Yesterday, Bill Gates, philantropist and founder of the Microsoft Corporation arrived Nigeria to see the first-hand progress the country is making on primary healthcare provision, polio eradication, nutrition and financial inclusion.
Strong health systems promote strong economic growth. Nigeria’s investments in its communities will yield benefits for years to come. #ImagineNigeria pic.twitter.com/ftew1CjWsG
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) March 22, 2018
VIDEO: President @MBuhari hosts Mr. Bill Gates and Alhaji Aliko Dangote to a dinner, tonight. pic.twitter.com/AQVkHpd2LA
— Government of Nigeria (@NigeriaGov) March 21, 2018
Through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the billionaire has invested over $9 billion in 45 African countries to reduce poverty and improve healthcare. Speaking at the National Economic Council in Abuja yesterday, Bill Gates poked some (obvious) holes in the Nigerian economy. In case you missed the speech, watch it here or read it here.
Some quotes from his speech
https://twitter.com/SJFindlay/status/976769662368305153
Nigeria is destroying & diminishing its human capital instead of developing it. Devt will continue to elude us - Bill Gates
— VSD Inc. (@VSD_NGO) March 22, 2018
2. #Nigerian people are its greatest #resource: Nigeria will thrive ONLY when every Nigerian is able to thrive - Bill Gates
— VSD Inc. (@VSD_NGO) March 22, 2018
4. Over half of rural Nigerian children can’t #read & #write. Nigeria’s future economy #depends on improving its #schools today - Bill Gates
— VSD Inc. (@VSD_NGO) March 22, 2018
We are eager to support you to make Nigeria a global economic power house that provides opportunity for all its citizens. - Bill Gates. #ImagineNigeria
— Channels Television (@channelstv) March 22, 2018
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Nigeria's economy tomorrow depends on improving it today. - Bill Gates. #ImagineNigeria
— Channels Television (@channelstv) March 22, 2018
Our biggest office in Africa is here, we have already committed over $1.6bn in Nigeria. - Bill Gates. #ImagineNigeria
— Channels Television (@channelstv) March 22, 2018
I'm impressed how much Nigeria has changed in the past decades. - Bill Gates. #ImagineNigeria
— Channels Television (@channelstv) March 22, 2018
Nigeria will thrive when every Nigerian is able to thrive. - Bill Gates
— Gbémilékè 爱 🐘 (@RealGbemileke) March 22, 2018
“Nigeria is one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birth with the fourth worst maternal mortality rate in the world ahead of only Sierra Leone, Central African Republic and Chad.”
- Bill Gates pic.twitter.com/QUBkcdoyqu
— Abubakar M Kareto (@amkareto) March 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Politbru/status/976916411418374144
A few reactions.
This administration has to go
"The present economic templates being used by the President Muhammadu Buhari's government do not have the ability to address the unique needs of Nigerians at present"~ Bill Gates.
This is another confirmation of Buhari's cluelessness, Nigeria is in the wrong hands.
— Olúyẹmí Fásípè AICMC (@YemieFash) March 22, 2018
Bill Gates has done more for Nigeria than Buhari has .
Yes I said what I said .
— Usen ✍🏾 (@SenComforter) March 4, 2018
All the money Bill Gates has been supporting Nigeria with especially in Agric, one day story go reach how dem dey steal am. Annoying country 😠
— Bobo S (@SayoIroko) March 22, 2018
Bill gates said Nigeria's economic footprint is wrong, but Buhari's appointment of Kemi Adeosun is the best to some people. 4 years is almost here
— Music n me (@entadaplace) March 22, 2018
Dear Bill Gates, sorry, Nigeria has nothing like blueprint. All we have here is redprint and bloodshed from blocksuckers in government and vampires roaming the streets.
— De Strongest Igbo Blood (@ojombo4all) March 23, 2018
Bill Gates visited the Presidency today and said:
1. "The present economic templates being used by the Buhari govt do not have the ability to address the unique needs of Nigerians".
2. "Nigeria is the most dangerous place to give birth in the world".
LISTEN TO UR GUEST!
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 22, 2018
His Nigerian children ready to claim him
So Bill Gates is my real Father? He came to Nigeria looking for me but I don't wanna follow him.
