₦airaland Forum

NuclearWinter:
Yamri is a derogatory term used by northerners on Igbos.

The word is a bastardization of the Igbo words : Ya miri, meaning "give me water" and owes its origins during the trans Saharan Arab slave trade period where Igbos formed the bulk of human commodities traded from the south to the north.

It is more of a mockery term used to describe the Igbo who were constantly harassing his new slave owners transporting him to slave markets in the north for water to drink. The long arduous trek in harsh arid climate was not easy on most Igbo slaves and most perished on the long trek from their slave holders in Igala land to slave markets in places like Kano.

Arab slave dealers refused to buy Igbo stock because they feared they would not survive the harsh Sahara deserts so they were priced on the cheap as a gamble .

So there you have it.

WibusJaga:
...

Reminds me of:
"If You Wanna Shoot; Shoot Don't Talk!"

Biodun556:
https://thenationonlineng.net/southeast-youths-reject-obi-back-tinubu-shettima-ticket/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1658492201

lloydtruth:
The incoming president with a useless goat

blamingthedevil:
https://twitter.com/DeeOneAyekooto/status/1548932891383562240




Statistics

OSUN STATE INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE

2014 — ₦8.51 billion
2015 — ₦8.07 billion
2016 — ₦8.88 billion
2017 — ₦6.49 billion

2018 — ₦10.4 billion
2019 — ₦17.9 billion
2020 — ₦19.7 billion


OSUN STATE DEBT PROFILE — DOMESTIC DEBT

2011 — ₦5.43bn
2012 — ₦38.6bn
2013 — ₦41.4bn
2014 — ₦37.8bn
2015 — ₦144.7bn
2016 — ₦147.1bn
2017 — ₦138.2bn

2018 — ₦148.1bn
2019 — ₦138.7bn
2020 — ₦134.1bn
2021 — ₦134.7bn
Q1 2022 — ₦133.6bn

OSUN STATE DEBT PROFILE — EXTERNAL DEBT

2010 — $62m
2011 — $61.5m
¹2012 — $61.7m
2013 — $61.8m
2014 — $74.1m
2015 — $76.9m
2016 — $70.5m
2017 — $96.6m

2018 — $99.1m
2019 — $95.5m
2020 — $107.4m
2021 — $100m

LEAST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE [2020]

1 Osun
2 Benue
3 Zamfara
4 Sokoto
5 Ogun

LEAST POOR PEOPLE [2019]
1 Lagos
2 Delta
3 Osun
4 Ogun
5 Oyo

#StatiSense
(NBS)


https://twitter.com/StatiSense/status/1549105244130402305

NwaNimo1:
Let me start with some clarifications. I’m from Osun State, and my homestead is Ipetumodu, in Ife North Local Government Area. And I am not Osun in Diaspora. I was born in Osogbo, capital of the State, when my father was Principal of St Charles Grammar School in the 1960s.

When he retired home, after moving from Osogbo to Notre Dame College, Usi-Ekiti, I continued my education, primary and secondary, in our hometown. For tertiary, I went to the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. So, I’m a homeboy. Osun ni mi tokan tokan (I’m a thoroughbred Osun man).

I’m also a Buharist, a firm believer in the ideals of that honest man, the Mai Gaskiya from Daura, in Katsina State, though I am not a registered member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

It was, therefore, laughable for some people to try and rope me into Osun State politics, as the gubernatorial election held last Saturday. First, they came up with the news that Femi Adesina had lost his ward to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Which Femi Adesina. Me? Or another one? Do you lose what you don’t participate in?

Out of curiosity, I checked. The APC had, indeed, won my ward, in the Post Office area of Ipetumodu by 176 to PDP’s 130 votes. But it didn’t matter. It just shows how heinous and petty some people can be.

Again, this post later began to circulate on WhatsApp and other social media platforms: “The former Interim National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande, is from Osun State.

“The current National Secretary of APC, Sen Iyiola Omisore, is from Osun State.

“Bola Tinubu is from Osun State.

“Femi Fani-Kayode is from Osun State.

“Femi Adesina is from Osun State.

“The Deputy National Chairman of APC is from Osun State.

