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[quote author=tosinaded@ link=topic=588501.msg7566098#msg7566098 date=1295479498]He dsnt av anythn to gain abi? So why did he reply talkn to u with banging?

He dsnt av anytn to gain,yet he went mad on the prints just to address mode9. . .

@tical[b]
which sales? Go and follow alaba on twitter![/b] Even with his 9ice strategy. .he's stil not makn sales compared to his previous albums!

@megastreet
i bn dan give u benefit of doubt b4, buh i dan withdraw am. . . Ure a m.or.on!

Rugged used a skit to reply deathblow! How ridiculous. . . For sum1 dat stil wants to be cald naija's best, thats not-so-smart.

U say 9ice cldnt come out to clear the air abt his song! Ure just as f.o.olish as your god. . .
There was nothn to clear. . . .

U say 9ice suddenly did a song and a video after he said he didnt av time on fone. . Lmao u be oponu jatijati! That was cos he didnt know he was dealing wiv a snitch dat would leak a private phone converstion. .  Nothing would av hapnd if that phone convo was kept private

I dnt expect u to see reason sha,dat would be asking too much from u. . . .[/quote]guy try post am here now as you carry post jesse jagz own.no be everybody dey twitter now 

Onlytruth:
Posted by: KnowAll
Solid points.

I also think that the federal government should not control more than 50% of funds. Even 50% sef too much; wetin dem de do with the money sef? Nor be to go waste am for ECOMOG?

Cities are incorporated (as businesses) in the US. Cities go bankrupt. I may not want to go that far for Nigeria because of difference of social systems, but we should really stop cheating hardworking and productive cities/towns.

We need to encourage towns to aspire. If they know that they will receive that federal allocations whether they deserve it or not, they will NEVER work hard.
Funds should be allocated more to areas that generate it.

mint!

joyblinks:
and i guess thats all u can say right? if u dont know anything about what we re talking about, why u no just turn sitdown-look?

@Aloy.
i no dey fear ooo because before Okoro go come collect our land, Musa go don collect ona land.

i even know your state more than you .go and tell and enlightend efik person that he or she is calabar and see whether that person will not be cross with you.you just got yourself worked up for nothing.

odumchi:
In the traditional Igbo that i was taught,

And isnt deaf: nkiti? or ntiike
brain: oburu-isi
doctor: (Native doctor) dibia
[b]
And i personally dont like these new modern Igbo words. Igbo is a traditional language and in my perspective, there doesnt need to be a word for everything. [/b]Thiese new Igbo words are confusing, and ikwurugi eziokwu I doubt they will ever become popular.

and one wonders why igbo language is not developing and evolving and why one cannot speak it without adding english to it.black people can be their worst enemies, i can imagine a croat saying the same thing.

ChinenyeN:
Is this really the smartest of ideas, for the time being?

what do you mean?

fstranger1:
Didnt they pick Lanre Shittu from Onipanu?

Most likely?

the car merchant?was he involved in fraud

Was Lanre Shittu sold out by Obasanjo's government to U.S. law enforcement agencies?

By Jonathan Elendu

It's been reported that Alhaji Lanre Shittu, the owner of Lanre Shittu Motors, a company situated on Western Avenue, Surulere-Lagos is in New York. Why is it a story that is newsworthy? What is our business with a Lagos motor dealer visiting New York? The Alhaji is not visiting New York; he is an unwilling guest of the American government. United States drug enforcement officers with the connivance of the Nigerian government abducted the man from Nigeria. Extradition? Nonsense!

Lanre Shittu was standing trial before a Lagos High Court. He has been in detention for many years at the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency. To the best of my knowledge, his businesses have been closed down for years, in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I have no problems with that. If the man is a drug dealer he should face the full extent of the law.

ok i get it but it seems that he went to US and was apprehended there.i do not think this is the same scenario

any country that exhausts most it strenght fighting itself just cannot move forward.

was he born and brought in liberia?if yes then i don not see the issue.

frosbel:
I am not here to judge or point fingers.

