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mank1234:

Your brain is filled with idiotic football fantasy that on the left side nothing is right and on the right side nothing is left.

Firstly, that declaration that you must win is disrespectful to teams that have outclassed you in recent times.

Secondly, until a match is played, you cannot be so certain of the outcome. Go ask France in 2002. Go ask Spain in 2014. Go ask Germany in 2018. In 2022, I wanted us to meet Ghana in the playoff because player for player we were better, but the result was disappointing after my wish can true.

Thirdly, you believe your team is numero uno. You're not among the 10 teams representing Africa yet you're still arrogant.

Lastly, I won't dignify you with any further response. From your response, I know where you belong and I won't allow you to drag me to your level

FiveFootNinja:
Firstly, you even misquoted my intent to make a point that doesn't land. I never said it was guaranteed, I said it MUST happen. That's a target, not a prophecy.

Second, the fact that you can't tell the difference between an arrogant or boastful comment and one of aspiration is simply a stark indication of how unbelievably stew.peed some of you guys on this thread are, rushing to quote people's posts to give absolutely stew.peed takes that nobody asked for.

And you even had the guts to talk about antagonism. Read your absolutely 🧠 dead comment that you initially sent to me and tell me if my response to you wasn't warranted. Rubbish!

AsomughaChuks02:
You may have probably heard Peter Obi say that the office of first lady is illegal and that he will scrap it if he wins and takes office. Well, evidence shows that when Peter Obi was Anambra governor, he maintained that office and funded his wife's lavish lifestyle with state funds. Talk about hypocrisy.

This is the 2009 Anambra state budget for the office of Governor. See the office of first lady attached to it.

Note that Obi was governor from 2006 to 2014.

Ukraine's sustained campaign of drone attacks on Russian-occupied territories is disrupting Moscow's supply lines and intensifying a fuel crisis already triggered by long-range strikes on Russia's oil refineries.

Crimea - which Russia illegally annexed in 2014 - in particular has been experiencing serious logistical difficulties and shortages.

Many of the issues stem from recent Ukrainian strikes on a key motorway and bridge linking the southern Russian city of Rostov to Crimea via the occupied port city of Mariupol.

The road "is basically the backbone of Russian occupation in the south", Clément Molin, an analyst at the French-based think tank Atum Mundi, told the BBC.

Molin said that Ukraine had carried out 300 drone strikes on trucks, including 30 tankers, since the start of May and that the campaign had become more intense this month

According to Robert Brovdi, Ukraine's drone forces commander, military cargo traffic on the road decreased by 71% between late May and early June.

The operation is having tangible effects on Crimea. The peninsula is strategically important for Moscow, as it has been used by its forces to launch drones and missiles at the rest of Ukraine.

With its Mediterranean climate and long beaches, Crimea is also a popular holiday destination for Russians in the summer
Disgruntled tourists and locals have taken to social media to vent about the disruption to fuel supplies.

Videos show long lines at petrol stations across the region, and residents have said they routinely have to queue for up to 10 hours for fuel.

"I walk to work now. Of course, this is less convenient than driving, but not a huge problem," one resident of the city of Simferopol told Bereg, an independent website. "All I've got to do now is buy a horse!" he added.

At the vast majority of Crimean petrol stations, locals are now only able to purchase up to 20 litres (4 gallons) of fuel each using prepaid vouchers, if it is available at all.

Russian tourists who arrived in the region before the start of the crisis are now struggling to find fuel to leave. The issue is acute enough that local Moscow-installed authorities have had to launch a special hotline to assist them.

Videos show long lines at petrol stations across the region, and residents have said they routinely have to queue for up to 10 hours for fuel.

"I walk to work now. Of course, this is less convenient than driving, but not a huge problem," one resident of the city of Simferopol told Bereg, an independent website. "All I've got to do now is buy a horse!" he added.

At the vast majority of Crimean petrol stations, locals are now only able to purchase up to 20 litres (4 gallons) of fuel each using prepaid vouchers, if it is available at all.

Russian tourists who arrived in the region before the start of the crisis are now struggling to find fuel to leave. The issue is acute enough that local Moscow-installed authorities have had to launch a special hotline to assist them.

Yet the roads remain the last way for supplies to reach the peninsula. The sea route is too dangerous, after a number of ferries serving Crimea were taken out of action by Ukraine.

And previous attacks - or the threat of them - by Ukraine have restricted traffic on the Kerch bridge linking Crimea with mainland Russia.

