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Foreign Affairs / Re: American Politics Thread - 2024 Elections — Biden’s Presidency! by wirinet(m): 3:41pm On May 01 |
Trump is threatening violence again if he looses the November 2024 elections. When he was asked whether he expects political violence after the elections, he responded that it depends on the fairness of the elections. Now, who determines the fairness of an election? I think the American political and justice system has bent over too much to accommodate the excesses of Trump. He is too embolden that he feels he is untouchable. The whole of the US political and justice system seems afraid of him, that he can practically get away with murder. The US will have to confront the Trump menace headlong once and for all, and damn the threats and intimidation of his MAGA cult movement. 1 Like
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Politics / Re: Michael Chibuzo Replies Obi's Criticism Of The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway by wirinet(m): 6:49pm On Apr 30 |
Coastal road in this climate change/global warming age when sea levels are expected to rise? How will the government prevent erosion that is eating the Atlantic coast from dragging the road into the ocean? Are they going to extend Atlantic City all the way from lagos to calabar?
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Politics / Re: Peter Obi Vehemently Condemns Lagos-Calabar Highway As A Misplaced Priority by wirinet(m): 5:49pm On Apr 30 |
Nightwolf1: My broda, me I know understand the environmental, economic and logical sense of building a mega highway all along the Nigerian coast in these global warming or is it climate change era. It just does not make an iota of sense to me. Roads that will be washed into the ocean within 50 years, might even be sooner. You think the people that built the Lagos-Ibadan expressway were stupid to build the expressway far inland. |
Foreign Affairs / Re: American Politics Thread - 2024 Elections — Biden’s Presidency! by wirinet(m): 5:06pm On Apr 30 |
bemeruca:Other DNC media will not report stories they cannot verify. Hannity show on foxnews aired over 80 segments in 2023 alone alleging that Mykola zlochevsky, the Ukrainian oligarch who controlled Burisma paid a $5 million bribe to joe Biden through Hunter Biden. Maria Batiromo pushed these same allegations against Hunter Biden more than 200 times in 2023 Now Foxnews will be given opportunity under oath to prove these allegations. Why get do personal with Hunter Biden? He is not running for any office. whether he is convicted of a crime or not should have bearing whatsoever on your life. Yes he can sue for defamation, only a competent court of law can determine if he was defamed or not. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Foreign Affairs / Re: American Politics Thread - 2024 Elections — Biden’s Presidency! by wirinet(m): 7:30am On Apr 30 |
Things are about to rev up for MAGA cult and it's megaphone - Foxnews, Hunter Biden is preparing to sue Foxnews for defamation. MAGA is about to go into overdrive with their propaganda and conspiracy theories, and not forgetting fake outrage. They will now be given opportunity to present all their evidence in court or pay another set of millions in damages.
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Business / Re: US Seeks 3 Years Prison Term For Binance Founder, Changpeng Zhao by wirinet(m): 4:17pm On Apr 25 |
kingolu1:You will also not see US government kidnapping a suspect and lock them up indefinitely while investigating the crime. Binance is not the only crypto exchange on the internet. There are at least 5 other major ones and uncountable minor ones. Kucoin, OKX, Bybit, MERC, etc are operating without any problem. The even still have NGN on their platforms. 1 Like |
Business / Re: US Seeks 3 Years Prison Term For Binance Founder, Changpeng Zhao by wirinet(m): 4:02pm On Apr 25 |
DeepSight:Crypto is not the problem. Crypto like any other tool can be employed for both positive and negative use. It's just a system of decentralized exchange. The problem governments around the world is having with Crypto is how to regulate and monitor it, and collect taxes on transactions made through it. Trading crypto is like trading other instruments like commodities, forex, stocks, futures, options, etc., the difference is that cryptos are more volatile and unpredictable, and is more prone to manipulation. If you can master it, you can indeed make a lot of money in a short period of time. you can also loose a lot in very short period of time. 1 Like |
Family / Re: The Husband Is The Head Of The Family? by wirinet(m): 8:52am On Apr 24 |
UjuJoan2:False. In any social structure or organisation, there must be a leader. This applies to all animals, except solitary animals. Marriage is the most basic human social structure, and for it to be successful, there must be a defined leader/head. Now, that leader does not mean dictatorship, and it might even not necessarily be the man. In some cases the woman takes on the responsibility of leading the family. Societies without a leader are often don't achieve any form of greatness and are often subservient to those with strong and defined leaders. |
Business / Re: Abuja Chinese Supermarket Shuts Doors by wirinet(m): 4:56pm On Apr 22 |
