₦airaland Forum

But according to our E_bowl brothers, We only go to lagos, We don't go to other yoloba state. Abeg wetin una dey do for Ekiti? Abi Ekiti na eboland

Tony Okafor, Awka
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign state of Biafra has appealed to Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state to release some Igbo traders unlawfully detained in the State since December , 2016.
In a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka , Anambra State on Sunday, by MASSOB’s National Director of Information , Samuel Edeson , the group said as a friend of Biafra and the masses, it was not expected that the victims would suffer such fate in a state saddled by Fayose.
The Biafra agitators expressed worry that since December last year the victims had not been arraigned before any court as all efforts to do so were being frustrated by Ekiti security agents .
It expressed optimism that the fate of the victims would change any time Fayose would intervene .
It gave some of the names of the detainees as: David Reuben , Onyemechi Nwanneka, Christopher Godwin, David Chukwu, Sunday Agbo , Sunday Mgbiri , Chisoba Obiekwe and Nwobodo James.
The group’ s statement read in part, ” We want to bring to the attention of his Excellency, Governor Fayose of Ekiti State about the unlawful arrest and detention of some Igbo traders doing their legitimate businesses around Post Office , Ado Ekiti since Dec, 2016 by the agents of the state government task force.
“MASSOB is worried that since last year December , they have not been arraigned before any court or allowed medical attention .
” Every efforts to secure their release are being frustrated by Ekiti state security agents . These men are breadwinners of their respective families . “

http://punchng.com/free-detained-igbo-traders-in-ekiti-massob-tells-fayose/

HRM well it's in the blood! E-bowls like giving title to themselves, they claim they don't bow to kings but all of them want to become king. Where are those mumu that said this kanu is simple and only use common sienna Eze biafra don use gullible Igbo money buy Venza while the mumus keep on shouting biafra upandan inside sun

Like play like play Obi of onitsha av been dethrone o and he seems useless in that palace of his

kocvalour:
only in the Zoo

Yes! Biafra Zoo!

RIP!

Aba one of the wildest place on earth! Anyway I salute the Fb reporter made in Aba english.

capatainrambo:
just see this one,


apart from been an ATTACKER what have u achieved

lol! It will be very immature of me to start listing my achievements here,and I thinks I will be exposing myself to risk. I know what I worth and I know how much I make weekly.

eyeview:
I am less than 40. I have 7 different landed properties in 3 different states in Nigeria.
I have made my mark in the corporate sector.
Also rising quietly but surely in the political sector.

Aregbesola at my age hadn't achieved what I have achieved. Hence son, you can be rest assured that at his present age, I will still beat whatever is his achievement. Atleast, I will pay salaries as at when due

On cyberspace, anybody can claim to own the world,whenever aregbesola is mentioned today, He's known, Whether U are above 80 or not, the uneducated engineer has achieved what you still can't achieve. Give respect does who deserve it.

eyeview:
Please note that Aregbesola is not an engineer. The Nigerian Society of Engineers had warned him from using that acronym and he has since complied.
He was an uneducated fridge compressor repairer before Tinubu dusted him and put him in his govt. That does not qualify for engineer

U wey u no be uneducated fridge compressor repairer,wetin u don achieve for ur life..

Azikiwe defeated Awolowo to become the first Nigerian Premier of Western Nigeria? are u ok?

Trash! U guys like playing the victim and looking for attention.

sonofspada:
How do you send something already in the "Zoo" to the Zoo.

Ayam not understanding

Maybe you will understand if you restructure your brain

Lol! Northern Igbos I can no fit laugh . Lol! Wetin this quit notice go cause eh!

When the babalawos came out the other day to declare war on them, some people wey no know anything they shout is that the next thing,primitive etc not knowing that U
give Caesar what belongs to Caesar. Maybe that's the result of the Etutu and Ebo those traditionalist did.

Una see una lives? Cmon handbag Stupid thieves, Even Evans the notorious wasn't stripped unclad. God punish Una+Evans+all the whole theives out there?

