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Ofunaofu:
Na bot you dey respond to

I know. The bot date is wrong. That is why it can't analyze current issues in the political sphere.

Salewa97:
Trump is just too rude.

His rudeness is gradually affecting his supporters.

He would be impeached before the election.

The Democrats are not even interested in the election, their focus is on impeaching Trump

Please set your system clock. It is still reading 2018. We are in 2024.

BATified23:
Thanks for this but it is just recently that ibos are now called Igbos

Ibo is foreign. It has always been Igbo.
It was used in attempt to differentiate between the Language and the people because it is not all Igbos that speak Igbo languages.

No more bandits. But terrorist. Truth out finally.

What a delightfully colorful and whimsical series of insults!

These statements employ literary devices and archaic vocabulary to create a humorous, tongue-in-cheek effect. Let's break down each term:

Insults:

1. Cockalorum: (n.) A whimsical or absurd person (18th-century slang).
2. Flibbertigibbet: (n.) A whimsical, flighty, or scatterbrained person (from Shakespeare's King Lear).
3. Ultracrepidarian: (n.) A person who gives opinions on matters beyond their knowledge (19th-century term).
4. Whippersnapper: (n.) An impudent or presumptuous young person.
5. Obstreperous: (adj.) Noisy, stubborn, or uncooperative.
6. Doodlebug: (n.) A colloquialism for a foolish or annoying person.
7. Lilliputian: (adj.) Small or insignificant (from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels).
8. Delinquent: (n.) A misbehaving or troublesome person.
9. Canterkerous: (adj.) Irritable or ill-tempered (archaic).
10. Incunabula: (n.) A rare book or manuscript from the earliest days of printing; used here to imply antiquated or outdated thinking.

Tone and intent:

The speaker's tone is playful, sarcastic, and theatrical, using exaggerated language to mock or tease the person. The insults are creative and humorous, rather than genuinely malicious.

The twist:

The final phrase, "However, I forgive him," suggests the speaker's true intention is not to harm or condemn but to poke fun in a lighthearted manner. This unexpected shift in tone underscores the speaker's benevolence and willingness to let go of any perceived offense.

Literary influences:

This style of language is reminiscent of:

1. Shakespeare's satirical plays (e.g., A Midsummer Night's Dream).
2. 18th-century literary works (e.g., Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope).
3. Victorian-era humor and satire.

Overall, this passage showcases a clever, whimsical use of language, blending archaic vocabulary with playful intent.

META AI explanation.

Hmmm

Does anyone have an idea what this could imply.

I have never heard the song anywhere.
I can't remember the words but open your eyes was all I could remember. It was like a rap song.

I have tried to check songs with that title to see if I could remember the sounds and maybe get the lyrics of the song if it exist to know if I am directed to something in the song but I see a lot of songs with that title.

Was it a mind construct trying to tell me to wake up or was there anything in it?

Time was 3:07am

Bluntemperor:
It may be true but the NNPC itself is not having any Integrity left , otherwise -
Why can't they Show NIGERIANS and the so called Sacred Places?
The NNPC,just waiting be relevant on Falsehoods.
Why can't they show us the Individual Palaces,the Churches,the Mosques,so that they can be exposed to Nigerian Masses?
- Why do we run an Organisation like a Cult Organisation,for only some Few Members know about its Operations?
• This NNPC,the DISCOS,the Humanitarian Ministry,the Air Nigeria and other Ministries-are just sucking Nigeria dry of all her Resources and they are Not Contributing to the National Development.
So Shameful,as an Entity.

They destroy local refineries and vessels found with crude oil to make sure nothing gets out to the masses. It is not shameful. It is deliberate.

AllKnowing:
Just read a fascinating article about the glory days of the Benin Empire. Her walls stood four times as tall as the Great Wall of China. That's 20 metres!

But, as part of its conquest of this great civilization, the British Empire blew up those walls and looted the Kingdom's antiquities.

The disregard for the preservation of history.
The flagrant manipulation of a people's story.
Think of the billions of Tourism dollars we could never earn (like China).



CC: OurTruth

ednut1:
Some parts of the kano ancient walls are still in existence despite the British bombing some of it. Where are the remnants of the Benin wall The only thing i have seen is a mud hill

An empire existed that has been manipulated into imaginary wakanda. It is definitely not Benin empire

Mrfixitt:
98% of them are corrupt including you Ndume

100%
You can't protect anyone.

Apcshyte:
What will the protests achieve ? Nothing just noise

A protest is a protest. It is not carrying placards for media. It is aggressive and unhinged.

They should protest and do it aggressively.
They are being blackmailed into not protesting and that is making the status quo to remain.

There should be a shake in this nation. A road walk for social media activist won't do that.
A statement that is loud is needed to make these politicians afraid. Until that is done, nothing changes.

Not a word.

Apcshyte:
You won't because they are ditty liars

I already know. We need the south east and south south to embark on this protest with all seriousness.
Sowore will be the hero here and he deserve it. Enough.

We want to see them. The pipes, the churches and the mosques

We want to see them.

That is cumulative charges and not just for one transaction. He has no case.
The customer should ask his account officer for advice and not misbehave just because he is a lawyer.

babasolution:
Why can't these tribes not utilize power properly?

African are virtually the poorest men in the world

We do not have community building mentality.
It is all man for himself here in Africa, Nigeria in particular.
People complaining about government are only angry because they are not direct beneficiary of the government largesse.

In Jos for instance, many people praise the governorship tenor of Joshua Dariye even though he did not embark on development projects for the state. His government mantra was "chop I chop". That is the government that most Nigerians want.

