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obainojazz:
Ladies and Gentlemen…. This man is in Canada, the land where you vote who you want and it won’t affect your job prospects. 🫢

It's quite shameful.

CrystalTiger:
Does Gbajabiamila even stay in Abuja at all?..Like what's his job?

If it's not leaks, it'll be another mess up that he as CoS should have been on top of..

I've always felt Fashola will be a better CoS

afrodoc2:
Denying your opposition political appointments is one thing, being incompetent and tone-deaf enough to initially offer your opposition the job before then withdrawing the offer is next level comical.

It's an embarrassment.

Say no to all forms of terrorism and disruption of civilized society

:
Dear Nigerians, do you know Houthi rebels are the reason you had a poor internet network today?

Walk with me as I explain.

Before now, a lot of Nigerians probably might not have heard about the Houthi rebels, a ragtag militia, and a religious terrorist group from Yemen.

Even though the majority of Nigerians have not heard of these guys before, this ragtag militia is the reason why poor internet connection crippled the whole country today, which also affected the banking network as well.

Houthi is an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Yemen.

They are in the same WhatsApp group with Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen.

Even though they are fighting in the name of Islam, the global headquarters of Islam, Saudi Arabia, hates them with passion because they are Shia by faith, which is from Iran.

Iran practices what is known as the Shia brand of Islam.

Saudi Arabia's brand of Islam is Sunni.

This is akin to Christianity, where you have Anglicans, Catholics, and Pentecostals, even though we worship the same God.

The only difference between Houthi, Boko Haram, and ISIS is that while Boko Haram and ISIS practice the Wahhabi movement of Sunni Islam, Houthi are Shia, but their ideologies are the same.

These Houthi guys once fought a guerrilla war with Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia received significant support from the US, but they were unable to defeat this Rag militia team from Yemen.

This time around, Houthi rebels are on the Red Sea, waging war against global commerce by attacking ships and vessels carrying containers and goods from the far east, disrupting the global supply chain.

But they are not satisfied with attacking commercial ships alone; they have graduated to attacking underground cables under the Red Sea that came all the way from Europe.

I know you will be wondering what the underground cable in the Red Sea has to do with your internet.

It is simple.

For MTN or Airtel to provide internet connections to their customers in Nigeria, this has to happen.

Internet infrastructure companies had to run submarine cable, known as fibre optic cable, all the way from Europe to Nigeria.

These fibre optic cables are routed through the sea all the way from Europe through the Red Sea down to the Atlantic Ocean in Lagos or Akwa Ibom, which serves as the landing point.

At the moment, we have 7 submarines with cable internet in Nigeria, and they are

Submarine cables owned by Natcom Development and Investment Limited, trading as ntel (former NITEL), have a capacity of 800 gigabits.

MainOne cable, with a capacity of 10 terabits, and Glo-1 or Globacom-1 cable, owned by Globacom Limited, with a capacity of 2.5 terabits.

Others are the African Coast to Europe submarine cable by the Dolphin consortium, which includes Dolphin Telecom, Orange, MTN, and others, with a total capacity of 12.8 terabits;

West African Cable System by MTN, with a capacity of 14.5 terabits;

Nigeria-Cameroon Submarine Cable System, owned by Cameroon Telecommunications (CAMTEL), in partnership with MainOne, with a capacity of 12.8 terabits, and Equiano, owned by Google LLC and the West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC), with a capacity of 100 terabits.

The latest is Meta’s 2Africa subsea cable, which is expected to land in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Akwa Ibom. At 45,000 kilometres long, the 2Africa submarine cable will be one of the world’s largest subsea cable projects and will interconnect Europe (eastward via Egypt), Asia (via Saudi Arabia), and Africa. It is expected to go live before the end of 2023, delivering more than the total combined capacity of all subsea cables currently serving Africa, with a design capacity of up to 180 terabytes per second (Tbps).

