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blacksta:
where is becomerich when you need him . Igbos are claiming nobody owns lagos. Please come quickly. LOl

Who are the igbos here claiming nobody owns lagos?

ThiefOfHearts:
can osisi or someone take this dog to get his shots.

all these losers trying so hard to claim Lagos, na by force?

Better face your ekiti that is on fire at the moment

Kobojunkie:
And what would I learn from that? Why did I leave in the first place? lol

You will learn to get reacquianted with naija ways and situation to reunderstand why certain things happen when they happen.

@kobojunkie

You really need to come back to nigeria and stay for 2 years uninteruppted.

Why did this make it to front page .It has not been confirmed yet.

Abagworo:
Nwanyi oyibo amaghi ebe ono.nwadiala nkea ji ya n'oru.

From my observation apart from 9ice,dbanj,ruggedman,P square,Faze,2face,Timaya all other naija artistes are more of regional artistes.

Which kind name be that

Nigeria is a failed state and we know it, middle class and rich folks are sending their kids abroad to study and get a second nationality, folks are sending wives abroad to have children cos everyone wants to guarantee the future of their children, all these are indicatn of a failed state, Come to nigerian embassy in London and you would know that the country is a failed state.

UPDATED AT 19.00 GMT
INEC postpones Ekiti guber polls indefinitely
Citing inability to produce election results for the two wards in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State due to alleged electoral violence and the health of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who reportedly took ill on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said no results could be announced yet, leaving the exercise a 'no victor, no vanquished' scenario. Briefing the press in Abuja, INEC Chairman, Prof. Maurice Iwu said it was not possible for the REC to declare a winner of the election, which was conducted on Saturday, without conducting elections in the remaining two wards in Oye Local Council. He noted that the two close contenders to the state's seat of power, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Action Congress (AC) ran "neck to neck", dismissing any speculations of awarding the election to any of the two parties given the indices on ground. "It is impossible for the REC therefore to declare a winner of the governorship election in Ekiti State without conducting election in the remaining two Registration Areas (Wards) in Oye Local Government Area and obtaining results there from. Now, going by the scores of the candidates in the election, the two leading contenders are running neck to neck. The expected votes in the remaining local government area of Oye, is in the neighborhood of 18,000 going by the number of registered voters," Iwu said
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/breaking_news/article01

It is not a matter whether he is praying for it to happen.More will happen.

This question is neither here nor there.

D’banj, HITV for Koko Mansion reality TV show
I may get my wife from here — Dbanj http://odili.net/news/source/2009/apr/25/513.html
Saturday, April 25, 2009

You may argue about many things if the subject of your discussion is D’banj, but one thing we all can’t take away from him is the fact that women, both young and old, are crazy about him.


D’banj
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So come June 1, the Koko master will be hosting some Kokolettes (ladies) exclusively for eight weeks in a mansion he has dubbed ‘Koko Mansion’ inside Parkview Estate, Lagos on a reality TV show that carries the same title. Supported by HITV, Koko Mansion will exclusively air on the wholly Nigerian satellite television.

Koko Mansion revolves around the quest of 12 beautiful, talented girls that will live in a mansion for eight weeks, to become the ideal Kokolette (wife). Being one of the most eligible bachelors around, D’banj will be hosting the show and would represent the ideal bachelor. He will represent the Nigerian man. His taste, comments and satisfaction would determine the fate of the girls. Of course, eviction would be exclusively determined by voting from viewers after listening to D’banj’s comments.

During the eight weeks, the young women will be groomed and tested in various activities in order to determine the one with the greatest Koko virtues, worthy of being a wife –a Kokolette. Some of these Koko virtues that the viewers, who are the ultimate judges in the intrigue-filled show, would be looking out for are: the ability of the Kokolette to cook and be an ideal African woman. “There is this misconception that the word ‘Kokolette’ is negative. No, we want to show people that the word stands for an ideal African woman”, Toyin Subair, CEO of HITV said during an interactive session.

A press statement signed by HITV head of communication, Justin Esade reads: “The Kokolette must also be industrious while being able to take care of the home front; her ability to be respectful and courteous at all times would be put to test. The potential Kokolette must be able to emulate notable women in society such as Honourable Abike Dabiri, Nike Osinowo, among others even as she shows the ability to impress D’banj, under all circumstances in order to win the public’s votes to be in the house among others. Top celebrities such as super model Oluchi, Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele (Jenifa) and celebrity hair stylist Bobbys would be invited to teach the ladies poise, ‘bigzs girls’ mannerisms and how to maintain a fashionable hair-style.”

