₦airaland Forum

NonsoWow:
Hero beer has systematically destroyed the livers, and other vital organs in many anambra men. I don't see the rational in giving anambra state some few millions in Igr and taking the lives of our men in return! Peter Obi is really a slow poison. He doesn't want to locate his shopping malls anywhere in the south east but rather wants to continue spreading drunkenness, ill-health and death all over anambra state with his alcohol business aka hero beer.

Pls go through your write up again, its like saying that dangote is slow poison because too much sugar causes diabetes and indomie causes obesity as fast food or processed food.
People have been drinking beer before peter obi be came governor.


Nkea Bu nkem is different from Nkea Bu nke Anyi. Breweries has been in the east before San miller came like premier beer onitsha, cannon beer Abagana, monarch 9th mile Enugu, 33 beer Awo omamma, Golden gunie umuahia, dubic beer Aba etc.

All of them has fold minus 33 and dubic NBL and Guness bought. Can you image the volume of job it will create assuming all of them or even 3 are in production.

Politics shouldn't be in what ever that will benefit the large population of easterners.

Pls who know them should tell them that land is available at Ugwuoba, only one man i know has over 100 plots of land along Enugu Onitsha old road. Haba haba

I don't know what is wrong with Igbo political class, they are the one holding our children future down.
How can they allow "O MPA " move out of Anambra or south east as a whole. Only employment, direct and indirect wealth it will create is enough for any governor or politician to hustle for the factory to be in their state.

Its a big shame to all Igbo politician, that's why i said that politicians in Nigeria are for their selfish interest not the masses interest.
Shame to all Igbo politicians.

Okorohausa can't reap where he didn't sow
Shame to all that want to use IPOB for campaign.

So Afonjas are land grabbers abi?,

All hail Biafra, the land of the rising sun.

Ipob flaws them in court not drop, where in the world is protest a treason?.

Ipob lawyers argued well as usual to free them.

The real people who committed treason are moving freely, Daura and his masked men including politician that they acted on their behalf.

If people protest against them it becomes treason but if those they bought protest in their favour it becomes their civic right .

Zoogeria will never move forward rather the situation will get worse because all refuse to call spade a spade.
I pity lazy nizoorian youths who they are playing with their future and still support them, one day their will charge them for treason one by one.

Why is UN & EU especially UN & British act as if Nizooria is above the law they are signatory.
They disobey court order, harass & kill those they don't like.

Because is national assembly they are complain what of the common man on the street that use to encounter DSS, SARS & co every day.

Where is Nnamdi KANU, Shiite leader, Dasuki etc that a competent court of law granted bail.

Okorohausa conspired to pull the party that made him APGA & also against Nnamdi KANU.
What is the idiot that use salary of workers to build statues saying?.

mallam2016:
He forgot that he came to that seat with only 43 votes and now to impeach him he now wants 66 votes, who is he fooling.

43 was in the house that day and form simple majority, while other are some where dancing shkelewu with una new sheriff in house, forget that that day was their first day in office to represent both PDP, APC, apga etc in their constituency.
43 cant impeach sariki oshomole is making animalistic noise.

Oshomolie is a barking dog that can't do any thing, he need 2/3 majority to impeach saraki.
43 can vote in but can't impeach
Remember those in the house that day voted while others abandon their first day in the office to represent their constituency.

To avoid wasting money on drugs and stress you better divorce her unless you don't plan to have born more, the probability that you will have one or two more SS is their.
You can leave the house for her since she refuse to leave but take care of your baby.

Ohaneze ndi ara na ndi ama, they are denying their involvement in proscribing Ipob and connive with zoo army to attack and kill Biafrans.
Ohaneze first meeting with Ipob at Nike lake hotel was lead by nnamdi KANU & his father but it was betrayed by Ohaneze as an intruder joined the meeting against agreement had before the meeting so how can Ipob trust Ohaneze.
Ipob agenda and that of Ohaneze ndi ara na ndi ama are not the same so why should they call Ipob for peace talk the 3rd time and they start talking about who to pick for VP position for PDP, instead of trying to meet Ipob conditions.
How can those you proscribe and label terrorist help you to pick VP for you thief thief party.

After making impact on education for students to excel, almajiri in the north will use federal character to discourage the best brain.

Omo Biafra I hailooo.

Eleyi omo Biafra niooo, oloribruku omo Nigeria.

