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Privy:
Thanks guys and my sincere apology to kodewrita for taking some time in answering your questions.

What am I am going to do for Nigeria in the next five years -
1. I have already stopped thinking negatively about her. Thus I will start thinking positively about her.
2. I will start encouraging others to think and act to positively towards Nigerians and Nigeria.
3. A part of my personal income and the profit of my company proceeds (I will start one soon) will be used to develop some part of Nigera (as a private initiative) without profiting from the effort.
4. I have personally renounced every illegality and keep encouraging people to do things the right way.
5. I believe that professionals can play a big role in changing Nigeria. I will keep rallying those I meet in life to participating in changing Nigeria starting from themselves.
6. I will definitely go back to Nigeria.

On the second question, I cannot be able to do that since I am not currently in Nigeria. However, I will keep influencing anyone I know and I will ensure my company is as straight as it can be(i.e devoid of corruption and corrupt practices).

The third question, I think, is partly answered in the first paragraph above. I believe in achieving results and I want to meet my personal targets, but I will definitely avoid anything that hs to do with corruption and dishonesty.

I wish other NairaLanders ( and other Naigerians ) will take on this challenge and see what can happen to Nigeria. It may even take longer than five years but I believe we can make a positive change.

Thanks you so much friends.

i think the same way also

i use to be very tribalistic and just loved my people but now i love all nigerians

all i am doing now is to think positive about nigeria

i know one day GOD in heaven would make nigeria a safe haven for nigerians

i know that as a fact

pls no one should reply to this tread and let it die out

this is because, this people are trying to rewrite history

Otunbakay:
Thanks alot, it baffles me how some people choose to be so tribalistic, it makes me weep 4 our dear country. Any way i pray that God will change our orientation so that we can really leave the woods.

reindeer:
NIGERIA REALLY HAS NO HOPE.
Are these the youth of Nigeria?people who are supposed to be the future of the country arguing like tribal monkeys?
Can't you guys see issues for once without resorting to tribal bashing?It just shows how underdeveloped some of these brains are.
Even if your parents handed down tribal sentiments, you as educated youth who undoubtedly have friends across ethnic divides should be able to reason in a clearer, more objective and progressive manner.
Unfortunately, you resort to age-long tribal animosities that have held africa in chains of underdevelopment.
I am ashamed for you all.
If you have nothing sensible to say about this gruesome murder , shut up and keep your primitive brains to yourselves.
pssscheww!

why are u angry

God has already done it for nigeria

all the people in this forum that are tribalistic are all in dispora

the ones in nigeria are not this way

Andre Uweh:
But he writes out of ignorance. I only lecture him. He never knew that Biafran navy commander-Anuku was an Ika man.
Also, he said his Ika Obis has no time for Ohanaeze, which was also a lie. He claims to be a journalist, yet he is not well-informed. We have half-baked men parading themselves as journalists this days in Nigeria. What a shameful bunch.

i know but if he is delusional to see reason that ika is a tribe of the igbo nation or ethnic group then that's it

even after the facts and other things and he still does not see reason that's it
other ika people would see themselves as igbo

this is just one in a 100 thousand (population of ika about 100 thousand) among the real and main ika people

i think trying to tell him that he is igbo is just going no where


also in the north some fulanis call themselves southerners or yoruba but it is just 1 in a million so just forget about him

matazzmagi:
They knew that their only protection against a repeat of the Jewish genocide is to have a State of their own. Today Israel is a nuclear power and only an insane person would even dream of and dare harm a Jew anywhere in the world,

When Yakubu Gowon, the perpetrator of the Igbo genocide was planning the Igbo Holocaust he and his collaborators were asking the same question: What shall we do about the Igbo problem? Igbo were everywhere, they were making money and getting rich. Hitlers solution was to exterminate the Jews. Yakubu Gowons solution was to exterminate the Igbo.

what ever u name is please just stop this ur nonsense post and let discuss like men not animals pls

thank u dapobear

i just want to make it clear and sound to any body that think or would ever think bukola is a northerner

1 bukola is a yoruba agent used by obj to rule us

2. how many northerners do u find in kwara (little) today compare to northerns found in lagos or abuja

3. kwara is never a northern state ,,,,,,, i do not know were they get this arewa from in kwara but i know that they are not northerners

