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[quote author=udeh3 post=31622296]Who told you that Rivers are Ibos? The only tribe out of all d tribes in Rivers that speaks like the ibos are the Ikwere people. So Rivers are no

Did you listen to your self? The only tribe that speaks like Ibo is ikwerre. It took you time to explain to them you are not Ibo that you are from south south. Why are you explaining?you should have told them your ethnicity if you are ijaw,efic,kalabari,anang,Benin,urobo,Ibo etc because that was what they wanted to know. Okay,which state and tribe are because south south is not recognized in our constitution.

Rose2014:
Really? I hope u'll say the same thing if ur daughter is being physically abused by her husband

This your abuse is becoming irritating. Have we heard from the guy?from op report,we don't know if it was that once he hit her or has he been beating her? She came home very late may be against repeated warnings. Some facts are missing. He hit her and the mil called police and social welfare etc. The woman was hasty in that decision. If I were the mother ,I would not have done that,nothing to show her life was endangered.marriage is a serious business. Some times giving issues time helps to solve problems especially in marriage and relationship. Okay now,the overwhelming majority feel the lady acted wrongly by going with the kids,and from all indications she still loves him but dancing to her mother tunes.She should be matured and go back before it is late. Married women shouldn't tell their people every minor issue especially when there is frosty relationship between inlaws. Even that dinner they wanted him so much to be part of is not the right place for reconciliation. I am against abuse in all ramifications but one or two slip ups can be pardoned.

Shubbylee:
Yoruba and Hausa are International Languages!! Yoruba is spoken in Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, Haiti, Barbados, Cuba, and many other Carribean Countries!! Many Hausas, Igbos and other Ethnic groups can speak Yoruba fluently, many white people from America and Europe speak Yoruba fluently too!! Some igbos and hausas have acted Yoruba Movies sef.

Hausa is Spoken in Nigeria, Niger Republic, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso and even some parts of Northern Ghana!! Many Igbos and Yorubas can speak Hausa fluently and even feature in Hausa movies!!

But Igbo is only Spoken in Nigeria, Someone from another ethnic group who wasn't born in Igbo land cannot learn to speak Igbo very fluently! I've personally never seen an Hausa man that can speak Igbo fluently talkless of a Foreigner or a white man!

I always want to learn Igbo cos that's d only major language I can't speak fluently but my Igbo friends are always reluctant to teach me as if they're ashamed of d language or sumtin!! thank God for Flavour and Phyno that are teaching me Igbo small small thru music.

Again Igbo actors prefer to speak English rather than Igbo, In Igbo only comedy movies by Nkem Owoh (my Fav Actor), Victor Osuagwu, Queen nwokoye, Charles Awurum, Charles inojie are selling but they can't do it alone. they need more hands. Igbo pple need to promote/package their Culture and Language for others to appreciate before accusing DSTV of tribalism. how would a Big business like that Open a station that won't sell just to please an ethnic group.

I appeal to Jim Iyke, KOK, Genevieve, OC Ukeje et al to start acting in Igbo language in addition to their English Nollywood movies like Funke Akindele, Gabriel afolayan, Jide kosoko, Kehinde Bankole, etc

JUST MY HONEST OPINION....IGBO KWENU!!

nollywood populated by igbo is a big budget business and not for charity.the igbo pioneers of nollywood set out to reach out to the world with their flicks and they are almost there.igbo culture is alive and waxing stronger and is now a global brand as english is a global language.yuroba/hausa/others are doing well but can never achieve global outreach in local vernacular.an average nollywood film is within budget bracket of 10m-50m.some actors/actresses collect as much as 1m-2.5m to feature and most of them are living big in choice areas of big cities and are into other big businesses just like their counterparts in other climes.the language of film industry is money and igbo are financially literate to understand it.can we say that the olu jacobs,omotalas,eliots etc are fools for sticking with nollywood?
no entrepreneur will spend such money just to promote culture.how has canny-wood and yollywood impacted financially on their players?.their highest paid actors collect like 30k.nollywood can never descend to that level.igbo should not worry about channel on dstv ,despite not having channel, igbo culture is synonymous with nigeria culture outside nigeria.marriage,burial,chiefancy,architecture,etc nigerian international travelers are always confronted with 'igwee' igbo greeting in various cities around the world.at appropriate time dstv will dedicate a channel to igbo and if they do not,when their monopoly is broken,they will understand as igbo remain the largest subscribers of dstv in nigeria among nigeria ethnic groups.

