₦airaland Forum

Ilovenigeria:
I totally agree with you.

The hyping is too much.

Las Vegas @night, another thing during the day.

Oooh my God I so much hate the sand dunes.

I once suggested about the every thursday compulsory sanitation for traders just the way it's been done in lagos state from 7am-10am but I was tackled and told that Anambra can't close their business because of sanitation.
Our markets are so dirty, ochanja, main market and Ozomagala environs.
We can't all wait till every last Saturday of the month to keep Anambra clean. You need to see how people heaped refused on the tarred roads in Oraifite street, Awada because the dumpstars were filled up. it was an eysore.



A particular guy will soon call me an enemy of Anambra.

[size=18pt]Yes, Obiano should start weekly sanitation in all the market from 7 am to 9 am. Maybe every Friday or every Saturday.

Our markets are swimming in a heap of refuse.[/size]

[size=18pt]I would have said "Diaris god oo" if what PDP said wasn't true.

But, Buhari is a semi-illiterate and we know that fact.[/size]

investnow2013:
@ Cyrane, Ekulo group which is own by Bishop Okonkwo is one of the major share holders in South African Distell group who are trying to set-up a production line in Anambra-State!.

If this is true, That is a great news!

Our people need to see the bigger picture and the hand writing on the wall to diversify their business away from importation into manufacturing.

Sunnybobo3:
Are you for real bro?

Emma Bishop Okonkwo should be on the Forbes list.

He controls more than 60% of the liqour market 8n Nigeria (owns franchise for most of the wines and otger liqour brands in Nigeria)

He owns Goya olive oil which is most popular among churches and prayer houses

He is the sole distributor of Titus sardines in Nigeria.

He owns the Clear Essence brand of cosmetics among others.

He owns the Eva soap brand as well as Upga multivitamin capsules.

His products are too much. I'm very busy now to continue....

I think he should move away from sole distributor of this and that. I had warned about Ibeto being in a similar situation after Dangote completed his cement factories. Dangote would convince the FG to protect the local factories by banning cement importation. So overnight being a sole distributor or major fistributor of cement or this or that becomes useless. The same thing will happen to all the fuel importers once Dangote completed his refineries.

He should actually set up factories to make those or other quality products to safeguard his wealth and create employment. The Onitsha industrial habour is there for him to set up industries now that the sun is still shining. Who knows what someone like Buhari and Tinunbu will dream up to punish the Igbo business if they ever grab power.

Igbo businesses are prone to being crashed to the ground simply by banning importation of whatever commodity that they import. We should focus on making more things locally than importing everything .

oneeast:
Chidiebere nwabekeyi simeon stop replying yourself....i know the game more than u...lolzzzz

Shebi una don start again?
Soon it will be pictures of Obasanjo dancing that I will see for the next 3 pages.

Instead of una to do something positive so that una name will be mentioned in the same sentence as Dr. Orjiakor and Emma Bishop Okonkwo. You are here being a nuisance to human race.

Oya, let me sit back and watch the face book pictures roll, soldiers marching and Obasanjo dancing for the next 3 pages of wasted energy in completely senseless e-war.

Golden Tulip Hotels group have great hotels have entered Nigeria and already have hotels in Abuja, Lagos, Benin, Asaba, Awka, and Ibadan.

I am sure they will like such an edifice in the heart of Enugu to manage.


http://www.goldentulip.com/en

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Collynzo22:
My able, no nonsense and action general, pursue this case to the end!
I dey your back



like hunchback.

I am glad the general has not taken this libel to his name and service to Nigeria from this Australian. They like to only obey laws when they are in their own countries and do whatever they please in other countries.

Wasn't Australia just attacked by a terrorist last week whom Australian Police and intelligence agencies had refused to arrest all these time? Yet, no Nigerian has stated anywhere that the Australian police boss or intelligence agencies were sponsoring ISIS, because we know that if the allegations are false, those individuals will sue to have their names cleared.

Gen. Ihejirika should pursue this case with every vigor it deserves.

MrPSA:
I want to visit enugu one day, atleast something good is happening in enugu. Good work.

It is unlike any other Nigerian city. It is clean, organized, free of the chaos of a typical Nigerian city and lots of greenery driving around the rolling green hills which surround the city.

spyder880:
You know how I do my own things, I always look well before I say things. I circled this hotel, passed that back gate near the filling station on Rangers avenue and there was no sign of life there, the gate was slightly ajar, but no signs of any little activity to show me that anyone has ever passed through the gate in days. If they are working, there should be trucks, men moving around and maybe some materials visible.

