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Travel / Re: Uk Is The Best Country In The World To Japa To As An African by nearline(m): 9:17am On Mar 22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sRoYvFTE3c

Not trying to be an antijapa person here Ive always said those who can japa should please go ahead. But what do you think of the video sukkot?
Politics / Re: There Is Light At The End Of The Tunnel, And Nigeria Will Smile Again – Tinubu by nearline(m): 8:32am On Mar 22
Will we? Really? Has anyone noticed that Tinubu’s government is already dancing too much to the tune of the westerners? Removing fuel subsidy as advised by the IMF, getting ready to increasing value added tax to 15% as recommended by the EU plus what exactly did the Tinubu go and do in France in his second private visit to the country? We have our problems in this country but we are not seeing how much the white man is contributing to the situation which is at least 50%.
Politics / Re: How Nigeria, Its People, and Its Govt Got It All Wrong (29/5/24) by nearline(m): 5:54pm On Mar 21
In all of these what I have observed or should I say what has become obvious to me is that even if the youth take over some aspects of our country’s politics one way or another they too will become corrupt because once they see the money they have access to they will not want to let it go. They will want to live large and that will make them to immediately abandon the cause they are fighting for. It takes someone with serious self discipline to enter politics and not become corrupt like most politicians are. Another problem that I have noticed over the years is that though there are some good, self disciplined politicians in nigeria but they are trying to play it safe. They don’t want to get themself or people close to them hurt while trying to fight for what is right. This is where their mistake lie. There is no battle/war without bloodshed. There is no victory without sacrifice. And you have to be more ruthless and smarter than your enemies if you want to even begin to stand a chance against them. The good politicians can and will only begin to win if they accept that “no sacrifice no victory.”

To add a little bit of context to what I wrote up there. For a long time in my life I have lived by the motto “no sacrifice no victory.” It’s my thing so I’m not just talking like a wise just to feel wise. I don’t look like it at all but I’m the type that is prepared for any expected or unexpected events in life. Life is savage and unforgiving and you have to be tough and smart to have a chance at surviving anything it throws at you. But unfortunately today we have become too comfortable to fight. There are just too many enjoyments in this life to miss out on and this has caused most to become cowards.
Business / Re: N193 Billion Intervention Loans Declared Lost By CBN by nearline(m): 5:18pm On Mar 21
For some reason this news does not move me. Oh. Now I remember. My mimd has been in static (observer) mode for some months now. Nothing surprises me anymore.
Politics / Re: Nigerians Abroad Do Jobs They Refused At Home – Remi Tinubu by nearline(m): 2:09pm On Mar 21
This woman is either dumb or wicked or both. Now I don’t know exactly how much these “JAPAtriates” get paid for these odd jobs they do abroad. But I’m pretty sure It would make more sense to be collecting a Dollar equivalent of at least two million Naira to be cleaning toilets every month over there abroad as compared to collecting 15,000 Naira here in Nigeria for the same job.
Politics / Re: How Nigeria, Its People, and Its Govt Got It All Wrong (29/5/24) by nearline(m): 8:48am On Mar 21
sukkot:
hehe my guy Treadway you made good points however I don’t play politics with the bad decisions of men. No one was born with the tag APC or PDP and besides that these guys party hop all the time, the point being all politicians are on the same side. It’s politicians vs the masses. That little game and competition they have among themselves is to keep the masses divided. If the masses are not divided then a unified mass will come for their heads. So as you can see these their competition is to keep the masses divided while they all loot and eat together in the background. If you can get to this level of outlook you will see very clearly. There is no APC DESTROYED THE COUNTRY . When you say that you have fallen for the trick 😄😄😄😄. Don’t fall for the trick bro, rise above the madness to see it for what it is
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Health / Re: Scientists Say They Can Cut HIV Out Of Cells Using Crispr Gene-editing Technolog by nearline(m): 5:52pm On Mar 20
advanceDNA:


I remember a Chinese scientist Jiankiui did this back in 2018, using the same CRISPR to editing the genome of growing babies for the same HIV wahala

... the whole research ethics body of the west came for his head....and he was jailed for 3years.....saying he can't just edit the human genome......that living biological systems and its bioprocess are on autopilot.....that what he did is tantamount to initiating mutation which can lead to anything bla bla bla.....

The west have a way of supporting whatever novel approach came from their scientists

.once it's from another race....they will start pulling ethics and all manner of technicalities...