— enyene 🤍🕊️ vincent 💡🦁 #endsars (@iamEnyene) March 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/samEbaDan/status/976806143002587136
https://twitter.com/mrmanhere/status/976804593819627520
So Bill Gates is in Nigeria and he didn’t even call me 🤨, I am going to unfriend him on Facebook right away 😏 pic.twitter.com/n67jFNvvg3
— Kay of 9ja (@keisha__kawosha) March 22, 2018
So "Bill Gates" is currently in Nigeria ?
let him pass Bariga
We want to show him something.— damn, boy (@makinde_david) March 22, 2018
Mama, I made it!! Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey are in this same Lagos State, Nigeria with me.
— Tabitha Organics (@tabithaorganics) March 22, 2018
Apparently, Aliko Dangote's daughter is getting married in Lagos today and like Bill Gates, American media proprietor and philantropist Oprah Winfery is also in Lagos to attend the wedding.
https://twitter.com/EceeLegacy/status/976881117746868224
https://twitter.com/SlimDokita/status/976538692771811328
Mama, I made it!! Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey are in this same Lagos State, Nigeria with me.
— Tabitha Organics (@tabithaorganics) March 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/HEAD_MASTA/status/976731637684850688
https://twitter.com/Binanii/status/976571715626074114
Bill gates has reportedly revealed plans to pay off Nigeria's $76 million loan taken from Japan to aid the fight against polio. Read more about it here and read on for other interesting topics on social media this week.
Senator Dino Malaye's hot new single
Your favourite senator and musician-cum-video vixen Dino Malaye has released another hit track, this one for his latest adversary, Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State. Watch the video below.
FLASH: Senator @dino_melaye has a message for the Governor of Kogi State, Yahya Bello. pic.twitter.com/grw3xnD2oH
— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) March 21, 2018
Last week, the police arrested two political thugs in Kogi state who reportedly confessed that Senator Dino Malaye provided them with ammunitions and money to cause mayhem in the state. The senator denied the allegations claiming that it is a ploy by the Kogi state Governor to bring him down following his revelation that the governor has been importing restricted security gadgets without obtaining necessary certifications.
Senator Dino Melaye is representing Kogi West! How can he now fund thugs from Kogi East??This lies looks so cheap! Why will force PPRO go all the way to lokoja to parade suspects? This strategy is weak and dead on arrival ~~~
— Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) March 19, 2018
Nigerians reacted
https://twitter.com/d_problemsolver/status/976476991099736064
https://twitter.com/NaijaVirals/status/976407406900142080
https://twitter.com/Nengi_G/status/976434639492517889
https://twitter.com/newscantell/status/976489139276271616
Senator or comedian?
Nigeria's social media is now filled with all kinds of comedians, like Igwe Tupac (aka Amoshine, aka Nunu), BraShaggi, Lasisi Elenu, Dino Melaye, Ebiye, Woli Arole, just to mention a few.
— Rikutoshifu 🇳🇬 (@4eyedmonk) March 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/OsasCruz/status/976525232252030983
'Distinguished' Senator Dino Melaye vs 'His Excellency' Governor Yahaya Bello Part 2. Haba, how did we ever end up with these jesters? Another blockbuster release from Dino!!! 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Xu7d0LtCBh
— Olaudah Equiano® (@RealOlaudah) March 21, 2018
How embarrassing
If Dino Melaye finds his way back to the Senate in 2019 then, something is wrong with us as a country.. Such clown should not be in the hallowed chambers
— Amaechi Olawuyi (@Comrade_Popo) March 21, 2018
Dino Melaye embarrassing himself upandan😟
5-10years time he'll watch these videos, tears will drop.
— Kemi (@d_problemsolver) March 21, 2018
Only a country like Nigeria will be paying an obviously insane person 35 Million Naira monthly as running cost to make laws. That is aside other jumbo pays. Free money can sometimes make an individual go mad. It is inhuman not to transfer @dino_melaye to the Yaba left. pic.twitter.com/xA5vkCHp7q
— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 (@ogundamisi) March 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/henry_shield/status/976213568826822656
https://twitter.com/OsasCruz/status/976529863543795713
The Senator is currently on the verge of being recalled.
