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Foreign Affairs › Re: Black History; The Capture & Execution Of Patrice Lumumba(Graphic Video/picture) by onuman: 12:11pm On Aug 30, 2025
What they wanted to do to GEJ if he insisted.

Gej left. They had their way. Mass poverty and death of Nigerians from hunger and diseases followed since 2015.
#BLACKLIVESMATTER.
Politics › Re: 2027: Jonathan Can’t Unseat Tinubu – APC by onuman: 12:18am On Aug 30, 2025
Jonathan is like he is being recruited by APC to make Tinubu win second term. If not, what makes Jonathan believe that he can win Tinubu who conspired with Buhari in 2014 and ousted Jonathan in 2015?
Politics › Re: Jonathan Denies Stepping Aside From 2027 Race by onuman: 7:29pm On Aug 29, 2025
fuckJones:
Apc and tinubu would have Crush this enemy totally.
All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.

This is going to be the right time to do that in 2027
About the laws of Human Stupidity.
This is for folks like you. Read on - assuming you have capacity to read and understand.



The Laws of Human Stupidity and Nigeria’s Tragic Decline

Carlo M. Cipolla, the Italian economic historian, once wrote a humorous yet painfully accurate essay titled The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity. Though penned decades ago, his insight perfectly explains Nigeria’s present misery. It is not merely corruption, bad leadership, or foreign manipulation that has wrecked our economy; it is the power of stupidity, unrestrained and underestimated, that has brought us here.

Cipolla’s first law warns us: “Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid people in circulation.” Nigerians underestimated how many among us were willing to sell their conscience for crumbs, swap their votes for rice, or cheerfully defend policies that harm them. We mocked them as “ignorant villagers” or dismissed them as “politically illiterate masses,” forgetting that stupidity is no respecter of class or degree.

The second law pierces deeper: “The probability that a certain person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.” This means stupidity cuts across tribes, religions, education levels, and wealth. Some of the loudest voices that justified Nigeria’s political U-turn—trading a stabilising, reform-oriented government for chaos—came from elites, professors, social media influencers, and even so-called intellectuals. We assumed the educated class would make wise choices; Cipolla reminds us that stupidity is democratically distributed.

But Cipolla’s third and fourth laws are devastating. He defined stupidity as behavior that causes harm to others while bringing no real benefit to oneself. This is precisely what Nigeria has witnessed. Citizens were manipulated into embracing policies and leaders that have destroyed the naira, collapsed businesses, and triggered unprecedented hunger—while those same citizens suffer under the weight of their decisions. Worse, rational Nigerians underestimated how destructive stupidity could be. We thought “they’ll learn,” or “things will balance out.” Instead, we are now watching an economy spiral, with food inflation beyond reason, power grids failing, and insecurity spreading like wildfire.

Cipolla’s fifth law seals the argument: “A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person… more dangerous than a bandit.” A bandit is predictable; he steals for gain. But stupidity is chaos: it votes for poverty, celebrates oppression, and attacks those who seek solutions. In Nigeria today, stupidity is not a minor inconvenience—it has become a political force. It has enthroned leaders who cannot govern, dismantled economic reforms, and placed the nation at the mercy of clueless decision-makers.

We are living proof of Cipolla’s warning: a society dominated by stupidity is doomed to decline. Nations rise when intelligent, principled citizens outnumber and outmaneuver the stupid. Nations collapse when stupidity becomes a majority voice, amplified by propaganda, tribalism, and religious manipulation.

So, where do we go from here? Nigerians must face this uncomfortable truth: no amount of oil wealth or foreign investment can rescue a country where stupidity is celebrated and rewarded. The fight for Nigeria’s future is not only against corruption or insecurity; it is a battle to awaken reason, restore moral courage, and break the cultural cycle of foolish choices.

As long as stupid people dictate elections, defend failed leadership, and normalize mediocrity, Nigeria will continue this descent. Our tragedy is not that we are poor in resources but that we are rich in folly.

May God give us wisdom to repent of our collective foolishness before this nation becomes a full-blown failed state.

Mike Udam, PhD
Teacher and Preacher
Ogoja Nigeria
Politics › Re: Atiku Finally States Nine Conditions FG Must Fulfill Before 2027 Poll by onuman: 9:43pm On Aug 28, 2025
Bobloco:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/08/28/atiku-finally-states-nine-conditions-tinubus-govt-must-fulfill-before-2027-election/
"The former vice president listed the conditions to include mandatory use of BVAS for voter accreditation and upload of election results at all polling and collation centres, mandatory electronic transmission of election results to the iREV portal, with no discretion for manual transmission, and Ward-level collation of results strictly based on electronically transmitted figures"




But all the above were in the 2022 Electoral Act. Yet, Mahmood Yakubu thwarted the laws and used outdated manual collation to pronounce his chosen candidate, Bola Tinubu, as winner.


