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‘Europe Destruction Of Commonwealth Nations Championed By British Govt’ -Prof Alexia Thomas, Chairman, TCLP United Kingdom

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* ‘500Million Commonwealth Citizens to Die of Famine, Starvation in 15 Years from Today’

* ‘I Am an Oracle and My Words are Alive’

 

*QUOTES:“The Irish famine of 1846 killed more 1million people, but it killed poor devils. To the wealth of the country it did not the slightest damage”-Karl Marx

 

*“Consider the problem of over-population. Rapidly mounting human numbers are pressing even more heavily on natural resources. What is to be done?…The annual increase of numbers should be reduced. But how? We are given two choices-famine, pestilence and war on the one hand, birth control on the other. Most of us choose birth control”-Aldous Huxley

 

 

PROFESSOR Alexia Thomas, Chairman, The Commonwealth Liberation Party, TCLP United Kingdom (UK), Chairman of Alliance Treaty Commission and President, Independent Diplomat Commission (IDC) in this interview reveals her Oracle status with a third-eye into the future, as she exposed sequence of danger and disaster that awaits Commonwealth nations, even as 500million citizens of Commonwealth nations would become victims of massacre 15 years from now as being

orchestrated and led by the British Government against the coloured people.

 

 

 

 

 

Q: Tell us how you were able to transit into the future in your latest revelation as an Oracle?

 

A: Well, first of all, I knew that I am an oracle. I am a living god, a god that will die. It is sad. And I have always said that my death will lead to scientific discovery of the medicine that will see human dies no more, but that would see human longevity. But before such invention and medicine will come to my side to keep me alive, it would have come to me late. And I said that my death will lead to where the world will mourn. They will see the mountain, nature will mourn for my death. And in nature mourning for my death will lead to man to go into the deepest discovery of the sea-bed to know what answers that can bring human longevity, but before such would be discovered it would be late for me. Now I am an oracle. My words are living, my words are life. I have been singing as loud as the whales in the sea. Whale is the biggest fish in the ocean. The breath of the whale when its take water is so deep, so also the tears of the whale, the sound can bring deafness to the ears. If human does not understand the mystery of why the whale will always shed tears because the whale will hardly shed tears. I have been shedding tears and opening to the people of the Commonwealth, I have done my teachings through the video, different videos on YouTube; different videos on websites, I have done my teachings through the medium.

 

But the white people have taken up the wrath of destruction upon the black nation. The black nation-the people of the coloured nation, it is sad that God failed them when creation was made. If the world can go back to all my press statements in the news release and they can read all the words-the advice, doctrines, teachings, realities, you would understand that the world for the first time wants to fail themselves. Human destruction will come in enormous, 15million Jews died but 500million Commonwealth (citizens) deaths will be recorded. And I saw it very clearly.

 

Q: When is the 500million Commonwealth citizens’ death coming up?

 

A: It is coming up 15 years from today. So, 15 years from today the death recording will start taking its eminent, recognition in the sense that people will just start dying, but withing three years the wrath of death will sweep through the nations of the Commonwealth and 500million will be massacred. Half of the Commonwealth nations’ generation will die of famine and starvation. So basically, Europe has brought destruction upon the people of Commonwealth. It is a disaster, it is a destruction that humanity will never recover from in the next 1,000 years. United Kingdom government is championing the destruction of the Commonwealth. This is a mastermind of Angela Merkel and the whole European Union (EU) in generality. The EU people feared the Commonwealth people will be the biggest nation in the continent that will take over the world because the called Americans are the bastards who are of the black nation; who has left the shores. America as a nation belongs to nobody, it does not even belong to the white man. So the likes of Donald Trump, Black American who think that they are an island without the black nation, they don’t even know that the great nation of America today is the offspring of the black brothers, the coloured brothers who were stolen away as slaves that make that nation great. The future of the Commonwealth nations’ greatness has been seen. The world wants to bring destruction upon humanity which is called Apocalypse of Judaism. So, Apocalypse of Judaism will see 500million Commonwealth people massacred to death. They will die of famine and starvation. These are the layers of destruction upon the Commonwealth people.

