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With all these office equipment LOCKED UP by Pantani, it means that the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission is currently on LOCKDOWN declared by Pantani.

Talented singer, Paul Okoye aka Rudeboy returns with an impressive single dubbed “Woman”. The production of this new smashing Afrobeat/pop record comes from Chrisstringz.

https://rudeboy./Woman

“Woman” is a popping record and at the same time a conscious music. King Rudy on this new jam talks to the men who are still single because they are hunting for that perfect woman, someone who is Holy (God Fearing), pretty, hardworking and would never disappoint. His message is no woman is perfect, you just have to build one to your taste. Even we the men that want the perfect lady/wife do not have a perfect lifestyle, we are all with flaws.

Relationships are like a waving flag, which is a lot of compromise, Nigerian record producer and singer.

Rudy further stressed that if you see the one that you love your missing rib, invest in him or her and build your life together. Don’t look for ReadyMade, Accept the one you heart wants and manage the Flaws cos humans are unstable.

Rudeboy
@rudeboypsquare
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Brand new song #woman OUT NOW 🔥🔥🚒🚒 link https://t.co/gO75MT5dxy Musically Rude 😎 pic.twitter.com/DofUhajGhY

— Rudeboy (@rudeboypsquare) May 25, 2020

Rudeboy
@rudeboypsquare
Any music that is not making sense ��‍♂️��‍♂️��‍♂️��‍♂️ count me out ���� now you know why I’m musically Rude
https://mobile.twitter.com/rudeboypsquare/status/1264860070552231937?p=v

Hahaha the Emoney hands no heavy again.

Chief of Staff is President's Personal Assistant (PA)

It’s often said that a lie told so many times, if unchallenged, may - in course of time - begin to pass for the truth. One of such is the terrible lie, institutionally purveyed since the end of the Civil War, to the effect that Igboland is landlocked or that it has no access to the sea. The purpose of this essay, therefore, is to debunk that lie with some simple historical and topographical evidence that are even in plain view, if you care to dig or do some physical exploration of your own.


Suffice it to say that it is a profound tragedy that entire generations of the immediate post-War Igbos never bordered to check but seemingly accepted this brazen institutional falsehood, largely intended to taunt the Igbo and put them down. A few that knew it to be false just didn’t care anymore. That History was banned since the end of the Civil War made it worse, plus the fact that most people don’t take physical Geography that serious anymore, otherwise they would have known that Abia, Imo and Anambra States have varying short-distance paths to the Atlantic Ocean through Imo, Azumiri and Niger Rivers. It’s not really rocket science, as you can easily confirm this if you know how to read Google Earth; or conquer your fear of swamp snakes and walk through these areas on foot.

There are also many other hardly explored waterways and slithering tributaries, including the remote reaches of Oguta Lake and Oseakwa River in Ihiala (Imo State) that meandered through Igbo-delta wetlands to the Southeastern ends of the Atlantic waterfront. These rivers have varying lengths of short navigational paths to the Atlantic, and in some cases, are far shorter nautically (and even on footpath) than the Portharcourt, Calabar and Ibaka seaports are to their side of the Atlantic.

Many of these pathways, including particularly the ones from the outer reaches of Imo and Azumiri Rivers terminate at the Atlantic at no more than 15 to 30 Nautical miles to the beachhead. To put it in lay language, one nautical mile equals 1.8 kilometers. Thus, the contiguity of Southeast (not even the greater Igboland) to the Atlantic is less nautical miles than the Atlantic is to the seaports in Calabar, Onne, Ibaka, Lagos and Portharcourt. If you discount the territories excised from Igboland during State creations and the damnable boundary adjustments, it will be far less.

To be sure, Ikwerre land or Igweocha which bears the greater portions of the Portharcourt seaport was dredged up to 50 miles to the Atlantic front through the Bonny River. Onne seaport was dredged up to 60 Miles to the Atlantic and Calabar seaport was dredged 45 nautical miles to the Atlantic. Ibaka seaport is about 30 nautical miles to the Atlantic and the Lagos seaports dredged up to about 50 nautical miles to the Atlantic.

Compare all these to Obuaku in Abia State, which is only 25 nautical miles to the Atlantic from the confluence of Imo and Azumiri River which itself separately lies not more than 30 nautical miles to the Atlantic beachfront. The less obvious one is the little-known Oseakwa River in Ihiala (Imo State) which is mere 18 nauticals to the Atlantic, all with its 65 feet of natural depth, unarguably comparable to no other River in Nigeria.

