₦airaland Forum

ScotsReferendum:
They must keep to their threat by Oct 1st

mekaboy:
The greatest mistake Nigeria made was Buhari.

igbodefender:
The Zikists want to give Nigeria another chance, but the IPOBs want the Igbos to leave Nigeria for an independent Biafra. Both sides try to lure each other in a struggle for supremacy. Which side will win over the majority of Ndigbo?

The Zikists respect Zik and Ojukwu, but the IPOBS respect only Ojukwu, and only agree to his stance before and during the civil war. They disagree with his later-day Biafra-of-the-mind and want an independent Biafra.

There is a current struggle for the soul of Igbo politics between both groups, as can be seen by the lively debates they have on social media over the so called October 1 quit notice and referendum. Today, almost every Igbo active on and off social media belongs to one of the two camps.

The IPOBs say the Igbos are marginalized in Nigeria, which is true, and that is why they have a huge and growing following among the Igbos. But if the government and people of Nigeria can help the Zikists show the Igbo majority that there can still be reconciliation and fairplay, they will be able to win over the Igbo majority to agree fully to a united Nigeria, removing the cloud of uncertainty that hangs over the most populous black country in the world.

Source: http://zikistmovement.igbodefender.com/2017/06/29/the-zikists-and-the-ipobs-fight-over-the-political-soul-of-the-igbos/

