₦airaland Forum

Nigeria may be forced to shift attention to other countries for the import of commodities like cereals, mineral fuel, oil distillation products, fish, iron and steel, fertilizers, amongst others.

Yeyeoldman:
Somehow one man called Dangote is Building a Refinery. One man Oooh. During Good luck Jonathan Regime one of the poorest country on planet earth Niger Republic built a Refinery. Poor Ivory coast have a Refinery. Nigerians are not ready yet. When we are ready we will hit the street and demand for what's our right. The people profiting from Subsidy and Importation of Fuel will never let Nigeria Own a Functional Refinery. Who dey deceive who?

KingEverest:
if only we had a working refinery we could have make huge profit from this situation, but an oil producing nation don't have a single working refinery that can refine PMS this country is cursed

sulaak:



Stupid African, concerned about Russia vs Ukraine, when the European have completely destabilised the entire Sahel with the invasion of Libya.

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Tell that to your country men..

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Disgrace on Putin and his nairaland puppet..look how he's been displayed like a d*g..
It's such a pity that Putin didn't think thrice before invading..he made a very big mistake he will forever regret..
Where is DoggoneDogg I pleaded with you to place a bet that Ukraine won't fall on Sunday instead you chickened out..here we are Ukraine is still standing firm..you are a disappointment to all Putin's puppet on nairaland..

wink2015:
NATO HAS ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVATED 24/7 AND THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING RUSSIA.

So it is not simply the UKRAINE crisis that brought out NATO. They were planning codedly against Russia.

They have been looking for an opportunity to enter Russia.

It is the same NATO countries leaders that sponsored the uprising that remove the Pro-Russian government in Ukraine and brought in a Pro-western leader.

This was the beginning of the Crisis in Ukraine.

WorWorBoy:
Nigeria that is yet to solved her own crisis,like Boko Haram kidnapping people,Fulani herdsmen killing people here and there,ritualist be heading people left, right and center want to join forces with other African countries help deal with crisis surrounding the Africa continent? Is our God not a miracle worker?

Nigerian flag can do wonders, if you know you know pic.twitter.com/3NkFxllvZD

— Woye (@woye1) February 26, 2022

seunny4lif:
Iran and Venezuela are trading using Russia own version of swift

seunny4lif:
Between both France, Hungary, Bulgaria and Germany blocked it.
Just like Croatia and Hungary president said, they will withdraw their troops from Poland if NATO will send troops to Ukraine.

CrownedPhoenix:
You say a sovereign nation cannot join a NATO security alliance

You still say they can't join the EU. EU that is an economic alliance? Haba now

Is Putin now supposed to be dictating when Ukrainians can eat and when they can go to toilet?

ayindejimmy:
How?.
By doing what Putin wants ?

ayindejimmy:
You're sounding unintelligible

What's happening in Nigeria is the fault of some evil Nigerians and some of our ill-informed citizens.


Is what's happening in Ukraine Ukranians' fault?
Can Ukrainians stop it?




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Titaniumental:
And who will buy all those golds with all this sanctions placed on them

Mooh247:



The wise Chinese don't want to gamble their funds in a warzone

Chinese, Arabs and Jews never joke or play with their money

Russia and Ukraine are on their own


Well Russia has $650, billion USD in foreign reserves, they have 2300 tonnes of Gold reserves as well, so they are prepared



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How the Ukraine Crisis Ends
by Henry A. Kissinger
The Washington Post
March 6, 2014
Public discussion on Ukraine is all about confrontation. But do we know where we are going? In my life, I have seen four wars begun with great enthusiasm and public support, all of which we did not know how to end and from three of which we withdrew unilaterally. The test of policy is how it ends, not how it begins.

Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to survive and thrive, it must not be either side’s outpost against the other — it should function as a bridge between them.

Russia must accept that to try to force Ukraine into a satellite status, and thereby move Russia’s borders again, would doom Moscow to repeat its history of self-fulfilling cycles of reciprocal pressures with Europe and the United States.

The West must understand that, to Russia, Ukraine can never be just a foreign country. Russian history began in what was called Kievan-Rus. The Russian religion spread from there. Ukraine has been part of Russia for centuries, and their histories were intertwined before then. Some of the most important battles for Russian freedom, starting with the Battle of Poltava in 1709 , were fought on Ukrainian soil. The Black Sea Fleet — Russia’s means of projecting power in the Mediterranean — is based by long-term lease in Sevastopol, in Crimea. Even such famed dissidents as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Joseph Brodsky insisted that Ukraine was an integral part of Russian history and, indeed, of Russia.

The European Union must recognize that its bureaucratic dilatoriness and subordination of the strategic element to domestic politics in negotiating Ukraine’s relationship to Europe contributed to turning a negotiation into a crisis. Foreign policy is the art of establishing priorities.

The Ukrainians are the decisive element. They live in a country with a complex history and a polyglot composition. The Western part was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1939, when Stalin and Hitler divided up the spoils. Crimea, 60 percent of whose population is Russian, became part of Ukraine only in 1954 , when Nikita Khrushchev, a Ukrainian by birth, awarded it as part of the 300th-year celebration of a Russian agreement with the Cossacks. The west is largely Catholic; the east largely Russian Orthodox. The west speaks Ukrainian; the east speaks mostly Russian. Any attempt by one wing of Ukraine to dominate the other — as has been the pattern — would lead eventually to civil war or breakup. To treat Ukraine as part of an East-West confrontation would scuttle for decades any prospect to bring Russia and the West — especially Russia and Europe — into a cooperative international system.

