Nature83: UMAHI @ ASO VILLA: To resolve National Security Issues
The Chairman of South East governors forum and the executive governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Engr. David Nweze Umahi at the banquet hall, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja for the continuation of security meetings aimed at resolving the Igbo quit notice issued by the Northern part of the country as organized by the acting President, Prof. Osinbajo.
All the 36 governors in the country and top national leaders attended the meeting.
In Prof. Osinbajo opening remarks, the following were extracted as the ways to move the country forward and stronger.
*Job creation for the youths which will in turn divert their attention towards crime and violence *Avoidance of blood shed of any type *Unity of the country *Security of lives and properties of those who are not indigenous of each state *solidifying the security of the country.
My take is, meeting the governors without including Nnamdi Kanu in any talk will yield not fruit...#Fact. The governors did not start the agitation, the traditional rulers never started it either, neither the so called leaders of thought. Nnamdi Kanu remains the leader of ndi igbo and only him can we listen to
CastedDude: Governor Fayose exchanging pleasantries with the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo during the Acting President's meeting with Governors and other top government functionaries on security matters in Abuja today. See photos below;
amjoseph19: Am yet to see kanu asking people to bow down to him. People chose to bow down at their own will... There are alot of people I will bow down if I come across them. , mandela, bob Marley, martin Luther People like our very own ken saro wiwa, fela kuti, chinue achebe. I will do that because out of my respect for down, because I really appreciate what they did. so, If some group people put Kanu in that category of people the think deserved their respect to an extend of bowing to him. I think there is absolutely nothing wrong wiyh it.
In Igbo land, respect is not hereditary. You work for it and earn it. That's why Igbos hardly bow to their king except if he deserved it.
People like you are the reason I still come to nairaland. You've got sense abeg
aminulive: THE SPECIOUS LIES OF A GANGSTER MINISTER - FFK
I watched the Minister Information and Culture Lai (aka Lie) Mohammed’s ‘Politics Today’ interview with Seun Okinbaloye of Channels Television a few days ago and I felt sorry for Nigeria.
I couldn’t help wondering why Channels Television keeps offering its respected platform to this shameless old fool to beam, broadcast and perpetuate unadulterated falsehood to the Nigerian people and to tell specious lies. The whole thing is simply incredulous.
During the course of that interview, he told one big lie after the other with such ease and without batting an eyelid. I really do wonder how this man sleeps at night. I guess such things come naturally to him.
I look at his face and all I see is an unconscionable and relentless shit projector and sewage propeller.
He reminds me of one of those filth-ridden open gutters in India’s City of Mumbai: all manner of unprintable and disgusting things flow in and through it for all to smell and see.
Everything about him, including how he looks, what he says, what he wears and how he talks stinks to high heavens.
Like Donald Trump once said about a notorious Mexican drug lord, “this dude is a bad hombre!”
He is the kind of person that would pass a lie detector test with flying colours over and over again simply because lying is his nature. He is possessed by what the Bible graphically and aptly describes as a “lying spirit”.
The first salvo of lies that he told us during the course of the interview was that Sheik El Zak Zaky, the leader of the Shiite Muslim community in Nigeria, was being kept in a guest house with his family and that he was not in government custody.
He went on to contradict himself by saying that the Federal Government was keeping him in custody only because they were building him a brand new house that he would move into later and that the difficulty that they had was that no-one wanted to be his neighbour!
Finally, he said that the courts had said that the Sheik must not be released until that brand new house had been built for him.
Needless to say, all three assertions are false. They are nothing but dirty and desperate lies, cooked up to justify the government's disgraceful and indefensible behaviour towards El Zak Zaky, his family and the Shiite Muslims of Nigeria.
The truth is that firstly El Zak Zaky and his family are NOT being kept in a private guest house and both he and his wife most certainly are in government custody.
They have both been badly wounded, they are in the custody of the DSS and, for just under the last two years, they have been held at the DSS Headquarters in Abuja.
Their lawyers and doctors have little access to them but once in a while, they are shipped to a secret government safe house for a short impromptu meeting with a handful of family members.
Secondly, the Federal Government is NOT building a house for El Zak Zaky and even if they were this should not be a reason to keep him in indefinite and illegal custody and detention.
Thirdly the courts gave El Zak Zaky and his wife an order for unconditional release from the custody of the security agencies and his release order was not conditional on the government first building him a new house as Lie has suggested.
The truth is that the man and his wife have both been kept in illegal detention for almost two years, against their will and in total violation of all court orders.
