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Dailytimes tried fooling Nigerians. We need to know the people behind the resuscitation of the news paper. When I saw the news on Daily times, I was alarmed, not knowing the news was fake.

shaiba:
Good news. Just got a call that confirmed this. Good mop up of dollars only that it has a negative effect on import/exports.

Nigeria being an import dependant economy, the policy will bring the price of imported goods down. The effect will be for on export.

The Nigeria Naira is gradually appreciating against the dollar. A dollar now goes for NGN207 at the parallel (black) market in Abuja. As at last Last Wednesday, the dollar sells for NGN225. The new CBN policy is forcing all the Dollar hoarders to flood the market with dollar causing the Naira to appreciate.

If the market continue at this rate, the dollar may sell for NGN180 before the end of the week. We wait and see.

Morning, can you deliver to me in Abuja?

HungerBAD:
APPARENTLY uncomfort­able with seeming margin­alization of Ndigbo in the appointments made so far by President Mohammadu Buhari, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has warned the people of South East to stop hoping for appointments in the present administration.

The group also warned against any attempt to thwart the election of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, describing it as an affront on Ndigbo.

Ohaneze Ndigbo through its National Treasurer, Chief Damian Okeke- Ogene, expressed concern over the failure of the Bu­hari-led federal government to appoint any Igbo man into any office so far, since inception of the administra­tion. Chief Okeke-Ogene further advised Ndigbo not to expect any favour from President Buhari, adding that his steps so far, had vindicated the people of the zone, who showed their res­ervation of him during the presidential election.

“President Buhari recent­ly sacked five service chiefs and appointed five others as their replacement with­out looking the way of the South East, a development that has not gone down well with Ndigbo after they had missed out in the reckon­ing for Senate presidency and the speakership of the House of Representa­tives,” he said. He advised the Igbo nation against ex­pecting too much from the Buhari administration, not­ing that their fear against Buhari which made them shun him during the presi­dential election had been proved right after all. ”In all these appointments, Buhari is bold to tell the Igbos that he based the appointments on merit, but it seems his basic yardstick for merit is Hausa-Fulani. It is good that it is happening now for some of our billionaire poli­ticians, elders and captains of industry will now know that it’s time for us not just to think home but to actual­ize it.[b][/b] ”That is why we said we voted for the lesser evil as represented by former President, Goodluck Jona­than, because from Obasan­jo’s time to now, Igbo have not been treated fairly by the federal government,” he stated. Chief Okeke- Ogene noted that this was the best time for the South East Governors to provide the enabling environment to help the industrialists from the zone to make it viable for them to establish indus­tries that would take up the teeming mass of the unem­ployed in the zone.

The Ohaneze chieftain further opined that if the Igbo nation could survive the civil war, they have enough now to make the South East a viable eco­nomic zone. ”It is the only option left to us now. That is to bring our economy home. Over 80 per cent of our wealth is outside Ig­boland. Other tribes invest more in their areas,” he said.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/appointments-ohaneze-gives-up-on-buhari/

Please can some help interpret the bolded lines. The Ohaneze is subtly telling Ndigbos lets pull resources together to actualise their self determination dream - Biafra.

It is a coded message to DBanji. He is telling him that the award Dbanj dedicated to him, as far as he is concerned the award is rubbish. And he tries to play a fast one of using the award dedication to get close to him, Dbanj, will see pepper.

In other words - thank, me and you no dey the same class.QED

Hello, how much is a 50kva plant/GENERATOR. Pls treat urgent

acadollar:
Hyundai bus up
for sale

Hello Sir,

I am interested in the bus that ladder or climber behind. Kindly provide more details, please.


Year, landing cost etc

Can you send your child to this school.

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Op, I am interested in a truck, can you help with a good one pls between 2006 & 2008.

Hello OP,

From the look of cars displayed on this thread, it seems you are based in Europe, precisely Germany. Please can you help look for a VW 2008 to 2010 bus or any other brand that's good for business.

Thanks,

OP, please get your facts right. Oracle is not own by south Africa. It is a US owned company.

EKO hospital is a very bad place to go for med-care. My brother was almost sent to the great beyond. He has muscle spasm and was taken to EKO hospital, the doctor on duty did gave him some pain killers, admitted him and advised that two 0 litres kegs filled with water to be tied on both legs. He went through sever pains for days before the consultant physio therapist came around to check on him.

When the issue was getting worse, he has to discharges and taken to somewhere else for treatment. Should he had stayed some few days more in that hospital, he would have become paralysed or died of pain.

People need to stay away from that hospital, I pity those using the hospital.

Rest well dear young lady.

Very worrisome. .....

AN URGENT ALARM AND A TIMELY WARNING TO ALL NIGERIANS IN RESPECT OF THE INAUGURATION OF GEN. MUHAMMADU BUHARI TO WATCH AND PRAY FROM NOW TILL MAY 29.

An excerpt from Dr. Moshood Fayemiwo article onThursday, April 2, 2015.
moshoodfayemiwo@gmail.com
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Now we have a president-elect and vice president-elect, against all odds and the doomsday predictions about Nigeria. While we are all celebrating the triumph of the will of the generality of Nigerians in entrusting the affairs of the Nigerian nation into the steady hands of retired Gen. Muhmmadu Buhari, as evinced by the results of the just-concluded Saturday March 28, 2015 presidential election, I want to sound an urgent alarm and a timely warning to Nigerians that, if we are not spiritually alert, our joy may be short-lived. In the midst of the current jollification, well-deserved revelry, high-fives and national Kumbaya, Outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan has conceded defeat and has called on our president-elect to congratulate him. All former heads of state, captains of industry, the shakers and movers of Nigeria's politics cum socio-economic gurus and "murkety murks" have started trooping in to pledge their loyalty and support for the New Man. The APC is rejoicing and the PDP which once touted itself as the largest political party in Black Africa is hemorrhaging politically and many of their wheeler-dealers are now endangered species. Many will soon head to political Siberia and Nigeria will not be the same.

While outgoing President Jonathan has been magnanimous in defeat and there are plaudits around the world for his graceful exit and statesmanlike disposition, I warn Nigerians not be sucked in and deceived. The APC and majority of Nigerians have just won a political war, but there is going to be an intense spiritual warfare never seen in the history of Nigeria for the traditional orderly transfer of power to take place. President Goodluck Jonathan and his gang aren't ready (happy) to go down like this; Nigerians should not be deceived and retired Gen Buhari should not be sucked in and bamboozled either by all these congratulatory messages coming in from all directions.

