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Gotta respect this.

Wooooo! Gems and jewels are being dropped like crazy in here!! Im saving these so I can compile them into a pdf. Op this is top shelf wisdom literature. I haven't read anything like this since "Maxims of Ptah Hotep."

I read about this some time ago. This was a defeat for humanity.

Solowande:
where are d Igbos in d house, Igbo kwenu

Kwenu kwezo nu!

How will "they" respond?

RIP! May he rest in glorious peace.

Not seeing any European names in this article makes me far less skeptical than I would usually be. May this be beneficial for us all.

$50 billion?!?! What kinda evil are these guys? $50 BILLION!?!?!?

i aint even mad

papparatzzi2013:
Will middle east, Arab world and Islamic world ever know peace?

They have always been at war since the time of Abraham. Don't they get tired?

There's a booke entitled "Iceman Inheritance : Prehistoric Sources of Western Man's Racism, Sexism and Aggression." It perfectly explains their propensity to violence and the deplorable treatment of their women. Any questions about their ills are answered in the book. And it was written by one of their white men in case that matters.

WombRaiders:
He ignores Boko Haram killing and abducting Christians in the northeast and he is playing the Ostrich with Fulani militias in the middle belt but he is so ever quick to draft special forces to help stop cattle thieves.

Thank you for the clarity. If that's the case then that's some bs. So the militias won't be addressed in the talks of ills? I thought that would have been an item on the itinerary. I see your frustration.

WombRaiders:
Use your brain

They spoke of cleaning up the ills in their area. Please explain to me what I missed. If I'm not seeing the big picture don't antagonize me. Inform me.

HzRF:
Ur weed no be here

You lost me.

This is good news. No more unnecessary deaths.

double0seven:
You have really become shameless. You are just looking for anyway to paint Buhari bad even if makes you look like a foo.l.

I don't even know who is more daf.t? You or the brainless economist?

Why do people like to play around with words and semantics ?

And many Nairalanders are already going with the argument.

I've said it before, Nairaland is now full of people with low IQ. People that lack basic understanding in simple logics.

So if I had a company, and the company has 500 million in the account. I went for a 1 year break and left my younger brother in charge.

When I came back, I met a balance of 45 million in the said account. So if I shouted that my brother as virtually emptied my company account, you would say it a lie, that the account is not empty because there is still 45 million inside.

How stup.id and bigoted can you be?

TRUTH!

onlinebizinfo:
Do you need a lecturer to explain the meaning of 'empty treasurery? Look the word he used -EMPTY

An empty carton of juice still has juice. Not full but there are still drops inside the carton. He didn't say the country was bankrupt. He said he inherited Nigeria in a sorry state and gained control of an empty treasury. What else needs to be explained? Don't argue for argument's sake and let's not discuss semantics. If you don't like our president fine. But please don't pretend as if the past decade of governance hasn't been embarrassing at best. Let's make progress with the hand we've been dealt. Antagonizing every step the new gov makes is doing neither. It's like some of us don't want to win. I don't get it sometimes.

If MJ can wear his own shoes then Obiano is free to make his own clothes. He will never be mistaken for another man.

nice post. I needed something light.

People can't be this daft. If a country is supposed to have 20+ billion but has less than 3 yes it is broke. Broke doesn't mean barren. Broke means we might have to borrow when we shouldn't. Broke means all our big plans will take longer than expected because we aren't liquid. Broke means our change has been leeched away by thieves of yesterday. Broke is where we find ourselves.

This is a wonderful development. I was beginning to wonder what is happening.

kingphilip:
the change which the President and his party promised the nation has just begun.

This is the part I love most about the whole article

It's my hope and prayers he continues next by taking our fuel from this over #100 to the promised #20 something

The wiping out of insurgents and the free food for schools scheme not forgetting the #5000 pay for all unemployed individuals and also the comprehensive NYSC scheme

God bless kingphilip
God bless nairalanders
God bless president Muhammadu Buhari
God bless the federal Republic of Nigeria

Well said SALUTE!

This man is getting it done!

good stuff

Niiiiiice

ParrishNorwood:
A no good bigot who against all opposition abolished slavery? Or is there a backstory to that, even if there is thats a differnt case.

Lincoln was a wise man.

