Na who dem send Nikita or Raymond Reddington?
Father MBARCA or is it MChelsea should go and sit down jor. It's all for political patronage.

Vastjoy:
I think Bariga is the baddest

Bariga for where?

Nina4u:
Interesting

Vastjoy:
I think Bariga is the baddest

Bariga for where?

We dare Buhari to get Jonathan arrested if he's got balls.

Have you heard the news? The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is said to be contemplating writing a letter to yesterday’s man of power, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. “What for?” “Did you ask what for? Do you not reside in this country?” “Of course, I do! There are a million and one reasons that can make anyone want to write a letter to the former president” “EFCC is not anybody’s ‘anyone’; the mere mention of that name connotes missing money.” “I see! Between missing persons and missing money, it is difficult to say which is more rampant in this country these days.” “It is not difficult. Missing money is more rampant”. “Does it then mean that they have traced some missing money to Otuoke?” “The letter will reveal that.” “What an irony! Who be EFCC or who born monkey when Jonathan was Jonathan?” “Such is life! That is what Zik of blessed memory called ‘no condition is permanent’” “Unfortunately, our leaders don’t get to realise this when they are in power” “Don’t blame them; power is the most dastardly of all intoxicants in the whole world; it excludes no one, be they Christian or Muslim, progressive or conservative” “The current holders of power appear to have begun to get tipsy with the same intoxicant” “That is understandable” “But they are supposed to be change agents” “They are! The change began when Muhammadu Buhari replaced Goodluck Jonathan; the EFCC would-be letter to Jonathan is another evidence of change” “You are right; few months ago, who in EFCC dare shine torchlight on Jonathan’s face?” “Like an unruly policeman reeking of “burukutu” and “kain-kain” would belch ‘who goes there?’” “Those must not be the kind of policemen who will write the Jonathan letter” “You are right. They will most likely get some accomplished letter- writers or “ogbonge” lawyers to do the letter” “Like who and who?” “Have you forgotten Oga Tony Momoh? The letter-writing wizard of the IBB regime; mercifully, he is a top gun in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)” “That was a long time ago; the man must have gone stale. We are in the digital age; not the analogue of yore” “How, then, about the Otta farmer?” Perfect! He is current and digital; besides, he writes letters that drip with blood, malice, and vindictiveness” “How soon are we to expect the letter?” “No one is sure yet; but it should be pretty soon because it is best to hit the iron while it is still very hot” “You are right; the revelations of the arms deal saga are mind-boggling. This is therefore the right time for the Oga at the top when the bazaar took place to tell his own side of the story” “But don’t forget that this is Nigeria; often, the more you look the less you see.” “This case is too straightforward to admit of any ‘mago-mago’ or ‘wuru-wuru’” “You are being too idealistic. Already, it has been said that EFCC will seek clearance before it can write the letter” “Clearance from who? Is the EFCC not an independent anti- corruption agency?” “Yes, but up to the point that it knows it limits; there are no powers without restraint” “It means, then, that it is not totally independent” “Correct! No one is; not even the president who said he belonged to no one is totally independent” “But by law as well as by intent, the EFCC is meant to be independent” “On paper, yes; the truth, however, is, he who pays the piper dictates the tune” “That way, not much will be achieved in the anti-graft war” “Correct; not much was ever planned to be achieved, be it in the past, now, or in the future” “How can that be; seeing that there is so much talk about the war against corruption?” “For the simple fact that none is immune from corruption; the ruling party as well as the opposition; public as well as private sector” “But Buhari is seen by most Nigerians to be incorruptible” “Not after he admitted collecting exotic cars from Jonathan” “It was his legitimate entitlement as a retired head of state” “Agreed; but the timing was awfully wrong. He possibly never imagined the depth of the corruption in the Jonathan administration” “That may be true but another plausible explanation could be that offered by the Western media” “And what was it?” “They referred to Buhari as one of the least corrupt African leaders” “Meaning that they do not believe that there is a single African leader who is not tainted” “Correct. The only difference is the extent of corruption” “When placed side-by-side other African leaders, Buhari could qualify as a saint” “Correct. But there is a caveat; the West is usually jaundiced about all things Black; racism cannot be ruled out of their put-them- down syndrome.” “That is true because corruption is also rife in the West; witness what is happening in FIFA. The culprits are not limited to any creed, race or region” “Back to the EFCC letter: What happens if the president declines to approve?” “Finito! The matter gets swept under the carpet” “Not with all the revelations that have already escaped into the public domain; and not with all the people already charged to court, some of who are singing like canary” “A respectable SAN has suggested a way out: Jonathan should go to Buhari and confess his ‘sins’” “After which...?” “Forgiveness, of course! It is only he who covers his sins that the Bible says will not prosper; for those who confess and forsake their sins, there is remission of sin” “That is moral sin; we are talking here of monumental financial crimes; thereby causing untold hardship to the citizenry” “Not every citizen sees it that way. For some, ethnic, political party, and religious sentiments supersede any national consideration” “You mean once the thief is your own man, nothing else matters?” “Exactly; but where do we go from here?” “Nowhere! We merry-go-round and walk in circles! We propose cosmetic changes that won’t last and that won’t take us far.” “Let us assume for the purpose of argument that the EFCC gets the clearance to write Jonathan a ‘love’ letter?” “That will only be the first hurdle crossed” “What did you mean ‘the first hurdle crossed’? What other hurdles would there be?” We must thereafter wait with bated breath to see whether the man will reply the letter or shred it” “Like ex-President Obasanjo caused his PDP membership card to be shredded in public?” “Exactly!” “But that will be serious. Ex-presidents don’t have immunity; they can be compelled to behave” “That is on paper; in real life, it is immunity for life” “I expect a bold and forthright person like Buhari to bell the cat” “He will be the last person to do that” “How do you mean?” “Simple: He belongs to the club” “Of ex-presidents?” “Yes; but more importantly, to the club of ex- presidents who trampled the law and dared a sitting president to arrest him if he could” “I see! That was in 2011 when he allegedly made those incendiary statements that threatened election-rigging with mayhem” “Exactly! Despite that many innocent Nigerians lost their lives, Buhari walked away scot- free.” “Blame Jonathan who was spineless” “It is now Jonathan’s turn to hold Buhari to ransom. If he refuses to reply any letter from the EFCC or snub any invitation from the anti-graft agency, let Buhari order his arrest if he can.” “So it is now tit-for-tat?” “Exactly! What goes around comes around” “I agree with you; the precedents on ground are not encouraging at all” “Our leaders have a poor sense of history. If only Buhari knew there would be a day like this, he would not have thumbed his long nose at Jonathan in 2011.” “Now is the time for the Otuoke boy to maintain studded silence and his trade-mark emotionless grin while Buhari roils in his own stew.” “Remember, too, that when Obasanjo set up the Oputa panel, the trio of Buhari, IBB, and Abdulsalami shunned it and nothing happened” “You are right. It was amazing that even Obasanjo could not compel them to attend” “Does it then mean that Jonathan will escape justice?” “No! He will be guilty as charged in the court of public opinion” “But there is a way Buhari can negotiate the corner?” “How?” “The same way he tried to solve the Umaru Dikko problem” “Crating? It failed and the attempt gave Buhari’s dictatorial military regime a bloodied nose” “Correct, but now the pyramid is inverted and Buhari could very much be in the good books of the Western powers” “How do you mean? The West will never support crating?” “You are still ensconced in the past. Umaru Dikko is dead and gone; have you forgotten?” “But whenever we talk of crating, it still brings back memories, whether fond or distasteful, of the man” “The focus now is Jonathan. Buhari dare not haul him before a law court; neither will he want to let him go scot-free” “I understand the dilemma; to prosecute him may be seen by many as putting the whole Ijaw nation or the entire South-south in the dock” “Correct; and to let him walk away will rubbish the anti-graft war” “It is a lose-lose situation” “But which can be turned into a win-win situation” “How?” “A British court has almost virtually indicted Jonathan of grand corruption in the Malabu oil deal case. Jonathan needs only to commit the same error as James Ibori to end up in prison” “But will he be that foolish? He will never go near Britain” “Marabouts can charm him” “What if his own prayer warriors successfully counter the marabouts?” “Then Buhari will have to try the Dikko option” “What?” “Crate Jonathan in Nigeria and send him to London! I am sure Britain will not object to that” “Now I understand! Otuoke boy must henceforth watch where he goes; sleep with one eye closed; and throw curious and suspicious glances around himself, even while in his bedroom!” LAST WORD: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the readers of this column!