Ukraine has been independent for only 23 years; it had previously been under some kind of foreign rule since the 14th century. [b]Not surprisingly, its leaders have not learned the art of compromise, even less of historical perspective. The politics of post-independence Ukraine clearly demonstrate that the root of the problem lies in efforts by Ukrainian politicians to impose their will on recalcitrant parts of the country, first by one faction, then by the other. [/b]That is the essence of the conflict between Viktor Yanukovych and his principal political rival, Yulia Tymoshenko. They represent the two wings of Ukraine and have not been willing to share power. A wise U.S. policy toward Ukraine would seek a way for the two parts of the country to cooperate with each other. We should seek reconciliation, not the domination of a faction.

Russia and the West, and least of all the various factions in Ukraine, have not acted on this principle. Each has made the situation worse. Russia would not be able to impose a military solution without isolating itself at a time when many of its borders are already precarious. For the West, the demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.

Putin should come to realize that, whatever his grievances, a policy of military impositions would produce another Cold War. For its part, the United States needs to avoid treating Russia as an aberrant to be patiently taught rules of conduct established by Washington. Putin is a serious strategist — on the premises of Russian history. Understanding U.S. values and psychology are not his strong suits. Nor has understanding Russian history and psychology been a strong point of U.S. policymakers.

Leaders of all sides should return to examining outcomes, not compete in posturing. Here is my notion of an outcome compatible with the values and security interests of all sides:

1. Ukraine should have the right to choose freely its economic and political associations, including with Europe.

2. Ukraine should not join NATO, a position I took seven years ago, when it last came up.

3. Ukraine should be free to create any government compatible with the expressed will of its people. Wise Ukrainian leaders would then opt for a policy of reconciliation between the various parts of their country. Internationally, they should pursue a posture comparable to that of Finland. That nation leaves no doubt about its fierce independence and cooperates with the West in most fields but carefully avoids institutional hostility toward Russia.

4. It is incompatible with the rules of the existing world order for Russia to annex Crimea. But it should be possible to put Crimea’s relationship to Ukraine on a less fraught basis. To that end, Russia would recognize Ukraine’s sovereignty over Crimea. Ukraine should reinforce Crimea’s autonomy in elections held in the presence of international observers. The process would include removing any ambiguities about the status of the Black Sea Fleet at Sevastopol.

These are principles, not prescriptions. People familiar with the region will know that not all of them will be palatable to all parties. The test is not absolute satisfaction but balanced dissatisfaction. If some solution based on these or comparable elements is not achieved, the drift toward confrontation will accelerate. The time for that will come soon enough.

Henry A. Kissinger was secretary of state from 1973 to 1977.

© 2014 Tribune Media Services

https://www.henryakissinger.com/articles/how-the-ukraine-crisis-ends/

PARIS, Feb 24 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, when making threats about using nuclear weapons, needs to understand that NATO, too, is a nuclear alliance, but he ruled out NATO-led military intervention to defend Ukraine.

CrownedPhoenix:
See that one face

I have realized some people here idolise Putin not because what he's doing is right. But because of their hate for the West.

You hail Putin not because Ukraine deserves this war but because you hate America.

Shame on you lots for supporting the invasion of a country's sovereignty.

Nyanmiridunce:
The infrastructure you see today will bring succor later. That's the sacrifice great nation took and y'all can see the results now. Buhari ain't perfect but he try in many areas.

duro4chang:
He is not different or better than any other northerner. You are overrating him.

ThinkSmarter:
Southeasteners are the most travelled people of Nigeria.
The number of luxurious bus, hummer bus and sienna leaving and entering SE on daily basis can attest to that.
Yet SE wasn't among the prioritized in the rail project.

jamjo:
If your wife is threatening you with a divorce, that proves you are a terrible husband and she has been working so hard to make the marriage work but you continued with your stupidity and you are the one trying so hard not to let the divorce happen, she cannot continue to waste her time with you and I'm 1000% sure she can buy for herself any type house she wants to live in.

fastseo:
For the sake of equity let's south east be given a chance.

I know my lovely South western brothers will reciprocate the gestures and massive support given to OBJ from the east through out his 8 years in office.

God bless Nigeria
God bless our lovely yoruba brothers
God bless our lovely hausa brothers
God bless our lovely ijaw brothers
God bless our lovely other tribes
Long live the federal Republic of Nigeria

Datboredberri:
Lol...

I still love Obasanjo...

Nigeria needs a dictator...

Originalsly:
What business you're getting into that will guarantee you that amount every month? Since COVID-19 soooo many businesses have been folding up or struggling to survive ... and they know the ropes. Think again.... the business climate is not good in these times.

POSmecrhant:
I have a self contained Flat that's giving me 165k every year. But I want to sell the place to invest in business that will give me 120k to 150k every month, because I'm married now, responsiblites will spring up. and dont want to depend fully on 180k salary.

Could this be good or bad idea?

abobote:
You can't be ruling other countries through back door, you create terrorism, then send troops and start milking the countru's economy dry in the name allies.
Say no to neocolonialism

observer88:
Good job!

But I wonder why anyone would compare this bridge with an absolutely Nigerian funded railway between Nigeria and Niger Republic, with minimal evidence of reasonable trade between them.

Economic value is the issue here. The current Fulani leadership is in a race with herself to expend national resources that they do not generate on their brothers even when these are across the border.

The group managing director of NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari, who tendered the apology when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Downstream, said the situation was completely unavoidable as the problem was not envisaged.