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hmmmmm o dikwa egwuooo

enugu na small london for real.... that chime is doing very well, they say seeing is believing

How can nigeria survive without oil? is like asking if u can start a car with zero petrol tank, as in last year 100 million nigerians are living in poverty.Without oil&gas Nigeria will be a disaster.Without oil only if their was no corruption/tribalism and the country currency strong and stable,then u will see many more foreign investors in all parts of the country,agricultural sector will be booming,power sector will be steady and stable,good security, hospitals,roads.

However, the country might not last because the nature of nigeria as a union need to be questioned, i dont think people really understand what it means by "one nigeria" some see other fellow Nigerians as invaders that come to take over their land or jobs with that attitude the country will still divide eventually.But oil is delaying the process at the moment some sections cannot survive without oil

gov obi is on Ben tv live people are calling him for questions,if u reside in Europe and u have sky tv tune to ben tv right now.....

This is the main reason they fight to keep nigeria one.....

Igbo gadi: The war of guns is over the war of pens has begun to reach out to world leaders. BILIE Human Right Initiative is registered with the UN and Nigeria. BILIE has been reminding the UN of the Rights of Indigenous People of Biafra. All hands must be on deck for in Biafra lies the destiny of the Indigenous People of Biafra.

SOON NIGERIA WILL SEE THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED,just as the central africa now abandon by France. french president told them to sort themselves out that those days are gone while rebels are approaching faster to the capital (bagui) Nigeria will soon be exhausted and cave in...

GEJ knows it,with boko haram giving him sleepless night in the north,fulani killing xsians minority in the north is just adding salt to the injury

peter is trying but he need to do more

Onlytruth: WHY ARE YOU STILL MARRIED TO AN IGBO MAN, since we are the worst humans on earth.

You moronic "Naijerians" are just pathetic and lack shame.

[size=16pt]How can you hate what you cannot live without?[/size]

What type of animals are you?

Chineke ekwena ife ojoo!

mental issue... this idieotss think people dont see through them...

she is lucky she was on the train,by now she will be in the body bag...

okwute

This is not their aim if they like build 50 universities is of no use to northerners.Reason why is that north dont believe in one nigeria let me tell u guys the honest truth


here is the link



North does not believe in Nigeria Says Jonathan’s political agenda is cloudy
Professor Omo Omoruyi, a political scientist, former Director – General of the defunct Centre for Democratic Studies (CDS) and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin in this interview with Vanguard Politics in Benin, spoke on a host of national issues including why fears that Nigeria may disintegrate persist.ia’s unity – Omo Omoruyi







It appears the North wants to kill the Petroleum Industry Bill, what do you think could be responsible for this?

I will go back to what I said in the past. In 1978/79, I delivered a lecture, a presidential address at the Nigerian Political Science Association. I said if oil was found in Enugu Awka, Kano or Ibadan, who owns the oil will not be disputed. I can assure you of one thing, if oil was found in the North many years ago, the North would have seceded long ago. That is what is responsible for the craze to explore oil in the North.

There is still that fear that the country will break up and that whatever you can grab, quickly grab it now. A document I put together for General Ibrahim Babangida when late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was to become president contained three vital issues.

They (northern leaders) wanted Yar’Adua to pursue the dredging of River Niger down to Babangida’s locality in Baro in Niger State. They also wanted Yar’Adua to initiate the construction of a highway from Kano to Tripoli and quick exploration of our oil. The question is why were the three issues so important to them? The reason is that they did not believe that Nigeria will last.

Dredging of River Niger
If Nigeria breaks up, they would not need to go through the ports in Lagos or Port Harcourt. They just didn’t want to rely on the South if Nigeria broke up.

As at that time, Jonathan and his people were opposed to the dredging of River Niger. I was in Yenagoa then in 2005 working for Babangida to become president. They said they would not support him because he was pushing for the dredging of River Niger.

They said I should go and tell him that he should make a public statement that he would not support the dredging of River Niger. Jonathan was deputy governor while (Diepreye) Alamieyeseigha was governor. So, sometimes you wonder: at what stage did Jonathan become a captive of the North? It was understandable when he was vice president but now that he is president, he is still pushing forward with the dredging of the Niger. Right now, the dredging is expected to be completed soon. So, to the question, do the northern leaders have faith in the country, the answer is no; they don’t believe the country will last.