There are three things that the enemies of Nigeria and those still hard-assed against the presidency of Gen Buhari have on ground and have planned last year and are waiting to implement between now and May 29, 2015 to prevent retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo from being sworn in as president and vice-president respectively. It's not over until it is over. There are sinister plans and malevolent devices afoot by the agents of darkness and harbingers of wraith in our fatherland. These are not conspiracy theories. They are real and if Nigerians, the APC and President-elect Buhari dismiss these warnings with a wave of the hand, we will all live to regret it. While briefing journalists during the British sterling monetary crisis in 1964, Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Great Britain said: "A week is a long time in politics." I bet Nigerians that 60 days (between now and May 29, 2015) is more like eternity. I will now state step-by-step the three plans or what I refer to as Option A, B and C in stopping a Buhari Presidency at all costs.

The first Option has just passed, after the satanic agents toyed with the incendiary idea of banning Buhari from contesting the presidency through the judicial process failed. Actually, the judge(s) that were enlisted for the dirty job backed out citing the equally incendiary backlash that would accompany the idea against the backdrop of the fire of change hurricane burning across the length and breadth of Nigeria. The hawkish forces and their retired backers pushed forcefully for this option, but the dovish forces canvassed for the electioneering fixing option. All the political plans failed in spite of the election fixing plans forcing Jonathan to become well-mannered. Jonathan demonstrated to the whole world he's a democrat and a well-behaved and civilized man when he called the president-elect to congratulate him on his election victory. We all hailed him and even sympathized with him as a good man and a jolly good fellow for conceding so quickly. "He's such an honorable man and very civilized," many of us said. Nigerians, please do not be deceived.

As I am writing this in my home office here in Chicago under the dictate of the Holy Spirit as I plan to proceed on my annual vacation, a search is on for a woman or a young boy as a suicide bomber to penetrate the home and offices of the President-elect Buhari and blow himself-herself up and kill President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. If the president-elect dies before Friday May 29, 2015 without being sworn-in, there is going to be a constitutional crisis. What does the constitution say about the swearing in of a vice president-elect whose principal, the president-elect hasn't been sworn in? Can Prof Yemi Osinbajo be sworn-in in the place of a dead (God forbid) president-elect? These are the crises we will have on our hands and such crises will not be readily and immediately resolved in 60 days. In the alternative, President Jonathan may be forced to continue in office until another election is held.

That may be why he conceded quickly to endear himself into the hearts of Nigerians now, who will not mind putting up with him for more years against the backdrop of the emergency situation that will arise., but about to be created by these malevolent forces. These evil plots are real and I don't disclose them lightly. The Nigerian Constitution is clear: Gen Muhammadu Buhari is just a president-elect; he hasn't been sworn in yet as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and so his vice president cannot take-over from him either in the event of him being killed (God forbid). In such a horrible, dreadful and national tragic scenario, we are back to square one and the status quo. Here is my advice:

(1) President-elect Muhammadu Buhari should overhaul his current security paraphernalia now and immediately. His access to all and sundry should be extremely minimized. If a suicide bomber cannot be found, a deranged gun man or woman whose family will be promised mouth-watering amount of money is being sourced as I am writing this through the dictate of the Holy Spirit to pull a trigger and shoot our president-elect. It is not right to turn our future First Lady, Aisha Buhari into a widow because of politics, but these forces are deadly and mean. This is real war, folks. I am not making all these things up. President-elect Muhammadu Buhari is a retired soldier and an army general so he should know what to do.

(2) During this Transition Period between now and Friday May 29, 2015 culminating in the swearing-in and inauguration, President-elect Buhari may of necessity be invited to Aso Rock to meet with the outgoing President Jonathan as it is normal in administrative and political change of guards. The Holy Spirit showed me what is afoot to knock President-elect Buhari off; he should not drink tea or anything, not even drink water when he is invited into Aso Rock Villa between now and Inauguration Day, Friday May 29, 2015. If it is possible, I will advise President-elect Muhamadu Buhari to allow his foot soldiers and future administration officials only to serve in the Transition Team without him going to Aso Rock for now. In fact, my honest and candid advice to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari is to steer clear of that Villa between now and his inauguration day on Friday May 29, 2015 if it is possible.

The Lord God Almighty showed me the incident of the tea that was given to the late Chief MKO Abiola which killed him on July 08, 1998 a month after the death of Gen Sani Abacha. I could not pass the message out to his family members, because I too was incarcerated at the dreaded Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), Apapa, Lagos by late Sani Abacha. The only person I could share it with tangentially was Uncle Olabiyi Durojaiye, who later became a senator after the death of Sani Abacha. Uncle Biyi had asked me if Chief MKO Abiola would eventually become president following the death of Sani Abacha on June 08, 1998 and I told Chief Durojaiye that Chief MKO Abiola would not become president and he was likely to be killed by poison in 1998. That machinery has been activated right now as Option C by the extant satanic forces and demonic agents holding Nigeria hostage that the Lord God Almighty wants to use Buhari and Osinbajo to dislodge. In fact, Outgoing President Jonathan himself may not be aware of the presence of these fifth columnists inside Aso Rock.

(3) Finally our future First Lady, Aisha Buhari should step up the plate right now and take personal charge of what the President-elect eats from now till inauguration day on Friday May 29, 2015. I have discharged my duty as a true man of God. I pray that Peace be unto Nigerians and the Lord God Almighty will bless our President-elect and vice-president elect including their immediate family members and the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.

This Op and the hope for Nigeria faceless group are liar from the out of hell. I was in Idumota on Tuesday morning and trading activities were going on without any molestation or traders force to close shop. I left the island by 1 p.m. no single ugly incident(s) was notice.

I wonder what the op and this faceless group intend to achieve by lying.

For the home video/CD generations who claimed that Lagos is a no mans land. Below is the history of Lagos from wikipedia

History of Lagos

Modern-day Lagos is now a state in South-Western Nigeria. It is bounded on the west by the Republic of Benin, to the north and east by Ogun State with the Atlantic Ocean providing a coastline on the south.

Area
Lagos has a total of 3,577 square kilometers; 787 square kilometers is made up of lagoons and creeks including: Lagos Lagoon, Lagos Harbour, Five Cowrie Creek, Ebute-Metta Creek, Porto-Novo Creek, New Canal, Badagry Creek, Kuramo Waters and Lighthouse Creek.

