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Laple0541:
There we go again…..

Ghanians with their inferiority complex mentality. No country in the world dance to the Azonto’s song by ODG a Ghanian then than Nigerians. Even Awilo Logomba clearly expressed his feelings on how Nigerian listeners catapulted his acceptance globally.

If you do good music or film, we will watch but you can force your things on us just because they are from Ghana.

You nailed it on its head. She's being deceptive with this. Nigerians watched Big Brother so much that they had to create a Nigerian version. Numbers don't lie. If Nigerians like a thing, they will adopt it like Jollof Rice that's not theirs
And then they will complain again that Nigerians are appropriating their own

princeade86:
On paper. No impact feeling at all.

Na statistics you mus chop

brain54:
How can you be building or rising on the downfall of another?

Teni no too try with this one. Daddy freeze must receive stray bullets too. That one na another selfish, cunny freindnemy!

DF is an experienced journalist but I think content has taken over his professionalism. Who professionalism epp for social media?
The need to be trending and promote his channel for views and clicks (money) has taken over people's ethics. What's ethics sef? Social media is full of drama and social anxiety, that's what drives the algorithm. In the other thread, I expressed how disappointed with how men of today are doing tatafo like women (sorry my sisters) instead of inserting the bro code and protecting each other. Men fix their problems and protect others from shame, they don't do this public service enquiry into one another. Even if the manager feels that woman will kpao 2Baba career, there are more mature ways of putting it out there. Na d men disappoint me in this drama. See what technology has done to us. Men wey suppose enter infantry go defend Nigeria Don turn to Cho Cho Cho

You can clearly see naivety here. They say do not mock anyone for the same fate may befall you. It's no joke. She's not married yet so she won't and can't understand. You know how many things people swore they would never do only to do the same thing later? Life will humble you. Sit down and observe, if you have nothing good to contribute, keep it quiet.

Hmmmmm2024:
Is the minister appointed to protect trump or 200 millions Nigerians ? If the 200 millions Nigerians are not important, that man would not have been appointed as minister...where is your sense ? Tell your terrorists brothers to give up because trump is coming and there is nothing you can do about it

Are you saying that you can't solve your problem without Trump? What happens when he leaves office? What if he didn't win? Your moniker rightly fits your reply. Hmmmm mm, wake up from 2024.

Somehow she has a point. What men need to do is to know their value. If she chooses to leave you for him, be very happy and do not let her back. You don't force people to love you and don't let her make you feel insecure with competition. Let her make her choices and move on. This is why it's more important for a woman to love more than the man because they are emotional beings.

BondRiv:
You don't know what you are talking about. U.S. ban is exactly what it is - a ban from the U.S. If their allies see reasons to implement such a ban, they also do. It is not something that is automatic. Other countries do not automatically follow suit. U.S. lobbies them or even resorts to threats.

Okay, you are correct if you insist. Have a great night.

What is interesting about the US intervention is that Tinubu has the opportunity to use them as an excuse to end the Northern Leaders' exploitation of power and control of the country.

motymop:
you are the one that need the education. The US didn't sanction Abrahamovich, so what are you talking about.

do you understand that elites do not do businesses in their own name, they do business with offshore businesses that is not link to them incase they are sanctioned, this companies can still conduct businesses in other countries as long as the companies does not trade with US companies or financial systems.

I see that you don't understand the topic you have brought here. Don't worry, I said speak to a Banker, after all, those are the people who send money and know how it works. The Abrahamovich sanction was against Russia but you still didn't understand the point I was making that your assets abroad are affected if those countries are with the countries issuing the sanctions. US influences the global financial control, in fact, the US writes it, they just call it international. Few months ago when Nigeria was removed from the FATF list, your honorable members and Senators literally celebrated it on the house and one of them said they can start buying houses in London and the abroad without any problem. I was surprised to see our legislator open his mouth like that on the house like that. You think the Arabian countries are not affected? The same UAE that cooperated with US to flush Hushpuppy? You think America and Saudi don't do business? The US is still the class captain of the global financial system. This topic is clearly above your understanding and that is not meant to insult you. Enjoy your time sir.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n2paDpJPJ0

They have started again. From cabal to kitchen cabinet to Yahoo boys pressing Aso Rock laptop from outside. Why have we made all our Presidents look weak? Even Obasanjo was not spared. Let the President speak to us.

