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[Science girl @sciencegirl]

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[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

The EU earns ≈ €45 billion from Nigeria every single year — that’s €123 million a day.
Here’s the 2024–2025 breakdown (official EU & Nigerian Customs data, released Oct 2025):
1. Oil & Gas (72%)
• Nigeria ships 1.6 million barrels/day to Europe
• 2025 avg. Brent price: $78/barrel
• €36.2 bn cash straight to EU energy giants (Shell, Total, Eni, BP)
2. Cocoa, Sesame, Leather (18%)
• EU buys €8.1 bn of Nigerian farm & raw materials
• Germany alone takes €2.4 bn cocoa beans
3. Re-exports & Services (10%)
• Dutch ports re-export Nigerian LNG → €4.5 bn
• French banks & insurers skim €1.2 bn fees
Grand total: €45.1 billion (2024 actual)
€45.8 billion (2025 Jan–Sep run-rate)
Compare to what Nigeria gets back
• EU aid + loans: €680 million
• Net flow: Nigeria → EU = €45 bn OUT, €0.68 bn IN
→ 66 times more leaves than arrives
Fun (painful) facts
• €45 bn = 3× Nigeria’s entire 2025 health + education budget
• One Rotterdam refinery makes €9 bn profit on Nigerian crude alone
• Shell’s Nigeria dividend to EU shareholders: €5.6 bn last year
Bottom line:
The EU extracts ≈ €45 billion from Nigeria yearly — more than the GDP of 12 African countries combined.
That’s the real “partnership”. 😕
Sources: EU Commission DG-TRADE Oct 2025, Nigerian Customs Service, Shell/Total Q3 reports.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Not that this will accomplish anything, since you people hit the "off" switch inside your brains once your religion is mentioned, but for the benefit of the roughly 9 teachable people left in Nigerja, here is what is REALLY happening around you:

1. China is winning the economic war with the US, and the US is aware that it can no longer compete industrially with China, which is already a larger economy than the US in PPP terms. The only reason the US economy is still nominally larger is that the US dollar remains wildly overvalued due to its use as the global reserve currency.

2. The rise of BRICS means that the end of the US dollar as global reserve currency is coming. Once that happens, the US economy will implode, because it is built on exporting USD and importing the world's productivity. Without the overvalued USD as an imperial tool for controlling and extracting from the rest of the planet, the US will basically become Brazil with nuclear warheads.

3. The Trump administration knows this, which is why it has gone into full imperial mode, renaming the DoD to "Department of War," and preparing to deploy the US military across Latin America as part of its 'Monroe Doctrine.' The idea is to secure land, resources, and spheres of influence to compete with China and Russia, since it is no longer the unilateral superpower.

4. In this new multipolar world whose birth you are witnessing, there will be 3 or 4 great powers instead of just one, and all of them will compete and jostle for influence and access to resources. That is what you are witnessing playing out in Nepal, Bangladesh, the Sahel, the Middle East, Venezuela, and many other places. Yes, there are local factors, but everything exists in this wider context of a world being reshaped in front of our eyes.

5. During this reshaping of the world, Africa - the only continent with a majority of its states professing 'nonalignment' with any great power - is the biggest prize that is up for grabs. All of tomorrow's technology, which guarantees economic and military supremacy is built on resources found in DR Congo, Northern Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan and Somalia. (What unique security situation do all these places have in common?)

6.During this reshaping, "international institutions" are debased and made irrelevant. Bibi Netanyahu has an ICC arrest warrant that nobody will honour, and the US government sanctioned the ICC for issuing the warrant, even locking the ICC Chief Prosecutor out of his email and bank accounts. The UN has officially declared Gaza to be a genocide - and nothing happened. And nothing will happen because these "institutions" no longer have of the teeth they once pretended to have.

7. This means that the days of one state cooking up a reason to invade or annex another state - something expressly forbidden since 1945 - are now back. And since Africa has what everybody wants, any great power is now free to deploy a geopolitical meme ("Christian Genocide in Nigeria") and use it to justify invasion to take what it wants. In other words, colonialism is coming back - not IMF/World Bank, suit-wearing, conference-attending, Business-English-speaking, polite neo-colonialism, but open, obvious colonial theft and thuggery. This is not decades away - it is a few years away at the most.