Names of Lagos
Lagos means "lakes" in Portuguese, the language of first European-settlers known to visit the settlement,then already inhabited by the Awori people, in 1472. From the first contacts with the region until the early 20th century, another Portuguese name for the city that was interchangeably used was Onim, finally abandoned in favor of Lagos.

Prior to Lagos being adopted, the settlement was called Eko by its Kingdom of Benin conquerors, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm" or Eko ("war camp".

Founding of Lagos according to the oral history of Lagos, at some point around 1300-1400 CE, the Oba (King) of the Benin Empire - who used to send trade expeditions to Ghana, where spices were traded - heard from one of his traders complaints about the way she was being treated by the Awori who lived in the area of current day Lagos. The Oba of Benin then sent a trade expedition by sea to engage with the Awori people, who nonetheless declined to engage and attacked the mission sent by Benin.

Upon hearing this as the mission returned to Benin City, the Oba of Benin commanded the assembling of a war expedition, led by Ado, a Benin Prince, which headed to the settlement of the Awori (current-day Lagos; then called Eko by the Benin people) and demanded an explanation.

On getting there, Ado and his army were more than well received - the Awori from Lagos asked Benin Prince Ado to stay there and become their leader. Ado agreed, on the condition that they surrendered their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the Awori people of Lagos agreed.

Upon hearing this, the Oba of Benin gave his permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to remain in Eko with the Awori. The Oba of Benin later sent some of his chiefs, including the Eletu Odibo, Obanikoro and others, to assist Ado in the running of Eko.

Lagos as a tributary to the Benin Empire
From the crowning of Ado as its first Oba, Lagos (then called Eko) served as a major center for slave-trade, from which then Oba of Benin Ado and all of his successors for over four centuries benefitted - until 1841, when Oba Akitoye ascended to the throne of Lagos and tried to ban slave-trading.

Local merchants strongly opposed the intended move, and deposed and exiled the king, and installed Akitoye's brother Kosoko as Oba.[3]

At exile in Europe, Akitoye met with British authorities, who had banned slave-trading in 1807, and who therefore decided to support the deposed Oba to regain his throne. With the success of the British intervention, in 1851 Akitoye was reinstalled as Oba of Lagos. In practical terms, however, British influence over the kingdom had become absolute, and ten years later, in 1861, Lagos was formally annexed as a British colony.

Colonial Lagos as capital of Nigeria
The British annexed Lagos as a colony in 1861. The remainder of the Benin Empire - i.e, modern-day Nigeria - were seized by the British in 1887, and when the British established the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, Lagos was declared its capital.

Lagos maintained its status as capital when Nigeria obtained its independence from Britain in 1960. Lagos was therefore the capital city of Nigeria from 1914 until 1991, when it was replaced as Federal Capital Territory by planned city of Abuja, built specifically for such purpose.

Currently
Until today, the Oba of Lagos is the head of all the Kings in Lagos State and his status is different from other Oba's most of whom were later given back their crowns and staff of office only within the last 40 years. Those who got their crowns back were the original land owners (Olofin's children). Modern-day Lagosians have so intermingled that no single tribe or people can claim it even though the predominant language is Yoruba.

The present day Lagos state has a higher percent of this sub-group who allegedly migrated to the area from Isheri along the Ogun river. History has it that the Awori were actually from Ife, the cradle of Yorubaland. The Awori people are a peaceful people initially not taken to warfare. Due to war, those from the hinterlands, like the Ekiti, ran towards Isheri, which at that time had more than one Olofin (Alafin)who were heads of settlements about 1400AD.

With the fleeing people from the hinterlands most of them scattered again, some to Iro, to Otta, Ado, others to Ebute Metta i.e. three landing places - Oyingbo, Iddo Island and Lagos Island (Eko). The Olofin that brought those who went to Ebute-Metta was Ogunfunminire later known as Agbodere. With the full commencement of the war about 2000 moved to the nearest island of Iddo, others to Otto Awori or Otto Ijanikin towards modern-day Badagry. Those from Ekiti Aramoko came to Ebute-Metta, Iddo and then Ijora.

After the demise of Agbodere, the name Olofin became the name used to remember him while a title of Oloto was given to his successor. With one of his sons becoming the Oloto his other children parted ways to what is known as visible settlements in present-day Lagos.

Until the coming of the Benins, Lagos's geographic boundary was Lagos Mainland. Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos, then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing posts. No one lived there. The name Eko was given to it by its first king, Oba Ado, during its early history; it also saw periods of rule by the Kingdom of Benin.

Eko was the land area now known as Lagos Island where the king's palace was built. The palace is called Iga Idunganran, meaning "palace built on the pepper farm". Oba Ado and the warriors from Benin, as well as some of the indigenous people who sought safety, settled down in the southern part of Eko called "Isale Eko", Isale literally meaning bottom, but must have been used to indicate downtown (as in Downtown Lagos).

Notable events[edit]
The first king of Lagos, Oba Ado, apart from having two sons also had a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begat Ologun Kutere, who later became king. Shokun his brother, who was more aggressive and whom the Erelu suspected could plan a palace coup, was given a chieftaincy title, "Onile-gbale", and a palace just behind the king's palace. This was the first time that a Chief would be appointed and installed at the same time as a King's coronation.

Oba Akitoye who ceded Lagos to the British was oba Kosoko's uncle. Oba Akitoye was the first Oba not to be buried in a Bini. Prior to this, all the Kings of lagos were buried in Bini. They passed on taxes to the Oba of Bini until the British came and explained that there was no need to send taxes to Bini anymore especially as the Binis themselves were paying taxes to Britain. It was during his reign that the direct influence of the Binis on Lagos ended.

Oba Kosoko believed in the slave trade and was at loggerheads with the British, hence his dethronement and flight, first to Badagry and later to Epe, Nigeria where he founded kingdoms that still exist today.