Pray to not have an ethnic or religious bigot as INEC boss, if not going to cast votes is a waste of time.
Politics › Re: Peter Obi Sued Me For Serving His Little Errand Girl A Retraction Letter - Deji by onuman: 7:27am On Aug 28, 2025
YesDaddyTill203:
Obi is a tribal and religious bigot. The Agulu con is a mistake that Nigeria can never make.


The same man who claimed he would sue the Gazette for the religious war tape is a known liar. We are still waiting for him to sue them.

He can't sue because it was him on the tape, clearly calling the election a "religious war".
Tinubu/APC hiring fake Bishops for inauguration of Shettima as VP candidate.

Tinubu/APC Muslim/Muslim ticket - first time since 1999.

Tinubu/APC first made the 2023 presidential election a religious war.
Politics › Re: Peter Obi Sued Me For Serving His Little Errand Girl A Retraction Letter - Deji by onuman: 7:18am On Aug 28, 2025
fergie001:
https://x.com/adeyanjudeji/status/1960782456669221161?t=WiE9Z-ZijHlBsnXOTomHhg&s=19[/quote]And the ethnic bigot, Deji Adeyanju's only means of livelihood is picking on Peter Obi at any point.
Why not focus on your campaign for your kinsman, President Tinubu?
Crime › Re: Fight At Mandilas Market, Lagos, One Dead (Graphic Photos) by onuman: 10:56pm On Aug 27, 2025
Igbo and Yoruba don't fight each other. They only engage in lesson teaching yab yab.

This story nay eventually turn out to be doctored story.
Politics › Re: Some Bandits Terrorising Kwara Communities, Burning Villages Are Not Nigerians by onuman: 10:43pm On Aug 27, 2025
Fujiyama:
^^^
Actually, they were brought in earlier, during the GEJ years.
Dud, be truthful, no TAQQIYA. Then President GEJ was not the harbinger of sharia criminal justice system in the far north states of Nigeria. Adoption of sharia criminal justice system by the political and religious leaders in the now 12 sharia states made Islamic extremists to start to troop into Nigeria. They answered Boko Haram first, later gave offshoots like bandits and kidnappers. Objective of each group: to get a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal justice system.
Education › Re: FG Approves Tazkiyah University: The First Only Women University In Nigeria by onuman: 6:13pm On Aug 27, 2025
Toruibestate:
If you had grown up close to an all girls secondary school like Epe Grammar School Lagos that I grew up very close to, you see a lot of lesbians there and when these ladies manage to see guys, they can't control themselves because they weren't overly allowed to explore themselves with people of the opposite gender talk more of an all female university.

These are adults for crying out loud it's wrong.
Why should federal government even allow such.
Then signed it.

@General Ditari.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/oasismagazine.com.ng/2025/08/fg-approves-first-female-only-university-in-nigeria/%3famp=1

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 Laudable idea but I prefer integration. Allow men and women to mingle and let the competition be there because there's no all female society .
Tinubu is taking Nigeria deeper into Islamic extremism.
I still remember how Lagos literally became an Islamic enclave when Tinubu was Lagos State Governor.
Crime › Re: Police Officer Tries To Snatch Meta Glasses At Lagos Checkpoint (Video) by onuman: 2:59pm On Aug 27, 2025
Thieves recruited into the police force where they now use govt guns to legalise their robbery escapades
Who will ever teach the thieves in police force that police no longer mount road blocks to checkmate criminality in saner countries.
Politics › Re: Some Bandits Terrorising Kwara Communities, Burning Villages Are Not Nigerians by onuman: 2:52pm On Aug 27, 2025
onuman:
Don't expect this insecurity to end. Why? Because Buhari people are still in power in Nigeria. The bandits were let into Nigeria during Buhari's administration and they are meant to beat Nigerians to submission for a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal justice system.
Politics › Re: Some Bandits Terrorising Kwara Communities, Burning Villages Are Not Nigerians by onuman: 2:51pm On Aug 27, 2025
Dont expect this insecurity to end. Why? Because Buhari people are still in power in Nigeria. The bandits were let into Nigeria during Buhari's administration and they are meant to beat Nigerians to submission for a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal justice system.
Celebrities › Re: Enioluwa Welcomes Girlfriend To Nigeria, Picks Her Up At Airport by onuman: 1:14pm On Aug 27, 2025
ricson11:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMfYN15-6bo?si=7-ZsI7NrC3bEDJRL

Lifestyle influencer Enioluwa has warmed hearts after welcoming his girlfriend to Nigeria and personally picking her up at the airport.

