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sukkot:
If you was bringing it the way I be bringing it in ze oza room she sho enuff ain’t gone lose no interest. I come with the fire and lightening and thunder and volcano and earth quake in ze oza room. Take a woman 2 months to recover from an encounter with me

lol ermmm am playing

WannaHowzit:
Natasha Joubert was crowned as the new Miss South Africa on Sunday.

The 26-year-old fashion designer from the Gauteng province was chosen ahead of Nande Mabala and Bryoni Govender in Pretoria.

Joubert takes the reigns from Ndavi Nokeri.

It is the second time that Joubert has appeared at the pageant. She was the runner-up in 2020 and went on to represent South Africa at the 2021 Miss Universe competition.

Hotwest:

Office of the first son

pansophist:
For geopolitical pundits, this is a discourse board for international political trends, the struggle for influence between the great powers of the East and West, and how the global communities are aligning themselves with these new international realities.

Feel free to post your observations, predictions, and knowledge concerning the aforementioned topic.

Jane74:
Thank you for the warm welcome. Yes, I live in Russia and I wasn't going to hide it.

Just in case, I apologize again for my written English; sometimes I have to use a google translator.
Now I will answer the substance of your comments.

1. Military coups are generally evil, I agree.

But the possibility of military coups in the country does not depend at all on the state system, on the personal qualities of the military or the personal qualities of the civil authorities.

To avoid endless military coups in the country, the army must be organized in a strictly defined way.
In the Russian Empire, military coups ended only after the reform of the army, in Turkey the army ceased to be a political force only after the reform of the army, in the USA the army cannot stage a military coup, in England it cannot, in France after Napoleon the army is also not capable of coups.


In Turkey in general.. military coups before Erdogan's reform were as familiar to everyone as the sunrise.
I emphasize that it does not matter what kind of state system is in the country. A monarchy or a democratic republic or something else.


It is important how the army is organized.

And coups would have happened in the Soviet Union every month if the Russian Emperor Alexander I had not changed the structure of the army after the military guard overthrew (and killed) his father, Emperor Paul I in 1801.

The main safety valve against coups is the constant rotation of officers.

The same officer does not serve for a long time in one place. All officers, regardless of rank, are constantly being transferred from one duty station to another.

An officer does not acquire connections, soldiers and officers do not appear around him, ready to follow him into fire and water.

In short, the army is a leaky sieve, no conspiracy can be kept secret for more than a couple of days. And you can't prepare anything serious in a couple of days.

And treat coups with foreign invasion.. this is a rather strange idea.

It is very expensive, troublesome and the result is completely unpredictable.

For example, after the "democratic" bloodless February revolution of 1917, which today's USA and Europe would welcome..

The civil war in Russia was unleashed by foreign military units (the Czechoslovak Legion), and the subsequent intervention of the Entente countries (England, France, USA) allowed the Bolsheviks to finally establish themselves in the country; the whole people eventually sided with the "Reds".

There are many similar examples in the history of different countries

First off, your English is very okay in your posts... conversely Google Translate will always come in handy for "cheating"...

budaatum:
I might want to agree with you except for the huge elephant I see growing in the room, which if not shrunk would trample and shrink them.

Good thing is they have lots of assets they can sell to shrink it, but at the cost of their hegemony.
https://wolfstreet.com/2023/07/02/us-national-debt-spiked-by-851-billion-in-one-month-to-32-3-trillion-flood-of-new-debt-in-q3-to-refill-the-tga-pay-for-raging-deficits/

RedboneSmith:
There are three recognisable phases in the history of the Nsukka people before colonialism.

Phase 1: The Autochtonous Period:
The earliest Nsukka groups do not have any history of coming from anywhere. They claim that they sprouted from the ground. When Professor Isichei was doing fieldwork in Nsukka zone in the 1970s she was told by the elders that Nsukka came from nowhere and has always been where they were. Archaeological evidence is in support of the traditons that the Nsukka groups have been where they are for a very long time. Dr Hartle found potsherds in Nsukka that were radiocarbon-dated to around 2555BC. The style of the pottery was very similar to pots used in Nsukka till date, which suggests that it is the same ethnocultural group that has been inhabiting the region since at least 2555 BC. There is enough evidence to show that Nsukka people had settled their region before the expansion of Igala and even Nri activities into the area.

