Nairaland Forum

PROUD-IGBO:
He has earned my respect for not giving in to that big bully , and for not playing ethnic politics as well.

If he performs even better in his 2nd term; this is one gentleman that many Nigerians (well, from the southern part at any rate ) would be comfortable with vying for the highest office possible; he's 'modern' and 'passionate' in his thinking and approach to tackling issues, and detribalised as well.

Good going.

I wonder why a 'proud igbo' should be bothered about the bold;Some of you need to stop hiding behind a needle

Gbawe:

Guy stop with the nonsense !!! "Big players tend to be Yorubas indeed". What a closet bigot !!! David Mark, Ibori, Odili, Atiku, Danjuma, Ibb, Abdulsalami, Hakiru Bello, Muthar, Abba Ruma, Aondoakaa, Andy Ubah, Chis Ubah, Ciroma, Anenih, Igbinedion, Sylva, OUK, Allison-Madueke, Anyim, Oduah, Theodore Orji are all Yoruba? Not so? Is it because you lot are unhealthily obsessed with talking about SW Politics/politicians nons-stop on this forum you have now turned Yorubas into the "big players"? Is that not how you gloated we were the subsidy thieves before names were revealed?

Has it ever occurred to supposedly 'concerned' folks like you how disrespectful to the average decent Yoruba you are with your blanket stereotyping and false character assasination? You go around shedding Crocodile tears for us and taking Panadol for our non-existing headache. You revel in telling the world Tinubu controls the Yorubas. What an insult and crass slur. Guy stop the nonsense and stop mentioning Tinubu everywhere. The Yorubas are a pragmatic people who fully understand what they make of Tinubu and the relationship they want with him.



Your talk is fake because at no time, despite it being pointed to you many times, have you ever shown you understand what Nigeria is and the concept of managing with the lesser devil till the beautiful ones are born. No one is telling you Tinubu is a Saint but don't go around shouting the man's name as if he messed up your life personally while ignoring those who have never done anything good for anyone in their lives. Your President is making the SS an enclave where militants rule after Odili first turned the region into a zone of murder, militancy, kidnapping and mayhem. Some Northern politicians have now turned the North into a killing zone. You don't talk about these evil actions that have grave implications for Nigeria. Yet you shout against Tinubu everyday when the world sees a man who, despite his faults, is actually bringing sanity to his region while everywhere is burning in Nigeria.

You shout 'thief' against Tinubu always. Who is not a 'thief' in Nigerian politics? Let me guess. Folks from your ethnic group abi? My guy, everything is relative in Nigerian politics and to that end Tinubu has his uses. You can shout yourself hoarse if you want. I only see hypocrisy and the usual ethnic jingoism disguised as care and concern considering Tinubu is the first name off your tongue when you want to launch your hateful tirade and not someone like Anenih responsible for the State of federal roads causing the daily deaths and misery of many Nigerians. Guy give it a rest !!! Tinubu has no administrative office in SW politic let alone at Federal level. If you feel he is our "master", then leave us to our fate because we are adults.

This discussion is about a far reaching policy, don't be goaded into the same funny, long winded arguments which we've heard times without number on this platform. Tinubu still has an image problem,it worked against ACN in Ondo but one thing is becoming clearer;he's the new poster boy - His strongest critics have been none-SW guys(some for valid reasons though)

redsun:

All you muderfuckers see is just south west,south east,north east and dem muderfcking tags,as if nigeria has been divided.

Cant you see the big pictures?cave minds.

The big pictures starts from my neck of the woods, Nigeria needs a clear path to progress and I believe 'local patriotism' is a readily available platform to achieve it.fluffy Nigerian nationalism will not get us anywhere;it's been proven,the building blocks on which the country stands must take ownership of the country.
By the way,I don't think you r the most or one of the liberal/open minds on this platform so no need to grandstand;check it out, you have been one of the cheer-leaders vouching for a learned professor with a heavily divisive perception.

Gbawe:

With Ondo, folks on all sides (ACN and LP) should 'bury the hatchet', forget the past and join hands to move the SW forward. The progress of the region should be bigger than the egos of individuals.

