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by seunfly: 6:41amI know two oil companies on that list practicaly owned by our se brother Orient oil and gass and Afren oil. It is a shame that non of them come to point lt out for correction, because it is about damaging another ethnic group. We all know orient oil is controled by fomer comonwealth secretary general with partnership with chinese company, while Afren oil is controle by enugu born man.

Wat i see people talking abt is not that SS/SE pple has no oil block but that the north/SW dominate it instead of the owners of the land which is true.
Lets stop these denial afterall it is done by our elites not the common man.

As a northern minority we are also not deeply involved like hausa/fulani, yet they call us bad name too.
So SW are also involved therefore must come out with us to solve it.

I use to think SW are free but now am convinced. So since a southern majority is there among us in these issue people should stop calling us bad names,
Afterall oil is a war spoilt to us the winner of the war bcus i think had we lost the war ibos would have done the same as we are doing now .

As a NC man i accept it bcus it is no more secret that nigeria oil wells and oil sectors is dominated by north and SW pple,

Two things pains me much in these action:
1) yet our northern youths has nothing to show in all of these , the elites holds to themselfs this wealth.
2) we ended up corrupting our society bcus everyone see gov as a way of making money alone not service to the masses.

Our elites actions in one or more ways impose suffering to the people of old biafran state bcus we still hold unto our war mentality.
My suprise is why only us the northerners bore the bad name attached to these acts and Sw stay as if they are saints meanwhile we are all into these together.
For me let there resourse control in this nation since wd the masses of the north suffers equally as the biafrans.

Its time to let this biafrans rule this nation in peace maybe they will restucture this country for the good of all of us.
But the next time peple call us the north bad names let them include the SW , bcus the SW should not gain when it is gain and refuse loose when it comes.

Back to the discussion.

Truly am disapointed with yorubas for partnering with hausa/fulanis in all of these.
But i must say that its better now as y8rubas are coming out to stand with their actions no matter the consequence,
Time has gone when they stay hidden and act behind the curtain.

this is one problem with yorubas, a book that was released mid last year,

all yorubas, elite and novice, big and small, poor and rich, experts and amateurs, has replied the dam book.
why are you guys behaving like women or little girls.

why do these guys love nagging like women.

this guy is realy loosing service,

so echiejile and my home boy onazi is now yoruba abi?

can somebody tell this drunk guy that the yoruba nation has only one representative in the team Juwon Oshaniwa (Ashdod FC, Israel); .

who even suggest dbanj for occasion like this. if that ocasion need vulgar song from naija artist dbanj shouldnt be the one ofcourse,

that bad guy flavour nabania and even timaya does vulgar worst than dbanj.

TerryG would have been ok or better still

how can you appear at a crowd like this and beging to sing "shake bum bum",
guys that is crazy, com'on we are not in a club. that atmosphere deserve a good music devoid of vulgar nonsense.

anybody in his right senses that says dbanj song is alright in this occasion is a tribalist,

i mean what is the meaning in that song that suits the event?
lyrics "i love beyounce, i love omotola, i love genevive, then shake bum bum" what an insult to the event.

Nigeria’s Cardinal Francis Arinze: the next Pope?

21 Comments Fraser Nelson11 February 2013 12:03




The first papal resignation since 1415 will throw the world’s attention on Nigeria’s Cardinal Francis Arinze, who is the bookies’ favourite to succeed Benedict XVI. Not so long ago, the candidates would all be Italians. Now, the odds on a pope from the third world are quite high. Europe now stands out as a secularist anomaly in a world where religion is strong and growing stronger, as we argue in this week’s Spectator.

There is an saying in the Vatican: young cardinals vote for old popes. This bodes will for the 80-year-old Cardinal Arinze, an Igbo Nigerian who spent 25 years in the Vatican. He was, once, the world’s youngest bishop. He is quite conservative, as the last two Popes were, and was seen as a runner last time. The liberal Cardinals will like the idea of a Pope from the developing world. The new rules mean a new Pope needs the votes of two-thirds of the Cardinals, so one faction cannot impose its will over another. Since no one expected Benedict’s resignation, it could well be that the Cardinals are not ready to come up with a long-term solution. Older popes are, historically, a form of compromise. Arinze himself can’t vote, having turned 80. There are only ten African electors left.

