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gidgiddy:
There has never been good times in Nigeria. From the second the British flag was lowered on October 1st 1960, and the Nigerian flag hoisted up, Nigeria has declined. Today, Nigeria is a monumental disaster of a country, and its only future is eventual disintegration. Things have from bad to worse to worst to worstest, if there is such a word

However, Nigeria's best times was when Igbos were in charge. Zik became President of a country with 3 Regions, a 4th Region created in 1963, all 4 Regions controlling their resources, contributing to the centre, progressing at their own pace and engaged in healthy competition

Like almost every country in Africa at the time, Nigeria experienced military coup that resulted in the Army boss, General Ironsi, assuming power. Democracy was lost, however, Ironsi kept the 4 Regions he met and allowed them resource control. Some propagandists say he destroyed federalism with decree 34 but these are people who never read the decree to realise it was just a civil service matter

Ironsi died in another coup 6 months later and Gowon took over. Gowon enacts Decree 14 that abolished all 4 Regions Nigeria had, created 12 new states, and followed this up with Decree 15 that abolished resource control, thus taking Nigeria 8nto full blown unitary rule. All this was a calculated move to make the North masters of Nigeria. In retaliation, Ojukwu declared the Eastern Region Biafra and a civil war followed

After the civil war, Nigeria had a period of huge oil sales that were wasted on white elephant projects and corruption

Murtala Mohammed ended Gowons 9 year rule and increased Nigerias unitary rule by increasing the number of States in Nigeria to 19. Five more coups would follow with each military ruler embarking on state creation, started by Gowon, until we got to 36.

Today, Nigeria is world poverty capital, 8th most insecure country on earth, and one of the most corrupt.

Nigeria has never known good times, but its best times were Zik and Ironsi times.

Thank you very much for this post. I am not Igbo but from Southern Kaduna, and I have been offline for weeks now before seeing this post and decide to log in.

I have been going into the problems of Nigeria and after discovering it I will assure you today that Nigeria will soon or later split into many nations. If you go through my posts right from the first you'll find out I am almost never wrong about my assertions, everything.

I continue to prepare in spirit for a civil War in this nation and things are perfectly working towards that, if you have eyes you too can see. I am only happy now that the Igbos will have no small amount of allies and partners in the next crisis to come, Nigeria's regions and people are more aware now.

Now I do not pray for things bad but we all of us deep down know where Nigeria is heading, it no secret. The North is likely dividing into three countries, the South about the same number. I only wish we can partition the country now in times of so-called peace, which will make it easier to do. Than in times of crisis making it even hard.

Something important will happen in a few time or more from now which I might try and post about and then you can be sure the time is come.

I know many here talk and respond more than they think, read and comprehend. But in all your doings try watching these videos.

I cam across a post on front page about the French President claiming without them there wouldn't be Francophone countries. I watched the video on YouTube before seeing it on front page.

I became very disheartened reading comments from Nigeria supporting such claims from the enslaver and colonialiser. For more than half a century it has been slavery, colonialism, neocolonialism, racism, subjugations on Africans and Black people. What is more surprising is how some have not asked "why can't the Europeans, Caucasians and Westerners just leave us alone?" Why don't they want to leave Africa even as we've asked them to leave, even now?

The richest man in recorded history is a Black man from the old Mali empire. Mansa Musa was about twice as wealthy as the most richest man today. If Africans don't learn their history, if Africans don't know themselves and their capabilities, if we don't believe what we can do and achieve then what is live.

Should we continue to carry on this lying notion of a "White savior"?. There is a writing at the door into an ancient Egyptian king's tomb which read "KNOW THYSELF"!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3NXIiKTLQ&pp=ygUUIDJuYWNoZWtpIG1hbnNhIG11c2E%3D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0562W9Gsf7M&pp=ygUjbWFuc2EgbXVzYSB0aGUgcmljaGVzdCBtYW4gb24gZWFydGg%3D

Nairaland post:
https://www.nairaland.com/7825225/without-france-thered-no-mali#125509429

Jlow2:
The most corrupt country in Africa is talking of world power, where will you start from, we re still battling with 18th century challenges, the only oil producing country in the world without functional refineries for the past 15years, very funny

Today is Sunday, but I am still busy working while typing this. I would have gave you a free writing of how far more corrupt your lords are than Africa. I tell you facts that will blow your mind.

Everything you know about corruption will be questioned if I open your eyes my friend. You have not seen or known corruption till I expose it to you.

Solsix:
You are local standard indeed

Yes, have you not heard?

