kingyakos: You think what is keeping Nigerians today is funds from budget, have you forgotten that Nigerians are very hard-working, most civil servant are into petty business.
It is funds from the budget that build the thousands of public schools and universities, and pay the teachers who teach your kids, and nurses/doctors who treat the sick, and flyovers and bridges and roads you use!!!!!
Perfectbeing: Does she know what 75% means? Is she telling us that the government is using only 25% for every single thing they're doing in this country? Including salary, infrastructures and other expenditures?
Yes o... That's what she's saying, and some of our resident OLODO Nairalanders believe her.
I mean, the annual budget actually comprises something like 60 to 70% recurrent expenditure, ie salaries, pensions, debt servicing etc, not capital expenditure. If what she is saying is true, it means we are not paying salaries or pensions to at least 80% of state and federal civil servants and parastatals, public school teachers, lecturers, doctors, nurses, judges etc. They are all working for free! And we are not servicing our debts (an easily refutable claim).
NigeriaZoo: As a student of the bible and history, I am 100% certain that there will be no world war this year 2022 or even next year, but things will continue to go from bad to worse on the global stage. This war with Ukraine will end with some agreement between Russia and Ukraine, with Russia occupying half of the country.
My prediction is that the next world war is going to be between an alliance of nations (either a European army that had previously pledged allegiance to the USA or an alliance of nations including other nations such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and even Russia ) and the USA.
At some point, the world will get tired of America's hypocrisy, unjustifiable dominance and promotion of global violence and tyranny to maintain its position as the only superpower in a uni-polar world.
Now, why do I think Europe will form its own army? Because of their recent experience with the Donald Trump administration that was on track to dismantle and weaken NATO, and because of the current threat from Russia. Europe has finally come to realise that they may not be able to depend on the USA for their security in the future. And with the belligerence of Russia, they must come up with a quick solution to safeguard their political and economic interests in the short and long term.
Recall that the French president has been calling for a European army for quite a few years now, even though his appeal fell on deaf ears. Here is an excerpt from one of such requests
The second time a request for a European army was made was after the chaotic and ill-informed US pull out from Afghanistan. The US did not inform their allies of their abrupt decision to withdraw. This sent shock waves across European countries who began to wonder if the USA saw them as equal partners. This is another excerpt from an article in which a request for made for a European army.
Lastly, a request for a European army was made a few weeks ago after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Details below.
So here is what I think will happen in the next decade or beyond, but not very far into the future. This is based on three scenarios;
Scenario 1. Russia is weakened as a major power. A European army is formed with the second largest budget on defence. This army is nuclear armed, they have about 1 million soldiers and are equipped with latest and next generation military weaponry and infrastructure. They respond to internal and global threats that pose a risk to the European continent. They still have a loose alliance with NATO.
Scenario 2. Russia joins the European army which makes it more formidable and perhaps a serious threat to the rise of China. They become the new dominant global force gradually replacing America as the sole superpower.
Scenario 3 - Europe does not form a separate army, instead they enhance their own militaries and contribute more GDP to ensure that NATO is more formidable and powerful. This force will retain its potency and might around the world, deterring China and Russia from further aggression.
In all 3 scenarios, I predict that this group of nations will turn on and destroy the USA because of its historical and current belligerence, global bullying and economic supremacy - to the detriment of the rest of the world.
Now, these are the scriptures that underpin my prediction. I am not a prophet, and I may be wrong in terms of the military alliances that may be formed, but one thing is clear - these nations will be supporters of the USA who then turn against her at some point in the future.
The premise of my prediction is based mainly on Revelations 17 & 18. See excerpts below and let me know what you think. Corrections and different analyses are most welcome.
Before we delve into Revelations, let me describe the USA in this prophecy as a WOMAN. The WOMAN or prostitute. Remember, a prostitute will sleep with multitudes of men for money. The USA and her UK ally will make a deal with anyone for money even if it means death, famine and destruction. They support any regime worldwide, no matter how despicable, for their economic gain and lust for money.
This woman enslaved Africans, colonised Africans, controls the world economy, continues to support despots, arms tyrants against their citizens and oppresses their own citizens. Yemen is destitute with famine because of them, Palestine is soaked in blood because of them, Iraqis lost over 1 million because of them, 2 million Biafrans were wiped out because of them, millions of Syrians and Muslims in Libya were wiped out because of them. They support and arm terrorists and no work is too dirty for their hands. Usually, they go under the banner of gentle Jesus to deceive the recipients of their evil works.