Have you heard the news? The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is said to be
contemplating writing a letter to yesterday’s man of
power, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
“What for?” “Did you ask what for? Do you not reside
in this country?” “Of course, I do! There are a million
and one reasons that can make anyone want to write
a letter to the former president” “EFCC is not
anybody’s ‘anyone’; the mere mention of that name
connotes missing money.” “I see! Between missing
persons and missing money, it is difficult to say
which is more rampant in this country these
days.”

“It
is not difficult. Missing money is more rampant”.
“Does it then mean that they have traced some
missing money to Otuoke?” “The letter will reveal
that.”
“What an irony! Who be EFCC or who born monkey
when Jonathan was Jonathan?” “Such is life! That is
what Zik of blessed memory called ‘no condition is
permanent’”


“Unfortunately, our leaders don’t get to
realise this when they are in power” “Don’t blame
them; power is the most dastardly of all intoxicants
in the whole world; it excludes no one, be they
Christian or Muslim, progressive or conservative”
“The current holders of power appear to have begun
to get tipsy with the same intoxicant” “That is
understandable” “But they are supposed to be
change agents” “They are! The change began when
Muhammadu Buhari replaced Goodluck Jonathan;
the EFCC would-be letter to Jonathan is another
evidence of change” “You are right; few months ago,
who in EFCC dare shine torchlight on Jonathan’s
face?” “Like an unruly policeman reeking of
“burukutu” and “kain-kain” would belch ‘who goes
there?’” “Those must not be the kind of policemen
who will write the Jonathan letter” “You are right.


They will most likely get some accomplished letter-
writers or “ogbonge” lawyers to do the letter” “Like
who and who?” “Have you forgotten Oga Tony
Momoh? The letter-writing wizard of the IBB regime;
mercifully, he is a top gun in the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC)” “That was a long time
ago; the man must have gone stale. We are in the
digital age; not the analogue of yore” “How, then,
about the Otta farmer?” Perfect! He is current and
digital; besides, he writes letters that drip with blood,
malice, and vindictiveness” “How soon are we to
expect the letter?” “No one is sure yet; but it should
be pretty soon because it is best to hit the iron while
it is still very hot” “You are right; the revelations of
the arms deal saga are mind-boggling. This is
therefore the right time for the Oga at the top when
the bazaar took place to tell his own side of the story”


“But don’t forget that this is Nigeria; often, the more
you look the less you see.”
“This case is too straightforward to admit of any
‘mago-mago’ or ‘wuru-wuru’” “You are being too
idealistic. Already, it has been said that EFCC will seek
clearance before it can write the letter” “Clearance
from who? Is the EFCC not an independent anti-
corruption agency?” “Yes, but up to the point that it
knows it limits; there are no powers without
restraint” “It means, then, that it is not totally
independent” “Correct! No one is; not even the
president who said he belonged to no one is totally
independent” “But by law as well as by intent, the
EFCC is meant to be independent” “On paper, yes; the
truth, however, is, he who pays the piper dictates the
tune” “That way, not much will be achieved in the
anti-graft war” “Correct; not much was ever planned
to be achieved, be it in the past, now, or in the future”


“How can that be; seeing that there is so much talk
about the war against corruption?” “For the simple
fact that none is immune from corruption; the ruling
party as well as the opposition; public as well as
private sector” “But Buhari is seen by most Nigerians
to be incorruptible” “Not after he admitted collecting
exotic cars from Jonathan” “It was his legitimate
entitlement as a retired head of state” “Agreed; but
the timing was awfully wrong. He possibly never
imagined the depth of the corruption in the Jonathan
administration” “That may be true but another
plausible explanation could be that offered by the
Western media” “And what was it?” “They referred to
Buhari as one of the least corrupt African leaders” “Meaning that they do not believe that there is a
single African leader who is not tainted” “Correct. The
only difference is the extent of corruption” “When
placed side-by-side other African leaders, Buhari
could qualify as a saint” “Correct. But there is a
caveat; the West is usually jaundiced about all things
Black; racism cannot be ruled out of their put-them-
down syndrome.”


