₦airaland Forum

Nchara:
So Yorubaland is developed? Hahaha! I did not know Lagos = Yorubaland and Yorubaland= Lagos. And if Lagos =Yorubaland, Abuja must be = northern Nigeria, no? How do we even define development?

well you are right, lagos is a nigerian state and abuja is as well

keep decieving yourself, one of your igbos sister was beaten in abuja the other day for not dressing right

until i see an igbo governor in lagos, it is a yoruba state, if you no like am go hang (good advice)

Digriz:
since ths is a faceless forum i dnt think i cn hide anytin abt me here. Actualy,my dad is a yoruba man frm ondo state bt my mum is frm Anambra,she left because of their tribalist behaviour to her and am only a year plus then,so hw do i knw hw 2 speak d language since i grew up wt my mum and my step siblings frm my mum.
D point i made was because of d experience my mum went thru b4 she left.

and that is why i said you are not yoruba, you see my friend

yoruba is not by blood like fulani, yoruba is more cultural and your ideology

clearly even if you grew up in oyo state and have this ideology, you are not yoruba,.,. Fact!!!!!

victor banjo was also yoruba by birth but he lost his yorubaness when he join biafra to invade his people

""""many are called but few are chosen"""

many are called yorubas but few are chosen, in this case you are part of the ones that are not chosen

i bet if your father sees you, he will say my son/daughter is not yoruba,.,, FACT!!!

Chyz*:
Must someone that is half one thing half the other, know how to speak both languages? You claim you are half Igbo but you can't speak Igbo(although me know u have no Igbo blood), since you claim you are, according to your theory, you should know how to speak both Kanuri and yoruba. Also, you dont even like yorubas you were just talking about "We will slaughter them like man to chicken".

chyz chyz chyz,  you are very funny, i tell ya

me slaughter i can not kill anyone be it yoruba, igbos, etc

all i am saying is that he is not yoruba, or maybe he is but yoruba is more of an ideology than blood

as you are igbo you can claim yoruba, so long has you have there ideology of the world

i know the way yorubas think

i know the way igbos think

and i know the way my people in the north think

thus i know how to deal with everyone accordingly

the reason why i say horrible things about igbo (very few time deo ) is because sometimes some of my igbos brother do not act fair and just
some igbos are good people and very nationalistic but there are others that are superimast among them and i have to stop them before they get the innocent ones killed. i love igbos and Allah has bless the world by giving us igbos on earth

yorubas are a special case, yorubas are people that are very proud of the culture and some times believe they are special. they are more open minded than igbos (i have lived among, igbos and yorubas for many years). some are very tribalistic even to there ownselves but unite like akara in hot oil because of other groups. i love yorubas and they are very special to this world as they have groups all over the world

we northerners just want peace and love to exist between us and other groups

we are very open minded and believe every millimeter of nigeria is ours since we are one country

we love every group, but there are some bad element among us that take Islamity to extreme level which most educated ones in the north including me do not like.

but when southerners do not face the issue but blame the north as if everyone had a hand in it, then we get angry

that is the reality

1 love 9ja

uche why are you hiding

i though you said igbos are brave

come here mumu

chosen04:
Who loosed this EFULEFU Bingo? . . . . . . . .

EFULEFU . . . . . .NO 14.

ideeiot

but i will forgive you if you would be my puccy

Digriz:
?

first you do not have yoruba blood in you

second if you are lying here

speak to me in yoruba and what you typed

Digriz:
exactly wat am talking abt u guys.,i rather move wt an hausa man dan a yoruba. An hausa man wl show u his feelings abt u once he meet u bt a yoruba man wld pretend to b your friend and wl strike later on. I tnk God 4 bn in d other side.

9ja voice:
There is no need for this thread. but if i must say something,  first the username uche2005 is not an ibo man talk more of yoruba,he is mr.Alj harem(a fulani man) in disguise.

Then as for the thread i can say divide this country into 2 and that is south and north. The north should be the current day north west and north east, while the south should be south east,south south and south west,Then there shall a refrendom for north central to determine where they will like to belong which by every indication that they will choose south instead of north.  