2Africa owned by MTN is said to be the longest underwater cable in the world, passing through three continents and 33 countries, several of which are in Africa.

What these submarine cables do is power the internet we use in Nigeria.

Let me break it down.

Funks Opeke is the founder of Main One Cable, and this internet infrastructure company that Funke founded ran their submarine cable through the same Red Sea from Europe.

So the business they do with the internet they generate is sell it to offtakers and customers like banks, big businesses in Lagos that consume internet data on a large scale, and then telecom companies.

MTN used to buy bulk data from Main-One, which they sold to their customers before they ran their own submarine cable.

Seeing how vital these submarine cables are to our civilization, Houthi rebels have been attacking these submarine cables that passed through the Red Sea,close to Yemen, where they are in charge.

Unfortunately, these guys attacked the submarine cable that powers the internet in Nigeria, which crashed the internet gateway not only in Nigeria but also throughout all of West Africa.

And these Houthi terrorists have vowed they will not stop the sabotage until Israel declares a ceasefire in Gaza.

Now ask me: What is my business with Gaza and Israel?

The answer is globalisation.

This is a stark reminder of how globalisation affects all of us.

Our world is too large and vast, and at the same time,

We are too interconnected and interdependent.

This is why what happened in faraway Yemen today had a ripple effect on Nigerians, even though Yemen is thousands of kilometres away from Nigeria.

The other side of globalisation, which we don’t discuss well enough,.

(In the picture, you can see what a submarine cable looks like under the sea.)

Chukwudi Iwuchukwu

Ibime:
Say no to all forms of terrorism and disruption of civilized society

Okpa go still use his unstable network to counter this post and blame Israel & their supporters in the west

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao like Abubakar Atiku Bagudu isn't a minister 😮‍💨

Apple and orange, as usual.

Bagudu and Tinubu were there when APC was formed. He was trusted by Tinubu and may be more loyal to the renewed hope mission.

BlueRayDick:
Okpa go still use his unstable network to counter this post and blame Israel & their supporters in the west

BlueRayDick:
Ur post history on this thread prior to yesterday's discussion says otherwise. But then , it's ur prerogative to comment on any discussion u fancy.

I've never even heard of the Ruby lady prior to her nomination and subsequent withdrawn nomination. Goodluck to those that nominated her and withdrew the nomination.

Exactly, I have the right to comment on anything of interest. I like exposing frauds, be it footballers or politicians.

Ruby may still have soft spot for Obi and not put her body on the line for the success of Tinubu's government as required.

Emefiele also have impressive professional profile, yet, he brought the country to her knees because of selfish interest.

Tinubu must be very careful as his 4 years may soon clock. Nobody would remember that he appointed Obidients into his government after 4 years with nothing tangible to show.

Ibime:
Say no to all forms of terrorism and disruption of civilized society

This was my first thought, but the houthis damaged cables last week or before.

I am not sure this particular damage is tied to them, especially as no provider has made the claim that the damaged cables were in the red Sea.

Ibime:
Say no to all forms of terrorism and disruption of civilized society

Fibre optic cables routed from Europe to the Atlantic Ocean through the Red Sea?

Hmmmm 🤔

airmark:
Apple and orange, as usual.

Bagudu and Tinubu were there when APC was formed. He was trusted by Tinubu and may be more loyal to the renewed hope mission.

Read what you wrote again😁

liveLongNprospa:
Read what you wrote again😁

Nothing to read as there's no proof that Bagudu is Emefiele.

airmark:
Nothing to read as there's no proof that Bagudu is Emefiele.

What do you think it means to sabotage a government?

liveLongNprospa:
What do you think it means to sabotage a government?

That's a foolish question. No offense.

airmark:
That's a foolish question. No offense.

It's because you don't have the mind to answer the question.
Show workings with your reply egbon😁

airmark:
Exactly, I have the right to comment on anything of interest. I like exposing frauds, be it footballers or politicians.