“That is true because corruption is also rife in the
West; witness what is happening in FIFA. The culprits
are not limited to any creed, race or region” “Back to
the EFCC letter: What happens if the president
declines to approve?” “Finito! The matter gets swept
under the carpet” “Not with all the revelations that
have already escaped into the public domain; and not
with all the people already charged to court, some of
who are singing like canary” “A respectable SAN has
suggested a way out: Jonathan should go to Buhari
and confess his ‘sins’” “After which...?” “Forgiveness,
of course! It is only he who covers his sins that the
Bible says will not prosper; for those who confess
and forsake their sins, there is remission of sin” “That
is moral sin; we are talking here of monumental
financial crimes; thereby causing untold hardship to
the citizenry” “Not every citizen sees it that way. For
some, ethnic, political party, and religious sentiments
supersede any national consideration” “You mean
once the thief is your own man, nothing else
matters?” “Exactly; but where do we go from here?”
“Nowhere! We merry-go-round and walk in circles!
We propose cosmetic changes that won’t last and
that won’t take us far.”
“Let us assume for the purpose of argument that the
EFCC gets the clearance to write Jonathan a ‘love’
letter?” “That will only be the first hurdle crossed”
“What did you mean ‘the first hurdle crossed’? What
other hurdles would there be?” We must thereafter
wait with bated breath to see whether the man will
reply the letter or shred it” “Like ex-President
Obasanjo caused his PDP membership card to be
shredded in public?” “Exactly!” “But that will be
serious. Ex-presidents don’t have immunity; they can
be compelled to behave” “That is on paper; in real
life, it is immunity for life” “I expect a bold and
forthright person like Buhari to bell the cat” “He will
be the last person to do that” “How do you mean?”
“Simple: He belongs to the club” “Of ex-presidents?”
“Yes; but more importantly, to the club of ex-
presidents who trampled the law and dared a sitting
president to arrest him if he could” “I see!

That was in
2011 when he allegedly made those incendiary
statements that threatened election-rigging with
mayhem” “Exactly! Despite that many innocent
Nigerians lost their lives, Buhari walked away scot-
free.” “Blame Jonathan who was spineless” “It is now
Jonathan’s turn to hold Buhari to ransom. If he
refuses to reply any letter from the EFCC or snub any
invitation from the anti-graft agency, let Buhari order
his arrest if he can.” “So it is now tit-for-tat?” “Exactly!
What goes around comes around” “I agree with you;
the precedents on ground are not encouraging at all”


“Our leaders have a poor sense of history. If only
Buhari knew there would be a day like this, he would
not have thumbed his long nose at Jonathan in
2011.”
“Now is the time for the Otuoke boy to maintain
studded silence and his trade-mark emotionless grin
while Buhari roils in his own stew.” “Remember, too,
that when Obasanjo set up the Oputa panel, the trio
of Buhari, IBB, and Abdulsalami shunned it and
nothing happened” “You are right. It was amazing
that even Obasanjo could not compel them to attend”
“Does it then mean that Jonathan will escape justice?”
“No! He will be guilty as charged in the court of public
opinion” “But there is a way Buhari can negotiate the
corner?” “How?” “The same way he tried to solve the
Umaru Dikko problem” “Crating? It failed and the
attempt gave Buhari’s dictatorial military regime a
bloodied nose” “Correct, but now the pyramid is
inverted and Buhari could very much be in the good
books of the Western powers” “How do you mean?
The West will never support crating?” “You are still
ensconced in the past. Umaru Dikko is dead and
gone; have you forgotten?” “But whenever we talk of
crating, it still brings back memories, whether fond
or distasteful, of the man” “The focus now is
Jonathan. Buhari dare not haul him before a law
court; neither will he want to let him go scot-free” “I understand the dilemma; to prosecute him may be
seen by many as putting the whole Ijaw nation or the
entire South-south in the dock” “Correct; and to let
him walk away will rubbish the anti-graft war” “It is a
lose-lose situation” “But which can be turned into a
win-win situation” “How?” “A British court has almost
virtually indicted Jonathan of grand corruption in the
Malabu oil deal case. Jonathan needs only to commit
the same error as James Ibori to end up in prison”


“But will he be that foolish? He will never go near
Britain” “Marabouts can charm him” “What if his own prayer warriors successfully counter the
marabouts?” “Then Buhari will have to try the Dikko
option” “What?” “Crate Jonathan in Nigeria and send
him to London! I am sure Britain will not object to
that” “Now I understand! Otuoke boy must
henceforth watch where he goes; sleep with one eye
closed; and throw curious and suspicious glances
around himself, even while in his bedroom!”

LAST WORD: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
to the readers of this column!


tribuneonlineng.com/efccs-anticipated-letter-to-jonathan

ubah84:
if fed govt did not pay d military today I will av to apologize to GEJ

I was sitting in the midst of some military officers under Liverpool Bridge in Apapa yesterday and they were reading from the book of lamentation about their unpaid salary. The naval officer who came to take a rest after staying much under the sun controlling those tankers said "hope say Buhari no go do us wetin hin do last month again now?" The Hausa soldier said "the guy fall our hand too much o, this change no make am at all na yeye change."

And social media change agents are being treated to a lavish ceremony in Aso Rock.