 

It starts with propaganda whereby the people are made enemies before the people whom they know. The propaganda simply means the Europe has set up an excavation. Excavation will mean the depth root of the Commonwealth people which has been a burg in them. The Commonwealth nations were not known to these people called Europe. The Europe people went to harness them. And in the harnessization of them, they had been in the European existence as a burg. For the first time, the European nations want to evacuate them from their lives and their settlement. From 2016, the evacuation of Commonwealth citizens from Europe will begin. It has already started taking effect because it has come in the layers of mass deportation. So all Europe nations will begin to excavate the Commonwealth nations. They will excavate them: there will be no mercy, it will be the bed of destruction. So from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, deportation of Commonwealth nations from Europe will continue. For six years, they have to complete the first phase of Commonwealth destruction. For six years, Commonwealth nations will be evacuated from Europe. Those who do not have papers will be told they have to go. From 2023 to another seven years, by that time the Commonwealth citizens who are now resident in Europe from their generic foundation, the mixed-race will also be evacuated and dumped in land they don’t even know.

 

The next evacuation will be the revocation of residents. It will be called Generic Extermination of the coloured inter-relationship. The coloured who are not the pure race will be deported back to Africa. Africa will be the dumping ground. The pure white race that Hitler called the ‘White Breed’ are going to be excavated. They will also deport those who have their residence, who have their papers. It is a shame because human does not know that injustice to one is injustice to all. They will say: “it is none of my business, I have my papers”, because African man has been buttered to be selfish to themselves. They only like themselves and they don’t bother about their brothers. From next seven years starting from 2023, all those with Permanent Residence will be evacuated, excavated, deported, deployed and transferred to a land. Africa is currently called the Dungeon of Hell. It is called the Dungeon of Hell because it is only a breeding ground to harness gold and diamond. Once gold and diamond has been harnessed there is nothing interesting again in the land. The white man is not interested about the beauty and development of the African nation, other than for themselves. As we go into the phases of 2030, Europeanism will now kill the economy of the Commonwealth nations.

 

They will kill their economy by devaluating their currency, because the economy is a ghostly operation where you hear $1billion, $3billion. It’s all pieces of paper. One person sits down, the Europe Zone decides. Have you asked yourself who decides what the valuation of money will be? Nigeria owes America $1billion that does not mean anything. $1billon simply means Nigeria needs to generate 1 million slaves to work harder to generate resources for America. Nigeria (foreign exchange market) valuation is N420 to One pound sterling. Have you asked yourself who determines the money ration, money equilibrium? How do you know today Naira (in foreign exchange market) is N429 to One pound sterling? Have you asked yourself who determines the ratio? But because the black man is not wise, Nigerian currency like N500 going to One dollar? Have you asked yourself, what that simply means is that the master decides the buying, selling capacity at the valuation of buying and selling. It is like an appraisal.

 

What you see right now is: the European zone has masterminded a plot which the Jews called the ‘Holocaust’. But what will happen on the destruction of commonwealth nation is called the ‘Grandocaust’. The Jews suffered the Holocaust, the Commonwealth people will suffer the Grandocaust. In Grandocaust, 500million Commonwealth nations’ citizens will be destroyed. The destruction has started already because their currency is being devalued everyday. Essence of the devaluation of their currency is to kill their civilization, exploration since every time the Commonwealth nations come abroad, they are there to harness knowledge. They don’t want them to harness knowledge anymore, they increase the currency to devalue their currency. If N500 is to One Dollar, what that simply would mean is that Commonwealth nations would not be able to buy, would not be able to sell. The Commonwealth nation has been busy dealing on crude oil. They have forgotten that there is nothing like crude oil. Crude oil is a European, developmental schemology to be able to empower their industry. They found similar resources in Africa which is related to their industry. They have so much suppress the African government to continue to drill oil for them to take to their land. So when Nigeria

sell 1 million barrel of crude oil, American give them a billion dollar. That is a billion piece of paper. Have you asked them the oil you give them what do they use it for? To develop their own industry, but you sell your resources to them at the cost of piece of paper. It makes no sense. The Nigerian and the Commonwealth nations, I advised them today to start preparing their soil for fertilization because there will be famine and starvation 15 years from today. And if they don’t start preparing the land for fertilization, they will die in massism famine and starvation because Europe zone wants to destroy the Commonwealth nations.

