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Teeboy22:
Like seriously & you got it same day... Any link plz

No, I didn't. I got it after a week.

Spygadgets19:
When did you process your passport?

Just over a week ago

Spygadgets19:
URGENT: Please where in Lagos can I pay and collect my passport the same day?

I used to be able to collect passport the same day at Nigerian Immigration in Ikoyi butbi don't know of its still possible.

If begging was all he could do, Tinubu would have forgiven him considering the number of people thatt have begged on Ambode's behalf. Even Ambode himself has done enough begging to last a lifetime. His slavey disposition at Jim Ovia's book launch was nauseating at best.

I think it's over for Ambode as far as Tinubu and APC are concerned. The only thing left for him is to the fight by using anothe rplatform but he doesn;t even come across to me as a fighter. Fashola stood a better chance if he found himself in this quagmire.

Neyoor:



Only the certificateless candidate is absent

Where were you when Buhari failed to show up for the presidential debate?

raker300:
Owerri

That's an old picture. If you see the recent picture of that Control junction, you will get angry. The entire road around the roundabout is riddled with potholes on all sides.

Cjrane2:
Believe me even so called "Igbo newspapers" don't care Remember Champion Newspapers? What about Sun? Igbo newspaper may or may not make any difference at all. We to continue appealing to Igbos everywhere to remember their own area in their investments. Part of the "Blessings" of Buhari's tribalism and oppression of Igbo is that these people are able to more clearly understand the need to remember their own areas. Igbo must understand the sacredness of Aku luo uno

What we need is to encourage Igbo entrepreneurs to consider their home state or other states in the SE for some of their projects. In time, people will emulate them and the Igbo curse of always investing in all sorts of places and abandoning their own land will have been broken.

That's why i changed it from Igbo Owned to Igbo controlled. We have a lot of print and New media outfits but they're more interested in their selfish gains than Igboland.

AnamCity:
Southeast is great and beautiful, all we need is just the media to market it. Just look at how beautiful and serene Onitsha is. Someone could post this elsewhere and tag them Ikoyi or Lekki. We need the media.

What we need is a major Igbo owned Controlled media outfit.

sarrki:
Seriously am a full fledged Tinubu follower


Ambode will win in any party

Exactly what i've been saying.

These are the parts of Onitsha that a lot of people don't get to see.

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nnamdijonathan:
A report from NYSC this morning stated that 600 corp members applied to relocate to another state after they discovered that they were posted to Anambra state. This is the second time I'm seeing this thing take place in the east. First it was Enugu now Anambra. Why do non-igbos never want to visit the east for any reason at all? There is definitely a problem of reputation and defacement in the east and it is so bad that most people never want visit the east for any reason at all. People, most especially [s]youth corpers prefer to serve in the SS, SW and North[/s] than serve in the east and this is a major problem that must be solved. How can we make the east more attractive to outsiders?

That's not entirely true. The North is always the last resort for most youth corpers. After that, people always want to be close to home, which means that people who live in Lagos want to be posted in lagos or the states close by (Ogun, Oyo etc). Thirdly, people go where they think they will have fun. I've seen people choose to go to Akwa Ibom and Calabar because they feel they will enjoy their stay.

In the east, Enugu has the best reputation as most people going to the east will prefer to go to Enugu before aywhere else because Enugu has a more positive image than other states. The thing is that the east has a bad reputation such that people who haven't been there already have a preconceived notion about it. It's only when they go there that they realize that it's not as bad as being painted. That's why those corpers withdrew their relocation. But i think we should do more in bolstering our image. Unfortunately, our leaders are not good image launderers.

Omofunaab2:
In 2011, Fashola dealt with Dosunmu mercilessly

Fashola was an incumbent and majority of Lagosians felt he had done very well. Now, compare that to 2007 when Fashola squared up against a criminallym inded Obanikoro.

MaziOmenuko:
Ambode was not amongst the grassroot politicians in Lagos. He was 'invited' to come and steer this ship. He got in and decided to re-route the ship.