It promises to be a bleak Christmas celebration for members of staff of the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress as the party closed for official business for the year 2015 on Tuesday. A member of staff, who pleaded for anonymity for fear of retribution, confided in our correspondent that the situation was so dire that “as I am speaking to you, we have not been paid for December, none of us was given one grain of rice. It is that bad.” No official reason was given for the inability of the party to pay its workers. It was however learnt that paucity of funds occasioned by the current economic realities and the alleged “abandonment” of the party by its traditional financiers were responsible. Another member of staff, who also pleaded anonymity, expressed disappointment that the party which campaigned on a welfarist platform had taken little interest in the welfare of its workers only “seven months after taking office.” He said it was unfair and inconsiderate for the party in power not to meet its obligations to members of its staff. “What do you think people will say? Who will believe I have not been paid my salary? We are no longer the opposition party. What do we have to show for our sacrifices for this party? It is not fair.” Other members of staff, who were seen in clusters discussing their predicament in hushed tunes, watched as members of the party’s National Working Committee hopped into their cars and left the secretariat one after the other. Attempts to get an official party position on the issue failed. Calls to the mobile telephone of the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, were not picked. A response to a text message sent to him on the issue was still being awaited as of the time of filing this report. Similar calls to the mobile telephone number of the party’s National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, indicated it was switched off. A response to a text message sent to him was also being awaited as of the time of filing this report (7.36pm).

www.punchng.com/bleak-christmas-for-apc-secretariat-workers/

Seems Buhari and his wife are suffering from a chronic mouth diarrhoea. The loud-mouthed couple just talk with reckless abandon. Whenever they talk their mouth stinks of rotten menstrual blood be it through the tv, radio, print media or the internet. Thought they said she's educated.

Gloomy pictures

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has said that although
2015 has so far been a tough year for Nigerians, 2016
would be tougher.
Adesina, according to a post on his Facebook page on
Tuesday, gave the submission while featuring on an
interview programme on a private radio station,
Radio Continental 102.3 FM.


The presidential spokesman argued that as much as
the dwindling oil price continues, things would be
tougher especially in the early part of the new year.
“I agree that 2015 has been a tough year, but then it’s like 2016 would still be tougher, at least in the early
part of that year. We have been running a mono-
product economy based on oil, and as long as oil
prices remain down, things will be tough,” he said.
Adesina however assured Nigerians that with
President Muhammadu Buhari in the saddle, Nigeria
is in good hands.


He recalled that things were also rough for the
country as at 1983 when Buhari took over as a
military Head of State.


He said things started looking up for the country after
a few months before the President was ousted.
Adesina argued that Buhari can do it again.
He said there was hope after the turbulence in the
country.
He therefore solicited the support of all Nigerians,
irrespective of their political affiliations.
He said, “What I like to say is that Nigeria is in good
hands. The times are rough, it could get rougher in
the nearest future, but it would then get better.
“Don’t forget that in 1983, times were really very
rough with Nigeria also. Then, there came a Head of
State who began to reset the buttons, began to relay
the foundations.
“And 20 months after, things were getting better,
before a spanner was thrown in the works. That
person, who is now the President, can do it again. I
will just tell people to be patient. Rough times would
come, but we will survive it.
“Tough times may be here but it will be over. There
may be some turbulence, but after some time, we
would begin to cruise. This President would get it
right.
“We need to be patient and lend support. A number
of people have decided to be critical, even when
criticisms are not necessary. We are not in pre-
election mode again.
“I would like to tell them that elections are over. In
other parts of the world, when elections are over,
they all team up and move the country forward. Let’s do the same with Nigeria.”


On the recent increase in electricity tariff, Adesina
said unless the tariff was increased, there is no hope
for better electricity supply in the country.
He added that Nigerians would have to trust and
believe the administration that if tariff went up,
things would get better.
“It has become inevitable that if things are going to
get better, then tariff would have to increase. I would
like to join Mr. Fashola to say, can we then trust the
government, trust the minister and believe that with
higher tariff, things would get better,” he said.

www.punchng.com/17869-2/

greatiyk4u:

A dullard spotted

Iyalaya e dullard. Ori e ti buru.

Story

That ojuju Calabar.
Korede Bello with earrings is more beautiful than Oby

ta4ba3:



Confirm my guy... op those places u mentioned are learners in these area


They have cultism

They have political thugs

They have tout

They have fraudsters

In fact they are d reason nigeria is not moving forward

Bros you dey vex o. Are these guys Dasuki, Jonathan, OBJ, Buhari, IBB, Atiku, Tinubu, Saraki, Amaechi, Diezani, TY Danjuma, Muazu? Because these are the problems of Nigeria.

anukulapo:
Bekwarra, Nice writing style. I love your details.

No pride in violence but Mushin tops island IMO but like you said,for sentimental reasons I rest my case.

Violence on the island is only when it starts and its really a heat BUT you can bear witness that streets in mushin are always on read alert everyday. E.g In Akala,if you don't belong to the hood/have any business with the guys on the street,you're not welcome. No smile on the faces of those street thugs o.

You can still walk in most places on the island only to be cautious of sudden pick-pocket and bag snatchers BUT mushin guys go "chance" you openly and ask you to hold your footwear and run. One of the reason for the common clash will be that the person might go and reload for a counter attack.
Ebute-meta should be on the list too. It will drop surulere off the list. I'm 'lere breed though.

Iyana-iba area also because LASU guys (na dem spoil that area)

Baba you too sabi o. Mushin guys no get joy. Constantly on guard and at alert. Fighting happens everytime. Like you said I've witnessed instances where someone was obtained and asked to run in broad daylight. If you stay out late you must be very rugged to walk the streets of Mushin at night. It's only in Mushin that guys can use broken bottles to pursue armed robbers. In Mushin when they start their street fights, you can hear one side counting the bullets the gangleader of the other side is releasing and they will be shouting the counts waiting for him to release the last before they "rush" him.

charcoal:


Ajangbadi my birth place.
most of the bad guys in ajangbadi migrated from ajegunle many of den are wanted for murder/Robbery case.

The same thing with Apapa. Most of the crimes in Apapa were committed by guys from Ajegunle who ran away. They now stay in Apapa or the surrounding islands like Tomaro, Gbelejo, Itun Agan etc doing oil bunkering/stealing at night and disturbing tankers and trailers carrying containers during the day.

seankay:
OP that list is not complete without Lekki

Funny. Bros abeg wetin dey notorious for Lekki?

badmus036:
wat of okokomaiko, p p l, iba new site, ajangbadi. these are d headquaters of confraternity. they count scores everyday here...