Shubbylee:
Yoruba and Hausa are International Languages!! Yoruba is spoken in Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, Haiti, Barbados, Cuba, and many other Carribean Countries!! Many Hausas, Igbos and other Ethnic groups can speak Yoruba fluently, many white people from America and Europe speak Yoruba fluently too!! Some igbos and hausas have acted Yoruba Movies sef.

Hausa is Spoken in Nigeria, Niger Republic, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso and even some parts of Northern Ghana!! Many Igbos and Yorubas can speak Hausa fluently and even feature in Hausa movies!!

But Igbo is only Spoken in Nigeria, Someone from another ethnic group who wasn't born in Igbo land cannot learn to speak Igbo very fluently! I've personally never seen an Hausa man that can speak Igbo fluently talkless of a Foreigner or a white man!

I always want to learn Igbo cos that's d only major language I can't speak fluently but my Igbo friends are always reluctant to teach me as if they're ashamed of d language or sumtin!! thank God for Flavour and Phyno that are teaching me Igbo small small thru music.

Again Igbo actors prefer to speak English rather than Igbo, In Igbo only comedy movies by Nkem Owoh (my Fav Actor), Victor Osuagwu, Queen nwokoye, Charles Awurum, Charles inojie are selling but they can't do it alone. they need more hands. Igbo pple need to promote/package their Culture and Language for others to appreciate before accusing DSTV of tribalism. how would a Big business like that Open a station that won't sell just to please an ethnic group.

I appeal to Jim Iyke, KOK, Genevieve, OC Ukeje et al to start acting in Igbo language in addition to their English Nollywood movies like Funke Akindele, Gabriel afolayan, Jide kosoko, Kehinde Bankole, etc

JUST MY HONEST OPINION....IGBO KWENU!!

nollywood populated by igbo is a big budget business and not for charity.the igbo pioneers of nollywood set out to reach out to the world with their flicks and they are almost there.igbo culture is alive and waxing stronger and is now a global brand as english is a global language.yuroba/hausa/others are doing well but can never achieve global outreach in local vernacular.an average nollywood film is within budget bracket of 10m-50m.some actors/actresses collect as much as 1m-1.5m to feature and most of them are living big in choice areas of big cities and are into other big businesses just like their counterparts in other climes.
no entrepreneur will spend such money just to promote culture.how has canny-wood and yollywood impacted financially on their players?.their highest paid actors collect like 30k.nollywood can never descend to that level.igbo should not worry about channel on dstv ,despite not having channel, igbo culture is synonymous with nigeria culture outside nigeria.marriage,burial,chiefancy,architecture,etc nigerian international travelers are always confronted with 'igwee' igbo greeting in various cities around the world.at appropriate time dstv will dedicate a channel to igbo and if they do not,when their monopoly is broken,they will understand as igbo remain the largest subscribers of dstv in nigeria among nigeria ethnic groups.