The beast in my opinion is the worldly system and the ten kings are the Europeans kings who have pledged allegiance to the USA but then made a U turn and destroy her. Now, I may be wrong about Europe, the ten kings could be representatives of other nations across the world - but the end game is the same - destruction of the woman.
This woman is said to be "...the great city that rules over the kings of the earth." . This can only be the USA in my opinion.
To further reinforce my prediction that this scripture refers to the USA, in chaper 18, we read the following ;
Please let me know your opinion.
Reasonably intelligent topic but you've got a very stupid-sounding moniker.
obonujoker: Magicbishop.... you and Righteousness0 with your countless failed predictions.... when will y'all stop??
America will continue to be numero uno
Mumu, better wake up. Every human civilization, no matter how great, eventually meets its demise without exception. It's been that way for over 100,000 years, so it's only a matter of time before the USA goes down too and is replaced by other powers.
The first Chinese were black Africans, and the Chinese are descended from Africans, and the roots of Chinese civilization are directly traceable to Africa.
talktimi: Belarus is viewed as an ally of Russia in the Ukraine war by NATO and the West in general. Nigeria condemned the invasion of Ukraine at the last UN general assembly in February ignoring it's neutral status so I ask, what are the implications of selling military hardware to Belarus by Nigeria at this moment ? It's a good deal under different circumstances but seeing as we've taken a stand against Russia and these vehicles will definitely be used in Ukraine, Nigeria should be careful before international sanctions are slammed on us because we have no bargaining power
You are wrong that Nigeria has no bargaining power. Africa's biggest economy and oil and gas producer with numerous western multinationals based there is quite a bit of 'bargaining power'.
By the way, the orders were made before the conflict began, and were to a private Nigerian company under contract, so there's no issue at all.
BSsniffer: Proforce will be the Lockheed Martin of Nigeria, but if i where to meet him I'd advice him to also have a branch in benin republic just in case.
Proforce Limited is a defence solutions provider specialized in the manufacturing of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs), Armoured Patrol Boats, Ballistic Helmets & Vests, Armoured Civilian Vehicles and Cash-In-Transit.
The Nigerian Army through its investment arm, Nigerian Army Welfare Limited by Guarantee NAWLG, acquired 15% shareholding of Proforce Limited.
Proforce is ISO 9001:2015 certified and has developed a large portfolio of products for the Police, Military and Civilian markets.
PROFORCE PRODUCTS
Proforce has developed a large portfolio of products for the Police, Military, Corporate Organizations and Civilian market.
Our PF2, an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), has been exported to Rwanda, Central African Republic and South Sudan. The Nigerian Police Force has inducted our APCs into their fleet of APCs.
Our latest monocoque MRAP is built to STANAG level 4569 standard. The MRAP named PF ARA was designed and manufactured in Nigeria and was unveiled by the Chief of Defence Staff in August, 2019 at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre. Proforce has an order to supply a huge amount of PF ARA MRAPs to the Nigerian and Chadian Army.
Our main Armoured Vehicle Manufacturing plant in Ode Remo has a capacity to produce 20 units per month of the PF ARA and 40 units per month of our PF-2. We have another manufacturing plant situated at Port Harcourt to supply orders from the South-South regions of Nigeria.
PROFORCE EXPANSION
Proforce acquired 100 hectares land along the Lagos-Ibadan express way for expansion of our Armoured Vehicle Manufacturing and other defence solutions. Our expansions include construction of the following facilities:
- Armoured Vehicle Manufacturing Plant - Air Systems Manufacturing Plant for Drones - Electronic Equipment Factory for the manufacturing of Land Mobile Radios and Jammers. - Ammunition Production Factory - State-of-the-Art Research and Development Centre - State-of-the-Art training school - A vehicle testing track - A firing range - Armoured glass manufacturing factory - Staff Quarters - Recreation Centres
BACKWARD INTEGRATION
The group acquired a steel rolling mill, few years back. This is expected to enhance more local content in terms of producing ballistic steel used for our armoured vehicles and to be self-dependent in armoured vehicle manufacturing. Our Steel Rolling Mill, known as Sun Metals, is located in Ota, Ogun State and has installed a production capacity of over 350,000 Metric Tons per annum. Production of ballistic steel will be the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa and most of the products will be exported to countries within and outside Africa. Sun Metals Ltd. supplies aluminium ingots to Toyota for light skin vehicle manufacturing.