Looking at the level of insecurity in the country, do you think the warning given by the US that the country may not survive beyond 2015 is real?

The fear of disintegration is definitely real, it is permanently there in the sub-conscious, but whether the country will disintegrate depends on the political class. The fear exists in the minds of northerners and southerners and everybody is not working to overcome it but to see how they can get the best out of the whole situation.

All these people who are saying they don’t want the PIB and are busy chasing oil around the Chad (Basin) are doing so because of this fear. Everything is based on this knowledge that the country can disintegrate at any time. So, don’t blame the Americans; the Americans are only saying, with this prognosis will this country last? It is not that they wish the country to disintegrate.

If the North succeeds in killing the PIB in the National Assembly, what do you foresee?
President Jonathan should build his own majority to achieve certain goals. He can do that through a realignment of forces. It depends on what he wants to achieve. Whatever the North wants, they usually put together a majority to do it. So, Jonathan should put together a majority to achieve whatever he wants to achieve. The majority should include members of the ACN, ANPP and the CPC because there is no permanent majority for the achievement of certain ends. Jonathan should lead this country; he is not leading now. He is too dependent on the PDP. He should be able to say this is the legacy I want to leave behind.

What about his economic performance?
Dismal, dismal! Jonathan needs a political agenda, not an economic agenda. Political agenda of where Jonathan wants to take us to is not clear. Now, we are gradually going to the third year of Jonathan’s four-year term in office. Let me tell you what that means. First year of a four-year term, you are just coming in and trying to balance. It is that year you try to plan and plant something. Second year, what you planted must start to germinate. Third year is a nomination year, whether you like it or not while the final year is the election year.

Nobody will ever believe you if you say you want to start doing something towards the end of your third year and in the fourth year, there is an alternative to you within and outside of your party. For instance, Atiku (Abubakar) is already talking about 100 per cent derivation to oil-producing people.

That is his manifesto and position. So, talks about campaign posters are even too late because preparations for another election start from the day one is concluded. The man should own up and say I am contesting for a second term or whatever term it is.

So, any group that is working for him is perfectly in order. Let him own up and say based on what I have done, though I don’t know what he has done, I am seeking another term. He must be able to say I have stabilized the country and I have given Nigeria leadership. So, if Jonathan cannot face those who want to take his job in and outside of the PDP in the third year, he should forget about a re-election.

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What about performance?
Performance is to be judged by the people, not by him.

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OWERRI—A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri has been urged to decide whether the indigenous people of Biafra, who survived the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967-1970, have the right to self-determination.

Bilie Human Rights Initiative, representing Indigenous People of Biafra, made the plea in a suit, FHC/OW/CS/102/2012, which the group filed against the Federal Government and Attorney General of the Federation.

The group also urged the court to decide whether by the 1963 Constitution, which took effect on October 1, 1963, and remained in force until the midnight of September 30, 1979, the defendants were right to seize and confiscate the assets, properties, money and all treasures belonging to the claimants by promulgating the Abandoned Properties Act of September 28, 1979.

The claimants prayed the court to determine “whether the defendants were justified to violate the International Humanitarian Law and Laws of War, known as the Geneva Convention of 1949, to which the defendants acceded and ratified June 20, 1961, by bombing the Biafran civilians, killing the Biafran civilians and using starvation to kill the children, women and the elderly of the civilian population of the indigenous people of Biafra in the war of 1967-1970, in order to win the war.”

The suit is supported by a 44-paragraph affidavit sworn to by Innocent Obinna Amadi, an engineer, while hearing is expected to begin January 16, 2013.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/biafra-group-sues-fg-over-abandoned-property-others/

asaki dokubo your ijaw hero has denounced his ethnic Ijaw group, saying his no more ijaws that he had invested his money in Benin rep.. And he is craving so much to be part of us "igbo" nawaoo the same thing with jonathan flashing Azikaiwe everywhere because he knows with that name winning election is assured. After election he dropped his half baked IBO names back to their usual BAT behavior, ijaws should know we are like big brother to them, we are watching them

very funny poster said 49% poverty rate in SW while BBC 2012 feb, the same guy quote 59.6% which one should we believe..