8. Russia considers Europe to be its rightful sphere of influence and trade dominance. Hence it views European access to cheap African resources as a threat. Thus Russia is stepping in to provide military and infrastructure support for African states so that they can start to use their own resources for themselves and leave Europe dependent on Russia. Europe and the US see this as an existential threat, hence their proxy war in Ukraine and their new geopolitical meme ("Christian Genocide in Nigeria") to justify direct military occupation of West Africa.

9. No great power gives a single fuck about "Nigerian Christian genocide." All you are is a means to an end!

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

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[brendan bruno @brendanbruno2]

@elonmusk @elonmusk the universe is a technological product beyong us; stars, gravity, light, biology, are all technology beyond mere human understanding yet. We can try to figure it out, but it surely wont be easy for a fish in water habitat to figure our how Space X works.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Nigeria Bleeds, Needs a Declaration of War on Insecurity Now

“Bloody Weekend: over 100 Killed in Borno, Sokoto, Katsina, Edo.” This grim headline captures the frightening reality reflected in our weekend papers.

The killing of eight NSCDC officers, the abduction of a Chinese national in Edo, the kidnapping of passengers on the Benin–Iyere–Oluku road, and the slaughter of five soldiers and 58 civilians in Borno are not isolated tragedies. They are stark evidence that Nigeria is in the grip of a full-blown security emergency.

My deepest condolences go to the families of our fallen heroes. Their courage reminds us that we still have men and women who are willing to risk everything for our safety. Their killers must be swiftly apprehended and brought to justice. Their sacrifices must never be forgotten.

When over 100 Nigerians are killed in a single weekend, our casualty figures rival those of countries officially at war. This is no longer business as usual. It is time to declare a national war on insecurity — to mobilise every resource, every agency, every state, and to suspend all distractions while we begin the process of reclaiming our nation from lawlessness.

Even foreign trips by government officials should be put on hold until the situation is brought under control. True leadership must be seen at home, personally coordinating the war against insecurity. Junketing around the world under the pretence of wooing investors, while the country bleeds, is to live in denial. Investors will not come into a war zone.

No nation can prosper while its citizens live under siege. History shows that insecurity is the quickest path to national collapse — Somalia and Libya stand as painful warnings.

We must act now, with urgency and courage, to prevent a total descent into anarchy and rebuild Nigeria into a safe, secure, and productive nation for all.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[brendan bruno @brendanbruno2]

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[Ikenna Nzimora @ronaldnzimora]

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[brendan bruno @brendanbruno2]

@Peter4Nigeria @raufaregbesola @AWTambuwal @elrufai @ChibuikeAmaechi @EmekaIhedioha @bukolasaraki @_dinomelaye @LiyelImoke @DeleMomodu @ADCVanguard_ @inecnigeria Without immediate independence of inec, all elections are useless

[Peter Akah @Peter4Nigeria]

Your Excellencies Sir’s, Dear Leaders and Members of the Coalition and All Opposition Politicians in Nigeria;
@raufaregbesola
@AWTambuwal
@elrufai
@ChibuikeAmaechi
@EmekaIhedioha
@bukolasaraki
@_dinomelaye
@LiyelImoke
@DeleMomodu
@ADCVanguard_
DO YOUR TRUST @inecnigeria ?
DO YOU THINK ELECTORAL REFORMS TO FIX INEC ARE NOT SO IMPORTANT?

Nigerians await your responses on this very critical issue ahead of 2027❗️
#FixINEC #ElectoralReform

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

The True Cost of Selling and Buying Votes

Vote-buying is one of the greatest dangers confronting our democracy. It is never an act of kindness; it is a calculated investment in corruption. Those who buy votes do so with only one intention—to gain access to public funds. By bribing voters today, they are purchasing a licence to plunder tomorrow. And when they get into office, the money meant for schools, hospitals, roads, and jobs is diverted into private pockets. Such people are not leaders—they are looters. Their actions rob our society of dignity, development, and even life itself.

But those who sell their votes are not innocent either. When you exchange your ballot for money or material gain, you are not just selling a vote—you are selling your future. You are selling away the schools your children should attend, the hospitals that should save lives, and the jobs that should lift families out of poverty. In truth, you mortgage your tomorrow for a token that can not sustain you today.