Worst still throughout that period they have not been brought physically or produced by the intelligence agencies before any court of law.
El Zak Zaky was shot and blinded in one eye by the military whilst his wife was shot four times in the stomach at the time that his home was attacked and they were both abducted.
Over one thousand of his Shiite Muslim supporters were murdered that day and their homes were shelled, bombed and burnt to the ground. Since then both the man and his wife have been locked up in dingy underground cells and have been subjected to the most inhuman and barbarous form of psychological and mental torture.
These are facts that Lie refused to acknowledge in his interview and that the government that he serves seek to hide from both the Nigerian public and the international community.
Lie also lied about Col. Sambo Dasuki the former National Security Advisor to President Goodluck Jonathan. He said that Dasuki was being detained indefinitely because he would pose a threat to the Federal Government and to national security if he was released.
He went further to say that Dasuki had stolen 1.3 billion USD and that the government would not release him until that money was returned despite court orders to the contrary.
He did not tell us where the 1.3 billion USD was stolen from, he did not tell us whether it was stolen in cash, by cheque, by bank draft or by transfer and he did not tell us how he stole it. All he did was pick a figure from the sky and drop it.
He also said that as far as the government was concerned national security considerations were more important than court orders and that even though the courts had ordered Dasuki’s release on several occasions the government would continue to ignore such orders because they believe that he poses a threat to national security.
The fact that it is unlawful to disregard court orders in Nigeria had no bearing on Lie. The fact that there is no law and no constitutional basis or justification to keep Dasuki in detention against court orders is immaterial to him and to the government that he serves.
The fact that the allegation that he stole 1.3 billion USD is not only utterly absurd but also has no basis in truth or reality is neither here nor there to this wicked man and to those he represents.
The fact that Dasuki poses no threat whatsoever to anyone, least of all the Federal Government, matters less to this strange, conflicted and inexplicable creature that calls himself the Minister of Information and Culture.
The fact that locking up a man illegally and indefinitely, depriving him of his constitutional rights and freedom, denying his lawyers and doctors full access to him, traumatising his family and friends, putting his stunningly beautiful and deeply courageous wife Bintu through hell, refusing to allow him to attend his aged father’s burial and denying him the right to be in a position to prepare a proper legal defence for himself against his detractors and accusers in court means absolutely nothing to this pernicious liar.
No matter how low the government goes and no matter how barbaric, illegal and heartless their actions are in terms of the violation of civil liberties and human rights, Lie has proved over and over again that he is prepared to go on Channels television or anywhere else to defend them.
I am convinced that if Buhari ordered for the gassing to death or burning alive of every single opposition figure and their family members together with all his other perceived enemies, Lie would gladly attempt to justify and defend it and Channels television would be only too happy to accommodate him and grant him the platform to do so.
Worse still he is prepared to defend the consistently aberrant, cruel, wicked, deviant and ungodly behaviour of the government that he serves with nothing less than the most bombastic and obvious lies, wholesale mendacities, false accusations, malicious fabrications and notorious and skewered half truths.
He has no conscience, no feeling, no empathy for his victims, no compassion, no mercy and no milk of human kindness.
One wonders if a man that is prepared to treat others so unjustly and defend it publicly can ever make it to heaven? One wonders whether they believe in God and if so whether they have any fear of Him.
It is clear to me that somewhere in the equation madness has crept into Lie’s confused and irreverent psyche. He deserves to be pitied and, more importantly, he needs a lot of help and prayer. The sleazy job that he has been doing for the last two years has taken its toll and has got the better of him.
27 years ago when I first met Lie he used to be an absolute gentleman. Always wearing a smart suit and a crisp bow tie and always making concise and meaningful contributions to our many intense, contentious and oftentimes acrimonious discussions and public debates at the old September Club in Lagos, he was quite a sight to see.
He was a delight in those days. He was a man of his word, he always spoke the truth and it was a pleasure to be his friend. Sadly all that has changed.
In those days he was the affable and dependable “Lai” but today he is the truculent and cantankerous “Lie”.
In those days he was a man of unimpeachable honour and character who valued his integrity and reputation above all else but today he is a mere shadow and caricature of his former self.
He cuts a tragic figure that, over the years, found himself in bad company and that has degenerated very badly in terms of his virtues, his moral authority and his ability to stand for truth.
Simply put, he has sold his soul to the devil and he can now be rightly and accurately described as one of those that the Bible refers to as a “son of perdition”.
