@NWA_ADA_NNEWI I know a couple that's married for 35 years with 2 kids,sleeping separately due to wife's snoring but everything else was fine.
It's normal if mutually agreed, or potential red flag for unresolved issues.
A couple of questions to help us understand the fight over Nigeria's energy future:
Is Dangote fighting for Nigeria or protecting his investment?
Was Ahmed truly corrupt or merely defending legitimate regulatory concerns?
Who really wants this Dangote refinery to fail?
Can Nigeria break the cycle, or will it simply trade one form of capture for another?
Inside Nigeria's $20bn Fight Over Fuel!
How Captain Ibrahim Traoré and the AES Leaders Are Using the Toyota 4Ps to Rebuild their Country from the Ground Up
Let me tell you something nobody is saying out loud.
Captain Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso, Assimi Goïta of Mali, Abdourahamane Tiani of Niger —
these men didn’t just wake up and stage coups.
They didn’t just remove puppets because they wanted power.
They studied the system.
They understood the disease.
Then they prescribed the cure — using the same logic the West used to enslave us.
What they are doing is not random.
It’s not noise.
It’s not madness.
It’s intentional system reset — rooted in what I call the Toyota 4Ps.
If you don’t understand the 4Ps, let me remind you:
1. Philosophy
2. Process
3. People & Partners
4. Problem Solving
Every strong system is built on this.
And these AES leaders — knowingly or unknowingly — are applying it to free their people.
Let’s break it down.
[1] Philosophy – The Mindset Shift That Started Everything
First thing they did was reject the philosophy of the colonizer.
Because before you even touch governance, before you even restructure power — you must decolonize the mind.
Traoré came out and said it point blank:
“We do not need the West to survive. We will rise by ourselves.”
That is a philosophy shift.
From dependency to sovereignty.
From victimhood to agency.
From begging to building.
For years, Africans have been trained to think like loyal slaves — defend democracy, respect France, obey ECOWAS, fear IMF, chase visas, speak English or French to feel important.
But Traoré and his comrades said NO.
They rewired the philosophy.
And that’s where every revolution begins.
If your long-term thinking is still rooted in the oppressor’s logic, you will keep replacing demons with demons, while dancing around the real issue.
That’s why the first weapon of liberation is the mind.
That’s what they changed.
[2] Process – Tearing Down the Trojan Horse and Building a New System
Once the mindset changed, the next step was to destroy the process the French left behind.
Fake democracy.
Colonial currency.
Security puppetry.
ECOWAS intimidation.
Military bases.
Corrupt elites.
They tore it all down.
They banned French NGOs.
They removed French military presence.
They stopped using CFA Franc.
They took power out of the hands of elite puppets and gave it to patriots.
That’s process reformation.
They’re not doing this based on vibes.
They are rebuilding the machinery of the state.
That’s what France is scared of —Not the guns.
Not the soldiers.
But the process being rebuilt without their fingerprints.
You cannot run a sovereign country on the same operating system your colonizers installed.
That’s like changing the driver, but using a steering that only turns left.
Traoré knew this.
That’s why he’s rewriting the operating manual completely.
[3] People & Partners – Choosing Builders, Not Puppets
Now you’ve changed your philosophy and process.
Next? You choose the right people and partners.
Gone are the days when your Minister of Finance studied in Paris, eats in Geneva, and dreams in English.
Now, the leaders around Traoré are men and women who love Burkina Faso more than they love France.
AES is not run by diplomats.
It’s run by disciples of the revolution.
And the partnerships?
Russia.
China.
Turkey.
Iran.
Cuba.
Other African countries willing to trade with dignity.
People were shouting:
“Oh it’s just France out, Russia in.”
No!
That’s a lazy mind talking.
Russia didn’t invade.
They were invited.
There’s a difference between an invasion and an invitation.
Traoré didn’t just change the players.
He changed the terms of the game.
Now it’s not about who profits.
It’s about mutual respect and national interest.
That’s what real leadership looks like.
[4] Problem Solving – Now They Can Finally Build for Real
Now that the philosophy is clean, the process has been rebuilt, and the right people and partners are in place, they can now begin to solve problems for real.
Burkina Faso is reclaiming gold mines.
They are training local militias to defend their land.
They’re investing in local industries — not Western imports.
They’re talking about nuclear plants — not French electricity handouts.
They are farming, producing, building, thinking independently.
For the first time in decades, the people believe in their country.
Why?
Because the system now serves them.
Let me be clear:
There is no miracle.
There is no magic.
There is just a working system built on the right foundation.
You want to solve poverty?
Start with mindset.
You want to solve corruption?
Start with process.
You want good governance?
Choose the right people and partners.
You want development?
Then solve real problems, not cosmetic nonsense.
Final Words – This Is the Blueprint for African Liberation
Traoré and the AES brothers are not perfect.
But they are intentional.
They are following the only proven model for lasting transformation.
They’ve applied the 4Ps — They started with Philosophy — reject the slave mindset.
Then fixed the Process — delete the colonial blueprint.
Then brought in the right People & Partners — patriots, not puppets.
Now they’re engaging in real Problem Solving — for the people, by the people.
This is not just AES.
This is a case study for every African country that is still crawling in 2025.