 

It would be sad that 500million lives would vanish from the face of the earth. It is happening already. Our coloured brother should look at Sudan farming. Have you asked yourself why is there farming in Sudan. There is farming in Sudan because Sudan, people have a generic trait, they are like camels, they have a generic diamond in them They are unique breed of Africans. They are actually the wisest species of the African race. They are like camels they never tired. You can work them for seven days without water. So the white man saw this great gift of God creating these people with that uniqueness. To kill them, they will firstly stampede their economy. How could you tell me that in the civilized 21st century, 1998 people died of farming and disease? Go to the You Tube to watch Sudan’s starvation. People died. Their coloured brothers did not even know why they are dying. It is all the masterminded of the Europe zone to bring destruction upon the commonwealth nation.

 

Q: You talked about plans to extinct the coloured people of Commonwealth and devalue their currencies…

 

A: Commonwealth governments have no brain. Have you asked yourself what they mean by ‘Freeze peoples money’? They have frozen Iran’s money, as such Iran cannot buy or sell? There is nothing like money. Every economy can sustain on themselves, what is American, what is London? Every nation should begin to work their ways into independence. Nigeria as a nation can survive without America. Ghana can survive without America. Ghana does not need to do business with America, Nigeria does not need to do business with America: they should sustain their own economy. The reason for business relationship is called ‘Knowledge-Exploration.’ Nigeria wants to build bridges, America has a talent to build bridges for them. They do what is called ‘Money-Equilibrium’. America will bring 100 civil engineers labour force, Nigeria will bring 1000 labour force. What America does not need, what America needs from Nigeria, Nigeria supply in terms of human labour. But the truth is that, there would be Apocalypse of Judaism which is the destruction of the Commonwealth race. The dragon of hell has possessed the body of men. There would be Apocalypse of Judaism. I called on the nations of Commonwealth today, to start preparing storage and reservation. They need to create storage just like it was said in the Bible where Joseph translated the dream, and the king stored for seven years, because the famine lasted for seven years.

 

There will be serious famine in Africa. And because this destruction will come upon the Commonwealth nations, Nigeria right now should start learning to be an island of its own, so that should this catastrophe come upon them, they can survive without crying to America. If Nigeria whose population is 180million and 90million dies, then Nigeria will perish. It is a premeditated master plan. The Commonwealth nations’ government has not created sustenance for their citizens because the white man gave them independence and taught them the lust of life. Lust of life means everybody wants to build house, everybody wants to build mansion, everybody wants to steal money to America. Every politics of the Commonwealth nations have no ideology.: Democracy death and act of politics birth on YouTube must be watched for government guidance. I am using this opportunity to tell the Commonwealth nations to go and watch the video of ‘Democracy Death and Act of Politics Birth’ on You tube. We need to give up Democracy and begin to practice Act of Politics. The sad reality is that Commonwealth nations are producing…the greatest nation is a nation that have enough Marxism. When the population is densely, what normally would happen is that that nation is blessed. But if the Commonwealth nation cannot sustain their citizens, I think they should start sterilizing their wives and sons, so that they do not lead to densely populated human race. The Commonwealth race is leading to densely populated human race and they cannot cater for themselves. And because they cannot cater for themselves, the white European masters want to now reduce the race by causing famine and starvation. That is the easiest way to kill all of them. They died in their own waste. So when they are now dying of famine and starvation, nobody bears the brunch, nobody carries the cross. It would-be like they cannot feed themselves, there is no food. How can there not be food?

 

 

To till a land for fertilization, can take like six months getting the land ready to crop seed, to be able to seed. And crop is the germination of the seed. The Commonwealth nations right now not prepared for this catastrophe that is coming. They are not settled, all they want is the best things of life. American government is deceiving them to sell their crude oil. Blinding their eyes with the big calling of the money, $10billin, $11billion. They don’t even know themselves anymore. As earlier said, this famine and destruction will hit the world in next 15 years. Lagos State is a big city. Have you asked yourself, the food that sustain the people in Lagos, where does the farmer get it from? The Nigerian economy cannot sustain their nation, because they did not produce enough for them to feed themselves. Nigerians are eating food from abroad. If you now tell me that N500 is One United States dollar, what does that say to you? It only shows that the Nigerian economy cannot sustain because they cannot even eat, buy, sell and trade. It is a premeditated ploy to destroy the nation of Commonwealth. There is nothing like One United States dollar is 500 Naira, or Naira is 429 to One pound sterling. Who decided the money valuation? One person sits in his bedroom controlling the money economy. Nigerians cannot fight back since it is a white man’s idea. If the white man tells them today, N500 is going to be One United States dollar, they cannot do anything because they are not the economists, they are not the one who decides who buys and who sells. It is very sad, There would be destruction. The Commonwealth nations right now should know that the brothers that are deported, the shamefulness on one brother is a shame on you. When they are deporting your brother, you are thinking…ohhh. But they criminalize the phases of their action, you don’t have a reason to see that they are playing a propaganda.