Past Obas (Kings)[edit]
Main article: Oba of Lagos
Ashipa (1600–1630) died on the way back to Benin
King Ado (1630–1669) first King of Lagos
King Gabaro (1669–1704)
King Akinsemoyin (1704–1749)
Eletu Kekere (1749)
King Ologun Kutere (1749–1775)
Adele Ajosun (1775-1780 & 1832-1834)
Eshilokun (1780–1819)
Oba Idewu Ojulari (1819–1832)
King Oluwole (1836–1841)
King Akintoye (1841-1845 & 1851-1853)
Oba Kosoko (1845–1851)
King Dosunmu [Docemo] (1853–1885)
Oba Oyekan (1885–1900)
Oba Esugbayi Eleko (1901-1925 & 1932)
Oba Ibikunle Akitoye (1925–1928)
Oba Sanusi Olusi (1928–1931)
Oba Falolu (1932–1949)
Oba Adeniji Adele (1949–1964)
Oba Adeyinka Oyekan II (1965–2003)
Oba Rilwan Akiolu (2003–present)

Colonial-era

Modern-day Lagos was founded by the Bini in the sixteenth century. It was later called Eko. The Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira who visited the area in 1472, named the area around the city Lago de Curamo; the present name is Portuguese for "lakes". An alternate explanation is that Lagos was named for Lagos, Portugal - a maritime town which at the time was the main center of the Portuguese expeditions down the African coast and whose own name is derived from the Celtic word Lacobriga.


Flag of Lagos Colony
It was a major centre of the slave trade until 1851, when Great Britain, which had abolished slavery in 1807, bombarded and established a treaty which ushered in the British Consular Period.[4] Lagos was annexed by Britain via the Lagos Treaty of Cession in 1861 ending the Consular Period and starting the British Colonial Period. The remainder of modern-day Nigeria was seized in 1886[citation needed]

Post colonial

When the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914 Lagos was declared its capital. Lagos experienced rapid growth throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic boom prior to the Biafran War. This continued through the 1980s and 1990s up to the present date.

Lagos was the capital of Nigeria from 1914 - 1991 when the capital was moved to Abuja. Abuja is a capital like Washington, DC in USA and Brasilia in Brazil in that it was built from scratch specifically to be a capital.

In 1991, Ibrahim Babangida, the Military President and other government functions moved to the newly built capital. This was as a result of intelligence reports on the safety of his life and what was later to be termed his hidden agenda, which was the plan to turn himself into a civilian president. He finished what was started by the Murtala/Obasanjo regime. The change resulted in Lagos losing some prestige and economic leverage. However, it has retained its importance as the country's largest city and as an economic centre.


Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lagos

For the home video/CD generations who claimed that Lagos is a no mans land. Below is the history of Lagos from wikipedia

History of Lagos

Modern-day Lagos is now a state in South-Western Nigeria. It is bounded on the west by the Republic of Benin, to the north and east by Ogun State with the Atlantic Ocean providing a coastline on the south.

Area
Lagos has a total of 3,577 square kilometers; 787 square kilometers is made up of lagoons and creeks including: Lagos Lagoon, Lagos Harbour, Five Cowrie Creek, Ebute-Metta Creek, Porto-Novo Creek, New Canal, Badagry Creek, Kuramo Waters and Lighthouse Creek.

Names of Lagos
Lagos means "lakes" in Portuguese, the language of first European-settlers known to visit the settlement,then already inhabited by the Awori people, in 1472. From the first contacts with the region until the early 20th century, another Portuguese name for the city that was interchangeably used was Onim, finally abandoned in favor of Lagos.

Prior to Lagos being adopted, the settlement was called Eko by its Kingdom of Benin conquerors, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm" or Eko ("war camp".

Founding of Lagos according to the oral history of Lagos, at some point around 1300-1400 CE, the Oba (King) of the Benin Empire - who used to send trade expeditions to Ghana, where spices were traded - heard from one of his traders complaints about the way she was being treated by the Awori who lived in the area of current day Lagos. The Oba of Benin then sent a trade expedition by sea to engage with the Awori people, who nonetheless declined to engage and attacked the mission sent by Benin.

Upon hearing this as the mission returned to Benin City, the Oba of Benin commanded the assembling of a war expedition, led by Ado, a Benin Prince, which headed to the settlement of the Awori (current-day Lagos; then called Eko by the Benin people) and demanded an explanation.

On getting there, Ado and his army were more than well received - the Awori from Lagos asked Benin Prince Ado to stay there and become their leader. Ado agreed, on the condition that they surrendered their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the Awori people of Lagos agreed.

Upon hearing this, the Oba of Benin gave his permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to remain in Eko with the Awori. The Oba of Benin later sent some of his chiefs, including the Eletu Odibo, Obanikoro and others, to assist Ado in the running of Eko.

Lagos as a tributary to the Benin Empire
From the crowning of Ado as its first Oba, Lagos (then called Eko) served as a major center for slave-trade, from which then Oba of Benin Ado and all of his successors for over four centuries benefitted - until 1841, when Oba Akitoye ascended to the throne of Lagos and tried to ban slave-trading.

Local merchants strongly opposed the intended move, and deposed and exiled the king, and installed Akitoye's brother Kosoko as Oba.[3]

At exile in Europe, Akitoye met with British authorities, who had banned slave-trading in 1807, and who therefore decided to support the deposed Oba to regain his throne. With the success of the British intervention, in 1851 Akitoye was reinstalled as Oba of Lagos. In practical terms, however, British influence over the kingdom had become absolute, and ten years later, in 1861, Lagos was formally annexed as a British colony.

Colonial Lagos as capital of Nigeria
The British annexed Lagos as a colony in 1861. The remainder of the Benin Empire - i.e, modern-day Nigeria - were seized by the British in 1887, and when the British established the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, Lagos was declared its capital.

Lagos maintained its status as capital when Nigeria obtained its independence from Britain in 1960. Lagos was therefore the capital city of Nigeria from 1914 until 1991, when it was replaced as Federal Capital Territory by planned city of Abuja, built specifically for such purpose.

Currently
Until today, the Oba of Lagos is the head of all the Kings in Lagos State and his status is different from other Oba's most of whom were later given back their crowns and staff of office only within the last 40 years. Those who got their crowns back were the original land owners (Olofin's children). Modern-day Lagosians have so intermingled that no single tribe or people can claim it even though the predominant language is Yoruba.

The present day Lagos state has a higher percent of this sub-group who allegedly migrated to the area from Isheri along the Ogun river. History has it that the Awori were actually from Ife, the cradle of Yorubaland. The Awori people are a peaceful people initially not taken to warfare. Due to war, those from the hinterlands, like the Ekiti, ran towards Isheri, which at that time had more than one Olofin (Alafin)who were heads of settlements about 1400AD.

With the fleeing people from the hinterlands most of them scattered again, some to Iro, to Otta, Ado, others to Ebute Metta i.e. three landing places - Oyingbo, Iddo Island and Lagos Island (Eko). The Olofin that brought those who went to Ebute-Metta was Ogunfunminire later known as Agbodere. With the full commencement of the war about 2000 moved to the nearest island of Iddo, others to Otto Awori or Otto Ijanikin towards modern-day Badagry. Those from Ekiti Aramoko came to Ebute-Metta, Iddo and then Ijora.