Every one that occupied the seats of leadership in this country has an agenda. They can not tell you their agenda because you won't consider them as an option if they do. So the make public campaign promises to please the media even though they do not expect to win from those campaigns but by preplanned poling heist.

The African leaders are doing well as long as their tenet is concerned.
How many of them is complaining of hardships and inflation?
How many of them look sad and actually visit the people they govern in an open space?

The goal is self settling and creating mechanism for continuity, or at least, constant flow of the nations resources to themselves and families.

The problem is not the president. It is everyone involved in governance. It is not about major tribe or minor tribes. It is a program. It is little of fear of the unknown and major of the maximum utilization of power.

Oluwashina72:
Code to block my ATM card only.. The code given to me states to block my account and I'm not blocking my account but only the ATM card..
And if I block the account will I be able to use my app?

Block it from your app.

Edusouls:
which evidence? Bro you people should stop taking God as a joke Abegi

God use the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.

Glory to God. They tried to make mockery of the testimonies of people but the evidence outweighs their jester.

MEEVEET:
Please write this in English

Please go and read up the oil in industry
Basic refinery operations
Basic economics

Then maybe we can talk

It goes beyond the basics. Hold on to what you know though.

MadPolitician:
You do remember that Nigeria imports almost all her chemicals for say pharmaceuticals? If you don't buy these chemicals that totslly essential for producing medicines from China, then you have two options left: buy from other sources, (in which case you will still expend foreign exchange), or don't buy at all and die. You do not have local chemicals factories for your pharmaceutical industry, and you are raising tariffs on imported chemicals! Is your head not paining you?

When people talk about restricting imports without talking about solid measures being put in place to provide local substitutes by the government, they sound hollow. Most imports are basic essentials that will take Nigeria almost a decade to start off the manufacturing of anything near the equivalent locally, even if we start the construction of the factories today.
You can'tput the cart before the horse .

What is going on in Abuja is nothing but the height of political debauchery. I honestly think that the Lagos gang in power became jealous of our traditional importers and reached for the crudest antics to circumvent their activities and share in their earnings. I say this because the government did not just stop at deregulating the exchange rate, they went as far as rasing import duties across board and interest rates. They just want to collect as much as they can from the gains of the importers.

Nothing else makes sense

The essence of the write-up is not to restrict Nigeria/China trade but for China to do something about the value of it currency against naira so as to reverse the decline in trade over the years. Although, China has created back door to this decline with their investments in fintechs in Africa, it still needs to encourage physical trades on products from China as it will keep Chinese engaged with production activities without stockpiling their warehouses.

I understand that there is a deliberate war against business men from certain part of Nigeria. That is why I did not bother saying anything as advice to the Nigerian government because they are deliberate in their policies.. My concern is how China is handling it. They need to devalue their currency further.

Eagleways:
Oga, you are one of the problems we have here. Do you have sense at all


So private filling station should ADJUST their meters as they like? We buy fuel over 1k at almost half a liter as one litre? Are you really okay ?

Licensed Private petrol stations do not adjust their meters. It is the Managers of those stations that do that for their own benefit.
That is why the government needs to have it stations that they can regulate and ensure availability of products at all times so that commuters can have options and avoid stations with fraudulent management. When more of the fraudulent stations are pushed out of business, others will behave.

Since trade with china has been hampered by exchange rate difference and government policies, the decline in forex earnings of china from Nigeria has dipped.

China had relied mostly on Africa and the middle east to source for dollar as it devalued it currency for the African market and middle east inclusive.
But the current exchange rate and policies of CBN on payment of goods to international vendors have made it difficult for easy trade that will see Nigeria for instance, exchange it forex for products from China.

Before now, AliExpress was a popular name for Nigerians buying items online. But that has become a luxury as government policies is affecting such transactions at the moment.

Discuss.

MEEVEET:
the ignorance in this post is shocking


How can a normal human believe dangote refinery would make ppetrol cheaper? How na

Is he getting crude cheaper?

Dangote will make petrol cheaper. It is expected to be cheaper than Diesel by 30%
So dangote will not sell fuel more than 700 per liter and it is expected to drop further than that. Again, the price of crude oil is dipping. We can only expect the best from Dangote petrochemicals. His only challenge is converting the naira to dollar using our current exchange rate. I believe government is going to work on that by selling to dangote at a lower market price. It is all win win for dangote against the auto pilot government.

I can not but notice that forces are making offers to dangote so as to be the sole trader of dangote Petrol. Dangote as a business man will go for what will favor him but I believe he has seen enough not to embark on such deal because of easier access to crude oil and foreign exchange promised.

Currently, Fuel sell at the same price with Diesel which should not be. What this means is that dangote fuel will sell far below Diesel so that more people won't convert their fuel engine to Diesel engine as I have noticed around me.

But the forces are offering buy back offer to dangote so as to maintain the status quo only that the crude won't be going outside our borders. This arrangement will have to keep subsidy in place which means no change expected at the end.

The government should insist on no subsidy while experimenting on dangote for the first six months of it sell of fuel to see the challenges the nation will face and then make plans to solve any that may arise. Then they will have to evaluate/audit NNPC company during these period to know what to do with it.

Godfullsam:
Even the state or government owned stations will soon join them to dupe people.
Except if they are not managed by humans from Nigeria.

It is easier to check what you own than what you don't.

oguile:
How come nobody round our leaders are telling the people are starving

oh they know. That is why rice is being sold to few civil servants at half the Price.
Unfortunately, the civil service is not part of the economy.