Phase 2: The Nri Period:
The first outsiders to extend their influence into the Nsukka area were the Nri, from the south. Traditions of Nri origins are still rife in the area, and refer to the time when Nri priests began to sojourn in the area, establishing shrines and instituting title societies. It was in this period that certain priestly families such as the priests of Ezoguda either came from Nri or began to claim Nri origin.

Phase 3: The Igala Period:
This is only the latest phase of Nsukka history, and only dates to the 17th century at the earliest. As can be seen Nsukka had already passed through two long periods of their history before Igala influence became important in the region. The Igala brought down horses, the red fez hat, some type of beads and some type of robes all of which were highly valued by the Nsukka elite. The Igala royalty contolrolled the movement of this valued items, and sometimes the Nsukka elite even had to travel to Idah to obtain these items. In this way a strong connection was built with Idah. Some of the claims to have emigrated from Idah which is encountered among some Nsukka lineages only refer to these connections. But there were also actual Igala migrants into Nsukka, especially of men who brought in specialised skills like dyeing of clothes. The big traders from Igalaland also settled retainers among the Nsukka to facilitate trade, and some of these retainers ended up settling permanently and intermarrying with the locals. Diewa was one of such Igala settlers who settled in the town of Akụ and married native Akụ women and came to identify with Akụ people. I should note that the Achadu-Attah who was the Igala prime minister had the most extensive trade interests in the Nsukka area, and it was due to his connections/relations with the Nsukka that some Nsukka towns came to attach "Achadu-Attah" to their names.

There is no evidence of actual conquest and rule of the Nsukka by the Igala, even though this is widely claimed on Igala websites. The relations were largely that of trade and cultural influence. There was however also a military aspect to the relations between the Igala and the Nsukka, characterised by the activities of Onoja Oboni. Onoja was a rogue Igala prince who set up his headquarters at Ogurugu from where he harrassed many communities in Nsukka area for slaves. But Onoja was not interested in conquests but in slaves, so his wars never led to actual conquest and rule.

In sum, Nsukka were a distinct group of people long before c. 17th century when Igala influence in many forms became a big factor in shaping the development of their history.

sukkot:
wow ok mind blown. All these information has spurred me onto further research. And so it appears that during that Victorian era there was very close relationship between the British aristocrats and the Nigerian community and there was huge movement back and forth between both countries and it was a very liberal period. It great to hear that queen victoria and the Victorian era had such close knit relationships with us. So here is what I found out. Aina was rescued from the palace of king ghezo of Dahomey. The guy she eventually married, she was the guys second wife, his first wife had died. The guy is a Yoruba guy from saro who went to CMS grammar school in Sierra Leone .

He later joined the Royal Navy and was involved in the battle that bombed the palace of Obs Kosoko to bring in oba akitoye. I guess this was a slave abolition mission. He got injured and retired as captain labulo Davies. He was introduced to cocoa by some Portuguese traders and he was the first to plant cocoa in Lagos and he became so rich. His very good friend was the bishop Ajayi crowther and Herbert macaulays father, and so it seems all the influential people back then were very close friends. He finally settled in Lagos island and was the main sponsor to create CMS grammar school, a replica of the CMS grammar school he went to in Sierra Leone. The person who founded CMS Grammar school was his good friend , Herbert macaulays father, while he was the main sponsor.

So these 3 great forefathers of ours were tight close knit friends. His wife Aina died at like age 37 and he married a third wife called kofoworola. All three great men, the bishop ajayi crowther, captain Davies labulo and Herbert Macaulay senior were buried at the ajele cemetery Lagos island which was razed to the ground in 1970 by the then governor of Lagos brigadier mobolaji johnson to build a secretariat on it. Wow bro our history is rich and vast

sukkot:
this is very powerful information brother. 2mch you need to come see this real proper impeccable research from the resident stellar historian XAUBulls

on a side note though brother, the bolded ? , i never understand how you are barely 50 years removed from slavery, which england was a huge slaver nation, and you are going on vacations and sending your children to school in england. i guess that stockholm syndrome was strong with these guys lol. stockholm syndrome and a dash of colonial mentality

sukkot:
splendid information Sir. splendid!!!!

WannaHowzit:
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https://showme.co.za/cape-town/news/theres-a-new-shebeen-in-town-and-its-only-for-women/?post_id=102330#:~:text=Brutal%20Fruit%20Spritzer%20has%20unveiled,to%20the%20spirit%20of%20womanhood.

tunjijones:
I know Reno is a sycophant, but it's an aberration for people to be calling for military rule in Nigeria. It's treason.

