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Music/Radio / Have You Downloaded This Songs by BenjaminAhia007: 7:42pm On Dec 22, 2014
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Dbanj -Feeling The Nigga

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Ruggedman - I cant come and go and kill maself

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Lord of Ajasa -Koleyowon

Dil & Yemi Alade -Last Christmas

Praiz -Harder ft Patoranking

Praiz -Sisi ft Wizkid

Juilet Ibrahim -Sholala ft Amon

Monica ogah -Window (Remix) ft Banky W

Klever Jay -No go there

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Politics / General Gowon, Saint Or Sinner? by BenjaminAhia007: 1:30pm On Oct 27, 2014
General Gowon, saint or sinner?

Whenever we interrogate the roles a man like General Yakubu Gowon played in the history of Nigeria, it is time to be reminded how we made our diversity to work against us rather than for us. Gowon is one of those giants of Nigeria’s history about whom you cannot discuss without reopening the unhealed sores of our past.

Thank God, Gowon, our second military head of state, is alive and kicking as we talk about him at the ripe age of 80. Many others were not quite so lucky. We had to talk about them “behind their backs”. These include Gowon’s chief antagonist during the war, the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu; one of Ojukwu’s philosopher kings, Professor Chinua Achebe; and recently, one of Gowon’s field commanders, retired Colonel Benjamin Adekunle.
Of the lot, Gowon is blest to be alive to read and witness all the things being said about him, most of which conform to the mood of celebration of the man who successfully managed the civil war and kept Nigeria one, even if not united.
That is the greatest achievement for which he will be remembered. The second outstanding contribution of this genuine officer and gentleman was that he was able to create an atmosphere for the former Biafrans, especially the Igbos, to come back into a country of which they were at the forefront during the fight for its independence.

The bitterness that drove both sides to the war seemed to evaporate into thin air as soon as General Philip Effiong led the Biafran delegation to Dodan Barracks, Lagos to submit the instrument of surrender. Perhaps, if a different person was in Gowon’s place, what is happening in the Plateau area, where secret killings have continued even after several signed peace agreements, would have been a child’s play.

Yet another good point for which Nigeria will remember Gowon, is that during his nine years in power, he surrounded himself with great minds made up of politicians, bureaucrats, technocrats and specialists, who helped him to succeed in managing the war and its economy, such that Nigeria did not take a single penny as loan. Rather, we leveraged on the oil boom and followed well laid out development plans that, had we continued faithfully to implement them, we would not be far behind Singapore, if at all we would be behind them.

Unfortunately, after nine years in power, Gowon drifted into vanity. He had promised to hand over power to an elected civilian government in 1975. All the surviving politicians were already dusting up their agbada and babanriga to re-enter the political fray when Gowon changed his mind and decided to continue in power without even setting another clear date for handover. By 1975 when he was toppled, Nigerians had gotten tired of him and welcomed his ouster.

But little did they know they were jumping from frying pan to fire. After General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated six months later, General Olusegun Obasanjo climbed into power, and thus started the rapid decline of the nation in all its aspects. That was when heads of state, top military officers and their civilian friends started becoming millionaires and billionaires overnight. The groundnut pyramids disappeared, the railways, airways, shipping line, all the big state-run companies which had operated efficiently and profitably, collapsed or lost so much value that they were sold as scrap to the same people who looted them. The Nigerian Naira, which was stronger than the American Dollar, dropped out of sight in value, and the Brain Drain commenced.

The question can be posed: What could have happened if Gowon had kept faith and handed over to an elected government in 1975 as promised? Perhaps, the military, especially the commanders who fought at the war front, spurred on by the greed to freeload on the oil wealth, would still have toppled them. They felt entitled to be in power after burning their hides in the war front to keep the country one.

The soldiers were clearly intent on rewarding themselves with the oil wealth of the nation after “defeating Biafra”. Some of them still own oil blocks even in their seventies and eighties. But if Gowon had handed over on schedule, his honour in that regard would go with him into the history books. But he squandered that opportunity and became the precursor of the many failed attempts (so far) at “self-succession”, “tenure elongation” and “third term” by his successors.

Another question can be posed. Gowon said, in his recent big interview with the Guardian, that he was prevailed upon by his fellow officers to take over. That is not the whole truth. He was prevailed upon by his fellow Northern officers to jump over the well-established line of command to replace General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, after they brutally murdered him.

Gowon thus became the first point from which regionally-motivated indiscipline crept into Army. After the Northern army officers killed Ironsi, they simply appointed one of their own, Gowon, to take over even though Brigadier BAO Ogundipe, the Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, being the most senior, should have stepped into Ironsi’s shoes. The tradition continued and eventually weakened the highly politicised Nigerian Army to this point where a rag-tag band of Islamist insurgents are irreverently putting their dirty fingers in the eyes of our once mighty Army!