There is a very huge political structure in Lagos which. It cuts across all cadres and class; from the elitist Judiciary, journalist, technocrats, CEO's down to the foot soldiers at NURTW and NATO. They have their own means of settlement; from allocating parks and bus stops to themselves where they collect money from danfo, to allocating areas where they manage waste collection and disposaletc. These are all party faithfuls which Ambode sidelined to try and raise a parallel structure.

It is a bit late to move to another party. He will be 'alone' and his fate will be sealed. His only option is to appease the powers that be.

What you have written here is factual but only based on APC party level and not the entire state. Why is it that despite the supposed power that Tinubu is said to wield in Lagos, PDP, the uch hated party al;ways manages to get atleast 40-45% of the total votes in Lagos. APC always manages to win by a small margin. It means that the Lagos electorate are bigger than any party structure. Ambode will definitely lose out on the APC ticket if Tinubu and the party decide it to be so but if he moves to another party, the powers of Tinubu or APC cannot bring him down.

I'm hoping that the trajectory that the Ambode-Tinubu bruhaha is going is sustained, so that political students will see that every political dynasty finally comes to an end, especially one such as lagos that is seen as the private estate of a single individual.

Too many series these days but very few outstanding ones.

How did you guys manage to watch Handmaid Tales cos it was boring from season 1 to 2. I don't think i'm going to continue.

I don't understand why some people are having high blood pressure because Bianca wants to become senator. This your grammar is not helping matters.

Alphagan:
Tinubu is not imposing any candidate on the Lagosians, if it were so, he would have opted for an indirect primary.

With direct primary, the most popular candidate will emerge.

You dislike Tinubu for "imposing" candidates on the people but you're here suggesting BAT should "command" other candidates to step down for Ambode. What would that be called?

Ambode should go and test his popularity

I agree.

adejide2:
Please my people can recommend a good standing cooking gas that has burners and 1 electric between 50000 to 70000 for me? Thanks

I think i saw a MAXI gas cooker with 4 burners and 1 electric cooker for around that price.

Is Amaechi gay?

cococandy:
I made egusi. Come have some

It has shaki and goat meat with stock fish bits in it

Should I make fufu or garri?

I think i'm beginning to like this egusi with little or no water compared to the watery one.

Shukuakukobambi:
The above is very true. Tinubu holds the power because his picks in Lagos and at Abuja have delivered and that's what makes him different from other godfathers. That's where OBJ too holds his ace. Their godsons and daughters are still relevant hence they, as godfathers, must remain relevant.

Be that as it may, this Ambode issue is a banana peel that has ominous possibilities. Like I said somewhere else, Ambode messed up on the issue of waste management considering the program his predecessors left behind but if he'll be removed, let it be through a fair means sanctioned by the people.

Every empire comes to an end and most dynasties also terminate at some point. 2019 might be the year that terminates the dynasties in Lagos and kwara and it won't be a bad idea.

Exactly!

Cjrane2:
Exactly, that is what i'm talking about.

Using the concept of business parks to develop new standard areas around the city.

I wish i knew Enugu very well in order to propose a new area outside the city. But anywhere along Enugu-Awka and Enugu-Port-hacourt expressway will do just fine.

Cjrane2:
Obviously building central business districts in our already built up cities will no longer be feasible.

Our cities can only be said to be built up if you consider the limits of the current cities. But there is ample space to spread the cities in the exteriors. For example, a new area outside Enugu town can be developed as a new business district.

spyder880:
Can you explain further?

In most European or american cities, there's always a city center with a very large space, currounded by building on almost all sides where people can go and just chill. Madison Square Garden in New York is one of such places but it's not your typical city center.

The IPOB sit-at-home worked in every Igbo town though the level of success varied from one town to the other. For instance, Onitsha and Aba always tends to comply with orders like this because that's the base of IPOB of any pro Biafran group. Obigbo in Rivers state, though a small town, also tends to comply with this orders as some of the most vociferous IPOB members are based there. You also have some level of compliance in places like Enugu, owerri and Asaba but it is never as successful as the other cities i mentioned.