That’s how they are in the west. Everything must benefit them alone. Greedy bunch. If you dig deep enough you will realise that Big Pharma are one of the forces behind him getting jailed. And yes the fact is that no one really knows the domino effect that CRISPR can have so that is still being studied. It could be dangerous on the long run. Or it could be nothing or something so insignificant and negligible but that threatens the profit of Big Pharma. Big Pharma don’t want to cure anyone. They want to keep every medical condition in a manageable state so that the sick will continue to purchase from them. Greedy bunch.

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Health / Re: Scientists Say They Can Cut HIV Out Of Cells Using Crispr Gene-editing Technolog by nearline(m): 2:40pm On Mar 20
“Scientists say.” Good. But knowing how Big Pharma works this “cure” will never see the light of day. If it does it will be so expensive it will be made available only for the Elite. Plus CRISPR, while being very promising and apparently very effective, is still heavily controversial. These scientists should take it easy. Everyone seems to be chasing a Nobel prize nowadays.
Politics / Re: Japa: UK Universities Battle Financial Shortage As Foreign Students From Nigeria by nearline(m): 5:49pm On Mar 19
Gerrard59:


The logic does not follow. If he is right, why are the universities lamenting decreased revenues and are on the brink of financial collapse? Aids money has been cut ever since Theresa May. Defence funding has been increased because of the Ukrainian issue. However, past Conservative administrations have cut down on funding for higher education while imposing a cap on tuition rates for citizens. The universities have to find an alternative. Yes, it has been abused as a leeway to settle in the UK. Maybe White British should come to terms of what their country is and its future. Politicians are only responding to what the electorate wants them to do.

They can and should definitely do something about that bolded part. They caused it for themselves and they should fix it. I see no way how universities in developed countries like the UK will survive on low tuition rates without help from the government while having to, from time to time, invest millions and millions of pounds in infrastructure and laboratory/research tools and supplies. It just cannot work. They should use common sense.
Politics / Re: Japa: UK Universities Battle Financial Shortage As Foreign Students From Nigeria by nearline(m): 5:26pm On Mar 19
Gerrard59:


That is not true. These universities depend on immigrants to fund themselves. The British government has constantly cut funding for higher education leaving universities to charge foreigners very high rates compared to citizens. The government has also placed a cap on tuition fees for British citizens. So, to support themselves, the universities have to focus on recruiting foreigners and charging them excessively. The top universities charge more than thrice the rate for international students compared to citizens. These schools target wealthy and middle class households in Asia. The lowly ranked universities (who are the most affected) focus on developing countries such as Pakistan, India and Nigeria.

With the current immigration rules, these lowly ranked universities are forced to cut down on departments, employees and if continued would have to close entirely or merge with other struggling universities. For instance, at Imperial College London, the majority of international students are Chinese, and they dominate the engineering and sciences departments. In LSE or Cambridge for social sciences, the majority also come from Asia - Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and the oga kpata kpata China. Their parents pay a shitload of money to sponsor them to those universities.

Gboyeee is absolutely right. Yes. This is the UK we are talking about but they too have loads of misplaced priorities like the military budget and aids money he mentioned. University aside, there is a wave of serious poverty in the UK in general right now and this has nothing to do with their universities. The fact is that not everything that brings in profit must be globalised or should I say not everything that brings in profit must depend majorly, or worse, solely on a globalised market to make money. Not especially education. Globalised commodity trade is understandable. They should be able to find a way to run their educational institutions without depending even slightly majorly on money made from foreign students. That should be “extra freebie” to them as far as I’m concerned. They may be whites over there in the UK but they are humans so totally not infallible. Sunak and co are doing terrible jobs right now. Their case is almost like Nigeria’s at the moment. The politicians are currently well fed while the masses are suffering some (including a lot of native white british people) are actually homeless and jobless. They can find a solution to their low university funding challenges without depending on foreign money if they want to.
TV/Movies / Re: Name An Actor or Actress Who Was Perfectly Cast In A Movie Or TV Show by nearline(m): 4:32pm On Mar 19
Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham in Fringe.
John Noble as Walter Bishop in Fringe.
Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop in Fringe.
Lance Reddick as Philip Broyles in Fringe.
Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth in Fringe.
Kiki Layne as Nile Freeman in The Old Guard.
Chiwitel Ejiofor as James Copley in The Old Guard.
Dennis Haysbert as David Palmer in 24.
Keanu Reeves as Neo in The Matrix trilogy.
Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson in Creed trilogy.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Bitter South African Politician Removes Transformer After Election Loss by nearline(m): 7:00pm On Mar 17
grin grin grin grin
TV/Movies / Re: Name An Actor or Actress Who Was Perfectly Cast In A Movie Or TV Show by nearline(m): 5:53pm On Mar 17
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24.
Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher.
Liev Schreiber as Nikolai Tarkovski in Salt.
Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt in Salt.
Bruce Spence as Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander in Legend of the Seeker.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko in Lost.