Again, could that civil war have been avoided? If Gowon had taken decisive measures to stop the killing of Igbos in the North after the first coup of 1966, would the war have taken place? If Gowon had implemented the Aburi Accord, would there have been a civil war? Was Gowon really interested in allowing the Igbos the space to stay in Nigeria in safety and with dignity? The answer was clearly, No.

The creation of 12 states, especially the way it was done, was meant to reduce the Igbos to a minority status. That agenda – of having only the Hausa-Fulani and Yoruba as the only majority groups in Nigeria – is still raging in the minds of enemies of Igbo people, such as those who say the South East do not deserve six states like the others.

Gowon was part of the agenda to remove the Igbos from reckoning for the North and its various lackeys to have a free ride to the oil wells of the Eastern Region. Gowon forced the Igbos to fight and lose the war to aggrandise Northern domination. Yet again, after “magnanimously” declaring “No Victor, No Vanquished”; “Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation”, he only paid them lip service. He permitted the “Abandoned Property” policy in Rivers State to intensify enmity between the Igbo and their regional neighbours. He enacted the first Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decree of 1972, which enabled the war’s winners to leverage on the oil boom and take over multinationals at a time Igbos had no access to anything. General Gowon wrote the script on Igbo marginalisation before, during and after the war.

Still, I agree with The Guardian, which described Gowon as “the last good man standing”. In spite of the aforementioned acts of omission and commission on his part, Gowon is still the best among the rest. In retirement he is playing the role of Father of the Nation, unlike other former presidents who like to sell goats and hold on to their ropes, as President Jonathan would say. Gowon is neither saint nor sinner. He is human.
Source: Vanguard
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Politics / Buhari Is Not An Islamic Fundamentalist – Spokesman by BenjaminAhia007: 12:30pm On Oct 27, 2014
According to Channels TV, The chairman of the Buhari Vanguard and a member of the Advisory Board, Mr Jasper Azuatalam, has described the former Nigerian Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, as a devoted Muslim and not a fundamentalist.

He said that describing Buhari as a fundamentalist was a wrong perception about the former leader, whom he said had good intentions for Nigerians.

While answering questions on Monday about the race for the All Progressives Congress’ presidential candidate that is at the moment between Bhuari, a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of kano State, Kwkwanso, Mr Azuatalam further described General Buhari as a man with the qualities of a good leader.

“I have never seen the image of Buhari with any top Islamic or in Mecca.”

General Buhari had, in 2011 said it was his last time in the race for the Presidency, when he contested under the CPC in that years election. But he has not only declared his interest to contest in the 2015 election, he has bought the nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Asked why he is contesting again, his spokesman said he was part of the persons that convinced Buhari to contest again.

“I told him that if it was for the interest of Nigerians that he was contesting, he should come back and contest again. Buhari is not a materialistic person and the only reason he is contesting is because of Nigerians.

“There is use for it now. He has ran for the presidency for three times. He has almost ran as an independent candidate in all the three appearances,” he said.

An Opposition With National Spread

Mr Azuatalam explained why he thought General Buhari would win the Presidential election if given an opportunity, but emphasised that paramount in the APC’s agenda was not any particular candidate but one that will bring change to Nigerians.

“There are two reasons why the APC will win now.

“Now we have an opposition for the first time in Nigeria with a national spread even more than the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

“If Buhari will contest under the APC there is no doubt that he will overwhelmingly win.

“Whether it is a consensus candidate of a primary, there is nobody among these presidential candidates that will leave the party. They will all remain. All of them have one goal and the goal is to rescue Nigeria.

“All the candidates are prepared for the position. I have no doubt that they can all perform as presidents.

“What we need most that has made General Buhari unique is that he intends to tackle indiscipline that has bred corruption in Nigeria. We need a president who has enough influence and respect.

“One of the problems that President Jonathan has been having is that he gives orders and some of his subordinates flaunt his orders including his ministers. But there is high respect for Buhari when he gives an order,” he stressed.

There have been mixed reactions over the age of the aspirants and the need for the younger persons to be given a chance to rule the nation with fresh ideas, but Mr Azuatalam said that a younger person would not do well as a leader , considering the existence of different cabals that would stand against him

“If we bring someone that is young and good, the cabal in the country will not let him succeed. Buhari has high respect and leadership quality.”

He also said he had observed a rise in popularity of Buhari in the south-east and south-south region of Nigeria, citing cheers that Buhari received from the crowd at a rally organised by Governor Chibuike Amaechi in Rivers state to mark his seventh year in office.

However, in Nigeria, the crowd at a rally does not translated to the number of votes that a candidate gets, due to lack of trust for the people in government.

The APC National Executive Council has suggested an indirect primary for the selection of the presidential candidate, but the constitution did not make provision for such indirect primaries in line with the Electoral Act.

At a convention that will hold on 29 October, the APC will be looking to address the discrepancies between the APC constitution and the Act as it concerns selection of the presidential candidate through an indirect means.