Here’s a clear, high-level real-world–style example showing how U.S. sanctions affect someone even if they no longer have any connection to the United States:


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Real-World Style Example: How U.S. Sanctions Affect a Non-U.S. Individual

Scenario
A business owner in Country A is sanctioned by the U.S., even though:
they do no business with the U.S.,
have no U.S. assets, and
operate entirely outside the United States.


How the Impact Happens

1. Foreign Banks Stop Working With Them
Most international banks rely on:
- U.S. dollar clearing,
- correspondent accounts in the U.S., or
- U.S.-based payment infrastructure.

Because banks fear losing access to the U.S. financial system, they usually close the sanctioned person’s accounts—even if the business is fully outside the U.S.

2. International Partners Cut Them Off
Suppliers, clients, and logistics firms in other countries avoid them because:
- they don’t want to risk secondary sanctions,
- they want to stay compliant with global risk standards,
- insurers and auditors may refuse service.
This makes it extremely difficult to maintain normal business operations.

3. Payments Get Blocked or Delayed
Even if they try to pay a foreign supplier in Euros or another currency:
- the payment may still pass through a U.S. bank,
- automated systems can flag or freeze the transaction.
The result: slow or impossible cross-border finance.

4. Their Foreign Assets Become Hard to Use
Property, investments, or business stakes in other countries may be:
- frozen,
- restricted, or
- refused transfer by intermediaries (law firms, custodians, brokers).


5. Technology and Digital Services Are Cut Off

They may lose access to:
- U.S.-origin software and cloud platforms,
- global apps or tools that incorporate U.S. components,
- payment services like Visa/Mastercard.
This affects operations even if the business is outside the U.S.

6. Travel Restrictions Disrupt Business
Visa bans or enhanced screening complicate:
- attending conferences,
- meeting clients abroad,
- managing overseas operations.



If you have a banker friend, just ask him or her to help you understand how these things work, you don't need to argue on NL, talk to a real life person you know. I don't know who I am chatting with but if you have worked before, you will know how these things work. Have a good evening.

motymop:
how does that relate with what you wrote, they mentions countries, we are talking about the individual

if the US sanction or give a visa ban to an individual, the jurisdiction is only the US

A US sanction affects countries that trade with US. I edited my comment for you. You need to have a good understanding of

1. Intentational financial system
2. International politics

The countries and companies in those countries that do business with that individual are trying the US if they do business with them so even if they run to Saudi, as long as they are still doing business with US, it's not an escape. I urge you to study Cuba and you'll understand how US sanctions work on not just countries alone. There are Cubans who have japa'ed and can make their country better but US sanctions are affecting them. When there was covid, the US policy on Cuba could not let them do certain work. Study international politics and financial system to understand this. I leave you with an AI summary

High-Level Impact of U.S. Sanctions on an Individual

Global Financial Restrictions
Most international banks use the U.S. financial system or the U.S. dollar. A sanctioned person is often blocked from using these banks, even outside the U.S., because foreign banks fear losing access to U.S. markets.

Reputational and Compliance Risk
Foreign companies and institutions avoid sanctioned individuals to protect themselves from secondary sanctions or compliance violations, making it hard to find partners or service providers.

Asset Freezes and Transaction Blocking
Any assets connected to the U.S. financial system—directly or indirectly—can be frozen. Payments routed through U.S. banks can be blocked automatically.

Secondary Sanctions Pressure
Even if the individual doesn’t deal with the U.S., the U.S. can penalize foreign companies that continue doing business with them, discouraging those companies from engaging.

Restrictions on Travel and Access
Visa bans and travel limitations can hinder business mobility and international operations.

Contract and Supply Chain Disruptions
International partners may terminate contracts to avoid compliance issues, disrupting supply chains and business operations.

