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A real ezza man write it as 'Ezza"not "ezaa' the abakalikipress guy is actually speaking as one who study wikipedia and not as an igbo not to talk of Ezza man. I am an Ezza, and I can understand the ivo guy but the abakalikipress guy couldn't interpret any of the ivo

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prekumohtim:
It will no more be like that because Oshiomhole' influence has been reduced. If he were still the APC national chairman , you would have expected a serious war or they just write the result sheet from Abuja .Oshiomhole would have be ready to do anything to win Edo state. Edo people are more with Obaseki and with the Oba of Benin words today, it is clear that he got the support of the palace

Smart talk. Ajumobi (even though he isn't wel and has being removed) will mind his business, which is to smooth way for Tinubu.
For me, it is even good that osho left to avoid being shamed

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[quote author=Subduer post=90814287] Tinubu's political grip on his base 40 million ethnic Yorubaland, & reach beyond, is far above Amaechi's gra gra in the multi ethnic South South, & HUSTLES in APC.
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As much as I want to agree with you, note that Yoruba Christians is not part of the 40m u are flexing muscles with.
Don't underate Amaechi. And in all they will wrestle among themselves in apc while pdp take advantage of the mess. It will clear ur eye when u will find out that arewa apc will support Amachi against ur 40m man.

Jesusloveyou:
this is high court, giadom can not resume office, court of appeal and supreme court will finalise the matter.
Edo election has be settled, giadom can not change anything, and any anti party from ameachi and el-rufai in trying to support obaseki in PDP, that will be expulsion.

It seems you didn't get me or the whole scenario. The only person that can shake a sitting governor obaseki is oshobaba. Without him at the helm, even Ajumobi will not go and kill himself over bini matter! His interest will be to consolidate on making Tinubu president come 2023.
Worst if Giadom becomes APC chairman, he is Obaseki man and such will not care to use federal might on him even though there is non again, given the body language of Buhari.
So it is a done deal for obaseki if he cliches pdp ticket and also a win to pdp to strategise for 2023. Of course he will get the pdp ticket! Pdp can sacrifice the other aspirants to get existing governor who has the support of the masses. The aspirants will be settled later or the can wait for sure 2024

I hope u got?

Jesusloveyou:
obaseki is already out of the race,

Giadom will remain useless

Giadom will not be useless in long run. Being Amechi's pal, they will checkmate the Tinubu against 2023, even though it will affect Wike power in Rivers but he (wike) will survive it as he will grow more wings with stronger pdp. Sure Tinubu will fight it, and that will keep disintegrating apc as we approach 2023 while pdp sort their house in order to take up 2023.

Edo will fall for pdp laps as as Giadom wouldn't care neither will suppose Federal might have any affect again as the Buhari body language is showing he don't give a dawn anymore

Las Las, the masses will win, as their vote will now count.
Let's keep watching as it unfolds

Arrewa:
our senators are worst than the presidency...They're only there for their own pockets not for the masses!

I regret ever supporting Buhari

Honestly I feel for you here. pure truth. I wish we can reverse the 2019 election. Imagine Tofa blasting Buhari, it has actually gone out of hand.
The law makers from the north as he said is worst.
Well, accept my sympathy Arewa

vanunu:
So there are indegenous Christians in Katsina.

Yes pal, even in kano, sokoto, zamfara etc. I served in Kano, as NCCF bro we did alot and alot i believe is still on going in indigenous kano Christian communities
Those guys are real Christians, I mean die hard Christians. They rather die than succumb to any other religion. Take the case of Leah Shiubu. But they are so pious, don't want to meddle into politics as in "the world is not my home " kind of. They fix their eye in " heaven'

ScotMisile:
Seriously,how does my ambition for self determination a cause of concern to you?
If I have fought a war and lost,is it your loss,if I have been slaughtered,is it your abbatoir, how does my desire affect your life.....?