After the demise of Agbodere, the name Olofin became the name used to remember him while a title of Oloto was given to his successor. With one of his sons becoming the Oloto his other children parted ways to what is known as visible settlements in present-day Lagos.

Until the coming of the Benins, Lagos's geographic boundary was Lagos Mainland. Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos, then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing posts. No one lived there. The name Eko was given to it by its first king, Oba Ado, during its early history; it also saw periods of rule by the Kingdom of Benin.

Eko was the land area now known as Lagos Island where the king's palace was built. The palace is called Iga Idunganran, meaning "palace built on the pepper farm". Oba Ado and the warriors from Benin, as well as some of the indigenous people who sought safety, settled down in the southern part of Eko called "Isale Eko", Isale literally meaning bottom, but must have been used to indicate downtown (as in Downtown Lagos).

Notable events[edit]
The first king of Lagos, Oba Ado, apart from having two sons also had a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begat Ologun Kutere, who later became king. Shokun his brother, who was more aggressive and whom the Erelu suspected could plan a palace coup, was given a chieftaincy title, "Onile-gbale", and a palace just behind the king's palace. This was the first time that a Chief would be appointed and installed at the same time as a King's coronation.

Oba Akitoye who ceded Lagos to the British was oba Kosoko's uncle. Oba Akitoye was the first Oba not to be buried in a Bini. Prior to this, all the Kings of lagos were buried in Bini. They passed on taxes to the Oba of Bini until the British came and explained that there was no need to send taxes to Bini anymore especially as the Binis themselves were paying taxes to Britain. It was during his reign that the direct influence of the Binis on Lagos ended.

Oba Kosoko believed in the slave trade and was at loggerheads with the British, hence his dethronement and flight, first to Badagry and later to Epe, Nigeria where he founded kingdoms that still exist today.

Past Obas (Kings)
Main article: Oba of Lagos
Ashipa (1600–1630) died on the way back to Benin
King Ado (1630–1669) first King of Lagos
King Gabaro (1669–1704)
King Akinsemoyin (1704–1749)
Eletu Kekere (1749)
King Ologun Kutere (1749–1775)
Adele Ajosun (1775-1780 & 1832-1834)
Eshilokun (1780–1819)
Oba Idewu Ojulari (1819–1832)
King Oluwole (1836–1841)
King Akintoye (1841-1845 & 1851-1853)
Oba Kosoko (1845–1851)
King Dosunmu [Docemo] (1853–1885)
Oba Oyekan (1885–1900)
Oba Esugbayi Eleko (1901-1925 & 1932)
Oba Ibikunle Akitoye (1925–1928)
Oba Sanusi Olusi (1928–1931)
Oba Falolu (1932–1949)
Oba Adeniji Adele (1949–1964)
Oba Adeyinka Oyekan II (1965–2003)
Oba Rilwan Akiolu (2003–present)

Colonial-era

Modern-day Lagos was founded by the Bini in the sixteenth century. It was later called Eko. The Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira who visited the area in 1472, named the area around the city Lago de Curamo; the present name is Portuguese for "lakes". An alternate explanation is that Lagos was named for Lagos, Portugal - a maritime town which at the time was the main center of the Portuguese expeditions down the African coast and whose own name is derived from the Celtic word Lacobriga.


Flag of Lagos Colony
It was a major centre of the slave trade until 1851, when Great Britain, which had abolished slavery in 1807, bombarded and established a treaty which ushered in the British Consular Period.[4] Lagos was annexed by Britain via the Lagos Treaty of Cession in 1861 ending the Consular Period and starting the British Colonial Period. The remainder of modern-day Nigeria was seized in 1886[citation needed]

Post colonial

When the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914 Lagos was declared its capital. Lagos experienced rapid growth throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic boom prior to the Biafran War. This continued through the 1980s and 1990s up to the present date.

Lagos was the capital of Nigeria from 1914 - 1991 when the capital was moved to Abuja. Abuja is a capital like Washington, DC in USA and Brasilia in Brazil in that it was built from scratch specifically to be a capital.

In 1991, Ibrahim Babangida, the Military President and other government functions moved to the newly built capital. This was as a result of intelligence reports on the safety of his life and what was later to be termed his hidden agenda, which was the plan to turn himself into a civilian president. He finished what was started by the Murtala/Obasanjo regime. The change resulted in Lagos losing some prestige and economic leverage. However, it has retained its importance as the country's largest city and as an economic centre.


Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lagos

For the home video/CD generations who claimed that Lagos is a no mans land. Below is the history of Lagos from wikipedia

History of Lagos

Modern-day Lagos is now a state in South-Western Nigeria. It is bounded on the west by the Republic of Benin, to the north and east by Ogun State with the Atlantic Ocean providing a coastline on the south.

Area
Lagos has a total of 3,577 square kilometers; 787 square kilometers is made up of lagoons and creeks including: Lagos Lagoon, Lagos Harbour, Five Cowrie Creek, Ebute-Metta Creek, Porto-Novo Creek, New Canal, Badagry Creek, Kuramo Waters and Lighthouse Creek.

Names of Lagos
Lagos means "lakes" in Portuguese, the language of first European-settlers known to visit the settlement,then already inhabited by the Awori people, in 1472. From the first contacts with the region until the early 20th century, another Portuguese name for the city that was interchangeably used was Onim, finally abandoned in favor of Lagos.

Prior to Lagos being adopted, the settlement was called Eko by its Kingdom of Benin conquerors, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm" or Eko ("war camp".

Founding of Lagos according to the oral history of Lagos, at some point around 1300-1400 CE, the Oba (King) of the Benin Empire - who used to send trade expeditions to Ghana, where spices were traded - heard from one of his traders complaints about the way she was being treated by the Awori who lived in the area of current day Lagos. The Oba of Benin then sent a trade expedition by sea to engage with the Awori people, who nonetheless declined to engage and attacked the mission sent by Benin.

Upon hearing this as the mission returned to Benin City, the Oba of Benin commanded the assembling of a war expedition, led by Ado, a Benin Prince, which headed to the settlement of the Awori (current-day Lagos; then called Eko by the Benin people) and demanded an explanation.

On getting there, Ado and his army were more than well received - the Awori from Lagos asked Benin Prince Ado to stay there and become their leader. Ado agreed, on the condition that they surrendered their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the Awori people of Lagos agreed.

