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CrimeRe: Edwin Mbaeyi's Palace Set On Fire By Imo Youths by ProfDumbledor(m): 11:16pm On Sep 12, 2017
sarrki:
That's ipob miscreants for you
Ewu awusa like u.
PoliticsRe: The Current State Of Onicha Ugbo Federal Road In Delta State (pictures) by ProfDumbledor(m): 9:18pm On Sep 09, 2017
ipobarecriminals:
undecided talk to kanu,he is ur potopoto republic. president
#ipobhatingwillkilllu
PoliticsRe: IPOB Clashes With Soldiers At Isigate, Umuahia... Happening Now by ProfDumbledor(m): 8:18pm On Sep 04, 2017
40kobo77:
Yes i concur.

They think war is a joke. They think live bullets is like in the movies.

They will know. I blame Buhari for all this rubbish. Instead of him to lock Kanu up,and use the federal might to shutdown any agitation from those separatist parading as IPOB,he is still looking at them.

Cut off the head of the Snake,and you will see the other cowards run into their shops at 9th mile,and they will never show their faces again.
See painment. Chai! Ndoo!
PoliticsRe: Okorocha Bans Keke Napep In Owerri, Replaces Them With 2000 Wagons (Photos) by ProfDumbledor(m): 10:43pm On Aug 31, 2017
naturalman:
keep quiet......

Obiano and ikpeazu are the biggest fraudsters


Richbound automobile..... fraud
Anambra airport.....fraud
Nnewi and awka shopping mall....fraud
Onitsha and agulu lake resort....... fraud
$7.5billion investment...... fraud
ugu export worth $5m ....fraud
No dualized road
No project started and completed by obiano...
only the fake awka bridge..
Obiango is a total disaster to Anambra state..
I won't dignity your stupidity and pettiness but I will advise my Igbo brothers n sisters not to reply this Yoruba traitor trying to cause bad blood among us with his posts. Your plan is already failing.
BusinessRe: Naira Declines To 370 As Forex Liquidity Drops by ProfDumbledor(m): 6:06pm On Aug 28, 2017
PMB is back and guess what? crises, poverty, inflation and forex nosedive.
TravelRe: Lagos "Least Liveable" Ranking Hard To Believe –foreign Residents In Nigeria by ProfDumbledor(m): 7:04pm On Aug 27, 2017
Punch doing damage control with fake news. Lagos deserves the ranking, period. Which liveable city in the world will one wake up and start going to work by 4am, when the work actually starts by 8.30am? What is worse than that?
Foreign AffairsRe: Donald Trump Bombarded With Insults By Twitter Followers (Pics) by ProfDumbledor(m): 9:35pm On Aug 21, 2017
parisbookaddict:
did obama create jobs, yes. did he bailout the auto industry, yes.
what has that got to do with the argument.


The Original Post suggested that trump had little or nothing to do with the 1 million jobs created since he took office. An easily disputable lie. Even weeks before his inauguration he had already negotiated over 20 thousand jobs, he was even in talks with softbank which pledged billions in new investments in america. He threaten companies leaving the US with tariffs and higher taxes , he also named and shamed them, which led to many of them cancelling their plans to relocate.
He pledged to remove obamacare fines/taxes which was a burden to small businesses, he removed unnecessary obama era regulations, he pledged to reduce cooprate tax from 30 to 15 percent all of which had the intended side effect to building business confidence in the US and encourage new investments. that is why 1 million new jobs suddenly appeared in 7 months which beat all economic forecasts.


by the way obama simply gave the auto industry billions in bail out funds which made america go further into debt. it saved further job losses and did not necessarily create significant number of new jobs. it appears you dont know much of what you are saying.
Yarn dem make dem learn
Foreign AffairsRe: Donald Trump Bombarded With Insults By Twitter Followers (Pics) by ProfDumbledor(m): 9:32pm On Aug 21, 2017
AZeD1:
Educate yourself fake Prof

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-jobs-20170703-htmlstory.html


https://www.thebalance.com/jobs-report-monthly-employment-growth-statistics-3305732

If you want the break down, that's the link. Trump has a lot to do before he catches Obama........
Like I said before, I will take you serious when u come up with reports from neutral financial reporting outlets like WSJ, Blomberg, Financial Times and not fakes news media. I have given u one already from WSJ to educate your ignorant self.
Foreign AffairsRe: Donald Trump Bombarded With Insults By Twitter Followers (Pics) by ProfDumbledor(m): 9:26pm On Aug 21, 2017
AZeD1:
Educate yourself fake Prof

