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Mynd44:
Ojukwu is a case to be studied on its own.

As for Kalu, please wrong political choice. If Kalu had turned Abia into a functional state, people will not think twice before voting for hin

You see, this is what people expect from Igbo candidates which i find funny considering that the presidents we've had since this 4th republic did not do any wonders of note. From Obasanjo to Yaradua to Jonathan to Buhari. Did they turn any state to dubai before they became Nigeria's president. How then do we expect those things from an Igbo candidate. There was even a time some people were playing with the idea that an Igbo candidate must be able to speak the 3 major languages to be considered and it's laughable to say the least.

The way Nigeria is structured, no Igbo man or a southern for that matter can become Nigeria's president without either luck or goodwill from Northerners. The political structured is skewed in such a way that it just doesn't favour some people unless we restructure the country.

Mynd44:
There is a reason these so called godfatherism wont work and it is because of not wanting to grant concessions. How many none indigenes are commissioners in the SE? Is it even possible for an Abian to be a commissioner in Anambra or Owerri, he/she proves himself then goes back to Abia to contest for a senatorial seat?

You can't compare any state to Lagos. I understand that you referring to Rauf Aregbesola going from being commissioner of works in Lagos to Governor of Osun state. This is actually a rarity and there aren't so many people like Aregbesola and it can almost only happen in Lagos because of the cosmopolitan nature of the state.

It also seems you still don't understand the behavioral patterns of the Igbo. It's a culture over there for one person not to dictate to another except the person's livelihood directly depends on that person. In Enugu for example, we have a quasi god father in the person of Jim Nwobodo who after contributing in making Chimaroake Nnamani Governor, was sidelined and rendered almost useless by the same man he helped. The same Chimaroake made it possible for Sullivan Chime and was also sidelined. No Sullivan Chime mad eit possible for the current governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and has since left PDP for APC. These things just don't work in the SE. Even as respected as Ojukwu was, there were people in the region who worked against his interest.

Mynd44:
This is not the worst time for Igbos, it is actually the best time for Igbo piliticians but it takes some dynamic thinking to realize this. Say what you want about Tinubu but he understood this early and he played the game well, "you cannot go and play in the big leagues if you do not have big players who turn up and show up".

What does that mean? Look at the present crop of Political leaders in the SW and immediate environs (from the 6 states to Kogi and Edo) and you can actually pick enough people called "Tinubu boys" who have political clout and weight. These are peoole who have been tested and have the strenght and dynamism. Even those who are deemed estranged like Fayemi and Fasola. And guess what, they also show up meaning they hold down their own house and can turn up political numbers anyday. Do a number of Tinubu Boys in Lagos alone and be shocked, from Hamzat to Leke Pitan. Not trying to praise Tinubu but this type of alliance is needed. I have not seen one single politician in the SE that commands such respect accross the board in the SE. How can you position yourself for National politics if you have not conqured regional politics?

How can you hold your own when you can't show up to a party meeting with atleast 15 boys who are willing to work for you from all the states? Almost every SE politician is just popular in each of his/her state. This is the problem governors who perform like Obaino and talkers (even though he does too much) like Peter Obi has. They need people to fight for them and hold down other states for them.

You call it godfatherism, I say it is alliances. Imagine if Okorocha can boast of having a huge support base from not just Imo but also Ebonyi, Abia, Rivers and Enugu. That is 5 states. He is already in a good position for any political negotiation and he is more likely to get what he asks for if he wants to form an alliance with anyone.

Saraki did not become this influential by locking himself in Kwara did he? No, he played his politics in his region. Same as El Rufai. You guys have no idea the politics that happened on the morning of the primaries between Fashola, El Rufai and Tinubu. That could have cost President Buhari the ticket if not for alliances.

This is also the problem Akpabio has, his support basically stops in Akwa Ibom (which the governor is doing his best to uproot) outside the state, none. Atleast Amaechi even though he is as dramatic as a woman(no disrespect to women) but he is bringing his boys out and giving them posts who will in turn spread his own political clout. This is not national politics, this is regional oooo.

People wonder why the Tinubu group can be so confident about Lagos? Cos they have done the work of 100 years. They have almost every traditional leader, every market leader, every motor park, and almost every structure on the informal side and the formal side, they allow the social media boys do the dirt fight. If you dont know, you cant beat the Tinubu boys on twitter and Facebook. They are too crazy to fight.

