JuanDeDios:

@bolded. They don't know what they're asking for.

Well said

DystopianMuse:
Excellent summation! Like are we ready for elections upon elections if if the elected members are unable to form coalition. Like how israel had 4 elections in 5years

Exactly, this is a big hiccup with parliamentary system....

CatchMeIfUCanMO:

I know, I just want them to start work regional government first before going towards parliamentary government, and not parliamentary government before regional government.
That way, any of the governments excesses can be checkmated if not caged sef like someone said two comments away.

Do you get my point?

What do u mean by checkmating excess of the federal government?
I do not understand that point...but i got other point,

CatchMeIfUCanMO:
I think regional government will be better.

Even if you have regional system, there must still be a federal government, and the federal government will have a system, presidential or parliamentary system

A parliamentary system without direct election of the prime Minister is not good...
A parliamentary system that will need parties and coalition to form government will pave way for instability, we cannot afford to continue running elections due to cost...
We tweak the parliamentary system to enable the prime Minister to be voted directly by the masses and would not need party or coalition to form government...he would just select ministers and focus on governance..
Parliamentary system biggest advantage is that u can not have a dullard as prime Minister...unlike the presidential system where the president can easily hide

NuclearWinter:


One of the major advantages of deploying drones is that a particular sector under terrorist control can be harassed constantly 24/7 .

Night operations can be carried out by equipping drones with cheap infrared vision cameras unlike the case where conventional air combat operations are limited because of lack of more expensive gear for the piloting crew.


One of the biggest draw back in the war against terror is that virtually all engagements are restricted to day time thus giving the terrorist a moment of reprieve at night.

With cheap expendable loitering drones , the terrorists can be engaged day and night leading to great psychological drain.

Your assertion is very correct, but i guess most of these deals were made under buhari...
Helicopter would still have multiple usage in cases of airlifting personnel and equipment

Excellent idea, but it should be a temporary measure, because without curbing insecurity, excessive importation will kill local farming....
The printing of cash for farmers is a good idea despite inflation, if it can have good oversight, that money will go straight into a value chain and the rewards will be benefited, without good oversight, the fate of tha anchor borrowers program will befall it .

jersey4:
My state, Ogun, needs a change of government

Lol, what are your issues with Dapo Abiodun's administration?

Melagros:
COMRADES, op is selfish for excluding Nigeria and Senegal

Lol i am a Nigerian, Nigeria case is very deep ..i no know where to start
Regarding Senegal, i am keenly watching if macky sall wants to cling onto power ...i do not know much about his policies ...so i have little information about Senegal..

Raf4:


It is Iran that is destroying Lebanon. Lebanon (a Christian majority country) accepted Palestinian refugees into their country. Iran started sponsoring the refugees Palestinians into various terrorist activities, established, armed and finance hezbollah to attack and destroy Lebanese Christians, economy and government 🤔
That's why no arab country is willing to allow Palestinian refugees into their country today. They'll rather continue to give them handouts.

The case of Lebanon is really crazy... Iran has really huge role in Lebanon, and it is destabilizing the govt...
Another weird thing is presence of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon where the Lebanese govt has no jurisdiction over...
Sometime last year, factional Palestinian groups engaged each other in a shootout and it was difficult for the Lebanese Army to intervene, i can't remember what doused the tensions tho ..but it goes to show how weak the Lebanese state is

Ertugrul:

Nigeria needs revolution, i dont think change can change Nigeria

Ertugrul:
My List include

Nigeria
Senegal
Rwanda
North Korea

North Korea
I thought of North Korea,but that will be wishful thinking, only if a coup can happen, and to think the citizens see the kim family as Gods, it wont be easy

Nigeria

Libya

Perfect example of A State within a State...
The east of Libya is ruled by khalifa Haftar...he has his own army and engages in foreign diplomacy, he is an ally of Russia, the UAE and the RSF of sudan... indirectly supporting Hemedti in his war against the Sudan Army
A revolution is needed in Libya,a revolution that brings about unity and restore the authority of the government...
The both sides in Tripoli and the east should find a compromise and unite the oil rich nation

Cuba

Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba
How long will u hold unto ur revolution and ideology since it has not worked...u are neighbor to the greatest country the world has ever seen and yet you refuse to bow...
The USSR is no more, is it not time to soften up relationship with Washington,is it not time to Reform ur economic system? Is it not time to be pragmatic in your foreign policy?
A revolution is deeply needed in Cuba , deep overhaul of the economic system to enable more private sector participation in the economy, an overhaul of foreign policy to ensure US lifts its sanctions on Cuba...
Cuba must bow to the USA, there's no two ways about it ...

