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Introduction to Programmimg. C# (Part 2) Many applications you’ll build in C# will require you to work with data. Sometimes that data will be hard-coded in your application other times not. In this lesson, we’ll create hard-coded literal values that contain different data types

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我在北京同中国外长王毅进行了富有建设性的会谈。双方重申伊朗有权维护国家主权和民族尊严，伊方赞赏中方提出的关于维护和促进地区和平稳定的四点主张。伊方信任中方，期待中方为促和止战继续发挥积极作用，并支持建立能够统筹发展与安全的战后地区新架构。

I’d like to personally take you to a particular spot in a state I won’t name here, so your people don’t start making calls and cleaning up ahead of time. There would be no phones. No wristwatches. No devices. Nothing that can track or identify you. I’ll make sure of that myself. I’ll dress you like any regular, respectful Nigerian. Then we’ll drive straight to that particular spot. If your officers don’t stop us, search us, and try to pressure or rough us up for money like their daily routine, I’ll spend the rest of the year publicly praising the Nigeria Police Force. But if they do exactly what people complain about every day, then we stop pretending this is just “bad perception” and call it what it is... A normal behavior that has been allowed to grow.

Fraud is not a Nigerian word.

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You think I'm happy living abroad? I have a family I grew up with, whom I love with all of my heart - and the reality keeps dawning on me, on how many times I will see them before I one day turn 60. People I saw daily, or once a month - I haven't seen in years, and would realistically only see once a year, going forward. You think I'm happy? That one day, I might end up having children and my siblings might not have the relationship with them - the relationship I had with my uncles, in my formative years? I remember clearly how they would take us to MrBiggs every Sunday - I am currently reliving the flavour from that meatpie. How we would go to the family house in Ikeja, every year for Eid. The grandchildren uniforms, the snacks while watching your uncles slaughter rams. You think I'm happy that I might one day lead a family of children who might not know their version of that? WTF will I be doing in another man's land, if I did everything they asked me to do from childhood (face your studies, be exceptional, stay away from crime, be hardworking) and opportunities lined up for me to be the best I could, in my motherland? WTF will I be doing here? Why will I condescend myself to living in a clime where I have to mentally switch from sun burning weather to teeth clenching winter - when I came from a land where I never needed gloves? You think I'm happy? If I could do honest work, be on my way home and not have to bother about the risk of getting shot by the people meant to protect me, because I have some lines of tattoos on my body - you think I would leave? If I could trust a justice system to defend me, ensure my rights even though I am a nobody - have trustworthy institutions banking on the highest standards, not have to worry about the bread I eat, the fake drinks from the club or streets, the fake drugs - you think I would leave? Don't get me wrong. I am grateful for the opportunities this clime has given me, to test my limits - to be everything I thought I could be. But all of these, in replacement for the soul I grew up with? You know the satisfaction that settled within me when I could wake up on a Saturday morning, stroll to the Iya wanke's place - relish an entire plate, or some ewa agonyin while watching children battle it out, in a 5 v 5 across the streets. That communal living that relished my soul, is now replaced with silent streets and finely divided sealed terraces. You walk through the city centres in the evenings - you see friends having an aperitif (they do so every evening), you see grandfathers meeting up with their children, you see entire families with extended families living across the streets, first cousins are even able to use the same gym and you remember what that looked like for you back home? You think of all your friends scattered across continents, some you might never get to hug again. For a lot of diasporans, you don't want Nigeria to work more than us. A lot of us want to come home, but what is home? Where is home? When will home feel like home? I hope to continue living life without lack, in comfort, with accomplished dreams - but I want to do so, with soul. When I die one day, I want to do so - with soul.

🇩🇪Germany is strengthening its partnership with 🇳🇬Nigeria through a forward-looking talent exchange initiative, shifting beyond traditional aid to a strategic alliance focused on skilled labour mobility. At a recent ICT and Labour Mobility conference hosted by AHK Nigeria and GTAI, key stakeholders explored opportunities in digital skills mobility 🖥️, remote work ecosystems 🌍, vocational partnerships 🎓, and innovation programmes 🚀. With Germany facing workforce gaps and Nigeria experiencing a growth in its pool of digital talent, both nations are working towards collaboration for long-term co-creation and shared growth. #TalentExchange #NigeriaGermany #FutureOfWork

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP* Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are. • You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

BREAKING: The United States has successfully completed the PowerPoint presentation "Project Freedom". UPDATE: Pentagon confirms it will continue as a podcast.

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🇳🇬🇿🇦 JUST IN - Nigeria Moves to Hit South Africa With ‘Reciprocal Measures’ Over Xenophobic Attacks Nigeria is weighing a range of unilateral actions against South Africa following ongoing attacks on its citizens, describing the options as “reciprocal diplomatic, economic, and regulatory measures.” Officials say steps under consideration include recalling envoys, downgrading engagements, and applying pressure through “targeted restrictions or license reviews” on major South African companies operating in Nigeria, including telecom and pay-TV firms. Authorities are also exploring “import restrictions or tariffs,” “investment curbs,” and tighter visa controls as part of a broader response strategy. Trade data shows Nigeria’s leverage. Bilateral trade stands at about $2.16 billion, with South Africa exporting roughly $468 million to Nigeria while importing about $1.69 billion, leaving Pretoria with an estimated $1.22 billion deficit. Government sources acknowledge these are not formal international sanctions but “countermeasures” aimed at signaling displeasure and forcing accountability.

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Women in Bekwarra, Cross River State, dressed in black and marched in a solemn protest. They’re mourning and praying over the rising number of young people dying in their communities.

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