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..i didnt really want to join issues with Ghanains but had opportunity to listen to ex president Jerry Lawrence complain of attitude of Africans whenever they meet whites!of particular mention was his experience in the UK when he said he met his Ghanain folks submiting effortlessly to the unjustified intimidation of whites,but on a particularly visit to London he met a Nigerian at the Airport and while a white guy wanted to do their normal 'i am superior' kind of act,he quickly stood up to the white guy and shouted him down...he went ahead to say he loved Nigerians for their toughness and being pride of Africans in diaspora!Seriously no insult intended,Ghanains are good people but even on a Ghana site i once came across a story of a particular club in Ghana where even Ghanains can hardly gain access,that its exclusively white,my heart bled!!!and it seems in Ghana you need to be a (melato)half-cast in order to make it easily to the top of their movie industry,i just hope this do not conote inferiority complex on the side of ghollywood!..that apart,our little neighbours are not doing bad at all.

odua boy: Stupid idiot is the jamb cut off for ibos different from every other ethnic group in the country or what the heck are you talking about?

Ndigbos shine in politics but they are still whining for the presidency after 53 years of independence...ibos are always asslickers of anybody in power..they are inconsequential in the nigeria political equation.

Ibos shine in business but no ibo man is among the first five richest people in the country.

Yorubas rule the music industry,,so save us the ibo crap

No ibo man has ever won a nobel in literature..even the best man you had chinua ashiwere died a bitter,unfufilled old man for not winning the ultimate price.

You rule in sports but no ibo man has ever won the world footballer of the year..athlethe of the year..So what sport exactly are you ruling in

Ibos shoul do away with their false sense of superiority.

there you come again,displaying ignorance of the highest order!When the lad spoke of Jamb,you know the states that has been on top inspite of the Yoruba Yoruba press false propaganda,that you are ahead of others in educatn,only for it to be disproof to the dismay of the yorubas.The way you people use Wole Soyinka's Noble laureate as yard-stick in measuring yoruba achievements,is both shameful and absurd,this to me shows a culture that has lost it..So Ghanains or even Egyptians are light years ahead of Nigeria simple because they ve produced noble laureates or UN secretary generals or igbos dancing around because we ve produced common-wealth secretary general and other award winning notables!still wondering what you meant by yorubas are running the music world or even the entertainment world as a whole in Nigeria,or is it producing corrupt 'oil cartels', so-called Nigerian richest men.When the rest of the free world are looking at the middle class when weighing how rich a people are and of course you know the tribe in Nigeria that are more comfortable through their dexterity and efforts and nt government patronage.Now that the chips are down and the yoruba bubble busted,your people shld desist from false information....To ndigbo in this forum,we must use everything within our reach to put up pressure on the IG of police,until this anomaly is addressed!though some Igbos are already on the case,we must keep the fire burning.

I was waiting to hear something new,only for me to hear what we already know;(1)we know its a religious struggle (2)we know it was geared towards distabilizing GEJs regime (3)we know that islam encourages jihad against non partakers of the faith (4)we know that there are boko-haram moles in the army(Abubakar Shekau acknowledged this when he implied that those among our military who serves allah in truth,helped out)...in the coming days a lot will be revealed!so let him keep his press briefings to his faithfuls, we already know and we dont care .The Nigerian military must remain resolute and victory is assured,we must step up our efforts in profiling of our security personnels,we must track down first the internal threats, we know the coming days ahead may nt neccessarily be pleasant but even Shekau himself knows his fighting a futile battle!

..this is exactly why i view APC disdainfully,because this whole drama is just to return power to the North and satisfy some elites and nt for a change that will usher nigeria to its rightful position in the comity of nations..the arrogancy of this northern elements in telling Nigerians how they signed an agreement in their clandestine meeting and allowing GEJ to do one tenure,as if power is their birth-right which they dispense to who ever the deem fit to keep it for them..how many zones where present during the agreement,who nominated the representatives,is it constitutional?if nt,then head to court and lets see how it goes!..all the yrs the power was with north,all you ve been able to do for the North is to create over 15million Almajiris and little wonder bokoharam has unending supply of willing soldiers.