OPTION 2 ,if my plan A fails then plan B will be this: divide nigeria into 4 countries and 1:North or Arewa(NE and NW) 2:East or Biafra(South east and south south) 3:West or Oodua(south west with kwara state and some part of kogi) 4:North centra(all north centra including remaining kogi) With this there won't be any more troubles.

you are obviously sick, he just shows that southern nigeria can not work

Obiagu1:
Of course you do HATE Igbos. How many Igbos have you banned on NL?
If you ban me again, no wahala, but you can't gag me.

please stop this rubbish ok, how many time has she ban me, fstranger, bk etc even jason123 that is clearly smarter than most of you here

henry101:
Do you have a comprehension problem?
He said there are Krios of Igbo origin.
He didnt say there are Igbos i n freetown.
Are there yorubas in Freetown?

You know Edward wilmot blyden is of Igbo origin yet 2 of his kids have yoruba names and 2 others have Igbo names.
Do that mean He's Yoruba in freetown or Krio of Yoruba origin?

guy please can u stop this

have you lived in her country before to even know whether what she is saying is wrong

she has made it clear as day there is nothing or any thing related to igbo in her country.

whether krios or etc there is nothing related to igbo in her country

so why tell her about comprehension when you do not even know what she is telling you

if you do not like the truth go hang for enugu

just accept what she is telling you because i know you were no born  there

neither did you spend yrs(10-20) in her country

how can mukina2 can and tell you about nigeria because that is the same thing you are doing

chosen04:
Yes . . . . . . . . .niGERia is the giant of failures.

i know this is where we would see you

mumu no. 7

macjive01:
60 million naira to buy a house? thats 240 thousand pounds !!

na wa ooh, hope dey at all for people like me to own a own a house abuja ?  

God, into thy hands i commit my spirit

do not worry brother, God will take control

^^^^^^

c'mon

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Business mogul Aliko Dangote, telecoms magnate Mike Adenuga and Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki, among others, yesterday made the campaign team of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Former Director-General of the Jonathan/Sambo campaign organisation heads the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), which will be inaugurated by acting National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr Bello Haliru Mohammed in Abuja today.

Also on board are loyalists of former presidential aspirants Ibrahim Babangida and Abubakar Atiku. Atiku lost the party’s ticket to Jonathan at the January 13 convention after Babangida, Saraki and Aliyu Gusau stepped down for him following his emergence as North’s consensus candidate.

He was picked by the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) headed by Mallam Adamu Ciroma.

Babangida’s and Atiku’s loyalists may have been appointed in line with Jonathan’s promise to accommodate his opponents in his campaign.

Former Director-General of the Babangida Campaign organisation, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, is a member of the PCC Publicity Committee. He will also serve as one of the resource persons for the presidential campaign.

Saraki is the chairman of the Reconciliation Committee with pro-Atiku campaigner and former Senate President Ken Nnamani as member.

The wife of the leader of the NPLF and PDP’s National Woman Leader, Hajia Ina Ciroma, is also a member of the Reconciliation Committee. Former Governor of Ondo State Olusegun Agagu and former Minister of Information Prof. Jerry Gana are also members.

Others in the committee are Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Alabo Graham Douglas, Senator Ladan Shunni and Ambassador Aminu Wali.

The Publicity Committee also has some prominent publishers including Comfort Obi of the Source Magazine and Dennis Sami of Nigeria Pilot as members.

Names of some aides of the President feature on the list, but former Director of Media of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign organisation, Sully Abu is missing on the list.

Dangote, Adenuga, Femi Otedola, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Tony Elumelu, Alhaji Kashim Bukar; Chief Emeka Offor; Alhaji Sayyu Dantata; Jim Ovia; Dahiru Manga and Kola Salako are on the donor’s list.

Former Chairman of PDP’s Board of Trustees (BOT) Chief Tony Anenih will serve as the Campaign Adviser. Former PDP national secretary Chief Ojo Maduekwe is Secretary.

The six geo-political zones will be co-ordinated by governors that did the same job for Jonathan before the January 13 convention.

They are Governors Liyel Imoke of Cross River State (Southsouth), Martin Elechi, Ebonyi (Southeast), Gbenga Daniel, Ogun (Southwest), Gabriel Suswam, Benue (Northcentral), Isa Yuguda, Bauchi (Northeast) and Ibrahim Shema, Katsina (Northwest).