Okokomaiko is also one badass area.

talk2archy:
Egbeda travel?

Bros Egbeda ke?

Larryfest:
Island isnt notorious just a place wer guys hustle 2make ends meet mushin shud av bin numba 1...u ar correct on all oda ones thou

It has always been an argument. Mushin guys will never accept they that Isale Eko guys are superior to them. I gave it to Island based on some sentiments.

Funjosh:
I was Expecting to see Mile2, OP Ajegunle is still safe to walk at Night but Mile2 Hmmm I reserved my comment

Oga mi I fear AJ City pass Mile 2 o. Mile 2 is also notorious but Ajegunle hmnnn

5. Ijora/Orile
I grouped these two together due to proximity. Ijora I can say categorically has the highest number of brothels in Lagos state. It is a slum where people live in squalor and poverty. The abode of all sorts of society rejects. Wherever you see brothels, then you know all sort of criminals abound there from armed robbers to fraudsters and drug addicts. A trip to Ijora might save me the stress of trying to describe an area of chaos and sodomy. Not that every other person you see in Ijora is bad, there are good people in some parts but the huge slum on the swamps and the dump sites along Orile are something else. At times you might want to think there's no government presence there. Light robberies, bag-snatching, drug peddling etc are the order of the day. Ijora, Badia, Orile are not for gentlemen.

4. Oshodi
I don't think Oshodi need introduction to any Lagosian. If you don't know Oshodi, then you don't know Lagos. Arguably the busiest bus stop in Lagos with inter state parks scattered everywhere. Oshodi is so notorious and despite Babatunde Fashola's best efforts to sanitize it, it still retains its notoriety. London Boys and Railway Line guys are still holding it by the jugular. The de facto emperor of Oshodi Musiliu Akinsanya AKA MC Oluomo is still holding sway with occasional gun battles for the soul of the NURTW cash cow by the different factions. The Railway Boys and London Boys are perennially at loggerheads. There are scammers, fraudsters, pick pockets and bag snatchers everywhere. When you are in Oshodi, always hold your pockets or bag firmly. Never allow a stranger you don't know hug you or get too close to you. Don't stop to talk to anyone claiming he just returned from Cotonou with good and looking for direction. Enough said for now.

3. Ajegunle
Twale 23million times. Is there anyone in Lagos that has never heard of Ajegunle? Chai! I still have a girl in Boundary sha *licks lips*. I respect Ajegunle a lot when it comes to being notorious. All crimes I mean all crimes you can think of as far as Lagos state is concerned are situated in that slum called Ajegunle. Apart from producing some of the best musicians Nigeria has ever known and some of the craziest lyrics and dance moves, Ajegunle also has many ugly side including but not limited to prostitution, drug-peddling and abuse, fraud, scam, thievery, vandalism, robbery, kidnapping etc. A real definiton of a slum and a ghetto.

2. Mushin
Well, I grew up here and I can rant about Mushin for the whole day. Mushin is notorious to a fault. In fact when you tell anybody that you are from Mushin, their countenance changes immediately. Mushin strikes fear into the heart of many people. Too much of everything chai! In fact some people find it hard to believe their are actually cool peeps in Mushin despite the fact that there are some totally perfect gentlemen. Mushin is so blessed with some rough neighbourhoods that will make even angels shiver with fear. Idi Araba, Morgan, Kekere-owo, Olushoga (OPC), Oloruntosin, Idi Oro, Ojuwoye, Moshalasi, Oju Ina, Wey, Akala, Olateju, Olorunsogo, Ile Epo Isale, Itire, Ladipo, Alasalatu, Alhaji Otta etc. These areas are just too notorious and not for gentlemen. You can't just walk through them anyhow. Robbery, fights, scam, fraud are in abundance. There was a time that hardly will a day go by without you hearing gunshots. If you are a policeman and you are posted to Mushin, go and beg the police service commission. Cultism is a thing of pride and most guys are engaged in it. It is so rampant that it is gradually becoming an identity. There are robbers, scammers, gangsters, fraudsters, kidnappers everywhere. You might not know your neighbour whose room precedes yours is an armed robber. You might not know that guy who plays the keyboard in church is Aiye Number One. Mooshine City is something else. God will one day deliver Mushin from Baba Alado guys, Idi Araba guys, Moshalashi guys and Ojuwoye guys. I miss that place though.

1. Island
Personally I think this is the only place that can trump Mushin in the whole of Lagos state. Lagos Island popularly called Isale Eko has been notorious since the 60s. They have the most vicious gang battles, they engage in fraud, they do forgery (Oluwole things), they are scammers, they "wash" currencies, they rob, they process travelling documents etc. Do you know how much they collect before containers can be offloaded. It's only in Eko that you'll see guys with singlets, dirty jean trousers, WHITE dunlop slippers and a chain worth hundreds of thousands of naira on their necks. SMH! They are the omo onile, they sell lands as if God is their biological father, they disturb developers, they can kill at the slightest provocation and they have real "instruments". English toh bad.

Do you have any additions or subtractions? Your comments are welcome.
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Lagos is the most popular city in Nigeria. Coupled with this fact is its place as the most populous Nigerian state with virtually every tribe represented. It is often said that almost every family in Nigeria has someone in Lagos. Due to its position as the economic nerve-centre of the country and the high population, Lagos has its good, bad and ugly sides. From the stinking rich to the greatly poor, Lagos has every type and class of people in abundance. One of the basic problems of Lagos State is the high rate of crime.

However, some areas are more notorious than others when it comes to crime and criminal activities. Here are the top 10 collated from my experience.