Upon hearing this, the Oba of Benin gave his permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to remain in Eko with the Awori. The Oba of Benin later sent some of his chiefs, including the Eletu Odibo, Obanikoro and others, to assist Ado in the running of Eko.

Lagos as a tributary to the Benin Empire
From the crowning of Ado as its first Oba, Lagos (then called Eko) served as a major center for slave-trade, from which then Oba of Benin Ado and all of his successors for over four centuries benefitted - until 1841, when Oba Akitoye ascended to the throne of Lagos and tried to ban slave-trading.

Local merchants strongly opposed the intended move, and deposed and exiled the king, and installed Akitoye's brother Kosoko as Oba.[3]

At exile in Europe, Akitoye met with British authorities, who had banned slave-trading in 1807, and who therefore decided to support the deposed Oba to regain his throne. With the success of the British intervention, in 1851 Akitoye was reinstalled as Oba of Lagos. In practical terms, however, British influence over the kingdom had become absolute, and ten years later, in 1861, Lagos was formally annexed as a British colony.

Colonial Lagos as capital of Nigeria
The British annexed Lagos as a colony in 1861. The remainder of the Benin Empire - i.e, modern-day Nigeria - were seized by the British in 1887, and when the British established the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, Lagos was declared its capital.

Lagos maintained its status as capital when Nigeria obtained its independence from Britain in 1960. Lagos was therefore the capital city of Nigeria from 1914 until 1991, when it was replaced as Federal Capital Territory by planned city of Abuja, built specifically for such purpose.

Currently
Until today, the Oba of Lagos is the head of all the Kings in Lagos State and his status is different from other Oba's most of whom were later given back their crowns and staff of office only within the last 40 years. Those who got their crowns back were the original land owners (Olofin's children). Modern-day Lagosians have so intermingled that no single tribe or people can claim it even though the predominant language is Yoruba.

The present day Lagos state has a higher percent of this sub-group who allegedly migrated to the area from Isheri along the Ogun river. History has it that the Awori were actually from Ife, the cradle of Yorubaland. The Awori people are a peaceful people initially not taken to warfare. Due to war, those from the hinterlands, like the Ekiti, ran towards Isheri, which at that time had more than one Olofin (Alafin)who were heads of settlements about 1400AD.

With the fleeing people from the hinterlands most of them scattered again, some to Iro, to Otta, Ado, others to Ebute Metta i.e. three landing places - Oyingbo, Iddo Island and Lagos Island (Eko). The Olofin that brought those who went to Ebute-Metta was Ogunfunminire later known as Agbodere. With the full commencement of the war about 2000 moved to the nearest island of Iddo, others to Otto Awori or Otto Ijanikin towards modern-day Badagry. Those from Ekiti Aramoko came to Ebute-Metta, Iddo and then Ijora.

After the demise of Agbodere, the name Olofin became the name used to remember him while a title of Oloto was given to his successor. With one of his sons becoming the Oloto his other children parted ways to what is known as visible settlements in present-day Lagos.

Until the coming of the Benins, Lagos's geographic boundary was Lagos Mainland. Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos, then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing posts. No one lived there. The name Eko was given to it by its first king, Oba Ado, during its early history; it also saw periods of rule by the Kingdom of Benin.

Eko was the land area now known as Lagos Island where the king's palace was built. The palace is called Iga Idunganran, meaning "palace built on the pepper farm". Oba Ado and the warriors from Benin, as well as some of the indigenous people who sought safety, settled down in the southern part of Eko called "Isale Eko", Isale literally meaning bottom, but must have been used to indicate downtown (as in Downtown Lagos).

Notable events[edit]
The first king of Lagos, Oba Ado, apart from having two sons also had a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begat Ologun Kutere, who later became king. Shokun his brother, who was more aggressive and whom the Erelu suspected could plan a palace coup, was given a chieftaincy title, "Onile-gbale", and a palace just behind the king's palace. This was the first time that a Chief would be appointed and installed at the same time as a King's coronation.

Oba Akitoye who ceded Lagos to the British was oba Kosoko's uncle. Oba Akitoye was the first Oba not to be buried in a Bini. Prior to this, all the Kings of lagos were buried in Bini. They passed on taxes to the Oba of Bini until the British came and explained that there was no need to send taxes to Bini anymore especially as the Binis themselves were paying taxes to Britain. It was during his reign that the direct influence of the Binis on Lagos ended.

Oba Kosoko believed in the slave trade and was at loggerheads with the British, hence his dethronement and flight, first to Badagry and later to Epe, Nigeria where he founded kingdoms that still exist today.

Past Obas (Kings)[edit]
Main article: Oba of Lagos
Ashipa (1600–1630) died on the way back to Benin
King Ado (1630–1669) first King of Lagos
King Gabaro (1669–1704)
King Akinsemoyin (1704–1749)
Eletu Kekere (1749)
King Ologun Kutere (1749–1775)
Adele Ajosun (1775-1780 & 1832-1834)
Eshilokun (1780–1819)
Oba Idewu Ojulari (1819–1832)
King Oluwole (1836–1841)
King Akintoye (1841-1845 & 1851-1853)
Oba Kosoko (1845–1851)
King Dosunmu [Docemo] (1853–1885)
Oba Oyekan (1885–1900)
Oba Esugbayi Eleko (1901-1925 & 1932)
Oba Ibikunle Akitoye (1925–1928)
Oba Sanusi Olusi (1928–1931)
Oba Falolu (1932–1949)
Oba Adeniji Adele (1949–1964)
Oba Adeyinka Oyekan II (1965–2003)
Oba Rilwan Akiolu (2003–present)

Colonial-era

Modern-day Lagos was founded by the Bini in the sixteenth century. It was later called Eko. The Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira who visited the area in 1472, named the area around the city Lago de Curamo; the present name is Portuguese for "lakes". An alternate explanation is that Lagos was named for Lagos, Portugal - a maritime town which at the time was the main center of the Portuguese expeditions down the African coast and whose own name is derived from the Celtic word Lacobriga.


Flag of Lagos Colony
It was a major centre of the slave trade until 1851, when Great Britain, which had abolished slavery in 1807, bombarded and established a treaty which ushered in the British Consular Period.[4] Lagos was annexed by Britain via the Lagos Treaty of Cession in 1861 ending the Consular Period and starting the British Colonial Period. The remainder of modern-day Nigeria was seized in 1886[citation needed]

Post colonial

When the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914 Lagos was declared its capital. Lagos experienced rapid growth throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic boom prior to the Biafran War. This continued through the 1980s and 1990s up to the present date.

