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There is no doubt that President Buhari is still loved and supported by many despite his dwindling political fortune and there are three classes of such persons for different reasons.
1. BUHARISTS: these are people who genuinely love this country and believe there must be a change for the better. They saw PMB as an agent of change based on the wide media campaign depicting him as an honest and a no-nonsense leader so they queue behind him to deliver. Unfortunately, many in this category are changing camp and singing different tunes due to dismal performance as expectation does not meet reality.
2. BUHARIDEEN: these are people whose support for PMB is total, uncompromising and wholly based on shared Faith and not on performance. They see him as being their own even though they may not benefit directly or indirectly from his tenure. To them, PMB is the champion and epitome of their faith and must not be demeaned or disgraced out of office. They are willing to sacrifice anything to see him complete his tenure and will always wish the second term for him. Expectedly he has huge followership in this category across north and southwest.
3. APC: these are politicians whose support for PMB is solely on what they can get from the system and not on performance as well. To this category of persons, it is self-interest first and followed by party benefits. They will eulogize his government to high heavens though many things around say otherwise. To them, self-preservation and not service is the first law of politics. This category is making appreciable inroads as many opposition party members are cross-carpeting to APC
This is the complete analysis of today’s political architecture with respect to PMB’s support. Ironically, the support spectrum is not bounded and could spread beyond a category.

EvilMetahuman:
Mad man

Yam that used to cost 500 is now 1200 and he wants to start exporting again.

Mtchew.

He is preparing the Middle Belt for source of revenue should Nigeria breaks

There is a mystical connection between Islam and Biafra that the founding fathers covenanted the Ndigbo which the present generation may not know. The youths who have hijacked the process for emancipation seem not guided by the elders.
This covenant entered through Libya can be easily seen in the flag they both share. This is not the only time a Nigerian tribe has gone into such covenant, some have also towed the path after Ndigbo. It is easy to quickly wave this aside as coincident but let’s take a critical look at the flags both "nations" share and its spiritual implication.
Biafra and Libya are covenanted in spiritual marriage in the celestial realm. This is seen in the completion of the yet consummated union through the liberal cosmic symbols of MOON, STAR, and SUN in the design of their flags.
It may not be known exactly who initiated this covenant on bebalf of the Ndigbo and at what time but Libya has been the husbandman waiting for her bride (Biafra) which has been in birth pang for 50 years now. When Muammar Gaddafi was alive, he made strenuous effort to consummate this marriage which resulted in open agitation, vitriol and rascal behaviour against the Nigerian state during Abacha and Obasanjo eras.
Due to the delay in Biafra’s birth occasioned by the prayer of the Church, Gaddafi could not wait any longer, he entered into several covenants with many other groups in Nigeria among whom were Boko Haram and a tribe in the south of Delta. In 16th May 2010 when he could not bore the frustration anymore, he openly called for the breakup of Nigeria into two nations because he needed to supply his deities with blood. Gaddafi was killed when he could not get enough blood from Nigeria to secure his life and throne.
While Biafra continues to show love towards the Jewish nation (who is nevertheless any concern with this love) and much hatred towards the Mohammedan political entities they have a covenant with, the symbols of covenant remain. It is an open fact that the colours green, black and red are adopted colours in Islam, where black represents the colour of death or jihad, green life for the struggle in Islam and red, blood of sacrifice. Of course, everyone uses it you echo but don’t forget potency is only given to what agreed.
Google the many Islamic terrorist groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, etc and their flags to confirm what is written here. These are the predominant colours used by terror groups and Islamic nations all over the world (including white which they choose to represent peace).
There is already a cosmic cataclysmic war with the near death of Libya as a nation which the bride is being compelled to put to birth. The urgency requires is to save Libya itself and hold no benefit to the bride unless she purges herself and take hold of the opportunity. The current agitation is to create anarchy to provide the needed blood to appease the gods in the land of Libya for it to experience peace.

