The most successful team in England in the last ten years and there were 10,000 empty Man City seats at Wembley.
And that’s after they gave some to Southampton!
Embarrassing.
#MNCSOT
@Shaibu_AO@woye1@tajudine2013gm2@gsbabatunde Ur use of d word “Abandoned” is misleading. What if they decided to “RETREAT”, regroup & re strategise bcos they knew they couldn’t overcome d enemies at that point?
Would u rather go headfirst into a battle u know u can’t win wen u can RETREAT to regroup & come back stronger?
Those who believe Malian Soldiers are better than Nigerian soldiers are entitled to their foolishness.
Malian Soldiers abandoned Kidal, in today's attack, there's no way Nigerian Military can abandoned the entire Borno State, last Month they stood their ground against massive ISWAP surprise attack in Maiduguri without the help of Russia or America.
@kellzo_felicia@odedanilo@ntshengula_said I bet you dunno anyone that live there. U arrived at this conclusion based on what western media propaganda tells u about them. Lol.
DUBAI WAS BUILT ON DEBT — NOT MAGIC. NIGERIANS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
Please SHARE this post. Counter the noise and propaganda.
When people point at Dubai today, they see skyscrapers, luxury, and global influence.
What they don’t see is the decades of strategic borrowing, risk-taking, and painful decisions that built it.
Let’s talk
In the 1950s and 60s, Dubai was a poor desert trading post, heavily dependent on fishing and pearling.
When oil was discovered in 1966, reserves were actually very limited compared to neighbors like Abu Dhabi.
That’s when Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum made a bold decision:
Borrow heavily to build infrastructure BEFORE wealth arrived.
He took loans to finance:
- Port Rashid (1972)
- Jebel Ali Port (1979) — now one of the largest ports in the world.
- Dubai World Trade Centre (1979)
At the time, many critics called it reckless.
Why build massive infrastructure with money you don’t yet have?
But Rashid understood something powerful:
“Build it, and the economy will come.”
Fast forward to the 2000s under Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum:
Dubai doubled down on debt-funded expansion:
- Emirates Airline expansion
- Palm Islands
- Burj Khalifa
By 2009, Dubai faced a debt crisis of about $80 billion.
Yes — $80 BILLION.
They had to be bailed out by Abu Dhabi.
Yet today?
Dubai is:
A global logistics hub
A tourism powerhouse
A financial center
One of the most visited cities in the world.
NOW LET’S BRING IT HOME
When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu borrows to fund infrastructure, many Nigerians shout:
“Why are we borrowing?!”
But here’s the truth:
Borrowing is not the problem.
Misuse is.
Every serious economy in the world has used debt to grow:
United States — over $30 trillion debt .
China — massive infrastructure debt model.
Japan — over 200% debt-to-GDP.
Debt becomes dangerous only when:
It is stolen
It is wasted on consumption
It doesn’t create productivity
But when used for:
Roads
Railways
Power
Ports
Industrial zones
It becomes a tool for national transformation.
THE REAL ISSUE NIGERIANS SHOULD FOCUS ON?
Not just “borrowing” — but:
What exactly are we borrowing for?
Are projects completed?
Are they generating economic value?
Are states using increased allocations wisely?
Because here’s another fact:
Since subsidy removal, states are receiving significantly higher FAAC allocations — yet many are not translating that into visible development.
I Maximillian Chisom Ugoji hereby submit to you 😂 that (make I pretend to be a lawyer small), Dubai didn’t become Dubai by playing safe.
It took:
Vision
Debt
Risk
Discipline
Nigeria cannot develop on:
Fear
Sentiment
Political shouting
Everything no be politics o.
We must demand accountability, not reject strategy.
Because the truth is simple:
No nation builds world-class infrastructure without borrowing.
NONE.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is borrowing to build infrastructure and I support him with my full chest.
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Ugoji Maximillian
@Joe__Bassey No such thing as an African American . Black American are the original people of the Americas. We are not Africans. You weird ass booty scratchers are trying to be us because you live in cow shit huts. If we went to Africa we’d make it the most profitable land mass in the world
Many enslaved African Americans went to Mexico for sanctuary. When slave owners demanded that Mexico send them back, Mexico replied:
“There are no Black slaves in Mexico, only Black citizens,”
They insisted that all enslaved people were free when they set foot on Mexican soil. Slave owners then hired bounty hunters to illegally kidnap escapees in Mexico, but Mexico fought and killed to protect them.
@ebo_success@ayothedoc@Big_Mck People dull gannn… e dey pain me.. how do we educate people like this to get with the program? because we need everybody.
Femi Otedola has also joined the “Pan-African” conspiracy theorists. He is now sharing conspiracy theories.
Don't mind them, the World Bank is not after your country. The World Bank and IMF love you so much. You should continue taking advice from them.
Whenever anyone wake up is their morning.
@RichardCaugh1@OurKid2023@TrumpDailyPosts It literally said it in the Quran.
Qur’an 5:51 (Yusuf Ali)
“O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors…”
@NUFC Yoane Wissa's miss against Arsenal needs to be studied.
Now I understand why Wissa is always on the bench for Newcastle.
Man wasted a golden opportunity to equalise- half chance.
@AfcRoling@FootballEra_@MortenLumba And I think that was wrong too. Understand me correct though; I wouldn’t have complained if Pope was sent off of course but I totally understand the reasoning of why he wasn’t
@Pickle1908@ArsenalN7 You lot are judging these guys too soon. Players talk about how it’s like they are learning football basics all over again when they join us. Cut the new signings some slack, let them have a proper pre season with us and judge them around this time next season.
How is that not a red card? Clear denial of a goal-scoring opportunity. The inconsistency in this league is unbelievable. Saliba saw red for the same thing last year what’s going on with these decisions?
@Arsenal They literally beat us in everything except goal. The goal that Eze scored.
Arteta needs to leave Arsenal no matter the outcome at the end of this season