₦airaland Forum

– Oba Riliwan Akiolu expressed optimism in Buhari’s ability to turn Nigeria around

– He begged Niger Delta Avengers to embrace peace

– The Lagos monarch noted that violence would not solve the problem

The Oba of Lagos, Oba Riliwan Akiolu I has sent a message to members of the Niger Delta Avengers to stop the violence and give peace a chance.

The group has claimed responsibility for series of bombing of oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region which has affected Nigeria’s output of oil and the economy.

NAN reports that the Lagos monarch made the plea at his palace on Saturday, August 20 during the celebration of the Isese Festival in Isale Eko area of Lagos Island.
“I want to use this medium to appeal to the Niger Delta Avengers to give peace a chance.

“I agree to some extent with them that certain things have to be done for them, but they just have to give peace a chance and things will work for them.

“They should stop and put their grievances on the table and the government will address it. It is not too late to mend.”
The Oba expressed optimism in the ability of President Muhammadu Buhari to turn the country around for good.

“I am confident that the economy of the country, under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, will change for good because our president is focused.”

“Let us cooperate with the government. Do not take laws into your hands and always inform the security agencies wherever there are criminal activities.”

A few weeks ago, the monarch advised President Buhari against approaching governance as a military man.

He said Buhari should realize that he is no longer a military man and be civil in his approach.

Source: https://www.naij.com/935909-oba-lagos-sends-message-niger-delta-avengers.html

ihatebuhari:
lol...........men are wicked.



that's why I don't do men

Lesbian sighted

Seun:
Sorry about the loss of your parents. There's no good evidence for the existence of God. We must rely on ourselves and each other to succeed. There's no need to waste your time trying to cultivate a relationship with, or to totally submit to, a person whose existence is unverifiable.

And let anybody that want to go against this start by explaining how his/her god exist in the first place.

This guy play wise or na stinginess

Kongi na bastard ooo, Nscdc mother of 5 and Police officer father of 3 enjoying their I pass my neighbor with open & close ( I think that's to make d pleasure more romantic) since Fashola ve decided not to give us lght.

Adultery and Fornication is not good, be loyal to ur partner & gf

Rip to the dead tho, but how will the Nscdc husband belief her death, from vigil to biology practical.

Not all that attended formal education are literates, some mumu here are raining curses on Sahara reporters as if they were the one that formulated the whole story in their studio And they are quick to call the attention of PMB to Buratai Dubai home praising the saw Sahara reporters for good journalism. Receive brain all.

Space booked

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- living in the sky -- who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do.. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! ..But He loves you... and HE NEEDS MONEY!

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This Jehoval witness lady try to chat with me on social media about god, unluckily for her am always prepared, Maybe Nairaland Christian can bail her out, defend your belief

You mean some people still fooled themselves believing in the man that was nailed and hanged by men thousands year back as God, let them receive brain. Even if d claimed God exist, its not of this world.

lauren72:
hi

hi

tomquest:
Even Lucifer recognizes a Supreme Being, but here you are, a mere worthless mortal, telling us that you probably dropped from the skies.

Lucifer has a better chance of redemption than your ungrateful self. When your soul leaves your worthless (all bodies are dust) body, then you will know that this universe did not happen by metereological chance.

Simple question but you chose to beat about the bush

DannyJ19:
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is that d new way of booking space for FTC?

Good for her, since she's not contended with what nature blessed her with.

tomquest:
Who created the first man and woman?

Who created the vast and complicated universe?

Logic?

No problems!

Tell us how your claim creator exist

winner01:
What if we believe in those things you listed far more dearly than you do?

What then would you have us do?
Fosake those things simply cos you said so.

You people have zero point.

Just keep preaching your atheism, but dont try to paint it as a worthy idea..

#Humanity

Mafizo:
pls keep ur atheism to urself. don't come and corrupt young Christian minds that no supreme being exists
stop recruiting people to ur atheist belief

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours

Tenkobos:
God is love and Jesus is the truth.

I will advise you to face your atheism and leave christians alone.

Jesus' last words on the cross, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" hardly seem like the words of a man who planned it that way. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure there is something wrong here.

Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.
Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-o, and all the other things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have.