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-jobs-20170703-htmlstory.html


https://www.thebalance.com/jobs-report-monthly-employment-growth-statistics-3305732

If you want the break down, that's the link. Trump has a lot to do before he catches Obama........
Kindly read Wall street journal, a reputable authority in economy, jobs and wall street transaction. Stop quoting Liberal biased news like LATimes owned by liberal democrats.
http://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/june-jobs-report-labor-wages-employment-analysis
Foreign AffairsRe: Donald Trump Bombarded With Insults By Twitter Followers (Pics) by ProfDumbledor(m): 8:01pm On Aug 21, 2017
AZeD1:
For the record, Trump has added the lowest amount of jobs in recent history.
As for the Economy, please don't compare Trump and Obama...Obama became President during 2008, the period of the last world financial crisis and saved the American economy.
Where is your 'record'? Pls use your Google.
Foreign AffairsRe: Donald Trump Bombarded With Insults By Twitter Followers (Pics) by ProfDumbledor(m): 7:58pm On Aug 21, 2017
JUHABACH:
smh. all of trump's economic success is literally what he INHERITED from obama. Pls name ONE economic policy trump has put in place.
Obama inherited literally the worst economic mess since the great depression.
http://www.factcheck.org/2017/01/what-president-trump-inherits/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/feb/17/did-donald-trump-inherit-mess/

same with the job numbers which he called fake as a candidate but is suddenly touting them.

also his isis strategy is literally the same as obama ' s which was already succeeding before trump took office and tried taking credit .
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-strategy-defeat-isis-obama-2017-7?IR=T
http://www.newsweek.com/how-defeat-isis-donald-trump-secret-plan-barack-obama-literally-exactly-same-632368

lol. keep being delusional. coal jobs ARE NOT coming back. the one s that did where already on their way back since the Obama administration.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/pruitt-epa-coal-jobs-exaggerate/529311/
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/02/531255253/fact-check-is-president-trump-correct-that-coal-mines-are-opening


North korea tamed? wow. your delusions are much stronger than I thought.

please provide DEFINITE PROOF that the u.s. military has gotten stronger under trump.

trade is a complex issue but trump just like you appears not to understand that fact so I won't even bother.

MS 13 decapitated? since when. besides, trump by his words and actions has emboldened racists and brought about a serious concern on domestic terrorism so... not a good job.


seriously bruh, not an insult but get your facts straight before you comment. don't be a trump.
You are quoting liberal news outlets who are hell bent on pulling Trump down with fake numbers and reporting. When u quote real wall street news outlets like wall street journal, Bloomberg n then US labour department, I will take you serious on jobs n economy. By cutting all the suffocative business regulations instituted by clueless Oboza (sorry Obama) and negotiating better trade deals, Trump was able to do the magic.
Foreign AffairsRe: Donald Trump Bombarded With Insults By Twitter Followers (Pics) by ProfDumbledor(m): 8:01pm On Aug 20, 2017
HungerBAD:
The guy is a joke.

To the writer below(Sarrki) i respect your views about the Nigerian Factors, but praising Donald Trump in anyway is a no-go. What exactly has he done for the American people?aside swearing in the Supreme Court Judge?aside spewing hate from the podium day in, and day out?

The people that said Jonathan was clueless about what Governance , need to study Trump. This man is a clueless as Pinky in the Pinky and the Brain Cartoon Series and a very divisive man.

I am happy to call him a racist, and the racist word is not something i use lightly.
Typical dunce. Your arrogance in the midst of your ignorance is regrettable. For your knowledge, Trump has achieved in 6months what Obama couldn't in 8yrs. US economy has grown by 2.6%, 1.1million real jobs have bn added, border security is stronger than ever, ISIS defeated in Irag and almost in Syria, coal n mining industries, have reopened, unemployment rate reduced to 4.4% for the first time in a very long while, North Korea has been tamed, US military strengthened, trade deficits reduced with better trade negotiations, dreaded MS- 13 decapitated and so on.
TravelRe: NNEWI - The Small Town Of The Super Rich By Forbes Magazine by ProfDumbledor(m): 12:46pm On Aug 11, 2017
MayorofLagos:
This is the foundation for the article. Everything here is embellished and spawn in falsehood.

