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It offers a compelling and insightful look at Nigeria's political evolution, from the First Republic to the present day. The series does an excellent job of breaking down complex historical and political developments in a way that is both engaging and educational.

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For anyone with more than a passing interest in Nigerian political history, I highly recommend watching Jude Bela's Power & Plunder series on YouTube.

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Ironically, the only sector that appears to truly understand this shift is the FMCG industry. They recognised early that survival in today’s economy depends on affordability, smaller purchasing units, and products tailored to declining consumer spending power.

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One of the reasons many Nigerian SMEs are struggling is their failure to recognise and adapt to the economic realities of post-2015 Nigeria.

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Yet, many Nigerian SMEs still seem unwilling to reimagine business models that align with the realities of Nigeria in 2026. Instead, they continue doubling down on selling “luxury” to a disappearing consumer base, while competing for the attention of a saturated 1%.

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Mr. David Hundeyin: While I understand your position here, you are entirely too harsh on the poor masses in Nigeria in whose name you are supposedly fighting for.

Yes, it is undeniably true that many Nigerians do not see the bigger picture.
They do not see how foreign corporations are funding the insecurity currently ravaging the North, how the IMF and World Bank are basically boardroom terror organizations destroying the economy of the Global South, or how the Nigerian government only serves the vile interests of a select few elites and their puppet masters in Western capitals.

All of this is true, but what is equally true is this: it is not this poor majority that will change this country.

This may seem counterintuitive, as the poor are the ones feeling the crushing weight of a dwindling economy, hyperinflation, and an epileptic power grid.
But as Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels outlined in lovely book "The Communist Manifesto", a true change in government can only happen when the classes of society hold hands and unite under a common umbrella.

The poor and uneducated form the overwhelming majority of society and obviously possess the brute muscle to pressure the system.

However, they cannot articulate a well-structured plan, they cannot write manifestos, and they cannot understand the complex logistics required to sustain a massive protest.
They lack the financial war chest to fund a prolonged struggle, the legal expertise to bail out captured comrades, the media expertise to combat vicious state propaganda, and the strategic foresight to negotiate terms when the ruling class is finally brought to its knees.

The Hollywood theater of poor people carrying pitchforks to overthrow their government is pure, delusional fantasy.
An oppressive regime will always have a police force and a military that are heavily armed, well-trained, and eager to shoot live ammunition at protesters.
Drawing again from the works of Marx and Engels and their studies on class struggle, the fundamental catalyst that brings to light any true revolutionary movement must start with the Middle Class (the Bourgeoisie/Intelligentsia).

The middle class is educated; they possess the knowledge to decode complex geopolitics and translate it into simpler terms for the average farmer to understand, just as Thomas Sankara did in Burkina Faso.
The middle class has the resources and the time on their hands to properly coordinate protests and build formidable intelligence networks.
They can outsource the technology to bypass government censorship, they have the international connections to expose human rights abuses to the global stage, and they possess the ideological backbone required to turn disorganized public anger into a lethal, targeted political weapon.

The most famous revolutionary movements in history like the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, and the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, were all ruthlessly and carefully planned and organized by educated, wealthy, middle-class citizens. Even Fidel Castro of Cuba came from a wealthy family, and his father owned a robust sugar business.

Yet, even when the lower and middle classes unite, the upper class and the military still hold all the cards.
Even the celebrated 1979 Iranian Revolution was only successful because factions within the military and the government decided to commit mutiny and flat-out refused to protect the Shah.

If impoverished Nigerians were to relinquish their daily survival hustle and storm the streets en masse to protest against the government, what do you think will happen? Just like ENDSARS, the state will wait for the cover of night, turn off the lights, and gun down unarmed protesters in cold blood.
Then, their puppet masters in the Global North will instantly provide them with diplomatic cover, and the rest of humanity will simply move on.

Therefore, the struggling masses do not need to understand your complex geopolitics for a revolution to happen. If the comfortable, educated elite(who claim to know it all) do not get off their high horses and join forces to mobilize the streets, absolutely nothing will change.

A revolution does not happen in a vacuum; it requires a spark forged by intellectuals, fueled by the fury of the poor, and executed with ruthless, unwavering precision. Until the educated middle class is willing to sacrifice its comfort, weaponize its privileges, and bleed alongside the common man they so eagerly criticize, you're basically tweeting into oblivion.

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@Kadunaelectric good evening. I mistakenly clicked on the Post paid option instead of the Prepaid option while buying an electricity token and my account was debited but I didn't receive any token. Please what do I do?

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Enough of this nonsense narrative, nobody forced y’all to be stupid & simps.

No woman will point a gun on your head for not paying her rent, buying her expensive wigs, gadgets & stuff. Y’all do this things wholeheartedly then you come online every time & be wailing.

Most of you even date prostitutes from Snapchat and you expect them to treat you like your mothers??? JOKERS!!!!

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It's sad watching once serene neighborhoods become shadows of their former selfs, while the municipal/city authorities sit an their ass and do nothing.

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The rapid invasion of bars, lounges, and nightclubs within Kaduna's residential areas has reached alarming levels.

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My parents recently spent time at a health facility in Barnawa. Some nights, they poor old folks struggled to get a lick of sleep because of the ridiculously loud music coming from all the clubs and bars that have taken over Barnawa.

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resort to force to seize the resources of weak states. Tragically, no continent today contains as many fragile, exposed states as Africa. We risk becoming the next easy target—food for plunder by an increasely hostile world.

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If I was a futurist, I’d wager that before the middle of the century one of the major Western powers will attempt to re-colonize an African state or two.

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With the unipolar moment fading, China has emerged as a near-peer to the United States, Russia is more assertive, and many European economies are in sharp decline. In a more desperate scramble to shore up dwindling economic and geopolitical fortunes, some in the West may ....

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It is therefore not surprising that a growing number of citizens have given up on collective action, choosing instead to pursue individual survival strategies or seek solace in the divine.

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It has become fashionable for Nigerians to criticize one another for not rising up to challenge the country’s abysmal system of leadership. However, I believe that Nigerians are currently trapped in what psychologist Martin Seligman described as “learned helplessness.”

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These recurring hardships have led many to conclude that the more they strive to fix things, the worse they become.