Contrary to belief by most Nigerians that the soldiers are being paid heavily, the majority of those who risk their lives to defend the sovereignty of their motherland go home with stipends.
The Nigerian soldiers are being paid according to their ranks and years of service.
However, not all soldiers are receiving their salaries, according to those who write this open letter to President Buhari, asking to pay them money.
To Mr President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
We are officers and soldiers of Nigerian Battalion 45 (NIBATT 45 UNAMID) deployed on January 5, 2016 on a peacekeeping mission in Sudan.
Since our deployment, life had been so difficult for us. Even to communicate with our families has been a problem due to lack of finances.
The army has refused to pay us our allowances of $100 monthly since the beginning of the mission here in Sudan and this is the seventh months without payment.
Many of our soldiers undergo surgical operation due to poor feeding, no drug for us whenever we are sick. The only remedy for us when we are sick is to be referred to Pakistan hospital due to lack of drugs in Nigerian Contingent Level 1 Hospital.
We have been in this Mission in Sudan for seven months now yet our domiciliary account in Union Bank of Nigeria has only been credited with two months and 27 days salaries out of the 7 months so far.
We ask Mr President to look into this issue to make his anti-corruption campaign in the Armed Force a success.
If nothing is done very soon, we will be force to take the law into our hands.
PAY US OUR SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES.


https://www.naij.com/909253-dont-force-us-take-law-hands-soldiers-warns-president-buhari.html?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C9301510541

Looking at the historical circumstances 50 years ago that led to the death of Lt Col. Adekunle Fajuyi, the military governor of the western region in 1966.
The idea of Biafra did not begin with a declaration of an independent state by Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu on May 30, 1967, but started shortly after Nigeria’s first coup of January 15, 1966 and Fajuyi became of its first uncelebrated heroes.
The January 1966 coup was tagged an Igbo coup because it was spearheaded by an Igbo soldier, Kaduna Nzeogwu and resulted in the death of jajor northern personalities including the Sardauna of Sokoto who was also the premier of northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello and notably the assassination of Sir Tafawa Balewa, the first prime minister of Nigeria.
The fact that the then president of the country, Nnamdi Azikiwe (Igbo) and the Senate president who was serving as acting president, Nwafor Orizu (igbo) were not killed further cemented the claim that it was an Igbo coup carried out to wipe out northern leadership from the country. The consequence was disastrous.
Major General Aguiyi Ironsi took over power on January 16 and even though he was the general officer commanding, Nigerian army, his rise to the position of the head of state increased the assumption that his Igbo heritage not only spared his life but also propelled him to the position of head of state.
Northern soldiers did not find it amusing.
Although the perpetrators of the coup had been arrested, the fact that they had not faced serious punishment for their action did not go down well with the north. It was even reported that they were still receiving payment from the military. This led to growing tension between the north and the south and the head of state, Ironsi was doing a bad job in keeping the country as one coupled with the fact that he was allegedly filling important positions with Igbo officers.
Reports started to emerge that Ironsi was on a mission to elevate the Ibos at the expense of the rest of the country. Although he had appointed Lt Colonels Ojukwu, Fajuyi, David Ejoor and Hassan Katsina as military governors of Eastern, Western, Mid-western and Northern regions respectively, he still faced criticism for other appointments which were largely considered to be dominated by military officers from the east.
The introduction of the unitary system of government further made Ironsi an unpopular figure as it abolished the federal/regional system of government in place. The Decree Number 34 of 1966, which abrogated the federal system of government and substituted with a unitary one, was suspected to be a means of killing the northern sentimental perception of viewing Nigeria. Although his move was expected to unify a country torn along religious and tribal divide, it caused more problems because the north felt Ironsi was creating a Nigeria that had taken away power from the region to the central whi he himself dominated.
According to Law Mefor,“Ironsi suspended the subsisting 1963 Republican Constitution and replaced it with series of decrees, most notable being the Unification Decree, which proclaimed Nigeria a unitary state, changed her name from Federal Republic of Nigeria, to Republic of Nigeria, reversed fiscal federalism, unified the Civil Service, the Police and several other aspects of federalism were taken over by the central government.”This marked the end of true federalism in Nigeria and made the central richer, more powerful and the hub of vital decision making.
The introduction of the unitary system gave way to the anti-Igbo pogrom which began in May 1966. Igbos became target for massacres in the northern part of the county as a manner of revenge against the January 1966 coup. Thousands of Igbos lost their lives while many in the north began an exodus to the south in a move that signalled the beginning of Biafra. Igbos were perceived as the enemies of the country and to them, they were the target of the rest of Nigeria. Biafra was more of a call to survival away from the carnage happening against them perpetuated by the rest of the country.
The coup against Ironsi was fast becoming imminent and soon became a matter of when and where. This was carried out in July 29 1966 by northern coup plotters led by Theopjilus Danjuma and Murtala Muhammed.
On that fateful day, Fajuyi was playing host to the head of state who was on a tour of the country and had come to address traditional rulers at the government house in Ibadan. Danjuma led soldiers to the house of the governor of the south west and ordered the arrest of Ironsi. They berated his lackluster attitutude towards the death of the eminent northerners killed during the first coup.
In an act of military valour, Fajuyi although Yoruba could not stand the arrest of his Igbo superior and said he would not sit back as a host while his guest was being led away. The duo was rounded up and led into a land Rover. Although the details after the arrests were sketchy, it was reported that they drove to Iwo road and stopped by a bush by the side of the road where the two were eventually shot to death.
The decision by Fajuyi to die with Ironsi at a time when Igbos were viewed with resentment made an impact on Ojukwu who later asked Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe (Yoruba) who was the then chief of staff to take charge of the country and even assured him that he would make a broadcast 30 minutes after to show his support but he was unable to do this as the northern dominated military refused to take order from a southern Christian soldier even though he was the most senior officer. Ogundipe was forced to accept Yakubu Gowon who was his junior as the head of state.
Although Fajuyi was long gone before the declaration of Biafra a year after, his decision to stand by an Igbo soldier and die with him at a time they were targeted in the country earned him utmost respect from Ojukwu and the rest of Igbo people.