imoikoko:
If you ask me, the Igbos are not being smart with the way they are pitching their camp except they have decided to either swim or sink with Agbaje. Have they given a thought to what will happen if Agbaje should lose? (Omo, no be only deportation this time around o) Now I think I know why they tend to fall victim up-North when there is any uprising and why some landlords in Lagos are aversed to renting house to them. How can you come into someone's land and you want to turn yourself to king-maker? Truth is our society is not ripe enough for what they desire. As long as the ethnic representation thing is still in our Constitution further polarising than uniting us then we are not ready. The other day I read of an Ohaneze group demanding 5 Commissioner slots and 20 parastatal posts for them to vote for a party. Can they mention one non-indigene Local Government Councillor in any Eastern State not to talk of Commissioner? The Igbos should be careful and play smart by doing what smart business owners do, discreetly give support to both sides. My own advice.

from all indications you are educated but your reasoning about igbo not being smart is unfounded.Why do you always lump igbo together?Nigeria is not a communist one party state.igbo in apc said they will vote for ambode.igbo in pdp said they will vote for agbaje.igbo in other parties said they will vote for their parties.there are igbo presidential candidates among the parties competing in the forth coming elections.how are they not being smart?so igbo should not vote in nigeria anymore and other tribes vote?northerners,yuroba,tiv, bachamas,beron ijaw etc ,are they exempted in boko haram and herdsman onslaught in the north?why some landlords do not want igbo tenants,others want igbo because they can pay you upfront and have high tendency to renew than others.In the next ten years you you will see igbo and other tribes in lagos state house of assembly,councilors and federal house of assemblies.the turf is getting tougher by the day.apc grip is slipping in lagos and i assure you that by 2019,there will be equilibrium that a vote will count .there is no way you can wish off the population of igbo in lagos and as long as democracy is a game of number and nigeria exists .there is nothing like discreet support in politics for a population of over 2m.even if it is done discreetly igbo haters will expose it.as for deportation,it will never happen again.mind you others states/tribes [including sw] were deported and they kept quiet but igbo fought it and it reverberated and there was apology and regrets.igbo is a tribe you cannot toy with.wake up.

CHM11:
Oh so sorry we are not in the court of law and I am entitled to keep my experiences locked up or exposed, which in this instance I choose the latter. Hope you will respect that?
You yourself said tribalism, racism and religion is a thing that is a global issue. So why is my being tribalistic an issue?
So its now ok that an igbo can be tribalistic and choosy but another tribe cannot be tribalistic...

I've never said tribalism is bad, neither did I condemn the igbos for marrying amongst themselves more (I said its better for them, because they tend to have more favourable homes when they marry from their tribe because other tribes find it hard to understand them except the really exposed ones).

Igbos marry your beautiful adamma's and give birth to many beautiful kids that will marry igbos..it favours you more!!!!!!......

As for me and my house, if you are not from Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwaibom, Cross rivers..... It will take the love of God before I even develop feelings for you.... This is me...don't hate my orientation, respect my choice because there is a reason for it....

but all these states have indigenous igbo.

2undexy:
1. If your girlfriend comes to your house and join you in drinking garri, marry her.

2. If you take her to a restaurant and she picked gala/satchet-water instead of expensive meals, she's understanding, marry her.

3. If she sees someone with a Bugati but she decided to follow you with 'keke', my brother, na your bone be that.

4. If both of you enter a taxi or bus and she pays, that's a good sign.

5. She comes to your house and wash even your brothers and sisters clothes, my brother, she's yours.

6. You gave her 50k for shopping and she went for 'okirika' and she brings back 45k to you, marry her because she read Economics.