Technology and Service Cutoffs
Access to software, platforms, or technology originating from the U.S. (or using U.S. IP) may be prohibited.

You have the internet, use these things. I can't waste so much time trying to educate on an issue we have seen happen over and over again. When there were sanctions against Abrahamovich, even his assets in Canada were affected, it wasn't just the UK. Read and you can know more.

motymop:
that is not true.

Tell me what is not true. I don't think you have an idea of how US influences other countries and the financial systems in the world.

SeverusSnape:
They will be affected one way or another. The US can ask their allies to freeze their foreign accounts and seize their properties...

Personally, I feel the US should target that goatie O'mockery, for denying the genocide in the first place.

The US does not need to ask. Whenever US announces its policies, it affects other countries and they don't want to offend them so it automatically applies to them. If US puts you on a ban list, you are already there on behalf of other countries.

AMINDA:
Bullies only bow to a bigger bully. Tinubu paid no mind to the outcry of Nigerians until Trump came into the picture. He has since declared an emergency on security, nominated ambassadors, sacked a minister of defence, etc. He obviously rates Trump more than the people whom elected him.

I like your first sentence. It works on Trump too. Nice analysis.

Amotolongbo:
You can be arrested for raping someone but you can’t be arrested for raping yourself

I don't think this is the best comparison because he who masturbates wants the pleasure. Is it the devil he will blame? It is with your own consent you please yourself. Maybe when you have sex in your dream, we can call it rape but you can choose to wake up from the dream too

I'm expecting MURIC's response.

Trump is more important than 200 million Nigerians abi? Have you no shame that the outsider is the one you fear than your people? And you call yourselves representative of the people? I remember the remarks this Akpabio made about the poor people of Nigeria when he started his tenure as Senate President.

motymop:
Some of these countries where destablise by the US

The irony of it all. I asked AI to further expand on your post

Here are some of the countries from your list that — historians and analysts widely agree — have been destabilized, at least in part, by U.S. foreign policy. I highlight those cases with the strongest evidence below. (Others on your list have no clear record of major direct U.S. destabilizing intervention.)


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✅ Countries noticeably destabilized by U.S. foreign policy

Afghanistan — U.S. invasion after 2001, and subsequent 20-year war, deeply destabilized the country. The overthrow of the Taliban didn’t lead to a stable state: after U.S./NATO withdrawal in 2021, the country fell back into chaos.
Libya — U.S. (with NATO) 2011 air strikes to topple the regime dismantled a functioning (if authoritarian) state and triggered civil war, fragmentation, and ongoing instability.
Somalia — U.S. overt and covert interventions (1990s UN-backed interventions, later drone/air strikes) helped produce collapse of central authority, civil war, and decades of instability.
Yemen — U.S. involvement in counterterror operations (including drone strikes and support for allied interventions) significantly worsened internal conflict, humanitarian collapse and state breakdown.
Haiti — U.S. interventions and military interventions (e.g. 1994 intervention to “restore” democracy) produced repeated cycles of instability, weak institutions, and chronic political dysfunction.
Cuba — Longstanding U.S. hostility, economic pressure, covert actions and support for regime change efforts helped leave Cuba isolated, economically stunted, and politically repressed for decades.
Iran — The 1953 U.S.-backed coup overthrew a democratically elected government, replacing it with authoritarian rule — a foundational destabilizing event whose effects reverberate to this day.


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📝 What about the others — “no clear case” or ambiguous?

For many countries on your list (e.g. Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan), while they may be “fragile” or “conflict-affected,” there is no widely accepted or documented major U.S. intervention or interference that matches the scale seen in the countries above.
The presence of a country on travel-ban lists (as in a recent U.S. policy) — by itself — doesn’t equal “destabilized by U.S. foreign policy.”


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🧠 Summary — lost countries from your list

If I had to pick the ones from your list that were “lost” (i.e. severely destabilized or destroyed as functioning states / societies) by U.S. foreign policy, I’d mark:

Afghanistan

Libya

Somalia

Yemen

Haiti

Cuba

Iran


These are the cases with clear, documented interventions, coups or military campaigns by the U.S. that contributed to long-term instability or regime collapse.


