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PoliticsRe: World Bank Blames FG As High Inflation Worsens Poverty by owagbeba: 7:16am On Feb 05, 2022
ayindejimmy:
https://punchng.com/world-bank-blames-fg-as-high-inflation-worsens-poverty/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social
I think those in charge of this country don’t like the people of this country.
Inflation is high yet government raised the bench mark import duty to 3 million naira for an import dependent nation, coupled with the unstable “naira” edging toward 600.

I wonder how they want to curb inflation. Foreign shipping lines have raised freight by 300%.
CrimeRe: Boyfriend Stabbed Lover To Death Then Lay In Bed Next To Her Body In UK (Pics) by owagbeba: 6:50am On Feb 04, 2022
nighter:
These whites are weirdos with even weirder fetishes. Eww
Any difference to those 4 black kids pounding a girl’s head in a mortar?
Car TalkRe: Nonso Offor: From Venza To Royce Sweptail - Moto Innovation, Manufacturing Skill by owagbeba: 7:50pm On Feb 03, 2022
SoludoTV:
Nonso Offor built a classic Rolls-Royce Sweptail using a Toyota Venza. He hails from Ifite village of Oraifite Community in Ekwusigo Local council of Anambra State, he fabricated almost all other body parts from local materials.

He said he can manufacture more cars and even build his own brand if Government of today supports, promotes and empowers such skills with favourable and enabling environment.

Indeed Anambra Nwere mmadu and this is part of our incoming governor; Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s manifesto when he promised to harness raw talent and promote the Anambra-made brand.

https://www.soludo.tv/2022/02/03/from-toyota-venza-to-royce-sweptail-nonsos-motor-innovation-and-manufacturing-skill/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z40PqKPLtlo

Previous thread
https://www.nairaland.com/6959643/nigerian-man-transforms-toyota-venza
My take away from this video:

“Igbos are really losing their langauge... “.

sad!
PoliticsRe: Fein Bruce Is A Merchant Of Violence By Seun Ogundele by owagbeba: 6:11am On Feb 03, 2022
Rollsnjaguar:
Can Nigeria arrest him?
Why do you folks reason this way? What has Fein done wrong? Defend his client? Is that his sin?

What you can’t win, then you beat up!
PoliticsRe: Fein Bruce Is A Merchant Of Violence By Seun Ogundele by owagbeba: 6:10am On Feb 03, 2022
Golan007:
Fein cannot eat if there's no conflict outside America.
Is that not pure capitalist principle?
PoliticsRe: Fein Bruce Is A Merchant Of Violence By Seun Ogundele by owagbeba: 6:09am On Feb 03, 2022
Golan007:
Fein cannot eat if there's no conflict outside America.
RomanceRe: Can Someone Vividly Explain How People Make Money From Rituals Killings by owagbeba: 8:55am On Jan 31, 2022
advanceDNA:
you wan understand or you wan do rituals?
I think my question is clear enough
RomanceRe: Can Someone Vividly Explain How People Make Money From Rituals Killings by owagbeba: 7:00am On Jan 31, 2022
advanceDNA:
Just curious....U want to know the forces that rewards people for making human ritual sacrifice...but you don’t want to know the other one I mentioned, i.e the forces that rewards sacrificial giving, like giving to the poor, widows, and others in need??
Yes, I want to understand these forces and their applications. Are the ones responsible for ritual rewards different from sacrificial rewards?
RomanceRe: Can Someone Vividly Explain How People Make Money From Rituals Killings by owagbeba: 6:41am On Jan 31, 2022
Delight2014:
It does work
it is spiritual but mainly from devil.
Don't indulge in it
wealth comes from God and God is the Almighty, he has the supernatural power that is greater than all other powers.
He can give you wealth if you beckon on him.
Igbo adage says" Uba si na Chi meaning wealth comes from God.
Why doesn’t the other negating laws like karma cancel out the benefits of ritual sacrifice if there Is any?
RomanceRe: Can Someone Vividly Explain How People Make Money From Rituals Killings by owagbeba: 6:33am On Jan 31, 2022
advanceDNA:
The mystery of money ritual is almost the same with principle of giving and receiving...

