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[Olaudah Equiano® @RealOlaudah]

The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonized is Nigeria. The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonized in Asia is India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh). When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonized, they brought along their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, food, language, etc.

Try as hard as the British did, India rejected the British religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology. Today, 80.5% of Indians are Hindus; 13.4% Muslims; 2.3% Christians; 1.9% Sikhs; 0.8% Buddhists, etc. Hindi is the official language of the government of India, but English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a “subsidiary official language.” It is rare to find an Indian with an English name or dressed in suit.

On the other hand, Nigeria embraced, to a large extent, the British religion, British culture – names, dressing, foods, and language – but rejected the British technology. The difference between the Nigerian and the Indian experiences is that while India is proud of its heritage, Nigeria takes little pride in its heritage, a situation that has affected the nationalism of Nigerians and our development as a nation. Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs had brought Islam into Nigeria through the North. Islam also wiped away much of the culture of Northern Nigeria. Today, the North has only Sharia Courts but no Customary Courts. So from the North to the South of Nigeria, the Western World and the Eastern World have shaped our lives to be like theirs and we have lost much or all of our identity.

Long after the British and Arabs left Nigeria, Nigeria has waxed strong in religion to the extent that Nigerians now set up religious branches of their home-grown churches in Europe, the Americas, Asia and other African countries. Just like the Whites brought the gospel to us, Nigerians now take the gospel back to the Whites. In Islam, we are also very vibrant to the extent that if there is a blasphemous comment against Islam in Denmark or the US, even if there is no violent reaction in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic headquarters of the world, there will be loss of lives and destruction of property in Nigeria.

If the United Arab Emirates, a country with 75% Muslims, is erecting the tallest building in the world and encouraging the world to come and invest in its country by providing a friendly environment, Boko Haram ensures that the economy of the North (and by extension that of Nigeria) is crippled with bombs and bullets unless every Nigerian converts to Boko Haram’s brand of Islam. We are indeed a very religious people. Meanwhile, while we are building the biggest churches and mosques, the Indians, South Africans, Chinese, Europeans and Americans have taken over our key markets: telecoms, satellite TV, multinationals, banking, oil and gas, automobile, aviation, shopping malls, hospitality, etc.

Ironically, despite our exploits in religion, we are a people with little godliness, a people without scruples. It is rare to do business with a Nigerian pastor, deacon, knight, elder, brother, sister, imam, mullah, mallam, alhaji or alhaja without the person laying landmines of bribes and deception on your path. We call it PR, facilitation fee, processing fee, transport money, financial engineering, deal, or whatever. But if it does not change hands, nothing gets done. And when it is amassed, we say it is “God’s blessings.” Some people assume that sleaze is a problem of public functionaries, but the private sector seems to be worse than the public sector these days.

[AYO @akinribiduro]

@gtbank_help money was transferred to me from First Bank on Wednesday, 26 July 2023. N50,000.00.
I got the credit alert and was able to view it in my transaction history but the actual value did not reflect in my bank account.

Name: Ayodele Akinribido
Account: 00 01802240

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

In the end, it was only the ones from ECWA, COCIN and the Catholic Church (all of whom were directly affected) that took part in our research and documentation project.

Pentecostal energy is reserved for attacking atheists and defending pastorpreneurship on Twitter.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

"Pastor" wey be azaman for internet fraudsters and drug traffickers go dey tell you who to marry, which job to do and who to vote for. And will still bill you with "tithe" and "offering" ontop.

God abeg.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

So I know you don't want to hear this, but you see a lot of those your rockstar "pastors"? You better make sure that you are actually worshipping your Christian god every Sunday, and not merely collecting copious amounts of lamba from a good-looking, well-coiffed criminal.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

I'll also just mention this:

If you're into organised crime in Nigeria and you make a lot of illegal cash which needs to be laundered into the banking system, the most efficient way of doing that is to open a church.

Nobody will suspect you and banks won't ask you questions.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

It's important to always remember that your pastor is a mere human just like you. The Bible is not a magic talisman that stops men from eating corn.

Pastors are corrupt, dishonest and greedy too, like many other Nigerians are.

[AYO @akinribiduro]

The annoying and fatally dangerously wreckless manner with which Okada riders ride against traffic at Agungi/Jakande/Ikate/Marwa axis of Lagos depicts system failure. We were here when Gov. Fashola curbed this lawlessness. Traffic civility defines a Godly society.

[ChukwuEmeka Chikezie @cechikezie]

Great application of systems thinking!

[ChukwuEmeka Chikezie @cechikezie]

2021: Through the lens of Sierra Leone's budget speech | Politico SL https://t.co/oxbpPtINtW

[ChukwuEmeka Chikezie @cechikezie]

Interesting thoughts on the way forward... Twenty of the least digitally connected countries are in Africa.
https://t.co/y1ZnCgcYfO

[ChukwuEmeka Chikezie @cechikezie]

https://t.co/iX3H9347s1

[ChukwuEmeka Chikezie @cechikezie]

How to decolonise International Development: some practical suggestions - From Poverty to Power https://t.co/WR9UQ1bGf6

[ChukwuEmeka Chikezie @cechikezie]

Some motivational words to ponder this morning

https://t.co/3vFVfDWsW5

[ChukwuEmeka Chikezie @cechikezie]

A momentous year of change, 2020:

https://t.co/6qqzOerLqm

[ChukwuEmeka Chikezie @cechikezie]

Always on the up and up...