Coral and William Hill both have Arinze as favourite. A Hill spokesman said:-


“When we opened betting last time around, in 2005, Francis Arinze was our favourite. His odds did drift towards the date of the announcement when Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) became the favourite, but he remained in the top three. Also, when Ratzinger became pope, Arinze took over from him as cardinal bishop of Velletri-Segni (a Catholic diocese close to Rome) —— it could be that he’ll follow in his footsteps again.”

The bookies may well have it wrong: odds simply reflect the weight of money, and the market may not be very liquid. Most bets were placed before anyone thought a race was really likely. We are in uncharted territory – will the pope’s presence influence his successor? What will his role be? Indeed, what do we call him: Pontiff Emeritus? Ex-Benedict? And while Arinze was a runner in 2005 he retired a few years ago, hardly demonstrating an appetite for the far-greater demands of the papacy.

If a younger pope is called for there is another African option in the form of the young (by papal standards) Peter Turkson, a Ghanian. There are hints that he is Benedict’s favourite candidate: not so long ago the pope said that having a African pontiff (for the first time in 1500 years) would “send a splendid signal to the world” about the universality of the church.

But is this what Benedict wants? He has appointed surprisingly few Africans to the electoral college, as John L Allen pointed out last year. Allen had this to say:


In general, today’s nominations reinforce the dominance of the West in the College of Cardinals. Only three of the 18 new electors come from the developing world — one Brazilian, one Indian, and one from China (Hong Kong). In that sense, the College of Cardinals will continue to be unrepresentative of Catholic demography, given that two-thirds of the 1.2 billion Catholics in the world today live in the global south, a share projected to rise to three-quarters by mid-century.

Coral’s odds will probably change quickly, as money is placed. But right now, they are as follows:

Cardinal Francis Arinze 7/4 of Nigeria. Age 80.

Cardinal Peter Turkson 2/1 of Ghana, Age 64. Appointed by Benedict four years ago to become president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet 5/1 of Canada, Age 68

Archbishop Angelo Scola 8/1, an Italian philosopher. Aged 71.

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga 10/1. A Honduran who was President of the Latin American Episcopal Conference. Age 70

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone 12/1, an Italian prelate. Aged 78

PS I should add that betting is a mug’s game. It all depends on the preferences of a tiny group of pension-age cardinals, who tend not to tell anyone what they’re thinking. But if anyone would know what they’re thinking, it’s Benedict. He may well have decided to stand down now (rather than die in office, as popes have done for the last few centuries) because he thinks the stars are aligning for his favoured candidate.

dbanj song is not good for an occasion like this.

his performance is ok but the song is no no.

by achi4u(m): 9:01am
Same thing they dished out during Super Falcons outings.Let it be know that we all need each other for this nation to move forward.
up WAZOBIA

exactly my point. we need one another.

i dont knw why the major tribes like hausa/yorubas always tribalize everytin,
wat did they espect us the minority to do.

by the way i can see that hausa/fulani's is comfortable with 1 or 2 hausa man in the team,
its only yorubas i see that has prob with biafran domination in sports.

onething is certain in life "you can't be good in everything" you can only dominate one or two things.

fifa can never adopt 250 players in a field bcus nigeria cannot manage their diversity

its time we learn from the europe:

country like england lobbys and do anything possible to get a good player from any country to play for them no matter your color,
tell me why a sports commisioner in yoruba land will bring confusion and hatred in our national team just bcus they are made of almost one region.

for our information, most (80% - 90%) of the spanish national team are catalanians yet none complain, they choose glory rather than sentiment.

if it will take only old eastern block plus edo and delta to make nigeria a super power in sports am voting it.

i blv every body has his/her area of specialization,
we in the belt are very good in agriculture.
the core north is good in animal farm
yorubas is good in media
old eastern block own sports

my point is that its high time we uphold credibility in this nation in other to maintain our glory.

dayokanu: Keshi is from Delta, Ideye Brown is from Bayelsa, Victor Moses, Oboaboana, Enyeama from Cross River, Yobo from Rivers, Echiejile from Edo State, Efe Ambrose from Delta State, Fegur Ogude from Delta, Onazi from Benue State, Nosa Igiebor from Edo state

going by the information you provided, then the team is 90% Biafran team.
almost all the state you mention was in the old eastern block.

my benue state has only one player in the team, anyway am happy of that bcuz its clear that old eastern block are gifted in sports.
until nigeria will learn to give honor to whom honor is due.

