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Yaounde – Cameroon’s Communication Minister, Issa Bakary, on Friday said he was surprised by the news that some hostages kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Northern Cameroon were released as reported by a news website.
“You are the first to give me that information,’’ the minister said.
According to the report, Boko Haram militants have released the wife of Cameroonian Deputy Prime Minister, Amadou Ali, 10 Chinese workers and district heads who were kidnapped in different attacks.
The Chinese workers were found missing and believed to be taken by the Nigerian Islamist rebels on May 16 after an attack at a Chinese work site in northern Cameroon.
The wife of Amadou Ali was also believed to be kidnapped on July 27 by Boko Haram militants in Kolofata but the group did not claim responsibility.
Cameroonian President Paul Biya in August strengthened military operations in the far north Region to fight against Boko Haram militants. (Xinhua/NAN)

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/cameroonian-official-denies-report-release-boko-haram-hostages/#sthash.CrA1nPHv.dpuf

THESE DAILY ASSAULT ON AMAECHI IS GETTING BORING. HE MIGHT BE A POLITICAL PAIN IN THE ASS, BUT THE MAN HAS TIRED FOR RIVERS. LET'S STOP THESE CHILDISH NONSENSE.

All the action in Rivers is in PDP. This is an upper land/riverside battle. People should mange this conflict peacefully, it might get out of hand.

If this was said by Amosu of Ogun state, it will carry more value. Lagos cannot make this happen.

The ignorance of the average Nigerian is appalling

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greggng:
Nigeria is a big joke. I could remenber vididly when usa is bombing libya .despite gadafis anti aircraft rockets , usa was 100 percent sucessful. No air craft was brought down neither was any pilot beheaded. We re just bunch of noise makers

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Deltagiant:
To get an accurate and non generic results, search be adding state instead of just typing for example Ondo, type Ondo state Nigeria.
You"ll get the following results:

Kano state nigeria 3.010.000
Lagos state 30.300.000
Anambra state 3.220.000
FCT Abuja Nigeria 2.600.000
Imo state nigeria 7.560.00
Enugu state nigeria 3.290.000
Oyo state nigeria 2.710.000
Delta state nigeria 733.000
Zamfara state nigeria 660.000
Ebonyi state Nigeria 354,000
Abia state nigeria 3.040.000
Rivers state nigeria 6.490.000
Kaduna state nigeria 384,000
Ondo state Nigeria 2.500.000

The centers of gravity in Nigeria are clearly visible!!!!!

Cool, learnt something new today.

Nigeria: General Aziza - A Soldier-Statesman's Final Salute

When Senator Pius Ewherido died prematurely in June 2013, the Urhobo people grieved and prayed that such a loss should not be their lot again. Unfortunately, just one year after, another Urhobo personage, General Patrick Aziza (rtd) fell to the Grim Reaper.

The death of Ewherido was very painful to Urhobo people who had invested their hope in his capacity to engender a political renaissance for the marginalised and traumatized five million people. When he died, the Urhobo nation appeared to have reached a political dead.

After the lamentation that greeted the Senator's passage, after his interment and mourning, the "never say die" spirit of the Urhobo resurrected. A new political strategy woven around the solid and inspiring personality of Aziza who was the President-General of the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, evolved. The Urhobo "can do" character went on the ascendency as Aziza activated a network of national alliances. Aziza stood for election and was re-elected as UPU helmsman for a second term. He was settling down to reposition the Urhobo nation when he took ill. He died on Saturday August 16, 2014. The Urhobo nation was thrown into fresh mourning when it was yet to come to terms with the death of Ewherido.

Aziza's death came at a time when the Urhobo people needed a leader of his stature to inspire them to political self-retrieval and relevance after the political class had sold out irretrievably.

The consensus among Urhobo people is that whatever the race is suffering by way of extreme marginalisation and gross underdevelopment is the consequence of the perennial betrayal by the political elite who adopted perfidy as a modus vivendi. It was the political drift and vagrancy that has characterised the Urhobo political class that Aziza set out to tackle and restore the Urhobo nation to her pride of place in Nigeria.

The taciturn General left no one in doubt as to his vision and mission to make Urhobo reclaim its past glory. He was committed, visionary, firm, but conciliatory.



He demonstrated a great awareness of Urhobo's past. Aziza took in how their forebears strove to redress the injustices and disadvantages occasioned by British imperialism and other ethnic neighbours who sought to appropriate Urhobo territories. He knew he could re-enact the UPU feats of old which led to the founding of Urhobo College and mounting of overseas scholarship scheme which produced the first two Urhobo graduates.

