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David, the day I know the so-called intellectuals or educated people, as we called them, have nothing in their brains is the day a representative of a newspaper company asks a presidential candidate, Peter Obi, this silly question.
I'm going to say something, and I hope it will be understood as coming from a place of love and concern.
A few weeks ago, I hosted a space with a prominent African entrepreneur. The space was curated in such a way as to give equal representation to different African nationalities so that it wouldn't skew toward Nigeria because of me.
The unfortunate result of this was that it was painfully easy to draw connections between the speakers' countries of origin and the quality of their submissions. All the Kenyans who spoke had useful, important, well-communicated submissions. Ditto the Zimbabweans, the South Africans and the Anglophone West Africans (Gambians, Ghanaians, a Liberian, and a Sierra Leonean).
And then there were the Nigerians.
I remember giving the mic to 8 Nigerians, and first of all, 7 of them went overtime. These 7 seemed very keen to speak and had a lot to say, but within 2 minutes of listening to them, you had this disappointing realisation - this man (they were all men) has no point. Rambling, disjointed, unfocused, random point-hopping, lacking in joined-up thinking, missing any sort of conclusion and ultimately only stopped by the "can you please round up in 15 seconds?"
I was so embarrassed, and I wondered whether the entrepreneur who co-hosted the space noticed what I had noticed. The answer is yes. She did. In fact, she specifically mentioned to me afterwards that everyone who came up and reduced the intellectual level of the space was Nigerian. "What's happening with education in your country?" was her exact question. I didn't have an answer.
That's just 1 anecdote. I have several. I have met many, many other people who have similar stories. In fact it is often the case now that before accessing certain rooms on the continent, recommendations from other Africans need to go ahead of me, because the fact of being Nigerian in and of itself makes people take me less serious if they don't know who I am.
Nigerians have always had a reputation in Africa for being loud and overbearing, but it used to be the case that we were seen as loud and domineering, but also eminently capable and useful - which made us just about tolerable. Now, it is increasingly the case that we are perceived around the continent as loud and stupid - the Special Needs children who have nothing upstairs, but believe they must express that nothing as frequently, and in as many grandiloquent words as possible.
I cannot fix Nigerian education. I have no power to do so. Even if I did, it would take at least a generation for the effects to become visible. That's why in the meantime, all I can beg my countrymen (because again, it is men) to do if they are reading this, is to start making a conscious effort to talk less. Reduce your volume. Speak less. Listen more. Read more. Read for the sake of keeping the knowledge in your head, not for the sake of "performing" intelligence by spitting it out at people.
The world will tolerate a loud but competent man. It will have sympathy for a quiet, incompetent man. But a loud, incompetent man?
God abeg
Most of you know that Donald Duke, the former governor of Cross River State, is ahead of Seyi Makinde in terms of governance, yet you keep pushing Seyi instead of Duke.
You could have given Ronaldo the option to choose.
Sen Portekiz’e teşekkür etsen de Portekiz sana teşekkür etmiyor oğluşum.
2004 EURO finalinde sahadaki en kötü rating’li oyuncu olduğun için turnuva öncesi 150’ye 1 oran verdikleri Yunanistan gözlerinin önünde Avrupa şampiyonu oldu. Koca turnuvayı iki golle tamamladın.
2006 Dünya Kupası’nda Dünya üçüncüsü olmuş takımın kanadı olarak sadece penaltıdan bir gol atmayı becerebilmiş ilk ve tek orospu çocuğu olma rekorunu kırarak bütün dünyanın takdirini kazandın.
2008 EURO’da öyle bir sıçtın ki grubun son maçı yedeğe çekildin, son 16’da medya basın lobini kullanarak ile zorla kendini yine sahaya sürdürttün, o maç Almanya’ya karşı çektiğin 7 şutun 1’inde bile kaleyi isabet ettiremediğin için sahanın en düşük rating’li oyuncusu olarak elendin. Bu turnuvayı da bir golle tamamladın.
2010 Dünya Kupası’nı yine ve yine bir golle tamamladın, o gol de 7-0’lık Kuzey Kore grup maçında geldi. Kalan bütün turnuvayı ghostlayıp son 16’da elendin.