This is time for SE politicians to forge intra-regional alliances. Have one or two politicians in the SE and parts of the SS who can boast of atleast 30% of voters in each state in terms of senators, HoRs, state assemblies etc and then launch for the National scale.

Oh, this victim thingy and expecting things to fall into your arms has to stop. Pick yourself up and stop claiming marginalization; everybody in Nigeria has been marginalized but not everyone choose to wear it on their sleeves. Stop attacking other tribes because you feel they have it better or they made better calculations, if you lose, take that L with your chest, go home and work on it, come back to another fight smoking and looking new (political fights are not every 4 years, they are every re-run election, every party ward primary, every local government poll) put your players in position that will help spread your influence so when they call your name in one place, the response is heard from 7 places. That is political influence.

And politicians have to stop looking like tribal bigots (even if you are, you are a politician, polish yourself). See how commissioners in Lagos, went to be senators, ministers and governors. Dont restrict your planning to one tribe. Ambode did a lot of the financing of Edo politics on Tinubu's behalf now, they have a governor they can plan with. Governors in the SE have to capture grounds outside their state, make none indigenes commissioners and advisers and send them to be senators and what have you in their states.

You made a good submission but it just seems you don't understand the idiosyncrasies of the south east as compared to the north and the south west. You can never have that one person that yields a lot of influence in the SE. The only person that comes that close was Ojukwu and even when he contested, he struggled win tin the SE. The south east is egalitarian by nature so the magic that Tinubu performed in the SW cannot be replicated in SE or atleast will be very difficult to do. Orji Uzor Kalu tried it and he failed and that's why you see him shouting everywhere that Igbos are not united. Even Rochas tried it and he failed mainly because they felt he was leading people to the wrong party.

The God fatherism thingy won't work in the SE and that's the honest truth. We don't believe in a centralized leadership. The only thing that could work is key and notable politicians coming together to form an alliance. That;s what APGA was supposed to achieve but...

HungerBAD:
Et tu Afam4eva?

Afam4eva i am disappointed in your write up. You started your write up very well,but ended it wrongly.

Like you said,the problem of the East is the East and they should work on themselves,both on the areas of strategy and making themselves relevant by banding together as one voice.

For you to somehow now start throwing jabs at the South-South,is an approach in the teachings of a defeatist mentality.

Why cant you guys be "A MAN" for once and accept your short comings?if you guys are not blaming the North,you are busy blaming the West,and now you have added a new dimension to it by blaming the minority South-South.

Afam when will you guys blame yourselves for your failures?

I understand that you're from the south south but what has to be said has tonne said. These people have added nothing to us despite making them our Kimber one allies . All we get is people accusing us of langrabbing and everything under the sun. What I spoke is the gospel truth even though it does n out sit well with you. It's high time we started realigning ourselves with blocks that really matter.

You know, this is actually one of the worst times to be an Igbo man as far as being part of the Nigerian entity is concerned. We know that since the end of the civil war the hate for the Igbo man has been engraved in the minds of the average Nigerian, from the west to the North and even to the South-south. Though the Igbos did a pretty good job despite the adversities by pulling themselves out of the rubble and from 1999, we started to enjoy some level of prosperity politically, even though i feel it wasn't enough considering the fact that we're part of the tripod upon which this nation was built. Atleast it was a good start.

However, a little more than a decade later, the Igbo nation is looking more like a conquered territory. Some people blame it on wrong political calculations and alliances while others blame it on the hate that the Nigerian state has had against people of Igbo extraction. I would blame it on the unwillingness of Igbos to play politics the Nigerian way.

It has come a time that we need to forego the emotions of the civil war and solidarity with any group and play politics the way the Northerners play or atleast, go the route of the Yorubas. These people have mastered the idiosyncrasies that is Nigeria and have seized the moment to put themselves at a stage that will benefit them. It seems the Igbos are the only majority group that have failed and looking like a minority group by the day. Instead of deceiving ourselves by concocting spiritual alliances with a region known as the south-south or Niger Delta or whatever they want to call themselves these days, our alliances should face westwards and to the north. The people from the south-south are the most ungrateful humans ever to walk this part of the world. How can one explain that a group as big as the Igbo race put all their eggs in one basket for a man known as Goodluck Jonathan who wasn't even an Igbo man and as soon as he lost, his people started throwing abuses at us.