I will try and enter inside next time, after all I am a part owner of the property, this is my state.

Bro be careful entering inside an abandoned building o! Armu robbers may be using it as a hiding place. Just the pictures clearly showed us that you are right. The place has been abandoned. We don't need further proof. We like to have you here hale and hearty to continue the marvelous work of showcasing Enugu to the world. Don't unnecessarily endanger yourself trying to prove what is obvious even to the rodents living in the hotel now.

Bishop42:
I was loving this post until i saw this:
"It is better to sell this iconic hotel to an international hotel group"

International investor should build new projects rather than buying already made stuff cheaply from govt.

I have no doubt in my mind that great Enugu or Southeast investors can tranform this building into world class hotel...These guys arent that difficult to locate. I really like the daring nature of Tony Elumelu who is currently building lots of wonderful projects in Northern Nigeria and constructing the best hotel in Portharcourt . We could really learn lots from OBJ on how to nuture our local investors.

Rockview is another local hotel group with hotels in Abuja,Lagos,Owerri. However, the Question is who has the money and expertise to turn the place around?.

Energito:
Some pictures i took at awka this evening during my visit.

The state governemnt should apply for reimbursement for this flyover project.

The FG should normally build a flyover over these major roads while building an expressway. You don't just bisect the roads in a city to build expressway through them.

ChimaAdeoye:
By His Special Grace,
If that your plot work out, I can give this picture to an architect to design something similar on the outside.
It looks simple enough but with a little touch of colonial architecture. I also like that the structure is not square or rectangular and has the colonial appearing window rain shield.

I'll like a type of duplex where only master bedroom, living room, kitchen and store is downstairs. Upstair will have two rooms on either side of the house with their own toilet and bath. The important design for me is that one can see the living room or palour once they come out of the upstairs bedrooms. And the bedrooms on the right and left side of the house is linked by a bridge overlooking the living room downstairs. Like the design in the Pics. showing the upstairs staircase and "link bridge" to the upstairs bedrooms from the living room downstairs.

Madam, you get taste o!

NIJJAking:
The yorubas should be careful and watch the consequence of their actions on the future of the nation. The hausa fulani have ruled this country longer than any other tribe in the history of the nation and its they who have brought us to the present problems we face as a people. Yet the south west want to deliver us into long years of slavery by handing power so early to this northerns. Once buhari get power when he is through , he is surely going to organise a coup and hand power to a northern military officer to take the south on a long years of dramatic power play , in which hausa fulani will rule for long years to come.. The yorubas need to wise up.

[size=18pt]Bro,
Nothing new.
Betrayal, backstabbing,conspiracy and treachery is their regular trademark.[/size]

Pikshures or Na big lie!

asha80:
am I to believe that they are making more money in Onitsha than they would have made in Lagos?

Well they are not silly to move where they will make less money. Don't you think? I know three in Ogba area of Ikeja that have closed their shop and move to the east.
I'm sure there are more just know these because they make casual trad. wears for my family. They could also have moved to Aba, i just know the moved to the SE.

biafranking:
in other not to suffer in the dsame mistakes of our forefathers,we have to be persistent to live in harmony and loves...
despites all misunderstanding...
We must quarrels,unites and also amend our ways.

In as much,majority of the eastern re proud igbos..

But love must still lead us...

Cos Such is in the nature of societies....

Actually we must have quarrels as it's good to have in every healthy relationship.
So there is never going to be a time when we would not quarrel over something we don't really like.
The important thing is always giving room for resolution of conflicts and disagreements than being an extremist in our views.


He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of a diplomat.

asha80:
relocated to Onitsha from where?

Lagos.
A few tailors i personally know have moved to the east.

oneeast:
Yea that's Phyno..

Chai, I like that guy's style o!

Since someone introduced me to his songs, i have found myself singing his songs every day. Especially this one. My best line was in the first verse, where he said to the girl "I ma na Oburu na i bu oroma, i chato go!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5bgGDg6qq4

biafranking:
xo because of one man blaming the anambrarians for civil war lost..
There4 we should forget the unity of ndigbo...
Broda,dont foster such an ideas as mentality...
No matter what your neigboring igbos may said,is not as worst than what the yorubas have said to us..
Please
help built the unity of ndigbo...............
as we re one brothers and sisters...
Forget wat a faceless man said in his comment...
it doesnt makes yu separate from those who believe we re one...

