afoobabs:
Chief wailer, i think that wailing is in their blood. Even if you make them the president they will still wail.
Oga where were you when lagos-calabar rail was removed from the budget. as the vice president of the senate, u ar at a vantage point to know what transpired in the budget.

Muammar Gaddafi was indicted on 27 June 2011 on two counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in Libya. As the Leader of the Revolution (the de facto head of state) and Commander of the Armed Forces of Libya he allegedly planned, in conjunction with his inner circle of advisers, a policy of violent oppression of popular uprisings in the early weeks of the Libyan civil war.[52] He allegedly formulated a plan in response to the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions whereby Libyan state security forces under his authority were ordered to use all means necessarily to quell public protests against his government.[52] From 15 February 2011 until at least 28 February 2011, forces from government-organized militias, the national police, the Libyan Armed Forces, the Revolutionary Guard Corps, and other security services, acting under Gaddafi's orders, allegedly murdered hundreds of civilians and committed "inhuman acts that severely deprived the civilian population of its fundamental rights" in the cities of Ajdabiya, Bayda, Benghazi, Derna, Misrata, Tobruk, and Tripoli.[52] Gaddafi was killedin the Libyan city of Sirte on 20 October 2011 and the Court terminated proceedings against him on 22 November 2011.[51]

Laurent Gbagbo was indicted on 23 November 2011 on four counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. As the President of Côte d'Ivoire, Gbagbo is alleged to have organized, along with members of his inner circle, systematic attacks against civilians during post-election violence that began on 28 November 2010.[58]National security forces, the National Armed Forces, militias, and mercenaries under the command of Gbagbo are alleged to have murdered, raped, persecuted, and inhumanly treated civilians who were perceived to be supporters of Alassane Ouattara, Gbagbo's opponent in the 2010 presidential election.[58] According to the arrest warrant for Gbagbo, the crimes occurred in and around Abidjan, including in the vicinity of the Golf Hotel, and in the western part of the country from 16 December 2010 to 12 April 2011.[58] Gbagbo was detained by forces loyal to Ouattara in the presidential residence on 11 April 2011.[90] On 29 November 2011, Gbagbo was transferred to the Court. On 5 December 2011 he made his first appearance before the Court and the confirmation of charges hearing took place from 19 to 28 February 2013 before the pre-trial chamber and on 12 June 2014 it confirmed all the charges against him.[91] On 11 March 2015, the Trial Chamber j