What else? If not that he is jealous of what u do that he can't muster the ball to attempt.
It is envy of who u are he can't dream of ever becoming
It is the war u lost yet standing teller then him
It is the dream, yes the biafra dream, that is looking obvious, he see that despite his badbeleism u are close to it

caprini1:
The only thing that baffled me is the monthly $85,000,what is $85,000 that is troubling the FG and they've never bothered find out who or the source of Boko haram funding...idiots!

My thoughts bro. So they can really unearth the amount use monthly by IPOB but can't find the funding source of boko haram. They really know anyway, as long as they use it to distort non fulani govt they will never eradicate
B/HARAM.
I am to think of sending my contributions to iPOB, they actually using the fund judiciously

rationalhuman:
Correct, Have you noticed there is a difference in Behavior/mentality of established rich Business owners here Vs India, China, Europe and US? They believe in giving back to society and students.

I was quite amazed to see the Initiatives, Freebee donations done by Chinese and India Rich Business owners. Jack Maa is donating 0.5% of its money to few startups.
In India Tata is funding more then 23 researches in various labs. Last year Owner of Tech Mahindra announced usd 25 Million for top 4 startups in New age Battery development and IOTs. Reliance industries is funding 6 university labs for Terra-bit Network development.

In this continent you can never see any such thing from Dangote alike, they will donate few water tanks or food rations to come on front page along along with politicians. I dont know its greed of the black man or something else, we just cant comprehance such ideas..

My dear it is really disheartening. The rich here see the up coming guys as a treat or something. They can never support u. Even when u provide them services they will delay ur pay just to kill your dream. They are even worst than govt just that govt is in charge of common resource.
We really need re orientation. But I believe as generation face out, new ones will get their ass together

rationalhuman:
Government support is good thing but not an excuse.
When an Engineer Narayana Murthy and his friends initiated their dream Tech Startup in 1981, They were withheld by then Notorious Red-tape of Socialist system of India. Back in 80s you have to have a License fo having a computer and even a Telephone. Did these things stopped Indian startups?

Remember by 1990s, when India reformed, Terminated the License system, INFOSYS was already a known giant in Silicon Valley, London and Frankfurt.

What we do is, blame government for everything.

I can't believe less. The emphasis is on the investor. How do they see the system? Political risk comes to play
If every start up can have access to adequate funding and faith of investors to his idea, alot will be done here. The venture capitalists and private equity firms from western world to china comes to mind

rationalhuman:
Brain and they know how to apply logic, Education Systems and Their Incredible human resources.

what we have from above? Nothing

We got alot. Here the system doesn't give us room to show up. How many start ups in Nigeria can survive with consistent loss for yrs like Amazon and Elon musk's SpaceX and even Tesla? We can't venture into such big dreams cos we may be crippled by the state itself not to talk of unavailability of adequate investors
Decoupling Nigeria will address the issue as it will bring competition among regional govt to help mobilize investors/fund to its entrepreneurs knowing they will in turn get huge tax and employment

kingzizzy:
You can continue seeking but unless you get a two thirds majority vote at the National Assembly to restructure Nigeria, you will seek forever. Just the core North, NE and NW, control 40% of the NASS

There is win win for everyone in Restructuring table. Each region or province just have to put in that that they can do best.
For the political aspect, they just need to see the benefits especially in the view that it will motivating them to develop their human capital.
Let me also emphasize that the new north political elite like Sanusi , El Rufai even Atiku will buy into this.
We just need to ask not just as a southerner but a Nigeria for the peace and even efficient development

TheGodlessGod:
The south east and northern region will be the most backward.

No wonder they are famzing Niger Deltans

Even at the moment is southeast backward?

emilas1979:
They built industries, we built churches. They paid taxes, we paid tithes.
Truth as you know is bitter. We are a well endowed Nation that is groaning under a heavy yoke. We are a blessed Nation that is facing the wrong direction on our journey to nationhood. At Oba Akran Avenue Ikeja, I wept when I realised that factories that employed thousands of people are all closed and their premises converted to churches, insurance companies and banks. It is the same in Ogba, Isolo, Ilupeju and Apapa all in Lagos and Sango Otta in Ogun state. Hundreds of factories shut, which means loss of jobs.