..Fulani gunmen again!so much of one Nigeria,Nigeria to be or nt to be!The christain minority tribes of the North has so much been suppressed,maimed,disenfranchised,tormented without the good people of this nation standing up for them,if the Hausa Fulani by paradventure get killed,then you will hear AREWA,northern council of elders,northern professionals etc suffocating everywhere with their ranting and i ask,are minority tribes of Northern Nigeria no longer part of the north or are they called one monolithic north only during elections.We must get to the national conference and discuss a lot of burning issues!May the souls of those killed,rest in perfect peace.

Uyi Iredia: @ bold: I see. Yet you people are yet to have a Nobel laureate: the best chance you had at it was buried in Anambra.

..ha ha ha!i cant believe am in a forum discussing with 12yrs old,seriously my little niece can do better than this..pls stop mentioning a man who is mourning his beloved daughter whom he may ve lost to the incompetency of your doctors at UBTH and because of the excesses of your past and present leaders!Wole has since out-grown his chauvinistic tribes men and like the highly republican igbos,sees himself as a global citizen..no wonder he travels a lot,mingles with like minds and nt sticking to a hole in Lagos beating his chest,'this is our lagos'.That explains his decision to side his co 'like minds'during the civil war and nt joining genocidal Awolowo and his band of soldiers of fortune!

[quote author=Mayor_of_Lagos]The problem all non-Ibo Nigerians have with you is your lack of structure and order, and is genetic! You put a Yoruba person in position of authority and you hardly hear noise or controversy as he/she focuses on delivering service. An Ibo person in position of authority wants to be noticed - work is left undone, projects are approached hapharzadly and with no direction, subordinates are soon frustrated, chaos and scandal everywhere.

There is nothing in constitution that says we have to tolerate your dysfunctional traits and federal character expects service delivery to Nigerians, not just to Ibos. You continue to cry for positions of authority but you lack executive and administration skills, regardless how well you are academically tutored and trained for it, nature has not predisposed the Ibo to excel in political duties. You have a disadvantage and the rest of Nigeria should not be held back for you to catch up.[/quote]though i hardly respond to national clowns,your post is only good for comic relief,from your moniker 'mayor of Lagos',it shows a man who have a lot of unfulfilled dreams,born out of hallucination,little minds hardly get over their domestic needs,Mr local champion,i didnt know that Demiji Bankole,Bode Gorge,Musiliu Smith,Tafa Balogun,Tinubu,Gbenga Daniel,Vaginia Eteh,OBj,Fani kayode and all their tribal cohorts who ve contributed greatly in freezing this country when they where in positns of authority are all igbos...like Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and some prominent Northerners observed that,yorubas remains the bane of a stable and a effective Nigeria,due to their genetically built cunny and slippery attitude!!!na ur Hausa Fulani slave-masters talk dis one!!!

dayokanu: OBJ is now a tribalist. The same OBJ who was voted by Ibos, Had his strongest base in Iboland.

Made Soludo CBN gov, Okonjo Minister of finance, Ezekwesili, Akunyili- NAFDAC, Frank nweke-Information, Kema Chikwe - Aviation

Is now a Yoruba tribalist

your posts usually sounds idiotic,is always devoid of any sense and sounds more like a frustrated fellow with suicidal tendency...so when does appointing igbos as ministers a privelege to ndigbo,i guess you ve nt heard of federal character principle in which every state of the federatn must ve a representative in the Federal cabinet.Btw, the igbo ministers in OBJs regime cld stand out as first eleven in any country,having them to serve a recalcitrant tyrant OBJ was even demeaning to some of us who are sensitive..but for you and your slippery kinsmen,we the igbos ve a 'cultural advantage'over you,we will keep moving from strength to strength,no amount of hatred for igbos will limit them from giant strides!..the holy bible says that 'why we are asleep,God chooses those he wants to bless'!The present Nigerian unjust structure,is even propelling ndigbo to greater achievements,OUR DETRACTORS ARE OUR HELPERS...you shld be wondering that inspite of the economic stagnation imposed by genocidal Awolowo on igbos,today i guess you are a tenant in an igbo man's house in Lagos!no harm intended,just think over it!Olodo

It is very sad that Nigerians of other ethnic groups feel more relaxed when obvious case of marginalization has been established,as long as its not favouring the Igbos or south-south!...where are all those who petitioned against Gen.Ihejirika,Stella Odua,Ngozi Okonja-Iweala,Deziani Madueke etc...National conference here we come.

