Kidnappings continue. They appear to be both politically and criminally motivated. You will get a mixture of news that you can only sift through with a bit of skeptical reserve. Like the kidnapping of the three year old girl. It’s really not a case of militants crossing a line. When I first heard that the father was British, I immediately said to Jim, “I bet the mom is Nigerian.” And that is the case. So, it’s a typical domestic/family/way-to-gain- wealth-without-working sort of thing. Or so it seems at this point. And in the middle of it all is a frightened little girl. In a country that values females as about equal to a goat but certainly less than a cow. Disgusting.
The expats are streaming out of the Niger Delta and along with them … all of the jobs. It is estimated that every expat working in
A man just recently told me that the best way to analyze and predict the future of a country is to look at the driving conditions. Think about it: sleek freeways with incredible lighting, multiple lanes, excellent shoulders, and clear signage … progressive governments with clear boundaries and clear punishments; free-for-all driving where “every man does what is right in his own eyes” … a government in which there are no lanes, no laws, no leaders.
Where is the future of
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