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As usual. Loud criticism of Tinubu by people with no sense.

The low foreign investment was caused Primarily by the overvalued naira and dual exchange rate, which drove away investors.

Tinubu came in in 2023 and floated the Naira, ending dual exhange rates.

You are looking at 2024 stats and blaming Tinubu for low foreign investment.

Was he supposed to have transformed the investment climate in one year?

Senseless people.

Mariangeles:
I've said it before that Nigeria especially thrives on corruption.
As long as they inject the loot back into the economy, instead of renting apartments for it or putting it into foreign accounts.

Let's face it; the Nigerian system is corrupt beyond redemption.

We don't need your negativity here. Nothing is ''beyond redemption''. Most of you shout ''corruption'' even when there's Zero evidence of it.

So we don't need your spiteful exaggerations here. Just face the topic, which is Capital Flight.

There is corruption everywhere, says Aliko Dangote, a man who should know, having dealt with business people and govts across the planet.

The only difference with corruption in Africa is that the stolen money is sent overseas - Out of the African financial system.

He says that Thailand, Malaysia, and other Asian countries are very corrupt. But the reason they are still developing fast is that the stolen money is Not sent out of Asia, but reinvested therein.

So what he's really saying is that corrupt African officials need to learn Money Laundering within Africa.

To keep the money in Africa and ensure a future for their children.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRw6X_VULrg

Karlovych:
Which St Lucian will want to visit a shithole filled with ur-chins and agb-eros that harass civilians,

I see the visa portal for this purpose crashing within hours of being launched,

This I have seen!.

You are not a Nigerian.

Your 'opinion' is irrelevant.

There's the door.

FIFA Club World Cup Trending.

Where is Nigeria?

Why is there no Nigerian club there?

Dangote Pls Buy One Club And Go Next Level.

Buy a club and build a stadium for the club. Brand it to kingdom come.

Why should Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa be there shining on the world stage when we have boys here that are better than them?

Please all these rich men like Dangote and co should start buying all these our clubs. Buy top players from Nigeria and abroad.

Build world class club sides that can compete against the likes of Inter Milan and all these guys, pls.

And the money involved is chicken change for some of these guys like Dangote, Otedola and others.

They need to step up, because this FIFA Club World Cup is a different level now. It's almost like the real World Cup!

So we need to step up, pls.

Thank you.

Right now Dantata is in the Afterlife. In the Land of the Ancestors, regretting his foolishness at insisting he be buried in Saudi Arabia.

When you cross over to the Other Side, you lose the mentality that sees 'oyinbo' and 'Arab' ways and religions as 'superior' to African.

You realise that All Life is One, and that the physical body you had was just a space suit.

okpouman:
Nigeriaa have allowed some segment of the country to sell them into SLAVERY.

The president of the biggest black nation in the world is now on a state visit to a very small country.

Omo Nigeria Na big disgrace

What is wrong with your president visiting a 'small country'? Is it not human beings that live there? People of African descent?

Do you know Nelson Mandela and Queen Elizabeth have visited St Lucia?

You need to stop your shallow reasoning of 'Big is important'. 'Small is unimportant and should be ignored'.

Substance and value is to be found even in the smallest of nations and things.

He's on his way to the BRICS summit in Brazil. He stopped over in St Lucia as part of efforts to enhance diplomatic, trade and cultural relations with the Afro-Caribbean nations. Your brothers and sisters in case you've forgotten.

Several Caribbean leaders actually flew to St Lucia to meet with him, and hear his address to the St. Lucian Parliament.

The visit of Mr President is a very big deal in St Lucia for obvious reasons.

Good welcome from our Afro-Caribbean brethren.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyK6FMbBDuw

enemyofprogress:
*The Crumbling Dome: Iran-Israel Ceasefire, BRICS, and the End of Western Illusions*

By Umar Osabo PhD.
umarmosabo@gmail.com

*An Investigative Report*


*Introduction: A Ceasefire on Shaky Grounds*

When Iran and Israel agreed to an abrupt ceasefire last week, global media rushed to frame it as a diplomatic victory for Washington and European allies. But deeper investigation reveals a far more complex and troubling reality — one that not only redefines the security landscape of the Middle East but also signals the unraveling of the world order as we’ve known it since World War II.

Beneath the headlines, this ceasefire is less a testament to successful diplomacy and more a symptom of military vulnerability, shifting global alliances, and the accelerating decline of Western hegemony, US, Europe in particular.

*Who Really Blinked First?*

Public narratives suggest that both Iran and Israel chose diplomacy over further escalation. Yet, leaked diplomatic cables obtained by Der Spiegel and corroborated by Stratfor and the International Crisis Group paint a different picture: it was Israel that first signaled the need for de-escalation after suffering significant military setbacks.

A NATO intelligence assessment, leaked to The Guardian, revealed that Iran’s coordinated missile and drone assault overwhelmed key Israeli air defenses, rendering major airbases temporarily inoperable. For the first time in decades, Israel faced a direct military vulnerability it could neither deny nor swiftly remedy.

