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this is a really disaster for Nigeria

this is scary chai !!!!!!!!

this Dana flight claimed too much lives

God have mercy on us, Rahimullah

@Those who were shouting Amaechi Amachi Rotimi for president, well there you have it

PDP has nothing to offer this country, Fact !!!!

We have a lot of people having their head stuck in sand of tribalism that they can not speak the truth even though they see it example Beaf and his goons

The only hope for Nigeria is vote without tribal sentiment. Fact !!!

redsun: A plane is like a fying coffin in the air,especially when it is in the hands of kolo people.

I hate that sh.it. Not oyinbo can impress me with it. I only fly when it is absolutely necessary.

As deadly as nigerian roads are,i will prefer them to flying.

Bros they are both the same, they are both deadly. Those that died just this morning in a road accident in lagos -ibadan expressway killing 25 at the spot would wish the opposite as well.

[quote author=muhd. T]The plane crashed around 3:45pm. [size=18pt]This is due to negligence and inability of the airline operators to buy quality and new air plane but rather saving cost with human lives. The same Dana Air was reported with emergency landing on the 11th of may, 2012, and just few weeks after (today) it get crashed,. Did NCAA queried Dana Air for emergency landing on 11th of may, 2012? Did Dana Air make appropriate maintenance and predictive maintenance to their airlines? A lot need to be ask about because we can't continue folding our hands and some folks making millions without saving their customers lives. I was on an Aero airline plane bound lagos to abuja few weeks ago, the plane was shaking and vibrating on its runaway as if we were on lagos - ibadan expressway potholes.[/size] A lot need to be done in the aviation sector rather than wasting billions of naira on few kilometres runaway. May their soul rest in perfect peace.[/quote]

jara: You know, this is sad. We celebrate and support Igbo writers glorifying their tradition and culture. We encourage Hausa writers educating us about their history. But when it comes to Yoruba writers with documented and verified backing, it is bigotry. Go to where most of the Igbo and Hausa writers speak, majority of the audience are Yoruba supporting Nigerians.

But if Soyinka got a Nobel Price, it should have been Chinua Achebe. Even Yoruba quote Achebe without any reservations.Pity!

I thought I was the only one that noticed

infact one of them is a poster above you

[quote author=OK=2=NV]planes don't just fall from the sky.
weather was good today. Mechanical and pilot error cannot be ruled out now but i smell a boko hand in this.[/quote]I really hope this is not boko haram

I hope the crash does not have to do with the regulatory bodies

very very sad. God please comfort the families involved and have mercy on us still living.

Very painful,


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9ja voice: the Alhaji Shinkafi has been talking nonsense some days now.

last time he open his dirty and gworo mouth to say that ACN,APGA,PDP are own by the north.

such comments are made to bring more hatred on the already hated north.

Who hates the north ?

Moreover, what he is saying is it true of false ?

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Alhaji Sani Shinkafi has said that the leader of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MOSSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike lacks the capacity to question his authority as the party’s scribe.

He also described the statement credited to Uwazuruike that he would strip the APGA’s National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh naked as “irresponsible and unfortunate coming from somebody that aspires to lead”.

Speaking to Sunday Independent in Abuja at the weekend, Shinkafi stated that, “the statement credited to Uwazuruike is unfortunate. I have never wanted to join words with Ralph Uwazuruike my brother and my friend, but for clarification sake, Uwazuruike is not a card-carrying member of APGA, so he cannot question my authority as the National Secretary of APGA, either indirectly or directly.

“If Ralph Uwazuruike wants to do that, let him go to his village in Onu-Imo and pick the APGA registration card and be registered as a bonafide member of the party before he starts challenging my authority as the National Secretary of the party. I have never for one day insulted or attacked the family of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu. I am a part and parcel of that family for almost a decade now,” he added.

Shinkafi noted that he has related with the family of the late leader of the party and Igbo leader and has never gone against his principles noting that, “if Uwazuruike can now wake on the pages of newspapers and alleged that I am attacking the Ojukwu family it is quite unfortunate.”

