnicity more or less, with over 85% Somali ethnicity. Yet, trouble from morning till night there.

Conversely, Togo has 40 ethnic groups, and is extremely peaceful.

The thing is Africa is by far the most ethnically diverse continent, with HALF the languages on Earth spoken in Africa, which has over 3,000 languages.

So you have NO CHOICE but to abandon tribalism and learn to live in multi-ethnic societies. You cannot have 3,000 countries in Africa, because that would make us extremely vulnerable to western exploitation and manipulation, far worse than exists today.


https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/FT_Diversity_Map.png

Rossikk:
You are 1000% correct.

It was black Africans who built Stonehenge.

The first settlers of every country on Earth were black Africans, as has now been confirmed by scientists in numerous DNA and archeological studies.

These white and yellow people that Africans feel so inferior to are actually descended from ancient black African settlers who got there thousands of years ago, and eventually lost their skin colour through DNA climatic adaptation, which caused albinism to spread among populations there.

Why a person would feel inferior to his own children, I've no idea.



Lol. It could well be that it was a resting place for giants or gods.

I personally believe without a shadow of doubt that such beings lived among us in remotest antiquity.

mu2sa2:
Abacha was a humane person. He could have executed Diya for betrayal. Diya plotted to have Abacha assassinated, yet Abacha displayed extreme humanity towards him. May God rest his soul - great General who outsmarted his enemies and died peacefully even though hypocrites from a particular region of Nigeria planted a false narrative in the media of the circumstances surrounding his demise.

Felix6:
Why would the stupid shuaibu want to contest when there's was a gentleman agreement for an Esan man to represent the party after Obaseki. Has he forgotten why Esan gave them 💯 in the last elections? He must be very stupid.

contentmakerPRO:
No balls, no strategies, initial gragra don end, kids in governance. Inactive Puppets everywhere. Edo na Lagos in the mud..
He, obaseki will do worse for him soon. It will end in more agony. He supposed know say his case with obaseki be like abacha and Diya. . He will soon be political orphan.

RepoMan007:
the basics of economics, they ignored and are more interested in executive-stunts instead of building, or reinforcing where needed, the system, grounds up. Bandits are having a field day intercepting govt taxes as levies while killing production. He doesn't see the sense in building local production that can reduce import and strengthen the economy. As far as they are concerned, the rent-seeking elements among us are part of their political structure and shouldn't be tampared with.
If the man knows his priorities, he should relocate to Lekki in dangote refinery and ensure that plant come alive to save valuable forex before even planning any foreign trip.

festacman:
Mr. President,
- Focusing on taxation without any clear plan to boost the productive capacities of existing businesses as well as create enabling environment for new businesses to create jobs is antithesis of economic growth. No economy grows on taxation alone.

- Leave the pursuit of FDIs for now. Come home and rebuild the building blocks of the economy.

- Quit wooing UAE like a beautiful bride. Come home and focus on wooing local investors to invest in sundry areas of the economy.

- Forget the beautiful speech at UNGA. Come home and give beautiful economic roadmap.

- Forget ringing bell at NASDAQ stock market. Come home to ring the bell of local industries and SMEs by carefully packed incentives and ease of doing business initiatives.

- Run back back home and roll out your all-encompassing economic plan to revitalize the economy as contained in your manifesto.

- Quit chasing shadows. Go after the substance for time is running out.

- There is fire on mountain at home. Run home and quench it, my president.

Treasure17:
Maybe before, I will go for Suya. But not in the era where they use Rat for Suya. Nah.

StoriesUpdate:
Betsy Obaseki Beats 21 Persons to Emerge Most Prolific First Lady of the Year



https://thenationonlineng.net/betsy-obaseki-named-most-prolific-first-lady-of-the-year/

darling4242:
https://punchng.com/ccecc-pledges-to-deliver-abuja-light-rail-in-eight-months/?amp

Crystalline:
Please before you buy something on Jumia, take out time to visit their page and make sure to read and understand their return / refund policy.

In case you do not have the time to go through the policy, make sure you open the product package in front of the delivery man to at least see the condition of the product before you pay for it.

I placed an order for this Rimmel bronzer, it was delivered and I paid for it. On opening the package, I saw the product wasn't intact- the powder cake was broken into pieces, I immediately notified the delivery man of my findings. He apologized and explained they do not know the condition of the products as their job is to deliver already packed products, I understood.

I immediately sent a mail to jumia customer service and I was referred to their return policy, I explained that the product was already damaged before delivery but they insisted that I could not return it. WOW!

Someone has a bad product and another person is forced to pay for it and keep it. Something wey no be me spoil? I no understand.

I was really shocked and disappointed cos if this is how they do, then it will affect their reputation and they will definitely lose their customers.

Question: What measures have they put in place to ensure that 3rd parties who advertise on their website do not sell bad products and get away with it?

If any measures have been put in place, it means someone is not doing his/her job.

Stawner16:
A 72 hour shift is insane. Nigeria is the hell they mentioned in the Bible. Everyone here is probably paying for the sins of a past life

2mercy:
Foreign entities illegally mining Nigeria’s gold, other minerals, Tinubu tells UNGA

Nigeria at 78th UNGA: Nigeria is planning to disband "extremist groups on our turf," President Tinubu tells the UN General Assembly.




https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/627048-foreign-entities-illegally-mining-nigerias-gold-other-minerals-tinubu-tells-unga.html

waice6571:
Missing intestine? This is absolutely strange.

The most unfortunate thing is that, the staffs on duty on that evil day of the incidence are still at work waiting to harvest the next patient's organ while the authority is making useless statements online.

The right thing to do is to declare the hospital unsafe territory for everyone and lock it down until they unravel the mystery.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Mr Adeyemo are you too blind to see that there is parallel FX rate which is far more than the official rate?

That the so-called FX unification was a farce, a total fiasco

MS247:
So what exactly is this achievements I don't seem to get and what has it amounted to

Is Tinubu still not your President, controlling policies directly affecting your life and that of Bitter Obi
.

vonlogon:
Let them stay in their city and not come and spoil market for us that have soji o. Àbí which kine thread be this?

Racoon:
You see the foolish senseless idiots Nigeria have as so called learned people. Always wanting to turn the law or logic on the its head. They creates the law and turned around to destroyed same just to suit their whims and caprices.

They said Abuja is like any other state but they forgot the same constitution stated otherwise and declared that Abuja not a state is answerable to the NASS as it statutory regulatory law body. Is this sheer stupidity or self inflicted ignorance about what the laws says.

Islie:
The DHQ assures Nigerians that it’s non-kinetic measures aimed at restoration of peace is yielding results, with several bandits and other criminal elements surrendering to authority.

https://leadership.ng/we-are-investigating-video-of-bandits-soldiers-in-katsina-dhq/

Watch the video in Previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/7844865/video-fulani-men-carrying-ak47