by the way why is it only yorubas contesting about igbo this igbo that in super eagles.
i dont knw yoruba prob with igbos but if they will come and change location
with my home state and stay with hausa/fulani's in one region since they prove time again to love fulanis and hate igbos.

its even time to flood nigeria army with MB,SS,SE and SW.Enuf of this hausa fula folks.

anytime biafra are set to go there way my idoma tribe joins asap we can't afford to be with fulani's in same country.
we are watching with keen.

ijaw citizen:
OGA!.....WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?......NOTHING YOU'RE SAYING HERE MAKES SENSE......NOW I SEE YOU'RE JUST CRAZY.
YOU DON'T KNOW ME, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ME YET YOU CAN INFER THAT I HATE IGBOS....ALL I BEG OF YOU IS LEAVE IJAW OUT OF BIAFRA....NO IJAW MAN IS CLAMOURING FOR BIAFRA....IS THAT TO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND?.....PLS JUST TRY TO TALK ABOUT BIAFRA FOR ONCE WITHOUT MENTIONING IJAW PEOPLE.
I'M MAKING THIS APPEAL TO YOU COS I JUST FOUND OUT THAT YOU'RE EITHER A CHILD OR MY LEVEL OF REASONING IS JUST WAY AHEAD OF YOU. SOME FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU THOUGH
1. WAS IT NOT IN THE SAME OLD EASTERN REAGION WHERE MOST IJAWS WERE IN, THAT ADAKA BORO DECLEARED A NIGER DELTA REPUBLIC(1966) NOT JUST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF EASTERN REGION, BUT THE WHOLE FVCKING COUNTRY WHILE YOU IGBO MEN WERE NEGOTIATING WHO GETS MORE OIL MONEY.
2. IT TOOK OJUKWU MORE THAN A YEAR (1967) LATER TO CONCEIVE THE IDEA OF PULLING OUT WHEN IJAWS HAVE LONG MADE UP THEIR MINDS THAT NIGERIA IS NOT WHERE WE (IJAWS) WANT COMMIT OUR FUTURE. IMAGINE HOW INSULTED WE FELT WHEN OJUKWU THOUGHT HE WAS COMING TO OUR RESCUE WHEN IN FACT, BIAFRA IS JUST A PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE WE DONT WANNA BE.
SO INSTEAD OF ME WASTING MY TIME HERE, I'D RATHER JUST WAIT TILL WHEN NIGERIA IS NO MORE, THEN I'D KNOW IF THE IGBOS TRUELY HAVE THE MIGHT TO FORCE IJAWS INTO A BIAFRA REPUBLIC

AND SERIOUSLY, HALF OF MY FRIENDS ARE IGBOS...AND THEY DONT HAVE THIS DELUSIONED, & SELF-DESTRUCTIVE MINDSET YOU'RE HAVING. STOP YOUR HATE ON IJAW PEOPLE, IT WILL DO YOU GOOD....MY ADVICE IS-- NEVER IMPOSE YOURSELF ON PEOPLE WHO DONT WANT YOU BUT RESPECT THEM JUST THE WAY THEY RESPECT YOU. THEY RESIST YOUR SELF-IMPOSITION NOT BECAUSE THEY HATE YOU BUT BECAUSE YOU DONT RESPECT THEM....HAVE A NICE DAY MR. ABAGWORO

you guys should stop replying that imposter (ijaw citezen) alj harem.
he has been here for abt 8yrs morning afternoon night. many may wonder if he has a job or not.
but let me make it clear, "the guy is a paid agent, online confusion is his job"

total nonsense. this guy is fake and the story is falsify.

why are nigerians too easy to be dcvd with trash.

what is the future in driving that motivates him.

how is it giing to help his profesion.

pls tell this gabage to almajiris in kano.

source pls

when they least expect.

igbo people are one of the most capable tribe in nigeria. kalu is spot on.

mr.poloma you are indeed a fool. why cant yorubas give it a rest?

must you guys behave like women all the time.

talk brief like a man, act like a man and live as men.

hahaha this very serious.

only if hausa/fulani and kanuri are redy to do away with sharia.

i cannot be an indigene of a religional state.
can the core north lives freely with other people out side their region when they find out they have equal right with you.

they are permited to move around with knife,sword,gun and even bomb now we are divided etnicaly, how much more when they have equal right at every state of their resident.

hausa/fulani drags land with indigenes of every regions in nigeria now they are allien how much more when they are indigene.