The first mistake you don't make in politics is to bring yourself down to align with minorities except it's for your own interest. It's high time we stopped being emotional and moved with the tide and align with satan if need be because contrary to what a lot of Igbos may think, we're no saints and nobody is looking for a saint in Nigeria. As long as you're crooked but appear friendly, people will respect you.

That's the Benin guy that just arrived the country from malaysia or is it Italy.

dangotesmummy:
no.not exactly. It's because the likes of 2face and dbanj opened the doors for them.

The likes of older generation musicians like Sunny Ade,Ebenezer obey,Orlando,onyeka onwenu just made their own mark without handing over the baton to the next generation.

So, what exactly did i say?

LifestyleTonite:
This is a great feat for Davido. I remember when 2face released a song claiming he did it with R Kelly. Few weeks later, it was discovered that he just took RKelly's voice from another song and infused it into his. That was the biggest lie of the year. What 2face couldn't achieve is what Davido got cheaply.

lalasticlala Seun

Musicians like Davido, Wizkid, Tekno, Patoranking etc will do better than the likes of 2face and Dbanj internationally not necessarily because they're more talented but because Nigerian music has already been exposed to the world by the likes of 2face, DBanj, Psquare and co. So, new artistes kinda have it easier and will break into the foreign markets easily.

Tell us the company that you're hosting with and their methods of payment...

While you're at it, one thing you can do is to get a domicillary account and request for a debit card. That should work.

Since you're in a hurry, you could either have someone pay for you while you repay them in naira or move your website to a Nigerian host for now until you resolve the payment issue.

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Pedagogue:
I'm happy she's alive...

Btw, may I use this opportunity to briefly talk about the 'NEW' NAIRALAND!

I've been a member of this forum for quite some time, so I think I can make an informed opinion (though unsolicited) about the current state of the forum...

Methinks @Seun and @lalasticlala are doing an incredible job in keeping the forum alive-especially in light of other competing forces! I really like the fact that the front page is regularly updated & breaking news are readily pushed to the front page!

Having said that, I think @Seun & the MODs must not forget that NL is a forum and not a blog! Thus, unlike lindaikejiblog that is currently struggling to survive because of strong competition from the likes of instablognaija & other Instagram blogs, NL is unique because it primarily relies on posts by Nairalanders.

Therefore, NL needs to ensure that only quality 'amebo' news make it to the front page. Front page Priority should be given to enriching threads. This will encourage more members to create threads. I am saying this because I just stumbled on so many wonderful threads that ought to have been moved to the front page.

Cheers to all Nairalanders!

Open a thread about it, let's have a discussion.

If dem catch you for this village e don be for you. I think flogging is a form of greeting for them.

There's nothing wrong with Nigeria participating at the Islamic games as long as the government is not sponsoring it. If the government is sponsoring it then that would be a real shame.

Lol @banishment in 2017

Na to enter the next available bus to Lagos. Whatever happened to arresting people come continue im business.

NgeneUkwenu:
This guy is Wack!

I don't think he's a PDP member because this your comment may have been informed by you thinking that.

This Delta governor just dull.

Abagworo:
Brothers can quarrel sometimes but Bayelsans prefer Northerners to Igbos in everything. Try to go look for job in their communities as an Igbo man and you'll be stunned by the resentment. Each and everything you discuss mention must be made of you being Igbo and meanwhile they gladly offer the jobs to Hausa/Yoruba without hassle.

That's also what i've noticed but our mumu IPOB fools are blind to this. It's not just Ijaws that loathe Igbos, even the Ikwerres that you would think because they share a lot with Igbos, they would have some level of liking for Igbos, for where. The hate is because they feel it's easier for IIgbos to dominate them than Hausas or Yorubas.

FrankGiel:
My friend don't say what u don't know.. All over the world, they get to face psychologists for months before They talk. Stop all this nonsense.. Ordinary 5mins that Armed gunmen held Kim kardiashian hostage in Paris, she didn't say what happened for months.. Stop all this nonsense.
The stigma they face in Naija is far worse than other places.. Many of the girls cannot even return back to their communities cause of the shame.