2012 EURO’da yarı finalde İspanya karşısında “maçı kazanan penaltıyı ben atmış olayım, kameralar beni çeksin” megalomanlığın yüzünden kolundaki pazubandından utanmadın ve saklandın, takım arkadaşlarını tutup tutup penaltı noktasına fırlattın. Allah o katran bağlamış, damarlarından bok akan kalbinin cezasını yine kesti; sen penaltıyı vuramadan takım arkadaşların heyecandan tek tek kaçırdı ve elendin.
2014 Dünya Kupası’nı yine ve yine ve yine bir golle tamamladın, yine kalan bütün turnuvayı ghostladın ama bu sefer son 16’yı da göremedin, grup aşamasında elendin.
2016 EURO’da skora etki ettiğin iki tane maç vardı, kalan beş maçı da sahadan ya da kulübeden izleyerek sana rağmen oynayan takımının ekmeğini yedin. Finalde ponpon kız gibi elin götün oynuyor diye takımın az daha gol yiyordu, Santos sağlamından ayarı verince enik gibi kulübene döndün ve susup oturdun.
2018 Dünya Kupası’nda kalesinde Muslera, 6’sında Torreira olan; boy ortalaması 167 olan Uruguay’a elendin. Bu sefer 6 şutun 1’inde bile kaleyi isabet ettiremediğin için (7 değil, gelişme var) yine sahanın en düşük rating’li oyuncusu olarak elendin.
2021 EURO’da grup aşamalarında üç penaltı golüyle bu alanda rekor kırarak tarihe geçtin, son 16’da Belçika’ya elenince tarih de sana geçirdi.
2022 Dünya Kupası’nı da yine, yeni, yeniden, tekrar bir gol ile tamamladın. İlk grup maçında Gana’ya attığın penaltı golü sonrası bütün turnuvayı yine ghostlayıp çeyrek finalde Fas’a elendin. Nesyri kafayı koyunca domuz yavrusu gibi ağlaya ağlaya kulübeye kaçtın.
2024 EURO’da gol atamamana rağmen her maç çıkıp arsız gibi 90 dakika oynadın, süre bulmak isteyen arkadaşlarınla kavga ettin, takım arkadaşlarından taraftarlarına kadar herkesin sevgisini yitirdin.
2026 Dünya Kupası’nda 5-0’lık Özbekistan maçında gol atınca “geri döndüm” dedin, son 16’da İspanya gelip gerçekten de ananın amına geri döndürdü. Takım arkadaşlarının, taraftarlarının sevgisi gibi saygısını da yitirdin. Portekiz taymında her maç günü #RonaldoOut hashtag’i açıldı.
KARAKTERSİZ BİR YAVŞAK, ONURSUZ BİR GAVAT, GURURSUZ BİR KÖPEK, HAYASIZ BİR DÖNME OLDUĞUN İÇİN BİR ÖMÜR BOYUNCA BU KUPANIN HAYALİYLE UYUYACAKSIN.
In his usual simple and humble style, with no entourage or show-off, Mr Peter Obi is presently at the Trade Fair International Market in Lagos for the burial of the late Chief Sir Okey Ezibe, popularly known as ‘Omeluora’, one of the founders of Balogun Market. xitter.gq/ChuksEricE/status/2118…
IF IT WERE MESSI, THE HEADLINES WOULD HAVE READ: BREAKING; MESSI RETIRED FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL WITHOUT A WORLD CUP
They can even come in and create problems between you and your family and friends.
There’s nothing a woman wants to do for me that I don’t already do perfectly for myself or outsource. Even when it comes to sex, it’s something we both enjoy, so we both benefit.
If a woman moves in with me, my expenses are going to increase. I’ll spend more on food, utilities and other household needs.
So, How exactly does a woman moving in with me benefit me more?
A rich man who came from a poor background can marry a poor woman, but a rich man born into a wealthy family will never marry a poor woman. Forget NollyWood.
We are taking note of all Igbo leaders who refused to support Peter Obi's candidacy. When any of you contest for president and come to seek Igbo support, we will do to you exactly what you are doing to Peter Obi now.
Yesterday at the ICC, Awka, we inaugurated the Anambra State structure for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This is more than politics. It is a battle for the soul of Nigeria, for Ndigbo, and for Anambra.
