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Americans: ‘South Africa’s laws are racist.’ Also Americans: ‘If TikTok doesn’t become American-owned, ban it.’ So it’s racism here but ‘national security’ there? 😭

From Pharisee to Tax Collector: Rethinking Tinubu’s Kenyan Comparison In a recent remark in Yenagoa, Bola Ahmed Tinubu suggested that Nigerians should find solace in being “better off than Kenya and other African countries.” While this may have been intended to soften the impact of economic hardship and rising fuel prices, the comment risks downplaying the severity of the current crisis. It echoes the biblical parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector in the Gospel of Luke (18:9–14). A similar warning is found in the Qur’an (53:32), which cautions against self-righteousness. Like the Pharisee who boasted of his superiority over others to mask his own spiritual void, such downward comparisons serve more as a refuge than a remedy. This validated an earlier dismissive remark by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu during electioneering: “Na statistics we go shop?” Yet statistics remain indispensable - they are the language through which nations understand their condition and chart progress. No country can develop in isolation from measurable realities or without comparing itself with peers. Comparisons, when properly grounded, are not instruments of escapism but tools of accountability. What is objectionable is not comparison itself, but comparison stripped of credible, verifiable data—mere tax collector comparisons that soothe rather than solve. On key development indicators such as security, the Human Development Index, life expectancy, GDP per capita, literacy levels, and electricity access, Kenya consistently outperforms Nigeria. Nigeria is the fourth most terrorised nation in the world, while Kenya is not among the ten worst. Kenya’s HDI ranking is 143 out of 180 countries, with a coefficient of about 0.630, compared to Nigeria’s ranking of 164 out of 180, with a coefficient of about 0.530. Its GDP per capita is roughly $2,200–$2,300, compared to Nigeria’s $807–$835. Kenya’s poverty rate is about 43% of the population (approximately 23 million people), while Nigeria’s is about 63% (around 150 million people), over six times that of Kenya. Kenya’s life expectancy is about 67 years, while Nigeria’s is about 54 years. The literacy rate in Kenya is approximately 81–85%, compared to Nigeria’s 62–65%. Kenya’s electricity access is higher, while Nigeria has one of the lowest levels of electricity access in the world. Kenya has about 3.5 million out-of-school children, while Nigeria has about 20 million. Kenya’s inflation rate has been about 4.5% or lower over the past three years, while Nigeria’s has remained above 15% within the same period. Kenya’s exchange rate has been around USD 1 to KES 130 over the past three years, whereas Nigeria’s exchange rate rose from below ₦500/$1 to above ₦1,250/$1 within the same period. Even with developments in the Middle East and rising oil prices, Kenyans have not experienced the sharp increases in petroleum product prices seen in Nigeria. Across other key indicators, Kenya also performs better. In the end, these indices clearly show that Kenya ranks higher than Nigeria on several development metrics. The standard of living of Kenyans is better than that of Nigerians. If the President considers Kenyans to be suffering despite these stronger figures, then Nigerians are in a far more difficult situation. He should therefore refrain from self-consolation and, in honest reflection, take responsibility for the situation and make a determined effort to drive improvement. This requires a posture of humility, accountability, and commitment to addressing the factors that have slowed Nigeria’s development. A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

@joseph165170791 @chidi_adaugo @Taiwo_junzi Nigerian men are not dating who? Please don't be delusional. A huge majority of Nigerian men are going to end up with Nigerian partners, that's just the truth. Where una wan see oyibo? No go do PVC make we fight the one wey dey do us here first

@chidi_adaugo @Taiwo_junzi A Nigerian woman calling me a gold digger?? Lol 😂 are just pained that Nigerian men are not dating you guys

These Stories Come as no Surprise to Me. Common sense teaches us only low quality and liberal white women marry Nigerian and black men in general. And one of the worst things that can happen to a man is that marries a liberal woman, especially if she’s white. Again, there’s no conservative white woman desired by her follow white man who would marry a black m0n_k£y$!!! Many Nigerian men are rooting in jail like it’s no man business because of Oyinbo women.

