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aribisala0:
i don't see the job as particularly intellectual.some of the best advice i ever had came from my illiterate gran.
anyway kanu expresses himself ok in english and i am sure even better in igbo.

though sports is not just football and he might be biassed.

more importantly i don't think kanu has time and probably was not consulted before the announcement

You seem to know more than Rochas and Kanu. Please tell us more.

Ojukwu was first Nigerian graduate in the army:
I wonder how the graduates of those days managed to fit into the military with a bunch of semi-illiterate and starkly illiterate colleagues.

She went for the best. Can you mention who is better than those selected that was missed out?

Enugu people and their govt are not dumb.
After rushing to make profits abroad, America is now doing whatever it takes to bring back the jobs that were taken to Asia due to low cost.
Yeah! Quest for quick gains is understandable.
But under the circumstance that Nigeria is at the present time (low investment=low jobs=low middle class=high crime rate), sacrifice is needed in the short-run to achieve long-run impacts (aka sustainability).

In the long run and all factors considered,, it will by far be cheaper to buy from a home industry (as long as standards are comparable) than from abroad. The home industry will be ''fed'' with money from govt patronage; consequently, they will produce, multiply, employ people, and pay taxes back to the government. Simple arithmetic, as they say.

Lets assume the buses are more expensive than if imported from China. I believe that is the only place you can get cheaper buses than the Nigerian one (do not even tell me about US or Euro made buses).

Now, how about using several stones to kill one bird:

Buy the expensive buses (if indeed they are more expensive) from a Nigerian manufacturer (as long as value for money is guaranteed), thereby:
1. Increasing local content - (a) jobs, and (b) investment in Nigeria -incentive for citizens
2. Save money that will be spent at the wharf clearing the vehicles and in transporting them from the port to Enugu
3. Save time that will be spent waiting for the shipment to arrive and be cleared (our custom service is not the most efficient in the world)
4. Recover your cost, as expected, from the commuters over time and everybody is happy
5. Reduce the temptation to collude with the foreign company to inflate prices and defraud the state in the process. It is easier to detect fraud in the purchasing process if done right at home under the governor's nose.
6. Easier to get after sale services right there in Enugu than looking for spare parts back in China.

That way, money that otherwise will go to service Chinese (or whatever other country you import from) industrial development and those that will go to the feds from port services, will circulate at home in Enugu state.

AVM kwenu! Enugu kwenu!!! Igbo kwezuenu!!! Another first, INDEED.

gidson12:
LOL, so the yorubas don join the kidnappin business,

Is that a question or a joke? Do you not read the papers? Na today? Do you even know the meaning of the famous word gbomogbomo? They even kidnap and kill omo ibos in their domain

Buahahaha! So Emeagwali is now Yoruba
I beg we dash am to una.

PDP national legal adviser’s mother kidnapped
By Fidelis Soriwei and Sunday Aborisade
Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011


The octogenarian mother of the National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olusola Oke, Mrs. Miriam Oke, was on Monday evening abducted from her residence in Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Oke, who said this in a telephone conversation with our correspondent on Tuesday, stated that the abductors had not contacted him or any other member of the family to place a ransom on his abducted mother.

According to him, a five-man gang of well armed kidnappers forcibly took away the old woman in the presence of his younger brother whose name he gave as Henry Oke and other siblings.

He appealed to those holding the octogenarian to consider the effect of the abduction on an old woman and ensure her release without delay.

Oke, who also released the news of his mother’s abduction in a press statement on Tuesday, said it was his belief that very soon the issue of abduction would become history in the country.

He said, “We are not sure whether or not she was taken out of the community in the car or in a boat through the nearby waterway which connects Ondo with Lagos and Delta states.

“In the confusion they created, no member of the community seemed to know their escape route.”

The legal luminary said his main concern was the safety of his mother and lamented that the abductors had not contacted him or any member of the family to disclose the motive behind their action.

He said, “We do not have a clear clue yet on those who did this evil thing to an old woman. I only hope that these are kidnappers and not assassins who are thirsty for the blood of the innocent.”

The Ondo State Police Command through its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Aremu Adeniran, confirmed the development and said it had put necessary machinery in motion to secure the release of the old woman.

The police also promised to make the abductors of the octogenerian to face the full wrath of the law.

It will be recalled that the mother of billionaire businessman and politician, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, was abducted in similar circumstances at Igbotako, some 15 kilometers from Igbokoda about three months ago.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2011061526300

Cowardly Tinubu recants, pleads with HID.
Lesson: do not follow the Tinubus of this world to war. They will desert you.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/june/15/national-15-06-2011-002.html
Attack on Awolowo family: Count me out -Tinubu
•Former gov writes HID
By AKEEB ALARAPE
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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After a week of media bashing, former Governor of Lagos State and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has written the spouse of the late sage, Chief Mrs.HID Awolowo, saying he had no hand in the media attack on the Awo family.
A statement signed by Tinubu’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Olakunle Abimbola, said: “I wish to assure Mama that I cannot disparage the Awo family without disparaging the legacy that all of us proudly embrace and are trying to sustain,” Tinubu wrote in his letter, dated June 9, 2011.