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Nigerians living in poverty rise to nearly 61%

Absolute poverty is measured by those who can afford only the bare essentials
Continue reading the main story
Nigeria - Troubled Giant

Fuel scam: Decision time
Booming illegal oil refineries
Guide to Nigeria's trouble spots
Who are Boko Haram?
Poverty has risen in Nigeria, with almost 100 million people living on less than a $1 (£0.63) a day, despite economic growth, statistics have shown.

The National Bureau of Statistics said 60.9% of Nigerians in 2010 were living in "absolute poverty" - this figure had risen from 54.7% in 2004.

The bureau predicted this rising trend was likely to continue.

Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer but the sector has been tainted by accusations of corruption.

According to the report, absolute poverty is measured by the number of people who can afford only the bare essentials of shelter, food and clothing.

North-south divide
The NBS, a government agency, said there was a paradox at the heart of Nigeria as the economy was going from strength to strength, mainly because of oil production - yet Nigerians were getting poorer.

"Despite the fact that the Nigerian economy is growing, the proportion of Nigerians living in poverty is increasing every year, although it declined between 1985 and 1992, and between 1996 and 2004," head of the NBS bureau Yemi Kale said.

Continue reading the main story
Nigeria's population in poverty

1980: 17.1 million
1985: 34.7 million
1992: 39.2 million
1996: 67.1 million
2004: 68.7 million
2010: 112.47 million
Source: Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics

Oil accounts for some 80% of Nigeria's state revenues but it has hardly any capacity to refine crude oil into fuel, which has to be imported.

Last month, there was a nationwide strike when the government tried to remove the subsidy on fuel, angering many Nigerians who see it as the only benefit they received from the country's vast oil wealth.

The NBS said that relative poverty was most apparent in the north of the country, with Sokoto state's poverty rate the highest at 86.4%.

In the north-west and north-east of the country poverty rates were recorded at 77.7% and 76.3% respectively, compared to the south-west at 59.1%.

BBC Africa analyst Richard Hamilton says it is perhaps no surprise that extremist groups, such as Boko Haram, continue to have an appeal in northern parts of the country, where poverty and underdevelopment are at their most severe.

The report also revealed that Nigerians consider themselves to be getting poorer.

In 2010, 93.9% of respondents felt themselves to be poor compared to 75.5% six years earlier.

Mr Kale says releasing such statistics from time to time is crucial for effective government planning.

"This kind of data helps them to know what is really happening so they can track their policies and programmes," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.

"It gives them the opportunity to look at what they are doing... and if there are areas they need to change, it makes it easier to modify strategies," he added.

(BIGGEST QUESTION)Those mad women on the streets with babies who will you blame, police men on night duty? problem is beyond nigeria

Andre Uweh: You are right bro.
I've got a home now and a bigger space as well.

WOW, and slough is a beautiful area you are lucky, you did well....

Andre Uweh: If he declares his interest in the state, I will sale my house in Slough, England to support him.

so u live in slough near heath-row airport? you must be used to Asians over there,so many of them lives in slough...

PROUD-IGBO:
And if you believe that, you'll believe anything; where is $15 billion showing in Anambra state -tourism? real estate? shopping malls? schools? hospitals? flyovers and superhighways? township roads in Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka?- where ?.....or was it invested mainly in stocks, shares and outside the state?

PS- does anyone have updates on the Orient refinery?

anambra is a new state everything have to start from the scratched....knowAll made a big point here read his comment

15 billon dollars without borrowing a dime,too much money dey anambra state.....