A Minister of Information and Culture that everyone hates, that no-one trusts, that no-one believes and that looks like a cross between an ageing chimpanzee and washed-up and weathered old scarecrow.
At least Shehu Garbage and Femi Adesina are a little bit more presentable and they try to be a little more refined, subtle and polished with their distortions of truth. Not so with Lie.
He is just a plain old-fashioned, crude, vulgar Goebellian propagandist and a pernicious liar. Like his father Satan, there is no truth in him. He was a liar from the start and the father of lies.
The truth is that he should have been the spokesman for the Italian or Russian Mafia, the Turkish or Greek underworld, the Japanese Yakuza, the Chinese Kuomintang or one of the numerous Colombian and Mexican drug cartels and not the Minister of Information of Nigeria.
That is the sort of thing he was born to do. I say this because deep down Lie is nothing but a cheap hood and a gangster.
He is a ghetto and gangster Minister who speaks for and represents a ghetto and gangster Government.
We'll be tying the nuptial knots towards the end of this year God willing. My would be Husband is of the opinion we pass our wedding night in a hotel, but I'm of the opinion we spend it at our new home. My reason for suggesting this is that we've never been intimate and it's my first time, I would have preferred the first experience to be on our matrimonial bed.
Please note that this isn't the honeymoon proper, I as well suggested that if we spend wedding night at home, after Thanksgiving the next day we'd go for honeymoon proper for a week to his place of choice, that's somewhere away from home.
Please are there things I need to know about spending wedding night in the house, or is it better we spend the night in the hotel? Please advice me married couples. Thank you.
NB: I had to open another thread as the first one I can't access it, sorry for the double post
Dear, I just saw your post right now. I Just finished furnishing my new before my wedding, but I only slept in the hotel simply because of the amount of money spread to us at the wedding. So, we were advised to stay at the hotel for security reasons
deturla: Ibadan, popularly referred to as the city of brown roofs, embodies an ample mix of history and modern adventure that presents both indigenes and foreigners a huge wealth of experience. Aside from its peaceful ambiance and serene nature, Ibadan is a famous and great city in Nigeria. It is home to many commercial establishments and business organizations and the city is continuously expanding. Jumia shared below 5 reasons why you should visit Ibadan in 2017:
1 Ibadan is the third cheapest city to live in Nigeria
According to a recent study carried out in Nigeria, it was discovered that Ibadan is the third cheapest city to live in after Ikot Ekpene and Aba. The standard of living in Ibadan is generally low and as such, people can live conveniently on a salary of N50,000. Unlike in Lagos State where people spend a lot of money commuting to work daily, the cost of transportation in Ibadan is unbelievably affordable. Commuters pay as low as N50 to get to a far destination, a situation which is not possible in Lagos and many other states.
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The city of Ibadan has a plethora of affordable hotels ranging from luxury five star hotels to regular hotels. The room rates of hotels in Ibadan are unbelievably affordable when compared to hotels in Lagos. For instance, Premier Hotel, a five star hotel in Ibadan has room rates starting from less than NGN 20,000 where as a similar five star hotel in Lagos have room rates starting from NGN 50,000 and above.
3 Ibadan has a place in the history of Africa
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4 The people of Ibadan are very hospitable
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5 Ibadan is home to the tastiest indigenous meals in Southwestern Nigeria
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Angelanest: Yesterday, Some Kogi indigenes said they no longer want want Senator Dino Melaye as their representative. They begun the process of trying to recall the federal lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial zone as they filled the register to effect their intention.
Today, senator Dino Melaye and his convoy were greeted with insults as the lawmaker arrived Kabba, a town in Kogi state. The residents who gathered on the high way were heard shouting 'Dino, Ole' - a word used to describe a thief.
Rented fools! Dino can't be fooled. They are only wasting their times. ALWAYS REMEMBER A MAN SAID IT HERE. God is with Dino, no man can bring him down. Wtach out If you doubt me.
doctimonyeka: I'm sorry to say this sir, but YOU NEED DELIVERANCE..
Well, the only deliverance you can wish for me(if truly you love me, even without knowing me) is to help the re-establishment of the Republic of Biafra
doctimonyeka: I'm Igbo but this Nnamdi Kanu of a man is a scam... God created Nigeria, not biafra.. And Nigeria it must remain... This country shouldn't be held to ransom by a nobody who acclaims to be the messiah.. . What rubbish...
God bless Nigeria..