Person Go suffer work get something,Una own na just to come steal am without stress. 99days for the thief, 1 day for the owner,

Is like the Elders in the East are enjoying what this guy is doing, Well that's good. Don't be surprise if leaders from the north are also backing their youth. Ours is that anything that happen after Oct 1 is non of our biz, it's BTW the North and East.

sddiamond:
Shut up there, which part of the report did they implement? Be truthful for once, we all know that the Buhari led government is bias hence can't restructure this country with equity and fairness without favouring the North as if them be landlord for Nigeria, for me they should conduct referendum because after restructure Nigeria will cease to exist within 5years.

Do your research, some policy implemented by this government are there in the report like the Treasury Single Account TSA and many others. Go read the report yourself,im nt here to teach you.

Nne5:
[You must be very ignorant if you think you can ask anyone to relocate when division proccesses have not been concluded.
Besides,how will moving out of the north gives Igbos Biafra? You lot should stop being mischievous.

The best way to show your enemy which you love to hate is to disconnect yourself totally from that your enemy.

If the northerners are serious about breaking up Nigeria, then they should stop hiding behind quit notices.Referendum is very simple.

I can't speak for Northerners Coz I'm not one.

This is the reason "This is even as Ohanaeze Youths Council, OYC, said it would reject any restructuring of Nigeria carried out by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, ]saying it would not reflect equity and fairness.

You failed to read the part of my comment that says we can't afford to waste another money on restructuring dialogue abi? Gej report is still there and that's what everybody is calling for.

alcmene:
Is this also a natural disaster

these are human disaster and can be found all over the world,so lagos is not left out, the management are working on it or are you saying u can't find this in other cities in nigeria?

So? Did they force you to love or stay there.

Flood do happen in advance cities, it's not a matter of better infrastructure,U can't just cheat Nature. The United States is faced with many natural disasters ranging from
Hurricane,tornado,wildfire etc. they still love their cities.

About the traffic Wetin you want make countries like China, Mexico,russia and maybe US do? So no traffic for Abj abi?

Abeg to stay or love lagos isn't by force Lagos is not even among the top most congested cities in the world.

What Exactly Do They Want ?

1.We want Biafra! Biafra or death

2. Ok! Leave North before Oct 1

3. Northern Youth can't drive us out of Nigeria.

4. Restructure Nigeria.

5. We want restructuring but we don't want it under this government.

6. Igbos Oya take meat.

7. Nigeria haba na bone una give us.

8.ok! Give back the meat,

9. No! Small meat still dey there.

10.Wetin Una want gon gon?

Lol! Shea na only Northerners go sit for the conference? Mind you we can't afford to waste another money on restructuring dialogue. Gej national conference report is still there. This present government have already picked some of the report and put it into use.

RisingSun1:
OK since you are not in support of what Buhari said.

Then why haven't you opened a thread to attack Buhari?

The world doesn't start and end on nairaland, when the Buhari saga happened I condemned it.

feelgoodInc:
fela kuti was the first person to call Nigeria an animal kingdom. not nnamdi kanu.

nnamdi kanu said Nigeria is a zoo.
so what's wrong with that.
op for posting this, in short you're an animal sef

U can't compare fela motive of calling Nigeria animal Kingdom to Nmadi kanu's own.

obamabinladen:
E pain am

pain me Nah, if U guys from the rising sun are animals, im glad to tell U, we are not.

TheKingdom:
So Kanu words dey pain you so? LOL.

But kanu is right. He just didnt add that Nigeria means Nigg.er Area, and that you just may be a Ni.gger in the eyes of the world. So, try to better yourself and not go crying to your mumsi

Before trading words with you, I will be glad if you can tell me your Nationality!

obamabinladen:
Attention seeker, when Buhari said that monkeys and baboons will soak with blood. Who was he refiring as monkey and baboon if not Nigerians?.

And who told you I'm a supporter of buhari? I condemn anything that's not right. If you agreed to be animal, so be it. who I'm I to stop you from being animal?

How on earth will Nnamdi KANU and his People achieve their so called biafra when they lack manners of speaking? I watch this baboon saying People in Nigeria behave like animals because Nigeria is not a civilised country in an interview he had with a foreign journalist.
He said,Nigerians are not mentally developed to run a transparent society.