I pray so.The over riding objective is getting things done anyway.

This takes us a tinsy little step closer to integration,Ondo would have been a cake walk if there were solid(ier) reasons.A wake up call,yesterday was.
Nice one, the state of Osun.

O'beef noni

I PRAY FOR ANOTHER BOOM LIKE 2007, MAN!,AM HOLDING ONTO MY ANCHOR BUT CARS ARE THE LEAST SIGNAL NJARE

The way some of you go about,prancing around the net like you have a lost pride you are trying to regain or defend.Relax man no one is out there to get you

Fully in support but we need to clearly define what constitute 'rickety'.if you leave this to lastma boys, a new car may suddenly became rickety

740megawatts:

You don't get the joke, Sir. Don't be surprised that many of the Yoruba leaders to meet with Jonathan are from the dwindling PDP "government of the centre" caucus. The contracts aren't coming as usual. As an observation, did you notice that violent political thuggery and opponent assassinations has reduced drastically in the South-West since PDP was ousted?

Bishop Gbonigi and chief Olu falae are fine gentle men I can call leader any day.

Probably because he's slightly over rated,he obviously talks the talk but they don't measure up with some of his actions.
He's got mastery of the strategic term: positioning.
I,sometimes wonder why a better, articulate and coherent man isn't in his position.
SW would have been better off with someone like Olu falae.

Shikodi if you dont have anything doing could you whip me one of the 'sassiest' ofe nsala ever

If i were eligible to vote in Ondo right now this promise would make me give him another look,beautiful idea but can I trust Mimiko ?
Open up Ese odo,nice one

If i were eligible to vote in Ondo right now this promise would be a game-changer for me,beautiful idea but can I trust Mimiko ?
Open up Ese odo

I hope those governors especially Amosun,do not wait for free-wheeling jonathan or any of his anarchist mates before taking action.
I have made up my mind to never talk about Jonathan again but its seems the shock from his mind boggling incapacity is permeating all aspect of our lives.
The message of incompetence coming from above is sad-- everyone is just flipping messing about.
Oh!OBJ- we once had a commander in chief ,despite....
God save us from a casual presidency.

aryzgreat: Thiefnubu news paper the Nation has shown how despearate ACN can be, imagine the propaganda! Please tune in by 5pm on AIT for the final Debate on Ondo Guber poll. ACN will be put to shame this evening. Bunch of tribalistic losers!

boiz dey binu

Awake9ja: @Acm
any human bein wit conscience will be wit tears after reading your post on baifran war.i hope ibos learnt their lessons.

it keep me wondering why yorubas keep moving via destructive route. you dont remind a war victim how you decimated him.

even northerners does not recount the war to ibos only yorubas does it on daily bases.i hope the yorubas knew the seed they are sowing.

yes every war victim will remind himself about his war looses. ie: china. they keep talking about japanese invasion while japanese keep mute. that is the way.

but yorubas wit loud mouth speaks more than us the beltans who fought the war.

yorubas s learn before it is too late

so far the revisionists have carefully constructed their argument/anger in a way which underplays the Northern angle while upping any Western link. I think it makes a lot of sense because the whole issue is bound to rage on,how many northerners are on-line or have time or resource to respond.
Mention Awolowo in your story and you r sure of the tribune,punch,vanguard,thenation picking your story up -if you go after Gowon or muritala,there are not enough people or platform to fight and defend them but Awolowo is a flipping lightening rod.
Remove Awo from it and this frenzy is bound to plunge.it's more driven by hate for the man rather than concern for the innocent souls caught up and the need to look into the allegation.

The bottom line is after all these prancing around like spongebob squarepants: Awo remains a hate figure in the East as usual, get more streets and monument named after him in the West.He remains the biggest election winning name in the West and I don't see that changing.

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What a nice speech! I feel recharged!
Let's go on strike or protest?

Prancing around on NL won't do much but if we go on strike the haters will feel us,you get me bro

Vogue50: nice one. Tribalism is a factor but not strong enough to disintegrate us.