“APGA for whatever it is worth is not a regional party. So for Uwazuruike to be raising such allegations, it is very unfortunate. And for somebody that aspires to the leadership of Ndi-Igbo to be seen to be saying on the pages of the newspapers that he will strip the APGA National Chairman naked in public is very irresponsible and undemocratic. Does that qualify him to be a leader? Does that qualify him to be a democrat? I want to make one point very clear to Uwazuruike and his cohorts: APGA is not an Igbo party neither is it a regional party but a National party,” he declared.

Shinkafi further stated: “APGA is not a family party, it is our party. I can challenge anybody in Igbo land that the party is a national party, but I can only accept that APGA is more formidable in the East because the formation point started in the South East. Like in the First Republic, the origin of the NCNC led by the late Dr. Nnamdi Azimiwe is from the South East, while the Action Group led by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo has its strong hold in the South West, the origin of NEPU is from the North West headed by Mallam Aminu Kano and NPC headed by the late Ahmadu Bello. So if you are talking about the formation of parties every political party has its strong hold.

“By the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended, it is clearly stated that before a political party is registered it must have its National headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory, it must have a national spread and it’s officers must also reflect the National character. So if you feel that somebody from the north is a nobody, you are making a mistake, and if you are in the South East to claim APGA you are ignorant,” he added.

The APGA Scribe while debunking insinuations that he is being used

by Umeh pointed out that “Uwazuruike who is championing the cause of the Federal Republic of Biafra has nothing to say about a party that was registered under the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

It would be recaled that Uwazuruike had on Friday warned the National Chairman of APGA over alleged attacks on the family of the late Ojukwu.

The MASSOB leader had said: “We warn Chief Victor Umeh to desist from dragging the name of Ojukwu in the mud. In as much as we are not interested in Nigeria, we will not fold our hands and allow anybody to degrade Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s family.”

Uwazuruike further said: “Chief Umeh has no right whatsoever to stop or persuade people not to attend a meeting in Ojukwu’s house. Ojukwu is highly revered in Igbo land, his image and personality should not be dragged into selfish and rancorous politics.”

MASSOB also warned the APGA National Chairman “to stop using Alhaji Shinkafi to insult Ojukwu’s family or we shall strip him naked and ostracise him for dragging Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s family name in the mud.”

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/06/apga-mossob-leader-cannot-question-my-authority-shinkafi/

Na gode dattijio, he spoke my mind but I must point out that he does not fully understand the issue here.

In as much as "northern" leaders have not benefited the people, I would categorically say he was baised by not pointing the fault of the northern leaders like IBB and co.

He cannot justify the almajiri crisis because the so called "Ibb" and atiku are caring about the SW, SS, SE. I find it very comical and full of lies.

The reason why northern leader have not helped the people of the north is NOTHING SHORT OF GREED !!! Greed to enrich themselves, Most of them have become muiltbillionairs within 20 years without any substantial business they run, thus I ask where did they get their muilti billions from ?

Al-bashir I am not justifying their southern counterpart but please the fact remains that majority of these retired northern generals are the cause of the problem facing Nigeria thanks to their southern counterpart as well "OBJ".

Couple with their southern counterpart, you get a country like Nigeria.

Buddhists, Muslims, Yoruba join pope for peace pilgrimage

Buddhist monks, Muslim imams, Yoruba leaders and a handful of agnostics traveled with Pope Benedict XVI to the Umbrian hilltown of Assisi on Thursday to make a communal call for peace and insist that religion must not be used as a pretext for war.

The event was designed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a daylong prayer for peace called by Pope John Paul II in 1986 amid Cold War conflicts in dozens of countries. Some 300 delegates representing a rainbow of faiths answered Benedict's invitation, though the event lacked the star power of 1986 when the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Native American chiefs and others came together to pray.

