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Politics / Re: Enugu, The Pride Of The East. by adimsmt: 2:29pm On Oct 01, 2017 |
slimthugchimee: When will our people get on with the twenty-first-century development, why can't we construct a standard drainage system why all this open drainage that the world has left behind. 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Kanu: Why FG Can’t Hold Abaribe, Others Responsible - NewTelegraphOnline by adimsmt: 7:08pm On Sep 24, 2017 |
afroniger: In court, moral justification is a dead course, it is all about laws and evidence, The Nigeria governmet or the court will never recognize Kanu's action on moral justification why will Kanu? |
Politics / Re: Court Grants Diezani’s Prayer, Strikes Out Fraud Charge Having Her Name by adimsmt: 3:16am On Sep 21, 2017 |
Islie: We Nigerians rush to condemn our judges but forget that cases in courts are all about evidence. Until we stop convicting people on the pages of newspapers. That doesn't mean she is innocent, just because they want to score political point they forget evidence and the boggle cases and defendants always win on technicalities. And then we blame judges or tag them corrupt but in reality, they did their job well. |
Politics / Re: Court Declares IPOB a Terror Group. by adimsmt: 2:33am On Sep 21, 2017 |
Zico5: Please, can you tell the world what being a citizen of a country? |
Politics / Re: IPOB Finance Headquarters Is In France - Lai Mohammed by adimsmt: 1:25am On Sep 21, 2017 |
dre11: Mr. Minister, as you said the president and the government you represent don't care about the legalities of operation python dance, but you want Kanu to obey the constitution that the government has no faith in, what an irony. Mr Minister, again you said the government you represent contacted the British government about radio Biafra, they gave you some lessons about free speech I wish you and the government you represent learn something from the lessons about strong institutions because that was the lessons they (British government) want you all to learn, and Radio Biafra is not an illegal station. Strong institutions and abiding by the rule of law no matter the circumstances not picking and choose the section of the law to obey made it possible for Mr. president to spend 100+ days in their hospital. Mr. Minister, for you to come out and tell the world that our constitution doesn't matter is the height of irresponsibility. Nigeria now has become the laughing stock of the world. Mr. Minister, the funding of IPOB was never a secret Nnamdi Kanu has said in one of his interviews that his funding came from the diaspora and the dues from its members and as such not new. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Nnamdi Kanu Storms Anambra, Amidst Election Saga, Received By Huge Crowd by adimsmt: 6:19pm On Jul 01, 2017 |
yarimo: HOW MANY TIMES HAS PRESIDENT BUHARI DISOBEYED COURTS ORDERS? I'M SURE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT NNAMDI KANU IS FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR DEAR PRESIDENT. 8 Likes |
Politics / Re: Kanu’s Actions Worse Than That Of Northern Youths –makarfi by adimsmt: 3:22pm On Jul 01, 2017 |
braimeddy: Please, what will be the right way if I may ask? |
Politics / Re: Restructuring: Nigeria Must Return To 1963 Constitution – Rivers Elders by adimsmt: 2:55pm On Jul 01, 2017 |
Ekinematics: Until they restructured, his is not clown. You are chastising him but that is what the 1963 constitution was all about. |
Politics / Re: Restructuring: Nigeria Must Return To 1963 Constitution – Rivers Elders by adimsmt: 2:41pm On Jul 01, 2017 |
GavelSlam: Who are they? |
Politics / Re: Igbo Professionals Call For National Referendum - Guardian by adimsmt: 7:29pm On Jun 29, 2017 |
Olasco93: You call it futile struggle, I'm sure you will be among the groups who are lying to themselves and calling the agitators miscreants and jobless, who believed Kanu will roit in jail, goal post is moving as fast as you all are lying to yourselves. 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: We Don’t Want Restructuring - Governor Umahi by adimsmt: 1:39pm On Jun 29, 2017 |
Blue3k: The only reason South East IGR is low is due to lack of proper tax collections systems. the millions of houses in our villages alone, imagine collecting property taxes on the houses that only can fund our educational and healthcare system with easy. |
Politics / Re: We Don’t Want Restructuring - Governor Umahi by adimsmt: 1:18pm On Jun 29, 2017 |
sarrki: Selfish politician, restructuring is threatening his pocket now his is against it if Ebonyi state can't stand on its own merge the state back with Enugu period. |
Politics / Re: It Is Too Late To Restructure Nigeria: Ankko Briggs. by adimsmt: 1:01pm On Jun 29, 2017 |
ibkgab001: Why not you go and do some research to counter her point instead of saying you don't believe her story. |
Politics / Quit Notice: Igbo Professor To Prof. Ango Abdullahi, Nice Read by adimsmt: 5:27am On Jun 29, 2017 |