“The current Governor of Osun State is Tinubu’s cousin.

“These are the structures APC have in Osun State and they still lost the election.

“APC should expect more Wahala 2023. Indeed, people’s voice and votes do count.”

Yes, I agree that people’s voice and votes do count, and we will talk more about that, courtesy President Muhammadu Buhari.

My position is this. I work for an APC government, and it is my preferred party. But member? Not so. I have always rooted for good APC candidates and I would have loved if Governor Gboyega Oyetola had won in Osun last weekend. I’d known him since he was Chief of Staff to the former Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. They were both at the reception held for me in my town by the then Kabiyesi, when I was appointed media adviser to the President in 2015. Gov Oyetola had been focused, sure-footed.

But I’d also known Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, since he was a Senator. He had even paid me a brotherly visit at the Presidential Villa in 2017. So, I was a stakeholder in the Osun election in many ways, but it would be fickle for anybody to call me a part of the APC structure in the State. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Yes, APC is my preferred party, but I’m not a member, and won’t likely be, with my eyes set on farming and media work after leaving government service.

Without prejudice to whatever decision Gov Oyetola and the party would eventually take on the outcome, the election has held, and a winner has emerged. I would have preferred that the Governor be re-elected to continue with the steady, unobtrusive job he is doing for the State, but the people have decided otherwise. That was also the position of the President, a fair and just man, if ever there was one.

By Sunday morning when ‘come had come to become,’ the President did not waste time in causing me to issue a statement congratulating Senator Adeleke on his electoral victory. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared him winner, and so it must be.

He had his preference for Osun. I did too, as a political observer. But once the race was run and won, the President congratulated the winner. Fair and just thing to do. He said the will of the people must matter in a democracy, and that the will must always be respected. Is that not a radical departure from the past, particularly under PDP, in which all elections in States must be won willy-nilly by the party at the center?

I remember what happened in Ondo State. Olusegun Mimiko had wanted the ticket of the PDP to serve as Governor. He was wangled out. So he went to Labour Party, and won the election. But while the results were being announced, the then government at the center caused another candidate to be announced as the winner. When the people trooped out in protest, an order was given that they be gunned down. When Mimiko heard of it, he appealed to his supporters to stay calm, and went to court instead. It took almost three years, but he eventually regained the purloined mandate.

How many PDP Governors were eventually kicked out of office by the courts, simply because the party won the positions by artifice and sleight of hands? But count Buhari out of such. Even the Osun Governor-elect has this to say:

“When I saw the congratulatory message from the President, I said this is great for our country and democracy is at play here and I’m sure after I received my Certificate of Return from INEC, I would plan to visit him and thank him for the message because most of the times, the opposition don’t congratulate the winners. Maybe the President is trying to leave a legacy and the Electoral Act that he signed into law. I have to give the President the credit because if he didn’t sign the Electoral Act, there would be room for rigging because they did it in 2018. But this election is great because everything is coming out as expected.”

This election is great, because everything is coming out as expected. And thanks to President Buhari. Whereas, one election was always worse than the previous one in the past, with the do-or-die attitude of PDP, Buhari came with a new attitude since 2015. How many elections has APC lost? Many. If Federal might had been deployed, as it used to be, those elections would have been ‘won’ by force.

In fact, it has become very difficult to rig elections in Nigeria of today. And that is perhaps why vote buying is now so commonplace. But to just snatch and stuff ballot boxes? To alter winner on result sheets? Difficult, almost impossible. And it flows from President Buhari’s resolve. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, can now beat his chest and say that the 2023 general elections would be the nation’s best. Yes, when you have a President like the one we have, you can go all out for fairness, probity, transparency, and you would be backed to the hilt.

President Buhari had always said if bequeathing free and fair polls to the country was the only thing he would succeed in doing (and he has succeeded in many other fronts), then he would do so. We see it happening, and our hearts are gladdened.

When the man from Daura finishes, and goes to take his deserved retirement, those who are fair minded would always remember him as the man who made a difference on many fronts, particularly in the area of free and fair elections. We will never forget him.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/osun-buhari-does-it-again-by-femi-adesina/

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Winningbot:

OurSeun:
Dear Channels Television Yusuf K. Gazali has exposed a surreptitious practice of yours, deal with this.