Traditional Catholics condemned the meeting as they did in 1986, saying it was blasphemy for the pope to invite leaders of "false" religions to pray to their Gods for peace. The Society of St. Pius X, a breakaway traditionalist group which Benedict has been working to bring back into Rome's fold, said it would be celebrating 1,000 Masses to atone for the damage done by the event and urged the pope to use the occasion to urge others to convert to Catholicism

http://news.yahoo.com/rainbow-religious-leaders-join-pope-peace-091838019.html;_ylt=AjtKu7ay7j4afwD9P7QmpFM7Xs8F;_ylu=X3oDMTQzZ3N0dG9yBG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBVU1NGIFJlbGlnaW9uU1NGBHBrZwMyOTQ4MGU5OS1kODhiLTM0ODMtOTA0Ni0xODI0ODJmYmZhZWMEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDNzQzNjFlYTAtMDA5MC0xMWUxLThkMzUtMzhkYWIwZTJjZWMy;_ylg=X3oDMTFwc3ZuNThtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAN1c3xyZWxpZ2lvbgRwdANzZWN0aW9ucw--;_ylv=3

bayooooooo: @OP

You have opened the market of tribalism. I expect ethnic buyers and sellers to wrangle over this article.

There is nothing tribalistic there, I believe they are adults.

The truth is bitter but it is the truth

The culture that teaches that a king could become a slave and a slave could become a king in their midst and that the way a child is born is the same way a slave is born put the Yoruba culture up front amongst world cultures, East, West, North and South. In Western Nigeria it is not so much where you come from but how willing to assimilate and be accommodated as one of theirs, never had ethnic roundup. Always survive by their wish for others sometime to a fault.

Western Nigeria is unique with its cultural accommodation and assimilation irrespective of any ethnic group in search of success. Nigeria is not United States and will never be but it is unique in its generosity that may be hard to understand in today’s troubled environment. Like the days of Go West Young Man in USA, most wanted success based on agriculture, some on gold rush, away from polluted and overcrowded environment, as others sought a new way of life.

If Western Nigeria is conducive to success, why are so many Nigerians crossing the desert? We have very driven people on one hand ready to find success or die trying; on the other extreme are people that pray that only God can provide for tomorrow while they worry about today. Between these extremes are Nigerians that are unique in their own way in the pursuit of success inside or outside their base. They may turn into different animals in a foreign country.

The Western part of Nigeria and the surroundings are occupied by the Yoruba and their cousins. What stands out is that more Nigerians have been more successful inside this western part of the Country than inside or outside of Africa. Indeed, many Africans got their clean breaks in the West. It could be the water, food or the air they breathe in but the fact has more to do with accommodation of others to strive and prosper to their highest potentials benefiting their host.

Ghana’s role as accommodation for all Black freedom fighters in and outside Africa must also be recognized after their Independence where the Yoruba spread across West Africa played a role in Diaspora in particular and as African culture in general calls for one another brother’s keeper. Upon this African culture, Yoruba built cultural and commercial success through communities that encouraged educated entrepreneurs. It’s not recent Cocoa either, for their earlier success.

Many historians have credited Lagos at the seaport as the commercial junction even before the Country became Independent or made Lagos its capital. Lagos was not the only place made the capital of Nigeria. Looking deeper into the origin of the accommodation enjoyed by those that came from far and wide, point to a cultural history of people. Before the Yoruba fought fiercely within during slavery, they were united by culture and religion of Ife spread across West Africa.

However, Ibadan not Lagos was the most accommodating place in Western Nigeria contrary to the general belief shared in the Country. Indeed, it was the political melting pot where outsider could be crowned their leader out of accommodation; but only with Ile-Ife assimilation. It was an unprecedented example worthy of praised, but never enough for political opportunists that would stoop to conquer. No accommodation anywhere else in the world, without assimilation.

Moremi in Yoruba history loved and seduced the Igbo. While many were forced to change their confrontations and assimilated; marauders were expelled. Yoruba and Igbo histories remember Moremi. Yoruba also disguised or changed locations during wars. History teaches us that there were a few Ife locations moving north and south but the original one remain around the area it is today in the rain forest. It is backed by scientific research of spreading out of Africa not into.

Religion and culture of Oduduwa before Christ, children and grandchildren were noted on the Nile as Sun, River and Sky worshippers that would not bow to other religions, even if sent packing. What Nigerians call Yoruba diplomacy, slaves used it as Santeria diplomacy to stick to their culture and religion in captivity. Africans in general, even at the height of Ghana, Mali and Songhai empires play religion with Muslims and Christians but never gave up their own religion as practice today by those who call themselves devoted Christian and Muslims, like Santeria.