10. Iyana Ipaja
A major transit point into and outside Lagos and the major gateway into neighbouring Ogun state and Lagos suburbs. Blessed with a huge bus stop and motor parks scattered everywhere with routes to all around Nigeria, Iyana Ipaja has over the years grown to become a notorious neighbourhood. It is located in Alimosho, the largest local government area in Lagos state and the most populated in Nigeria. Iyana Ipaja has a very high population with most of them being the middle class and the poor. It has influential members of the NURTW. All these have led to an increase in crime from robbery to pick-pocketing, gunfights, gangsterism and cultism. Iyana Ipaja is not a neighbourhood for the lily-hearted. Have you ever been to an area called Papa before? Don't go there if you don't know your onions.

9. Agege
The popular saying now goes "omo Agege o kawo s'oke feni kankan mo." It can be loosely translated to mean "Agege peeps no longer raise hands up to do twale for anybody again. Agege has been notorious for years and its notoriety has been on the increase recently due to the breakout of "awon omo awa wa". They are those white sandal wearing, tattoo-donning face-bleaching boys and girls notorious for their crazy hairstyles, drug abuse and light-fingered crime. Territorial battles among gangsters and cult groups are also common in Agege. When next you are in a party in Agege especially one with yahoo boys, keep your expensive chains and phones well because these boys now burst into parties to snatch phones from people and cut their chains from their necks. This is always accompanied with slaps and kicks. I witnessed one two months ago. They are homeless street urchins. Robbery and NURTW factional battles are also commonplace. When next you are in Agege, be mindful of how you park your expensive car because before you go in and out, your side mirrors, headlamps, sidelights or your car radio might be gone in minutes. They are that slick in stealing.

8. Ikorodu
Many might be surprised to see this on the list because Ikorodu appears to be a middle class, serene and quiet neighbourhood. But beside all these, Ikorodu is the Lagos epicentre for cult activities especially for the Eiye Confraternity. It is an abode for Yahoo guys, and a safe haven for oil bunkering. Robbery especially close to the waterways is becoming more rampant. Cult guys are having a field day with oil bunkering going on heavily. The creeks of Ikorodu are more dangerous. The area has witnessed some heavy grade robberies recently while Eiye guys are doing their thing; their initiation and parties are mostly done in Ikorodu and the oil pipelines are not given a rest by ex-militants and area guys despite the activities of NSCDC, Army and Police. It was in Ikorodu that 10 DSS officers were killed recently.

7. Ojuelegba

Empire, Alhaji Masha, Kilo, Lawanson Road, Under Bridge, Stadium, Barracks, Shitta; these are some of the notorious areas in Ojuelegba. The neighbourhood needs not much introduction. Its ever busy inter-state motor parks and bus stops add to the notoriety. It is not uncommon to see fights between conductors and drivers, passengers or NURTW agberos. Street fights among different gangs is also common while pick pockets and fraudsters are on the prowl everytime. When you are walking in Ojuelegba, always hold your pockets well.

6. Fadeyi/Bariga Axis
Anybody that knows Lagos well will expect to see these two areas on the list. Gosh! This place is something else. Fadeyi is notorious for superiority battles among cult groups and streetfights. If they are not fighting with Bariga guys, they are engaging Ilupeju and if it's not Ilupeju it is Oju irin or Idi Oro guys. Hardly will a week go and you won't see a terrible gun battle in Fadeyi. This area is a perennial hotspot for fights. To make matters worse, whenever these fights break out, they use the opportunity to rob and steal while innocent passersby are sometimes hit with stray bullets. They are well equipped that you begin to wonder where they get guns from. I wouldn't like to start mentioning names of some notorious peeps that rose to popularity from Fadeyi. NURTW, street fights and cult battles na dem. Bariga is not much different. It's also notorious for the gun battles among street gangs and their scuffles with Fadeyi guys. It is in Bariga that you see 40-45year old married men being members of cult groups. Have you heard of the popular saying "Bariga born?" You can ask 9ice or Olamide.

flokii:
na real wa for Naija..

@OP you mean you read all that or just copied and paste?

I doubt say you read am

I'm not intellectually lazy. When I see articles of this nature, I don't let it slide even if it's from my enemies. I have an insatiable appetite for learning and a voracious appetite for reading. Well just saying.

Bigprozzie:
This man went to Cambridge but this article just shows that no matter what school you go, you can still suffer from poverty of the mind

Full of generalisations, xenophobic, half truths and an obvious disdain for so called core northerners. For every allegation against northerners in his baseless article, there are equivalent examples of southerners doing the same or worse

For every Muttalahab there is an Adebowale whose terrorist crime was more vicious than the latter. In terms of corruption, there is no North or South . They become partners irrespective of their tribe. Dasuki a core northerner became the chief navigator for the misallocation of funds under the leadership of a southerner - Jonathan.

Ffk is seeking relevance and wants to turn to a social critic just because his principal lost an election. As if we have forgotten the level of impunity and corruption under Obasanjo another Southerner. Should we blame that on core northerners too?

Lalasticlala

When you accuse someone of generalisations and half-truths, doesn't commonsense tell you the onus is on you to dispute with superior facts?

Lalasticlala how far nah

Iroh88:
All FFK and Fayose do is whip up religious and ethnic sentiment to galvanize popular movement against the establishment.

Here he comes, starting with a bible verse in the opening paragraph in order to pervert the mind of the christian reader from the very beginning- and those who'd fall for those old tricks of his would care less what else in contained in the body of the article. For such people, as long he's quoted a bible verse, "he's one of us, and regardless of his righteousness or the propriety of whatever he says or does, he is right!!"

It is intended to create the same effect Jonathan created when his handlers flooded the internet with images of him kneeling and genuflecting before the General Overseers of the biggest churches in Nigeria, and those of him on pilgrimage in Jerusalem.

Such people as FFK would be seen for who they are, nonentities with a flare for writing, when Nigerians are eventually cured of their religious and ethnic prejudices.

Karl Marx couldn't have been "righter" about his assertion about religion.

Dispute him with facts and figures and not name calling. I wonder why you people resort to name calling whenever it's time for an intellectual discourse.