Anambra State Governor Peter Obi
wowed a packed audience of diasporan
activists when he addressed the issue
of “effective opposition in a
sustainable democracy” in December.
The governor was the headline
speaker in a stellar cast that included the
deputy leader of the UK Liberal Democrat Party Simon Hughes, Labour’s
David Lammy and the speaker of Lagos
state Adeyemi Ikuforiji.
There was standing room only as more
than 150 packed a committee room in
Portcullis House for this inal forum in
Ben TV’s rolling programme of AfricanNigerian Diaspora Conferences 2012.
Obi’s appeal comes from the fact that
he is a man who not only talks the talk but
does so because he walks the walk. And
he’s already done a fair few miles over the
rocky terrain of Nigerian politics.
He took his captivated audience on a
whirlwind tour of that journey. When he
was first elected by a landslide, his opponent was appointed governor. Against
much defeatist advice he took the issue to
the courts and, after three years, won.
Other court battles materialised over
how long he would serve but he remained
steadfast and was eventually made governor for a full term.
He was then impeached as he itted
out his ofice for 40m Naira – overriding
the government, who had costed the job
at 200m Naira. He went back to court
and won.
Once in ofice he visited the poorest
village in the state to meet his people. The
adults, he told us, danced with joy at such
an estimable presence.
“So,” he continued, “I asked a child
what he wanted and he pointed to the
school and said a roof. And the adults
danced. So I asked another child if there
was anything that would improve his life
and he said more teachers. And the adults
contineud to dance. And a thrid child said
a toilet would be nice. And the adults…”
He continued, “The least we can do is
to put into this world what we take out of
it. We had rooves on our schools, why
don’t they?”
Yet Nigeria is second in the league
table of private jet ownership.
He said $15bn had been invested in
Anambra state since he took office by the
single measure of “cutting out the cost of
governance”.
“I came here alone,” he said. “Only I
was invited, so only I came. I can carry
my own bag and they [entourages] eat too
much.”
Yet there’s hope he said. The opposition was inding a voice and that had had
a positive effect on the current administration, which deserved praise as there
had been “some fundamental changes
under this government”.
It has had the courage to say enough
is enough and act to repair the Lagos interstate; challenge the fuel susbsidy and,
perhaps most importantly, promoted free
and fair elections.
But corruption will only be defeated if
you take money out of the system and deliver it to the point of need. The school
he visited in his tenure had been
equipped. “We gave the money direct to
the principal,” he said.
“The Nigerian electorate are out to do
the right thing,” he concluded. “They can
see the school, the roof. They can see
what is happening.”
He exhorted the diaspora to play its
part. “By having an effective opposition –
and we’re all oppositons – your country is getting better




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their must be something going very bad with nigeian system,once u enter that country ur sense of humor will immediately turn twisted. Now i believe their is forces in that country,and the worst thing is that the forces are there to exploit the country they dont care about me and you,even Obama cannot change nigeria,politics in nigeria runs b/w ethnic and religious lines plus massive looting going on plus insecurity challenges, if you find urself in that system you dont have a choice than to join them in their game......Marice IWU have proved to us that his really a Genus we never knew about....IGBO KWENU

igbo man talking over government positions in European countries and america O boy fear igbo race in future

Written by Hassan Ibrahim, Jos Friday, 04 January 2013

With the rising fortunes of APGA in Plateau State, our correspondent looks at how the party which was not among the frontline political parties in Plateau is all of a sudden becoming the main opposition party in the state.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has prior to last year’s general election never been a factor to reckon with in all elections Plateau State.

The leading parties in Plateau since the dawn of democracy in 1999 have remained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) the Alliance for Democracy, (AD) and later Democratic People’s Party (DPP), the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Labour Party (LP).
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The PDP has since 1999, been winning the governorship and majority seats in both National and State House of Assembly elections.

The position of the main opposition has however altered from time to time depending on the disposition of the ruling party with the ANPP trading places with the AC at one time then later the Labour party as the main opposition in the state.

But since the 2011 general elections when APGA fielded Bala Bako as its candidate for the Plateau North senatorial election and he came second after PDP’s Gyang Dantong, the party has succeeded in maintaining a visible presence that seems hard to ignore.

The party was again to prove the feat it achieved at the general election was not a mere coincidence when it came third in the by election for the same seat when Senator Dantong died and there was a by election to fill the vacancy created by his death.

Prior to the senatorial by elections, when aspirants lose out in PDP primary elections, their next port of call would either be the Labour Party of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) or ANPP.

But with the promise shown by APGA at the 2011 election, politicians in the state have come to realize that the party has a base they could use.