The sweet moment has sparked reactions online, with fans gushing over their relationship and describing it as a true display of love.
They didn't show us when the girl started uh, uh, uh, aaah, aaah, hit harder.
Education › Re: Why Do Countries Borrow Money When They Can Just Print Them? by onuman: 12:07pm On Aug 27, 2025
Exousiang01:
Money is not the paper you hold in your hand.

The bulk of the money around the globe is not in cash. Only 8% of the money is in cash, that means the remaining 92% is not not cash.

So you think Damgotes $23billion is sitting in one bank account somewhere?

Or you think Elon Musk has his billions kept in one bank...

PS: It cost more money to mint money, so minting money is actually not ideal
You barely attempted the question.
Politics › Re: ADC Faults Early Zoning, Says PDP, APC Insensitive by onuman: 12:02pm On Aug 27, 2025
WizardOfNG:
Are you not ashamed to show prejudice against SW so openly?

You say Presidency is being rotated between SW and North whereas the factually correct scenario is that the Presidency is being rotated between North and South.

This is because , by your myopic talk, surely driven by prejudice against the SW, many Northerners can also argue Presidency is being rotated between the Fulanis ( Yar Adua 2007, Buhari 2015 and Atiku's attempt in 2023) and the South.

Where does it then end if every ethnic group talk to make legitimate claim of marginalisation?

The only equitable scenario is for Presidency to rotate between North and South so that players from the North and South negotiate internally to produce the candidate who will stand for them.

Micro-zoning cannot ever be part of the general agreement , because it will create too much conflict, meaning Nigeria can only agree rotation is between North and South with everything else beyond that point left to internal regional agreements.

Pretty sure you are Igbo so let me tell you that Igbos will never be consensus candidate of APC until you people stop threating your attempt to be President as war against Yorubas rather than recognising you need them.

When it is the turn of the South in 2039, Yorubas will support South South to run on the slot of the South.

We owe you lot nothing as you have shown, beyond doubt, you do not mean us well.
The SW people have never wished well the southsouth people. You Yarubawa people named GEJ CLUELESS, Ogogoro drinker, his wife a shippopotamus. You people wrecked GEJ presidency with incessant protests and blackmails. Alas, you people formed alliance with Buhari purposely to oust GEJ from office. Before then, you had rejected Buhari's presidential bids more than twice. But to oust GEJ, you bent down to lick your vomit in 2014.
OBJ from the Southwest used the turn of the SW between 1999-2007. Why would Tinubu claim it's his turn in 2023? After all, it should have been the turn of the southeast? Rotation of the presidency including at mico level sustains Nigeria, not Rotation between the Southwest and the north.
Crime › Re: Ex-Army Boss, U.M. Mohammed To Forfeit ₦246M & Properties Linked To Him by onuman: 10:07am On Aug 27, 2025
Morbeta11:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/08/26/lagos-court-orders-permanent-forfeiture-n246million-linked-ex-army-properties-boss
Abi this Rtd army major general U Muhammed has no connection in higher places?

Or he refused to join APC
Politics › Re: ADC Faults Early Zoning, Says PDP, APC Insensitive by onuman: 10:01am On Aug 27, 2025
If maintaining rotation of the presidency is still on, Bola Tinubu shouldn't have contested in 2023, he shouldn't contest in 2027.
Rotation shouldn't continue to be between the Southwest and the North of Nigeria.
Politics › Re: The 10 Worst Countries To Be A Worker In 2025 by onuman: 8:26am On Aug 26, 2025
Where are the people who shout "God bless Nigeria"?
You have no brain to understand that God blessed Nigeria with Crude oil but because Nigeria is not meant to be one country, the blessing remains irrelevant.
Politics › Re: Top 15 Countries With The Largest Oil Reserves In Billions Of Barrels by onuman: 9:00pm On Aug 25, 2025
omoredia:
If u like get billions of dollars in oil but have a Tinubu as leader then it will all amount to zero at the end of the day
To become president of Nigeria, the man agreed with Oyibo for depopulation of black Africa beginning with the most populous black country in the world. The number of Nigerians who died since Tinubu's economic policies may be in millions. Nobody is counting.
Politics › Re: Top 15 Countries With The Largest Oil Reserves In Billions Of Barrels by onuman: 8:55pm On Aug 25, 2025
BlackViper:
https://x.com/stats_feed/status/1959839402668023930?t=uFyNfoPnDMSG7F1BfNtwjw&s=19[/quote]Venezuela 🇻🇪 is number one poorest country in the Americas.

