₦airaland Forum

Maitama to be precise.

All those trillions spent turning a jungle into a city and what have we gained?

abu12: SNC will not yield any positive result that is the truth. We need referendum to be conducted by UN

The north has shown more interest in war more than the south with the use of boko haram. But the south only know how to give:
7 days ultimatum
14 days ultimatum
60 days ultimatum bla bla bla

You call the shameless and cowardly killing of defenceless women and children in places of worship war? You animal!!

CFCfan: A dreaded and ‘most wanted’ kidnap kingpin in Delta State who doubles as leader of the new Liberation Movement of the Urhobo People (LIMUP) today gave President Goodluck Jonathan a stunning 60-day ultimatum to address the sufferings of the Urhobo as well as grant amnesty to kidnappers or face attacks on oil facilities in the area.

Known simply as Kelvin, the bandit, who wore a mask and was surrounded by members of his gang who were dressed in military fatigues, said at a press conference that if Jonathan failed to address what he described as the ‘gross marginalization’ of the Kokori community and grant unconditional amnesty to kidnappers, he will have no option than to shut down oil facilities.

Present at the occasion were members of the Kokori, Ethiope East Local Government Area community, who expressed admiration of Kelvin and his men.

“The reason why we are here today is because of the continuous cheating of our people by the Federal government. The federal and state governments have been suffering us and now we want them to hear us because for over 50 years now they have been drilling oil from our community (Kokori), which is the second best oil in this country.

“Yet we have nothing to show for it, the community has no road, they do wooden bridges in areas that need a formidable bridge that will last for a long time. There is hunger everywhere, graduates have no work. So we want the government to listen to us. In fact we are giving the federal government 60 days ultimatum to listen to us or else we will shut down all the well heads in the area,” he threatened.

Kelvin, who was declared ‘most wanted’ by security agents last year for allegedly masterminding a high profile kidnap and killing some security personnel, rejected the names he and his gang have been called. He declared them as being far from the truth, stressing that the mission and vision of his group is nothing but to draw the attention of the world to the criminal neglect of his oil-bearing community and the Urhobo nation.

According to the visibly angry Kelvin, “For over fifty years, they have exploited our land in the guise of oil exploration with nothing to show for it in terms of development. There are no good roads, no industries for the youths to work, our women and mothers cannot farm again because of the devastating effect of the oil exploration on our land.

“Fifty years of oil exploration has left our men prostrate without no meaningful source of livelihood. Most of them can no longer fend for their families and all attempts to draw the attention of the State Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria to the plight of the community have been greeted by repression, so we have no other alternative than to bear arms against the nation, in order to drive home our demands since the only language Nigeria understands is violence.”

Asked Kelvin, “When the Ijaws and Itsekiris where agitating with arms, we the Urhobo youths chose to be peaceful, but what did we get? We are rather left out completely in the amnesty program. Is it not the same oil that the Ijaws and Itsekiris produce that is also produced in Kokori, which has the second best oil in Nigeria? So what is our crime?”

He said that his group does not fear the army, should the government want to send it in, warning that when his group is ready to attack, “no amount of security” can stop them as they have the backing of “top people” in Nigeria and abroad.

“The reason why they have been hearing of the name Kelvin is because of what I just told you now. I am the Kelvin; I am like two million Kelvin. I am not a kidnapper. What is happening as a result of our activities in the state and the country is for the federal government to know that we are angry,” he explained.

He warned that the cease fire and peace currently being enjoyed in Delta State was not the work of men of the Joint Task Force or of large numbers of security men parading the streets, but that his group had simply decided to give peace a chance by giving the State and Federal Government the benefit of the doubt.

However, he warned, “After this 60 days ultimatum, if we do not see any meaningful attempt by the authorities to address our plights, we would shut down all oil facilities in Urhobo land and there is no amount of security personnel that can stop us. I know I cannot fight the federal government alone but I will do things that will touch their marrow.”
http://saharareporters.com/news-page/%E2%80%98most-wanted%E2%80%99-delta-kidnap-kingpin-gives-president-jonathan-60-day-ultimatum-address-deman

Urhobo people na giri die people! Yawa dey o!

The international status of the airport is here to stay - FOREVER!

Get over it!!!

Nigeria probably gets more money (directly into its treasury, after costs), from this simple point-to-point Benin republic deal, than it gets from its entire thieving shambolic NEPA (or woreva they call it now) operation!

I'm visiting Nigeria soon, so I need some referrals from you. I heard the marine & airborne spirit possessed ones are the baddest bleepers. So bring it on!

Pesin look im pikin finish come name am "Government"? Nor tell me say pipo dey answer "Commissioner" too?!

naijaking1: Question is how Atiku came to own INTELS? He is neither Dangote nor Jimoh Ibrahim, just a retired customs officer. How did he make the money from him pension

From what I heard, not much difference between how Jimoh and Atiku made their initial fortunes.

seanet02: how many of your ogogoro drunk masters in the niger delta are employers of labour?

As many and in the same ratio as your randy alomo bitters drinking masters in the South West sir!

acidosis™:
ooh... a simple looking lady..

Despite the wealth, she still respect the dress code associated with her religion
I love this..

A moral lesson for me and for ALL...


This is exactly what my so called Nigerian 'Christians' call "Deeper Life Pauper"

I pity the mentality of the middle class, average and the struggling Nigerian..

Some will even acquire a tokubo camry and then tell you, "there is no God" kai africa..!

I need to ponder on this....