"I wouldn't want to put a truck full of diesel on the Kerch Bridge right now - that's just asking for trouble," Craig Kennedy, an expert in Russia's oil industry and associate at Harvard University's Davis Center, told the BBC.

"So you'll have to bring it in by land, via Mariupol. And there you're vulnerable all along the way."

Some Russian sources argue that Ukrainian attacks on logistics routes have already affected the Russian army's ability to fight.

"The strikes that empty fuel stations for civilians also affect supplies to troops in the south," Rybar, a pro-Kremlin Russian military analysis account , posted on its Telegram account.

"The logistics crisis does not distinguish between military and civilian needs, it hits everything at once."

On two nights, 6-7 June and 8-9 June, Ukrainian strikes damaged a key bridge in Chonhar in northern Crimea, which linked it to the rest of Ukraine and was used by Russian troops and civilian vehicles travelling along the R-280 motorway. Traffic across the bridge was suspended

Problems with fuel supplies are made worse by Ukraine's long-range strikes against oil refineries and oil depots in Russia, which Kyiv has now been carrying out for several months.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that nearly 40% of Russia's "primary oil refining capacity" was disabled in May because of such strikes

[b[Now, Craig Kennedy said, Ukraine's expanding campaign against Russia's supply network was seeing it move from targeting large refineries to smaller, local distribution networks.

"This is having a more focused or concentrated impact on local populations and the military in certain regions such as Crimea," he said.

Drone attacks have also affected other parts of occupied Ukraine, including the regions of Luhansk and Kherson.

Some have been carried out by the 413th separate battalion "Raid" of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, whose commander, Yevhen Karas, spoke to the BBC from an undisclosed location in Ukraine[/b]

Now, Craig Kennedy said, Ukraine's expanding campaign against Russia's supply network was seeing it move from targeting large refineries to smaller, local distribution networks.

"This is having a more focused or concentrated impact on local populations and the military in certain regions such as Crimea," he said.

Drone attacks have also affected other parts of occupied Ukraine, including the regions of Luhansk and Kherson.

Some have been carried out by the 413th separate battalion "Raid" of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, whose commander, Yevhen Karas, spoke to the BBC from an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

His drones, Karas said, did not encounter much resistance from Russian air defences during recent missions.

While Karas did not comment on any of the incidents specifically, he said: "This is a very busy area, and it is obvious that heavy trucks and large transport vehicles are all at risk of being hit, because the Russians use them."

Therefore, he added, "mistakes can happen, but this is not a deliberate targeting of civilian vehicles".

But the risks are too great, and as a result of the strikes, civilian movement on two key roads linking the occupied regions to Russia has too been restricted.

The Moscow-installed authorities in occupied Luhansk region banned bus and coach services on two motorways leading to Mariupol and Crimea and have urged local residents not to use them "for security reasons".

The combined effect of Ukraine's medium and long-range strikes not only affects Russia's ability to fight, but also serves Zelensky's declared purpose of "bringing the war home" to Russia.

iLegendd:
If you draw that triangle in honeydew box of 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026, the below image is what you'll get. Buy the ways, white box can be double, but that's advanced.

What this triangle does is to give you 100% confidence to short recklessly when a weekly candle goes above it cuz that's the top for the box and it's about to crash. It was 💯% accurate in all bear markets.

Ibrahimcoomasie:
Thr only region obi is winning next year is the SE region. And those 3 times, it has being proven that the SE region votes are worthless.

Sangoamadioha1:
Peter Obi had two deputies during his time as governor of Anambra State:

1. Virginia Ngozi Etiaba – Deputy Governor from 17 March 2006 to 2 November 2006 during Obi’s first tenure. When Obi was impeached in Nov 2006, she became Governor of Anambra State, the first woman to hold that office in Nigeria.

2. Emeka Sibeudu – Deputy Governor from [b][/b]2010 to 2014 [b][/b]during Obi’s second term. Obi picked Sibeudu as his running mate for the 2010 election.

So Etiaba served in his first term, and Sibeudu served in his second term.



That document up there was for the deputy governor as at then, Mrs Etiaba.

onuman:
Now fast spreading. Ransom for purchase of guns.

Chronicle of some school abductions in northern Nigeria.

1. In 2014, 276 girls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state.

2. On the night of February 25, 2014, over 50 boys were massacred in their domitory while they slept in Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe state.