@EmeritusTolu @samjunyarts Girl, I agree. But if I had to stand with the Pope, with the support of Christ, asking for peace in a war that has claimed the lives of innocent citizens, or to stand with Trump. I know who I'm standing with and it's definitely not Epstein's friend. You have a good day babes.🫠

@anthxnee_ @samjunyarts Please keep quiet 😂 You are such a child.

I will have a good laugh at the head loss we will see on the TL at Trump's post at the pope today 😂

@samjunyarts @EmeritusTolu I don’t support authoritarian regimes like the Iranian regime or jihadist violence. Both are harmful and deserve criticism. But rejecting them doesn’t mean I, or the Pope, support indiscriminate war or harming civilians. Thank goodness that two truths can live together.

@anthxnee_ @EmeritusTolu What do you think about the Islamic regime or jihadist before this your posturing

@EmeritusTolu @samjunyarts directly contradicts that.”Citing OT wars to justify modern violence misses the point. Christians follow Christ as the model. He stopped the stoning, told Peter to drop the sword, and preached loving enemies. You can’t claim Jesus and still defend harming innocents. 2/2

@EmeritusTolu @samjunyarts God commanding specific wars in a specific covenant with Israel doesn’t give modern leaders a free pass to wage war however they like. Christians follow Christ, and Christ consistently taught restraint, mercy, and peacemaking. Any war that targets or harms innocent people...1/2

@EmeritusTolu @samjunyarts Bro, you spend good time gagging on the shriveled dick of a pedophile and a war criminal, who goes against everything Jesus taught you, and you think you have the grounds to use the -tard for anybody? And what's with this repeated talking points about “god commanded war too”?

@samjunyarts @EmeritusTolu “Pope Leo, the religious leader of a Christian denomination, is WEAK on crime” is a very good definition of “He cooked tbh”. I mean, the Pope kept hammering on the need for peace different from what Jesus would have said about an unjust war by a convict with 34 felonies.😍

@EmeritusTolu He cooked tbh

Always thought Nigerians would pick their religions over any moral issue. But I shouldn't have worried so much, because apparently, they'll pick Trump over THE POPE!!! Why? Because the pope extols peace and argues against war and murder of people. Amazing world.

I stand with Pope Leo XIV ✝️

@TheThalidomide @SamAmadi Partisan for re-echoing the teachings of Jesus and the Church? The same teaching where Jesus commands us to be Peacemakers. The same Jesus, who on two occasions and more, commanded violent people to hold back? I'd be surprised if he didn't ask for peace tbh.

@SamAmadi Pope Leo is covertly and overtly partisan. He should be diplomatic and avoid affront condemnation of a sitting US president over foreign policy. Otherwise, people are justified in responding to him like every other person with political opinions.

The fight between Trump and the Pope was orchestrated to happen day one. When Leo was elected Pope, CNN kept asking whether he would fight Trump. The expectation was he would. Prophesy became reality. This is not good, but orchestrated. How will it end? Not clear yet. But it is not good, perhaps only good for the extreme left who wants to diminish the gospel and the church

@SamAmadi @CEdeani Dr, respectfully, it's rather dishonest to say the Pope has not addressed two of the biggest issues that the Vatican has had to keep addressing over the past decade. You might have not seen or bothered to check, but he's talked about them. I saved you the stress though:

@CEdeani The church, that is Catholic Church. Trump is not a catholic so he has a right to disagree. By the way, Catholicism is also against gay marriages and abortion. Pope has not said anything about those.

RETWEET if you stand with Pope Leo against Donald Trump!

We're at the curve where American Evangelicals will teach the Pope how to read the word of God.

I doubt Pope Leo XIV will lose any sleep over this, before he begins his pilgrimage to Africa tomorrow. But the rest of us should. Because it is unhinged, uncharitable and unchristian. Is there no bottom to this moral squalor?

@ourceleb1 @LordBogos So, in other words, you're just a loser who spends his time on the internet being miserable instead of making meaning with his life? Got it.

@LordBogos x.com/i/status/20433…

Since when do you drag Union Berlin coaches?

The pseudo-intellectualism is what is killing me dawg. Are you people not buying fuel??? Jesus Christ.

One woman becomes the head coach of a top men’s football team, and male football fans have been throwing tantrums all day. Mind you, 95% don’t support that team or give a shit about them. They just hate women. Fools.

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