Elder statesman and renowned academic of Igbo extraction, Professor Benedict Imeagwu Chukwumah (BIC) Ijomah, has taken Arewa nationalist leader, Prof. Ango abdulahi, to the cleaners. In an Open Letter dated June 21, 2017, Prof. Ijomah, the 80-year-old renowned Professor of Political Sociology, author, scholar, academician, and institutional administrator, used facts and figures to demolish claims recently made by the controversial Prof. Abdullahi while defending the quit notice served Igbos living in the North by Arewa youth leaders. Prof. Ijomah wrote thus: OPEN LETTER TO PROF. ANGO ABDULAHI Prof. Ango Abdullahi, OUR attention has been drawn to your statements in Vanguard of Saturday, June 10, 2017. You are alleged to be in support of the call on the Igbo to quit. It is unfortunate, grossly unfortunate, that a scholar of your calibre will be so partisan as to be unable to see the wisdom in retaining Nigeria as a corporate entity. I know you have, in the past, been anti-Igbo. One would have thought that our education exposes us to a level where we can live even with our enemies. You said in the alleged publication that, “each year up to the time Nigeria gained its independence, none of the two regions East and West was able to produce for its self. I mean none of the Western and Eastern Regions had the money to effectively run the affairs of the region until they got financial support from the Northern Region.” It is this assumption of yours that I want to address. First of all it is not true that the North had bailed out Eastern Region or the Western Region. But you claim that even before independence none of the regions could live without Northern subvention. Let me draw your attention to the facts before independence. You should read W.M.M Geary’s work titled “Nigeria under the British Rule” published by the Cass and Company Limited, London (1927). Subsidizing the North May I draw your attention especially to pages 124 and 125. You will see published, General Revenue for the Northern and Southern Protectorates before the Amalgamation and the Percentage of Total Revenue originating from the North. You will see that contrary to your argument, it was indeed the South that was subsidizing the North. I am reproducing the tables here for clarity. I also draw your attention to Abstracts of Revenue, 1809 to 1913. You will also see that the North could not have survived without the Imperial grant and the support of the South. When you look at the third table, Northern Nigeria revenue paid by the South and the Imperial grant, it will disabuse your mind and show you that without the South and the Imperial grant, the Northern government/states could not have existed. Indeed, one of the reasons for the amalgamation was the fact that the British colonial government was tired of carrying the burden of the North and they thought that by merging the Southern and Northern protectorates, the country would be stable. Indeed, the circumstances that forced the British government to amalgamate the Northern protectorate and the Southern protectorate on January 1, 1914 were motivated neither by political exigencies nor by a closer cultural understanding among the diverse elements of the conglomeration that was later to be called Nigeria. It is obvious that the primary interest of the British government was economic. It was also obvious that the Northern protectorate, because of its geographical location and cloudy economic prospects, was not likely to be viable. In fact, the Lugard administration was finding it rather difficult to maintain the Northern protectorate which was already running into deficit. Testifying to the financial difficulty of the North and the anticipated prosperity that would follow the projected amalgamation of the Northern protectorate with the Southern protectorate, Lord Lugard reported that “the prosperity of the Southern protectorate as evidenced by the liquor trade, had risen by 57 per cent. In fact, the liquor trade alone yielded a revenue of One Million, One Hundred and Thirty-Eight Thousand pounds (£1,138,000) in 1913. This he believed was the result of amalgamation of the Lagos colony with the Southern protectorate. The Northern administration could not have survived without the imperial grant-in-aid which in the year before the amalgamation stood at One Hundred and Thirty Six thousand Pounds (£136,000) and had averaged Three Hundred and Fourteen Thousand, Five Hundred Pounds (£314,500) for the eleven years ending in March, 1912. Besides, the burden of financing the North seemed to have been resisted and bitterly criticized by the Southerners. The expenditure of the British tax payer’s money in financing a colonial territory was a contradiction of the British colonial policy enunciated sixty (60) years before by L. Gray which stipulated that “the surest test for the soundness of measures for improvement of an uncivilized people is that they should be self-supporting.” Economic position This is by L. Gray in The Colonial Policy of the Administration of Lord Russell, London: Cass and Company