3. In 2018, 110 girls were abducted from Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Borno state.

4. In 2020, 344 boys were abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state

5. February of 2021, 42 persons including teachers and relatives were abducted from Government Science College, Kagara, Niger state.

6. In the same February 2021 another
317 girls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe. They were later freed

7. In March 2021, 39 students were taken from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna state.

8. In April 2021 from Greenfield University
Kaduna, 22 students and staff (20 students, 2 staff) 5 people were killed.

9. In June 2021, 80 students were taken from Federal Government College Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State.

10. From Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, there was mass abduction of 121 students in July 5, 2021. They were released in batches spread over several months

11. From Salihu Tanko Islamic School, Tegina, Niger state, 136 pupils were taken in July 2021. Later released after months in captivity.

12. On September 22, 2023, 24 female students of Federal University Gusau, were abducted from their off campus hostel.

13. On 7 March 2024, 287 school children were taken from LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School Kuriga, Kaduna. They were rescued by the military. Nandi demanded a #1 billion naira ransom

14. In April 2024, from Confluence University of Science and Technology Kogi, 24 students abducted; many later rescued.

15. November 17 , 2025, gunmen raided and abducted 25 female students from Government Comprehensive Secondary School Maga, Sokoto state.

16. November 21, 2025, terrorists kidnapped 303 students and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic Schools, Papiri, Niger state.

Most kidnaps have been accompanied by ransom payments and the exact figure may never be known. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) estimated staggering ransom payments, including ₦2.23 trillion between May 2023 and April 2024 alone. In a separate 12-month period (July 2024–June 2025).


Maryam Hamza

AsomughaChuks02:
You may have probably heard Peter Obi say that the office of first lady is illegal and that he will scrap it if he wins and takes office. Well, evidence shows that when Peter Obi was Anambra governor, he maintained that office and funded his wife's lavish lifestyle with state funds. Talk about hypocrisy.

This is the 2009 Anambra state budget for the office of Governor. See the office of first lady attached to it.

Note that Obi was governor from 2006 to 2014.

panafrican:
You are the only one who wants to make people believe that the violence against migrants started in 2026 in South Africa .
Keep i mind this is an ongoing hatred against fueled by bigots like that ugly woman Zuma. Her perverted and corrupt father drained the
country down but instead of hiding in shame , she is parading in the streets directing the anger at foreigner. She will be arrested , believe me. It is NOT over.

Read your crimes here. This is just a short list.

Major Waves and Incidents (2010–2025):

2015 Durban/Johannesburg Wave (esp. April): At least 7 killed (including foreigners from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, etc.), thousands displaced, widespread looting/burning of foreign-owned shops. Notable: Brutal stabbing murder of Mozambican Emmanuel Sithole in Alexandra Township on April 18, captured in graphic photos by journalist James Oatway (he was beaten with a wrench and stabbed in the heart).

2022 Diepsloot Attacks (April): Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi beaten and burned alive by a vigilante mob (linked to Operation Dudula tensions) after failing to produce ID during door-to-door checks. Part of unrest with multiple deaths; highlighted vigilantism.

September 2019 Johannesburg Attacks: At least 12 killed (per police), hundreds of businesses looted/destroyed, mainly targeting Nigerians and other Africans. Sparked by rumors of drug dealing/crime; led to Nigerian repatriation efforts.

2015 Soweto/Gauteng Looting and Violence (January onward) : Foreign shops looted/burned; contributed to the broader deadly wave. Specific killings included stabbings and mob attacks.

Ongoing Somali Shop Attacks (e.g., 2010s incidents): Multiple cases of Somali traders killed, stoned, or shops attacked (e.g., 2013 stoning of Abdi Nasir Mahmoud Good; 2014 stoning death). Somalis frequently targeted in townships.

2020–2022 Operation Dudula-related Violence: Vigilante campaigns led to assaults, evictions, shop attacks in Soweto, Diepsloot, etc. Included beatings and threats; contributed to climate of fear and specific deaths like Nyathi's.

Brutal Killings (e.g., 2013): Mozambican Mido Macia dragged behind a police van (2013, though police involvement); various mob stabbings/beatings of Zimbabweans/Nigerians.

2017–2018 Spikes: Reports of Nigerians and others killed weekly in some periods; shop lootings and assaults in multiple townships.

Cape Flats/Eastern Cape Incidents (post-2010 echoes): Earlier patterns (e.g., 2000s burnings/shootings) continued sporadically with shop attacks and murders.