 

They will start deporting those people they say they have no papers to the ones who have papers and relaxed. They will begin to deport the people that have papers, and nations of Commonwealth are relaxed. Then they begin to devalue the Naira, so nobody would be able to travel out of Nigeria anymore. By that time, those who will be able to travel to Europe will only be the Billionaires. And the Billionaires family members cannot begin to travel as they used to travel before because the Naira by then will become N5000 to One United States Dollar or N5000 to One pound sterling. What is that? That just tells you that that is the master plan now. The only way now to stop them is not to come abroad because they don’t need the African nations any more, they have finished exploiting their resources. The nations of Africa, if they cannot manage their citizens’ productive rate and multiplication of human race, they should sterilize themselves and stop having more babies. The more you have more babies, you should be able to find a scheme because productivity and multiplication is a gift to nature. Every nature that have human being is the biggest nation. America right now is putting people to death because it does not know the vale of human. Who decides which man dies or which man lives? I was watching the American court system, in the American high court of justice they have two sittings. They have the two parties having judges. How could that be? They are going to kill a prisoner, you could hear the politics in America. One of the political parties in the High Court agrees, the other disagrees. The justice system in America is politicized. How should that be? Why should High Court of Justice in America have two political parties with four judges in there? It is madness. It is insanity.

 

I think the Commonwealth nation should start working to be the island of their own. They need to start getting their land ready for fertilization because their would be Apocalypse of Judaism. If they can stand in unity now, they can fight the white man’s decoy. They should not find themselves happiness. They should stop selling their mineral resources. They should now use it to develop themselves and sustain their human race, their race as a nation because there will be Apocalypse of Judaism 500million Commonwealth citizens will perish. There will be serious famine and starvation. The famine and starvation in Commonwealth nations will lasts for 10 years, so we are actually looking at 2030 to 2040. If the famine lasts for 40 years, ¾ of the nations are all dead. Even the rich people that would have stored food, after a while the food will also finish. This is an eclipse of human destruction. It is sad.

 

Q: What are the immediate expectations of Commonwealth nations from your revelation and what proactive steps can they take to avert this pending disaster?

 

A: What the Commonwealth nations should do right now is we need to summon the Europe zone and the American economists who determine the money equilibrium into a round table. Nigeria will no longer accept the devaluation of their Naira, Africa does not owe the Europe zone. The Europe zone of saying Nigeria is indebted is a premeditated decoy to suppress them to slavery. You don’t owe the Europe. There is nothing like they owe you money, we write off your debts: it actually means nothing. Every time you hear Nigeria is owing America money, it only means helping Nigeria to generate more slaves to do America’s free labour. America could say we want 100 barrels of crude oil, Nigeria you owe me money. And then Nigeria begins to get men from their homes. The economic system is a ghostly operation. It is just money from the printing paper, printing machine being printed. It is sad that if other race do not like you, for instance in the animal kingdom, you are not going to see the cat fish moving with the snake fish. You are not going to see the tiger fish moving with the tilapia fish. All fish look the same, fish that look alike, move alike. The nations of the Commonwealth is not going to force themselves on the white man. The white man had been very premeditated in their decoy. If you go and watch the Commonwealth citizens’ doom and re-birth on You tube, you will see the white man destruction had been very obvious. The black man have suffered for years, and they are still suffering. The only black coloured brothers who could have been able to fight for the beauty of the black had been catapulted to be bastards. The blacks in America are like bastards because they don’t know their roots. So if they don’t know their roots, the unity to fight for their brothers is not there.