Belarus Officials are In Nigeria to receive the ProForce Armoured Personnel Carriers they recently ordered from the Nigerian manufacturer.
The Nigerian firm has a roll call of clients including the UN and nations on the African continent, such as the armies of Chad, Mali, Rwanda, South Sudan, Niger, and the Central African Republic.
Belarus is the first European client of the firm, it is believed, with a few other nations there likely keen to patronise Nigerian expertise in armoured personnel carrier and MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush-Protected) technologies.
babasolution: Or let me put it better,Nigeria honors and glorifies racism with its consistent failures
Even Nigeria is developing, however 'slowly' for you.
It is the tech startup capital of Africa for instance.
There are countless places today that were mere glorified villages a couple decades ago, but now boast major highways, banks, shopping malls and flyovers. Development is not an overnight thing for most countries, Nigeria including, so be patient.
babasolution: Racism is glorified and honor by Africans them selves.If Africans had a better continent,they would be able to counterbalance racism.unfortunately stupid delusional Africans maintain the concept of racism by their persistent and consistent failures as a society
6 of the world's 10 fastest growing economies are in Africa. You need to stop seeing Africa as a single entity. It has 54 countries, each at a different level of development.
Travel around the continent instead of rushing to London and Dubai the minute you get a little money. Put your money where your mouth is. Stop feeling racially inferior.
babasolution: You contradicting your own report. How can a weak people create a system of how the world sees you.
The Europeans weren't ''a weak people'' when they began plundering the world in the period referred to.
They had learnt about gunpowder, a native mixture used by the Chinese to make fireworks at their festivals.
The Europeans were the poorest region on Earth with no resources, so their leaders, desperate for riches, found a way to use the gunpowder to build firearms, which could kill masses of people easily.
Their intent? To plunder the rich world - then Africa, Asia, and the Americas ('the new World', as they called it, even though it was a very OLD 'world' with a history of advanced civilizations preceding theirs).
They succeeded in their conquests all over the world.
Firearms were a game-changer in a world where all races had used iron weapons for 10,000 years plus.
Nobody could withstand the guns and bombs of the European invaders.
'Racism' was simply a philosophy they invented to justify the most extreme reaches of their vandalism - the slave trade. It went on to serve as their guiding philosophy in the way they dealt with the world from there on, based on the colour-based hierarchy they'd invented, to preserve their privileges.
One more thing.
Dark skin colour is a BLESSING from the Almighty.
The darker the skin, the more of the blessing you have.
That blessing is called MELANIN.
It is a chemical that gives the skin the ability to withstand the climatic conditions in sunny regions of the Earth.
The sunnier the region, the more 'melaninated' or 'darker-skinned' are the people.
Without the gift of MELANIN, your forbears would have perished, and you would not be here today.
babasolution: Blacks need to understand, the world is ruled by power,it doesn't give a damn about the weak,you can cry racism all day,some media might sympathise with you but that's were it ends.you keep jumping all other the world,going to every country possible, they want your money and work not you,once these two things are no longer needed they throw you out, that what happened in Ukraine, money and your service were useless at that point and their true color showed.Canada and Australia will soon show their true color and shock Africans especially Nigerians that think it's a safe haven.I remember southAfricans were saying that Nigerians do not understand white people cos they have never lived with them for extended periods like SA blacks,I now understand what they meant,that's why black Americans are antagonistic to whites just like SA blacks,Nigerians always mock them,but now Nigerians are gradually experiencing the true color of whites.Ultimately I do not blame whites,Arabs or Asians for their attitudes to blacks,blacks have consistently shown powerlessness, weakness and lack of capacity, these traits attract disdain leading to racism,.My advice to blackmen especially, build your nation,build Africa,build Nigeria. Black men build Africa, build Nigeria I can't over emphasise this.Black men are very weak men,until you build strength you will continually be disgraced in front of your women and children.blackmen build your people,stop maltreating,oppressing ,killing your own people,these things attract spiritual curses on Africans that keeps ensnaring Africans.The black male is to blame,black men change your ways,change your ways,change your ways.A word is enough
My friend please shut your trap.
The highlighted shows you are a brainwashed self hater who doesn't understand racism.
One thing racial self haters like you need to do is talk less and learn more. Racism has NOTHING to do with how 'weak' or 'strong' you are as a people or a race.