People give their resources to the poor or something and believe the forces of the universe will somehow return it to them in folds...it works, it’s a simple principle life: “give and receive” it has nothing to do with religion.

The life of Human being is considered the ultimate sacrifice..there are forces in the universe, these people believe will reward them when they sacrifice to it....

Nothing in life is free in the iniverse ..U either pay for it, take it by force or some pay for it on your behalf....
Just curious, what are these forces in the universe responsible for rewarding ritual sacrifice?
CrimeRe: 3 Boys Slaughter Girlfriend, Burn Her Head For Money Ritual In Ogun (Graphic) by owagbeba: 5:44pm On Jan 29, 2022
CAPSLOCKED:
THIS WILL BE VERY IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE NIGERIANS ARE HIGHLY AND RIDICULOUSLY RELIGIOUS. ALL 3 MAJOR RELIGIONS IN THE COUNTRY ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE CONSTITUTION, AND OUTLAWING JUJU PRIESTS MEANS OUTLAWING CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM COMPLETELY AS WELL.

MAJORITY OF OUR LAWMAKERS ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST PATRONIZERS OF JUJU SO IT'S NOW MORE COMPLICATED.

LET ME TELL YOU. MANY THINGS WE SEE TODAY IN THIS COUNTRY ARE EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE SUFFERING SEVERE MENTAL DAMAGES AND DISORDERS, OR TERMINAL ILLNESSES, BUT WE LET IT SLIDE BY ATTRIBUTING WHATEVER THERE IS TO JUJU/SPIRITS/GOD AND DO NOT CARE TO LOOK INTO MATTERS TO SEE HOW WE CAN SOLVE CERTAIN PROBLEMS. SO THE ISSUE IS REALLY DEEP ROOTED. WE'RE A VERY LONG WAY AWAY FROM ATTAINING ANYTHING POSITIVELY WORTHY IN THIS KIND OF SOCIETY.
This is a mess! How then do we solve this conundrum? We just can’t let this way of life continue as usual. We really get to make drastic changes for everybody to conform, be them religious bodies or what have you.

What’s the way forward?

Better policing? But our police numbers are not enough for the whole population.

Banning the witchdoctors? They will go underground and continue their practice.

Promulgate death penalty for anyone caught in ritual practice - aniam
CrimeRe: 3 Boys Slaughter Girlfriend, Burn Her Head For Money Ritual In Ogun (Graphic) by owagbeba: 2:36pm On Jan 29, 2022
CAPSLOCKED:
I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR INNOCENT VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE THESE. BUT IN ALL OF THESE RITUAL THINGS AND YAHOO+ RUBBISH, THE KEY PEOPLE I BLAME ARE THE EDUCATED PEOPLE IN NIGERIA WHO ENABLE THESE IDĮOTIC PRACTICES BY BELIEVING AND CIRCULATING THE BELIEF THAT MONEY RITUALS AND BLOOD MONEY WORKS.


THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT CLAIM TO BE INTELLIGENT AND SOCIALLY EXPOSED, AND WHEN PEOPLE LIKE ME CAMPAIGN ONLINE AGAINST THE EFFICACY OF RITUALS, THESE SET OF "WORTHLESS NIGERIANS" TELL ME TO SHUT UP AND COME TO THEIR VILLAGES TO SEE RITUALS IN ACTION. THEN, THEY GO ON TO SPREAD TALES THEY HEARD FROM SOMEONE WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE HEARD FROM SOMEONE ABOUT A CERTAIN RITUAL or CHARM THAT WORKED.

THEY BLINDLY DEFEND THESE STUPID BELIEFS OPENLY EVEN with ZERO EVIDENCE. SO TELL ME WHY MORE YOUTHS (AND NOW TEENS) WON'T CONTINUE VENTURING INTO KILLING INNOCENT KIDS AND YOUNG GIRLS OR EATING POO BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN ONE MYSTERY MONEY FROM NOWHERE.