I am lamenting the state of the east, a place where I grew up, where there were strong family bonds, peace , contentment and laughter.

Today people are living in fear of the kidnapping scourge, ritualistic murder, fatal family feuds, etc etc.

Is this not something that saddens you ? That in the process of getting rich quick, our society has been torn apart.

But let me ask you one philosophical question, suppose during the process of hunting hard for money , you lose your life, what will you tell your God ?

do people live forever?do people not die everyday?

you think it is only the east that have kidnapping cases?do you know what is happening in benin now?

so only igbos do rituals?man you dissappoint mw with this.obviously you have not lived in any other part of nigeria before or knows what happens there.

and only igbos have family feuds?if your family have feuds speak for yourself not mine and others.

jason123:
First of all, I do not care if Pa Enahoro is yoruba or not. He is of Esan origin and as far as I know, he is was part of the former Bendel state and a fellow southerner. Therefore, I would react if anyone disrespects him and as you can see every southerner (apart from igbos) would react if he is disrespected.
Secondly, there is no need to insult if you are cultured. I guess only you proved Awo right. Btw, the situation of the northerners and yorubas, you and I do not understand, OK? Some yorubas have fulani blood in them and they still call themselves yorubas. The relationship is complex.
Finally, you are right, every group has its imperfections and we should not use that as a weapon.
PS: Its like you want to start the great tribal war of NL by claiming you are of yoruba origin. Remember, akin-egba? I would advise you to be proud of your igbo origin. MO

have you met every igbo person to say that?

frosbel:
Take it or leave it,  I am igbo and proud to be one.

But it looks like the truth has hurt, argh!!!!

since the 'greed' is not likely to stop what then happens?

ShangoThor:
@ asha 80, I agree with you actually, however I am not trying to come across as a revolutionary, but merely
trying to appeal to the 'reasonable citizen'.

There are tensions and paradoxes in the Nigerian 'arrangement' that have to be resolved before we can move forward.

Irrespective of what happens with regards to fragmentation, I will never hate those that choose to secede because
the bottom line is that we are all Africans; will always be neighbours; and will have to devise mechanisms to promote
co-existence.


1. The North/South divide schism exists whether we like it or not. Sharia law (adopted by the Northern states)
contradicts, contravenes and challenges the Constitution. This is simply a matter of core values. The North have
every right to implement Sharia, but they have to accept that they have to form a separate country in the interest
of all. Hopefully, we will be able to do this amicably. Moreover, there is no other country in the world where
Sharia is adopted by virtually half of the country, it is unworkable and why experiment with a scenario that is
already fragile.

2. More Independent and stronger Judiciary - there is no point in discussing this without firstly dicussing a
complete overhaul, a structural adjustment of the State, the apparatus of the State and the concept of 'the Separation
of Powers'.

Until the above issues are addressed, we are just delaying the inevitable.

you have to understand the a lot of nigerians do not like facing the truth and facts about situations.a lot like burying their heads in the sand rather than confront situations bothering on their existence in the country or how the country is strucutred.the belief is that by an act of 'miracle' things will turn itself around.

mens dept:
Mr Man, what are saying here? You dont have to "go to jail" to be shamed or shameful. For a region to be "given" a position, and unlike the other regions, rotate more than one office holder in a short period says something about them.

Period.

I like how other regions are progressing.

ShangoThor:
[size=18pt]What makes a king out of a slave? Courage![/size]

I really admire 'courage', I think it is the most pivotal virtue that a lot of Nigerians lack, 

If we think about the act of setting one's self on fire, it is perhaps the ultimate act of 'self sacrifice'
and cannot be compared to a suicide bombing, because there is no desire to injure or kill other individuals.
It is also a very deep psychological statement, one that displays complete contempt for the authorities.