Okorohausa done dey mad, so na being president dey had hungry am abi?,

Na malaria dey worry am.

Igbos don't care and we don't want to be president because all his fellow almajiri friends who has ruled Nigeria before left their zones or regions in a worst condition, his almajiri leader buhari is a typical example. so president not our problem but total freedom from Nigeria.

Do you see why the protesters are almajiri, they in kano protesting as if sariki is from kano. Is saraki representing them in their constituency. Are they members of Senate that will vote him out?.

Anyway protest is their fundamental human right they should carry on.

SE governors, Ohaneze ndi oshi na ndi aka, and FG must provide Nnamdi kanu before any peace talk.
On Biafra no going back.

They freeze Benue account last week, this week is AkwaIbom who knows the next state by next week.

Can you imagine the Chief liar liar Muhammad talking about lie and fake news.
If fake news will cause war, it must be lies & fake news from chief liar Muhammad.

This people think that were dullard like Buhari, osibanjo , osho.m ole & co?
APC can't cover up their failed coup by sacrificing Daura.

Daura is the sacrificial lamb used by APC to clear their failed coup. Mission failed .

Were not dullards like Buhari, Osibanjo and APC members.

Impunity is allow in Nizooria as some people in nairaland make us to understand.

All of them are their for their selfish interest.
Una never see any thing
This is just the beginning.

Op Enugu is not worst hit in terms of erosion in SE and SW , but in terms of poverty its true to some extent because much industries are not Enugu state.
Thats why the only industry majority of the youths join is political party.
Enugu need industries more to create wealth.

Nizooria DSS, suppose shoot that woman as usual if they are afraid the chief terrorist should send FSARS to do the dirty job.

Shame to zoogeria and those that believe in zoogeria politics.

About 21 Black Families Trace Origin to Igbo Ancestry at this Year's CISA Event in Virginia

...As Dr. Nina Nwodo, others, fought back tears.

According to Princess Naja Chinyere Njoku, the founder, DNA Tested African Descendants, a total of 27000 black families in the Caribbeans have through DNA traced their roots to Africa, a good number of them to Nigeria and a greater number to Igbo ancestry.

At this year's Council of Igbo States in Americas (CISA) event held at Igbo village, Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton of Virginia, a total of 21 Caribbean families were able to reconnect with their Igbo root and were admitted into their Igbo ancestry in emotional but dream fulfilling ceremony.

On ground to receive these brave Igbo sons and daughters were His Majesty, Eze Chukwuemeka Eri (Eze Aka Ji Ovo Igbo, Ezeora 34th), Dr. Nwachukwu Anikwenze (Onowu Abagana) and Dr. Nina Nwodo (Ike Ukeh, the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo) among others.

One after the other, their citations were read out by the President of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Dr. Nnia Nwodo, while His Majesty, Eze Chukwuemeka Eri, blessed them and admitted them into the Igbo family. The exercise which was deeply emotional saw ancestral naming certificate issued to everyone of them reflecting their new identity as many fought back tears while others rejoiced that a 400 year old shackles have been broken.

In attendance were people of Igbo ancestry from around the world that include; Prof. Akuma Kalu Njoku, (popularly called Ticha, meaning: Teaching Igbo Cultural Heritage in the Americas. He is the man behind the establishment of Igbo village in Virginia); Prof. Anthony Ejiofor, President of World Igbo Congress (WIC); Dr. Ignatius Ukpabi, the People's Mayor; Rev. Dr. Stanislaus Maduabrochukwu Ogbonna (a Rev. Fr. with traditional building expertise that assisted with the construction of the Igbo village in Virginia); Chief Chude Asidianya (Agbanwodikeizu na Abagana, the planning committee chairman); Comrade Arinzechukwu Awogu, (guest of CISA and the Chairman of Ogbaru local government, Anambra state, Nigeria); Dr. Ruben Okorie ; Chief Ogbuehi Nwachukwu Okafor (President of Ohaneze Ndigbo North Carolina chapter); Barr. Jeff Azubuike (Ohaneze Ndigbo, South Africa), representatives of Yoruba diaspora and many others.

Black communities in Haiti, St Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela were all in attendance with exhibitions depicting their Igbo origin.