Additionally, what is geopolitically known as Igboland today is far smaller than what it was and legally supposed to be. As far back as 1856, Baikie - one of the earliest and credible Geographers of ancient Nigeria, had this to say - “Igbo homeland, extends east and west, from the Old Kalabar river to the banks of the Kwora, Niger River, and possesses also some territory at Aboh, an Igbo clan, to the west-ward of the latter stream. On the north it borders on Igara, Igala and A'kpoto, and it is separated from the sea only by petty tribes, all of which trace their origin to this great race" (Baikie, William Balfour, published with a sanction of Her Majesty's Government in 1856).

But with that infamous post-War abandoned property policy and the egregious institutional injustices in boundary adjustments and the widespread anti-Igbo gerrymandering, Igbos physically and psychologically lost their vested ancestral lands, all to the point of not caring anymore about their historical contiguity to the Atlantic, which their ancestors beheld and called the ‘Great Sea’. The psychological beat-down got so bad that some of the descendants of these Igbo ancestors (nearest to the Atlantic and now lying outside Southeast) are no longer sure whether they are Igbo or not.

The worst injustice was In 1976 when the Justice Nasir Boundary Adjustment Commission made a serious and targeted agenda of carving out core Igboland territories into some neighboring States of the South-South. But they didn’t quite make an absolute success of it. They missed the southernmost Southeast lands that possess Rivers that meandered through slices of Igbo-friendly South-South territories and ended up at the Atlantic, thus unwittingly placing Igboland and its right of access to the sea under the canons of customary international law.

As it stands, international law of the sea guarantees Igboland (whether it remains Nigerian territory or not) unhindered access to the nearest sea (in this case: the Atlantic) peacefully by the many short-distance rivers, waterways and tributaries that originated from Igboland but ultimately washed into the Atlantic through contiguous South-South territories. For avoidance of doubt, there’s particularly the Obuaku confluence in Ukwa West (Abia State) that flows through Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom State before expanding out and washing into the near-reaches of the Atlantic. And the River Niger which ultimately joined the Atlantic through a vast network of hardly explored creeks and mangrove swamps that abut the Bight of Bonny in the South-South.

Nigeria is subject to the International Law of the Sea and is therefore bound to abide by its provisions, should the need arise in a scenario of persistent sovereign oppression of an identifiable indigenous group. The others are the United Nations Treaty of the Sea and the African Union Treaties and Conventions on the Sea, including particularly the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, which Nigeria ratified and domesticated in 1983. The pertinent provisions are mostly embedded in the copious provisions relating to the collective economic and commercial rights of indigenous peoples lying within the Treaty nations. Ndigbo are undoubtedly an indigenous people presently lying within Nigeria. So, international law will surely come into play if a conflict arises out of Nigeria’s persistent institutional resistance to granting a seaport to Igboland.

Aloy Ejimakor is a Legal Practitioner.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/17/it%E2%80%99s-lie-igboland-not-landlocked-aloy-ejimakor

Exc2000:
they are both members of the Kaduna Mafia.. one of the most succeful and ruthless Northern elite cult group, so no shaking they know each other so well

You sound too sure like you have seen Kaduna Mafia register.

Lalasticlala

This are good ideas policy makers.

It is interesting reading reactions on recent events in Rivers State. We still have a long way...

Wike matter don dey die small small.

We are all amazed in the same manner.

OUK my brother, there is hope.

Anything to move Nigeria forward.

OP e bi like say u dey serve tea for cabal.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has explained the continued absence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

In an interview on Wazobia Radio, Adesina insisted that Osinbajo is busy working with the Economic Sustainability Committee.

“He heads the Economic Sustainability Committee. They hold meetings and these news (items) are on the televisions,” he said.

Adesina noted that some of these meetings are now virtual or through videos, assuring that Osinbajo is hale and hearty.

He also explained that Lagos State secured a grant of N10billion from the Federal Government in the fight against the outbreak of COVID-19, because of their commitment to curb the pandemic.

“Technical support is very very important, very vey important… Lagos State got technical support before it got financial support, manpower support is very good, facility support is very good,” he added.

https://dailypost.ng/2020/05/07/covid-19-presidency-opens-up-on-osinbajos-whereabouts/

Now that CBN Bankers Committee advised banks to stay action on any plan to sack staff, has ACCESS Bank rescinded the firing its own staff?

Young Nigerians share hot ethnic hate words online among themselves.

Older Nigerians share cool looted money offline among themselves.

Sad, sad, and sad but reality.

Hahaha! It pained them no be small.