Lebanon

What is a country that has a para-military group stronger than the army? Yes Lebanon, a country with a broken parliament, a deeply divided country, with sunnis,shias and Christians...
A revolution is deeply needed in Lebanon, they need to overhaul the constitution and centralize authority, i would prefer to see Lebanon switch to a presidential system..
Yes they have had sectarian violence in the past, but so have other countries... which means with effective leadership, they can live together in peace, but they must reign in on hezbollah, reform the political system to ensure stability and unity

USA

While i have always been a Centrist Liberal, i will not support Joe Biden's re-election ...
Tho i dislike trump, i feel Biden's failing memory is dangerous to the USA, a country with a leader who has memory lapse will be primed for inefficient governance ...
I disagree with Biden's policy regarding the border, seeing Republican states send troops to the border is disgraceful...
I really Love biden but i will want to see a change of government come November,
Democrats should really bring up another contender before it is too late

Pakistan

I would love to see a revolution in Pakistan, a revolution that will tear down the military influence in politics, Pakistan's army wields considerable power in the countries politics,
It is widely reported that part of the reason while Imran khan was ousted is because he fell out with the military...
Any country where the military can wield huge power behind the scenes,to dictate govt policies and influence decisions is primed for instability...
I would love to see a Pakistan where the military is subordinate to the civil administration...

Iran

I really love this country, rich history, a large chunk of secular people, it is sad that the revolution of 1979 brought the ayatollahs to power and a theocratic system ..
I want to see a revolution in Iran, where the theocracy is overthrown...
I do not agree with theocracy as a system of government, religion should be separate from the state, the willingness of Tehran to meddle in other arab states affairs to support shia's is part of the problem in the middle east ..
I do not disagree with all of their policies but i do think the Iranian people deserve better, Iran is a beautiful place with lovely people, they deserve a system that will guarantee the Rights of all ethnic groups...the Kurds in iran cannot even speak their language freely and must change their names to Farsi...
Iran has huge potentials, i would love to see a revolution to tear down the current system

My List Includes

Venezuela
Cuba
Iran
Pakistan
Cameroon
USA
Iraq
Lebanon
Haiti
Yemen
Libya

Change is always constant, empires rise and fall, political elites, political parties, authoritarian strong men, political systems, e.t.c are not immune to the winds of change...
In this thread ,i will be highlighting which countries i would love to see a revolution or change of government...
Revolution would refer to an overhaul of the political system
Change of government would refer to another party taking power or another head of state/government taking power

Tonididdyx:

Firstly, How old are you?
Because I have age requirements before engaging in any NL political conversation.
...i don't have time for kiddies corner!

Imagine thrash u saying, are u not the kid here? Will any reasonable Political analyst make such suggestion?

Tonididdyx:


... And in what country have you ever seen such unprofessional manner of arrest?
Why has moscow not being invaded to actualise a Putin arrest since he's wanted by the ICC

You can't badge into another countries borders to enforce an arrest that is kidnapping.

So Putin has nothing to prove... But trust me that estonian woman cannot visit belarus or any BRICS member nations otherwise she will be arrested and handed over to Lord Putin.... That's how arrest warrants work not this your fairy tale style.

No Brics member can arrest her, Brics do not have any such legal code in there organization to issue arrest warrants...
Why will any Brics member want to arbitrarily arrest her for a flimsy reason, and risk antagonizing the west for such stupidity

Yampotatocarrot:


Putin was also declared wanted... I think it's just media whatever they do

Putin was declared wanted by the ICC

Oxb90:
Are they beyond arrest, Can you try any rubbish in China and go free?

Its up to the Nigerian Govt to do the needful...

merits:



Arrest her and hand her over to me let me do my own investigation in the oza room.

thesicilian:
Only God can tell if this nation has not been sold to the Chinese already

My Thoughts
This is for all those anti-western folks who blame Europe and USA for all Africa's woes and see China and Russia as saints...
Nobody is a saint, every country will protect their interests and they will be ready to destabilize you if u dont keep your country in order...i dont blame the Chinese at all, they are very smart, i blame the Nigerian government officials who are receiving bribes and allowing this menace to continue...
If we keep our home in order, strengthen oversight and the rule of law, we can reduce negative foreign influence to the barest minimum

Illegal gold mining is a growing problem in Nigeria that is benefiting terrorist groups, causing violence and increasing pollution. Residents of mining areas blame Chinese nationals who set up and oversee mining and refining operations.

Tension continues to rise around these pit mines. Locals accuse Chinese miners of collaborating with extremist militants, corrupting government officials, destroying farmlands and polluting water with mercury and lead.

Omololu Afilaka, the traditional ruler of Atorin-Ijesha in Osun State, said his people are being “conquered” by Chinese miners.

