₦airaland Forum

Mide082:
Why is it hard that some people still find it hard to talk about sex??

They are shy about nothing.
In my village we call them people who are scared of goats but can catch a wolf with bare hands.

Naija women know their way and we understand their language.

No time to reply you on what we are fighting for.
We are not fighting, we are rather agitating.
Maybe you live in the moon or mass but the fowls and goats here know that Biafrans are marginalized and bit has to come to an end.
Besides what does a son fight for when he wished his freedom to become an independent man.
Be guided ooo

The Biafra written on the hearts of every Biafran can Never be extinguished

abescom:
You lot must defend corruption. Even when it doesn't make any sense.

Has Dokpesi denied receiving the said amount? If he has not of which he has only said he was paid for a job done, then what sort of job could ONSA have engaged a TV station to carry out with as much as 2.1bn? And when and where was the job done/delivered?

You lot should please at least use your brains and stop supporting these thieves.

Are investigations carried out in the media?
Do we now try people in the media?
Are there no lawyers in the court to ask these questions you are asking?

Defender of good governance- once you do it the wrong way bro you are corrupt.

Gullible Nigerians fell for cheap scam and are still ready to fall for more.

Please where is that Idiat that said the best way to have steady power supply was to vote PDP out?
2 years down the line steady power supply is more than rocket science.
Shame.

Stop making your inconclusive investigation a media junk.
If you have hard evidence, use it properly and the court will find him guilty else please keep quiet.
It now looks as if APC wants to kill opposition media

chrisxxx:
We don't want to be roasted again like your hero exposed us the last time and ran to the then Ivory Coast.

In Shakespeare's voice COWARDS DIE MANY TIMES BEFORE THEIR DEATH BUT A VALIANT NEVER TASTES DEATH BUT ONCE.

Chukwuma disassociated himself from Sit at home not the Anglican Church.

The reason Abacha killed your brother .- Traitors.

Determination births freedom.
Chinua Achebe- Please permit me to say" There remains a Country"

BEINSPIREDINC:
NIGERIA DEMOCRACY DAY!

As long as we keep looking at the past, we tend to loose sight of how the future looks like. History only shows that we are coming from somewhere, going to a destined place.
The past isn't our destination. Don’t talk about it as if it is.

Whatever had gone wrong is gone. None of us should slow us down by bringing what had gone to where we are.


Let's focus our energy on what can come out of what we do today. And by so doing, we create a beautiful reference point for where we will be tomorrow. We know about how our past points the direction for our future. But, we will never dwell on our past. History is only a reference place, not a destination.

We have come too far together to loose hope in this great nation. We have been in it together in all seasons, it's not time for us to back out now. With you and I, Nigeria can be a better place.

"I will rather speak about what I want than to grumble about what I lose. I will rather talk about where I ought to be, than to blab about where I have been."

If you and I could do things right. If we could initiate a chain; a chain of right living, a chain of excellent values, a chain of sound beliefs and worthy conduct, our children after us will no longer grope in darkness of the past. Rather, they will walk with their head straight and their eyes fixed on a new Nigeria.
The seat of power is not with the few that sit on the law, neither is it with the minority that enforces the law. The seat of power is with the majority that decides the law. The vast number that are bonded together by one goal. They many whose passion isn't for self gain or self praise but for selfless service. Nigeria is not a nation of the politicians. Nigeria is ours. You and I decides what we want to do with what is ours.

"I will no longer join in the mediorces to speak evil of what is mine. My mouth will be joined together with the men and women all over the nation and in diaspora to speak THE GIANT OF AFRICA into reality."
No matter how bad it has been from the past, we won't dwell on history anymore.
A New Nigeria is a reality. Let's keep envisioning a better nation
© 2017 ABAIRE OLAWALE
#BEINSPIRED
#DemocracyDay2017
#ANewNigeria

Only a restructured Nigeria is worth talking about.
Only a Nigeria where 2014 resolutions of the National conference is implemented that we can call our own.
If Nigeria can't do this- Then they should look beyond and see the Land of the rising Sun

Insecurity in high places.
Ahh could this be the reason such orderly was gunned down in Enugu?

There was a Country.
In the Land of the rising Sun, every home will be metered and bills will be moderate according to international best practices.

ugofr:
maybe, history has a way of repeating itself... are you prepared?.......remember, the first coup.

This time , history will repeat itself with advanced model.

You keep changing your Monika to spew rubbish to gullible minds to contribute on absolute nonsense.

