Cynicism aside, Drake would have been at best a factory hand in Levi jeans factory and Jennifer Lopez, a waitress in a Mexican restaurant, had they both been born in ea'rly 50s. Fast forward to the 20th century-information age, where people are less informed, this couple are celebrities. And understandably so.
Both are popular more for their looks than any shred of entertainment talent they may think they possess. But that is not even the soul of this budding relationship. The reason the hot affair is making screaming headline is because of the age difference between the dates!
Anyway, in 1999 when Jennifer released her first album and was dating P. Diddy, Drake was just a 13-year-old boy. And the haters making mountain out this mole hill were probably not born or at best teenagers. Haters are people who will rather use their time, armchair and intellect to criticise others, thereby making subject of their criticism relevant, and them, useless.
They alleged that both Drake and J-lo are in the relationship for other reasons than love; Drake for money and Baby mama...sorry J-lo for revitalization of her less than illustrious career and active love life. Where they miss it however is that love and money are inseparable foes, whose destinies were forged before the creation of time. The truth is that no relationship is devoid of the element as represented by these misrepresented individuals.
Nigeria and US diplomatic relationship is symbiotic in nature but exploitative in practice. This is not the handiwork of haters as there are statistical evidence lending credence to this fact. Our balance of trade payment reflects a $42.6b deficit in October 2016. While it is true that we may not be able to blame the United States for this, it is equally disheartening that we have abandoned other suitors that are our age.
For us to be relevant in the committee of nations, we may start by adopting J-lo strategy. There are younger nations out there in Asia and even African continent who like Drake will feel surreal having relationship with us on unyoked terms and conditions. We are presently the 38th largest exporting economy in the world, with crude oil representing 75% of our earnings, but the price of crude oil has continue to fall.
Consequently, Nigeria faces its worst economic crisis in years, since exports of oil also bring in the hard currency that pays for imports. And because of its limited manufacturing, Nigeria imports most of what it consumes from China and USA. If however we do not start monitoring our porous borders and control what enters(pun intended), we may soon end up like old J-lo sitting or dancing on the laps of young Drake.
Both are popular more for their looks than any shred of entertainment talent they may think they possess. But that is not even the soul of this budding relationship. The reason the hot affair is making screaming headline is because of the age difference between the dates!
Anyway, in 1999 when Jennifer released her first album and was dating P. Diddy, Drake was just a 13-year-old boy. And the haters making mountain out this mole hill were probably not born or at best teenagers. Haters are people who will rather use their time, armchair and intellect to criticise others, thereby making subject of their criticism relevant, and them, useless.
They alleged that both Drake and J-lo are in the relationship for other reasons than love; Drake for money and Baby mama...sorry J-lo for revitalization of her less than illustrious career and active love life. Where they miss it however is that love and money are inseparable foes, whose destinies were forged before the creation of time. The truth is that no relationship is devoid of the element as represented by these misrepresented individuals.
Nigeria and US diplomatic relationship is symbiotic in nature but exploitative in practice. This is not the handiwork of haters as there are statistical evidence lending credence to this fact. Our balance of trade payment reflects a $42.6b deficit in October 2016. While it is true that we may not be able to blame the United States for this, it is equally disheartening that we have abandoned other suitors that are our age.
For us to be relevant in the committee of nations, we may start by adopting J-lo strategy. There are younger nations out there in Asia and even African continent who like Drake will feel surreal having relationship with us on unyoked terms and conditions. We are presently the 38th largest exporting economy in the world, with crude oil representing 75% of our earnings, but the price of crude oil has continue to fall.
Consequently, Nigeria faces its worst economic crisis in years, since exports of oil also bring in the hard currency that pays for imports. And because of its limited manufacturing, Nigeria imports most of what it consumes from China and USA. If however we do not start monitoring our porous borders and control what enters(pun intended), we may soon end up like old J-lo sitting or dancing on the laps of young Drake.
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