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Flint Sky: Fear. Deep rotting fear. They were infected by it. Did you see? Fear is a sickness. It will crawl into d soul of anyone who engages it. It has tainted ur peace already. I didn't raise u to see u live with fear. Strike it from your heart. Don't bring it into our village
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Look at the posture of the two men in this photograph, taken in Tokyo on September 27, 1945.
Twenty-five days earlier, World War II had ended. Across Allied capitals, politicians and newspapers were demanding that Emperor Hirohito be indicted as a war criminal and hanged.
When the Emperor asked to visit the U.S. Embassy in person, General Douglas MacArthur stood in an unbuttoned khaki shirt with no tie, hands on his hips. As MacArthur later confessed in his memoirs, he braced himself for an awkward plea: throughout history, conquered rulers almost always blamed their advisors and begged to save their own necks.
Everyone left the room except the Emperor's interpreter. MacArthur offered him an American cigarette and noticed the Emperor's hands trembling slightly as he lit it.
Then came the words MacArthur never forgot.
In his autobiography Reminiscences, MacArthur wrote that the Emperor told him he had come to offer himself to the judgment of the powers MacArthur represented, as the one to bear sole responsibility for every political and military decision made and action taken by his people in the conduct of the war.
MacArthur wrote that a tremendous impression swept over him, chilling the marrow of his bones. Standing before him was a man willing to lay his own life on the chopping block so his starving, bombed-out nation would not be torn apart.
In that single thirty-five-minute meeting, the Supreme Commander decided no trial would touch him. When their talk ended, breaking his own initial protocol, MacArthur personally escorted the Emperor out to his car.
Two fierce enemies walked into that room in 1945. Eighty years of peace across the Pacific walked out.
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You will pay people to come do a job for you, they will leave the job and be shooting content on your property and because we are mad in this country, no one sees anything wrong with this nonsense.
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At 16, Brian Banks was one of the best high school linebackers in America. USC had offered him a full scholarship. Pete Carroll personally called him.
One afternoon at school he made out with a classmate. Consensual. By the end of the day he was in jail, charged with kidnapping and rape.
She said he dragged her into a stairwell. It never happened.
The DNA came back negative. His mother sold her house and her car to pay for a lawyer.
He couldn’t make bail. He spent a year behind bars waiting for trial.
His lawyer told him: plead no contest, or risk 41 years in prison. He was 17. He took the deal.
He did 5 years in prison. Then 5 more on parole. Registered sex offender. GPS monitor on his ankle. Couldn’t go near schools or parks. No one would hire him.
Meanwhile, the girl and her mother sued the school district for not keeping her safe. They won $1.5 million.
In 2011, a Facebook friend request popped up on his screen.
It was her.
She wanted to “let bygones be bygones.”
Brian went to a private investigator. They hid cameras in the office and invited her to talk. She came by bus.
On tape, she admitted it. He never raped her. He never kidnapped her.
Then she said she still wouldn’t tell prosecutors the truth. Because she’d have to give back the money.
In May 2012, a judge cleared his name. The hearing took less than a minute.
10 years of his life. Gone in one lie. Erased in 60 seconds.
A few days later his phone rang. “I’m looking for a linebacker. You know where I can find one?”
It was Pete Carroll. The same coach who recruited him 10 years earlier.
He finally signed with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. At 27. The dream he had at 16.
She was ordered to pay $2.6 million back.
What should happen to someone who steals 10 years of your life with one lie?
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RECOMMENDED …
Nigeria’s Biggest Problem: The Map That Explains Why Unity Is So Hard
Most Nigerians have never studied our map well.
We see one flag, one anthem, one country. We think we must all be the same.
We are not the same. And history proves it.
We fought Civil War. We banned secession with death. We forced all our children to do NYSC. Yet unity is still hard.
Why? Look at the map attached. Enlarge it.
1. KANEM-BORNU - 1,000 YEARS OLD
Before Nigeria was born in 1914, there was already Kanem-Bornu Empire. It is 1,000 years old!
Nigeria is only 112 years old. Kanem-Bornu is older than Nigeria by almost 900 years.
Its capital was Kukawa, in Borno State today.
At its big time, under Mai Idris Alooma, it covered many lands that are now 6 different countries: Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Libya, Sudan.
Blood, culture, religion and trade tied them together for 1,000 years. White man drew lines on paper, but blood did not cut.
Kanem-Bornu never entered Yorubaland or Igboland. The South had its own kingdoms - Oyo, Benin, Igbo villages. Different world entirely.
Yet Lugard joined them together and called it Nigeria.
2. SOKOTO CALIPHATE - ANOTHER BIG WORLD
In 1804, Usman dan Fodio started jihad. He took over Hausa states and built Sokoto Caliphate - the biggest empire in West Africa.
It stretched from Niger Republic to Benue, to Northern Cameroon. It was ruled by Fulani emirs.
That world also had blood and religion ties that cross today's borders.
3. NIGER REPUBLIC IS NOT SMALL
Look at Niger Republic, our neighbour to the North. It is bigger than Nigeria in land. It has Hausa, Fulani, Kanuri, Tuareg - same people as Northern Nigeria.
50 to 100 miles inside Niger, you will see same culture, same language, same Islam as in Sokoto and Kano. There is no real separation.
4. NORTHERN CAMEROON JOINED US LATER
On 11 February 1961, Northern Cameroon voted to join Nigeria. Southern Cameroon voted to join Cameroon.
So Nigeria did not even stop growing in 1914. It grew again in 1961. And the North became bigger than the South.
SO WHAT IS THE LESSON?
Northern Nigeria has a different history from Southern Nigeria. One side looked to Lake Chad, Sahara, and Arabia for 1,000 years. The other side looked to the Atlantic, to Benin, Oyo, and Igbo trade.