7. She calls you everyday and ask if you need airtime, brother claim her o.

8. If the girl use to give you her pocket money everyweek, she loves you, marry her.

Guys do not take these literally,these are loaded pointers in analyzing your potential future wife.I want to share my experience .I was lucky to have found my footing early in life,good apartment and a car but you would never know my worth because i kept low profile, I really liked girls and i was into them. Endowed,slim and naturally looking girls were my weaknesses. When the hunger to settle down descended on me , i went in for soul searching and among the girls I had come across,there were materialistic ones,wife materials, intelligent and pure 'animals'. The reasons i chose my wife 'sweet heart' among the pool and having a blissful marriage 12 yrs down the line were from the op points.We are Real,relax and peaceful,that doesn't mean we do not have challenges but she has never changed from those traits among op points.
+ when she came she would eat with me whatever that was available without making a fuss whereas others would want 'buffet'.
+ when i took her to eateries she frowned at the exorbitant prices for the useless and unhealthy food they sell there,which i knew was very exploitative.she would suggest that 1/4 of the money would be used to prepare quality food.Other girls would eat and request for take away.
+ sometimes i pretended my car was bad ,some would become sick if we were to use bus or trek but if you bring bicycle my wife would ride with you.
+ i might have N30,000 for outing but she would pay if she was in front of me but others would point to you to conductor.
+ i can never forget when i traveled out for 2 weeks and kept 30k for her up keep but when i came back she game me back N26,500 whao!what! she said 'i bought only condiments as you have rice, beans etc at home'. Others would finish it and collect credit from kiosks around.
+she would clean up my house and wash my clothes because she hates dirtiness whereas others would mess up your place leave plates,bedspreads unwashed, condoms etc
+ she bought me boxers, singlets, t-shirts occasionally but others would draw the last blood.
Based on the above i married her.She may not win Mrs Nigeria but these qualities are inestimable.I did not do fasting and prayer but based on my observations because i wanted to be real. Most girls are fake.

Take it from me,she is having an affair and having her fill out side. Once you start you will never have the urge to do it with your partner even for one year.

sweettease:
Imagine! I'm not even so crazy about the help now, it happens! But 11 years? He is just realising after 11 years and you see nothing wrong with it? A child in primary 6 then can be a graduate now and you think it's not a big deal? Where is your conscience? Your comment shows you are capable of it.

Sun does not shine at night. Until we hear from the guy,I will not pass blame but I can guess.It might be that after helping the guy got a job she felt he was hers forever and started misbehaving like having affairs,socialising with top guys in their industry,keeping late nights,going to unreal conferences,becoming lazy and bossy,not cooking and keeping home. She was doing these and enjoying her life with the air he was hers for and that is why 11yrs passed with out her knowing,if not she would have tied him down in the first 1-3years with marriage or pregnancy. No real man will take it. There's no smoke without fire.

This is the only way nigeria can be great and earn foreign exchange.Am sorry but i wish nigeria oil would just dry up for us to discover our potentials.Looters have made hardworking nigerians look stupid and discouraged as if hard work doesn't pay anymore. Kudos to our entrepreneurs.

googlepikin:
so is D banj from Togo? how come he's not married yet. he is obviously over .

late marriage is now spreading to other tribes due economic situation.

[quote author=Setaje post=30674684]You guys are talking rubbish. Why must you be so rich before u marry. If not that the country is bad ideally at 25-28, guys should have settled down. Well most igbo men I know at 50, their first child will be 10 years. Is that life?. You won't understand until u are 60 and u are still paying school fees for a child in secondary school. Must you guys be so so rich before getting married? It doesn't make sense. Stop justifying rubbish. What is wrong is wrong. I don't expect u people to understand now till u see your mates who started early relaxing at age 60 while u are still training a child in school.


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There is a difference between being rich and having a steady flow of income before dabbling into marriage.I believe igbo are not waiting to be rich but to have flow of income. Marriage is a serious business my dear.Money is very central to marriage and modern living.Think of accommodation for the family,health matters,feeding,education and other social needs then you will know you have to plan it well.I have seen a lot of couples lost their kids because of N1,000.It is not how far but how well.In some other climes some people don't even marry .Every culture has it merits and demerits.Even in the olden days when farming was the other of the day, you had to have a barn stuffed with farm[your out put] produce before you marry in Igbo land.Statistics has shown that on the average Igbo marriages are more stable and cohesive than some other tribes who rush into it without adequate planning.It is not just about money but the desire to marry and stay married. There are millions of Igbos boys that made money ,built houses , bought cars and are in fact multimillionaires before 25yrs but they still marry at 30-40yeasr,when they are really ready and have the hunger to get married.Recently people have been committing suicide in some parts of the country as a result of pressures from unplanned marriage. Just like any other serious issues of life,if you fail to plan for your marriage,then you plan to fail.If it works for your tribe that you meet in a party ,have sex and move in, start making babies,no dowry, tomorrow you part ways,leave the children to fend for themselves and move on with another partner, it doesn't work for Igbo and that is why they are Igbo and you are who you are.