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If you like — I can also create a short tweet-ready list (max 280 characters per country) summarizing each of those “lost” cases — ready to copy-paste. Do you want me to build that for you now?

Please let this include everyone, including those who persecute our traditional religions in States. Thank you.

This reminds me of the CBN Governor Emefiele and Rivers Governor Wike back then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q047opONC1s

Women are not built to bring the bread in the home where a man is there. What you will do is bring resentment to the woman. It is now becoming more of a thing where women are not only outearning men but also being the man in the house while the man takes the feminine role. We can't cheat nature. Men are providers, women are nurturers. If you let your woman babysit you at home, you are a weak man my friend. Do not get comfortable with that. Again, you need to realise that in the past, men married women in polygamous setting, some of who were richer than the man but those women knew what they wanted in a family and the role of a man in the family. Don't make this mistake. Women are okay working and being the sole provider but if you choose to be a deadbeat, you will beat yourself to dirt. These women realize that funding the man's lifestyle makes it easier for him to cheat and what's worse than a woman funding her competitor with her money? Women love structure, they love authority, they love to be inspired and you don't do that sitting down and letting her lead. Even where she earns more, she still wants you to provide. It's not a competition, it's nature.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRzw6Nsy6bI

Seun, the bot does not make sense. You may want to look at the criteria for restrictions.

Listening to negative voices. It will keep you down. I realized it was all in my head. We suffer more in imaginación. So if you ever have doubtful thoughts or fear that something will happen in future, erase that thought and combat the fear. Don't die in the hunger games of fear, you won't make any progress. I got my head out of this worrying thought after 2 weeks and I was so sad that I looked down on all I had accomplished and let fear sip in 🤔

It made me learn Murphy's Law.

The head that holds wisdom doesn’t lose its crown because of a playful hand.

manuelkel:
There's no report that can ever bypass the president except on a covert operation.
Aside that no information either classified or not that doesn't go through the presidency's table.

He doesn't even realize that that's a coup waiting to happen

The suggestion of reporting the US gave me quite a laugh. Reminds me of those analysts at newspaper stands knowing everything that happened

BreconHills:
You've spoken about lot of nonsense.

How does a man who clearly insulted a group of people compare with appointing as ambassador an INEC boss who has not been found guilty of any offence? This is not perception this is a crime.

In Yakubus case His only guilt was that he presided over an election in which some people lost and one person won. The case went all the way to the SC but some dead ender can't let it go.

Ezra?

You are flailing and failing. Is there anything remotely similar to this case?

Go and find an example worthy of the name and then we will talk about public perception. And I will show you the hypocrisy behind it and why strong leaders dont rule by optics.

Your response has made me realize that this discussion is not worth the exchange here. I wanted to refer you to listen to analysts on what international relations have to say about having an INEC Chair get a nomination just after an election but I realize that comprehension and judgment are factors that will elude this conversation. I agree with you and I am wrong, you are 💯
Have a great day.

Dogalmighty17:
Commander in chief of the armed forces that another country can dictate to him who to put or remove from his cabinet is that one a commander? Tell me which country of the world has this kind of thing happened before? Some of you are too shallow that the gravity of certain things eludes you because you lack the ability to even begin to comprehend things.

I chuckle at your comment
All the best friend.

Dogalmighty17:
Musa is minister of defense and not CDS. He is already retired from service. Musa may not even be taking orders from Tinubu. Musa was appointed under pressure from the US. It can be said that Musa presently is more powerful than Tinubu.
Who backs Tinubu? The Nigerian armed forces.
Who backs Musa? The military of the United States.
There is a reason why the US wanted him there. They will bypass Tinubu and relate straight with Musa.

Matawalle will resign in the coming days.

My friend, there is a reason why the President is the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces. Let Musa not sit in FEC and go sit with Trump's cabinet in Washington. You people play too much.

Atiku, a former VP is the one that is now targeted. Hmmmm. Okay, I am going to Dubai Mr Dele I don't need VIP protection there

What changed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxvttQ6IrM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj4NTjg5SUs