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naijababe: Predictable!

My sista, this is a repeat of the old "free farmlands" trick Aregbe played on poor Osun farmers. He gave them lands at a lavish ceremony that was well attended by the press.

...The only thing was that the so-called "free farmlands" were on an elephant reserve! Gaddem!
So, as soon as the camera's were gone, Aregbe got his thugs (tawun or whoever) to beat 7 devils out of the poor farmers and eject them off their "free land," because it is a crime to farm on an elephant reserve.

The other day, the same man "bought coaches" for the FG, to run on FG railtracks too! Stories po ju!

Now we hear about a power station without megawatts! Its all in the spirit of Aregbe's high stories and 419.

[quote author=Ejiné]O'Yes, O'Reap, O'Meal and now O'Power?

I wonder what he'll call his waste management program.

Probably "O'Shiit!!!"[/quote]Okon come and see e!
Unu go take laf kpai pesin pig o!

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wesley80: Cos the governor is an O-lodo!

Lol! AregbeLODO!
Number 1 for lying to the long suffering populace with high stories. Imagine a power plant without megawatts or a completion time scale?

419.

[size=14pt]Nigeria Group Denies Shielding Muslim Terrorists[/size]
Peter Clottey

A prominent member of Nigeria’s Supreme Council for Sharia (SCS) has dismissed as wrongly misplaced accusations that some elders in the north have been protecting Muslim terrorists.

Sheikh Isa Ali Pantami, the SCS deputy Secretary General, said his group has suggested to President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration several ways to resolve the country’s security crisis.

He says the government, itself, is to blame for the country’s worsening security challenges. “It’s because of injustice by the federal government -- including some state governments perpetrated -- it is as a result of that [that] we are witnessing what is happening today,” said Pantami.

“Wherever you do injustice, that injustice could definitely invite atrocity to your community. So if we want to tackle that problem, let us not just criticize northern Muslims or northern elders. Let us look critically, [at] what the federal government has done and at the same time what some state governments have done.”

Over the weekend, the Northern States Christians Elders’ Forum, NOSCEF, accused some northern Muslim elders of shielding Muslim terrorists and those who sponsor them. The group also called for the country to be restructured into six regions as a way of maintaining Nigeria’s unity.

Sheikh Pantami said the accusations are without merit.

“Most of our state governments including the federal government are not sincere... They will always tell you they are ready to solve this problem, but if you look at their actions critically, you will see it’s different from what they say.”

Some Muslim youths reacted angrily to the accusations leveled against their elders. They said many Muslims have died as a result of the ongoing violence perpetrated by the Boko Haram Islamic sect.

Pantami said it is erroneous for northern Muslim elders to be singled out for criticism.

“Most of [their members] are faceless people. In some situations, some people that are being arrested today committing atrocities in the northern part of Nigeria, some of them are not even Muslims,” said Pantami.

He said the Supreme Council for Sharia was the first group to initiate dialogue between the government and Boko Haram to find ways of ending the security crisis.

“Throughout the situation, it was the only genuine dialogue when we started intervening through our [leadership]…in fact we instantly witnessed [the] lack of sincerity from the federal government,” said Pantami.

Pantami outlined what he described as steps to resolving the security challenges.

“Try to get some sincere and some respectable elders in the north…try to understand the injustice you committed as a government. Try to understand the people you oppressed as a government, identify all their grievances. Those that are genuine, try to see that you pay them back. Those that are not genuine try to tell them that you cannot do that.”

Human Rights Watch says Boko Haram has been responsible for more than 1,000 deaths over the past three years, mostly in the north. The group claims it is fighting to impose Islamic law in Nigeria and does not recognize the country's constitution.

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Nigeria-Group-Denies-Shielding-Muslim-Terrorists--150531495.html

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Are you a mod or are you an id!ot?

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Sending the bytes over the network is the only thing you can do. All images are byte arrays.
If you do not need the alpha channel, then you should use RGB (3 bytes per pixel) instead something like PBGRA32 (4 bytes per pixel).

I find it hilarious that I was given a ban for posting pics of the discrimination against the Ilaje's.