The first Nigerian billiionaire was a shipping magnate by name Henry Fajemirokun. The first to own RollsRoyce was Kano Emirate, followed by Fajemirokun. Sir Ojukwu never had a Rolls.
Kindly click the following links to educate your ignorant and jealous self. Yoruba behave like main stream media (msm- CNN, ABC, NytTimes, Wapo, NBC) in America who think and boast they are the only people who have the right to tell the masses the truth, when in the factual sense, they do the opposite with fake news.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Odumegwu_Ojukwu

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/05/08/in-quest-of-perpetuity-the-ojukwu-nigerians-didnt-know/

http://dailymail.com.ng/when-queen-elizabeth-ii-visited-nigeria-in-1952-they-borrowed-this-rolls-royce-silver-wraith-lwb-from-sir-louis-ojukwu/
http://millionaire.ng/wow-4-billion-dollar-man-sir-louis-ojukwu-2/
PoliticsRe: FG Uncovers 60,000 Ghost Workers, Says Osinbajo by ProfDumbledor(m): 7:16pm On Jul 01, 2017
LasgidiOnline:
No fewer than 60,000 ghost workers have been uncovered by the Federal Government since the introduction of the bank verification number (BVN), according to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.

Osinbajo was giving an update on government’s war on corruption at the 5th Annual Christopher Kolade Lecture on Business Integrity in Lagos on Thursday night.

This is almost twice the 33,000 figure given by Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun in October last year.

The minister said at the time that the removal of the names of the 33000 ghost workers from payrolls of federal government’s ministries, departments and agencies had helped in reducing the wage bill from N166billion to N142billion.

The acting president did not say on Thursday how much government now saves with the uncovering of the 60000 ghost workers.

But he said the closure of over 20, 000 government bank accounts and the introduction of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) has brought a great deal of sanity into handling of public funds.

Also yielding positive results, according to him, are ‘’getting all our armed forces personnel on the electronic human resource payroll to prevent scams in the service,’’ and the whistleblower policy.

Osinbajo said the Buhari admnistration would not relent in the anti-corruption war, although he stressed that the war was better fought by preventing it than trying to recover stolen funds.

He cited the $15billion arms funds allegedly stolen during the Jonathan presidency and the frustrations government currently faces in recovering stolen funds stashed abroad.

His words: “In our investigations into defence spending, we discovered 15 billion dollars unaccounted for, with no guarantee that we will ever be able to recover it.

“You can imagine the damage done by that corrupt act.

“You need to engage forensic consultants and hire other experts; even then, you will only have some hope of recovering some of what has been lost.”

On repatriating stolen money from abroad, he said: “Many countries are reluctant to return proceeds of corruption by introducing legal obstacles of different kinds to ensure that we do not get back the money.

“There is a long list of ‘what if’ – what if we were able to do something or invest even half of that money in economic or infrastructure projects before it disappeared?

“If some of that money went into boosting our reserves, our exchange rate will not be where it is today; so there lies evidence that corruption is cheaper to prevent than to cure”.

The acting president said that the negative impact of corruption on human lives and development could never be fully reversible.

Osinbajo urged Nigerians neither to condone corruption nor celebrate those indulging in it.

“Corruption is the robbery of the wealth of the nation, and thieves exist in every tribe or religion,’’ he said.

Osinbajo said that the Federal Government would continually seek ways to make it harder for government funds to be stolen or diverted.

“The solution really is to ensure stiffer control to prevent fraud and corruption,” he said.

Osinbajo said that the presidency would ensure close working relationship with the judiciary and ensure that the judiciary itself “is free of corruption to successfully prevent corruption”.

“We will not succeed in preventing corruption to a significant extent unless the acts of corruption are met with appropriate levels of sanctions and deterrence,” he said.

The acting president described Kolade as an outstanding man of integrity in both the public and private sectors.

Dr Christopher Kolade is a former Director General of the old Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC),ex-Managing Director of Cadbury Nigeria PLC and former Nigerian High Commissioner to London.

The lecture was entitled: “Prevention is Better than Cure Even on the Issue of Corruption’’.

It was organised by the Integrity Organisation Ltd., an anti-corruption, research and advocacy organisation.

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State said that corruption had collapsed businesses and societies.

Ambode, represented by his deputy, Dr Idiat Adebule, said that more measures should be put in place to prevent corruption.

