Rare Audio of Young Igbo Men Talking More Than 100 Years Ago (with English
Translation)
Listen to 1 of the oldest recorded Igbo conversations ever preserved. The recording was made in 1911 during the anthropological surveys conducted by Northcote W. Thomas for British government.
🚨 ALEXA WAS CAUGHT WATCHING THIS LITTLE GIRL AND HER MOM INSIDE THEIR OWN HOME — THEN DENIED IT
A disturbing Alexa video is going viral after a mother asks the device whether it can see anyone in the room.
At first, Alexa says no.
Then they move closer and Alexa describes two people, including one person standing under the cabinets and another taking a selfie with a phone.
Then the little girl asks the obvious question:
“Alexa, why can you see us?”
Alexa responds that it actually can’t see them and says it doesn’t have a camera on the device.
Technology capable of detecting people inside their homes without traditional cameras is already here.
Xfinity’s WiFi Motion uses changes in Wi-Fi signals to detect movement around a home using compatible Wi-Fi equipment.
Xfinity markets the technology as a security feature, and it requires users to enable and configure it. But think about where the technology itself is heading.
Your microphone can hear you.
Your cameras can see you.
And now Wi-Fi signals can detect movement around your home without a camera.
If Alexa can watch a mother and her child inside their own home and then DENY it, why would anyone willingly put one of these devices in their house?
One of Aguata’s finest young entrepreneur, philanthropist and a native of Ekwulobia, Mr Zimuzo Ezeuchu (Zeeman) was two years ahead of me in our secondary school days.
At Federal Government College, Nise, we revered and dreaded our seniors.
My body began to shake when I saw him until he screamed, “My Honourable, My Leader”.
It is indeed a funny world.
Today, he hosted my Team and I, and massively supported my project of running for House of Representatives (Aguata Federal Constituency).
Thank you, Senior Zeeman.
I will not fail you!
After the Civil War, Igbos began to spread to other parts of Nigeria and had to start from scratch. Those with a bank account were given £20 regardless of the amount they had before the war. #HistoryVille
https://t.co/i5UtXRGPsx
One of the Israeli passengers who subdued the pilot-hijacker on board flydubai FZ 1073 told PM Netanyahu that the stabbed captain managed to open the cockpit door before collapsing. This enabled the passengers to enter and seize the attacker, as he was attempting to destroy the aircraft systems and crash the plane.
I spent 47 days as one of several thousand African migrants seeking to enter Europe through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea.
Story on @fijnigeria tomorrow, Thursday and on Friday.
How Hired Thugs Obstructed My Visit to Benue State
Yesterday, I attended the opening of the national campaign office of an opposition presidential candidate, Governor Seyi Makinde in Abuja. My presence was intended to demonstrate that politics can and should be conducted in an atmosphere of mutual respect and civility. As Governor of Anambra State, I made it a point during electioneering to welcome visiting opposition members personally, provided they acted within the ambits of the law.
Guided by that same commitment to decency over partisanship, I travelled to Benue this morning, arriving at approximately 9:00 a.m. on a purely humanitarian mission: to visit the grieving families affected by the horrific killings in Yelwata, where over 270 people were massacred.
Regrettably, our convoy was prevented from proceeding to the community by thugs chanting, “Peter Obi, go back.” It was deeply distressing to witness such hostility. I came to Benue not for partisan politics, but to mourn with our people, to listen to families who have lost loved ones, and to offer comfort at a moment of unimaginable sorrow. That a mission intended purely to show solidarity, compassion, and support could be obstructed in this manner is deeply alarming.
At a time when our nation should be united in grief and resolute in preventing further bloodshed, we must reject any action capable of deepening our divisions. The people of Benue - and all Nigerians - deserve to sleep without fear. They deserve to travel without fear. They deserve to cultivate their land without fear. Above all, they deserve a country where the state places the protection of human life far above political expediency.
Although we were unable to reach the community today, our thoughts and prayers remain steadfastly with the victims, their families, and the entire Yelwata community. We shall continue to work until the primary responsibility of government - the safeguarding of every Nigerian life - is restored. Until then, we cannot truly say we have built the nation our people deserve.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Today it was reported that Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of NDC was blocked from moving freely in Benue State to visit IDP camps. Reports had it that youths suspected to be political thugs blocked his right to move freely in Benue State. If this allegation is true, then it potends danger to constututional democracy and freedom of choice of the people. The right of a candidate of a political party to move freely throughout Nigeria, meet the electorate and campaign for votes is not a favour granted by government, a political party or any local political authority. It is a constitutional entitlement.
That is Section 41(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) expressly provides that “every citizen of Nigeria is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria and to reside in any part thereof.” Section 39 protects freedom of expression, while section 40 guarantees freedom of peaceful assembly and association, including participation in political parties. These rights acquire particular significance during elections.
A political party's candidate cannot meaningfully exercise the democratic right to canvass for votes if he or she is prevented from entering communities, addressing citizens or associating with his supporters. Campaigning is therefore an essential incident of democratic participation and must be exercised within the bounds of the law. Accordingly, no political thug, partisan group, community, traditional authority or government agency has the power to create a “no-go area” for a lawful political candidate.
Nigeria is one indivisible constitutional territory. No part of it belongs exclusively to any political party, candidate or political godfather. Where political thugs obstruct, threaten, assault or intimidate a candidate or prevent him from campaigning, they are not merely interfering with a political activity; they are interfering with constitutionally protected rights and undermining the integrity of the electoral process.Government has an even greater responsibility. Its duty is not to deploy state power to suppress political competition or to tolerate partisan violence, but to protect the constitutional rights of all candidates and provide an environment in which political competition can take place freely, peacefully and fairly.
Section 45 permits restrictions on the rights in sections 39–41 only where such restrictions are imposed by law and are reasonably justifiable in a democratic society, including for specified purposes such as public safety or public order. It does not confer upon political thugs or partisan actors any licence to suspend constitutional rights.The principle is therefore simple: No candidate can be constitutionally confined to his political stronghold. No political thug can determine where a Nigerian candidate may go. No government can lawfully permit partisan violence to replace constitutional liberty.
A free election requires a free candidate. A free candidate must be free to move, free to speak, free to assemble with supporters and free to ask for votes anywhere in Nigeria. To prevent that by violence, intimidation or unlawful governmental action is not politics—it is an assault on constitutional democracy. It is on the basis of the above that the government Nigeria both at the Federal and state levels must avoid any conduct that suggests or gives appearance of restricting the freedom of candidates of political parties from moving freely in any part of Nigeria. All candidates must be given a level playing ground to sell their programmes for Nigerians to buy. This is how democracy works.
“If we reduce the purchasing power of the people, we can further slow down the economy, then widen the tax net.” — Tinubu
A statement like this should not be forgotten. 😡
You cannot deliberately make life harder for millions, crush their purchasing power, weaken the economy, and then come back asking those same people for another mandate.
Jan 16, 2027 must send a clear and unmistakable message: the people have the final say. A leader who has failed the people should not even dare to ask them for another vote.
ًصانع محتوى سفر صيني يدعى شياو جوني كان في سوق شعبي في نيجيريا ويجرب بعض اكلاتهم الشعبية عندما اوقفه رجال من عامة الناس وطالبوه بدفع المال
وعندما سألهم عن السبب، قالو بكل بساطه: لاننا مواطنون نيجيريين وانت لا، فيحق لنا اخذ المال منك
وخلال مسافة 10 كيلومتر من رحلته مر بأكثر من 20 نقطة تفتيش وكلهم يطلبون منه دفع المال، في الاخير قال شياو عن خلاصة تجربته: لا تأتوا لنيجيريا