Miss Nnedi, formally known as Tiffany Green, from Trinidad, one of those whose Igbo ancestry was established by DNA said she will be visiting Anambra state as she strongly believes that she will find her family in areas around Onitsha and Ogbaru/Abor. She showed pictures of her great-great grand-parents and believed they were taken away around the lower belt of the river Niger. Hon. Awogu, who was on ground, and the closest person in the gathering from the area she mentioned offered to help in making her search a lot easier.

The Igbo village in Staunton, Virginia, the venue of the historical event is a tangible recognition of the contribution of the Igbo victims of the Atlantic slave trade to the development of Virginia and the greater American frontier culture. Enslaved Igbo men, women, and children who traveled by force from many specific locations in the hinterland of Igboland to North America, helped to build what is now known as the United States. A great majority of those who came to Virginia boarded slave ships in the coastal towns, of Calabar, Bonny and Brass. Evidently, one of the starting points of Igbo slave journeys is the ancient Cave Temple Complex in Arochukwu. Arochukwu traders supplied slaves to the market in Bende (later Uzuakoli) which became the source of slaves traveling directly from Bonny to Virginia and were mostly Igbos.

EFFORTS AT ESTABLISHING IGBO VILLAGE IN VIRGINIA, MANY THANKS TO PROF. AKUMA KALU NJOKU

In 2002, after retracing the hinterland routes of Igbo slave journeys in Abia State, Prof. Akuma Kalu Njoku, established a direct link between major markets and the points of embarkation. He realized the tourism potential of his research and approached the government of Abia State. The governor at the time provided some financial support and he worked with the staff of the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism. The research team documented the cave in Arochukwu and other sites and monuments in Abia State. In 2007 a team of cavers from the Hoffman Institute from Western Kentucky University and Prof. Akuma Kalu Njoku went to explore how to protect the cave and nominated it for listing as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Working with the Nigerian National Commission on Museums and Monuments, the Arochukwu Cave is now on the preliminary list of the UNESCO World Heritage sites.

John Vlach, after hearing Prof. Akuma Kalu Njoku's paper at an annual conference of the American Folklore Association in 2003, recommended him to American Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia. At that time, the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton of Virginia was planning a West African exhibit to complement the English Farm, Irish Farm, German Farm, and American Farm already in existence. Prof. Akuma Kalu Njoku became a member of the advisory board and later as the principal consultant for the Igbo Farm Village project.

WHY WAS IGBO CHOSEN INSTEAD OF ANY OTHER RACE IN AFRICA?

Let me quote from the Frontier Culture website:

“An Igbo Farmstead will represent the architectural patterns representing the areas from which the most number of slaves came to Virginia”. The Igbo were greater in number than all the other enslaved Africans put together in Virginia in the 1700s when tobacco was the mainstay of the colony’s economy. Some estimates put the number of Igbo imported from the Bight of Biafra at 40% of all the import to Virginia by 1775. “Their number continued to increase to the point that tobacco planters on the valley west of the Blue Ridge replaced their white indentured servants with Igbo slave workers”. The Igbo were among the first settlers, they were among those to cross the Cumberland Gap and open the gateway to the west.

In addition to making the tobacco the mainstay of the Virginian economy, they also provided the labor in the Black Belt that made cotton king. They have continued to contribute to nation building and culture in the United States. The Igbo Farmstead (Uno Ubi Igbo) in Staunton is, like the English, German, and Irish Farmsteads, “a tangible tribute to the Igbo settlers who helped to develop the frontier culture in America as well as in the territorial expansion of the United States.”

In March 2006, Museum staff and Prof. Akuma Kalu Njoku traveled to Nigeria to document examples of Igbo architecture. While in Nigeria, the staff of the National Commission of Museum and Monuments joined the research team and they traveled to many villages, compounds, and remote farm villages documenting house-types and building traditions. Mrs. Umebe Onyejekwe of the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments became their primary contact and consultant in Nigeria for the collection of building materials. By June 2008, the building materials, along with objects for furnishing the completed exhibit were on site.

Prof. Akuma Kalu Njoku opened discussions in the Igbo community in the United States and recruited Reverend Dr. Stanislaus Maduawuchi Ogbonna, a man with traditional building expertise to assist with the construction of the buildings and Dr. Kanayo Odeluga to mobilize and coordinate volunteers. The response was tremendous. Volunteers came from the greater Washington, D.C. area, Florida, Texas, Atlanta, Chicago, the Carolinas, Nashville, Bowling Green, Kentucky, California, and New Jersey. Today, the Igbo village stands tall with rich history as the white museum volunteer guide that takes people round the village will joyfully tell you the Igbo story as though he is one. In the final analysis, when all is taken away from Ndigbo, their place in the making of the new America is embedded in the history of the United States of America as demonstrated in Virginia where America of today began.

