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robonski16: Brother ur head is there.. Up IC!!

I only attended Igbobi Primary School

robonski16: Schooled at fadeyi but lived in oshodi..I hail too oo

Igbobi college, igbobi girls, morocco, angus or mainland high school?

robonski16: I had so many experience during my school days from oshodi to fadeyi and back.. So many drama from drug sellers, preachers etc..

On this particular day I boarded molue from fadeyi to oshodi, I had spent all my transport fare on "sisi pelebe, balewa, baba dudu etc.

Na so I enter this molue there where sits but based on no meney I stood the conductor asked me of my money with a deep voice "OWO e da" meaning where is ur money I told him " omo IGBOBI le me" meaning am from igbobi college, because sometimes the linient conductor respect student from igbobi college.. I told him I lost my money and I started begging him but for where..o boy the next thing I know the conductor gave me a dirty slap I started seeing stars for like 2 minutes, the passengers started insulting the conductor then the conductor insulted one guy who was pleading on my behalf.. Na so this guy stand up ooo the guy na even army man na so fight start inside molue ooo every where scatter.. The guy beat this conductor ooo and the funny thing is that with all this drama the driver will not say a word or even stop he kept firing on..

The army man ordered the conductor to give me #100 for slapping me.. Omo na so I collect money they happy enuf guguru and epa to buy..

Did you grow up or school in fadeyi? I hail ooo

Motolaa: It's very tempting to share an unpleasant molue experience but I choose a good one. Thirteen years ago, I was working with a film production company in Oshodi and molues were one of the regular means of transportation from Yaba where I lived.

This particular morning, I got into a fight with my step-sister whom I was living with. So I was really upset when I left home for work that morning. But on my way to the bus-stop I prayed a short prayer to God that He grants me some level of comfort in the bus just to calm my nerves.

When I got to Sabo bus-stop, I boarded a molue and to my horror, it was really filled up but to my greatest surprise, a gentleman just stood up from his seat and asked me to take his place. That gesture meant so much to me because I really needed it and it showed me that God cares about the little details of our lives.

But you forgot to add that he collected your address sha

tellwisdom: Molue happens to be the only option for those without or less money for transportation...If you no get hard voice, no enter Molue oo make conductor no burst ur teeth comot

Slangs: Ma wo be ( Dont think it)

Omo iko (Wassup guy)
Ti be pady mi ( close the chapter)

O da yan mo abi? ( You no sabi person abi?)

Passenger: O nwo oju abi? ( You no dey look face??) Conductor: wetin dey ur face?? Pay me my money jor

You make me laff tire

1soul: Respect is reciprocal! You don't expect respect from someone you insult at any slightest opportunity simply because he's igbo. We owe you nothing! And talking about being crafty, it's not only an Igbo phenomenon but part of every ethnic group and race, there's good and bad people everywhere...even in your family. See how easy it was for you to generalize a whole ethnic group with your jaundiced points of view and ideological perspective. **They hate what they can't conquer..#

If stating the truth is what you find insulting then I tender my unreserved apologies.

I couldn't have agreed with you enough, being crafty is a trait found in every ethnic group but you and I know the trait is mostly found amongst your people. Before you blow my head off, kindly sample people's opinion and experience with the ibo people. I must say I have met very nice ibo people who are far better than my own people but I can count them on my finger tips.

"They hate what they can't conquer". Who is trying to conquer who? Would you be kind enough to acknowledge NAS

1soul: Respect is reciprocal! You don't expect respect from someone you insult at any slightest opportunity simply because he's igbo. We owe you nothing!

And talking about being crafty, it's not only an Igbo phenomenon but part of every ethnic group and race, there's good and bad people everywhere...even in your family. See how easy it was for you to generalize a whole ethnic group with your jaundiced points of view and ideological perspective.

**They hate what they can't conquer..#

If stating the truth is what you find insulting then I tender my unreserved apologies.

I couldn't have agreed with you enough, being crafty is a trait found in every ethnic group but you and I know the trait is mostly found amongst your people. Before you blow my head off, kindly sample people's opinion and experience with the ibo people. I must say I have met very nice ibo people who are far better than my own people but I can count them on my finger tips.

"They hate what they can't conquer". Who is trying to conquer who? Would you be kind enough to acknowledge NAS

0mo-nna:
Perhaps learning to respect others will improve your relationships with them. "Yorubas are lazy,South Africans are lazy,Ijaws are lazy.". You are the only ones that are hardworking and clever !! You consider others to be inferior to you and are never shy to tell them.I wonder why you have few friends.Unfortunately you just don't get it

The earlier the ibos learn to show genuine respect for the other tribes in Nigeria, the better for them. The average ibo man thinks he is the only one favoured by God so he naturally feels he is smarter than the other person. When he owns something it is his only but when he has nothing he remembers we should be our brother's keeper. An ibo man would have N100,000.00 and would seek ways to help you spend the last N100 you have in your account. I guess that is the ibo man's idea of been hardworking and clever. And to add salt to your injury,the ibo man would find every avenue to tell it to your face. That's what he calls been competitive.

Bin Gbagbo you have left the jokes section to the romance section! I thought you are supposed to be in prison.

How this men manage to get an attention is what I can comprehend. Every week we read about men sleeping with their daughters. What is happening to men of my generation. May God help us.

melojames: No accessories, sir. Call me or drop your number lets talk if you're really interested in it. Thanks

I would prefer White Bold 6 and if I don't get I would call you but you have to remove something. Cheers

Do you have white bold 6?

Do you have White Bold 6?

melojames: Still available, sir.