Ruby may still have soft spot for Obi and not put her body on the line for the success of Tinubu's government as required.

Emefiele also have impressive professional profile, yet, he brought the country to her knees because of selfish interest.

Tinubu must be very careful as his 4 years may soon clock. Nobody would remember that he appointed Obidients into his government after 4 years with nothing tangible to show.

😂😂😂

What of Bosun Tijani that insulted Tinubu in the past ? Hope u know he got a ministerial nominee despite rubbishing Tinubu's power grabbing philosophy . He had to kowtow before his ministerial nomination was confirmed .

I believe u didn't have internet service to call out Bosun as at that time for being a fraud who has tendency of bringing the country to its knees . Lmao

The following should be noted on this Ruby onwudiwe matter :

The article originally appeared in western post.ng,which I cannot link to. Westernpost.ng. Appears to be offline.

Googling western post Nigeria also brings up a second link westernpostnigeria.com which is going but is four years old.

Only Premiumtimes and the cable have reported this matter but have tactically stated that the info is from the western post article. No one else appears to have independently reported on this matter.

None of the major papers have reported this. All other reports are Tinubu pushing for her nomination to go through

The sole source of this report is westernpost.ng

Google Ruby onwudiwe for yourself

No one else appears to have independently reported this. The original report was from westernpost.ng, which appears to be offline at the moment and which does not show any other articles in a Google search

Edit - I am now able to access western post.ng,but all articles on the homepage are hanging. Maybe too many visitors or it is a dns attack

Nigerians have till may 2026 to get anything from tinubu. After That, it's officially campaign season till 2027 elections.

This is almost 1 year in and yet nothing😁

BlueRayDick:
😂😂😂

What of Bosun Tijani that insulted Tinubu in the past ? Hope u know he got a ministerial nominee despite rubbishing Tinubu's power grabbing philosophy . He had to kowtow before his ministerial nomination was confirmed .

I believe u didn't have internet service to call out Bosun as at that time for being a fraud who has tendency of bringing the country to its knees . Lmao

Maybe Bosun's eyes later cleared as he publicly apologised for his gaffes and pledged his loyalty to Tinubu's government.

I still saw Onwudiwe's posts on Twitter yesterday and we don't even know what they have asked her to do behind the screen to assure of her loyalty to the government and she refused.

One thing is, Tinubu is a forgiving politician, which is good but he needs to be wary of all these 'Rubbies' that may still be loyal to Obi and his pull-Tinubu-down movement.

GloriousGbola:
The following should be noted on this Ruby onwudiwe matter :

The article originally appeared in western post.ng,which I cannot link to. Westernpost.ng. Appears to be offline.

Googling western post Nigeria also brings up a second link westernpostnigeria.com which is going but is four years old.

Only Premiumtimes and the cable have reported this matter but have tactically stated that the info is from the western post article

None of the major papers have reported this. All other reports are Tinubu pushing for her nomination to go through

The sole source of this report is westernpost.ng

Google Ruby onwudiwe for yourself

No one else appears to have independently reported this. The original report was from westernpost.ng, which appears to be offline at the moment and which does not show any other articles in a Google search

There is no smoke without fire . If somebody reported it, then it means there's already an ongoing decision on that.

If Tinubu ends up pushing for her confirmation and she accepts it, then we would know those moving against her in the presidency bowed to pressure and let her be like Bosun was allowed to apologize and accept his ministerial nomination.

However , if her nomination is withdrawn as reported in the news article , then we know what we know .

It's not as if she will be the first person whose nomination was withdrawn in this government na .

airmark:
Maybe Bosun's eyes later cleared as he publicly apologised for his gaffes and pledged his loyalty to Tinubu's government.

I still saw Onwudiwe's posts on Twitter yesterday and we don't even know what they have asked her to do behind the screen to assure of her loyalty to the government and she refused.