Ever since Tinubu handed over, Lagos has produced two governors and Tinubu has hand a hand in the emergence of both of them. Their successes have also been attributed to the blueprint that Tinubu laid down during his tenure as Governor of the state. I must say that if really laid those blueprints, that he did a very good job and Fashola and Ambode have done well in maintaining those blueprints.

It is important to note that it's not only Lagos that has a fantastic bluepint. I'm sure most states have theirs too. The only difference is the wllingness and the financial muscle to carry our those blueprints which is what has made Lagos succeed in this regard. No state in the federation can match the financial muscle of Lagos but that does not in anyway discount the effort put in by all the governors of Lagos since 1999.

Recently, there has been a talk about Tinubu dumping Ambode because based on the feelers we're getting, Ambode has destroyed some of the structures that Tinubu lelft for every governor to follow. While these structures are germaine, every governor has the right to follow his own path. Ambode can as well destroy all the structures and creates his if he feels they are better. It's now left for Lagosians to decide whether or not he has done well or not. For instance, i feel that since Ambode became governor, there has been an upsurge of filth throughout the state. I can for a fact say that he has failed in the area of waste management. But he has also succeeded in other areas such as in capital projects such as roads and bridges.

Even iif Ambode fails in every area, i doon't think it's for Tinubu to decide whether he continues or not. The party has a structure and they can vote Ambode out in the primaries if they so choose. Nobody should be more powerful than the party. you don't just choose to do away with someone because you don't like them or their style of gooernance.

In any case, if APC decides not to field Ambode, it's their prerogative but they should be ready to bear the consequences that may follow. Despite the godlike status accorded to Tinubu, it's imperative to note that he maynot be as powerful as been touted. The only reason he has wielded so much power is because, the people he has fielded to become the governors of Lagos have done considerably well, so Lagosians are voting based on this premise not because Tinubu holds Lagos by it's crotch.

If Tinubu continues and succeeds with his threat and Ambode decides to pitch his tent with another party, we can't rule out the fact that he can beat APC's candidate whoever that is. He's the imnumbent and he has done considerably well in the eyes of most Lagosians.

Let's wait and see who wins the fight for the soul of Lagos state.

Please, is anybody aware if any Igbo city has a city center. I think we need to start introducing the concept to our cities.

Banmeallday:
The OP cant be trusted. He gave himself away by stating the relationship between the SE/SS which if he really were from either region he would have known they have been more united today than since 1967.


Don’t fall for propaganda again. Igbo/Ibibio/EFik, Ogoni, even Idoma and Igala, are Biafran people.

Chances are , you're IGBO.

Enugu just has a different feel.

Purehuman:
When are we having a supreme Igbo conference where all igbos from all parts of Nigeria will be in attendance. This will be shown in all TV stations around the region plus south south.

Here is exactly my problem with every Igbo discourse. This conjuction always finds its way into Igbo matters and i wonder why. The earlier we started fending for ourselves the better for us. Our heads have been up our azz for too long and it's time to take it out.

pazienza:
Same experience here.

There is really a need for the re orientation of the mindset of the average Igbo youth.

I have come to understand that our parents did a poor job at orientatating about our neighbors.
The Igbo youth perception of these groups are delusional and out of touch with reality. IPOB represents this disconnection from reality the most.

A paradigm shift is needed. The social media is offering those of us with better grasp at these issues a chance to spread the message.
But we need better platforms. We need direct control of the political proceedings of SE, from where we can social engineer the mindset of every single Igbo man into being more pragmatic at understanding the true nature of the relationship between Ndiigbo and the rest of Nigeria.
This in my opinion is the real catalyst needed to tip the balance of this emancipation struggle in our favour.

Yes, the SS/SE mantra is the greatest fraud ever invented, and anyone who continue to hold such delusional belief, is either naive or an enemy of Igbo cause.

Gbam. You have said it all. What we need is to educate our people not to hate but to be aware of people who hate them. Anytime i come across a SS person, they always have something negative to say about Igbos. I think we need to reorientate ourselves. We are better of even aligning with the north and get a piece of the pie than align with people who you think are brothers, only to sell you out when the opportunity presents itself.