Simple minded Nigerians, very quick to jump to ridiculous and very patronising conclusions on the strength of ONE solitary picture. 11th hour stuffs!

I'm aware that Duke is working tirelessly behind the scenes to get Tinapa going. It'll take time and effort, and there'll be ups and downs. However, it will eventually get going. Handing everything to Tinapa on a platter of gold by govt fiat will probably have a created an initial artificial boom that would have been most likely followed by a massive burst with more long lasting and more damaging results. A slow-burning well-earned boom is much better.

flolancracker: like we give a fΰck.

But you do; O yes you do.

crisycent: It's not his fault at all. I no fit count how many times i pee for body when i dey manchester. The town cold no be small. Dem no dey fit hold piss.

Eh?!! U say wetin?!! If u peeing urself, then u betta get urself checked out, MEDICALLY & PSYCHOLOGICALLY

ichidodo: But are the inhabitants homogenous? Are they alone in their occupancy of lagos? if not who are they co habiting with? what are their numbers in comparison.That the names are yorubas,d chiefs yorubas etc doesn't change anything afterall most of the names of important places on d Island have bini origins.

Bearing in mind that the posh part of Lagos are minority, most of the people from other parts of Nigeria I know that grew up in the "real" Lagos state speak Yoruba and act Yoruba. That shows more assimilation and not the other way round.

ichidodo: Yes yorubas were early settlers, but they are not the owners right now.

This your way of thinking should be discouraged. What do you mean by owners of Lagos right now? Lagos is culturally Yoruba. The traditional rulers are yoruba men. The names of majority places are Yoruba. The only Nigerian language you can learn if growing up in lagos us Yoruba.

alfa john: When Nigeria breaks it is not if i repeat when it does break methinks Lagos will be capital city of Biafra republic. We know ur type I Before Others (IBO) always trying to grab what is not theirs. Why have u people never once ask urselves why ur are not yet President of Nigeria and why u will never be. A word is enough for the wise.

Ok, this didn't make sense.

odua son: What type of human beings love another man's land more than theirs:/:/

Land is land. This world is in a constant state of flux with people moving and settling everywhere. People will always gravitate to areas of economic activities. The longer an area remains successful, the longer migrants will remain there. Eventually, whether you like it or not, the cultural make up of the area will be affected.

ichidodo: These guys are so insecured but would you blame them given the loss of ILLORIN to fulani jihadists and now EKO-ILE their LAGOS has gone to us.

I don't get you. Lagos is Yoruba land. With development comes immigration, but everyone knows who the earliest settlers were.

odua son: Here comes one of them.

No sir, you are one of them. You came into the thread with insults blazing and spoiling for a fight!

So far, so good.

The thread has remained sane and educative apart from the occasional unsuccessful attempt, from the usual suspects, to bait bigots into taking a bite.

Fingers crossed, touch wood, by the grace of God; it will remain mostly educative.

omonnakoda: That is one possibilty but logically not the only one.
Other logical one may be
The establishment of a seaport with the growth of international trade
The creation of "Nigeria" and the facilitation of movement after all this increased numbers is observed not only in Lagos but in PH eg also Kano Benin etc also the population of Lagos seems to have double AFTER the Capital was moved. From all indications what has made Lagos is the Port at Lagos. Nigeria has not been able to establish a similar port elsewhere on its rather long coastline

You make sense. My great grand father worked with the colonial govt as a court clerk/interpreter in the period described in the above excerpts. He worked all over the southern protectorate but never went to Lagos because it was almost in a "different" country. All that changed after the creation of Nigeria.

Nmeri17: I hope i'm posting in the appropriate section because i really need help very urgently.

Someone came to the business center this morning and said he wanted us to search the internet for something and that he will collect it by 2pm this afternoon.

He paid a huge sum of money to show seriousness before leaving.

The thing we're to search for is: "100 products that have stayed in Nigeria for 100years".

I have exchanged the keywords with every single synonym in my head and searched google all to no avail.

Please anyone with knowledge of a site i can get help from will be appreciated.

Even 50 products ma sef is okay.

Biko i'm desperate

- cabin biscuits
- queen of the coast sardines
- lucozade
- egovin
- bata
- Trebor
- Benson & hedges
- Gordon's gin
- white horse bicycle
- berec battery
- Ovaltine
- Philips
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Brimmie: Which one is Darussalam??

Me: O great oracle of Google, I bow before your infinite banks of data and I bring you offerings of Megabytes and bandwith.
Google: TYPE MY SON.
Me: Which one come be Darussalam?
Google: Brunei Olodo!

chicbenita: Nice setup... did any see that paint photo on the wall? ?

Source http://www.ogusbaba.com/2013/08/photos-inside-view-of-igodyes-mansion.html

All we need is Kanayo O Kanayo dressed in deadly red robes sitting on that big chair and scene don set for Nollywood money-cult initiation clip.

See as Nigeria is swaggering around and making noise from 138th position. To become BIG is not hard. The problem is maintaining the "bigness". We are just busy nacking and breeding like rabbits!

Nor mind those randy guys jor! If na nyashing tinz, dem go navigate reach anyway, even my village sef. That their sex crazed king will even personally lead a high powered delegation sef.

So long as the groom no go begin fight im wife when she born pikin wey resemble Ashley Cole and Mikel Obi! !

BoboYekini: poverty rates have not improved, you beast. They are much worse and staring us all right in the face. What is wrong with you?!

Aid improvement by ceasing this unnecessarily vile name calling