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👮‍♂️ 🇬🇧 You will be refused bail even if you only watched riots from the sidelines, judge warns

🔶️ District Judge Francis Rafferty said that someone’s presence at a riot makes them involved in the riot as he refused two bail applications.

🔶️ Cameron Armstrong, 18, from Belfast, was charged with rioting in the Connswater area of east Belfast, which saw “violent disorder, petrol bombs, fireworks and different projectiles thrown at police and extensive damage caused to property”, the court heard.

🔶️ Armstrong’s solicitor said that his client has never come to the attention of the police before, adding that while he admits he was on the “periphery” of the scene, he denies being involved in any of the disorder.

🔶️ When asked by the judge what he was doing at the scene, the defence solicitor told the court that Armstrong had gone to the area “to have a look”, adding that he had left when petrol bombs were thrown.

🔶️ Judge Rafferty said: “He doesn’t have to throw a petrol bomb or brick to be involved in disorder, if he’s present at disorder.”

🔶️ Refusing bail, the judge said: “Anybody involving themselves in this type of behaviour, this type of disorder, as an active participant or a curious observer can expect to be, save for the most exceptional circumstances, remanded into custody, and this defendant is remanded into custody.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/09/judge-refuses-bail-riot-bystanders-belfast/

https://archive.ph/kMXw1
One hopes that the protesters are well advised.

Himself inclusive. About time he got more concerned about the hereafter and his destination there.

I hope we will all be ready to vote for the right guys in the next elections. It is futile to vote wrongly and later cry “bad governance”. Imagine if it was Osinbajo in power things should be a lot different. He does not have the baggage Atiku, Obi, Tinubu et al carry. He won’t do deals with our common patrimony. We know all these but we pretended not to know. Now we are protesting bad governance! How not wise we are as a people! If we put half the effort now put into protesting into putting Osinbajo in office our lives should be better but tribalism and corruption hindered us from doing right.

Nonsua30:
CALIFORNIA

Another thought provoking read, take you time: Read, assimilate and share...California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It's economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is that California is not a country. It is a State in the United States of America. It has little offshore oil, yet its economy is larger than States in the US that are famous for their oil reserves, like Texas. California generates much of its revenue from non-oil products. It found a way to absorb and domesticate much of the intellectual output from its premier university, Stanford University, into saleable products within its economy.

As a matter of fact, much of California's economy is built around Stanford University. So with this, Silicon valley developed. I'm sure you've heard of Silicon Valley at least once in your life. Now with Silicon Valley came companies like Apple, eBay, Cisco, Lockheed, Hewlett Packard (HP), Google, Netflix, Facebook, Oracle, Tesla...and the list goes on and on ad infinitum.These are multibillion-dollar companies. The yearly budget of any one of these companies might be larger than the entire yearly budget of, say for example, Akwa Ibom State. I'm taking about companies that are richer than countries. They are all in California. But that is just in the technology industry where the technologies and inventions spewing out of Stanford are caught midair and converted to money spinning enterprises.

But there is also the entertainment industry in California. Yes, Hollywood is in California. The US movies industry contributes about $504Billion to USA's GDP. Hollywood, as you know, contributes over 70% of that figure. Most iconic movie studios are in Hollywood. As a matter of fact, the "Big Eight" consisting of 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, United Artists, Universal Studios and Warner Bros are, or were, all in Hollywood. These again, are multi-billion dollar companies generating revenue for California.

Despite the above, California also thrives on agriculture. As at 2014, California had nothing less than 77,000 farms and ranches raking in about $55Billion in revenue yearly. It produces over 400 agricultural commodities, a large chunk of which it exports. It is the leader in producing exotic fruits in America. Its wine industry is unique. California wine is drunk with relish the world over. I used to drink some too.

This is just one State in America. You see, California actually had a choice of sitting back and striving to get a piece of the revenue generated from Texas' oil. It could have depended solely on Federal allocation to survive so that every month end, it will send its Commissioner of Finance to Washington DC to receive monthly allocation so that it can barely pay salaries of its workers and nothing more. Then San Francisco would resemble Ajegunle in Lagos. And there certainly would not be those beautiful sights and sounds that make California what it is today. But No, not California. Not America. California gives to the center and, because of its wealth, despises the idea of depending on it for survival. The Federal Government actually needs California to survive, not the other way round.