As a result of the 1959 parliamentary elections, the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) from the Northern Region of N...igeria under the leadership of Sir Ahmadu Bello (the Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the Northern Region) became the country's leading political party with 134 seats out of the 312 seats in the Parliament. National Council of Nigeria and Cameroun (NCNC) based in the Eastern Region of Nigeria under the leadership of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe obtained 89 seats in the same election. Chief Obafemi Awolowo led Action Group (AG) in the West, elected 73 members to the parliament in 1959. The NPC and NCNC (Chief Nnamdi Azikwe's party) coalesced to form the first government of the newly independent Nigeria with Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (the deputy leader of the NCP) as the Nigerian Prime Minister.
Soon after Nigeria got independence the Western region was in turmoil. Premier Ladoke Akintola and Chief Obafemi Awolowo (the federal parliament opposition leader) became embroiled in a protracted crisis. The leadership of the Action Group (AG), which formed the official opposition in the federal parliament, split in May 1962 as a result of the rift between the two party leaders.
The same month (May,1962). the Western House of Assembly was set to remove Chief Akintola after the party had earlier passed a vote of no confidence on the premier in a party meeting, crisis erupted on the floor of the house. The majority expelled Chief Akintola from the party. The then Governor of the Western Region, the Ooni of Ife, Sir Adesoji Aderemi demanded Chief Akintola’s resignation as Premier and named Alhaji Dauda Adegbenro as his successor. Crisis erupted in the Western Nigeria and this earned the region the appellation "Wild Wild West". Abubakar Tafawa Balewa led federal government intervened to curb the violence by imposing a state of emergency and appointed Dr Moses Majekodunmi (the Federal Minister of Health) as Administrator (interim premier of the Western region) on the 29th of June 1962. This became the first imposition of a state of emergency in Nigeria’s history due to heightened levels of violence. Following an alliance between Ladoke Akintola and Ahmadu Bello, Akintola was returned to power on the 31st of December 1962 in spite of protests by Dr Nnamidi Azikiwe who requested fresh elections rather than reinstating Chief Ladoke Akintola.
By 1963, the plot between Chief Ladoke Akintola, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa and Alhaji Ahmadu Bello was perfected and Chief Obafemi Awolowo was arrested for coup plotting/treason. His trial commenced in earnest and he was alongside some accomplices convicted for treason and jailed for 10 years. This again was the first alleged coup plotting and conviction in Nigerian history
Intent on totally decimating Chief Awolowo, Chief Ladoke Akintola together with his Deputy Premier Remi Fani Kayode "Fani-Power" (both of Nigerian National Democratic Party) went into a political alliance with Prime minister Tafawa Balewa's Northern People's Congress (NCP) and new political party known as the Nigerian National Alliance (NNA) was formed
Dr Nnamidi Azikiwe led NCNC teamed up with incarcerated Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s Action Group (AG), the Northern Progressive Front (NPF), the Kano People's Party (KPP), the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU), the United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC) and the Zamfara Commoners Party (ZCP). To form the United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA)
In 1964, federal elections became due. Ethnic chauvinism, intimidation and violence was part of the frenzied campaigning. Chief Remi Fani Kayode and Chief Ladoke Akintola’s campaign was almost entirely based on tribalism. When the elections were finally held, the result was a victory for the Northern People's Congress (NPC), which won 162 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives, whilst the NNA held a total of 198 seats. Indeed Deputy Premier Remi Fani Kayode had famously boasted that “there is nothing they can do, whether they vote us or not, we will win.” This statement turned out to be true as massive rigging was orchestrated in the elections. Once again this became the first pioneering act of election rigging by indigenous actors in Nigeria’s history. The announcement of the rigged election results quickly sparked off unprecedented acts of thuggery, violence, arson, mass murders and general acts of lawlessness in the Western region.
Following the crisis, Dr Nnamidi Azikiwe requested the military GOC to intervene and reorganise the elections in the Western region to avoid catastrophe, but the military high command refused and Dr Azikiwe was briefly held in house arrest for making such a request. Without any resolution and with Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa and Alhaji Ahmadu Bello as fellow conspirators with Chief Ladoke Akintola and Chief Remi Fani Kayode in the massive election heist, nothing was done to curtail the violence which gradually intensified. Daily mass murders and arson became routine in the Western region (wetie).
In the midst of the constitutional crisis the elections to the Western House of Assembly were conducted on 11 October 1965. The decline in constitutionalism and disorder accelerated with this election. Ironically no state of emergency was declared; instead the Federal government sent security forces to support the victory of Chief Ladoke Akintola and Chief Remi Fani Kayode's NNDP. The violence and lawlessness in the Western region was to continue from 1964 until 1966. It was under these conditions that a section of the military finally struck and overthrew the government on 15 January 1966.
As a result of the 15 January (1966) military coup, which again was Nigeria's first military coup, key government officials and senior military figures including Alhaji Ahmadu Bello (the Premier of the Northern Region), Sir Tafawa Balewa (the Prime Minister), Chief Okotie-Eboh (the Minister of Finance), General Maimalari (the Chief of Army Staff), Brigadier Ademulegun(Commander of the Northern Garrison) Chief Ladoke Akintola (Premier of Western Region) and so many others were killed.

janellemonae:


He was made a jailbird by Ahmad bello & Nnamdi Azikiwe.


You guys always conveniently forget that part.

janellemonae:


He was made a jailbird by Ahmad bello & Nnamdi Azikiwe.