He wrote: Since the inception of this television station I have not seen a single Muslim Anchoring any program or even casting any news. Does it mean there are no Muslim Journalists? Or Channels belongs to a particular sect of the society? I also noticed every morning the station airs a Bible study program called turning point(which I personally enjoy and learn a lot from ), It also has similar program at exactly 6to7pm before politics today. Not a single Muslim program has earned such favor from this TV station. One can argue and say they are all sponsored, but hey we all know there is more to it than just being Sponsored. At least AIT shows some compassion by airing the Adhan (call for prayer).
My question is does this TV Chanel’s has any Moral right to question the Muslim-Muslim ticket by the APC? When most of its staff are Christian and programs skewed to favor one religion.
With all this, Nobody called it a Christian Chanel, nor did anybody complain about the members of staff being predominantly Christians.
What Nigerians see is a group of Brilliant news Anchors and reporters who are good at their Jobs, with no sentiments attached to it.
If Tinibu and Kashim shetima can take Nigeria to the promise land so be it. But Channels has no moral obligation to question a Muslim-Muslim ticket or even a Christian-Christian ticket. It should first clean it’s own house first.

~ Yusuf K Gazali

The Asiwaju Media Support Group - TAMSG

Ofemmanu1:
Illya, You are blessed, You are great, You are not alone and You are powerful.


Shame of the ones that fled.


I wish the FG could do to em what the Russ King did to the runners of the war at Katigat.

Chisaedhor:
Pls mode post this to the right section (thanks).

Things are really get out of hands in Portharcourt.

This small yam below is 2,500 naira at Elelenwo Portharcourt. I just bought it from one aboki lol.

We cracked some jokes though and we became friends, he said he even removed small thing for me lol after mentioning 3.5k (3 pipe )

Its not a joke, how person wan take survive like this

What could this cost in your area?

mrrandomguy:
More than half of the voters have indicated they will vote for Labour party.

Who do you think will win?
Who will you vote for?

Click HERE to vote

Tingotoe:
Peter Obi is simply a hype of some social media influencers of south east origin. He might have stood a chance had he have gotten the PDP ticket, but he blew it when he decamped to an inconsequential party with no finance or structure. Let's face it folks no party besides the APC and PDP presently have national appeal. Peter Obi is going to lose woefully and a lot of his supporters are going to cry foul but one thing is certain for sure and it is PETER OBI WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR BY THIS DATE . You can take that to the bank

richeso:
whoever is pushing for a Muslim Muslim ticket will die before 2023!

whoever is in support of Muslim Muslim ticket after consideration of religious bigotry in this useless God-forsaken country called Nigeria will never know peace.

AMEN!

Marvelzhaz:
An Owerri-based cleric and prophet, Ekene Bob Ekechukwu, has declared that despite the victory secured by former Lagos state governor, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, in the just-concluded presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a former minister, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who came a distant second, would be the party’s flag-bearer in the 2023 general elections.
The prophet further revealed that the Kaduna state governor, Nasir el Rufa’i, who did not participate in that primary election, would eventually be picked as his running mate in that election.

Prophet Ekechukwu had previously given prophecies which came to pass.

He predicted the demise of Prophet T.B. Joshua; the death of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Attahiru; prophesied that a former Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, would face severe corruption charges and that he would be arrested in his home by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and many others.




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Cypress042:
Madman will never know he's mad even when a sane person tells him his mad

bigboluet:
https://twitter.com/OfficialPDPNig/status/1534608550873407491?t=C9Qirt8V0q1l9t_u80sPDQ&s=19[/quote]And Atiku is desperate for what?
Atiku who is a serial contender should be the one to tag a desperado and not some one who had not gotten a,shot at it before now

Ebubu:
You claim others marginalize you.

Umahi State has 51 delegates but he didn't win all 51 as he had about 30-40 something votes and his fellow Ebonyian, Ogbonnaya Onu has 1 vote

Imo state has about 80 delegates. Abia 51, Enugu 51. Anambra a little around 60-70.