Who's noticed that the West can not and would not have survived without us? Africans as slaves built the West economy, Africans as colonial slaves with our resources built the West industrial revolution, Africans as neocolonial slaves keep the West moving today.

We are in lack so that they can swim in plenty. Think!

Solsix:
Let us get our elections right first and be able to feed ourselves before talking about world power.

You want to eat today, good. But I present to you an opportunity for you, your lineage and the entire Africa to eat for centuries to come. Pick one!

Nlfpmod, mynd44, seun. Theres no way I am not making sense especially as I have been right 90% of the time about political affairs. Front page and thank you very much.

Quickly there is no time!

This is Nigeria's golden age and opportunity to establish and set itself on the world stage. This is Nigeria's time to really experience prosperity, progress and Influence. This exact time is just ripe for Nigeria to catapult itself up as the first world power in the history of the world. This is the time for Nigeria to lift itself out of its issues and also lift Africa and by extention the entire Black race up the ladder for the next millennia or more.

Quickly note: It will be painful at first, very. Let it be! It will cost a lot at first. Let it! It is a journey. We most love it! A burden. Embrace it!

Nigeria most as a matter of urgency extent our hands to the French colonies and become their outmost best friend. Nigeria most restore trust among the Ecowas members and even extend the alliance to the Central African countries like Chad, Cameroon Gabon etc. Nigeria most fight the USA and push for Haiti to become a member of the AU and the Ecowas. Nigeria most extent military aid, training and equipment to African nations at a discount or free in partnership with Russia (who are more experienced with better and cheaper weapons and military tech).

Nigeria most push for the revival of the single West African currency (ECO) suppressed and sabotaged by the West and France, now is just the right time. With a single currency Nigeria will dominate the African market and our culture transfered to all of us in Africa and even the world.

But to achieve all these and more Nigeria most first unite in all ramifications and then we most prepare for a hot and juicy indirect and even direct WAR with the entire West and the Caucasian race. There will be attacks, there will be lots and lots of traitors. Whichever leader decides on that most prepare to be save to achieve these cause they will come after your live.

It is now or never, especially as the West is heavily exhausted and weakened thanks to growing world wide awareness and the War with Russia. Nigeria will be the third most populous nation in the world by 2050, we need these and Africa especially.

Entprys:
You be okoro jarey.

Hahaha lol I thought after Tinubu is made president you people will rest, didn't know the work has just begin. You ones seem more jittery and unstable even more than the so-called loosers I see.

Unna matter no dey end Sha! Good one.

Wainey:
exactly how far their states go.

Stop imagining, Nigeria would have been like Enugu if the igbos are at the helm of affairs

It has been more than half a century, more than half a century of marginalization, disenfranchisement and injustice against the South East. But still the region is far better than anywhere and more developed than most. I think I'll take Enugu over Ekiti.

I see your quickness and speed in being present and first to comment up their you hear those two, and I acknowledge your presence even though comical and without sense.

But I wonder how far Nigeria would have gone if we give the Igbos a chance and equal opportunity, and even in foreign deplomacy?!

I was going through some videos on YouTube about the Nigerien citizens mobilizing about a million of themselves and matched and held a curfew at the gate of the French military base. They said if France doesn't evacuate their country they will come next time in their three millions.

Something Hit Me!

I realized that the Igbos have a pattern, maybe it's cause they themselves have experienced it for as long as we can remember or cause they have a stronger spirit but one thing is clear. The Igbos have been consistent in their strong stance against injustice, oppression, subjugation and stiffling of minorities, the weak and the oppressed.

Now I know cause I remember in Kaduna State at the very heat of the Genocide and massacre of the South Kaduna people it was the Igbos first and the Igbos together with our own voices that brought attention to the abysmal bloodletting. When all others sided with the Fulani terrorists and even lent their voices to them and called the extended State sponsored GENOCIDE a communal, Farmer/herders crisis, when most even go as far as blaming the victims in Southern Kaduna and the Middle Belt it was only the Igbos outside these regions that lent their even already exhausted voices, when even they were being massacred by the State government in Rivers State and the Nigerian military in the South East.

You see, I have followed many Igbo online platforms at the heat of Tinubu's call for WAR with Niger Republic. Many UNFORTUNATE characters cannot fathom why and how the Igbos were speaking out against a war with the Hausa dominated Niger Republic, and as usual they found a bigoted tribal connotations to it. And in the process they exposed Nigeria as a Western puppet nation and made Nigeria loose an opportunity to unshackle itself from the West and the Dollar dominance by joining the Global South BRICS.