Those are all I can think of now. I will post more as I remember.

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Politics / Re: P/Harcourt Refinery Will Kickstart Operations In Two Weeks – Mele Kyari by nearline(m): 8:40am On Mar 15
Normally this will change nothing as we have all seen. Not newsworthy.
Webmasters / Re: Major Fibre Cut Takes Banks In Nigeria And South Africa Offline by nearline(m): 6:39pm On Mar 14
This is why it is good to have local alternatives to almost everything if not everything. We have like four or more data centre service providers here in nigeria some of which are Rack Centre, Africa Data Centres, MainOne and even MTN. If more of our internet services and websites/web applications are hosted in these data centres issues like this (caused by subsea fibre cuts) would be greatly minimised since the local (fibre and microwave) network would still be fine. In a case like this local bank transactions would work except for transactions involving multiple countries. And locally hosted websites would be mostly fully accessible depending on the complexity of the situation.

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Politics / Re: FG Postpones Students Loan Indefinitely by nearline(m): 9:18am On Mar 13
Let me translate this to nigerian english for you: IMF/World Bank/EU have stopped them from implementing it because it will benefit nigerians no matter how few.
Travel / Re: Hello Nigerians In Burkina Faso by nearline(m): 6:46pm On Mar 09
Nigerians dey Burkina Faso? If so where we no dey for dis world sef. I sure say Nigerians go dey Malta sef.
Culture / Re: Help Me To Become A Witch. (Ẹlẹyẹ Funfun) by nearline(m): 11:37am On Mar 08
I’ll recommend you visit an Iyanifa (if you are female) or a babalawo (if you are male) and let them introduce you to Ifa. It is “funfun” by nature based on what you have requested. My advice is you take it one step at a time. Don’t rush the process. They will not force you to do anything you dont want and will explain everything better to you. I’m sure they will be happy to hear you say you want to practice the spirituality of your ancestors. I believe I’m on a similar path as you too. Take care.

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Politics / Re: Olusegun Obasanjo Celebrates His 87th Birthday Today by nearline(m): 9:31am On Mar 05
Happy birthday to my OG president!!!! More life!!!
Culture / Re: Yoruba Philosophy: Is Eshu Odara The Biblical Satan? by nearline(m): 5:07pm On Mar 04
Èsù is not Satan.
Politics / Re: Nigeria Seeks Extension Of Closing Date For World Bank's $500m 'COVID-19' Loan by nearline(m): 4:41pm On Mar 02
DropsMic:
These white fellas are aware of how corrupt Nigerian politicians are, yet they continue to grant them loans they know will be siphoned, just because them wan keep us trapped in perpetual debt.

After you go see them shouting about corruption in Africa like say no be them dey fan am.
You don get am. Wicked oyibo people.
TV/Movies / Re: DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE (FILM) by nearline(m): 9:22am On Mar 01
Minemrys:
Now, I have no problems with Hawkgirl, Mister Terrific and Guy Gardner being in a Superman movie, but seriously, do we really need to know that right now? Again, WB and James Gunn failing at maximizing the critical ingredient of 'hype', mystery.
They could have just announced the actors in unspecified roles and allowed the media to debate about it for months then in March of next year, start releasing snippets of their characters on social media before releasing the trailer.
How is that hard? Now, you will very much have the media and reddit accounts trying to figure out the story, patch things up with the any footage that gets leaked and ruin the fun and surprise for everyone. You will find out that before we get close to the release of the film, we've already figured out what the whole thing is all about.