If Biafra succeeds to birth, there will be upheaval and war in Igboland that may take more lives than what was lost in the 60s.This time it will be a war among Ndigbo over leadership and supremacy that will leave the Igboland desolate. Already Prince Nnamdi Kalu, the IPOB leader is called the Supreme Leader with many kicking against such title which they consider alien to their republican society. The gods Ndigbo had a covenant with is looking for blood and Ndigbo should not walk in ignorant concerning what they want.
Does this mean Ndigbo should not demand their freedom? No! What it means is that Ndigbo should deliver itself from this covenant first by shedding all spiritual symbols of Islam and set itself free. It is important that they know that every political struggle is spiritual and should understand the foundation in which the battle is being fought.
Let the wise men of the land direct the youths because the youths cannot and will not understand the weight of the battle. The history of war could be read on the pages of newspapers, books, and the internet but the critical information of war; what was done and how it was done remain with the elders who were involved.
What Ndigbo is actually seeking for is self-deliverance that will situate a dignified people in a nation where equity and justice shall reign and men and women will have equal opportunity to deplore God’s given potentials in an egalitarian nation. But unfortunately, the leaders are confusing that with self-determination preparing to give the gods of Libya blood to drink. Someone said it was Nnamdi that brought Ndigbo to this state; it is Nnamdi that will take them out. A word is enough for the wise.

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PapaBrowne:
It's only in Nigeria that oil makes one rich.

To prove you wrong ask yourself who the richest man in Africa is. Does he have oil wells?

And yet he is richer than most states in Nigeria.

Bury your ignorant sir. Dangote runs a web of oil well using MRS proxies. Every rich man in Nigeria is a product of oil wealth directly or indirectly.

1. When you express your religious views; you are a religious bigot
2. When you show affinity for your ethnic origin; you are an ethnic jingoist
3. When you talk about your political ideology; you are bias and sectional
4. When you demand change in the current political and economic structure; you are a secessionist
5. When you call for your economic right; you are not a nationalist
6. When you are denied justice and you cry out; you are cautioned for crying foul
7. When you steal public money; stealing is not corruption
8. When you are denied admission or employment based on quota system and you speak out; you are inconsiderate, you want to dominate
9. When you decide to run for the highest office in the land; you are reminded of politics being a game of number and ask to wait
10. When you complain and demand better society and governance; you are reminded to “think of what you can do for your country and not what the country can do for you”
11. When you ask why things are not working well; you are advised to join politics
12. When government lie and you choose to disbelieve; they blame it on social media
13. When government fails to provide social and health amenities and there is epidemic; it is God’s punishment
14. When you win an election, it is free and fair; when you lose, it is rigged
15. When you lose a case in court, “the judiciary is corrupt”; when you win, “the judiciary is the last hope of a common man”
16. When there is a threat to life and property; government is always “on top of the situation” (waiting for the next one to happen)
17. When it favours you, “Nigeria is indissoluble and the unity is not negotiable”; when it doesn't, “we must restructure or go our different ways”
18. When you are chopping, “all Nigerians should live in peace and join hands to build and move the nation forward”; when you are not chopping, “we will make this country ungovernable”
19. Anti-corruption is good if you are not invited; but selective if you are called to explain some figures
20. Our political fathers of 60s and 70s are still singing the same song, “Youths are the leaders of tomorrow” while still in power.

1. When you express your religious views; you are a religious bigot
2. When you show affinity for your ethnic origin; you are an ethnic jingoist
3. When you talk about your political ideology; you are bias and sectional
4. When you demand change in the current political and economic structure; you are a secessionist
5. When you call for your economic right; you are not a nationalist
6. When you are denied justice and you cry out; you are cautioned for crying foul
7. When you steal public money; stealing is not corruption
8. When you are denied admission or employment based on quota system and you speak out; you are inconsiderate, you want to dominate
9. When you decide to run for the highest office in the land; you are reminded of politics being a game of number and ask to wait
10. When you complain and demand better society and governance; you are reminded to “think of what you can do for your country and not what the country can do for you”
11. When you ask why things are not working well; you are advised to join politics
12. When government lie and you choose to disbelieve; they blame it on social media
13. When government fails to provide social and health amenities and there is epidemic; it is God’s punishment
14. When you win an election, it is free and fair; when you lose, it is rigged
15. When you lose a case in court, “the judiciary is corrupt”; when you win, “the judiciary is the last hope of a common man”
16. When there is a threat to life and property; government is always “on top of the situation” (waiting for the next one to happen)
17. When it favours you, “Nigeria is indissoluble and the unity is not negotiable”; when it doesn't, “we must restructure or go our different ways”
18. When you are chopping, “all Nigerians should live in peace and join hands to build and move the nation forward”; when you are not chopping, “we will make this country ungovernable”
19. Anti-corruption is good if you are not invited; but selective if you are called to explain some figures
20. Our political fathers of 60s and 70s are still singing the same song, “Youths are the leaders of tomorrow” while still in power.