He abolished slavery as a means to win the Civil War but his proclamation had no effect on Blacks living in the confederacy due to the area no longer being in the Union and thus out of his jurisdiction. There is a plethora of literature available on his bigotry.

http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/05/05/not-great-emancipator-10-racists-quotes-abraham-lincoln-said-black-people/

Lincoln’s True Opinion of the Civil War

The history books often declare that President Abraham Lincoln saw the Civil War as an opportunity to bring about justice and free the millions of Black slaves in the South. Yet, this is hardly the case. In March of 1861, Lincoln rendered the following words: “The War is waged by the government of the United States not in the spirit of conquest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or institutions of the states, but to defend and protect the Union.”

The Freeing of Black Slaves and Lincoln’s Thoughts

Lincoln did eventually advocate emancipation. However, he did so to preserve the Union, and not to render a moral decision. He once wrote, “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.”

Lincoln and His Defense of Scientific Racism

According to Annalee Newitz, a journalist of cultural news, scientific racism “relies on allegedly scientific ideas — whether genetics or phrenology — to claim that some racial groups are naturally superior to other.” Lincoln was an upholder of this institution. In 1858, he said,“…I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.”

Thoughts on the Difference Between Whites and Blacks

Robert Morgan, a writer for the Institute for Historical Review, confirmed that, on Aug. 14, 1862, Lincoln invited free Black ministers to the White House to have a conversation. Lincoln did not hesitate to convince them of their inferiority when he candidly said the following: “You and we are different races. We have between us a broader difference than exists between almost any other two races. Whether it is right or wrong I need not discuss, but this physical difference is a great disadvantage to us both, as I think your race suffers very greatly, many of them, by living among us, while ours suffers from your presence. In a word, we suffer on each side. If this is admitted, it affords a reason at least why we should be separated.”

Lincoln’s Promotion of White Supremacy

Lincoln was, indeed, a white supremacist. In his 1858 debate with Sen. Steven Douglas, Lincoln maintained, “And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”

Uncle Abe’s View on Racial Equality

Lincoln was no supporter of racial equality. In fact, while debating Douglas in 1858, Lincoln declared the following: “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.”

Lincoln’s Personal Stance Regarding Emancipation

While the previous quotes prove that, politically, Lincoln was not firmly insistent on freeing the slaves of the South, his following quote reveals that he personally did not want to: “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.”

Honest Abe’s Perspective on Interracial Marriage

Being that Lincoln was a not concerned with racial equality or the well-being of Black slaves in the South, it should come as no surprise that he did not support the marital union of whites and Blacks. He, in 1858, remarked, “I have never had the least apprehension that I or my friends would marry negroes if there was no law to keep them from it, but as Judge Douglas and his friends seem to be in great apprehension that they might, if there were no law to keep them from it, I give him the most solemn pledge that I will to the very last stand by the law of this State, which forbids the marrying of white people with negroes.”

Lincoln’s Concerns Pertaining to the Expansion of Slavery

Lincoln was not necessarily against the expansion of slavery. But, he only had one primary request: whites and Black could not mix in the new land. When addressing the Dred Scott Decision of 1857, Lincoln quoted the following: “There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races … A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation, but as an immediate separation is impossible, the next best thing is to keep them apart where they are not already together. If white and black people never get together in Kansas, they will never mix blood in Kansas…”

Lincoln’s Position on the Threat of Biracial People on American Society

Lincoln believed that Black people living in close proximity to white people would ruin the image of the pure white family that he found ideal. He felt the birth of mixed race children would cause family life to “collapse.” He said, “Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the national life. Family life may also collapse and the increase of mixed breed bastards may some day challenge the supremacy of the white man.”

ParrishNorwood:
Doesn't make the message any less true.

Dang straight. That's why I started with true dat. I even "liked" the post. I just hate when great sayings are unduly attributed to white supremacists. Lincoln was a no good bigot. Big ups to you for the words of wisdom though. I had never heard that proverb.

ParrishNorwood:
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
― Abraham Lincoln

Nigerians need to be patient. As for the idiotts that go around shouting 'go slow" or whatever poorly formed phrase they want, soon, no one will need to force them to willingly admit themselves into a mental institute.

True dat but that's not Lincoln's quote.

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/03/29/sharp-axe/

goldman777:
The national health insurance scheme in nigeria which supposed to provide affordable health care for nigerians has been hit with massive fraud and scam see link below
www.persecondnews.com/index.php/psn-news/item/3942-exposed-alleged-n2-1bn-fraud-employment-scam-rocks-nhis

What kind of bastards can loot these agencies? These are funds meant for women, children and the elderly! May bad things come their way.