I told our people - politics is between emotion and reason. Emotion may dominate for a moment, but reason ultimately prevails. From Zik to Ekwueme to Okadigbo, our forebears always played politics at the centre. We cannot afford to be insular.
APGA and APC share the same progressive DNA - true federalism and shared prosperity. That is why we have chosen to align with the centre. We cannot build railways, gas pipelines and the infrastructure our future needs with state resources alone. We need a strong partnership at the centre.
Despite getting just over 5,000 votes here in 2023, President Tinubu has supported Anambra. Imagine what we can attract when we vote massively for him.
For me, this is about the future. After the South completes its second term, power will go North before it returns to the South again around 2039. Where will Ndigbo be? We must be at the table, not outside protesting.
History shows that a strong incumbent is never defeated by a fractured opposition. Let us unite and secure our stake in Nigeria's future.
May Anambra continue to win!
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How an Igbo person with a yoruba mother normally behaves.
Tragedy in Owerri, Imo State as Man Allegedly Throws Girlfriend’s Sister from Storey Building After She Reportedly Rejects His S£xu@l Advances ( victim video via my TG👇)
A disturbing incident has reportedly occurred at Mbonu Ejike, Owerri, Imo State, where a young man allegedly threw his girlfriend’s sister from a storey building after she reportedly rejected his s£xual advances.
According to a voice note circulating online, a woman who claimed to live in the area alleged that the victim’s sister had travelled and left her with her boyfriend. The suspect reportedly attempted to have s£xu@l intercourse with the victim, but she allegedly rejected his advances before he pushed her down from the building.
The suspect has reportedly been arrested by operatives of the Imo State Police Command following the incident, which allegedly occurred today.
Note: As we await an official confirmation and further details from the Imo State Police Command, the circumstances surrounding the incident remain unconfirmed.
Atiku use the money wey he suppose take run presidential campaign take do primary election. That man no wise at all maka Chi 😂💸
They gave Rotimi Amaechi vice presidential ticket simply because they wanted him to open his bank account and fund Atiku's campaign under ADC without knowing that Amaechi is even 100 miles ahead of them....
Baba is just sitting and observing...10 kobo Amaechi will not drop for that fruitless campaign....
Data boys should all go and find something tangible to do with their lives this time around...No available campaign funds... Atiku Abubakar is broke... Amaechi is not spending shishi.
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That "retaliation" and subsequent never-ending escalation is itself one of the goals of this global culture war psy-op bullshit that is being pushed on American-owned social media platforms like this one.
The end point of the infinite mutual escalation where the women are insufferable, blue-hair-nose-ring caricatures and the men are equally insufferable, reactionary Andrew Tate caricatures is that our society turns into Japan or South Korea with their "4B" and "Lie Flat" movements where the men and the women physically hate each other so much that they've literally stopped having sex with each other and both populations are set to go extinct within a century.
We are Africans. That fight is not our own. We are the planet's youngest, second biggest and fastest-growing continental population. We are demographically destined to be the dominant power of the 2nd half of the 21st century and beyond. Civil war between African men and women does not serve that ambition and it doesn't help our place in the world at all.
Since as African men we can't control how African women respond to the pseudo-feminism western psy-op being pushed on them, what we can control is our reaction to them. The single greatest thing we can do as men to restore the balance and end this imported civil war is to STOP ENGAGING WITH PSEUDO-FEMINISTS
Stop ragebaiting and being ragebaited by them, stop responding to their social media engagement bait, stop arguing with them, stop debating with them, and above all else, STOP DATING, MARRYING AND SLEEPING WITH THEM. You guys are obsessed with them even though you won't admit it. They absolutely live rent free inside your heads, and many of you are possessed with the dream of "changing", "rescuing" or "taming" one. Let. That. Dream. Die. The reason they continue to wield so much destructive power despite not holding any meaningful economic or political power is because YOU ARE THE ONES EMPOWERING THEM.
Leave. Them. Alone.