The spirit of a nation is the convolution of the different characters that constitute that nation and Ndigbo have contributed to the evolution of the spirit called Nigeria. Ndigbo are economic entity, living in the realm of commerce and knowledge utilizing their God’s given potentials to the benefit of mankind. He is a strong believer in communal efforts to development and believes in less government involvement in business and the economy. He is also desirous of knowledge like his counterparts and so has a studious heart for excellent.
He is dominant species yet he does not set out with the intent to dominate but his life afterward becomes a life of dominance. He never sits down to strategize to exclude and seclude, but he will sit down to plan on how to create wealth and ends up monopolizing the trade.
Until of recent, he places less focus on his homeland thus, always giving an impression of neglect. By nature, he is a sojourner who finds comfort wherever there is life. When President Donald Trump claimed he spotted a Nigerian in the deep obscure settlement in Alaska during his electioneering campaign, most people concluded without giving a thought that the being was an Ndigbo.
As he sojourns, he settles, builds and grows. His inherent propensity for wealth makes him a risk taker. He dares situations holy and otherwise in his bid to succeed and will stake his life to surmount the wall of poverty. Sometimes, he loses what he sought for in an attempt to succeed. An Igbo man will first compete with himself and finally competes with his kinsman. Hence, he competes with none outside his tribe.
He lives and expands without war and never annex to occupy. His Republican nature makes him vulnerable to power matrix. He sees power as less of politics and more of economic and so he does not impact or impose his culture and language on others in an attempt to expand his dominance and create a colony. Rather, he is quick to learn the language of his benefactor for economic gains and as a means of survival.
Very often, he retains his religion, beliefs, and culture among his clan in his new found land and never forgets to set aside a day to mark his culture and traditions. He holds dear to his oriental origin and has come to identify himself as the generation of black Jews. He never forgets his root and will create time to visit.
He could be boastful and exhibitionistic, just like his counterparts, yet he knows his boundaries. He is industrious. He loves freedom and will agitate for an egalitarian society where he can explore and deploy his innovative instinct to create wealth and better the society. He is at home wherever he finds himself.
Ndigbo’s greatest challenge to leadership is his Republican nature. He tends to be more conservative to issue of leadership and this has brought much fear and uncertainty among Ndigbo themselves and her neigbours who are not favourable disposed to being a part of Biafra nation.
There are five classes of Ndigbo on the subject of Biafra which have come to form two opposing groups with a different understanding.
1. The youths born after the Nigerian civil war who desire Biafra like honey
2. Those who have great fantasy and have drawn the Biafra map to include the entire South South region for convenient
3. Those who have the scar of the civil war
4. Those who have investments outside South East
5. The Ndigbo scholars who have done a study of Ndigbo leadership challenge
1 and 2 are the classes queuing behind Nnamdi Kalu seeking for self-determination. 3 to 5 prefer Ralph Nwazuruike leadership style desiring an egalitarian Nigeria restructured for equity and justice through peaceful means. However, Nigerian leadership will respond to Nnamdi Kalu’s approach faster than Nwazuruike’s and this may have prompted the huge followership he enjoys especially among the youths. While Kalu may claim he is using a nonviolent approach to agitate for self-rule, he has been violent through the use of hate and inflammatory words.
The Igbos are predominantly Christians with the majority speaking the Igbo language. A chunk of that Christian population is Catholic yet some time they find it difficult to agree. The Assemblies of God whose members are predominantly Igbos have been having leadership tussle for more than three years now. Despite the fact that the case was struck out in Supreme Court the warring factions led by Rev. Chidi Okoroafor and Rev. Paul Emeka are still maintaining their positions with a divided congregation.
The case of that of Catholic Church in Ahiara, Imo state is even more interesting which has led to the intervention of Pope Francis in the “ethnic” crisis. Bishop Peter Okpaleke was appointed by Benedict XVI in 2012 but the Catholic leaders, priests of the diocese and people rejected him because, Mr. Okpaleke is an Igbo man from Anambra State and not from Mbaise, Imo state. The Pope has threatened to sack all the priests from the diocese if the crisis is not resolved.
Autonomous communities are a direct result of Ndigbo leadership challenge created to solve communal strives occasioned by families inability to co-exist. This has led to families living in self-rule determining their own fate.
Biafra nation may turn out to be a fragile state that may suffer bitter internecine rivalries in her quest for leadership. Nigeria as a nation has helped to conceal the weaknesses of our different ethnic nationalities that we may often overlook. But we must revisit the foundation of our nation and build one whose structure will showcase our strength in diversity. That is the only way we can harness the youthful energy being dissipated on unwholesome agitation that will bring us no good.