Cambridge Analytica and Nigeria's 2015 elections
Facebook is in a massive data scandal following the reports of a whistleblower who claimed that his former employer, Cambridge Analytica used Facebook data to target voters during the last US elections. Asides America, Cambridge Analytica was also involved in elections in Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Australia and Brazil. It also attempted to influence Nigeria's 2015 presidential elections.
According to the whistleblower, a Nigerian billionaire who was wary of the impact of a new government on his activities contracted the company to sway votes in favour of former president Goodluck Jonathan.
Cambridge Analytica tried to sway Nigeria’s last elections with Buhari’s hacked emails https://t.co/j33gSJ4nMs via @qzafrica
— Quartz Africa (@qzafrica) March 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/purefoyAMEBO/status/975810065289662464
By the way, it was reported that some billionaire also paid Cambridge Analytica about $2Million to help sway Nigeria voters towards Johnathan at our last election
— Emperor (@Emperor101231) March 22, 2018
Nigerians reacted
The height of corruption
https://twitter.com/ijeomaumebinyuo/status/976154896423706624
Cambridge Analytica was actually hired to support Goodluck Jonathan in 2014. Those who hired them were willing to spend up to $4m to ensure Buhari's defeat in 2015. They held several meetings abroad. So it's not only Trump. That was how far Jonathan's men went to try and win.
— Mr. El-Bonga (@el_bonga) March 21, 2018
Good riddance
Just look at the desperation of GEJ and his band of thieves.
— Banqie (@AdeBanqie) March 21, 2018
Thank God I was part of the team that sent this man home. https://t.co/JAYpOvjESY
— Okokobioko Master (@comradop) March 21, 2018
Couldn't have worked
I don't see how Cambridge Analytica can change the outcome of any election in Nigeria. https://t.co/re9WtLB4tI
— Onye Nkuzi (@cchukudebelu) March 19, 2018
Success is relative: Cambridge Analytica failed to influence Nigeria’s elections https://t.co/C0KaU4CM8Z
— Jide Martyns Okeke (@jmartyns) March 21, 2018
Reports do not indicate whether or not Goodluck Jonathan knew of Cambridge Analytica's role in his election campaign. However, the question of the identity of the Nigerian billionaire is one we should be asking.
Abducted Dapchi girls return home
Last month, I reported that men of the Boko Haram terrorist group stormed Dapchi, a village in Yobe state on February 19 and made away with about 105 students of the Government Girls Technical College.
Nigerians began to suspect foul play when Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam revealed that just before the attacks, the troops deployed in Dapchi were withdrawn.
However, the Nigerian army dismissed the accusation, claiming that since Dapchi was peaceful, the troops were actually redeployed to another region plagued by Boko Haram attacks while the security of Dapchi town was formally handed over to the police.
On Wednesday this week, news broke that the Dapchi girl had been released by their abductors.
FLASH: Boko Haram has reportedly returned all kidnapped #DapchiGirls girls back to Dapchi township in Yobe, unfortunately, five of them a dead.
— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 21, 2018
Dapchi resident told me Boko Haram preached to them this morning, saying three things - that the girls are not to go back to school, that they didnt receive money from Gov and that the did not sexually assault the children.
— Stephanie Hegarty (@stephhegarty) March 21, 2018
According to reports, asides the ones that died, all the girls were released except a Christian girl named Liya Sharibu who reportedly refused to deny her faith.
“Boko Haram shook hands with the parents and apologised for abducting them.They said if they knew they were Muslim girls,they wouldn’t have abducted them"-Guardian
Leah Salibu,the only Christian among the Dapchi girls has not been released cos she refused to renounce her faith.
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 21, 2018
BREAKING #DapchiGirls: The only Christian among the schoolgirls kidnapped in Dapchi, Yobe State, last month, will not be released as she has been enslaved by Boko Haram, SaharaReporters has learned.@DefenceInfoNG @AsoRock @NGRPresident @MBuhari
READ MORE: https://t.co/BjYxNUOIZV pic.twitter.com/8DbVgJRIad— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 22, 2018
Nigerians reacted
Oh thank God
https://twitter.com/inieruanam/status/976578434146152448
If the #DapchiGirls have truly been released, then my day just became 10 times better. Another day we’ll talk about the failures that made their abduction possible in the first place, but for now, I’m grateful to everyone who made their freedom happen. 🙏🏾🤗
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) March 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/GreatGracious/status/976415077854318592
Conspiracy theories
https://twitter.com/UrbanCulture06/status/976798446328975360
https://twitter.com/SweetShantel/status/976562413511290881
https://twitter.com/CACCOT1/status/976363327059320832
There's nothing to celebrate in the return of #DapchiGirls.