Doyin2:
Who could be more foolish that the person that cannot differentiate current exchange rate from current GDP rate.

The most annoying thing about people like you, is the abuse of others, in spite of absolute lack of knowledge and near zero intelligence.

As far as the cost of living remains high your talking trash, you can deceive some people but not all the people all the time.

How does it change the life of a poor man on the street for better?
All hail Biafra

Doyin2:
Who could be more foolish that the person that cannot differentiate current exchange rate from current GDP rate.

The most annoying thing about people like you, is the abuse of others, in spite of absolute lack of knowledge and near zero intelligence.

As far as the cost of living remains high your talking trash, you can deceive some people but not all the people all the time.

presidency:
Office Of The Vice President Press Release

*Will Intensify ERGP Implementation

The Buhari administration welcomes news of Nigeria's exit from recession with cautious optimism and will continue to drive Nigeria's economic growth by vigorously implementing the Economic Recovery & Growth Plan launched earlier this year by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The overall economic plan and direction of the administration has resulted, among others, in sustained restoration of oil production levels, (occasioned by the enhanced security and stability in the Niger Delta) sustained growth in agriculture, mining and the first growth recorded in industry as a whole in the last nine quarters since Q4 2014.

Below Is A Statement By Special Adviser On Economic Adviser To The President, Dr. Adeyemi Dipeolu On The 2nd Quarter 2017 Figures Just Released By The National Bureau Of Statistics

"The figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics for the second quarter of this year (Q2 2017) show that the economy grew in Q2 2017 by 0.55% from -0.91% in Q1 2017 and -1.49% in Q2 2016. This in effect means that the Nigerian economy has exited recession after five successive quarters of contraction.

This positive growth is attributable to both the oil and non-oil sectors of the economy. Growth in the oil sector which has been negative since Q4 2015 was positive in Q2 2017. It rose by 1.64% as compared to -15.60 in Q1 2017, an increase of up to 17 percentage points. This improvement is partly due to the fact that oil prices which have improved slightly from the lows of last year have been relatively steady as well as the fact that production levels were being restored.

The non-oil sector grew by 0.45% in Q2 2017, a second successive quarterly growth after growing 0.72% in Q1 2017. This increase which was not quite as strong as it was in Q2 2016 reflects continuing fragility of economic conditions. However, given that nearly 60% of the non-oil sectors contribution to GDP is influenced by the oil sector, growth in the oil sector will help boost the rest of the economy.

The positive growth seen in agriculture when the rest of the economy was contracting was maintained at 3.01% which is encouraging especially if seasonal factors are taken into account. Manufacturing growth was also positive at 0.64% and although lower than the previous quarter’s growth of 1.36%, it was an a noticeable improvement over the -3.36% experienced in Q2 2016 and a continuation of the turnaround of the sector. Solid minerals which remain a priority of the Administration also continued to grow and in Q2 2016 by 2.24%.

Overall, industry as a whole grew by 1.45% in Q2 2017 after nine successive quarters of contraction starting in Q4 2014. This positive development was somewhat overshadowed by the continued decline in the services sector which accounts for 53.7% of GDP. Nevertheless, electricity and gas as well as financial institutions grew by 35.5% and 11.78% respectively in Q2 2017.

The GDP figures give grounds for cautious optimism especially as inflation has continued to fall from 18.72% in January 2017 to 16.05% in July 2017. Foreign exchange reserves have similarly improved from a low of $24.53 in September 2016 to about $31 billion in August 2017. In the same vein capital importation grew by 95% year-on-year driven by portfolio and other investments but also notably by foreign direct investment which increased by almost 30% over the previous quarter.

Foreign trade has also contributed to improving economic conditions with exports amounting to N3.1 trillion in Q2 2017 while imports which increased by 13.5% amounted to N2.5 trillion in the same period. The overall trade balance thus remained positive at N0.60 trillion.

Unemployment however remains relatively high but job creation is expected to improve as businesses and employers increasingly respond more positively to the significantly improving business environment and favorable economic outlook.