PLEASE, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER, FIRSTLY AS ADULTS, AND SECONDLY AS EDUCATED PEOPLE.

THERE'S NO WAY IN THIS WORLD THAT YOU WILL MYSTERIOUSLY GAIN 1KOBO BY EATING YOUR POO OR KILLING ANOTHER PERSON, OR COLLECTING USED MENSTRUAL PADS. WE HAVE TO BE WISER AND STOP PEDDLING THESE IDĮOTIC TALES. ALMOST ALL JUJU PRIESTS ARE STARK POOR. ORGAN HARVESTERS KILL PEOPLE AND SELL THEIR ORGANS FOR AS LOW AS 5K BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO EARN FROM KILLING, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE MONEY RITUAL THING IS NONSENSE.

THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE MONEY INVOLVES ACTUAL WORK AND PHYSICAL PRACTICE. THERE IS NOTHING TO ACHIEVE FROM KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE ASIDES FROM MAKING YOURSELF A MURDERER, ENDING AN INNOCENT LIFE, AND THROWING FAMILIES INTO PAIN & ANGUISH.

THANK YOU.
Can’t the nation make a policy change and outlaw these witch doctors / herbalist, and some rogue churches? They are the oneS promulgating the false belief in money ritual.
PoliticsRe: Wike: Aircraft Abandoned By Amaechi In Germany, Retrieved, Repaired And Returned by owagbeba: 8:04am On Jan 26, 2022
Mom007:
Instead of selling it to scrap dealers... You throw good money after bad. Tueh!
Nigeria for you... Wasting funds on junk.
Bunch of goons masquerading as politicians
PoliticsRe: Wike: Aircraft Abandoned By Amaechi In Germany, Retrieved, Repaired And Returned by owagbeba: 7:59am On Jan 26, 2022
UCyril:
Too bad how can formal governor abandoned such an asset in Germany without informing the incoming govt for 10 years.
Amaechi need to answer some questions.
Probably weighed the cost of repair versus the welfare of his state... spending 4,000,000euro on a joyride is really foolhardy
PoliticsRe: Wike: Aircraft Abandoned By Amaechi In Germany, Retrieved, Repaired And Returned by owagbeba: 7:53am On Jan 26, 2022
SarkinYarki:
20 years old legacy 600 parked spoilt for 10 years to be repaired for almost 4 million dollars is a bad decision
Very bad decision, indeed. How many medium scale food processing plant can 4 million euros build in River state? We have tones of food going to waste. We can setup dehydrating plants, refrigerating centers and milling plants.

But we spend 4,000,000 euros repairing a private jet for a joy ride... TIA!
Foreign AffairsRe: A 'parthogenetic' Conflict - There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine by owagbeba(op): 11:21pm On Jan 25, 2022
The cherry on top...
Finally ... cold feet from NATO!

Sometimes I wonder why the EU lets themselves play vassal to the US. They must end this Western axis of evil... it really has to stop.

US creates wars and drag their European vassals into their wars.. this has to stop

Foreign AffairsRe: A 'parthogenetic' Conflict - There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine by owagbeba(op): 8:09pm On Jan 25, 2022
The icing on all the hysteria wink

Foreign AffairsRe: A 'parthogenetic' Conflict - There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine by owagbeba(op): 8:06pm On Jan 25, 2022
Again - those barracks were not built over night. They are long-term facilities. The 237th Tank Regiment is stationed in Valuyki and Soloti. It has 90+ tanks, 40+ infantry fighting vehicles, 18 howitzers, 8 mortars. It consists of three tank battalions, one mechanized battalion, one sniper company, one recon company, one self-propelled howitzer battalion and one air defence battalion.

All such units also have lots of trucks to carry the ammunition, fuel and other supplies they need. All together those vehicles are clearly sufficient to fill that large parking lot.