The Kokolette, according to Morayo Aka-Bashorun, Business Development and Sales Manager, HiTV, must be a beautiful young lady, at least 18 years old. She must be smart and intellectually savvy; she must also possess a fun talent she is willing to explore and definitely a wife material. She must be well-cultured with sound domestic training, an absolute diva with the ability to get along with a diverse crowd.

The Kokolette must be someone with good moral values, independent and ambitious aside being a creative person. She must also be an excellent host, a very creative person who understands and can get along with the celebrity lifestyle of the hip hop star . Most importantly, she must be D’Banj’s number one fan. A video audition would help the panel determine the 12 finalists. According to Aka-Bashorun, there will be no evictions in the first week because the ladies would have to socialise and familiarise themselves with living in the mansion. However, eviction starts in the second week, where two ladies with the least number of votes from the viewers will be ushered out.

D’banj, however, reveals that he might get his wife from the house. “Who knows, I might get the right woman that I’ve been looking for in the house”, he said. The winner will go home with N5 Million and other assorted gifts.

The forms for the show, which would be sold for N5,000 will go on sales any moment from now

Unfortunately nigerians and africans in general over the years have done more to 'substantiate' lugards claim rather than rubbishing it

Forget nigeria

I am not sure if this jam will be a hit in the east.

Chai nigeria

Kobojunkie:
BINGO!!! Hence the reason why the Diaspora “MAGIC PILL” is not going to work, in my opinion, until the Nigerian people, as a whole, need change and stand up to demand it.

Till then, all we will continue to hear of are stories of individuals who went back and were able to amass wealth for themselves, be it through legit or illicit means, while the problems in the nation as a whole continues with barely any change. I read these success stories; stories of how lagabaja and lagbelu moved back to Nigeria and made millions more than they did when they were outside of Nigeria and I wonder what that has to do with Nigeria actually improving.

Same thing i have been hammering.Most nigerians see nigeria as an enterprise to make money from and not a country to build and serve.

Moonstone:
So did Lagos people. Eldee does not rap like a Nigerian.
That's not a valid excuse. Do P-square sing like Nigerians?

I personally hate guys who pretend too much like yankee people. That's why I can't stand some rappers in naija but if you listen to M.I very well he's not all westernized. In his yankee-sounding rap, he uses a lot of Nigerian undertones.

All the so so pidgeon,yoruba and igbo they speak is it unigerian?

Apart from get squared track i cannot remember any jam they sang that does not sound nigerian whether they borrowed the beat or not.

Wordsmith:
emm, asha, you once said Owerrians do not listen to wannabe guys and only those that are more original.

Now i ask, how original is elDee's Big Boy? the same accent change occurs (though minutely) when eldee switches from english to pidgin to Yoruba. look, i still stand, the root is exposure. MI doesn't have enough in Owerri. . .

Though minutely and not sustained.

@Moonstone

You do not get it do you?Most guys in owerri especially my generation grew up with the 2pac,biggie,Jayz,Nas,Master P,ice cube, kind of music.Most guys will prefer to listen to this kind of rap rather than listening to a nigerian (except ruggedman or niggaraw) rapping like a yankee.

When we want to listen to nigerian artistes we expect a lot of naija flavour.

yori yori-bracket

big boi-eldee

elewe ukwu-tj

shayo-bigiano

one guy wey dem the call harida

Wordsmith:
@ asha;

just exactly what the question says. what kinda songs do they listen to in Owerri? what are the songs gettin' masssive airplay in the media, right now?

Is this guy for real?After saying that Zim Zimakoy's kind of music is the kind listened in owerri and akanchawa is still the hit song in owerri you now want me to list the hit songs in owerri?Well let me help u cement your belief.

List of hit songs in owerri now

UdoakpuEnyi -Sonny bobo

Ube nwanne-Bright Chimezie

Ofe owerre-Sir Warrior

NB. Note owerri is a local village where there is no radio

What do you mean what kind of songs do we listen in owerri?