In the words of OBJ while referring to El rufai. Why does he do it?

Why do you create scenarios that never happened just to get comments?

I wonder why this APC government is so dumb.
First the make Nnamdi Kanu a living martyr.
Without calculating the timing, they arrest Ifeanyi Uba, thereby stirring up political tension. While still at it without considering the tension , they raid the home of the DSP from the same Zone where people as crying, marginalization, secession and it's like not considering that the man had the Intel and voiced it on the floor of the Senate.
These fools either is playing a game of disintegrating the country in their own style or that their brain cells is dying gradually.
Whichever it is, we dey watch them coz it mustbturn out for our good.

Fayoshe has taught them hiwbits done.
Though I love this man, I will still call them " Copy cats"

Excerpts.....


*.....The coalition that fought the war is still in control of Nigeria, engaging in rhetorics that fuelled the war........*
*.....the young men and women who were not part of the war are frustrated by this impasse........*
*......every part of Nigeria can survive as an independent country.....*
*.....we must all rise up and save this nation from a trajectory that will make a break up a more viable option......*
*......History teaches us that no soceity is static, the status quo cannot endure forever......*
*......our country is at crossroads! You can feel the tension everyday, it is palpable; it is potent,it is real!!......*

tosyne2much:
What if you've shined congo before marriage, what is the solution?

Then you have to amend your ways in sincere repentance before marriage else you will see yourself swimming in the sea of " I just can't help it, it's the devils work, It wasn't intentional. Etc.

Nwodo's

Please below is the speech of the President of Ohanaze Ndigbo Chief Nnia Nwodo Jnr at the Yar Adua center on 50 years of Biafra. The Acting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo were guests.

50 YEARS AFTER BIAFRA: REFLECTIONS AND HOPES



PROTOCOLS:



1. I am grateful to Shehu Musa Yar Adua Foundation, Ford Foundation and OSIWA - the co-sponsors of this event for your kind invitation. I commend your foresight in convening this conference, the first major conference discussing Biafra outside of Igboland. Nigeria. In hosting this conference the Yar’Adua Centre, which is best known for promoting national cohesion, honours the legacy of a great patriot: Shehu Musa Yar Adua. He died building bridges of understanding across our nation. I salute his family and associates for sustaining the legacy of Shehu through the works of this Foundation.

2. It is significant that you have chosen to harvest sober memories of Biafra. By so doing, you help us to wisely situate today’s talks of Biafra in the proper context: namely, as an opportunity for nation building; and not - as an invitation for invectives or recrimination.

3. 50 years ago, Nigeria faced disintegration by the declaration of the Republic of Biafra. Biafra was born out of the political crisis which engulfed Nigeria at that time. The crisis began with the struggle for leadership in the Western Region of Nigeria, the declaration of state of emergency in the West, the coup of January 1966, the counter coup of July 1966, the pogroms, the declaration of Biafra and the commencement of a police action that turned into a three years civil war.

4. I hope that our gathering today may contribute to the body of knowledge or body of lessons from the war. Lest we forget, there is wisdom in the words of George Santayana that: those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. That is why I thank you for the chance for us to collectively remember, reflect, hope and seek ways to build anew.

5. My most heartfelt reflection is that in the Nigeria-Biafra conflict, we can and should acknowledge the sacrifice - in blood, suffering and toil - by millions of citizens on both sides of that divide. They shared a common hope for their sacrifice: namely, that out of that war, we shall build a nation where no man is oppressed. The only difference was that for one side, Nigeria was that nation. For the other it was Biafra.

6. Let us spare a thought for every victim of that conflict and the crises before that: the leaders and the soldiers, ordinary men, women and children. Each one loved life; had hopes and dreamt dreams. They died prematurely and often, painfully.

7. For those of us that survived the war and others who came afterwards, we are both heirs to the sacrifices of fallen brethren. Let us commit ourselves today and always to their hopes for peace and justice. Anytime that we are violent, anytime that we are unjust in the exercise of our public trust, anytime we lower the ideals of this nation, we betray them; and we act as if they died in vain. As we honour their memory, today my worry is not only about the rising feeling of marginalization of Igbos or any other group but that our nation may emerge from this conflict a more united and prosperous country.