The institution of RACISM WAS AN INVENTION by Europe which occurred in the 17th century, during the transatlantic slave trade. The European population, prior to that trade, had known blacks/Africans as pioneers in world civilization.
Go and check all the old images of Jesus, Mary, the Jews, Krishna, Buddha, etc etc. THEY WERE ALL BLACK.
In Europe, it was black Moors from West Africa that brought literacy and architecture, modern medicine, statecraft, etc, to Europe which pulled her out of her Dark Ages and into the Renaissance.
If you go on Google images and type in ''Moorish crests'', you will see thousands of images showing European aristocratic family crests with a black man representing the founder.
With this reputation the blacks had, the European population were outraged that they were being mistreated so viciously by the slave dealers. The lucrative trade was threatened by mass public revolt.
The reaction of the elite class to this threat was to invent the myth of racial superiority of the European and inferiority of the African. They spread false propaganda to their people that the Africans were subhumans who lived like savages in the jungle, with no culture or civilization. The old images of black Jesus, Mary, and other major intellectuals, inventors who black were WHITEWASHED, and the myth that these personalities were all white was born.
Eventually, opposition to the slave trade subsided, and the money continued to flow.
The Europeans spread this poison of racial superiority to all the places they colonised, from India to China, creating an artificial racial hierarchy with them at the top, the yellow races second, the brown races third, and the black race last.
It was also a divide and rule tactic as Europe plundered the Earth for its riches.
The Europeans will pay for their brigandage and plunder of this world. They've killed billions of people worldwide in their greed for land, wealth, and power. Most of the rest, they've managed to brainwash into thinking their skin colour imbues them with inferiority. People like you and millions of other non whites.
Advice: WAKE UP. None of it is your fault. It has nothing to do with how ''weak'' you think you are. In Europe and America, racist attacks and discrimination persists against not just blacks, but Chinese, Arabs, Indians etc.
In fact the more 'powerful' you get as a racial group, the greater the racial hostility towards you from the west. Witness how much they hate and detest China for its economic success.
Better find another way to confront racism instead of playing their game which is to make you feel inferior, and feel that it is all your fault.
afrika: How come we are rejoicing....?? When u are in a class where u are the highest scored with 26% and ur classmate comes to borrow something from u.....
What good is there? Same caliber of poor performers. Set of debtors and etcetera.
They must have tried other countries but it failed so Nigeria was the easiest and moreover Africa.
Next page please
Go back to the kitchen where you belong.
We have enough mumu guys here to deal with without needing to add extra-dumb, low IQ women typing rubbish.
ChybuzzDD: Even the steel and other materials used in making these vehicles are also imported.
We don't have any functional steel manufacturing company in Nigeria.
I don't know what they're celebrating
SHUT UP, IGNORAMUS.
The ignorance you people display on thIs forum is shocking.
Same way you go online rubbishing Nigeria with your empty heads that know nothing about the country, thinking you know anything.
Nigeria has SEVERAL functional steel manufacturing companies, including the 1.5 billion dollar Africa Industries Ltd, which employs over 8,000 Nigerians.
Yeyeoldman: The only lesson learnt from this war is that Nigerians don't understand what patriotism means. Vladimir Putin did what has to be done to preserve Russia. Our leaders have failed us for too long in this country that the average Nigerian don't even know what it means to pay certain prices and sacrifices for the greater good. I forgive everyone who insulted me on this forum for stating the obvious. Now you have all been disappointed by US/NATO. How do you feel hearing those words from the president of Ukraine. Nairaland Warriors do you know better than Zelensky? Though am not religious, but there is a part of the bible that gets my attention each time I read it. It says "Wisdom is profitable to direct". This war was unnecessary and avoidable. Putin have been screaming since 2014 after the fall of Viktor Yanukovych's government that was violently toppled by a US/EU instigated coup in Ukraine. I am appealing to the Nigeria government to declare a state of emergency in the Education sector. This Ukraine war really revealed a lot about our youths and how daft they have become. Something have to be done about the rise of WAEC miracle center and the endless ASUU strike.
My friend shut up with your Inferiority complex. Putin is no saint compared to Nigerian leaders. He is far more corrupt than any Nigerian leader past or present. He is reported to be the richest man on Earth, with estimates of his personal wealth reaching over a TRILLION dollars.
Russia is a kleptocracy with no democratic rule and no elections.