 

The nations of the Commonwealth should start preparing for the famine and starvation in 15 years from now which will lasts for 10 years. Now that they know this revelation, I call myself an Oracle, as I am actually an Oracle. The world should know that I am a living god, that will die. It is sad that I am going to die. This human-god called Professor Alexia Thomas Her Knowledgeable is going to die one day. I am happy that I have been able to stop the human destruction, I have seen with the third eye. The eyes that sees with the wind, cries with the wind. And I am revealing what I am seeing. I think the Commonwealth nation has neglected my voice. I think they commonize me in their minds I am not in power, I am not the one that run the economy, but they don’t even understand the economy themselves. They are the most idiotic leaders in the world I have ever seen. How could they be deporting your citizens? I told the world Nigerians were going to be deported January 26th. What did Nigerian government do? What did the Commonwealth nation do? Nothing. They still managed to take some of them to the airport. This destruction is on-going, it is a matter above the Prime Minister of United Kingdom. He is the headship of the destruction, because UK is championing the destruction of the Commonwealth. They are the Commonwealth colonial masters. They are put in front to excavate them, to take them to their country of destruction to take them to destroy them.

 

 

But the end product like I said are three layers of destruction: the first layer are those without papers will be evacuated in six years, those with residence status will be revoked in seven years. As those without papers are being deported you can see the Naira being devalued so much. The Nigerian Central Bank I don’t know how people are kept there, they call themselves the Governor of Central Bank. They have no brains. They never asked themselves how could a white man turning your currency is now N429 to One pound sterling, and you are still there. Where are the economists? Where are the professor of economy? Economist is nothing but because they are not wise. Have you asked yourself how is it rated? Who decides what should be what? It is just one person sitting in Buckingham Palace or somewhere controlling the money supply.

 

Q: In saner climes, don’t you think someone like Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria should have been fired for facilitating Naira devaluation, creating inflation through his economic policies?

 

A: How will you know when you are still a slave? The Commonwealth nations did not have independence, they only have sovereignty. They have no economy. The white man determines their economy. That is why the famine will sweep away 500million people of the nations of Commonwealth. If they become economists being able to lead their nations without interference of international involvement, then they will be able to be wise and protect their nation. Like I said, if they cannot manage their multiplication and production of their children, they should sterilize themselves, so that they don’t make more babies. The more they make more babies, and they are not intelligent enough to sustain their people, the white man is planning a destruction that is above their own desire. Imagine out of 180 million Nigerians, 150 million dies. What do you say to that? All those lands would now turn to

empty vegetation, which is what the white man wants, so he can come back and take the land and rebuild their own city. The more the people die, the more there are no people to fight for the land ownerships. The land becomes their free land to harness gold again. Their own population is getting bigger and bigger. They don’t even have lands in their own country. The more ¾ of Nigerians or Commonwealth nations die and exterminate because of famine and starvation, they are happy to comeback and take those lands again. When ¾ dies from 2030 to 2040, Nigeria will no longer be a

nation to comeback under the management of the white man again. That means the nation

has destroyed herself because she never prepares for her independence. Her independence is the ability to feed and sustain her people.

 

The movement of exodus of the Commonwealth nation started from them not been able to feed themselves going abroad to work like slaves. The Europe zone have had enough of the slaves now and

the slaves are becoming wise. They (Europe zone) have refused to give them papers. Everybody want to go abroad. Nobody wants to live abroad. Everybody want to be sure they can come and go easily. By the white man’s decoy, he knows that when the Commonwealth people are going, they are stealing their knowledge away, they deny them access not to have papers and the Commonwealth people become afraid, because they want to be sure they can come and go. Before you know, all the best brains in Commonwealth nations are abroad working like slaves. They thought that they have worked, there is a future, unfortunately, the white man fears the Commonwealth nations becoming the biggest continent of the world, because they continue to produce more babies, they cannot look after, that is why I said they should sterilize themselves. Rather than the white man bringing a premeditated decoy to bring famine and starvation. Until the Commonwealth nation begin to manage their economy, until they begin to control their economy, until the Commonwealth nations can begin to sustain themselves without United Kingdom or America; they should stop thinking oil is the means of money making. Are you going to eat oil? Americans are buying oil from you because they want to build their lands. The building of America today started 60 years ago. Since 60 years they have been tilling your oil. You have no sense selling them your oil.