Then the same trip to Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Shenzhen etc., it is a different story altogether. While they were building factories, we were building churches, while they were paying taxes, we were paying tithes when they started employing more people, we started disengaging our people, when they started exporting, we started importing, when they started getting richer, we began to get poorer, when they were rich enough to lend, we became poor enough to borrow, when they began to export technology and experts, we started importing their expertise and technology, when they moved to first world country, we are receding into a “fourth” world.

While we say they are Ungodly and we are Godly, they live in wealth and we live in poverty. In their cities, the production factory noises fill the air, in our cities, church and mosque noises fill they air. At the end of the week or month, they wait for their salaries and profits, we wait for miracles. China has more than 10 tyre manufacturing companies, South Africa nearby has 4 tyre manufacturing companies, Ghana the same and Nigeria with an estimated population of over 200 million people with millions of cars has no single tyre manufacturing company. Michelin and Dunlop formerly here relocated to South Africa and appointed distributors in Nigeria where the main market is. As big as we are, with such a huge population, we have no more than a textile mill as at the last time I checked.

Yet we go about as if all is well. In one Street near me, I counted 15 churches. On the major road of two kilometres, I counted 25 churches, some as big as a moderate factory and some as small as one room shop. All put together, does not employ a single person. Everything is by volunteers. In China, the same would have been at least 30 factories both big and small. What grows the economy are the very small cottage industries whose products are mopped up for exports. They would employ at least 300 people. Those workers will sing God’s praises, our own people are hungry and their prayers are constantly harrasing God, accusing Him of not listening or listening but not responding even to outright accusation of partiality.
#HappySunday
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The kind of article the keep me in Nairaland back in the days.

Good job OP!!

mrvitalis:
See green land everywhere ...I wonder what fulanis herdsmen are doing in the south

There most be more to it ...Niger is almost twice south east ... almost same as south west ...

Niger is bigger than any land they can get in the South ...so what's the issue

In dry season north is like desert. No green anything except "dogo yaro" tree. That's why they move to south literally

Benevento:
was their any resources in SE from the inception? though they have little drop of oil that can't power a mikano generator for a month, they contribute little into federation account.

Biafra is a misplaced priority, ever wondered why their elites are not in support?


it's only the jobless, hopeless and never do well that support the already failed movement.

Not interested in tribal war. Let's consider the content of the message with open mind

Benevento:
You can't restructure Nigeria my friend.

I came from the region that will likely perform best but still restructuring is not the answer.

how do you want regions like South East and North east with little or no resources to thrive?

Then why is southeast wants divorce if they don't have resources to be a single mother?

Babysawale19:
Foreign diplomat indeed. As soon as it’s foreign it may have sense. Some of you no get small shame.

Forget the source and consider the content, is it feasible and do you think benefits outline above is realistic?

[quote author=ahaz post=90186752]too late, we want
yea but this will be more feasible politically

kingzizzy:
The North does not want restructuring, the current system favours them.

Obviously it does but that does not mean we the southerners wouldn't continue to seek for devolution of power for even and efficient development

POSITIVE THINGS RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA WILL BRING! - FOREIGN DIPLOMAT REVEALS

If Nigeria restructured into provinces -
1) Northern Province
2) Middle Belt Province
3) Western (Oduduwa)Province
4) Eastern (Biafra)Province
5) Niger Delta Province (Atlantic)
Then Central Government at FCT.