He is not scam and will never ever be scam! What we don't are beyond us until we know them. I am still trying so hard to understand the kind of spirit the man (Nnamdi Kanu) possesses. I am yet to fathom it. There's non like him this country called Nigeria. No one! For, now, whether anybody likes it or not, Nnamdi Kanu remains the leader of Igbos world over. It's not by muscle or by gun, I strongly believe it's God. I have never believed any human being the way I have believed this man, Nnamdi Kanu. I am not a baby, I am a full fledged man with a family. So, I know what I am talking about. Those who hate him are only jealous of him, period. He is a special kind of man. I respect him more than I respect Ojukwu. You knwo why Ojukwu had power with the paraphernalia of power but which power does Nnamdi has yet he commands Igbos world over! Anybody in this forum who thinks him, his brother, or even his dad command a simply street where they live now without monetary inducement, should indicate. No one, not even the current president Buhari can.
Onyejemechimere: Mercy Aigbe-Gentry‘s model daughter, Michelle is all grown up and seems to be the hottest model below 16. The 15-year-old who has close to 220k followers on Instagram engages her teaming followers with her very stunning photos.
The Teen model will turn 16 apparently on 11 July 2017. Took a little tour to her IG page and saw little Michelle turning out to be the next thing in the modelling Industry.
My people, you shouldn't be carried away with her pics here...If this girl(at her age) removes bra, all of you will run..Her breasts are like slippers. No joke.....That's when i gave up on her mum
AnnaKareninaFan: The General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Worldwide Prophet Samuel Kayode Abiara, and his late wife, Prophetess Christianah Aduke Abiara(nee Adasofunjo) who passed away on 3rd September 2016, have between them eight highly-successful children; grandchildren; and great grandchildren. The 8 children of Prophet Samuel and Prophetess Christianah Abiara are:
– Oluremi Abiara – Bishop Isaac & Rev. (Mrs) Oluseun Abiara – Pastor Israel & Dr. (Mrs.) Tayo Abiara – Mr. Bolarinwa & Mrs. Taiye Omokorie – Mr. Idowu & Mrs. Margaret Abiara – Architect Korede & Mrs. Melrose Abiara – Prophet Elijah & Pastor (Mrs.) Tope Abiara – Leah Abiara
Where are all the lovers of Nigeria? In 2010 WE MARCHED and demanded that our then president must speak to us,where are they today? Why can't they speak up now? Why the silence?
#WhereIsBuhari
Falana has been compromised. He has lost my respect. #MissingGaniF
Ajasco222: Nigeria's vice president, Yemi Osinbajo has acknowledged Nigerian Jollof rice as the best anywhere in the world. He made the statement while addressing "the platform" at Christian covenant centre in Lagos.
He also joked about Senator Dino Melaye's recent hit song "Aje Kun Iya Ni o je" that broke the internet few weeks ago.
See excerpts from what he said below; "Nobody is as funny as Nigerian comedians, whether professional or amateurs. We even have a member of the national assembly who recently launched a CD, Aje kun Iya Ni O je"
"The other day, someone showed me a text, a young man had sent him a text to invite him to a book launch titled 7 steps to becoming a professional whilstle blower"
"And of course we know that Nigerian jollof rice is the best anywhere in the world. Better than the Ghanaian and the Senegalese"
See people laughing genuinely from their stomach. But when you see laugh when Buhari is talking, you will immediately that the laughter is not usually genuine, but sycophantic laughter...#Fact
ItzBeenGod: When I went to India to begin my under graduate program in July 2014, I was barely 18, it was my first time out of the country. Before I arrived on India’s soil I had heard so many Africans were there, specifically Nigerians. In India, my focus was on studying hard, doing my parents proud, getting to know the people and culture and, hopefully, learning to speak the language. While I only managed to acquire a smidgen of that, I gained great insight into the nation, Politically, economically, and spiritually. If I could describe the local people who I met in three words they would be: Kind, loving, and welcoming. But my experience helped me to understand that Indian culture carries its share of complex and ugly features too. As an African, I could relate to what it means to be misunderstood, underrepresented, and discriminated. But I developed the ability to understand issues from other points of view while living and studying in India. As a HRM student, I often found myself to be the only African or one of just a few Africans in my classes. Such an experience really allowed me to learn from the perspectives of my cosmopolitan classmates who hailed from countries such as, Pakistan, Nepal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda etc. It was a special chance to view my homeland through the lens of so many non-Nigerian. Many of them desired to visit Nigeria. in search of greater opportunity but were also cognizant of the country's ills. Pursuing my education in India taught me the virtue of humility, and the value of diversity. I will say it was really God all the way, Baba God noni. It wasn’t easy, but it was really worth it. Abeg Nairalanders Make una congratulate una boy na E no dey easy to be a Graduate All my Boss them Moderator Oga Seun Lalasticlala Abeg compensate your Boy with Front Page now...
