kano city <999AD> old city plus its walls
found a few photos of the yet to be designated UNESCO site, the ancient walls, and parts of the old town have been torn down for new developments (which i why i hadn't considered continuously occupied cities
cc; Hamo Sassoon #historyxt
The wait is over.
We have 2 golds: Chimdiebube Onwubiko and Don Anele Munachimso.
We are the best in the world!
Egejurum Onyedikachi’s name was omitted. He should have a gold.
The wait is over.
We have 2 golds: Chimdiebube Onwubiko and Don Anele Munachimso.
We are the best in the world!
Egejurum Onyedikachi’s name was omitted. He should have a gold.
Hab ein wenig die Befürchtung, sollte Belgien die USA aus dem Turnier werfen, dass Trump dann Deutschland mit Sanktionen bestraft, weil er zu dämlich ist, die Flaggen auseinanderzuhalten.
Trump on Balogun:
Balogun is our best player. He got a red card. I didn't know what that meant, but then I heard that it means you cannot play in the next game.
That's very unfair. How do you penalize him for a game that hasn't been played yet?
I asked for a review by FIFA.
Unfortunately this won’t unite us. Look at the war in Ukraine. In the middle of a war they found time and clarity to be racist toward Africans. Look at Covid. The closest humans have come to an enemy in recent history. We separated into vaxxers and anti vaxxers. We attacked each other over masks. I remember early in the pandemic posting a photo with a mask I had bought and someone attacking me for wearing the wrong mask and implying I was endangering and potentially killing others. We hoarded and fought over tissue paper. Look at 9/11. Did America unite over it? Or did they look for scapegoats among their own citizens?
An alien invasion will not stop human greed and selfishness. It will only make it worse. That is something we must fix without a common enemy.
even if you don't believe in prison abolition, the question must be asked, what purpose do they serve? if it is to rehabilitate, they've proven remarkably bad at their jobs. if it is to punish, they still do a pretty lousy job at that.
The memefication of outrage is what will ensure that no matter how egregious the actions of politicians, Nigerians will, instead of reacting in any useful way, turn to memes and skits, giggling as their home burns down.
Reminds me of the timeless words of satirist Peter Cook who, at the height of the satire boom of the 60's in Britain and worried that political comedy was turning into a facetious distraction, said that Britain is "in danger of sinking, giggling into the sea".
So here’s the thing, Sir.
1. The role of the First Lady or the government is not to do giveaways. Sharing 1B or 2B with people does not solve any fundamental problem. These are political giveaways disguised as grants. We know it. She literally said, “I gave,” not “the government provided.”
2. Encouraging citizens to sell roasted corn and fry kuli kuli is not an empowerment program, these are not MSMEs. They’re petty trades, useful in our poor economy, but with low scalability. It doesn’t qualify as a poverty alleviation scheme.
The best way to help petty traders is to actually move them away from petty trades.
3. There are so many proven ways to assist low income households that have worked in major countries, and none of them involve political giveaways.
I’m not underestimating petty traders or looking down on them, but nobody wakes up and says their dream job is to fry kuli kuli or sell roasted corn. People are in poverty. They need a structured way out, not a political giveaway that guarantees their vote.
Also, can they please stop sharing bags of rice every time too? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️