The pictures that were supposed to show a 'new Russian military buildup' only showed units in their regular barracks were they have been stationed for years.

None of the units seen in them is deployed in a build-up-to-war like manner.




Posted by b on January 25, 2022 at 14:38
www.moonofalabama.org
Foreign AffairsRe: A 'parthogenetic' Conflict - There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine by owagbeba(op): 8:05pm On Jan 25, 2022
shows parts of the 237th Tank Regiment near Soloti, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The picture is cropped so that it does not show the troop quarters which prove that the tanks are parked next to the unit's barracks where they belong during peacetime. Here is an uncropped image from Google maps:

Foreign AffairsRe: A 'parthogenetic' Conflict - There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine by owagbeba(op): 8:04pm On Jan 25, 2022
Another picture that was circulated widely to demonstrate that Russia is 'bolstering forces along Ukraine border' is this one:

Foreign AffairsRe: A 'parthogenetic' Conflict - There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine by owagbeba(op): 8:04pm On Jan 25, 2022
The picture shows parts of the regular storage area of the 144th Mechanized Division near Yelnya, Smolensk Oblast. The divisions was established in 2016-2017 on the basis of the former 28th Mechanized Brigade (Yekaterinburg).

This is a large formation with hundreds of vehicles. The division's forces include i.a. two mechanized regiments, one tank regiment, one recon battalion, one self-propelled artillery regiment, one anti-tank artillery battalion as well as supplementary forces.

Here is an uncropped picture of the whole area. It shows large size barracks at the top right and parking grounds for each of its subunits. The barracks roads and facilities were not built over night. The above picture was cropped to only show the lower middle part of the picture below.

Foreign AffairsRe: A 'parthogenetic' Conflict - There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine by owagbeba(op): 8:00pm On Jan 25, 2022
Based on such pictures Politico, for example, headlined on November 1:

Satellite images show new Russian military buildup near Ukraine
The deployments come as tension is rising between Moscow and the West.

New commercial satellite photos taken on Monday confirm recent reports that Russia is once again massing troops and military equipment on the border with Ukraine after a major buildup this spring.
The new images taken by Maxar Technologies and shared with POLITICO show a buildup of armored units, tanks and self-propelled artillery along with ground troops massing near the Russian town of Yelnya close to the border of Belarus. The units, which began moving in late September from other areas of Russia where they are normally based, include the elite 1st Guards Tank Army.

Yelnya is 250 kilometers (150 mi) north of the nearest Ukrainian border, not 'close' to it.

The piece included this picture:

Foreign AffairsRe: A 'parthogenetic' Conflict - There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine by owagbeba(op): 7:59pm On Jan 25, 2022
Here is more evidence that there is absolutely no indication of any Russian invasion of the Ukraine:

Mujtaba (Mij) Rahman @Mij_Europe - 14:36 UTC · Jan 24, 2022
Senior Elysée source tells me: “There is a kind of alarmism in Washington and London which we cannot understand. We see no immediate likelihood of Russian military action. We simply want our interpretation to be taken into account before a common western approach is agreed.”

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Richard Hadley @FranceVotes - 15:50 UTC · Jan 24, 2022
Replying to @Mij_Europe

Elysée briefed 'same' to @PhilippRicard (21 Jan @lemondefr): ‘France, like Germany, remain puzzled by USA & UK alarmism'. A source is quoted: 'We see same number of lorries, tanks and people. We observed same manoeuvres, but can't conclude offensive is imminent from all that.'