I want Kanu to know that he is also an animal because among the country on earth,there is nowhere you can find biafra, if we are to follow his nonsense logic.
His father is also an animal,his mother is not left out . If the people in the East are animals,Coz he told the journalist that can't he see how dirty everywhere is on his way coming,then we from other part of the country aren't animal. For this fool to open his mouth and call millions of Nigerians animals I only pity those followers of his.

Mind you I am not against biafra,my only concern is for the biafra people to know how they trade words.

Thanks.

Rapid response! The social media is a powerful tool which can never be underestimated,the problem we are facing in Africa/Nigeria is that we still don't know how to use it well. Kudos to the person who exposed this bad roads to the world.

To my brothers from the rising sun can you now see the difference? with all the bad roads pics we see here on nairaland almost everyday from your region, how many of those road got the attention needed?

We don't chest beat on nothing.

Thanks

“One thing is clear – violence and war are not going to do anyone any good. They are easy to start but near impossible to end. We are witnesses to the unspeakable devastation that war continues to inflict across the world. No one who has seen the horrors of war – even merely on television – would wish it on their worst enemy.”
“Our emotions must not be allowed to run wild in such a way as to endanger the lives of so many.”

Words of Wisdom,it will go down well with those with brain but sound like rubbish to those without brain.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has assured Nigerians that the Buhari administration is not deaf to grievances in parts of the country, saying the government will address them.
But he urges that such grievances be “expressed with grace”.
The acting president’s office said this emerged from the highlights of the series of consultations Mr. Osinbajo called to interact with leaders from the North, Southeast and the media over the last two weeks.
A updated statement from the presidency Tuesday said “the meetings were convened to provide a platform for frank and open discussions between the concerned Nigerians on issues relating to the unity, peace and security of country.”
While this set of consultations were concluded last week, the presidency will continue to actively engage with different segments of the Nigerian population at different stages and format in the near future, the statement said.
In response to the recent spate of agitations pitting some groups in the North against others in the Southeast, the Acting President commenced a series of engagements and consultations with political, religious, traditional & media leaders from across the country as follows:
· Northern Leaders of Thought: Tuesday 13 June, 2017
· Southeast Leaders of Thought: Wednesday 14 June, 2017
· Southeast Traditional Rulers: Sunday 18 June, 2017
· Northern Traditional Rulers: Tuesday 20 June, 2017
· All State Governors: Wednesday 21 June, 2017
· Media Publishers and Editors: Thursday 22 June, 2017
The meetings touched on various issues relating to the ethnic agitations that have manifested most recently in a call for secession by some groups of youth from the Southeast, and an ultimatum by Northern youths for south-easterners living in the North to leave the region by 1st October 2017.
According to the statement, the meetings established common ground on a number of issues, as follows:
· Condemned all the hateful and divisive rhetoric by the concerned groups of Northern and Southeastern youths.
.Affirmed the primacy of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the ultimate basis for the unity of Nigeria. That Constitution guarantees freedom of residence and of movement for all Nigerians anywhere in the country, without fear of discrimination or prejudice.
· Affirmed the need to draw a line between the freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution and the degeneration of such expression into hateful rhetoric, prejudice and hatred. Under no circumstances will Government condone or tolerate hate speech in any way or form.
· Affirmed the necessity of confronting all grievances and frustrations head-on, however uncomfortable that might seem now; instead of ignoring issues and allowing them to fester.
· Affirmed the need for all leaders and elders, regardless of political or ideological persuasion, to speak out more forcefully to counter divisive and hate speech and any form of warmongering.
Mr. Osinbajo expressed appreciation to all the leaders for their time and commitment to the unity, peace and progress of the Nigerian nation. He also assured the Nigerian people of the determination and resolve of the Buhari administration to ensure their well-being and security at all times.
“The Federal Government will continue to actively engage with Nigerians of all shades and opinions in its bid to move the country forward on a path of socio-economic development and ultimate greatness,” the statement said.
Quotes from Speeches by Acting President Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, during the Consultations:
“There is a point where a line has to be drawn, and that is when conversations or agitations degenerate into hateful rhetoric, where the narrative descends into pejorative name-calling, expressions of outright prejudice and hatred.”
“Let me say that we are not deaf to the legitimate concerns and frustrations arising from around the country. Every part of Nigeria has its own grievances. But these have to be expressed graciously and managed with mutuality rather than with scorn and disdain.”
“All of us have agreed that our nation must remain one… I think that there is clarity as to that one thing, that our country ought to remain, must remain, a united country.”
“It will be wrong of us to approach our grievances by threatening to disobey the laws or by threatening the integrity of our nation.”
“I firmly believe that we ought to address these agitations and proclamations urgently and decisively. Burying our heads in the sand and expecting the storms to blow over of their own accord is not an option.”
“One thing is clear – violence and war are not going to do anyone any good. They are easy to start but near impossible to end. We are witnesses to the unspeakable devastation that war continues to inflict across the world. No one who has seen the horrors of war – even merely on television – would wish it on their worst enemy.”
“Our emotions must not be allowed to run wild in such a way as to endanger the lives of so many.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/235212-ethnic-agitation-weve-heard-loud-clear-osinbajo-tells-nigerians.html