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Published on Sunday, 29 December 2013 21:45
Written by Elombah.com
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, is reportedly showcasing his achievements since he assumed office, as IGP. Sources say this is a campaign to solicit for his second term in office.
He has the backing of business mogul, Aliko Dangote, an insider with Jonathan, some members of the National Assembly, governors, especially those from the Niger Delta, South East, top politicians, ministers and advisers to the president and others that played the role of advertisers, campaign managers and solicitors to convince the president to reappoint him for a second term.
However, Abubakar during his first term as police chief confirmed his reputation as a nepotist tribalist. He shut out the Southern part of the country thus ensuring that the educationally disadvantaged Northern region has more top Officers in all spheres of our government services than highly educated Southern region. Today the imbalance in his appointments ensures there is no Igbo AIGin the police service. 
Unbalanced favours
According to a Daily Sun report, the police chief is known in the service to nurse some good level of intolerance when it is about religion, though sociable.
An officer at the Force Headquarters stated that: “Shortly after his appointment and following the opposition over his alleged religious bent and difficulty in tolerating diverse views, especially in the Jos crisis, he sprang a surprise and surrounded himself with Christian officers to prove his critics wrong.  But those appointments did not last, as he has since replaced most of them with people of his ethnic and religious affinity.”
Biased AIG appointments
A good instance cited by the Newspaper report is the “appointment of Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs), where 10 of the 12 are from the North, and all Muslims, but one from Benue State, and a scanty two from the South-South and South-West and none from the South East. These appointments are said to be part of the strategy for the 2015 general elections. With the IG’s right hand men in states considered to be very strategic, the police would determine whom it would work for when the time comes,” our source confided.
Some of the prominent appointments include the AIG for Zone 12, Bauchi, Mohammed Gana, from Niger Sate, AIG Zone 1, Kano, Tambari Mohammed from Sokoto State, AIG Zone 5, Benin, Salisu Argungu Hamishu, from Kebbi State, AIG Zone 7, Abuja, Suleiman Abba, from Jigawa State and AIG Zone 9, Umuahia headed by Bala Nasarawa, from Kano State.
Others are AIG Zone 10, Sokoto, Sule Mamman, from Katsina State, AIG Zone 3, Yola, Mohammed J. Abubakar, from Kano State, AIG Zone 2, Lagos, Maman Tsafe, from Zamfara State where the IGP comes from, AIG Zone 11, Oshogbo, David Omojola, from Ekiti State, AIG Zone 4, Makurdi, Michael Zuokumor, from Bayelsa state,  AIG Zone 8, Lokoja, Christopher Dega, from Benue State and AIG Zone 6, Calabar, Jonathan Johnson, from Taraba State.
Police commissioners
State commissioners of police include Anambra. Usman Gwary, from Borno State, Imo, Musa Katsina Mohammed, from Katsina State, Enugu, Abubakar Mohammed from Nasarawa State, Kogi, Saidu Madawaki, from Kebbi State; Ebonyi, Maigari Dikko, from Katsina State and Kano , Musa Daura from Katsina State.
Others are Yobe, Sanusi Rufai, from Katsina State, Zamfara, Ahmed Ibrahim, from Kano State, Oyo, Mohammed Indabawa from Kano State, Bauchi, Muhammed Ladan, from Kano State, Kebbi, Sylvester Umeh, from Enugu State, Plateau, Christian Olakpe, from Delta State, Bayelsa, Hilary Okpara, from Imo State, Cross Rivers, A.K. Shodipe, from Lagos State, Kwara, Agboola Oshodi-Glover, from Lagos State, Taraba, Jubril O. Adeniji, from Lagos State, Adamawa, Godfrey Okeke, from Anambra State, Abia, Usman Abubakar, from Kebbi State, Osun, Dorothy Gimba, from Plateau State, Borno, Lawal Tanko, from Kaduna State, Nasarawa, Umaru Shehu, from Kebbi State, Lagos, Umaru Manko, from Niger State, Gombe, Kudu Nma, from Niger State, Sokoto, Shuaibu Gambo, from Niger State, Katsina, Hurdi Mohammed, from Jigawa State, Jigawa, Joel Theophilus, from Kogi State, Benue, Adams Audu, from Borno State, Ekiti, Sotonye Wakama, from Rivers State, Ogun, Ikemefuma Okoye, from Anambra State, Kaduna, Olufemi Adenaike, from Ogun State, Ondo, Patrick Dokumor, from Bayelsa State, Niger, Diseye’smum Nsirim, from Bayelsa State, Rivers, Mbu Joseph Mbu, from Cross Rivers State, Edo, Folusho Adebanjo, from Lagos State, Delta, Ikechukwu Aduba, from Anambra State, FCT, Olufemi Ogunbayode, from Ogun State.