*The Myth of Israel’s Impenetrable Air Defense*

For years, Israel’s defense triad — Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow-3 — was celebrated as the world’s most sophisticated shield against aerial threats. But the June 2025 conflict revealed a shocking truth!

According to Jane’s Defence Weekly and SIPRI, Iran’s use of drone swarms, radar-blinding loitering munitions, and precision-guided ballistic missiles exposed critical flaws. A confidential IDF report, leaked to Haaretz, admitted that interception rates dropped to 62%, far below the publicly claimed 90%.

Iran’s engineers, likely aided by Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare expertise, jammed Israeli radar and overwhelmed its tracking systems. This unprecedented breach debunked decades of faith in Israel’s air defense superiority.

*America’s Dilemma, Europe’s Irrelevance*

Caught between its commitment to Israel and the global economic risks of further escalation, the U.S. found itself cornered. A classified CENTCOM advisory, published in Foreign Policy, recommended urgent de-escalation to prevent a broader conflict that could destabilize global energy markets and accelerate BRICS-led efforts to bypass the dollar.

Meanwhile, Europe, fractured and increasingly powerless, struggled to assert relevance. Germany balked at military involvement, while France initiated backchannel diplomacy with Iran via Oman — a telling sign of Europe’s diminishing alignment with U.S. policy in the region.

*BRICS: The Real Winner Behind the Ceasefire*

Far from the negotiating table, BRICS nations watched — and benefited. A white paper leaked from the BRICS Security Council reveals a coordinated strategy to capitalize on U.S. overextension.

Economically, the BRICS Pay system experienced a surge, bypassing SWIFT and reducing dependence on the dollar.

Militarily, Iran’s success validated asymmetric warfare models now being adopted in BRICS defense cooperation talks.

Geopolitically, energy diplomacy shifted. Saudi Arabia and Iran, now BRICS members, rerouted energy flows eastward, undermining U.S. and EU leverage.

*Will the Ceasefire Hold?*

Inside Israel, hardliners are furious. Leaked Mossad briefings warn that Netanyahu’s fragile coalition could collapse if perceived as weak. The political calculus leans toward breaking the ceasefire should Iran appear to rearm or escalate.

For Iran, the ceasefire serves tactical purposes, not strategic concession. Bolstered by military success and growing BRICS support, Tehran is unlikely to capitulate on key issues like its nuclear program or regional influence.

A CIA risk assessment, leaked to The Washington Post, bluntly states: “U.S. influence over both parties is rapidly eroding due to expanding Russian and Chinese leverage.”

*A Crumbling Western Hegemony*

This conflict exposed an uncomfortable truth: the post-WWII order, underpinned by U.S. military supremacy and economic dominance, is faltering.

Sanctions fatigue is real. Over 60% of global energy transactions are now conducted outside the dollar system, as confirmed by a joint Chatham House–PetroChina report.

Energy politics have shifted, with BRICS nations tightening intra-bloc energy security at the expense of Western importers.

Deterrence models, once based on superior air power and technological advantage, are now outdated in an era where drone swarms and cyber warfare democratize conflict.


*A World at a Crossroads*

The Iran-Israel ceasefire is not a peace treaty; it’s a pause dictated by mutual exhaustion and shifting power dynamics. The deeper reality is the collapse of old assumptions: that Western-led security, sanctions, and military technology can unilaterally dictate global outcomes.

BRICS is poised to formalize an alternative security framework, potentially challenging NATO’s monopoly on international security guarantees. Meanwhile, U.S. influence is weakening, constrained by internal divisions, military overstretch, and the crumbling power of the dollar.

Unless the West fundamentally recalibrates its global approach — embracing true multipolar cooperation rather than resisting it — the decline of Pax Americana is not just likely; it is inevitable.

*Conclusion: Beyond Missiles — The End of an Era*

This is not merely a Middle East story. It is the unraveling of an entire world order. The ordinary reader must understand: the myths of military invincibility, the power of sanctions, and the dominance of Western diplomacy are rapidly fading.

What comes next is a world increasingly shaped not by who controls the skies, but by who adapts fastest sweet to a reality where power is diffuse, alliances are shifting, and no empire — however mighty — remains unchallenged forever.


Umar Osabo PhD is a political, economy and security analysts with biase in Middle East Politics and Sahel. He can be reached on: umarmosabo@gmail.com


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Absolutely correct. Thanks for posting.

This global rebalancing will be driven also by the rise of AI and Quantum Computing.

ObaOfYorubaLand:
I don't know why it's only Yorubas that are wailing for Iran. Isreal no be your mate.

They've achieved their objective of the war without even firing a single missile into Iran, that's how you know a powerful name and not terrorists republic of Iran and Nigeria where human lives are worthless as they kill citizens and civilians with reckless abandon.