4. yorubas can never rule us northerners ,,,,,,,,,,just because they are pretenting to be us when actually they do not like us

agbotaen:
ikas have a history and culture that is well defined ,so if you are not ika ,you cant be ika ,and like i always say igbo is that if you have a bad product no one will buy, ikas have a sophisticated royalty ,so how does any igbo monarch created by government match that, your culture is also too brash for ikas to understand ,we have great cultural differences except for those who are not intelligent enought to realise , the lesson learnt during the nigeria-biafra war , in which majority of ikas did not support the igbos, is that not enought lessons to teach you that ikas value their own ideology and that they are a seperate people ? ikas cannot even associate with a people without a leader who always speak in multitude of voices on one issue .please spare me all these igboic nonsence on ikas as ikas will only laugh at your folly ? how many notable ika people belong to ohaneze ndigbo ? to tell you the truth ikas always relate to igbos with a long pole, as you cannot even fanthom what it is to be ika.

agbotaen keep ur ika identity

an ika is an ika anyday anytime and i know my igbo brothers respect that

they are not forcing u to be igbo,,,,,,,,,,be what u want to be but also respect the point of view they are looking at it from

but u have earn my respect

Andre Uweh:
^^^
The head of the Biafran navy was an Ika man (Anuku). Why did Ndigbo give such a sensitive post to him if he wasn't one of them?. Why did he fight on the Igbo side?. Stop displaying further stupidity in this thread.
At the last Igbo day in Owerri organised by Uwaechue's Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Obi of Ekwuoma was in attendance. Is Ekwuoma not Ika any more?.
Your Obi of Ika wrote a book which he discussed Owa's Nri ancestry, yet you have dodged that aspect. Why not write your rebuttal to what your Royal Highness said?.
I earn enough money from my career and I will single-handedly assist you with your relocation out of Igboland. Believe it.

i think u should not try to convince him

i think u should just let him believe what he wants to believe and respect his views

clearly he has made up his mind after all those evidence

i seriously 8 u this igbo bas-tard

[quote author=Wily+Wily link=topic=563121.msg7281809#msg7281809 date=1291649096]General Togo is doing a great job[/quote]

chosen04:
GBAM . . . . . . . . .

The guy is not a criminal after all but a genuine freedom fighters. President needs to extend a call for peace to this dude and others.

u 2 are the daftest girls(not women) i have read there comment in my life

so because u are in usa or wherever and u are enjoying the life over there while others are in ND suffering because of togo

i tell u that is the dumbest and selfish statement i have ever read

Omenani:
I actually heard some unflattering things about this man. Some people in the Ogoni community do not see this man as a hero. Can anyone discuss this in more detail?

i think because they know the true behind his death and it has nothing to do with any conspiracy

but to detail i would not lie i sure

[quote author=bk.babe97y link=topic=563027.msg7284545#msg7284545 date=1291677548]Dude, we went thru this a thousand times in the past!

I'm tired! Like I correctly said, yall ibos a re a bunch of sick fxcuks and will deny the truth by asking the dumbest questions in order to wriggle out of your position.
No matter what I bring u'll attempt to deny, so go fxuck urselves! If u need answers go to Google or check NL archives![/quote]i do not think u should be arguing with this ignorant people because they do not know what they are talking about

all they see in their head is northerners are blood taste and yorubas and mid-westerners are back-stabber

also pls i know how stupid they sound sometimes but just stop calling them monkeys because they world would know who they really are and how they think like one

Abagworo:
A rebel leader can never be allowed to participate in such a sensitive issue.Ojukwu might have been a critic of Wiwa but he had the least powers to influence the killing.There is more to all these but trust me Mr Wiwa's hands were not so clean.

abagworo u are one person i really know that speak the truth anything there is a bit of confusion in ur other igbo brother and sisters head

well i know igbo illiterates on this forum would and have been insulting u as either an osu or yoruba man but i tell u,,,,,,, do not listen to them please keep been open minded it is not that u are a backstabber or osu but God is using u to bring hope back to the igbo nation

if some of them still think of 19's and we are in 2010 then there is no hope because most of them were not even born then and yet say things they do not know about

abagworo please i know u are one of the igbos on this forum that is sensible please do not change ur ways but follow the truth and let people both in this forum and outside know that igbos are not as ignorant or as silly as they portray themselves to be but some of them are still given people hope about the igbo nation as sensible people

he is really

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=149827.msg7281098#msg7281098 date=1291642335]Onlytruth, you should be honest with yourself for once. Some might just wonder whether there is a preference for armed robbery and kidnapping among the down trodden in your neck of the woods, as opposed to begging. Either way, thank your stars that you were born into your family by the accident of birth and nothing else. You are no better than the almajiris who you are poking fun of.[/quote]thank u my brother

some people think this is an ethnic problem but it deeper than that

eze inigbo ofe


boko ogini eze

bro yyeeyyy

igbobuigbo:
Don't know what you mean, but is begging for money not doing anything for money? Do you know the loss of self respect and self pride involved in begging, especially if you are not physically/mentally handicaped?

mumu did anyone say igbos beg for money

why do like twisting words

Faeb:
Emeagwali was the first to apply pseudo-time to reservoir modeling for the petroleum industry. That can never be taken away from him.

