₦airaland Forum

TippyTop:
Why is it your problem what we describe ourselves as?

we? Tell me Who is we, where are you from?

TippyTop:
South South

a geophric location?

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai has been
sued to a US district country.
- Buratai was sued alongside 13 others, for complicity in the torture
and extra judicial killing of pro-Biafrans.
- The torture and killings were allegedly carried out in 2016, during
a pro-Biafra protest.
Ten Biafra supporters have charged Lt General Tukur Buratai to a
United States (U.S.) District Court for the District of Columbia.
The court granted leave to the 10 Biafran plaintiffs to sue Nigeria’s
Chief of Army Staff and 13 others.
According to The Guardian, they were charged for complicity in the
2016 torture and extra-judicial killings under colour of Nigeria law
to retaliate for peaceful Biafran protests against ethnic or religious
oppression.
Brought under the Torture Victims Protection Act and Alien Tort
Claims Act Complaint, the plaintiffs are seeking millions of dollars as
damages to compensate for their grievous losses and suffering.
The suit, John Doe, et al vs. Tukur Yusuf Buratai et al, with Civil
Action No. 1:17-cv-01033, has been assigned to United States
District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle, who was appointed by President
William Jefferson ClintonThe court further ruled that the “plaintiffs alleged that identifying
plaintiffs or decedents would expose them, their families and
relatives to an intolerable risk of death or serious bodily injury at
the hands of defendants or the Government of Nigeria.”
Counsel to the plaintiffs, Attorney Bruce Fein of Fein & DelValle
PLLC, and W. Bruce DelValle, said, among others: “This landmark
lawsuit is about justice and the rule of law coming to rescue Igbo,
Biafrans and their political supporters who are persecuted, because
of their Christian religion, ethnicity and political viewpoints since
Nigeria’s independence from its colonial master Great Britain in
October 1960.”
In a similar vein, the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign
State of Biafra (MASSOB), has said its drive for the restoration of
Biafra cannot be deterred by the threat of Lt Gen Buratai.
MASSOB's statement comes on the heels of a threat by the COAS
in which the army chief said that Biafra will not be achieved in his
life time.
Buratai had recently warned that not during his life time will Nigeria
disintegrate.
The COAS had insisted that the agitation for the state of Biafra
would not be successful in the present era and not even in the four
millennia to come.

TippyTop:
@op
What did he say about the SS?
Did he predict we would feed the nation for decade to come?

what is ss?

Masculity:
I wonder who is the real parasites now. Igbo kwenu.

seems you got a thing for fake news

It has been two good years you guys should change that una vision its not working

APCsupporter:
what's fearful about my post? that I called him a fool and a liar?

why would call him that have you have a chat with him face to face?

This man must have been a very good fraudster to know that

sarrki:
Nnamdi is a fraudster

the fraudster giving you sleepless nights

APCsupporter:
why should I feel bad? he has not been exonerated yet

if so i wonder why you are expressing your fear

APCsupporter:
namdi cownu is simply a fool. he would kill his mother at the sight of $100,000,000 and he is here talking about billions. the funny this is that the ipoop clowns would still believe this lie

pained soul, cardiac arrest is on the way

This ijaw stupid youths think they own niger delta.

This ijaw stupid youths think they own niger delta

Fulani heardsmen should finnish of this idiotic idoma people off

farewell cheik

two thieves

we do not need this people in biafra land,fulani herdsman should Finnish them off

ola6:
These igbos are just greedy

ure pained

YelloweWest:
OK o. Those that fought in biafra war are telling the youth to drop this agitation. Them no go hear... hmmm