Sapasenator:Where have you travelled that you find no discrimination? Have you travelled to the US? You lived with the whites in the US and you see no discrimination? You have travelled to the UK and you see no discrimination? In fact UK has very strong anti-discrimination laws. A cousin sued her employer for discrimination in the UK and was awarded a heft sum as damages, as she was able to prove it in court. Have you been to the middle East and find no discrimination. Israel nko? The black Jews in Israel are always crying of discrimination. 6 Likes |
Business / Re: Abuja Chinese Supermarket Shuts Doors by wirinet(m): 4:45pm On Apr 22 |
Sapasenator:If you have travelled abroad, you will know that discrimination is not unique to Nigeria. There is serious discrimination in the US, UK and even China. The Tibetians, the Uyghurs and the Zhuang people are always crying of marginalisation and discrimination by the majority Han tribe. 4 Likes |
Business / Re: Abuja Chinese Supermarket Shuts Doors by wirinet(m): 4:40pm On Apr 22 |
Lifestone:It's amazing that this generation of igbos are so hateful. Their fathers were more reasonable. The hatred exhibited by todays igbo youth had never been witnessed in Nigeria, even during and immediately after the civil war. My father inlaw actually fought in the civil war and was very close to ojukwu. You will never find him spewing so much hatred for Nigeria or Yorubas or even hausa-fulanis. 3 Likes |
Business / Re: Abuja Chinese Supermarket Shuts Doors by wirinet(m): 4:27pm On Apr 22 |
Sapasenator:I am honestly ashamed of you guys. So because there is tribalism in Nigeria now justifies Chinese coming into our country and insult us? There is no country in the world that does not suffer some degree of racism/tribalism. In England there are serious tribalism between the English, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish. Same in China, there are serious tribal tension among the various ethnicities. But when it come to confronting outsiders they forger their differences and unite to face a common enemy/threat or humiliation. Here you guys rejoice and give support to our enemies and wish all us dead. Pathetic. 8 Likes |
Business / Re: Abuja Chinese Supermarket Shuts Doors by wirinet(m): 4:18pm On Apr 22 |
abdsamad:Please stop behaving like an ingrate that uses left hand to point to his father's compound. The Chinese don't own any land in Nigeria, all land belongs to the government, they can only lease it. Even if they bought and own the land, they cannot commit a crime on the land. They should go to South Africa and discriminate against the locals claiming they own the land, and see if they would live to tell the story. 5 Likes |
Business / Re: Abuja Chinese Supermarket Shuts Doors by wirinet(m): 4:13pm On Apr 22 |
hslbroker2:Forget hate among ourselves, that's a family problem. It's unacceptable that outsiders would come into our house and start insulting us. 7 Likes |
Business / Re: Abuja Chinese Supermarket Shuts Doors by wirinet(m): 4:11pm On Apr 22 |
Antoeni:Please cure your ignorance by reading chapter 4 section 42 of the Nigerian constitution. 6 Likes 1 Share
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Business / Re: Abuja Chinese Supermarket Shuts Doors by wirinet(m): 4:02pm On Apr 22 |
DeadCountry:It seems lots of misguided igbo youths are very bitter and angry at Nigeria and fellow Nigerians, probably due to heavy dose of iPOB propaganda. So they don't mind humiliation and even self destruction, as long as Nigeria is destroyed along with them. How can citizens support foreign nationals discriminating against locals in their fatherland and operating an apartheid system, and someone is happy. Try this shit in any Country outside black Africa, and the place would be burnt down and the Chinese deported back to their country. In they tried this shit in the UK, a country that has strict anti-discrimination laws, the restaurant owners would need to sell the store to pay damages. 10 Likes |
Politics / Re: Alex Otti’s Ph-Aba Road Vs Lagos-calabar Coastal Road by wirinet(m): 5:38am On Apr 22 |
longetivity:If concrete roads can only last 30 years, how come roman roads and bridges have lasted over 2000 years? What did they use in building their roads? 3 Likes
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Politics / Re: IMF: Why We Asked Nigeria To Remove Fuel Subsidy by wirinet(m): 9:38pm On Apr 21 |
DeepSight: Don't mind them. Most likely they are government workers or government apologies whose duty is to defend government policies at all cost. We have been removing petrol subsidy since IBB, and it seems the more we remove subsidy, the more money used for subsidy grows. During Obasanjo who removed subsidy twice, the amount spent was less than a N100 billion. During Jonathan with all the subsidy thievery and corruption, the amount on subsidy was about N3 trillion. Now under Tinubu who completely removed subsidy on the first day in office, the amount spent on subsidy so far is 7 trillion, and he had not even spent a full year in office. What this tell us is that as long as we import petrol, the money spent on subsidy would keep on growing. I want you to listen to this presentation by PLO Lumumba, he eloquently elaborates on the miseducation of Africans and the challenges we face from colonisation and neo-colonisation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwufamTpQXc?si=H_HU-UAIXpySdgfh 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: IMF: Why We Asked Nigeria To Remove Fuel Subsidy by wirinet(m): 6:03pm On Apr 21 |