You see, America is structured in such a way that States must look inwards to exploit their wealth for the good of its citizens. There is no free lunch for the lazy States. There certainly is no commonwealth. But there is your wealth, if you can create it. Under American Federalism, you are the captain of your ship. But again, you are also the waves upon which the ship will sail. That is America. The local government, the government closest to the grassroot, is deliberately made the strongest level of government. Items like Variances (adaptation of state law to local conditions,) Public works (yes, public works!!), Contracts for public works, Licensing of public accommodations, Assessable improvements, Basic public services are all left for local county governments to handle. The State handles weightier matters like Property law, Education,Commerce laws of ownership and exchange, Banking and credit laws, Labour law and professional licensure, Insurance laws, and Electoral laws, including parties and Civil service laws. Items that the Federal Government, the center, handles affecting the States, are actually very negligible.

Nigeria on the contrary will never do well unless we restructure. We pretend to have a Federal system but we are actually operating a unique form of unitary government, and it is weighing the polity down. Can you imagine a country where the school curriculum is regulated by a national central body and states have no powers to vary or amend their curriculum? So, if the rest of the developed world is light years ahead in what they teach their children from primary schools, and our Minister of Education has absolutely no clue, the States must be burdened with antiquated school curriculum until such a time (if we are lucky, before rapture perhaps!!) that we have an Education Minister who would realise how far behind we are and bring the curriculum up to date. Just take a look at the science curriculum for grade students in advanced countries and you would cry for Nigeria. I recently read of a high school in Japan which has amended its curriculum to include robotics and drones technology. IN HIGH SCHOOL!! But our Professors here don't have a hang on Robotics even! Students are still taught the very prehistoric rudiments of physics and chemistry in our schools. And this is even in the few schools that teachers and students still meet in the classrooms! For the few public schools that are lucky to have labs, all you see are miserable nameless creatures trapped in formalin, to which nobody ever pays attention. These creatures suffer a double jeopardy having suffered the first misfortune of being caught and preserved in formalin in Nigeria, and then thereafter completely ignored, even in death! And because the control of our curriculum is central, there is nothing potentially proactive or progressive-minded States can do about this.

You would think this is not a problem until you understand that Nigerians spend over ONE TRILLION NAIRA every year to study abroad, despite there being over 100 tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Not one is deemed good enough. You see, the reason why you have Cambridge, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Oxford, etc is not only for academic excellence of the citizens of the countries which have these schools. No. They invest in their institutions so that they can earn revenue from foreign students from countries like Nigeria which has destroyed its educational system. Abroad, schools are so important to society that the economy, business and lifestyle of whole cities and even States completely depend on or revolve around schools. What would the city of cambridge be without Cambridge University. Or Cambridge, Massachusett without Harvard University. These cities depend on these universities to survive. And imagine that Nigeria had invested in its universities and was earning $1billion dollars a year from foreign students seeking to study here, who would be fighting over oil in the Niger Delta? How many car manufacturing companies would we have in Owerri near FUTO where students are constantly doing and selling their research products to burgeoning engineering and manufacturing companies? Recently, three students in Sweden conducted research and came up with a product that could improve wear and tear on tyres. The product became so successful that Volvo had to partner with these students to patent the product. Now when this product hit world stage, can you imagine how much revenue sweden would earn from these product? Do your research, most of the world-class products we buy today off the shelf, at great cost, were invented by university students. As you are reading this, do not forget that without Harvard University, there would not have been facebook, and this our interface would have been impossible.

But our students In Nigeria are not entirely without inventions. We invented the Pyrates Confraternity, the , the Eiye, the Vikings and what not!! Students resume school with guns and bullets, rather than books and scholastic ideas, as though academic institutions were a war college. Lecturers fly colors as do students. And when the turf war begins, people die in droves. But States can do nothing about this because some of these institutions are controlled by the Federal Government. Even for the ones controlled by States, you still can't do much because the security apparatus is controlled by the Federal Government. The Federal Government will provide or withdraw security from the State, depending on whether it is happy with the sitting Governor. So every year, all sorts of characters are vomited from Nigerian Universities to take their place in Nigerian society. So you have Judges, Lawyers, Engineers, Doctors and so forth whose first and primary allegiance is to their cult group, before the Country. The multiplier effect of this, is a treatise for another day.

But suffice to say that as long as this problem persist, let's forget about Silicon Valley in Nigeria, because there will never be a Stanford University here to provide an infinite supply of ideas and prodigies to feed the invention value-chain!

Nigeria cannot wake up from its slumber today because it cannot lift its head. The entire weight of its existence is concentrated in its head. From the viewpoint of government, the weight is In Abuja. From the viewpoint of revenue source, the weight is in the Niger-Delta. We need to urgently restructure and evenly distribute this pressure points and weights to diffuse tension in Nigeria.