8. At the end of the war, in spite of a policy of no victor no vanquished by the Government of General Yakubu Gowon, an unconscionable policy of impoverishment of Biafrans was unleashed by the federal government. Every bank deposit of Biafrans that had encountered a transaction whether by deposit or withdrawal was reduced to £20. Massive savings were completely wiped out. Capacity for investment and recovery from the war was shattered. Whilst this poverty pervaded, the Indigenisation Decree was promulgated enabling other Nigerians, except Biafrans to acquire commanding heights in the indigenised companies which held at that time the critical and commanding heights of Nigeria’s private economy.​

9. Nevertheless, on the issue of reconciliation, we must give due credit to the resilience of the people from the war affected areas and the generosity of millions of other Nigerians that opened their hearts and homes to their friends and neighbours that were victims of war. In many ways, it was by these incredible citizen to citizen relationships that Nigeria achieved one of the most remarkable post-conflict people to people reconciliation and reintegration in modern times.

10. Before the war national unity was the norm. A Biafran was a member of Northern Nigeria House of Chiefs. Biafrans lived freely and invested in all parts of Nigeria. In Lagos Dr Azikiwe was elected leader of Government Business. Mbonu Ojike was elected Deputy Speaker. In Enugu Alhaji Umoru Altine, a Fulani man was elected Mayor of Enugu. Mr Willougby a Yoruba man, was Accountant General.

11. On the economic front, the economy was buoyant. Import substitution industries grew rapidly and were more profitable. In the North, groundnut production and export fuelled economic growth. Textile industries flourished, agriculture boomed. Ahmadu Bello University thrived with outstanding international reputation.

12. In Lagos and the entire Western Region growth was phenomenal. Cocoa was a dependable foreign exchange earner. Cement, soft drinks, rubber, beer, soap and other import substitution industries grew phenomenally. Lagos, Ibadan and Ife housed universities of world standards. The first television station in black Africa was built. The first stadium in Nigeria was also built in the West.

13. In the Eastern Region palm produce grew the Eastern economy. Coal was mined and exported. Beer, cement, cashew nuts, tyres, aluminium, steel and soft drink factories grew rapidly. University of Nigeria was built and run by Americans.

14. Reflecting on 50 years after the Nigeria-Biafra conflict, it would seem to me that we have made very elaborate efforts: constitutional, political and administrative to ensure a united Nigeria. We must not shy away from giving our nation its due credit, after all, some other societies with challenges like ours did not fare as well as we did.

15. However, we should not rest on our oars. Unity is not an end in itself; and ultimately, the best way to sustain our unity is to apply it to achieve a higher objective; namely, nation building.

16. Our political system is jaundiced, unfair, exploitative and unsustainable. Since attainment of independence the civilians have not been able to agree on a political structure. Our present constitution and the previous 1979 constitution were impositions of the military – an unrepresentative and dictatorial corps whose decrees were seriously influenced by the lop-sidedness of their composition.

17. The economic and development data from Nigeria is unencouraging in many sectors. Our law and order system including the police, the court system and the penal system has been characterised by impunity, incompetence and indiscipline.

18. On the global Terrorism Index Nigeria ranks 3rd after Iraq and Afghanistan and ahead of Pakistan and Syria. The World Economic Forum ranks Nigeria 127 out of 138 on the Global Competitiveness Index. The UNESCO ranks Nigeria with Chad, Pakistan and Ethiopia as the worst educational system in the world. Nigeria, according to the report, has the highest number of children out of school and one of the world's worst education systems due to a combination of corruption, conflict and lack of investment. In the Human Development Index of the United Nations Development Program, Nigeria ranks 152 out of 188 countries and is the lowest among OPEC countries. The data points to a bleak future as we march to post-oil world without a coherent plan to reduce conflict and build a new national consensus.

19. On the positive side, there is a global consensus that Nigeria is highly potentiated. With a population of about 182 million people, by current estimates; and with our vast mineral and material resources; a well-organized Nigeria should be a land of plenty that supports its people and a leader in the comity of nations. Sadly, this is not the case.

20. Almost every Nigerian is agreed that Nigeria is not working but there is no clear consensus on why; or on what to do about it. Some say that it is merely a problem of leadership and once that is fixed all other things will fall in place. Others say that it is a problem of corruption. Once you tackle that, everything will be fine. Others have said that our problem is one of law and order; some say it is more fundamental and has to do with control of resources, structure of the Federation and thus requires more equitable sharing of revenue and the devolution of powers. Others say it can be fixed with power rotation and a more level playing field. It has been said that it could be a bit of all of the above; and that Nigeria cannot be fixed without a fundamental change of values and attitudes. Whatever the case, it will not profit us to pretend that we do not face existential challenges

21. These challenges are worrisome; especially to our younger ones who must face the fact that the next 50 years could be even more challenging and there is a good chance that we could be left behind if we fail to take action today. For instance, it is estimated in some quarters, that by 2050 – that is in 33 years’ time – Nigeria could be the 4th most populous country in the world. That means that Nigeria, which is just twice the size of Texas; would be more populous than all the United States of America. Meanwhile, as of today, we have a GDP that is barely 2% of that of the United States.