On a second thought, I noticed it's either the Igbos (cos of Obi's lose) or young adults who have never experienced military regime or were too young to remember anything. I laugh mostly at them. Do you think military regime will allow this nonsense freedom you on social media.

You talk anyhow again a military govt, it's either they kill you secretly or detain you and nothing will happen.

I remember during Buhari period adults where doing frog jump on Lagos street. The human right abuse is too much during military regime.

aybabz101:
the military has ruled Nigeria more than the civilians....I stand to be corrected....and yet all na same....

It was the military that exposed Nigerians to corruption with impunity that we are battling today and deprived us of evolving our democratic processes.....

This democratic phase we are passing through now ought to have been experienced over forty years ago but the military no gree... we still dey gather Abacha loot till now!

Those calling for military action are just neonates in adult bodies... they do not know what military rule entails..... when they dont have their twitter and other social media platform again, them go learn. when their businesses are raided at will and theirs goods confisticated, dem go know. when there is no freedom after speech and their wives, sisters and girlfriends are violated at will, them go understand the meaning of military rule....

beerfraud:
https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1690744636736761857

leanonme82:
The reportera guy that wrote this was busy bragging on twitter after he posted the fake news, now hes crying.

Dude cooked up lies and was enjoying all the insults on Fashola and the Judges as he posted the news.

sukkot:
oh ok my Chief so it’s an established fact that the kidnapped patriarch was an Egba prince ? Now that’s powerful information. So this was just a one generation enslaved offspring who knew the place they were from which is Egba and not Lagos island. Ok so the logistics was Liberia then Abeokuta then ebutte meta from South Carolina. It’s a powerful story. One of the Vaughan family today is the famous designer who I believe had his outfit in ebutte Meta. DAKOVA . David kolawole Vaughn . Good information as usual brother. Salute to you on the wisdom. See when you encounter superior wisdom you have to capitulate. You can’t argue against facts. It is what it is.

sukkot:
Hmmmm brother I knew you was going to come through with that your superior historical wisdom. Ok so da Rocha was the first pound sterling millionaire in Nigeria ? Wow. Are his descendants still around today ? That name seems to have died out. Oh and he maintained the 2 family branches in Bahia and Lagos island ?

That’s amazing information proving these guys are just immigrants who had more money and bought up Lagos land. Would you agree with this or like OP do you think this their claim to Lagos island heritage is genuine ? , oh ok I see you XAUBulls, so maternally you are Lagos island ? That’s interesting, so you have a stake in the land bro, you supposed return to naija and you island heritage guys have to take control of Lagos politics. Right now it is being controlled by outsiders. A gentleman such as yourself can contribute alot

Samantha124:
Thank you..

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Samantha124:
I had actually visited Gauteng province when I caught it, I wasn't in Limpopo.

I was only ten years old.

Everything is going great, yours?

Jane74:
The Russians, for their part, may think that Nigeria won't want to sabotage its relationship with Russia and will not get involved in an adventure with intervention in Niger.

Because: "Russia, due to the threat of famine in 2023, supplied Nigeria with 34 thousand tons of fertilizers for free", "a meeting with Rosatom on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Nigeria was scheduled at the end of July (I don't know if it took place)", "Russia partially fulfilled the contract for the supply of helicopters to Nigeria" - these are short news headlines in the Russian media for Nigeria over the past month.

In general, you are wrong. Russia has a small trade turnover with Nigeria, in 2021 $ 920 million in total (compare with the leaders in Africa: Egypt - $4.8 billion, Algeria - $3 billion, Morocco - $ 1,6 billion)

As for arms sales, Algeria is a much more profitable (and long-standing) partner of Russia. Do you know Algeria's position on the situation in Niger?

And what are Nigeria's largest trading partners in the world? China ($13,7 billion), India ($13,9 billion), Netherlands ($8,3 billion). China builds 1,980km Oil Pipeline From Niger to Benin Republic.

This is if you think purely from an economic point of view.
But Russians think differently

Russia is at war with Ukraine, and the more problems Western countries that support Zelensky and their satellites have, the better for Russia.

Russia has condemned the unconstitutional coup in Niger, but opposes military intervention in the country.
This is the diplomatic position.