From the list, Ebonyi and Abia states have no representation and all the states in the South South and South East except Bayelsa are headed by Muslims.
The DIGs are Suleiman Dauda Fakai, North West, Atiku Kafur, North West, Emmanuel Udeoji, South East, Peter Gana, North Central, Marvel Akpoyibo, South South, Abdulrahman Akano, North Central, Philemon Leha, North Central.
Real bias
Where Abubakar played the main bias role seems to be in the appointment of mobile police commanders. Of the 58 command units nationwide, 32 commanders are from the North, and but for three Christians, two from Kaduna and one from Niger, the rest are all Muslims. The three Southern geo-political zones have 26 to share among them. As almost all police commissioners in the Southern states are from the North, so it is with the Mopol commands.
A clear glimpse of it is the list we have here. From the North, the police have Mopol 26 Uyo, CSP Mohammed Dankwara, Mopol 14 Yola, Ahmed Garba, Mopol 29 Awka, Mohammed Shehu Dalijan, Mopol 4W, Damaturu, Musa Garba, Mopol 3 Enugu, Mamman Giwa, Mopol 21 Abuja, Ibrahim Sa’ad Muhammad, Mopol 44 FHQS Abuja, Ali Garba Sarbi, Mopol 48 Ahoada, Lawal Sani Mani, Mopol 1 Kaduna, Sagir Ismaila, Mopol 24 Aso Rock Abuja, Dantawaye Miller (a Christian from from Kaduuna State), Mopol 5 Benin Adejo Abdul (Kogi State) Mopol 8 Jos, Haliru Aliyu, Mopol 15 Ilorin, Sunday Audu Peter, another Christian from Kaduna State, Mopol 17 Akure, Yusuf Sani Doki, Mopol 40 Jalingo, A.M. Diri, Mopol 42 Gusau, Abubakar Argungu, Mopol 52 Chalawa Kano, Moses Gana (Christian from Niger State, Mopol 9 Kano, Muhammad Guri, Mopol 11 Calabar, Abdullahi Ibrahim, Mopol 55 Aba, Dankwano Wilson, Christian from Kaduna State, Mopol 7 Sokoto, Danlami Yusuf, Mopol 13 Makurdi, Yusuf Ibrahim, Mopol 25 Azumini, Tijani Albasu,  Mopol 4 Ibadan, Shuaibu Danaguni, Mopol 12 Minna, Yahaya Jega, Mopol 16 Abeokuta, Baba Lawan Audu, Mopol 22 Lagos, Abubakar Yakubu,  Mopol 27 Katsina, Abubakar Umar, Mopol 32 Abakaliki, Kabir Abdu Randawa, Mopol 34 Gombe, Garba Yaro, Mopol 35 Dutse, Nasiru Ahmed, Mopol 58 Lafia, Abubakar Garba.
Commenting on this lopsided appointments Dele Odugbemi stated:
"We shall discuss all the injustices and imbalances which are the major causes of insecurity, distrust and disharmony among Nigerian ethnic nationalities at National Conference.
How can educationally disadvantaged Northern region has more top Officers in all spheres of our government services than highly educated Southern region?
We should forget about religion and focus more on merits which i know the Southern region surpasses Northern region in all academic endeavours.
Nigeria should be re-structured on regional governments with full autonomy to all regions to control its resources and contribute same percentage to run Central Government that should have very small cabinet and responsibility to cater for National Police, Nigerian Armed Forces, Immigration Services, Customs Services and Central Bank.
Each region must establish its own Regional Police Service which will fully take charge of the security of the region while National Police will deal with high level corruption and other treasonable cases in the nation."
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...while the tomboolar party was still going on at the barrack,the news filtered in,for some of us it was a great relief,for some others it was a big dissappointment.'Talent can take you as far as you can go but attitude is the key to great heights'...prayers has been answered,giants has been made.Congrats to my mentor,the peoples general!!!Popping champagne.