The governor described Kolade as a man who had not compromised standards, saying that the lecture in his honour would contribute to value reorientation for sustainable prosperity.

In his remarks, Kolade said: “It is sad that we have made integrity our enemy which is why this administration is trying to fight corruption, but preventing it is better than curing it.

“My prayer for this country is that we will actually get to a point where we intensify our energies to apply prevention rather than looking for a cure that we ourselves dilute by our own behaviour.

“We all need to continue to build the good name of this country by securing a firm place for integrity as our way of life and norm in our communities.’’

In his keynote address, Mr Nick Leeson, an international speaker, said that integrity and good name would attract investors, development and growth to any business.

“It is very easy to get another job, but not easy to get another reputation.

“We, therefore, need to be careful and prevent anything that can soil good name or integrity,” Leeson said.

Dr Kehinde Bolaji, Team Leader, United Nations Development Programme, also said that preventing corruption was easier than addressing its consequences.

“Corruption steals resources, hinders development and threatens democracy and the rule of law.

“In Nigeria, the level of corruption calls for concern which is why our organisation is working closely with the government in its anti-corruption crusade to promote transparency, integrity and good governance,” Bolaji said.

http://www.lasgidionline.com.ng/2017/07/fg-uncovers-60000-ghost-workers-says.html

lalasticlala
Is Buhari's name on that list? Until I see his name as number one on the list, I will not believe this charade of ghost worker purge by our incompetent Adeosun.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria’s Problems Started With Awo’s Introduction Of Tribal Politics — Unongo by ProfDumbledor(m): 1:49pm On Jun 26, 2017
Guestlander:
Absolute nonsense, Awolowo knew Azikiwe more than any average Yoruba man at the time. Azikiwe as a Newspaper editor was a tribal champion who used his newspaper to promote ibo superiority over Yoruba in particular.
Why would such a man even want to lead Yoruba? Thank God Nigerians were not very informed at that period, even Time magazine refered to him as a demagogue.
Can you give us screen shot or link to his newspaper publication where he used it to promote Igbo superiority? Fact is fact, deal with it okay.
Jobs/VacanciesRe: 2017 NDDC Foreign Msc And PhD Scholarship by ProfDumbledor(m): 2:03am On Jun 26, 2017
niyogeol:
Congratulations to those who have received the invite. For those yet to receive, just keep calm, yours will definitely come.

I want to believe so much has been said on this platform as regards the format of the test. For the engineering guys, practice with indianbix. Geoscience - physcical geology by plummer will come handy. Environmnetal science - from chemistry to biology to physics to geography. Just read up.

Regardless of the failings of NDDC in paying scholars promptly, the scholarship is still a golden opportunity to be educated outside the shores of Nigeria. Give it your very best. It will bring life changing opportunity to some people.

Note that this aptitude test is only one part of the assessment that make up the entire scholarship process. The higher you score, the brighter your chance of getting it. Another important factor is the correlation between your first degree and your proposed degree. This is one factor applicants over look and have paid darely for. I have seen people score so high in the test but end up not getting it because of lack of correlation in their courses.


Regardless of how people will want to paint this scheme as lacking in merit and credibility, I must say that such can't be totally written off, but there is to a large extent regard for merit. Ensure you give it your best, and let whatever faith you believe in work out the rest for you.

On a final note - ensure you don't delete the text message (invite) you were sent, as the codes and numbers stated in it will come handy during the interview process. You will need to fill them on a form you will be given during the oral interview.

Wishing all invitees great success.
What about life/biomedical sciences? What do we read?
PoliticsRe: Igbo Man Makes Clothes For Almajiris In Kano For Sallah (Photos) by ProfDumbledor(m): 3:46am On Jun 24, 2017
Angelanest:
An Igbo man has been hailed by northerners for his selfless act towards the 'Almajiris'/Hausa beggars in Kano state following the tension between the Igbos and the Arewas in the northern part of the country. According to a report, the Igbo man gathered about 30 children (Almajiris) yesterday at his shop in order to sew new clothes for them for free to celebrate the coming Sallah Eid festivity.

Read what was shared by Abdullahi Adamu Dikko on Facebook;

ACCEPTING THE SIMILARITIES AND RESPECTING THE DIFFERENCES
This shop with no. 129 is owned by an igbo man in Sabon Gari market in kano, he is the one that is sitting on a chair inside the shop, he is a neighbor to my friend.