But Russia benefits from any scenario in the region. Because in any case, the interests of Western countries will suffer

Perhaps the military option is even more profitable for Russia. Since there is a high probability that the matter will not be limited to a local Niger-Nigeria conflict and the entire Sahel will burn. Then Algeria will be involved, and if Algeria, which supplies gas to Europe, is involved.. Wow! plus, Russia will sell Algeria even more weapons. Plus a wave of refugees to Europe.

PS. I'm from Russia, I saw your comment and it made me laugh very much. From the land of snow and bears, everything looks completely different. It is not Russia that is interested in Nigeria because of the ridiculous 900 million dollars, but Nigeria should be interested in not spoiling relations with Russia and China.

Sorry for my English

UPD. And think about this, please:

Russia simply will not sell the SU-75 to Nigeria for any money. If Nigeria will want to sabotage its relationship with Russia.
Because Russia does not sell the latest weapons to unfriendly countries in principle

Jane74:
I wonder why many people here at the forum attach so much importance to the ruble-dollar exchange rate and "worry" about the Russian economy and Russian citizens.

The dollar exchange rate within the country means almost nothing to the population. The ruble is not pegged to the dollar, domestic prices for food, electricity, gas, transport, and the vast majority of goods such as clothing and shoes do not depend on the dollar exchange rate.

Smart people have not kept their savings in dollars / euros for a long time (due to a bunch of sanctions such as disconnection from swift, a ban on the import of cash currency into the country, etc.).

After February 2022, there was an increase in prices for some types of building materials, electronics (=laptops, servers, video cards, and so on), cars, and some medicines.

But since then, Russia has started trading with China, India and many other countries not for the dollar, but for national currencies, so now prices for many medicines/cars/electronics do not depend on the dollar.


And the devaluation of the ruble against the dollar is now beneficial to Russian exporters. Who pay a lot to the Russian budget.

I remind you that Russia is waging war not for the money of private individuals, but for the state budget and the war costs money.

The Russian government at the beginning of the year stated that the most optimal dollar exchange rate is 80-90 rubles, but right now the dollar costs 98 rubles.

What is the tragedy, I don't understand?

Even the most anti-Putin economists in Russia admit that only wealthy and very wealthy citizens will suffer from the fall of the ruble.

Well, real whiskey, for example, will soar in price. Or marbled beef from New Zealand and other exclusive Western goods exotic for Russia.

In Russia, completely different things are creating problems now.

The rise in oil prices on the world market is always a problem for us. Because if oil is rising, the price of gasoline is rising==> the price of food is rising.

AllenSpencer:
Same Russia that is still struggling in Ukraine

Putin should be thinking of how to revive the Ruble as it keeps tanking against the dollar! Economy in ruins, and still wants to delve into issues that’s none of his business!

It’s good at some point! May be that will finally nail his coffin and make Russians revolt!

FreeStuffsNG:
Lagos is not for sale and has never been for sale. If you know you know Just note those Lagos family names again.

Shout out to these Yoruba families;
Vaughan
Willoughby
Petgrave
Phillips
Thomas
Beecroft
Verissimo,
Shaw,
Da-Silva,
Pratt,
Payne,
Pedro,
Bickersteth,
Cole,
Carrena,
Damazio,
Audiffren,
Gomez,
Jones,
Rhodes,
Darocha,
Williams,
Sawyerr,
Pearse,
Ransome-Kuti,
Plumptre,
Bucknor,
Santos,
Savage,
Turton,
Dallas,
Johnson,
Moore,
Macaulay,
Egerton,
Boyle,
Domingo,
Randle,
Carr,
Davies,
George,
Blaise,
Davies,
Shacleford,
Taylor,
Combe,
Candide,
Vera-Cruz,
Anthony,
Fernandez,
Lawanson,
Clegg,
Damazio,
Lucas,
Lewis,
Martins,
Campbell,
Smith,
Coker,
Braithwaite,
Wellington,
Vivour,
Silva,
Soares
Antonio
Brown,
Salvador,
Holloway,
Peters,
Macgregor,
Grillo,
Campos,
Trezises,
Pereira,
Pineirho,
Martinez,
Marinho,
Dacosta,
Piero,
Ribeiro,
Randle,
De Souza,
Moreira,
Cardoso,
Delano,
Ferreira,
Cruz,
Ganzallo,
Branco,
Agusto,
Shitta-Bey,
Allen,
Coates,
Evans,
Forsythe,
Griffin,
Griffith,
Joseph,
Berkley,
MacCarthy,
Fischer,
Ricketts,
Roberts,
Simpson,
Reis,
Shyllon,
Doherty,
Serrano,
Joaquim,
Pacheco,
Wright,
Allan,
Caulcrick,
Towry
Check my signature for free stuffs!