I agree with you that we should emphasize what unites us rather than what divides us.

We have suffered for too long in the hands of those who have taken advantage of our family quarrels to do us serious harm. We must not repeat the mistakes of our fore-fathers or will suffer again on the same mistake twice.

oneeast:
All the big boys are fully represented..

Is that Phyno?

ChimaAdeoye:
They are welcomed to invest in Onitsha, build their houses and live peacefully with us. They should come and join hands with us and develop the place. The way we have joined hands to develop Lagos,Abuja, Kano etc.
In their wisdom, they prefer not not buy nor invest in the SE for whatever agenda they harbor. That is their loss.

Plenty of Ndi ofe now live in Onitsha. I don't know if they will begin to build houses in the long run. I know many tailors that relocated to Onitsha.Yoruba tailors are actually preferred by our people to make the traditional dress for them.

OdenigboAroli:
I didnt say it belongs to Anambra but Anambrarians are the one that has nurtured Apga to what it is today and because of that they will always have an upper hand over everybody. How many prominent Enugu politicians are in Apga....lol....you see?

If any state can dole out one or two billion naira to build a secretariat for APGA, I don't see why they shouldn't. But to expect Anambea state government to spend their money building in your state capital is a bit unrealistic

OdenigboAroli:
Dont worry,it will soon dawn on these fools who are the Southeastern political powerhouse. Okorocha betrayed us and think he is gonna eat his cake and have it back. Well,I pray for good health and long life so we can all see who has the best interest of Igbo at heart.

First,Enugu fired Anambra civil servants after state creation.
Abia fired their fellow Igbo.
Ebonyi sabotaged Ibeto.
Imo betrayed Apga.

Their many sins are well recorded; But today they want us to give them Apga chairman,chairman BoT and build the party headquarters in their state.....see logic....monkey dey work baboon dey chop...onye muu nke osu na ala?

Bro,
Don't fall into Chino's mindset
Rochas not IMO betrayed APGA .IMO will still vote out Rochas and install APGA.

The sacking of Anambra people was done by politicians with no vision and wanted a sort of scapegoat to blame their non-performance.

If one blames the actions of Ukpabi Asika on All Anambra people, you will protest such generalization therefore, name the specific evil politicians and don't generalize their evil on their people who could not have changed it even if they were unhappy with such politicians

Unemadu:
@bolded, really? So APGA matter is now hatred for Anambra? Lol

Are u saying u want APGA to remain an Anambra party?

To be clear, I want APGA to be a national party and win elections in sokoto, Bayelsa or Ogun. Now we know that because the party was principally formed by Ikemba, the bigots in those states will hang the toga of "Igbo party" to prevent APGA from gaining popularity in those areas of the country. You are the first person that has called APGA an Anambra party and that was not a slip of tongue. You want your fellow Anambra haters to hate APGA by using that language. Remember APGA made okorocha governor. We had severally proposed that our governor Chime should pursue his Senate dream via the APGA vehicle. Are these men Anambra people?
I want Victor Umeh to give the reins of party chairman to another Igboman, perhaps not from Anambra. But if all key Igbo politicians in other states want to be in PDP, should APGA give the chairmanship to a motor park agbero just to be a non- Anambra person?
You can hate Anambra all you want but this APGA thing is one party we know is controlled by Igbo people who have the best interest of Igbo at heart. By stroke of providence, it happens to have managed to stay alive because of Peter Obi and primarily Anambra state government funding after Rochas decamped to Abokii party.

Sincere9gerian:
What matters most is picking very good candidates in every state. That APGA is still alive today is because of because those same Anambra personalities, otherwise left to what has been happening in other states, the party would have been dead by now. Meanwhile, I expect that when chief Victor Umeh stands down, another capable hand from any of the southeast state will be given the position of chairman of the party

So was that guy insinuating that APGA should go and beg notable politicians from other states who are in PDP or APC to become APGA Bot chairman just because it shouldn't be Obiano?