But alas it the voices of the Igbos in Nigeria that stopped what would have been a rather senseless war with an innocent neighboring nation that's only simply looking for its path and footing for its teeming young population.

But yes, me really do salute the Igbos for their humanity, foresight and even empathy.

But with the very hostile foreign policy of Nigeria and its inability to even as much as live harmoniously with its next door neighbors, will it sink even deeper and become more of a puppet state?

I have been meaning to make this post for long now but I don't know if Nigerians can understand it or pick any kind of meaning to how it affects the entire nation especially in the near future. But let me try.....

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When Robert Mugabe collected back his country's land from the Earopean colonizers and handed it all back to fellow Zimbabweans the entire Western countries were enraged, they all quickly sanctioned Zimbabwe. When Robert Mugabe died Zimbabwe ask that the sanctions be lifted but Westerners would only do that if Zimbabwe does not accepts their lqgpt and Zimbabwe refused so they continued to remain under the sanctions.

SANCTIONS!

Today many countries can stand their ground, like Uganda of recent, and say "bring on the sanctions", because of the new multi-polar world. Sanctions are slowly becoming absolutely irrelevant.

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The biggest single fraud of today is the Dollar dominance. Let me explain....
I read of the struggles of the Naira and the so-called "efforts" being engineered to combat the fall of the currency. But even if the Naira were to be brought to a value of one to a dollar it wouldn't last half a decade before it devalues back to its recent value. Let me explain...

You see the USA can not experience a recession or a rapid inflation cause they own the dollars, they print the dollars, they give out the dollars. When they are beginning to face economic downturn cause of poor decision all they do is print more dollars and thereby transferring most of their economic problems to the world economies. Recessions and depressions from supposedly no where and no fault of the countries. Example....
Let's say we are in a neighborhood and there is only one house with a tree that produces a particular leaf, everyone goes to the house to exchange their valuables for the leaves. If that man is experiencing a shortage or economic problems what he does is cut more leaves and dump them in the neighborhood in exchange for their valuables thereby making his own leaves a hotcake and depreciating the others' valuable. A REAP OFF!

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DEBT

The USA owe the highest debt in the world and debts are mostly in dollars all around the world. If an African country wants to pay its debt it must first get the dollars in the market by exchanging value, if the USA want to pay its debts it prints more dollars. But doesn't happen like that.

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BRICS vs the G7 vs the EU

BRICS is now fully bigger, stronger and more influential than any and all Western unions or groups. But what is backing the dollars that made it so valuable? Nothing but a big big sanctioned ponzi scheme that will be unraveled whether we want or not cause no empire stays on top for ever.
One group fancies itself "the developed countries", but with all their "development" just a few "developing" economies have unseated them completely. And they still have plenty of room to develop even bigger.

BRICS

Countries want to format a different and new system of trade away from western countries to avoid these and many more and even bigger problems in the future. Nobody want to continue to live in another's shadow forever.

As countries continue to turn away those that are left heavily dependent and reliant on western countries and the USA will suffer cause as it is even western countries like Germany, the UK(they don't want to say it) and Co. are in a recession, France is still being held up by its former and still poor African colonies. Still, France saw the light and wanted an invite to the BRICS but was rejected.

We should not have to pay for what we didn't benefit or sanction but we are, and as others turn away it only means there are less and less countries that will be left to deal with the dollars and its problems and America and its own problems.

They say RONU but it doesn't seem like Nigeria is doing very plenty of that ronuing!

Wainey:
Nigeria is not fighting the Junta forces, it is Ecowas that is fighting it.
How many times will I explain this to people sef?

Go back to sleep little man, don't get it twisted you're talking with one who knows how it goes and knows how it get arranged.
We know who and which country wants this war badly.

Down below is the map of the capital of Niger Republic. It lays very close to Mali and Borkina Faso.
The Borkina Faso military President reactivated the country's relations with North Korea and are in talks for weapons and other exercises. As you can see Algeria, and even the entire North Africa, are against the military actions of ECOWAS. Already the AU has spoken out and is against any military actions too.

This map will show us that a so-called military intervention in a country united against a single course, one outrightly rejected by the AU, with the target country getting bold support from neighboring and even distant countries is an exposed and a very st*pidgin and miscalculated decision.

But since THE so-called ECOWAS has the support of the Western countries it will be a walkover right? Lol.
We know how wars are fought in Africa and the resultant ripple effects, we also know that the West and NATO are the most shady, dirtiest and greedy blood sucking group and region there is in this modern Era.

OK then, do you actually think for a second that these ever leaching and thieving Caucasians have Africa's interest at hearts?