22. At the same time, in the years ahead, we could face very severe ecological challenges that will impact negatively on our economy. The desert is encroaching southwards at a speed of up to 6 km per annum. Thus within 33 years we could lose about 200 km of land to the desert - across the north. This can only exacerbate competition for arable land in the north and elsewhere – with dire political consequences.

23. In the South East, we could expect more ecologically-induced dislocation. For instance, the government of Anambra State estimates that about 40% of the State is threatened by erosion. In the South-South, by 2050 we could be dealing with the reality of a post-oil economy and yet have massive environmental degradation that is yet unattended to. There is also the possibility that much of the mangrove ecosystem could be lost to deforestation. Lagos could have a population of up to 50 million people and face unbearable challenges of massive urbanization.

24. We must become more responsive to the world around us, or we and our children will be left behind. These are some of the fears and anxieties of our youths. We have for too long allowed the bitterness of the war and its lingering feelings to dictate our political relationships. The coalition that fought the war is still in control of Nigeria engaging in rhetoric that fuelled the war in managing renascent Nigeria. The young men and women who were not part of the war are frustrated by this impasse.

25. Those who are in the East fuel strong agitations for separation in the face of clear treatment as second class citizens. War is the primary instrument of military dictatorship while negotiation and agreement are the essential ingredients of civilian democracy and political diplomacy. Nations are not created and sustained by street warfare. The federal government of Nigeria must instruct its police and army to promulgate a ceasefire and disengage from further unproductive street warfare with IPOB and MASSOB. There are no problems which cannot be resolved by negotiation.

26. We do not want any more wars. We have shed enough blood without producing corresponding political results. 50 years after Biafra the time is now overripe for a fresh approach. We must immediately commence discussions and fruitful negotiations about our political future. In the era of assymetrical warfare, war is no more an easy option for states, therefore we must negotiate our way out of a sense of national despair to a new national consensus that unlocks our national possibilities.

27. Nigeria, blessed as the richest and the most popular nation in Africa has enormous potentials. Every part of Nigeria can survive as an independent country. The North with its mineral and agricultural potentials can build a strong nation. The West with its cocoa, oil, indomitable intellectual know how and commerce can build another Britain. The South South with its oil, notwithstanding its declining economic potency can transform its area before oil ceases to be a major foreign exchange earner. The East with industry, outstanding innovation and little oil may still emerge as the African wonder. But none of these little enclaves will rival the capacity of a united and reconciled Nigeria. We must all rise up and save this nation from a trajectory that will make a break up a more viable option.

28. The challenges ahead are beyond Biafra. Just like the challenge in North East Nigeria exploded in our face and has engaged our nation for almost 9 years; we could face challenges anywhere and anytime. In my view, if we fail to build a nation that caters fairly for all its citizens; and prepares us for the world of tomorrow – there will be new challenges in the future.

29. We must find creative ways to manage a complex multi-ethnic and multi-religious state. History teaches us that no society is static; the status quo cannot endure forever. We must find creative ways to promote political, economic and social justice within a nation and between the people that comprise it. If not, then we are invariably opening the doors to future threats of chaos, disorder and societal dislocation.

30. The final challenge of our generation is to show that we learnt the right lesson from that sad conflict of 50 years ago. We must bequeath our children with a nation that works for all and one that looks ahead. We want a Federal Republic of Nigeria which is collectively owned by all Nigerians as opposed to a Federal Republic that will be perceived as a the private property of one group or groups of ethnic groups depending on who is in office. The categorical destination is a Nigerian Nigeria under the collective hegemony of the people of Nigeria. In order to achieve this we must have a flexible federation; strong enough to guarantee our collective defence and protect individual rights, agile enough to react to emerging tensions and threats, yet expansive enough to allow each state room to develop at its own pace. We must create a national order whereby each state bears the primary responsibility for its development.

31. Today majority of Nigerians are yearning for a restructuring of the federation. The beneficiaries of our current system are resisting it. A famous British Prime Minister in the wake of nationalist struggles in colonial Africa said to the British ‘there is a wind of change blowing throughout Africa. Those who resist it do so at their own peril’.