Yesterday he gathered 30 children (almajiris) and called a tailor to measure their sizes and take their name's, tell them to come back on next Saturday and collect new clothes of their respective sizes and wore to celebrate Sallah Eid for Free.

Despite he is a Christian
What an act of kindness
Please let celebrate him.
May Almighty Allah increase his wealth guide him and bless his children.
Live in peace not hate!


Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/06/arewa-quit-notice-see-igbo-man-almajiris-shop-kano-photos.html
The irony is that those little barbarians wil be the first to loot his properties, burn down his shop n probably kill him during crisis. Where is the reciprocal LOVE?
PoliticsRe: "No Referendum, No 2019 Election In South-East" - Nnamdi Kanu by ProfDumbledor(m): 3:40am On Jun 24, 2017
Dycaptain:
What the hell is wrong with this guy, he is doing igbo's no good at all, does he want them to loose their lives and properties, he better think twice o
Brainlessness and unreasonabless = You
PoliticsRe: Shehu Sani Lists 10 Factors Blocking Nigeria’s Progress, Unity by ProfDumbledor(m): 4:49pm On Jun 19, 2017
Obaiyski:
Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has listed 10 factors he said were working against the unity and progress of Nigeria.

The lawmaker listed the factors as follows:

1.Dependence on one major source of revenue from a section of a country, which logically profiles and categorises other sections as parasitic.

2.Fading memory of the tragedy of secession and war: Lost lessons of history.

3.Manipulation of sectional, religious and ethnic sentiments and sensibilities of Nigerians by the political class.

4.The slow death of the nationalistic and patriotic spirit in the hearts and minds of Nigerians, evidenced with the perennial indifference to October 1st Independence Day celebrations.

5.A succession of failed governments, economic paralyses and widening gulf between the have and the have nots.

Federal government to supply 3 million prepaid meters to Nigerians – Fashola

6.The rise of a new restive and angry generation without value for, interest in or sense of history.

7.Retention of a national political and socio economic culture which emphasises on sharing of national cake as against the baking of national cake. A bogus federal structure of largesse.

8.Deliberate or negligent suffocation of institutions established to promote national unity e.g. NYSC, Federal Government Colleges, etc.

9.Narcissistic and forlorn ideas and fantasy of chauvinists and ethnic champions dreaming of carving out mini nations along tribal lines.

10.Inequities of a pyramid economic structure; a rich few over a poor many.

Meanwhile, Sani has advocated for an ad-hoc Committee that would address agitations of various groups in Nigeria.

http://dailypost.ng/2017/06/19/senator-shehu-sani-lists-10-factors-blocking-nigerias-progress-unity/
And he failed to mention his illiterate, retrogressive, barbaric kinsmen (Hausa/Fulani) who have held down us for long.
PoliticsRe: Northern Youths Write Osinbajo, Beg Him To Allow Igbo Go With Biafra by ProfDumbledor(m): 2:52pm On Jun 19, 2017
bkool7:
1. To all Igbos clamouring for Biafra, have you
built up your homeland to go back to?
2. Never choose to start a fight you can’t finish.
So what happened in Ore won’t happen again.
Have sources of food, plenty ammunition, good
roads, high citizen morale, foreign and local
support in high places.
Nnamdi Kanu
3. There is only one way a coup can end. Some
will emerge as victors, some will be vanquished.
He who has the victory has the upper hand. Biafra
was an indirect result of the 1966 coup. If the
coup had been successful, there won’t be Biafra.
4. Fighting a war on selfish interests alone. The
war is doomed to fail from start.
5. Trying to leave a nation is an act of rebellion,
and will be treated as such. Let no one fool you.
It is causing friction in a country that is barely
managing to hold itself together.