The reality is simple: looters can only loot when we hand them the key. If your vote had no value, nobody would be desperate to buy it. The fact that millions are spent on vote-buying shows that your ballot is priceless. The real power does not lie in their money. It lies in your conscience, your courage, and your vote.

The choice is ours. We either keep selling our votes and remain trapped in poverty and bad governance, or we rise above temporary gain and reclaim the future of our nation. Every Nigerian must take responsibility. Let us reject the politics of bribery and embrace the politics of service. Let us elect leaders who will build, not loot.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[brendan bruno @brendanbruno2]

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[brendan bruno @brendanbruno2]

@Peter4Nigeria @PeterObi @inecnigeria Voting for Peter is ultimate but the inec must be fixed

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

My One-Term, Four-Year Vow Is Sacrosanct

One of the greatest American Presidents, Abraham Lincoln, served only four years, yet his legacy endures as a model of principled leadership. Another iconic figure, John F. Kennedy, did not even complete a full term, yet his vision and ideals continue to inspire generations. In Africa, Nelson Mandela, revered globally as a symbol of justice and reconciliation, chose to serve only one term as President of South Africa, despite immense public pressure to stay longer. His decision was a deliberate act of leadership, a statement that power must serve the people, not the self. Indeed, history shows that the longer many African leaders remain in power, the more likely they are to be corrupted by it. Longevity in office is not a mark of success; rather, it is purposeful, accountable service - however brief - that defines true statesmanship.

It is within this context that I reiterate my vow: I will serve only one term of four years if elected President. And that vow is sacrosanct.

I am fully aware that the decay in our society has made trust one of the scarcest and most sceptically viewed commodities. Many Nigerians, understandably, no longer take politicians at their word. But even in this climate of cynicism, there are still a few whose actions have matched their words - whose integrity is built on verifiable precedent.

Recently, I became aware of two statements aimed, albeit indirectly, at my vow to serve only a single four-year term. One person remarked that even if I swore by a shrine, I still wouldn’t be believed. Another suggested that anyone talking about doing only one term should undergo psychiatric evaluation.

I understand the basis of their scepticism. They are judging me by their own standards - where political promises are made to be broken. But they forget, or perhaps choose to ignore, that Peter Obi is not cut from that cloth. I have a verifiable track record that speaks louder than speculation.

In my political life, my word is my bond. When I entered politics in Anambra State, I made clear and measurable promises to the people: to improve education and healthcare, to open up rural areas through road construction, and to manage public funds with prudence. I fulfilled each of those promises without deviation. I did not swear by a shrine, nor have I been certified mentally unstable as a result of honouring my word.

My vow to serve only one term of four years is a solemn commitment, rooted in my conviction that purposeful, transparent leadership does not require an eternity.

If making such a promise qualifies me for psychiatric evaluation, then we may as well question the mental fitness of those who framed our Constitution, which clearly stipulates a four-year renewable tenure.

I maintain without equivocation: if elected, I will not spend a day longer than four years in office. In fact, I believe that service should be impactful, not eternal.

We must rebuild trust in our country. I have dedicated my public life to demonstrating that leadership with integrity is not a myth. I have done it before, and I do not intend to betray that trust under any circumstances.

Forty-eight months is enough for any leader who is focused and prepared to make a meaningful difference. In that time, I intend not merely to make an impression, but to deliver on concrete promises to:

sanitise our governance system;
tackle insecurity through effective and accountable use of national resources; prioritise education, healthcare, and poverty alleviation;
catalyse small businesses as engines of growth ; and combat corruption with unflinching resolve.

Above all, I will dedicate myself to transforming Nigeria from a consuming nation into a productive one, where agriculture, technology, and manufacturing replace rent-seeking and waste as our national anchors.

These are not utopian dreams. They are realistic, actionable goals that are achievable within four years.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

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[RAZOR BLADE @razorblade300]

Is he a real human? Damn! This guy's brain is on fire 🔥🚒

[brendan bruno @brendanbruno2]

@AnonXNG Nigeria does not deserve a man life Obi, they fight and shun good men, then they choose evil men with their full check, they empower evil men, and they get evilish realities every fucking time. Very undeserving people.