holluwai:
Why the ufck do these people leave Nigeria to shoot videos in South Africa? I still don't understand, shey na too much money abi show off?

South Africa has breathtaking environment.Ours is a jungle. Nigeria generally is dirty,even Abuja is not in top 20 of livable cities in Africa.We just need to wake up. You will be blown away by such places Kigali,Accra,Kampala,da elsalem etc

dre11:
If her relative didn't bailed her out

Why can't her tell someone to dig the ground and just do the normal rite and which won't cost her anything
At least she won't call people to come and do the normal chop I chop ceremony..... But she allowed it to decompose inside the wardrobe






Money or no money can't stop someone to give a burial to a relative since it's not an owambe party

Burial is a big deal in Ibo land and it is not a woman business no matter how rich or influential. It is a CLAN affairs. The womans brothers may have been irresponsible and their clan abandoned them. After taking care of him for years alone and spending all her money and he eventually died,and she informed them and they still left the corpse for her,she left it until they come home.okay coffin N15,000, digging of 6ft grave N10,000, etc for a food vendor? The woman is innocent.Other tribes may not understand stand but matured Ibo will understand the situation.

People should know that restructuring of the country is much more important than having an angel president.

Okay! I concur with ohaneze and afenifere groups. Let us restructure for development.

Wao! Is this going to be the trend in the Southwest in 2015?This is massacre.May they RIP.

9jagirl4ree:
Go and make your own money instead of associating with a successful man. He got there because of hard work and not because of his tribe.

No it is ritual.

Rape has become a past time for Nigeria adults these days and no body is doing anything about it. It is a serious crime in other climes but here we laff it off. Okay no problem.

[color=#006600][/color]For the nay Sayers,a whole executive governor of Rivers state,an ikwerre man ,took a mic and told the public he is an IGBO MAN. Anyway my respect to the the vast majority of Ikwerre who know they are Igbo and keep to their Igboness by giving their children Igbo names,maintaining Igbo culture in marriage,ezeship,food,clothing,music,market days,language etc.Let the few insignificant remain in denial but one thing is,the Igbo are surging once again in all aspects of endeavour and not only that Nigeria is taking notes[b][/b],the world is also observing. Peace.

The satin satin sheen ladies are bombs,raw and natural. You hardly meet natural looking girls these days. Every girl now is so artificial,especially these attachments and extensions,so fake,they are a big turn off to me. I wish ladies would reinvent satin sheen era.

That is why people hardly help people these days.

chatupkay:
@OP,
Honestly, Igbo's are hard working people with strong business acumen!
However, it's ridiculous and laughable to hear when igbo's say LAGOS IS NO MAN'S LAND!

if this is true, then i wonder why they pay d YORUBA OMO-ONILEs for every land the buy here in lagos!

