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Nigeria is slowly becoming synonymous with violence. This is quite unfortunate.

But unlike most people here, I am not waiting for God to protect me, I think I better start protecting myself.

Olarewajub: My day was splendid, how was yours?

My day has been good. I have been extremely busy these days.

Some of us truly have a psyche of hatred.

brownlords: I don't think tht guy is a survival from the crash

He is not.

Hope you all had a good day.

This very insighful article was written by Femi Popoola and I have decided to put it here with his full permission, and I must say that I agree with the message contained here.

It is long but, trust me, the message is powerful:


My first post on this blog was on the 26th of August 2013. That’s roughly about 48 weeks ago. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. I didn’t imagine I’d still be in medical school by now but then, shit happens. I’ll leave the stock taking till some other time.


You see, I’ve been working, doing some really hardwork to develop a paranoid mentality so as to fit in. 90% whatever percentage it is, quite a number of people nowadays believe that they have haters somewhere whose only job is to feel bad because they are making it in life. So why should I be any different? It’s when you’re different that they’ll start saying you’re weird, creepy, or something.



Here’s to my haters. This is my 22nd blog post in 48 weeks. That’s almost a post every fortnight yet you lot accuse me of being inconsistent. What more do you want from me? A post every day? Am I Messi? Or Cristiano Ronaldo? The stats show that I’ve posted something on here almost every 2 weeks.


Statistics don’t lie. Or do they? Actually they do. The stats don’t tell you about the times when I didn’t post jack for a month or two, or the times when the posts came in a flurry. See? Statistics are like mini skirts. They give you good ideas, but hide the most important things. There’s no other place where this is more evident than in Nigeria. Not only do we roll stats off the tip of our tongues as if they were made of enzyme ptyalin, we have also learnt to manipulate them to suit our whims, whip up sentiments, or massage our egos, depending on the objective we set out to achieve at a given time.



The missing money from CBN, or is it NNPC, we don’t know if it’s 20 billion dollars, 12 billion, or whether any money is missing at all. Maybe America will know. 54 years after independence, we still don’t know the exact number of barrels of oil we produce per day. And we want to head OPEC.


Heck, I don’t even need to travel so far back in time. Almost a 100 days after their kidnapping, we still don’t know the exact number of the missing Chibok girls. We quote different numbers at different times as long as it’s within the range of 200. The saddest part is not so much in the way we crunch, juggle, manipulate or conjure these numbers, but the fact that these numbers distract us from the most important things. The missing girls are much more than just numbers. They are human beings who have families. Families who are in distress at losing their loved ones.


Numbers don’t describe the pain, the torture they go through every day. The reason why we don’t value the sanctity of human lives anymore is because we fail to look beyond the numbers. The Chibok girls are more than just numbers, the thousands of displaced people in the North are more than just numbers, the victims of the senseless faceoff between Hamas and Israel are not just numbers.


They have names, families and friends, lives they were living which have become permanently altered. When we understand this, we’ll come to know how ridiculous it is to shoot 295 people out of the sky to make a political point. Statistics do more than deceive us, they pull wool over our faces. Perhaps this was what caused Mark Twain to say that “there are lies, damned lies, and then, there are statistics.“


I’ve tried to avoid the issue of the Israel-Hamas faceoff for some time. Now I have failed. Permit me to rant. And no, I’m not going to rant about why Israel is killing Palestine women and children. Neither am I going to go into the 60 year old argument of who is right or wrong.


The truth is war does not determine who is right, only who is left. As far I as I’m concerned, both Israel who murder innocent civilians in the name of self defense, and Hamas who use civilians as shields, are guilty of war crimes. But like I said, that’s not my business.


My grouse is with a section of Nigerian Muslims. Now I know I’m stepping into murky waters, but what the hell. I’m tired of seeing BBM updates, tweets, facebook posts, and several others about the injustice going on in Gaza.

I’m tired of being inundated with gory pictures of bloodied children that offend my sensibilities. I’m tired of hearing about how we should stand up for our Ummah. Fine, it’s good to stand against bloodshed wherever it’s happening in the world. Afterall, it’s a global village. But how can you come and be crying more than the bereaved?


There is fire on your mountain and you’re carrying water to douse another person’s building. Thank God it’s just noise you’re making. Thank God you didn’t resort to violence like you did when a cartoon was published in faraway Denmark.



Your attempts at trying to complicate everything with religion is disgusting, distasteful at best. It’s an Arab-Israeli issue, not a Muslim-Christian one. To think that there are even more Muslims than Christians in Israel.


This is not about religion. Sure people are being killed. Innocent people at that. But it’s not because of their faith. Okay. Wait. Let’s assume it’s a religious issue. So now we won’t hear word again because Jews are killing Muslims?


In Syria, Muslims are killing Muslims. In Iraq, the Shiites are being massacred. Most of the victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria are Muslims. So if Muslims are dying, is it okay if it’s Muslims that are doing the killing? I’m not saying you shouldn’t condemn acts of wickedness and their perpetrators, but quit the hypocrisy.