Can the mods hide places like Bariga? Lol!
It is as ridiculous as banning someone for posting pictorial proofs of apartheid in South Africa:

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But the soldiers that carried out the Mali and Guinea Bissau coups were not French. Rather, they are willing sellouts who are as African as you and I.
No country can be controlled by foreigners without willing indigenous collaborators who eyes shine only for a blood stained nickel. Foreigners only take advantage of the divisions and lack of love in the "family."

naijaking1: Yeah, he might have missed the memo.

Fashola caused the most shock, especially as he was the chief promoter of subsidy removal.

Fashola was the head of the committee of governors that first recommended it to the FG. But in an acrobatic move of dazing proportions, he became the chief lover of Ojota park.

naijaking1: Why not just call out Fashola and other ACN turncoats

Lol!
Oshiomole didn't join the other ACN governors though. That really gave me respect for him as a man of his words.

rhymz: guy seriously you like to take things too personal like you are getting paid for it. You need to stop with your lengthy rants and stop accusing others of something you do here on NL as a past time job. Incase you did not notice, most of the critics here have actually been Yorubas and real Ekiti indigens that live and work in the state, unlike you that are arguing from a distance and forcefully trying to ram it down everyone's throat. Paperbrown and Kobo( yes I don't like the hag, she argues just for the fun of it but...... ) this time made some very serious and revealing points here that only showed the folly of your own argument. And yes, you are a bias party freak, it shows in your angry arguments and replies. Just as you like to criticize beaf for his support for PDP and Jonathan, so is your lack of sincerity in matters that have to do with your party ACN. It is obvious you are a charcoal pot calling a mere kettle black. Learn to argue without all that hateful outburst and anger abeg!!....and please cut down on the epistles, it gives one headaches. They are hardly read, so don't bother.

Abeg, helep us beg dat creature o!
As usual, there are no pictures, just a stream of pathetically unhealthy words from the bloke.

f i o: I MEAN 85 PERCENT OF DEATH IN NIGERIA. Thank God someone in this thread mentioned agriculture as a way of providing jobs and improving the economy of ekiti, but how would run agriculture without providing good roads.....but don't also forget that someone in this thread also opposed industries in ekiti, so tell me how u will create employment. Don't also forget that good roads are one of the factors that attract investors(both local and foreign), electricity which is also a factor. You know each state, nation has her own development tactics or strategies, why not let us cross our fingers with hope that something good comes out..I BELIEVE IN NIGERIA.

You do not need good roads to transport agrictultural produce. Roads are just one of several transportation options, others are:

1. Air
2. Rail
3. Water

With water, a lot can be moved around very cheaply with next to zero maintainance cost. On the other hand, road, rail and air networks are prohibitively expensive to build and manage. All Ekiti needs for transportation of agricultural produce are viable inland waterways.

As for the second bolded, thats just pie in the sky like most of what ekt_bear has been banging about. What would foreign or local investors be attracted to in Ekiti state with its present economy even with a wonderful road network? You've got to build the economy first, then investors will come.

For electricity, Ekit like the rest of Nigeria, is blessed with abundant solar energy; we just lack the imagination and self-belief to pull it off.

shymmex: You're 'Jamaican' and 'African American' - yet you speak Yoruba and pidgin better than I do, huh??

And I'm not talking about slavery - that's for the people with slave origin to deal with, my point was about colonization - and how Brussels still controls Africa... It's not about the blame game, it's about what's happening... If they don't exert some form of control, how come they care about us so much?? And they're always quick to bad mouth any African leader who doesn't embrace their neo-con policies..

The problem with Africa is a two headed dragon - stooges a la extremely corrupt leaders, and neo-cons in Brussels and Washington.. It goes both ways, and you can't rid Africa off its problems without cutting off the two heads on the dragon...

This isn't about the blame game - it's about the reality.. Open your third eye, Mrs. Jafrica Jamaica

They control only societies that have sold out and offered themselves up to be controlled.
Again, it boils down to an endemic, continent wide plague of low self-esteem.

The African is a willing slave to the traps he set in the past.

Comedy!

Most times you have to wonder if Eko Ile was born with a plethora of mental defects.