Wordsmith:
. . . and tracks like Anoti, Blaze Area are not hits or are you shittin' me? do you even listen to the guy's music? fa Christ's sake, the case in point here is them Owerrians don't have exposure to him, simple. if radios don't play you, you don't get to be known in a particular area, it's simple logic. what someone like MI simply needs to do is create a buzz via the media. they don't feel him simply because they don't know him, c'est finni.


besides. . . Akanchawa is still the shit in Owerri, take it or leave it

You dey yarn cigar.Anoti,Blaze hits like those those tracks?My friend i stay in owerri and i can tell you MI is played in the radio but the issue is many people here do not feel wannabe guys.People here prefer more original artistes .

Moreover Akanchawa is a gospel song and not hip hop or afro pop or street hop so stop mixing apples and oranges.

soso boy:
nobody is feeling m.i in southsouth and south east.i have the album though.but i've never heard his song on air anywhere.except lagos.he's not a well known mc in naija.the likes of d,banj,p.sq,nice etc are verywhere.m.i is overhyped and he's not worth all that.he does'nt have songs that can move people who are sick of listening to american rap.
@wordsmith
if nigga raw is the best rapper there, don't u like it?is he not doing good? abi na ur papa go be the best rapper.or na ur lame ass.what matters is how much money u make and not how sick u are than siphillis.

blacksta:
Are u telling me that this man does not know the plight of people - how interesting.

What do you think?

SapeleGuy:
Asha 80 - No wahala, I know. The issue is should it be in South South or South East. Someone will also need to pay massive financial compensation for a new capital for Delta. Federal Govt will never pay and in a country of 150 million people if you create a state for every 1 million people we will be fighting for the next 50 years. Plenty of states but no progress.

First and foremost i will prefer if we return to regionalism.All these state creations is simply opening more doors and avenues for chop chop.

On whether it is south east or south south it does not matter as people from other states will still regard the Anioma as igbos since they answer igbo names and speak the igbo language dialect notwithstanding.You think the typical bini,yoruba,tiv,efik knows the difference?Even me can converse with an anioma man especially those from ogwashi ukwu,issele ukwu,asaba and even ukwuani in igbo more than with afikpo person.

Can you not see the man is deranged .What do you want to say?

Let govt know your problems, Yar’Adua charges ethnic nationalities
By Ihuoma Chiedozie and Sola Adebayo
Published: Friday, 24 Apr 2009
President Umaru Yar‘Adua on Thursday urged leaders and elders of the various ethnic nationalities in the country to come to the Presidential Villa, Abuja and tell him the problems faced by their people.

The President said such visitations would enable his government to get a first hand knowledge of the problems and challenges confronting Nigerians in all parts of the country.

Yar‘Adua made the call during an audience he granted a visiting delegation of the South-South Elders and Leaders Forum, at the State House.

Informing the delegation that he had to call off a scheduled trip to Tinapa in Calabar, venue of an ongoing summit on the Niger Delta, because of the South-South Elders’ visit, Yar‘Adua said discussions with the groups would also help the government to solve problems in all parts of the country.

He said, “I welcome visitations from leaders from all parts of the country so that we will know first hand the problems of the peoples of this country.

“I recall that just about four weeks ago, I received members of the Arewa Consultative Forum and I made a call for leaders from other parts of this country to visit us so that we can interact .”

The President noted that the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs was the third of its kind in the country, as it was established specifically to tackle developmental problems in the oil-rich region.

He said the new ministry was similar to the defunct Ministry of Lagos Affairs, and the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory Administration.

Yar‘Adua also expressed hopes that stakeholders participating in the summit in Calabar would be able to fashion a developmental strategy for the troubled region, using the 15-year Niger Delta Development Master plan as a platform.

He said the plan would ensure a ”total transformation of the region” in 15 years.

“Infact, I was to open the summit today but I asked the vice-president to represent me due to this meeting (with the South-South delegation),” Yar‘Adua said.

Earlier, leader of the delegation, Chief Edwin Clark, said the South-South Elders and Leaders Forum were in the Villa to ”pay a courtesy call, and pledge loyalty” to the President.

Clark thanked Yar‘Adua for receiving the delegation at a very short notice, and also for selecting their ‘son,’ Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, as his deputy.

He commended the President for establishing the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, and appointing two Niger Delta indigenes as the ministers in charge of the establishment.

He said, “We congratulate you for your understanding of the problems of the Niger Delta; you have allowed the Niger Delta Development Commission to remain and you have provided more funds for them to operate.”

