@ayan_one@AbeebFajobi@ifesalakooffice You people just like to deceive yourself, the said 712B isn't for Lagos Airport alone, Kano Airport is involved and other aviation issues. Stop believing everything you heard, try to go to the ministry site, and do your findings or listen to news with open mind.
OBJ struck a deal with our Creditors, paid the unexplained debts, his men and women received their commissions as the norm in every Debt Recovery deal. A year after, reality beacons and GEJ began to borrow again. Buhari came in, he wanted to build infrastructures and still wanted to pay pms and fx subsidies, unrealistic economic combination, so he was borrowing too to do this.
Tinubu came, stopped the subsidies, the loan hasn't increased but reducing at snail rate. However, Nigeria is richer now without loan. We have moved from $3b net reserves to $27b. The cake is getting bigger and we are financing our loans more comfortably without hindrances! The economy is coming back to life.
The wailers and saboteurs who recommended Argentina economics to us have buried their heads in shame!!!
Why The Grammy Awards Are Only Given To Patriotic People
The Grammy Awards have come and gone. Once again, the artiste who brought it back home to Nigeria, Temilade Openiyi, did so via an Afrobeats song, 'Love Me Jeje'.
Tems' genre, Afrobeats, is an invention of the Lukumi Yoruba people of Nigeria, and even the title of her Grammy-winning song contains a Lukumi word. Jeje means gently or softly.
It is no coincidence that ALL Nigeria's Grammy Award winners are either wholly or partly of Yoruba origin, including:
Sade Adu (1986), Babatunde Olatunji (1991), Sikiru Adepoju (1991) and Seal (1996), Burna Boy (2021), Wizkid (2021), Temilade Openiyi AKA Tems (2023).
And then Burna Boy (2021) is partly Yoruba.
Twice would be a coincidence. But this many times is now considered a pattern.
Another pattern would be that all of these Nigerian Grammy awardees always associate positively with their country and speak well of Nigeria.
Some may not understand that the Recording Academy of the United States, which owns and organises the Grammy Awards, uses this platform to promote fraternal relationships between the United States and other nations.
The Recording Academy of the United States is strongly linked to U.S. intelligence agencies. I do not want to discuss this further.
That being their agenda, they are most unlikely to give the award to people who speak negatively of their country, people and flag.
Think about it logically.
The hottest musical genre on Earth right now is Afrobeats. Amapiano does not even come close. Now, if you were the Recording Academy of the United States and could not control Afrobeats because you do not own it, you would want to do the next best thing: to influence it.
And how would you be able to influence it if you give a Grammy to a person whose relationship to the land of Afrobeats is, at best, tenuous?
These fellows are sophisticated thinkers and savvy businesspeople.
They are thinkers. The best they could do to such a person is dangle the awards at them and bait them to struggle for them, knowing that in doing so, they would be both validating and marketing the Grammy Awards, which makes much of its money by selling TV broadcasting rights.
The only African ever given a Grammy in defiance of their government and nation was Mariam Makeba, who won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1966 because the Lyndon B. Johnson administration was vehemently against Apartheid and worked to distance the United States from South Africa.
LBJ had signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing segregation and discrimination, and he wanted to send a strong message to Apartheid South Africa. Thus, his administration worked with the Recording Academy of the United States to honour Makeba to spite the Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd government in South Africa.
But today, Nigeria and West Africa are facing a challenge from recalcitrant nations that have forged an alliance with Russia and have begun to make wild accusations against our government and leaders. These nations are under harsh military rule and recently had some success embedding their agents in Nigeria, who flew Russian flags during the Days of Rage protest promoted by Omoyele Sowore.
If you have a wide platform and use it to denigrate Nigeria at a time when some West African nations are working to undermine Nigeria and ignite an undemocratic regime change, who do you think you are wittingly or unwittingly working for?
Why do you think Bob Marley, as great as he was, never got even a Grammy nomination in his lifetime?
Reno Omokri
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We don't talk about Late Col Abu-Ali's heroics enough. He's the reason many of us can live safely in our homes today. As he always said, 'Our reward is in heaven.' Let's honor his memory and keep his legacy alive.
Thanks soldier💪🏽🪖
The last battle we fought together is etched in my memory. After the initial victory, Late Col Abu-Ali came down from his tank, had his usual isha prayers, and told us 'Gentlemen stay alert, and stay alive, if anyone must die let it be me. Minutes later, the unthinkable happened................
I jumped down from my gun to rescue our Comd who was shot, put him inside the tank but before I could get inside, a bullet brushed my thigh, unfortunately man couldn't make it.
He asked me to take motivation from my late brother and colleagues who died fighting alongside me as courage to do more so their soul can rest in peace.
I was so shocked and that very moment the whole world flashes right in my face and I felt something deep inside my head.
Then I knew I had to not only double my efforts but Triple it.
I narrated what happened and how I called my dad that I can't cope anymore I want to come back home. Till today, My dad's words still echo in my mind: 'Which home are you coming back to? If everyone who lost colleagues during several battles back then had retreated, do you think I would be walking freely all through my years before joining the military'?
He told me that faithful day, he was so scared even after the whole scenario and even after he regained consciousness. For some secs, he couldn't operate anything cause so many thoughts kept running through his mind. I told him that's different, if I was in that position I would think of so many things but not fear.I told him that I, too, had faced fear, but it was the sudden death of my brother and Late Lt Col Shonva in Damboa that made me confront and overcome it.
'Look at the country and consider the numbers. If any of us were to die, the national flag wouldn't be lowered, and our colleagues wouldn't stop fighting. We must understand the risks of our job and not seek fame, for our reward lies in heaven, not on earth.' Then he asked me do i think he's not scared? I replied NO! given his bravery in leading from the front. However, he shared a personal experience from the Kuros attack, where he had fainted and was overwhelmed by fear.
HONOUR, COURAGE AND SACRIFICE:
THE STORY OF LATE LT COL M ABU ALI. 1
I received a message today that brought back memories of my conversation with Late Col Abu-Ali. We were preparing to recapture Malam-Fatori after successfully retaking Kangarwa. During lunch, I would often set aside food and water for the birds and lizards, as the harsh weather made it difficult for them to survive. Reason why from kangarwa to hell fire is just 20 naira. We sat down discussing with him when he shared a profound message with us,
@Hhorlamilekan@allibaloo I regretted buying fuel at MRS palmgrove today. The pump is not okay, I bought 15k fuel, and my dashboard fuel gauge didn't reach the appropriate place even when I bought 10k, not to talk of 15k... I wasted 1hr on the queue before I culd buy it. It's a shame. We are d problems
@IdrisAOni1 Dr. Please, I just want to ask about 1004 central mosque in V.I. The mosque was dominated by the northerners, I have prayed there recently, and I discovered that no Westerners or yorubas lead except the hausa... Is it mainly for the northerners? I have my reason for d question