‘’Do not call a conspiracy what these people call a
conspiracy, neither fear ye their fear but sanctify the
Lord your God in your heart and let Him be your only
fear”- ISAIAH 8:12

In an essay, titled, ‘’Afenifere: A Syllabus Of Errors’’,
written in 1998 and published in Gamji.com, Emir
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi wrote the following:
‘’Anyone who needs a lesson in how not to be a
politician, and how never to win power in Nigeria
should study Yoruba politicians.


“Unless the Yoruba masses disown Afenifere, this
group of degree-bearing political illiterates will lead
Yoruba land down its own version of a syllabus of
errors, an island unto themselves, allucinating in
their own idiocy and content to remain marginalised
citizens in their own country while blaming the North
for their self – inflicted woes.


“The syllabus of errors remains a black spot on the
history of the Catholic Church. Afenifere will be an
even blacker spot on the political history of the
Yoruba.
Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi’s pedigree speaks mountains
of what his political stance would be ab initio. “He
probably believes, like other Fulani politicians, that
the problems of this country have a lot to do with the
shift in power away from the Fulani to individuals like
Babangida and Abacha, products of lower cultures’.


“The Fulani of the North, proud of the history of the
Caliphate, remain proud of the roles played by Fulani
leaders of the political and military establishment in
Nigeria- Ahmadu Bello, Murtala Muhammed, Aminu
Kano, Shehu Yar’Adua, Shehu Shagari, Jubril Aminu.


“They are sad that other Nigerians do not know the
difference in ethnic background between say,
Murtala Muhammed and Ibrahim Babangida. They
do not understand how a man like Abacha, born to a
cigarette-seller in Fagge quarters of Kano (and this
speaks mountains of him, how he ruled and how he
died), can be taken as the quintessential
representative of the Caliphate whose head he
disgraced and whose culture and values he sought to
erode.


“So, Shinkafi probably believes in the need for a
power-shift: Back to the Fulani. He may not be alone
in this tendency. Politicians like Mahmud Waziri,
Bamanga Tukur, Jubril Aminu, even M. D. Yusufu may
consciously or unconsciously have similar views.


“To the Fulani, there is nothing like ceding the
presidency or power. If you want it, you work for it…
If you lack the stomach to dig in and fight, too bad for
you. Southern politicians have always failed to
understand the complexity of the North and its
politics’’.


These are interesting words from an interesting
Fulani man. The disdain and sheer contempt that
Emir Sanusi harbors for non-Fulanis and southerners
and for Afenifere and the Yoruba people in particular
remains intact till today. His assertion that ‘’southern
politicians have always failed to understand the
complexity of the North’’ is false.


Racist views
Despite the fact that we southerners understand the
nature of core northern politicians and leaders very
well, we have always chosen to hold our peace,
condone their excesses, carry their baggage and
accept their strange ways and complicated
peculiarities in the name of national unity.
The truth is that it is Emir Sanusi and his Fulani
people that have misunderstood southerners all
along. We in the South may be accommodating,
tolerant and generous people, but our kindness and
liberal nature must never be mistaken for stupidity or
weakness. That is the mistake that people like Sanusi
often make with their racist views and condescending
words. He forgets that the culture and history of
most of the southern empires and kingdoms predate
that of the Fulani Caliphate by hundreds of years.
17 years after Sanusi wrote this piece about
southerners, I have decided to respond to him by
sharing my views about the core North and its Fulani
leaders. This is especially so because we have a
hardline Fulani conservative at the helm of affairs in
our country today.


Sanusi wrote his views about the South in 1998 when
his fellow northerner was Head of State, but I choose
to write my views about the North, not when my
fellow southerner is in power, but rather when a
northerner is President. I have not taken offence at
Emir Sanusi’s views about southerners and I
sincerely hope that he and his people will not take
offence at my views about core northerners.


This essay will not only be deemed as being
controversial but its contents will also be keenly
contested and scrutinized. This is because I am going
to express some home truths here which the
majority of our people know to be true but few are
prepared to voice.
Conspiracy of silence
I am making this intervention not out of hate but out
of love and compassion for those who have lost their
lives at the hands of our adversaries over the last 55
years. I am also mindful of the fact that every single
person that is a member of the ruling class or that
has held a position of leadership in this country
between 1960 and today, including yours truly, has to
take partial responsibility for the terrible things that
our people have experienced over the years, for the
criminal negligence that we have all indulged in, for
the shameful conspiracy of silence that we appear to
relish and for the abysmal and pitiable situation that
we have found ourselves in as a people and as a
nation.


Those of us that are members of the ruling elite are
all, in varying degrees, guilty and it is to partly
ameliorate that sense of guilt that I feel constrained
to speak out and expose the truth.
I am not a racist or tribalist. I deplore violence and
bloodshed. I have no hate in me for any individual or
ethnic group and I am a firm believer in the view that
all men are equal before God regardless of the
circumstances of their birth, their creed, their tribe,
their nationality or the color of their skin. Whilst I
hold these truths to be self-evident , I also believe
that it is incumbent upon those of us that lay claim to
being leaders to always speak the truth about the
history and unfolding events in our country no
matter how uncomfortable that truth may be.
Despite all the insults, threats, misrepresentation
and, often times, slanderous and utterly bizarre
allegations that I, my family and my loved ones have
been subjected to over the years from ignorant,
venal and hate-filled men, I shall be counted among
those few voices.


If nothing else that is good enough for me and with
that alone I would have made a meaningful
contribution to my nation’s history and done my
forefathers proud. It is with this in mind that I urge
readers to fasten their seat belts and consider the
following contribution.
When Cain killed his brother Abel, the Bible tells us
that God asked him the following question: “Where is
thy brother Abel?”
Cain responded in a defiant manner: “Am I my
brother’s keeper?” God responded by telling Cain that
his brother’s blood was crying to Him from the
ground for vengeance. From that point, Cain was
afflicted with a terrible curse which could not be
lifted because it came from the Living God.
Wherever he went, the curse that goes with shedding
his brother’s innocent blood followed him. This was
made worse by the fact that he refused to repent or
show remorse for what he had done. Everything that
he did failed and everywhere he went he was
despised, rejected, feared, hated and viewed with
suspicion by his compatriots, colleagues and fellow
men.
Tragedy and misfortune stalked him and he ended up
being nothing but a vagabond, a marauder, a
parasite and a wanderer in foreign lands. He became
a byword and a proverb: a herder of goats and cattle
who lived and survived by guile, doublespeak,
stealing, pillaging and intimidating others. He
became the proverbial leech who made a headway in
life only by benefiting from the sweat, labour and
hard work of his hosts and benefactors, by sponging
off whichever community gave him succour and by
resorting to violence and bloodshed at the slightest
opportunity and at the drop of a hat.