Oyo itself as the town, moved north and south. Nupe, Igala, Tapa and Hausa also know Yoruba in their histories. The real question becomes the recognition of other people’s histories in Yoruba culture big enough to rejuvenate by accommodating and assimilating others as long as they are willing to absorb the original culture from Ife in which all Yoruba prosper in terms of ability to get along and live together in peaceful harmony fostering commerce and friendship.

Therefore accommodation of different groups of people did not start in Lagos, it is a Yoruba culture brought into seashore by children of Ogunfuminire father of Eko Omo-Onile, one of the earliest Awori from Ife. Some historians claim that Oduduwa is not from Ife either, that he was accommodated after showing the original settlers the marks or writing all over his body written by his own Oduduwa father so that he could be accepted when his children returned home.

There are very few societies in the world that fully embraced equally-born philosophy as the Yoruba until 18 or 19 century. Not the teaching of the world ancient religions or governments that focus on themselves first. Until lately, women were considered a fraction of a man in the western civilization and slaves were blessed by most world religions to expect freedom only in heaven. While western countries now champion equality, they are Johnny-just-come-lately.

Haiti was one of the first countries after United States in the Americas to gain Independence. So many scholars marvel where they got the idea of freedom from. Oh well, it was speculated that their leaders heard and read about French and American revolutions. But none of the scholars credit the great African civilization they emerged from. These were children of kings, warriors, artists and philosophers that circumstance pushed into slavery yet strive by trying to assimilate. For that, Haiti is still economically drained and punished today.

The Yoruba method of accommodation and assimilation to attract other ethnic groups squarely fall on their skills in traditional medicine, mathematical skill counting into thousands to millions, marks as beauty on women and men bodies where they cannot be easily visible and of course in arts and carvings that others recognize as tattoo, ethnic marks to the distinguished. Those that could neither read nor write saw it as Chinese or musical writings puzzling the uninitiated. Even not all Yoruba can read and write some of the ancient puzzles like Idi sacred book in Ile-Ife.

Many attracted to Ife by rich cultural oral history; writings of the Yoruba of West Africa on objects, human bodies, and carvings that were known far beyond Iwo Eleru where artifacts were dated back to 10,000 BC. So much has been written and said about Herodotus testimony of descriptions of Africans in Egypt with marks especially on their foreheads. Yoruba used it as greetings to recover lost souls everywhere, like recognized Omo Oduduwa on his return home.

However, as frontiers expand and communities seek independence from the cultural center in Ife and the generals in Oyo, inter-communal clashes disturbed the common bond. We still see some of the resentment today since personalities has taken over loyalty to Ife and modernity challenges Ife and Oyo. Every town and community wants their Oba, governor and president. Yoruba will survive these rivers and problems, since they wish for others what they wish for themselves.

Written By Farouk Martins Aresa

http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/91592/1/why-yoruba-culture-accommodates-success-in-outside.html

lekkie073: i laugh at ϑ stu.pidity of dis igbos. Upon say u̶̲̥̅̊ guys have been relegated to 4th position in naija politricks una N̶̲̥̅̊☺ still repent. Yorubas on any day will always be reckoned with in politricks. ά northerner locked up obj, another northerner released him while yet ά thrid northerner gave him ϑ privilege of being ϑ president. Obj made sure dat ijaws get known by killing lots of ϑ militants and thereafter politricked an ijawman to power. Why ϑ igbos will continUE to play second fiddle is because u̶̲̥̅̊ can't bow honourably for the yorubas. Yorubas covertly determines where nigeria is heading!

lekkie073, please don't join them in this stu.pidity. Just ignore this thread

PeterKbaba, you are jsut letting your emotions get in the way of reasoning. Leave this thread, again please don't join them in this stu.pidity of tribal bashing

Bittyend I don't know who you are representing but sure you do not represent the yorubas. Thanks

PeterKbaba: i'm not attacking anyone, this trend simply says an hausa man said the igbo's do not have the right to have any secret meeting without the Hausas consultation, it was not the yorubas that said that. So why are they talk about yoruba and ACN , when this trend simply talks of 3 things, Igbo, Hausa saying they are the leaders and APGA.