Tinubu was writing on the controversy that has trailed the piece entitled, “Awo Family without Awo”, written by Sam Omatseye, Chairman, Editorial Board of The Nation, on June 6 viewed by many to be critical of the Awolowo family. Many have also claimed the article was a “sponsored” attack on the Awolowos.

But Tinubu, in the letter, said he found such linkage strange, since every newspaper has its own editorial policy, independent of any person’s relationship with the paper.
“Anybody with knowledge of how newspapers work knows every newspaper has its editorial policy, most times independent of even the publisher.

“So, how can I possibly be behind the opinion of a columnist, simply because he writes for a newspaper, which I am associated with?” the former governor explained.
He said even, Papa Awolowo, publisher of the Tribune while alive, always told people that he read articles in the Tribune, like other readers, since the paper had its editorial policy.

“The sage, Chief Awolowo himself used to say that he read articles in the Tribune like any other reader, despite that he was the publisher. The same principle applies here,” he explained.
Tinubu said though Tribune had been demonizing his person, it would be wrong of him to assume that Mama Awolowo, as publisher of the Tribune, was behind the attack. He said the same principle held in the Omatseye piece because the columnist was known to hold strong views which he expresses every Monday.

He said: “It is common knowledge that Tribune, almost every day, demonizes my person. But should I because of that claim that Mama, as Chairman of the newspaper, was behind the demonization? Of course, I feel disheartened by it all; but I have never felt Mama was responsible for stories Tribune published”.
Tinubu reiterated his respect and affection for Mama Awolowo and her offspring, adding that that was not about to change.
“I have absolutely no need to cause Mama any heartache in her old age. All I want for her is to be happy. I assure her of my love and reverence; and affection for her family.”

Mr. Omatseye had, Monday June 6, 2011 written a piece in his column entitled: Awo Family without Awo, where he lamented the absence of members of the Awolowo family at the inauguration ceremonies of newly-elected governors of Ogun and Oyo states.
The article, which was regarded as offensive and castigating to the Awo family, has generated reactions from Awolowo’s spouse, core Awoists and cross-section of Nigerians who accused Omatseye of playing the script of Tinubu as the publisher of The Nation newspaper.

Notable Nigerians like revered retired Anglican Bishop Bolanle Gbonigi, has also reacted against the offending article while Tribune has since commenced media war against Tinubu culminating in the publication of the former governor’s controversial foreign account numbers at the weekend.
But yesterday, the former governors washed his hands off the Omatseye’s article, saying he had no cause to disrespect HID or disparage the Awolowo family.

More Igbo greats here
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-338858.0.html

The first Nigerian to be an ambassador of another country to another country

Dr. Chuma Igbokwe, Niger republic's ambassador to the UK

First (and only) African/Nigerian in a central European (Poland) country parliament
John Abraham (Igbo)

First African to coach a British Clubside

Emenalo

The only African in NASA
Esogbue

First Nigerians to open the best private hospital in Nigeria
Eneli and Obiora (in conjuction with Kuku)

First female driver with a PhD

Dr. Mercy Gabriel (IgBO WOMAN married to a Plateau Man)

First people to fight a civil war and less than 10 years later, already produced the VP and Speaker (of the country they fought against) at the same time
My people

First Africans to build modern war arsenal on their own
Igbos and their Ogbunigwe.

First Africans to fight a civil war, lose, recover and become greater than their enemy, economically and socially, at least
Ndigbo

Politically? They almost got there, but for Buhari's coup. They will get there, soon.

No need to protest. Form your own Christian Bank and get a license, or do not patronize the sharia bank. By the time they lack customers, they will close shop. At best, they will remain only in the Islamic North. Kill it slowly, not noisily.

First Nigerian Professor to become a pastor
Adeboye

First Nigerian professor to become a traditional ruler
Prof Chukwuemeka Ike
Followed by Prof Laz Ekueme

First Nigerian to hold national leadership position
Zik as the Gov General of Nigeria

First Nigerian to conduct a free and fair election
Humphrey Nwosu

First Nigerian to build a car
Ezekiel Izuogu

First Nigerian to earn a DSc after a PhD
Prof Jerome Nriagu

First (and possibly only) Nigerian to earn a law degree after a PhD
Ekwueme

First Private University in Nigeria
Madonna University, Anambra State

First Nigerian to write a novel in a Nigerian language
Peter Nwana, wrote Omenuko in Igbo in 1933

First Nigerian to almost become the Pope

Igbo man (I forgot his name)