Yesterday the BBC interviewed the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov:

Some of our partners contribute to panic. This is beneficial to Russia - Danilov (machine translation)

Whether BBC News Ukraine asked the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov whether there is a reason for panic or whether the Russian invasion is so real today and what the Ukrainian authorities are doing.
...
BBC: What is happening near the Ukrainian borders? Is the number of troops increasing, are they maneuvering?
Alexei Danilov: The number of Russian troops is not increasing in the form in which many people paint today. Do they have maneuvers there - yes, but they were in them all the time. This is their territory, they have the right to move left and right there. Is it unpleasant for us? Yes, it's unpleasant, but it's not news to us. If this is news to someone in the West, I apologize.
Likewise Ukraine's Defense Minister via TASS:

Ukrainian defense minister sees no threat of Russian invasion in near future
Alexey Reznikov said that a scenario of a Russian attack in the near future was also unlikely

KIEV, January 25. /TASS/. Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov said early on Tuesday he had received no information so far indicating the possibility of Russia’s invasion of his country in the near future.
"As of today, the armed forces of Russia created no strike groups, indicating they were ready to launch an offensive tomorrow," he told Ukraine’s ICTV television channel, adding that a scenario of a Russian attack in the near future was also unlikely.

When asked about the likelihood of Russia attacking Ukraine on February 20, the final day of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the minister said the probability was "low."

And this military analysis via the Kiev Independent:

Center for Defense Strategies: How likely is large-scale war in Ukraine? (analysis)
Editor’s note: This is an analysis by the Center of Defense Strategies’ experts Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Alina Frolova, Oleksiy Pavliuchyk. It was originally published in Ukrainian by Ukrainska Pravda. The Kyiv Independent has translated it and is republishing it with permission.

How realistic is the scenario of a full-scale offensive into all or most of Ukraine in the near future?

At the moment, there are not enough Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders and no fully formed military groups needed to conduct a strategic offensive against Ukraine.

According to our estimates, supported by many of the indicators below, a large-scale general military operation can’t take place for at least the next two or three weeks.

As of Jan. 23, we do not observe the required formation of several hundred thousand troops, not only on the border with Ukraine, but also on Russian territory behind the front line.

Besides, we do not see the creation of strategic reserve units, nor the mobilization of the necessary connections and units on the basis of the centers for mobilization deployment.

Russian troops move mainly as battalion tactical groups (mechanized, tank and airborne troops) and tactical groups (artillery, multiple launch missile systems).

Russia hasn’t completed the formation of groups of troops in operational areas. It also hasn’t established and tested its wartime administration system.

If Russia was conducting preparations for a large-scale invasion, it would have been much more noticeable.

Therefore, what we currently have is the military threat posed by about 127,000 Russian servicemen along Ukraine’s borders, in the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine, and in Crimea. This number has not increased since April, and is not enough for a full-scale offensive.
...
How likely is an invasion in 2022?

In general, a large-scale Russian offensive operation against Ukraine in 2022 seems unlikely according to many indicators, even judging by purely military requirements.
...

The story of Russian preparations for an invasion of the Ukraine is made up from whole cloth.

It was peddled in early November with cropped satellite images which pretended that equipment parked next to regular long term Russian barracks was newly moved there in preparation of a war
Foreign AffairsA 'parthogenetic' Conflict - There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine by owagbeba(op): 7:59pm On Jan 25, 2022
www.moonofalabama.org

With regards to the completely made up story of the 'imminent Russian invasion' of the Ukraine a commentator remarked to me:

What we are seeing is a 'parthogenetic' conflict/war/crisis. A first - to my recollection.
Indeed - the virgin birth of a conflict in which there is no enemy.

There is no threat of a Russian invasion of the Ukraine now or in the foreseeable future. Despite that today's New York Times has put no less than four 'invasion' stories at the top of its homepage.

Foreign AffairsRe: In Pictures: Ukraine On Edge Amid Fears Of A Russian Invasion by owagbeba: 3:09pm On Jan 25, 2022
owagbeba:
No threat of immediate Russian attack on Ukraine – EU



https://www.rt.com/russia/547261-no-threat-invasion-ukraine/
Russia may not be poised to invade Ukraine – Pentagon