Our girls are still missing but you’re bothered about Palestine. Or is it because the news don’t report it anymore? Yesterday, a village in Borno was still ransacked. Scores were killed and thousands displaced from their homes. They are Ummah too. While praying for Gaza, don’t forget to pray for Nigeria. Charity begins at home.

NB: Half of my family is Muslim. I have many awesome Muslim friends who I cherish and respect their views a lot. This article is about the minority, the extremists who have a seige mentality, believing that everyone is against them. And mind you, these kind of people exist in every religion.

http://thedreamreaper./2014/07/22/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/

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boofydon: Getting an original headphone can be harder than guider ultimate search here in naija

Wrong.

You can get them if you are ready to pay the price.

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kumpharm: let d stories keep coming bro.. you dnt knw how much it's helping a sis.

peeps may not post or like, but we're definitely following ..

Ok

brownlord: Bros, did you read the post before quoting him?

Maybe he needs stronger glasses to magnify the letters.

Maybe I should put a stop to these stories. Seems people are not appreciative of them.

Our's is a society that has become obsessed with fads and shallow thinking.

See you later.

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Very nice pictures.

14. The Korean War brought about the first intravenous use of Amphetamine drugs (Heroin, Opium etc). Some soldiers developed the habit of injecting heroin in order to reduce their pain and they brought this habit back home with them.

15. The first all-jet fighter plane dog fight happened during the Korean War.

16. Seoul, the capital of South Korea changed hands during the Korean War. It was captured by the North Koreans on June 28, 1950 and then retaken by U.N forces in September 1950. When the Chinese invaded they captured Seoul in January 1951 but it was again recaptured in March by U.N forces.

17. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower seriously considered dropping nuclear bombs on Korea as a result of the conflict. But the fear of starting World War III made them change their minds.
http://globalthots..com/2014/07/interesting-facts-about-korean-war.html?m=1

12. North Korea was actively supported by the Soviet Union and China who were supporting Communism and South Korea was actively supported by the United States, Great Britain and the United Nations which all supported democracy.

It was the first of many battles between Democracy and Communism.

13. There were more than 7,000 American Prisoners of War (POW's) in the Korean War , almost 3,000 of them died in captivity and the rest were released after the war.

10. Despite the fact that millions died during the Korean war, no one side can conclusively claim victory.

11. The American CIA actually noticed North Korean troops moving to the south in large numbers several months before the invasion, but these movements were interpreted as merely "defensive measures" and no action was taken to counter it.

8. Well over 1 million Chinese and North Korean troops died in this war and more than 5 million civilians perished.

9. More bombs were dropped on Korea (about 700,000 tons) than in the entire Pacific theatre during World War II.

2. The Korean War was the first military confrontation of the Cold War.

3. This bloody war laated for just 3 years, 25th June 1950 to 27 July, 1953.

4. There are still at least 7,000 U.S soldiers still Missing in Action from the war.

5. There was very little media coverage of the war and in HollyWood very few films were made about the Korean War some of them are; The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Pork Shop Hill (1959), and Birthday Boy (2004). Because of this it has been called "The Forgotten War".

6. After the Korean War most of the North Koreans born immediately after were an average of about 2 inches shorter than the South Koreans.

7. Although tens of thousands of Americans died and millions of others participated in the Korean War, the United States never officially declared war. It was officially a police action.

8. About 54,000 Americans died in the Korean War and more than 6 million Americans served during that period.

1. This war started on the morning of June 25, 1950 when about 135,000 North Korean soldiers crossed the 38th parallel and invaded the south.

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SiriusBlack: We are all warriors in this battle...not all soldiers carry guns...We are all Warriors brothers...

True, True, True.

quid: You are the one that should LEAVE THIS THREAD .

Delete all the pictures and LEAVE THE THREAD.

If I were to be your CO, I will really be pissed with you

I think you should shut up and leave this thread. Your points have been noted, so please just go.

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Pavore9: Nigerians be apprentice where Kenyans dey! Alcoholism is a national problem in Kenya. Nairobi alone has over 30,000 wine & spirits shops and bars according to their government statistics!

That sounds serious.

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Pavore9: Kenyans will love to be there! They can drink for Africa!

Nigerians too can drink o.

craziebone: we have the Brazillian aucano Jets. Abandon the lazy local media who knows nothing else except PDP/APC wahala and do a bit more research on your own and you will find out that your country isnt as backward as you think.

I know about those Super Tucanoes and I have done my research good enough to know that our Airforce is still too backward for my liking.

Thanks.

Precision strike with Mig 21 and Alpha's? Tell me something new.

henrychubayo: Lessons from History. But none was mention from Africa. I thought Egypt had better structures like these. Anyway good to learn

Egyptian structures were included in the Seven Old Wonders of the World. This list is the new list, although still not official.