Omooba77:
By Emma Amaize and Festus Ahon
ASABA- NEW Delta Avengers, NDA, the militant group that threatened to unleash mayhem in Delta State as from Friday temporarily suspended hostilities, in deference to South- South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, who intervened in the row between the militants and the governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.
Avengers
In an open letter to Chief Clark, an Itsekiri high commander of the group, Ujato Etomi and three others, said: “With due respect and recognition of your outstanding commitment to the development of the oppressed, underdeveloped and very maligned people of the Niger Delta region, we write to you about our struggle to wrest oil producing communities of Delta state from the death grip of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration in Delta.”
“First, we like to express our inmost appreciation for your intervention in our ultimatum to the Delta state over our grievance with his running of the affairs of the state and particularly oil communities. We are aware of the efforts you are making to change the mind of the recalcitrant governor, and for this we are grateful and hopeful that we won’t have to go back to the days of rage.
“In deference to your authority on issues involving our development and efforts to change the tide of perpetual underdevelopment and treatment second class citizens of this nation, the highest command of the NDA has decided to shelve our planned attack on major oil facilities in the region from June 30, 2017,” the group announced.
It, however, asserted: “Sir, you are aware that we had earlier withdrawn the timeframe of our propose strike. This was done with the intention to take the government unaware and to prove to all and sundry that we are not all about bark, we are more than able to accompany our noise with louder action. But your personal intervention and plea through PANDEF has made us take a second thought as we are now calling off the planned strikes.”
” Without prejudice to any ongoing discussion with the Federal Government, we hope that the window of peace will afford you time to take up the issues as you promised with Delta state government.
“We are not oblivious of your concerns that our activities is capable of further causing adverse effects on the crude production and derail your ongoing engagement with the Federal Government. But as we said in several statements, our grouse is not with the FG. Our anger is with the present Delta administration’s deliberate neglect and deprivation of oil bearing communities in the state and underfunding of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, since the swearing in of this government in 2015,” it added.
NDA said: “Deltans and our people in the oil and gas producing areas cannot forgot that during the 2015 election campaign, the opposition parties accused Okowa and the PDP of planning to allegedly scrap DESOPADEC. We were told that he would do this so that money will be available for him to develop Ika land and other parts of the north.”
“Despite denials, all indications now point to the truth of those statements, because since Okowa became governor, the commission has been starved of fund and all resources available to the state are now being used to develop his homeland, yet he continues to sing his ‘Ego Aria’ songs to other parts of Delta,” the group stated.
It’s words: “Chief Edwin Clark, as our leader and father, you have access to records and data, please take time to crosscheck the percentage and costs of projects that are being done in Okowa’s areas and what he is doing in the Itsekiri, Isoko, Ijaw, Ndokwa and Urhobo areas. As a leader who has the barometer to gauge the feelings of the people of oil communities from across the state, you are definitely aware that the people are not happy because of their well-being. ”
“There is a lot of dissatisfaction and it is just a matter of time before pipelines and oil platforms become victims. This is why we enjoy support from every tribe and clan that produces oil and gas in delta state,” the militant group said.
According to NDA: “It is therefore a big surprise that despite all these signals, the governor in a crystal-clear show of his detachment from what is happening in the state, accused us of being foreigners and people from outside the state. Our plan is to prove him wrong and show him and the Federal government that we are sons and daughters of the land, who have seen our fathers and mothers, friends, brothers and sister die from deprivation and hunger. ”
“We want to show the governor that we know the land and how to hit where it hurts most. Oil producing area of Delta state and in the Niger Delta as a whole have been suffering in the past, but our pain and torment have not been so strong that we have become totally hopeless. Those who have contract cannot pay their workers, the communities where projects are located cannot benefit so the project become a problem to them.
“We are suffering and dying, our father, but it is better to die fighting that lay prostrate as some of our leaders, elders and the likes of HOSTCOM have been doing to the Asaba power instead of speaking the truth,” it added.
The group continued: “On Okowa statement that we are not from Delta but foreigners, we want to ask: Which foreigners can be so touched and committed to the suffering of people outside their land that they want to put their lives and resources on the line for the welfares of the people the man who is their governor has abandoned?
“Nonetheless, we have decided to give peace a chance as directed by you, our father, to show our respect and support for you commitment and dedication despite the odds. We though want to reiterate that our retreat is not total; it is bound by the time we face.
“Sir we are giving you the requested window for your intervention, but we will not demobilize our armaments, hardware and men from locations where they have been camping since they were dispatched three weeks ago until we are sure of positive result from your intervention.
“We like to also appeal to you that as you work towards the resolution of this matter, our earlier demands are sacrosanct because there can be no peace without justice.
“We demand that the government must begin projects that reflect the statuses of oil-bearing communities as ‘the geese that lay the golden egg in the state’. We demand similar commitment to payments of contractors handling jobs in Okowa’s areas and those in our land.
“There must be a commitment to funding DESOPADEC in order to save the lives of contractors who are dying from the burden of debts and hopeless because of non-funding of the commission. Okowa must release over N40billion funds due to the commission since 2015 when he was sworn-in.
“The laws setting up DESOPADEC is clear on funding; let the Governor give to the oil bearing communities what is their dues. All outstanding funds must be released.
“And, the state House of Assembly must also ensure that monies entitled to the commission are not only released, but are adequately monitored to ensure that they are utilised for projects.
“Our national leader, please also impress on the FG that it is time that they start paying oil revenues directly to the host communities because the present system put communities at the mercy of politicians, who lord over the funds and force the communities to come cap in hand begging for what is due the,.
“We will not fold our hands and look helplessly while our people are being robbed blind by politicians and their cohorts. We remain committed to the development of our communities and those who are committed to the cause,” the group said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/avengers-defer-resumption-hostilities-delta/

malware:
I am not a Yoruba, I am the killer of your ancestors, the biggest threat of IPOBIANS.

eezeribe:
A meeting between the most civilised army and the most Barbaric army... A tale of two worlds.

DjAndroid:
are you a newbie on Nairaland? it's like you don't know who Musiwa is?


All hail King Ademusiwa! The emperor of western Nigeria!

Victornezzar:
Hu is dis scumbag dat want 2 deprive me off my locality
Am from Anambra state
No be only rising sun....na falling moon

Victornezzar:
Am surprised dat u reason like a typical bush man

xcolanto:
Igbo Amaka!
United nations observers were on ground to witness the zeal and determination of the people to govern themselves and control their resources.

