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PHOTONEWS: Nigerian President Buhari presiding over the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja today
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Poor Nigerians Are Very Wicked And Heartless Than Politicians They Criticize
From what is happening in Nigeria recently, it seems to me that poor Nigerians are more wicked and heartless than the politicians they are always criticizing. Give a poor man power or small opportunity and see his true color. Tomorrow they will tell me how bible says it will be difficult for the rich to make heaven, as if the bible told them anywhere that heaven is for the poor? Look at ordinary…
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What exactly is the Nigerian dream?
In order to combat an enemy, you must first understand them. Not just as inanimate objects, but as human beings capable of inflicting such pain on others.
In no way are we condoning what scammers do. In fact, there is little difference between a romance scam and an act of violence. However, we do try to understand why they think they can engage in such psychological violence, but also seem to care nothing about their victims.
Make no mistake, there is a war going one between Africa and the rest of the World!
Here is an article that appeared in a Nigerian publication that explains much of it from the Nigerian perspective.
The Nigerian dream is a reflection of societies where justice does not prevail and where corruption is not only tolerated but glorified in many cases.
A lot of people believe that the Nigerian dream is to travel and settle abroad. While we have witnessed a steady and mass movement of people from here to overseas since the 80s, this isn’t the Nigerian dream.
Yes, many Nigerian youths dream of getting away from here and settling in greener pastures abroad. This, however, isn’t a dream. We cannot ignore the reality that many Nigerians find themselves abroad- doing menial jobs and living from paycheck to paycheck.
Not every Nigerian who travels abroad to settle is guaranteed a life of comfort and stability. Many learn quickly that life on the other side is not a bed of roses that Hollywood sold to them. There are plenty of Nigerians who want to come back home but they can’t because they are ashamed that they will be coming back with nothing.
This is not the Nigerian dream because many are living in nightmares abroad. So, what is the Nigerian dream? It is simple. The dream is to make it by any means necessary.
Think about it for a second. Life in Nigeria is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” The life expectancy here is 53 years of age. 67% of Nigerians live below the poverty line. The constant supply of electricity is still a myth. Police brutality is high with operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad extorting, illegally detaining and assaulting Nigerian youths daily.
Inside this heap of harsh conditions called Naija lies the Nigerian dream, a perverted ambition.
The Nigerian dream is simply this ‘to succeed against all odds, by any means necessary’. And there are a lot of odds. Apart from the aforementioned ones, add a non-existent public health care system, poor level of education and unemployment. The odds are stacked against the Nigerian youth to make it in life.
Nigerians are tenacious, they will succeed despite the obstacles. With our backs against the wall, we have continuously found a way not only to survive but to thrive as well.
Let me break down the word ‘succeed’ in this context into street lingo, you are familiar with. Succeed here means ‘hammer’, or ‘blow’. When a Nigerian says ‘I wan blow’, that is just the Nigerian dream. When Olu Maintain sang ‘When I hammer, first thing na Hummer’ on ‘Yahooze’ that is just the Nigerian dream in play.
Our country people just don’t want to get by. They want to be successful, they want to have lots of money because tomorrow is not guaranteed. In a society where there aren’t strong safety nets (reliable pension scheme and good health care) people will enter the rat race. The aim will be able to make the most amount of money within the shortest possible time.
That is why as Nigerians we do not operate on a long-term level. Your landlord asks you for a year’s rent upfront despite knowing you get paid monthly. He wants the rent for a year because who knows, by tomorrow you could get fired with no notice or your company starts to owe you months of salary.
The American dream is to have a nice house with a picket fence, the identity of middle-class America. In Nigeria, the middle class is very thin, one wrong move you are in poverty land.
‘Any means necessary’ means we are willing to bend the rules (also break the rules) to be rich. The high level of corruption indicates how we are willing to break the rules to make it in life in a society that has lost its moral compass.
In a society where there is little or no justice and safety nets, citizens would do all within their means to have a decent life. And this is what is happening in Nigeria right now. From politicians to every day Nigerians, we are trying to grab as much cash within the smallest amount of time to ensure we have a fulfilling life.