Blackteeth: Whenever the question of why Africa/Nigeria is behind the rest of the world, the usual answers we get is; "because our leaders are selfish and corrupt". But this doesn't sound like the ultimate answer because it failed to explain why selfishness and corruption is preventing only Africa from developing and excluding other continents. Some say its colonization, but that doesn't still sound reasonable because africa hasn't been colonized from day one. Therefore the reason I started this thread is to get contributions that can best explain why Africa is so much underdeveloped when compared to other continents.

Personally my own theory to explain the african situation boils down to what I will call the default culture. Each race has a default culture of their own; meaning the original culture they were created with. We ask ourselves why africans don't behave like europeans, but why don't we ask ourselves why africans don't behave like arabs, indians or asians? Each race came with a different established culture which is responsible for dictating how the the entire race fares in any aspect of life. These cultures are not genetic but acquired through learning and passed through generations. Therefore the difference in development between the white and black societies has nothing to do with superior intelligence. The reason why the white society is what it is today is due to the default culture they were created with which involves the zeal for exploration, innovation and adventure. The African default culture is different and lacks these three features. The African culture values tradition so much that they dont give room for changes, improvement and innovation. They wouldn't mind doing the same thing for 2000 years. Though africans are trying to copy the west, but the copying wouldn't work because the default culture is seriously clashing with the invading culture. All the races are equally intelligent. If they say africans have low IQ then it was conducted in a way that is not in favor of Africans considering the mass illiteracy everywhere. Africans can put a man in space, it is their default culture that stops them and not their brains.

This is my theory to explain the African situation. You may come up with yours or criticize mine.

There is nothing like a "default culture." The only place where the Black person is a failure, is Africa; several countries in the Caribbean are either developed or on their way there; Africans in Europe and the US are demographically better educated and their 2nd generations earn more on average than local white populations.
We simply have not come to terms with the destructiveness of the slave trade and colonisation; the traitors amongst us that fuelled these evils for their own agrandisment still rule over us as lords and kingmakers. What we need are truth commissions to devulge culpability and bring shame on those who took part in the oppression. Without thorough introspection, we will not see a healing of the continent wide trauma that bedevils us; rather the African population will continue to wallow in a murky soup of low self-esteem, we will continue wring our fingers in helplessness at the truths we imagine can be swept under the carpet.

These are a few things made by Nigerians of the past. Surely, these things were not made by people with a weak "default culture," indeed, at the time the white man first set foot in Benin, they were stunned that it was possible to cast copper, and not just cast copper, but cast it to such thinness (up till today, casting copper is nearly impossible http://www.keytometals.com/Article64.htm).
Obviously, the answer lies in what we wish to sweep under the carpet.

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Igbo-Ukwu bronze

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Benin bronze

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Ife bronze

The African is the Africans worst problem.

There is [b]nothing [/b]intrinsically wrong with us, aside from the fact that we have failed miserably to deal with the twin trauma's of colonisation and the slave trade. Therefore, the average African exhibits a distinct lack of self belief, is clannish/bigoted, weak willed, quick to point fingers, loudmouthed, over-dressed etc. These factor all combine in a way that appears to give the African a lower IQ than the Global average.

We do not have a lower IQ; rather, we have a continent in emotional turmoil and a population plagued by a continent wide low self-esteem.

The reasons Africa has been unable to overcome the trauma's of the slave trade and colonisation is simple to figure out. The most powerful families who make up the upper echelons of the political classes across the continent were direct beneficiaries of the twin evils. They either took part in the slave trade or sold out to the colonial powers.
With these people continously recycled in the continents politics, there is little hope for rebirth. Traitors and the wicked cannot lead a rebirth, nor can they heal the trauma they are a part of. Congo that saw the worst violence (with 10 - 12 million massacred) will continue to be at war and to regress into the abyss.
As long as those families remain in power, they will block rebirth. And any they allow to rise to their stratospheric level will be beasts of their breed who will not rock the boat.

One example that stands out like a beacon to most of Africa is Ghana. That is one country that has successfully come to terms with its past as a slave center. It has apologised to Africans in the diaspora and offered free land and resettlement schemes; it has also undegone all sorts of traditional cleansing. All of these things impinge on the national psyche and have propelled Ghana forward on the democratic and developmental scales.
It is easy to bet that Ghana will become the first developed W. African state.