We over hype it as if its a new thing. Jonathan is been president for 3years now,has anything changed in beyelsa?
do we ascribe tribalism to this.
Its pure greed ojare .

Now Nigeria is in trouble just because people are venting on an ordinary book.
Tribalism isn't Nigerias problem and won't be the solution. Americas ascendancy was at its peak when it was most racist.
I think its utter laziness to keep going on about this tribalism issue as if its that strong enough to keep a country down.

He needs to change His name ojare DINO ME ALAYE. Alaye!baba,melaye ke iwo lo laye njare.

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Yes its getting too much if tankers aren't exploding,trucks will lose control and ram into anything. We need to get angry here, If you drive unlicensed ,unworthy machines you should be charged for 'an attempt at mass murder'.
The occupants of the truck are likely to be alive but look at unsuspecting road users

redsun:

Nt just heavy duty,all vehecles,including truck pushers.

I don't want truck pushers to go on strike ojare

Seriously these deaths are unnecessary.

redsun:

That was why Dangote wanted to train up "graduates" for that,but some of you thoght he was being insuktive.Driving requires some degree of intelligence and essential common sense.

We need to have a stricter regulatory environment for those driving heavy duty machines in fact it should be criminal to drive any of those huge machines if you don't have a special license,we can't leave it to an individual who's supposedly catering to his own business need.

Another spin. This isn't going a way

supereagle:
We need rail system.

In the absence of effective rail system these thugs on wheels must be reined. its important.

Someone needs to get seriously tough on lorry owners and/or drivers. Huge machines should not be left in the hands of miscreants,and irresponsible drivers.

van bonattel:

Blaming ojukwu for the war is childish , and its upside down reasoning like this that will continue to hold us back in this cesspit called naijiriya. Until people own up and apologize for blood letting, the gods of justice will continue to turn its face from our unholy union. Let's dream on. A thousand years from now and maybe we shall still be blind to reason because some will love to support the mistakes of their grand fathers.
Achebe has since been vindicated, a people who fails to mend their past are bound to suffer their future.

Nope!it maybe a shared fault but the major part should go to him.the singular problem of the union is greed and nothing will change(not even the apology) if we don't work on it.
We can mark the death of millions of innocent people,it wont harm/cost anyone but 'we are right,they are wrong' approach wont work.

nku5: I tell you what with benefit of hindsight we know things could have been done a bit differently. That does not take away the reality of things that happened in the prosecution of the war. Whether we realise it or not, war has rules. If two men are fighting it doesn't give the other the right to look for the other ones chiildren to murder. Okay the war had ended, what about the post-war policies, banning of commodities that would have helped igbo people get back on their feet. As for[b] revisionism [/b]you haven't pointed out ONE lie in the article of which only an excerpt was posted. Anybody with the full article should please post so we can read it in full

I am not justifying actions taken during the war PER SE but we need to realise war is war, there's no other way to define it.
i grew up hearing the name Achebe but i have been disappointed- Anytime achebe talks or writes about the ills of Nigeria it comes with perceivable sectional slant.THE REAL ISSUE HERE FOR ME IS NOT THE WAR BUT THE PROFESSOR HIMSELF. HE'S TOO EDUCATED TO BE THIS BITTER.HE SHOULD CHANNEL THE BITTERNESS AND HIS STAR POWER INTO SOMETHING MORE CONCRETE FOR EASTERN NIGERIA.

I find it difficult at times to understand why people blatantly refuse to take responsibility for their own actions. Ojukwu(rip) declared war and should be held responsible for all that happened.
I hope am not blind,one striking thing here is;the professor didn't even mention Ojukwu's name,not even once in this article.Achebe need to let-go his constant penchant for sectional revisionism. Kilode!

He has a right to campaign for his party,by the way, as more people continue to emphasise Ondo state finances and the resources available,Mimikos failure becomes glaring.
I can't vouch for Akeredolu o but Mimiko
Is a failure.
Akere should use Fashola more for his campaigns,nobody could make Mimko's incompetence more obvious