Foreign AffairsRe: In Pictures: Ukraine On Edge Amid Fears Of A Russian Invasion by owagbeba: 2:00pm On Jan 25, 2022
No threat of immediate Russian attack on Ukraine – EU



https://www.rt.com/russia/547261-no-threat-invasion-ukraine/

Foreign AffairsRe: U.S. - Iran Conflict: Views From Tehran by owagbeba(op): 11:37pm On Jan 22, 2022
Theworldisvanity:
Summarize then
Just curious... Not viewable on your browser? it's a YouTube video. You can follow the link to watch if it’s not playing on your browser. Watch on YouTube app
Foreign AffairsRe: Putin To Encircle Europe With Massive War Games Alongside China & Iran (Pix,Vid) by owagbeba: 11:29pm On Jan 22, 2022
Even German’s navy chief, who is resigning, thinks the “Russia deserves the security guarantee she seeks.”

Speaking at an event organized by an Indian think tank in New Delhi on Friday, the vice-admiral dismissed as “nonsense” the notion that Russia was “interested in having a small and tiny strip of Ukraine soil and integrating it into their country.”

Schoenbach went on to claim that what President Putin wanted was the West to “respect” Russia, adding that “it is easy to give him the respect he really demands — and probably also deserves.” Addressing the issue of Crimea, the German Navy commander opined that the “peninsula is gone” and “will never come back — this is a fact.”


The ruling elites in the west are so drunk in their own propaganda that they shun any manner of truth told to them.

Foreign AffairsRe: U.S. - Iran Conflict: Views From Tehran by owagbeba(op): 11:20pm On Jan 22, 2022
Fortune118005:
The views should be expressed in written form please
You mean transcribe? It’s quite a lengthy chat between Steven and marandi. I really don’t have the time tonight to do this.

Hmm... may be you can help the NL community with a transcript.
Foreign AffairsU.S. - Iran Conflict: Views From Tehran by owagbeba(op): 11:16pm On Jan 22, 2022
For those interested in knowing the facts of this on-going tussle between the United States of America and Iran, here is a view from the Iranian side.

University of Tehran Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi explains the JCPOA, western sanctions against Iran and Iranians as well as Iran’s response to US military threats on BBC HardTalk.

This highlights American tactics when involved in negotiations. They really don’t stick to agreement.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhPulDEbEmY
Foreign AffairsRe: Putin To Encircle Europe With Massive War Games Alongside China & Iran (Pix,Vid) by owagbeba: 12:53pm On Jan 22, 2022
Andrei’s view on this discussion
Thesaker

A few absolutely CRUCIAL reminders:

Russia neither wants nor has any reason at all to invade country 404, with all its intellectuals already long gone (most of them in Russia, low qualified refugees when to clean EU toilets), its deindustrialized wastelands, its many neo-Nazis and zero natural resources (they already sold it all). In fact, most Russians are categorically opposed to any such intervention.

The only thing which could force Russia to use her ground forces would be a successful (and rather unlikely) Ukrainian invasion of the LDNR. Russia currently does have the forces needed for such a counter-attack in her western regions. She does not have the size of force needed to occupy the Ukraine.
Russia has the means to defang the Ukie military using only standoff weapons, Russian military experts believe that such an operation would take a week or even less.
In other words, the notion of a Russian ground operation to take Kiev is total, hallucinatory, nonsense. Ditto for the idiotic idea that Russia must invade in February before the frozen ground turns into dirt (Russian ground forces have no problems operating or fighting with dirt, snowmelts or any other natural phenomenon between -50C to +50C). That is exactly the kind of crap McFaul always spews (with this uniquely paranoid eyes and freaked-out facial expression).

But the fact that McFaul is a drooling idiot does not mean that he does not have access to what is going on behind the scenes.
Foreign AffairsRe: Hundreds Injured & Killed In Saudi Strikes by owagbeba(op): 12:21pm On Jan 22, 2022
CandyOps:
Do me I do you. God no go vex

There are rules of engagement but then nothing is fair in love and war.
When a western ally does it... it’s fair game.
Now imagine if this bombing was by Iran or Russia, the west and their media gang will harp on this till their kingdom come. They will setup war crimes commission. The howling from the west will be endless.

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