₦airaland Forum

Blankstare:
Obi is too naive for a Nigerian politician, how about northerners that have been dragging the seat at every southern turn, rotation is not constitutional. He shouldn't have taken that decision, contest 2031 and all southwestern state would vote him

Well he believes it's the turn of the north in 2031.

Does that mean if he paraventure wins in 2027 by longshot will he step down in 2031 for a northern candidate ?

And he is owing backlog of pensions to pensioners .

Yet to implement minimum wage

Refused to fund Local govts through his vice grip on the illegal consolidated state and local govt revenue account .

Liar.

When Yusuf Buhari decides to contest in 2047 , you will be begging him to make you his running mate.

Kaptainkoko:
The anti malaria drugs you freely swallow without prescription, the several antibiotics you consume like Tom Tom were tested on some persons while they act as guinea pigs. Sometimes you people should use una sense before talking in public abeg.

You should ask why Anambra and not Benue state that has been topping HIV infection rates for years.

Or has the end of USAID funding for HIV treatment in Nigeria suddenly exposed what has been rumoured that majority of those benefiting from USAID HIV treatment in Benue being actually from the SE ?

gidgiddy:
Gowon keeps making all these statements about how the civil war was a difficult time for him, how he was fighting for the unity of Nigeria, and that the war was not about hatred for anyone

Who does this man think he is deceiving in this social media age? The man is in his 90's but still thinks we are back in the stone age when information was from propaganda? Lying through his teeth.

Gowon should tell Nigerians the truth, not continue with the same lie on which he justified killing millions of people for a non-existent unity

Gowon should tell Nigerians why he did nothing as thousands of Easterners were being killed in pogrom, all over Nigeria, particularly in the North.

Was it because Northerners were the ones doing the killing?

Gowon should tell Nigerians why he broke the agreement he signed with Ojukwu in Aburi, Ghana. An agreement that was supposed to restructure Nigeria, keep the country one and prevent war. Thereby causing war.

Is it because the agreement prevented Gowon and his fellow Northerners from getting political control of Nigeria?

Gowon should tell Nigerians that he was the one who declared war after Ojukwu declared Biafra, and that he waged this war not primarily because of the unity of Nigeria.

But because of oil. Had the oil been in the North, it would have been Gowon who would have declared Arewa Republic long before Ojukwu declared Biafra. The only difference is there would have been no war as many would have been happy to see them go with their oil.


Gowon should stop these lies he keeps spewing about the war he caused. The war was not about Nigeria's unity, it was about the political and economic control of Nigeria by the North

So Gowon who was at the centre of events should no state his narrative but it is fake historians like yourself with your revisionist propaganda that should be allowed to spew their nonsense narrative without any one countering you guys.

AngeloX:
Its been tested and approved already by western volunteers. Leave conspiracy alone and get a life.

Another reason Anambra was chosen by this Gates foundation initiative is because it has been recorded to have the highest density and number of disorderly houses.

Anambra is also the gay capital of the south.

Also, note that there are no long term safety studies. The only thing published about this drug is it's efficacy in preventing infection and reinfection but no paper has been issued on its long term safety.

You will note how the organisation peddling this drug is mentioning adolescent as a prime target for this program .

Why is that?

Because they want to study the effects of the drug among younger volunteers who they can track and document the long term effects of their drug.

Counterigbolies:
they owe less because they don't have anything to stand in to take loans n loans company don't give out loans to poor region

The rich get loans while d poor do not, it's simple economic equation

It's more of an indicator of the lending markets confidence in loaning to the region.

SE is low because there is low confidence in loaning to the region due to inability to meet their loan obligations.

This is akin to Treasury Bonds. Countries have very low subscription due to low confidence on investors to buy and hold their Treasury bonds. To attract investors, the country will need to increase their interest rates on said bonds to attract investors.

Countries with low interest rates on their bonds is an indicator of high subscription and the market's confidence that the sovereign issuing the debt can honour their agreement.

So let's say United States for example which has the highest debt far far lower than Rwanda.

The US Treasury bonds are set as low as 5% on ten year bonds and the total debt from this has now surpassed the US GDP.

Rwanda on the other hand has in comparison to the US negligible debt but is offering higher returns on their bonds because no one wants to buy and hold it.