Why are their faces all over the place? Why didn't they just hide them all together. Like i said, as long as the victims and their parents are comfortable with telling their story, nothing else matters.

For one, they're not even sure that it's an Igbo guy that killed the girl since it was alleged. Secondly, does one Igbo man killing someone now give them the right to go on a destroying the livelihood of people who aren't militants or into bunkering business but running an honest business.

Any Igbo who think this issue is being blown out of proportion to keep perpetuating a false SS/SE alliance is an idiot.

FrankGiel:
So you think that women that were kidnapped and raped would want to be granted interview just to satisfy your curiosity??.. Do u know that they still feel shame??
Any media personnel that wants to interview the girls should wait.. FG cannot hide the girls forever.. There are chibok girls undergoing studies abroad.. If the press is so inquisitive, they can travel and get an exclusive interview with one of the girl's..

Why are their pictures all over the place. I guess there's no shame in taking their pictures and circulating but when asked for an interview, they become kidnapped and raped victims. All over the world, it's a common practice for victims to hold a press conference as long as they and their families are ok with it.

The car is really beautiful. I love it.

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Abeg, Mynd44 and lalasticla, can i crave your indulgence.

That's the daughter he had with Anne Njemanze and with the way their marriage broke, they can't be in the best of terms and i expect the daughter to support her money seeing that she took care of her while her father was nowhere to be found.

HopeAtHand:
I am keenly observing that Yorubas in the persons of FFK and Fayose are carefully and systematically milking on the frail emotions and the gullibility of the Igbos.

How a major tribe like the Igbos allowed themselves to be so relegated in the scheme of Nigerias affairs is a story for another day.

FFK and Fayose's new found solidarity for Igbos (Nnamdi Kanu and now Ifeanyi Ubah) apprehended/investigated by the FG is very suspicious and shows that they consider the Igbos gullible enough.

My two kobos.

Cc. Pazienza. Abagworo. Afam4Eva

It's not an issue of being gullible, it's just aout seizing the moment. To the Biafran proponents, any publicity is good publicity because what IPOB wants is that publicity even if it comes from satan. That's why they would go on a march for a Donald Trump who is loathed in this part of the world. Lie they said, in police there no permanent friends but interests.

So, what do you want us to do? Help you find it?

OBALORLA:
So we continued the day in Asaba- Delta state whilst in the bus- on transit to Owerri. Since the same route leads to Portharcourt, we alighted at ‘control’ (another popular bus stop where one of the largest catholic churches in west Africa is situated). From whence we boarded a tricycle to Amajieke- a popular centre where the bus destined for our final destination (Atta- umuduru Imo) awaited us.


We were finally in Imo State Nigeria!

Actually, when you got to control roundabout, you were already in Owerri. Nice narration though.

forMom:
There is nothing more dangerous to the Igbo interest than another Igbo who has been empowered by Nigeria.


pazienza thanks for your signature.

My sister, they're the most dangerous. Imagine if someone like Abagworo or NgeneUkweunu (who claims to be Igbo), get to that kind of position. Igbo go suffer for their hand. Infact, they will insult their fathers and mothers just to be in the good books of their pay masters. Rochas don try everything wey im fit for his northern masters. he has even svcked their pricks yet they've not even considered the pot bellied man for anything tangible. They're even talking of removing him as the head of the APC governors forum. There's really no gain in being a slave.

maclatunji:
Excellent piece.

aribisala0:
We are discussing your shameless endorsement of Yoruba marginalisation 6 years ago.Do you wish to recant and purge yourself of hate?

What i said 5 years ago was a tongue in cheek comment aimed at riling up some people. It;s funny that the same comment have always been referenced by people who are so eager and determined to call me a tribalist which i'm not.

Now, no tribe deserves to be ill treated by any president, politician or political party. The reason why we go in circles is because some people feel that only one group deserves to remain at the bottom and as long as they're having a chill day, fvck everyone else and to be truthful to you, the Yoruba political leadership have always supported the downsizing of the Igbo nation as long as it means that theeir needs are met.

deji15:
Hahahahaha. That is funny. So you sef dey Yorubaland, and still dey misyarn like some one wey never leave ekwulobia village. Na you suppose to dey talk sense into others as per say you have seen the light.

When you see the world from your vantage point, you think everyone but you is wrong. Until we start looking at issues objectively, we will always be right while others are wrong.