Limited, 1853, page 281″ . Further, the Northern protectorate was not only land-locked but bounded by territories that fell under the influence of other European powers. It was, therefore, inconceivable how the economic position would have improved without aid from the South. The only alternative open to Lord Lugard was to amalgamate the North and the South and thus have a legitimate reason for the expenditure of revenue from the South in developing the North. Details of this manouevre was laid bare in a letter written by Lord Lugard on November 22, 1912 to his wife explaining how he had used the Southern resources to finance the Northern deficit. Regardless of the merit which Sir F.D Lugard saw in his financial amalgamation of the South and the North, the prevalence of bitter criticism in the South shows the unpopularity of the amalgamation. At that time, the export from the South stood at Five Million, One Hundred and Twenty-Two Thousand Pounds (£5,232,000) while the export from the North stood at Two Hundred Thousand Pounds (£200,000) in 1910. This was very discouraging to the colonial system and called for urgent remedy. On Tuesday, January 31, 1911, there were attacks on the colonial secretary’s suggestion that the South should advance a loan of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds (£200,000) to the North for the completion of the Baro to Kano railway, in addition to the sum of One Million, Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand which was required from the South. One of the criticisms of the Northern dependence on the South was voiced out by Honourable Sapara Williams who contended that before the loan was to be granted, the Secretary of State should settle the type of relationship that existed between Lagos and Zungeru, the two administrative headquarters for the South and the North respectively. Existing hostility He contended that as far as he was concerned, that the Southerners were strangers to anything connected with the railway after it has passed Offa, the last Yoruba town on the line. He referred to the existing hostility between the North and the South, particularly as regards the issues of extending the Northern boundary of the Southern protectorate to incorporate Yoruba territories now locked up in the Northern protectorate. My dear Professor, the hostility of the Northerners towards the Southerners is not new in the Nigerian history. Even during the time of Sapara Williams, the Northerners did not see anything reasonable in the relationship with the South. You will recall the massacres of the Igbos in Jos in 1945; you will recall the massacres of the Igbos in Kano in 1953; you will recall the massacres that preceded the civil war. If we cannot live together, Mr. Professor, don’t you think that it is high time we told ourselves the naked truth. You will also recall that in 1964, after the crisis that followed the elections, that Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe had called on Nigerians to call a round table conference to discuss how we could share our assets if it was impossible for us to live together. We kept on patching this unpatchable relationship. In my honest opinion, this relationship has soured enough that it will take the wisdom of God to make us love one another. We went to Aburi and there the leaders agreed that the only solution to our problems was to have a confederation but Gowon reneged. You will recall also that the British government, after the crisis of 1951-1952, realized that this country could not be a unitary state and they brought in the 1953 constitution which gave us regional autonomy. If the colonial masters in their wisdom knew that we could not be a unitary government and gave us what we had at independence, we should have respected their wisdom. You will also recall that after the civil war, the regional autonomy which our independence conferred on us was violated by the military government led by the Northern soldiers. We ended up having this contraption that we are having now; it has not worked. It will not work, unless there is proper restructuring of the nation. We should stop pretending. I believe in all sincerity that if we cannot accommodate every segment of the federation in one Nigeria, we should call a constitutional conference to decide how this country can be restructured so that every area can take care of itself and we can relate on certain agreed basis. We have slaughtered ourselves enough. We do not want another civil war in order to justify the existence of “One Nigeria”. May I humbly call on all Nigerians to examine the last constitutional conference which addressed the issue of restructuring. Let us not leave it to our youths to tell us when we can stay together or when we cannot stay together. The youths in Biafra are crying; the youths in the North are crying; the Niger Delta youths are crying. The middle belt is not happy with what is happening to them. Added to these, the strategies of the herdsmen to penetrate every nook and corner of Nigeria, is raising