This is over 200 votes yet the SE candidates altogether didn't have up to 50 votes.


Okorocha had no votes.



So where did the SE delegates' votes go to ?


But you cry you have never ruled this country ?

But can not galvanize yourselves to ensure all your delegates vote your region.


In SW, Bankole, Amosun, all resigned to support their fellow SW.


But no Igbo candidate resigned to support another through strategic agreement.



In PDP

Anyim had only his states delegates. Abia delegates voted Wike, Enugu state delegates voted Wike. Anambra and Imo delegates voted Atiku.


But you all cried powers must return South and it should even be South East


You would like to say SE candidates are not a threat so why waste votes on them instead of giving it to a more likely winner and sign pact.

No, you build on that loss, along the line other regions will aknowledge that strong man whom you all support and vote for him.

That was how Buhari was winning his northern states and losing elsewhere till help came.




I'm from Ebonyi state, but if i see anymore Igbo man claim marginalization on this platform, whereas the Igbo delegates do not support their regional candidates, I will remind the person of PDP and APC primary elections.

soberdrunk:
This to me is like "deja vu", I remember how my good friend swore with his life that Jonathan will transform Nigeria in 4 years. No 'sensible' person will use a "clean" cloth to wipe "dirt", Peter Obi is a good and upright intelligent man but the present decay and corruption in Nigeria is beyond what he can handle. All this analysis and projections are easy to give when you have not entered the system, we need someone that knows the system and understands how it works to at least bring Nigeria out of the crazy situation she is in to a state where upright men with innovative ideas like Peter Obi can continue from.


If Peter Obi becomes the president in 2023 he will be so overwhelmed with Nigerias problems that many people will mistake it for "incompetence", it will take him at least 20 years before the average Nigerian will begin to feel the impact of all his many transformative ideas but someone that is already part of the system will require far less time to make major transformation. The best bet still remains Tinubu(doubtful because of age) Prof Osinbajo or Amaechi, these men are already part of the system so troubleshooting wont take them very long if their intentions are genuine.


PS- *If you cannot read to understand or analyse without sentiments then don't reply me*

Realist12:
Hmm , everywhere is hot . Only the southwest is peaceful.

Ijoh:
Ijaw produces over 90 percent of all Nigeria's crude oil but were unjustly balkanized into six States of which are in Nigerias Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa-Ibom States with the aim to weaken Ijaw unity when all Ijaws are together
Its two hands that wash each other clean.
If UGM want Biafra they should collaborate with the Ijaw Liberation Front ILF and they will stop all pipelines leaving Ijaw Nation and Nigeria will crumble then all can go their different ways.
But because of Ijaw oil Igbo continue to add parts of Ijaw to Biafra instead of them to think well.

Adonis86:
Nice one

Irijosa777:
After examining the incidence that surrounds the death of Deborah... I didn't blame the Muslim youth for their act but rather the Christian, especially the Christian youths in that area.
Are you going to tell me that Deborah is the only Christian student in that school or in that environment? she was beaten and stoned to death and got burnt in public but nobody came to defend her or fight for her, what are the Christians in that area doing? Again I asked are there no Christians in that place? Assuming the christians community came out to defend or to rescue her the story would have been different by now, worst still, the endline would have been "so so people died and many injured as result of fight because Christian and Muslim youths in Sokoto State, school closed down". but no body care but after her death we are now coming out to defend her.
Oh! vengeance is of the Lord, I forgot! defending a fellow sister is the work of God. I see!
We want peace but you don't give peace to people who don't want peace.
We hailed and applaud Isreal in a time of war but here in Nigeria we wait for the God of Israel to fight and defend us in everything. But after the deed has been done we will be crying for justice, we want justice? The government must bring the offenders to book.
Christians in Nigeria should please wake up.
It is my prayer that peace will continue to reign in Nigeria...
I pray that God will give the family of late Deborah the strength and grace to bear the lost.

jimetagambo:
Jagaban will be hard to beat.

The contest is going to be between Atiku and Tinubu.

farem:
Me: Hmnn, Yemi....... !

Vifx:
As e dey happen