In comparison, Nigeria has places reknowned for slavery like Badagry, Brass, Arochukwu etc, but we do not give a damn. We have the same old ruling families running our lives, but its business as usual. Is it any surprise that the average Nigerian has no value for the happiness of their neighbour? No nation with such an appalling society can ever develop.

Paul John: Seriously?! Ogun, lagos and ondo has petroleum. It's now I believe 9ja is blessed.

Nigeria will only be blessed when we all embrace resource control.

Without resource control, the oil fields in those areas will come to nothing until oil goes out of fashion as an energy source. As I said earlier, the quality of the oil makes it highly unattractive compared to the Niger Delta with its high quality oil (which explains why there is no oil industry development in the SW). The big oil companies will not invest because of the astronomic costs involved.

However, with resource control, the people can turn even sand into gold. Canada is making a killing with its low quality tar sands, so Ogun, Ondo and Lagos can do the same; but that will never happen as long as there is free, easy money flowing from Abuja; the people need to own the resource for it to be developed. The FG has already taken the right steps by signing deals with Canadian companies for oil prospecting in those areas, but it is left to the indigenes to see that with the way Nigeria is structured, their dreams will only turn to dust. They must own the resource to drive its development.


Resource Control.

I hope there is more land available around it for future expansion?
That port will be way too small by the time the dredging of the rivers is completed from Lokoja to Warri on the one hand and Warri to Lagos on the other.

Good start anyway.

Martini101: Beaf. Where did U go to since d Azazi incident? U just left Ur Oga{GEJ} to play defence. He don wound oh!

You mean I should be on NL to entertain you even when I have stuff to do, because you think GEJ is my "Oga?"
By the way, GEJ is only wounded in your opinion, because you cannot understand a tactical game and the evil terrain that is Nigeria. You do not understand that you are in jail, because you have never experienced freedom; so when you reason and go into battle, it all comes out looking aimless and pathetic.

My brother, let us all take time to acquire knowledge of how Nigeria really functions. You will be violated, amazed and enraged by what you discover; right now, ignorance is bliss.

The worst governor is AregbeRASCAL.
That clown only rivals the late Adedibu and the late Barkin Zuwo.

alj harem: What do you mean "What is my business ?" Is Ogun no longer a Nigerian state ?

You still have no answered my question. What is the justification of 5 refinery in one state

Are looking at viability or just build for building sake ?

How is it your business if Ogun state people can build 5 refineries? You haven't convinced me.
Its like saying its your business if your neighbour can afford to buy 5 cars and toast sweet looking babes with eye pop'n jigglies.

Its not your business to ask why they need 5, or whatever it is you are asking. Simply wish them luck and join in to make their efforts a success, instead of sounding like you hate progress (or its prospect).

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Lol! You are right that Uduaghan is not the worst. He is even very far from the worst, but Delta state people are extremely demanding.
Check out Ibori for example, many states would have killed to have such a "performer" as their governor, but Deltans only saw his fingers in the cookie jar and proceeded to write EFCC pertition after pertition. Today, Ibori is deservedly in jail.

alj harem: ^^^^^^

Beaf you are not a serious person

First of all, what is the justification of 5 refinery in one state I ask ?

If Ogun state people can build 5 refineries, how is that any of your business?

Anambra has already shown the way with Orient refinery, the same with Rivers (even though the one there is micro), therefore Ogun MUST be encouraged.
Its like 1 + 1.

alj harem: The iddeeiot is not ND but Igbo

You only bring foolishness to any topic you post on.

It is now up to the indigenes of Ogun state to actualise the dream of the 5 refineries.

Ogun state has heavy crude, which is of low quality, but oil is oil. It is a money spinner anyday.
The likes of Shell will not wish to invest in Oguns oil (a blessing in disguise), because of the poor quality, but Ogun state citizens along with its state and LG govts can push to make it a viable business.