There are roughly 800 million women on this continent. Even if these caricatures have infected the majority of that number with their self destructive ideas, you still have the power to determine the final outcome by developing the self discipline to learn how to control who you choose to reward with your time, your attention, your money, your commitment and your penis. If it becomes clear that they are not being rewarded with those things which you are currently deluging them with, nobody will have to tell them to fundamentally reexamine their worldview.
This is one of the ultimate levels of manhood - leading your society by weaponising your silent, deliberate actions instead of doing Battle of the Yappers on the internet with women whose primary life skill is yapping. Stop doing online power tussles with women! It's very unmasculine and even women find it unattractive.
Weaponise your behaviour and your silence! Not your words! Leave them to face their yapping, and focus on your deliberate actions. You're men, not broiler hens! Stop clucking!
Listen to this for a moment.
Imagine a village, a village that could produce almost everything it needed. They farmed, they built, they traded, they taught their children, they had their own language, their own knowledge, their own way of understanding the world.
Then strangers arrived. At first, they came with questions. What do you call this? How do you make that? What does this word mean?
And the village taught them. They taught them the language, they showed them the land, they explained the market, they showed them what they produced. The strangers learnt.
Then they began bringing things from outside, somewhere cheaper. So the villagers began buying. Why should I make mine when I can buy theirs for less? One producer stopped, then another, then another, and slowly the village began losing the ability to produce what it once knew how to make.
Then the strangers built businesses, they needed lands, workers, power, roads, security and because the village depended on what they brought, the strangers became more important to the village.
Then the final change came. The villagers began learning the strangers language. Not because their own language had failed. Because the strangers had become important enough that the villagers now had to understand them.
Now look at Africa. Foreign powers came, they learnt our languages, they studied our societies, they understood our markets and resources, we taught them.
When will the relationship become balanced enough for our languages to be taught in their countries too?
If Chinese authorities can teach Chinese to Nigerian police because Chinese citizens and businesses are increasing in Nigeria, why can't Chinese institutions also teach Igbo to their police officers and citizens in places where Igbo people are doing businesses? Why can't Yoruba be taught in countries where large Yoruba communities live?
The same reason Nigeria has to understand Chinese businesses and citizens here should also create a reason for China to understand Nigerians living and doing businesses there.
Learning another language is not the problem. One-sided adaptation is the problem.
And now look at cheap price. Everybody says Chinese goods are cheaper. Fine, but what are we paying with? Because if cheap import causes Nigerian factories to disappear, manufacturers to disappear, skills to disappear and young people to stop learning how to produce, then we have saved money today by selling tomorrow.
Imagine 20 years from now, if almost everything is imported and produced by Chinese factories and industries, then the price... what do we do? We have no factories, no producers, no skilled workers. The people who own the factories, the industries, the skills and productions now have enormous control over our economy.
You cannot negotiate strongly with the person who controls what you need. And that is the danger.
China is building its economy. Nigeria must build its own.
Trade is not the enemy. Foreign investment is not the enemy. Dependency is the enemy.
And this is where I think about something VDM said. He found a cheaper phone in China. And I understand why everybody wants a cheaper product. But the bigger question is not really about the phone. It is about what happens when our search for cheaper product slowly makes us stop producing our own.
Because VDM has something more valuable than the cheap product he is bringing from China. He has influence. So if you really love Nigerians so much why not use that influence to hype Nigerian product? Why not promote Nigerian electronics? Why not make Nigerian youth believe that producing is greater than simply finding somewhere else to buy? Because if every Nigerian problem becomes "bring it from China because it is cheaper" then who is giving young Nigerians the opportunity to become producers?
You fought the price but you didn't fight the production and economic dependency in Nigeria.
And that is the question Nigerians should be asking: Are we building a
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nation that produces or are we becoming a nation that simply consumes more cheaply?
Because history does not always return wearing the same cloth. Sometimes it comes through religion, sometimes through trade, sometimes through investment and sometimes through cheap price.
The danger is not always what enters the house, sometimes it is what leaves because of what entered.
Our production, our skills, our bargaining power, our future.
Nigeria has the people, Nigeria has the intelligence, Nigeria has the ability. What we need is the courage to build our own capacity.
Because the price of a product is written on the product. The price of dependency is written on the future.
We have seen the pattern before. Let us not wait for the end to recognize it. Blackout the noise, let wisdom speak.