What is really the goal of the war ECOWAS is pushing for in Niger Republic, isn't democracy for the people by the people? Then if the overwhelming majority of the people say they want it differently isn't that a formation of democracy?

Who is it that is the perfect example of a true 'democracy', is it the oligarchical USA or the celebrated monarchical UK? How many countries in West Africa are democratic? Can Asia and the Middle East, the West's biggest partners outside Western countries be said to be democratic?

Is this democracy we practice in Nigeria? Or push-body moniterized tribal elite oligarchy and classism?

IconicR:
Lamentation of emmaodett sorry localstandard1

Even though it sounds like it to you, but this topic is not for attention craving little girls. Okay lousy little chick?

I actually want this war, I know Nigeria will finally be dimystified in the world stage and especially in Africa. And Nigeria will never remain the same again taking on this war. Me really really do!

But at the expense of who?

Taking us back memory lane You will discover that since the merger of APC and their subsequent ascention to power one can not clearly point out one policy, one blueprint, one governance strategy that they ever executed and came out successful and meets expectations.

I find it hard to believe that a kind of unbiased and independent survey isn't made to arrive at a definite and realistic conclusion as to how clueless a group can be and ever consistently so.

But what is most interesting is that these same people are pushing to take the entire Nigeria and West Africa on a war that not a single person has told of how it will benefit or improve Nigeria in any way.

What is even more surprising is how they are drawing examples from Nigerians interventions in other even way smaller countries like Liberia, Siera Leone, Gambia and Co. These people lay temporarily save in their houses and shout "COWARDS, COWARDS" at the Nigeriens and any one averse to their humorous actions, ignorantly miscalculating yet again that unlike those other even smaller countries Nigeria intervened in....

1- They're way smaller by land mass and by population to Niger Republic.

2- Unlike those way smaller countries, Niger Republic is very united in military and population in defense of their country.

3-Unlike those way smaller countries one-third of the ECOWAS leaders themselves are against the war and not just against it but are military and otherwise fully in support of Niger when a war breaks out.

4- Unlike those other way smaller countries, the AU has strongly and sternly distance itself and rejected any military action.

5- Unlike those other smaller countries, Niger is at Nigeria's door step.

6- Unlike those countries, this actions by Niger Republic is considered a second fight against slavery and colonialism by even the world over.

7- Unlike those other countries in times past, this war is going to be a fully regional and full blown West African war.

I see and I know the kinds of people miraculously drawn to the APC, Buhari and now Tinubu. I see and know and interacted with them and I know how, why and the directions of their thoughts and inspiration for their support even as almost a decade later we have seen that these people and their movement have appsolutely nothing to offer.

But in conclusion, it is laughable and completely and abysmally d*mb to think or conclude that the Nigerien military or its people are so-called "cowards". Unlike other types of national actions where it's people are normally divided, Niger Republic is more than fully united in this revolution (coup). Blood will definitely be shed in no small measures over an independent nation's internal decision, but the so-called ECOWAS and West Africa will never remain the same after what I can clearly see as a protracted and years long adventure.

I have read 'THE ART OF WAR BY SUN TSU' and I have seen how NATO and the USA makes war in other countries and I know that to go on a war you first count your teeth with everything you have. Even with everything they claim to have we have seen how even the West and NATO continue to be exposed and trashed with every actions they take and support.

The only thing left for Nigeria to look on, the only thing yet to be exposed to the world about Nigeria and how low the laughable trajectory the APC has taken us is the Nigerian decisions on foreign policy. The Nigerien Republic Junta WILL NOT step down, they are ready for war and they have consulted for it, ECOWAS and West Africa will come of this one beaten, disentegrated and ashamed.

This is a Western interest war, they care less if Africa burns so they get what they want. NATO will not go in and fight this one directly like in Libya, too risky and too much attention and awareness already. But why should they when they have a puppet or two right next door?

maticar:
You want to be forever subservient?

Na swear abi wetin sef

Those ones pushing america and co out of their land don't have a reason to do so?

Britain that colonized you can't even give you visa on entry, heck they even said you can't speak English well thus you must write IELTS but here you are.....we are still under common wealth oo

Grow up pls and emancipate yourself

The post is a sarcasm, I want to put a different perspective to those still supporting Westerners and there actions in Africa, many of these ignorant people are very plenty here.

fr3do:
factories not military bases

Don't get it twisted, the Westerners have made agreements to themselves to never and ever build factories or even processing plants for the mineral resources they loot out of Africa.
Anything outside of multi million dollars military bases or embassies in Africa is out of the question.