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Politics / My Vision Is To Create A Prosperous Lagos State – Ambode by BenjaminAhia007: 6:05pm On Oct 24, 2014
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Politics / Pro-buhari Political Activities Sponsored By Pdp-atiku’s Aide Raises Alarm.nawao by BenjaminAhia007: 5:58pm On Oct 24, 2014
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Health / Do You Think The Health Tips Are Applicable To You ? by BenjaminAhia007: 5:01pm On Oct 24, 2014
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Sports / Have You Come Across This? by BenjaminAhia007: 4:51pm On Oct 24, 2014
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Celebrities / Why Kilonhappen.com Will Be As Popular As Linda Ikeji's Blog In Nigeria By 2016 by BenjaminAhia007: 4:38pm On Oct 24, 2014
Why kilonhappen.com will be as popular as Linda Ikeji's blog in Nigeria by 2016

Dear Reader,

Thank you for making an attempt to read this article. I don't hate or "beef" Linda Ikeji. Though I have never met her personally, she is one of the people I look up to. The reason I wrote this article is to let everyone know my predictions for my recently launched website "kilonhappen.com".

Linda Ikeji's blog is the number one place online to get the latest Celebrity news and gists, News, Lifestyle, Fashion, Entertainment gists e.t.c. As at the time of writing this article, lindaikeji..com is the 10th most visited website in Nigeria according to Alexa. kilonhappen.com currently has no rank on Alexa, this is partly because kilonhappen.com is less than 2 months old.

One of the reasons why Linda Ikeji's blog is very popular is because she gives us the latest news about celebrities. She is usually one of the first persons to feed people with Celebrity news. On Linda Ikeji's blog, you will find various celebrity news; ranging from celebrity Marriages to celebrity endorsements to pregnant celebrities; the list goes on and on. There are several other reasons why Linda Ikeji's blog is so popular, let's leave that for now.

Let's concentrate on the prediction of a 22 year old African boy. Lest I forget to inform you, I am 22 years old. Just as you can get the latest celebrity news on linda Ikeji's blog, you can get the latest Nigerian News, Football News, Traffic Report on kilonhappen.com.


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Just in case Linda Ikeji is reading this,Linda I really love what you do. Keep it up

Just in case Uche Pedro is reading this, I was really motivated by a talk you gave at Civic Center(Forgive me, I can't remember the year but the program was organized by Jim Ovia Foundation quite a long time ago)

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Science/Technology / Re: 22 Year-old Unilag Extra-year Student Launches "Kilonhappen.com" by BenjaminAhia007: 12:04pm On Oct 04, 2014
@codehouse i did not fail because of the website i built,the idea of the article is to inspire people who have probably failed ,letting them see that they can rise up after failing
Science/Technology / 22 Year-old Unilag Extra-year Student Launches "Kilonhappen.com" by BenjaminAhia007: 11:52am On Oct 01, 2014
My name is Benjamin Ahia. I am a 22 year old extra year physics student of university of lagos. I just launched a website “kilonhappen.com”. The website is used to find out what is happening around the world. Local news, International news, Lagos traffic report,Health news, Football news, Arsenal F.C news, Manchester F.C news, Chelsea F.C news are some of the things you will find on the website. After reading this post, visit kilonhappen.com.

I decided to write a bit about myself so that somebody reading this will be inspired. I may not have gone to where I wanted to go but I ended up where I intended to be. I did not graduate with my coursemates when I was supposed to. This was quite painful. However , when I look back, I am grateful that I had as much as 11 carryovers during the first four years I spent in the university of lagos. Note that 11 carryovers means that I failed 11 courses. I am not trying to give an excuse for my so called “failure”. My failures were blessings in disguise. They made me see life in a different view. They made me meet with destiny and like Sulie Breaks, I can now say that a person often meets his destiny on the same road he took to avoid it. My failures made me learn programming. My failures made me develop KilonHappen.com. My failures is making you read my story.

I had a 4.2 grade point in the first semester of my first year in university and I had a 0.8 grade point in the second semester of my second year in the university. I was put on probation. I was almost sent out of school.I figured out that the reason why I failed was not because I was dull. I had good grades in High School and in my First year in University. The reason why I failed was because I lost focus. I did not attend all my classes like I did in the first year in university. I did not do all my assignments. Please do not ask me why. After I failed, I realised that focus is one of the keys to success. In whatever you do, just remain focused. In your studies,business and in all your endeavours, if you do not want to fail like I did, remain focused on your set goals.

Another lesson failure taught me is that I should not let other people's opinion about me be my reality. When I failed, people had various negative opinions about me but I did not define my worth based on their opinions. Never let other people's opinion about you be your reality.

It is not all about failing, it is about rising up after failure. I have realised that nobody cares how many times you failed but the world celebrates you when you succeed. If you haved failed at all just remember, failure is a steping stone to success. Do not let any failure irrespective of the amount of time it happens to stop you from achieving your dreams.

Thank you for reading.

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