India? God forbid! A country where all manner of negative strange stuff happens
BedLam: like one of the comments above, it's has to do with personality. The people I've met so far seem to be very good to me and even invited me to their houses.
The tribe in this picture is called The Masai people. OP, i did not see Ugali, Pelau, etc. They Kenyans staple food
This is nothing but arrant nonsense. I am currently dating a Kenyan lady and she has taken time to explain the locking to me. According to her, it's a pure ''juju'' and nothing more nothing less. People trying so hard to attribute everything under the sun to science. SMH. The juju is a Kenyan juju hence you may not have heard about it elsewhere. 2ndly, how many single ladies have experienced this?
70% of Nigerians know they have NOT made a mistake. Nigerians know the problem of Nigeria is CORRUPTION. Buhari is the only member of the elite class who has called it out and is tackling it . Before now it was the lot of social crusaders and activists. Now you are having 'adult governance' where corporate citizens like MTN and Shell are compelled to face the law.
Who els could have shown the guts to take hard decisions like this?... Atiku?, El Rufai?, Jonathan? None.
Without any iota of contradiction, you erred in your point here. Buhari is a failure. That's the bitter truth. You talked about corruption, right? Did Amechi financed his election or not? I won't be surprised should you claim ignorant of this. What about the report which indicted Amechi in Rivers state? I just gave Amechi as an example as there are many of Amechis in Bubu's men in govt
TriumphJohnson: Ex Big Brother Naija Star, Uriel Oputa replied a fan who said he hated so much for having issues with her because the dress she modelled for Online Store and Big Brother Naija Sponsors, Payporte are selling faster than the dress(es) Uriel models for.
The troll with the username @_kokoisbae wrote, "I hate this Uriel so much . I just heard Uriel and Tboss had issues with Payporte some days ago. Pretender Uriel, are you jealous of Tboss? I know u are pained that Payporte is using her and the clothes she is modeling are selling out faster"
She replied with; "@_kokoisbae U need to ask what happened no one had issues my Gosh pls just go with your negative vibes pls... I Think Tboss is a beautiful woman I don't have anything to prove to you...understand this very well.. I pay my bills and my mothers medical bills I run a business I'm all about love..."
I never nor will never hate him, (who am I to even hate any God's creature) All I was trying to pass across is that, the man acts too childish! How can an adult like him be behaving so childishly, posting every details about himself and his family on social media. He should have grown beyond that. More so, he's not a celebrity whose their acceptability is measured by their number of likes on social media, he's a lawmaker, I expect him to act more honorably and maturely than all these social media shows!
My personal opinion, please!
My dear, you just ended up proving to all that you are indeed a hater....This piece says it all. Who are you to tell him how to live his life? FYI, Dino is a role model for millions of Nigerians who never believed that a Lawmaker will ever stand up for executive rascality Grow up man!
I bet he is more articulate and more Intelligent than you are ..He is even physically stronger and richer than you , he is more travelled and learned than you are ...A simple check on Google will show he has made more impact on the earth than anyone in Ur lineage but yet you think you are better than him oh boy don't you think you rate yourself above what you really are ? that make you a megalomaniac oo
My guy, do u know that some people still liked de guy's stupid comment...I mean the ewu that you quoted, that shows the level of decadence in our society. smh
JamieNaijaTeam: OAP Freeze is one of those who spoke up for Kemi Olunloyo after she was arrested.
She has been released today and Freeze had this to say;
"As KEMI Olunloyo regains her freedom, the death of pentecostal Christianity in Nigeria seems looming. RIP to prosperity, tithe and offering preaching, Nigeria, its time to return to #JESUS!"
Politics / Re: Umahi Attends National Security Meeting To Resolve The Quit Notice To Igbos by Climax11: 2:06pm On Jun 23, 2017 
Ojukwu had power with the paraphernalia of power but which power does Nnamdi has yet he commands Igbos world over! Anybody in this forum who thinks him, his brother, or even his dad command a simply street where they live now without monetary inducement, should indicate. No one, not even the current president Buhari can.