 

Now they don’t need your oil anymore, because they have stored enough reserves. What they now need to do is kill your economy, because they can no longer sustain your people, your people were only sustained by them since they needed them for labour. Now that they have built their 21st Century City, you can see the invention of America building atomic bombs, building missiles because human has gone mad. Even the destruction of the Commonwealth nation is the American ideology by selling them weapons. How could you be developing weapons to destroy humanity? It is madness.

 

Q: Eritrea is a nation that broke away from Ethiopia. Eritrea’s Prime Minister made an announcement that Eritrea men are short in supply. As such it is now compulsory for Eritrea men to marry a minimum of two wives, if not they go to jail. Same jail awaits Eritrea married women who will not allow their husbands to marry more wives. What is your take on this?

 

A: As an Oracle, the president of Eritrea has gone mad. If you look deep into his ideology, the human enactment of love energy, the humans are jealous. You cannot force a man that he must marry two wives. What it simply means is that the conceptology or the visionology of the Eritrean president means that they want to begin to build an economy of themselves, and they realized that they are less populated. So, to expand the race for a new 21st Century Eritrea, that would compete with other neighbouring Commonwealth civilization and nations they need to make more babies. It is like me saying the Commonwealth nations should begin to sterilize themselves so that they don’t born more, because the more they have more (babies) the more the white man is feeling troubled. How do you give birth to 15 children and you cannot look after them? How can Nigeria not be creative to feed the people. Nigeria right now, even the fertilizers and manure they use in the farm, they have to import them. That is what it is: if you look at the deeper conceptology of that man, I think he has a future. You could see as he said the men there are not much. He’s actually seeing them extincting away. He is trying to balance the race because if a man marries two wives: one wife can produce two children, two wives should be able to produce six children. What the guy is trying to do is a culture, it is futuristic perception of Eritrea to solidly develop in an equation if Eritrea were a million people, in the next 30 years, they could be like 50 million people. It is just a conceptology. People have freedom of free opinion to express what it is. I don’t think he has rights to enact it into law. It is totally unacceptable.

*QUOTE: “The Eyes that sees the Wind, cries with the Wind”-Prof. Alexia Thomas

 

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Riceocracy: When Tinubu and the APC Government Substitutes Governance with Handouts

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Riceocracy: When Tinubu and the APC Government Substitutes Governance with Handouts

By George Omagbemi Sylvester

 

“Tinubu’s administration faces mounting criticism as rice palliatives replace real solutions to Nigeria’s deepening crisis.”

 

ABUJA, Nigeria — March 17, 2026

 

A growing wave of public frustration is sweeping across Nigeria as citizens decry what has now been dubbed “Riceocracy” a governance pattern where the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) respond to systemic failures with the distribution of rice rather than meaningful reforms.

 

Across the country, from major cities like Lagos and Abuja to underserved rural communities, Nigerians are voicing anger over persistent issues: no stable electricity, deteriorating road networks, unaffordable fuel and cooking gas, and a struggling education system. Yet, in response to these structural problems, the government’s most visible intervention has been the distribution of food palliatives; particularly rice.

 

The central figures in this unfolding crisis are President Tinubu and the APC-led federal and state governments, who have overseen the rollout of these relief measures. On the other side are millions of Nigerians battling rising inflation, joblessness, and declining living standards.

 

The trend gained momentum following the removal of fuel subsidies in May 2023, a policy decision by the Tinubu administration that triggered a surge in transportation and commodity prices. By 2024 and into 2025, the government intensified the distribution of rice and other palliatives as a stopgap measure to quell public discontent. Now, in 2026, the approach has become a defining feature of the administration’s response to economic hardship.

 

The “Riceocracy” phenomenon is nationwide. Reports from states such as Kano, Rivers, and Borno show large crowds gathering for rice distribution exercises, even as basic infrastructure continues to decay. Urban centers are not exempt; in cities like Lagos, residents still grapple with erratic power supply and high living costs despite periodic palliative programs.

 

Analysts point to political convenience and immediate optics. Distributing rice is quick, visible, and politically advantageous, especially in a climate of widespread hardship. However, critics argue that it reflects a deeper governance failure; an inability or unwillingness to implement long-term solutions.

 

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has long warned against superficial governance, describing such approaches as “a betrayal of democratic responsibility.” In the same vein, global economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has stressed that “palliatives may provide temporary relief, but they cannot replace sound economic management and structural reform.”