Senate President David Mark, Speaker Dimeji Bankole, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekwerenmadu and the Deputy Speaker Usman Nafada are all expected to co-ordinate the National Assembly for the PCC.

Former Inspector-General of Police Mike Okiro heads the security committee; leading industrialist Oba Otudeko chairs the Finance and Fund Raising Committee.

The Inter-Party Relations Committee to handle affairs concerning parties that adopted Jonathan as their standard-bearer is headed by Chief Ebenezer Babatope.

http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/28036.html

A CONSIDERATION for party supremacy over individual ambition by the court yesterday cleared the first legal hurdle to Oyo State Governor Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala’s flying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) flag at the April governorship election.

Alao-Akala, who had been restrained by the Federal High Court, Ibadan, from parading himself as the PDP governorship candidate, yesterday went home smiling as the court vacated the interim order.

His Enugu State counterpart, Sullivan Chime, was not as lucky as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which yesterday closed the submission of candidates’ names for the April polls, replaced him with Anayo Onwuegbu as the PDP governorship candidate.

Onwuegbu emerged as the party’s governorship candidate from the primary conducted by the PDP faction led by the immediate past National Chairman of the party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo.

Onwuegbu had obtained a court injunction restraining INEC from recognising Chime as the PDP standardbearer in the state.

And yesterday, INEC complied with the injunction by displaying a list in Enugu, in which it listed Onwuegbu as the authentic governorship candidate of the PDP in the state.

Also contained in the INEC list was Chief Andrew Uche Ogbu as Onwuegbu’s running mate, while Mr. John Egesi, Frank Ugwu, and Prof. David Ngene were named as senatorial candidates of the party for Enugu West, Enugu North and Enugu East in that order.

The trial judge, Johnson Shakarho, had in an earlier order restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising Alao-Akala as the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the April polls.

But in a short ruling at the resumed hearing of the matter yesterday, Justice Shakarho said the restraining order, if allowed to subsist, could work against the interest of the PDP.

He noted that since the plaintiffs, who are aggrieved leaders of the PDP in the state and Alao-Akala are vying for the same elective post, the effect of the order is that none of the parties in the suit can be fielded, which will work against the PDP’s interest in the state.

Three governorship aspirants: Former Minister of Power and Steel, Wole Oyelese; erstwhile PDP Deputy National Chairman in the South, Alhaji Yekini Adeojo; and former Deputy Governor to Alao-Akala during his 11-month illegal administration, Alhaji Hazeem Gbolarumi, had approached the court with other aggrieved party leaders, praying it to restrain INEC from recognising the list of any candidate who emerged from the party’s congresses held between December 29 and 31, 2010.

Joined in the suit were the PDP, Chief Dejo Afolabi, the state PDP chairman and Alao-Akala.

At the last adjourned date, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), who represented the PDP leaders, had moved a contempt charge against the governor, which he premised on the utterances of the Special Adviser on Communications to the Governor, Dotun Oyelade.

The case could not go on as the defendants prayed for an adjournment to enable them respond to the application. At the resumed hearing of the matter yesterday, Akeredolu told the court that he had filed a notice of discontinuance against the PDP chairman in the state, the third respondent in the suit.

Chief Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who represented the PDP boss, told the court that since an injunction had been obtained against his client, such must be vacated if he must discontinue with the case.

He argued that the plaintiffs had taken undue advantage against his client by way of injunction, adding that “having gained this advantage, the court should vacate the interim order.”

Counsel to the governor, Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN), said since the plaintiffs had enjoyed the benefit through the interim order, they must be ready to accept the burden.

But Akeredolu opposed Fagbemi’s claim, arguing that since all the plaintiffs have a right to the governorship seat, none of the parties should be a beneficiary of an illegality.

Citing Order 50 Rule 2 (1) of the Federal High Court Rules, the former NBA chief said his client has a right to discontinue the matter at any stage of the proceedings.

Justice Shakarho sued for calm from the parties and proceeded to write his ruling.