How much are you selling last and any accessories, sir?

have you sold it?

T9ksy: But that wasn't whyironsi had Banjo arrested and locked up in the east, was it? ElseIronsi should have arrested both Ojukwu and fajuyiwho were also sounded out by the January coupists. But Major D. Okafor, Capt. O. Oji, 2/Lt. C. Igweze were given the task of killing Brigadier Mai-Malari and when the latter escaped, they went looking for him till ifeajuna luckily bumped into his brigade commander and coldly shot him dead. so my questions still remains unanswered;who was tasked with killingIronsi and why wasn't Ademoyega given this task?

Banjo was initially arrested before he was ordered to be released by Lieutenant Col. Gowon and he was later arrested on suspicions he was allegedly carrying a firearm while waiting to see Ironsi. Some officers were allocated more than on target. Anuforo was tasked with arresting Colonel Kur Mohammed and Lt. Colonels Unegebe. Maimalari and Ironsi were both allocated to Okafor. Ironsi was not at home when they came for him which made many to believe including myself that someone had inform him (Ironsi). There was a party that night at Maimalari's residence and everyone had gone home while Ironsi was said to have attended another party. Which other party did Ironsi attend that night? Which brings us to why the non-ibo officers were not allocated to key targets.

T9ksy: Please, explain Maj. victor Banjo's role in the coup if you can. Maj. Ademoyega was the last to be

recruited (by Maj. Nzeogwu) around early November, 1965 probably as an afterthought but what was his tasked with in the

coup? I would have thought being a Major like ifeajuna and Nzeogwu, he would have been given the task of taking out

Ironsi. As for Cap. Adeleke, well he was not a member of the inner circle.He only heard of the coup at the H-hour and

still voiced his objection though at that time, it was too late. Its either he goes along with the coup or he would have

been the first casualty of the coup.

Victor Banjo was a Lieutenant Colonel as at the time of the January 1966 coup and was informed about coup but he did not partake in the execution of the coup, even Lieutenant Colonel ojukwu was sounded out about partaking in the coup. ojukwu himself alluded to this fact in his book, "Because I Am Involved". The man equally given the task of arresting Ironsi was a Major like Ifeajuna, Nzeogwu and Ademoyega; Donatus Okafor.

Santi19: In Oamide's voice *mo ti ri olosho to n se usher*

Olamide na learner, I don't collect many number wey dem give me bill straight up.

mirob: You are very right, the fact that she is an ashawo doesn't mean she is not human, she has feelings like every other person and might genuinely be in love with the Op.
Op if you feel something real for her but not pity go ahead and make her stop the ashawo and marry her if you want, not every ashawo goes back to their past life, some so called good girls goes after men even when they are married, I will advice you to pray about this seriously. Cheers.

Like in every sphere of life, there is the good, the bad and the ugly. I can categorically say there are some ashewo who have got a better attitude and better upbringing than our so called sisters. Anyway, I must add she will be one in a million. I have a friend who is married to one and I must say, they are happily married. I would have posted their pictures here but I have to respect their privacy. Lastly, like all the decisions we make in life, your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. You can get marry to "Mother Theresa" and she can make like miserable for you and you can get married to the "Devil" and have the best marriage. Goodluck

FORTY-SIX years ago, the counter coup to the first coup of that January claimed the lives of Gen Thomas Johnson Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi and his host Lt-Col Francis Adekunle Fajuyi. Ironsi was in Ibadan as part of his reconciliation tour, after the first coup that killed mostly prominent Northern politicians and army officers.

Both Ironsi and Fajuyi fought in the United Nations operations in the Congo. Ironsi led the contingent. Ironsi was the target of the coup plotters, but Fajuyi, then military Governor of Western Region, died protecting his leader and guest.

They remain the most unsung military officers of their era. Accusations against Ironsi were that he made laws to facilitate Igbos leadership of the country and he failed to punish the first coup plotters. These were at most speculations.

Six months in power, Ironsi was murdered. He has been demonised, blamed for every Nigerian challenge, and accorded no respect, though he was medalled for his leadership in the UN Congo operations. Fajuyi is tarred with the same brush over his refusal to turn in Ironsi. Ordinarily, it should have counted for him as an act commensurate with his status as an “officer and gentleman”.

Lt-Col Yakubu Gowon announced himself Head of State on 1 August, without accounting for Ironsi. The military Governor of the Eastern Region, Col Ojukwu rejected Gowon’s leadership and, wanted to know where Ironsi was and insisted that Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe, the highest ranking officer after Ironsi, should assume command.

Killing of Igbos in the North continued with an intensity and bestiality that made earlier killings child’s play. By October 1966, over 50,000 Easterners were killed in a week. More than two million Easterners fled the North.

These events cascaded to a crisis that tore the country apart. Negotiations finally collapsed in January 1967, in Ghana, The Aburi Accords, which each side gave a different interpretation.

When Lt-Col Gowon created 12 states in May 1967 to replace the four regions, Lt-Col Ojukwu declared Eastern Nigeria the Republic of Biafra. A brutal three-year war claimed more than two million lives.

These summarise the dark side of Nigeria after independence. A rash of publications on the war has failed to address the causes of the war. The books have mainly served to document bravery of some officers who had commands in the war. Their accounts are hardly different in substance.

If the January 1966 coup was an Igbo coup, does that explain riots across the North that targeted unarmed and defenceless civilians – children, women, among them pregnant ones whose bowls were ripped?

Nigeria is only months to its centenary, it would benefit from dismantling the falsehood that justify military rule and the war.
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