The primaries for the senatorial by election was to reflect that change of attitude when most of the parties except the LP and DPP substituted their candidates creating further divisions among their folds.

Danladi Atu who was of the LP jumped boat when the party maintained that the party’s ticket be retained by Lumumba Adeh who flew the party’s flag for the seat at the previous election and pitched tent with the ANPP, and Chris Giwa who had contested the 2011 elections as the ACN guber candidate moved to APGA when he was schemed for Yusuf Pam, while Bala Bako who had contested same position in the APGA in the previous election moved to the People’s Redemption Party (PRP).

Giwa in less than three weeks held the party together and was able to go into the election at the end of which he came third after Gyang Pwajok of the PDP and John Dungs of the DPP beating otherwise notables like Adeh, and Atu of the LP and ANPP.

Since the cancellation of the results of the senatorial by election by the courts due to the non inclusion of the CPC logo, other parties, have appeared indifferent and non committal due probably to exhaustion and lack of resources to engage in another round of elections but the APGA has continued as if it was the very opportunity it has been waiting for.

Giwa, who is now referred to as the leader of the party in the state even said the party has successfully replaced LP as the main opposition party in the state and that with time it will also shove the PDP aside to become the ruling party in the state.

Many have noted that the kind of excitement that goes with the cancellation of election results and the announcement of chance for a fresh election has been absent with latest court verdict. The excitement has been minimal and many of the candidates have not exhibited any sparkle to show they are willing to have a go at the election.

Our correspondent learnt that apart from having not recovered from the huge electoral expenses, most of the parties are not organized having been fractured by the crises that attended the primaries for the by election where party chieftains had wanted to impose their candidates to fly their party’s flag and after failing have turned their backs on the party.

Most of the candidates have also used huge resources to pursue their campaigns in the preceding elections and are already afraid of using such against the seeming inexhaustible resources available to the PDP and its candidate.
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But while the other parties have been brooding and exhibiting peculiar timidity since the coast seemed cleared for another by election, the APGA in Plateau appears set for the contests and from all indications, may have taken the sail out of their ship of the other parties.

Chris Giwa has not only consolidated on his last outing by trying to nurture the support base of the party, he has also done extensive work to build and reorganize the party to make it strong to participate in all coming elections.

At the inauguration of the caretaker committee, Giwa said his confidence stems from the fact the people of the state have shown they are prepared to have an alternative to the PDP which the other parties are no willing to provide.

He said if the concept of a ruling party can be viewed from the minds of the electorates, it is obvious that the PDP as far as Plateau state is concerned has lost that position saying the minds of the people is now totally turned towards APGA as the people have seen sincerity devoid of any tincture and in its natural form with the kind of leadership style in the APGA. He said very soon, the people would have their chance to transfer what is on their minds to the reality on ground and the PDP would pushed to become the main opposition party in the state.

Last week the party set up a caretaker committee with Sunday Amuga as the chairman, Alhaji Musa Gyambar as deputy chairman, Valentine Jacob as youth leader, Yaknan Miri as secretary and Gambi Nbilamut as publicity seceretay to conduct ward, local government and state congresses so as to put in place a structure for the party that would endure.

Apart from the PDP and the LP which have similar structures at the grassroots level, APGA appears the only one exploring the angle of having a strong rural base as most of the other parties have only concentrated at the state level.

Giwa when contacted agreed that the party is working towards selling itself to the electorate in the entire nooks and crannies of the state saying, this is in order to give the people an alternative to the PDP since the other opposition parties have failed to do so.

He said the party will use the local government election to prove its acceptability among the populace and that the senatorial by election that has been ordered by INEC would also be a chance for the APGA to prove that it has come to stay as the main party in Plateau state.

Our correspondents confirmed that stalwarts of the other parties like Chief Jok Alamba, Gambo Nbilamut of the ACN and a host of others have decamped to the APGA, making many to wonder if indeed APGA is now the main opposition party in Plateau State

Omexonomy: the funny thing is that Acn and cpc dogs dont even know what they pasting on this forum after drinking garr.i and oggoro in the morning they will start pasting rubbish. All OF THEM ARE DOGS AND BABOON.

did i hear dogs and baboons

Ndi bubu yaya don come again