....this is truly the Wole Soyinka i use to know,saying it as it is,without being partisan.APC its an illegal recycling company,what they do is simply putting old wine in new bottles,people whose sole interest is always to remain in the corridors of power and playing on the sentiment of the deprived masses,whose conditions were made so by this same leaders in the past...and i ask a simple question,its life any better for ordinary Nigerians living in APC states eg Lagos,Osun,Imo,Sokoto etc...we need changes for good in Nigeria but not the type APC is offering,'all hands must be on deck'to rescue the sinking ship called Nigeria.What we need more now is social re-engineering and value re-orientation and nt the class war being fought by our thieving elites.

...i just the laugh!

....what a shame,a terrorist group threatening federal roads,this is the lowest ebb anybody can ever descend to...they are always seeking for soft spots or is this how they intend to islamize Nigeria!soon they will threaten the sahara desert or rather the federal sahara desert!....this islamic clowns are only good for comic relief!and if i may ask,which of the boko haram issued this threat,the islamic boko haram(Mohammadist) or the political boko haram(APC) or the criminal boko haram(bank looters)!God bless the good people of Nigeria..'victoria acerta'.

Abum nwa afor,rep. Eziowelle idemilli north of Anambra state!!akanchawa for every true igbo-man...chukwudube ndi-igbo....Eziowelle obodo nnamu,obodo oma,here i come,its been some time...home sick!

kingoflag: Should CAN be involved in politics? Tell me, who will Jesus and God vote for?

my brother,this is Nigeria,do i give a f u c k what you think,the answer is NO!we are learning the politics of religion from Arewa,APC,council of ulamas,sheik Gumi,Tinubu,Buhari, Mohammed Junaid,'Liar' Mohammed,kwankwaso,Yoruba parapo press and their cohorts!if christains comes out both in PDP and APC,of course we will go with PDP,regardless of his credentials and intergrity...more like between the devil and the deep blue sea.who cares,not in Nigeria!

...this is exactly what we ve been clamouring for,for this reason, ndigbo of lagos will vote for APC at governorship level in Lagos state and then PDP (GEJ) for presidency come 2015!!!thank God Asiwaju is beginning to listen to voice of reason and hopes his peoples support for GEJ 2015 is also attached to the agreement with CAN.God bless the good people of Nigeria!

...i saw trucks from East off-loading brooms at Okitipupa and out of curiosity i asked a co-traveler,why are all this trucks offloading brooms in this small dusty south-west border town and the man laughed for long in igbo language and after a while,he told me that this were brooms Tinubu donated for Ngige's APC campaign and knowing that in igbo culture and folklore,only witches move around the town with brooms and in other to exorcise this evil from igbo land,Tinubus brooms were quickly sent back to where it belongs to....some fresh air please!

irunmoleaiye: bunch of hypocrite...... make APGA go win 2015 election nau.......Igbo can never rule NIGERIA with this your SENTIMENTAL Attitude......Stella Oduah mismanaged our funds you said she's our Daughter.....No wonder they are fighting so hard for their so called BIAFRA Republic....u guys should just watch while your OGA ON TOP Rules..... Yeye People

Congratulation to KANGAROO Governor to be CHIEF WILLIE OBIANO

As long as SOUTH WEST Remains INTACT noyhing concern me.....If Igbo people like make dem elect cat or dog as their Governor....I don't give a S*hit.............