FreeStuffsNG:
https://leadership.ng/lagos-family-takes-possession-of-land-with-300-houses-in-apapa/

2mch:
Guy, they did not gravitate towards anything. They simply came back home. You are arguing points you know nothing about. You don’t know the history of Lagos like I do. I am from one of these families and we do not discriminate against these people and call them slaves. They made Lagos what it is today! These families occupied Lagos Island and were mostly taken from there or travelled from there. Lagosians, especially Lagos Islanders are far ahead of other Nigerians in every way when it came to education and trade. They had been doing international trade and education long before other Nigerians who were telling tales in villages and clapping hands every night .

The Ijebu’s were still in their fishing villages and Eguns as well. The village Awori’s were farmers. These names are Yoruba exposed to westerners and most are Awori descendants who occupied Lagos Island. The ones with English names have Yoruba family names. Those ones did not go anywhere to slave! They just adopted those names via religion or trade due to their interaction with Oyinbo. The ones with Spanish sounding names are returnees!

They returnees are not all slaves either. They are also well respected members of Lagos because they brought with them a lot of knowledge and building in Lagos. So stop trying to diminish them and their contributions. Their wealth was made in Lagos through industry and being pioneers in introducing things to Nigeria which the West were already doing. No slave master gave any money to any free slave! African American are still fighting for their 40 acre and a mule.

sukkot:
Also another reason why many of these ex slaves gravitated to Lagos Nigeria is that at the height of the abolitionist movement several extremely rich white philantropists, the billionaires of their time, all got together to form the AFRICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY to deal with the slave problem by repatriating former slaves back to Africa. Then they paid an ex slave called MARTIN DELANEY to go explore Africa for a suitable place to repatriate the ex slaves to. And Martin Delaney explored Africa and found his way to Lagos Nigeria and went back to report to the white billionaires and then they built a huge ship and gave the slaves who wanted to return lots of money and shipped them to Lagos

XAUBulls

Samantha124:
Chickenpox... I was taken to the hospital and placed in an isolated ward, but it wasn't painful, just itching every now and then.

raskymonojendor:
THE YORUBA ORIGINS OF THE GA PEOPLE IN GHANA
These are pictures of the recent visit of of the Ga Mantse, [Taki Teiko Tsuru II], the traditional King of the Gã ethnic nationality of the Accra region in Ghana during his visit to Ile ife, the ancestral home and source of his people to confirm their Yoruba/Ife origins and strengthen traditional ties.

According to the history of the Ga people, they originated from Yorubaland before migrating further west into the region now known as modern day southern Ghana. The Yoruba people, also known as 'Alata' in Southern Ghana also have another traditional stool dating from the 1600s in the Greater Accra Region as the 'Alata Mantse' of Osu. The people of Osu Alata in Southern Ghana today are Yoruba descendants.

- The Ga Adangbe people emigrated out of Yorubaland.
- They are the people of Ga Mashie (Accra), Osu, Labadi Teshie, Tema, Ada and other towns in the greater Accra region.
- The Ga Mantse (King) visited Ile Ife in 2022 with 23 Ga Emissaries to strenghten their Yoruba ties.
- The Ga Mantse visited places like the Moremi Ajasoro Grove, Obatala temple, the house of Oranmiyan, and the Grand Temple of Ifa in Ile Ife.

https://dailyguidenetwork.com/rousing-welcome-for-ga-mantse-in-ile-ife/

https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ga-Mantse-makes-historic-visit-to-Ile-Ife-in-Nigeria-1479686

FreeStuffsNG:
https://oyoaffairs.net/oyo-assembly-approves-isese-day-to-honour-traditional-worshippers/

Treadway:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-09/nigerian-naira-drops-to-record-as-black-market-dollar-rate-soars

We warned and warned, but y'all didn't listen. The chimps up there have learnt nothing from 2015/2016 when Buhari made this same shitty call to remove subsidy and float naira in one fell swoop in a country like Nigeria. Now they have successfully FAILED, yet again. A move from officiall/parallel rates of 450/720 to 750/1000(in a few days) is a very successful FAILURE. Smh

thisweekng:
https://twitter.com/SantaChidi/status/1688986962634387456