10 positive things that would happen within 5 years
(primarily due to inter-province competition)

1. The first province to experience economic explosion would obviously be the Western Province. The Oduduwua Master plan will be revealed. There would be trans-regional 4g internet fiber connection/rail/subways/highways/power grids etc. Yoruba will become the 2nd official language. They are relatively united. They have oil. They own academia. They have mega corporations. The WP would be the first to have stable 24/7 power supply! Foreign money will flood the province. More Forbes recognized billionaires will arise. Some of them will be internet billionaires. Lagos will be relieved a little from overpopulation as railway lines from other states will make living elsewhere and working in Lagos a breeze.

2. The Northern Province will have stronger islamic laws. Sharia will be entrenched and this will make the NP become the least corrupt province. The middle east (Arab) nations will move in to partner with them, bringing major development. Jaiz bank and Unity Bank will become mega banks. Arabic and Hausa will compete with English for dominance in schools. This province will generate more solar power than any other province. After the west, this province will be the 2nd to have 24/7 electricity. They will start exporting food as a major revenue generator.

3. The Middle Belt Province will have a development conference. Focus will be given to solid minerals development/
exports, tourism development and food production/exports. This will become a food hub in West Africa. They will export more food than any other province. Mega mining and food corporations will arise. This province will have foreign inflows through tourism development greater than any other province. It will host the most beautiful places to live in Nigeria.

4. The Eastern Province will transform into the Auto Industry Hub of Africa. Indigenous manufacturing of vehicles that will start competing with foreign vehicles will commence in earnest. This will grow to manufacturing of airplanes, helicopters, tractors, cranes, heavy duty construction equipment etc. Forbes recognised billionaires living in Anambra will arise. The Biafra agitation will fizzle out since formation of the EP will be seen as a Biafra success in another form. There would be so much development that villages (as we currently know them) will quickly cease to exist. This province will be the first to semi-urbanize all their rural areas as all the Igbos living abroad will rush back to take advantage of the changes.

5. The Atlantic Province will take the Uyo blueprint and run with it. An abundance of oil wealth and opening up of major sea ports at Rivers and Uyo will enable this region to revamp their infrastructure quickly. There will be more monorails here than anywhere else. This will be the 3rd province to achieve 24/7 electricity generation in Nigeria (mainly from gas turbine technology).

6. With provincial indigenous security forces in control, kidnapping, Armed robbery, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and the Niger delta militancy attacks will all fizzle out. Nigeria will become the most secure and peaceful African nation; thus attracting more foreigners.

7. Each Province will have their own airline professionally managed. And with better roads/rail, air and land transport costs will crash.

8. With the rapid development occurring all over, Nigerias GDP will shoot up. Obtaining visas to travel out will become easy as more people will want to come in than go out. A worldwide immigration into Nigeria will commence, as Nigerians living abroad will be struggling with foreigners to enter the country. ''Nigeria will become the most desirable Nation to live in".

9. The central government at the FCT will become smaller and less powerful. There will be a mini-exodus from Abuja to the provinces as the action is now elsewhere. The outskirts of Abuja will no longer be heavily overpopulated. Abuja will become awesome again.

10. The 10th positive thing that would quickly happen positive idea.

Pls share for the sensitization of the benefits of Restructuring.

Nigeria must flourish again.

Can they accept company warehouse (as in propose factory) as a collateral?
Again, are you in Abuja?

oluwaahmed:
I don't understand your point. America is the second largest shareholder in AFDB after Nigeria so they have every right yo demand for an external probe(audit) which even local Nigerian financial institutions do.
Unidentified whistleblowers accused Adesina, 60, of handing contracts to acquaintances and appointing relatives to strategic positions.
This up there is corruption and like GEJ said stealing alone is not corruption. Favoritism, tribalism & nepotism is corruption. Just because its the norm here doesn't mean its acceptable. BTW what will america stand go gain from this? Is afdb not meant to finance projects in Africa? Abi will afdb finance a developmental project in USA? Don't you know when someone of his calibre engages in this corrupt act, then funds given out on padi padi basis will most likely be underutilized leading to the stealing part of corruption? The man thinks AFDB is his local Nigerian govt parastatal where he can employ all his relations at the expense of merit. Pls get his tribal ass out of there that's how they ruined Nigeria.