You guys always conveniently forget that part.

At the conclusion of the speech by Justice Sowemimo, Chief Awolowo
was sentenced as follows:

1st Count – 10 years I.H.L (Imprisonment with Hard Labour)
Treasonable felony, contrary to Section 41(b) of the Criminal Code

2nd Count – 5 years I.H.L.
Conspiracy to commit a felony, contrary to Section 516 of the
Criminal Code

3rd Count – 2 years I.H.L.
Conspiracy to effect an unlawful purpose, contrary to Section 518 (6)
of the Criminal Code

Sentences to be concurrent

of the Constitution of the Federation Act 1963, by granting me as well as each of my colleagues A FREE PARDON. If you do, your action will be most warmly, heartily, and popularly applauded at home and abroad, and you will go down to history as soldier, statesmen, and humanitarian.


Yours truly,

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO.



THOSE CONVICTED FOR TREASONABLE FELONY.

ademoladeji:


South East excluding Enugu 44,645,673,662

While

South South excluding Rivers 96,994,939,566

Jaideyone:
lol same Awo that dealt Biafra two deadly blows by the jugular even without going to war.

1.) currency change
2.) starvation policy.

Awo was too intelligent

Dharniel:
notice the centre of gravity of his head is hollow in shape. him Papa don knock him head taya, knowing fully well he'll be a nuisance to the society...

EasternLeopard:
Buhari will be the first Nigerian President to be killed by ICC.

Nigerians especially those ingrates who claim sophistication you guys can encourage Buhari to kill those guys as you use to do

This time, both Abuja and Lagos will be shut down and any Bullet shot will be used against Buhari.

Brain(Nnamdi) is mightier than force(Buhari)

amtaken:
Niger

Lagos

Ogun

Kogi


What about Eastern states?


Mxm.

kayfra:


That is a futile exercise. Just to get some quick metrics, we'LL do the simple thing and basically report lagos separately.

The influence of Lagos stretches pasts SW states, so it's a fruitless exercise to account for it the way you propose.

kayfra:



Take Lagos out of SW and it still tops SE despite the marginalization of regions outside Lagos and despite the fact that Oyo State isn't pulling it's weight.

We should continue to lead the country's economy.

scholes0:
Regional Analysis breakdown.

Since Ebonyi has no 2015 figures, Her 2014 figures of IGR (11,032,472,512) are used in this calculation..

South West Total = 339,953,417,927
Lagos Alone = 268,224,782,435

South South Total = 179,096,237,974

South East Total = 62,726,688,189
_______________________________________

North West Total = 48,579,503,540

North Central Total = 38,781,494,308

North East Total = 26,117,872,322

Adelaide2:


See how stupid and lowly-brained you are? You wanted to mischievously distinguish the Lagos-Calabar rail as being unviable compared to the the rest of the rail system. That was a dumb thing to do, seeing that the East-Lagos axis of Nigeria is what is Nigeria; the rest (including the West minus Lagos) and the entire North (minus Abuja) being desert.

Adelaide2:


Who gives a flying fcuck about what you want or don't want? You are just freaking ignorant, period.

Adelaide2:


You are an ignorant illiterate. Is that crap you wrote there what the article says?

naijapips02:
all these noise because it's not going to pass through anambra.... Lol.

VivianUdeogu:
We Igbos are the cause of our own problems

VivianUdeogu:
Prof Ben Ayade is currently building the Bakassi Deep Seaport in Cross Rivers state. PMB was there few months ago for the groundbreaking ceremony

bloodyBLOGGER:
i tire for them o!

Now they want the SS to reject the project which passes all SS states just because it only cuts through 2 SE states.

Will the SS be stupid enough to buy this their foolishness?

newbornmacho:
I feel you, but this is an existential threat to the south and if we don't unite against it irreparable damage may be done. Let's fight our common enemy first and put our house in order later. The Fulani have a very sinister agenda from what I can see.