Part of Aziza's empowering reminiscences included the role played by the Urhobo in the historic creation of Midwest Region in 1963. Aziza recalled the many contributions of the Urhobo people to the making of modern Nigeria.

He was aware of the significant role the Urhobos led by General David Ejoor and Chief Jereton Mariere played during the Nigerian Civil War to ensure that Nigeria's unity was not compromised. Aziza engendered Urhobo political resurgence codenamed the UVWIAMUGHE DECLARATION. The Declaration clearly articulates the yearning and aspiration of every Urhobo which is to reclaim the political initiative at both the state and national levels. Aziza was on this project when he answered the last call.

Born in 1947, Aziza was a thoroughbred soldier who served Nigeria in many capacities and rose through hard work and merit to the pinnacle of the military profession.

A martial strategist of similar mettle with Scipio and Hannibal, Aziza was among the gallant officers who made the 3rd Marine Commando the most effective fighting force during the Nigerian Civil War. He served the Nigerian Army as Battalion Commander, Brigade Commander and General Officer Commanding, GOC. He was a soldier's soldier who was loyal to his nation. When Kebbi State was created in 1991 it was Aziza's lot to pilot the affairs of the new state as Military Administrator.

Aziza went on to serve Nigeria as Minister and member of the highest military ruling body from 1995 to 1999. When many military brass hats lacked the courage to try General Olusegun Obasanjo over his alleged connection in a coup plot, it was the courageous Aziza who took the bull by the horn and handed Obasanjo what some considered a benign sentence for an offence that warranted a death penalty.

Aziza served Nigeria without being servile to his superiors.

His tact and courage saw him through the slippery terrain in the era of military dictatorship. He, together with fellow Urhobos, Air Vice Marshall Frank Ajobena and Major General Felix Mujakperuo rose to become front line military officers in the last military regime which co-ordinated the return to civilian rule in May 1999.

Aziza retired from the Nigerian Army, settled into civvy street and was drafted into UPU to serve the Urhobo nation. Aziza's was a life of service, the kind of service for which soldier-statesmen are known.

As a soldier he saluted Nigeria. His last salute, however was to the Urhobo nation as an dependable leader. He saluted Urhobo with his adjudju. Now, he has taken a final salute. General... .Akpokedefaoooooo... ...

Dr. Sunny Awhefeada teaches Literature at the Delta State University, Abraka.

Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the untimely death of General Patrick Aziza, President General, Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, as a dark chapter in Urhobo history in particular and the Niger Delta in general.
The group in a tribute by Comrade Joseph Evah, said the Ijaw lamented that General Aziza’s untimely departure at a time the Niger Delta was looking for more courageous and committed leaders to groom the younger generation was shocking and sad.
He said: “The death of this great general one year after the death of another great star of Urhobo nation, Senator Pius Ewherido, has depleted the leading political lights of Urhobo nation.”
“General Aziza’s death is a very sad and heavy loss, especially to those who meant well for the Niger Delta.’’
The Niger Delta activist urged people of the region to remain united despite the unfortunate calamity, adding that the period of Aziza’s burial would be used as a time of sober reflection as the region faces a trial period in the history of Nigeria.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/ijaw-mourn-aziza-burial-rites-begin/#sthash.dxG4Uljs.dpuf

Soneh:
what about plateau

missed it, my bad.

Names like rivers, delta and Niger are more generic. That explains their very high numbers.

4 months to election and three months thereafter for handover. Peace and tranquility will return to Rivers. We shall overcome.

So, the ambassador confirmed the Nigeria's government position. Russia will do the needful.

cantell:
Keep calling them as they are! It won't change anything! Jonathan is still going to be the next presido come next year. You guys would end up being the opposition you've always been.

Don't waste your time with that tw*at.

anonimi:
You must be talking of Lagos state where the Arewa People's Congress, APC has its poster boy in charge =>



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This is a mobile phone video of the announcement of PDP as winners of the Badagry Central Local Government Elections with over 7000 votes. LASIEC Chairman, Justice Adeyinka later announced a different result. The lady speaking in the video is the LASIEC Returning Officer for Badagry Central on Saturday 22nd October, 2011.

I cannot believe what I just saw on this video.Can you believe this? I'm just shocked This country has really suffered in the hands of APC.

It boggles the mind how a party where a kilometer of
road costs N1billion in states under its control by
companies linked to one of its henchmen as against
less than N50m when PDP governors were in charge
looks outside its house for scandals. What can be more
scandalous than 20% of the Internally Generated
Revenue in its richest state going into the pockets of
one of the party owners consistently for over 16 years
now? Yet, the poster boys of greed are today chanting
"change" in our country!
Signed:
Olisa Metuh

There has not been ONE press statement in which the
APC had taken up any major policy issue by the PDP
and offered Nigerians how it intends to do it better if it
ever had the chance to govern the country. Statement
after statement, all the APC pours out are bile, hate
insult and low-quality propaganda from the stable of
its Goebbelian ilk and Chemical Ali breed.