Biafra is near my people
The sun rises from the east
Sai Biafra
Sai KANU!

A190:
Hello my niccurs. It seems I have been shielded enough, I want to be rugged, be badass, be smart on the street..

I grew up being pampered and I just discovered it's not the best, one gets cheated easily since this Nigeria is all about being smart.
So which town or centre or area do you think I cn learn all this within one year. I'm ready to pay the price.

Danielmoore:
When did ijaws and Igbo's become enemies like this now anyway
Cc: tonye barcanista over to you

hornyofife:
Satan died by fire....idiot.

dudebuck:
since dem vex for boycott, make I kukuma call girlcott.

flyingsnail:
@ op below is ..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEvsat3MclE

Tolexander:
Kanu don get a Palace?

Bug we were told Ndigbo do not respect anybody or bow to any human!

davodyguy:
Even country or entity is governed by set of rules, either imposed on them by founding fathers or the ones they set for themselves. The rules are contained in what is called a constitution.

By definition Constitution is a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

HOW POWERFUL IS THE CONSTITUTION[/b]We don't need restructuring again.


The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This means no other law can be used to govern Nigeria, except the 1999 constitution.

The 1999 constitution restored democratic rule to Nigeria, and remains in force till today, 28/6/17. In January 2011, two amendments of the 1999 constitution were signed by President Goodluck Jonathan, [b]the first modifications since the document came into use in 1999.

WHAT DOES THE 1999 CONSTITUTION SAY ABOUT REFERENDUM?
For whatever reason, there is no provision for referendum in the constitution, hence we cannot conduct referendum in Nigeria.

Sometime in 2014, the debate was laid to rest during the confab, as Victor Ogene (APGA-Anambra), the Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, made this known at news conference in Abuja

He said there is no provision in the 1999 constitution for referendum. He said that the only document legislators are statutorily bound to invoke and act upon was the constitution.

“The only document we swore to uphold is the constitution. For any section to be altered, you need two third majority of both chambers of the National Assembly and two third of state assemblies.

“Unless this is done, the issue of referendum will not sail through, as there is nothing on referendum before the House,’’ he said.

President Goodluck Jonathan had mentioned, while inaugurating the National Conference, that the National Assembly was considering introducing referendum to the Nigerian constitution.

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For those who want a referendum, you must first push an amendment of the 1999 constitution.

The first page of the constitution reads as quoted below


See section 1 or chapter 1, subsection 3 is very clear.

That is why no other currency can be accepted apart from the Naira. This is what was used during the Civil war as a tactics. Whether it is Yoruba currency, Ipob currency or Arewa currency, non shall be a legal tender expect the Naira.

We should champion restructuring, rather than a futile effort in championing referendum

Amarabae:
Reno, didnt Edwin clarke and Gov dickson say a similiar thing about GEJ?
Nnamdi kanu expressed his freedom of speech jor.
For me, GEJ tried in being detribalised in appointments but interms of projects especially in southern nigeria, he messed up!
Undredged calabar seaport, bad federal roads, no new airport esp. In his bayelsa.
Abandoned 2nd Niger bridge.
Abandoned Onitsha River port initiated by Yaradua.
And so on.
But even at that, Buhari is not better than him.
Nigeria should try a Female president jor.

Cooly100:
Bro add these to your collection. 1st pic is Ebony. Threat a child like the rest and he will be happy...

feelgoodInc:
the last picture is Akwa ibom isn't it.
just asking

justineu:
yes, Amakioha to be precise.

xway:
More.

NtoAkwaIbom:
hmbassey1960
Senior manh.. Se eyen ino si kung de, Gracebae ado mi... Ndisimmeh eyen uneghe ami anam iwod mma ino ado abiada...

Idighe Aye (Gracebae) akpa ma ndi nam, ewod mma ado abiada kpukpru

Gracebae:
hi dear, how are you?