2024–2025 Incidents: Fewer large-scale deaths reported than prior peaks, but dozens of discrimination/violence cases per Xenowatch, with displacements and shop attacks amid political rhetoric. Recent 2026 tensions echo this pattern.

The deadliest single wave in the broader period remains 2008 : ~62 killed, including Ernesto Nhamuave burned alive in Ramaphosa settlement—iconic horrific images), which set the pattern for later violence


Sources/Context:
DW timeline, Human Rights Watch, Xenowatch reports, Reuters, BBC, Guardian photo essays, SA History.org. dw.com +3

Total deaths from xenophobic violence since 1994 exceed hundreds per monitors, with massive property loss.
gjia.georgetown.edu
For the most current or exhaustive data, check Xenowatch.ac.za. These events represent a serious ongoing human rights issu

andrewza:
Who was killed because of them. Non of the leaders demanded any one be killed only that illegals must leave.

So again why would anybof them care if there was a arrest warrant for them in Ghana.

What crime are they guilty of. The actual crime? They have only demanded that the law be upheld.

And again they have not committed any crime in Ghana or any other country.

LibertyRep:
Every man needs an SPV , don't blame Gawuna

ijustdey:
Nigeria will pay an interest of 11.85 percent per annum on the $3.3 billion “pre-export finance facility” (PxF) facilitated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd and arranged by Afrexim Bank, TheCable can report.

Until now, the fine details of the transaction, which has a five-year tenor, had been withheld by all parties involved.

A similar cocoa-backed $800 million facility arranged for Ghana by its cocoa marketing board attracts an interest of 8 percent per annum.

Bilateral lenders, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), would typically charge 1-3 percent with a longer tenor.

In the details seen by TheCable, Nigeria pledged a total of 164.25 million barrels of crude oil — at 90,000 barrels per day — starting from 2024 to repay the loan through Project Gazelle Funding Ltd, an “orphan” special purpose vehicle (SPV) incorporated in Bahamas for the PxF.

Effectively, the NNPC has pledged 38.58 percent of five years’ worth of tax and royalty oil to secure the loan.

Nigeria pledges over $12 billion worth of oil
At the beginning of 2024, a barrel of Nigerian oil was sold at the international market at $77.93 per barrel, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) data.

At $77.93 per barrel, the 164.25 million barrels of oil pledged by Nigeria equals $12.8 billion — about three times more than the facility taken.

Pre-2014, the national oil company used to remit an average of $3 billion from oil sales every month.

Officially, Project Gazelle Funding Ltd (PGFL) is the borrower while the NNPC is the “sponsor” and will pay with oil to the SPV to liquidate the loan.

To make the repayment, the NNPC will forward-sell 90,000 barrels per day of Nigeria’s share of offshore crude oil under the production sharing contract (PSCs) with the oil companies.

Under PSCs, the companies usually pay royalties and taxes by giving the oil equivalent to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) respectively.

The NNPC in turn exports the oil on behalf of NUPRC and FIRS and remits the proceeds to the agencies.

This is part of the revenues paid into the federation account and shared by the three tiers of government.

But under the PxF, the revenue from 90,000 barrels per day will be used to service the loan in the next five years.

The loan arrangers will get a commission of $66 million or 2% of the facility, TheCable further learnt.

Nigeria will pay 2 percent penalty per annum in the event of a default.


‘DOLLAR LIQUIDITY TO STABILISE THE NAIRA’

The national oil company announced in August 2023 that the PxF was to support the federal government “in its ongoing fiscal and monetary policy reforms aimed at stabilizing the exchange rate market”, describing it as “a relief for the naira”.

It called the facility “crude oil repayment” with an upfront cash loan “against proceeds from a limited amount of future crude oil production”.

At the time, the dollar exchanged for an average of N775 in the official market and N885 on the streets.

The rates have now moved to N1,035/$ (official) and N1,230/$ (parallel).

Nigeria’s outstanding forex liabilities are currently thought to be over $7 billion.

In an explainer after announcing the PxF last year, the NNPC said its exposure is very limited, “covering just a fraction” of their entitlements and that “there are no sovereign guarantees tied to it”.

It said it “will also equip the Federal Government with the necessary dollar liquidity to stabilize the Naira, with limited risk”.