I have noticed that guy's secret hatred for Anambra too. If GEJ were an Igboman, that eediot saying Igbos are being marginalized will not vote for him because he is from Anambra or Ebonyi. We Igbos deserve every oppression and cruel killings visited upon us by those we purportedly share Nigeria with. I think they need to marginalize and kill us more for us to have an ounce of political sense and be strategic like other groups

Surplus90:
Fahat Fahat is one of the 64 soldiers sentenced
to death for not fighting Boko Haram. He says
it's because they were not well equipped.
http://lindaikeji..com.es/2014/12/nigerian-soldier-sentenced-to-death-for.html?m=1

Bloody liars .
How did a condemned soldier get access to Facebook and even put his picture ?

Even if someone smuggled a phone into his cell, he won't want to post inflammatory messages because the person will get in trouble.
The IQ of some of our people on NL us really too low. Those using pictures of innocent soldiers to post crap online should know Daris God o!

UnknownT:
The National HQ should be in Abuja

Everything cannot be in Abuja. The party should be based where its supporters are. Has APGA won any elections in Abuja?
Beside that Abuja is not contributing a penny to the project, Infact, it's HQ will be burnt down if its in Abuja.

OdenigboAroli:
ADDRESS BY THE BoT, CHAIMAN OF APGA, GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY CHIEF WILLIE OBIANO AT THE SPECIAL CONVENTION HELD BY THE ALL PROGRESSIVE GRAND ALLIANCE (APGA) AT THE WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CENTER, AWKA ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2014.

PROTOCOL

With great humility, I thank you for the challenge you have handed to me to serve this great party as your National Leader and Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Most men live out their lives without ever knowing what it takes to provide leadership beyond the narrow confines of the family. I count myself lucky for all the opportunities you have given to me in the past 12 months. I have made rapid progress on the ladder of leadership and climbed several steps through ordinary membership of this great party to become a gubernatorial candidate, a governor and finally a Leader and BOT Chairman.
I am eternally grateful to you all for this and I say thank you for giving me this moment.

Fellow party faithful, in choosing me to provide leadership for our great party, you have made a bold and courageous decision to move beyond the crossroads of doubt to a whole new era of hope. So, I welcome this great responsibility with a quote by the foremost African-American novelist and critic, James Baldwin who once said that “There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.”

Ladies and gentlemen, the time to carve a new pathway for Nigeria has finally come. Looking back into history, we are reminded that our forebears paid the most prize for the greater good of this country, championing the nationalist struggles that gave birth to political independence. Today, we begin the march to re-possess the front-row of the new struggle to remake Nigeria.

Time and time again, experience has shown that it takes only a few determined men and women to change the course of history. I am determined to provide the quality leadership that will galvanize this great party to assume the fullness of its height and set the tone for a new Nigeria. I count on your support to achieve this.

Fellow compatriots, like all political movements, APGA has gone through different stages in its life cycle. Happily, we have progressed through the dark periods of uncertainties and self-doubt into the sparkling rays of a bright new day. Today, our fundamentals are stronger and our chances are brighter. I must thank all faithful members of this movement who have evolved through moments of uncertainty to the days of hope. In an environment where loyalty is fluid, it is almost a labour of love to maintain fidelity to one political party. It is on account of this that I must ask you to stand up for a moment of silence in memory of our great leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, whose presence is strongly felt among us here today. I must thank other past leaders of the party who laid the foundation that we are building on today. I fully acknowledge the immense contributions of the immediate past Chairman of the BoT and my predecessor in office, the former governor of Anambra State, His Excellency Chief Peter Obi. Although he is no more here with us, I know that he carries the spirit of APGA wherever he goes. In similar measure, I must thank the National Chairman, the titan himself; I call him Ogbunigwe, Chief Victor Umeh and his team for holding this great family together through the various spells of turbulence. We are here today because you people stood firm through the years, against all odds.

Fellow party faithful, when you look around you, you will see the handwriting on the wall. Our great party has made a grand entry into a new phase of growth. Now, more than ever before, the strength of this party lies in the quality of our membership and our common resolve to pursue progressive steps for the greatness of Nigeria. Today, our resolve is even stronger.