Chai! .... dia ris Goduuuooooooo

When enlightened people reason like the uninformed,it becomes worrisome.why is that some people have refused to understand the slogan that LAGOS IS NO MANS LAND. Lagos by virtue of its position as a former capital and its prime location in West Africa is the undisputed economic capital of Nigeria.It is to Nigeria the new York of USA,London of the UK etc.It has evolved over the years from yuroba town to Nigerian capital and finally,international City. Apart from Nigerians of other ethnic groups who throng to Lagos,it has now opened its arms to massive influx of Indians,Chinese,South Africans,Ghanaians,Nigerians,Chadians,Europeans etc to scramble for enormous opportunities it offers. There used to be closure of streets for parties but now extinct,there used to prayers in the streets but now extinct.Omonile now collect from everyone irrespective of tribe or nationality.Rents and properties are hitting the roof and government policies now are no longer selective in order to keep up with its status as an emerging international hub. It is now the survival of the smartest. It was in the grapevine that tinubu and fasola are not from Lagos state and you are talking. I advise Yoruba e-warriors to key in into evolving Lagos or be left out in no distant future. They should work hard and go entrepreneurial to create wealth and jobs for teeming area boys who hope on stipends from hardworking people of Lagos.It will not continue I bet you. A close observer will notice how economic hotspots of Lagos are being taken up by other ethnic groups and foreigners alike Apapa,Surulere,lekki,Ikeja etc and the sons of the soil are relocating to the outskirts ;ikorodu,badagry and the likes where there are little or no economic activities with attendant high transport fares to the city centers.Very soon and we are almost there, it will sink in doubting thomases the meaning that Lagos is no mans land.

beopened:
Jonathan’s planned adoption as Igbo candidate divides Ohanaeze

A motion to adopt President Goodluck Jonathan as the consensus candidate of the Igbo for the 2015 presidential election failed at the Ime-Obi (inner caucus) meeting of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Saturday in Enugu.

The adoption of Jonathan as the consensus candidate of the Igbo was not on the agenda of the meeting, which held at the apex Igbo socio-political organisation’s secretariat in Enugu.

But midway into the meeting, a Peoples Democratic Party chief, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, moved the motion, urging Ohanaeze to adopt Jonathan for the election.

Iwuanyanwu informed the Ime-Obi that he came with a message from ’90 per cent of Igbo, who were supporting Jonathan’s election for a second term.

He asked the meeting to give him an answer so that he could report back to those who sent him.

The motion caused an uproar, forcing the President General, Chief Gary Igariwey, to adjourn the meeting, which ended abruptly with a shouting match between those against and those in support of the failed motion to adopt Jonathan as the consensus candidate.

Following the failure of the motion, Iwuanyanwu walked out of the meeting and drove away from the venue.

Earlier, some members of the Ime-Obi had kicked against an attempt to extend the tenure of the organisation’s national executive committee to four years from the statutory two years tenure in office.

A representative of Ndigbo in the Diaspora, Mr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze, had told the meeting that the constitution was amended under the previous administration, extending the tenure to four years.

Anakwenze alleged that those who were challenging the tenure of the executive were hired to cause trouble in Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

The comment apparently irked a former national chairman of the defunct Justice Party, Chief Ralph Obiorah, who immediately walked out of the meeting.

In an encounter with journalists, Obioha maintained that the tenure of the executive had long elapsed, saying those supporting the tenure elongation were persons, who masqueraded under Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the Diaspora’s umbrella, to collect N4m from the N20m released to Ohanaeze Ndigo by Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State.

He noted that it was obvious that some people came to the meeting with a predetermined agenda.

A communiqué released after the meeting however stated that the tenure of the executive was four years.

The communiqué also explained that the motion for the adoption of a presidential candidate was kept in abeyance, until further notice, as the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo was still consulting.

The communiqué reads, “The amendment of the Constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo during the Ime-Obi meetings of August 14, 2010 and October 30, 2010 as well as during the General Assembly meeting of November 6, 2010 as shown in the video tape today is hereby ratified by the Ime-Obi meeting today January 3, 2015, hence the tenure of the office of National and State officers of Ohanaeze Ndigbo remains four years.

“A committee will be set up by the NEC of Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the issue of reconciliation of all aggrieved parties in Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

“The said committee shall equally look into the issues of multiple litigation plundering (confronting) Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

“The amendment of tenure done to the Constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo as ratified by the General Assembly meeting of November 6, 2010, be published and reflected in the constitution, which took effect from the said date; as a substitute to the constitution dated January 27, 2004, which has the same contents, and is currently in use after the amendment.