A strengthened naira as a result of the initiative, it said, “will lead to a reduction in fuel costs. This means that if the Naira appreciates in value, the cost of fuel will drop and further increases will be halted”.

It also ruled out subsidies, maintaining that a stronger naira “will result in lower prices from the current level, making subsidies unnecessary. The deregulation policy remains unchanged”.

Critics questioned NNPC’s involvement in getting loans to boost forex reserves when it should be concentrating its efforts on bringing in more oil revenues.

There were also questions over the decision to pledge the tax and royalty oil belonging to the entire federation to secure the loan.

Analysts also queried why the details of the deal were never made public.

https://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-nigeria-to-pay-11-85-interest-on-3-3bn-afriexim-nnpc-loan-pledges-164m-barrels-as-security/amp

BestLife247:
My brother, let really focus to make the OK Presidencial Ticket a reality. It would be a very great fulfilment Lifetime Masses as they would surely be Masses-focused Government. Obi's 4 Years or 8 Years followed by Kwankwaso 8 Years would be the best Government Nigerians has ever enjoyed.

NLCreator:
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has defended the purchase of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for members of the national assembly.

There have been reports that the leadership of the 10th national assembly has bought SUVs for all lawmakers.

Each SUV is said to be valued at N160 million.

The LP had asked members of the party in the national assembly to kick against “wastage”.

While responding to questions during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the former governor of Anambra said the SUVs are not personal cars of the lawmakers, noting that they are for official use.

“Let me start with the issue of Labour Party members in the house. I have actually discussed this issue with them,” Obi said.

“Surprisingly, I can tell you I heard that these vehicles are official cars. They have to use it. It is meant for office.

“So it is not as if it is their vehicle. They said it is official cars and you are meant to use it while you are in the senate.”

Obi also hinted at contesting for the country’s number one position in 2027, adding that Nigeria deserves dedicated and visionary leaders who will lead the country towards a brighter future.

https://www.thecable.ng/theyre-for-official-use-obi-defends-purchase-of-n160m-suv-for-lawmakers/amp

Sangoamadioha1:
Peter Obi had two deputies during his time as governor of Anambra State:

1. Virginia Ngozi Etiaba – Deputy Governor from 17 March 2006 to 2 November 2006 during Obi’s first tenure. When Obi was impeached in Nov 2006, she became Governor of Anambra State, the first woman to hold that office in Nigeria.

2. Emeka Sibeudu – Deputy Governor from [b][/b]2010 to 2014 [b][/b]during Obi’s second term. Obi picked Sibeudu as his running mate for the 2010 election.

So Etiaba served in his first term, and Sibeudu served in his second term.



That document up there was for the deputy governor as at then, Mrs Etiaba.

AsomughaChuks02:
Why are you frightened about the truth coming out? Peter Obi is a pathological liar, you can't silence the truth.

MaxInDHouse:
This is where you failed woefully!

The ORGANIZED PEOPLE unitedly doing the will of God as followers of Jesus are the ones called "CHRISTIANS" not someone who can't be seen.

So pick your lamba if you don't belong to any known group anyone can just make the same claim as in all the many different religions claiming Christians surely have individuals making the same claim joo!😂

I'm a Christian. I do not lie. I do not deceive people. I do not fabricate doctrines. I do not cut off people's statements to say what they didn't say. I believe Jesus is the Son of God according to the Bible. I don't believe Jesus is an angel because the Bible didn't say so. I believe Jesus is my everlasting King because the Bible says so. I don't believe that Jesus started reigning in 2014 because the Bible didn't say so.

I believe only in what the Bible says or directly implies. I do not believe in human formulated doctrines. I'm a blind follower of Jesus Christ. I follow Jesus blindly because I am too confident in His leadership.

brain54:
Atiku’s presidency will be synonymous to a Fulani presidency even as Bola Tinubu’s presidency is synonymous to a Yoruba presidency and the Yorubas are proud of him no doubt...


If I'm getting what this dude is saying clearly. Is that atiku's government would be tribalistic and nepotistic. This I beg to disagree on as atiku is the least tribalistic of all the candidates contesting the position at the moment.


His records are there and the evidence clear. They are a lot of things you can accuse atiku of but being a bigot is not one of them.


Secondly, atiku's followers are not toxic and as insultive as the other two major contenders. ( you know who)


Sometimes I feel atiku's supporters are too calm as they hardly react negatively with threats and violence especially the way other supporters do. Atiku's criticism often are also objective and on point!