If I learned to program, built an app, and made millions of dollars - It wouldn't make me an expert on Finance, Economics, Sociology, and the entire human condition.
At least Bill Gates reads up on subjects he doesn't know; these people don't read anything, but open their mouths
Last year I read "The German Wife" by Kelly Rimmer. For a long time, I wondered how "good Germans" didn't oppose Hitler's rise to power. How was this vile man allowed to amass so much power without opposition?
That book answered it.
At first, they called him a joke, but then Hitler normalized hate by being openly hateful himself. By the time "Good Germans" realized they had to hide their Jewish friends, it was too late. They were outnumbered by their neighbours who "just wanted to take back their country", and most fell in line to save their own necks.
Many Jewish people who sounded the early alarm were told they were bring dramatic. But week by week, their rights were stripped, not all at once, but little by little, until there were no more rights left.
The world is seeing something similar rise again. Hateful rhetoric, aimed at immigrants and people of colour, threats of purges and mass deportation, accusations of immigrants of bringing crimes and being vectors of disease to "poison communities".
It might seem these words do not affect you because it's not happening in your country, or that it is just politics, but remember, all of Europe and America once thought Hitler was not a serious person.
For everyone who stands by and watches all that's going on in the world and doesn't actively oppose it, because it does not directly affect them, or only affects "immigrants", I leave with you Martin Niemoeller's famous words, "First They Came..."
Oyinbo manufacture car finish, but na Tinubu dey tell you make you commot am join CNG.
Shey Tinubu get engineering degree? No be court-certified Chicago akantant? 🤷🏾♂️
Think twice o.
Abia-Akwa Ibom should create a light rail from Aba to Uyo to Airport. It would be extremely beneficial to both states, and can be done purely by state government.
Nvidia CEO: Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character.
Character is not formed out of smart people: it is formed out of people who have suffered.
As a man,
If you budget 1.5m for your wedding, and your fiancée is telling you that it's not enough & wants it to be 2.5m.
You'll have problems in your marriage.
The wedding is more important to her, than the marriage.
End.
My team just rescued a woman at term with sudden bleeding (Abruptio Placentae/ Placental Abruption) in pregnancy. Both mother and child made it. I am so happy and thankful for the gift of Medicine. God is faithful.
Dear Nigerians,
The Budget is a mess, but how did we get here?
In this video, our Global Director, @seunonigbinde sheds light on how the @nassnigeria meddles with Nigeria’s budget, year after year, through numerous insertions despite having N100 billion allocated for Zonal Intervention Projects/Constituency projects.
Meanwhile, the Executive and MDAs have also failed to push back. Why? Because they, too, benefit from the system.
Things cannot continue like this. It is time for the country to get better.
Lend your voice and join us in advocating for a budget that truly reflects the people’s interests.
#TheBudgetisaMess
Do you guys realise that the only reason these people can celebrate today is that ONE WOMAN stood her ground, refused to accept manipulated votes and insisted on only counting the votes uploaded on iRev?
Once again, it will forever be well with Prof Nnenna Oti wherever she is.