@ Rossicke, I really respect and share a lot of your views on history and the current state of affairs,
however, as weak as you perceive the act to be, it has provoked a nation wide reaction that is forcing
change, at least in Tunisia. I have toured Tunisia and it is a relatively modern country with a strong
economy and the standard of living was very cheap, that is perhaps why Tunisians endured 2 decades of
mis-party rule. Nevertheless, history will read ,  eventually the people rebelled and the catalyst
was a 17 year old boy that defiantly set himself ablaze.

At what point do we draw a line in the sand as citizens when certain universal standards of decency
are encroached upon; what do we say to our children when they ask us in the future what we did when
we were confronted by these challenges; what if we do not have anything worthwhile regarding heritage
to pass down to our children. It is never always feasible to 'live in hope' or 'wait and see'.

I asked the question of the post thread title because I was playing devil's advocate.

My take on Nigeria, the erosion of civil liberties, under-development and developmental regression since
the early 80's is that 'we' as Nigerian citizens are complicit in holding her back if not in her demise.

There are no unifying threads of common decency that have trancended all geo-polities in Nigeria, hence
we are all culpable regarding how we arrived at the status quo.

The right of a Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Edo, Ijaw citizen to freedom of movement with guaranteed security
(not being robbed); to state protection from extortion (especially not by the Police at check points);
to protection of pollution of ones community; to protection from exploitation of MultiNational companies
is all about common decency which should apply to all. These are natural inalienable rights that should
not be compromised irrespective of having had Military Dictatorships in the past.

I have never known Nigerians to draw a line in the sand and take a stand, those that do are earmarked
as being fringe or radical movements. Fela tried and sacrificed so much for the cause, and when he was
being battered and bruised despite losing millions of $$$ in the process of trying to awaken our
consciousness to the fact that the 'State' belongs to, or represents an embodiment of the spirit of the people.

All I'm saying is that in my humble opinion, we as citizens have to take some responsibility for the scenario
that we have today.

If all citizens in every state of all ages peacefully engaged in civil disobedience measures aimed at the
government to stop the killings in Jos, or Police bribery at check points, or the pollution in the Niger
Delta, amongst other causes, the State would find the political will to act.

well nigerians will tell you that power to change is in the ballot but honestly i feel we have past that stage now.

joyblinks:
this is not the reason for my arguement with Aloy. but if u still want to know. i dont know anything about Cross River State but i do know that some tribes in Rivers State like Andoni are from Cross Rivers(dosent matter the part of cross rivers)

u get it? well if u dont, go kiss a transformer.

only people with weak ways of presenting their argument take this route.

Andre Uweh:
@The poster: You should be concerned with Almajiris ravaging your home states than having sleepless nights over NdiIgbo.
@Alh Harem: Tell me one Ngwa person who says he is not Igbo. Also tell me how the North is united more than others.

i honestly think it is high time people started ignoring this Alh harem.

Ola edo:
Why is there no interference by ECOWAS or AU?

i do not know why for AU.

for ECOWAS guy na wa ? ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES tunisia is north africa.

Mariory:
Forget rioting. I'm talking about food scarcity, looting, armed banditry, and armed confrontation between different factions of what government is currently left.

it is a buy prduct of protest and rioting anywhere even in UK.Government factions there are fighting themselves no doubt but at least things are likely never going to be the same there (dictatorship wise).if you ask me though i do not want it but naija has gobe beyod the stage of peaceful change.

Mariory:
Forget Egypt for a second. What change has actually happened in Tunisia? That country is very close to total chaos right now. Those clamouring for "revolution" should take a close look at events in Tunisia. Apply that to Nigeria (with our tribal and religious issues) and what you will have is hell on Earth.

'Life is wasted on the living'

actually tunisians are still roiting because they believe that the new unity government is the toppled government is disguise.some of the ministers who signed up for this new unity government there have resigned today because of the continued protest.

does nigeria and US have an extradition pact on things like this?