This post is meant to put a different perspective in the minds of those clueless people supporting war against Niger Republic and opposing their independent plan of kicking Westerners out of their country.

I find it quite surprising that there are many twisted and completely ignorant people in support of western bases even in Nigeria and not just Africa, as we can see from the comments.

Noblegraphix20:
It's okk

Good, then we can pay them by allowing them mine our natural resources to be sent to their various countries any how they want to stock up their own reserves. That is what Niger, Borkina Faso, Mali, Libya, Iraq etc are going through.

Since we all agree Tinubu is a classic western puppet this is the best time to see to it that we finally sell off this country. Slavery /Colonialism 2.0 version 21st century.

I see one Nairaland mod that supports the invasion of Niger, should Nigeria welcome the Western military bases too Mister mod?

forgiveness:
No way

I thought you people want to go to war with Niger Republic? Then Nigeria should allow itself enjoy what these other African countries are also enjoying from these Westerners too.

We are facing a lot of insecurities in Nigeria, we love Western countries and their involvements in Africa and we approve of them, right? We have plenty of land and space to accommodate as many foreign bases as they want to set up.

Since they're all being kicked out more and more in other African countries may be we should just invite them, Niger, Mali and Co. are not very far from Nigeria so movement is not an issue.
The USA has the biggest foreign drone base located in Niger Republic, USA, France, Italy and Co. have thousands of military personnel in Niger Republic alone.

Think of the benefits Nigeria stands to gain when it sells itself to these Western countries.

Some days ago there was was an attack on the Nigerien Republic soldiers which killed 17 personels. In retaliation the Nigerien military claimed to have killed over a hundred terrorists.

In around the same time frame, about the same day there was also an attack on the Nigerian military in Niger State which left more than thirty personel dead and a helicopter lost which the terrorists claimed responsibility.

Now, it seems Niger Republic is dealing with the terrorists situation far better than Nigeria where we hear of attacks on the Nigerian military almost every week with multiple casualties.

Now that the new Nigerien government is sending all foreign military bases out of their country, Mali is sending out even the UN forces away from their soil, what next? They are all kicked out of Guinea, kicked out of Mali, they are kicked out of Borkina Faso, now they're being kicked out of Niger Republic which they are being adamant and insistent to not leave.

Since Nigeria is so much in support of France and the USA military bases' presence in Africa and even at our door step, should we not then invite them into Nigeria to take up residence and build new bases all across Nigeria?
  I mean, we are ready to go to war with Niger Republic for their decisions and reinstate the status quo, it seems like a good idea to lead by example and take in all these foreign military bases into Nigeria to continue the good works they claim and we agree they're doing in Niger Republic but in Nigeria now.

It is time for us to show the world how democratic and accommodating we are, time to welcome Western forces in with open arms. Sounds like a very good idea yes?

kk2027:
I also just checked uncle


Naira is now lower than cfa. What a shame

Don't mind the complete idiot BoldBrainz, soon the the Cfa will be twice as valuable as the naira, already the Zimbabwean currency is more than twice the value of the Naira. And this is one of the most sanctioned countries for longer than some of us were even born.

At what point do we start to tell ourselves the truth and start to educate ourselves and take actions, considering the number of likes the idiot got with the false long comment. Nigeria is really ignorant and stuck.

BoldBrainz:
You must be irredeemably stupid to quote me and resort to abuses. Where do you get off having the effrontery to believe you're in any place to insult because you're under the delusion that respect cannot be put in conversational exchanges on a faceless forum? Are you on cheap drugs?

I laid down detailed analysis of the exchange rates from five weeks ago to this Tuesday. Between that tuesday and today, the naira/dollar difference has seen a rise of approximately 130 naira. What makes you too dense to realise that same could have applied to the Cfa/naira situation? Even with the current shift in price ratio, the OP still lied when he claimed 10,000 cfa exchanged for 6,000 naira.

I ordinarily wouldn't have replied you, but your apparent lack of anything resembling civility, is way too nauseating to be ignored.
Idiot!

Idiot, who told you the OP lied? If you believe the OP lied then you too lied. One naira is 0.78 Franc Cfa which is far more than what you said and not up to what the OP wrote. As it is we will soon see the naira fall even more below what the OP wrote in the nearest future.

It is idiots like you that brought us to where we are today where people can't buy ordinary bread cause you said we doing better when it keeps getting worse. Idiot!

Only in Nigeria will people be using a phone to argue online without first using the same phone to confirm their statements first. The OP is right, shut your mouths and start telling yourselves the truth of the reality.