Ignore Kwara, stay silent about Ondo, keep quiet on Ekiti and Osun, and forget the kidnapped children in Oyo, all because of Bola Tinubu. But when he leaves office and you suddenly find your voice, may the devil blind you.
20 something year olds are joining mouth to say the benefits of the macroeconomic policies won’t show now but in kinikan years. Forgetting that the almost 40 year olds said the same thing about a decade ago while watching their futures get eaten up.
Find it interesting that people who say they don't support any of the candidates in the forthcoming elections make it their raison d'etre to attack/criticise only Peter Obi consistently as though he's the one in power or he's the only opposition candidate.
Attending OAU Ile-Ife in the 00s brought me into proximity with Yoruba Nollywood stars. You could saunter into CC and find Peter Fatomilola mulling over a beer. Or Tunde Ojeyemi walking out of the staff club. Or the pleasant-mannered Kola Oyewo near Pit Theatre. Really sad to hear of his passing. Incredible actor. He gave the performance of his lifetime as the incorruptible civil servant, Mr Mako, in Koseegbe. His next best, imo, is as the corrupt king Lapite in Saworoide, also a Tunde Kelani film. These two films are serious political satires of post-colonial societies in Nigeria. Oyewo acted as both a conflicted hero in Koseegbe and a venal royalty in Saworoide, showing incredible range. May his soul rest in peace.
We’ll have to accept that some of the things that make discussions worthwhile; shared context, the presumption of good faith, the absence of audience performance, and the ability to change one’s mind; simply don’t scale well with thousands of people.
It was a good experiment.
This is one of the beauties of the World Cup.
Japan's PR once skyrocketed because their fans stayed back to clean the stadium after a match.
This mexican is returning Bafana Bafana Tshirt after learning the xenophobic culture of South Africans. 👏👏
'Let them know ; they can even kidnap me. Yet, there will be no vacancy in Aso Rock.'
- Edo State Governor Monday Okpebolo
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Dana knew this was going to happen but spectacle for Donald won’t let them make rational decision. He said only thunderstorm will stop the event, we will see. Obstinacy!
I think this video perfectly summarises her entire politics tbh.
I have repeatedly said that her "anti-identity" politics schtick is a farce. It's something she always mentions without anyone asking, but it is fraudulent & performative.
She's not against identity politics, she's against any identity politics that she feels "benefits" minorities.
She's perfectly happy with ethnopolitics that "disciplines" minorities, flatters the right people, or packages Whitelash as respectable politics.
When the subject is Black boys & stop-and-search, Badenoch is comfortable being brutally specific. She can call out antisemitism clearly & insist it is named without games. But when it comes to racist WHITE nationalist mobs, suddenly the language softens into "public frustration over illegal immigration," as if parents being chased from their homes with their crying toddlers is only just a policy disagreement getting out of hand.
That is the double standard.
It's not race-neutrality at all because
neutrality would mean applying the same moral standard everywhere.
If antisemitism should be named, anti-Black racism should be named &
If Islamist extremism should be named, white nationalist racism should be named.If group hatred is dangerous, then she should be able to say that consistently.
The most revealing thing about the clip is not just what she says but what she cannot bring herself to say plainly, b/c if your politics can say "more Black boys should be searched" but struggles to say "white nationalist racism is driving this," then your problem is not identity politics, your problem is which identities you think should be named
& which identities deserve special protections.
Lewis Hall largely blames Eddie Howe for missing out on World Cup place and is seeking a move from Newcastle. #mufc in the market for a long-term left back
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