...i saw trucks from East off-loading brooms at Okitipupa and out of curiosity i asked a co-traveler,why are all this trucks offloading brooms in this small dusty south-west border town and the man laughed for long in igbo language and after a while,he told me that this were brooms Tinubu donated for Ngige's APC campaign and knowing that in igbo culture and folklore,only witches move around the town with brooms and in other to exorcise this evil from igbo land,Tinubus brooms were quickly sent back to where it belongs to....some fresh air please!

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Misplaced priorities by terrorists.

The "owners of Nigeria" will use whatever influence they have throughout West Africa to thwart all efforts to take their Candy away. The real billionaires have sent their first signal. [/quote]ndu chucks and his Fulani annihilist mentality,always seeing anything south-south or south-East with great suspicion!unlike your usual attitude of defending anything muslim,i guess your people do nt appreciate the fact that Asari Dokubo is a muslim,who sees issues from the perspective of an activist and nt a jihadist.A fellow Nigerian was arrested unjustly in Benin rep.and all you wish is for him to rot in jail because he does nt share thesame awkward political idea with your ilk...GEJ till 2019.

O me military!..the only remaining respectable institution in Nigeria.

In contrary,this is what true PDP lovers are asking for,now is much easier for GEJ to emerge as the PDP candidate for 2015 election.information from Aso-Rock shows that people are in jubilation mood,come 2015 PDP will definately win in the 17 states they control,win 100% in these APC states Rivers, Edo,Imo,win majority votes in Lagos,Ogun,Osun,Ekiti,Oyo and also win 100% in Anambra(APGA),Ondo(Labour)...also pick bulk votes from Niger,Adamawa(50%) etc!This is the best thing happening to the real PDP,less stress in the primaries and dont forget that most southerners and many Northerners may nt like PDP but they are GEJITES.Incumbency factor is also a beautiful bride,your political calculations shows you all as learners.GEJ for Nigeria,God bless Nigeria.

Its quite unfortunate that they Fulani tribe has constituted a menace to the peace loving people of middlebelt!The scramble for middle-belt and the age long mandate by Usman Dan fodio to his people,urging them to conquer the middle-belt as a process of achieving an eldorado islamic republic is still on...the truth remains that Nigeria can never solve the Boko Haram menace if we do not nip to the bud the issue of Fulani gun men.It remains the single highest source of man power for boko Haram and other terrorist.Boko Haram is Fulani gun men,Fulani gun men is Boko haram.You cant effectively seperate both.

Yemlizzy: Wont be suprised if at the end of the day this man would be discharged and acquitted as most times serious research is not conducted before jumping into conclusion.Such is so rampant here in Nigeria.

save us that sermon,what do you expect from his family members!The SSS are well schooled in criminal investigation,allow the neccessary authority to do their Job.More over,information available to us shows that the Angwan-rogo area of Jos is highly infested with terrorist moles and most sectarian crisis in Jos emanates from that region...locals call it Afganistan and that tells a lot about the lecturers background and orientation.However,its their inalienable right to go to court to seek redress,if they think that there father is treated unjustly!

instinctg: There's nothing unusual about this, every organisation has a pyramid structure, d higher d tougher

....just hope that after the promotion Exams has been completed and people are promoted on merit!no tribe,i repeat no region shld come and start disturbing us with their usual petition of being stiffled out of the system!we know those who are good at media propaganga and their co-anarchists from the other end...if one Adewumi doesnt petition national assembly then one Abubakar will petition (ACF)Arewa Consultative Forum.

... Ibrahim Jimoh is notorious and very fraudulent,dont forget he was one of those who were found to be heavily indebted to our banks without servicing the loan and this resulted to some banks folding up or merging with others to get out of the mess.Ibrahim Jimoh bought NICON insurance in an unquestionable manner in Obasanjo's regime,at an outrageously low price!OBJ was only kin at creating some native billionaires whom he can use as conduit pipe for siphoning money without being noticed and Jimoh Ibrahim happens to be one of the beneficiaries.The liabilities he incurred from the purchase of NICON insurance is still nt sorted out,the next thing he will do is to dispose it off and make stupendous money from NICONs choice properties spread around the country.Ibrahim Jimoh remains one of the biggest fraud of our time,he may be succeeding for now because he is riding on the usual yoruba ethnic jingoism and Yoruba-parapo press cover up....i always know he will some day end up in the dungeon.