But by telling needless lies and making huge exagerations, Emegwali has given those who would beg for the opportunity to lick his boots an arsenal to hunt him with; yes there are many who cannot stand the gifts the man has due to their own low self esteem, so like fools, they help foreigners pull our own down.

If you have never heard of pseudo-time, you could get a feel here:
http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=pseudo-time+reservoir+modeling&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart

For the information of the blind, the oil and gas industry only has time for the very best.

why are u talking like a dunce

who wants to take anything from emeguali

all they are doing is investigating his claim that's all

no one has said emeguali has not achieved what he has claimed

spearman:
Funniest post on Next website
Posted by Karl on Dec 05 2010

All the Powers cannot Pull Him Down. Our National hero. Our World champion: Philip Chukwuma Mohammed Oladipo Emeagwali (GCFR FRS HSBC FAAN UAC FRSC AFRC UTC KLM OM NL GBP MD LH FAS FNASA etc etc). Proud Father of INTERNET. Worthy Son of Abubakar. Diligent Husband of two wives: Donita Brown (internet entrepreneur and eminent historian) and Dame Dale Emeagwali (distinguished science professor and inventor). Lives in a big house in Abuja and also in Washington so as to be near the White House. Genius who invented the Internet at age 14. Invented the condom when he was 6, but when the Vatican objected, he withdrew his patent. Invented snake oil to cure cancer. Invented the equations and the space vessel that landed man on the moon. The only man to have travelled to Mars, which is named after him. Invented the supercomputer as a gift to humanity. As for him, the fastest brain in the universe, hath no need for computers as his brain is five times faster than the speed of light. (It is rumored that the US has offered USD 4.19 trillion to buy the SuperBrain's secret papers and scribbled notes.) Discoverer of the cure for HIV/AIDS, and of the vaccine against ignorance. The world's most sought after neuroscientist and brain surgeon. Discoverer of the Postage Stamp. Won, at age 19, the NOBBELL PRIZE for Everything, the only one of its kind, and never to be repeated. Has also won the Congressional Medal of Honour. Whereupon, President Clinton invited him to be President of the National Academy of Sciences, and that was how he left for America with his wife, his family, staff, and relations. Has so many inventions patents and claims we stopped counting at 419! A truly wonderous inventor of the Emeagwali Perpetual Motion Acrobat (Patent No. 2,333,899,675,888,888,214,653,980,564,873,098, 419). Single handedly won the Gulf War, employing cyberwarfare, thereby saving all of humanity. Consultant to the Pentagon, the World Bank, the Security Council, INEC, WikiLeaks, and the Red Army. His equations fuel China's economy and helped end the Global Recession. He is Chair of Rebrand Nigeria. Has helped both the US and Nigeria break Iran's nuclear and other codes. Giant mathematician that cannot be ignored. Ask BP: When they (for racist reasons) doubted his equations, the great Gulf Spill happened until they apologized! Currently developing an invention to relocate himself and family to the Sun. From there, he will reverse global warming, enforce world peace, cancel the slave trade, and rule a corruption-free Nigeria run on his equations on nuclear fusion. The relocation will make it harder for ill- motivated detractors to pull him down. Auntie Dora cannot investigate him, unless to get impregnatd to bear a replacement genius. All the powers bow down to him, the Patron of WikiLeaks. AMEN.

[quote author=eku_bear link=topic=149827.msg7278479#msg7278479 date=1291599953]How much money do you need to start selling pure water? Or to cook and prepare food on the roadside? Or to move to a village and work as a farmer? Or to work as a security man? Or cook? Or houseboy?

I remember when I went to the market in Abuja (Otako market, iirc?), there would be little kids with wheelbarrows who helped people move the goods they bought from the market to the car.

There is nothing wrong in my opinion with doing hard jobs that others find undesirable. You can start from the bottom, work hard and rise. It might not even be in your own generation there is breakthrough, it might be only your grandchildren who are able to break through. But you have to start from somewhere.