Lesson for those Nigerian groups who don't want dissolution of impossible Nigeria into more manageable countries.
Politics › Re: Top 15 Countries With The Largest Oil Reserves In Billions Of Barrels by onuman: 8:54pm On Aug 25, 2025
Politics › Re: PDP Zones 2027 Presidential Ticket To South by onuman: 8:50pm On Aug 25, 2025
What PDP should have done in 2023 and would have returned to power since 2023.
Christianity Etc › Re: Paul Adefarasin: Nigeria Not Created By God, But By Britain’s Greed by onuman: 5:20pm On Aug 25, 2025
iwaeda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3iTH5Q8Eyc?si=veoOJw9bNH6kmH9s



https://punchng.com/video-nigeria-not-created-by-god-but-by-britains-greed-pastor-adefarasin/
..and since 1914, more than 5 million people have been killed due to the inadequacies of Nigeria as one country. The killings continue.


But are those who created Nigeria bothered by the massive death toll arising from the impossible Nigeria they created?
Crime › Re: Pregnant Woman Dismembered Allegedly By Brother-In-Law In Ilorin by onuman: 5:08pm On Aug 25, 2025
Where was the police? In saner countries, police detect many crimes like this before they are committed
Nigeria police instead guard politicians and mount road blocks for extortion.
Politics › Re: Obasanjo: I'm Getting Closer To Departure Lounge by onuman: 5:04pm On Aug 25, 2025
occfx:
When you had the opportunity, you could not please, stop complaining and depart in peace.
In 2003, Obasanjo set up a National Political Reforms Conference to rearrange the skewed and lopsided political structure created by Northern military dictators. The political structure is behind most of the political drawbacks in Nigeria.
But some Southwest representatives in the conference allied with Arewa representatives to end the conference abruptly.
Politics › Re: Obasanjo: I'm Getting Closer To Departure Lounge by onuman: 4:58pm On Aug 25, 2025
Biodun556:
https://leadership.ng/im-in-hurry-to-see-nigeria-rise-getting-close-to-my-departure-lounge-obasanjo/
And the Nigeria you all risked your lives to fight to keep one is worse than it was when you went to war.
Only difference is that Arewa politicans feel better off through the lopsided political structure they created for Nigeria beginning 1967-1996.
Christianity Etc › Re: Paul Adefarasin: Nigeria Not Created By God, But By Britain’s Greed by onuman: 3:21pm On Aug 25, 2025
For an average Fulani, Hausa and Kanuri, Nigeria is a blessing to them from God.

For an average Nigerian from the south, Nigeria is a curse, a drawback.
Politics › Re: Top 15 Countries By Average Wealth Per Person In 2025 by onuman: 2:43pm On Aug 25, 2025
89green:
But our Naija medical doctors are leaving for the same Saudi na, don't let hate and misinformation finish you.
Can any liberal Nigerian doctor live and practice in Saudi?
Politics › Re: Top 15 Countries By Average Wealth Per Person In 2025 by onuman: 2:39pm On Aug 25, 2025
Why is Japan not on the list? Japanese people are about the richest in per capita income.
Politics › Re: 2027: No Igboman Will Contest Presidency Against Tinubu – Ohanaeze by onuman: 11:30pm On Aug 24, 2025
Unrecognised faction of Ohaneze Nd'Igbo led by APC's Isiguzo. Go siddon for dirty, Isiguzo.
Politics › Re: Peter Obi Affirmed Commitment To Coalition – ADC Replies Datti Baba-Ahmed by onuman: 5:29pm On Aug 24, 2025
Ofunaofu:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/08/24/peter-obi-affirmed-commitment-to-coalition-adc-replies-datti-baba-ahmed/#google_vignette
Perhaps, Datti sees the ADC as Atiku's another desperate effort to run in the 2027 presidential election.
If Atiku had announced that he was not going to run for presidential election in 2027, the ADC would have solidified before now to take power from president Tinubu in 2027.
Politics › Re: INTERPOL: EFCC’s Wanted Alert On Atiku’s In-Law, Haske Politically-Motivated by onuman: 2:40pm On Aug 23, 2025
jetguy:
Once giant of Africa is now giant of ridiculous.. undecidedk
It's from Bayo Onanuga's primitive mindset.

Onanuga who stated that Nigerians from the southeast should not contest political offices in Lagos State. Imagine the type of political damages that Onanuga can do to a government he belongs to.

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