We need to revisit the exclusive legislative list in the constitution and systematically reduce the responsibilities of the Federal Government vis-a-vis the States. Resources have to be handed back to the States that generated them but place an obligation on each States to contribute an agreed percentage to the common federal purse to service obligations of the Federal Government. There is no reason Education, Policing, Prisons (only people convicted of federal offenses should go to federal prisons!!), Ports, Inland waterways, natural minerals, even marriage (yes, english form of marriage!!) and so many other items should be the concern of the Federal Government.We will never develop with such weight that weigh us down at the center. Nigeria can never raise its head in the comity of nations because of the sheer weight of the head.

There is more to say, but scarcely any time. But to emphasis the point i've been laboring to make, shall i say again that there is absolutely no reason or need to fight for oil in the Niger-Delta. There are so many things that can bring more revenue to States in Nigeria than oil. South Africa has no oil, but it has Gold, and is richer than Nigeria. Let us fight for a system that will promote both equality and equity. Let us restructure Nigeria.

My Name is Fidel Albert and #IStandForARestructuredNigeria!

Great piece. One-size-fits-all article. All encompassing. Way to go if FG interested in doing the needful going forward for Nigeria.

Ragged looking fellow.

LockDown69:
i can deduct you're not happy with the young man's achievement.

Mindset reveals how set the mind is.

Great. Inspiring!

DevilsEqual:
Tinubu has a lot of work to do

How could NUPRC be pushing that hard and the IOC still dont wanna do the needful?

Is the IOC not answerable to any higher body?

cant NUPRC report the IOC to a higher body?

It seems there are too many loopholes in that ministry and FG might prolly have to overhaul the entire ministry to fight the corruption

6 of 15 isnt 60% by the way

Corruption is the name of the game! Some folks are making dollar gains by round tripping the crude meant for Dangote. For now, it is doubtful that the fellow saddled with the task of making the IOCs comply has the moral courage to do so. It is all in the public space that the fellow is also sampling the goods the fellow is entrusted to guard!

DevilsEqual:

Who hates on his Inferior?

Why would i hate on a group that depends on me for survival?

A group I gave a thriving business environment, A large customer base and even allowed you to acculturate into my society. In fact, its people need to take my name and learn my language to be widely accepted

A group that has its largest population away from home in my base despite not sharing no geo-boundaries whatsoever with me.

Same group i care so less about that i hardly move there in my tens.

Is that the same group I will hate on? Its like say the U.S is hating on Trinidad


As for the other illogical assumptions u made, I once advocated that all Prof of logic in all Eastern Uni should be sacked as its 100% glaring that most of u have deformed logical reasoning

Not 100%. May be 60%. All ethnic groupings do have 'em who are delusional in the manner they think.

How fair was he to Nigeria ?

Unlimitedwords:
https://www.pulse.ng/news/world/unity-key-to-africas-future-says-jonathan-at-kigali-summit/y3579se

Jonathan cannot go there in person. The podium is beyond his leadership antecedents.

Treadway:
It wouldn't hurt for people to be more inquisitive or have a research mindset, even if na just a wee bit.

Just check his previous topics and posts. Same person claimed he bought yam from Ikota just day before yesterday.

🤷

Don’t mind the drifter!

Don’t you have a house over there as well? Sell it and japada! I hope your lesson is learned 🧐

A great alternative!

Is there space for terrorism?

Medicine after death.

condensedmilk:
Normally na immigrants dey always fight against other immigrants.

This is a black man o!

Truth knows no skin colour!

About time. Nigerians must stay here and make Nigeria work! It is escapist to japa to a land her indigenous people made comfortable by working hard for it.

Botragelad:
May indeed.
Not just UNRWA staff, but also those masquerading as journalists, predominantly from Al Jazeera.

How can one claim to be a journalist while simultaneously engaging in terrorist activities, concealing kidnapped hostages, and then having the audacity to claim victimhood? It's very clear that these individuals have a thing for deceiving those who fail to understand their tactics.

Typical Taqqiya.

Really. Gutteres is irresponsible.

helinues:
I really don't understand the kind of politics the Northerners like to play by destroying their own region just because they are dissatisfied with the government.

There are so many ways to express themselves which won't involved any destruction.

Boko Haram, Bandits, killer herdsmen destructions are still there, now they want to add protest destructions which wont even change a thing.

If you destroy your own land, na same people people destroying it would suffer it, not the government, not the policians.