give me a concrete reason why they should stop agitation of biafra

“My governor has met all you see on this banner,” Anya said during
a casual discussion. Anya is the chief press secretary to Umahi and
has a policy of getting things done as quickly as possible. “It is the
trademark of this administration. My boss wants anything that
would positively affect the people done as fast as possible.”It could be true. Abakaliki is filled with people all pursuing their
individual businesses with no time to mind others or succumb to
provocations. This is why it is very difficult to see public fights or
tension. With smiles playing around his face, once of the drivers
attached to the governor’s office told us that for the first time, the
state is enjoying the presence of government. According to him,
every civil servant now has a feeling of being a stakeholder in the
project called Ebonyi state. “I have been taking you round the state
for some days now; have you seen people fighting? Have you heard
people insulting others? You have seen the projects scattered around
the state.”From the entrance of the state, a traveler comes in contact with
projects, some completed, others ongoing. The state now boasts of
some flyovers, one located opposite the international market in the
state to assist travellers heading to Cross River state. To ease the
challenges that could be faced by motorists in the state now and in
the future, another flyover is cited at the Vanco junction. Yet, one
is found at the popular Presco area of the state.Professionalism counts. With a professional in government,
contractors must think twice before embarking on their tasks. This
must be why every project in the state must meet a particular
standard. This is why Abakaliki counts among one of the best cities
in the southeast with a nightlife that has more than doubled since
Umahi emerged.
Dr Ugbala Kenneth Igwe, the governor’s senior special assistant on
security, said the state remained peaceful because every youth is
positively engaged. “It is almost a crime to be idle here in Ebonyi.
People must know what you do. We had pockets of criminalities
before Governor Umahi came to power. But this changed with his
ascension to office. Governor Umahi believes that with God,
anything can be achieved. And this is what he has inculcated in the
electorate.
“Apart from believing in God, the governor gives all the support
both to security and external departments to make sure that the
state is secured since it is a constitutional responsibility. He is a man
that believes that when you build roads, put on streetlights and
water, such infrastructures should be secured. As you can see, in
Ebonyi state, you can stay on the road and enjoy your life without
interference."How are the youths and other able-bodied men engaged to the
extent that all they now care for is making money and becoming
millionaires? Chief Donatus Odi Njoku, the commissioner for
Economic Empowerment and Job Creation, has an answer.
"It is a crime to be idle in Ebonyi state" - Njoku
Hear Njoku: “It is not normal for any healthy person to be idle in
this state. An idle mind is the devil’s workshop. So, it is prohibited
in this state for a person to while away his time doing nothing
because manna does not fall from heaven. It is odd when you see
graduates waiting for non-existing government jobs that are not
even sustainable. Is it not part of ignorance to wait for a job that is
not forthcoming?
“There is a recent programme which targeted over 3,000 women
and youth. In this we announced that people into different trades
but lack funds, would be empowered. They were also mentored.
The money we gave them is to develop their business because we
believe that if they are successful, this would have a multiplier
effect. If anybody is caught in this state whiling away his time, he
would tell us how he exists. About one-quarter of these people
have been certified and given N250,000 each to start or boost their
businesses. We are monitoring them. If they satisfy us, they will
qualify for an approval for an amount. The whole essence is to
make sure this money does not end in beer parlours.”It does not end here. The state has another programme in which it
intends to withdraw Ebonyi people hawking in major cities of this
country. Like Njoku, Umahi continues to wonder how long people
from the state would continue to hawk.
“We have gone to Lagos, Aba, Abuja and other cities to talk to
these people to come back home and embrace the programme. The
governor has said he would ensure human development no matter
what it takes,” the commissioner said. “About 12,000 Ebonyi civil
servants are being encouraged, government is paying their
counterpart funds to enable them benefit from agriculture. For
those who are not indigenes of the state, the government provides
land. This cuts across all civil servants both at the federal level.Again, there are other programmes for young graduates. Over 270
persons are currently doing their practical works in different parts
of the country and the government procured everything they
needed for this. Talk about the Governor Umahi Mentorship
Programme that looks at engineers in different cadres. “We want to
train these young graduates to start implementing the governor’s
infrastructural programmes instead of getting expatriates to do the
work. Now, as they are being trained for a period of one year, the
government pays them. Every member of the state executive council
has a farm. We want to make sure that Ebonyi people are
liberated,” Njoku revealed informing us that one of the mission
statement of the governor is to move the state from backwardness
and re-write its history and make it the number one in the
federation. The Ebonyi man must be able to compete and overtake
the other person.
Orji Uchenna Orji, a lawyer and commissioner for Agriculture and
Natural Resources in the state, provided more of the needed
explanations in relation to agriculture.
The policy is ‘one man, one hectare’
“We have a policy that says every man, every inhabitant must be a
farmer and have a hectare. That is what we call ‘One man, one
hectare’ programme. Whatever you are doing, you should have a
second address and that is farming. The only way you can be
patronized by the government is for you to have a farm. We have
over 250 hectares of arable land particularly for rice farming.
Because of enlightenment, the number of farmers has continued to
grow.“Before now, agric was for leisure; you give people money, they
would spend it on other things. Under this administration, it became
agric for business. People now appreciate the shift in the system.
We are also making people understand that everybody must be a
farmer. The governor is the number one farmer in the state.
“Since the country is in recession, the governor believes that
through agriculture, wealth can be generated and more people can
be employed,” Njoku told the NAIJ.com team.
According to the commissioner, when the current administration
emerged, there was a major challenge with commercializing
agriculture as there was hardly mechanized equipment. What the
governor did was to procure 13 buldozers and brand new tractors as
well as small holder farm machineries which he distributed.Today, Ebonyi, through the efforts of the governor, has become
one of the biggest rice-producing states in the federation. This is
just a yard-stick. It actually earns more than being in the same
category with other states with regard to rice production. The state
now boasts of having the highest number of rice mills in the whole
of West Africa and this evidence can be found in the Guinness Book
of World Records. Orji said what the governor is doing is to ensure
that no other state beats Ebonyi. He has thus continued to procure
more rice mill. “We have over 1000 individual rice mills in a particular
cluster. We also have government-owned mills producing thousands
of metric tonnes of the commodity,” Orji said adding that the
governor further procured four processing plants to boost the
cassava production. “So for rice, imagine a farmer who invested
N250,000 in production and in three months, he makes N800,000.
We have maize processing plant that can successfully handle 40,000
metric tonnes. With time, we will go into tomato production. We
are also doing well in the area of poultry. It is a multi-billion naira
farm.”
Does it actually end here? No. Dr Umezurike Daniel, the
commissioner for Health in the state, says Governor Umahi has
achieved measurable success in the sector.
The progress is enormous –Dr Daniel`“Our governor is health-friendly and declared a state of emergency
on the sector when the administration started. He is a miracle
working governor and a game changer. He set up a 22-man
committee chaired by the former deputy governor with me as a co-
chair. After a robust discussion, we rolled out a report,” Dr Daniel
told us.
The commissioner said two epidemics caused crisis in the state
sometime back. Both Lassa fever and cholera were curtailed easily
because this was the time the governor began to focus on the
health sector. However, it was not just tales of woes. Something
good came out of the epidemics. The state never had a diagnostic
centre. The two incidents boosted the governor’s determination.
Now, a virology centre has been built in the state and it is the only
one in the southeastern part of the country. It has state-of-the-art
equipment and this means that the state and its neighbours would
not have to send samples to Irrua Specialist Hospital in far-away
Edo state again like they used to do and which often delayed
treatment resulting in very bad prognosis.
The commissioner is excited that under Umahi, HIV/AIDS prevalence
in the state has dropped from 4.3 to 0.9 percent, making it one of
the lowest in the country. The state also has a clinic for the
management of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Previously, patients with
such disease were sent to Owerri in Imo state and treated in
batches. That meant if a batch was being treated; patients with new
cases had to wait. Remember this disease is communicable. Now the
centre is constructed.True to his dream, Governor Umahi has ensured that Ebonyi state
has maintained the first position in the country in the management
of malaria. Under him, the state is upgrading 171 primary health
centres previously left comatose. This means there would be a
centre in every ward as is stipulated in the World Health
Organisation standard. The centres would also be standardized with
alternative power supply. There are also free medical programmes
including surgeries. We have incinerators to manage medical wastes
with one in each senatorial district.
He has also supported the teaching hospital and helped with
equipment that have made movement to the University of Benin
Teaching Hospital reduce. “The state already has a school of nursing
which will soon commence academic activities. There is also a total
overhaul of the state school of health technology. The progress is
enormous,” the commissioner said.Indeed, Umahi’s progress is enormous, but he does not think so. He
has a lot to do and hardly sleeps. The people of the state believe
that he would end up making the state one of the biggest
economies in Nigeria if he continues like this.