If you check well, you will see that the majority of debt owed by the SW isn't sourced from the local money market but from international institutions which loan far lower than local banks . Most of that loan are being serviced at single digit interest rates .

As per the SE, the only place they can get loans is from the domestic markets and this is in the double digit room temperature rates.

What this translates to is that SE may be servicing their low volume debt at a much higher interest rates compared to the SW.

lawani:
What people complain about of General Ironsi was his attempted unification of the civil service. That was the main thing. Resource control by the FG is actually not that bad because nobody put the oil there and it is actually free money that is owned by the FG in many successful nations. The strange one Nigeria that Ironsi was trying to create where state civil service will be under the FG is what people say was wrong. Nigeria was negotiated as a union of nations with separate civil service and independent governments

How can there be fiscal autonomy when the state machinery to govern and administer has been disbanded and collapsed into the Federal civil service?

All regional tax generating offices were disbanded and collapsed into the federal inland revenue service which means the military dictatorship was now collecting and imposing taxes on the people without any consent or representation on how they are taxed and what that taxed money was used for within their regions.

anonimi:
What did Anambra people and other Africans contribute to the research of this vaccine

They are the guinea pigs being used to test the drug's safety and efficacy levels

It's free because the manufacturers of the drug are using Anambra people as guinea pigs to test the efficacy and safety of their product.

Are they not repaying their loans?

The reason SE is low on the table is because they don't generate enough money to get as much loans.

If as a salary earner, you earn 20 times above minimum wage, you can borrow more against your earnings than some one on minimum wage.

This your table has nothing to do with accountability on the part of your SE governors but just shows how poor the states they govern are.

gidgiddy:
There's a big difference between abolishing democracy and abolishing the Regions

Did Ironsi abolish democracy? Of course he did, thats how Soldiers like him seized power all over Africa and ruled by decree.

But did Ironsi abolish the Regions and change the structural arrangement of Nigeria? No he did not. Ironsi even allowed resource control during his time in office

The person who actually abolished the four Regions Nigeria had before military rule, was Gowon. Gowon abolished the 4 Regions Nigeria had, and created 12 new states to replace them, with Decree 14. Gowon then abolished resource control with Decree 15

Gowon even told you Nigerians that he was abolishing the Regions in his own Decree which said in section 1:

"There shall, on commencement of this Decree, be created out of the Region's, States to be known by the names in column 1

So if you are still arguing about who abolished the Region's, you need help

Spewing usual trash as expected.

Decree 34 abolished all regions by collapsing each regional civil service into the federal civil service.

All regions were then reduced to mere provinces under the centrist military dictatorship.

Soon you will tell us that Ironsi never declared himself HoS.

Northernblood8:
Otunba Rick Oladele is not an Igbo name

But the OP is .

ariesbull:
In case some of you have forgotten history, here is what Uncle Wole Soyinka wrote in his memoir.

“Those who, out of sheer hatred, rewrite history should do well to remember what Ndigbo did for Awolowo at his darkest time in politics.

When Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola and Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, conspired to politically annihilate Chief Obafemi Awolowo, it was Dr. Michael Iheonukara Okpara, Premier of Eastern Nigeria, who boldly stood on the side of justice and principle.

As Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka records in his memoir, You Must Set Forth at Dawn, Dr. Okpara did not just sympathize — he acted. He provided financial and political support to Awolowo’s camp, reabsorbed Prof. Sam Aluko and other loyalists dismissed from the University of Ife into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and sent Mazi Ukonu and the Eastern Nigeria Broadcasting Service to broadcast the authentic results of the Western Region election from Awolowo’s Ibadan residence, directly challenging state-sponsored electoral fraud.

In an extraordinary gesture of solidarity, Okpara appointed Mrs. Hannah Awolowo, wife of the imprisoned leader, as Honorary Minister in the Eastern Nigerian Government, equipping her with a Mercedes-Benz, chauffeur, and full ministerial privileges.

This was not merely symbolic — it was an open declaration of interregional support and mutual respect.