Whether it’s Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, or South Africa — until you apply the 4Ps, you are just repainting the colonial prison.
You want real freedom?
Learn from Traoré.
Study the AES model.
Apply the 4Ps.
Because talk is cheap.
Only systems win wars.
Written by Mbuso Khanyile, for Media One Africa
A society cannot progress beyond the mental state of its people. Mass consciousness defines/shapes mass reality. In other words, the collective societal events/ experiences are a reflection of the mental state of the people.
To transform a society, you must first re-shape the mental landscape of the people.
A government that focuses solely on building physical infrastructure without altering the perception of the people via re-orientation, nationalism and patriotism is a government that will never rise above a mediocre state. The very people the infrastructures are built for will destroy and vandalize them as their mental states are unaligned with the ethos of nationalism, patriotism and national development.
The citizen must first be created before the nation is set to launch on the global stage and amongst the comity of nations.
What Africa urgently needs isn't physical infrastructures. Don't get me wrong, we need roads, health-care, energy, education, etc, but what is more pressing is re-orientation. We need a mental overhaul. A mental purge. A cultural renaissance.
Once the perception is fixed, everything else will begin to follow. If you try to fix the without before the within, there will be a drag. A perpetual drag.
Instead of spending billions on infrastructural projects yearly, let's use half of that for public re-orientation and in creating the citizen.
Our collective mental landscape needs a reshaping.
Iyo
I taught my Primary 2 students using LED to detect counterfeit money. The students assembled LED light circuits and tested them on real money.
These kids are 8 years old, and they arrived at my class when they were 6 and knew almost nothing. Our children in Nigeria are not different, but the kind of foundational education given to them is completely different from This is what Nigeria can take away from this:
1. LANGUAGE: Using Chinese language to explain LED circuits was so easy for them to understand, and took less than 6 mins. They never have to worry about understanding the grammar or remembering new vocabulary if another language was used. Humans have different abilities, and language acquisition is a skill that’s not evenly distributed. While you or your son can learn a new language fast, others might not be strong in language, but really good in science and technology. Nigeria should use native languages to teach primary school children right from the first day of school. With many native languages, autonomous regions with different official languages should be the best direction, with an option for international classes that is more English focused. Build local economies first before looking outward to setting up economies that are national or international.
2. CURRICULUM: If you don’t change with time, time will leave you behind. Nigeria’s future is left behind because of outdated curricula right from primary to tertiary. The world has moved on a long time ago, and we must wake up to reality and realize that the output of our educational system doesn’t help our economic growth. We don’t have major local industries, inventions, breakthroughs because what students learn doesn’t fit the current reality. What is Nigeria’s stage when it comes to industrialization? Is Nigeria a baby, toddler or teenager? Then her education output should be a balanced diet that will aid her growth for the next 5-10 years, and the curriculum is the structure that ensures that. With the way the world is changing so fast, the curriculum should be reviewed and adjusted annually. This is what we do. My students first came to our school so tiny, many of them don’t know how to even write their names. We taught them most of what they know today, and because we have a curriculum that is modern, targets what the students really need to know, and its always modified to reflect their realities, they have acquired so much knowledge about how the world around them works like electricity, engines, space, aerodynamics, mechanics and environmental protection in a short time Miracles and prayers alone will not come from heaven to correct our future. It’s now or we will always be the laughing stock of the world.
3. GROUP WORK: North, south, east, west, these kids are from all parts of the country. We train them to work together, and show them how their country is becoming better everyday by group work; how many sectors, companies, organizations, groups, tribes work together as a team to achieve goals that benefits everyone at a personal level. In Chinese, we always tell them to “He Zuo 合作” which means cooperate. They are learning that at a young age, so when they get old, they know that the value of cooperation far exceeds the benefits of sentiments and bigotry to their economic well being and national future.
4. TEACHERS: Teachers should earn more than law makers and governors. This is how it is in any sane and developed society. When you pay teachers well, the best brains and minds in your society will occupy schools and universities, and will inspire the next generation of inventors, businessmen and women, artists and professionals. Don’t be proud to say that you are paying your qualified primary school teachers minimum wage, it’s pathetic.
I love miracles as much as I love working hard. If I have a choice, I’ll rather work hard while others wait for miracles. Nigerian’s need to adopt a mentality of working hard and being consistent.
There is war on the family unit. One of the ways to succeed is to destabilize the headship of this unit which lies solely on the male gender. We well know that fatherhood is crucial for the development of healthy and well-functioning families, hence the attack on it. Take away
Dear woman,
the world needs and deserves your soft side. Don't get fooled. Being soft doesn't imply weakness, you are built to nurture and nurturing is best done in love, empathy and compassion. Being soft is about embracing your femininity, bask in it!🌹🖤🌹
I’ve never seen a feminist bike woman
I’ve never seen a feminist bricklayer
I’ve never seen a feminist borehole driller
I’ve never seen a feminist mason
I’ve never seen a feminist taxi woman
I’ve never seen a feminist mechanic or electrician. It’s always the women who can’t
Every single corner of recruitments, bootcamps, scholarship offerings - "girls and women only"
In your quest for equality, you're neglecting the boy-child.
The boy-child shouldn't be an afterthought.
Your neglect of the boy-child will come at a price.
This is a threat!