Signed:
Olisa Metuh

APC is not a Nigerian party. Their only interest in Nigeria is boko haram.

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1mindchrisr:
unfortinately im not offended im extremely delighted by d fact dt whether Shoprite close down by your lawless corupt defence deeds it doesnt affects me for God's sake i dont even shop at shoprite. best part is knowing SA broke no Nigerian Law in seizing dt money

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1mindchrisr:
these SA businesses in Nigeria is privately owned
yet i dont see anyone commenting on whether they have breached any Nigerian Laws

what im seeing is talk of closing them down because SA gorvement seized d money

i believe every country has it own flaws
n as much as anyone point fingers at SA feels it d right thing to do

in SA law is law .there is no law n but or maybe
im trying to get d idea sink in my mind dt in Nigeria it different coruption is only coruption when a normal poor citizen engage in it

You are kind of lost here. You seriously have no clue, please don't be offended. But log off this thread.

EroZA:
Yeah in terms of population and physical appearances,the world knows who the giant of Africa is...
when it comes to the world of politics and industrialized nations,the world knows who the giant of Africa is #brics and g20 countries...
even FIFA knows who the giant is #2010

Go around the world and ask, who is the giant of Africa. Come back here and tell us. I never waste time with noise.

manny4life:
I was NEVER in support of what happened; however, a nation like SA should be able to evaluate their position and assess a sensitive situation like this in order to avert diplomatic unrest unless if they have decided to throw caution to the wind. SA knows what's appropriate and should act like it.

What kind of question is this? Who made the law? Did the law fall from heaven? Who gave them the license to operate under the purview of the law? Bia, please think jare... If Nigeria wants to expel any company, law or not, IT WILL. The President has the executive authority to do so.

DANKE SCHON.

EroZA:
I thought you are the ones who want to close down all south African companies in Nigeria...go ahead so that we can see who survives,people who are suffering from inferiority complex are the ones who want to be seen as the giant of Africa even though they got nothing to show..

I will not allow a Xenophobic nation tell us who the giant of Africa is. GO around the world and ask, the people of planet earth, will tell you, who the giant of africa was, is and will remain for eternity.

manny4life:
My own is SA should do what is appropriate for the interest of both nations, BUT if SA insist that their shitt stinks more... They know what time it is.

The whites will soon call Zuma to order. ,they are the ones with money.

hifaif:
What has supermarkets complaining about shoprite got to do with shop rite?

I am a Nigerian but I would rather not argue than argue blindly because I want people to see me as a patriotic Nigerian.

If SA closes shop in Nigeria, it will affect us more. That is the truth.

Name one .

By the way people are complaining, because they believe they are losing business to Shoprite.

iterator24:
globacom will be happy to receive MTN's customers

Do you know how many Nigerian small supermarkets owners are already complaining about shoprite and all these new malls springing up? These southafricans are truly confused about their reality.

EroZA:
Lol...

You people should put your monies where your mouths are. Close your border to Nigerians, send all Nigerians home. We need to see, who can survive their actions and reactions. Enough, of this inferiority complex game from your government.

manny4life:
This may sound ignorant but in fact, I want it to start now. They can begin to exit the Nigerian market and SA should in turn deport all Nigerians back to their homeland. Sometimes I wish Nigerian leaders had the zeal and desire to develop Nigeria, a lot of things would have changed.

You are not ignorant. I am in full support, South africa should begin a mass deportation of all Nigerians ASAP. Let's see where both Nations stand thereafter.

EroZA:
Thank you sir

1.give me one Nigerian bank in SA

2.give me one Nigerian cellular network in SA

3.give one Nigerian energy company in SA

4.give me any big Nigerian food retail outlet in SA

5.Give me one route operated by Nigerian Airway in SA

6.give me one Nigerian telecommunications company in SA

7.give me one Nigerian liquor brand in SA

8.give me one Nigerian water and sanitation company in SA

9.give me one big Nigerian clothing shop in SA

10.give me one big Nigerian fast food brand in SA.....

please don't tell me about salons ,shoe repair shops ,barbershops and spaza shops








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Question you should have ask yourself, what is the current account balance between Nigeria and south africa? If things go south, who stands to lose?.

The Nigerian cellular customer or the cellular service provide? The long list you provide, shows people paying for the services. They can take their money somewhere else in a second.