Equally important was the role of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (Zik), then President of Nigeria. When Northern leaders sought to transfer Awolowo to a remote prison in the North — where his safety would have been uncertain — Zik exercised his presidential authority to ensure that Awolowo was instead imprisoned in Eastern Nigeria, where he was treated with dignity and humanity, against the wishes of the Sardauna and Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa.

This interethnic solidarity was not accidental. It formed part of the broader United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA) — a coalition of progressive forces led by the NCNC and the Action Group, which resisted Northern domination and championed democratic ideals.

During this alliance, Dr. Okpara courageously entered Ibadan, despite being declared persona non grata by Akintola, to campaign for the Awolowo faction. His reception by the people was so electrifying and defiant of Northern hegemony that he was affectionately nicknamed “M.I. Power” by the Western press.

These actions by Eastern leaders — Dr. Okpara, Dr. Azikiwe, and others — represent one of the noblest chapters in Nigerian political history: a moment when ethnicity bowed to justice and regional differences were set aside in pursuit of a united democratic front.

These truths must be remembered, not distorted or forgotten. Let no one, out of ignorance or bigotry, erase the fact that it was the East — it was the Igbos — who stood with Awolowo when others sought to silence him.

Let us teach correct and verifiable history as it happened, not as some would prefer to rewrite it.

— Otunba Rick Oladele

OP, Yorubas voted for your Obi last time around and some of the most outspoken defenders of your Obi were Yorubas.

How did you lot of the SE obidients repay that support ?

The attack on Tinubu and his tribe was driven by you lots .

It became so glaringly obvious even to the delusional Yoruba-buts that they began renouncing their obidient membership.

But now that elections is on, you remember you need Yoruba and other tribe votes to get your obi into Aso Rock.

Never!

leanonme82:
The guy is an opportunist. Not a politician, not an administrator or manager, not too smart.

I genuinely believe this Giringori knows his popularity has faded away and he has no single support up north.

It's either that or he is daft not to know that primaries within the NDC could have been used to drive up registration of new party members to vote for him .

The cold is wet cold so it's even worse than the dry cold of Russia.

Justnation:
APC declared a dubious 644,000 votes for tinubu in party primary election ?, you people are really funny.
This is preparing the grounds for unprecedented rigging in 2027 Nigerians beware.

This is why your Giringori should have at least contested the primaries in his mushroom NDC to show his popularity .

No be to dey do online poll for Nairaland.

Validated:
Una dey deceive una sef. If Tinubu get 10,000 votes in Adamawa in 2027, he will be 🍾.

This is Adamawa and not Alambla

Mbanda:
Exactly my prayers. Because that will definitely bring Nigeria to an end.

Nigeria will continue .

We will just do the necessary weeding of waste

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Biafrannuke:
They've told us ironsi "wanted to" change Niz**ria to unitary system before he was murdered. Later they said he "tried to" implement unitary system. The narrative continued getting spun until we arrived at the claim that he "turned" niz**ria into unitary state through his decree 34. Now that the claim has been rubbished, they're shamelessly back to decree one. You'll continue running like headless chickens, while kidnapping and beheading continue to ravage your own land

By God, if God bless me and I become President , the first thing I will do is to drive you all back to your cursed village.

truthera:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s88KwpWDT48



Lisa Kanu gave an excellent analysis over the political implications and hidden anti-igbo 2027 agenda of Gowon's malicious outburst.... This is why I continue to question Peter Obi's intentions, campaigning to be the president of a country that will never be fair to him. He continues to support the cosmetic toxic fake unity, foolishly parroting "One Nigeria", Peter Obi will learn the hard way in 2027..... Any igbo man or women still believing in Nigeria, deserves the unfair treatment he or she gets from the contraption.... Nigeria indeed is not for the igbos..... A total decentralization or breakup of the contraption is inevitable....

No peace for the wicked.

The evil your grandparents did will continue to haunt you.

truthera:
The British anti-igbo propaganda appears not to be over as BBC has announced the release of a "groundbreaking" documentary on Nigeria's civil war....

Here is the link - https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2026/groundbreaking-new-documentary-on-biafran-war

Why are you guys now so suddenly afraid of history?

I thought you guys always said we are all ignorant of history and will shove the regurgitated and expired Biafra war propaganda handed down to you by liars like Achebe as facts but when we debunk it you all begin to throw tantrums.

