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It is idiotic for any nation to accept citizens of another nation infected with a highly infectious disease that they have ZERO cases of, simply because the nation making the request does not want the disease to spread in their homeland. The motivation for the demand is that they have provided a significant amount of aid to the country for decades, so they should accept their diseased citizens... This is the offer being made to Kenya with ZERO Ebola cases, and they accepted the request. Sensible people within their judiciary have blocked the process... but they will take the Western citizens with Ebola anyway because many African leaders do not respect their judiciary, even in a democracy. Sometimes, I wonder how power imbalance, corruption fueled by greed, and slave mentality remove the remaining sense in some African leaders... why in the world will any country accept this nonsense? It cannot happen in Nigeria... it can only happen in Kenya... soon, their president, Ruto , will say...

"Black people cannot rule themselves because they don't have the brain and mental capacity to govern a society. Give them guns, they will kill themselves. Give them power, they will steal all the government money. Give them independence and democracy, they will use it to promote tribalism, ethnicity, bigotry, hatred, killings and wars" _  Purportedly by Pieter Willem Botha, of South Africa, 1988.  First, there is no proof that Botha said this. However, there is a possibility that this is a common belief among European South Africans, including mainstream Europeans today... We see it and read it in their body language, and what you see on the continent corroborate the same. Here is the fact, that this is a MOLD created by some Europeans (/White men/ Caucasians) for Africans. That is not who we were and are... In traditional African settings , we love ourselves and we have governed ourselves for centuries before the intrusion of European colonialists... Africans are the m...

I listened to a podcast by a Nigerian who wrote about President Buhari's government and who really was in control. He revealed that banditry has become a criminal enterprise in Nigeria, with nearly a hundred bandit groups ready for hire to carry out the wishes of their benefactors. That major actors within government at every level contract them to carry out their wishes at will.    THREE days after Governor Seyi Makinde declared to run for president of Nigeria , bandits struck in his state. This has never happened before in the southwestern part of Nigeria . NEVER...   When politics becomes a do-or-die affair , and the people become the pim-pom ball that politicians are playing, we have entered a dark era in Nigerian politics .    What is the level of support the Federal security apparatus is providing to the Oyo State government to end this quickly? A teacher was beheaded this morning among the captives. State governors are handicapped in providing securit...

Bill Maher , the atheist, flip-flop, comedian's blind support and justification of Israel atrocities on Palestinians is bewildering. This is an atheist who does not believe in God, but claim god promised Israelis the Palestinian land... which of the gods is he talking about...? The one that does not exist in his brain...? He claims IDF's atrocities in Gaza is not the worst we are seeing... True, but not with my tax money, definitely not a country who claims high moral ground for attempting to throw away the baby with the bath water. These other crazy terrorists who kill innocent people do not claim any moral ground, and they are not prosecuting their atrocities with Americans taxpayers money... We must condemn atrocities wherever it is been perpetuated - in the Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, DRC , Iran, Afghanistan, including decades long atrocities in Gaza and West Bank .... wherever evil people are killing the innocents... we need to call them out as objective global citizen...

As an independent voter in America, I move between TV networks to listen to the news to get a balanced view from the opposing sides of the aisle. However, what I hear these days on Fox News and some other right-wing news media is short of racist. They use derogatory words, they mock their opponents, and racially profile minorities at will. This is beyond disturbing and disgusting...I can't watch these channels when my children are around, so I just stopped... What a Fox News host said lately about Americans of African descent is disgusting and racist, to say the least. "If the BLACKS want to have more seats, they've got to get in between sheets." If their progenitor will post racist memes of his predecessors, and everyone excused him, what do you expect? They asked for it, they will get... Their position on racial gerrymandering that has been institutionalized by a partisan SCOTUS is disturbing. Those who say American democracy is deeply flawed and in decline may ...

I quote the father of nukes himself, Albert Einstein , “ Mankind invented the atomic bomb , but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap ”… No nation should have nukes. If some would, then any nation who want should be able to… current situation creates a power imbalance because those who have it are seen as extremely powerful, and those who don’t are extremely weak nations… Here is a list of nations with nukes – declared and undeclared: U.S., China, Russia, Pakistan, India, France, UK, Israel, and North Korea . These countries host nukes from other countries – Germany , Italy , Türkiye , Belgium , Netherlands and Belarus … Many of USSR ’s former regions like Ukraine and Kazakhstan had nukes, and were tricked to give them up, a decision they all regret today. It is known that Japan , though do not have nukes, have capabilities to develop and launch them within a short time, even from the space. Why can’t other nations have nukes? Ownership of nukes is why Iran is holding the...

With the Gutting of the Voting Rights Act, the MAWA agenda has come to the limelight in full view. This was how Jim Crow policies were instituted, and it reversed decades of progress made, post the Civil War ... The race by Southern States, especially, RNC states to redistrict to eliminate majority African districts by diluting the districts, dissolving them into areas where minorities are not considered competent, let alone win an election, is an indication that the SCOTUS has failed Americans by their decision last week... Otherwise, these states will do nothing; rather, they will ensure all people in the state have a seat at the table. Their claim that America is far removed from race-based politics is an illusion. This speed of redistricting will ensure fewer Africans in the U.S. Congress in 2027, and make it harder for Democrats to win a presidential election in 2030, which is a disservice to the American people... The sad thing is that the only African man in the SCOTUS vote...