One thing is, Tinubu is a forgiving politician, which is good but he needs to be wary of all these 'Rubbies' that may still be loyal to Obi and his pull-Tinubu-down movement.

A lot of if's and maybe's in ur post ; But I understand where u are coming from

liveLongNprospa:
It's because you don't have the mind to answer the question.
Show workings with your reply egbon😁

If I ask you such question, I am calling you a fool already.

BlueRayDick:
A lot of if's and maybe's in ur post ; But I understand where u are coming from

Well, if the table turns I won't berate Obi for not appointing an Apc supporter to the CBN board.

I ain't an hypocrite.

BlueRayDick:
There is no smoke without fire . If somebody reported it, then it means there's already an ongoing decision on that.

If Tinubu ends up pushing for her confirmation and she accepts it, then we would know those moving against her in the presidency bowed to pressure and let her be like Bosun was allowed to apologize and accept his ministerial nomination.

However , if her nomination is withdrawn as reported in the news article , then we know what we know .

It's not as if she will be the first person whose nomination was withdrawn in this government na .

Let us watch, wait and see.

airmark:
If I ask you such question, I am calling you a fool already.

Lmao. Bros answer the question or free it😁

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao. Bros answer the question or free it😁

Oga, silence is the best answer to a foolish question. I even replied it.

airmark:
Maybe Bosun's eyes later cleared as he publicly apologised for his gaffes and pledged his loyalty to Tinubu's government.

I still saw Onwudiwe's posts on Twitter yesterday and we don't even know what they have asked her to do behind the screen to assure of her loyalty to the government and she refused.

One thing is, Tinubu is a forgiving politician, which is good but he needs to be wary of all these 'Rubbies' that may still be loyal to Obi and his pull-Tinubu-down movement.

Tinubu is a forgiving politician keh nai make am sack Babatunde Irukera because he supported Osibanjo lowkey.
Someone who was one of the finest civil servants we had😁

Bayer Leverkusen vs Liverpool

Arsenal vs Real Madrid

🔥🔥🔥🔥
🙏🙏🙏🙏

liveLongNprospa:
Tinubu is a forgiving politician keh nai make am sack Babatunde Irukera because he supported Osibanjo lowkey.
Someone who was one of the finest civil servants we had😁

It's always funny watching people lie to themselves and seeing that they actually believe it.

BlueRayDick:
There is no smoke without fire . If somebody reported it, then it means there's already an ongoing decision on that.

If Tinubu ends up pushing for her confirmation and she accepts it, then we would know those moving against her in the presidency bowed to pressure and let her be like Bosun was allowed to apologize and accept his ministerial nomination.

However , if her nomination is withdrawn as reported in the news article , then we know what we know .

It's not as if she will be the first person whose nomination was withdrawn in this government na .

Very Bad Optics.
Bosun ( Yoruba & Male) gets off scott free.
Ruby (Igbo & Female) Punished..

I hope Tinubu doesn't allow this to happen, common naw... Bosun actually did and said far worse, this lady did absolutely nothing but vote her choice.

Olowunl01:
Very Bad Optics.
Bosun ( Yoruba & Male) gets off scott free.
Ruby (Igbo & Female) Punished..

I hope Tinubu doesn't allow this to happen, common naw... Bosun actually did and said far worse, this lady did absolutely nothing but vote her choice.

The optics doesn't look good at all. Let's wait and see what decision Tinubu will take eventually; the buck stops at his table.

Those who did the work should be allowed to eat, optics and merit be damned.

The only reason Bosun was allowed to eat wasn't that Tinubu is some forgiving politician, it's because way before then Bosun had already sworn fealty and kissed the ring, the way he's moved post-appointment is further proof of that...that senatorial screening wasn't his baptism of fire.

The particular CBN position in question is the South East's slot, so they'd most likely be replacing her with some other South Easterner that's less Obidient (probably a full-blown cornvict) and accepting to the powers that be.