1. It’s no secret the US, China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, much of the civilized world, are involved in espionage (theft of state secrets)
Each nation tries to outpace, get ahead of the other in the race to space, advanced medicine, technology, advanced weaponry.
2. Each nation have a network of spies embedded in other nations to gather these state secrets. Sometimes spies even switch sides. This is where espionage comes in.
Does Nigeria have network of spies, a single spy embedded in any of these technologically advanced nations?
3. Nigerians in diaspora is an array of fine technocrats, academics, well educated & can match their peers in any discipline throughout the world.
They fit the purpose perfectly. They can serve as incubators for breeding new network of spies.
4. We have Kacey Madu, Nigerians in NBA, NASA, medical research, even directly up the food chain in America. I’m talking US politics. Nigerians are MPs in the UK even.
A nation not tapping into this network of citizens embedded in the west & other advanced countries is BLIND.
5. China innovated by first sending her first ever batch of young citizens to the United States to gain western education. Much of the advancement in Space science in the US, was gained from the Nazis post WWII.
6. Most of Hitler’s scientists researching on extraterrestrials - out of the earth studies, & advanced weaponry, emigrated to the US after WWII. They found their way in NASA.
US gained much of the knowledge on space science from these Nazi scientists.
7. Much of Nazi files & secrets ended up in the US. They are still classified as state secrets till this day.
What I’m saying is, Nigeria’s growth in science & technology will have to be deliberate. Drastic measures will have to taken to get Nigeria off the ground.
8. The world left Nigeria, much of Africa behind at the dawn of the twentieth century. So getting Nigeria started will require a twenty first century thinker.
First, the Constitution & electioneering processes will have to reengineered & reworked to ONLY accommodate COMPETENCE.
9. Nigeria will have to adopt the Chinese Civil Service examination system for its political class.
The minimum requirement for entry into politics must be graduate degree, no more no less. I cannot say this enough, “Nigeria is racing down a very slippery slope, without brakes.”
10. There is grave danger in the horizon & the political class don’t even know that. A nation not prioritizing “western education,” is always going to FAIL & end up in the PAST. Failure is inevitable, a failed state even, is much easy to achieve. The trajectory must change, NOW!!
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1. Is POTUS still the most powerful on earth? Dems cheering Big tech on now, may become victims tomorrow.
I don’t wanna see China become the most powerful nation. I don’t want communism. This is not about Trump, he’s gone now, but PRECEDENT. China is already neck-deep in Africa.
2. What Biden (Dems) will do in the next 4 years, will determine the faith of China. Biden will either accelerate or slow down China’s growth & dominance. What Trump tried to achieve with ban on Chinese companies & products in U.S market, was deliberate.
3. MAGA, AMERICA FIRST, wasn’t a bad idea. China has almost completely dominated Africa. China equally signed an agreement with the EU recently. China is reinforcing, embedding itself deep into new frontiers. She’s made incursions in almost every facet of issues facing the planet
1. Donald Trump is now permanently banned on Twitter. Now we know the gatekeepers of America Democracy. America is more divided now, thanks to Big tech.
Few individuals now decide what’s right for public consumption. I won’t support Jack Dorsey banning Adamu Garba or Waspapping.
2. I’m still a rational being. I know the dangers of a single story; single narrative is dangerous, it all depends on the divide you are on.
This new era of “Radical Democrats Big tech censorship” will be turbulent. So Brace Up!!
3. Parler App is equally losing access to Apple Store & Google Play store. Free Speech, Social Networking space is under serious threat.
Now if you are a Nigerian, then this should worry you. The Nigerian government, Lai Mohammed & his gang, are taking note of this.
1. If I understand you clearly:
A. Trump violated terms, FINE!
B. Those Social Media platforms are privately owned, OK!!
Now, do you know the number of times Congress tried to oversight Facebook? Do you know Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg especially cannot be controlled or regulated?
2. Do you know how powerful Facebook’s become? The platform has the power to bring down governments with the touch of a button (keypad if you like)
Billions of dollars in fine is not even enough, neither is it a solution. I don’t wanna go into the data breaches, privacy concerns
3. Obviously Nigerians simply don’t care about privacy, after all your information (BVN, NIN, SIM CARD REG, D/L, Int’l Passport, VOTERS CARD) are littered all over the place, in government ministries.
Some of you even have your information up for sale on alibaba & BEC websites.
1. It’s too late in the day for “the Twenty-fifth amendment” to be activated. It couldn’t have been possible in December either. GOP had Senate majority. Now the numbers has flipped in favor of Democrats, it’s still a long shot. Mike Pence isn’t a hardliner, I’m glad he isn’t.
2. That said, any impeachment now has to take quick action & quick thinking for that to happen. There are multiple routes to getting that done in Trump’s last 14 days. Removing Trump now will take huge amount of efforts, a coalition from within Trump’s cabinet will be required.
3. Impeachment & trial of president Trump in the senate is not entirely impossible. If that happens, Mike Pence will oversee these last 14 days. Whatever happens, this has gone into the annals of history. For future students of history, this looks bad. The precedent here is huge.
1. Yes Northern Nigeria had upper hand (not of their making btw), but they were first in the pecking order of things, had better interactions with the West (Britain in this context). But did all of that “western influence” penetrate into Northern society?
2. I understand history is a very delicate subject in Nigeria. It arouses sentiments & biases. Understandably so, Nigeria history is not GOOD, no matter how you look at it, it doesn’t favor the people of Nigeria. So the government would rather not allow it in Nigeria schools.
3. Like it or not, the North have LITTLE to show, for a people whom Britain favored. Much of Eastern Nigeria societies, resisted the colonial conquests. Benin Kingdom put up a resistance. But today, western ideals & influence has penetrated much of the East, even its hinterlands
March 22, 1998: At the peak of his reign, Abacha planned to boast his image internationally with the visit of the Pontiff, His Holiness Pope John II. The Pope pressed Abacha to free 60 prisoners including MKO Abiola & Ken Saro-Wiwa (the Ogoni Nine). That appeal fell on deaf ears.
2. Abacha carried on with iron fist. He sent Ken Saro-Wiwa (the Ogoni Nine) to a firing squared outside the Port Harcourt prison. Had Kudirat Abiola assassinated. MKO Abiola also died in somewhat suspicious circumstances, shortly after Abacha’s death. Abacha died on 8 June 1998.
3. Widespread jubilation erupted across towns & cities throughout Nigeria. The reins of power fell on Abdusalami Abubakar, who later handed over to Obasanjo, ushering in the Fourth Republic.
But Muhammadu Buhari went on overthrew the Second Republic government of Shehu Shagari.