Lagos was the capital of Nigeria from 1914 - 1991 when the capital was moved to Abuja. Abuja is a capital like Washington, DC in USA and Brasilia in Brazil in that it was built from scratch specifically to be a capital.

In 1991, Ibrahim Babangida, the Military President and other government functions moved to the newly built capital. This was as a result of intelligence reports on the safety of his life and what was later to be termed his hidden agenda, which was the plan to turn himself into a civilian president. He finished what was started by the Murtala/Obasanjo regime. The change resulted in Lagos losing some prestige and economic leverage. However, it has retained its importance as the country's largest city and as an economic centre.


Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lagos

APGA, should concentrate on reforming and making itself a formidable political party to promote the igbo agenda rather than been used as a pawn on political chess board. These same people once said that they could trace their root to Israel and migrated from the present Israel to Nigeria. It won't come as a surprise if they decide to claim Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem are their land.

President Goodluck Jonathan has described Ogun State as the most industrially developed state in the country and attributed the state’s new status to the economic plan of the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration.

The President further expressed the readiness of the Federal Government to partner with the state government in its rebuilding mission.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Procter and Gamble multi million dollar plant in Agbara, Ogun State, Jonathan, who was represented by Vice President, Namadi Sambo, affirmed that the Amosun-led administration was creating a conducive environment for business to thrive in the state.

“I believe Ogun State is the most industrially developed state in this country. We will partner with you. We will work with you based on synergies and policies that allow for business to thrive”, he said.

The president revealed that the contract for the construction of a standard guage fast train that would connect Lagos through Ogun State to Ibadan had been awarded, adding that, “Olorunsogo Power Plant in Ogun has been successfully completed and privatised”.

While pointing out that plans for the long awaited Lagos-Sokoto Road had reached an advanced stage, the president emphasised that, its designs were being completed and the work would be executed under a Public Private Partnership arrangement.

“Federal Government is building an additional power transmission system, as well as investing in development of gas infrastructure to support the efforts of the state government”, he said.

In his remarks, Amosun disclosed that the commissioning was the 43rd he would be performing in less than three years of his administration, stating that the newly commissioned multi million dollar investments would create 2000 direct and indirect job opportunities for the people of the state.

He charged all industries resident in the state to be up and doing in their Corporate Social Responsibility to their host communities, while reiterating that his administration would not shirk its responsibility in providing security and enabling environment for investors.


Source - http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/news-headlines/item/1281-ogun-most-industrially-developed-state-in-nigeria-jonathan/1281-ogun-most-industrially-developed-state-in-nigeria-jonathan

RareDiamond:
You must be a drunkard hence your useless abuse and rants. I[b]gbo states[/b] are light years ahead of Ibadan and Abeokuta in terms of development.

You see your level of reasoning. "Igbo states" are light years ahead of Abeokuta and Ibadan. It means that these two cities in the Ogun and Oyo state can compete favourably with a state in the East. You need to read Yoruba history and their development evolution.

Which of the igbo states? Abia is the dirtiest state in Nigeria, Ajegunle and Makoko are cleaner than Enugu.

Olodo jatijati. Abeokuta and Ibadan that you mentioned are far better and developed than Imo, Abia and Enugu. Before the mass migration of the ignos to Lagos in the early 1980, Lagos was the most developed state in Nigeria, even far developed than the UAE in the 80's. Ops, in what form and manner did the igbos developed Lagos.

Ops, read about Lagos developmental history from 1920 to date, stop watching Lagos developmental history from home videos/CD.

I wish to start by saying that the Oba of Lagos goofed by making such an unfortunate statement. Every right thinking person must condemned such unwarranted and ungodly utterances of the Oba.

However, while we are all calling for the head of the Oba, we should also remind ourselves that the Igbos through their representatives had at one point or the other made inflammatory statements that had the tendency of igniting a tribal conflict, but for the peaceful and calm nature of the Yorubas, those inflammatory statements were ignored to have peaceful coexistence.

It is wrong for the Igbos to claim that -

1.Lagos is a no-man's land - Lagos by its geographical location is in the Southwest of Nigeria and dominated by the Yorubas. There is no where it's ever written expressly or impliedly that a certain geographical location called Lagos was void and uninhabited. A certain tribe, group, or clan founded Lagos and this clan or group has passed down its traditions, ways of life, believes and norms to generations and generations, which many still belief on.

2. The igbos developed Lagos - This is a devilish claim. The development of Lagos started from the early 1900, this was aided by Federal might because was then a capital of Nigeria. In the early 1950 to 1970, the Oyos, the Ogbomoshos, the Egbas, the Aworis, and the Binis were the trade merchants involved in regional and international trade. During this period the Igbos except for few, were mainly involved in clans and local politics. It was in the early 1980 Lagos witness the upsurge of Igbos business activities in Lagos. So before the mass migration of the Igbos to Lagos, Lagos has developed and will keep on developing even if all the Igbos decide to leave Lagos.

3. Igbos are the ones feeding Lagos - The igbos can never and will never feed Lagos. If any tribe wants to make this claim, if should be the Hausas. Most of what are consumed down south comes from the North. In what way can the Igbos justify this ungodly claim. If an Igbo man has a business in Lagos, 70% of his employees are from the same ethnic extraction. When it comes to business ownership, the Yorubas have more business outfits than the Igbos in Lagos, and employs more none Yorubas in such organizations. The igbos need to expunge this claim from their brain.

4. The Eze Ndigbo giving a condition that the deputy governor of PDP must be of the Igbo extraction - Once a man contributes to any community he finds himself, he should be able to vie for an elective post. However, that should be left to the main candidate and his party to decide, not by a tribe insistence. Can an average igbo politician have a Yoruba man or woman has his deputy in the east? The answer is obvious. It is wrong for the Eze Ndigbo to every demand such in Yoruba speaking state.

5. The igbos are more superior in nature than other tribes in Lagos - The business savvy mentality of an average igbo man I appreciate. Their cleverness does not make them superior over other tribes. The mere fact that other tribes does not make noise or conjugate the ways the igbos does, do not make them inferior or less business minded. The Yorubas and Hausas are more successfully in business world than the igbos. The igbos dominate the motor spare parts or generator business, but in other areas of businesses outside these two, other tribes in Lagos preform far better and more successfully than the igbos.

The igbos need to expunge this superiority complex from their mind and come to reality.