Tianamen1:That's because raising taxes would affect the rich far more than the poor. How many of the elites pay taxes commensurate to their wealth? In Nigeria the government favours the elites to the detriment of the poor. We practice elitocrasy - government of the elites by the elites for the elites. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: IMF: Why We Asked Nigeria To Remove Fuel Subsidy by wirinet(m): 5:20pm On Apr 21 |
Lavor234:Not just Scandinavian countries, education is free in Russia, most countries of the Middle east, most of Europe, China, Japan and even Canada up till secondary school level. Below are countries offering free or very cheap education to their citizens- https://www.onlinecollegeplan.com/what-countries-offer-free-college/ |
Politics / Re: IMF: Why We Asked Nigeria To Remove Fuel Subsidy by wirinet(m): 3:55pm On Apr 21 |
DeepSight:My brother you can't blame them, it due to decades of deliberate miseducation and indoctrination by IMF and World Bank. How subsidies is the source of corruption is part of their economic theories taught to Africans but not taught to Scandinavia, Europe, Canada, the Middle east and other western nations. In most of those countries education is highly subsidised. Even in Russia education is almost free up till university level. Food also is highly subsidised with heavy subsidies to farmers. The worst is CAPITAL. In all these countries, capital to entrepreneurs are highly subsidised. Imagine interest rates of 1 to 5%, and you get a moratorium of up to 3 years before you start repayment. IMF and world Bank would never cite bogus white elephant projects as the cause of our problem, they would never cite our 70% recurrent expenditure to 30% capital, which is usually misappropriated anyway. They would never theorise that billions and billions of dollars that is simply stolen/transferred out of our coffers and deposited in their banks is source of our underdevelopment. All they shout is subsidy, subsidy and subsidy. They know that plunging the mass of the population into abject poverty is the surest means of causing instability. They know that a poor, hungry man is a tool for causing chaos. They understand that poverty along with religion leads to insurgency, militancy and conflicts. They had the experience during the revolutions in Europe and America where the poor caused so much instability. If you know how much the US spent during the great depression and even during Covid19, to subsidise the masses, you will understand they have sinister motives when they preach anti-subsidy doctrine to us. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Foreign Affairs / Re: US To Withdraw From Niger As Security Pact Fails In Strategic Victory For Russia by wirinet(m): 12:59pm On Apr 21 |
CSTRR:But China also closed itself to the west for centuries. When China opened up, it only restricted western trade and influence to a few port cities. China was at no time completely subjugated and overwhelmed by Western culture and influence. The West had shown and still shows pure disdain and disregard for West Africa. Meanwhile we worship and adore them. We swallow all the insults and disdain with pride as long as they give us aid and Visa. Please watch this interview by Harold Smith on why they handed power to the north through fraudulent elections and census. They prevent competent and patriotic leaders capable of developing the country from rising to power and promote mediocre and corrupt unpatriotic leaders, who bring their countries into ruin. This was the same situation all over west Africa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gSbMescYwc?si=1nd1g5TCnsz8x8df The seeds of that fraudulent election and census remains with us till today, and are factors that will never allow Nigeria rise above its current mediocre state. I decided to post the full interview to reveal the plans of the British for Nigeria at independence. 1 Like 1 Share |
Politics / Re: IMF: Why We Asked Nigeria To Remove Fuel Subsidy by wirinet(m): 10:01am On Apr 21 |
ON the other hand, over 50 years of subsidy are why we are not self sufficent in fuel and in power supply. False! Repeating the same lie over and over again can never make it true. The reason we are not self sufficient in fuel and power supply is CORRUPTION and STEALING by those saddled with managing our resources. It has nothing and I Repeat nothing to do with subsidy. Obasanjo spentb $16 billion and was only able to add just over 1000MW into the grid. In the last 10 years, Nigeria spent N25 billion to repair our refineries without producing a litre of petrol, this is despite billions of dollars stolen in the fuel subsidy scam, and you guys are shouting subsidy is the problem. 1 Like
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Foreign Affairs / Re: US To Withdraw From Niger As Security Pact Fails In Strategic Victory For Russia by wirinet(m): 9:04am On Apr 21 |
SuccessfulRichi:We are in a better position to get better deals as we are now like a lady with two or even three potential suitors. We place our demand before each of them and go along with the best. The problem is that we have very selfish and unpatriotic leaders. They are still behaving like local chiefs in pre-slavery Africa that sold their own people for mandane material things like mirrors, hats and umbrellas. Our present leaders make stupid deals for stupid personal gains, and then relocate to countries of these colonialists after betraying their people. 1 Like 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: US To Withdraw From Niger As Security Pact Fails In Strategic Victory For Russia by wirinet(m): 8:31am On Apr 21 |