some issues for national discourse. The Federal Government has deliberately refused to call the herdsmen to order. They have killed many people and ravaged many communities. None of them has been arrested. Why? In May 2016, I published two articles and warned that the activities of the herdsmen was a plot which would soon cover the whole country. The heavy silence of the Federal Government tends to support the view that the herdsmen are on an undisclosed mission which only time would tell. The Government must listen to the call for restructuring in order to have a workable nation. The military, for partisan reasons, jettisoned the independence constitution and foisted an unworkable constitution on Nigeria. Let us be humble and accept that we made a gross mistake by throwing away our independence constitution. It is now clear that unless we return to a structure that guarantees regional autonomy, there will be no peace in this country. The earlier we returned to regional autonomy the better for us. Regional autonomy I want you to look at the tables I have given you to see that your postulation that the North, before independence, had been carrying the burden of the South is a fallacy. The statistics I have given you here were not compiled by me. They were compiled by the colonial government in 1809 and 1813. They show that the North has always been the Southern burden. Even in this administration, without the resources from the South, the North cannot make it. This is a gospel truth. But if the North believes it can go without the South, what prevents us from restructuring so that the North can be on its own and the South can be on its own. Let us call on our government to look seriously at this unworkable structure called Nigeria. We must not allow our youths to be slaughtered again defending the indefensible. This federation, as it is, is unworkable. My dear Professor, let us come together as scholars and look at our country very objectively. You may also want to read some of my works such as: Nigerian Nationalism & the Problems of Socio-Political Integration and Quo Vadis (Where Are You Going) Nigeria? & Other Essays. My sincere regards Prof. B.I.C Ijomah Source News Express |
Politics / Re: APC Explains Delay In Restructuring Nigeria As Atiku Lauds IBB by adimsmt: 5:53pm On Jun 28, 2017 |
Pacotdc: That is to say restructuring Nigeria will never happen because the bad economy and Boko Haram is not going anyway soon. But just understand that restructuring Nigeria is an important aspect in Nigeria economy recovery. |
Politics / Re: Biafra Supporters Storm Nnamdi Kanu's Residence In Umuahia (Photos) by adimsmt: 3:36pm On Jun 28, 2017 |
Mortiple: Not necessarily |
Politics / Re: Biafra Supporters Storm Nnamdi Kanu's Residence In Umuahia (Photos) by adimsmt: 3:21pm On Jun 28, 2017 |
enemyofprogress: You all are deceiving yourselves, continue to wait for the big men as you put it, my dear revolutions are carried out by little men and women of the societies. 1 Like 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Nnamdi Kanu: Goodluck Jonathan Was A Weak & Incompetent President" by adimsmt: 9:43pm On Jun 26, 2017 |
Yyeske: It's time Nigerians like you start thinking with their God given brain to understand that Kanu is winning with his brain while the likes of you result in name calling, believe me, they followers you are calling miscreants are well educated than you. Mark this statement that Kanu is the best thing that has happened to the Igbos and Nigeria in general at this time in our history. He has single handily woke Nigerians and Igbos up to understand that Nigeria as it's, is a failed state. If Kanu failed in getting Biafra Nigerians will thank him for making it possible for Nigeria being restructured, because it's just a matter of time. Kanu has got Nigerian elite or the looters scared. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Kemi Adeosun Denies Tweeting About Igbos're Becoming Irrelevant by adimsmt: 8:37pm On Jun 26, 2017 |
MediumStout: Private tweet with a colleague that mistakenly tweeted with the wrong account. Just stop the blame on Biafrans they have nothing to do with it. |
Politics / Re: Doyin Okupe: Wept, Saw Hopelessness When IPOB Members Were Waving Biafran Flags by adimsmt: 2:56pm On Jun 25, 2017 |
APCsupporter: I agree with you that some of our politicians who are all of a sudden turned IPOB sympathizes have a hidden agenda, But for you to think that the South East want all federal revenue to be spent in South East is the height of ignorance. . |
Politics / Re: Kwankwaso: The Land Igbos Are Holding In The North More Than Whole South-East by adimsmt: 2:52pm On Jun 22, 2017 |
LionDeLeo: The notion that Igbos don't allow nor indigenes to own landed properties is absurd. If I may ask you when was the last time you went to the South East for the purpose of buying land for an investment. It is an only broke ass who can't afford land are the once who complain about not allowing them to purchase land in the east. Ala Igbo is expensive and it's only meant for people who have the cash to pay. |