In setting aside the interim order, Shakarho said: “I have read the reliefs of the plaintiffs and some of them are seeking elective positions under the PDP so also the fourth defendant who is Alao-Akala. The effect of the interim order is that none of the plaintiffs and defendants can be fielded and this can work against the interest of the party. Plaintiffs and Alao-Akala can approach INEC to sort things out, the third defendant is free to present any candidate to the electoral commission. In the course of presenting a candidate for the governorship race, if it was discovered that Alao-Akala was wrongly fielded, the natural law would take its course.”

He also restrained the parties from issuing press statements on the matter.

Akeredolu hinted that he might appeal the ruling.

The new list in Enugu now replaced the one released erroneously last February 7 that had Chime as the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu as senatorial candidate for Enugu West and Ayogu Eze as candidate for Enugu North.

Resident Electoral Commissioner for Enugu, Dr. Josiah Uwazuruonye, said yesterday that the display of the new list was in accordance with the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which urged it to accept Onwuegbu and members of his list as authentic candidates of the PDP in the state.

“That injunction has not been vacated. It still subsists. Again, we received the new list from our Abuja office on Sunday afternoon and the directive was for us to display the list today (yesterday). That is exactly what we have done, believing that the court has not said otherwise”, he said.

Also re-displayed yesterday were Dr. Dan Shere as governorship candidate of the Peoples for Democratic Change (PDC) and his running mate, Kanayo Oguakwa, Chief Okechukwu Ezea for Labour Party and Val Nnaedozie for Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)

Meanwhile, the commission yesterday refuted claims by the Nigerian Air Force NAF) in Enugu that its official caught with 36 Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machines along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway was on illegal duty.

A patrol team of NAF officials had arrested the Electoral Officer for Igboeze South, Bonaventure Idoko, while on his way to Igboeze from Enugu with the machines, claiming that he was actually on illegal duty.

He was said to have brought the machines for repairs at the Enugu office and was on his way back in a private vehicle at about 8.30 p.m. when the patrol team intercepted him. Although he was said to have identified himself as well as the fact that he decided to go back to Igboeze South to meet with the display of voters’ register yesterday,

Commander of the NAF Base Enugu, Jeco Gbamgwam, who paraded the two suspects yesterday, said they could not give proper identification of their mission, stressing that they would be handed over to the State Security Service (SSS) for further questioning.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), on Monday, instituted a N50 billion suit against Senator Iyiola Omisore over allegation that the party bribed its way to get victory in Ekiti and Osun states gubernatorial election petition.

The party filed the suit before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, asking the court to award general damages to the tune of N50 billion against Senator Omisore for alleging that the party in connivance with the Justices of the Court of Appeal, secured victory in Ekiti and Osun states without any evidence to that effect. The suit was brought pursuant to Order 3, Rule 3 of the High Court procedure rules.

Apart from the N50 billion damages, ACN is also asking the court to grant an order directing the senator to publicly apologise to the party by publishing his apologies in five widely read newspapers and also pay for the cost of its litigation in court.

ACN averred that the publication was “defamatory, maliciously and falsely accused the claimant of being in collusion with the justices of the Appeal Court, particularly Justice Ayo Salami and other justices who sat on some cases in which the claimant candidates were the petitioners/ appellants by bribing the said justices of the Court of Appeal in order to secure victory, particularly in the case of Aregbesola vs Oyinlola, judgment in which was delivered on 26th day of November, 2010.”

The party further stated that “it had never attempted to bribe or actually bribe or partake or involve in any bid to bribe any judge whether serving or retired, and did not bribe or attempt to bribe the justices of the Court of Appeal, who sat in the election petition appeal case of Aregbesola vs Oyinlola leading to the declaration of the petitioners/ appellants in the case and in all the cases referred to by the defendant or any other case whatsoever.”

It further submitted that it is of the view that since the allegation of bribery was leveled against the party, it was exercising fear that it would affect its political fortune, especially when Nigerians are seriously preparing for a general election in the country.

It added that Omisore has been making such statements regularly to the members of the public at different fora, all in a bid to malign the party in a case, which it said put a permanent seal on Omisore aspiration to contest the governorship of Osun state in April.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/17550-acn-sues-omisore-for-n50bn

THE Federal Government has been called upon to collaborate with the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) to end the lingering religious and ethnic crises and pave way for permanent peace among the different religions in the country.

This was made known by the head of Arabic Department of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, who was also the guest speaker at the opening ceremony of the 25th National Qur’anic recitation competition in Dutse, Jigawa State capital, Professor Sambo Wali Junaidu.