God 'safe' us!

festacman:
Dear Bukola Saraki, please be a gentleman and pay this woman this money to help her 'ministry' move to permanent site. Please Saraki, don't appeal this judgement as this N5m is mere chicken change compared to billions you and other senators earned for doing less than what most teachers in classrooms. Thank you for usual cooperation.

Hahaha! my brother forget, las las this case go reach Supreme court and the woman go don tire sef.

Nonsense

Dora Akunyili is a Nigerian heroine who stood up and spoke up when even the men in Federal Executive Council lost their voices to question Turai Yar'adua and her cabal who kept brain-dead ex-President Yar'adua in Saudi Arabia in order to keep looting the treasury while keeping the then VP Jonathan from taking over as constitution required.

Being a twin is not a taboo in Nigeria or what one should be ashamed of.

But for former Super Eagles defender, Taye Taiwo, his twin status over the years brought him some level of ridicule and embarrassment.

In an interview with former Super Eagles media officer, Colin Udoh, the former Olympique Marseille defender revealed the truth about his twin who he said was a girl (not a male as mostly believed) who died several years ago at a very tender age.

According to Taiwo, whose ferocious left-footed shots made him a fans’ delight, he was told by his father that they lost his twin sister while they were still very young.

Reports in the media at different times had claimed that Taye Taiwo was inexplicably ten years younger than his twin ‘brother’, indicating that the footballer lied about his age.

The damning reports over the years had seen many fans assume that Taye Taiwo was involved in age cheating. But having chosen to ignore the reports over the years, he cleared the air on the matter in the recent Instagram Live interview.

Taye Taiwo said: “People don’t even know the background of someone but they just write what they don’t know about. When I was younger my father told me that I was a twin but the second was a girl and we lost her. So how come since Taye Taiwo started playing football, going to the World Cup, and there is no picture of my twin?”

Taiwo, who also played for English side, Queen’s Park Rangers, shared his ordeal about the rumour even in England where he was embarrassingly questioned by a journalist.

“When I was in London, they started doing a joke around. A journalist came to the training ground to ask me if I have a twin. I was like what kind of question is that? I don’t have. I was feeling very bad though. But it’s a free world, “he concluded.

Taye Taiwo’s father, Salisu Taiwo, died in March 2020. His mother died several years ago.

Taye Taiwo shot into the limelight at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands where he was voted as the third-best player behind Lionel Messi and his Nigerian compatriot, John Obi Mikel

Since making his mark on the domestic scene with Lobi Stars, Taye Taiwo, 35, has played for many European teams including AC Milan, Marseille, Dynamo Kyiv, and HJK Helsinki.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/389886-what-my-father-told-me-about-my-twin-sister-taye-taiwo.html

This Ojerinde man really cashed out big time. Even a professor is fantastically corrupt in Naija. Tufia!

The United States government has described the late Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari as a dedicated public servant and respected interlocutor for the American government.

In a condolence message to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, eulogized the important role played by Kyari in the repatriation of over $300 million in funds stolen by the former head of state, Sani Abacha.

Nagy in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said, ‘‘Kyari was a valued and respected interlocutor for the U.S. government and particularly for our leadership team in Abuja.

‘‘We appreciate working with him on many important matters, including the return to the Nigerian people of over $300 million in funds stolen by Sani Abacha.

‘‘He envisioned the funds going to three geographically disparate infrastructure projects as a way to unite Nigeria economically.”

The U.S. Assistant Secretary noted that this vision, encapsulated by the late Chief of Staff, was a reflection of his tireless championing of a solid and prosperous future for Nigeria.

He said, ‘‘His dedication to this matter, to fighting corruption, and to countless other investments and policies for the future of Nigeria will leave a lasting impact on your country.”

While commiserating with the government and people of Nigeria, the Kyari family on the loss, the U.S. government pledged to stand with Nigeria in the struggle against the coronavirus pandemic.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/kyari-played-key-role-in-return-of-300m-abacha-loot-us-govt/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Hanty Kemi the CNN of Nigeria. Ipob don hear am small.

Rock of Ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in you!

What happened was display of emotion over sense. Simple.

How easy is it for a non-Nnewi Igbo person to buy land in Nnewi?

Charity begins at home!

This smells like a FAKE NEWS from Ihedioha camp or Ipob amateurish propaganda.

Abba Kyari Rest in peace.
Nobody holy pass.

I am sure Wizkid had had fun watching.

SciLab:
He hammered your buharideen skull, take the L and move along loser!

Next!

You still don't know your father.

shogz89:
did you read the part he said the last time he was in Lagos was December last year.

Re-read my comment particularly the second paragraph.