Clark thereafter, called on a former Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Akhigbe, to read out the South-South‘s demands to the President.

Although the President was obviously ready to listen to the demands, Akhigbe, after hesitating for a moment, informed the President that the request should be made in private, without the presence of journalists who were covering the event.

Akhigbe described the demands as ”issues of family discussion which we don‘t want to open to the press.”

Consequently, the President had to make his remarks before journalists departed the conference room where the meeting took place, to allow the South-South delegation express themselves.

Members of the delegation included Chief Alfred Diette-Spiff, Chief Chibudum Nwuche, Chief Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, Senator Stella Omu, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and Mrs. Bolere Ketebu, among others.

Clark, who confirmed the private session with the President in a telephone interview last night, said the problems of the Niger Delta dominated discussions at the meeting.

Clark said, “We discussed the problems facing the Niger Delta region and the South South as a whole with the President. The meeting was very important and that is why the President did not go to the South-South Economic Summit. The President had to send his deputy, Jonathan, to Calabar.

“The meeting was in two phases; first, the general courtesy call and secondly, the closed door session in which we discussed major things affecting the region.”

Although he was not forthcoming on the details of the closed door meeting with Yar’Adua, another member of the team, who craved anonymity, said the South- South leaders demanded accelerated development of the region.

The source said the leaders told the President that they had elicited assurances from the militants in the region to embrace dialogue and give peace a chance.

They also requested the President to allow the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah, to benefit from the recent presidential amnesty to the Niger Delta warlords.

According to him, the leaders also raised the issue of payment of the outstanding funds due to the Niger Delta Development Commission.

He said, “We met with the President and assured him that peace had returned to the region. We told the President that our youths have agreed to lay down their arms and ready for dialogue with the Federal Government. The President was urged to immediately embark on all-round development of the region and massive youth empowerment.

“I also remember that the President was pleaded with to release the outstanding N300bn due to the NDDC. The leaders were of the opinion that the money would assist greatly in the development of the region.”

Another source at the meeting disclosed that the South-South leaders reminded the President of their initial agitation for a review of the derivation formula to allow the region to get as much as 50 per cent.

Guy u have not yet commented on the thread i posted.^^^

And for your information Emeka Esogbue the author of that article is a staunch supporter of Anioma state.If u want evidence i will simply go back to Article Base you got your own article from.

Constant Fear Of Death Ruin Our Polity
Written by Farouk Martins Aresa
Thursday, 23 April 2009
CONSTANT FEAR OF DEATH RUIN OUR POLITY

By Farouk Martins Aresa

It is very difficult for those with sound minds and self respect worthy of substance to get into politics these days for the fear of being soiled or worse, slaughtered like a goat . It has become a field for hustlers who have nothing to loose. Whatever it takes, they are willing to go the distance. In many countries including ours, creating business and employing people can be rewarding in the short term and make you rich in the long term. For most, politics is the shortest distance to riches. So the field is crowded with vultures in power leaving little room for sincere civil servants.

We are the poor, the helpless and the meek that have given up and decided to join them by singing their praises with the hope that some money may trickle down to us before we and our children starve to death. There are not too many of us who are willing to protest or fight to death as we used to because we know the consequences. However, we are recruited as hooligans to fight their causes to death, willing to risk death in the desert rather than face what belittles us at home. So those that raise their voices and condemn atrocities are severely punished as a deterrent to others.

The latest amongst those who expressed fear of death in the hands of opponents is the Chief Law enforcer, Attorney General Aondoakaa. He claimed his opponent wished him dead. Who are we to dismiss his claim when we knew what happened to a former Attorney General, Uncle Bola Ige? We do not want to claim any threat, real or imagined a hoax in view of our violent climate. Nor do we want to spend all our resources protecting every big man for fear of being attacked when common folks like us suffer even from those who are suppose to protect us. So this fear cut across Nigeria.

Bola Tinubu and El Rufai, none of whom are saints, have been written about for high handedness and condemned accordingly but there is an odious arrogance coming from those in power at the Federal level reminiscent of our dark military days. If you express fear for your life especially in a society such as ours where prominent politicians have vanished, they can turn it on your family. If you are a critic of the Government in the press or on the internet, you can be summarily detained.

