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Justice for Balogun!!

“It is easier to criticize than to do better." (French Proverb)
Psychology shows that ‘chronic complaining’ rarely comes from a desire to fix a problem; it stems from a need for control, validation, or an outlet for personal frustration. When it comes to internet culture, this manifests as a specific type of "armchair criticism."
It is easy to look at certain Nigerian influencers and label their content as unintelligent, unproductive, or outright foolish. But tearing them down doesn't make the critic an intellectual. In fact, many of the people loudest in calling these creators "fools"(or olodo) are simply using it as an easy shortcut to pretend they are intelligent themselves.
It takes zero effort to mock low-effort content, and doing so gives the critic a false sense of superiority. If a creator’s content is truly unproductive, the intelligent response is to ignore it, or create something better—not to use them as a pedestal to look smart while contributing absolutely nothing to the conversation. Let me end this with even more proverbs: "If you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem."
The Golden Rule for Chronic Complainers:
"Never find a fault without a remedy." — Geoffrey Chaucer

First of all, not a fan of the current administration. Didn’t vote for them and wouldn’t be voting them back in. But it’s time we recognize when bias for dislike clouds our ability to recognize movement in the right direction.

Khaki is largely imported and kitting youth corpers year in year out with imported fabric adds to the importation bill and strains our FX reserves. Substituting khaki with adire - a fully locally produced fabric similar in texture, is a smart economic move that reduces importation, creates income for local textile creators and local jobs. It is even more breathable and versatile than khaki, more adapted to the local climate and khaki has lost its relevance since the military aspects of the scheme have been phased out.

But what has been the general response? Complaints that NYSC has become mgbeke, a village scheme, a laughing stock. These complaints reveal how inferior Nigerians see their identity and output to foreign and imported alternatives. The self-hate will take us nowhere.

Another more insidious claim circulating is the tribally tinged view that this is an attempt to Yoruba-nize the scheme. If we want to be honest, of all the local fabrics in Nigeria adire stands up as the most suitable replacement to khaki - akwete, aso oke, isiagu and others don’t have the same material characteristics that give adire its features. I do hope the Nigerian government in the spirit of balance can push out very shortly a similar policy that creates jobs and income for local textile producers of south-east fabrics to minimize the sentiments of imbalance this has created.

There will be a lot of typos so please bear with me.
We Nigerians have been praying that God should deliver Nigeria from corruption. We ask for a leader with integrity but when God offers one, we reject it. Other countries in the world are corrupt but the one in Nigeria is pathologic. It has crippled every fabric of development we have as a nation. In the 1970s, as bad as things were, Nigeria was at par with the Chinese, 50 years later, China is the 2nd most powerful country while Nigeria wallow in emptiness. Most corrupt nation.

Peter Obi as of today represents the only hope Nigeria has. ( considering the present crop of politicians we have and will have in the next 16 years). A man who has shown he can see $150 million dollars he can embezzle with a stroke of a pen ( executive order- pay $150 mil to company “xyz” for consultancy fees). Money gone, audit will not see anything illegal. But he left the money. This is after he delivered tremendously on education, healthcare, roads and infrastructure- I lived in Anambra those years- there were several communities that were separated from the rest of the state by rivers and large lakes- he built bridges. Paid pension for the first time since the state was created. Now people are arguing why did he save money, some argue that he put the money in the bank he has major share in. I had listened to people confidently argue this on national TV. And what I want to know is, assuming Peter is actually the owner of those banks, assuming he is the major shareholder, how much would he make from the money compared to if he had stolen the money, and still invest it in those banks? He would own the capital, the dividends, the capital gains and any more revenue as the majority shareholder of the bank. So this criminal decided to leave all this to only collect revenue as majority shareholder while the capital, capital gains, dividends belong to the state? He must be a naive thief.

Nigerians are very funny honestly.

Obi represents the only man that can fix the issue of embezzling public funds in Nigeria whether you like it or not. If it took 3 years to sink Nigeria like this, it can also take 4 years to put us back in the right direction.

I always maintain that being a Nigerian politician is the easiest way to become millionaire in dollars without enterprise.

Some people ask what can Peter Obi will do differently, my response is, God created us equal but we have different capabilities. There is a reason why 2 boys taught by the same teacher, read the same book, in the same condition- one took first position and the other last. There is no doubt that Obi will do well in Nigeria. He has the capacity to go after the cabals because he is rich and just. There is no leverage they can use on him.

This is a case from Nigeria in a Katsina court Hauwa'u Mukthar was sentenced to death by hanging for aiding and abetting terrorism by providing ammunition to a rebel leader. https://pmnewsnigeria.com/26/06/16/katsina-woman-hauwau-mukhtar-sentenced-to-death-for-terrorism/ or https://businessday.ng/news/article/woman-sentenced-to-death-for-supplying-ammunition-to-bandits-in-katsina/

Said it before, and I'll say it again; the demonstration of crazy system (aka democracy) imported by the colonizers was NEVER for the benefit of Alkebulan. Here is a detailed analysis explaining how it's rigged and never reflects the will of the people of Alkebulan. #EnoughIsEnough #RevolutionNow #AlkebulanUnite 🌍

As if that wasn't bad enough already, as further mentioned in the video, these same colonial puppets have taken $150 Million worth of Nigerian tax payer money to lobby the colonizers in Washington to control the perception of Nigeria, as if that helps Nigerians in any way. Such international thieves and misplaced priorities everywhere. #EnoughIsEnough #RevolutionNow #AlkebulanUnite.

It's stressful living in Nigeria. I suppose it's why young ones partake in sports betting, wasting their money, entering trouble, becoming mentally depressed, some committing suicide.

Another reason why young people bet may be because of artificial intelligence. It makes betting easy. You can stay in your room and bet, nobody will disturb you. I guess this is the topic of this article.

It doesn't my matter the reason why people bet. The bottom line is that you'll lose money ultimately. And no one will stand by you as you suffer the loss. Happy reading

My concern is that insecurity has become such a deep-rooted problem that I don’t think any of the three major presidential candidates can solve it abruptly. One doesn’t appear to care, another may focus on other issues, and the third may make an effort, but I’m not convinced it would bring meaningful results.