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PoliticsRe: Fuji Artist, Abass Obesere, Others Defect To APC In Lagos by Tweetums(f): 6:42pm On Mar 06, 2019
OBA Idan, sido baba. Everything na hustling
PoliticsRe: Bauchi Man Who Drank "Gutter Water" To Celebrate PMB Is Alive - Daily Trust by Tweetums(f): 6:41pm On Mar 06, 2019
Which one is true ooo
PoliticsRe: Court Orders INEC To Allow PDP, Atiku Access All Electoral Materials by Tweetums(f): 6:38pm On Mar 06, 2019
Atikulate, God gat ur back
Art, Graphics & VideoRe: Drawing & Painting Of An 8-Year-Old Boy (Photos) by Tweetums(f): 11:42am On Mar 06, 2019
Intelligent
PoliticsThe Socialist Politics Of Envy: What The World Can Learn From Nigeria’s Unfoldin by Tweetums(op): 11:33am On Mar 06, 2019
Africa’s most populated country and the world’s 26th largest economy is heading for a meltdown as a direct result of envy politics.

It was an election between a multimillionaire pro-business candidate seen as part of the establishment and a self-proclaimed hero of the masses who railed against corrupt elites and promised to fight for the little guy. While this may seem to be the story of pretty much every election nowadays since the shock victory of Donald Trump in 2016, the results of Nigeria’s recent elections contain a very important message from an imperiled country about the dangers of using socialist rhetoric and envy politics as a tool of governance. It is a story that shows how the populist tactics deployed by Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have infected the global political discourse, becoming powerful tools for emerging dictatorships and incompetent governments to entrench themselves in power. Whether dressed up in right-wing clothes as in Trump’s case or presented as new age “socialism” as with AOC, the basic method is the same – the weaponization of envy and use of scapegoats to achieve political goals at the expense of good economics and common sense.

If the collapse of Venezuela got the world’s attention, the impending collapse of Nigeria, with six times the population of Venezuela, will be positively seismic. This is what happened, and here is how the world can learn from it.

‘POVERTY IS GOOD’

Typically decided along ethnic and religious lines, these elections took on a decidedly economic posture, with the generally prosperous South voting as one for the first time in favour of Atiku Abubakar. This was an economically liberal challenger and successful businessman who promised to introduce comprehensive cryptocurrency regulation in his campaign manifesto after Nigerians were forced to become prolific crypto traders due to the woes of the naira, which fell over 85 percent between 2014 and 2016. The largely impoverished North, however, voted almost unanimously for the famously statist incumbent Muhammadu Buhari.

Following four years of woeful economic performance, including Nigeria’s first recession in a quarter of a century, Buhari’s campaign message was no longer that fighting corruption would grow the economy – which it clearly failed to do in his first term. The message was something altogether different – that Nigerians should learn to accept poverty as the price for “fighting corruption.”
Despite being far behind where it should be on a per capita basis, Nigeria’s $411 billion economy has a significant population of US Dollar billionaires and millionaires, in addition to a large population of middle class professionals in cities like Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Ibadan – predominantly in the country’s South. This fact is often overshadowed by the preponderance of extreme poverty, particularly in the North.

The glaring economic divide between North and South has been used alongside ethnic and religious politics in the past, but this election was the first time that no attempt was made to promise economic growth to those in need of it. Instead, the message was that poverty in Nigeria is a sign of virtue because only the “corrupt” are able to live well. Like a certain social media sensation-cum-Congresswoman across the Atlantic, Buhari was the “man of the people,” campaigning with a message that their honest poverty is not their fault and is nothing to be ashamed of.

Full details here https://www.ccn.com/the-socialist-politics-of-envy-what-the-world-can-learn-from-nigerias-unfolding-disaster
PoliticsRe: Stop Attacking Buhari, Take Rest At 82, Alake Advises Obasanjo by Tweetums(f): 7:07pm On Mar 05, 2019
Both na 80 yrs plus
PoliticsRe: I Won't Stop Criticising Buhari - Obasanjo by Tweetums(f): 6:55pm On Mar 05, 2019
Godfather
PoliticsRe: We’re 'very Anxious' To Meet Atiku In Court, Says APC by Tweetums(f): 4:56pm On Mar 05, 2019
No problem now...
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 3:04pm On Mar 05, 2019
GrandMufti:
Taar!!!!
sorry!!! I Check the date I bought it on my Ali acc , it was February 2016 I bought note 3 and then bought note 3 prime 2017
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 9:19am On Mar 05, 2019
IKON360:
wow that's cool. When did you get it?
5yrs ago
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 10:56pm On Mar 04, 2019
IKON360:
According to xda developers, the best redmi note is redmi note 3, it shocked the midrange market with its capabilities and price. And its true heir is the redmi note 7.
.
Please if you used redmi note 3 on this thread signify, lets thank God for using you all to open our blind eyes
I av note 3 currently
PoliticsRe: Please Deliver Us From Akeredolu, Ondo Youths Beg Tinubu by Tweetums(f): 12:58pm On Mar 04, 2019
Kegite governor....
PoliticsRe: Man Bathes In A Gutter To Celebrate Buhari's Victory. Photo by Tweetums(f): 4:57pm On Feb 27, 2019
Blind minded
PhonesRe: Beware! Glo Network Can Kill Your Online Business! by Tweetums(f): 4:56pm On Feb 27, 2019
jerflakes:
Glo zaps in my areas in anambra and Enugu, so shut up and don't generalize