I just came back from Nigeria . I traversed the length and breadth of the nation a bit in my three-week stay. Something is different about the country compared to when I visited last year.... The people are more desperate... Hunger has increased astronomically.... The gap between the haves and have-nots has further widened... You feel impunity in the air... You see police collecting bribes openly like we have not seen since the Shagari era in 1983... There are more law enforcement agents on the roads now, yet the crime rate has not abated... You see VIO , Road Safety, State Law enforcers, the Police, everywhere mounting illegal roadblocks... I heard things from those close to the seat of power about those who hold the reins of power, and I weep for Nigeria - it is beyond disheartening... Projects are being abandoned because a significant portion has been given as bribes to government officials like governors and ministers, including major monarchs - they all collect money for projects...

Warmongers are about to escalate the crisis in the Middle East . These people appear clueless about the cost of war. The U.S. Congress will not fund another war, including politicians on both sides. There is opposition to another war anywhere. They want to use brute force to compel Congress to act - they have amassed over 50,000 troops in the Middle East... They are miscalculating, thinking they can go in and come out quickly... they are underestimating their opponent again... The lesson of the last six weeks is not enough. This is another Afghanistan in the making - trillions was spent fighting the Taliban for almost 20 years, only for the Taliban to return the government they have propped up in just a few days of war... They pray (not sure, which god - not the God of the Bible I read, who under grace abhor wars) about going to fight a needless war; they are sending other people's children to go and die, while their own are safe under the protection of the state. Over 7,000 A...

Ukraine , DR Congo , Gaza , Sudan , all forgotten... WHY? We all know the answer... In all these wars ranging, one thing clearly defines them... the quest to take LAND and resources in it from others forcefully... The crisis in the Middle East has nothing to do with religion as some want us to believe... It is a quest to remove the most serious threat to another nation's quest to take other people's land on the premise that it was promised to them by their god over two thousand years ago... Let this country abandon its quest to forcefully take land that does not belong to it anymore and seek true peace (not one sided peace with bomb on one hand and two fingers up on another), it will cease to create enemies for itself, and terrorism will be abated as we know it today... After all, some of its neighbors signed a peace accord called the " Abraham Accord " despite the fact that they take more and more land from the West Bank in violation of international law ( Oslo Acc...

It is shameful that the referee was incompetent and demonstrated bias towards Morocco . It is shameful that Morocco used all kinds of tricks known to our North African brothers to win... I am yet to see CAF penalize Morocco for the behavior of the ball boys and people in the field. Morocco should be banned from hosting any CAF competition for a decade or two until they demonstrate they won't cheat... It is shameful that the Senegalese coach led his team out in protest on a big stage like the AFCON final . The BIGGER SHAME is CAF using the back door to award Morocco a championship they did not deserve, and should have lost in the semi-final.... SHAME! SHAME!! SHAME!!! This is a horrible precedent that will dog African football for a long time if it is allowed to stay... They could fine Senegal a hefty amount or ban them from the next AFCON , etc, for walking off the field at a final like that. Awarding the championship to Morocco in a board room is STEALING, and it will create a c...

  Those who have the capacity, I will strongly advise that you consider investing in the Nigerian Stock Market . With a stable naira , the ROI is far better than what you will get investing in foreign shares like those in the US or UK exchanges. This is one of the best times to invest in Nigeria... If the current macroeconomic activities continue, N1000 today could be worth N10,000 in two or three years if you build your portfolio right... There are so many trusted stockbrokers that you can consider - some of them are online platforms with good reputation such as: 1. BAMBOO 2. Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers 3. TROVE 4. CardinalStone 5. Chaka You can go online or download the APPs of these online brokerage and set up an account, fund the account and start to buy; you can also go to your bank for guidance on how to invest; there are some who use individual stockbrokers. If that is your preference, find one that is reliable. Long term investment is always good – it reduces the impact ...

 This is a war of choice, an unprovoked war -... no one has the right to attack another country, unprovoked. No one has the right to remove the leader of another country - it is no outsiders' f...king’ business - Ayatollah and his council are evil, yes - they have murdered many innocent Iranians over the decades, including 36,000 of them this January - their own people not Americans. Let Iranians be their own savior, not a man in DC who thinks he is the master of the universe... In 47 years, Iran has not attacked Israel or America directly... Their proxies have - you do not hold another man for the sins of his friends... Some conservative Christians are supporting this war because it involves Israel - I call it blindness to the scripture - the dispensation of grace under Christ says you should turn the other chick, not that you should go and pick a fight. How do you kill the leader of another country in the midst of a negotiation? Iran has no nuclear weapons , Israel has hundreds...