Politics / Re: Kwankwaso: The Land Igbos Are Holding In The North More Than Whole South-East by adimsmt: 2:47pm On Jun 22, 2017 |
LionDeLeo: The notion that Igbos don't allow nor indigenes to own landed properties is absurd. If I may ask you when was the last time you went to the South East for the purpose of buying land for an investment. It is an only broke ass who can't afford land are the once who complain about not allowing them to purchase land in the east. Ala Igbo is expensive and it's only meant for people who have the cash to pay. 4 Likes |
Politics / Re: "North Will Not, Will Never Allow Presidency To Move To South In 2019" - NYLF by adimsmt: 5:12pm On Jun 21, 2017 |
nwakibie3: It's only in Nigeria, that a full-fledged citizen who ever immigrated from another country are foreigners in their own land. |
Politics / Re: Northern Youths Shortlist 12 Names For 2019 Presidency by adimsmt: 4:17pm On Jun 20, 2017 |
Romance / Re: Man and Woman are different.. Nothing like Gender Equality by adimsmt: 3:39pm On Jun 20, 2017 |
Daboomb: You know the truth, but it's a threat to men ego and it's a weak man that the words GENDER EQUALITY give nightmares. I'm not she or she-male but a proud father of four brilliant and beautiful daughters. People with your primitive mindset are why it's important for Nigeria to enact the law. Yes, a woman can buy land with their own money where I come from, but a woman can not own (family) land there is a difference. Any man who sees genders equality as a threat is a low esteemed individual. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Romance / Re: Man and Woman are different.. Nothing like Gender Equality by adimsmt: 6:54am On Jun 20, 2017 |
Daboomb: First of all, I'm not a woman. Gender equality, as the word (GENDER, NOT FEMALE EQUALITY), it is for male and female, just because the female genders are on the receiving end of what society demand the way thing out to be that make our men go wild when equality is mentioned. It is just to protect genders from the barbaric of some cultures. For instance in my tribe where woman are forbidden from owning family lands or in some communities where brother-laws has the right to strip wifies their properties she and the husband build together if the husband is no more even some communities go to the extent of taking wifies as a concubine. Gender equality has never been women wanting to take over their husband roles far from it. In Nigeria, where we don't have separation of church and state religious leaders also see gender equality as a threat. In developed countries, the gender equality are mainly things like equal pay, maternity leaves, whether women has the right to fight in wars etc. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Romance / Re: Man and Woman are different.. Nothing like Gender Equality by adimsmt: 5:06am On Jun 20, 2017 |
sexybbstar: I concur with some of what you are saying but my understanding about gender equality discussions in Nigeria is a large population of our people is yet to understand the real meaning of what gender equality debate is all about. |
Religion / Re: Fulani Herdsmen Disrupt Church Service In Makurdi With Their Cows (Pics) by adimsmt: 3:04am On Jun 20, 2017 |
oladeebo: If an adult continuously behaves stupidly and people around him/her called him/her stupid and someone strongly and passionately defends the bad behavior, is he/she not among the problem? |
Religion / Re: Fulani Herdsmen Disrupt Church Service In Makurdi With Their Cows (Pics) by adimsmt: 11:26pm On Jun 19, 2017 |
oladeebo: Sir, I'll not dignify your suggestion for me to burning my passport. Burning my passport will not change your primitive way of thinking. People like you are the problem in Nigeria. |
Religion / Re: Fulani Herdsmen Disrupt Church Service In Makurdi With Their Cows (Pics) by adimsmt: 9:04pm On Jun 19, 2017 |
oladeebo: Expired LOL. Now sir joke aside, for any right-thinking human being who don't see anything wrong with what are on the video link below are forming ignorance or he/she is an enemy of the state called Nigeria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D50A-zYNxIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGfxiRgrDLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVcGgUNuJxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_MYqyrRE3Q https://youtu.bhttps://youtu.be/BFM9T0pyNX4e/dKZbOXA9lsw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7CT5JrEWNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6MBBCi4VU |
Religion / Re: Fulani Herdsmen Disrupt Church Service In Makurdi With Their Cows (Pics) by adimsmt: 7:55pm On Jun 19, 2017 |
Religion / Re: Fulani Herdsmen Disrupt Church Service In Makurdi With Their Cows (Pics) by adimsmt: 7:24pm On Jun 19, 2017 |
oladeebo: Nigeria is not a zoo, but people like you who don't see anything wrong with the nuisances cost by the cows, now make me agree with Kanu's insinuations that Nigeria is really a zoo. |
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