 

Political economist Pat Utomi offers a sharper critique: “A state that reduces its responsibility to food sharing risks institutionalizing poverty rather than eliminating it.” His statement captures the growing concern that Nigeria’s leadership is addressing symptoms rather than causes.

 

The implications are severe. Nigeria’s power sector remains unreliable, forcing businesses to depend on costly alternatives. Road infrastructure continues to hinder economic activity, while the education sector suffers from underfunding and frequent disruptions. Despite these challenges, rice distribution has become the most consistent government response.

 

Critics further argue that this strategy fosters dependency and weakens civic engagement. Instead of demanding accountability, citizens may feel compelled to accept handouts as substitutes for rights and services. Allegations of mismanagement and politicization of palliative distribution also persist, raising questions about transparency and fairness.

 

The term “Riceocracy” may sound satirical, but it reflects a sobering reality. It highlights a governance model where survival replaces development, and where public policy is reduced to emergency relief rather than strategic planning.

 

As Nigeria marks this moment on March 17, 2026, the message from scholars, civil society, and frustrated citizens is unmistakable: rice cannot fix a broken system. Only deliberate investments in infrastructure, education, energy, and economic productivity can restore confidence and chart a sustainable path forward.

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Until then, the image of Nigerians queuing for bags of rice will remain a stark symbol of a nation still searching for leadership that goes beyond palliatives to deliver real progress.

 

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ZENITH BANK OPENS MANCHESTER BRANCH TO SUPPORT CROSS-BORDER TRADE AND INVESTMENT

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ZENITH BANK EMERGES NIGERIA’S NUMBER ONE BANK BY TIER-1 CAPITAL FOR THE SIXTEENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN THE 2025 TOP 1000 WORLD BANKS’ RANKING

ZENITH BANK OPENS MANCHESTER BRANCH TO SUPPORT CROSS-BORDER TRADE AND INVESTMENT

 

 

Zenith Bank Plc has announced the opening of a new branch in Manchester, United Kingdom, marking another significant milestone in the bank’s international growth and its commitment to strengthening financial connections between Africa and global markets.

 

 

The official opening ceremony, scheduled to hold on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, is expected to attract government officials from Nigeria and the United Kingdom, regulators, investors, customers, and business leaders from both countries, underscoring the growing economic ties and investment opportunities between the two markets.

 

 

The new Manchester branch will complement Zenith Bank’s existing operations in the United Kingdom and serve as a strategic hub for supporting businesses engaged in international trade and investment. Through the branch, the bank will provide corporate banking, trade finance, treasury and related financial services to clients operating across the United Kingdom, Europe and Africa.Speaking ahead of the launch, the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc, Dame Dr. Adaora Umeoji, OON, said: “The opening of our Manchester branch represents another important step in Zenith Bank’s growth as a leading African financial institution connecting businesses and markets across continents. Manchester is one of the United Kingdom’s most dynamic commercial centres, and our presence here will further strengthen financial connections between businesses in the UK and opportunities across Africa’s rapidly expanding markets.

 

 

”Founded in 1990 by its Founder and Chairman, Jim Ovia, CFR, Zenith Bank has grown into one of Africa’s most respected banking institutions, boasting a robust capital base and a remarkable history of year-on-year profitability. Built on a strong foundation of people, technology and service, the Bank has consistently delivered innovative financial solutions while maintaining a disciplined approach to growth and risk management. The impressive performance of the Bank has consistently earned it excellent ratings, recognition and endorsement from local and international agencies and institutions.Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, Zenith Bank operates over 500 branches and business offices across the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Bank currently operates subsidiaries in several African countries including Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Cote d’Ivoire, while maintaining a presence in major international financial centres including the United Kingdom, France, UAE and China.

 

 

In recent years, Zenith Bank has continued to expand its international network as part of its strategy to support global trade and investment flows involving Africa.Manchester, widely regarded as one of the United Kingdom’s most vibrant economic centres, hosts a diverse base of businesses across sectors such as manufacturing, engineering, logistics, technology and consumer goods. The city’s strong commercial ecosystem and international outlook align closely with Zenith Bank’s expertise in corporate banking, structured finance and trade finance.The Manchester branch will work closely with the Bank’s London operations and its broader international network to support clients seeking to expand across markets and unlock new opportunities in both the United Kingdom and Africa.