He also acquired an obsession with controlling
others and an insatiable lust for power and the
perpetual domination, suppression and conquest of
what he perceived as “lesser tribes and lesser
people”.
Open defiance
Simply put, he was a dangerous predator who sought
to milk others dry and conquer by guile and
assimilation. There are comparisons to be made with
Nigeria here.


Sinister forces and dark elements from the deeply
conservative core North have killed more Middle
Belters and southerners than any other in our
country over the last 55 years. Worse still, those
forces do not just kill but they also establish their
own communities in the land and territory of their
victims and forcefully occupy it. They have refused to
stop doing so and, to all intents and purposes, they
have developed an insatiable blood lust which
compels them to shed innocent blood at the slightest
whim in order to subjugate others and to remain in
power.
The South, whom our British colonial masters once
referred to as the “rich wife”, has effectively become
the Abel of Nigeria whilst the conservative core
North, whom they once called the “poor husband”,
has now become the Cain. For many years, the Lord
has been asking the core North what they have done
to their southern and Middle Belt brothers and why
they keep doing it.
For years, the conservative core North has
responded with defiance and anger and asked God,
“Am I my brother’s keeper?” The result of this open
defiance and lack of remorse is simple and clear: It
has attracted. God’s wrath. Is it any wonder that Boko
Haram now ravages the core North? Is it any wonder
that every single core northern leader that has ever
ruled Nigeria since 1960 has either been killed or
died in mysterious circumstances whilst on the
throne or was removed in a military coup and then
subjected to a number of years in detention?
Is it any wonder that the core North is totally
dependent on the rest of the country for its
sustenance and economic survival? Is it any wonder
that a UNICEF report, released a few years ago,
stated that if Nigeria were to ever break up, that the
core North would be the most impoverished, the
most backward, the most unsustainable and the most
barren area in the whole of the West African sub-
region?
Is it any wonder that they were viewed with so much
suspicion by others that the core northern states
were excised from the country by Major Gideon
Orkar in his 1991 coup broadcast and asked to re-
apply if they wanted to be part of Nigeria again?
Is it any wonder that the leading south-western
politician within the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC)
is secretly complaining and quietly lamenting the fact
that he was used in the 2015 elections by the core
North simply to put one of their own back in power
so that their hegemony could be resurrected and
their agenda of perpetual and everlasting northern
rule could be established forever? Is it any wonder
that, according to a survey carried out this year by
Global.
Terror Index, which was published in the United
Kingdom’s Independent Newspaper, that two of the
four most deadly terrorist organisations in the world
today are based in core northern Nigeria and are
led, funded, peopled and inspired by some core
northern Nigerians?


According to the report, Nigeria’s Boko Haram is now
officially the world’s most deadly terrorist
organisation whilst what they have described as ‘’the
Fulani militants’’ (aka Nigeria’s Fulani herdsmen) are
number four. Is it any wonder that, according to the
same Global Terror Index report, Nigeria is now the
“third most terrorised nation in the world” whilst Iraq
and Afghanistan remain the first and second and
Syria and Pakistan remain the fourth and fifth
respectively? Given this, is it any wonder that there
are loud and increasingly persistent calls for self-
determination in southern Nigeria?
Child brides
Is it any wonder that the core North is ravaged by
poverty, disease, violence, strife, conflict, stagnation
and bareness more than anywhere else in our
country? Is it any wonder that, according to a 2015
UNICEF report, Nigeria has the ‘’highest number of
child brides on the African continent’’ with no less
than 23 million child brides in the North?
Is it any wonder that, according to the World Health
Organisation, northern Nigeria has the ‘’highest
number of young girls in the world suffering from
vagina vesicovaginal fistula (VVF)’’, a disease which
comes as a consequence of sexual intercourse with
young under age girls?


Is it any wonder that many core North is afflicted
with a self-serving and calculating ultra-conservative
ruling elite who keep their own people in perpetual
subjugation, darkness and bondage and who come
from a distant foreign land called Fouta Jallon in
modern-day Guinea?
Is it any wonder that most core northerners name
themselves after the towns and villages that they
were born and raised in rather than after their
families and forefathers? Is it any wonder that we
have a core northern President who finds it difficult
to stay at home?
Is it any wonder that an influential leader from one of
the core northern states, who later became a
traditional ruler, was an Islamic fundamentalist in his
youth, and was one of those that inspired and
orchestrated the murder of Gideon Akaluka for
“desecrating the Koran?”
Is it any wonder that a core northern Nigerian by the
name of Omar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, the
‘’underwear bomber’’ who tried to blow up an
American airliner that was filled with passengers in
Detroit, told the FBI that his ‘’most trusted mentor’’
and ‘’favorite uncle’’ was a well-known and leading
core northern leader? Is it any wonder that Bishop
Matthew Hassan Kukah, one of the most respected
northern voices in the country, recently, said ‘’the
northern Muslim elite laid the foundation for Boko
Haram?”

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/the-caliphate-the-emir-and-nigerias-master-race/

Ok o

MrCork:



...wot is shame full about women shakin ther nyansh in carnival?.....am goin bak to bed jor!!

Those women are dark-skinned though.

Pavore9:


It needs to go beyond talk. As for Agriculture which is more of my forte, practical steps must be taken to get millions of Nigerians interested in it. The world of Agriculture is so big as it has the capacity to absorb tens of millions of Nigerians....it is no rocket science as it is achievable within months when the will is there.

It should have reflected in the 2017 budget and not 2016 . There's nothing on ground yet. You don't just wake up today that you want to start earning from Agriculture without putting anything on ground.