All this your worship of Israel, yet if you go there to donate your blood in their blood banks, they will throw it away because you're black.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190708-years-after-the-blood-dumping-scandal-ethiopians-are-still-resisting-racism-in-israel/

obonujoker:
Because we have seen the light.

What 'light'?

We can't be worshipping fallen angels masquerading as gods.

You didn't know what the term ''fallen angels'' meant until thieving colonisers came with bombs and guns to steal, murder, burn and loot, and gave you some.... book.

We only worship our Creator who is the God of Heaven and Earth.

You ancestors knew about that God thousands of years before white people existed.

His name? Chukwu.

Before the white men came and turned your head upside down, some of your ancestors Only prayed to Chukwu.

Amadioha and other deities were regarded as his assistants, an idea stolen by christianity in their concept of 'angels'.

Anyone who worships any idols is doomed for Hell Fire where they will cry forever and forever.

Your 'jesus' is as much an 'idol' as any deity. You ritually drink his blood, eat his flesh, and hang his bloodied, crucified body around your neck.

Those are all ancient pagan practices. Something you would know if you actually spent the time to research what you are worshipping.

There is no hell fire.

Your ancestors knew God for thousands of years before the white man who colonised you with guns and bombs, existed.

And there was Nothing like ''hellfire'' in African spirituality.

The very idea of it is repugnant and repulsive to African spirituality, which predates All spiritual systems on Earth by Thousands of years.

Africa is the Cradle of Civilisation. The Birthplace of Humanity. The Birthplace of Religion and Spirituality.

If there was a 'hellfire' our ancestors would have known about it.

God would not have hidden it from them and told white people alone, for them to use it to come and steal from, massacre and rob Africans.

Dalohad:
Have you read the book- Towards an Igbo Metaphysics written Very Rev.Fr. Prof. E.M.P EDEH?

No, but it sounds very interesting and intriguing, especially coming from a Reverend... I really wonder what he has to say...

Carazon:
Igbo God is Chukwu/Chineke not Amadioha.
There are many Chi (god) in Igboland which Amadioha is one of them. But the greatest of them all is Chi Ukwu normally written as Chukwu(God the greatest) or Chineke(God the creator)

This man doesn't even understand his own culture...

Chukwu is the Supreme Being which is different from the Sky king who is actually a Prince (similar to a son of God) given dominion over the Earth.

In christianity you actually worship the sky gods Yahweh and the rest of the Elohim pantheon of gods, thinking you are worshiping the Supreme Being.

The 'God' or 'Lord God' you see in your bible was mistranslated from the word, Elohim.

Elohim means THE GODS, NOT 'GOD'.

Christistruth00:
Did he deliver you from Slavery and colonisation?

Has 'Jesus' delivered you from Boko Haram, kidnappers, herdsmen, fraudsters, governmental corruption, Inflation, indiscipline, insecurity, banditry and poverty?

Do you know that just using Opon Ifa or Ofo to swear-in politicians is enough to end or severely reduce all these problems I just listed?

CoronaVirusPro:
Because they were brainwashed!

They call the Amadioha in their backyard the devil and a middle eastern man God.

Tell me how more stupid humans can be.

That is so sad.

Everywhere I look around the world, everyone is observing the religion of their ancestors.

Except us!

China - Buddhism, Taoism.

India - Hinduism, Janism.

Japan - Shintoism.

Our own nko?

And you wonder why we have problems.

A tree without roots, or with imported, artificial roots, can never stand gidigba like a tree with roots grounded in the soil.

How can you tell me that thousands of years of spiritual knowledge, and spiritual philosophy can just be thrown away because some idiots came from London with guns and bombs a mere century ago, carrying something they claimed was a ''holy book'' that did not prevent them massacring our ancestors to steal and loot our resources, in contravention of their ''holy book''.

Obviously they knew their 'holy book' was a pile of crap. Something they used to disconnect Africans from their spiritual heritage, morals and power, and brainwash Africans to worship them instead (via their invented white man 'saviour' jesus).

Thankfully Africans are waking up. So happy to learn that the Ooni of Ife has allocated 3 acres of land for the construction of the World Ifa Temple in Ile-Ife.

That will be the first of many new Temples for Nigerian traditional religion.

Go and find work and stop disturbing people with your tribalism.

Building political bridges is not slavery when you form less than 20% of the population.

That traditionalist in the bus is the voice of the Ancestors, rising back to reckoning after a century of colonial erasure and silencing of our Illustrious history, including our ancient spirituality that predates christianity by over 150,000 years.

This is just the beginning.

The birth pangs of our awakening.

Excellent video.

yommen:
The traditional man is not even singing any traditional song actually. Is Fela's song actually a traditional religious song? Man was only fooling himself.

He was singing a Fela song which attacked your colonial mentality and racial inferiority complex.

CoronaVirusPro:
Keep consoling yourself!

Iran was on the verge of erasing Israel off the world map.

Those ballistics and hypersonic were wrecking havoc like never seen before.

I swear… And you know Israel is very small, so if one missile lands, you can hear it all over the country! 😂