“Before the Chinese came, we had artisanal miners. They could only bite as much as they could chew,” he told NTC News as part of an investigation in 2023. “Then came the big players, the Chinese illegal miners, and they came with excavators.”

A recent report by researchers Oluwole Ojewale of the Enhancing Africa’s Response to Transnational Organized Crime (ENACT) project, and Freedom Onuoha, a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, revealed how Nigeria’s mining sector is plagued by insecurity and organized crime.

“In the banditry-affected north-west and central areas, loose criminal networks engaged in illegal gold mining have ties to foreign actors and facilitate trafficking,” said the report, which was published on December 13, 2023. “Foreign networks operate like their local counterparts and have repositioned their activities in the criminal value chain through direct involvement in illicit gold mining in remote villages and forests.”

The researchers say that foreign demand drives most of the criminal markets for gold in Nigeria. Nigerian authorities have arrested several Chinese nationals since 2020 for involvement in illegal mining.

“Our mining sector has not been accorded much priority by the nation’s security actors until recently, when illegal mining was linked to rural banditry,” said a Zamfara State senior police officer, who spoke to ENACT on condition of anonymity. “Most of the mining activities are being done by illegal miners because mining sites have been neglected by regulators and security agents. Chinese and other foreigners too are taking advantage of this prolonged neglect by the nation’s mining regulators and security agents. It’s also the reason why bandits are attracted to the sector.”

In April 2023, British newspaper The Times published a stunning report about Chinese companies that gained access to mines by paying Nigerian extremist militant groups, “raising the prospect that Beijing could be indirectly funding terror in Africa’s largest economy.”

SBM Intelligence, a Lagos-based analytical group, shared videos with The Times of militant leaders from groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province who boasted that Chinese workers in their territory must pay “rent.”

Chinese mining bosses in Zamfara and Katsina “are perfectly willing to pay off whoever needs to be paid off and have no qualms about it and are allowed to carry out operations,” SBM head of research Ikemesit Effiong told The Times.

The Chinese embassy in Nigeria objected to the report but sought to distance itself from the actions of Chinese individuals.

“The Chinese government, as well as the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, have always encouraged and urged the Chinese companies and nationals in Nigeria to abide by the laws and regulations of Nigeria, and to implement the local rules and guidance on labor, environment, health and safety, etc., and would continue their efforts in this regard,” it said in a statement on April 17, 2023.

China has a massive footprint in Africa’s mining sector, with billions of dollars invested. Chinese nationals are heavily involved in extractive operations across the continent, mining for gold, other precious metals and valuable minerals such as lithium, cobalt and copper.

In 2019, China imported nearly $10 billion worth of minerals from sub-Saharan Africa, according to The Economic Times newspaper.

Afilaka is among the local leaders who feel that Nigerians are not receiving their fair share. He also questions how many of the Chinese laborers have permits to work in Nigeria, a common refrain in the communities surrounding mining operations.

“There is a lot of darkness in my land,” Afilaka said. “If you’re coming in here and you’re extracting billions of naira worth of gold, I think the people should benefit from it.”

Ojewale and Onuoha called on the Nigerian government to intensify regulation and protection of its burgeoning mining industry.

“In a country contending with diverse forms of criminality, the involvement of foreign criminals in the extractive sector presents a serious security challenge,” they wrote. “These minerals are among the country’s most critical national assets and should be guarded through a coordinated security response.”

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ADF Magazine

christejames:
My political figures are


Peter Obi, the numerous uno, the one I feels true leadership from.

Lee Kwan Yu, the foremost leader of Singapore who transformed the country.

Bin Almin, the leader of UAE 🇦🇪 who changed the course of the nation.

Qaboos, the revered leader of Oman 🇴🇲

Thomas Sankara, the pragmatic Burkina Faso cum African leader.




Only Peter Obi is alive now!

Your list is filled with icons ..the UAE leader deserves a worthy Mention... I would love to study more about sankara
Lee kuan yew is very revered by me, turning a poor Singapore to an economic giant, a country that was expelled by Malaysia

Deng Xiaoping ( Second President Of China)
This Man is an Amazon of wisdom, Deng succeeded Mao Zedong and was able to correct mistakes made by his predecessor, the Country was tethering towards instability due to bad economic policies...Deng was able to institute reforms that laid the foundation of China's economic might today...
Deng Is an all time great, he stabilized the state in a dire time and brought in new ideas to galvanize the economy...he also instituted term limits to curb the power of the president and also promoted internal party democracy

christistruth01:
Clement Atlee

Awolowo
(The British would never forget him he showed them black man get sense)

Awesome, Awolowo is an all time great