The spirit of a nation is the convolution of the different characters that constitute that nation and Ndigbo have contributed to the evolution of the spirit called Nigeria. Ndigbo are economic entity, living in the realm of commerce and knowledge utilizing their God’s given potentials to the benefit of mankind. He is a strong believer in communal efforts to development and believes in less government involvement in business and the economy. He is also desirous of knowledge like his counterparts and so has a studious heart for excellent.
He is dominant specie yet he does not set out with the intent to dominate but his life afterward becomes a life of dominance. He never sits down to strategize to exclude and seclude, but he will sit down to plan on how to create wealth and ends up monopolizing the trade.
Until of recent, he places less focus on his homeland thus, always giving an impression of neglect. By nature, he is a sojourner who finds comfort wherever there is life. When President Donald Trump claimed he spotted a Nigerian in the deep obscure settlement in Alaska during his electioneering campaign, most people concluded without giving a thought that the being was an Ndigbo.
As he sojourns, he settles, builds and grows. His inherent propensity for wealth makes him a risk taker. He dares situations holy and otherwise in his bid to succeed and will stake his life to surmount the wall of poverty. Sometimes, he loses what he sought for in an attempt to succeed. An Igbo man will first compete with himself and finally competes with his kinsman. Hence, he competes with none outside his tribe.
He lives and expands without war and never annex to occupy. His Republican nature makes him vulnerable to power matrix. He sees power as less of politics and more of economic and so he does not impact or impose his culture and language on others in an attempt to expand his dominance and create a colony. Rather, he is quick to learn the language of his benefactor for economic gains and as a means of survival.
Very often, he retains his religion, beliefs, and culture among his clan in his new found land and never forgets to set aside a day to mark his culture and traditions. He holds dear to his oriental origin and has come to identify himself as a generation of black Jews. He never forgets his root and will create time to visit.
He could be boastful and exhibitionistic, just like his counterparts, yet he knows his boundaries. He is industrious. He loves freedom and will agitate for an egalitarian society where he can explore and deploy his innovative instinct to create wealth and better the society. He is at home wherever he finds himself.
Ndigbo’s greatest challenge to leadership is his Republican nature. He tends to be more conservative to issue of leadership and this has brought much fear and uncertainty among Ndigbo themselves and her neighbors who are not favorably disposed to being a part of Biafra nation.
There are five classes of Ndigbo on the subject of Biafra which have come to form two opposing groups with a different understanding.
1. The youths born after the Nigerian civil war who desire Biafra like honey
2. Those who have great fantasy and have drawn the Biafra map to include the entire South South region for convenient
3. Those who have the scar of the civil war
4. Those who have investments outside South East
5. The Ndigbo scholars who have done a study of Ndigbo leadership challenge
1 and 2 are the classes queuing behind Nnamdi Kalu seeking for self-determination. 3 to 5 prefer Ralph Nwazuruike leadership style desiring an egalitarian Nigeria restructured for equity and justice through peaceful means. However, Nigerian leadership will respond to Nnamdi Kalu’s approach faster than Nwazuruike’s and this may have prompted the huge followership he enjoys especially among the youths. While Kalu may claim he is using a nonviolent approach to agitate for self-rule, he has been violent through the use of hate and inflammatory words.
The Igbos are predominantly Christians with the majority speaking the Igbo language. A chunk of that Christian population is Catholic yet some time they find it difficult to agree. The Assemblies of God whose members are predominantly Igbos have been having leadership tussle for more than three years now. Despite the fact that the case was struck out in Supreme Court the warring factions led by Rev. Chidi Okoroafor and Rev. Paul Emeka are still maintaining their positions with a divided congregation.
The case of that of Catholic Church in Ahiara, Imo state is even more interesting which has led to the intervention of Pope Francis in the “ethnic” crisis. Bishop Peter Okpaleke was appointed by Benedict XVI in 2012 but the Catholic leaders, priests of the diocese and people rejected him because, Mr. Okpaleke is an Igbo man from Anambra State and not from Mbaise, Imo state. The Pope has threatened to sack all the priests from the diocese if the crisis is not resolved.
Autonomous communities are a direct result of Ndigbo leadership challenge created to solve communal strives occasioned by families inability to co-exist. This has led to families living in self-rule determining their own fate.
Biafra nation may turn out to be a fragile state that may suffer bitter internecine rivalries in her quest for leadership. Nigeria as a nation has helped to conceal the weaknesses of our different ethnic nationalities that we may often overlook. But we must revisit the foundation of our nation and build one whose structure will showcase our strength in diversity. That is the only way we can harness the youthful energy being dissipated on agitations that we hope will bring about the restructuring of the nation for the good of all.

