fastguy10: I have 3 questions to ask pls I need reasonable piple to ans me 1)why is it dat Nigeria or any other Africa country don't have any nuclear weapon 2)wht will happen if one Africa country develop one without letting anyone no abt it like north Korea 3)if world war 3 start today what will africa country do to defend itself
Does it mean dat Africa education n military r useless dat them cnt produce anytin even standard AK47 n bomb I pity 4 Africa
The South African Government initially built some nuclear weapons. I'm not sure how succesful they would have been. Real success came when Armscor took over the project. They produced the HAMERKOP devices.
Go and find out about Armscor. It's probably the best weapons manufacturer in Africa. The Americans got the idea of the Cougar MRAPS from Armscorp vehicles.
fastguy10: I have 3 questions to ask pls I need reasonable piple to ans me 1)why is it dat Nigeria or any other Africa country don't have any nuclear weapon 2)wht will happen if one Africa country develop one without letting anyone no abt it like north Korea 3)if world war 3 start today what will africa country do to defend itself
Does it mean dat Africa education n military r useless dat them cnt produce anytin even standard AK47 n bomb I pity 4 Africa
1) South Africa had nuclear weapons in the 1970s and '80s and it is believed that Egypt also had nuclear weapons.
2) The South African nuclear weapons programme was done in secret, although some countries (the US, UK, France, Soviet Union and Nigeria knew about it). South Africa did not publicly admit that it had nuclear weapons until c1994 when President De Klerk plublicly admitted that they had nuclear weapons but they had destroyed them.
There is a raging social media debate revolving around Nigeria’s only Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, and his purported silence concerning perceived wrongs of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
The 83-year old Soyinka has been accused of losing his voice and unable to criticize Buhari, who he endorsed in 2015. Soyinka’s supporters have countered mostly along the lines of the fact that the man has been involved in activism for over 50 years, and his critics should find their own voices and take over the baton.
But is it true that Soyinka has been completely silent under the Buhari administration? Below are five times in 2017 in which he spoke about actions of the Buhari government.
1. In February, when the police insisted that a planned protest by music legend, Tuface Idibia, could not hold, Soyinka did two things:
He spoke publicly about it, even writing an op-ed, in which he accused Buhari’s government of continuing in the tradition of previous governments in attempting to stifle the rights of Nigerians to freedom of peaceful expresion.
“Again and again, efforts, both under military and civilian orders have been made to stifle the rights to freedom of expression by Nigerian governments – Buhari, Babangida, Obasanjo, Abacha, Jonathan….and now again, Buhari?” he said. “These efforts have been, and will always be resisted. It is a moral issue, as old as settled humanity. It has been settled in other parts of the world. Nigeria cannot be an exception, not as long as her citizens refuse to accept the designation of second, even third-rate citizens.”
He took action. Soyinka sent a message to “the Inspector-General of Police, through the Commissioner of Police, Lagos state, urging both to respect and safeguard the constitutional rights of the people.”
2. When Buhari refused to release details of his health status (as he still continues to till this day), Soyinka made several comments on the matter.
In Lagos, he said:
“Why is the president hiding his state of health? He’s supposed to understand he’s public property…
“Once you are in Aso Rock, or you occupy a similar position, you have a responsibility to come out frankly to your citizens.
“Guarding your state of health like Donald Trump is guarding his tax returns is not what we expect from a Nigerian president.
“Let him address the nation and stop all these speculations which creates unnecessary political manipulations among other things,” he said.
At an event in Paris, Soyinka said:
“He is ill, there’s no question, and I wish for heaven’s sake that he would just be honest.
“Illness is part of our existence. Buhari owes it to the nation and I don’t know why he and his advisors are being so coy about it.”
3. On the Buhari’s government refusal to release the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Soyinka had this to say in an interview:
“It is illogical and unwise, the continuing detention of their leader in jail. I don’t see why he (Buhari) is still keeping their leader. It is wrong and violates his human rights.”
4. On whether he was satisfied with Buhari’s performance in office, Soyinka hasn’t been very categorical. On some issues like fighting corruption, he gives Buhari a pass mark, on some other issues, he blames the Jonathan administration for laying the seeds which placed the country where it is right now. And on some others, he believes Buhari deserves criticism.
Here’s what he said in a September interview in response to a question asking him to assess the Buhari government:
“It is a large question. There are areas of yawning gaps; just take security for instance, the average citizen feels less secure now than it did a few years ago, that is evident.
“The economy, there is a big question on it right now; fortunately everybody admits that we went through a very bad patch. Right now, it’s a question of have we come out of it or not; if in fact there is no question about it, the past few years have been years of internal economic disasters for the average citizen, but it is a question of who laid the seed?