“The issue of adopting any presidential candidate in the forth-coming presidential election in Nigeria was raised, but kept in abeyance as the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo is still consulting.”


SOURCE: http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathans-planned-adoption-as-igbo-candidate-divides-ohanaeze/

I am a soothsayer,endorsement or no endorsement,I have been revealed the the fixation of Igbo mind in this upcoming presidential election,85-90% of Igbo votes goes to Jonathan.

Unibenstudent:
1)good sense of humour
2)good dressing
3)courage
4)brilliance
5)avoid showing desperation
6)smile like u just won a visa lottery
Feel free to add yours.

I was into money early in my life, I tried the power of money on all the women I dated they all failed Hausa Igbo yuroba minorities. Only my wife passed the test.99% of women love materially. But money is a prominent factor in life and if you want to make money and be rich,you must love ❤ money.

proffemi:
Guy, I probably have more reasons to hate GMB than you do. Last time, I said "lai lai! I can never vote for Buhari". However, the hallmark of a sensible man is that he allows logic, rather than emotional outbursts, to dictate his actions.

On which necessary yardstick for good leadership does GEJ trump Buhari? What about the converse?

I think the biggest problem we have as a nation right now is runaway corruption. It has rendered everything else moot. There can be no doubt that we, as a people, are smart. However, when you remove the linear relationship between hard/honest work and reward, social, economic and political chaos is what results. This is the legacy of Jonathan's Nigeria.

Is GMB more likely to fight corruption successfully than GEJ? Your honest answer to that is:...?

The fact is,neither gmb nor gej is the messiah that will usher us into the Eldorado. How can gmb stop the massive lootings going on in the National assembly,state assemblies,LGAs ,numerous ministers,commissioners and other various loopholes to syphon billions backed by the constitution? I wish e-warriors could galvanize their energy towards revisiting our constitution for peoples constitution. We need to restructure the country to depopulate the centre and to cut costs of governance and streamline administration. No country will develop when its recurrent expenditure is 75% ,and 25% for capital projects as it obtains now.I assure you that with the present setup of this country,even a foreign angel will perform woefully.

Eziachi:
I was around in the 50s till now. No one made such statements. Because you read a joke in the media made up by pompous southerners based on baseless stereotype against the north on education doesn't mean it is the truth.
Tell me the journalist and media that ask such questions or conducted such an interview which year was it and the date and under what forum?

Many Nigerians wickedly stereotyped Igbos as lovers of money, while they hated it but the evidence does not support such stereotype. That's the same with northerners when uninformed southerners, mindlessly believed that northerners are unintelligent or uneducated.

My dear it happened real time on national tv and I watched it. It was a civilian governor , Alhaji Barkinzuwo, the buhari regime toppled them,when the soldiers searched his house millions of naira cash were found packed in his wardrobe,under the bed ,etc. When questioned,he said the house is government house and that the money is government money. He was not educated but was very corrupt.I was a kid then but was interested in affairs.Older people who witnessed it can bear witness more but the core of the story is real.

omolami:
No one should pity these soldiers.Maybe they need to go and re-read their oath of allegieance in order to appreciate the level of their offence

Justice demands fairness,which oath? If one of them is my kid,I will gladly welcome him home.How can you send soldiers to the war front without adequate weaponry? Some thing boko haram cannot even do to their fighters.What is wrong with Nigeria,why do we always do things the opposite and expect good results,Iraq,Syria,Libya,Pakistan have been in wars but you will not hear this kind of news. Mind you our soldiers are good,they have never shied away from their responsibilities but the complaints are always lack of weapons and equipment and yet billions are budgeted every year. The high command should be ready to dismiss more as only cowards will go to war with bare hands against well armed groups like bh. Patriotism my foot.