The guest speaker also advised the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to introduce and organise national Bible recitation competition, saying the two competitions should be rotated among the states of the federation in the spirit of the national unity.

According to him, the Muslim governors should join hands with their Christian counterparts to host such competitions in their states, which should be aimed at re-uniting the country by discouraging religious differences threatening national peace and unity.

Also speaking, a renowned Muslim cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, charged Muslims and Christians to live in peace with one another if they were true believers of their religions that preached peace and mercy.
Sheikh Bauchi expressed dismay with the bloodshed happening in some parts of the country in the name of religion.

According to him “Muslims love Jesus as they love Muhammad (SAW), to the extent when they gate a childe they are naming him after Jesus (AS), also Christian love Jesus, so if both Muslims and Christian shared a common believe or love what brought about fighting or killing one another” he added that “Islam preaches peace while Christianity preaches mercy, so I challenge Muslims and Christians to abide by the teachings of their religions, and also not continue allowing some wicked people twisting them to create conflict for achieving their selfish political interest”.

Similarly speaking at the occasion the former Nigerian permanent representative at United Nation Alhaji Yusif Maitam Sule (Danmasanin Kano) calls on Muslim and Christian to be tolerant and respect each others believes.

He said, a true Muslim must believe in the original teaching of Christianity, Judaism and all religions preached by all prophets of Allah without any segregation, therefore he urge muslim to uphold Quran as their guidance on how to leave in peace with one another in respect of their tribal or religious differences.

Alhaji Maitama Sule also, admonished leaders to lead with justice and fairness saying that, it is only justice and fairness that sustained government and power”.

“Power can be sustained in the hands of infidel or pagan provides he is leading with justice and fairness, but no matter deep you are in the faith, if you are not just, leadership can not be sustained in your hand”.

“Justice and fairness is the only weapons that leader can use to conquer the spirit of his subjects, but intimidation, suppression can never excel in wining the mind of followers no matter, so I call on Nigerian leaders to lead people with justice and bring out policies and programs that will bailout the people of the country from the bondage of object poverty” Danmasani has said.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/17565-ethno-religious-crises-fg-urged-to-collaborate-with-nirec

THE Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Opeyemi Bamidele, has resigned his appointment.

The commissioner, who had since tendered his resignation letter to the state governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, formally quit the cabinet, on Monday, as members of the state executive council celebrated him at a valedictory session.

Opeyemi, who contested for Ekiti Central senatorial district seat but lost through to Mr Babafemi Ojudu, might be leaving for the United States (US) soon.

According to a source, Bamidele was offered position in the House of Representatives as compensation by the ACN but he refused.

He told the Nigerian Tribune that he could not do anything again to get the ticket, since the party had decided that Ojudu had won the primary.

Speaking at a valedictory service held in his honour, Governor Fashola described Opeyemi as a man of proven integrity, who lived above board in the discharge of his duties as the state information manager.

fstranger3:
I tire for this guy o, Alhaji

If you dont stop them now, they might want to claim Borno too

i know , i mean chyz even said there are indigeous igbos in gabon, USA and finland


funny things happen on NL

fstranger oooooo

fstranger is so funny

shame on nigeria

SHAME!!!!!!

^^^^^

who tell you say she don marry

she is young and beautiful and that is all i need now before i die

^^^^^^

i was shocked as well

well Thank God we know the truth now

to all your yoruba hater, they have been put to shame

^^^^^

you welcome

@ op

good for him acn is crap

seanet02:
He is a liar. The 24 milla you received for 4 year is enough.

you are not serious at all

acn is dividing your yoruba people daily

ezeuche come back here

you know we are brothers

lola_north:
Hello everyone!!

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I sincerely need you all now more than ever. We're so close to this and I need to stay in the Top 5

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Thank you so much!

Lola

no probs

keep rep-ing 9ja

we will try

but you very pretty, when can we meet in borno state

Jenifa_:
vote first. nekkid pics come later.

thank you

Jenifa_:
do we have to register to vote?

yes, the registration is very easy and within 10 seconds you are done

sbeezy8:
what is she tryin to do?

trying to get to the north pole

just vote for here!!