Fishes are not found on top of mountains oo

HOW MANY NORTHERNERS READ WHAT YOU POSTED🧐🧐🧐🧐

Good01:
https://dailypost.ng/2024/08/05/russian-flag-cabal-that-removed-jonathan-activated-against-tinubu-adamu-garba/

Tinubu clearly stated that he would continue with the legacy of Buhari. QED!

FreeStuffsNG:
Iran practically is next door to Russia but US has to travel several kilometres to reach Israel.

There's poor strategic thinking if the support of US to Israel is compared to Russia supporting Iran, it is obviously skewed against the Americans and Isreal.

This is why diplomacy is the best option and they should have seen this strategic disadvantage before murdering of Haniyeh.

As I read this comment something told me it was you. When I finished reading and thought to look at who posted the comment it came to me as no surprise that you did. Typical.

agulion:
Tinubu is a very wicked man

Shehu, Shagari, Obasanjo, Buhari, Babangida, Abacha, Jonathan and Tinubu are all wicked men. Tafawa Balewa the best of them all. Yar'Adua was good as well.

43Ronin:
This rape thing is scary honestly. A friend of mine dating a white girl had issues with his girl. Dey made up and decided to use sex to seal it. But his babe refused and asked for MouthAction. They did the oral but later got carried away & started knacking from there. 5 days later 5-0 roll up for crib carry my guy oo. What saved the dude was that there was a 5-day gap btwn when they had sex and when she reported so no hair follicles, semen extract etc. Yet he was given 200 hours of AA class.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalteth a nation:
but sin is a reproach to any people.

RuddyFusion:
I'm planning to resign from my full time role tomorrow Monday 5th of August....

This role pays me #300k net alongside data and other few allowances. But over the last couple of months more stuffs have been dump on my table without adequate compensation...

I have tried to have a conversation with the management to further review my take home to match the additional responsibilities but it's failing on deaf ears with no commitment to my request all I get is more work...

I have delayed this to accommodate the fears of friends and family but I do have another hustle that pays me in dollars that actually meets my needs so I'm thinking of leaving this Naira one to focus on that one and use my extra time to prepare for something better......

My resignation letter is ready and I will drop it after our weekly meeting tomorrow morning except a divine intervention stops me....

So my people do you have any words for me? I will that if any......

Follow your heart friend.

43Ronin:
The onus is not on the hotel to release ccrv footage but for the court to demand it via subpoena. Don't also forget cctv are not inside hotel rooms for breach of privacy. The girl is in for a long thing because the ED will get a very good lawyer

Except a criminal matter is poorly prosecuted or the prosecution is compromised a bad case will remain one. With good forensics his hair follicles will be found in the vaginal area of the lady. That hair contains all that he is genetically speaking.. His goose is cooked! However, proof that he spent considerable time in the hotel room where she later found herself undressed won’t suffice to prove rape. There must be proof of penetration. It could work in his favour if the forensics are not good enough that she said she was drunk from about 8pm. It doesn’t require one’s drink to be spiked to have delirium tremens from getting drunk!

Fiscus105:
I pray you don't enter someone who is ready to frame you up.

In as mush am not surporting rape,........I don't see any details to confirm is telling absolute truth in her submission .


The sex that took place (if it actually took place) might be sex gone wrong, I mean, what oga promised her before she allowed her to sex, after oga promise land, he renegades his promises.

some women/ladies can go to any length to blackmail/deal or even kill such man.

A drunk person; a stupidly drunk person, is in no position to haggle over sex as you suggest.

helinues:
Some ladies sometimes can be mischievous.

If they like you but you don't like them, some won't mind to blackmail you.

Talking from experiences

Simply stay away from them. What’s the mischief in this situation? You know the female gender wants you roasted and you douse yourself in petrol roaming the streets looking for the female gender! That must be a fool! Not only will he roast, he will explode when the fire has mastery of his cranium as routinely happens in a crematorium or when robbers are caught and roasted alive in classic jungle justice scenario!

fineboynl:
Some species can survive 1year plus without blood meal and reproduce really fast, their egg can survive harsh environment. It's the reason they can be difficult to completely get rid off.

Their bite is painful than that of mosquito and smell very bad and also they reproduced best in crowded room with wooden furniture. Also if you live in ceiling appointment just forgot it because once they enter ceiling it's best to burn down the house.

Smell/odor from insecticide will not affect them unless it touches them.

😂

Most dissimilar. Venice sits on and has water interspersing it while Abeokuta largely sits on very high elevation with the Olumo Rock predominant.