I can't agree less. We are so sentimental, the west is actually setting the track well for us but we are too deep into corrupt tendencies that we don't know what it means again. See, US has the strongest internal control system in the world, we should learn from them and not see everything as a witch hot. Mind you, I am a fan to Adesina but if he is found wanting he should go in for it.

adadike:
Thank God for mauritius! NCDC, pls stop escalating the figures because of monetary gain. My little cousin broke her leg, was taken to the hospital for dressing and treatment. Guess what was written in the receipt? Covid 19 discharged. The mom tried to protest but they asked her to calm down, that's the new protocol.

Are you kidding me? Which state?

litigator:
How many church buildings did Apostles Peter and Paul build?

Atleast, they wrote over 75% of the new testament. The church in Ephisus, was it a physical building during the days of the great persecution?

Also, juxtapose your assertion with the Biblical elucidations that " the kingdom of God is within thee". Luke 17:20-21, particularly at verse 21.

Also, the old church shared everything in common and non lacked. Even those who had benefited from the good will of others but wanted to be greedy with theirs, met fatal punishment. How well has our modern church copied such precedent? Acts 4: 30-End; Acts 5.

During this period of Covid-19, how well is the church resources being shared amongst members of the church and by extension, members of the public as a tool of evangelism?

Jesus fed the congregation because He knew the importance of food to the body(biological feeding), and salvation to the soul( spiritual feeding).

How well has our church emulated this biblical precedent during covid-19. Is this not the best time to win souls to the kingdom via the apt deployment of both mechanism?

Jesus and Apostle Peter were both leaders of the Church, both yet they knew they were trustees of the church, thus, gave good account of stewardship and didn't owe much personal property. Acts 4:32-End

Even Jesus lead by example by borrowing the a colt He used for triumphant entry. He could afford to buy one of the very best, and just will be justified because it is for the propagation of the gospel , but instead borrowed one. Mark 11:3.

***Take notice that this is a lame excuse being used by our religious leaders in an attempt to justify the luxurious lifestyle and the acquisition of aircrafts and phantom automobiles. But that is a discourse for another day.

From Apostle Peter's encounter with the man at the beautiful gate, it is apt to conclude that He didn't control the church resources even as a leader and pastor of the first church. He thus gave freely that which he had which was his annoiting and heal the man of his infermity. Can same be said for modern day pastors and spiritual leaders? What changed?

Finally, lockdown has been lifted in some parts of the western world such as Italy where the church began, but the physical place of congregation is still under lockdown. Most of these pastors have church branches within such domicile, why are they not condemning the govt of such state as they do Nigeria?

Kindly educate my ignorance.

I await your timely response, God bless.

I am an Omnist and Bible student. I know there are 4200+ religion in our modern day world, and that God is not a Christian, but He is" I am that I am".

Reference: God is not a Christian by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

I offer my highest regards.

I have questions for my Muslim brothers too, but we will address that another day. Shalom.

You just earn my "following "

You stated it beyond my expression. Let them answer you with scripture

sweetmelanin:
I think you are the shallow one here who has clearly refused to reason!

1. Why is Bill Gates (a college dropout with no medical background) suddenly the spokesperson for global health?
2. Why is the vaccine (which we have no idea of it's long term effect) being pushed to be mandatory?
3. Why is Bill Gates pushing for digital identification of those who have been vaccinated (ID2020)?

Also why do ID2020 project comes before covid 19?

Why is bill gate funding more 7 vaccines producing companies from several countries?

All these is the reason why he is second biggest donor in WHO after US.
You may also link it to why WHO didn't act fast on telling the world about the covid in China,
Least I forget, his father is in board of Planned parenthood, that advocate for trimming the world population