when men were men

is ok

1. When you express your religious views; you are a religious bigot
2. When you show affinity for your ethnic origin; you are an ethnic jingoist
3. When you talk about your political ideology; you are bias and sectional
4. When you demand change in the current political and economic structure; you are a secessionist
5. When you call for your economic right; you are not a nationalist
6. When you are denied justice and you cry out; you are cautioned for crying foul
7. When you steal public money; stealing is not corruption
8. When you are denied admission or employment based on quota system and you speak out; you are inconsiderate, you want to dominate
9. When you decide to run for the highest office in the land; you are reminded of politics being a game of number and ask to wait
10. When you complain and demand better society and governance; you are reminded to “think of what you can do for your country and not what the country can do for you”
11. When you ask why things are not working well; you are advised to join politics
12. When government lie and you choose to disbelieve; they blame it on social media
13. When government fails to provide social and health amenities and there is epidemic; it is God’s punishment
14. When you win an election, it is free and fair; when you lose, it is rigged
15. When you lose a case in court, “the judiciary is corrupt”; when you win, “the judiciary is the last hope of a common man”
16. When there is a threat to life and property; government is always “on top of the situation” (waiting for the next one to happen)
17. When it favours you, “Nigeria is indissoluble and the unity is not negotiable”; when it doesn’t, “we must restructure or go our different ways”
18. When you are chopping, “all Nigerians should live in peace and join hands to build and move the nation forward”; when you are not chopping, “we will make this country ungovernable”
19. Anti-corruption is good if you are not invited; but selective if you are called to explain some figures
20. Our political fathers of 60s and 70s are still singing the same song, “Youths are the leaders of tomorrow” while still in power
We are a theatre of comedy…………..add your own

The number queuing behind RESTRUCTURING is increasing..........counting

StOla:
Why didn't Azikiwe resume in the Western Region as a leader of opposition? Atleast he still had his single seat he won and his party was now holding minority seats when compared to the majority seat that Awolowo and his independents alliance held?

Because he only wanted to lead and not follow. So he ran back to the Eastern region and usurped Dr Eyo Ita as the Premier of that region. All of a sudden, Azikiwe remembered he had a village in the East, yet he wanted to be a Western Premier, when the North had a Northerner and the East had Eyo Ita an Easterner. Or could Awolowo have ran to the East to contest for Eastern Premier if he had failed in his Western bid like Azikiwe quickly retraced his steps?

A man who having schooled in the US and not UK like Awolowo, did not understand parliamentary system of government. He foolishly chose to partner with the Northern NPC to become ceremonial president as opposed to being executive Prime Minister in an NCNC and AG alliance. The same American education would not allow Azikiwe to agree to Awolowo's demand to have a secession clause in the constitution. America had fought a civil war to keep it's territory intact between the slave owning South and the emancipated North Yankees. While a parliamentary Britain had managed to settle for Irish separation from the UK.
In the end, it is his people that suffered for his political ignorance, and ended up fighting a civil war like the Southern Americans and lost like them.

But seriously, how can a tremendously educated Western Region have an Easterner who was only the first generation of educated Igbos as Premier? Even the poorly educated North had a Northerner. What did Azikiwe who was a Lagos politician know about the yearnings and aspirations of the Western Region?

In retrospect, Awolowo proved to be a blessing to the Western region and scored many firsts in Africa, that the rest of Nigeria had to play catch-up.

Abeg, cry me a river.

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Its difficult to own up. Someone goofed.