Mtn and etisalat are super crap in my area, while airtel is just there

Once again, shut up and don't generalize
behave normal
PhonesRe: Best Eye Catching Xiaomi Smartphones Worth Buying In 2019 by Tweetums(f): 11:52pm On Feb 26, 2019
Abuheekmat:
Ugly looking phone
tecno user
PhonesRe: Glo Bis Working On Android by Tweetums(f): 11:45pm On Feb 26, 2019
Popson53:
What do u you mean by tethere plshuh?
I think hotspot
Technology MarketRe: Available in Stock!!! Best deal on Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 & Note 7 pro(pix) by Tweetums(f): 10:04am On Feb 26, 2019
Protein0:
Hello tweetums, note 7 is on requests, for now. Thanks
ok.. my brother said he chatted with u on whatsapp already
Technology MarketRe: Available in Stock!!! Best deal on Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 & Note 7 pro(pix) by Tweetums(f): 8:15pm On Feb 25, 2019
Protein0:
Second batch kiss
Hi protein0, pls do you have rm note 7 3gig/32gig black color, do u av in stock? Need it urgently
CelebritiesRe: AY And Mike Ezuruonye Fly To Ghana. AY Says Buhari & Atiku Are Hustlers Like Him by Tweetums(f): 9:46am On Feb 25, 2019
Na money be the koko for hustle
Technology MarketRe: The Xiaomi Thread Store by Tweetums(f): 8:43am On Feb 25, 2019
I need rm note 7 3gig/32gig black color....
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 5:22am On Feb 08, 2019
I really appreciate you guyz... Thank you very much
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 1:58am On Feb 08, 2019
hausadreturn:
What this means is that from previous experience you've been getting high charges...? or you're saying it based on the testimonies you read here?
base on some comments about nipost high charges
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 12:33pm On Feb 07, 2019
fibonacci2526:
It's 50/50 o.
ok
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 12:33pm On Feb 07, 2019
mikeycharles:
DHL shipping fee no pass customs own? grin
But seriously I don't think so, they're fast but pricey and they deliver straight to your doorstep so I don't think they incur custom charges.
alright... Thanks
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 12:32pm On Feb 07, 2019
hausadreturn:
I don't think so. It'll even come to your doormot.
But why DHL? You need it urgently?
No, I just consider DHL instead of post office coz of high charges
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 12:27pm On Feb 07, 2019
Godvilla:
Yes you will
thanks
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 8:52am On Feb 07, 2019
I want to buy note 7 shipping thru DHL...
will I pay customs duty when it got here?
Travel AdsRe: Smyoot: Shop & Ship From China, USA, Dubai & UK (Express, Cargo & Shipping) by Tweetums(f): 8:39am On Feb 05, 2019
NGN 74,767.44 | Free Earphone Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 64GB 4GB Mobile Phone S660 Octa Core 4000mAh 6.3" FullScreen 2340 x 1080 48MP Dual Camera
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/wg4uoD3

Standard package
Black colour

NGN 1,108.93 23%OFF | Luxury Glass Case For Xiaomi Redmi note 7 Case 9H Tempered Glass Silicone Cover Hybrid Back Cover For Redmi note 7 pro Cases
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/brFYTs0t

Black colour
Shop in Bundle
Select bundle 2

Invoice for them...
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 2:16pm On Nov 21, 2018
Ifedith:
No wahala at all... Contact... 070three1080two87
Is this ur whatsapp number.
PhonesRe: The Xiaomi Thread. by Tweetums(f): 1:54pm On Nov 21, 2018
Ifedith:
Redmi 4a 2gb 32gb.... 35200k(black)
Redmi 6a 2gb 16gb... 34790(black)
Redmi 5 plus 3gb 32gb.... 525990(black) 52599(gold)
Redmi note 5 32gb 3gb.... 60k(gold)
mi max 2 4gb 64gb... 62100k(gold)
Mi 8 4gb 64gb...131900(black)
Samsung galaxy s8... 4gb 64gb... I52k
Galaxy s9+... 6gb 64gb...215k
Galaxy note 8... 6gb 64gb...196k
Galaxy note 9 6gb 128gb..270k
Huawei nova i3... 4gb 128gb... 105k
Nokia 6.1plus... 4gb 64gb... 95k
Next day free delivery within Lagos
Payment on delivery available
Free delivery to abj, ph, lag and abeokuta.
Xiaomi mi 8....6gb 128gbe...164300... Any color
Xiaomi mi max 3.... 4gb 64gb... 101139
Xiaomi Pocophone f1...6gb 128gb... 126800
No custom issues.
I need max2..
U deliver to akure?
Travel AdsRe: Smyoot: Shop & Ship From China, USA, Dubai & UK (Express, Cargo & Shipping) by Tweetums(f): 3:40pm On Nov 14, 2018
Specuit:
[color=#4C0009]Client: Tweetums
Service: Specuit Overseas + Express
Items: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/GIONEE-A14GB-RAM-64GB-ROM-Helio_60819821656.html?tracelog=null (1 Unit)

INVOICE:
Item Cost (1 Unit): $146

Total Items Cost: $146
Flat Rate (Phone | 1 Unit): ₦5,000

Sub-Total: $146 (₦53,290) + ₦5,000
Specuit Express (Akure): ₦4,000
Discount: -₦0.00

TOTAL: ₦62,290

ACCOUNT DETAILS:
Specuit Limited
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Thank you.
Specuit Sales Team[/color]
Paid....
Travel AdsRe: Smyoot: Shop & Ship From China, USA, Dubai & UK (Express, Cargo & Shipping) by Tweetums(f): 9:49pm On Nov 13, 2018
Is like this place is not functioning properly.....

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