FBI wants 26-year old Nigerian scammer

By Elor Nkereuwem

January 18, 2011 02:34AM
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has demanded the extradition of a 26-year old Nigerian, Olaniyi Makinde, in connection with e-mail scams currently valued at about USD800,000.

A source at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the FBI is particularly interested in Mr. Makinde, who is currently standing trial in Ondo State, because of the peculiarity of the scam method which involved remotely breaking into the accounts system of an online payroll company in California, Intuit Inc.

When contacted, the spokesperson of the EFCC, Femi Babafemi, declined to speak in details about the case but our source also said that the EFCC and the FBI have been working together on this case since last year adding that while the FBI would like to try Mr. Makinde in the US, the EFCC want him tried in Nigeria.

Amongs other charges in the 23-count charge brought against the 26-year old, the EFCC said that Mr. Makinde managed to manipulate the American online payroll system to deposit cash in his Intercontinental and Ecobank accounts in Nigeria.

“He installed malicious codes in several victims’ personal computers with which he fraudulently stole their bank information to steal $600, 000,” an official document obtained by NEXT said.

“Because of that boy, three FBI agents came to Nigeria in October. They wanted to see the person that could carry out this deal offshore,” our source at the EFCC said.

The accused, Mr. Makinde, who also goes by the aliases Olaniyi James and Andrea Bradley, recently graduated from the University of Ado Ekiti with a degree in Economics and is scheduled to take part in the compulsory National Youth Service scheme.

He however remains in the custody of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency which said that if convicted of the over 20 count charges brought against him, Mr. Makinde could serve as much as 60 years in jail.
Bac

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5664133-146/fbi_wants_26-year_old_nigerian_scammer.csp

joyblinks:
did you tell me i am from Ikwere?
so what does this mean, that i am from hausa?

as for where am from, am i Obama dat that u will know where am from?

u just dey confuse urself dey go. i just wanted to clear you with the fact that Rivers State is not just made of the igbo speaking people but also has Ijaws in it. and even if i didnt put the name Cross River. i believe u still understand me when i say Calabar. but if u still dont know, check google.

you are still shooting yourself in the foot because in crossriver there are 3 major ethnic group namely efiks,ejaghams and bekwerras so saying calabar or crossriver means nothing.also which one of them is indegenous in rivers?

Kobojunkie:
MO_RON, it's a new year  . . . learn to READ . . . give yourself that gift at least!

Where in that do you have me making the claim you made there? If you do not understand what is typed, ask questions rather than jumping to stu-pid conclusions thinking you win yourself another badge.

Kobo there is no stopover in abuja in the lagos-kano rail route unless bida is now in abuja which what FACE is saying.so in reality there is lagos-abuja railway.

Quote from: Kobojunkie on January 16, 2011, 01:20 AM
There is already a function Lagos -> Abuja railway or doesn't the NRC currently make stops  at Abuja?

i guess this is what Gbawe is talking about.

T9ksy:
No I don't!! Pls. indulge me.
On second thought, don't bother, don't really care,

you wish.hot air over the net.

T9ksy:
Posted by: asha 80 Today at 09:23:54 PM
Who then are the igbos fond of defending?  
Awo, perhaps?   


Hmmmmmm. . . . I wonder what's transpired since then? I wonder, indeed  

well maybe from hindsight they know better.as for the first question i am sure you already know the answer.

hehe those from the ngwa axis will like this

Ibime:
^^The almajiris do like him. Abacha is the greatest Kanuri ever!

Like Ezeachi said, Nigeria is a place where a thief is a good man, as long as he is from your town.

classic.

Akhenaten:
If you actually took the time to read my post in its ENTIRETY, then you will understand the point of the post.

well the post under the title is about niger delta but the headline has no relationship whatsoever with title.admit it it was an error.no harm in changing the title to something more related with the post.