raker300:
Afonjas are all over ebonyi state selling concortions

What's Afonja biz with this? Ur governor said so, He said you should stop hawking in lagos Go back to ur state and farm, the governor is ready to help U.

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, and Olukayode Pitan, managing director of Bank of Industry (BoI), have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on N2 billion matching fund to support productive venture in agriculture and solid mineral in the state.
In the N2 billion matching fund, the Ebonyi State government would be providing N1 billion, which would be matched with N1 billion from the BoI, to ensure loans are provided to small scale businesses at a single-digit interest rate.
Governor Umahi disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja after a close-door meeting with the BoI managing director that the fund would support productive venture in agribusiness and the solid mineral sector in the state, which he noted was where the state had comparative advantage.
”The N1 billion is our own hard earned money, which we had already set out for the empowerment of our people. We also have a lot of our people who are in Lagos and in other major cities doing hawking, hence we are using these funds to exit them from these major cities, so that they could come back to the state and lay their hand on other productive venture,” the governor said.
Already, about 1,000 of such major city hawkers have benefited from our interventions, and we still have about 3,000 of them we must support, the governor explained further.

“So, instead of just giving them this N250,000 as a grant, we could increase it to N500,000, so that 250,000 of it could be loan as a component from the BoI, and the other N250,000 as a grant.”
On the specific programmes the matching fund would be channelled to, the Governor said, “We are looking at empowerment through productive venture that includes: rice production, cassava production, maize production. Some would also go into small manufacturing venture such as salt, where we have lots of advantage, like the bye-product of salt which is soda for water treatment.”
Responding, the managing director of BoI said the bank would support initiatives of the state government in establishing small-scale industries, while ensuring they own and manage their own business venture properly.
“We would guide and support small-scale businesses with off takers, on how to go about it in their business. In Ebonyi also, while the emphasis is on solid mineral, we have a team that provide support and guide to local miners,” he said.
He pointed out further that the BoI and the state government would also jointly look into the projects that would be financed to ensure the meet the required criteria and get all the needed business support services.
“It is a good place to start, that is N1 billion from Ebonyi State and N1 billion from us making N2 billion is a good starting point for us,” he said.
He also notes further that the BoI and the state government could also have a phase two and three of the projects for the fund, as long as they meet up to the criteria, and support the SMEs for wealth creation.
Our people must be trained to embark on productive venture. We must also look at our curriculum of education in higher learning to encourage entrepreneurial training of our people, the managing director notes further.
He noted that the BoI was also working towards reviewing the strategy of its interventions to ensure easier access of its intervention funds for wealth creation.

HARRISON EDEH, ABUJA

https://www.businessdayonline.com/ebonyi-boi-‎agree-sign-mou-n2bn-matching-fund-agric-solid-mineral-development/