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by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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offsite link How Does Gender Ideology End Up Everywhere? Mon Mar 17, 2025 19:00 | Caroline Ffiske
All it took for the Department of Health to add a question on gender identity to the form reporting a child's death was one email. This is how gender ideology gets everywhere, says Caroline Ffiske.
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offsite link Far-Left Campaigners Are Targeting GB News and Have Enlisted Ofcom as their Attack Dog Mon Mar 17, 2025 17:00 | Toby Young
The boss of GB News has said the channel is the victim of a "coordinated" attack by the far Left after Ofcom launched yet another investigation into one of its programmes.
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offsite link How a Heat Pump Destroyed One Consumer?s Perfect Energy Rating Mon Mar 17, 2025 15:52 | Sallust
Colin Ferguson spent thousands renovating his home back in 2013 and received a perfect energy rating for his trouble. When he recently installed a heat pump, however, his EPC rating dropped off a cliff.
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offsite link Farmers vs Politicians ? Agricultural Upheaval is Just the Beginning for Britain?s Fragile Economy Mon Mar 17, 2025 13:50 | Gabriel McKeown
The way things are going the Government risks not only driving family farms into extinction, but accelerating the decline of industries vital to Britain's economic future, warns Gabriel McKeown.
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offsite link More Than One Million Foreigners Are Claiming Benefits Mon Mar 17, 2025 11:20 | Will Jones
Benefits are being claimed by over one million foreign nationals, costing over ?7.5 billion a year, according to an analysis of Government figures, prompting calls for an overhaul of eligibility rules.
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Trading Beauty for Awesome Beauty

category international | racism & migration related issues | opinion/analysis author Friday February 24, 2006 15:03author by yomi ogunyemi Report this post to the editors

Nigeria is gorgeous with breathtaking scenery, filled with flowers, trees and free-flowing springs but of what use is the beauty in the midst of abject poverty and squalor. What value is the beauty if the Government can not protect the lives of its citizens.

I am a Nigerian. I come from a nation with a wealth of stunning cities full of compelling stories.
The aesthetic appeal of the nation’s capital city is undeniable, people who knew Abuja before now cannot help but salute its reinvention into a scenic and livable community. Small and dazzling, she is one of the true jewels of our glorious country, Abuja abounds in unique beauty.
Lagos is the former capital of Nigeria; past and present harmonize sweetly in this vital city. You can surf on the shimmering Atlantic Ocean its panoptic water enchanting surfers with the deliciously disorienting sensation that they've become one with the sea. The sheer, exuberant beauty of the beaches make people come for inspiration and renewal.
Port Harcourt is the oil city. In this charmed city, the urban and the pastoral gracefully mingle in a uniquely Nigerian way.
The Nigerian Countryside is beguiling and boasts of colorful residents and fauvist sunset, lush green forest stretching unbroken in every direction. You will feel doubly awed: by my country's magnificent nature.
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Why then am I here, despite the superb sunrises and sunsets; warm, calm water, white-sandy meditative beaches… , lovely Mountains, wide open spaces and beautiful wildlife.
I am here because my country is not the perfect place for long walks at sunset unless you have a death wish. Violent crimes committed by ordinary criminals, as well as by persons in police and military uniforms, occur throughout the country.
I am here because The Political elite in Nigeria do not obey the decisions of the courts and the president has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance. With the support of the President, the police have flagrantly set themselves above and against the judiciary; politicians in Nigeria use the Police to enforce private political vendettas.
If the president had not mangled the constitution and turned its polluted pulp into a weapon of offence against the rights and legitimate expectations of the people I definitely would not be here. I would not give up living in a country that has the potential to be one of the most beautiful and romantic places in the world.But what is beauty if there is no security.
I am a Nigerian but I had to trade the beauty of Nigeria for the Awesome Beauty, Peace and Security of Ireland. God bless the Republic of Ireland.

author by Despublication date Sat Feb 25, 2006 08:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Beautiful article about a country we have all come to loathe for its corrupt leaders.

author by Seanpublication date Sat Feb 25, 2006 14:04author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Yomi,
I was almost tempted to say you guys should have stayed to change your country but on thinking deeply I realized that staying can only be wise if the rulers of the country condone opposition. Which I do not think they do.However fleeing is not enough, there is a need for Nigerians in Diaspora to constitute themselves into a pressure group and push for change from the outside.

 
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