32. Nigeria cannot prosper, as it should, unless we redress some aspects of our current condition. I believe we have enough men and women of vision and experience, in every part of the country, to help us plot a bright future. I commit Ohaneze Ndigbo to this path. It may be difficult but it is doable.

33. True leadership evolves in historical circumstances like this. Our country is at cross roads. You can feel the tension every day. It is palpable, it is potent, it is real. Let us wake up to the change imperative at this moment and claim a glorious judgment by History.

34. Thank You for your kind attention





JOHN NNIA NWODO

PRESIDENT GENERAL, OHANEZE NDIGBO

ABUJA 25TH MAY, 2017

Let the truth be told- women and men alike cheat for no good reason hence there is no justifiable reason to cheat.
Once you know the taste of Congo and it tastes good to you,, you are likely to become addicted to it and even after you get married, if no be Jesus, you go still dey shine Congo.
Adventure is in every curious mind.
Culture makes us see this cheating differently among both parties. Na blood dey flow through all man.

Solution. - don't shine Congo till you are married- it will make you think that all Congo tastes same , hence, you will not look for another.
Say No to premarital sex.

Bahddo:
that's not being sharp, that's being dishonest. The fact that there's a bundle of naira notes lying 'abandoned' in a bag that isn't padlocked, doesn't mean you should take it. Loopholes is just an excuse for dishonesty.

I wonder why you people in this my Nigeria see nothing wrong with being corrupt and dishonest.

Your Nigeria that has robbed its citizens from its creation? Didn't your mother teach you to keep your stuff well, else someone else will keep it well for you.
You chose not to correct the government who keep paying salaries to those who absconded.
If you own a company, will you pay staff who don't come to work?
In my village, we don't reject free money.
Those people can't even be procecuted because they did nothing wrong- attendance register wasn't created for them, no checks and no balance. Haba thinks naa.

Bahddo:
This is so wrong. People take money without fulfilling their part of the deal, and they would have the guts to blame the government for our woes. He that is unfaithful in what is least would be unfaithful also in much.

What is see here that is wrong is a bunch of fools who can't provide a system that checks attendance, supervise before approving payment.
Us there anything wrong in leaving ?
Government just decided to create that loophole for their cronies but other sharp guys cashed into it.

You be mumuo, person say e no do again, you still dey pay am, na who no go chop money wey enter em acct.

Don't they have a system to ensure only those who work get paid?
They created the loopholes, they should deal with it.

eezeribe:
I WILL CONTINUE SAYING IT...
NIGERIAN CITIZENS WHO ARE THE MASSES,ARE MORE CORRUPT THAN THE POLITICIANS.
just imagine,collecting N-power stipends and not reporting to your place of assignment.
They should be jailed because this tantamounts to stealing from the state.

26andsearching:
I don't know why am always meeting materialistic ladies

Although I didn't do much dating at school, but the few I had were so demanding. Meanwhile the reverse is the case for my guys.

Am not the stingy type, I love to go out on dates , once in awhile​ hand out not so expensive gifts but cool gifts. Send airtime if I can.

But the kind of gals I meet eh
Be like

I need money to make hair 3k...

I need money for one silly thing or the other and so on.

Virtually putting responsibilities​ that belongs to her father on my head.

I tend to yield to some because of konji sometimes, I can't die na

I always admire my friends​ babe. She is so content. I mean I can't even describe how cool she is.
She actually paid for my friends final year fees and supported him when he had family issues. I know there lot of ladies like this out there , but why am I yet to meet one

Okay this happened to​ me last week at ICM. Saw this chic looking all good. I didn't dull we started talking exchanged contacts , immediately we got home started chatting on WhatsApp , in my mind was already happy my have got an honest one.

Next day was a Saturday. Woke up na she they my mind

Started chatting immediately , cut long story short , she asked me for 3k , I nearly mad.

I mean am yet to even ask u out and u had to make that request.

This threw me off balance, and I had to take a long pause and think. It's really scaring me cos am in the point of my life where I have to be serious.

I just can't phantom out wat the problem might be.

Is that am too fine Cos hell yeah I am ( don't ask for my pic)

Or they money smell on me when I walk

Money isn't my issue, but I don't just want to build a relationship around a liability gal.

I would really appreciate good and solid opinions especially from married people.

Thanks

I think it's because you are a fine boy living in Lawanshe