Besides, as key sectoral reforms in both oil and non-oil sectors gain traction, the successful implementation of ERGP initiatives such as N-Power and the social housing scheme will boost job creation.

Food inflation also bears watching as it has remained quite high and volatile due mostly to high transport costs and seasonal factors such as the planting season. Investments in road and rail infrastructures, increased supply and availability of fertilizers and improvements in the business environment should contribute to the easing of food prices.

Overall, the end of the recession is welcome but economic growth remains fragile and vulnerable to exogenous shocks or policy slippages. Accordingly, it remains essential to intensify efforts going forward on the implementation of the ERGP to achieve desired outcomes including sustained inclusive growth, further diversification of the economy, creation of jobs and improved business conditions."


Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
5th September 2017

The cant deceive us, we are wise than them

How does it put food on the table of a poor man, how much is bag of cement, rice, beans etc.
On Biafra no going back

Bede2u:
I have been a member of this forum since 2010. I have also been very strong in the political section.
In 2011 I supported GEj for president and he won. But my expectations of him were not eventually met. He suspended the dredging of the River Niger and stopped work along Enugu-Onitcha express way. He only empowered south east politicians. His promise of Enugu international airport was started but not delivered and 2nd Niger bridge was never awarded.
In 2015 I supported Buhari and his government has so far been a disaster to my people. Buhari has practically declared war on the good people of South East.
In 2016 I started supporting Nnamdi Kanu's IPOB. To me it became a simbol of progress for my Igbo people who have become sidelined since the unfortunate civil war of the 60s.

However, this article is about what I will do if I ever find myself in Aso Rock today. I won't give the Biafrans (which I am a part of) independence!

I will do the following;

1. Recognise the six geopolitical zones as federating units and order INEC to conduct elections to elect their governors. I will name the SE zone as Biafra state, SW as Odu'a state, SS as Niger Delta state, NC as Middle Belt state, NW as Arewa state, NE as Kanuri state.

2. The current 36 states will become metropolitan areas and the current 36 governors will become Mayors. I will scrap entirely the current 774 LGA arrangment. The current LGA chairmen will go to the new six state assemblies as legislators. The councilors will be dissmissed.

3. I will return Ilorin and Kabba to Odu'a state. Asaba, and other Igboid part of SS will be conceeded to Biafra (to quell unnessesary agitation). Ijaw part of Ondo will return to Niger Delta state. The fulani part of Kwara and Niger goes to Arewa state. The Christian part of Taraba goes to Middle Belt state.

4. The oil belongs to us all! Therefore the current sharing formula will continue. The 36 Metros will still get what they are currently getting, while the new six states will now get what the LGA where getting before. So a state will get only the amount that would have accrued to the LGA it had before.

5. Some NPF police officers will be transfered to state service as state police. Same will be with some prison wardens. Many of items on exclusive list (such as energy and power generation) will be moved to concurrent list to allow states participate. Only defence, foreign affairs and currency operations will be exclusive. Because of this, the oil revenue share retained by the FG will decrease to give more to the 6 states and 36 metros.

6. I will increase the number of senator to 115. The extra 6 will be one first class king from each of the 6 states. Such as the sultan, ooni, obi, oba o benin etc. The new 6 states will have houses of chiefs to be made up of the remaining top monarchs in the zone. Any monarch not included will be considered irrelevant and derobed.

By this, agitations will reduce grossly to give government at each level chance to do its job. Also the unaccounted waste by the current 774 LGAs will stop. The FG by this arrangement sheds power, but not enough to make it irrelevant. By this also Biafra would have been given to my people, Niger Delta would have been given to SS and Odu'a would have been given to SW.
Believe me, we are stronger and more prosperous together. If I have my way, I would unite the 15 nations of ECOWAS into one Federal Republic.

Shallom

Trash from the pit of hell.
You can't force me to join you with out referendum of my people.
Majority opinion of my people stands & that is referendum, if you don't like it then go to fucking hell.

#On Biafra no going back
#All hail Biafra

alt3r3g0:
Are you cartegorically saying the e-warriors on nairaland shouting for war and arms are miscreants trying to derail the peaceful ideology?

Cc ipob1

No IPOB member has called for war even NK him self.
We only demand for referendum, its our enemies that call referendum war.

But we don't give a Bleep about that because since 1948 till date they have been kill us but they can't kill Biafra.
#On Biafra no going back.
#Free all Biafra agitators
#Free Biafra
#All hail Biafra