Millions of Russians live below the poverty line while Putin and his oligarch billionaire cronies buy mansions in the choicest parts of Dubai and London. And you're here talking rubbish about his 'patriotism'. He is not ''patriotic''. He is at most interested in maintaining the ruling class status quo of Russia which he sees Ukraine as a threat to. Has NOTHING to do with him loving the Russian people.
Rugaria: No nation built on nepotism and sectionalism archives her full potential. Infact most promising states around the globe have imploded in the past, under the enermous weight of their iniquitous history full of tribalism, favouritism and grand injustices. This is so, because for the people of any given country to come together and galvanize their collective abilities towards modernizing their state, there must exist a sense of nationalism, patriotism and a common purpose. This can't happen when it has become a government policy to marginalize, antagonize and deprive a certain section that contributes immensely towards the economic growth of the country, her fare share of national projects and recognitions..
A case in point here is the over dramatized Second Niger bridge. In the history of this eternally convulsing amalgam, no project has been so dramatized, so politicized and so unashamedly utilized as a political football by the close minded political class in Abuja, at the detriment of the welfare and greater economic activities in the South East and the South South regions. The drama started way back during the military era, when the aging bridge built by the then Eastern government in the 50s, started to show signs of wear and tear. This bridge was bombed during the Nigeria - Biafra war and was extensively damaged as a result of the endless skirmishes there. For a long time, the bridge has been the only shaky link between the former Eastern Nigeria and the rest of the country. With the economic activities going on in such wonderful places like Onitsha, Aba, Port Harcourt, Owerri and the rest, the enermous economic importance/impact of this bridge can not be over emphasized..
It's against this backdrop, that one is overwhelmingly alarmed at the disdain with which the federal government has carried on with this project over the years. Firstly, under Babangidas administration, a drawing of the bridge was made with plans for a rail crossing. But nothing happened as it rgards construction proper. Obasanjo came in and only laid the foundation stones few hours to his abdication of office in 2007, which was basically nothing but a taunt" to those who considered the bridge an essential project to them! The plan for the rail lines over the bridge was also shelved. Jonathan did start the project but suggested a partnership between the construction companies, the state government and the federal government as it regards the funding. Then came Buhari, whose administration saw the second Niger bridge as the most convenient project to use as a balancing act for his brazen but shameful display of bigotry and classic igbophobia.
The bridge will now have almost a dozen Toll Gates!! This will be the first and only project built under any administration since the coming of civilian rule in 1999, that will demand that those using it will pay for all bills incurred during construction! Ofcourse, it's mainly the people of the South East. There are many projects in the North being handled as we speak, by the federal government that have bigger cost outlays when compared to the second Niger bridge but whose total cost are shouldered entirely by the federal government, even if it means borrowing! A good example is the nearly One trillion Naira Abuja - Zaria - Kano road. Infact, Nigeria has gone on to borrow billions of dollars to erect highways and railways and pipelines to Niger republic, another country! Nigerians as a people will collectively pay for these projects in another country, while the South Easterners, who are going to be the main users of The second Niger bridge, will pay through their noses for EVERY cent used to build that bridge!
"Fellow Nigerians", Is this fair??
Below is The Muhammadu Buhari Toll gates at the yet to be commissioned second Niger bridge:
ANIMAL. Why did PDP not build the bridge in 16 years of power?
Why did YOU not complain about them not building the bridge in those 16 years?
About them embezzling billions of dollars?
Now that the person you hate for being a Fulani has come and built it, you are showing your evil fangs like the satanic animal you are.
Don't use the 2nd Niger Bridge. Use the old one and fck yourself, you devil.
AbijaJ: No mind them. The newly built Federal multi-lane highway in Ogun state (when you enter from Epe) also has Toll gates o, nobody fight am because it's part of the provision put in place to ensure that the road is well maintained in future. Nigerians want world class infrastructure but don't want to pay for it.
Don't mind the tribalistic, stupid, dumb Igbos.
They want it all for free.
Fcking narcissisists. They can go to blazes. I don't even know why folks are responding to this rubbish thread. SPIT.
They are lucky the country they call a 'zoo' is building a 2 billion dollar bridge for their nasty backsides.
Africa will be booming economically as the western world burns.
When they've finally finished off themselves by nuclear war, returning to the stone age, the survivors would be trapped there, and a few lucky ones might find a plane to a booming African continent where they will be subjected to tough screening as refugees and asylum seekers.
As it was written, ''the meek shall inherit the Earth.''