Way forward:




1. Discuss, discuss and discuss till an acceptable
solution is reached. War is not the way.
2. Leave Italy refugee camps, leave South Africa,
leave Malaysia, leave the north where your shops
are burnt, families jailed and killed, destinies
truncated, where you insist on staying all in the
name of business and "ego".
You live to fight another day.
The Jews didn't build a formidable nation, Israel,
till they came home from different parts they have
been scattered to.



www-naij-com.0.freebasics.com/1110729-opinion-5-reasons-igbos-return-homeland-find-peace.html?iorg_service_id_internal=692981340802115">https://https-www-naij-com.0.freebasics.com/1110729-opinion-5-reasons-igbos-return-homeland-find-peace.html?iorg_service_id_internal=692981340802115%3BAfp9J5oICg5r4ReC
Thank for your advice but we are not declaring war with anybody. We have been peaceful right from the outset.
PoliticsRe: Chi Onwurah Wins Seat At The UK General Election. Photos by ProfDumbledor(m): 10:25am On Jun 09, 2017
Chuka Umunna also got re-elected.
BusinessRe: Price Changes Of Foodstuffs Between 2015 & Today Shared By Nigerian Woman by ProfDumbledor(m): 5:39pm On May 22, 2017
Where are those e-diots called ngeneukwuenu, sarki, hungerbad, omenka and their cohorts? Have they taken medical leave like their master PMB?
PoliticsUK Uninterested In Whether Nigeria’s President Is Alive Or Dead by ProfDumbledor(op): 11:24am On May 22, 2017
Nigeria is one of the most important countries in the world. It’s by far the largest country in Africa; it’s the fastest growing economy there by a long chalk. Nigerians all over the world hold positions of power and importance.
From a UK perspective, one of the largest contingents of secret service (‘Mi6’) in the world is in Nigeria. Why? Because more than anywhere else, Nigeria represents a confluence of developing and developed world, feudal religious instincts and modernity. In many ways, Nigeria’s progress is Africa’s progress. So if there’s a big thing going on in Nigeria, the UK knows about it alright.
Two years ago, Nigeria held a presidential election in which something remarkable happened. The underdog (albeit a former general and temporary leader of the nation) won and the incumbent president politely conceded then stood down. Nigeria presented a profoundly responsible face to the world.
President Buhari took office promising to clean up Nigeria’s business and culture and move Nigeria into a new era. And he’d started to do just that. Notably, he recently succeeded in having the kidnapped Chibok girls released.
I have an interest in all of this. During Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign, I organised supportive meetings on his behalf at Westminster; always on behalf of Nigerians and never off my own bat. I had nothing personal against his decent predecessor, but I felt that the new ere of politics Muhammadu Buhari represented, was a good thing. I also felt that successive UK governments, and the UK parliament, had given the (now previous) Nigerian government too easy a ride. President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration was talking a good game but doing little of any substance to help the people of Nigeria.
Ultimately, of course, it was a matter for Nigerians. Not all have been fans of President Buhari, but most today recognise his essential decency and his determination to help Nigeria to the world status it deserves.
For two days, some sources have been reporting that President Buhari has died in a London hospital. Other sources, including the presidency, have been denying this, but not very convincingly. A general rule of thumb for any leader anywhere is that if people think you’re dead then you get yourself on the telly alive, immediately. So maybe there’s a bit of a temporary cover-up involved? And if there is, it’s hard to imagine the UK’s security service (‘Mi5) doesn’t know about it and have folk all over the place inside the hospital in question.
The most striking thing in all of this is that the UK media doesn’t seem to give a toss either way – few outlets have publish anything at all on the subject.
It’s Africa and not a famine; it’s Nigeria but not corruption, you see. No NGO comment or interest necessary.
UK coverage of Africa is dominated by white journalists who pop from country to country and claim special knowledge. The news agencies are populated by young white journalists working in effect as stringers, often little more than kids taking a year out having a wee adventure. The NGOs who work mainly on Africa are so white it’s a disgrace. Perhaps if each employed a few more Africans we’d get some decent and serious coverage of that continent.
For now, we can just wait and wonder on the fate of a president in London.
http://www.ericjoyce.co.uk/2017/05/nigeria-its-for-a-president-to-prove-hes-alive-not-for-his-people-to-prove-he-isnt/
PoliticsEric Joyce A UK Politician Makes A Strong Case For Buhari's Rumored Death by ProfDumbledor(op):
I wrote this yesterday about President Buhari of Nigeria. There’s been a lot of interest in the blog in Nigeria. I’ll answer a few of the key points raised, here.
First, if you’re a president then it’s up to you to show people you’re alive and well – it’s not up to your people to prove the opposite. Every politician in the world knows this. A statement from a PR guy doesn’t cut it. Angry ripostes from supporters don’t cut it. Only your personal appearance cuts it.
Second, if your’e a president and you’re not well, then a doctor needs to come out of the hospital and explain to your nation what’s up. This let’s everyone, including your people and the markets, know if your alive at all, alive enough to recover or have just sprained an ankle.
Unless these things apply, then there will be shenanigans. For example, a dead person will be kept hooked up to a machine and advisers, politicians, traders, all the people ‘in the know’ will be jockeying for position and none of the regular people of the country will know anything about it. Nigerians have done themselves proud on the democrtic front in the last few years; this is no time to start accepting bullshit again.
Before the last election, I shared a platform in Nigeria with half a dozen ex-prime ministers and ex-presidents, both African and European. After the event, I had dinner with one along with his ambassador. The ambassador gave me a first class analysis of the political situation in Nigeria. The PDP had become unstable but was considered a more stable bet than the new APC. That said, the international diplomatic community thought the rise of a new party of opposition a thoroughly good thing and felt they might win ‘the election after next’. As it turned out, the APC actually won the election and Goodluck Jonathan actually stood down. It was pretty amazing.
That doesn’t mean the APC has all the answers. For now, they have the same problem the PDP had when its president died. But they have the additional problem of their opponents now presenting them as rootless, a punctuation mark between the end of one PDP administration and the start of a future one. The dynamics of the government of course mean there’ll be a lot of horse trading going on around the succession if the president is indeed dead. Not a bad idea in future to choose a younger president?
Anyway, where’s the Nigerian media? Cowed, maybe? And where’s the UK media? Uninterested, probably, because it’s almost entirely white – in spite of many Africans living in London – and to most UK media folk stories about Africa are boring unless there’s a big famine, terrorism, or a war.
But in the end, this is about how Nigeria is on its way to becoming a front-rank nation. That’s good news. Accountability to regular Nigerians about the present situation with the president is a big, big part of that.
http://www.ericjoyce.co.uk/2017/05/nigeria-its-for-a-president-to-prove-hes-alive-not-for-his-people-to-prove-he-isnt/
PoliticsRe: Nnamdi Kanu Visits Achuzie 'Air Raid' At His Residence In Asaba. PICS by ProfDumbledor(m): 10:24pm On May 16, 2017
sarrki:
Is he Kanye West?
Oh Sarki you just an embarrassment to yourself. Too impulsive and shallow in ideas
Car TalkRe: Jelani Aliyu Of General Motors Assumes Office As Director Of NADDC Today(photos) by ProfDumbledor(m): 3:57pm On May 15, 2017
nervegasfarts:
Prof. no offence meant! Just making a point....its a free country, afterall
Noted.
Car TalkRe: Jelani Aliyu Of General Motors Assumes Office As Director Of NADDC Today(photos) by ProfDumbledor(m): 3:50pm On May 15, 2017
nervegasfarts:
As much as I appreciate good things coming out of Africa, I am tired of all the internet motivation craze going on! This Jelaini guy is claimed to have designed the Chevy Volt. His name is not on wikipedia as one of the designers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt

FYI, Philip Emeagwali is NOT the father of the internet. Please google Tim Berners-Lee. Mr. Emeagwali managed to win $1000 in a competition about reservoir flow(oil and gas people, chemical engineers etc will know about this). His PhD topic wasn't even approved.

I hate to burst your bubble, but when I see how we ascribe other people's work to Africans, just to look good, I wonder if there is so much mediocrity and paucity of ideas in the land in terms of science and tech.

We have great guys in music, finance, management, etc, the world over...but in tech, (as in real tech frontiers, not hacking up websites), I still think we are very behind. Reasons are not very far fetched sha. There is no light, no security, no hospitals, no potable water....how could we think about tech?
Are u okay? How does your argument on Emeagwali being the father of internet relate to the issue I raised?
Car TalkRe: Jelani Aliyu Of General Motors Assumes Office As Director Of NADDC Today(photos) by ProfDumbledor(m): 2:58pm On May 15, 2017
Surprisingly this Jelani guy is not on Wikipedia but Philip Emeagwali is. Why?

PoliticsRe: Enyinnaya Abaribe Signs Nnamdi Kanu’s Bail Bond by ProfDumbledor(m): 1:54pm On Apr 28, 2017
NgeneUkwenu:
Remaining The Jewish Leader, Who Has 100Million Naira, He Is Not Using...


We will reset Nnamdi Kanu's Brain, By 2019 he will be contesting the Senatorial seat to replace T. A Orji...


Ndi Ara!
Chai! e pain am. Agadi ekwenka

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