YelloweWest:
South Sudan is not in 1960 o...

that's south sudan

we want a referendum not war we are in 2017 not 1960,people should improvise their thinking biafra is not about war

shikshark:
To grieve you more....im a supporter of biafra so STFU

we don't need any afonja support leave us alone

ColonelDrake:
tell that to your demented father and senile mama

I would have insulted you but it seems madness runs in your family linage

even Boko dey attack only wen he's around

ColonelDrake:
It will never be better for you and your family. I hate it when you guys say we don't want you to go. Jeeezz... Are you mad ni? Are you stupid ni? What's my business with your agitation? How's it your business if no south west senators is proposing a bill for restructuring? How does south west affairs affect you? Is your brain paining you and abi craze they worry this one ni? Aren't you the slaves crying for freedom? Why are your senators not bold enough to put forward the bill but have the courage for a SEDC bill? That just proves that y'all love one Nigeria even more than the abokis but hiding like a coward under biadruggg..Guy, being online is your saving grace.. I haven't seen any yyyeboe drug pusher in real life tell it to my face that I don't want him to go...We have sounded it into your hearing several times that we want you to go..Every Yoruba has reiterated this over and over again.. Are you pained that we are not hating the abokis like you? You're pained because you know that if Yorubas don't side with you, you're only building castles in the air.. Please tell your people to come tell me say I'm holding them down and let me panel beat their akpu head into shape. Nonsense
Hear the trash this animal is spewing.. Y'all attach so much importance to yourself.. Biadruggt remains an online country...cry me a river
God punish you

we don't need a Yoruba South West to Side with us,stop poking your disfigured nose on Biafra,channel ur all strength to get oduadua ewudu Brown roofs republic

just put how you like biafra is not all igbo agenda,some igbos do not support biafra,but then you cannot conceal the fact some old Easterners do support biafra restoration

just put how you like biafra is not all igbo agenda,some igbos support biafra just some old Easterners do

mmmmm fat lies

akinsadeez:
See how poor and uneven the playing surface is, with patches where there is no grass at all, just bare sand. Is this the stadium that will host international matches? They should just limit it to an event centre.

bros work is going on they are using artificial grass on the pitch

shikshark:
My advice is not for u axehoul is for your decision makers.
Or do you expect me to "write to whom it may concern" before u know that?

I pity your life, biafra will be achieved and you will commit suicide

mars123:
are there times im proud to be Nigerian? Yes many! This 'broken' system churns out new millionaires (in dollars) every year. E neva reach your side no mean say pepper neva rest for nigguhs hustle. God dey for him children wey him like, him bless. ''Inside desert, tree dey grow''. If you have the brain power to do a quality research you should also have the brain to get funds for the research anyway!

On a personal note, I want Nigeria to change, but I don't expect my hungry a$s neighbour to be the change I seek! Salvation is personal you know!

if that's the Way you see it den bro Niger no EP anybody