Yorubas are peace loving, accommodating and God fearing people. The igbos should not allow their inordinate desires, affections and the evil schemes of the politicians to erode the long existing peaceful bond.


Yorubas are not cowards and we refuse to accept such label. Our inaction does not make us docile or lack the will power to act, when we act, we act decisively.

I wish to start by saying that the Oba of Lagos goofed by making such an unfortunate statement. Every right thinking person must condemned such unwarranted and ungodly utterances of the Oba.

However, while we are all calling for the head of the Oba, we should also remind ourselves that the Igbos through their representatives had at one point or the other made inflammatory statements that had the tendency of igniting a tribal conflict, but for the peaceful and calm nature of the Yorubas, those inflammatory statements were ignored to have peaceful coexistence.

It is wrong for the Igbos to claim that -

1.Lagos is a no-man's land - Lagos by its geographical location is in the Southwest of Nigeria and dominated by the Yorubas. There is no where it's ever written expressly or impliedly that a certain geographical location called Lagos was void and uninhabited. A certain tribe, group, or clan founded Lagos and this clan or group has passed down its traditions, ways of life, believes and norms to generations and generations, which many still belief on.

2. The igbos developed Lagos - This is a devilish claim. The development of Lagos started from the early 1900, this was aided by Federal might because was then a capital of Nigeria. In the early 1950 to 1970, the Oyos, the Ogbomoshos, the Egbas, the Aworis, and the Binis were the trade merchants involved in regional and international trade. During this period the Igbos except for few, were mainly involved in clans and local politics. It was in the early 1980 Lagos witness the upsurge of Igbos business activities in Lagos. So before the mass migration of the Igbos to Lagos, Lagos has developed and will keep on developing even if all the Igbos decide to leave Lagos.

3. Igbos are the ones feeding Lagos - The igbos can never and will never feed Lagos. If any tribe wants to make this claim, if should be the Hausas. Most of what are consumed down south comes from the North. In what way can the Igbos justify this ungodly claim. If an Igbo man has a business in Lagos, 70% of his employees are from the same ethnic extraction. When it comes to business ownership, the Yorubas have more business outfits than the Igbos in Lagos, and employs more none Yorubas in such organizations. The igbos need to expunge this claim from their brain.

4. The Eze Ndigbo giving a condition that the deputy governor of PDP must be of the Igbo extraction - Once a man contributes to any community he finds himself, he should be able to vie for an elective post. However, that should be left to the main candidate and his party to decide, not by a tribe insistence. Can an average igbo politician have a Yoruba man or woman has his deputy in the east? The answer is obvious. It is wrong for the Eze Ndigbo to every demand such in Yoruba speaking state.

5. The igbos are more superior in nature than other tribes in Lagos - The business savvy mentality of an average igbo man I appreciate. Their cleverness does not make them superior over other tribes. The mere fact that other tribes does not make noise or conjugate the ways the igbos does, do not make them inferior or less business minded. The Yorubas and Hausas are more successfully in business world than the igbos. Other tribes may not be dominate in the motor spare part or generator business, but in order area of business other tribes in Lagos preform far better and more successfully than the igbos.

The igbos need to expunge this superiority complex from their mind and come to reality.

Yorubas are peace loving, accommodating and God fearing people. The igbos should not allow their inordinate desires, affections and the evil schemes of the politicians to erode the long existing peaceful bond.


Yorubas are not cowards and we refuse to accept such label. Our inaction does not make us docile or lack the will power to act, when we act, we act decisively.

Nigeria witches and wizards said that GEJ will win the election but ended up not winning. These people bi no for see naada.

quickly:
no such word as brainful pls use the word intelligent next time

@quickly,

The word 'Brainful' was deliberately used to describe and qualify people who are rational thinkers, who put others before self. These people weighs their words, evaluate these words before spewing it out.

@quickly, next time remember to start a sentence with an upper case (capital) letter.

[/b]'Words are made by man not man for words'[b]

deandavid:
i just had to open this thread to reply and discard this claim from an op saying SS vowed with blood blablabla nonsense. and to send a message to those people responding to this type of message from an unknown, faceless madman.

i think am more than qualified to reply that thread, because am a full blooded Niger-Deltan, from Uvwie LGA (the heart beat of the south south)

what does the op of that thread mean by south - south?, him and who is he referring to as south south?

can one man claim to be south south? NO.............

and even the so called "suppose to be ss leaders" can not even speak for everyone in the region, being that they have failed the people in their leadership.

there are peolple like us who are opposed to this Jonathan's govt. because he is not morally upright(too corrupt) to be a president."stealing is not corrupton, how much did Nwonbodo stole, granting criminals pardon(alamesigha and co), rewarding criminals and drop outs (tompolo, asari and co)"

as a matter of fact, from the display of some of these our so called elites from south south, they are disgracing us, the world will think we dont have civilised, rational and intelligent people from the region.

the likes of orubebe, GEJ, Dokubo, Tompolo, Ibori, PEJ etc. are far below our average in terms of personalities.

the op of that thread is a faceless man, probably not even from a relevant part of south south, doesnt even deserve to be replied by nobody,

and not everybody voted for GEJ on that election day, according to inec's result about 40,000 persons voted for Gen Buhari from Delta State, even though we all know Pdp forged that result from Delta state for GEJ,

moreso, we have people closely related to the south west, the itsekiris and some clans in Urhobo land can trace their origin back to the south west, hence our ties are far beyond some political selfish few from south south.

for the above reasons i hereby declear that thread "South-south Have Vowed With Their Blood Never To Support The Southwest " Null and Void.

i use to think the moderators are suppose to filter and delete some threads that may incite hate and cause ethnic division. please moderators do your job.

I know we have brainful people in the south south, who are logical and rational in their thinking and what they say. Some of the loud speakers and woofers that have been speaking on behalf of the SS, most of them don't have the love of the Niger Deltans at heart, but for their pockets.

Those who are beating the drum of war in this country, will dance to it with their families.

manck2:
Buhari cancel niger delta militia allowance boko haram to receive N1,000,000

this is the first thing that will likely happen.

OP, stop being an agent of confusion and carrier of bad news.

Lighting does not strike twice at the same place. That rule will be overruled and will strike at the same place twice.

Bello Fadile don't let them use you to truncate the wish and will of the people, remember Abatcha oooooo

Oga, na your children and grand children you disgrace. For school now other children and your neighbours will be telling your children and children children that they papa papa na tout.

Bros, go seven mountains to pray for forgiveness, starting from mountain Everest.