“When and where and how were the seeds laid for the agony this nation has gone through in the last few years?”
5. On the issue of restructuring of the polity – a major priority issue for the Nobel Laureate, he criticised Pres. Buhari’s argument against restructuring by claiming that the unity of the country is not negotiable.
“That is another ploy to sidetrack the issue. Nobody is talking about disuniting Nigeria, we know there are movements for secession, but let Buhari and others go and address this separately.
“This should not be mixed with the demand of a nation for reconfiguration, people should stop answering demands for secession by pretending to answer the demands for reconfiguration.
“Secession should be a different thing. To try and suggest that the moment you say restructure, you are calling for disintegration, is for me intellectually dishonest, that is not the issue at all.”
He has also criticised the presidency’s argument as championed by Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, that what Nigeria needs is a restructuring of the mind and not of the polity. Also, he said in September that the clamour for a Buhari second term is “sickening”. His argument was however not completely against the president’s second term as it was against the fact that it was too early to have that conversation.
Kessyy2k4: hello my fellow colleagues, i have issues wit the way the mod & super mod had already programmed/censored some words. i was trying to comment in a particular thread, to my surprise, i notice the actual context of my post has been completely changed and replaced with a similar word. but the sentence has change the meaning i personally design for it!
pls mod, take note, censoring words get nairalander upset
pls give us all the list of censored words. thankss!!!
Both Forte Oil stations (on Lekki Expressway and Admiralty Way) are selling fuel round the clock and at the official price. There are no queues at the station on the expressway, but there are short queues at the station on Admiralty Way.
Ascon station on Admiralty Way has not sold fuel (officially) since the 24th. (They sold from 5am-10am on the 24th).
ipafricaStaff: Starboy Wizkid Hits the Street Of uyo on the 26th of december which is boxing day to show love to his fans from a high hill van, With the much love showned to him By fans Initiated him saying that he will want to jump into the Crowd from the high hill van.
1) Children view a mock version of the Oval Office as it was when JFK was president. The exhibition is at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
2) People view President Ronald Reagan's official limousine at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The license plate reads "Gipper" (Ronald Reagan's nickname was The Big Gipper).
3) Jacqueline Kennedy's wedding dress at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
4) Presidents Barrack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter at the inauguration of the George W. Bush Presidential Library And Museum.
Ahmeduana: Is it a museum, junk room or zoo? Because I didn't see a single book not even under my watch!
aybabz101: is it Obasanjo's museum or a digital library coz i am not seeing any book ooooooooo........abi d books dey d oda room ni?
sophoccles: As much as I admire Olusegun Obasanjo's personality, his charisma & his drive to continuously improve himself and expand his horizons alongside that of those fortunate to be around him, I think his politics is extremely execrable.
One question for the OP though: Where the hell are the books? This seems to be more of a museum than a library.
Nickydrake: This exquisite library, built with money squeezed out of wealthy businessmen and rotten politicians eager for favours during Baba's tenure, contains everything in the world except books.
Royruky: Can't find a single bookshelf. It seems more of a museum or art gallery to me. Definitely not a library
olisaemeka1: modified .........Inside former president Olusegun Obasanjos presidential private museum. ...Op take note....
mosesjida: waoh...an architectural master plan..bt this is more of an art exhibition museum than jxt a library..bt I guess I now understand wat d "presidential" now means in the name..nice place though
TeejayMaya: I personally feel this is more of a Resort and Museum than just a library or art gallery. Should have been named Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Resort & Museum.
So beautiful and massive tho needs much publicity and marketing to drive in more visitors and tourists. With this and other tourist destinations in the country such as Obudu Cattle Ranch, Tinapa among others, I see no reason why the country shouldn't be racking in huge revenue from tourism honestly.
GoldNiagara: Looks more to me like a personal museum! Where are the books.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library even has recordings of the president's phone conversations while he was in the White House.
For example, here is a recording of a telephone conversation between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa of Nigeria in 1963. Kennedy called Balewa to tell him about a space mission that the US had just undertaken.
Balewa teased Kennedy about Dick Tiger's victory over the American, Gene Fulmer.
The audio in the first link has both sides of the conversation. The video shows on the White House side of the conversation and below is a transcript of the conversation.
Nairaland General › Re: New Year Countdown Thread (tracking The New Year As It Arrives Around The World) by naptu2(op): 2:41pm On Dec 31, 2017
The license plate reads "Gipper" (Ronald Reagan's nickname was The Big Gipper).