This is why we have Internet fraudsters. The dream to ‘hammer’ and ‘blow’ is what fuels crime in this country. Young men are willing to do anything it takes to be rich in a society where the odds are stacked against them.
Perhaps we shouldn’t call it the Nigerian dream but rather the Nigerian Nightmare. If life is hellish here then surely then the dreams you have cannot be beautiful but rather a perversion of healthy ambition.
And this is why the Nigerian society is excessively materialistic. The drive to show you are better than your neighbour comes from the crabs in a barrel mentality. You want to flaunt because you want to announce that you have made it from the hellhole. You want to proudly proclaim that you did all that it took to be successful.
This is the Nigerian dream, the burning desire to be successful against all odds by any means necessary. Take a look around and you will see that most of the successful people believe in this dream.
From: http://www.pulse.ng/gist/pop-culture/what-exactly-is-the-nigerian-dream-id8535927.html
Isn’t it amazing how Africans complain about colonizers from over a hundred years ago, yet the reality is their crap countries are the product of their own making!
Nigerian Scammer Lifestyles
This is what they care about living the high life at the expense of their victims
Nigeria has very high levels of poverty and unemployment in spite of its oil wealth but it is stolen away by their own politicians
It’s a not a bed of roses for Nigerians abroad as many of them have to do menial jobs
The sad truth is that in order to stop scamming, we will have to completely change their culture. How can we do that while the corruption rules these countries?
Understanding Scammers: What exactly is the Nigerian dream? What exactly is the Nigerian dream? In order to combat an enemy, you must first understand them.
PHOTONEWS: President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari in a meeting with his longtime friend Justin Welby the Archbishop of Canterbury at Abuja House in London
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Theft Of Paris Club Refund: Saraki Claimed He Borrowed N5b From Dangote To Fund Buhari's Election
Saharareporters has obtained further details about the monumental scandal around billions of naira in Paris Club loan refunds that were brazenly stolen by state governors, Senate President Bukola Saraki, and Nigerian businessman Hassan Dambaba, who also holds the traditional title of Magaji Ngari Sokoto. Mr. Dambaba apparently embezzled as much as N2.5 billion from the Paris/London Club refunds.
Yesterday, Mr. Dambaba surrendered himself for interrogation by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was accompanied by a director of the Department of State Services (DSS). A source said Mr. Dambaba was acting as a front for Governor Abdulraziz Yariof Zamfara State who is also the chairman of the Governors' Forum.
Speaking anonymously with Saharareporters, an EFCC investigator disclosed that the slush fund, which was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari before he traveled to London on a prolonged medical vacation, came from a payment made by one of the state-owned oil companies at NNPC.
The funds were then used to repay states that claimed the Federal Government had over-deducted Paris Club repayments from their monthly allocations over the years.
However, instead of using the money for paying workers salaries, some top shots of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) decided to convert it into slush fund that would be used ostensibly to refund some of the party's original funders.
Apart from state governors who individually pocketed as much as N400m in some cases, Senate President Bukola Saraki grabbed for himself at least N3.5 billion. One investigator told our correspondent that the senator converted his haul into dollars and may have laundered the funds through Dubai and Germany.
A senior EFCC agent disclosed that anti-corruption officials were on the verge of arresting Mr. Saraki and his accomplice, a former MD of his late father’s bank, Robert Mbonu. The source said EFCC operatives paused when they were told to wait until President Buhari returns from his vacation on February 6. The President has yet to return.
SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Saraki also colluded with the Governors' Forum to send N5 billion out of the funds to multi-billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote. Our source said where the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, had assisted the Governors' Forum to have access to the funds.
An EFCC agent said Mr. Dangote refunded the money as soon as he spotted the deposit, claiming that he never requested from anyone to deposit funds in his account.
However, a source who initially alerted us to the scandal said that Mr. Dangote only rejected the money because of the formal nature of the transaction. He said Mr. Dangote was alarmed when he was told that the deposit was supposed to be a refund for his funding of the election of President Buhari.
Mr. Dangote reportedly declared that, since he did not transfer funds to the APC via a bank transfer, it would be questionable if he got money through a bank transfer that was declared a refund.
When our reporter contacted Mr. Dangote, he denied that the transaction took place
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