Let BBC roll out their documentary first before you condemn and start denying what they will air.

Or are you guys now suddenly aversed to history ?

flexgee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdjiQnbAtPc?si=9N19_NhZeMryA7xX


“Atiku Remains Very Close To Me” — Peter Obi Tells Audience In South Africa

Peter Obi has stirred fresh political reactions after openly declaring his close relationship with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar during an event in South Africa. Speaking at the Spier Dialogue 2026 in Cape Town, Obi also called for a new era of leadership, unity, economic growth, and people-focused governance across Africa.

Atiku who recently denied you for being a stingy selfish politician who wants to reap where they did not sow?

Normally this won't be up for discussion but since we are inundated with Biafra revisionist liars like Gidgiddy and co who claim it was Gowon and not Ironsi that abolished regions , there is need to keep the liars at bay and the dwindling flames of truth that they want to blow out.

Decree No. 1 of 1966, officially known as the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree, was the first legal instrument issued by Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi following Nigeria's first military coup on January 15, 1966

It effectively suspended the 1963 Constitution and transferred all executive, legislative, and judicial powers to the military government, marking the beginning of military rule in Nigeria.


Key Provisions and Impact


1. Suspension of the Constitution: The decree suspended the 1963 Constitution, leaving the military government with the authority to govern by decree without legislative oversight or parliamentary debate.

2. Concentration of Power: It established the Supreme Military Council as the highest decision-making body, dissolving federal and regional legislatures and centralizing authority in the hands of the Head of State

3. Legal Supremacy: Decrees issued under this framework were given the force of law and were immune from judicial challenge, effectively placing the military above the law

4. End of Regional Autonomy: While Decree No. 1 suspended the constitution, it paved the way for subsequent decrees, most notably Decree No. 34 (the Unification Decree) in May 1966, which abolished the federal system entirely and replaced it with a unitary structure

Historical Context and Consequences

Ironsi's regime used Decree No. 1 to justify the arrest of political opponents and the banning of political parties, promising to restore order and curb corruption .

However, the centralization of power and the perceived failure to address the ethnic tensions exposed by the January coup deepened regional suspicions, particularly in Northern Nigeria .


This legislative move, combined with the later Unification Decree, was a primary catalyst for the counter-coup of July 29, 1966, which resulted in Ironsi's assassination and the rise of Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowon .

.Decree No. 1 set a precedent for "rule by decree" that would define Nigerian governance for the next 33 years until the return of civilian rule in 1999 .

Macphenson:
No, rather the truth is starring at him in his home town. Let him go there and stay permanently let's check something. Rather he has abandoned his people in their most challenging moment. Such a coward general.

At no time on this thread has any of you disputed what Gowon wrote in his book which was that your ojucrook exchanged Bakassi to the Rothschilds in order to get support from France.

This is same Ojucrook who ordered his orc army to pillage every bank in his war path of Nigerian Pounds notes and forced your grandparents to exchange their Nigerian Pounds for his worthless Biafra money only to flee with a plan loaded with Nigerian pounds .

Same Ojucrook who was issuing bonds under the Nigerian Central Bank to his arms suppliers and mercenaries .

Same Ojucrook whose international PR agent ditched him when he found out the bonds he were holding were all fraudulent documents .

Ojucrook that diverted Red Cross food and medicine to his orc army and did not care of the suffering of the people but instead used it to garner sympathy.

Macphenson:
Is he building the future by the nonsense he is writing at this point in time?
What's the essence of this rubbish now and kindly explain to me how what he wrote is building the future.

Also if building the future means not calling out the evil in this country we are not interested. The more reason there is a consistent clamour for referendum.

To correct all the lies you have been fed.

sreamsense:
First comment on how Ochukwu carried your common inheritance without consulting your forefathers to beg France. If that wealth had been distributed and used judiciously, your fore father's would have gotten something tangible that would have impacted you positively to the extent of not minding KANU and ekpa Biafra. So, KANU that used your donation to buy Fendi learnt it from his elder Biafra lord and ekpa with is oil and gas minister that used your money for security guard in foreign land learnt from someone too. Wonder shall never end!

But Bakassi wasn't Ojukwu or Ibo to begin with