James Gunn, we really don't need to know things about Superman Legacy this early. Come on. That's what ruined BvS aside the bad cut. We literally knew what was going to happen in the film which wouldn't have happened if Gal Gadot wasn't revealed as playing Wonder Woman or some certain things were kept from the trailer. Leave the hype and spectacle for the cinema. Promote the film as a Superman and Lois film first and foremost. Not build up hype very early then allow audiences to raise their expectations only to have it underwhelming with little surprises left in the film.
Good point. What you have said here is why I have stopped following hollywood news sources of any kind and watching movie trailers even. They release too much info. So much that you will have already spent all your excitement on the hype and unnecessary info they are releasing that by the time the movies get released they lose their value and become underwhelming to watch.
Travel / Re: Photo: Ikeja BRT Station Just Behind The Ikeja Train Station by nearline(m): 9:04am On Mar 01
Cool. See as the place be like scene from Hollywood movie. Respect to Governor Sanwo Olu.
Politics / Re: Cooking Gas Price Hits ₦‎16,250 Per 12.5kg by nearline(m): 4:08pm On Feb 28
Im starting to think that some businesspeople are just taking advantage of this current situation to increase the price of everything even when they should not. We no like ourselves for this country.

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Business / Re: Naira Appreciates To ₦‎1,650/$ At Parallel Market by nearline(m): 6:59pm On Feb 27
I don't know why the government just refuses to put a stop this parallel market trading. It is making matter worse for everyone
Politics / Re: HARDSHIP: Younger President Like Peter Obi, Sowore Would’ve Done Better – Freeze by nearline(m): 5:25pm On Feb 25
Partly true. But the others in system are also part of the problem. I mean what are the governors doing with the allocations given to them. Nada. Corrupt senators etc
Crime / Re: NDLEA Arrests grandpa, Intercepts Cocaine Consignments In Canvas Shoes by nearline(m): 5:18pm On Feb 25
Gangsta grandpa grin
Foreign Affairs / Re: UK Nuclear Missile Test Fails Again After Trident Weapon Belly Flops Into Ocean by nearline(m): 2:59pm On Feb 21
One day one day we go use missiles break this earth into two. grin

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Politics / Re: The Dollar Has Been Weaponized And Would Be Used To Kill Us All by nearline(m): 2:23pm On Feb 21
I have watched so many youtube videos featuring that man. Most people are oblivious to the things you are trying to point out about these global elites’ meddling with our government. Granted, our politicians are also super corrupt which is worsening our situation but the truth is the west have always had their hands in the affairs of our government. I mean these same guys (either IMF or World Bank, don't really remember) forced Malawi to destroy their food reserves as the only condition for giving them a loan which lead to serious food crisis in the country at a time. We are too used to only knowing what we are shown on the news in this country. Not many people do their own research to really find out the story behind the story. We are just too laid back. I mean these guys, in this case, a company called The United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) destroyed the economy and toppled the government of a whole country all so they can plant bananas very cheaply with underpaid slave labour.

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Politics / Re: The Dollar Has Been Weaponized And Would Be Used To Kill Us All by nearline(m): 10:33am On Feb 21
jmoore:
There is nothing like cabal.
What we have are foolish misleaders who have nothing to offer.
Dey there dey play.

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Politics / Re: The Dollar Has Been Weaponized And Would Be Used To Kill Us All by nearline(m): 10:18am On Feb 21
The truth is we ourselves dont really want to industrialise. You see industrialisation takes time, serious thinking and research, testing and development which takes time and effort. We would rather just sell these raw materials and quickly make our money and say we have arrived that engage in the industrialisation process. An average nigerian is only just interested in having the money not he hard work.

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Politics / Re: The Dollar Has Been Weaponized And Would Be Used To Kill Us All by nearline(m): 10:11am On Feb 21
To be honest the whole matter don tire me. You walk into a store and ask for the price of a loaf of bread and they tell you 300 naira. You check your pocket and realise you have only 250 with you, take a walk to a POS operator and withdraw 1000 and come back in five minutes time only to get told that the 300 naira loaf has now become 400 naira. And yeah I strongly believe in what you have written here. This depopulation agenda is something these global elites have had in mind for a long time. And they have been doing everything they can to depopulate africa especially. But as e be now e be like say na global elite agenda, and nigerian elite agenda and corruption and them greed dey sup side by side wey dey cause these clusterfvck of unbearable palava wey we dey now. I am frankly tired of analysing the situation. Make magic just happen make everything solve na him i dey hope for. To be honest im not hoping for anything sef as my mind don enter static mode. Na to just dey observe i dey do nowadays.

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