Katsumoto thanks a lot. I speak my mind in other to dissuade tribalists to be objective for once.

Come on, we are one people. Let's discuss not because of where we cone from but what we think that is better.

@Jason123,
Guy i don't argue with people about my origin. I don't even want you to blv or not.
I have my opinion to make so is you. I don't even care who you call me. To you guys anybody that disagrees with you is ibo .

Look at NL and see internet fighting here and there between yorubas and ibo. It has to stop.

You are itshekiri but you often agree with anything yorubas says, i don't care since that is your opinion.

The last time i checked PA Edwin Clark is ijawman not ibo . I agree with him not because of his tribe but you bcus he is right .

I want to insert something here. Read fashola statement careffully.

Fashola says we need a " moral rebirth", then i ask "which moral rebirth?"
A religous moral which differs or cultural one which is also different
Isn't a national constitution that will bind all culture's and religions together and give us a guide to that anticipated rebirth.


Now if my religion and culture prohibited alcohol and another approve it
which are we goin to follow if the national laws says nothing about it,?
What is fashola saying in this?

Can somebody tell us how do we get this moral rebirth if not from the law since our cultures and religions are opposite many times?

If you ask someone to change his ways, you need to tell him to what is he gonna change to.
Pls there is need for a new constitution before anything else.

Fashola says something about sincerity , pls can fashola lead the way on that by stepping down from his governorship seat since his first and second tenure were rigged?

I don't like hypocrisy . Pls give us new law that promotes equity, fairness, equality, oneness and progress
Let it shun marginalization , animosity, jungle justice, favoritism, tribalism , corruption and extremism .

I don't like it when people that knew the truth turns around and do otherwise.
Edwin Clark makes the most point here. Though he agreed with obi and went ahead to straight things more.

Looking carefully in this discussion one may notice that all yorubas here supports fashola?
All ibos in here supports obi?

So where do we think minorities shall stand to avoid been bias?

We still have a cold tribalism we are trying to avoid, only that insults has not start raining here and there although two yoruba guys has tried hiting ibos and hausa already.

Omo tier,

I know following you gently will reveal your intention.

Remember that another man's injustice maybe another's fairness and equity

.

So it's clear to us that you are seeing other minorities and region marginalization and injustice mated out against them as fairness and equity.
That's the reason you are putting up those deceptive logics .

Do you have feelins at all.
Do you decide on a level of occasion (party )first before the type of cloth that suits it or do you talk about the cloth first before the type of occasion ?

Why are you guys doing things on the opposite. I hope fashola intent and yours are not same because if it is, i will conclude that sanusi was right when he say that you guys cannot rise above tribal politics.
In a country where minorities are crying by the day why are they treated as second class in a country they call theirs.

Anybody who says that fashola is right is really not honest. Sincerely speaking let's turn the table the other way, "what if that statement is coming out from babangida or sarduana of sokoto " will my bros from the west ever blv it's right.

Fashola is totally wrong and obi with Clark is right to me:
1) how do you teach people morality without a moral law?
2) how long do you think it going to take us to change the mentality of our people? So do we expect people to wait till then before there will be equality and equity?
3)


Agreed with obi and Clark:
1) two can never work together unless they agree, which is mutual understanding. We need it first above every other thing.
2) the amendment is very much necessary to build fairness and equity.
3) we need to make a law that takes away immunity.
4) laws has two face
a) what one must not do or face the punishment if you do it,
b) what you must do and the benefit of obeying it.
5) law will help to curtail the excesses of any religion and tribe, and will empower the government to punish any that breaks it without fear or favor.
6) we need that law to end superior vs inferior mentality in our soiety.
7) it will encourage patriotism without suspicions .
then we shall have the oneness we have been looking for .
9) make every region equal state or do away with states and let us have only six regions so that people will feel secure and not been marginalized .

Conclusion:
What fashola is saying makes us more vulnerable than ever.
Tell me who may build a house with out a foundation .

what fashola says is totaly anti progressive nigeria.

how can he even think of that, if he fashola is a state or region who happen to be in the other end of disadvantaged constitution, will he obey or enjoy such constitution or will he want it amended to make everybody happy and feel belonging?

if fashola has no ulterio motives behind his statement or that he is blind and that makes him unfit to rule even lagos.