Tinubu and his friends expressed fear of assassination. Instead of the authorities working with them cooperatively, they jumped all over them as if assassination of politicians is unheard of in Nigeria. It brings back bad memories. Here is not the place to list names of those who had been assassinated in all the political parties for reasons best known to people who have been rightly labeled “nest of killers”. If you cannot express fear of assassins to police, who do you call, Ghostbusters?

There is a war of words going on now to nail El Rufai. He had stepped on some powerful toes during his term in politics. But we all know his sins are beyond that. It has more to do with the fact that he exposed those that demanded bribe from him before his confirmation as minister, standing up to those who built on utility land in Abuja and as a member of the radical North working with the South. If we really want the Country to stay unified, why not wisely encourage young men from all parts of the Country to shoulder that responsibility without the fear of being hounded later.

As for the Internet critics, there is not very much they can do about it. We are past the dark ages when the printing press moved from one house to another in order to evade the secret Nigeria police. You can close down the press but the Internet is beyond your reach. So live with it. For every Nigerian critic detained, there are hundreds coming to life. You can neither kill it nor decapitate it. If you wasted all the hard currencies those in Diaspora sent into Nigeria in exchange for your foreign expensive toys, it sounds like a case of monkey dey work, baboon dey chop!



These days, Diasporans have been given a bad name so that they can be easily hanged. They are called stone throwers into their fatherland by those hit, who throw billion of dollars out of their fatherland. Who are the culprits? Those who got hit by stone thrown into Nigeria for throwing billion of US dollars out of the Country or those who send billions of US dollars into Nigeria to create jobs, feed, cater and pay school fees for relatives and friends.

In addition to all the problems we have like never knowing when armed robbers are going to strike at home or on our way, time spent looking for water, public flogging and being caught between political assassins and kidnappers, Nigerians refuse to give up. They still make time to enjoy themselves. If everyone takes it on, it will be a fast track to depression. Many of us place water on top of our priority. If you can not afford bore hole or regular supply of water, we spend too much time searching around. In face of all these Power Holding Corporation can promise electricity but we cannot hold our breath on promises.

The solution for this pervasive fear in the polity is some goodwill as late Waziri Ibrahim of GNPP used to say it: politics without bitterness. Some of them from each political party need to form a committee pledging to make life sacrosanct no matter what their differences. There is too much violence as it is and contribution to it by politicians make matter worse. If many of us stay away from politics, why can’t we have a peace of mind?

The amount of time politicians spends planning to kill one another show that they would rather use their brain for mischievous ends than devote it to saving the Country from squalor. They are the one training and encouraging dare devils who waylay bullion vans when politicians lay them off. Yet the common people who get killed in the process have never seen or encounter so much money in their life. As the banks graduated into helicopters to transport money, armed robbers would devise way to compliment them.

Poor people cannot travel within the Country in peace; those from Diaspora get sinking hearts as their planes descend into Nigeria air space heading to the sweet home they have been looking forward to. Our daily working paths are full of traps and misadventure spreading into villages. It is with pride to see Nigerians defy all these risks to get some sanity in their life.

Anytime some of us we see a Nigerian long distance runner, we should reflect on our business men and women who swear they can never live outside Nigeria after each trip abroad. We may wonder why a Nigerian would train for a marathon to get a price when most would be satisfied with 100 metre, the shortest distance to get their golden flee. Nigerians are strong and incorrigible, yet only those who are opportunists make the distance in violent endemic society. It is this fear of violence that keeps efficient people away from politics.

Well, there are those who say Nigeria is not as bad as Lebanon or Somali. True but must we wait until it gets worse than what it is right now or do we see and end to our criminal gangs at home? Fortunately or for some consolation, we are not noted for violence crime to make money abroad.

ifyalways:
asha Oyi corset
Ikomi i nuna egwu a before
mgbe i na eje na ulo nwanyi nwere di. . .nwere di
Ma mgbe di ya ga abiaaaaaaaaaaaa
I ga esi na window mapu,majisie ukwu,majisie aka
Try inserting ur "ihe" mmiri oku.it shld help straighten it
LoL
onwere otu nwoke gbagoro agbago
aha ya bu IkOMI
o nwere ihe gbakoro agbago
luta nwanyi gbagoro agbago
mee nwanyi ya ihe gbagoro agbago

Ifyalways were ke di gi ti na miri oku