So why are the igbos all changing the topic of the trend, what the subject of the topic as nothing to do with yorubas. Igbos face your problem and stop bringing yoruba into any fight you are afraid to handle... later today now, if the is a Yoruba trend you go will see over 100 igbos commenting as if it is war... read this igbo trend and see what we yorubas are saying.

I'm suprised BEAF is no were to be found.

Egbon mi, just because they would say so does not mean we the Yorubas should join them in the same stu.pidity

For now lets be watching as things plans out. I think we should talk less and do more/watching.

plantation: Chief Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu

How can I forget that

PeterKbaba: YOU HAVE DONE IT AGAIN... TALK ABOUT APGA ON THIS TREND AND NOT ACN.... INFERIORITY COMPLEX

I don't know why you are attacking hausas, they got nothing to do with this

E rora egbon

ak47mann: i want more tribalist to come into the forum lets dig it out am ready,u no my racist words will make you lose ur apatite for few days,couple with the truth behind it

it is not going to happen, unlike you people on this forum, we Yorubas have conscience and would not engage in silly tribal ranting.

Any true omo odudua that engage in this tribal rant is an omo ale. Fact !!!

Bittyend is Igbo like you, he is chino or Nchara so deal with him

[quote author=Rhino.5dm]This is about APGA and north, so why bring yoruba to this? Phocking ibo bigot![/quote]Rhino.5 why you reply am

please no yoruba should respond to any Bigot. Just be watching

How can one forget

Tinubu

Ibori

Alam aka Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha

Ibrahim Idris (gov kogi)

Saraki one and only

Sheriff etc

moshoodn: IT IS A HAUSA WORD FOR FRIEND. . . ITS NOT A SLANG AND ITS NOT DEROGATORY!!!!

I know that just as Yoruba which is a yoruba word for "when"

We all know the context in which people use it don't we ?

LOL waste of time

what would be would be,

If you want to criticize Sanusi please do but using slogans like Aboki etc is highly inappropriate and very very ethnocentric.

@ Op

Sanusi should have appeared, he would only make matters worse

This is the very first time I am very much agreeing with Tinubu. He spoke with so much wisdom here. Kudos

I am loving the argument here, those pro-GEJ and pro-Buhari

The fact remains that those the voted for GEJ last election would NOT vote for him again because he has simply made the lifes of the masses harder. from Warri to Onitsha to Lagos up to Kano the fact remains that the eyes of the masses (no some rich nairalander that can afford a laptop and phone) have been opened.

Now the question is rather than Buhari going for it, can he chose endorse a candidate instead ?

I for one would not vote GEJ. I am thinking of the future of my children and THAT CANNOT BE BLINDED BY TRIBAL SENTIMENT.

honeric01: [size=13pt]AZAZI (PDP MAN) SAID BOKO HARAM IS PDP

JONATHAN (PDP MAN)(president) SAID BOKO HARAM ARE IN HIS GOVT (GOVT FILLED UP WITH PDP MEMBERS)

SAMBO (vice president) (PDP MAN) WAS INDICTED IN THE BOKO HARAM MESS BY NDUME

SENATOR NDUME (PDP MAN) WAS NAMED AS ONE OF BOKO HARAM SPONSORS

JONATHAN (PDP MAN) SAID MEND WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OCT 1ST BOMB=BLAST AND THAT HE KNEW THE BOMBERS (MEANING HE'S AN ACCOMPLICE)

BAMANDA TURKU SAID BOKO HARAM ARE FIGHTING FOR A JUST COURSE (TURKU IS PDP CHAIRMAN)

WHO'S STILL STUPID, INSANE, FOOLISH, MAD, IMBECILIC ENOUGH TO LINK BUHARI TO BOKO HARAM WITH ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED FACTS?

IF YOU STILL LINK BUHARI TO BOKO HARAM AFTER ALL THE FACTS MENTIONED ABOVE, THEN YOU ARE NOT FIT TO BE CALLED A HUMAN WITH A REASONABLE BRAIN.[/size]

best quote of the day

I hope these people are caught, Nigeria has gone to the dogs