Lugard did not unite us. He only used a loose word: AMALGAMATION. He just packed different worlds together.
You cannot force unity with NYSC, with slogans, with threats.
Unity needs understanding. Unity needs fairness. Unity needs DEY YOUR DEY, I DEY MY DEY.
That is why we need true federalism - let each region control its own life, and Abuja only do currency, military, foreign affairs.
By Julius Afolalu.
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This song has become an essential part of my life
Sorry not sorry if you don’t understand Igbo
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This guy was a presiding officer for INEC during the last election and he just exposed some irregularities that happened at the last election 🙆🏼♂️💔
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Before Kevin Samuel, There was Ross Jeffries. Men you need to understand this before rushing Into marriage. Watch and share.
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This guy and his team won #30m at a Zenith Bank's hackaton they were not invted to
No invitation
Yet, won the hackathon
How did they do it?
Watch and learn
“ I don’t have anyone to support me if I return to Nigeria, but I just want to go back so I don’t die here in Algeria. 🇩🇿”
~ The elderly, sick Nigerian man stranded in Algeria. Prt 2
A Sierra Leonean man brought a very ill Nigerian elderly man, who is stranded in Algeria, to this guy for help.
The sick elderly Nigerian man said he has no one to support him. He has no brother, as all his brothers are dead.
“I just want to return to Nigeria. I don’t want to die in Algeria.”
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I have never laughed so hard 🤣🤣🤣
The old man went to work then a good neighbour called him and told him that his wife was being drilled by a Ben 10 with Misuli Tunginya….
He came at the lightening speed,
They refused to open the door and he smashed the windows with projectiles and they had no other option but to open,
That was the only the beginning of the Drama ….🤣🤣🤣🤣
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President Bola Tinubu in the eyes of the north. Unfortunately the north felt betrayed by the man they once trusted. Tinubu was the same man that pulled the stunts in the removal of president Good luck Jonathan in 2015. Little did he know that karma is real and today the same broom he used in sweeping GEJ out of the villa is threatening his ambition with voice louder than what removed GEJ. Tinubu is running from pillar to post with no remedy in sight,he doesn't even trust his close associates from the north anymore. He's wondering how he got himself into such a trap that those that once had real value and respect for him, suddenly don't want to associate with him,even hear him out. The North are now even placing much value on GEJ than BAT. They see GEJ as a perfect gentleman that they wrongly misjudged in 2015 and part of the mistrust is because of the fact that Tinubu's ambition. President Jonathan was ousted from inside and from every indication the same script is already playing out with president Tinubu finding it difficult on who to trust. His greatest undoing is criticisms against Buhari barely one year on the exalted office. The north was taken aback and they wondered why Buhari should be maltreated in such a manner. But the criticisms continue unabated until there was a backlash from the north warning Tinubu to desist. Then the loquacious president Bola Tinubu revealed to Nigerians that he has settled those that claimed to have helped him gotten to office, that he doesn't owe anybody any gratitude. He emphasized that he bought his way through and rightly deserves every accolades. That was when the bad blood was created, president Bola Tinubu became an uncontrollable, proud and egoistic personality. He threw the former governor of Kano state under the wheel, he nearly died, many people felt pity for Ghaduje and he survived somehow. The immunity continues as Tinubu became more emboldened without aligning with any of the southern regions of SS or SE. He picked only Lagosians and jettison the rest of the SW. Then Mallam Elrufai engaged him, instead of to use wisdom, he applied full force and locked up the same man that was instrumental to his current victory. People undermine the role Mallam Elrufai played in the installation of president Bola Tinubu, it can't be overstated. Mallam Nasiru Elrufai was a genius, to the extent that he unlocked Buhari's plans to stop Tinubu. But today, it's all history. But the catch here is that the Sultan of Sokoto came calling on his friend president Bola Tinubu to show mercy to Mallam Nasiru Elrufai and allow him a second chance. Sultan didn't send anybody,he came and pleaded but president Bola Tinubu just like the Egyptian Pharaoh hardened his heart. The miffed Sultan took it in his style and send messages to his people concerning his request and how he was bluntly turned down. Sultan as an old horse knew a day like this will come, he sent emissaries not only to his people in Nigeria but to also to those outside Nigeria. He informed his associates in Saudi Arabia knowing that when the time comes,they will be brought on board. He made sure that there won't be any exist plans because president Tinubu showed them his capabilities early in the game and they can't trust him again. This is why so many Northern governors are not really active in the presidential campaign. They are just acting up because there's already a known script that must be followed to the later. You can't undermine the Sultan of Sokoto just like that,there must be consequences. Besides, Tinubu's strength is not the SW but just Lagos boys that are not deep rooted in Nigeria politics, he eliminated the SS and SE from his inner caucus. David Umahi, Hope Uzodinma and CC Soludo are just there for the camera, nothing serious. The entire juicy positions like the Inland Revenue, NIMASA,CBN, NPA etc are controlled by the same Lagos guys, employment is stricted because once you don't fall into the category I mean SW, forget it.
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In 2010, NYSC paid corps members ₦9,775 monthly. Today, they receive ₦77,000.
But look at what has happened to purchasing power.
In 2010, ₦9,775 could buy about 150 litres of petrol at ₦65/litre.
In November 2026, ₦77,000 buys only about 57 litres at ₦1,355/litre.
Yet that ₦9,775 had more purchasing power than today’s ₦77,000.
Economic progress is not how much money you earn. It is how much your money can buy.
The allowance has increased almost 8 times, but Nigerians have become poorer in real terms.
