There's every reason to believe that it was as plot, scam, money laundering scandal.
And those behind it should account for the 5 lives lost.
Cest Fini
— JFK | For A Better Nigeria (@JudeFeranmi) March 21, 2018
If it was not apparent before, it is now with the return of the #DapchiGirls. BH will be here with us for a long time. It has become too lucrative. Even people who are not ideologues will create small factions just to kidnap & take a ransom. We are in deep sh*t.
— Babanla (@biolakazeem) March 21, 2018
Why am I getting this gidi feeling that this #DapchiGirls adoption and release is a political card being played here. I’m so excited my sisters are back but I feel the lives of over 100 girls has just been used as pawn on the Naija political chessboard? Follow my reasons 👇🏾
— Babaolowo Rolihlahla Madiba 🇳🇬 (@enyola) March 21, 2018
OK - How Was The Release Of The #DapchiGirls Secured Sans An Altercation? Did They Say That Money Did Not Play A Role In It? Seriously? ISWAP Just Had A Change Of Heart?
— BEEGEAGLES BLOG (@beegeaglesblog) March 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/DuruchibuzorE/status/976375275402485760
https://twitter.com/Slyxra/status/976556591330873344
https://twitter.com/Ali_McHenri/status/976551626600263680
A "misleading" picture surfaced
https://twitter.com/yemitwist/status/976747735352250368
It's either the girls where kidnapped with their luggage or they went shopping in Sambisa forest, adorning neatly washed and ironed school uniform.#DapchiGirls pic.twitter.com/DGxHaRG7vq
— Vicky Thompson (@Chinonu) March 21, 2018
The Dapchi girls were returned in Aso-Ebi!They even returned with luggages BH asked them to pack before they were abducted!Abeg,na who be the Director of this movie?😀😀😀😀😀
— JUSTBEZI LOGISTICS (No 1 mail delivery plug,Abuja) (@bezioghenekevwe) March 22, 2018
The real picture. Maybe.
NOTICE: This image is being FALSELY circulated as a photo of the Dapchi Girls upon their return yesterday. It is an OLD image; available on the Internet as far back as a month ago. It is NOT a photo of the Dapchi Girls. #DapchiGirlsAreBack pic.twitter.com/hr4amTFmw1
— Government of Nigeria (@NigeriaGov) March 22, 2018
Hello @Prettycachy ... This image is NOT the picture of the 'released Dapchi Girls'.. This image has been used by different media houses in February 2018.. Using 'supposed' is not an excuse.. Its FALSE information.. PLS Take Down. pic.twitter.com/ewD5WynVUz
— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) March 22, 2018
This really happened?
#DapchiGirls VIDEO: Boko Haram terrorists receiving a "heroic" welcome as they dropped off high school girls abducted from Dapchi in Yobe state pic.twitter.com/CEvnusweNL
— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 21, 2018
It's still hard to believe that Northern residents were jubilating while they also gave BOKO HARAM a heroic welcome after dropping off #DapchiGirls. I saw Boko Haram in that video giving something like Presidential handshake to some of the residents. This is mind troubling.
— Prince Laja Adeoye 🇳🇬 (@AdelajaAdeoye) March 22, 2018
That Dapchi video where locals were hailing BH members is painful to watch! I mean after all the hardships and you still hail these monsters? Those hailing BH can join the group if given the opportunity.... This is scary!
— Taha (@TahaAdam_) March 22, 2018
Al Barnawi's ISWAP faction of Boko haram last month kidnapped 110 #DapchiGirls from Dapchi without any security operatives stopping them, after more than 30days in captivity, ISWAP returned the girls to Dapchi & left without any security operatives stopping them.
Alagbada ina ooo— Damorela (@damorela00) March 21, 2018
A report by the Wall Street Journal revealed that the Islamic State West African Province dubbed ISIS-WA -- a faction independent of Boko Haram, led by Abu Musab al-Barnawi second son of the founder of Boko haram, Mohammed Yusuf -- was responsible for the abduction. Read this thread.