There is a wider blessing for Nigeria in development of low quality oil fields in Ogun, Ondo, Lagos and Northern Delta. It is that such development can only come through empowering the citizens to own and develop their local resources (a rather long way of saying, resource control). Without resource control, the oil fields in Ogun state will lie fallow and unyielding until oil goes out of favour in the next couple of decades.

The time to demand resource control and empower the people is NOW. The FG must lead the charge by doing all in its power to ensure that the Ogun state project takes off through the efforts of the private sector. It is high time the Abuja awuf train came to a juddering hault.

Canada has similar poor quality oil deposits which they are very successfuly harnessing. With self belief, and a logical approach, Ogun too can do it.
Let us all get behind Ogun state and will it to success, because we would be indirectly willing the rest of the country to true federalism, development and success.

Well done Ogun state and Amosun.

Whatever happens, June promises to be a very interesting month in the history of Nigeria.

[size=14pt]Nigeria: Jonathan to Reshuffle Cabinet[/size]
By Dave Oludare Oso, 7 May 2012

INDICATIONS that President Goodluck Jonathan may reshuffle his cabinet has emerged, The Moment has learnt.

Among the people being considered by the president in a list he sent to the State Security Services for screening are former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo; ex-Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife; former Special Adviser on the Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe, former Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Hamisu Mai Rago; the immediate past acting National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje.

Others are former PDP National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Rufai Alkali; former PDP National Organising Secretary, Uche Secondus; former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Ada Okwuonu and former PDP National Legal Adviser, Olusola Oke.

The screening of the nominees, The Moment learnt will begin this week.

Expectedly, intense lobbying has started by both the serving ministers, who wants to retain their seats and the aspiring ministers.

According to our source, the people have started lobbying the National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur and other key figures in the Peoples Democratic Party like Chief Tony Anenih, a former Chairman of the party's board of trustees and Chief Edwin Clark, a respectable South-South leader.

The nomination of Alaibe, according to The Moment's findings, is generating most anxieties in government circles, as people are curious of what will become the fate of Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Allison, who like Alaibe, is from Bayelsa, the President's home state, since only one nominee can emerge from the state.

Alison-Madueke was appointed by the late President Umar Yar'Adua as a minister in 2007, and like Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, the Minister of National Planning, who was appointed by Jonathan in 2010, may not retain her position, just as others in the 2010 class; Ruqayyat Rufai (Education), Segun Aganga (Trade and Investment), Caleb Olubolade (Police Affairs)Bala Muhammed (Federal Capital Territory) and Emeka Wogu (Labour.)

It is also expected that the President will remove his National Security Adviser (NSA), General Andrew Azazi (retd.) and replace him with Ekpeyong Ita, the current Director-General of State Security Service, (SSS.)

The PDP was embarrassed by the statement credited to the NSA that the party was responsible for the Boko Haram crisis and insecurity in the country and has been putting pressure on the President to replace him (Azazi.)

http://allafrica.com/stories/201205071133.html

Lcoolbabe: So i heard abt his weed smoking. I also heard he abused a student of NDU sexually and gave her 20k after everything.

The weed is just to wash down the cocaine.

Toaskarity: Summarize - bigger thief chasing smaller thief.

Simples.

deandavid: i wonder everyday when people say, their governors are working, including that's of eboyin state. But sincerely speaking, sentiments and politics aside my state governor has not done any tangible thing, worthy of praising him, for the 5 years he has been in office. I mean the delta state governor. I have not heard anybody say, eh... Gov uduaghan u don try o... It has been complain throughout the state. I dont know my state is the only state that people aint happy with their governor. What about your state governor, is he like my own?

Bob Marley sang a song with the line, "I don't wanna wait in vain..." You know the drill!
Mountains will be levelled for emergencies with billions, while we wait.

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The "heavily-updated F2012" bit should be heavily de emphasised, bro.
I doubt the Mugello test counted for much. The Red Bull Boss (Horner) felt it was a waste of time, the Lotus boss felt it was a waste of money, McLaren had names like Oliver Turvey trundling around instead of Lewis and Jensen; above all, Ferrari only tested minor updates, preferring to launch the major updates in Spain instead.

Alonso: "We have decided to favour development time in the wind tunnel rather than bringing forward all the new components to this test,"