 

With the opening of the Manchester branch, Zenith Bank continues to advance its vision of building a truly global African banking institution that connects businesses, facilitates trade and investment, and creates stronger economic bridges between Africa and the world.

 

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New Petrol Import Permits May Reverse Nigeria’s Push for Domestic Refining and Increase Pressure on Foreign Reserve” — Energy Policy Group Tells President Tinubu

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Governing Through Hardship: How Tinubu’s Policies Targets the Poor. By George Omagbemi Sylvester | Published by SaharaWeeklyNG.com 

*“New Petrol Import Permits May Reverse Nigeria’s Push for Domestic Refining and Increase Pressure on Foreign Reserve” — Energy Policy Group Tells President Tinubu*

An energy policy group has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reconsider the wider economic consequences of newly issued permits allowing marketers to import petrol into the country, warning that the move could undermine Nigeria’s efforts to strengthen domestic refining and stabilise the economy.

In a statement released on Sunday in Abuja, the Energy Transparency and Market Justice Initiative (ETMJI) said the approvals granted by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) could produce unintended consequences if not carefully managed.

The group’s president, Dr. Salako Kareem, said Nigeria was at a delicate moment in its energy transition and that policy choices made now would determine whether the country finally escapes its decades-long dependence on imported refined petroleum products.

Kareem said while the regulator’s responsibility to guarantee adequate fuel supply is understood, expanding import permissions at this stage could weaken the policy direction required to encourage local production and long-term sector stability.

“Our respectful appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is that decisions concerning petrol importation must be carefully weighed against their long-term economic consequences,” Kareem said.

“Nigeria has spent decades trying to overcome the paradox of being a major crude oil producer while relying heavily on imported refined products. Any policy action that appears to reopen the floodgates of importation may slow down the progress that has been made toward strengthening domestic refining capacity.”

He warned that increasing petrol imports could place additional pressure on the country’s foreign exchange reserves, especially at a time when the government is pursuing difficult economic reforms aimed at stabilising the naira and improving fiscal discipline.

“For many years, the country has lost enormous volumes of foreign exchange importing petroleum products that could ideally be refined locally,” Kareem said.

“If import volumes begin to rise again, the demand for foreign currency will inevitably grow. This could place renewed strain on the naira and undermine the broader economic stabilisation programme that the government is currently pursuing.”

The group also warned that excessive reliance on imported petrol could create opportunities for product dumping and the entry of substandard fuel into the Nigerian market, a challenge that has troubled regulators and consumers in the past.

According to Kareem, Nigeria’s downstream sector has historically struggled with quality control issues whenever importation becomes widespread, because imported fuel often travels through multiple intermediaries before reaching domestic depots.

“One of the lessons from the past is that when imports dominate the supply chain, the market sometimes becomes vulnerable to the dumping of inferior petroleum products,” he said.

“This not only creates regulatory complications but also exposes Nigerian consumers to fuels that may damage vehicles, affect industrial machinery and ultimately impose hidden economic costs on the country.”

He added that encouraging domestic refining and strengthening local supply chains would provide better product traceability and improve overall market transparency.

Kareem stressed that the group’s intervention was not intended as criticism of the NMDPRA, noting that regulators must often make complex decisions to prevent supply disruptions in a volatile energy market.

However, he urged the federal government to ensure that short-term supply management does not weaken long-term national objectives in the petroleum sector.

“We recognise that the regulator has the responsibility to ensure that Nigerians do not experience fuel shortages, and that duty is extremely important,” he said.

“But at the same time, policy coherence is essential. The country must avoid sending signals that could discourage investment in local refining or create uncertainty about Nigeria’s commitment to energy self-sufficiency.”

Kareem said Nigeria now has a rare opportunity to restructure its downstream petroleum industry in a way that strengthens domestic production, protects foreign exchange reserves and builds long-term industrial capacity.

He urged the president to ensure that the country’s regulatory framework reflects that strategic vision.

“Our appeal is simply for policy alignment. If Nigeria truly wants to build a resilient energy economy, then every major decision in the downstream sector must reinforce the goal of reducing import dependence, strengthening domestic production and protecting the country’s economic stability,” Kareem noted.

The group added that careful policy coordination between regulators and the presidency would help ensure that Nigeria avoids repeating the costly fuel import cycles that have historically drained public resources and weakened the national economy.

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