Botragelad:Why get so emotional and personal? Does your loyalty lie more with the US than Nigeria? AGOA is just like curing cerebral malaria with paracetamol. How can we export to the US or anywhere when we are an import dependent nation? How can we export when we are not able to first meet local demand? We are still falling for the same economic trap the colonialists set up for us. We produce natural resources and goods for them cheaply, and then import food and essentials from them expensively. Awo, Zik and Balewa fell for this same trap. They were exporting groundnut, cocoa and coal to Europe while importing rice, chocolate and groundnut oil from them. Where is the industrial capacity, power, infrastructure and capital to start exporting to the US under AGOA? This same AGOA will impose stringent packaging and quality conditions that are very very difficult to meet. Now tell me exactly how many people do you know that is benefiting from AGOA? Are you one of them? Sudan ke? Which of the Sudans, south or the main Sudan? Sudan is your classical example of countries benefiting from the west? I hope you are being satirical. So you mean African nations would be dumb investments if the US commit resources there like they did Europe and Israel? You also mean we were of no use or importance during the Cold War? If Africa was so useless, why are they now crying that Africa is considering looking east for their salvation? This is the reason I like Trump to an extent, he doesn't bullshit that he likes Africa and want to help, while in reality hate Africa and Africans. He said his mind when he openly said he would prefer immigrants from Scandinavia than shithole countries (Africa).
Which continent benefited the US more in the past, Africa,Middle East or Europe? The wealth and prosperity enjoyed by the US, and Europe today was built on the resources and manpower of Africa. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Foreign Affairs / Re: US To Withdraw From Niger As Security Pact Fails In Strategic Victory For Russia by wirinet(m): 7:16am On Apr 21 |
Nolevel666: You forgot to add Chruches, Mosques and Shrines. 3 Likes |
Foreign Affairs / Re: US To Withdraw From Niger As Security Pact Fails In Strategic Victory For Russia by wirinet(m): 6:38am On Apr 21 |
happney65:With all the decades of American presence, what have we actually gained? Is it their absolute disdain for Nigeria and anything Nigerian? Is it their outrageous visa policy that scam Nigerians out of billions of dollars yearly? How many actual investments have the US done in Nigeria? 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Foreign Affairs / Re: US To Withdraw From Niger As Security Pact Fails In Strategic Victory For Russia by wirinet(m): 6:33am On Apr 21 |
Botragelad:Yes countries engage in alliances that serve their strategic objectives, but does it have to be a parasitic relationship? Sucking the life blood out of these poor African countries while giving little or nothing in return. That has been the nature of the relationship between African countries and Europe/US from the very beginning. Why didn't the US employ the same doctrine of "strategic objectives" when dealing with European countries and Israel? The US spent billions in rebuilding Europe after the devastating war started by European themselves. They created military alliance and spent trillions defending Europe from themselves. They do the same with Israel, spending billions of dollars protecting Israel and helping their economy. But when it comes to Africans countries they remember the doctrine of strategic objectives. 31 Likes 5 Shares |
Politics / Re: IMF: Why We Asked Nigeria To Remove Fuel Subsidy by wirinet(m): 12:39pm On Apr 20 |
malali: This is the new slavery or slave trade. You promote policies that impoverish the people and thus lead to instability, then you encourage the valuable manpower and the rich elites along with their capital to emigrate and develop the economies of the west. Finally due to instability you exploit the natural resources of these countries without paying the appropriate costs or ethics, thereby destroying the environment. No one pays the poor more subsidies than the west, from food subsidies, to agricultural subsidies, to housing subsidies. 4 Likes |
Business / Re: US Dollar to Nigerian Naira Speculators Are Getting Hurt by wirinet(m): 7:48pm On Apr 13 |
Enugurangers:Most Nigerians have no idea of currency trading. They buy and sell based on emotions and not on Technical or fundamental analysis. I bought naira at about N1600 to the dollar and quickly before it fell beyond N1500. |
Business / Re: US Dollar to Nigerian Naira Speculators Are Getting Hurt by wirinet(m): 7:43pm On Apr 13 |
helinues:There is nothing wrong with currency trading/speculation. It part of normal business like any other business. The problem is that our economy and thus the Naira is not that sophisticated, and so is not traded both physically abroad or digitally in the currency market. I trade Euro against the dollar, Pounds against the dollar and the dollar against the Japanese Yen on the currency market. I uses to trade USDT against the naira when it was available on the binance spot market. |
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