Beggars contribute nothing to society, and we cannot encourage healthy and hearty people to be begging. It is madness and only leads to ruin.[/quote]ok we know yorubas are sometime lazy people who would perfer to be a tout or beg if the job given to them is not good enough

unlike the igbos that would do anything for money

how do tend to tackle that

jason12345:
bruv, stop this comparison!!! do i sound as silly (no offence) as harem or as tribalist as stranger? pls stop it!!! i do not have yoruba origins. stop this your conclusion. my parents are itsekiri , i schooled in lagos, i mix up well with the yorubas and that is final!!!

but if i say something that are pro-igbo then i can be itsekiri? man, the way you guys think!

u dey craze

jason i think u need help

do i sound silly when i support ur views

ladi02:
Cheap shots, in my opinion, is what all the facebook posts are about

A president should bring together, than using the online to strike at opposition, within the same party!

pls GEJ 120 days left for you to stay in Aso rock, hope you guys have started packing

he may not need to pack if he does the right thing

he still has 120 days

which means he can still do something before he leaves but will he??

[quote author=eku_bear link=topic=149827.msg7278465#msg7278465 date=1291599466]Spambot swallowed my previous post, as well as the one I made under an account made by my buddy.

Long story short:
a) no whole and hearty man should be begging.
b) Social security is for the old or sick, not for the whole and hearty.
c) I'm not an ethnic supremacist, only very critical and concerned by bad behavior by my people.
d) Blaming corruption and misrule for bad behavior makes no sense; Nigeria is not the only poorly run country on earth.[/quote]then again u are right but if there are no jobs to do and no money to even start a very small business like selling pur water

how do u expect them to survive

sirdapo we can not read u postooo

[quote author=Akin-Egba link=topic=149827.msg7278366#msg7278366 date=1291596323]Now this is a compete disgrace to us. How do our Yoruba supremacists here on NL react? I was at Ibadan recently and you will not believe the number of beggars in the motor parks and streets whom I noticed clearly as Yoruba. Where is Babapupa, stranger, Sefago, Ileke-Idi and the rest of them?[/quote]by the way why do u have yoruba name an yet call ur brothers supremacist when it is clear that they are not

Onlytruth:
I doubt that.

If ever that happens to be the case, then it must be recorded as the most astounding tour-de-force ever recorded in Nigeria.

The hate is REAL.

gbammmmmm

[quote author=Akin-Egba link=topic=149827.msg7278366#msg7278366 date=1291596323]Now this is a compete disgrace to us. How do our Yoruba supremacists here on NL react? I was at Ibadan recently and you will not believe the number of beggars in the motor parks and streets whom I noticed clearly as Yoruba. Where is Babapupa, stranger, Sefago, Ileke-Idi and the rest of them?[/quote]

no kill person

Onlytruth:
Gbawe, I don't think you and ndu_chucks mean the same thing. Let me explain.

You mean, there is a need for government to aid those who fell through the cracks- those who struggled to find a job but failed. Since the government won't do that, they beg. Sometimes justifiable.

[b]He means, folks can decide not to work and depend on Allah for food, cloth and shelter. Since Allah has not come yet ('cos he knows he gave them hands and feet to work with but they refuse to use them), they hit the read and beg. Totally unjustifiable, and almost parasitic.

Totally different things.[/b]

One is progressive, the other is retrogressive.

why na.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,why

Onlytruth:
No problem. Bring Suya with you, and I will give you the best nkwobi and isi-ewu. Anambra flows with milk and honey.

thank u brother, i even know how to make suya well

i would bring some on my way

Onlytruth:
oh, you are welcome!

We are Nigerians abi? Just don't embarrass me.

haba igbo man kai

why would i embarrass u

is it because i am a northerner

well i would come one day and see u brother

maybe i can even trace my igbo mother or father back

i know u would help me with that

Onlytruth:
I doubly assure you, your last chance of being half Igbo failed when your would be great great great great great father was sold into slavery in 1732.  
We didn't have much patience for accommodating oafs in Igboland those days.

onlytruth, we are brother because we worship the same God whether by Islam or Christianity

onlytruth,,,,, i would come to anambra one day to see u

Gbawe:
Indeed. Who will not beg , wherever they are from, if dehumanised ?

gbam who will not beg if they have no food to eat

who will not beg if there is no shelter

who will not beg if their children are hungry and begging their parents for food

i ask who

unless they want to start stealing