https://www.naij.com/907706-retro-series-how-adekunle-fajuyi-became-the-uncelebrated-hero-of-biafra.html?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C3233388081

Right from the beginning of journalism till date, media have never report anything good about Islam than to tarnish its image, even when Muslims were murder every blessed day, American invasion of Islamic countries and killing of Libya president have never been reported as terrorism on their part but heroic ones. 99.99% of the so call modern terrorist are children whose parent suffered invasion of America and seek vengeance. As a Muslim, I have leave Islam to defend itself and Allah will judge those hidden under the umbrella of Islam to carry out their evil deeds. Live and let live ... Humanity

We really need to learn to do things in the right ways in this country and stop tagging issues religion And government need to learn the right approach to matters affecting religion too.

Iranu abasha

Tired defending my religion, Islam will defend itself. And one of the declaration before the comment is very wrong, Muhammed is not the only prophet but one of the prophet and the last of them.

We are all human and Humanity should be our belief above religion

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AustineE1:
No right thinking Niger-deltan will tell you they are celebrating the killing of Yorubas either in Ogun or Lagos but the truth remains that the Yorubas are by nature very loud and noisy. Agreed the insurgency in the Niger-delta brought about a lot of hardship in Nigeria and then the military option by FG brought about pain and death to the ordinary citizenry of the Niger-Delta region,everyone would think that the federal government through appointments,equitable distribution of wealth,fairness in all ramnification of the polity,try as much as posible to placate the aggrieved regions but rather its open marginalization policies are been celebrated and proped up by people wld should know better(south west).
.....'in the end we shall remember not the words of our enemies but the silent of our friends'. Dont forget that the greater south is watching the Yorubas pitch tent with the oppressors in the worst form of regional hypnotism,just because of a vice presidential slot.
Any attempt to threaten the investment of Niger-Deltans in the south west cld be a very dangerous gamble,most Yoruba elites derives their income from oil,both upstream and downstream sector,go to Rivers and then you will appreciate the fact that for every one Ben Bruce's or his tribes men investment attacked in Lagos,there are twenty huge yoruba investment in the Niger Delta waiting for the demolition man.
We must give peace a chance and there can never be peace without justice and fairness.

[s][/s] Rubbish

BE WISE

Bn expecting this, Wailers go stop to carry fake news from their hungry bloggers