Under my watch, APGA shall assume its manifest destiny. We can all see this great new beginning with the emergence of Dr. Alex Otti as the gubernatorial candidate of our party in Abia State and the emergence of Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho as the standard bearer in Imo State. When I listened to the passionate speech delivered by Dr. Otti at the Aba Recreation Club last week, I knew that Ndi Abia finally have a chance to be great again. I also saw in that speech a great future for APGA and for Nigeria. With people like Otti and Iheanacho, our ship is finally ready to sail and we shall not relent until we have added neighouring states like Enugu and Ebonyi as well as other key states in the country, to this illustrious list.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have just come out of the primaries. Like all contests, there are winners and losers. But in APGA, there are actually no losers; what we have are people who have been asked to try another time. Of course there are complaints and silent protests. No electoral process supervised by man can be devoid of that. However, under my watch, APGA shall continuously strive for perfection in our electoral processes. We shall continue to evolve internally and externally.
Internally we shall improve on our fundamentals and strengthen internal democracy that will inspire loyalty to the party. Externally, we shall be more vigorous in the projection of our ideology through responsible and responsive governance. Thankfully APGA has established a worthy tradition of excellence in Anambra State. It will soon take roots in Abia and Imo States come May 29, 2015 when Otti and Iheanacho will be sworn in as governors.

Great party men and women, as we approach the election year, it should be clear to us that we must fight together and win as a team. Consequently, all complaints and protestations arising from the just concluded primaries must be settled with ease. While it is pertinent to remind you that there can only be one winner at a time, let me assure you that all genuine cases of grievance shall be given a fair hearing. We can hardly afford to carry our grievances and discontent into the coming days of intense political campaigns. All wounds must heal and heal very fast. Our internal cohesiveness is a pre-condition for victory at the polls. APGA must win the coming race together in all available elective positions across the country except the Presidency. But even so, we shall still win because we shall not only vote for President Goodluck Jonathan but we shall work to ensure that he wins the Presidential Election.



Fellow compatriots, as we prepare to enter the New Year, I urge you to hold your head up high while campaigning for APGA victory in the coming elections. As I earlier observed, our fundamentals are infinitely strong. In the last few months, we have had one or two defectors but we have absorbed thousands of defectors from other parties. The beauty of this development is that this party still retains its inner core. That is enough to build on. And that is what we have been called upon to do.
Fellow party men and women, in the coming months, we shall push for more territories for APGA. We shall go from street to street and from door to door to win new members over to the party.

As you leave this hall today to return to your various states, cities, communities and towns, take with you, the message of hope. Tell your family, your friends and your neighbours that APGA represents the change that Nigeria has been clamouring for. Tell them to join this train before it leaves the station.




Once again I leave you with the words of Michelangelo, the great Italian Renaissance man, “the greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” Let us keep aiming for the top of the mountain. When we miss it, we land on top of a hill.

A-P-G-A -------APGA
A-P-G-A--------APGA
A-P-G-A--------APGA


Thank you

Chief Willie Obiano
BoT Chairman of APGA
Governor, Anambra State

We shall get there in Jesus name!
Amen!

With continued good governance showed in Anambra, APGA should encourage great citizens of IMO, Enugu, Abia, Ebonyi, and Anioma to come out and serve their states as governors under the APGA platform.

Then the focus will shift to the south south and north central region to get the best minds in this zone to serve their people under APGA platform

oneeast:
O bulu n agbaro uzo owele okiriki o di echi. Ya melu rapu okwu nwanne. Anyi ncha ama a bu si ndi julu oyi..

Bro,
Since you know their anger is the nice pictures and construction pictures you guys have been posting here, you should go and copy everyone's good picture and repost it, for every bad one they post. See how Abagworo posts repeatedly posts the same false pictures of the upper Iweka and Nnewi roundabout. You should respond with a rebuttal showing the same sites now wear a fabulous look.

oneeast:
Is it this ordinary hall you are calling a conference center?

At least you helped to inject life into this lethargic thread and move it forward. Abagworo needed to bring people here, even if it were to see your madness.

Yeske2:
Rapu godi okwu, you ain't helping matters here. Stop that thing you're doing on that Imo thread. I na emezi ka a ga asi na Igbo aburo ofu, nka mezi Ndigbo ozo na kpo zi ndi Anambra ndi ilo fa. Kwusi ifa I na eme, not good for anyone. Bia ka'n ju go di gi, ibu onye Igbo?
Translation..... left matter, bone, forget it ( anyone you want), You're making it seem as if Ndigbo aren't one and making Ndigbo from other states loathe us from Anambra. Stop this. Asking you a question, are you an Igbo man?

Bro,
Leave them. It is a season for their madness. Let them post. When they get tired, we can continue from where we stopped.